Lets worry about the eeprom a bit later.

I want you to read this
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=543
We will be setting the fuses in your code, in the long run this seems to be the best way. Later when you go back to a program you will not have to remember how you had them set.

Now I am going to assume you have the low pin count board with the 16F690 on it?