I Want My Old Nyquil

Why did Vick's have to jack around with my Nyquil? When the meth addicts started giving pseudoephedrine a bad name, Vick's went pansy on us and pulled the good stuff out of Nyquil. It was the only thing that would help me rest when I had a cold, and now it's different. It doesn't do anything to help me out. I haven't slept in 2 days.

Stupid meth heads.

So the Emmy's...

Yeah. As usual, most of my favorites didn't win. That's why I don't make predictions. I was happy about Terry O'Quinn & Katherine Heigl's wins but the rest...eh.

Here's the rundown of the major awards, in case you missed it:

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
JEREMY PIVEN as Ari Gold - Entourage (HBO)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
TERRY O’QUINN as John Locke - LOST (ABC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
JAIME PRESSLY as Joy Turner - My Name is Earl (NBC)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
KATHERINE HEIGL as Isobel “Izzie” Stevens - Grey's Anatomy (ABC)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
RICKY GERVAIS as Andy Millman - Extras (HBO)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
SALLY FIELD as Nora Walker - Brothers & Sisters (ABC)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
AMERICA FERRERA as Betty Suarez - Ugly Betty (ABC)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
JAMES SPADER as Alan Shore - Boston Legal (ABC)

OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES
30 ROCK (NBC)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
THE SOPRANOS (HBO)

My DVD Players Have Quit Working!

Both of my DVD players have gone caput. The one in the bedroom started acting goofy last week and today the one in the living room quit too. AAAAAHHHHHH! Is there a conspiracy to keep me from watching my new Grey's Anatomy DVD? And what about that NBC Preview DVD I just got from Blockbuster? Oh yeah, and that Blades of Glory that was due 2 days ago and I haven't watched yet?

I am faced with 2 choices: Steal a player from one of my boys or buy a new one. If I steal one from the kids, they will just be bugging me to watch their DVDs in the living room so I might as well shell out the bucks for a new one.

Anybody know of a good sale?

UGH...

Alright Already

I've been pondering this blog for a few days, trying to decide what I'm going to do here. Of course, I'm going to keep bringing the TV love, but I think I'm going a little more personal with this blog, too.

So officially, today, this blog becomes the blog about MY favorite shows and MY life (which basically revolves around my favorite shows anyway).

Speaking of my favorite shows, I got my Heroes DVD last week. If you haven't seen the unaired pilot, go now to get your DVD! It is AWESOME!! It also has 50 deleted scenes. Yes, FIFTY! I still haven't made it through all of them.

I ordered my Grey's Anatomy DVD yesterday and it's ready for me to pick up at Best Buy, so I'll report back when I've eyed the special features on that one. I elected for Best Buy because they were offering a free bonus DVD and, if you know me, you know I'm a sucker for free stuff.

One more week until Smallville comes to DVD and then my wallet is safe until December when LOST hits stores.

What a month!

I wanted to stop by and say "Hello" and let you know that I'm still alive and will begin updating again very soon.

My life over the last month has been a roller coaster and it seems I haven't had much time to do anything.

My grandpa passed away on July 28, after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 84, and had lived a full, long life, but it was still hard to say good-bye. I spent the two weeks after his death helping my grandma and mom with things like phone calls to social security, filing life insurance claims and getting thank you's done. In addition to all of that, I had been swamped at work with all the quarterly things that have to be done.

Then last week, just when I thought things would settle down a bit, my father-in-law called. He was frantic because my sister-in-law had just called to say she was having an emergency c-section. She was due on December 1st, so this was shocking news, of course. It seems she had HELLP syndrome, and was very grave. They took the baby to save her life and brought him by air ambulance to the area where DH and I live (they are about 2 hours away). So we rushed to the hospital to be there when the baby got there. We stayed off and on for several days until sister-in-law was feeling better and could get out to visit the baby.

She is doing so much better and baby Andrew is hanging tough. If you are the praying type and can spare a prayer for him and his family, it would be much appreciated. He is one week old tomorrow, but only would be only 25 1/2 weeks gestational age. He has a long, hard road ahead of him, but I feel good about his chances. The doctors and nurses who are caring for him seem to be the best.

So maybe the turmoil around here will settle down eventually...The boys head back to school next week and the new TV season is fast approaching. I'm looking forward to fall.