Too Many Technology Updates!

Please ignore my Christmas decorations. (I'm just not ready to let go...)

The long dangling cord, however, I would like to discuss, as it is a sign of the ongoing technological updates occurring at the Hild Ranch.  Let's start by acknowleding how great technology is - it is amazing, for sure.  But when you consider this unsightly cord (that I hope believe will be hidden eventually) and all these updates, it can become a bit overwhelming for someone like me, who doesn't know the first thing about any of it.  Allow me to explain:

1) We got a new tv:
I love the fact that I can now see every basketball player's pores as they sprint up and down the court in full HD, which is part of the reason we got this new television set (that my husband and Smitty hung up there while I hid in the corner in terror of something - or someone - breaking). 

2) We added a PlayStation 3 (and we don't play video games): 
I also think it's AWESOME we can order movies and television shows directly from our computers onto the televison because the store gave us a free PlayStation 3 with the new tv (Bloggers, is a free system like this possible? My husband reported it to be so...) Anyway, free or not, because we have this video game player, Netflix allows us to somehow send tv/movie waves from our computers and they land in the PS3 and subsequently onto our tv...I don't want to know how it works, I just want to enjoy the fact that it does. 

But wait! There's more!

3) Yet another technological addition in the past month is an HD-cable-receiver-DVR-box (yes, that is the official name): 
Apparently, this updated cable box gives us the ability to see television characters so well we can not only see their pores, but also their thoughts... (Okay, not quite, but almost.)  But because HD channels and programs are so clear and life-like (and we can tape whatever we want for less than TiVo), this new cable box from Mediacom has been another positive technological addition.  (In my esteemed opinion)

What I DON'T like, though, is that this conglomoration of technology has somehow interrupted the few things I actually knew how to do with the television, like TURN IT ON.  Or tape trashy shows, like The Bachelor, which started tonight (ABC 8/7 Central, "On the Wings of Love," Go Jake!, More information forthcoming!).  I'm not obsessed or anything, but I really hope my husband comes home soon (because I miss him) so he can show me how to get DVR to tape and the TV to become watchable again!

I believe it has something to do with that cord hanging down, because it definitely isn't part of our decorating scheme...