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Summer TV viewing

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I’m really enjoying some of the new Summer TV shows.

Actually I’m glad there are a few new shows airing during the summer. When I was younger the networks never started new shows at the end of May, in June or July. All you could see was reruns and movies during the summer if you wanted to watch TV.

The shows that I’ve been watching have been SwingTown, Mad Men, The Border and In Plain Site. A new one just started tonight as well. I haven’t watched it yet, but it’s currently taping on my DVR. It’s called Flashpoint and seems to be about a Strategic Response Unit and hostage takings. It seemed like it would be a good show.

I like action type shows and murder mystery ones like the CSI’s. Maybe it’s all the evidence collection, DNA testing and the “who done it” that makes the stories so interesting.

Are you watching any of the new summer shows? Which ones?





Why does this commercial want to make me buy a product I don’t need?

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I keep seeing those commercials on TV for acne treatment creams or packages. It figures that one of the commercials hasn’t come on since I’ve been watching TV today so I can’t remember the name of the stuff .. but it’s the commercial with Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt in it.

I think the commercial must have subliminals in it, because every time I see it I want to buy the stuff and I don’t have acne! Isn’t that crazy?

Ok now I remember the name of the product – it’s proactiv. Have you seen that commercial? Doesn’t it make you feel like it’s the best acne treatment ever? Like I said I don’t have skin trouble – thankfully!

So why do I want to buy this stuff every time I see the commercial?

Are there any commercials that really make you want to buy a certain product – even if you don’t need it?

Watching old shows on TV

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I’m not feeling so hot today so I’ve just been lying down and watching TV for a good portion of the day. Unfortunately there really isn’t much on.

For a while I was watching Melrose Place. You know, I never did get into watching that show back when it was one of the hot shows on TV and I still couldn’t get into it. For some reason some of the characters were walking around dressed in what appeared to be equestrian clothing. They weren’t riding horses so I have no idea why they were dressed that way.

I do like watching some of the old shows on TV … Archie Bunker in All in the Family is usually funny. It’s amazing to think how bad attitudes were in the 70’s when you see shows like that or the Jefferson’s, Good Times and so on.

Actually when I’ve been watching the old shows – even reruns of Rosanne I’ve been having fun spotting actors that are in current shows or who’ve made it big in movies like George Clooney and many others.

Do you ever watch old TV shows? Spot any familiar faces?

Rainy weekend

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I can’t believe the storms we’ve had in Toronto this weekend. Late Friday evening we had a huge thunder and lightening storm that caused the power to go out briefly a few times.

The storm and power failure actually knocked out our TV for a while. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you already know how much trouble we’ve had with our DLP TV lately such as having to replace the color wheel and the special light bulb. Those were expensive! So when the power flashed on and off and our TV’s front panel lights were all flashing and the TV wouldn’t turn back on we thought the storm had wrecked our TV. Luckily after leaving it off for about 30 minutes it worked when we turned the power back on. Big sigh of relief. We certainly can’t afford any more repairs for that TV.

Now today we’re having thunder storms again. This time the TV is not on and we’ve got it unplugged too. We do have a power surge protector, but we aren’t taking any chances. That TV is just too expensive to repair to take chances.

The only other problem with all this rain is that I can’t get out into the garden. I’ve got flats of annuals to plant but you can’t plant in the rain and it’s not good to plant in wet soil as that ruins the composition of the soil.

Hopefully the weather will clear up soon and I can get in the garden in a few hours.

Our puppy is wearing me out

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My puppy is being a bit of a pest tonight.

She gets a little hyper in the evening when Chris and I are both home. She’s always running around, chewing her toy bones and dropping them loudly on the floor. Then she’ll jump up on my husband where he’s lying on the couch, then jump off and come to visit me on the other couch … just a constant ball of motion.

I wouldn’t mind so much if she got this hyper some time during the day, but it’s really distracting when you’re trying to watch TV. We have to keep turning the volume up because the sound of her toy bones dropping on the hardwood floor or bumping into things is so loud. Oh we tell her to go and lie on her bed when she’s playing with her toy bones, but she only stays there for a while.

I think I’ll be glad when she starts to calm down a bit more. Don’t get me wrong I love her puppy attitude, but it is tiring!

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