TV Land

for the first two months that kyle and i were married, we lived in an apartment in north mesa with no tv. kyle comes from a family where tv was only allowed on weekends for a couple hours by his mom and never by his dad. i love to listen to him tell stories about watching saturday morning cartoons while his mom slept in and his dad was attending a scouting activity. that was their favorite saturday because if dad was home, he would turn off the tv and tell the kids they had chores waiting. kyle recalls how awful it was to be home, sick from school, on a thursday - his dad's day off. dad thought being sick meant not moving from your bed, and of course no cartoons. it felt a lot better to be sick any other school day when mom allowed you to watch all the cartoons your heart desired.

my family is glued to the televison set. they cancelled dish for six months. so far, there has been no change of habbits since they bought a WWD (i can't remember what the device is called) that connects to the internet and allows them to watch hulu or netflix on the tv. very nice, but problem of sisters being addicted really not solved. argh.

kyle and i had cable/dish at our home with the brown's and still here at grandma mccleve's. we love having the option of tv and watch for an hour or so about three nights a week - more than kyle did growing up, but less than me. addison has always loved the tv since before she could even sit up. i remember feeding her at my parents (around three months old) when all of the sudden she turns her heard at an awkward angle to see what all the noise was on the tv. she watched for a minute or two and then was tired of it and looked away. at the time, it was funny to see her interested in the tv, but now it's annoying to have her scream when we turn it off.

being a lot more tired starting at the beginning of the summer kyle would get up with her and let me sleep. when summer school started, addison used to sleep until he got home, but recently her clock is getting her up a few hours earlier. so kyle would let me sleep, turn on nick jr. for addison, and slip out the door. every week she is content by herself for longer and longer periods of time. it's horrible, but i just can't pull myself out of bed. so tired.