10 on the Tenth--July

Well, since I seem to be pretty much vegging in front of the television today, it seems appropriate to make a post that includes my ten favorite television programs.  In no particular order, they are:

1.     Big Bang Theory.  Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm a bit of a nerd.  I do teach math, after all.  This show never fails to crack me up.  Sheldon is my favorite character.  There's nothing better than watching someone with severe obsessive compulsive tendencies to make be feel comfortable with my milder case, lol.

2.     Gilmore Girls.  This show is on every day at 5 pm. During the school year, that's about the time that I am getting home for the day and the goofy banter of the show helps me unwind, and get ready for the evening activities at home. 

3.     Criminal Minds.   Shemar Moore.  Enough Said.

4.     House Hunters.  I love seeing all of the houses, and watching people "shop."  There is inevitably one person on each episode that drives me batty.  I was just telling my husband that it's usually the female buyer, but occasionally, it will be the husband, and rarely, the realtor.  It's usually the people who are expecting million dollar amenities in a $150,000 house.  Oh, and the ones who are buying a fancy home, and are upset about the paint color in a room or something ridiculously simple for them to fix to their liking.

5.     Iron Chef.  To heck with Klondike Bars.  What I wouldn't do to get Bobby Flay to come to my house to cook a meal.  As long as it isn't battle fish of any kind,  I'm in!

6.     Rules of Engagement.  Patrick Warburton's character reminds me of a relative.  Not naming any names, but, he does, and it makes me laugh.

7.     King of Queens.  Arthur might be the funniest dad character ever.  Loved Jerry Stiller in Seinfeld, but he's a riot in King of Queens.

8.     Mike and Molly.  Do we notice a trend here?  I do love my sit-coms.  I need to catch a few of these in re-runs, because I kept falling asleep right be for the end during the school year.

9.     The Daily Show/Steven Colbert Show.  These two kind of go together since it's rare that we watch one and not the other.  I will confess that I do not typically watch news programs.  I like sit-coms, so it only seems appropriate that I want my news in comedy form too.

10.     Harry Potter Weekends on the Family Channel.   We don't usually watch for the whole weekend, but when they do theses, we'll usually watch at least one of the movies. 

So, there you have it.  Ten shows I really love to watch.  The best part is that I decided the topic for August will be Ten shows I hate to watch thanks to my husband mentioning a few of them while I was writing this post.

Ten Summer To-Do's

Today is my first official day of summer break. My students' last day was Wednesday, and I finished up the work I had to do in the classroom yesterday. Summer is generally a relaxing time when I get to spend more time with my family, and can get focused on a to-do list that has been negelected during the school year. So here are the ten things that I want to get done this summer. In no particular order:

10. Sort, Organize, and Purge Scrapbooking and Stamping Supplies...Seriously, my "collection" has taken on a life of its own, and it's time for me to get a little more control and take back some of the space that is being taken by paper and paper accessories.

9. Sell or Donate the Excess Supplies...I have lots of stamp sets that I no longer want to use. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I have some new ones that have never been used. I have a hard time turning down the free CTMH sets that are earned with an order, and many times, I don't have a use for those particular sets. I'm sure there's someone out there who would love to put them to use.

8. Read, Read, Read...Summer is my time to read the things that I want to read, not the things that I have to read. It's time to log into Paperbackswap.com and order some books to read this summer. I'm talking guilty pleasure type books. Nothing academic until at least mid-August. Summer is also when I regularly take the girls to the library to check out books to read. They get to their school library plenty during the school year, and I like to continue that pattern in the summer.

7. Break my Sugar Habit...Ugh, this will no doubt be the most difficult challenge for me. I need to lose weight and get healthier, and I know that means I need to eliminate sugar from my diet as much as possible.

6. Exercise More...No excuses for this one in the summer. More time, plenty of things I could do, and it goes hand in hand with breaking the sugar habit to get healthier and lose weight.

5. Create More...Lots of photos on my desk waiting for their home on a scrapbook page, even more on my computer, hoping to make it out of the jpg form and into a scrapbook.

4. Blog More...Yep, there it is. Gotta get this blog a moving. Creating more should help. Hard to maintain a scrapbooking blog when you don't do any scrapbook pages.

3. Take a Class...I love taking classes online. I'm talking fun, scrapbooking or photography classes, not those boring teacher certification classes. In the past, I've taken classes at Big Picture Scrapbooking, at Shimelle.com, and with Valerie Salmon. If you have any suggestions of other places to take classes, make a comment and let me know about it :)

2. Plan a family trip to Michigan's Adventure...Michigan's Adventure is an amusement park that is about an hour and half away from here. We love amusement parks, and every year, we talk about going, but so far, it hasn't happened. I think this is the year!

1. Spend Lots and Lots of Time with my Girls...They are growing up so, so fast that my head is spinning just thinking about it. I love the summer because we get to hang out together pretty much every day.

So, there you have it...ten things that I want to do this summer. Some fun, some work, but definitely relaxing, because before you know it, September will be here, and it will be back to school.  If you have any suggestions for classes to take or books to read make a comment and tell me all about it!

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