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Daily Thank-You's

A few months ago, Mike arrived home from the Benco National Sales Convention with a new motivation.  The guest speaker he'd listened to had presented some pretty neat concepts that struck something inside Michael's heart.  I'm so grateful because we've instituted a few of those suggestions at home, and I like them... a lot! Forgive me, but I can't remember the speaker's name.  However, one of his observations was regarding the amount of television we watch as a nation.  It's INSANE.  He decided to cut back 'x' hours a week and use that time to do more productive, self-enhancing things.  We have made a sincere effort to limit all of our screen time since then.  Now, of course there are days that we allow more time in front of the boob-tube because we are tired or frustrated.  But, in general, I am very proud of our family's efforts to watch less T.V. We do projects with Ethan.  We read books.  Mike practices programming to keep his sk...