I was watching the show “Little People, Big World”, well just a few seconds. I’ve never watched the show before but I had hoped that they weren’t suffering the way Jon and Kate are. From what I see on the commercials they seem like a pretty balanced family, but even a little bit of fame will affect people. I don’t know anyone’s name, and that really doesn’t matter. I don’t care if this was taken out of context. It just made me want to find a used rv for sale and run away from the TV and anyone who has ever been on the TV.

The dad was talking to his twin sons, they look like teenagers. He was telling the camera in an interview that they were trying to keep better track of them because the twins had been staying out late. So the dad asked where they were going and the sons honestly answered that they were going to a hot tub party with a lot of girls. Then the dad said “Are you taking swimsuits?” One of the sons acted like they weren’t going to be necessary. That’s where the conversation ended. The sons kept getting ready to go to the party. The mom went bowling.

Yes, it’s good to have hands on approach to parenting and know where your kids are. However, when your kids tell you they are going somewhere that sounds dangerous, you are supposed to ask follow up questions, or even better, act on it. It’s like saying “Hi son, where are you going?” “To run around with scissors dad.” “Ok, I did my job as a parent. Now I know that you are going to get hurt.”

I haven’t watched the original CSI or any of the other versions of the show in many years. It just became too gross and graphic for me to handle. For whatever reason my local news was showing a clip from CSI where Sara was talking about being married to Grissom. I had watched the first season of the show and always liked the two of them. At least that’s what I thought they said. I had never thought of the two as a couple so maybe I heard wrong in my shock. I went looking through fan forums for the news and people were asking if they were married. Anyways Sara and Grissom a couple, who knew? Probably everyone else with a TV except for me.

I was late getting on the Suze Orman bandwagon. She just always seemed quite abrasive to me. I kind of wanted her job because I figured that I could yell at people and then hopefully it would fix their lives. That’s my calling right there.

I watched the “Can I Afford It?’ segment and was pretty much hooked. Now I’ve been tuning in every week to see what she has to say about everything from the recession to term life insurance. I’m amazed at how much people want to spend on things that they obviously can’t afford. I really disagree with Suze when she yells at moms for trying to set up college funds or help out their kids. I guess that’s the emotional part of me, if you just look at the numbers, no it doesn’t make sense. I’ve learned from watching Suze Orman that it’s better to sacrifice a few things now for big returns later on.