Everyone jokes about how bad reality shows are but I can’t seem to stop watching them. The stranger the better! Obviously I’m not the only one since networks continue to produce them. However, I’ve noticed an interesting phenomenon lately. Rather than getting more creative with premises in many cases, networks like I watch on my Direct TV are taking the shows already on and giving them a gender twist. Hook Line & Sister on TLC is a perfect example. The ever popular ice fishing show takes on a whole new look when presented from a woman’s point of view! Being from the southeast, I make no claim to have any understanding of Alaskan fishing. But even as a woman I was not only surprised that there are women who do this for a living but that they would go on tv to show the experience warts and all. Okay maybe not that surprised but surprised that women who would take on a gender bending role as such would need to show it on tv. Needless to say, it does make for interesting television viewing.

One day my sister talked to me about how she was starting a venture with a girlfriend that involved creating a local directory/guide to products and services directed at young and expectant mothers. They went to a lot of businesses to sell advertisements to pay for the printing and distribution of the guide. When they were finished with it she mailed a copy to me, and I was quite impressed with the job that they had done. I never did hear whether or not that turned a profit, but she has talked to me about whether or not I would like to participate in the soliciting of advertisements for another guide in a different market.

I told her that I would be willing to help her with the next one, but I’ve been waiting several months to hear exactly what it is that she would like for me to do. At this point I am not even sure what the product/service is going to be; I have a feeling that she might want to pick a different demographic, such as senior citizens retirement and health issues. Considering the aging of America, I think that would be a good idea, don’t you agree?

I thought there was nothing to being married – move in together, live in the same house and generally just be lovey dovey and happy all the time, right? WRONG! Trying to maintain a house with someone who is so completely your opposite is the toughest thing I think anyone can be asked to do and I’ve had a harder time with it than many of my peers. I’m an only child so I’m not used to sharing my space, particularly my bathroom. I give my husband total control over things like the TV in the living room and direct energy rainbow and even the dog but at the end of the day where I keep my stuff in the bathroom is really important to me and he should know that by now. It’s caused more than a few fights but we’re working through it. I figure if the biggest marital issue we have thus far is learning how to deal with each other in a small space then we’re actually doing okay.

So I don’t argue, I just go and enjoy eating out – there are no dishes to wash afterwards, and it gives me the chance to try some of the foods that I would not normally order without trying first.  Tonight we went to the buffet and I got to eat sesame chicken and king crab legs, which we don’t usually order to take home.  So it was all good.

I guess I’d better start knitting some baby blankets!

Anyway, putting the lights on the tree is something that my hubby insists on doing himself – he’s very particular about how they go, and it takes him several hours to do it.  I tried to help out one year and he was unhappy with the results, so now I just back off and let him take care of it.  So yesterday my hubby devoted his afternoon to putting the lights on the tree, and I have to say it looks pretty good!  So now I have the “all clear” to do the rest of the decorating, but it’s going to have to be a little bit every day since I have to work every day too!  Oh well, it will all work out!

He has just received the logo mats, and the special made trade show carpet right in the nick of time for this particular Trade Show that he has been wanting to participate it for quite some time. This is a big deal for him. So we will help him with all of that as well as the work that will be involved with the tear down, the packing along with the loading part that I’m sure my back will be screaming at me about the next day.

I hope that he has a good amount of promotional give-a-ways to hand out. I think I’ll take a look-see online and see what new and cool promotional products they have out now a days. They really have some nifty promotional items that you can have personalized.