Last year I started to keep a list of movies I wanted to see. Whether it was from Academy Award season, or trailers I saw online, or just movies I didn't want to forget about. On the top of that list for the last six to nine months was The Theory of Everything. With all the stress that comes with purchasing a home we missed seeing The Theory of Everything in theaters. A couple weekends back we rented it on iTunes (for $6) and endured the 2+ hour movie. 

When Jenn and I moved into our house a couple months ago we were desperately trying to find new TV shows to watch. Since we've gotten really into TV over the last couple of years we've heard tons of good things about CBS's The Good Wife. The show has won a ton of awards over the years and seems to be a critical darling. With our Amazon Prime membership we get the first five seasons for free so we decided to jump in.

Back in the fall of 2014 Jenn and I made the decision that we talked about doing for years; canceling cable. When we rented our first apartment together in 2009 we signed up for cable and have had it ever since. We carried two DVR's and just basic HD cable. Our bill (through Cox) was around $150-170 which included Cable and Internet. While we had cable we also carried Netflix and Amazon Prime.

OK Joel have you really run out of things to talk about? You're really going to have a post dedicated to light bulbs? My answer to anyone asking those questions is absolutely. In the pursuit of a smarter home one of the most popular ways to start is with something everyone has and needs lightbulbs. There are two companies hitting the "smart lighting" scene Phillips and Belkin. After doing a lot of research there seemed to be very little difference between the bulbs themselves, the difference came down to their iOS apps and expandability. For me Belkin seemed like the frontrunner there so for Christmas this past year I was lucky enough to get the Belkin WeMo LED Lighting Starter Kit.

I've heard from multiple people that the show Mixology was worth watching. But it took Jake spending the night and forcing Jenn and I to watch Mixology (originally on ABC) on Netflix. For those that don't know Mixology had a 13-episode run on ABC before being cancelled last June. The shows premise is brilliantly simple. Follow a group of people in a bar over one evening. That's it. One evening. One bar. 10 single people. 

Last year I wrote a post that talked about 3 shows that Jenn and I were extremely excited to have returning to TV in April. This couldn't come at a better time as I don't know how much more Good Wife I can endure without a break (we've watched 2 seasons or 45+ episodes). Its a good show but we've watched a ton of it. So here are four shows that are going to require us to move on to greener (or darker) pastures.