Love me some Olympics!

I LOVE watching the Olympics! I do. I remember when I was a little girl that the only time that we were allowed to have the TV on during dinner was during the Olympics. I specifically remember sitting on the living room floor, eating my dinner on a Strawberry Shortcake TV tray and watching Mary Lou Retton win the All-Around Gold Medal. That was SO exciting!! What was that? 1984? Oh, I just love the Olympics. I guess I have rubbed off on my oldest. She woke up bright and early this morning, ran in our room (we were still sleeping, of course) and says, "Don't worry about waking up, I'm TiVoing the Olympics for you, Mom." Sweet thing.

We had to TiVo the Opening Ceremonies yesterday because we were in Graham picking up our sweet Susie. It was nice to go back and see our old house and the kids had a great time at the birthday party, too. We missed SusieQ, too. She is so quiet sometimes, but just having 2 kids changes everything. Needless to say, I did a little shopping this week and got some good deals for Grace to go back to school!Because of our trip, we started the Opening Ceremonies this morning and I got my "Olympic Goosebumps" all over again, just like I do every 4 years! There is just something really cool about seeing these amazing athletes perform on the world wide stage. I love it! You can guess what I'm going to do now...I'm off to clean the kitchen and watch some volleyball, Olympic style!!!

American Idol

I have to admit something. I watched American Idol last night. I have never really gotten into American Idol. I really don't know, I just don't really get into reality and "voting" TV very much. I love 24 (it is my Fave), ER (yes, I still watch it after all these years), Lost (thanks, Ant, but could you believe how they ended last night...AKKK!) Grey's Anatomy (Have to have my McDreamy), Ugly Betty (she is so funny) and I really liked Men in Trees (it is about a tiny town in Alaska), but it isn't on anymore....that is about it. I LOVE sports and will watch whatever sport is on TV at the time. Okay, I just re-read that list and it makes it sound like I watch a lot of TV, so I have to defend my laziness, but who doesn't like 24, come on!! Besides, after I put the kids in bed at 7:30, I have to unwind to something!!! :)

I had seen ads for "Idol Gives Back" and so I decided to TiVo it during church last night. I'm so glad that I did. I FF thru the commercials so it didn't seem long to me at all. I loved the pieces that the show did with the children. It made me want to get on a plane and fly over and adopt a whole group of kids. I loved Carrie Underwood's song "I'll Stand By You" and the video of her with the children was great...I also loved the Children's choir with Josh Grobin...that was great!!
I won't watch the show for their voting and such, but last night's "giving back" was great and really opened my eyes and makes me so very thankful for what my family has here in my part of the US. We are truly blessed.