One more day
Our family has started a new adventure. Actually, I doubt the kids would describe it as an adventure. Evan's been referring to it as "the program."
It all started Sunday at church. We had a lesson with the men and women combined 3rd hour, and it was about addiction, specifically, technology addiction.
It hit Andrew and me both pretty hard. Our whole family has issues with technology. All different issues, but issues. So we discussed it as a couple and then as a family and set some rules. We're on day 1 of "the program," and it's rough. Not gonna lie. haha
The rules:
1. The kids are only allowed an hour of technology a day. 2 hours on the weekends. This is hard for me during the day because I let Owen and Brooklyn watch a lot of TV while I did things. Now I just let them watch while I shower and then turn it off. I've been going crazy. It'll get better, right?
2. Andrew and I will not use phones or tablets for anything but phone calls and texts from the time the kids get home from school until they go to bed. This was actually Andrew's idea which makes me happy. I've tried tech-free before, but he wasn't on board. I'm really happy he's on board this time.
3. Mainly for me, I've made a rule to not use my phone as much during the day. I waste a lot of time just looking through facebook. It's dumb. So I'm trying to be better about it.
Those are the main things. We'll revisit the rules in the summer. It's quiet/nap time right now which is why I'm on the computer. I'm also getting everything in order for NaNoWriMo to start tomorrow. I was going to do it on the desktop this time, and I installed Scrivener and got my file transferred over and everything. Then it hit me that I can't take the desktop with me when I travel which we do a lot on the weekends, so I'm on the laptop. It's really slow, but it's portable. I'm going to be waking up when Andrew gets up for work which is before 5am. I'm not excited about that part, but honestly, I'm usually kind of awake anyway because he's loud, and lately Evan's been waking up freakishly early. And he can't just quietly get ready. He has to come ask me questions, and my niceness doesn't show up until after my alarm goes off. If you wake me up before it goes off, I cannot guarantee that nice words will come out of my mouth.
The charge cord for this laptop has a short in it which is annoying. I would like a new laptop. Maybe a tablet/laptop combo of some sort. But that requires money, and we spend too much of that as it is. So ole reliable here will do.
We've been watching Stranger Things this week, and I keep thinking about it. The endings of each episode kill me. I love how authentic they made the 80s setting. The sheets that Michael uses to cover his makeshift tent for Eleven? Those were the same sheets my brothers had. Crazy.
Well, I think I might close my eyes for a bit before the kids get home and chaos ensues. Hasta la pasta.
It all started Sunday at church. We had a lesson with the men and women combined 3rd hour, and it was about addiction, specifically, technology addiction.
It hit Andrew and me both pretty hard. Our whole family has issues with technology. All different issues, but issues. So we discussed it as a couple and then as a family and set some rules. We're on day 1 of "the program," and it's rough. Not gonna lie. haha
The rules:
1. The kids are only allowed an hour of technology a day. 2 hours on the weekends. This is hard for me during the day because I let Owen and Brooklyn watch a lot of TV while I did things. Now I just let them watch while I shower and then turn it off. I've been going crazy. It'll get better, right?
2. Andrew and I will not use phones or tablets for anything but phone calls and texts from the time the kids get home from school until they go to bed. This was actually Andrew's idea which makes me happy. I've tried tech-free before, but he wasn't on board. I'm really happy he's on board this time.
3. Mainly for me, I've made a rule to not use my phone as much during the day. I waste a lot of time just looking through facebook. It's dumb. So I'm trying to be better about it.
Those are the main things. We'll revisit the rules in the summer. It's quiet/nap time right now which is why I'm on the computer. I'm also getting everything in order for NaNoWriMo to start tomorrow. I was going to do it on the desktop this time, and I installed Scrivener and got my file transferred over and everything. Then it hit me that I can't take the desktop with me when I travel which we do a lot on the weekends, so I'm on the laptop. It's really slow, but it's portable. I'm going to be waking up when Andrew gets up for work which is before 5am. I'm not excited about that part, but honestly, I'm usually kind of awake anyway because he's loud, and lately Evan's been waking up freakishly early. And he can't just quietly get ready. He has to come ask me questions, and my niceness doesn't show up until after my alarm goes off. If you wake me up before it goes off, I cannot guarantee that nice words will come out of my mouth.
The charge cord for this laptop has a short in it which is annoying. I would like a new laptop. Maybe a tablet/laptop combo of some sort. But that requires money, and we spend too much of that as it is. So ole reliable here will do.
We've been watching Stranger Things this week, and I keep thinking about it. The endings of each episode kill me. I love how authentic they made the 80s setting. The sheets that Michael uses to cover his makeshift tent for Eleven? Those were the same sheets my brothers had. Crazy.
Well, I think I might close my eyes for a bit before the kids get home and chaos ensues. Hasta la pasta.