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I don’t think I have seen any sunshine her in the UK for about, hmm, 3 months at least! It is proving to be a very cold, rainy, dark and long winter so far!

What I wouldn’t give to be able to head over the pond for a Marco Island Florida Vacation. I’d love to spend a few weeks in a little rented cottage in sunny Florida — I always prefer self catering places to hotels and the like because I like the sense of freedom of just being left alone, though there are many more advantages including the fact that you can usually rent much bigger places for the same cost as a tiny hotel room.

…as you know I recently made a start on Dexter, which I think is now in it’s 3rd series, so I am very far behind.

I knew from a thread on my forum that at the end of the series there’s a big twist that I won’t see coming, so I have been looking for it and trying to work it out.

I had decided that Dexter’s step father was not really dead at the very least, and that he was probably the Ice Truck Killer. Having just watched episode 8, I now realise that nope…not the Ice Truck Killer, damn it.

I had not picked Debs new boyfriend as the Ice Truck Killer because I thought it was too easy and obvious, but I knew there was something not quite right with him. Apparently I gave the show too much credit and they are going for the easy and obvious.

I am still enjoying the show, but I don’t think it’s that amazing — the inconsistency about Dexter’s emotions, or lack thereof, bothers me. One minute he doesn’t feel any thing or care for any one — the next he’s nervous, scared and even excited and relieved in the last episode.

Hmm.

I have blogged before, very recently in fact about the importance of keeping your computer protected from online nasties — viruses, malware, adware and spyware and the like — after I managed to get my computer infected with more than one virus due to becoming complacent and not keeping my anti virus software and anti spyware software up to date.

I had to do a complete reformat of my computer in the end to make sure that it was 100% clean, that was over two weeks ago now and I am still finding my computer isn’t back to how it used to be, I go to use a program and realise it isn’t there, or drop something in the shared folder to send to my other half and realise it isn’t set up. It’s a total pain and I definitely don’t want to have to do that again any time soon, so I am making sure I am careful and up to date at all times!

Cyber Defender is one site I have come across recently that offers a wealth of information and softwares to help in the fight against the bored nerds who create these things!

Their Computer Virus Protection Software is called ‘Early Detection Center’ and it does what it says on the tin, it protects from Spyware, Viruses, Malware, Adware, Phishing scams, and dangerous Spam and you can purchase it directly from the site for as little as $29.99.

…on the to watch list over the next few days.

The Celebrity Big Brother finale that airs tonight, I have to say I have not loved this series and I don’t really care who wins — I imagine it will be Verne by default, but I am hoping for either Terry or Coolio.

The Biggest Loser USA episode 3 — How will the remaining contestants react to the awful elimination they had to make last week? Will silver girl be able to prove she’s worthy of her spot in the house?

Lost — Both episodes that aired the other night. Can’t wait.

American Idol — Both of this weeks episodes.

That’s about 8 hours worth of TV I need to catch up on, ooo err.

I’m pleased to be able to say I live a relatively stress free life, though no ones life is ever fully without it’s stresses and people cope with it in different ways – because I am not that used to being stressed it affects me badly, but at the same time I am able to get over it quickly and bounce back. I don’t know how some people cope with their lives though, my sister in law is always frantic!

I am getting stressed about the upcoming house move though because there’s simply so much to do and I feel like I am not fully in control, there are things that need doing that I am totally reliant on other people for and I really hate that. I am going to get myself more organised in the coming weeks so that at least I feel in control some what.

I think I need a trip to The Stress Institute before the big day rolls any closer, it is a stress management retreat center founded in 1997 by author Dr Kathleen Hall – an expert in all things stress and balance otherwise known as Dr. Stress. They help promote and optimise your general health and well being as well as deal with existing conditions.

It must be a sign that I am excited for Sunday when the next episode airs, I do love this show

I dreamt that I was taking part and had done in the past, I was always terrible at it…the comic relief…and this one judge who in my dream was my old PE teacher, was always really horrible and nasty to me.

It was the first week and almost every one screwed up through lack of practice but I did OK and the judges praised me, they told me maybe I finally had potential. This threw me through a loop, I didn’t know if they were messing with me or not and I went on a wild rampage — because I didn’t want to be taken seriously.

It was odd alright

A few months ago I went through this awful period where I was not sleeping well at all, which is unusual for me because I have always been a ‘good’ sleeper — the only time I would struggle would be if I was nervous or excited about something happening the following day.

Weeks of poor sleep resulted in me suffering from really bad muscle aches and pains, especially in my back and neck. My mom suffers from chronic back pain so it really made me able to sympathise with her in a whole new way, it must be awful to feel like that all the time.

Thankfully my sleepless period passed on it’s own and all the little side effects of that went with it. Turns out I was just being stupid and hadn’t put two and two together and worked out that it was being caused by me switching from green tea to regular tea and thus increasing my daily caffeine intake substantially, doh.

I always keep a look out now for solutions and ideas to help my mom with her back and neck pain. I came across Totalback.com today, they offer spinal disc decompression at their clinics, the goal is to combat muscle weakness and help people heal.

I wish I could fly her out here right now and take her to their Phoenix clinic!

…of course on the first night in weeks that there was actually loads of shows on last night, my Internet died on me so I was unable to watch any thing.

Now I am all behind. Two episodes of Scrubs, two hours of American Idol and two hours of The Biggest Loser and two hours of Lost that I just don’t know when I will get the chance to get caught up on.

Grr.

I am not sure that I will watch American Idol this season any way though, I tend not to like it once it gets passed the auditions stage — time will tell.