It boggles the mind sometimes when one of my kids says - "Did you watch that last night?" and is referring to one of the decorating shows I am addicted to on HGTV. It amazes them I am sure when I refer to an old episode of "Saved By the Bell" that both girls could probably recite dialog verbatim.
What really amazes me is that one of my kids has the same affinity for Saturday Night Live that I did 32 years ago. I rarely missed an episode those first three years and enjoyed the "Not Ready for Primetime Players." As older daughter commented on the news commentaries and how the show missed Tina Fey, I laughed as I was reminded of Chevy Chase and Jane Curtin and later Dan Akroyd & Jane Curtin on Weekend Update. And if an episode included Steve Martin as a guest host, well then all the better.
I guess that she enjoys a program I always did, shouldn't surprise me. After all, she shares my bizarre sense of humor. Why else would we watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report?
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
I know Things are Slower Here
When you move south,one of the hardest things to get used to is the pace. As a northerner born and bred (should that be the other way around??) I was used to the rapid pace of walking, shopping, driving, decision making. Here in the greenest state (except my lawn) in the land of the free, the pace is .. a .. lot .. slower!
I mean really, just how slow can a human being move? It makes you feel like you are moving at double speed in a slo-mo film!
I've noticed over the last few months that DH and I have also started to take things slower. At least since the move into the house.
But that does't explain the fireworks tonight. Not even Tennessee can be that slow to celebrate Independence day. Oh wait a minute .. home game for Tennessee Tech .. I forgot the shoot off fireworks when they win!
As Emily Litella would say - Never mind!
I mean really, just how slow can a human being move? It makes you feel like you are moving at double speed in a slo-mo film!
I've noticed over the last few months that DH and I have also started to take things slower. At least since the move into the house.
But that does't explain the fireworks tonight. Not even Tennessee can be that slow to celebrate Independence day. Oh wait a minute .. home game for Tennessee Tech .. I forgot the shoot off fireworks when they win!
As Emily Litella would say - Never mind!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Twilight Zoned
It really doesn't seem like a big thing when you move from one time zone to another. Last year, when we moved from the Eastern to Central time zone, we thought it was no biggy.
The first thing we noticed is that it really gets dark early here. We are officially 48 miles from the time zone border. Being on the eastern border of the central time zone is really not much different from being on the western border of the eastern time zone. EXCEPT of course, times for favorite TV shows. We've finally gotten that schedule down pat. Then of course networks change the day/time slots for the shows we liked. They do that everywhere, so can't really complain about that.
The thing that really made us sit up and take notice is when it gets dark here. If you are in the greater Detroit, Michigan area and it gets dark at 8 pm, then you can bet at about 7 pm it will be dark here in central Tennessee. Not so bad now in early fall, but come November 2nd, it will be dark at 4 pm here. That is why construction crews are up at 5 am and working at 6 am. It's light out then. We start counting the days until the winter solstice when the progression reverses itself. Since this will be our first winter in the new house, with its canopy of trees, we're not sure how dark it will actually be in here most of the day. Our street is so shady you have to travel a block and a half before you can see the sun shining and determine whether or not you will really need those sunglasses after 5 pm!
So we just hope for the best weather wise and are glad there are no construction crews parking on our side lawn at 6 am.
The first thing we noticed is that it really gets dark early here. We are officially 48 miles from the time zone border. Being on the eastern border of the central time zone is really not much different from being on the western border of the eastern time zone. EXCEPT of course, times for favorite TV shows. We've finally gotten that schedule down pat. Then of course networks change the day/time slots for the shows we liked. They do that everywhere, so can't really complain about that.
The thing that really made us sit up and take notice is when it gets dark here. If you are in the greater Detroit, Michigan area and it gets dark at 8 pm, then you can bet at about 7 pm it will be dark here in central Tennessee. Not so bad now in early fall, but come November 2nd, it will be dark at 4 pm here. That is why construction crews are up at 5 am and working at 6 am. It's light out then. We start counting the days until the winter solstice when the progression reverses itself. Since this will be our first winter in the new house, with its canopy of trees, we're not sure how dark it will actually be in here most of the day. Our street is so shady you have to travel a block and a half before you can see the sun shining and determine whether or not you will really need those sunglasses after 5 pm!
So we just hope for the best weather wise and are glad there are no construction crews parking on our side lawn at 6 am.
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