It's time for the annual "best of" lists. This year is extra special since it closes out the aughts ('00s), which means there's a best of the decade list coming soon...
Top 5 Best New TV Shows (we started watching this year)
5. 30 for 30 -- ESPN's series of documentaries celebrating their 30th year have been interesting, even when the subject matter initially didn't seem so. The best example was the Baltimore Colts marching band edition (I know, zzzzzz), but it turned out there was lots of drama in the way the team left the city. Warning: Only for die hard sports fans.
4. Austin City Limits -- Finally got this on the DVR and have enjoyed having the concerts on in the background. Noli was dancing to Elvis Costello this morning. A great DVR program because I'm no longer awake at 11:30pm on a Sat.
3. Modern Family -- Mock-documentary style show (think The Office) about 3 related families that is funny for the first 20 minutes and then usually has a warm fuzzy ending in the last 2 minutes. Ahhh...
2. 30 Rock -- Can't remember if we started watching last year or this year, but either way we were a couple years late to the party. Solid show every week.
1. Community -- Probably not the greatest show, but we love Joel McHale from The Soup so it gets some extra slack from us.
Top 5 New Hobbies for Mon (from Justin's perspective)
5. Spinning -- Doesn't sound all that fun to me, but Mon likes it so much we even got her a bike for the basement.
4. Vases -- She made these cool mock-porcelain vases out of glass vases from the Scrap Exchange.
3. Mushrooms in coffee grounds -- We have a barista friend that can keep us in pounds and pounds of coffee grounds, which apparently you can grow mushrooms in. To eat, not the funny kind.
2. Mushroom logs -- Same idea only in logs. My only rule was they had to be outside; didn't want to purposely introduce fungus into the house.
1. America's Top Designer -- The shock of the year. In an effort to learn about girly stuff in case our daughter wants to know that stuff later Mon watched this season of the show. And really liked it!
Top 5 Cutest Things Noli Did
5. Eating dirt -- I think we posted this picture, the one where she's grinning wide with dirt in her teeth and all around her mouth.
4. Laying on my shoulder after being scared -- One day the cat outside the door really scared her and she sat hugging my shoulder for a long time. Not that I want her to be scared, but lemonade out of lemons people.
3. Kisses through the gate-- Mon started a game of letting Noli shut the gate at the top of the stairs on us as we're coming up. But in between the gate openings and closings she shares a kiss through the bars.
2. Fish face -- Mon also taught her to make a fish face and now every time we see a fish (anywhere) she looks for mom. Doesn't say "mom," but this kind of makes up for it.
1. Southern "Bye" -- Her favorite word to say, usually after someone's already out of earshot. The best part is that it kind of sounds southern.
Top 5 Albums of the Year
5. Discovery -- LP: Initially drawn to it because it was another electronic, back-and-forth side project, like the Postal Service, and the music lived up to the expectations. Nothing earth shattering or all that deep, but a fun album.
4. Roman Candle -- Oh Tall Tree in the Ear: Finally got a new Roman Candle album this year after about 5 years with the first batch of songs. We got to go to the release party too. Another solid set from the band, not a weak song on the album.
3. The Avett Brothers -- I and Love and You: Haven't had a long time with this one, but the title song gives me goose bumps, especially the little background harmony that comes over the top of the chorus about the 4th time through.
2. Neko Case -- Middle Cyclone: This was the first album I heard after my music fast for Lent and it's from one of my favorite all-time voices. I could listen to her sing the phone book. (Note: The music is much better than the phone book.)
1. Phoenix -- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix: I had been waiting for this band's first 3 albums to show up on emusic but when this one came out this year I had to buy it anyway. Even if you've never heard of the band, you probably know the song "1901" from a car commercial and loved it. So buy the album already! Bands are having to sell their songs to ads just to stay afloat now.
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