Guilty Pleasure TV

A couple of weeks ago, I was at a Professional Development training. For our icebreaker, we shared our guilty pleasure television show.

Many of my colleagues had fairly intellectual responses for something that was supposed to be "guilty pleasure." I remember Monk and The Office and Parks and Recreation being some of the answers. I'm not convinced those count as guilty pleasure.

"Keeping Up With the Kardashians," was my pick. "I like to make fun of their eyebrows and see what Kanye's up to," I explained.

The truth is, I could have listed several guilty pleasure TV shows. I don't have much time to watch cerebral television. Usually, I need to be doing something else while I'm watching TV.

My husband, Dan, and I have all kinds of high quality shows saved on our DVR, on our Amazon watch list, and on our Netflix queue. I haven't broken it to him yet, but I will never sit down and watch those shows.

There are a few shows that I will always keep up on as long as they are on the air. They require no thinking on my part, and that's how I like it.

Keeping Up With the Kardashians

Not only this one but every iteration that involves the Kardashian family, Flip it Like Disick, Life of Kylie, Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, etc.

General Hospital

I have watched this show since I was five. It has sentimental value for me.

Dance Moms

I was a dancer in a former life, and I can say I just watch it for the dance numbers. But who are we kidding? I watch it for the very bad, very outrageous behavior of the adults on the show.

The E! True Hollywood Story

Can I just say how excited I was when this came back?

Snapped or any true crime show on the Oxygen Channel

All summer, I watch back to back episodes of this while I'm taking care of stuff around the house.

Please don't send me emails that start with, "You should really watch . . ." The point of this is I don't need any more smut TV to watch, and I don't have time for the good stuff.

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Parent Teacher Conference Week

In honor of Parent Teacher Conference week, here are a few funnies to keep my awesome colleagues and teacher friends going during this busy time.

 

 

 

Good luck, my friends!

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Mrs. Duggan Looks Like . . . (RE-POST from 9/22/18)

For the first time in my nineteen years of teaching, a first grader told me I looked like "Katy Perry's mom." When I wrote this blog post last year, kids were still saying I looked like Katy Perry. Apparently, I have aged significantly since last September. Enjoy this re-post from 2018!

As an elementary school teacher, my ego gets boosted everyday. I am constantly told how pretty I am, how young I look, or that I resemble some gorgeous celebrity or Disney character. I thought these compliments might become less frequent as I got older . . . say, when I turned forty. But I still find myself basking in praise everyday. I have learned to sit back and enjoy the ride because I know I would NEVER hear most of this stuff if I worked anywhere besides an elementary school.

I will try not to get a big head.

"Mrs. Duggan, you look like . . ."

1. "You're nineteen." 
I'm pretty sure I looked more like this when I was nineteen.

2. "Belle."

Funny you should say that, young child. I was Belle once upon a time, probably before you were born.

3. "Snow White." 

I think this one has a lot to do with the fact that I sing bluebird songs all day long.

4. "Katy Perry." 
This has been a common one in recent years. My question is, which version?

OR

 

In all likelihood, it probably depends on how I have my hair cut as to whether I look more like Katy Perry . . .

or Snow White . . . 

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