Debra's World

Fall 2011 TV Plan

Debra — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:25:08 +0000

Okay. Still have not made the switch to Tivo. Still plan to. And I have not had much luck in reducing my television time. Yes, I am an addict. But I did manage to only plan for network programming. I think I can make do with that. Eek.

Monday:
Terra Nova
2 1/2 Men
Castle
Hawaii Five-O

Tuesday:
NCIS
NCIS: LA
Body of Proof
Glee
Ringer (Alsready watched one, not sure if I'll keep this one.)
Unforgettable
Raising Hope
Parenthood

Wednesday:
Survivor
The Middle
Up All Night
Suburgatory
Free Agents (Maybe not...)
Harry's Law
Modern Family
Revenge
CSI
Law & Order: SVU

Thursday:
Charlie's Angels (maybe)
Vampire Diaries
Gray's Anatomy
Person of Interest
Secret Choice
Private Practice
The Mentalist
Prime Suspect
Secret Circle

Friday:
Supernatural
Fringe
Blue Bloods

Sunday:
Desperate Housewives
The Good Wife
Pan Am
CSI:Miami

See why I need two DVRs? I'm hoping I can do a combo of one Tivo and streaming online from the networks sites, or Hulu or TV.com.

And yes, my life is all about television. I realize I need to work on that even more. Seriously, this is really scaled down!

Summertime Strategy

Debra — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:20:09 +0000

So I've got a lot on my plate. I have a little Internet Marketing company. I need to get healthy. I want to buy my own home. I want to get organized. I want to meet my grandson. Who lives in England.

I just need to figure out how to find the time to do everything. And I think the key is to give up my cable. My HD DVR. My DVR. And my other cable box. One of me. Three televisions. And so many TV shows!

This is What I Have Now.

Here's what I was planning to watch this summer:

Flashpoint
Law & Order CI
In Plain Sight
Extreme Makeover Weight Edition
Men of a Certain Age
Love Bites
The Glades
White Collar
Switched at Birth
Covert Affairs
Rookie Blue
Rescue Me
Teen Wolf
9 Lives of Chloe King
Suits
Franklin & Bash
Falling Skies
True Blood
Weeds
The Big C
Hawthorne
Royal Pains
Necessary Roughness
Leverage
The Closer
Rizzoli & Isles
Eureka
Warehouse 13
Alphas
Haven
Torchwood
Breaking Bad
Burn Notice

And that's light TV for me. In the fall I'll have about 30+ shows to watch. Does that make me a TV addict? Probably. I think what it really says about me is that I don't have anything else I'd rather do. So I'm working on that.

I think I'll make the drastic decision to cancel my cable this week. I'm ordering a TIVO. (Hey, I don't want to give everything up!). I'll sign up for Netflix and use my Amazon Prime membership and then pray that some SyFy and TNT and USA shows are available for streaming. If not, well, I'll find other things to do with my time. I would like to use the $100 I'll save each month for mad money. So if I'm spending $140 a month now for cable, I figure I'll save at least that...

I'll still be able to watch these network shows because of a cheap $14 antennae I picked up. I live in the city so it's crystal clear for ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox & the CW. I can live with 5 channels and the Internet. I can. I hope. I'll mourn my HBO and Showtime series. But I'm trading them in for my own life.

: This is What I'll Have If I Make a Good Decision.

Flashpoint
Extreme Makeover Weight Edition
Love Bites
Rookie Blue

Oh dear, that's pretty drastic. Gulp.

49

Debra — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:12:17 +0000

Now that I am 49 years old I think I will focus on what makes me happy and what I can do to make a postive impact on the world. That's it.