I know it’s been a long time since I have been wanting a new TV.  You know one of those awesome, nice, bright, hdtv’s.  Well two weeks ago I finally got one.  I did some side jobs to earn the  $$ for it and my wife agreed that it was a good idea to upgrade.  I was finally happy to get rid of that HUGEboat anchor that we use to watch.  Although we have thought about it, we did not mount this to the wall.  I think might in the future but for now, it’s happily sitting on top of a new tv stand/entertainment system.

I actually wish we would have searched for some mounts prior to this and skipped the whole step of waiting to determine what we wanted and that way we could have just mounted it. Either way right now I’m happy and have a great picture. Now to convince someone to get me a surround sound system and a Blu-ray player for the upcoming holidays…

I really want a vacation.  But with some family changes that just took place this might be some time before I get to go anywhere.

I have always wanted to go see a different part of the country.  Often when you do plan for a vacation a lot of people tend to think of sun and beaches but over look some of the other destinations.  I was doing some checking and ran across this place in Tennessee.  Gatlinburg vacations in the Tennessee mountains, looks like it has a lot to offer.  I think it would be fun to take a road trip over there.  From North Texas it cannot be too bad of a drive.

After going over all of the attractions and things to do, I want to make sure that I keep this on the radar so when we can actually take a road trip I will remember this place.