pink heart cake.

Happy Cougar Town is back day!  ...I mean, Happy Pink Day!  ...I mean, Happy Valentine's Day!  No but, seriously, Cougar Town is back today (after an excruciating nine month hiatus) at 8:30 EST/PST on ABC.  Please, please watch!  I don't want to lose this show.  I promise it's a good & hilarious show that has nothing to do with it's title.

It's also Valentine's Day, and I have a little something I'd like to share.  At the beginning of this year we lost my Grandpa (horrible way to start out 2012) and since his passing my Grammy has been understandably depressed.  They were together for over 50 years, had 4 kids, and numerous grandchildren.  All of the sudden, her husband is gone, and she's alone in the house.  My family is lucky enough to live within an hour of where she does, so we've all been making many visits to her - not to mention phone calls - to ensure that she does not feel alone.  The first holiday she has had to spend without him is today, Valentine's Day, and I wanted to make sure that she did not feel alone because she certainly is not.  She has a lot of love surrounding her from all of us.  It was a terrible tragedy but it is true that a heartbreak like that brings a family closer together, there is something magical about how we all rallied around her and showered her with so much love.

the voice.

What a big (understatement) night for TV last night.  First I got to see the Giants win (!!) and basically lose my voice in the process due to all the screaming, then I got to watch the premiere of what has become a favorite reality show of mine – The Voice.  I watched and loved the first season last year and had been really looking forward to last night since I found out that it was premiering after the Super Bowl.

The reason I love this show so much is actually really simple: the coaches.  Not only do I love them, but I love that fact that they are coaches and not critics.  They are there to help, not to make fun, and to guide and provide support.  Which creates for a very nice, happy atmosphere that I can feel through the television.  Don't get me wrong, I love American Idol too.  And I do believe that AI is better at creating stars than The Voice is but I also tend to get very, very angry and very, very frustrated while watching American Idol.  Mostly because of comments that the judges say - and this does not happen when I watch The Voice.  I just end up laughing and enjoying good music, which I appreciate.

Continuing on with the coaches, I love all four of them.  I hope that they stay on for at least a few more seasons.  They have really nice chemistry, are pretty funny most of the time, great coaches, and are very talented themselves.  Adam Levine deserves a mention just strictly on his face (congratulations on that, buddy) but my personal favorite is Blake Shelton.  I don't think it'd be outlandish of me to say that he was the breakout star of the first season.  I'm a huge fan of country music so I had heard of him prior to the show, but never really paid him much attention.  That 100% changed within the first 15 minutes of the first episode.  He is HILARIOUS.  But what really got me is just how much he cared about his team.  Beyond the show, beyond what the producers created, you could tell he truly cared about those people (in particular Dia & Xenia).  I loved seeming him guide them, pump them up, and then make his funny comments.  Basically I just love him!

I really urge everybody to watch this awesome show - it's airing tonight at 8pm EST on NBC - although looking at the numbers from last night, it looks like mostly everybody is already watching.

Leaving you with one of the greatest captures I've ever seen in my life. . .

xx Meg

ann, you beautiful spinster.

I'm back to my normal self!  No more sick Meg, YAY!  I am soooo happy I could either puke or die.  Not to mention I just splurged calorie-wise on some CinnaStix & Cheesy bread from Domino's.  Everything really is beautiful and nothing hurts.

What I'd like to blog about today is another thing that makes me very happy.  It's a sweet little flawless show set in a pretty little happy town called...Pawnee.

This show brings me so much joy.  It's absolutely one of my favorites.  It might even be my favorite but I never answer that question because I watch and love so many shows that I can't make a decision.  It's lit-er-a-lly like Sophie's Choice.

The entire cast of Parks and Recreation is amazing.  All hilarious and such great actors, they play their parts so well.  I really wish more people watched it and the award shows paid it more attention (although brava! to the Emmys for at least nominating it & Amy Poehler).  I would hate to lose it after this season, but according to the King of TV, Michael Ausiello, it doesn't look like we are going to.  Thankfully.

Tonight's Valentine's Day episode isn't going to shoot to the top of my favorite's list but it was still hilarious.  I liked the fact that we got to see an unhappy Chris for at least a little bit.  I realize that his whole "thing" is being happy all of the time but some contrast sometimes is nice to see.  I love that he is basically an on/off switch character.  He's either really happy...or really sad.  It wouldn't have made sense had they put him in the middle.

Anytime Ron gets excited (or drunk) it's immediately my favorite part of the episode, so the little moments of him trying to control his emotions had be rolling.  Basically the same goes for anything Chris Pratt related.  He might just be the most underrated actor on the show for me.  His delivery is so hilarious and perfect and his physical comedy?  Dead.  Ben and Leslie were precious, as always.  Their storyline didn't grab me as much as normal but that could be because I was really engrossed with everything else.

I also thought it was a really sweet moment when April set Tom & Ann (I just wrote those names correctly, right? Tom and Ann?  That actually did happen, right? Tom and Ann?  That wasn't just a weird mirage that I did not see coming from a mile away?) up on their date.  The small scene with her talking to Ann about how Tom was the only person that had made her laugh all night really made me smile.  I do enjoy April's hate for her but I'm beginning to think it's just so that I can see moments like that happen.

I clearly have a lot of feelings about my obsession today, but I can't help it.  Parks & Rec is made of sunshine and rainbows.  And I love that it's a tv show in my life.

xx Meg