6 things to do during TV turnoff week

National TV Turnoff Week kicked off a couple days ago, where we're all supposed to unplug our tubes for seven days, and despite the many, many great reasons why I should be participating, truth be told I've done nothing thus far to abstain. I just buried our remote control however and am going to attempt to round out the rest of the week sans television. Here's how I'm going to get through the next few days:

1. Walks. I love the idea of multitasking with this one: a neighborhood stroll is a great family, couples, or solo activity, counts as exercise, and makes you feel infinitely better after a big meal. It's an especially good time of year for this, with all the gorgeous flowers and trees that have blossomed over the last few weeks.

2. Games. Time to dust off the old Scrabble board. My husband and I have been known to pack our travel set when we're on holiday, but for some reason we haven't played in years at home-something I plan to rectify shortly.

3. Periodicals. It has been ages since I really read the newspaper cover-to-cover. Time to polish off that stack of magazines I've got laying around too.

4. Arts and Crafts. I have at least three sets of vacation photos-not to mention my wedding photos from three years ago-that I've been meaning to put into albums. For those with families, check out this mega-list of easy art projects, from origami frogs to paper plate butterfly puppets, you can make with your kids on enchantedlearning.com.

5. Letters. I'll be busting out the stationery and treating far away family and friends to good old fashioned snail mail (incidentally, this is also a good reason to stock up on the super-chic, abstract expressionist stamps they've got right now at the post office). If you've got outstanding thank you's to write, there's no time like the present.

6. Friends. What better an excuse to be more social?