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A couple more reasons never to get off the couch

While there might be a stigma surrounding the claim of "television watching" as a hobby, the Guido's don't mind calling it theirs. And as of yesterday, our television watching experience just got a whole lot better.

A couple weeks ago we came home to a letter at our doorstep. The letter was from a Comcast representative and it stated that our current cable package was about to "expire" and it offered incentive to stay on for another year. Now I thought the whole idea of a package was to hook you for the first year and then jack up the price once the promotional period was over. I guess I was wrong! Long story short, we now have HD, DVR, a ton more channels, and telephone for LESS than what we paid last year. Score!

While Joe is drooling over the crystal clear HD picture, I'm most excited about DVR! So many of my favorite TV shows come on after my bed time so I frequently fall asleep before I finish watching them. And yes, that means they come on after 10:00...I know, we're old people. I've set out to record:




The Little Couple on TLC...love them!






Design Star on HGTV...even better this season because Vern, Genevieve and Candace. Sadly, the Washington D.C. girl is very annoying and needs to be kicked off.






Kendra on E!







...just to name a few. I'll even get to catch daytime flicks like Oprah and Tyra without having to take off work. Joe will continue watching sports, sports, and more sports so I don't know if he'll love DVR as much as I plan to.

Clearly, we are excited!

Confession

I just finished watching the Sex and the City series all the way through for at least the fourth time. My loving husband joined me for most of the journey...again. (And he didn't lose any man points for doing so if you ask me!) What can I say...we love it!

"You're the loves of her life and a guy's just lucky to come in fourth." ~ Mr. Big

My love affair began pre-marriage back in March of 2006. Never having had HBO, I decided to rent the first disk in the SATC series to find out what all the hype was about. I was hooked from that point on. I wasted months of our Netflix subscription renting every last disk. We then moved on to different fascinations like the equally addicting Six Feet Under series but, I missed my SATC girls. Luckily, Joe hooked me up with the entire collection as a birthday surprise a couple years ago.

"Think about it. If you are single, after graduation there isn't one occasion where people celebrate you. ... Hallmark doesn't make a "congratulations, you didn't marry the wrong guy" card. And where's the flatware for going on vacation alone?" ~ Carrie

As I come down from the thrill of the fourth time through, I find myself looking up the NYC tour and wondering how common it is for husbands to crash the party. I just don't know if anyone else would appreciate such a thing! At least there is the movie sequel to look forward to (which I hope WILL NOT include Jennifer Hudson and WILL include John Corbett...hey, a girl can dream!)

"Do you remember the time..."

What a week! Divorce. Death. Drama. When will it stop? I'll spare you all of personal stories of good times spent with my Michael Jackson tapes, singing "Heal the World" at the top of my lungs en route to the skating center, and even my detailed thoughts about the Gosselin situation. I'll leave you with my personal photograph of the hotel that was made famous when MJ held his baby over the balcony.

Berlin, Germany

On a much more positive note, last night we went to the Orioles/Nationals game at Camden Yards which, I admit, was really us tagging along to a St. Mary's alumni event. Funny since we skipped Elon's alumni event at both the National's and Orioles' Parks. Joe justified this since they were giving out jerseys to the first 10,000 fans and he claimed that we would have attended this game anyway because that was one heck of a giveaway. Our $15 outfield tickets were pretty super and once the blazing sun went down we were quite content (Joe even more so since now he had his free jersey). They won, woo hoo! We've since washed the free jerseys and they are still in one piece.

Say it aint so

This cannot be happening! I know, I know, it has been a long time coming but I still was holding on to the hope that they would work it out. If there was any couple that should try to keep it together for the kids, it would be them. They will forever be child stars with wacked out parents. I hope the drama brings in enough money for college + years of counseling!

I miss the love :-(