Thanksgiving week!

Oh my...can you believe it is Thanksgiving week? I can't, but I love it! I'm going to be honest here- I don't really like Thanksgiving that much. The food is fine...not my fav...I do enjoy that it is the one holiday of the year that we get two days off of work. And of course, I think it is great to have a holiday that focuses on the blessings in your life...that is never a bad thing (though I think most holidays do that). For me, the real thrill of Thanksgiving is that Christmas is close by.

I do think it is important to wait on the decorating and the music until after Thanksgiving...the whole enjoying one holiday at a time thing...but I CAN'T WAIT to find a Christmas tree and decorate it. And listen to Christmas songs. And see the lights on the houses (and the Woodland Park Zoo has WildLights this year!). And wait for the snow that may or may not ever fall. Drink peppermint hot chocolate. Satsuma oranges (I already finished off a box of those). Think about getting crafty for gifts and decorating (doesn't usually happen, but the intention is sure there). And sparkly clothes for Christmas parties! Sigh and Swoon.

I've had some time off from work (more on that another time), and have gone from feeling guilty about watching Kelly and Michael each morning, to LOVING it. Oh, Michael Strahan is way more fun to watch than Regis was. While I should be spending some of my extra free time cleaning, studying, planning a wedding, etc...I have really used this time to watch Kelly and Michael. And a few other shows....

I know I have written about Parenthood before, and this is still one of my very favs. I think I cry in every single episode, but somehow it doesn't seem over the top. I have been keeping up with the new show Nashville. I'm still not totally attached...the characters aren't likeable enough...you don't know who to root for. But something keeps me watching....probably Connie Britton (seriously, go watch Friday Night Lights right now!). The show that I get the biggest kick out of (how old am I...biggest kick out of?!) is Don't Trust the B in Apt 23. Which is the worst name for a show. But the show has James Van Der Beek as James Van Der Beek. He makes fun of himself as Dawson Leary, and there are so many fun Dawson's Creek references...I regularly laugh out loud...with Brian teasing me constantly (he didn't watch Dawson's Creek...too bad for him)...they recently had an episode where he was trying to get the cast together for a reunion show and they all refuse because they hate him because he didn't pay his share of the canoe cast gifts at the end of the series....not as funny in blog form. If you watched Dawson's Creek- definitely check out Don't Trust the B.

Okay, enough, enough. I have homework to do. I'll stop with the TV talk...I've been reading books as well...maybe I'll post on some of those next. I've also been running. I do get off the couch!

Later...