One week down

Well, we've made it a week.  So far we are OK!

I can't say we have made it to the walk away from the TV part, yet.  But I think we have watched less TV... or at least I am noticing we are watching less TV.  (I have a feeling the amount we actually watch has been less since we've had the baby.. but it was always on in the background.. at least now we are paying the price we were for background noise)  We are going to have to work up to actually being productive with our time.  I feel a little bit like we are cheating.  for some reason a few of the channels I thought would be gone are still around.  Bravo, Syfy, IFC...  Not really channels I wished we had, but still something.  Of course Bravo is the channel that made it very clear to me that cable sucks (all housewives all the time)  I'm a little afraid that I will now replace my HGTV addiction with reruns of top chef.  (too bad they lost Project Runway)

I'm wondering if the cable company is leaving those channels as little temptations.  We're not out of the spiders web completely.  It's making it harder to totally break away.  We could get an antenna, but would we still have these channels?  I have to admit we were a little excited to see some unexpected channels.  Makes it feel like you are getting away with something (but not really, we are still paying $30 for basically the free channels)  Is bravo and IFC really worth $30?  Is being able to record on the DVR?  (I still don't get why we had to buy the dvr.. if it only works with their setup.  They should supply that.  What are we going to do with the dish and the boxes?)  The extra channels are little reminders of the world of a million channels... Come back.. remember when you used to watch Project Runway on Bravo? Now it's on a channel you don't get.   What about Mad Men?  The Walking Dead might be good next season.. and you always looked forward to Always Sunny...

** I'd also like to add that I have no problem with paying for TV.  The problem I have is when you pay for programing that stinks.  The few shows that I feel are quality are just too few and far between to make the cost actually worth it .  And $30 for local free channels?  Crazy.  I'll pay $30 for the local and say 3 or 4 channels of my choice.  That would be great!