About a month ago, due to what I believe to be heavenly promptings, we decided to take our T.V. to the D.I. (D.I.= Mormon Thrift Store) We still have a T.V. in our room, a T.V. downstairs in the "exercise room" and our beloved HD T.V.. We use that one for special occasions such as Jazz Playoff Games (when they're NOT on cable), and movies (NeverEnding Stoooorryyyyy..... Atraaaaayooooooo!) We basically got rid of the main T.V. The one we always turn on when we're bored. The one I turn on when I'm home alone and need some background noise. The one I watch when I get home from work. The one we'd turn on at 9:00 at night to watch King of Queens and Scrubs. Well, we got rid of it. And I think it has been one of the best decisions we've ever made.
I don't miss T.V. .
The less I watch it the less I am in touch with the "Hollywood Wacko World". The less I have to hear about people I don't care about doing things I'd really rather not know. The less I have to watch scantilly clad girls flashed on the screen for a commercial for soap, or books, or lotion, or whatever.
You'd think that I'd have a lot more spare time now that I've cut an hour or 2 of T.V. watching out of my day. Not so. In fact, I think my time has shrunk. How in the world did I manage to watch T.V. and get ANYTHING done? I go to bed after 11:00 almost every night and I still didn't get it all done.
Here's what "it all" is that I want to get done every day:
Exercise
Read my scriptures
Work in the yard (20 minutes of weed control)
Work in the house (20 minutes of clutter and dirt control)
Read scriptures with Zack
That's it. Even eating is optional. Doing all that, plus teaching school, takes up my entire day. I do have to admit that once I'm outside working in the yard 20 minutes sometimes doubles...or triples.... but STILL.
How do you Domestic Heros do it?
11 years ago
5 comments:
You didn't take your TV to D.I.! My initials are D.I. and I haven't seen any TV in my driveway. (Had you seen my garage you could have easily made the assumption.) Thanks for nothing! (And kudos to you guys.)
WhatEVER Doug! We totally tried to leave the T.V. in your driveway but there were two jeeps, a boat and a fancy trailer full of fancy DJ equipment. We tried to move the jeeps to make room for the T.V but they were locked and the tow company couldn't come for 35 minutes. we tried to move the fancy trailer but it had a fancy ball hitch lock. Then we noticed the ball hitch lockless boat. Bonus! Attempts to relocate the boat proved that the ever-clever D.I. had strategically placed the fancy trailer in a position blocking the boat, and thereby securing it's place in the driveway leaving no place for our recently unloved television. We were therefore FORCED to send it to the secondary D.I.
Hey Carrie, maybe I found where some of our time went...
Uh, I don't know what you're talking about. There has never been anything of value in a trailer outside my house. Nope, NOTHING OF VALUE!
I want a trailer full of non-valuable DJ equipment!!
Derek and I once decided (after watching the 24 hour Law and Order marathon) that we should stop watching TV. We unhooked the cable. We put the TV in a room for most of the week, and got it out on Fridays for movie night. That was a long time ago. We seem to have creeped back into watching a lot, and wasting a lot of time. I'm sorta mad that you can rent whole series, because that's what we do now.
I want to give it up, just like I want to give up candy. But I just like it too much.
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