Homer-Misunderstood?

I had a conversation with a male friend about how the media portrays men on TV. Why do we portray most men as slightly less intelligent than the average individual? That's not to say that most of the character's aren't lovable, funny, and sometimes witty. Yet the fact remains that most of the men have a cave-man like persona. Poor Homer is clueless!
Marge with her bee-hive blue hair and strapless gown has more going on for her than he ever thought of! But she is drop dead loyal to the buffoon and I think most of the viewing audience wouldn't tolerate anything less. Is this how we view the men in our lives? I'm pretty sure I don't have any Homers in my life but I definitely have a Al Bundy.That can wait for another posting.

Hallmark, politics, and living the American dream

Last week-end while channel surfing I stopped on the Hallmark channel and decided to watch a movie. I thought it might be nice to see a show without all the violence, crime that seem to be in all the movies that are on the tube these days. For the most part everything was okay with the show, not too much violence, low key plot. All in all it wasn't a bad show. The thing that bothered me was the characters was all so mundane. Everyone in the movie had such an amazing perfect life with 2 kids and a dog and the drama in their life was how to get the crust off the bread before, good gracious, Grandma got home from saving a kitten- you get the drift. Not many people have those storybook lives and some have ones that more closely resemble a Nightmare on Elm street movie. There are so many people in this world, in our country that are without the basic needs that you and I take for granted. People stand by the roadside holding signs that they will work for food. Some have signs asking for work.This is a country of surplus, yet is the overall wealth in the country truly divided equally? And if not, how do we achieve this? Politicians make all kinds of promises to keep everyone working, making a good income and living the American Dream.The problem is, words are just that-words. We need action! Get off your butt and do something about it action! Take half the money that is spent on political adds that are nothing but pure crap and use it to balance the budget. Then, have all the politicians put their campaign promises in writing. Lets make it a binding agreement. How many politicians do you think would be willing to go the distance? My guess is that there would be very few willing to stick their necks out when it comes down to it. So what do we do?

I'm on a roll now!

Hey I think I'm starting to get the hang of this social networking thing now! I am trying to change my page all around and I think I like the way it looks now. Change seems to be so hard for so many people. I think as individuals we are just inclined to be resistant to change and that makes things hard for us in the long run. Maybe that's why the political adds always push for the same old ideas that we have had for years instead of looking for new ones that might make a difference in the way we run this country. I wouldn't hold recommend to hold your breath because things seem to always stay the same in politics.  

 

Trip to the State Fair

We went to the Duqoin State Fair this last weekend with 3 of our grandchildren. It was the first time I have been to the fair so I was as excited as the kids were about going. We had the most beautiful weather that day. It wasn't too hot, and there was a nice breeze. Our oldest granddaughter, Chloe and our grandson, Reese love ti ride the rides and they did. Michaela, our middle grandchild prefers to play games but her sister talked her into going on a fun house type thing. Against our better judgement, we gave our approval  so off they went. At first, everything was all right.They climbed up the wall and were having a good time but then they started across the wooden swing bridge and that was Michaelas downfall. She got upset and started crying. There wasn't anything we could do but keep telling her it was okay and to keep moving to the end of the bridge. Chloe, always the drama queen, was yelling at the top of her lungs to come help get her sister off that crazy thing!  They finally made it off the ride or whatever it was and were all smiles then. That was the end of the rides for Miss Michaela, but the other two grand kids were still raring to go.  I rode one ride with Chloe, I think it was the Spider. That was a mistake. I didn't throw up but that was only because there wasn't anything in my stomach. That was the end of riding for me. I hung out with Michaela the rest of the day. Reese, our grandson, is only five but he has no fear of anything. The only reason he didn't get to ride all the rides is because he wasn't tall enough. He wanted to go on everything, and I do mean everything! We finally had to end all the riding. There was still a lot of things to go see, but the kids wanted to eat. I don't know what it is about fair food that can make cheese on a stick sound good , but it does. The smells of all those food stands is intoxicating!  And why wouldn't you eat cotton candy with a lemon shake-up and cheese on a stick with a hot dog and pickle on a stick all at the same time? Just be sure to save room for ice cream. We did!

What a Great day!

The weather today was beautiful! Wouldn't it be great if it was like this everyday? I spent most of the day just hanging out at the house. Sometimes its nice to just stay home and piddle. The pups were all happy to get out and play. I love spending time with them. I have 4 dogs, Max, Ruby, Socks, and George. Max and Ruby are German Short hairs, Socks is a Boxer and George is a Beagle. They all get along for the most part. Once in a while we'll have a skirmish over a toy or a little jealousy because someone doesn't feel like they're not getting enough attention. They were all enjoying the sunshine today. They didn't seem to mind sharing me.Sometimes I wonder what they think about. I'm the Alpha dog most of the time, but Ray is when he is training them. The short hairs are being trained to be bird dogs. Ray is building a recall pen for quail. That's what they will be hunting. Short hairs are very intelligent dogs. They have a good nature and are great with kids.We got Ruby from a breeder in Rockford IL. Max was from a local breeder. They are both brown and white ticked with some patches. Ruby is more patched that Max. She is a little smaller that Max but shows the same potential. We hope to breed them in a couple of years.Right now we think we will probably only have one litter. Of course that could change, but I don't see little Ruby being a breeding machine.

Driving to Lowe's last week-end to return the THIRD ceiling fan we have bought that didn't work, I noticed how many people were driving with their cell phones stuck to their heads. I guess the hang up and drive pledge isn't going so good. My Mother-in- law calls me every week, and rattles about mostly nothing but heaven forbid I don't answer my phone when she calls. My sister is the same way. It infuriates them that I don't carry my cell phone with me all the time. Truthfully, I don't know where its at most of the time. Many a morning I have spent looking for it, using the other phone to call it so I know where I might have laid it down at. I'm not sure where its at right now and yet the world as we know it keeps turning. Amazing.