My Little Phelpers

Recently I read an article about how Steve Carell is leaving The Office after this next season to pursue his movie career.

Now, I love The Office, but I understand why Carell is leaving. It was going to happen eventually with how many movies he’s been in this year.

The article also mentioned that The Office is “strong enough to weather the change.”

False.

(False, Black Bear. … Bears. Beats. Battlestar Galactica.)

How many shows have actually survived after one of their main characters left (or died)?

• NewsRadio – without Phil Hartman? No thanks.
• That 70′s Show – without Topher Grace and Ashton Kutcher? Yuck.
• 8 Simple Rules – without John Ritter? Not awesome. (the episode after he dies makes me cry every time I see it)
• Saved By The Bell – with just Screech and Mr. Belding? Way not awesome. The College Years were even pushing it.
• Friends – with just Joey? Anyone remember the series Joey? No? I didn’t think so. (okay, so it’s a spin off and a little bit different but still…)
• Scrubs – without Zach Braff?  EH. (Scrubs did something a little different though, they completely changed main characters and the remaining characters from before Braff left became more of a supporting cast and not as much the focus… so it was meh.)

It’s the characters that televisions audiences fall in love with and the main reason people continue to watch a series. The plot or setting isn’t as much the draw as the characters.

So please, just end the series. Don’t drag it out and kill it. It’s just not worth it. (And please, when Alex Baldwin leaves 30 Rock in 2012, don’t drag that one out either.)

Every good thing must come to an end.

ps. I know there are shows like ER and LOST that have continued on after one of the main characters left, but it’s not that common and isn’t a good idea.

Until just recently I had never tried Salt and Vinegar potato chips.

But while we were out shopping the other day, my handsome husband wanted some chips and brought a Stax of salt and vinegar chips (for him) and sour cream and onion (for me).

As we were watching tv one evening, we needed a snack and I brought the two Stax of chips for each of us. I was curious about his chips and asked to try one.

He shared and handed me a chip. I brought it up to my mouth and put it on my tongue.

EWWWWW!

It was horrible. I hated it.

He laughed and laughed at the expression on my face and I decided that I didn’t want him to share any more of his chips with me.

Later as I was working on the computer, I was eating more of my chips not really paying attention to much else but my project. The handsome husband came over and I could smell his chips. He was chatting with me and asked me to look something up on the internets for him. I did and then reached into my Stax container for another delicious sour cream and onion chip and brought it up to my mouth, as I put it on my tongue I thought about how strong his gross chips smelled. I closed my mouth and realized what he had done.

HE PUT ONE OF HIS DISGUSTING CHIPS IN MY CONTAINER WITHOUT ME KNOWING.

Then laughed and laughed and laughed about it.

It was horrible. I can’t believe he still hates me. (remember when he hated me before?)

525,600 minutes, 8,544 hours, 365 days, 52 weeks, 12 months; Its amazing how much of a difference a year can make.

Just a year ago:

I had just come home from girls camp. I was serving in the Young Women’s in our ward in Orem.

I worked at HSPS, and our new Director of Marketing had just rearranged the department a bit and assigned a new manager over the graphic designers.

Bryan and I had taken a month of time off from having a baby, and were getting ready to start again, hoping it would work this time.

Now:

Bryan and I are serving in the Nursery in our new ward in Saratoga Springs.

I quit my job at HSPS and am now a full-time mom. I’m also getting ready to start babysitting my friend’s sweet little girl.

And most important of all, we have our sweet baby!

Sometimes a year doesn’t seem like that much time, but it’s amazing how much my life has changed.

Change is good.