Abstinence

Last weekend over the 7th & 8th I went 48 hours device free. My husband was out of town so I thought of different things I could do to occupy myself. I decided to head over to michaels craft store to buy a scrap book. I have 100's of pictures that were already printed of us over the last year of our marriage, so I decided to make a scrap book with those pictures.

This was something I have been wanting to do for a long time, but have never been able to find the time. Since I had to go 48 hours device free, I decided it was the perfect time to do it. This project literally took me all day on Saturday to complete. There were many times when I wanted to log onto pinterest to find cute ideas. (I am not much of a crafty person) But because I couldn't, I had to force myself to be creative and think of ideas on my own. It was so hard! Lucky for me my husband was in meetings so I didn't have to worry about the temptation to text. But not watching netflix while I worked on the scrap book was SO HARD! That was by far the hardest part for me. I am obsessed with the show Vampire Diaries so it was extremely hard not to watch it. But I really did get SO much done because I didn't have anything distracting me. My husband came home late saturday night so on Sunday we went to church then went over to his parents house. We always watch a movie while we are over there so I had to ask them to turn off the tv. Instead, we decided to play the card game scum. It was so much fun! I used to play it with my family growing up but haven't played it for a very long time. It was good to interact with the family and see everyone laughing and having fun.

It is crazy how much of my life is consumed with my phone, music, tv, ipod, etc. At first it was really hard, but I am so glad I did it. I was able to accomplish a project that I have been wanting to work on for a very long time.