Buying a Christmas Tree

The day after Thanksgiving is full of activities. Waking up early to shop, sitting at home watching college football, putting up Christamas lights or catching part of the "Kelly's Leftovers," the Beverly Hills 90210 Marathon on the Soap Network are among the some of the options. The one trip we made was to find a Christmas tree.

I am not a believer in pushing the Christmas hoiday any sooner that commercial America already pushes it. Shopping starts too early, Chirstmas music on the radio is unnecessary, and my preference to buying a tree would be a couple of weeks prior to the 25th, not the day after Thanksgiving. But with the cost of a tree, and spending the Christmas holiday at the Iowa bowl site and not Coralville, we want to make the most of the tree we can. That led us to Lowes today to pick out the best one possible. It will be decorated Sunday.

90210

After dismissing her theory over the weekend, my wife may be on to something. She believes to know who the father of Kelly's son Sammy is on the spin-off television show, 90210.


A little background. Beverly Hills 90210 is a show, when it first debuted, I dismissed and would not watch. I was in college and had little time for tv. This show seemed a little too much for the teen crowd and I made fun of anyone watching it. After graduating, and spending time at the office on a Wednesday night with one of our students who would type statistical information into the computer for me, she insisted I watch. I still dismissed the show, but quietly became hooked. Then I met my future wife and we continued to watch it until the show ended its great run. We continue to watch re-runs. In fact, the day our son was born, we were both watching the show prior to my wife giving birth. Although we are fans, we didn't name our son after a character on the show.


We are now watching the spin-off and after the first episode my wife believed she knew who the father of Kelly's son is. As I said, I dismissed it, but I think she may be on to something.


On tonight's episode, Kelly said she and the father had a lot of history in high school, didn't see each other for a while, then hooked up. Now he wants to be back in Sammy's life.


The obvious answer would be Dylan. But my wife insists, due to the name of the child, which is also the name of the father's mom, the boy's dad is no one other than









Steve Sanders

(And Jennie Garth still looks great)

The Upcoming Television Season

September doesn't only mean the beginning of the College Football season, but it is the official start to the new television season. While our jobs at Iowa Football keep us busy at this time of the year, our opportunities to sit in front of the television are few. However, here are a few shows that I will be looking forward to either live or recorded.

CHUCK--Due to the writer's strike of 2007 which abbreviated that season, this rookie in the line-up suffered by not fielding an entire season. The storyline is good as a "nerd" who works at a local electronic store becomes involved as a federal spy and works alongside a beautiful young woman who he becomes attracted to. A great storyline which promises to get better.

90210--Need I say more? This is a spin-off of the very popular teen soap of the 1990s, Beverly Hills 90210. A new group of kids are at West Beverly High School and they are joined alongside some popular characters of the original series. One episode has aired with great reviews, but I plan on watching it this weekend when I get a chance. My wife and I are very excited about the debut of this series.

Entourage--If you don't have HBO, you are missing a great show. I didn't start watching this show until the third season, but anxiously await every episode. HBO is known for its original programming and this is as good as HBO has created. If you haven't watched an episode, it isn't too late to start.

True Blood--Another HBO original show which debuts this Sunday prior to Entourage. This show follows a group of vampires who live in rural Louisiana. Another show which I doubt will disappoint.

Family Guy--It has been too long since Seth Green has created a new episode on Peter, Lois and their family of Quahog. Definitely not the most politically correct show, Stewie and Brian will leave you laughing for an entire thirty minutes.

The Amazing Race--11 teams picked to race around the world with the team who comes in first winning One Million Dollars. Teams are in charge of finding transportation to move from one locale to another while finishing tasks related to their local area. This show gives contestants to see the world and interract with the different cultures. This is one game show I would love to be on.

This is only a sampling of the shows I will be watching. However these shows will be recorded and not missed throughout the fall. Once January comes we can add "Lost" to our discussion.