6. LOVING
The New Jane Pauley Show, which premiered Monday, August 30. I don't watch a lot of daytime TV--never, actually, but I've been trying to keep up with the shows that we might eventually be on: Oprah, The View, LIVE w/Regis & Kelly, Good Morning America, The Today Show, etc...that's a lot of TV! (Fortunately, the websites are great, so I don't have to watch them all every day.) I really enjoy The New Jane Pauley Show. She is focusing her show on REAL women and REAL stories that we (women in our thirties, forties, and beyond, all shapes and sizes) can relate to. Jane Pauley is down-to-earth, warm, funny, and very REAL and open about her own life and challenges. It's so refreshing and reassuring to enjoy a show that is interesting and entertaining, without being celebrity-driven, flashy, and hyper-energetic (without naming names, 'cuz I just might have to cozy up to those people someday!).
7. Mental Health Days - In the first four weeks of school, Zach and Haleigh have attempted numerous Mental Health Day escapes from school already, succeeding three times (Zach once, Haleigh twice). What's up with this?! Now, I'm all about enjoying Mental Health Days--
once in a while! In fact, there's a whole chapter in the book,
Chapter 28 (page 122) - Mental Health Days, and I wrote it, so I guess I can't blame anyone else when my kids start taking advantage of Rebel Housewife Rules...it's just that everytime THEY manage to convince me they are TRULY sick and need to come home (only to oh-so-magically feel SO much better by the time everyone else is coming home so they can go outside to play...NOT!)--my entire day gets out-of-whack! Which is why I'm catching up TODAY (Sunday) on a Top 10 List I started WEDNESDAY--and I'm still cleaning up from the online contest and have yet to announce the winners! (I know who they are...and I'll tell you soon! ;-)
8. As far as physical health, and working out (for which I can never seem to find the time), the kids are helping me out: As of last week, we've been riding bikes to school everyday except Friday. It's just one mile to school and one mile back, and there are some good hills to get the heart going and the legs hard as a rock! More about this in the column...
9. Sherri at The Improv! I started a six-month once-a-week Improv Class at
Atlanta's Whole World Theatre/Comedy Club last Monday--and I LOVE it! This is SO out-of-character for me--I'm a WRITER, for god's sakes!--and I still don't know exactly what I've signed up for, but that first night, which was just orientation and meeting the rest of my "cast", I felt so at home and in the right place. I looked into Improv as a way of making the transition from Writer to Speaker/Performer--to be more at ease in media interviews and appearances and to help make The Rebel Housewife (The Redhead) into more of an entertainer. I didn't realize at the time that six months from now, I would be appearing ON STAGE LIVE for the graduation show...I can't even think about that right now!
10. What I'm Reading Now:
A Home at The End of The World by Michael Cunningham. It is SO good! The movie version, with Colin Farrell, was just released this summer. I picked up the book for an online book study with the author at
Barnes & Noble--the study starts September 7, so there's still time to buy the book and register FREE for the book group if you are interested.
Click here for more info.
In other news...tree issues, neighbor issues still pretty much suck, but enough of all that for now!
Sunday, September 5, 2004 at 01:01PM