This week, at least Monday through Friday evening, I have decided to make it a no TV week. I have not turned on the bedroom TV in the evenings in over a month in an effort to save electricity.
It's winter here, and there is snow on the ground, and it gets dark at 4:30 in the evening. So believe me, this isn't easy. Usually I have the TV on as background noise or something "to do" when the nights are long.
There are a few reasons for my wanting to try this, first I want to see if I can. Secondly, I want to see how much this will change our electric bill. And finally, I really need to get some of my holiday knitting completed for gifts that I am planning to give.
I have gone without TV before. When we were kids, we had a house at the shore and we had no TV and no telephone. Growing up back in the 60's and 70's, you didn't really need a TV to keep you busy or for company. You went outside and found your own adventures, you played board games on rainy days, or you read books that took you to far away places.
I have managed to get through quite a bit of a sock, that will be for my husband, and I have finished reading two of the garden books that I took out of the library.
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| These are a pair of socks I did for myself last year. |
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