daily dose of downton

i'm fairly certain i was born in the wrong decade...

on the wrong continent..

in the wrong class.

but, this is my lot.

can anyone get enough downton abbey?

i know i can't.  i watch a snippet (at least) every day.

every. single. day.

i have to. i need to. i love it.

i discovered downton last year on netflix.  just as it ended on masterpiece theater here in the states.  oh downton, how you wooed me, your fabulous wardrobe, your unbelievable castle, your drama-drama-drama.  i knew i was hooked when the opening scene involved the sinking of the titanic.  you knew of my weakness for that fateful ship, didn't you?  of course you did.

i watched all seven episodes in a matter of days.  i was hooked.  and then, i waited.  waited and wondered.  after several weeks, i came upon an article announcing downton abbey season 2! hurrah!  and then the sadness came.  january of 2012.  but, it's march, 2011, i cried...how will i stand it?  how will i wait?  how did you not plan for a second season when finishing the first?  (really?  when it ends with lord grantham announcing the second world war?  that would've been the end?)  but, no, the response they received from viewers and critics was overwhelming.  hello!?!  they announced a second season would begin filming.  happiness and complete sadness all at once.  oh how to survive those next ten months without new downton?  

and now, after several awards, downton is a huge hit.  and why not?  it's fabulous, i tell you, fabulous!  even my hubs enjoys it.  so much that he surprised me with the second season just weeks before christmas.  squeeeee!  we watched the entire second season in three evenings.  we would've watched it straight through if we didn't have jobs and kids and school and other necessary evils.  and let me tell you.  it's fabulous.  it gets better and better and better and better.  and the christmas special! (a fabulous 90 minute special that aired on christmas day in britain)  

*gasp* 

you will not be disappointed.  you will, however, be left wanting more.  

downton abbey's third season will air in early fall in britain.  i'm assuming that means another january premiere for us in the states.  oh, the agony.  patient, i am not.  i'm hoping that julian fellowes' "titanic" will tide me over (coming this spring?) until i can be reunited with the crawley family once again.

a favorite line that i can't seem to get out of my head:

cousin violet is reminding the family at dinner about an outbreak of cholera at a party, in which nearly all the guests were dead by the end of the evening.  lord grantham, in response says, 

"thank you, mama, you've cheered us no end."

i know, i can't capture it, just trust me here.

(can maggie smith be more amazing?  i ask you!)

so, off i go, for my daily dose of downton.  if you haven't discovered downton abbey for yourself.  do it.  do it now.  you will not be disappointed.  if for nothing else but the killer wardrobe, it is well worth your viewing time. 

saylor loves to dance to the opening credits.  

we're a downton family.

xo