What to watch on TV

Lately, I have not been into T.V. It could be that I have no cable or that between running behind my 1 year old, a full class load and working several jobs, I just don't have the time to sit down and just...veg out. Even though I just said all this, I still have a few shows that I do manage to make time for.

Claws is at the top of this list.

Claws is a midnight-dark, wickedly funny meditation on female badness set in a South Florida nail salon. It follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures. Claws is about good women caught in bad places with worse men. It's the story of hardworking women trying to get by in this economy, set against the surreal, bright, gritty landscape of Florida and the luscious, absurd, extreme excesses of the crime world.

Niecy Nash is the main star and I just...uh...I love it. I just loved this show and all the characters and the plot. Just dark enough to satisfy my morbid humor like but still funny enough to make you wonder if you imagined the darkness. I can not wait for it to come back on TV.

My second favorite is probably a no brainer. The Walking Dead. I have been riding with this show since it first aired. I did not watch the last season, though I did read all the spoilers and blow by blow accounts. I having watched the season finale where they killed...you know...I just had to take a step back for my sanity. I was way to involved in this world and it actually hurt me deep when they did what they did. Now that things seem to be back on the right track, I am ready to give it my heart again. I can not wait for Rick to make his comeback.

My third favorite is Lt. Joe Kenda on the ID channel. The setting of this crime show is him retelling some of his most interesting crime cases from the 60's and 70's and I just...it is so satisfying to watch him almost always catch his killer. There is very little gore or mayhem like some other crime shows, and I think that's what I like about it. Also...his tagline of "My, my, my..." cracks me up every time. I just love this show.

I'm always on the lookout for new shows, so tell me, what are some of your most favorite TV shows?

Self-Care is not a trend

Honestly, self-care is not fluffy - it's something we should take seriously.
-Kris Carr

I realize that self-care has become a bit of a catch phrase these days, tossed about as if were a football, careless and offhandedly. As if it were of no importance to people’s day to day lives or that it makes little impact in how you view the world, or how the world views you. There are some who will try to use this against you, as if you are selfish for needing some time for you.

I say poke those people in the eye and get a latte.

On all levels of seriousness, in today’s age, where everything is go and you are constantly hooked into some social network where other’s pictures make you question what you have been doing in your life, it’s nice to unplug and relax. Listen to the voices in your head (depending on what they say of course) and take care of your needs. Sitting at my desk, I came up with a list of things that I find to help me on my course of self-care. Some are obvious, while others may seem out of place for others. The purpose, is not to compare, but to come away with ideas on how to reset the nerves and relax.

Self-Care ideas

• à      Face Mask
• à      Manicure or a pedicure (both)
• o   You can give yourself one if the budget is tight. The point is to take the time and recharge
• à      Hair mask or a face mask (again…both are nice)
• à      Foot mask
• à      YouTube binge
• à      Planning session
• à      Small organization project
• à      Walk
• à      Window shop
• o   You could take a walk and do this or go online and fill the cart. Just don’t purchase
• à      Hot shower/Bath
• à      Cheat meal
• à      Nap
• à      A good boo
• à      Writing
• à      Cleaning
• à      Small errands (this lets you clean up the to-do list and take time for you)
• à      Coffee Break
• à      Wine Break

SSo...what are some idea you have for self-care? Let me know in the comments.

Fall Bucket List

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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
-George Eliot

Fall is coming or for some it’s already here and with it, a sense of things coming to an end. Okay, that was morbid, but the truth is that around this time, I get nostalgic and wistful of things that were and used to be. More so now that I have a daughter and she’s growing up WAY too fast for my liking. Just the other day she had colored pencils and was scribbling all over paper on the floor in my office.

I can’t deal.

But it did get me to thinking about all the things that I want to do with my daughter as she’s growing up. Memories that I want to make with her and have pictures to look back on. So, I came up with a bucket list of sorts. Activities that I either never got to do when I was child, always wanted to do or maybe just want to do with her to create our own reminiscences.

Fall Bucket List 2017:

·      Visit a pumpkin patch

·      Visit a haunted house (something age appropriate)

·      Go trick or treating

·      Go on a hayride

·      Carve a real pumpkin

·      Bake

·      Clean from top to bottom (fall cleaning is more for me but still…)

·      Take family photos

·      Stock the pantry for winter

·      Stomp on crunchy leaves

·      Finish an old cross sticth project

·      Walk through local old town on a sunny day