12-15-09 - No TV day

Today was our TV fast day.  I declared it in the morning and stuck with it through nearly the whole day.  Go me!  We have it on a good amount of the day, but Carmen rarely actually watches it.  She just likes having the option to watch it, I guess.  But not today - today was a play outside, play inside, think up new games, do puzzles, read, and watch Mom knit day.  Carmen didn't protest much, thankfully.  I feel like we watched too much tv while we were out in CA, and I don't want it to become a habit.

We didn't go anywhere, and I'm already getting itchy to get in the van and drive.

I started a new hat last night for Tyme.  It's very orange.  I'm going to call it "blockhead," but this has nothing to do with the awesome guy who wears it.  Tonight, I worked on it while Tyme cleaned up a bit in the office in preperation for Uncle Forrest Lee's visit.  He's coming to teach us how to install windows - specifically, the 17 new ones that will be arriving Thursday morning.  I'm stoked!  Double paned, high E, argon, with a neat pattern and the cross beam things on the inside, so that I can clean the whole pane of glass at once.  Best of all, these will have screens, and they will open when we want them to, and stay shut when we're done!!  No more painted shut windows for us....

I didn't take any pictures today, so I'll share one I took in Long Beach, at the aquarium: