Accomplished

You may or may not wonder how my "break" from technology worked out?  Maybe?  Well, I'd like to tell you!  

I spent as much time with the kids as I could.  Really listening with no distractions.  Helping with homework. Not yelling. And then after the Newtown Massacre I was glad I had taken the time off from the computer and my blog.  First, I would not have been able to handle all the news coverage, the pictures etc. and glad that the children were protected from it too.  I was craving every minute with them.  I needed them to be with me.  I needed them to know they were safe.  I was grateful there was no media related news for them to see.  As for myself, I've never been more grateful to not look at a television screen or computer in my life. 

Mostly because of what had happened, I also chose to add no television time during the day.  No television and no computer freed up quite a bit of time and I was able to get much more done during the day.  I'm ashamed to say how much of my time was spend or should I say wasted, looking at a screen (it can be so addicting, don't you think?)

During those weeks I was able to::

• Buy 5 houseplants!
• Complete my book goal of reading 70 books in 2012
• Make approximately 8 trips to the goodwill.  We purged and organized the basement, playroom, and two dressers (in the boys bedrooms), and my scrapbook/craft area.
• Write in my journal everyday
• See my sister and Baby Bee a lot
• Plan meals and shop
• Have coffee with friends
• Tried again (unsuccessfully) to remove wallpaper in the kitchen. I think we're going to have to hire someone.  Ugh.
• Kept the house clean and was caught up on the laundry
• Completed all Christmas shopping and preparations a week before Christmas!
• Scheduled appointments

Good, no? 

However, I still did not craft!  Crafting was one of the main things I was hoping I'd be able to do.  That's what all that time staring at the computer was for, right?  Looking for things to make and and do.  But it's OK!  The cleaning and organization will help me feel free to create without worry of all those other "things" that have to get done.  

Will I go back to staring at those screens again you wonder?  I'm thinking I can/will be able to continue on this path of less technology and less distractions. And maybe, just maybe, catch up on some scrapbooks and learn to sew my own clothes (which I may have mentioned here a time or two ;)