Last week we had a DVR and HD installed. I know we are quite possibly the last people on the planet to own this little piece of technology...even my parents had it before we did, but now we have one. We all like it, but I would have to say that my 
husband and my son think they have died and gone to heaven.
Like most men, my husband has dubbed himself the "king of the remote". Really he is not all that great at controlling it...hits the wrong button at the most critical time in a movie, etc., but that's another subject. He is in fact so enamored with the remote, he often has trouble saying good-bye for the night. Therefore, on any given night I will go up to bed, and he will stay on the couch saying "I'll be up as soon as this show is over." By "this show" he generally means whatever he leaves it on the longest in between his many flips around the channel. What he is watching is generally a moot point anyway because he will invariably fall asleep, probably mere moments after I go upstairs. This results in the ever pleasant task having to wake him and get him upstairs. What makes it so pleasant is: one, his reaction, and two, the fact that I have to wake up, get out of my nice warm bed, go get him, and then try and get back to sleep...not always easy for me. He likes for me to wake him gently with a soft voice, which I do. This does not stop him from jumping off the couch and muttering WTF! The other night there was an added dimension to my waking him up. Normally, he has either dropped the remote or it is lying slack in his hand. The other night though, his hand was still gripping the remote and his thumb was poised right on the button he was planning to click next. I cracked up. It was very funny, but made funnier by the fact that we had seen video of his brother doing exactly the same thing. Apparently the death grip on the remote while sleeping runs in the family.
I shudder to think how much worse things will get now that we have the DVR and HD.
OMG! I cannot believe you finally got a DVR! YEAH for you! Secondly, why in the heck do you get yourself out of bed when your hubby is the silly one to fall asleep on the couch. When Mr. ChiChi falls asleep downstairs, I have no idea when or if he makes it upstairs and I have a great sleep. Just my 2 cents. But again, we already know you are way nicer to your hubby than am to mine. :) Love ya and welcome to the 21st century! Now start taping Lipstick Jungle so you can join us on Thursday nights. It's worth the shirtless Kirby sightings. :)
Posted by: Chi Chi | March 11, 2008 at 08:16 AM
Welcome to the new millenium! You will never have to watch commercials again!
Posted by: Lisa@Take90West | March 11, 2008 at 08:59 AM
welcome back....if it makes you feel any better we don't have a DVR ourselves...we don't even have digital cable...talk about dark ages...and i'm not sure that sleeping death grip is a family gene, I think it has something to do with the gender in general....maybe it's on the Y chromosome.
Posted by: tz | March 12, 2008 at 05:54 AM
The DVR will also frustrate you if your husband is like mine! You are not allowed to watch shows and sports events in real time anymore!!
I like it even still!
The description of waking up your hubby reminded me of mine, LOL!!
Posted by: Chrissy Witt | March 12, 2008 at 05:55 AM
Love, love, love the DVR. But you are right, we must watch out for those men!
Posted by: Kat @ The Burb Blog | March 12, 2008 at 07:15 AM
Oh girl, just leave him lay ... he'll come to bed eventually. My man does the same thing most nights ... 'cept those when he craves my excellent company ... LOL! ~Jennifer
Posted by: Jenny | March 12, 2008 at 08:40 AM
I like to hand on to the remote too. but only because my wife is the one who keeps flipping through the channels when she has the remote.
Posted by: Daddy Forever | March 17, 2008 at 06:48 PM