Fall TV Update

I must be crazy to think I can get all that TV in. Between work, the dog, dinner and other chores, I can reasonably get 2 hours of TV in during the evenings. So for that reason, I am removing a lot of shows off my list.

Here they are, in case you were interested. LOL

Our Saturday morning project

The boy is all about his entertainment center. And I guess he never planned to get a cable box. Since we’ve moved in together, we have been talking about getting a new entertainment center because as you see in the picture below, ours is too small.

We had looked at Walmart, Target, K-Mart and Sam’s Club, but found nothing we liked. We decided we needed to expand our search. I guess the problem was our criteria:

South 21

I’m already marking things off my to-do before the end of the year list. This week, the boy and I went tried a new restaurant – which will count for September. We went to South 21, a (very) local restaurant located at 6932 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC. I knew that this to-do would be kind of easy to do.

Potential obstacles for not completing this to-do were:
-Wanting to go to favorite restaurants I haven’t been to in a while,
-Risk of trying something I’ve never tried,
-Not be able to find time,
-The boy having an issue with the restaurant – the food, price, location, etc.

We both were working until 5 p.m. in the University area Tuesday, so we decided to try out a (very) local restaurant, South 21.

A formal dining room or a good reading room?

Just in the last few weeks, I’ve started to realize that I dislike how big our dining room table is. We had six people at our dining room table for dinner a few weeks ago, and I thought it felt crowded in the space. We currently have it cornered in our fairly large kitchen. There is space in our house for a formal dining room, but we currently have it set up as a reading room/den. We also have an extra bedroom that we are using as a junk room/office/Sebastian’s bedroom.

So, I brought up the question last night to the boy about moving things around. My idea was to move our reading room into the extra room and use our formal dining room space as, well, a formal dining room.

Gavin vs. Matt vs. Mat

I’m always looking for new music to listen to. Surprisingly, there have been a few CDs I want to buy. It seems so retro to me, especially now that most people just get MP3s, including me. But I still like the feel of having the CD and putting it into my car. I’ve been debating which of these CDs to buy:

For the rest of the year

I know I didn’t get to finish my list of things I want to do this summer, so I’m going to expand the list and say they are things I want to do before the end of the YEAR!

Actually, I’m going to change and add things as well. I really do like trying new things, so I’m going to try much harder. Not that I didn’t try harder before. I was actually really busy this summer! It was ambitious for me to try to do them all in just two months.

Also, the boy surprised me by getting me a KitchenAid mixer. In a previous post, I said my ideal situation for making fresh pasta would be to have this mixer and its attachments. Now all I need are those attachments that cost anywhere between $150 – 200. So that will come another day.

Side note: Even though I have this awesome mixer, I’m kind of tired of baking. Isn’t that horrible? It’s just that when I bake something, it takes the boy and me at least two weeks to finish it.

So, here is the new list!

Tuesday, Tuesday

Here’s what I’m watching Tuesdays!

Random thoughts…

Great Weekend
OK, I take it back. I was not really ready to start Monday because I was still tired from this weekend! We were planning to go to the Cabarrus County Fair on Friday, but instead Tim surprised me with dinner plans.

I spent nearly all of Saturday baking and watching increments of Star Wars: A New Hope. The boy just got the entire series on Blu-ray and because I’ve never seen the ones that count – the original three – our goal was to watch them this weekend. We only got through one, unfortunately pausing them every 20 to 30 minutes so I could run to the kitchen. Maybe we can try again next weekend.

Then that evening, we headed uptown Charlotte to celebrate one of our girl friends’ birthday and her last few days of singledom. I actually stayed out until 2 a.m., which I haven’t done in a while. I felt old. I need to figure a way to get more energy throughout the day. I guess it didn’t help I got up at 7 a.m. that day.

And then Sunday, we tagged along on a trip to the mountains with some friends. We hiked a mountain for like THREE hours! The entire trail was about 4.3 miles. And we had to climb the stairs from hell to get back to the car. Seriously, there were like 100 stairs to climb – and up a mountain! The photos below do not quite show how crazy those stairs were.





Needless to say, I was EXHAUSTED after that.

Overall, a great weekend… But I was not quite ready to get out of bed this morning.

Better Put a Ring On It
I gotta be honest – I am waiting for the day the boy proposes. I’ve been finding myself wearing a ring – any ring - these days. Maybe my body is instinctively preparing itself for the day it happens!

People say that it’s my fault he hasn’t done it. And I agree. But I don’t want him to tell me he’s going to do it. He can surprise me by just not telling me. It’s that simple. Don’t tell me you’re going to do it. Be spontaneous and nervous – and then do it!

Good Changes
Work has automatic paper towel dispensers in our bathrooms. I’m that person that would normally swipe my hands at least two times to get enough paper to dry my hands. But I am making a commitment to try to use JUST ONE for here on out. They must be set to dispense just that one for a reason, right? Remember, I’m trying to make positive changes! I’m going to add this one to the list!

So far, one has been plenty. Change done!

Questions
Even though I say I get tired of the boy who turns everything into a joke, I love that he’s always thinking. He wants to write a book titled, “The Answers to Questions that People Never Ask.” Well, he would ask – but he’d be the only one.

Love him.

Nobody looks forward to Monday

Except me! I have a lot of great shows that start on Mondays! Check out my TV schedule.

Sunday

Sundays are REALLY busy TV days.

What a weekend

More than likely, my weekends will be spent catching up on TV. Which is never fun. But the only other option to stop watching to much! LOL

Here are the shows I’ll be tuning into on Saturdays.

A conscious decision

They say some changes are for the best. And I think that’s what I’m aiming for these days.

I’ve never been a very environmentally conscious person, but now that Tim and I are living together, I’ve made some considerations on how we should live. Start and make them habits now, right? Not all of these are environment related, but they are all things that are going to help us in the long run (or at least I hope).

It is already Friday?

The boy says this is the day that networks play shows that are going to die… and die soon. Well, I have two favorites that have moved to the 8 p.m. time slot on Friday. I know I’ll be tuned in!

My Thursday TV Line Up

Shows for Thursdays this fall.

8 p.m.
FOX, The X Factor

CW, The Vampire Diaries, starts today
I don’t know where this show is going… but I still really enjoy it. Sometimes, the storylines are a stretch, but what do you expect when you’re dealing with vampires, werewolves and other supernaturals?

8:30 p.m.
NBC, Parks and Recreation, starts Sept. 22
Between the Vampire Diaries and the X Factor, I have got to find a way to fit this show in. It’s one of my all-time favorite shows on NBC.

9 p.m.
NBC, The Office, starts Sept. 22
Dunder Miflin will not be the same without Michael Scott. How will it proceed? The show has since spun out a slew of breakout stars since its premiere nearly six years ago. Can Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms and team carry the show?

9:30 p.m.
NBC, *Whitney, starts Sept. 22
I don’t know anything about this show except it’s about Whitney Cummings. And I don’t even really know who she is. Don’t know if I’ll stick with this one.

9 p.m.
Lifetime, Project Runway, ongoing
Thank goodness for cable networks that re-run shows a million times. I can skip the 9 p.m. showing to fit in X Factor and the Office, and still enjoy the creative eye candy of this show at a later day.

11 p.m.
TBS, Conan
Comedy Central, The Daily Show

11:30 p.m.
Comedy Central, The Colbert Report

*new show

Fall TV started this week!

This week marked the return of my fall TV shows. Over the last few weeks, the boy has probably been wondering what I mean when I talk about my “fall shows.” Since I haven’t posted in a while, I thought this might be a great topic to talk about. Over the next few days, I’ll be posting some of the shows I’m looking forward to as the TV networks roll out their best and brightest primetime shows.

It would have been more ideal for me to have posted this yesterday because my first show started then, but I will go with it and start with today. And keep in mind, these shows are in addition to me and the boy having SEPARATE Netflix accounts. By the time I’m done, you’ll wonder how I have time for anything else!

Here are my Wednesday shows.

September

When did it become September? And how is it that we are nearly halfway through the month already?!

Time truly flies!