Top 10 Favorite Things....Week of 1/28

Top Row:
1. Post holiday, winter Hibernation begins - lots of Netflix, good food, and time with my boys
2. Finally getting a chance to check out the little Farmer's Market by our house
3. Best Week Ever is back on VH1! How I've missed you
4. Brunch at Cheesecake Factory - tostadas w/Chicken, poblanos, potatoes, poached eggs, and hollandaise
5. Snow Day - not pictured: the absolute torture it was to get Blake in this damn snowsuit

Bottom Row:
6. Getting to enjoy some time with Jon at the Movies Tavern....pretty cool place
7. Cash keeping me company while sick and quarantined
8. Joining friends to watch the Royal Rumble Sunday night
9. GIRLS...why have I not been watching this all along?
10. Impromptu dinner at Legal Seafood and getting to enjoy a glass of my favorite Sangria

Go and see....Silver Linings Playbook

Just from the previews for this movie, I had a feeling that I was going to love it.....so not surprisingly I did.

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are great and I think these roles were perfect for them at this time in their careers.  There's nothing I hate more then movies that just expect you to buy two people as a couple without ever showing them actually enjoying time together outside of a bedroom.  With Tiffany and Pat, not only do you see how these two messed up individuals actually work better together than apart, but you see how they work together within their families.  My favorite seen is between Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Deniro (in his first really good role since, let's say Heat?) where you think the entire family is headed for disaster, but somehow together they are able steer themselves forward instead of off a cliff.

It's also always fun to see your hometown featured in a movie, and Philadelphia is absolutely a character all on it's own in this movie.  Plus there's Ballroom dancing, lots of Eagles talk, and Chris Tucker.  If any of that sounds up your alley then I highly recommend this movie.

What's for Dinner...Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Broccolini

Decided to make a slightly fancy dinner on Friday night and break out some nice filets.  But the best thing that I made was the Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Broccolini.  I love sweet potatoes but it always seems to take so long to cook them to get them soft, but cutting them into easy little rounds cut that time down dramatically!  Halfway through cooking the potatoes, I added some Broccolini....and now I don't think I will ever eat Broccoli any other way except roasted.  The tops became perfectly crunchy and with a little bit of salt it was like eating healthy popcorn.  Blake even tried a little bit, and he HATES broccoli.  Definitely something I will be making many times in the future.

My Goals for 2013....

1. Eat More Fruits and Veggies
2. Spend more time outside w/Blake and Cash
3. Keep better track of expenses
4. Have a great vacation with Jon
5. Organize the clutter
6. Watch more movies
7. Read more books
8. Wake up earlier in the morning
9. Get on my treadmill and to the gym
10. Have more relaxing weekends

Top 10 Guiltiest Pleasures (TV Edition)

In honor of yet another day spent quarantined in my bedroom fighting off the never-ending plague of 2012, I present my Top 10 guiltiest pleasure TV shows - all perfectly suitable for sick days.  Feel free to leave your own secret shames in the comment section.

	Toddlers and Tiaras - I know, say what you want but trust me....Highly Questionable Parents + High Glitz = High Entertainment Value.
	Dance Moms - As fun as it is to watch the certifiable nutjob moms on this show, the best part hands down is watching the incredibly talented, and somehow still down-to-earth, girls perform at the end of each episode.
	Say Yes to the Dress - Vicarious way to live through all of those wedding fantasies little girls dream of....gentleman will never understand
	Pysch - Fact #1: Psych is now in it's 7th season Fact #2: I am still the only person I know who watches this show  Fact #3: Still have no idea why #2 is true. Dule Hill (aka Charlie from the West Wing), extremely random and obscure Pop Culture references, witty dialogue, Corbin Bernsen! - what more could you want?
	ANTM - Yes, I will still be watching Miss Banks when this show is in it's 50th cycle and the non-stop marathons on Oxygen
	Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders - Why doesn't every couple in America watch this show?  It's on every year when football season begins and features very scantily clad cheerleaders trying to make the team while being constantly told that they're too fat.  Something for everyone!
	Hoarders - Guaranteed to make your house seem 100% cleaner after each viewing, and the best motivator to finally throw out that stack of magazines collecting dust on your coffee table.
	Real Housewives of..... - I just don't know how to quit you!  Favorites are still Beverly Hills and New Jersey, but on a bad day any installment in the franchise will do, except for DC of course.
	Snapped - Should just be called "Crazy Bitches Kill their Husbands"....as Jon likes to say, they somehow turn 15 minutes of content into a 60 minute show mostly by adding some of the BEST stock footage shots you will ever see.  Our new "watch while we fall asleep" show
	Anything on ID Discovery - After having seen every Snapped episode at least 5 times, I have recently stumbled across the ID Discovery channel - which is basically 24 hours of nonstop murder mystery shows (Deadly Women, Evil Twins, Pretty Bad Girls) or as I like to think of it, "How to spot the Crazies in your Neighborhood"

I am right now watching "Nightmare Next Door" and will be for at least the next 8 hours before I drown myself in cold medicine for the night. Hope you have enjoyed the embarrassing contents of my DVR and be sure to stay tuned for more Guilty Pleasure lists this year!