Comments on: #65 – Done http://chicagomarriedlife.com/2010/01/24/65-done/ Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:32:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chicagomarriedlife.com » Blog Archive » #68 – Done http://chicagomarriedlife.com/2010/01/24/65-done/comment-page-1/#comment-4427 chicagomarriedlife.com » Blog Archive » #68 – Done Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:40:30 +0000 http://chicagomarriedlife.com/?p=1094#comment-4427 [...] sister-in-law brought up an interesting point recently in the comments section.  When you eliminate something negative from your life, you [...] [...] sister-in-law brought up an interesting point recently in the comments section.  When you eliminate something negative from your life, you [...]

]]> By: Mrs. Pickles http://chicagomarriedlife.com/2010/01/24/65-done/comment-page-1/#comment-4391 Mrs. Pickles Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:02:09 +0000 http://chicagomarriedlife.com/?p=1094#comment-4391 I've learned that when I give up something, I have to replace it with something better, otherwise I get resentful and cranky. When we moved to our house (and lost our free cable TV), I hardly missed it b/c I was so busy getting the new house all spruced up, which with a toddler in the house was a chore. It sounds like you've simply given up TV without really filling that time with something else relaxing. Reading novels gets old after a while. Are there some hobbies you've wanted to try? I've found the housewifely arts (like knitting, sewing, embroidery etc.) fit this niche perfectly -- relaxing while still getting something done -- but I'm the first to admit that it's not for everyone. Greg & I make a point of spending a couple nights a week doing stuff together -- one night is game night (most of the time, Wii), another is reading a book out loud together & discussing it (usually theology or parenting, but we've been known to include P.G. Wodehouse too), one is just sitting next to each other and reading whatever we want -- the point is simply being together. That fills time nicely. :) Anyway, just some thoughts. Giving stuff up is on the brain, since Lent just started. :) I’ve learned that when I give up something, I have to replace it with something better, otherwise I get resentful and cranky. When we moved to our house (and lost our free cable TV), I hardly missed it b/c I was so busy getting the new house all spruced up, which with a toddler in the house was a chore. It sounds like you’ve simply given up TV without really filling that time with something else relaxing. Reading novels gets old after a while. Are there some hobbies you’ve wanted to try? I’ve found the housewifely arts (like knitting, sewing, embroidery etc.) fit this niche perfectly — relaxing while still getting something done — but I’m the first to admit that it’s not for everyone.

Greg & I make a point of spending a couple nights a week doing stuff together — one night is game night (most of the time, Wii), another is reading a book out loud together & discussing it (usually theology or parenting, but we’ve been known to include P.G. Wodehouse too), one is just sitting next to each other and reading whatever we want — the point is simply being together. That fills time nicely. :)

Anyway, just some thoughts. Giving stuff up is on the brain, since Lent just started. :)

]]> By: Katie http://chicagomarriedlife.com/2010/01/24/65-done/comment-page-1/#comment-4348 Katie Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:49:41 +0000 http://chicagomarriedlife.com/?p=1094#comment-4348 Carrie - that's cool...I didn't know about the wedding band in The Village. Carrie – that’s cool…I didn’t know about the wedding band in The Village.

]]> By: Amy http://chicagomarriedlife.com/2010/01/24/65-done/comment-page-1/#comment-4346 Amy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:17:30 +0000 http://chicagomarriedlife.com/?p=1094#comment-4346 Up is so great. Up is so great.

]]> By: Carrie http://chicagomarriedlife.com/2010/01/24/65-done/comment-page-1/#comment-4345 Carrie Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:33:25 +0000 http://chicagomarriedlife.com/?p=1094#comment-4345 "Up" is our current favorite movie. :) And in "The Village," you know the wedding scene, when they have the reception in the tent? Did you know that Danylo Fedoryka's band (Scythian) is the "wedding band" in that scene? “Up” is our current favorite movie. :) And in “The Village,” you know the wedding scene, when they have the reception in the tent? Did you know that Danylo Fedoryka’s band (Scythian) is the “wedding band” in that scene?

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