Watch TV anyways: The free channels still work.
Unfortunately the only free channels are the "Subscribe to Dish
Network" channel and the NASA channel. The girls like to watch TV
when they first wake up in the morning. They've watched and
rewatched all their recorded cartoons. The other morning Emily
spent an hour or so watching the NASA channel.
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Play on the computer: We still have Internet service and we let
the girls play computer games. I was working on the website when
I noticed that the Internet connection was horribly slow. I went
in the other room and discovered that the girls had figured out how to
watch the Disney channel over the Internet. I have no problem
with them watching TV over the Internet, in fact I think they were
clever to figure it out, but I did request that they paused until I
finished my upload.
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Farm chores: The girls are more willing to help with farm chores
now that there's no TV. Taking care of the animals and weeding
the garden almost qualify as entertainment. Helping Mommy plant
all the baby coffee trees was somewhat fun and really made the job go
faster.
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Decorate: One afternoon I had been ripping out some plants that
were in the way of the barn construction. I got all the big stuff
out with the tractor but the little stuff was left behind. The
girls decided to pick up all the scraps and decorate the goat
cage. The goats and baby lamb were out in the macadamia nut
orchard so they didn't see their surprise until they came in that
evening. The animals seemed to really like the new decor and got
right to work eating it.
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Roller-skate: Emily has a pair of roller-skates that she purchased
with her own money. There aren't too many places for
roller-skates on the farm but that doesn't slow Emily down. She
likes to do laps around the house on the lanai. When that gets
old, she'll go out to the barn and roll around in the basement.
When that gets old, she'll set off cross country. Of course the
going is a bit slow but the laughing and giggling never stops.
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Play with the dogs: The new puppy always wants to play. Like
all puppies, she loves to run around and chew on things Sarah has
been trying to teach her some commands. Of course once the dog treats
come out, Teela wants to play too. That's ok because Teela already
knows lots of dog tricks so she helps show Kia what to do. Maybe
Teela will learn something new too.
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Play in the rain: Out of all the fun outdoor activities, running
around in the rain is one of the favorites. After a couple weeks
of hot, sunny weather, a cool rain shower was quite welcome.
Somehow a nice rain can make jumping up and down on a pallet in the
goat cage seem like great entertainment. Who needs TV when there
are puddles to jump in.
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We cancelled our television service. We decided it was too
much money and too much time. We'd rather spend the money on more
important things and there is plenty of farm work to keep everyone
busy. We do still have a couple drawers full of videos and we may
start a subscription to NetFlix if our withdrawals get too bad.
