Our Redneck Antenna

On a normal day, we typically don't act like rednecks, but this Sunday was an exception. For those of you that don't know, Aaron and I rarely watch television, and when we moved into our house, we decided not to get cable for that reason. We assumed that we would be able to use our antenna to watch all the local channels from our tv if we really wanted to watch something, but we were wrong. We tried to use the antenna when we first moved in (back in May), and we were unable to get any channels. I guess there's a big difference between the reception that you get living in the city as opposed to a small town of 800 people. We were disappointed, but we let it go because it wasn't that big of an issue.

Well...

Today Aaron decided to try again because of Sunday afternoon and evening football, so he attempted to get a signal with our antenna. He gave up after making several attempts, but not me. After he had gone out of the room, I decided I would try to "save the day" and acquire a signal with our antenna. This is what I came up with:

The cord to the left goes to the plugin in our dining room, and the cord to the right goes ALL the way into our living room to connect to the TV.

Now all afternoon and evening I've been walking through the house laughing at my contraption. I think this contraption just may win me the "Best Wife of the Year" award (if there is such a thing) because Aaron's been enjoying football on our own television all day. Needless to say, I did some research online, and we actually can get local channels through our tv. We just have to buy a new antenna for the roof. It turns out this is a common problem for "country folks". We WILL be purchasing a new antenna this week.

I knew those law books would come in handy some day though.

Garage Sale

I feel like I blinked and the last couple days were gone, but then again, I think I say that about everything nowadays. I was able to help Ma Kaney out with her garage sale yesterday and today, and even though you do a lot of sitting around during the garage sale, I'm still kind of worn out. It was a lot of fun hanging out with Sue the past few days,getting her garage sale ready, and helping her "purge" some things. Aaron and I were even able to make a few extra bucks with some items we sold in the garage sale. I think we may be "garage sale buddies" from here on out.

We make a pretty good team.

A Small Town Celebration

This weekend went by way too fast. We were busy all weekend long, but made sure to have lots of fun...of course. Our wonderful little small town (population 800- if that) had it's Labor Day weekend celebration. The famous "Shannon Days" was this weekend which meant that the main street of our small town was closed for three whole days. Only in a town this small could you get away with shutting down the main street for three days and not get complaints. The downtown area was hoppin' (well...as hoppin' as Shannon can get). There were farmer's market stands, pony rides, a live band in the evening, and most importantly there was BINGO. We kept saying "just one more game" and as always...didn't win anything. The main event of the weekend was the parade though. We haven't been to a parade in years, and we were able to enjoy the parade on Monday. Well, I'm not gonna lie...we froze our behinds off that morning for the parade, but it was fun.

 

 

Aaron refused to use my pink polka-dot blanket because it was too "girly".

Apparently, Shannon has the longest parade in Northwest Illinois. I found that hard to believe, but I guess it's true. And it wouldn't be a small town parade without my favorite things....

Ford Trucks

And Tractors.

 But I could definitely do without....

The Scary Clowns.

I can't believe it's September already, but most of all, I can't believe Fall is just around the corner...along with the cold weather. Lord, please be easy on us this winter. We need a gradual slide back into northern Illinois living. We've been away for a long time.