The B Family Goes Green

It’s focus on the environment week in the twins class at school, there was a challenge issued to shut everything electronic off for one day. That got such a negative response from my children that we decided to make it a week. What better way to show our kids that there IS actually life without TV, Game Boys, Computers, and Air Hockey!

Starting today, everything electronic will be turned off and unplugged. I am dreading how hard this is going to be, after all, my computer is my connection to the outside world, it keeps me company during those hours when I am home all alone, but it’s time for a reminder to me too, I have spent too much time online lately and I need to take time out to spend face time with my kids, to play board games and go to the park and all those other things that I am “Too busy” to do when I have access to a computer.

I figure over the next week I am going to hear “But Mooooom, I’m booooooored” every 2.3 seconds and I may even have to join in until I remember what I used to do with my time before I became internet obsessed.

B says other than the few “work” things I have to do; I can’t even turn on my sewing machine. YIPES! What am I going to do with myself? I can still sew by hand so I guess I will have to find a stitchery project to work on. Maybe I will finally make myself the stitched nativity! I have always wanted one, and have made one for everyone else; maybe it’s finally MY turn. We’ll have to see. I am also headed to the library to check out some reading material.

So I will miss you all, see you next week….if I survive this little experiment. It’s looking iffy LOL