The good news, this weekend nothing broke.<\/p>\n
That’s right, the car drove, the plumbing ran, and the dryer heated. For the first time in forever, there were no mechanical emergencies for the McLaughlin household. In all honesty, it was rather a let down not to pull out the old tool set and spend all day long yelling at a piece to machinery.<\/p>\n
The bad news, this weekend I discovered TV Land.<\/p>\n
Now, I don’t know if this is just a weekend thing but there is cable station that plays TV show marathons all-weekend-long. Last weekend, they had 48 hours of the Facts of Life. That’s right, back to back hilarity with Jo, Tuti, Blaire and Natalie. I couldn’t stop myself.<\/p>\n
I discovered The Facts of Life at 11am on Saturday morning and it wasn’t until 10pm Sunday when Kevin forced me to turn it off. When I left, Jo and Blaire were at Langley while Natalie and Tuti were still finishing up high school at Eastland. I needed help.<\/p>\n
But it was so easy. I mean, I could wander in and out of the room without worrying I would lose the plot line since there was none. Didn’t have to channel surf at the end of every hour looking for another show to watch \u2018cause the next episode came on lickity split. I could tune in and out at will. It was heaven. Of course, I’m still humming that damn theme song. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have, the facts of life… Did you know that there is a different verse that runs over the ending credits? I know! How exciting is that??? Or how about how the girls ended up living with Mrs. Garrett above the cafeteria? And who among us remembers that Facts of Live was a spin off from Different Strokes? Was this a productive use of a weekend or what!<\/p>\n
The good news is, next weekend I think they are doing 48 hours of I Love Lucy. At least that theme show doesn’t have any words.<\/p>\n
(Somebody, please call AT&T and shut of my cable. I need help.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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