Yes, the Mr. Critical family is on day 12 of their “No TV November”. Mr. Critical and Mrs. Wonderful made it a plan to not watch any TV in November. The exceptions being 1. Titan’s football games, and 2. family movie night.

Last night’s entertainment included an incomplete game of checkers with teams matched up based on combined weight. Yes, weight. Let’s just say it was Mr. Critical and youngest against Mrs. Wonderful and eldest two. We learned that our matched weights also matched our abilities in what turned out to be a near draw in checkers.

Second on the list for last night’s entertainment was Scrabble. House rules are still in flux but we managed to do well with three letter words and an occasional proper noun. By products of the game? Math and Spelling. Something we all could be better at.

Having no TV has lent itself to me wandering in circles around the house looking for something to do. Then to the fridge for something to eat, and ultimately me finding a neglected book to read then off to bed at an earlier than normal time. Part of that can be blamed on the time change – I’ve been waking up at 4:30 am all week … with nothing to watch on TV.

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