We drove up to the lake for the night to get a couple of things done. We ended up buying a TV to mount over the fireplace, and we were excited to see how it would work. It was already Roku enabled, and we had put our passwords for Netflix and Discovery Plus in before we even left home, so we were all set. Bruce created a base for the TV stand to sit securely on the mantle, and the glory of this is, that we didn't have to mount it into the stone of the fireplace. If we change our minds later and decide to take the TV down, no permanent damage will have been done.
I found a streaming CBS Minnesota News station, and even though it might not be the exact 5 PM local news we'd see at home, it was very close, and it was comforting to watch. Our Mint Mobile hotspots seem to work well up at the lake, too. We then put a Big Bang Theory DVD in afterwards while we worked on another project.
Which was replacing the paper liner under the top bunk bed mattresses that had been torn off in places over the years. We bought an inexpensive flat bed sheet at Target to staple over the ripped paper, and it worked out well!
I have to say, that we were almost giddy when we turned on the TV. All of a sudden, the cabin came alive! (We ended up deciding that we watched way too much TV that night.) In addition to the Big Bang Theory, we watched a movie, The Sixth Sense. Having the TV on the whole time while we're up there, though, will not be the norm, says Me.
You might be wondering what Friday the 13th had to do with this writing. It's true that we were up there on Friday the 13th, though nothing really seemed amiss while we were there. A few days after we got home, though, a cabin neighbor sent us a note telling us about a woman's body that had been found somewhere around our lake on that day. Luckily they didn't think there was any foul play involved!
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