Are we going to Wii?

Where is the Horn Wii at the moment? Is it in Clemson?

Will it be coming to Hornucopia 2010?

Wii-vorce.

All last week Mark and I were down in Brean looking after his mum's dogs while she and her sisters went to Morocco. It's where we used to live when we first moved to the UK, so we're used to the house, and it's good to see Ralph and Harry, who are the same as always (i.e. Ralph = neurotic and Harry = lazy and getting fatter by the minute).

She doesn't have Internet access, so it takes a little while to get used to not being able to find the answers to random questions by going online or checking email when you get home. It was kind of nice after a while, because you realize that an evening spent without staring a screen is actually pretty enjoyable.

UNTIL...

...you realize that you can't vote on Everybody Votes on the Wii because you don't have a wireless connection!

See, we knew we could live without the Internet, but we didn't think we could live without our Wii, so we took it with us! So, ok, it wasn't completely screen-free time, but at least we were moving around in front of the screen, instead of just surfing the net.

But without the internet connection, we felt isolated. Suddenly, it was just another games console. No more coming home and voting, checking the weather for the next day or sending a message to mom and dad. All we could do is play games!

I tell you--you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.

We love our wii.

Today we discovered that the wii tells you when the batteries in your remote are getting low.

So considerate!

Our Wii-kend

Yes. It has finally happened. Team Vallentine has cracked. The we'll-just-wait-until-Christmas-and-it-can-be-a-joint-present idea went totally out the window. Out the Wii-ndow.

Can you guess what it is yet?

Yes, Team Vallentine now owns its very own Wii. (And oh, how the Wii-isms have flown. I won't bore them with you here; I've said enough already, I know, and yes, they've all been done before.) It was quite a simple series of events that led to the breakdown: Mark had to go into work on Saturday and the mall is on the way home. No one said that Team Vallentine was strong.

It's a bit unfortunate, though, because we both started feeling poorly over the weekend (I don't think the two events are related), so we haven't been able to take it through its full paces yet. We have played the cow-riding game and yes, it is every bit as good as we expected, based on Dad's recommendations. We've also downloaded the survey thing that Jenny and Jeff are gaga over (it's nice and easy and you can do it while laying on the couch...which maybe explains its popularity...). But once Team Vallentine is again at 100% there will be no stopping us, and I have a feeling none of you will ever hear from us ever again...