Updating!

A couple weeks ago, during one of our several thunderstorms this spring, we were awakened at 1:30 AM by our security company calling to let us know they received an alarm that our smoke detectors went off.  They wanted to know if we were OK.  Lightening didn't strike our house and we didn't notice any smoke or damage - at least not at 1:30 in the morning.  It was later that we found out the television in our bedroom was hit with a power surge.  It was an old set so we weren't too sad when we had to take it to the recyclers.

We had been talking about getting a new television in the living room, but were waiting for that TV to "die" but it didn't.  We decided to move that TV into the bedroom and get a new one for the living room.

After dropping off the old television, we stopped just to look at some new ones so we could see the difference in screen size and picture quality.  We did a little more than look.  We found what we were looking for and brought it home.

Of course, we had one of those huge entertainment centers that weighed a "ton" as it was solid oak.  After checking Craig's List, I decided to give it away instead of competing with the 92 already listed for sale in our area.  One of my nephews found a home for it.

We ordered a new TV stand which arrived last week.  It had to be assembled and after we unpacked the box, one of the main pieces had a broken corner.  Patrick called right away and they shipped out a replacement part which arrived today.

The first two pictures are the old entertainment center.

Some assembly required!

 The assembly begins!

 Finally, the update is complete and we're enjoying the view.

One TV down, three to go.