Monday, September 18, 2006
Cleaning out the stuff
Tell me about things you have chosen to take out that "stuff." Kelly is working on 30 Days of Nothing, and I always look forward to hearing how it is going for her family.
We have canceled our Blockbuster Online sub and my Napster sub. If I need a movie, I will rent one. But that "mailed to my door" thing. We just don't need that, and we really don't use it a lot.
I have majorly pulled the kids off of television, so we wouldn't really hear it too much from them. However, the adults are having a hard time giving up SciFi for Battlestar Galactica.
Ok. Who am I kidding? It is THIS adult who is having a hard time with it.
I could survive without Nip/Tuck.
But BG.... man. I don't know.
But then ... if it isn't there, then really ... what DO you miss?
I am waiting on a book from my friend, Melissa, about simplifying our lives. I hope to use it a lot because really ... my family has been overtaken with "stuff."
posted by Knitting Maniac at 9:34 AM
I'm a mom of three peeps ... Queen Bee, The Door Man, and the Chandelier Monkey, and wife to Ace, the Helpful Hardware Man. I created this space to get away from the people known as my inlaws, and because life with three kids and a hubby is all Unexplored Territory.
The nine-year-old who seems to be growing older every minute, has an opinion and a comment for everything, and has a true servant's heart.
The seven-year-old who loves the organization of things, will someday be someone's therapist because of his kind soul, and will more than likely be living with us until he is 40 years old.
The five-year-old with the 13-year-old attitude, who has a dictator's personality, asks you to watch her all the time and say "hold on" to keep your attention, and will someday come home on the back of some dude's motorcycle with 10 tatts and a body piercing or two.
The man of the house, the fixer of things, the winner of prizes, and the only person in his family to escape the South.
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5 Comments:
I am anxious to read what you learn from the book - it sounds like an excellent one!
We've been talking a lot oabout "stuff" lately. And it's revealed some interesting truths:
1. It's best for us to stay home (avoid stores).
2. If we ignore the urge to buy, it will pass.
3. When we choose to skip an impulse purchase, we find we don't miss it.
And with winter approaching, we're talking a lot about TV reception. We're considering splurging on a dish, but I still hold the hope that we can move our antennae so it works. We really only neeed about 4 channels. But we really NEEEEEED them for our Wisconsin winter!
Kelly
Here for C&C Monday. Here from pink diary blog.
I switched to basic cable and for whatever reason they couldn't get it right so right now I have 100 channels and HBO :D So maybe you'd be that lucky!!
I think we all need to get rid of "stuff". We don't get all the "good" channels, but have survived.
I think tv keeps telling you that you can't survive without all these things, so you get them and then what. I know lots of people who NEVER use their blackbury's.
Incredible timing to find your post on this as I just started a series on the very topic! I'm finding some interesting ways to USE today's technology and gadgets to help me in my endeavor. Years ago my focus was how to trim them out. ;o)
Hugs,
Holly
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