Football Sunday

It's kind of a gloomy, chilly day here in Texas.

Just perfect for settling in and watching

the 2 NFL playoff games.

In a perfect world

we would just pick up the remote,

point it at the TV

open a beer or a Kool-aid and enjoy the game.

Here on the boat we have a direct TV

satellite system

that was bought by both crews.

For $10 a month

we get to enjoy 999 channels but

because of the particular "package" that was purchased

we can not receive the channels that broadcast the football games.

I can watch the speed channel and Nascar today

until my eyes roll back in their sockets

but no football.

Since it's playoff time we took matters

into our own hands.

We bought a rabbit ear antenna for $9.99

and 100 ft of coax cable at Radio Shack.

We ran the wire through the galley

and out the back hatch.

We went up one deck and hooked our wire

to our $9.99 antenna that we had professionally installed

on a 5 gallon bucket.

Gotta go.

It's game time.