Super Bowl Weekend For The Rest of Us

Well, it’s here.  The weekend that sees more pizza delivery than any other weekend all year long.  It’s Super Bowl weekend.

Now here in the great midwest, specifically Wisconsin, we may all be a bit subdued.  After all, our beloved Packers did not make the big game.  It’s certainly no fault of our beloved team.  Most Packer Backers, will tell you that without the Packers, the SuperBowl is just a bunch of great commercials interrupted by a mediocre sporting event.  Unless of course, the Packers make the game.  Then by God, we love the Super Bowl.

So what exactly should we watch, while the game is on, or the pre-game or the pre-pre game????

I have some suggestions.

1.  I am certifiably wedding show crazy.  I watch them all.  I look at the flowers, clothes, jewelry, cakes and compare them to weddings I’ve attended or even my own.  I love the dresses and the decorations.  I used to carry a little photo album in my purse of my own wedding.  I don’t know why my friends put up with me back then.

But there is a new kind of wedding show that I discovered last week.  It’s on TV tonight (Friday) on CMT (Country Music Television).  The show is called “My Big Redneck Wedding”.

Now most of the folks on this show are pretty normal people, but there are a few exceptions.  For example, tonight’s preview showed someone in a wedding dress participating in a mud wrestling match.  It also showed the whole wedding party, or most of them, tearing around through mud on their four-wheelers.  Good old fun.

Seriously last week, I laughed so hard I cried.  You know this stuff is good for the soul.  Plus I had no idea that there were stores that let you ride your horse into the store, or that you should take your goats put them in your car and take them to an auction, just so they wouldn’t be lonely. 

You can’t make this stuff up.  And honestly, there were some really sweet moments during the vows.  I have a feeling that these rough and tumble guys really do have a big old soft heart underneath their flannel shirts.  It’s good stuff.

2.  There is a Law & Order marathon this weekend.  Between the regular Law & Order and Law & Order Criminal Intent and Law & Order Special Victims Unit.  I watch all of them on reruns during the day on TNT and USA.  I’ve always loved crime shows, would still like to see Kojac come back and I lived for MacMillan & Wife.  My Sunday nights weren’t complete without those shows back in the 70’s.

3.  Watch QVC.  The shopping channels normally have really good stuff, jewelry and make-up on sale during the Super Bowl.  If you are a little angry that your significant other just spent a lot of money on a big screen TV, this is your way of making up for his outlandish purchase. 

It looks like HSN is going with jewelry and scrap booking for Sunday and QVC has beauty and gardening.  Not bad if you don’t mind watching a channel that is literally one long commercial.

4.  Go see a movie.  You don’t have to make the snacks, they sell them right in the lobby and since you will be sitting in the dark, no one will see you devour the big popcorn, large drink and super size candy.  I like Dots, Milk Duds and Raisenettes.  The boxes are big enough to make you feel really bad about eating that much, thank goodness you’re in the dark.  After all if no one sees you eating it, does it really count????

5.  And finally, go shopping.  If your team is in the big game, the malls and other stores will be almost empty.  For goodness sakes, do not go to the grocery store today or tomorrow, but on Sunday as soon as the kickoff goes into the air, the grocery stores will be all but deserted.  No more waiting for the person to decide which can of tuna is the best, cheapest, environmentally ok, etc.  Even if you get stuck shopping behind someone who is walking like they’ve never shopped before, the lines at the checkout are sure to be short.

Have a great weekend and good luck to both of the teams in the Super Bowl.  And to you Packer fans, maybe next year.

Thanks for listening.

Anne