It doesn’t seem fair that it should be Friday already.  I feel like I haven’t “worked for it” enough or somesuch silliness.  Considering our week didn’t start until Wednesday, it has definitely been a rather cushy week.  And everyone has gotten back on track rather quickly after our trip to Elko.  I remember when Harry was little it always took a few days to get him back to sleeping normally again and he would be kind of a snot for a few days.  But Liam has been pretty good (as good as you can expect him to be, rather) and Evie has been fine as well.  So YAY for that!  

And YAY for Friday!  We don’t have anything major on the books this weekend (don’t think we could afford it if we wanted to anyhow), maybe a trip to the store or two.  I know.  Aren’t you just thrilled?  I can barely contain my own excitement.  But weekends aren’t about excitement.  They’re about chilling the heck out.  And if you know me, you know I love to chill the heck out.  

Wait.  Before I get ahead of myself, I’d better start in on my List of Fabulous.  

• I think we’re going to do another “date night” tonight.  Kile has a salmon roast in the freezer, stuffed with shrimp if I recall and I can barely wait to try it.  Hmm.  Should probably confirm with him and set it in the fridge to defrost, huh?  We also have a little bottle of Icewine to drink.  I’ll have to think up some other fun date night stuff too.  
• While we’re settling further into cooler weather (which I love, if you weren’t already aware), we’re seeing some downright mild temperatures this week.  It’s nice to have a last little respite of warmth before things cool down for the duration.  Of course, if the temperatures don’t go back to normal soon, I may start griping.  In the meantime, however, I’m going to enjoy not having to wear a coat all the time. 
• “The Office” and “30 Rock” were especially good last night.  I mean, they’re pretty much ALWAYS good.  It’s nice to have that to count on on a Thursday night, isn’t it?  
• Have you see the Oprah/Snapfish free photo book offer going around?  I don’t have the link handy and I’m far too lazy to go look it up (I got it off Baby Cheapskate and Freebies 4 Moms had it too), but i put one together yesterday and it turned out so cool.  It’s a $30 book for FREE, you just pay shipping.  Now tell me that’s not FABULOUS!
• Obama is going to be our next President!  I know this is old news.  But I am still rather excited about it and so therefore, it’s making my list.  
• I can theoretically sleep in tomorrow.  Even if it ends up being a pipe dream, just the dream of being able to sleep in makes my toes want to curl.  Woot! 

After yesterday’s post, wherein I alienated a large part of my readership (at least this time I know why my stats went down!) (I kid!  I kid!), I started to wonder if in fact I really could consider myself a television fan since there are so many hit shows that I have never watched and never want to watch.  Should my badge identifying me as a TV Lover be revoked?  I mean, it sure seems like the TV is on an awful lot around here.  So what DO I watch if not the super-cool hawt shows that everyone else is watching?

(Good thing for you I’m out of posting ideas and don’t feel up to a WordPress Bootcamp today because I’m totally going to answer that.)

• As I mentioned yesterday, “True Blood” on HBO is a new favorite of mine.  The unorthodox marketing campaign captured my interest and I was already sorta into the whole vampire thing from reading “Twilight”.  Luckily, Kile was also interested in it so we tuned in.  And once my prudish self gets over all the nudity (holy naked moses, batman!), it’s really an awesome show.  Even though I’m having a hard time getting used to seeing Anna Paquin with blonde hair.
• Also am big time loving on “Fringe“.  Initially, I planned to maybe give it a look because of J.J. Abrams involvement.  Though I was concerned about it being on FOX and all (I’m still mad at FOX for burying and then murdering “Firefly“).  Then I saw a few ads that made it clear that Joshua Jackson was one of the stars.  That was all it took.  I’m a Pacey fan from way back, ya’ll.  And it doesn’t hurt that the show is mad bizarre.
• I have mentioned before that I watch syndicated episodes of “Touched by an Angel” during the day.  The episodes are a little schmaltzy, but I enjoy them so much.  I generally watch these while the two little ones are napping and before Harry gets home from school.  I don’t have time to do it every day, but when I do it’s like heaven.  It’s one little slice of “me time” that I can halfway depend upon.
• I have sick love for “Lost“.  I remember the ads for the season premiere of it all those years ago.  I admit, I was drawn in by the plane crash.  Call it a morbid fascination, if you will.  But I do recall that it was the season premiere I was most looking forward to because it looked so cool on the commercials.  It ended up being an entirely different sort of show than I was expecting but that was in a good way.  I’d never seen anything like it before and I LOVED IT.  Haven’t missed an episode yet.  (I didn’t even give up on it in season 3 like everyone else did.  Brownie points for me!)
• I watch “The Amazing Race” virtually every season.  I say “virtually” because I have missed a season here and there and episodes as well.  But it is my most favorite of all the reality shows.  This may or may not have something to do with Phil.
• Kile and I enjoy watching Bill Maher on HBO.  We don’t always agree with him and sometimes I find his particular brand of “comedy” a little on the harsh side, but we do enjoy the arguments that take place on that show sometimes.  The week before last had some good ones.  We missed last week because our DVR went apeshit and deleted all our scheduled recordings.
• How could I leave off “How I Met Your Mother“?  Neil Patrick Harris rocks my socks.
• Also, a huge fan of “The Office.”  Last night was the premiere and I have to admit that the end totally took me by surprise.  But then, Jim said it would take us by surprise, didn’t he?  Sneaky, sneaky!

There are also some shows that we catch fairly regularly, but not regularly enough to be on our “list”.  Shows like “House” and “Deadliest Catch” and “30 Rock” (I wish I could say we watched that one more regularly but a lot of times we, uh, forget).  But chances are, if you were to fire up our DVR you’d see recordings of kid’s movies like “Curious George”, “Over the Hedge” and “Happy Feet”, kid’s shows like “Blue’s Clues”, “The Backyardigans” and “Jack’s BIg Music Show”, and more adult movies like “You, Me and Dupree” and “Knocked Up”.  Movies take precedence over tv shows on the DVR.  We’re big movie people around here.  So maybe I am a fan of TV, just that I like to watch movies more than television shows.  Hmm.  Could be.

So what are your favorites?  And did you watch “The Office” last night?  Tell me… did you see it coming??

You know what this means, right? It’s De-Lurking Day and that means it’s time to step out from behind that potted plant over there (yes, I SEE YOU) and leave a comment. That goes double for me. I’ve always been a poor commenter. I’m infamous for reading a blog for months on end and never commenting and then I wonder why the author doesn’t know who the heck I am. Uhm, hello? It’s become worse since Google Reader entered my life. Now it’s even EASIER to not comment on my favorite blogs!

But today, I’m going to change all that. I’m going to go out there and comment and fill the blog world with my grains of wisdom, pith and support. And I’d like to encourage all of you (all five of you) to do the same. Not just here (though some comments here would be LOVELY because each and every one of them totally makes my day. SERIOUSLY), but everywhere you read. Spread the love! Share yourself! Let the comment love begin!

Zoot had a great idea over on her blog, giving her faithful commenters something to comment about (it’s helpful, no?). So I’ve been trying to wrack my brain, to think of a good conversation starter. It’s not as easy as it sounds. So here goes: Do you think it’s strange in the slightest that I had a dream about “The Office” last night? And not like I was IN “The Office”, but more like I was just watching it. And it was all about Pam and Jim getting it on. Does this mean I’m watching too much television? Or can I blame it on the pregnancy hormones?

Also (before I go off and comment myself into a stupor): I downgraded my blog to WordPress version 2.2.3 for now. It fixes the errors that were popping up everywhere and making me angry. However, my categories seem to have disappeared. Oh well, I guess I can’t have everything. But hopefully you would-be commenters won’t get any errors and that’s the important thing.