A Simpler Life

Just a reminder- tomorrow is the final day to enter my first ever BOOK GIVE AWAY!  (Read previous post.)

Our home is taking on a simpler agenda these days.  A little over a week ago I decided to deactivate my Facebook account.  I have a couple friends who don't have an account and I had been finding myself being envious of them.  I would think things like, "I wish I didn't have a Facebook account."  It was silly to think that because I don't have to have an account.  There are many, many reasons why I finally decided to take the plunge and press that deactivate button.  I won't bore you with the inner workings of my mind and heart, but basically I just don't like the "Facebook Pressure".  There are always several messages to respond to, comments to "like", questions to answer, pictures to post...and I just got tired of keeping up with it all.  I didn't like that I was sitting on the computer while Jase was watching me.  I hated the thought of him growing up saying, "My Mama used to sit on the computer all the time and scroll around on Facebook."  Yuck.  It just took up too much of my time, and I wanted a break.  I'm sure at some point I will activate my account again- maybe even soon- but for now I am really enjoying the freedom.  I really do feel FREE.  It's such a weird thing.  I'm obviously still writing on my blog, still using Twitter, and have email.  That's plenty of social media for me right now. 

Another event that took place last week was our official end to cable TV.  I wrote about that a few weeks back, but it finally kicked in.  There were actually a lot of shows that I used to watch.  I'm not saying that was a good thing, but I do miss the cable options.  I like to have the TV on because the house feels pretty quiet.  Anyway, I don't have a choice but to embrace it.  The idea of a simpler life is appealing.  Even just eliminating Facebook and cable is a nice step. 

This weekend we spent time at a farm with family that came to visit.  I still can't believe this is our life!  But thanks to my Iowa roots, I do have a love of farms.  There was a flyer posted there advertising "farm camp."  I would actually love for Jase to learn farm skills some day- the perfect place to learn how to be a hard worker.  We stuck Jase in this cute little bucket, but he was so intrigued by it that he wouldn't look up for a picture.  We tried our best to jump and cheer and shake things at him and act like goofs but he just cared way more about that bucket.  When I uploaded the pictures later, I noticed the background for the first time, and was struck again by the fact that we are in farm country.  This was taken 8 miles from our house!  Still have a sense of culture shock during times like this.     

Who knows?  Maybe farming is in our future.  It would sure beat spending my days on Facebook. ;)

A glance in our direction- we'll take it!