Now before you go and freak out and get mad at me… it was kinda free, so I decided to accept it.

You see, with the new virtual school that Maggie is doing, well, they are paying us a little bit each month for our internet service! 10 bucks. And since I already have a cable modem since my business is all done at home and I need to have it, I was already paying $39 a month for high speed internet. Well….. we also had a Netflick account for movies, but I found that we were just not using that very well. It was $10 a month. ($9.99)

Soooo….. and we had gotten the digital converter box and antenna, but it was so annoying. What little TV we wanted to watch, our area was not good reception so it was always digitizing and saying NO SIGNAL and just being pretty wonky and very annoying.

So. I asked the cable lady… how much for BASIC BASIC cable. $19. And I figure, okay. I canceled the Netflick… and with the monthly stipend from the school…. that makes oh, $19.

So, we’re not paying any more than we were, and now we get about 20 channels, just the basics and mostly what’s cool is we get History channel and a Green channel and a few other pretty cool channels… oh Science channel… and three PBS stations as well as the local stuff. We’re pretty pleased.

I still think that commercial TV is pretty much a major cause of disenchantment with life… seeing all the new stuff you need and should have or be deemed “behind the times”… but with winter coming and all, it is nice to be able to snuggle up on a cold night with a cup of hot chocolate and a dog and a kitty and an afghan and watch a little Military channel.

Did i mention we get the Military channel? Yeah!

Okay, yeah, I feel weak. I know. My fellow urban homesteading bloggers will feel I’ve given in. Yeah, I suppose I have a little bit. But I think TV has a place, especially if you choose how to use it and not let it rule you. And it’s kinda nice to sit around with my kidlings and watch a show together instead of all of us being in our own little realms with the computers and all. We watched a cool show about the History of India… a couple episodes of How That’s Made…. and then a neat cooking show too. It was kinda fun. Haven’t had cable for almost 2 years now! We’ll see how it goes…