On Friday, I went a long with Kimba's plan to be unplugged.. I managed to do it for the most part. It was harder than I thought it would be... here is how my day went.
For entertainment purposes...after each time stamp imagine the music from CSI (duh-nuh-nuh). It will make the post much more interesting. Or if you like, you can imagine the typewriter clicking from 24.
7:30 am. (duh-nuh-nuh) woke up to the 2 year old yelling from the crib "Moooooommmmy! Wake UP! Wake Up! I up! Wake up!" Groggily got the kids breakfast, a cup of coffee (for me) and felt oddly out of place that I couldn't park myself in front of my bloglines for 30 minutes.
9:30 am(duh-nuh-nuh) made the kids beds (What?!) and CLEANED their rooms. I wasn't sure what to do with myself. Picked out paint for the basement. And put the remainder of clothes away. I was a machine.
10:30 am (you have it now) read books with the kids and enjoyed myself, but secretly wondered how many e-mails I had. Played the Gnu game. I lost on letter K.
11:00 am had to cheat slightly I needed something for a client, but to my defense I only checked one from my sent e-mail pile and no new ones. Played Rummikub with my oldest. I lost again with 3 tiles to spare. So obviously if you want to feel good about yourself, play a board game with me as anyone over the age of 4 can beat me.
1:00 pm I had conquered the world. I had restocked my booth, cleaned the kitchen and was started on a new project at which point my husband ambled by. "How come you are getting so much done today....Oooooohhhh yeah, you're "unplugged" today. " He said as he made air quotation marks with his fingers (Yes, You did.).
3:00pm I sat with a book myself. it was kind of nice, but I did wonder how many e-mails I had gotten.
6pm had to cheat one more time and look up directions on mapquest. I figured cheating was better than getting lost.
After that, I held out till 11 pm at which point I decided I had to know if I had any e-mails and I had to know before I went to bed I mean, it had been all day!
So what do I think? I think I should unplug a little more. For all the right reasons.
(duh-nuh-nuh!)
I think it's fabulous that you spent a little bit more time with your kids! Gosh, if I unplugged I could have an immaculate home! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you did a whole lot better than me! Way to go!
ReplyDeleteYep, it's a tricky thing isn't it? Finding out just how much we've come to rely on technology for the good , bad and ugly? :)
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how much we can accomplish when we are not sucked into the computer and other technology. I've been pretty much unplugged for the past month or so, well, I've had an occassional quick post and then back to other real life things.
ReplyDeleteWell, it looks like you had a very productive day. Hope all is well with you! Take care, Deb
it's all part of the eternal struggle for balance, isn't it? in every aspect of our lives...
ReplyDeleteLOL. I had the same problem with the wondering how many emails were piling up! LOL.
ReplyDeleteYou did good!
Blessings,
Kim
Great job! I made the mistake as well telling my hubby that I was unplugging. He noticed how much more I got done on Friday and it was at that point I realized how dumb it was to tell him about it. lol
ReplyDelete~Michelle
Isn't it incredible how much you can get done...love the CSI music!
ReplyDeleteHave a blessed and wonderful day!
smiles, kari & kijsa
I didn't unplug but I did cut back ...:) You did great!
ReplyDeleteLuLu
Good for you! Imagine if all of us did this once a month -- even if we cheated a bit -- what a difference it would make?? As it is everyone in my office thinks I'm crazy for going around and sutting lights off when people leave for the night. :-)
ReplyDeleteI think you passed! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a very productive day. If I were to unplug, I'd probably fall asleep!
ReplyDeleteSorry about the games...but the fun with the children sounds great! :)
ReplyDelete~ Sarah
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ReplyDeleteJen, you are officially entered in the giveaway!!! Thanks for coming over and celebrating with me! :)
ReplyDeleteI love it! I can totally hear the CSI music.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised at how difficult it was. I became very aware of how often I have the urge to look something up, check my email, see what my blogging peeps are up to.
I came so close to cheating one time. I really needed to Google "using a miter box". I was having major problems. How did we ever figure anything out before google?
Kimba
I think I need to unplug more too. Things are piling up around here. LOL
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