Lately I’ve been doing very little around the house while my hubby tries to motivate himself to go out and work on the yard. First off, the weather has been weird so I tell him not to stress too much if he can’t do something outside. Really, I can’t stand the cold, makes one wonder why I chose to live in Washington of all places, don’t it?

I scanned the TV schedule to see what was on for tonight. There are only a few shows that I’ll watch religiously and those include American Idol, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, ALL 3 CSIs, NCIS, Without a Trace, Cold Case, Criminal Minds and The Shield. However, I saw the previews of Wife Swap so I watched that tonight.

I find it hard to believe there are families out there that are so out of touch with reality. Take for instance tonight’s episode of Wife Swap. One of the wives home schooled her kids which I don’t have a problem with. I home-schooled all four of my kids for a year and I’ll never do that again. This family didn’t have a home phone and their kids didn’t socialize with other children. The son said he has friends, then named his dogs. uh hello?? It was pitiful when their teenaged daughter didn’t even know their area code. The father is home only on weekends and when he is home, his role is that of a medieval King. How strange is that? I don’t know if the medieval family knows that cooking a medieval feast on an electric stove isn’t medievalish at all.

I was at my brother’s apartment last week and he was watching Jerry Springer. I thought it was the same episode that I saw before I moved to Japan, 5 years ago. They have the same old hillbillies who don’t know who the father of their babies are or they’re there because their mothers married their boyfriends. Didn’t these people learn anything from previous shows? I’ve told my husband several times that if I ever get a phone call to be a “guest” on that show, I’d kill him first, then ask questions later. I mean don’t these people know it can’t be good news if Jerry’s producers call you to come in. Now if it was Oprah, I’d be there in no time flat. She gives cool gifts and you’ll know you’ve been good and deserving if her producers call you to be a guest on her show.

When my kids were teenagers, my cousin used to tell me that she was going to call all the different shows so that we can get a free trip to whichever state the shows were at and also so she could tell them how rotten all of my kids were. She still has to deal with my oldest son and it’s not an easy task. The thing about her is that I trust her with my kids, she knows how special they are to me. Speaking of my kids, I’m so excited that they’ll be visiting this summer with my grandchildren. I’ll have all four grandchildren for a few days in June. How lucky can I get huh? I can’t wait!