Fall TV is here!!

Fall TV season…..it is here…..in full force this week!!! What to watch….what to watch?!?! Well, on Monday nights, NBC is back with one of my favorite shows “Chuck” I love that one, then we finally get to see the show they have been promoting like CRAZY….."The Event" and “Chase." Over on CBS, speaking of highly promoted, it’s the all new "Hawaii Five-O" and a show with Sookie from “Gilmore Girls” called "Mike & Molly." Fox has “House” and a new show called "Lone Star." And if watching celebs is more your thing, ABC has "Dancing With The Stars" (two hours of it!) then "Castle." I also like “90210” now on Monday.

Other shows this season I personally hope to catch are……that new FOX show with Will Arnett and Kerri Russell “Running Wilde" I think that is on Tuesday.

That new NBC show looks it has potential to me is "Undercovers" and I am already a "Modern Family" and “Cougartown” fan on my Wednesday nights.

Thursdays may bring some new options, but I am sticking with my favs……”The Office” and "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice."

Tom Selleck has a new show I might watch…if I can find the time….and I love “Friday Night Lights” whenever that might return. But always with my luck I start watching a show, like it and it gets canned 3 or 4 episodes into the thing. grrrrrr. And I haven’t even mentioned daytime TV….I never watched “Gilmore Girls” when it was first on, but I found it in reruns and LOVE it!! I get my gross out fix when I happen to catch Dr. Oz. And don’t forget it’s Oprah’s last season, so watch her in this format while you can.

Hmmm…I swear I do more than watch TV, but after reading this blog, I wouldn’t believe me either!! lol

The Newest Things

If you haven’t heard yet, you can listen to Classic Hits 94.1 KQK on your iphone. How? Check out the details on our website www.941kqk.com or just go to the app store and type in our name. Voila…a new app for your phone!! Isn’t technology amazing??? Just think, it’s 2010…remember what you couldn’t do ten years ago??!?!? You couldn’t watch a video on You Tube. You didn’t Facebook or Twitter. You had a camera…..but it was not in your phone. And texting….none of that, we all talked more. Heck, there was no American Idol! And a Croc….you never thought you would wear one on your foot!! :) And that is just scratching the surface. I am sure you can think of plenty of other things too.


Sometimes I am tired by technology. No time to getaway from anyone. By choice, I do not have email on my phone. I like to be disconnected sometimes. However, I will admit that I forgot my cell phone the other night when I went out and I was a bit out of sorts. Not that was expecting an important call, but I keep thinking of people to call or text. Not to mention I had no idea what time it was!! (Like many, I stopped wearing my watch once I could check the time on my phone.) But, you know what I survived. Now that I know I can do without a cell phone for a while, I need to convince my oldest son. Technology aside, one of the biggest changes in my life since 2000 was the birth of my first son. He is ten now. He wants a cell phone. He has never even seen a rotary phone. He has never known a life without the internet, cable or cordless phones. He thinks there has always been a Walgreens on every corner and that McDonalds is a way of life. The same goes for my 7 year old. No more are the days where you share time on a landline house phone with your kids. So while I download the latest app on my cell phone, like many other parents I must decide when to let my son get HIS own phone. I guess I should change the lyrics to a famous song and say, “the times they are a changed.”

school time

Back to School time again…..my boys are back in school…going into the second week. Where did the summer go???? I know they want to get the kids back at it so they can start prepping for the TCAP test…..that happens in late Spring. Get them back to school, then right when they are getting the hang of things, they will get a Fall Break. As you can perhaps tell by my tone, I am not really a fan of the Fall Break. Not that they asked me, but I would have preferred more summer….at least this year.


Both of my sons are in elementary school…but this will be the last year for them to be in the same school for quite some time. Where did the time go? Seems like they were just born!!! Nothing like feeling time is passing you by and then sending your 5th grader off to school and having a birthday the same week! Sigh. :) And let me disclaim myself and mention I have not been blogging as much as of late since I joined Facebook. Feel free to friend me there and to “like” our Classic Hits 94.1 KQK page.

ahhhh....doughnuts.......

Ahhhh……donuts……I feel like Homer Simpson when I say it. Then to spell it…..is it DONUT or DOUGHNUT….we’ll go on the assumption that both are acceptable. :)

So, why the blog about donuts?


Well, today, Steve announced he wanted a bear claw and wondered how long it would take round trip to get from our east Memphis studio to Gibson’s Donuts. (It was 15 minutes in case you are curious!) He returned with not 1, not 2, but 3 boxes of donuts. One was specially marked for me. I expected it would be a cake donut as he knows that is my favorite. Inside that box, not 1, not 2, but EIGHT cake donuts. (As pictured above!) One of every variety they offer!

So, early on at 6:45am the willpower was on. I selected the cinnamon sugar cake donut as my lone choice. And being so smug that I had my willpower on, I stated teasing Steve that he had almost 2 entire bear claws…. around 45 grams of fat the best we can figure. Well, as fate has it, every time I tease anyone it comes back on me. My willpower faded close to 9:00am, I had the blueberry cake donut and now Steve and I are coming down off our sugar high. We are getting tired and grumpy right about now, but for those glorious moments as we indulged in our tasty treats, we were happy…and would still be if we believed in moderation!!!! Oh, well lesson learned. We will do better next time.

A New Blog

You know it’s been a long time since you blogged when you get an email that says “Hey love your radio show, but how about an updated blog!?” Yeah, I am sorry for the delay. Why the huge chasm in blog time?


First, I finally joined Facebook which has taken me to a new level of "use of computer time" in my life. I am now somewhat addicted to it, thus, my hesitation to ever “get on” Facebook in the first place. But now that I am on, I will henceforth refer to Facebook as fb. :) Second, my computer at home crashed, down with a sickness. I usually do all my blogging in the afternoon at home. I no longer have that luxury (for now anyway) as I am blogging today at work.


So, what to blog about?

Steve (Conley my morning show co-host) is sitting across from me right now. He is friending even more on Facebook …..oh yeah….fb. :) Last week he hit 2000 friends, now he already has 2130 (give or take) he is just so popular. After being on one month now, I have just over 600. I find the whole concept a bit fascinating. It is fun to catch up with people, but at the same time, do I really care that “Zena” just had a great sandwich? I’ll fb later.


I could blog about the fact that the musical MEMPHIS won the Tony Award for best musical this week. And how much Green Day rocked the award show. And how I saw the Orpheum’s Pat Halloran there on national TV sitting in like the third row!


Or I could blog about the Memphis heat.


Or I could blog about how I enjoy watching Friday Night Lights on NBC or how I like watching reruns of Gilmore Girls. (Gilmore Girls I have just discovered and I really like it so far! Sure, I am a few years behind on this one, but the shows are all new to me. : )


I could blog about my boys….they are growing up so fast…..they are 7 and 10 years old. WOW. Where did the time go and why does my 10 year old act like he’s a teenager.


Or instead of blogging (or Facebooking) I could just do laundry, clean out a closet or actually attempt to purge some kid items out of my house that we haven’t used in years. Ugh! I guess I have inadvertently just typed what I need to go do.



Have a happy day online. I am off to do laundry. Then I’ll come back and blog about how much I detest folding clothes. :)

KP

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The Cute of the Boot!

Went to Memphis in May Beale Street Music Fest Friday night….. Steve and I got on stage after Al Kapone (good show!) and before the B-52’s (my third time to see them…love them!) We managed to avoid the rain when we were there. Whew! You know, it’s always fun once you get down there. For many though, I know it’s the dragging yourself downtown and finding a parking space that is a big deterrent….Oh, yeah and the now traditional threat of rain.

Of course, it’s one big band party and it’s all about the music, but I think they could change the name. (And no, not to Memphis In Mud!) They should change the name because even with everyone donning appropriate “outdoor festival with a threat of rain” attire, this is a see and be seen event. Friday night it was all about the boots! How about we call it the Beale Street BOOT festival…… or maybe the BOOT Street Music Festival. It was obvious that for days, weeks, even months prior to the BSMF, females begin the search for cute rain boots. And I never knew so many styles, colors and patterns of boot even existed!!! Stripes, polka dots, oriental, toile, solid color, checks, animals, and peace signs just to name a few. This year, most did not just stop at a store on the way, there was some serious on line searching for these boots. And no matter if it was with shorts, pants, capri’s or even a skirt, there was some boot flaunting going on. I even had a little boot envy! :)

Again, while I was there, no rain had fallen. You could still see every cute new boot…..but after Friday night….probably not so much. As the Music Fest progressed, all the boots, no matter the pattern, were caked in mud and that’s when it comes down to simple usefulness of a boot. Or does it? Functionality or the “cute of your boot”……which is more important? I guess it all boils down to the person wearing that boot. :)

(Pictured above is the boot I almost got from Piperlime.com! )