09-16-2009, 12:41 PM
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How do you relax?
These threads are filled with questions about kids, work, school, moving, finances etc. We all obviously lead very busy lives. So what do you do to relax? Do you relax? How often?
I like when I have the house to myself (very rare) or atleast when DH is maybe watching a football game at a friends house, the kids are in bed. I light my candles, make a glass of kaluha and milk, turn off the lights, snuggle up with my cat and watch TV. What do you do? |
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09-16-2009, 01:11 PM
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I run, almost daily. It sounds crazy at first, but so much effort is being put forth to maintain a constant pace for x number of miles, that the rest of the day leaves my mind. It's a great way to get rid of headaches and tense shoulders too. My DH thought I was insane, but now he's running with the dog every day and agrees!
 (I'm also a fan of curling up on the couch to catch some tv with my cat) |
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09-16-2009, 01:12 PM
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I am not a Koala Bear at the zoo!!
Sorry about the lack of linkage Oh, I can't believe what I let you people rope me into!! 
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Your answer is a lot like mine, OP
I, too enjoy an empty house...(again, almost never happens. I have a 2 yr old...LOL) But when it does happen, I'm content lounging on the sofa with a pint of Ben & Jerry's and some good old fashioned mindless TV. 
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09-16-2009, 01:20 PM
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I belong to my Chinese crested
I'm willing to try cash, chocolate, even the lap sitting Lobster Phobia Sufferer The frog is gone but the pain of my stupidity lives on 
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My favorite form of relaxation is a bubble bath, candlelight and nice music.
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09-16-2009, 01:24 PM
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Not a nerd
Dang it....there goes my craving I don't like anything inflatable..... 
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Aaahhh I'm getting one of these days tomorrow
All alone for the day while DH is working and DD's are at school. The morning I'm going to light my Yankee Candles fall scents and get in the kitchen and bake some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (makes the house smell sooooo good) then I will relax for a little on the couch. I'm not good and just sitting around. To me, having a clean house, candles glowing and something baking is all I need to revive me  Then at 3 o'clock it all changes, DD gets home and I need to make a double batch of baked macaroni and cheese for the pot luck dinner at school from 6-8 Back to reality I go! |
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09-16-2009, 01:27 PM
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The best way for me to relax is to do a 10-12 minute cardio warm up followed by a 15 min. stetch. I need to stretch because I sit all day long. After a good stretching session my body just sinks into the mattress and I fall asleep better.
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09-16-2009, 01:29 PM
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Friday is our company picnic so I get a half day and this year both girls are in school full days DH will be at work
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09-16-2009, 01:34 PM
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Nothing like the cream and chocolate combination
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I like to exercise and watch tv or sit on the porch with a glass of wine. Call me crazy but cleaning helps me relax. I can't relax when the house is a mess, and I tend to clean when I am stressed.
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09-16-2009, 01:34 PM
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I play games on the computer or I snuggle up with the dogs and watch TV.
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09-16-2009, 02:27 PM
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By the way, if my children ever see this, I'll deny writing it
I think that may just be one of those things southern girls are born knowing how to cook 
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When I get the chance to be home alone, I like to curl up with a good book and enjoy the silence, which is rare at my house even with only 1 child left at home (DD15).
Otherwise, I play poker twice a week (sometimes more). With DD out of the house more these days, I'm finding all sorts of new ways to have fun myself. |
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09-16-2009, 02:47 PM
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My kids are grown and out of the house, so I do have days to myself often and I treasure them. I love turning off the TV and just soaking up the peace and quiet, or maybe have a soothing instrumental CD playing.
I enjoy curling up on the couch with a cup of coffee, a warm quilt and a good book. Or watching a good movie. Or take a nap for an hour...or two. Or get outside and go for a walk. Or chat on the computer. Or play computer games. Or bake something. Or look at vacation photo albums.
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09-16-2009, 02:49 PM
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I'm the needy, sexy Unicorn fruit-hating Ballerina
I just eat it. I bite into it. 
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I like to change into my PJs, lay in bed, and watch some TV!
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09-16-2009, 02:56 PM
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Can speak food in German
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I read a lot. I find it very relaxing. I'm not one who can really just sit and watch tv--I have to be doing something at the same time. I like to embroider/cross stitch, knit, crochet, or put together scrapbook pages while "watching" television. I find all these activities very soothing--it's repetitious and doesn't require a great deal of concentration.
DD is at college so it's just DH and I at home most of the time. I have a lot more time to do relaxing things now.
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09-16-2009, 03:26 PM
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Lanyards are taking all my poor organizatioanl skills
mice and such creatures tend to like to travel aorund 
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When relaxing on my own:
a warm bath playing on the DIS reading With DH: having a snack and some wine or amerreto on the back porch after the kids are in bed walking around town on a warm evening
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09-16-2009, 03:33 PM
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Drugs and alcohol.
Just kidding. I love t.v., naps and more t.v.
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