Sherry's Austin TX Real Estate Blog: Magazines for women…Rant..

I have made a decision that I think I can live with. I am not renewing any of my magazine subscriptions. I currently take about 12 woman's type magazines. Better Homes and Gardens, Woman's Day, Country Living, and the like.  It is like trying to watch an hour of TV, but there are so many commercials, I get about 15 minutes of the actual show.  These magazines are so full of advertising; I have to search for actual content. I counted pages of one a while back.  There were about 12 pages of ads for every one page of content.  I am not enjoying them anymore! 

I pride myself in being a good cook. I can usually look at a recipe and tell you if it will be good or not. I haven't seen any good ones yet!  I know some things are regional, and often I am thankful I don't live in that region. And if I can't recognize most of the ingredients...I am not spending the bucks or the time to figure it out.  We are not picky eaters. Usually if it is dead and cooked, we are going to dig in. But there are some things that just don't go together, and there are other things that need a little more help that salt and pepper to taste better. But... I am not putting cocoa on my fish!

I am also tired of every magazine telling me the new weight loss trick month after month. There is no new trick! Eat less and get off your butt...that's it!  No new tricks, no new foods.  I am just sick of it being on the cover of every magazine on the rack.

I have given up on fashion!  No, we don't like the witches toed shoes that make our feet look 3 inches longer.  Just like we don't wear pants that make our butts look 30 pounds heavier. Foot doctors have been telling women to quit wearing the high-high heeled shoes. But the shoe designers just keep making them and women just keep buying them. But women would love to buy something with a lower heel, but we can't find it. Yes, they look good, but they are making dollars at the expense of our health!  Have you seen some of these new designers? That right there would be your first clue.  I wouldn't let these fashion idiots dress my dog!  The last couple years the maternity look has been in style.  Most women have been there, and we don't want to go there again! But I didn't recently hear a dad say, he would rather see his daughter wearing that than what was in style before.  Low cut jeans, with the thong showing, and the 2 times too small shirt with the tummy hanging out.  But I am not a teenager, nor am I pregnant!  I want a different choice! 

Decorating..If you go back and look at a really old magazine... it is just like looking at one now.  What was in style back then, went out for a reason, but it is new again! Wall colors and prints used in the 50's came back, and appear to be headed out. Guess we are headed for the 60's now?  I heard they are bringing back the green appliances we all went out and replaced with the almond, then black, now stainless.  Bronze will be the next best thing I guess.  Got to keep the appliance companies in business!

Child rearing....nothing has changed except we aren't supposed to spank anymore. Wonder if that is one of the reason's our youth has gone a little wild. No consequences anymore for bad behavior.  The questions never change...all about potty training, or taking the bottle or pacifier away...

Just nothing new anymore! I have canceled them all!  I must be harder to entertain these days...I have seen it all I guess...and it appears I have seen it twice!