Late Saturday Update

Well, we bought a Tempur-Pedic mattress! It will be delivered to us on Monday night after work. The list price of the mattress is $1,700. We got the mattress and two $100 pillows for a total of $1,800 plus tax. The delivery is free.

Probably the biggest seller of Tempur-Pedic mattresses is Brookstone. Their base price for the mattress is also $1,700, but they charge $150 for shipping, plus no half-price pillows.

The mattress comes with a 20 warranty. You don't have to flip and rotate the mattress every few months either. It is supposed to be better for allergies too. Because it is made of closed-cell foam, there is no place for dander, dust mites, etc. to accumulate and cause allergy problems.

I have been waking up with back aches every day for the last month or so. There are valleys in the mattress where each of us lays, and there is a peak between us. We tried rotating it recently, but the peaks and valleys were very uncomfortable to lay across.

If we don't like it, we have 90 days to return it for a full refund. They said they have never had a return on one of these.

Sheri drove to the doctor's office to pick up her scrip, but they had already closed. They mailed one to her last week, but it got shredded in the mail. It came in a plastic bag with a little note from the Post Master saying he was sorry.

We bought a new shredder today. Very nice. It is a monster. I can chew up junk mail envelopes with out even opening them. Just put the whole letter in. Much quieter than our old one. The new one also doesn't create static interfere with the TV that sits right next to it. That has to be better for the TV, doesn't it?

• Shreds 8 sheets per pass and 50-100 shredding passes per day for about 800 total sheets per day
  
• Increased security with the smaller 5/32" x 4/5" confetti cut particles
  
• Exclusive POWERSHRED® Cutting System accepts staples, credit cards and small paper clips
  
• Heavy-duty, quiet motor allows for extended shredding cycle and less down time
  
• Easy to remove 7 gallon wastebasket allows waste to be emptied without lifting shredder head

We went to Famous Dave's for lunch. It was good, but my meats were both about room temperature. I told the waitress, and she offered to bring out hot meat, but I said no, so she brought us each a dessert. Bread pudding for me, and a big brownie for Sheri. Just what we needed, but it was good.

After we bought the mattress and shredder we went back home. We wanted to try out our new pillows and shredder. We didn't need food from the grocery store that badly, and we will do it tomorrow.

I just opened up a nice bottle of Fürst Bismarck sparkling mineral water from Germany.

I also just got of the phone with MCI. We upgraded to their Neighborhood Complete plan. What does this mean for you? We have unlimited long distance. If you want to talk with us now, just give us a call and we will call you back. If the line is busy, by ALL means, call either one of our cell phones and tell us to call you back. Don't be shy about it either. Chances are we are just casually surfing the web and watching TV. If we are doing something important, we just won't call you back! Fair enough? They said it will take up to two weeks to switch us over to the unlimited long distance plan though.

It got too late in the day to rent another movie for tonight, so we are just going to watch "Maximum Exposure", "Mad TV", and "Saturday Night Live". Our usual Saturday night line-up. Oh, Sheri just informed me that we will be watching "I'm a Celebrity; Get Me Out of Here!"

In case anyone didn't know, I have a full beard right now.