Posted in Just Our Day-to-Day Life

I really have not been a "TV person" for years, but with Mike working this weird shift, and BJ off to Scout functions nearly every night, I have to admit that I am getting hooked on a few shows this year.  I started watching 24 and House last year when Chelle was in the hospital, as those were shows that she watched all the time, and I am an American Idol fan.  It reminds me of when the older kids were in show choir competitions and sang in fall and spring cabarets.   Chelle was also in Children of the Light, an incredible musical group sponsored by Youth for Christ in our area of the state.  So American Idol reminds me of the "good old days" when I got to hear lots of great music.

But those 3 shows didn't fill up the long, lonely evenings.  So I have been "trying out" some new programs.  Just last night I discovered "Shalom in the Home."  Wow!  It was so good, and the rabbi had some great ideas.  I realized that he was the same rabbi who wrote the column about the prejudice against large families and lots of children, which has been circulating through blogdom this week.  What a wise man he is!  If you haven't checked out this program, you really should. 

I must be a reality tv junkie now....SuperNanny and Nanny 911 are also great programs most of the time, and they have such common sense advice for the parents they work with.  I don't understand how those parents let things get so out of control to start with.  How did they let the children become the rulers of the home instead of the parents???  

Jay Sekulow has a program on one of the religious broadcasting networks.  The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) is just the thing to counter-attack the damage done to our society by the ACLU.  His show is always an eye-opener. 

InJustice is a new law show that I am enjoying.  Each week the group of lawyers works to get an innocent person out of prison.  It starts out by showing you "what the jury thought" happened, then, as the show goes on, you find out what really happened. 

And then there is Invasion and Battlestar Galactica.  I am a sci-fi fan, and love these shows.  Must admit that I am a bit disappointed that the new Battlestar has so much focus on sex, but I fast forward through those scenes.  Gotta love TiVo!  Too bad it won't be on again until fall.  Invasion will be back again next week, and I am dying to see what will happen next.  I just think I have that show figured out, and then it takes another twist. 

There was a special on TLC about the Duggar family---speaking of large families :-)   I met this family at a homeschool convention several years ago, and I was amazed at how these parents run that family...just like a well-oiled machine!   I have seen parents with 2 or 3 children who didn't handle their children nearly as well as the Duggars do.  The most recent special shows them moving into the new home they have been building, along with the 16 kids.  Dad Duggar mentions at the end of the show, when they are shown their new bedroom, that maybe there will be baby 17, now that they can have some peace, quiet, and solitude.  It was wonderful to see that TLC handled this topic of a large family with respect!  

I have not seen the program yet, but as a faithful Blubber Blogger, I have set the TiVo to record "Honey, We're Killing the Kids."  It is a reality show that shows how eating poorly and weight issues are taught in the home, and how to retrain the entire family to a new lifestyle of healthy eating.  This should be a good one. 

Well, now that I look at this list, I realize that maybe I am letting myself watch too much TV???