I'm A TV Addict

So i have concluded that i am addicted to the TV. No seriously...i have a DVR and i am not afraid to use it! I usually don't watch TV through the day unless the kids are napping and i need to free up some space on the DVR. My TV time starts when the kids hit the bed at night. Just to give you an idea of what I'm talking about here is a list of all the TV shows i record on a weekly basis!


Daily Recordings:

• Nancy Grace
  
• The View
• Local News at 11

Sunday Recordings:

• Desperate Housewives
• Extreme Home Makeover
• Rock of Love
• Tool Academy
• Ultimate Recipe Showdown

Monday Recordings:

• House
• The Bachelor
• True Beauty

Tuesday Recordings:

• The Biggest Loser
• American Idol
• Fringe
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager
• Law and Order: SVU
• Nip/Tuck

Wednesday Recordings:

• Law and Order
• Lost
• American Idol
• Lie To Me (New)
• The Real World
• Bones
  

Thursday Recordings:

• Sober House
• Ugly Betty
• Grey's Anatomy
• Private Practice
• ER

Friday Recordings:

• Friday Night Lights
• Howie Do It (New)

Now this is just the short list as i am sure i have forgotten some shows and then there are the shows that are not on air right now like America's Next Top Model or any other show that comes on MTV or VH1.

Now i know exactly what you are thinking (besides this chick is nuts)! I do watch far too much TV! I know this and i would love to correct it but how? If i miss these shows i watch them online to catch up. They have become a intricate part of my life which is very very sad.

What has happened here is that i have became such a part of these shows that don't feel complete if i don't know what my favorite character is doing this week! Well maybe i am exaggerating a tad bit but still it is something like that.

Now as i said i don't watch this through out the day. I record it and watch it in the evenings as part of my chill out post kids relaxation routine. I think to an extent this is one of the few things i treat myself to. So maybe in a way it isn't that bad but still way out of control.

I have tried in the past to ween myself down to only a few shows but what is my day worth if i don't see the latest argument between the ladies of The View or the big fist fight between the smuts on Rock of Love? Can anyone tell me??? I am addicted and there is no rehab.

So does anyone wanna comment and tell me they are addicted too?

Addicted

Hi, my name is Courtney and i am addicted to blogs!

Yes you heard that right. I am a blog addict. Not just addicted to reading blogs but to writing them. I constantly will have a thought roll through my head and think "oh that would make a great topic to blog about". At this moment (and i say that cause it changes at least once a day) i have 32 blogs that i read daily. I know what you are thinking!!! How in the world do i find the time to read that many blogs when i have a 2 and 3 year old running around my house? Well this is how. I have a morning routine. I wake up when the kids get up around 7 or 8. We eat some kind of yummy breakfast. While they are eating i sit at the computer and sip my coffee as i check my e-mail. When i am done checking e-mail and MySpace i start on my blog list. By this time the kids are done eating. This is usually when i entertain them with a little TV lol. Playhouse Disney makes a wonderful 30 min babysitter when needed. So as they sit watching TV quietly (yea right they don't do anything quietly) i read as many blogs as i can (usually about 10 or so). After that most of the other blogs get read between nap time and then after the kids go to bed.

My day is totally not complete til i have read all my blogs and posted in mine. Now i am fairly new to blogging. I just started this blog in August, but i have always "blogged" somewhere since at least 2000. I use to have a live journal for years. Then when i found MySpace i started writing there instead. With so many of my friends in my Yahoo Parenting Group having blogs that i read i decided i needed one. That brings me to here and my addiction. I have to read and write. I find it so amazing to read the thoughts and lives of others. Maybe because a lot of them sound so similar to my life and make me realize i am not the only one feeling a certain way, or maybe because some of them are so polar opposite of my life and give me new perspectives of life. Either way i love reading and writing. I love getting to know all these people and letting them get to know me.

I will ask now that you all feed into my love of blogs (aka addiction) and send as many people my way as you can. Tell them to come read my posts and leave comments. I am sure no matter their background or writing style that i will add them to my list of blogs and i will fall in love with them as a bloggy friend. So send then my way. I am just a mother of 2 boys and wife, who happens to be a lover of blogs and people.