Flatscreens meet the Zapchenks

After pondering and thinking and discussing on whether or not to get a flat screen TV to provide us some more room in our living room we finally agreed to go for it. We started smart at Best Buy talking to the sales people about what are the best options and best use for our home. Extra tidbit of info: If you cannot easily control the amount of light in your room, plasma isn't the way to go. After narrowing down our options, I decided to take Eric on our date night to a little slice of heaven he calls Abt Electronics in Glenview, IL. If you have never been there before, like us, it is a crazy electronics store 3-4 times the size of a best buy. There is a 103 inch plasma TV screen on display for $70,000, crazy I know. We met our now good friend Lenny who talked us through some options. After some thinking, dinner at TGIF's and a trek back to ABT later on in the evening we settled on the new TV and made our way in one of the first blizzards of the week.

The rest of the week we tried to seek out a perfect entertainment/shelving area which wasn't providing many options. However, after another snow storm and a 2 and a 1/2 hour drive home we came to an option at Ikea.

We picked it up on Friday, put it together Saturday morning in time for the delivery guys to bring in a piece of technological mastery. We were really excited about it and the guys at the store kept saying you will have it just in time for the superbowl. However, being the avid Football fans that we are (NOT!) we had plans elsewhere with friends. Superbowl Sunday was spent with Dan and Susan's house and their two kids Baby Romey and 2 year old Avery who affectionately calls us Dan-yo and Irk. Susan said Romey "cast her spell" on me and Eric and I were going to have a talk once we got home. However, for the record we are still NOT pregnant and don't plan on being for awhile. Sorry Moms.
Anyway...we are looking to future "fort nights" with our new drive in movie theater and if anyone wants to have a movie night...you can rent our "theater" for a nominal charge!