Holiday decorating

3:12 PM

I love the holidays. I love the feeling in the air, and the atmosphere around them. Starting with Halloween, I love decorating the house to give off the feeling of the holiday that is approaching. I already have my pumpkin placemats on the table. The pumpkin and pilgrim salt and pepper shakers are on the table as well. The wreath is on the outside of the house, and will stay there until after Thanksgiving. These decorations will stay up until about Thanksgiving.



Yet, I like to put my Christmas tree up in November, so I have time to look at it and admire it. I'll change the wreath after Thanksgiving to the Christmas wreath that lights up. Then I will put some lights on the outside of the house. I like seeing really well decorated houses with lights during Christmas. And even thought the hubby wants one of those blow up Snoopy snow globe decorations for the front of the house, I have yet to give in. Can't wait to go drive around and see some pretty houses.



I am by no means Martha Stewart in her decorating, but I like to pretend. And I like lusting after beautiful decorations.




Do you decorate? What get's you excited about the holidays?

Are you ready for some football?

8:58 PM

I like sports. Growing up I went through my fair share of what I liked at the time. My mom has a picture of me when I played basketball. That was when I was really into the Orlando Magic and really loved Nick Anderson. #25!! I still really like him and enjoying freaking him out when I see him out and about now downtown or at events. I think he is thinking, "Who is this crazy white girl that keeps professing to me how much of a fan she is..."

Anyway I digress, then I played softball, so I went into really loving baseball. This was during the era of Sammy Sosa and Chipper Jones. As you can see my teams were the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves. Even have both Chipper and Sammy's rookie cards, oh and I have Nick Anderson's too. Does anyone still collect these cards?

During this whole time I was always into soccer, because my brother played, and the players were always hot. But I got into soccer more after hubby and I got into European soccer and played together on the Orlando Sport and Social Club. I was the goalie.

I got into football in the later years of high school and then when I went away to college. What I liked most though was college football. After visiting Ann Arbor in college, I fell in love with the area, and the feel of Michigan football. I felt they were my team. So since then I have always followed Michigan, through their highs and lows, GO BLUE.


Then I met hubby. He has always been a soccer fan, like I mentioned before. But since he was young, he's been a die-hard Atlanta Falcons fan. He has a story where he wrote all the players back in the day and they all wrote him back and signed his football cards. That made him a fan for life. And it makes me a fan. That is how you make fans for life.

This year I decided to get into Fantasy Football. This has made me into the NFL much more. Following games, and following my players. There is a reason to watch other teams now. The only part of fantasy I don't like, the betting part. I hate gambling. I'd just rather play and have fun watching.


In June, the hubby and I went to Atlanta. We really love that city and I think in a heartbeat we'd move there. Other than it being the home to the Falcons, we have a fabulous time when we visit. But when we went since it was his birthday, I took him on a tour of the Georgia Dome, home to the Falcons. We got to see the ins and out of the Dome. So much fun to learn about the Falcons on a deeper level and it makes you enjoy the team so much more, knowing why things are a certain way.


One day we hope to experience a game in the Dome, I know we could go and see them play an away game that is near us, but it wouldn't be like seeing them at home, with everyone else who is a Falcons fan. One day I'll take hubby.


So football, I embrace you, unlike most wives. I think I watched more football today than hubby did. Granted he was working. But I like having something to enjoy with the hubby instead of railing against it, as I know a lot of wives do. Embrace it, and it might just be something to bring you together, something you can talk about, and something you can bond a little deeper with.

Plus, ladies, some of the guys aren't bad on the eyes.

What have you and your spouse bonded over? Or have you embraced something you never thought you would, only because your spouse really was into it?

What I'm watching this fall

7:05 PM

Now that Labor Day is over that only can mean one thing….NEW FALL TV SHOWS! Or returning old ones that is just as exciting. I really though hope you didn’t say, “No more wearing white until Easter!” I would be really upset. And wearing white is a WHOLE different blog post. Stay tuned.

Anyway, I printed out my trusty Fall Schedule TV Calendar so I could highlight and then set the DVR to record the new shows. Anyone else ever done this? Or am I just the organized freak? Ha! If you want to join in, here is the calendar.

Tonight I am anxious to jump on the Sons of Anarchy bandwagon. I have heard this show is really good, and it looks right up the hubby and my alley. I know it’s been on for like 3 or 4 seasons, I am just not sure why we haven’t watched before. I think we will jump in now, and have to go back and watch all the others via Netflix or something.


No other shows start this week that I am interested in, but the next two weeks are a little nuts with the shows. Here is the breakdown.

Tuesday 9/12: 90210, as you can probably tell this is totally my pick, not the hubby’s. It’s a returning show, so it’s just continuing the story lines already there.

Wednesday 9/13: Up All Night is a new show with Christina Applegate and Will Forte. It looks really funny, and even though I don’t have a kid it looks interesting. The sad part is it is on so late, 10pm is late for me. But maybe it has that crude humor that can’t be shown any earlier.

Thursday 9/14: The cartoon that I want to be friends with, Archer returns! If you have never seen Archer on FX, he is a self-centered special agent who works for his mother and loves the ladies. He is so dry and funny, I want him to be my pal.


Moving on to the next week, this is when we hit the mother load of new shows. Try and stay with me here.

Tuesday 9/19: The Biggest Loser and New Girl. I always seem to start with the Biggest Loser and then fall off half way through. Hubby and I watch it together, so I will give it a whirl. New Girl is on Fox with Zooey Deschanel, she was in 500 Days of Summer, but I guess the premise is she finds out her boyfriend is cheating and has to move out. She moves out with three guys and hilarity ensues, I think, or I hope. I will try it out and see how it progresses.

Wednesday 9/20: Modern Family. I started with this show in the beginning then fell off because I was working a bunch and didn’t feel like I could keep up. People love it so much though, so I am going to try again. Now that I am home in the evenings it helps to be able to watch TV. (Some people will moan and groan at all this TV watching, but it’s not like I just sit around and do nothing else. Haters!)

Thursday 9/21: One of my favorite nights of TV, especially on NBC. The Thursday night lineup is awesome. Starting with Community, then Parks and Recreation, which is one of my FAVORITE shows, followed by The Office and then Whitney. It will be interesting to see how The Office does this year with the absence of Steve Carrell. What do you think? And Whitney is a new show that caught my eye because the previews/ commercials looked funny. Hopefully they aren’t just showing me all the good stuff. Going back to Parks and Rec, watch it, if only for Ron Swanson.


Friday 9/22: Kitchen Nightmares. Yes it’s gross most of the time, but I do love Gordon Ramsay.

Lastly, the next week is the premiere of Gossip Girl on Monday night. I have followed it since the beginning and it is getting a little over the top, but as a lot of my friends know I have to fill my void of teen drama with Gossip Girl and 90210. The void came after Dawson’s Creek went off the air. Then I filled it with The OC, and now these shows. But nothing can compare to the original. Sigh.


By the way if you haven’t noticed Monday nights are looking a little dull for shows, only Gossip Girl. Maybe that is when I will catch up on everything. Or I can always watch a Top Gear rerun!


I think I should do an update to this in mid-October or November, to see if I am still watching. Remind me okay.

So what are you going to watch this fall, and have any recommendations for stuff I missed? Maybe from a network that’s not in the big 5?





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