Da Bears

Yesterday we headed out to Cary to have lunch and watch the Bears with the Berndt's, the Glynn's and the Nickoloff's. It was so great to catch up with everyone and have all the little guys together. We are all greatly anticipating the birth of the Nickoloff twins and can't wait to introduce them to Alex, Ethan, and Keegan. I don't think I caught one second of the Bears game, but instead enjoyed great Tortilla soup that Jaime made, lots of laughs with the girls and tons of fun with the kiddos. Needless to say, the big boys spent most of the time watching the game and checking fantasy stats with quick breaks for some food and daddy daycare! Thanks Jaime, Mike, and Alex for a great afternoon! More pictures here if you so desire.

The Amazing Race

Sunday night kicked off the 12th season of one of my favorite TV shows, The Amazing Race. It one show, along with The Hills, How I Met Your Mother, and Grey's Anatomy, that I absolutely love to watch. So, needless to say, I was extremely excited for the season premier on Sunday.

For those of you who have not seen the show, it is a reality television game show in which teams race around the world in competition with other teams. The idea is to arrive first at the pit stop at the end of each leg to avoid elimination.

Why, you might ask, do I love this show so much? Well, it is a game that requires physical and mental strength and teamwork. Sure, there is always that point on every episode that allows all the teams to catch up to each other, but that just brings everyone back to equal playing field, requiring even more strategic planning and skill. Plus it is pretty cool to see all the places The Amazing Race sends the contestants. So, if you are looking for something to watch after Sunday night football and before Desperate Housewives, I highly recommend checking out The Amazing Race. It is on Sunday nights at 7 p.m. cst.

My pick to win this season....Rachel and TK

Reality TV Answers

While researching an answer for Shannon - I found the following website:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9756436/

This site will answer all of your reality tv questions such as - do participants on "What Not to Wear" really have to throw all of their clothes out.

Have fun looking around!

Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Want to buzz through the rest of the TV week and give you some updates, since I know you are all eagerly anticipating the finale to this ridiculous series of postings.

Friday night has two shows that I watch when I can. Friday Night Lights premiers tonight for the season. I liked what I saw last year but admit that I missed probably the last half of the season. I think I am going to Tivo this year's then get the first season from Netflix and catch up.

Las Vegas is on as well and I really only like the show because its Vegas and gambling. I love Vegas. In fact, I will be there later this month.

Saturday - well, its college football day - there are no other shows on.

Sunday - Home Makeover is good to see the end product - newest trends and the sort. Plus, we (USG/L&W Supply) sometimes donates all of the drywall and we are on the show every now and then.

Desperate Housewives follows and we have been watching since the beginning. I liked this season's first show. Should be able to take off from there.

I watched Pushing Daisies on Wednesday night this week after reading a whole bunch of "good things." Wasn't sure that I liked it, but I will give it another week.

And this is and inside joke for Kim - Natalie Gulbis is on Wednesday's.

Thursdays

TV on Thursday is the wife's domain. It starts with Ugly Betty, then goes to Grey's Anatomy. I wasn't impressed with last week's Ugly Betty, it doesn't help that they made the hot chick not hot.

Grey's was pretty good, seems like the storylines are progressing and should be another entertaining year.

I do need to throw in some man-ness here. I also watch the ESPN Thursday night college football game each week, I am just relegated to the small tv in the bedroom.

Wednesday TV Redo

Forgot about the one show Ali and I now watch on Wednesdays. At 9pm on the Golf Channel - The Natalie Gulbis Show. If you don't like golf, you probably won't like the show, unless you are an adolescent male who loves tall chicks in short golf skirts. Ali and I watch it for our friend Kim King who is on the show about every other episode. When Natalie refers to Kimmy(Kimmie?), we know Kimmy! Very exciting stuff.

TV - Tuesday and Wednesday

As I go through rethinking the shows I watch, I am thinking to myself I don't watch that much TV. Tuesdays are Beauty and the Geek and Boston Legal.

Beauty and the Geek is on the CW at 7 - I really just like the interaction of the players, the beauties and the geeks, obviously. I do however wonder how staged it is, cause girls cannot be that dumb and guys cannot be that geeky. Whatever, its funny. Especially when the two hook-up. What's up with me and geek shows?

Boston Legal is a keeper for about three years now. James Spader won the Emmy this year, so hopefully it means its not going anywhere for a while. Not sure I like the new year as of yet after one episode. They change a majority of the cast each year and this year seems a little off. I will still watch though for one thing. Denny Crane.

I think I am going to need a new hobby cause Wednesday sucks. We watched the Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice last week, but I will not make the mistake twice. It was terrible. I have no desire to watch it or any other show on Wednesday night's. If you have any suggestions, let me know.

I guess I should say that Lost should be back on Wednesday's at some point.

Fall TV

I like TV. Always have. Over the next few posts, I will introduce you to the shows that I watch and what I thought about the first show of the new season.

We will start with Monday's.

How I Met Your Mother - CBS - Comedy - Ali and I started watching this show last year in its 2nd season and have not missed an episode since then. Marshall and Lilly can be annoying sometimes, but Barney makes up ten-fold for whenever they drag it down. Definitely watch an episode as you don't really need to know much about what happened in the past.

Big Bang Theory - CBS - Comedy - The premier episode was on last week and even though I thought I would find the show boring, I was laughing out loud. Mostly laughing at the ridiculously geekiness of all the guys on the show. Or was I laughing at the fact that I was a geek (or am I still?)

Heros - NBC - Drama - Have been watching since the first show last year and it has surpassed Lost as my favorite show on TV. Not sure what to think about this week's episode - they did a good job of moving the story along away from last year, but I am not sure I really liked where they were going. Time will tell though as you don't really know whats going to happen next.