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My sister Joycelyn- 11 years old

Look at this resemblance:

Scott, CJs Dad

Cousin Christian(CJ)- 11 years old

Kids at the pool- Joy, CJ,Sage

Terribly blurry picture, but, cute- Sage, Joy, CJ

My Crew- Kids with Attitude-CJ,Sage,Joy,Chelsea-Rain

Camp Happiness- CJ, Sage, Joy and Chelly Belly

“Stop Watching Infomercials!” Chelsea screamed at us as she cruised the net to find the Contour Ab Belt reviews.

Growing up I was an avid tv watcher. Loved it, and couldn’t get close enough to the screen, another bad habit I picked up from Dad. He so lovingly would call the tv ~ The Boob Tube, as he would pull the big, gigantic, monster sized, purplish pillow at Grandma’s all the way up to the old school, floor tv~ and just veg for hours.

My father loved shows likePlanet of the Apes, Wonder Woman, things just totally were fantasy based or Sci-Fi. My mother hated him watching Wonder Woman, they would get in full blown fights that he just wanted to see Lynda Carter in her little costume. I do think he enjoyed this though

Some of my favorite shows growing up were, Three’s Company (Jeff didn’t like me watching this, he said it was too racey and Jack really was gay), Diff’rent Strokes (Jeff didn’t like the fact that there were black people on this show, didn’t much like me watching this either), The Facts of Life (Jeff didn’t like this either, he said that “Jo” was a lesbian). Cartoons were the bomb-diggity; Woody Woodpeckerwas on the top of my list!

Nowadays I do not really watch that much tv, I can’t, as I have a real hard time sitting still and keeping my brain from talking to me- keeps interrupting the damn show! Billy plopped on the couch after work yesterday and I finally moseyed in after him with a cup of tea. We stumbled on the greatest channel ever! This just sucked me in.

The Infomercial Channel you have got to love it. You pay $160/month for cable, and there are channels where they are still selling you shit. We first giggled and laughed as we saw the Contour Ab Belt, but, then never flipped the channel after our giggles subsided.

Within the first 10 mins we went from, “OMG, I can’t believe people think this works, this is silly, haha, why are they even showing this.” to “Wow, do you think it works, we should get one.”

“Billy, What is the web addy on that?” as I ran to read more on their site.

“Should we try it?”

I knew the minute Chelsea saw it, she would be all over it, she just told me she wants to lose 2 inches on her waist about an hour ago. Into the living room she comes– making fun of us…….. Then it happened~ SUCKED IN!

“Mom, let’s get it! I will pay for it!” off she runs to the website.

The reviews were actually very persuasive online, We all almost considered shelling out the $200 for this item. Now, if it was $60 they may have had another sale yesterday.

Right as that informercial ended, another began, Melt it Off with Mitch ….. We all went into hysterics as we watched Mitch Gaylord advertise his workout system with his magical patented G-Ball (ahem, it is a B-Ball Mitch, got news for you, you are not the first one to market a basket ball dude).  We watched, laughed and even were intrigued, but, this was nothing compared to the Ab Belt. Mitch actually made you do work. ugh, yick, who wants to actually move. The Contour Ab Belt did the work for you!

As Mitch ended- The Grill Daddy was beginning. This would revolutionize grilling forever.

Chelsea heard this from the next room while still trying to convince me on buying the Contour~ and screamed at us to “Stop Watching Infomercials!”

Feeling Funky, I wound up cuddled in bed after I left Billy in infomercial land-finding myself turning on the Boob Tube once again.

Only to stumble on what must be the BEST SHOW EVER~ Not! My Big Redneck Wedding. I sat in shock with my mouth wide open, I must say I never saw anything like this before. Who are these people and what trailer park did they emerge from?  I am not a big, ooshy gooshy wedding person by any means, but, c’mon.

As I flipped channels, because I just could not take it anymore, I found myself watching The Girls Next DoorHolly is now not only Heff’s no 1 Girlfriend, but also photo editior at the magazine. Hmm…. Not a bad gig for a 25 yr old  blondie that just stumbled into stardom.

Flipping again~ Intervention…. as they show an ex-family man in Boston, buying heroin, and shooting it up, on TV. I don’t know. I had mixed feelings about this.

First thought, Where are the cops? The dude just bought heroin! It was very sad to see someone so dependant on getting high. Watching his daughters cry. Then as he shot it up into his veins, it seemed as if someone could be romanticized by this. He described his warm feeling of the liquid running through his veins, he was talking about it as if he was in love. Chelsea walked in and I was slightly worried as it was on that the addict on tv was really making this seem like an amazing thing and everyone should try it. I almost felt like I was watching another infomercial.

Next time I will just stick with the Disney Channel. It seems a little more my speed these days. Although, yet, again, they are just hocking products there too! Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers, High School Musical. They suck you in, then they sell you the paraphenalia that goes along with it!

ugh~

Life is one big sales pitch