Today shall be a peaceful and quiet day at home. I refuse to go almost anywhere on drunken amateur nights. I absolutely refuse to let my girls go anywhere at all. My 21 more years of defensive driving experience means I am the one to go to the store or whatever in case of emergency. No going to the bars or whatever to watch either. This is Wyoming and a fight will break out.
We "cut the cable" when we moved back home and are living quite nicely on NetFlix and whatever streaming we need, so no Big Game at our house and we don't miss it. It was kinda strange at first not having the TV running mindlessly in the background at first, but we adapted fairly quickly. You have to actively choose a program to watch when the show you are watching is over or the TV just sits there doing nothing. Best part is you watch an "hour" long program in about 35 to 45 minutes because you aren't constantly having commercials forced on you.
My kids are also becoming more interested in documentaries and PBS type, thought provoking programs. I used to get the eye rolls and "Oh gawd, Mom" when I watched them. Now, they are the ones who say, "Hey Mom, you wanna watch ..... with me about the history behind .....". My youngest was even told she had to help with the other students in her Government class because she was way ahead of the others after she took the initial "See where the class is at" test the first day. She almost got into a fist fight with a kid in class that kept blaming the president for something that wasn't an executive power to institute. It was Legislative(Congress' job). Then she came home and did a little research and found out that the policy wasn't even instituted during that particular presidency. It was begun BY THE CONGRESS during the previous term. That's
MY BABY right there!!! Smart enough to know what she's talking about and willing to kick yo' a** if you argue with her without the facts to back it up.
BillBlueEyes , 02-04-2012 03:31 AM
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