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That's it! Your grounded! No T.V. for a week, young lady!

So, I'm grounding myself. It's something I do. This time I've found I spend FAR TOO MUCH time watching TV each week. I mean WAY TOO MUCH! So my goal is to not watch TV for 1 week. 7 days. 168 hours. As of 12:00 am this morning, NO TV for a week! It's going to be rough, but I have such a to-do list that I am coming up with that I will have plenty to do. For some ideas on what to do other than watch TV, here are a couple links to a few resources I found online.... http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/07/28/40-positive-effects-of-a-tv-free-week/ (Don't worry, I will not be doing what #36 implies....) http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/turnoffweek/TV.turnoff.week.html (I was amazed at some of the statistics here....) Not only am I cutting out TV, I am replacing that time with things I need to get done. I want to see at the end of my week how much I am able to get done. So come next Monday, I will post my results! Now come on everyone, jump on the ba...

Oh, Dad....

So, my dad is going in for surgery today and all he puts on his Facebook about it... "I'm in the hospital & I need help on my farm so my cows don't take over." He is having his gall bladder removed and some adhesions taken care of from his appendix surgery about 15 years ago.