In case you haven’t heard, Stream of Consciousness Sunday is my new weekly meme. Most of us are here because we love to blog. But blogging is sometimes clouded by contests and giveaways and reviews and responses. No matter what kind of blog you have, your writing is and should be a reflection of you.
Lest you forget that, I invite you to challenge yourself 5 minutes a week to write just for the sake of writing. Pick a thought, a topic, or just go with whatever enters your mind and write.
Don’t worry. I’m doing it too 🙂 Here goes nothing.
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This is the way an evening ends. Not with a bang but a whimper. But I guess in this case, I’d rather have a whimper. After 10 years of marriage, many dogs, cats, kids (or kid) later, what should a Saturday night look like?
In my case, it’s popping a bag of single serve popcorn (loaded with cheese powdery goodness of course) sitting with a glass of Chardonnay, relaxing by the fireplace, and enjoying some quiet time with… my computer.
I’m not neglecting my husband. He’s in the same room as me. He’s on my iPad as a matter of fact. Some nights we have to stop to remind ourselves that we should spend time talking, watching tv, or just relaxing together. In fact, we did that a few nights ago.
We had a few too many glasses of wine after Evan went to bed and we talked about all kinds of things. I looked at him and said I love talking to you. And I really meant it. That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy my electrpnic time either though.
I geuss the great thing about 10 years of marriage is that silence is okay. We can be together and not have to be together. I think as long as we keep that balance we’ll be okay. Once Evan moves out of the house, what will we talk about? Well, we’ll always have our games. As long as they don’t take the internet away.
I love the idea of unplugging. But I just don’t want to do it. It’s like kicking a bad habit that you don’t really think is bad. I probably should spend less time online but the reality is that I don’t want to. I enjoy my time and for now, I don’t want to change.
Let me know if you tried and Stream of Consciousness writing and if it helped you with your writing.
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So you’re telling me I should actually test this stuff before I publish? Wow, I had all kinds of things messed up but it works now. Heading over to read what’s in Amber’s head 🙂
No worries Fadra – I’ve added it to my blog now : )
Thanks, babe. Mama made everything all better. Linky, button, everything. Good thing it’s Sunday and nobody reads my blog 😉
Will have to try this on of these Sundays…
Added. I think the linky thing worked!
You are officially the first linky. So glad you joined in!!
Can’t get the button and I don’t see my blog added to the linky.
But here I am.
I added my blog to the linky but could not get the button on the post. I did add a link at the bottom to your post today. I tried everything I could think of and couldnt get it done. sorry.
OH – I love this idea!! I will be TRAPPED with Black Friday and Christmas deal crap for a few weeks, but I definitely want to participate and will catch up later. LOVE IT!
What a great meme. Sometimes the things that come out when we just write are the most honest and interesting to read.
You describe an evening much like that in our house. The kids go to bed and we decompress over a glass of wine and the internet. I try to unplug every now and then but I enjoy my blogging and writing time too!
Glad you are doing this. I’m a free writing fiend, but I was too late to the party to participate.
Love this. I think I may actually participate next week. I should have done it yesterday while I was all doped up on cold meds. I adore your blog. Just thought I’d let ya know, because I don’t comment as often as I read. 🙂
Life totally got in the way of participating yesterday so here is mine a day late. Considering that we share an aversion to timeliness perhaps you would consider leaving the linky live a little longer? (that alliteration made me so happy!) Love the meme, saved me from myself.
🙂 As I’m reading this, hubby is on his laptop, I’m on mine (obviously), and the cat has the TV remote (no, she doesn’t, but she is watching the TV commercials).
We haven’t gotten to the point were we are IM’ing each other while in the same room, but this electronic gadget era has changed the way we live together and communicate.I think we all try to keep our balance in our relationships, while adjusting to how the world around us is developing.
I think that is what forces me to work more diligently during the weeknights, so that come Saturday afternoon, I can have coffee and real conversations with hubby 🙂
Fadra- I love your Sunday SOC posts. I know this is old, but I found it and had to comment because it hits home with me a bit.
My husband and I have a similar routine almost every night. It doesn’t typically bother me, but sometimes I feel so distant from him. I started using some of the ideas from “Conversation is Sexy” by Todd Reed like taking a few minutes to unplug and kiss with our eyes open. It sounds strange, but it forces us to have kind of a silent conversation. It makes me really at peace and, since it only takes a few minutes, doesn’t require stopping electronic time altogether. Thought I’d share!
Even old comments are good comments 🙂
We’ve been making sure we spend more time unplugged, even if it’s snuggling on the couch and watching TV together (which we hadn’t done in a long time). We will also sometimes go into our sunroom with a glass of wine. We have no electronics in there at all so we always have our best conversation in there! It’s all about balance.