I was struck with inspiration today, and completely rearranged my house. Seriously. The living room and dining room switched places. It began as simply trying to make a spot for the Christmas tree, that we are planning on getting sometime in the next week, but morphed into something much bigger. This is by no means unusual for me, it's actually one of my favorite pastimes. I was pleased with the new arrangement, and even got Tessie's approval. However, the biggest benefit of the new arrangement, didn't even occur to me until much later.
Because of the way the television is now positioned, we can no longer see it from the dining table. Nick and I have been trying to eliminate, or at least cut down, TV during dinner. It's been going okay, but the kids usually only make it so long without asking for a movie, because they can see the television the entire time. Tonight we turned over a new leaf.
We sat down at the table as a family, and all ate together, telling stories about our day. When the kids had both finished eating, neither one asked for a movie, instead they continued to laugh at each other's jokes and general silliness. We sat at the table for almost an hour, all the way through dinner and desert, with happy kids, engaged in each other, not the TV. It was nothing short of a miracle, and absolutely beautiful.
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