Omg could television be any more boring this time of year? There is nothing on right now. All the new summer shows are over and there’s nothing–and I mean nothing–to watch. I’m DYING while waiting for the Fall TV season to start. I miss my old shows and I’m waiting desperately for new stuff to start, too. All I have to say is thank God for Project Runway. Oh and Drop Dead Diva is great too.

Here’s what I’m waiting on to return:

Survivor
Grey’s Anatomy
CSI (Vegas)
Castle
So You Think You Can Dance
The Biggest Loser
America’s Next Top Model
The Mentalist
Private Practice
Sons of Anarchy
How I Met Your Mother
Two And A Half Men
The Big Bang Theory

New shows I’m looking forward to watching:

Glee
Mercy
Hank

And these are in the “maybe” camp:

Flash Forward
Cougartown

I know…I watch a lot of TV. I hope my DVR can handle it all :giggle:

Are you missing your shows? Which ones? And which upcoming Fall premieres are you planning to catch? Did I miss anything potentially awesome?

The baby shower for my daughter in law was yesterday, and it was awesome. Nearly everyone invited attended, so my living room was stuffed full of people. And thank God my daughter came home from college to help and brought her friend. They pitched in and did a ton of work and I couldn’t have done it without them. (Thank you Ashley and Kari!).

Jamie (my daughter in law) received so many awesome gifts it took two cars to load them all up:

She was so excited because they need…everything! Even though this is their second child, when they moved out here from California 2 years ago, they sold everything, including all the baby stuff they had, with the exception of the crib. So they were in need of damn near every baby item. She got a ton of stuff, which is great. And they’re heading out to California this week to visit her family, and she’s having another baby shower. Hopefully when they get home they’ll be all set for my new little granddaughter’s arrival in early October.

Here’s me and my daughter in law after the shower (with Biker Dude in the background fiddling with the Harley) :

Isn’t her baby bump adorable? I have to pat little Kaylynn (that’s the upcoming baby’s name) every time I see her. And yes, that’s pink you see in my hair. I got these rockin’ pink highlights put into my hair last week. I love it. My son shook his head when he saw me and said I must be going through my punk rocker phase. Heh. Gotta keep your kids on their toes, ya know. Even after they’re grown. :giggle:

If you don’t know who Michael Vick is or his story, I’ll give you a brief history.

Michael Vick was a football player in the U.S., formerly with the Atlanta Falcons. In 2007 it was discovered he owned and operated a dog fighting venture with a couple other guys. The dogs were seized, the operation shut down,and Vicks and his partners prosecuted and jailed for illegal dogfighting.

Vicks has since been released from prison and yesterday was signed to a new contract by the Philadelphia Eagles.

This pisses me off.

Why?

Because the dogfighting operation he and his buddies ran was so horrible, so heinous, it sickens me to even describe it. Some of these poor dogs were used as bait to make the fighting dogs more aggressive. Dogs that didn’t perform up to standard were executed. Dogfighting is brutal and inhumane.

The National Geographic Channel ran a special about Dogtown, a rescue organization that took in 22 of the toughest cases from Michael Vicks dogs and showed their efforts at rehabilitating them. You can click here to read more about Dogtown and the sweet dogs they worked with. The story of these poor abused animals will move you to tears.

There are some who will say he paid for his crime and he should be allowed to go about his business now. I don’t agree.

I have no compassion for Michael Vick. I don’t care that he served time for his crime and is now released. I don’t think he should be allowed to play football and make millions of dollars again. What he did to those dogs was unconscionable. Many of those dogs lost their lives. Why should he be able to pick up where he left off? In my opinion, he hasn’t paid nearly enough yet.

Feel free to disagree with me, of course.