pet sitting and no TV

we are pet sitting for some friends this week. The guinea pigs are Cindy and Layla and rabbit is Dora. The girls have had so much fun with the animals, especially the pigs. They go get them first thing in the morning and pet them, take them out of the cage and bring them in the kitchen to run around for a little while. They are a lot of work though. It has been fun but we will not be getting any little animals like this for our own house.

The pet sitting has been a good transition into life without TV. Daniel and I have been talking about getting rid of the tv for a long time. We finally did it last week. We never really watched it much. I used it with the girls in the mornings while I brushed and put up their hair (so, usually about 30 minutes a day). During the season we loved watching America's Funniest Home Videos together on Sunday nights. I would then spend several evenings a week (after the girls were in bed) watching shows while Daniel was studying. This doesn't mean that we arent's watching DVDs and youtube:) We like checking out the new stuff on youtube every once in a while. The Office clips are our favorite right now. We've also gotten season 1 and 2 of The Office from our library. We also have the cheapest membership to netflix so we get 2 movies a month.

I'd have to say that the nicest thing about not having tv is not having to watch commercials! The other obvious thing is that instead of turning it on when I'm (we're) tired and just want to zone out we usually just do something else. I've been going to bed earlier, reading novels, browsing the internet, reading the paper, planning and organizing for the school year. . . I'm not saying that we'll be tvless forever. I guess we could change our minds one day. The girls haven't really missed it. Like I said they can still watch DVDs and this week they've been totally entertained by our borrowed pets. It's just so nice not having the big box taking up space in our den and our lives.