May - no TV

May without TV went well.  It got us eating at the dinner table almost every night, something I love doing, and try to do as often as possible.

It started off a little rocky.  On May 2, Josh and I were watching Jeopardy, and a light bulb switched on in my head.  I said "I don't think we are supposed to be watching TV this month".  I'm not sure if we forgot what May's without was, or if we didn't realize it was May, but either way we added two to the tally for May 1 and 2.

Then there was one night when Josh was exhausted and just wanted to veg out to the TV.  I don't blame him - his favorite spot to sleep is the couch, and there is no better way for him to sleep on the couch than to watch TV - but, I held strong.  He fell asleep to Treasure Quest, and I read in the other room.

Full disclosure: we did watch Netflix toward the end of the month.  We talked it over and decided it didn't count.  With TV, we found that we just watched whatever was on.  It sucked us in, and took up the entire night.  With Netflix, we are much more mindful about what we watch.  Netflix requires you to actively select what  to watch - meaning you don't get drawn into some celebrity dive show that comes on after Jeopardy and you really don't care about it, but it has lots of shiny costumes and similar to a train wreck you just keep watching until its over.  Although unlike a train wreck, in five years I won't remember how that one celebrity I don't recognize totally rocked her dive, but I'm sure I'd remember the train...motivation to keep avoiding TV.

Lesson:
Don't waste time on something that is not worth remembering.

Tally:
Josh: 3
Kiki: 2

Update on TV as of June 14 - we still aren't watching TV.  And we don't miss it.  Its wonderful!  We still watch Netflix, right now we are totally into Wilfred and Arrested Development (we realize we are late to the party on both of those shows, but they are great!), we only watch 1 or 2 episodes a night - that's only 40 minutes of TV and no commercials.  Instead, we spend our evenings doing fun things, last night we decided to go see the new Star Trek in 3D, earlier this week we went to Leonard's favorite dog park.  Most of these nights we end up chatting and eating dinner at the kitchen table.  It feels good to connect, catch up with each other, and enjoy the lovely centerpiece my husband brought home.