Watching TV while... watching TV

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I can't tell you the last time I watched TV, and JUST watched TV. If I'm watching TV I'm likely to have my iPhone or my laptop out, reading blogs, tweeting, or at least "checking in" to what I'm watching. This has it's pros and cons.

As a pro, the Grammy's would not have been the same without being on Twitter while watching it. Being on Twitter while watching an awards show is like one giant viewing party. I love feeling a community vibe and seeing what other people are thinking about what I'm watching while I'm watching it. And in this case, Twitter made the Grammy's much more entertaining for me. Did anyone else feel like they were lacking this year?

On the other hand, if I'm tweeting while I'm watching, then I'm guaranteed to be missing something. I don't catch all the same nuances in a show as I would if my full attention was on it, and it's easy to miss plot points. 

I'm going to try to make a habit of putting more focus into the TV show I'm watching, and save the tweeting for commercials more often, especially with shows that I feel like offer a lot in the way of nuances and imagery: Alcatraz, Mad Men, Shameless. There are other shows however, that just feel better to watch in a "group," award shows and Glee in particular. 

Being Healthy is Easy

The tenants of being healthy are really very simple. If you look up ways to avoid or lessen your chances of diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc. you always get the same things:

• Drink water
• Eat vegetables and fruits
• Exercise
• Get the recommended amount of fiber and other vitamins
• Limit intake of sugars and red meat
• Limit the intake of highly processed foods

While that isn't 100% protection against all ailments, that is as close to a healthy holy grail as you can get. 

So if it's really that simple, why isn't everyone healthy?

It takes resolve to eat right and exercise. This is especially true if you don't grow up particularly health conscious and you try to undo twenty years of bad eating and exercise habits. There's a simple set of "rules" to follow, but it takes work to follow them. 

What do you do to keep yourself on the healthy track?

You're Doing It Wrong: Flannel Sheets and Viggle

If you are sleeping in the winter without flannel sheets on your bed... you're doing it wrong. 

The hubby has wanted flannel sheets for as long as I can remember. I never understood what the hype about them was, they were just sheets right? So this year for Valentine's day I got him a flannel sheet set.... Let me tell you, the warmth and softness of these sheets is AMAZING. It's already hard to get out of bed in the morning, but the added warmth and comfort from these sheets and pillow cases makes it doubly as hard! Flannel sheets are the way to go.

If you have a smart phone, and you watch TV, and you don't have the Viggle app... you're doing it wrong. 


I wrote about Viggle before. I just need to update and add that with very little effort I got enough points for my first reward, a $10 iTunes gift card. All I did was watch TV and "check in" to the shows I watched. "Watch TV, Get Rewards" is their motto, and it couldn't be any more clear. The next thing I'm racking up points for is a $10 Sephora gift card :-)

This is why you have no blog topics

The other day I came to the realization that when I have time to blog, I have no blog topics, and when life is super busy and hectic, I have PLENTY of topics that come to mind, but no time to write them.

This actually made sense when I thought about it. When I have plenty of time, I'm probably not doing much in life outside my normal routine, so there is nothing new to inspire topics. When I'm super busy that means I'm doing things, going places, and seeing people that I don't normally see, which is more likely to spark a blog idea. To have new blog content it's best to experience new things.

Happy Saturday. Go out and do something blog worthy ;-)

Cute Dog Alert: My Sunny

I could not resist sharing this video of my adorable fur baby, Sunny. The voice you hear giving commands is my hubby.

I kid you not, I am in awe at her cuteness sometimes lol.




HAPPY FRIDAY! :-D


P.S. -this is the first YouTube video I've ever uploaded, and I uploaded it right from my iPhone to YouTube. Technology never ceases to amaze me.

The Accessibility of "The Obamas"

It may be that I am finally of age to actually pay attention to a president and first lady, or that this president and first lady are younger than those of past, or maybe, just maybe it's because they're Black, but I find President and First Lady Obama to be so accessible, and I appreciate that. While I do think they are both doing a great job in the positions that they serve, I won't say that their accessibility necessarily makes me feel that way, but just that I appreciate it. I appreciate feeling like there is a connection between the First Family and the public.

EXHIBIT A: The Song Heard 'Round The World

I don't think there was a woman in American who didn't swoon a bit at President Obama laying down some Al Green.




EXHIBIT B+C: First Lady Michelle Obama on Ellen


Her ease and candidness when being interview, her dancing along with Ellen, and not to mention an impromptu push-up contest...I love it.







EXHIBIT D: A Slide-show of President Obama First-bumping all over the place (click the image to get to the slide show)

Charisma and coolness don't make someone an effective leader of the country, but in this case, President Obama's accessibility is the icing on top of what I think is a good president cake.

YouTube Tuesday: Soul Train flash mob in tribute to Don Cornelius

This week's YouTube Tuesday comes in memory of the late Don Cornelius. To pay tribute, a group of New Yorkers got together and had a MASSIVE Soul Train line.