Obsessions

I have come to realize that I have a new found obsession with being obsessed with things. It makes me very happy doing/watching the things that I am "obsessed" with. Some, more normal than others. I'm adding some pictures for your viewing pleasure. So here goes..

The number one thing I am obsessed with are television programs. I seriously cannot stop watching shows like Real Housewives, Jerseylicious, Regis and Kelly, Rachael Ray and the Price is Right. My DVR is filled every day with all of my favorites, and I will watch them all in a row. When Raym and I didn't live together, it was so hard deciding on what to watch because we only had the one TV in his basement where we would hang out every night. Usually, he would be a Prince and let me watch whatever, but eventually, all of the Jerseylicious Housewives got to him. The answer was NO. So naturally, I was thrilled to move into a house where we have 5 TVs for the three of us. At first, I was hesitant to pay for this DVR business (I didn't have it at my parents' house). Thirty bucks a month still seems outrageous to me, but as of recent, I love the DVR feature. Anyway, last night, the Giants game was on and I was tickled pink that I could watch my shows upstairs in bed, hopped up on my pain killers from my surgery. I'm recovering fairly well, thanks for asking. 

I remember when Jerseylicious first came out earlier this year, I had zero intention of watching it. I have heard people talking about it here and there but I didn't want to get sucked in. A little over a month ago, just before I moved, I watched an episode. IMMEDIATELY I was hooked. It's as if knew these gals all my life and within a week, I was pretty much caught up and all in the know. I think this became Ray's LEAST favorite show of mine. 

Another long-time obsession is The Real Housewives. I initially started watching the Orange County one, and it still remains my favorite. Then naturally as the seasons went on, New York and NJ were soon to follow. Again, not until recently, I started watching the Atlanta Housewives. They are some crazy bitches! NeNe is my girl. She is totally that stereotypical wylin' Southern Black woman and I LOVE her for that. At first I was almost offended by her, because generally I do not like people who speak their mind THAT much and she came off a little mean, but after giving the show a chance, she grew on me. Now that girl Phaedra, she's a dummy. Not by intelligence, but by her common sense. Some of the things she says are so off the wall. For example, on last night's episode, she didn't know that women deliver babies in the birthing suite that they're checked into.

On to more normal shows, like Reg n Kel. The chemistry between those two is so funny. He talks nonsense most of the time and she just laughs at him, followed by a personal funny story. That girl has so many stories. I recently requested tickets and my request was processed, so hopefully within the next several weeks I will be able to go to a taping! And I'm crossing my fingers I get a day where I don't have work early. 

Aside from my obsessions with rotting my brain with television, I absolutely adore decorating this house. Like I've said before, every other day I purchase something for the house. Today, I bought a really cute rustic looking rolling pin and last night, a Pumpkin Spice diffuser, yummo! I have so many kitchen utensils but all are put to good use. My favorite is the garlic grater. Rachael Ray inspired me to get one because she uses garlic in almost every recipe, just as I do. It's so much easier and efficient than a garlic press because I feel that with a press, a lot of the garlic gets wasted and you have to reload several times. My next dish is going to be Stroganoff with Swedish Meatballs. (Bought at IKEA, HEY!)

VOM.COM

Which to choose?

Several weeks ago I purchased a sample size of "Toffee Crunch" paint for my room. You can imagine what it's supposed to look like. I used the sample and started on the wall behind my bed, as an accent wall. It seemed like a nice color and went out and bought a quart sized can to finish the wall. After I was done, I was HORRIFIED. It looked like I smeared diarrhea all over. It doesn't match anything in my room. I ran back to the Home Depot and got color swatches. I think I'm going to go with a cream color, to offset the brown in my room. Who knew cream comes in so many different shades? Decisions, decisions.

On kind of an off topic obsession, I have always felt strongly about censorship on television and radio, especially regarding children. Growing up, I was never really punished for many things but I wasn't allowed to say bad words. Not the usual that you may probably think, but in my household, "shut up, you're stupid and I hate you" were big no-no's. I remember when I was in the fourth grade, I was watching Hey Arnold. It was the episode where Helga was invited to a girly sleep over and the girls were doing makeovers. Helga left and said something along the lines of "What a bunch of crap". I was appalled. To me, crap was a bad word, especially when I was 9 years old. Fast forward to today, I was driving with my nephew listening to 101.9 RXP which was playing "Monkey Wrench" by the Foo Fighters; awesome song. They blatantly say the word "shit" and it wasn't bleeped out! Seriously, what is the world coming to? I'm not trying to be a tight ass about this, but come on. For instance, when I'm out with my brother and nephew at a restaurant and there are people curing around us, I have no problem asking them to stop. I don't want to subject my kids to that kind of behavior because they're going to grow up to be THE people who are cursing in front of kids and think it's okay. And that's all I have to say about that. One.