We have TV!

It's been four months almost to the date that we moved into our house. We have so very much enjoyed our time in our new town, it really has been a great time for our family. We have kept ourselves very busy with making friends and finding out about the town. There really is an amazing amount going on for a small town and school has only been in session for a month. I think it helps that we have small children and aren't looking for entertainment into the night, but nonetheless, we have enjoyed the time that we have had together with the family and how content we are with a quiet house. Highlights of what we found in our small town - we went to two productions this summer that the boys still talk about. We got a huge bowl of candy at a rainy parade. We are getting used to the local library and enjoying what it has to offer. There's a great mini-golf course here.

We came to an impasse now that it's September and football season has started. Both of us love football and love to watch football on TV. (We also have to admit that we like to watch golf on TV too and the FedEx Cup is almost over.) It's not really as fun for us to watch a football game in a bar especially when we have the boys to keep after and entertaining them while we do what we want to do (just maybe some naps happen too). So we broke down and signed-up for cable. (When you live in a hilly small town, free TV stations don't exist.) The cable-guy came today and put it all in so we officially have another bill this month and have a fast amount of visual entertainment at our disposal. It's really a bittersweet kind of moment. We have done so very well without the noise box in our lives, but we are now introducing it into our lives again. We'll see how it goes and how much football we actually do end up watching. The nice thing is that we can cancel anytime and come back to our quiet house again though it may be a bigger adjustment next time. I just don't know when to actually turn on our massive 12in screened TV...we resisted signing up for a long time and part of me wants to resist even longer to watch it...but if I'm paying for it, I may as well be using it!

I'll keep you updated on any new shows that I happen to get hooked on. In the mean time, if you want a fun game to play on the computer check out www.handdrawngames.com and play Tower Defense.