Kick the Habit: Day 9

I guess I haven't been trying too hard to keep up with posting, but 9 days later is not too shabby!

Anyway, I have had an interesting 9 days. I haven't had any momentous events occur, but there have been good changes happening.

I must admit, I cheated! (Sad face). I haven't followed my guidelines to a T. I had one weeknight where I just wanted 30 minutes of something to laugh at and didn't have any other item on my to-do list that was pressing. I did feel a little guilty, but I also want to pick up and keep going and not completely stop my challenge just because I messed up once-- which, sadly, I was tempted to do.

I really want to get to a place where I don't have to have a strict spoken rule that the t.v. doesn't come on during the week, where it'll be okay if we watch a sitcom here or there, but I know I need to take myself to the other extreme to get me in the right focus first.

What have I accomplished this week with time I would have had the t.v. on?

I did this Christmas Countdown Calendar last night:

Christmas Countdown Calendar

Memory verses, Christmas Carols, and activities!

I'm not a very crafty woman, but I'm good with paper, the computer, a pair of scissors and tape. It took a while to get the little squares and circles in the right spot, but it hangs on our fridge ready to use this year and many more years! 

My husband and I spent some good quality time playing Minecraft on our computers last night. Til midnight. I'm not super into video games, but my husband is and I wanted to bless him with doing that together. It is fun :) I just can't do it right before bed too much because then I dream about cutting out stone and building with squares.

And I've studied Spanish a lot! I've listened to podcasts, done flashcards online, and read some kids books-- which I need to renew at the library tomorrow! 

I want to finish with the reminder that this has been so hard for me. I wish it wasn't, but I'm a work in progress. I know when I start teaching in January I won't have the time to watch anything on t.v., but I want to get into a good habit now.