I love days like this!
The sun is shining and I am in the flow.
Youngest child is at pre-school, and older sibling is at home on a teachers only day. We've done birthday shopping, had a treat morning tea out, and walked/rode in the sun. At home we've got washing on the line drying in the sun and breeze. We trimmed some of the hedges and filled up the wheelie bin. I lifted and transplanted some bulbs, planted among the new lavender plants for a lovely surprise late next winter. A lovely lunch together, then some time drawing with pastels. Next we are out into the sunshine again to pick up youngest from pre-school. We'll go so that oldest has plenty of time to have a reminiscing play!
And dinner is simmering in the crockpot!
Oh how I love a flow day!
Monday, 22 October 2012
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Is your TV more important than people in your life?
Is your TV more important than people in your life? Probably not .... Of course not??
It is a funny thing really, and a case of what you are used to. In our house, when the tv is on, it is because we are watching it. We are blobbed out in front of it watching things we have recorded earlier. We pause it, or better still, turn it off to talk to each other. It is on for short periods. Our kids screen time is limited to DVDs or pre recorded programs.
So it is really off putting to me when I am visiting someone else's home where the tv is on all the time. Yes I know everyone is different and when in Rome and all that. But here is what it says to me: "we are watching tv right now and we don't want to talk with you". So whether I've walked five minutes or driven 500 km, it feels rather rude to be frank that it is on all the time.
Tv is great. It is entertaining, sometimes educational or thought provoking. It is relaxing at the end of a hard day. But is it more important than connecting with people in your life???
It is a funny thing really, and a case of what you are used to. In our house, when the tv is on, it is because we are watching it. We are blobbed out in front of it watching things we have recorded earlier. We pause it, or better still, turn it off to talk to each other. It is on for short periods. Our kids screen time is limited to DVDs or pre recorded programs.
So it is really off putting to me when I am visiting someone else's home where the tv is on all the time. Yes I know everyone is different and when in Rome and all that. But here is what it says to me: "we are watching tv right now and we don't want to talk with you". So whether I've walked five minutes or driven 500 km, it feels rather rude to be frank that it is on all the time.
Tv is great. It is entertaining, sometimes educational or thought provoking. It is relaxing at the end of a hard day. But is it more important than connecting with people in your life???
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