Powering Off

Last year, back in April I posted about shutting down on Sundays (here). Recently someone asked if we still do this. It made me realize that people do read this blog and, sometimes remember things :) the answer is, yes for the most part we do.

We have a chaotic schedule and this is something we do to try to keep Sunday separate. A break for all us. A day of worship, a day for family. Drew and I are active in a lot of church activities, and as a result our inboxes fill up fast and its very tempting to spend a Sunday night catching up. Drew's hours at work are long and the evenings are often used up for meetings. By the weekend the kids need time with Drew, and we need time together, and no distractions is a good thing. And so, we've found that its easiest for us to simply put the computer away for one day a week. Power-off for this one day. There are times we pull it out, but for the most part we don't and it has been a blessing. A huge blessing.

And instead we've been playing this...

and well, it brings my competitive streak. I hate losing. When Drew did this I thought he was being serious and doing a fist bump as a pre- game thing. I thought it was cool.

I fist bumped him back....and said may the best person win.....or maybe something more like your about to die..... either way. Couldn't figure out why he was laughing. Then he opened his fist.

I got it then.....

And with a glass of wine in one hand we ignored the kids who were giggling instead of sleeping. Showed that we completely did not trust one another, as when one of us went to enforce the"its time to sleep", the other would suspiciously glare at the board to see if one cheated.

I won! (ummmm....not after several bad attempts...). Playing a game on a Sunday night is becoming a bit of a thing for us.

And chess has replaced our scrabble.

What games do you play??