so i might not blog ever again...

because i have cable t.v.! eee! i mean, with tlc alone i could easily spend my whole day on the couch. and that is not including e! true hollywood stories, cmt, or lifetime. then there is usa with re-runs of law and order and my basic nbc which i love. what more could a girl want? i even have pbs for my son so he is not left out of the loop. and of course, dave has espn and all its affiliates. you might not hear from the hockers' again. 

it's a weird feeling though, because i have not had cable/satelite television in the place i have lived since i was in high school at my parents house. i almost have the feeling that you get when you are at a hotel and you have cable and can stay inside all day and just watch t.v.. 

speaking of t.v., i have had this idea for a long time to list off my t.v.'s shows that i regularly watch or follow or just love to watch. i know it might not interest ya'll, but i am interested to see just how many shows i love and how much time i do waste. so here we go (in no particular order):

- the office: a steady classic. i had my fears at the beginning of the season as some of it's witty office humor had left and instead traded for a bit too much storyline, but i feel it has since returned to it's more original premise. i especially loved the super bowl episode. but when are jim and pam going to get married?

-ugly betty: my branch off to abc. i absolutely love this show. i really can't put into words but it's fastly becoming my favorite. i just rented all of season one and am watching season three on thursday nights (when it airs) but have yet to find season two on dvd to rent. nonetheless, its a fun look at high end fashion and reminds me  a bit of "the devil wear prada."

-american idol: a fan favorite every year. i really liked brooke. 

- jon and kate plus 8: i love their relationship, think their kids are adorable, love that they are Christians and love to watch all their adventures. i just wonder how i can meet them?

- what not to wear: i mean, who doesn't love stacy and clinton?

- my name is earl:  a new favorite of dave's and mine. we recently rented season one from blockbuster and just can't get enough. what/where is jason lee from before this? he looks familiar. and i just love joy. ahhh, you just can't get enough redneck humor and karma. 

- rachael ray: i pretty much always have to tune in at two to see what dinner she is making that day. i don't always make it, but it airs during james naptime, so i also enjoy watching it alone. :)

okay, i guess my list isn't too bad, i thought i was way more hooked into shows than i thought. but these are just the current ones that i love. there are always the reruns/other shows i might watch if there is nothing on and i'm bored shows. those include:

  simpsons, seinfeld, friends, supernanny, wifeswap, pretty much anything on tlc (minus all those tattoo and truck shows), law and order, house, and that new shows lies* or something (it's on fox, pretty interesting), and biggest loser. 

are any of yours on my list? what's on yours? i am guessing LOST because it seems that everyone and there mom watches that show, except for me. and dave. (i did watch one episode at my sil's house and was thoroughly confused throughout the entire show. what the heck? what is this island attacking people?) 

so let me know! 

finally grown up

well, sorta...because tommorrow the cable guy is coming to our house somewheres between the time of 10 am to 12 pm. i do hope he shows up because that means we are finally getting internet and cable! woot woot! and don't think we are too snobby or anything, when i say "cable" i basically mean basic television with a few extra channels. but hey at least i can throw out the dumb rabbit ears and finally not have to deal with bad reception. and also, we can get good internet through out the whole entire house! (not just our bedroom where sometimes we pick up a signal... :) ) i am totally excited. i just hope i hear the guy when he comes because i'll be downstairs in the basement with the girls, since he is coming during schooltime. hopefully, all my post-its that will be on the door ("knock loudly, downstairs!") well help his visit be a success. i'll let you know tomorrow if i am typing on our internet or not... 

wish us luck! (he will come between 10 and 12, right???)

my to do list

1. go grocery shopping. - check!
and i even stayed under budget too! thanks most in part to aldi, my favorite grocery store to get great deals. i got a bad og tortilla chips for 99 cents! can't beat that.

2. go grocery shopping for the super bowl party. - check!
and don't worry, it's not this huge blowout of a party. we are just having some friends come over, and they all have babies. so past some young ones bedtimes, we won't be very loud if arizona gets a touchdown. at least we have enough chips to go around! :) i am also rooting for the cardinals, if anyone wants to know. my reasons are a: the live the closet to my home state of california and b: i have been to their stadium before. pretty sports savvy reasoning if you ask me!

3. get stuff for james party.
this is not checked because i am not going until next week to get all his stuff. i am so excited that he is turning one! he's such a big boy now, and he becomes greater every day. the theme of the party will be balls seeing as that's his favorite thing to play with. (like basketballs, baseballs, tennis balls, etc. get your mind out of the gutter! :)) so i am going to make a basket ball cake and we are going to have meatballs and grapes to eat, among other things. the rest of the party though, i can't mention because it's pretty great. but i'm not going to build it up or anything because i don't want it to be a huge letdown for the people that do come in case our plans aren't that great. but i am excited nonetheless.

4. have a three day weekend. -check!
well, it's this coming week but since it is the end of the semester for my girls, we are getting friday off. who's excited???

that's about it i think...i do have cleaning and such to do to prepare for the party, but i can do that sporatically throughout the week. i think.

whatcha doing this week?

photos

here's some recent pictures of james

i'll put others up later!

on the upswing?

hello my lovely blog world, it's been a while!

okay, so i know i've been a bit of a putz when it comes to actively blogging. and i apologize. i've recently been in this personal slump and that has left me devoid (is that a word?) of any inspiration to post or put up pictures. and further more, my mother in law has most of our christmas pictures on her camera, so that's another excuse not to blog, seeing as i have no exciting pictures. lately, i've been sorta down, if i can be so honest. and this is my blog, so i will. it's been a lonely time for me lately, and when you feel like one thing is wrong in your life, it is much easier to point out others, isn't it? well, i have been feeling lonely, gained 5 pounds over the holiday, have some weird rash disease on my chin (slight exaggeration, but still, what the heck is it?), and yeah, feeling generally blah. in the mood where you want to wear swear pants all day every day and only put jeans on for church. (but insist that church should have a "pajama day"). and thankfully for my husband, he's put up with me and all my moodiness, tears, and grumpiness. he's let me stay in jammies, listen to me complain about the same thing over and over again, and just be plain ugly. thankfully he's also been encoraging to me when i've need to to, and lately, it's been working. i've decided that i don't want to be in that slump no' mo' and i'm trying to get out of it. (i was also inspired by taylor swift's song "fearless"- i'm telling you, i think that 18 year old and i could be good friends). so one step of getting myself back on track is blogging. so here we go. 

so do many of you have close girlfriends? or, for that matter, a close girlfriend? like in "bride wars" (fun movie if you have the chance to see it) they go running together, talk on the phone together, go shopping together, borrow sugar from each other, and the whole nine yards. you know friends like that? where you can call your friend up about something completely random and not need to have a whole conversation to catch up with each other? or know that if you have to go to the mall this weekend, you'll take her, because, i mean, who else would you go with? well, i don't know if it's only in movies, but i've been feeling an intense need for that. a close girlfriend. and i know i just moved to this area and it takes time...but i'm not the kind of girl that can survive that long on her own. so if a friend like this exists, let me know. or if you have one, you'd better hand her over to me!

so that's what's been on my heart lately. maybe tonight i'll post pictures of the hocker family christmas and other things. 

oh- and james' birthday is rapidly approaching. one year! holy smokes. i'll keep you posted with the plans.