Ten on Tuesday
Ten Things to Do Instead of Watching TV
- Knit. All right, unless I'm knitting something truly fiendish (like my second lace baby blanket), technically I can do this while watching TV, but at least if I'm also knitting I can feel slightly less vegetal.
- Spin. See above. I like to spin while watching baseball, because I have plenty of time between pitches to work on keeping my laceweight single as uniform as possible.
- Read. Almost since I learned to read I've been reading disquisitions on the superior virtue of reading to watching TV. Reading takes much more work, they say. It depends what you read, I guess; if I'm trying to unwind after a long day I'm more likely to pick up the last Spenser novel (it really is the last, alas) than The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
- Waste time on the Internet.
- Clean house. Sadly for the state of my house, I'd rather do anything else on this list, even...
- Do yard work. I never get as much done as I would like, but it can be quite satisfying.
- Walk. I should do more. Can I count spinning as walking while sitting down? Even if I use just one foot?
- Berry. This does involve the presence of berries, of course; otherwise it's just a walk.
- Bake. Often after berrying.
- Blog, of course.
posted by Lucia at
2:21 PM
2 Comments:
I just investigated the wild blackberry patch, and I need to do battle with the thorns this evening when the sun is a little lower.
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Alwen, at 2:31 PM
Housework and yardwork would not make it on to my top ten. Sleep might. Bake might. Sit in the sling chair and imitate a basking iguana - that's favorite. Write. Drag a string around for cats to chase. Not housework.
How do I contact your redoubtable spouse about getting some t-shirts made for my dear husband? I want dark blue shirts with nothing on the front, and the phrase, "Bite me" in Latin, Klingon, and Greek, and "My boss is p_____y-whipped" in Russian. That's four size large shirts. He is approaching retirement and feels less like cutting slack to the young whippersnappers at work one of whom is the shop supervisor.
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roxie, at 6:44 PM
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