I love TV

A few years ago I joined the Survivor bandwagon. I didn't intend to. My husband, who was my boyfriend at the time, asked me to tape this new show on CBS. He was very excited about it. A bunch of strangers living together in the wilderness. Who would be the ultimate SURVIVOR? This didn't sound like something that appealed to me at all. I taped it though and like most everything else I tape or DVR these days my guy didn't really have time to watch it. He really doesn't have the TV love that I have and he loses interest in things pretty quickly. Anyway, I went ahead and watched it. Then the next week came and I decided to watch it again. By that time I was hooked. I, like millions of others became a fan of Survivor.
I still watch Survivor. Sometimes I'm not sure why. It's getting a little old. After Survivor, I thought " This reality thing must be a good idea." So, I started watching all of the other reality shows. That didn't last. When I watch a show most of the time I like to be entertained. I ususally like a story, I like to laugh. I'm more of a sitcom girl.
Anyway, back to the main point of this post. I love Dancing with the Stars. The first season, I casually watched John O Hurley totally outdance Kelly Monaco. The next season, I think it conflicted with something else. Then I watched Emmitt kick Mario butt, and finally cutie Apolo Anton Ohno. Anyway, I've run out of time today rambling on about Survivor. So GO HELIO!!!!

I love food

Last night my husband and I went on a belated anniversary night on the town. Acutally we just went to Champaign, ate out, and did some minor shopping. We both really like food a little too much and we like to try new and interesting restaurants and new and intereseting foods. It is pretty hard to get the "hip" places or the places that are more bar than grill with two litle ones. We have been making our way around downtown Champaign for a while now. Last night we finally got to Seven Saints. This restaurant/bar hasn't been open for a whole long time so we weren't completely out of the "hip" loop on that one. We got there just two seconds after the Illini game ended so there were a few people there already and many more on the way. The place looked really cool but the accoustics sucked. By the time we left the place was full and we could hardly hear eachother. Maybe, if we had gotten there earlier or on a weekday we would have had a better time. Anyway, I got the chipotle southwest salad and hubby got a smoked bbq slider, tomato bisque soup and goat cheese salad. I really liked mine, great flavor. The menu recommeds adding the marinated steak tips and I do as well. So, I really liked the salad and it was in a big bowl but it actually lacked something that I still can't put my finger on. They have combos with soup/salad/sandwiches. I think I needed something like a sandwich or slider with mine. I was eyeballing their gourmet grilled cheese before I finally decided on the salad. Oh well, all and all I would recommed Seven Saints, maybe for lunch.

Thanks

I will admit I have been in a major funk for about a month. I'm not sure why this is. I have had some crappy things happen to some people close to me, but in general, I have it pretty good. Then, Wednesday night something amazing happened. My friend Michelle called and told me they had just adopted a baby. I won't go into the great story of it all because that is her story to tell. All I will say is that when she told me her story, her voice was the voice of the happiest person I have heard in a long time. She was just overflowing with joy. That night I realized that maybe I need to try to keep closer to happy people and remember that I am happy too. I feel for the people in my life that are unhappy right now but I have to stop feeling for them all the time. Anyway, Thanks to Michelle and baby Dex. Hopefully I will be a lot more fun to live with.

I love TV

Yes, I love TV. It is kind of sad, I know but now that I have kids I have a hard time getting to the movies and music these days suck. TV is easy for me right now. Anyway, as you can guess, I have been really excited about the last couple of weeks. NEW TV SEASON !!!!! Here are some thoughts.

* I love my DVR. Three years ago when my son was only a few months old at the beginning of the season there were many shows that I decided I couldn't watch. There is only so much TV that you can watch and still be considered a good mom. I am still teetering too close to that line right now but the DVR has helped immensely.

* I am really enjoying "The Big Bang Theory." This show is on 7:30 Monday nights and is soooo funny. When I first read the reviews it seemed like a show that I would probably watch just to check it out. The initial show had some quality moments, but I wasn't blown away. Last night though, I finally watched the Monday show last night (Thanks DVR) and I loved it. I have been reading a bunch of bad reviews about the show but I'm going to root for it. I loved David from Roseanne and I am thinking I am going to like this guy who is his roomate. Also Penny from the show really reminds me of a friend of mine.

Here I am again

Here I am again. That probably doesn't mean a whole lot to anybody but me, but this is acutally my fifth attempt to start a blog. I never really thought I would be a "blog" kind of girl but here I am. The name of this blog is in reference to my recent move to "the country." Don't get me wrong I acutally like it out here but I am constantly going back and forth in my head as country girl/city girl. I like to shop, I like to order pizza and have it come to my house, I like it to take 5 minutes to get anywhere. But, I like the quiet of the country, I like the feel of a smalltown. I like the comfort of coming home. I grew up here, went away, and now I'm home.