So, I just reached for one of my new magazines that just came in the mail. Before I can reach for a new one I must clean off my desk, clear the office, put the dogs in their crates, make sure the phone is forwarded to Fernando - okay Jeff (I think I'm done with changing the names as I've discovered none of us are really that innocent anyway) and make my last minute trip to the ladies room - when I get back to my desk I don't want to be interrupted. My new favorite is Natural Health - just writing it gets me giddy and I can't wait - but I thought blogging should come first - only because I had a thought and my memory isn't what it used to be. Cover says Natural Health - feel good, look good, do good. Now why wouldn't everyone want to read this. It continues, Happy starts here, Boost your brain power, Master the art of gratitue, New rules for eating meat. Pretty much covers it all doesn't it - happy, smart, grateful, eating.
I like to looking through my magazine quickly looking at the pictures on each page, making a mental note that this article is one I definitely want to read and I go all the way to the back cover. Then I go back and start reading some of the articles. Then the phone rings or the dogs need to go outside and I carefully put my reading into my bag to take home to read when things are quiet.
Two weeks later I pull the still new magazine (I've yet to take it out of the bag and finish reading) and start all over again - phones, dogs, bathroom etc.... because now it's almost new. What I really like to do is take my mags to the dock and sit and read while watching the sunset, but that's not how it usually happens. I usually end up chasing a dog or watching the loons. So then I pack up my mags and take them into the house cause I am determined to read it in bed. Imagine.....all cuddle up in my warm bed, reading light on, music playing the background and .... you guessed it my alarm goes off. Didn't even read the first page and it's morning.
As I start again I notice ads for exercise equipment and videos, fish oils, natural dogfood... I understand all these but then, could someone please explain to me why the next full page ad is for Hydroxycut - am I missing something here - Is this a natural way to loose weight, what is Hydroxycut???? Should any weight loss help end in the word cut? Doesn't that make it sound easy - simply cut the weight away.
Move on Pam.......turn the page........., body butter, cranberry and pomegranate sugar scrub, vanilla almond custard hand lotion, okay I'm feeling a little better now, my confidence in my magazine has been renewed.
Next, vegging out, that's right a vegan diet. I quickly turn the page and start dreaming about prime rib, medium rare, baked potato topped with sour cream and a huge sprinkling of bacon bits, not the kind out the jar but bacon fresh out of the oven and chopped ever so carefully and "dumped" on top of that scrumptous potato. Oh, how about topping that off with pumpkin cheesecake..... I'm gonna re-think that Hydroxycut ad.... no, I'll just turn the page, fish oil and flaxseed oil - I'm back into the natural world. Time to head home for supper.... here comes that dream music again........as vision of prime rib dance through my head.
Tonight's Jewettville menu, grilled salmon topped with a garlic and basil , sauteed spinach in garlic olive oil (evoo, for those of you who might know my friend Rachel) and steamed broccoli accompanied by a glass of red wine - don't tell me I can't have the wine I gave up the sour cream, potato and bacon.... I will have wine! Afterall, it is red and heart healthy. Although, no ads in the magazine for wine, but again, Hydroxycut made the cut, go figure!
So, what about..... your magazines, are they informative or confusing. Where do you read them? Do you read them or do you really just like to look at the pictures. Do you like self care magazines, housekeeping magazines, home improvement magazines or do you, like me, somehow manage to turn every magazine to food ( and yes, I can turn a home improvement magazine into a food subject, I have that magical power) . We'll have to talk later - I gotta go get something to eat!
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