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I'm Nadine. Mother to Monkey (3) and his sister Roo (1). Married to my wonderful FreezeM. I am forever 29, don't let my birthdate fool you. I work a part time PR job. Love being at home with my children, I am very liberal, love to read, cook and write. I'm critical and don't shy away from the unbeaten path.




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June 11, 2008

Don't watch TV for one week, no matter what.

No television at casa Nadine for EIGHT days, as of 8 AM this morning (#50 on my 101 in 1001 days- list).

HOWEVER.

I've bargained with myself (always a win - win) and flexiblelize (I KNOW that is not a word, but it should be) the "no matter what" - part. Before you protest, I have 2 good reasons and if you've really paid attention I said EIGHT days (and a week has seven, at least in Europe ;).

Reason 1: It's the European soccer championship. I did not expect to watch AT ALL because in our first set of games we have to play against France AND Italy. I know the Dutch team isn't at all bad. But France and Italy are really strong, so it was very likely that we'd get our asses kicked. HOWEVER. 'We' (note the 'We', yes it's my team too now), so WE have slaughtered the Italians with 3-0. So the no TV - rule excludes the two upcoming soccer games. I need to be there for MY team. To compromise the compromise, I added ONE day of no TV to watch a total of 4 hours.

Reason 2: Why did I not postpone realizing #50 of my list until after the games? Well, my profession (which I'll return to in about 2 weeks) requires me to stay up to date with press and news and political TV performances. Professionally, my no TV-rule would be like wearing Crocs with your wedding dress.

(Hmm.. interesting, let's Google that. NO WAAAY people. IT IS DONE. People do wear Cros with a wedding dress.)

Hold on a sec, while I gasp for air.

Thanks.

I think I am OK now.

Where was I..

Yes. No TV for EIGHT days.

Why, you ask?

Well, even though we are not big on watching television to start with, I think the thing swallows precious time. Time that could be spend with family, romancing with husband, reading, creating things, gardening, and so on and so on and so on. There's nothing like a personal challenge.

Anyone want to take on this challenge with me? I dare you :)

Posted at 11:55 AM









Nadine teaches babysign classes in The Hague, The Netherlands. Currently in Dutch, but later this year in English too.
Visit www.zingspeelgebaar.nl and the English website (under construction) www.singplaysign.com.

Op zoek naar een leuke babycursus over babygebaren in omgeving Den Haag? Nadine geeft de cursus babygebaren. Kijk op de website van Zing, Speel en Gebaar om meer te lezen over babygebaren, de cursus babygebaren, onderzoek, nieuws en veelgesteelde vragen.