So hubby wasn’t coming home for a while, and after my little shot night out, I decided I needed to lay low for a while. Last weekend I had lots to do, work wise. So I just planned on getting lots and lots done, starting on the taxes, etc. You know, a great, fun filled weekend that would make anyone jealous.
So Saturday began with great intentions, but here’s how it ended up:
9-10: Walked the dogs (yes, that was productive)
10-12:30 – Got swept up in the stupid movie ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’. Yes, the Sarah Jessica Parker 80’s movie.
12:30 – 3 – Drove down to Legacy Books to shop a little bit and do some work in the cafe. However, the 80’s song ‘Dancing in Heaven’ consumed my mind, and I wasn’t able to concentrate.
3:30 – 6 – Turned on TV to see that ‘Titanic’ was on. I only saw this movie 3 times in the theater and 100 times after it came out, but I watched it again. Oh, and of course I cried as she pried Jack Dawson’s frozen hand from hers and dropped him in the ocean.
6 -7: Watched the most horrific SAG Awards red carpet coverage on TNT. I could care less about the SAG Awards, but for some reason I sat watching at the ugliest guy in the world asked the dumbest questions ever. I guess I spent that hour intrigued, wondering how in the hell he got that job.
7 – 9: Watched ‘The Wrestler’ from my TIVO and got very depressed.
Yep, that was my productive day.
Sunday, I did make it to church, but then spent the rest of the day watching football. As Brett Favre threw his last interception (and in a conflicted state, I laughed and cried) and the Saints kicked the winning field goal, I made a pact with myself. I was not going to watch TV for a week.
Yes, that’s no Oprah, no Seinfeld re-runs, nothing. Two years ago, this never would have bothered me. However, now, I had suddenly come addicted.
So I’m on Day 4, and it’s a great success. I have gotten more done than I ever would have imagined, and I’m thinking this needs to become a habit in my life.
Yes, I’m boring, but this weekend has a husband, a friend’s birthday, and a limo all in the plans. So I’ll be back off the wagon in no time, my friends.
Thursday, 28. January 2010 at 3:45 pm
Damn – you were able to sit through The Wrestler? I haven’t been able to sit through an entire showing of that movie. I think it’s the way it was shot, gives me motion sickness…maybe, or it’s just that bad of a movie.
Good luck with no TV. I think I would rather die.
Thursday, 28. January 2010 at 3:48 pm
I had to fast forward through the actual wrestling parts, and I would never watch it again.
It made me very sad, and yes, it’s shot more like a documentary than a movie.
Thursday, 28. January 2010 at 4:07 pm
frankly i would “cheat” and just watch the dvr all the next week!
Thursday, 28. January 2010 at 4:18 pm
Yeah, that’s kind of my intention. I’m still recording everything. Just not watching anything this week.
Thursday, 28. January 2010 at 4:49 pm
Love the dvr, I can’t watch anything except sports thats not recorded
Thursday, 28. January 2010 at 5:52 pm
Good luck on the no TV. In an effort to curb how much TV we watch I reduced our satellite service to the barest of bones a few months ago. I actually was calling to cancel it all together, but they offered me a “deal” for long-time customers. It’s $14.99/month and not much more than the local stations and a few family friendly stations (no FoxNews, no MTV, no premimum movie packages, no Disney or Nick, not even USA – though I do get FoodNetwork & the History channel). For the most part, it does work. We watch much less TV period and almost no “crap”. I still get to record my fave dramas on the big 4 (NBC, CBS, ABC & Fox) but we’re not sitting around all day on a Saturday or Sunday getting caught up in some movie we’ve seen 100’s of times. Unless we choose to do that on a rainy day.
Thursday, 28. January 2010 at 8:10 pm
My late wife and I bought a new TV when we move into a new home in 1985, and promptly lost the remote. We didn’t even bother to look for it for about a year and a half, although our son bitched about it constantly, we just didn’t watch that much TV.
My bride is a TV addict. We have had as many as five working televisions in the house, for just the two of us, but I have, if not broken her, at least tamed her some, we are down to three and she doesn’t always have all of them on at the same time all day long, every day.
I spent the day alone today; walked one dog (and that IS an accomplishment for this old fart!); picked up the freshly neutered one from the vet; went to the doctor about this on going cough (the doctor thinks it is undiagnosed athsma (why do they spell that that way?) preventing me from recovering from a recent infection; checked email, checked TRHOCC, checked facebook, won $67,000 playing Zynga Poker, and lost $87,000; started my taxes (so far the IRS owes me $1066.00); went to Buffalo Wild Wings for supper with my bride; and now we are parked in front of the TV, while she watches: Bones; Fringe; and The Mentalist. At least I got to watch the end of “The Philedelphia Story” after the news, Kate Hepburn, Cary Grant, an Jimmy Stewart.
I’ll go back to the taxes in a few minutes, on a different computer, and then come back and maybe surf some porn (;-))
Friday, 29. January 2010 at 9:19 am
after reviewing this post again, I think you should go back to drinking
Friday, 29. January 2010 at 11:28 am
Completely agree, ddub! That’s why I have a fun-filled weekend ahead.
Saturday, 30. January 2010 at 12:00 pm
I’ve been gone too long ;P
Saturday, 30. January 2010 at 4:07 pm
Yes, Lushie, you have been. Where’s the whip?? Any of you guys have one to spank Lushie with?? Lol
Sunday, 31. January 2010 at 12:05 am
No whip, I would be forced to use my hand to paddle the Lushie bottom. Sucks to be me
Sunday, 28. February 2010 at 1:33 pm
i need to be spanked….hubbie dosent pay any attention to me anymore since we’re both in school and shizzzz…..damn