Amazingly, We're Still Here...

Hells Kitchen aired a finale last night, and guess what? We missed it. And somehow, miraculously, I still haven't checked online to see who won Chef Gordon Ramsey's top spot at a new restaurant.

We dumped cable about three weeks ago, and I've got to admit that it's not too bad. I thought that I'd miss our shows tremendously, that life would be extremely different without DVR capability. And while I do feel a pang of regret when I hear the words "Project" and "Runway" in the same sentence, I think Tee Jay and I are both quickly realizing that there is, indeed, life beyond television.

If the cable box were still present here in our living room, I know that we'd be watching, DVR'ing, and constantly playing catch-up on Modern Family, Glee, High School Reunion, Top Chef, Holmes on Homes, Project Runway, Hells Kitchen, Survivor, Amazing Race, America’s Next Top Model, The Office, House Hunters, Income Property, CBS Sunday Morning, Southland, Medium, Jeopardy, Say Yes to the Dress, Jon and Kate + 8, House, Brothers & Sisters, Community, Parks and Recreation, Saturday Night Live, This Old House, The Soup, Iron Chef, Wife Swap, The Next Food Network Star, Law & Order, Heroes, Lie to Me, Mad Men, So You Think you Can Dance, Cold Case, American Idol, The Late Show with Conan O'Brien, Landscaper's Challenge, and probably countless other shows.

(If that's not one of the most pathetic paragraphs I've ever written, I don't know what is.)

Do we watch TV? Sure - The Jay Leno Show is on in the background while I type this. But I've got to say, there's a little something freeing about our spare time no longer being dictated by fictional or reality-based story lines which don't include Casey, our cats, our families, our home, or our conversations with one another. I dare you to give it a try.