Fall means only one thing

Here's a totally mindless post. Because I think yesterday we established that my brain is fried.

As a complete side note, I think the $9 taco meat did teach me a lesson. Yesterday, as soon as I finished my post, I gathered all the calendars, newsletters, and cries for help from the PTA and filled in October on our lonely, abandoned, family calendar. After I introduced myself to it again, I was amazed at how busy our last 4 weeks have been compared to how empty the squares were in Sept. I usually write every little thing down and let the calendar take over in the fall and dictate what my daily schedule should be. But for some strange reason, I didn't use my calendar to it's fullest potential in Sept and only wrote in things like "first day of school" and "Squirrel Hunt" because, you know, something like "Squirrel Hunt" is totally forgettable.

Ok, back to mindless. I am glad that fall is here. There's a freshness in the air between the hours of 8 and 9 in the morning. And the excitement of high school football reigns. And the fall TV line-up. The excitement reigns about it, too. Our family welcomes all of our favorite shows like old friends at homecoming. Bubba loves "Biggest Loser". And the whole family really gets in to "Deal or No Deal". The girls like to pretend that they are the models who hold the cases while one of us pretends to be the contestant.

Honey and I love "Survivor". We usually record it and watch it after the kids are in bed. Let's be honest, it's not the greatest example of a TV show in the respect of being fresh and innovative, with each season different from the one before. Since there have been like 85 seasons so far, the freshness wore off long ago, but it's some TV common ground. It's fun to discuss the various players and the drama they are involved in each week. It's something we do together.

I also love "Grey's Anatomy", and because of my love for it, I plan on watching "Private Practice". Just to see if it promises to be as great as it's parent show.

The show that I'm most excited about is "Men in Trees". I was a fairly late-comer to the last season, but it was decided by the powers that be to cut the first season short. So since about January we've been kept hanging. We haven't seen the last 5 episodes of the first season. So, we are promised that starting on Oct 12, we will again have some new episodes about our favorite town in Alaska and they will run un-interrupted for a while. We'll see.

What fall shows are you looking forward to? Do you watch as a family, or do you reserve TV for the not so young eyes and ears?