Sometimes late at night, after Dear Hubby has gone to bed, I feed my addiction.  I watch HGTV.  I watch the design shows, the home renovation shows, and even the house hunting shows.  I do this while I’m writing too.  It has come in handy for some scenery.  However, it makes me want to do things around here like paint every room, dry wall the kitchen and the last bedroom that needs it, and put in new flooring in the living room.

     Like anything other than painting the living room and kitchen is going to happen any time soon.  I’ll do that once I can open the windows.  Oh, how I’d love to have one of those productions show up on my door step and tell me they were going to do all the work that needs to be done.  Yes, I have wild dreams. 

     I dream of an organized, easy to clean home.  I dream of inviting people in without adding the words “don’t mind the mess.”  I dream of furniture that doesn’t look as though it’s gone through a war.  Yes!  Yes!  Then I wake up.

    As a mystery writer and the wife of a retired Police Officer, I know that what you see is not what you get in real life from a CSI unit. Nevertheless, I enjoy the show. I’ve listened to Dear Hubby say, “there’s no way they’d get the results that fast.” At a writer’s conference I sat in (author of Police Procedures and Investigation a Guide for Writers)  Lee Lofland’s ‘CS I don’t believe it’ session. He told us the same thing DH had told me. I still enjoy the show.

    I’ve watched CSI from the start. It is the best of the three CSI programs. I will miss Gil Grissom’s (William Peterson) unassuming persona. I am thrilled that they didn’t end his role violently as they did Warrick’s (Gary Dourdan). It’s time they had a character leave with happy results. Gil Grissom has gone to Costa Rica to be with Sara.

    Now don’t get me wrong, I am looking forward to seeing what they do with their new cast member Dr. Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne). However, I do wonder if the show will ever be as good. I hope so. Fishburne has some enormous shoes to fill.