tvs and trucks

Ok, so I was hoping to do this sort of separately but, I'm sure you'll still get it. This is the picture of our new truck. It is a 1998 Dodge Ram. It has running boards on it for easy access. It is fully loaded with a/c, power seats, cd cassette player, you get the idea. It is exactly like the truck that I unfortunately wrecked. Anyway, it's ours now. And we do drive it a lot and it is nice to have my husband back.:~


The other picture is of a tv. The object that runs this household. TV is on ALL THE TIME. Today it wasn't on all the time, but a lot of the time. Anyway, I really would like to disconnect the cable come sometime in June. I was discussing this with Marie as she really enjoys watching her soaps. And tonight, I am writing about the tv, because I was trying to talk to her and shut off the tv for about a minute. Anyway, the program that I shut off, I am recording, so to me, it's not like she's really missing anything. Anyway, she got upset and started to cry a little bit. I told her that I was recording it and that she didn't have to get upset. I turned the tv back on of course. The point that I'm trying to make with the tv is that we have so many movies that we haven't watched. I mean brand new ones, never taken out of the package. This summer holds new television show premieres~Oh goody, just one more thing to do. And today with the tv off, I read a book. It was nice sitting in silence reading. I admit, that I am the one who turned it on, but I seriously think that it needs to be shut off. Anyway, when we discussed disconnecting the tv for the summer, Marie got kind of mad at me. I asked her what she did when she worked and she said that she kept up on her soaps by reading the magazines and that on her days off she would watch the shows. But there would be days when someone else would be at home and she couldn't watch what she wanted. So that is why she got her own tv. So it was a tv war with the two tvs right next to each other. Seems kind of annoying if you ask me.. And now that there is a tv in her room, that's what would happen if I were home and wanted to watch something else. She would just go into her room and watch her own show. I feel pretty strongly about having our cable disconnected. I am pretty sure that if I were to discuss this with my husband, he would probably side with his mother. Now I ask you, is there anything wrong with that???? The other thing that's so funny about this is that one day a long time ago, we were talking about Marie watching her tv, and watching the kids. Jerry said to me, that he didn't mind her watching her shows. Now I wonder if I were a sahm, If it would be the same for me??? Anyway, the point is just silly but I still wonder sometimes. I personally wonder when one comes to the realization that it's just not ok and to look at all the time you wasted watching tv. I'm not saying that I don't have my moments. But I am willing to give up the tv, where the others in my family are not. I guess since I pay the bills, I can choose which ones I want to pay, right?~E