baby steps

it's been just over a year since we cancelled our cable television. there is a million excuses i could give as to why we got it to begin with. the biggest one was probably just to help cope with the lonliness of being in a new town, a new state and a new coast even, where the Friends are few and far between and the young Friends even fewer. however, we did feel moved to finally disconnect when it became obvious it was becoming too much of a crutch for us, and to easy to allow too many unnecessary things into our home. but we did keep the t.v. to be able to watch movies... movies felt 'safer' and more in our control but now we're finally getting rid of that too for many of the same reasons as we got rid of our cable. so now we are feeling very old fashioned without a computer (mostly because it hasn't made it onto our financially capable list yet...) or a t.v. but loving the newfound simplicity in our home. we went to target and purchased a couple games like monopoly: the world edition and mancala and a beautiful thomas kincaid puzzle. it was so refreshing to revisit our childhood and spend hours playing a boardgame. altho this monopoly is quite the updated version i have to admit with the electronic banking... you get to play with credit cards! and the world edition has replaced properties like oriental ave. and st. james place with places like shanghai and montreal. what fun to travel around the world in our very own living room=-) anyway i was thrilled to kick my hubby's butt our first game... he went bankrupt while i had 50 mil in the bank. lol. but MOST importantly i can't wait to spend endless cozy nights ahead just enjoying my husbands company interacting (being the key word) together, instead of mindlessly (and silently) watching movies on our couch together.

**for anyone who reads this and takes offense, please don't mistake this as being a judgement for anyone who chooses to have a t.v. in their home. i am just expressing something that has brought happiness and peace to us personally, but we realize what works for us doesn't necessarily work for another.