the Listener

Today I felt sick. I watched alot of tv today.

One of the shows I watched was The Listener. Mark my works, the opening of the show would make a really cute SNL skit, so be on the look out for that. Spooky, upbeat music(much like the opening of Medium) w/ the star looking up, right, left wistfully.

This show is full of all-new, original ideas(all of which are very believeable, by the way) including a beautiful female detective who works in a tank top and tight jeans. Character comes complete w/ exterior. Could the plucky young telepath warm her cold heart?

What is with television police departments that they need a spunky civilian sidekick to do their work?

And wonderful moments like: Wow, I just had the thought that I needed a dollar and this young stranger hands me a dollar out of the blue, how magical and heartwarming.

Easy access to the unattended police computer for the leading man to solve the case was the final straw. My husband tells me w/ 10 minutes left our young hero saves the day.

Read my mind, nbc: Yuck!

:)

over the flu!

I am finally getting over the flu and ready to get back on the diet I bragged about in my last post! I have eaten whatever I wanted while I was sick, and I am tired of it. I have overeaten many times and am ready to get back to eating protein w/ every meal; it sure makes me less hungry!

TLC is running a show on a man w/ 3 wives. Wow. I saw a show called Forbidden Love: Polygamy a few months ago. The host was a young unmarried female interviewing different polygamist family arrangements. The host told one wife that she could never marry a man she wasn't "in love" with, in addition to loving him as just a friend. The wife then said that comment just confirmed what she had w/ her "husband" was right because that "in love" feeling fades and you can't base a relationship on it.

I so wish I could talk to this lady!!! I would never change her mind, but I sure would like to tell her she is wrong. Just like an article I saw one time, assserted that if a married couple claims their love is better now that it was in the beginning, then they are lying.

I am still "in love" w/ my husband, he can still make my heart skip a beat. And we both feel that our relationship just keeps getting better and better every year as we mature and grow.

So there... I just wanted it to be known. ;)

It is such a strange feeling to be doing so well w/ homeschooling-the scheduling, the subjects- and at the same time doing so bad w/ housekeeping and chores, esp. in the area of getting the kids to participate.

I really feel myself growing and being more tolerant of things not going perfectly. Which is so good, but nothing ever goes perfectly! At least not for very long!!

Yesterday on PBS, I watched a special on the brain w/ Dr. Amen. Very interesting. He said that many things we think of as bad behaviors are do to brain malfunction.I definitely want to research this more. When I did a google search, quackwatch came up, but I don't plan on doing anything "quacky". I am interested in exercise and fish oil and not giving a place to negative thoughts. None of that will hurt. They may not be miracle cures, but won't hurt anyone.

(Also yesterday and on PBS) I watched Randy Pauch's The Last Lecture.One of the things I took away was the choice of being an Eeyore or a Tigger in life. If I have to chose the one I am most like, I hate to say I have been like Eeyore. I don't know that I can immediately become a Tigger, but maybe I could certain AIM for being more Tigger-like.

There are so many good things. It is so important to determine what God has for me. I feel that I am leaning more and more on God's direction and not just the fine opinion of what works for others.

Lessons the Tv taught me

It's been a long hard road. Who knew?

At my inlaws I watched alot of tv. One of the shows I'd never seen before was the Dog Whisperer. It is crazy how quickly and easily that man gets dogs to do stuff.

I haven't had a lot of time to devote to our dogs, but they are completely different animals since I have started watching the show. After watching the show, I realize that we should only have one dog, but oh well...

Speaking of tv, why would you sign up to do "wife swap"? Who at this point doesn't realize that they set you up w/ the family who would annoy you most?!

I feel like I have swapped lives w/ my husband.He does aLOT. I am amazed.