Getting into a new routine...

I have thoroughly enjoyed the last couple of evenings, because we are finally making a concentrated effort to watch less TV.  It is such a big difference and something that we are both really enjoying.  In the past, Adam has gotten home before me and the TV would be on from around 5pm until we went to bed.  After dinner we would retreat to separate rooms, since we have such different tastes in programming, and then watch a little Tivo together until we were ready to call it a night.  5 hours of TV a day is ridiculous!  I really enjoyed not watching any TV for the two weeks I was staying at my fathers (although that was partly because I didn't get home until 11pm on some nights), which put this idea in my head. 

These last couple of days, I have gotten home first, and after plugging in our Xmas lights/tree and turning on some Xmas music (or Diane Krall, which is perfect background music), I've started dinner prep.  Adam has come home and after we finished prepping dinner we would sit in the living room enjoying a drink and chat about our day.  It's a nice way to unwind and much better than sharing in between commercials. 

We are still watching TV with dinner and then a little afterwards.  Eventually, I'd like to break away from having the TV on while we eat dinner, but I think that habit may be too hard to break -- maybe we can get into a new routine when we move.   

Its unlikely that I will be getting home before Adam very often, but I think this is somethign that he wants to keep up as well, which makes me happy.