Comments on: Off for a Silent Night http://smallnotebook.org/2009/12/05/off-for-a-silent-night/ Encouragement for a Simple Home Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: mrs. e http://smallnotebook.org/2009/12/05/off-for-a-silent-night/#comment-10653 mrs. e Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:42:22 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1616#comment-10653 I would like to turn off the cable to go cold turkey on my addiction--the Mr. says absolutely not. He would die without the sports. My compromise (though it saves no $$) is to turn the tv off when he isn't home. Maybe one of these days I'll convince him! .-= mrs. e´s last blog post ..<a href="http://erickfam.blogspot.com/2009/12/o-christmas-tree.html" rel="nofollow">O Christmas Tree</a> =-. I would like to turn off the cable to go cold turkey on my addiction–the Mr. says absolutely not. He would die without the sports. My compromise (though it saves no $$) is to turn the tv off when he isn’t home. Maybe one of these days I’ll convince him!
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]]> By: Shannon http://smallnotebook.org/2009/12/05/off-for-a-silent-night/#comment-10640 Shannon Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:36:14 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=1616#comment-10640 Yesterday my husband was reading a book in the living room and as I was standing in the kitchen he said "the average American watches 4 hours of television per day." I actually gasped. But then I thought for a minute. Growing up that's about how much television I would watch in the evenings when I did not have any activities. Plop down at 6 after dinner and quit at 10 when the news came on. We have made the choice not to have a television in the house. I can't believe how much more interactive and creative we are as a family as a result of it. Once or twice a week my husband and I enjoy a DVD from christiancinema.com (a Christian version of netflix) or the library after our boys go to bed. It's a good way to spend time together after an exhausting day. At first it was hard for me because I have been a tv junky my whole life. I am now surprised at how little I miss it. I'm also surprised when people come into our home and reprimand us for not having one :). .-= Shannon´s last blog post ..<a href="http://www.nourishingdays.com/?p=2446" rel="nofollow">Medicinal Uses of Common Culinary Herbs</a> =-. Yesterday my husband was reading a book in the living room and as I was standing in the kitchen he said “the average American watches 4 hours of television per day.”

I actually gasped. But then I thought for a minute. Growing up that’s about how much television I would watch in the evenings when I did not have any activities. Plop down at 6 after dinner and quit at 10 when the news came on.

We have made the choice not to have a television in the house. I can’t believe how much more interactive and creative we are as a family as a result of it. Once or twice a week my husband and I enjoy a DVD from christiancinema.com (a Christian version of netflix) or the library after our boys go to bed. It’s a good way to spend time together after an exhausting day.

At first it was hard for me because I have been a tv junky my whole life. I am now surprised at how little I miss it. I’m also surprised when people come into our home and reprimand us for not having one :) .
Shannon´s last blog post ..Medicinal Uses of Common Culinary Herbs

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