1 year without TV......

I just realised the other day that we have been without our TV connection for just over 1 year.

It was a decision we made when we moved out to the country last year.  After the last of the boxes were emptied from the moving truck and we had set up the lounge we decided to give the idea of no TV a try.  We love our movies though and watch DVD's.  We also belong to an online DVD rental company and have them delivered which is great as we never seemed to get them back to the store on time and sometimes we never even got round to watching them.

It took me 3 months to cancel our Sky (cable/satellite) subscription as I was convinced we where going to connect back up.  1 year on and we are still TV/advertisement free.  I don't miss it but I know the kids would probably say yes to connecting up again although they have never asked too.  I wondered the other day if the TV aerial even works!

I don't like all of the advertising and hate it when I'm watching a great movie and it stops every 15 minutes to fit in the ad breaks.  And these days it is so easy to catch up on the news online.

So for now we will continue to be TV free.  It has definately been alot easier than I intially thought.

Are you TV free in your household?  Have you ever tried going without TV?

No TV!

We are a no TV watching household.

We do watch DVD's though - and have done so alot over winter - it's been a very wet one.

Now we are coming into summer I'm hoping to switch off even more.

When we moved to our house in March we decided not to connect the TV up to the aerial - we are not sure if it even works!

We were BIG TV watchers before.  It was always on, far too much.  Even if we were not watching I liked having it on as a bit of "background/company" noise.

It took me a couple of weeks of wanting to plug in again.  Then nothing................... I don't miss it, especially the advertisments.  I'm especially looking forward to not hearing all of the lead up to Christmas advertising.  I love love Christmas but not all of the mainly child targeted advertising.

It took me two months to cancel our Sky Subscription.  I kept thinking there was a possibility we might switch back on.  I was especially proud that we did'nt cave when the Queens Jubilee or the Olympics were on - it was close though, we nearly did.  Especially as alot of the events were held around where we lived, worked and played when living in London.

I have finally finished the kids playroom so I'm hoping this will distract them even more.  They go in there first thing in the morning and are often in there in the evening.  We tend to put a movie on after dinner/bathtime.  A bit of wind down before bed.  And of course there is the garden.  I love it when they want to do nothing more than play outside.

Do you have TV in your household?

What rules/boundaries do you set for your children?