I've made the switch!

I've been a loyal Oprah fan for a long time.

When the kids were really young, it was one of the things I always looked forward to. That and the mailman coming to my house. It's sad, I know, but I love getting catalogs in the mail and I loved looking at them, while I watched Oprah. It was kinda my "mommy time" back then.

I would even go to the extreme of putting a movie in for the kids and watching Oprah upstairs just to have a little peace and quite during that one hour. I know none of you do that, right?!

I still love Oprah and all the wonderful things she has done over the years. She has helped so many people. Women and children especially! What a blessing she is.

However, over the past several months, I have made a switch. I now watch Ellen!

She is hilarious! I laugh out loud every time I watch her! And I love how laughing out loud (all by myself) makes me feel.

So thanks Ellen for making me smile, every single day and for helping me to not take things so seriously!

You ROCK!

I'm so excited!

It's been a very busy day...and it's an even busier week, but the one thing I'm looking forward to is "Mommy's TV time" tonight....now before I tell you about my excitement, I must disclose that reveling this may change your view of me forever...but please don't judge me....I really am a good person...are you ready.....

Nip/Tuck starts tonight and I LOVE that show. It's totally a bad show, the story line is totally crazy, it's basically porn on cable....but I love it. Maybe I like it so much cause it's so not the Disney Channel...which seems to be the only thing we watch around here.

Anyone else watch it??? Am I the only terrible one out there??? Anyone???

Moms who blog...

Here's how it all started.

Last week I got a call from a local TV station. Apparently they are doing a story on "Moms who Blog" in November and my friend Tim gave my name as someone to contact. (Thanks Tim!)

I talked to Sandy (who does it all...from doing the weather and news, and being a mom herself) for about a half hour on Thursday night about why I started a blog, how much time I spend blogging, and about just being a mom. She seemed excited to talk to me and wanted to know when we could meet and have a person to person interview. She wanted to get some video of me just being a "mom", video of me blogging, and then just some interacting with the kiddos. Okay, I thought....this should be easy.

I instantly began to think about what I would wear, how I could lose 20 pounds in 2 days, and about cleaning my entire house from top to bottom.

I also informed her of a couple of friends that I have that also blog. She wanted me to talk to them and see if they would be interested in this adventure as well. So I got my good buddy Nicole at Life in Progress to come over at 8:00 am this morning. Yes folks....at 7:45 this morning I had a TV crew in my house. Yes, there was no school and yes, it was the only day to sleep in and yes, it was the only day to lay around in our jammies and do nothing. What was I thinking....

They interviewed me first....and then Nicole. And then I realized....oh how stupid I sounded! I wanted a do-over. I just don't have a knack for speaking in public. Nicole is just an awesome speaker and her words just flow. I got a little nervous with the extremely bright light shining right in my face. I started to worry about if my face is going to be super shiny (like I rubbed oil all over it) when this airs on TV. And then it happened.... I started to ramble, like I always do. I have no idea how I even answered her questions.

Then they shot a lot of video of the kids playing, getting dressed and brushing teeth. They got some video of the kids playing outside and me making cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Of course, they got some shots of us on the computer too. But I think they just wanted some video of us doing our regular routine stuff. It was fun. Maggie even asked if we were going to be a show on TV all the time, like Jon & Kate plus 8....only "Andy & Traci plus 2, oh and Charlie too!" Cute!

It was a fun but hectic morning. I'm glad we did it and will let you all know when it airs...sometime in early November.

Thanks to Nicole for being there in this adventure with me...and for my friend Tim for giving out my name!

Mostly, thank you to my new friend Sandy! Whenever you're ready to start your own blog...let me know. I would love to help you get it going!