a tech success

After a week of looking at a lengthy message on my TV screen when I tried to access Netflix, I finally became so desperate to find something fun to watch that I took the time to try to follow the directions.  After I read them carefully I realized that they were basically "pull out your Roku stick, turn off your TV, unplug everything, then plug the Roku stick back in 'firmly', plug everything back in, turn the TV on."  I followed all of these steps and, lo and behold, the cover screen for Netflix access showed up on my TV.  I was so excited.  I grabbed the appropriate remote (I have several), pushed the usual buttons, and nothing.  No shift to Netflix, no seeing the long list of shows to watch, just a pretty picture with no action.  If I wanted that I could just hang a picture on the wall.  After some careful considertion, and a search through a couple of drawers I found what I needed.  I figured it couldn't hurt to try so I replaced the batteries in the remote.  Joy of joys it worked.  It's rediculous how successful I feel when I amnage to accomplish something even a little bit techie.  Hooray!!!