Monday Night Routine

I have had a new Monday night routine during the "Major Crimes" season. I go to Loni's each Monday to watch the show.  I arrive right before it airs, and leave when it is over.  Tonight was the season finale. 

The best thing about these Monday night visits is that my grandcat, Mocha, has become used to the fact that I am there, and knows that whereas I might bring her a treat when I arrive, I will ignore her unless she indicates she is interested in my seeing her.  

The last couple of weeks she has allowed me to feed her a few treats out of my hand and I have actually been allowed to pet her a couple of times. 

 

I will have to find a reason to keep going over there on a weekly basis so the grandcat doesn't forget me.

A Night of Laughs

Recently the youngest asked me about a movie someone had referenced to him that had a paperboy wanting his $2.00.  I looked it up and told him it was "Better Off Dead."  I had not seen the movie, but Loni had, and tonight she brought it over for us to watch.  It was quite amusing and the youngest was pleased because he said he would be able to get several more references now.

Earlier in the day I noticed that one of the stations was running episodes of the original Batman series with Adam West and Burt Ward along with Lost in Space.  I recorded those and then we all watched them after the movie since the youngest had not seen these great classics.  We had a lot of laughs watching those old shows and making fun of just how bad they really were.  

It was a great night of laughs. 

"Ridiculist"

I love Anderson Cooper and since Charlie Gibson left television, Anderson is all I have left in the love department.

His "Ridiculist" is one of my favorite treats in the morning.  This morning I could have been on the list.  I pulled up the video, read the title and proceeded to watch it in a very puzzled state of mind.  I thought the title was "Pregnant Moms" and when I watched the video it was not about pregnant moms, it was about Toddlers and Tiaras.  After watching it twice looking for pregnant moms I finally looked at the title again..."Pageant Moms." DUH

My favorite "Ridiculist:"

He is just so darn cute when he giggles.

Well, I am Going to be Up for a While

Loni and I have been catching up on the shows I have recorded on my computer.  Last night we watched "Once Upon a Time."  I really enjoyed it, intriguing and different.

Tonight we caught up on "Grimm."  Creepy show.  Although I do like the wolf sidekick.  

Now I have to stay up and watch happy shows so that I won't have nightmares. 

My Television Obsession

I can't help the fact that I love to watch television, and I like a variety of different shows just like I like to read a variety of different styles of books. I don't have a huge fancy television, cable, lots of speakers or anything that costs a lot of money.  I just like to be entertained.

Television doesn't rule my life, and I don't have it on all the time.  It is nice to have on as background noise when I am quilting, unless I am doing something that requires a lot of concentration.  I like to watch my shows to unwind in the evening.  

I enjoy watching Survivor with Loni and Mina and having discussions about the different people.  I like good police shows, lawyer and medical dramas, some reality shows - usually the people have to be challenged in some way for me to enjoy the show - like Survivor, Love in the Wild, Expedition Impossible, etc.   The Voice and American Idol are favorites too. I tape Young and the Restless everyday.  Seventh Heaven and other corny family shows are also favorites of mine.

I record most of the shows I watch so I can skip through the boring parts, or the people I don't like to watch perform.  

Since I don't have cable, I watch a lot of shows through the internet and Netflix.  Yesterday, I was working around the house, and then found a job that required a lot of sitting in one place.  I turned on Netflix for something different and found "Switched at Birth."  Well, one episode and I was hooked.  I watched episodes 1 and 2 and then went to do another job.  I would work really hard for about an hour and then I would reward myself with another episode.  Once I had completed all the tasks I had on my list for the day, I sat down and watched all the available episodes. It is just the kind of show I can really fall in love with.  Lots of characters with different stuff going on with each of them - a great saga.   I love to read sagas and I love to watch them so there you go, I am hooked.  

The only problem I had with "Switched at Birth" was that I couldn't hand quilt and watch it.  Lots of shows I can just listen to, but since several of the characters in the show are deaf, there are places you have to read the dialogue. I found myself having to drop my quilting and take the tape back so I could catch up.  Finally, I just decided to enjoy the show.  

I can't wait until the next season.  In the meantime I can stay busy with Survivor, The Closer, Psych, Drop Dead Diva, Project Runway (Loni just hooked me on to this one), and all my other favs that are coming back.  I sure hope they have at least one good comedy this season.  My lineup lacks comedy.