Complicated Simplicity

>Love It:My Television Line-up<

Since we have DVR, I have to really watch closely how much time I spend watching television. I rarely (as in *maybe* once a week) watch live tv, but I don't want to waste all of my life watching. Anyway, I wanted to share some of my favorite shows with y'all, and find out what you like to watch.

Sunday:

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (I usually, watch the beginning and fast forward to the reveal at the end)
• The Amazing Race (my most favorite, favorite reality show. I would love to participate someday. I watch this with Paul)
• Brothers & Sisters (one of my favorite dramas. Very well written and so witty and enjoyable. Paul occasionally watches with me)

Monday:

• Dancing with the Stars (I'm completely hooked on this. The dances are so beautiful and I just love watching them perform-I'm rooting for Brooke, Cody and Warren right now, Paul actually will watch this every now and then-he makes me save it if it has particularly funny parts or really good dancing)
• Intervention (the new ones aren't on right now, but I love this show-makes me really want to make a difference and help people)
• Samantha Who? (so funny and just a quick, short sitcom)

Tuesday:

• NCIS (Paul and I enjoy this one together)
• Fringe (I love the X-Files quality of the cases-such a creative show and witty too)
• Dancing with the Stars (the results show-I sometimes skip a bit of this too depending on who is performing)
• Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod (oh how I would love to run the Iditarod, or at least go watch the beginning and ending)

Wednesday:

• Pushing Daisies (well-written whimsy-it's incredible and I'm hooked)
• Ghost Hunters (love it so much-I watch this during the day, preferably when Paul is around-sometimes it creeps me out)
• Private Practice (another well-written show about doctors-the profession that I once loved, and still do)
• Top Design (I love design and creativity in any field-I have Paul hooked on this one too, he really loves it)
• Project Runway (just finished up, again design and creativity are amazing-even if I'm not real big on fashion)

Thursday:

• Ugly Betty (of course. One of my very favorite shows-tied with Brothers and Sisters, so many good things on there)
• Survivor (Paul and I watch this one together too-we're rooting for the tribe that keeps winning now, but I can never remember which one that is)

Friday:

• Supernanny (love her. She has amazing ideas and I just can't believe how some parents allow their children to act. Good ideas, even though it seems I will be a babysitter all of my life rather than a parent)
• Crusoe (sigh. What can I say? Adventure on an island with cool characters and action. Love it)

Saturday:

• Knight Rider (I watched it, and fell in love with the crazy action and fun transformations of the car-fun and far-fetched. It's nice to escape reality for awhile and imagine you're on a wild and dangerous adventure-makes me want to be a spy/secret agent)
• Football (if the Spartans are playing and televised)

And that's it (oh-I watch Bonnie Hunt every day also).

So, what do you watch?

>Marching on In<

Happy March! Seems like there's something to celebrate everyday, huh? :-D

I got to spend some time with my brother yesterday. He was supposed to come Thursday, but realized that he didn't need four days to get to Texas, so left a day later. Paul, Robbie and I met him at Friday's for lunch. He was a little later than planned, due to the weather in Michigan. Paul and Robbie had to head to class at a quarter to two, and David and I just talked for a little while longer. He dropped me off here, where we spent a little more time together before he hit the road again. At least he was able to get an inexpensive copy of Moby Dick on CD to keep him occupied for those many miles.

I've not been feeling so hot lately. I think my white blood cells are taking a vacation or something. I've had a sore throat and headache for three days now. No cold, and my throat isn't like "I'm-getting-sick-tonsilitis-or-strep-or-something", it's just a little sore, and maybe slightly swollen. And my head, well that isn't anything new. Some days/weeks/months are better than others. It's just the way my life exists. And it's fine with me.

Paul is at work today, but has tomorrow off. We're going to Sunday School at our new church for the first time and I'm really quite excited. After that, Paul has some journals to do, studying for a test to do, and a project to work on. The project is the one thing that I can help Paul with. I'm really excited. He has to make an Old Testament timeline, and he needs to be creative. So, we are going to be a little creative (and by we, I obviously mean me-Paul's creativity level is barely there).

David got me a geneaology book for Christmas, and I have been devouring it. One of my projects this year is to get all of my information entered onto my Family Tree software and uploaded to Ancestry.com. Once that's done, I can begin to search out more information. However, my focus this year is to just get the info I already have into it. I have several other things I want to accomplish as well, like scanning and uploading my mom's pictures, making some art for our walls and getting the crap out of our basement and garage.

Well, my next two Ugly Betty DVDs arrived in the mail today, so I am off to watch some episodes. Love that show!

Anyway, enjoy your day and your week. And since it's the first day of the month, why not think about what you want to do with it. What are your goals and hopes and wishes and dreams for March? I'll be back with mine a little later (or maybe tomorrow).

Make it a good one! :-D

>Stress Free<

Just thought I'd update after the stressful post.

Wawa's surgery when perfectly. We picked him up at 2:30 and he slept for three and a half hours, but seems to be perfectly normal. They said no food or water (the doc said maybe a little water after a few hours), but I gave him a little water at six. His stomach seemed to handle it fine, so at about eight I gave him a little bit of food and a little more water. And he's done fine so far. The poor dog was starving-when he walked in the door after we picked him up he immediately went to his bowls to see if there was food or water. I would be too, if I hadn't eaten for close to 20 hours. I remember different procedures I had done in 3rd grade when I couldn't eat or had to eat only clear foods. Fun, fun. :-D

I put some of my stress into cleaning today. And I got the little bedroom/library/scraproom/whatever cleaned out. I got the dishes done, the kitchen counters cleaned up, a couple loads of laundry done, and quickly swept up the kitchen floor. I still have to sweep the utility room, kitchen and bathroom better and mop them, but it looks a ton better.

And my stress fell away quite quickly this morning. And my attitude was much more positive. It made my day so much nicer, I know it did. And now my little dog is back home and I've been able to cuddle with him and talk to him all day. And Paul's about to come home.

And those two things alone make me smile.

Oh yeah, and Paul came home from work this morning just as fine as could be. And he also thinks that he should probably schedule himself for those morning hours.  :-D

And I watched the first four episodes of Ugly Betty season one today. And I think I cried in every episode. Because I feel like Betty so stinkin' much. Ugly and out of place. And something in every episode gets me. And I can't believe I didn't watch it sooner. Because I love Betty. I can't wait to watch more. I think almost every woman (and quite a few men) in America feels like Betty at one time or another, and that's probably why the show is so successful.  And America (Ferrera-not sure on the spelling) is a phenomenal actress and so beautiful. And the way Betty's boss really, truly cares for her and sees beyond the physical aspect is just so touching. Man, I can't believe I cry at it. Such a stinkin' awesome show. The DVDs are totally going on my wishlist. :-D

Have a good one. And smile-it'll make you feel better.

Oh yeah (again)-I'm still taking a photo a day, I just haven't posted them yet. I'll get them up sometime soon. Promise. ;-D

Brothers and Sisters

I just watched the last two episodes of Brothers and Sisters online. And cried like a baby. First, one of the twins died. And then, Sarah gave such an amazing speech at Kitty's engagement party (one I totally want to steal for when my sisters get married). Then, Justin left for Iraq-which made me think about the day I bawled my eyes out as I drove away from my brother before he went into boot camp. It was so touching and then it left me with a great big smile. I love watching this big, crazy happy family and belonging to one that is extremely similar.

Just thought I'd share.

Rain, Rain Go Away

Paul's mom, Karla, Katelyn and Madeline were here for a visit on Friday and Saturday. We went to Cracker Barrell for dinner on Friday and then the girls and Paul went swimming at their hotel. We went to Perry Farm to see the animals on Saturday. There was a goat there that butted the fence a few times. He was not a really nice goat. They also had ponies, turkeys, ducks, a chicken-duck thing and a pheasant. I'd never been to the petting farm, but it's pretty neat. I just wish all of the donkeys and other ponies were out. It was really nice to see them all again. It's been since July, so quite awhile.

There isn't much else going on here. We just relaxed yesterday-which was oh so nice. We also caught up on the shows we're watching on the internet. The Nine (love it), Jericho (love it), Heroes (love it) and Survivor (love it). Okay, so I love them all. Paul isn't quite as crazy about Heroes as the other three, but I think it is so cool. That girl Claire has the power that I think I would choose. She's basically invincible. It left off with her falling onto a branch and it going into her head. Then waking up on the autopsy table all cut open. Pretty cool. I love stuff like that. Weird, paranormal, supernatural things. That's why I loved The X-Files so much. Jericho is probably our favorite of the shows we watch. We wanted to watch Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, but you have to catch it each week and we missed the first two episodes. So, we'll watch it on DVD when it comes out. Love the genius that is Aaron Sorkin.

Today has been a weird kind of day. It's all rainy and nasty and I woke up with a bad headache, so I slept in until about 10:30 or so (it's funny because I used to sleep in until like noon or one every day!!!!). And then I caught up on blogs, checked e-mail-that kind of stuff. Then I started lunch for when Paul and Robbie got home. Now I get to read the latest issue of Radiant. It is one of my favorite magazines of all time. That and Relevent. I'm not all about the emerging church, but I do like reading things geared toward me in my present situation (twenty-something). It covers everything from being single to being a stay-at-home-mom and marriage. And it's all Christian. So awesome!! It really is the best magazine out there IMHO.

Okay, so now that I've bored you I will leave you with a picture of the love of my life. Last night as he was rinsing dishes he was singing, "You lovely little life forms." It was so strange. Something only a Trekkie would do. So, here's my very lovable Trekkie.