Pinching the pennies, for the most part, is not fun. My husband and I came to the decision that, while we're going to try to hold on for as long as we can, we have to let go of some of the stress and just know that we've done all that we can to stay afloat.
Which brings us to yesterday- we had the cable turned off. We anticipated a riot from the children. The oldest (who I thought would storm off in a door slamming huff) was fine. The youngest was just concerned that he wouldn't be able to watch sports. We reminded him that his grandparents had TV, and if there was a game he wanted to watch, he could always go over there.
At which point he got up, dried his tears, went and got the Rummikub game and proceeded to beat me. I didn't even let him win. He then built a Bionicles from a kit that had been sitting in the house for a while, and then he went to karate. When we got home, we finished up dinner, dessert and bedtime breakfast. Then books and to bed.
The whole house was peaceful and relaxed.
I'm not going to miss the TV, if every day is as nice as this one was.
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