Why I'm logging off of Facebook

       Funny has Facebook has become a such a central part of many of our lives, when a few years ago, none of us had heard of it.

                                   I've decided to only log onto my Facebook page once a week, to check for messages.  I seriously considered deleting my account, but there are too many people who only contact me through Facebook. 
 

So, why am I "logging off" of Facebook?

          Because I didn't want to.

                                                The thought had been nagging me for over a month that I should quit Facebook... but I didn't want to.  I had reasons to.  It was a time killer.  I wasn't really in contact with my friends, I was just making comments on their posts.  There were other reasons too.  But, I was scared to, and I started to realize.... I think I'm addicted to Facebook!  It's something I have to check every day, several times a day.  And, yet, it gives me no real satisfaction. 

         I stopped checking my Facebook when my grandmother was in hospice at home, and I did NOT want to hear the news that she had passed by casually checking my Facebook page.  I asked Bill to also not check his page until we heard the news. 
                    Yet, somehow, after spending time away from Facebook, I feel a kind of freedom from it.

Freedom from feeling the need to check on the "status" of everyone have known, ever.
Freedom from hours wasted scrolling, scrolling.
Freedom from feeling that each interesting thing in my life need to become a Facebook post.
           And, you know what?  I don't miss it. 

                             

New Home

 

We have moved!  This is a picture of our new house.  It is very spacious, 4 bedrooms, and almost an acre of a yard.

 

We also got two new additions to the family- Ruby and Max, 6 week old puppies.  We still have our pet hedgehog, Mouse as well.

 

 

           We really enjoy it here so far.  The town is a little smaller, so the stores don't have quite the variety that they did in Arusha.

     The environment is extremely peaceful, very relaxing.  We are enjoying it!

 

There are some new "neighbors" here too...

There is a troop of monkeys that come and go in our yard. This mother and baby are on the roomfof our house.