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Standing Up

I went to get Betsy from her nap and she looked like this.  Standing up.  Grinning like crazy, no doubt as a result of the look on my face when I walked in.  We have a big girl on our hands!

I have a confession to make.  I really like TV.  My favorite things to watch are television series.  Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones, True Blood, Friday Night Lights, Mad Men, The Killing, The Sopranos, Homeland.  And then a few I am a bit embarrassed to admit (but worth your time!) are  Hemlock Grove and American Horror Story (which gave me nightmares, just FYI).  If I don’t get the channel (like HBO or Showtime) I get the DVDs on Netflix, stream on Netflix or use HBOgo (thanks, Lisa and Randy!).  I just like to get involved and watch episodes back to back and get totally engulfed in it.  Maybe that’s partly due to my job as a stay at home mom.  My life can feel pretty mediocre at times, and it’s exciting to get involved in a dramatic show.  Some of you are reading this and thinking, “oh, that poor housewife.”  If you’re southern you’re thinking, “bless her heart”.  But I’ve always liked television and movies.  I like drama.  I like to be entertained.  I like to be surprised.  I like to be scared.  So I started watching Breaking Bad.  I’m only on season 1, and I’ve seen previews for the new season so I know who is around in the new season (so I know they don’t die in season 1).  But there was an episode on today where I was sure everyone was going to die (even though I know they’re still around in the coming season).  I’m sitting on the couch and I have my hands on my head in anxiety.  There are guns!  And bad guys!  Ahhh!  I just can’t take it!  I reach my hands back and knock over a big glass vase of flowers that’s sitting on the table right behind me.  Betsy starts to cry she’s so upset by the noise.  I spent the next half hour making sure I’d swept up all the tiny pieces of glass.  But I finished the episode while I cleaned!  Because I have a problem…