At home I'm never bored. There is always more that I want to do than I can get done in a day. And I haven't had cable or TV (I do have DVDs) since 2005. I live in a rural area. But when I go to visit/check up on my parents who live a couple hours away in a city, I am bored stiff. I always take a sewing machine along and a project to work on and several books. I think it's because all my parents want to do is sit and watch TV or play dominoes. The last trip was horrible, their health is failing so they weren't even up to playing dominoes. Then the power went out early Thursday evening and was not restored until Saturday afternoon. Couldn't sew and it was too dark to read-we were hanging out in the basement where it was comfortable, but nothing to do but sit and talk, or watch them sleep.