A Wonderful Tutorial on How to Watch TV

Today Emily tells us that TV time is something that all parents need to consider. She's also going to tell you how she and Dna decided what was best for their family.

Emily says Dna used to watch hours of television a day before she came along, and that she had the potential to do the same [it's a good thing she has potential for something, 'cause it she ain't mother, or cook, or cleaner] At first they decided on one hour of TV a week and one movie a month, but then that changed to one hour of TV a day and one movie a week.

They each get one movie pick per month and one TV pick per week. They use their picks to pick something the other person may not like. The rest of the time Dna gets to pick because TV is his thing. If there is something Emily really wants to watch, she'll suggest it, and Dna will usually let her watch it. See, Emily is such a good submissive wife.

Dna works second shift two nights a week, and Emily could watch an hour of TV by herself, but she often forgets to. She likes The Office, Little Dna calls it "Michael" See, Emily does too have amusing stories about her children.

Emily and Dna started thinking about a TV policy when Little Dna was about a year old. They had a Baby Einstein video they would put on, but he wasn't interested. They decided that if he wanted to watch kid TV, They'd limit it to two hours a week, or roughly a half hour show each day Dna was at work.

Little Dna doesn't want to watch TV so she doesn't push it. Sometimes he'll suggest that they watch a Thomas movie tomorrow, but when tomorrow comes around, he doesn't mention it. She counts on Little Dna forgetting to ask to watch a movie, just like she counts on Big Dna to forget to ask for food. Every few weeks he'll ask to watch something today, so she puts it on, but he gets tired of watching. She's perfectly OK with that.

The kids are usually awake when Emily and Dna start watching TV at night, but they fall asleep (from lack of attention) And then wake up for a bedtime routine, which we know doesn't include baths, fresh jammies, or clean sheets. Hell, who am I kidding, it doesn't include sheets at all. She says this is an odd way to do things, but it works for them.

Oh yeah, and this is all done without a TV She has to make sure you know that she is too good for a TV ( I don't think there is anywhere left to hang one from actually, maybe on the tool pegboard?) Her physics teacher was on Survivor and her rabbit ears weren't cutting it, so she researched (everything is research with Em) and she found hulu and youtube. She also says they have a DVD collection. But remember folks, they don't waste money on DVD's.


Sorry I didn't publish this first thing this morning, but the frugal one hadn't posted her Daily Drivel when I got up. She was late this morning.