Sunday night

Starting the week off without getting enough sleep on Sunday night is no fun, but our sleep schedules tend to get all messed up on the weekends. While I like to sleep in on the weekends, if I sleep too late on Sunday, I have a tough time going to bed at a reasonable hour that night. Then I start the week off on the wrong and very groggy foot.

Try this solution. On Sunday morning, no matter what time you go to bed on Saturday night (well, within reason), try waking up just an hour or so later than you would on a normal workday. If you usually wake up at 7, wake up at 8 or even 8:30, but don't sleep any later than that. You'll be less tired than you'd think on Sunday, and you'll have no trouble hitting the sheets at your usual bedtime on Sunday night. You may have to sacrifice some sleep on Saturday night, but it'll be worth if for how good you feel when you wake up on Monday.

Got your own Sunday sleep strategies? Share them in the comments below.

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This week's "Desperate Housewives" was all about trust and safety. The opening voiceover compared life as a housewife to that of a prison inmate, since both protect themselves from dangerous people. Heavy-handed, sure, but this season on the whole has been rather well-written, especially when it comes to the juicy one-liners, and there were some great ones in this episode.

Over in prison, Mike Delfino is learning about self-protection, whittling weapons out of common objects. Yet when some thugs come 'round to beat him up for no apparent reason, it's Paul Young who comes to Mike's rescue. Afterward, Mike tells Paul that he owes him one, and Paul agrees. But then Paul slips the thugs some money, and we see that they were paid to assault Mike, so Paul could be the hero and gain the upper hand on Mike.

Gaby's admirer from the previous episode has gotten creepier, breaking into her home to leave a $6,000 dress in her entryway. Terrified, Gaby asks Carlos to sleep on her couch in case the admirer/stalker comes back. When a man approaches the house with a jewelry box, Carlos tackles him, though it turns out he's only the assistant to the admirer/stalker. The assistant gets his boss on the phone, and the smooth talker wins her over so she agrees to meet him for lunch. "But you have to stop buying me these expensive gifts!" she playfully insists. "Because I'm not that kind of girl. Well, for that many carats, yes, I could be that kind of girl." To find out who Gaby's stalker is and more, read more

On tonight's episode of "Brothers & Sisters", Page questions her religious roots, so Nora goes a little overboard in trying to make the holidays (that's Christmas and Hannukah) bright. Meanwhile, Saul, Tommy, and Sarah make a major mistake when they try to save the family business.

I'll post a full recap tomorrow, but for now, let's discuss: What did you think of tonight's holiday episode?

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