Thursday Reality TV and The Shred day 3

I’m sitting here blogging while watching Project Runway. My cousin got me started (aka addicted) to this show 2 summers ago.

Today has been pretty uneventful except for paying some bills.  Yeah, I know, exciting, right?!  Sorry about that.  I’m hoping that things will pick up soon, but until then……..

There is no baseball for me tonight….the San Francisco Giants played a day game.  Thank goodness because there is just too much on TV on Thursdays.  And, yes, they won!! But barely…..they are in contention to be in the playoffs but they just barely beat the Chicago Cubs, a team who is over 16 games behind.

I watched about an hour of the Oakland Raiders pre-season game.  I never, and I mean never, watch pre-season anything, but there was nothing on and I was just making dinner, so…..

Started my night watching Big Brother.  It is my secret (well not so much so anymore!) summer guilty pleasure.  I am so happy that Rachel is gone.  But at the same time the 2 women left are ridiculous and don’t deserve to be there (especially Kathy).  I think this will be a guys year on this show.  Brendon is a moron and a wuss whom I lost ALL respect for with his whimpering girly talk the past few days.  How embarrassing and unmanly!  I don’t care about his looks if he’s gonna go all girly-man on me.  Geez, get a grip guy!!  Who will be the next to go??  Hopefully Ragan, Britney or Kathy.  I dislike all 3 of them.  And this whole Saboteur is bleh, in my opinion.

SYTYCD finale is on tonight.  C’mon FOX enough with the 2 hour finales!  Just tell me who won and move on.  So, I watched part of the first hour and moved on.  I’m sure I’ll read about it later.  All 3 of the finalists were excellent.  I will be happy whichever one wins it.

At 10pm Bethenny Getting Married? Outtakes will be on and I will watch that and the last half hour of Project Runway.  Then I will watch the re-air of Real Housewives of DC.  So, what does everyone think of this newest franchise of the Real Housewives?  I actually don’t like it–bordering on hating it.  Actually it’s the ladies I can’t stand–starting with Michaele and almost tied at the top with her is Stacie and Lynda (she’s a rude, arrogant snob!).  Followed a little farther behind is Catherine (Cat).  Honestly, the ONLY housewife I like is Mary!!  Wish the show could be about just her and her family! haha  I will give this show a chance, but so far I’m not sold on it.

So, what did everyone think about Kenny being the one to go home this week on Top Chef??  I am shocked!!  Amanda should have been the one to go home.  She actually should have gone home a while back.  What the hell??  I am not liking most of the contestants this year.  Kenny was my favorite since the first episode.  So, my new fave is Kevin……and, grudgingly, perhaps Angelo.  But it really kills me to say that because he’s so arrogant.  But that’s a chef for you!!

I got up this morning and exercised–The Shred Day 3.  I felt great afterward and can’t understand why I keep taking time off from exercising because I always feel so good when I’m done.

As for what I ate today:

breakfast: shredded wheat and 1% milk with a whole wheat english muffin and 2 pats of butter

snack: Venti sugar-free Cinnamon Dolce Latte

lunch: tuna sandwich on rye bread.  and grilled eggplant and crookneck squash with a diet Snapple (Trop-i-Rocka–thanks again, Bret Michaels)

dinner: 1 turkey burger (2.25 oz), grilled eggplant and squash, and whole grain pasta w/ fresh grated Parmesan Cheese.

Yesterday I only ended up drinking 1 cup of that 2 cups of water at the end of the night….so I was a little short of my goal.  For today I’ve had had 7 cups of water, so I think it’s safe to say I’ll meet my 8 cups today!! (fingers crossed).

Well, that’s it for now.  It’s almost TGIF….

Reality TV and Reading

I haven’t been reading much the last few days…..I was hoping to be done with Trading Up by now.  Actually I really wasn’t in the mood to read it (it wasn’t holding my interest) so I switched over to Lipstick Jungle.  It’s okay so far, I’m about half done with it.  I never did see the short-lived series so I don’t have anything to compare it to, which is a good thing.

As for TV shows:  So You Think You Can Dance has been a snore so far.  Actually that’s not really fair since I haven’t really been watching it much, so I’ll re-phrase and say that what I’ve seen so far isn’t that inspiring.

I love Bethenny Getting Married?.  It’s a fun reality show compared to all of the Real Housewives drama.  But, truth be told, I am a huge Bethenny fan!!

I’m loving Top Chef so far!!  But I haven’t found a season or episode of this series that I haven’t liked.  I watch any season/episode Bravo re-airs.  I’m not liking Angelo so far, but I’m really liking Kenny!

My favorite on Real Housewives of New Jersey has now left the show so I’m not a happy girl.  Dina Manzo always tried to rise above the fracas and not be a diva.  I hope she comes back.  I’ve come to like Caroline, Jacqueline is okay (although I really dislike her daughter…can you say brat?!), Teresa is just too over the top for me (can any one person be any more gaudy in their taste…ugh!), and then there’s Danielle.  I have no words.  She (along with her white trash friends) need to go far away from this show.  And, I never ever want to see any of them on, or near, a stripper pole again.  Especially Kim G and her white g-string undies.  That was just too gross for words!!!  Luckily, it seemed that Danielle wasn’t in this weeks episode much, so I’m hoping her storyline gets reduced drastically!

I’m really liking Losing It with Jillian.  Anything that has to do with Biggest Loser, Jillian Michael’s or Bob Harper I will watch.  It’s a great show which focuses on one family a week.  With Jillian, Bob and the Biggest Loser leading the way, maybe this country can and will overcome the obesity problem that affects too many people!!!

I’m loving The Hills and The City.  I don’t want The Hills to end.  And the best part……we haven’t had to see Speidi at all! I have not missed them–not even a little.  Their storyline was tired a long time ago when they moved in together.  So glad they are gone.  And, MTV, hopefully you won’t be bringing them back.

Since I watched The Hills/The City, I missed Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List this week.  Usually I plan my TV watching better.  It was the beauty pageant episode.  I really  have to see that!! haha

I’m loving The Next Food Network Star this season.  I have a couple of favorites and feel like the worst of the cooks have gone home.  Well, they still have a few left but the very worst are gone.  Buh-bye……..And, I really like how they added Giada D as a mentor.  She is my favorite Celebrity chef on the Food Network.

Work of Art (on Bravo) is another new reality show I”m watching.  It’s just okay so far.  I love art and they are pretty talented, but the show kind of drags…..same old Bravo formula.  Unfortunately, sometimes it just doesn’t translate.  But I will still watch til the end.

Oh, I have a new reality show obsession:  Cupcake Wars.  Has anyone else seen this show on the Food Network?!  I truly am obsessed and the show makes me want to run to my kitchen and make cupcakes.

And that leaves one other reality show that hasn’t started yet but, like millions of others, I eagerly anticipate it’s premiere every summer:  Big Brother.  I started watching this show during season 7 All-Stars (summer of 2006).  I actually know one of the contestants:  Danielle Reyes, who was originally on season 3 (which I never saw).

I feel like I’m forgetting a show, but I’m exhausted right now and can no longer think straight.  So it’s off to bed for me.  Good night!!

The Weekend is here!!

Boy, did this week fly by!!  I didn’t realize I hadn’t posted anything since Tuesday night.

Last night I went for a run.  I wasn’t going to, but the weather was perfect so I just had to!!  I was planning on running 3 miles but there were so many people at the park that it was hard to get the whole mile in around that trail.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to see people out there exercising, but all at the same time??  It makes it a little difficult.  So, I ended up running 2.5 miles—which isn’t bad.

I also watched the first part (of three parts) of Real Housewives of New York reunion.  This was a stressful season and this part of the reunion was too.  Afterward was the premiere of Bethenny Getting Married? .  What a nice departure from the craziness that was RHONY!!  I laughed throughout the episode….Bethenny is hilarious!!

Last night I made some “no-bake” cookies.  They are simple to make (yes, really, no baking!!).

I was craving something chocolate-y and didn’t have anything fitting that description in the house, except some cocoa powder, and remembered this recipe so I made them.  It only took about 5-10 minutes and then once you spoon them on the wax paper you have to let them set.  They are delicious!!

I have slowly gone through my house Spring Cleaning it and finally got to my beauty products and make-up.  Boy what I have accumulated!!  I dumped anything more than 2 years old (which was a lot!!) and most of what’s left was purchased within the last year (except the mascara, which I have always replaced after 3-4 months).  I had a lot of lipsticks….most of which were impulse purchases and free samples (Lancome).

From all of the cleaning I have an accumulation of stuff that needs to be donated.  Luckily, two charities are coming through my neighborhood next week so I will be getting this stuff ready to go.  Right now it’s in a pile in my office and I can’t wait for it to be cleared out.

I am in a minimalist state of mind right now and do not want, or like, any clutter in my house.  So I will be thrilled when this stuff is finally gone!!

I am so excited for the weekend.  Old Navy is having $2.00 tank tops on sale at 7am tomorrow.  I may stop in to see what type of tanks.  Then I will be hitting the garage sales around town.  A friend of mine is an awesome garage sale pro and someday I hope to be as good!!

A couple of years ago we found two Coach purses at a garage sale for $5.00 each.  We bought them both.  I have several Coach purses and the one she got was the same one I bought at the Coach outlet store the year before and the one I got was a basic black one, which was perfect because I needed a black purse.  Yes, I did check to make sure they were real…..and they were!!  Score!!!

Last summer one of my neighbors had a garage sale and I found a Matt Cain bobblehead for $2.00!!  Matt is a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.  For non-baseball lovers:  Throughout the baseball season teams have whats called bobblehead days for different players on the team and if you’re one of the first of whatever the cutoff number is who show up that day for the game, you will get that bobblehead.  I have two other bobbleheads:  Randy Johnson and Brian Wilson, so it was nice to add to the collection.

My only other set plans this weekend are to read, enjoy the weather and watch baseball.

………wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!