New Territory

OK. Sit down. What I am about to tell you is a true story. A scary story. A story of a Frontier. A New Uncharted Territory, and what I hope is...a Beginning.

Are you ready?

We canceled our TV today.

Completely canceled. Kaput. Nada. Done. Finished.

OK - seriously - we just put our account on HOLD. No TV through the end of the year.

The idea came from the most unlikely of sources. My football adoring husband.

We had been kicking around the idea. But, never had the nerves to actually do it.

But today...we did.

It all came from him. He prompted me with the "I need to talk to you about something." Oh. Gosh. What could it be? Are we moving? He doesn't like homeschooling after all? He wants to be a part of a nudist colony?

No - something much worse came out of his mouth: "I think we should (dramatic pause) cancel the TV."

You see, it had always been me that had mentioned the idea(quite honestly KNOWING he would never agree to such an insane idea...and yet, I could possibly get credit for being the mature parent and spouse wanting our family to live more wholesome lives.)

I'll admit it. I balked. "What about the evening news?" "What about the new seasons coming up?" And then the mother of all tv watching events: "What about FOOTBALL?!"

"OK"- I said, digesting what our new life would hold, realizing there would be no new "Office" episodes, (and isn't this Steve Carrel's last season?!!!!).... no Elmo to entertain the preschoolers for an hour during the "morning work" of school...no MAD MEN....

"Let's do it right now....before....we chicken out"....He said he would take care of it.

He went off to his office to do "THE DEED"...and then he was back.

"Did you do it?," I asked. He shifted in his chair, and replied sheepishly: "Well...ok, I backed it down to local channels only, and just about 20 educational channels."

By this time, I had settled into the idea, and KNEW that we could not compromise on the original plan. "No. I think the way that this idea scares us is PRECISELY the reason we should do it. COMPLETELY."

Off we went.

He then sent a dramatic text (can texts be dramatic?)

"IT IS FINISHED"

There will be more updates to come.

(The reader should be made aware that we still have Netflix, and Netflix instant queue - let's not go too far off the deep end, people)

Now - to break the news to the children. It won't go well.