I like TV

I like TV. I know there are a lot of people who think that TV is a wasteland and watching it is a shameful waste of time, but I'm not one of them. There are some excellent, well thought out, inspiring/mysterious/hilarious

/true-to-love/heart-pounding/character-driven shows out there that are certainly NOT a waste of my time at all. But I watch too much TV. It's too easy to turn it on when I get home and have it as background noise throughout the evening, to pass several Sunday afternoon hours watching back-to-back episodes of Flip This House or the Barefoot Contessa or America's Next Top Model and end the afternoon feeling like a slug because they have slowly sucked me in, from half-listening in the other room to plopped down on the couch, frantically flipping to something else during the commercials so I don't have to endure one TV-free minute.

So I decided this morning that I should start doing what people sometimes do to stop overeating: I'm going to go to the heart of the problem and address WHY I overeat (in this case, overwatch). Am I bored? Am I lonely? Am I tired? If the reason I watch is for something other than the intrinsic qualities of the show itself, then I am going to turn the TV off. Unless Brad is watching sports, because although that likely does mean I'm feeling bored, lonely, and tired, his sports commitment is out of my hands.

I don't want to be a TV-free minimalist, and I don't want to stop watching the shows I like. But I want to be sure that I'm watching them because they are good in some way, and worthwhile for me at that moment. Maybe instead of Flip That House I'll start tackling some of our house projects, or instead of The Barefoot Contessa I'll start cooking more, or instead of America's Next Top Model, I'll start modeling. Or reading and writing more. There are just too many days where the time flies by and I end them feeling unaccomplished and unsatisfied, and I want to see if paying more attention to what I watch helps me to live a little more and a little better.

one big stir-fry

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post. I appreciate all of your insights! I'm continuing to research possibilities, talk to people who actually do the things I'm interested in, etc...we'll see what happens.

But in the meantime...I'm practically drowning in produce. I researched a bit about CSAs and signed up to receive a weekly box of produce (the weekly variety box, to be exact) from Fresh Abundance. The first delivery came on Friday and let me tell you...it contains a lot vegetables for a person living in a single vegetable-eater household. Brad has partaken of some lettuce, the avocado, and a couple of tomatoes...but I have spinach, baby bok choi, pea pods, daikon (I don't even know what that IS!), mixed greens, asparagus, two HUGE zucchinis, ginger, scallions, broccoli, and some assorted fruits that I really want to consume before the next delivery comes on Friday. My insides are basically one big stir-fry right now, which is probably not such a bad thing.

You can buy lots and lots of regular (organic) grocery store items from Fresh Abundance, either in the store or online. There are vast amounts of products on the site. However, I have not yet been inside the store itself because, best of all, there is FREE DELIVERY for all purchases $35 or over. I hate going to the grocery store (and there is one literally three houses away from me), so although I'm only on my first week of this new experiment, it might be tough to get me to quit. Free delivery! Can you believe it? It's probably hidden away in the cost of the produce but I don't even care. Maybe I'm going to turn into a locavore on top of everything else...I'm so of-the-moment. Anyhow, I'm planning to write up a little article going into more details on my produce extravaganza, and perhaps a recipe or two, so I'm sure there is more to come on this topic.