I hear this about 10 times a day from the kids. They are on a countdown now. The t.v. has not come on once in the past 1 1/2 weeks, not even for a split second. Nor have they been on the computer. I went on Facebook twice - mostly just to check up on a certain friend, which never took me more than about 2 minutes to do. Still I felt guilty about it and I was looking over my shoulder for the Facebook police to get me. It's amazing how when you eliminate something from your life you want it that much more!
I miss it. I will not lie. I miss Facebook. I also miss t.v. What do I miss about it? I miss folding laundry while watching/listening to the News. I miss knitting while watching The View. I miss Grey's Anatomy, however, lucky me, it was an old episode the last two weeks, so I didn't really miss anything. I miss 19 Kids and Counting. I miss MOVIES!! We like to veg and watch a movie just about every weekend from Netflix. So as to not let our Netflix go to waste, I ordered a Jillian Michaels butt kicking workout video - I hate her now.
I have gotten a little bit better at knitting in silence. I am really trying to tune into my thoughts instead of tuning them out. That's what t.v. will do to you....tune you out. It turned my kids into vegetables, and it overstimulated them at the same time. One minute I can't get them off the couch to set the table, the next minute they are cranky and agitated from too much of the magic screen.
This past weekend was a busy weekend, but I think boring for the kids and hard on us to find things for them to do. But I will say that all 3 of the kids have been getting along better lately - A LOT better! When kids have nothing to distract them, even they will turn to what they have, which was each other. We've been playing lots of board games ~favorites are Sorry, Catch Phrase and Pictionary. Gary has been reading the Far Side books with them - they love it! I've been trying to get down on the floor and play with them a bit more, especially Oly. The one thing that is our saving grace is our sports. If we did this experiment in the dead of winter with no soccer, baseball or track, I think we would all fail. We are gone most evenings and at least part of the days on the weekends. Thank goodness our kids are athletic!
Well, Friday is our end day. Really Sunday should be the final day, but Hannah and Odin will be gone all weekend and we know they will watch t.v. so we will give in and let Oly watch too, 2 days shy of the 2 week goal - oh well.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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