Wow. No sick people to take care of ! What should I do now?

[tigereye]

The kid went back to school. The husband has a cold but went to work. I don't have a pile of reports to write for a change.

How pray tell, should I amuse myself? In a wholesome way, of course. Well, besides house cleaning.

[dolo amber]

1. If all my charges ever get well, I'll let you know

Until then, I'm still working on getting hedges back to 100%, still feeding the dog his antibiotics and now stuffing the kid full of cough drops. x(

Glad yours have all recovered. I think you should make some sangria, put on The Damned "New Rose" extremely loud and bounce off the walls for a while. :bounce: :party:

[tigereye]

8. interesting

I'll consider that. Although my sister is here and trying to find a place to fix her car, which has a car type of illness. And then I have to clean out the kid's old room so his buddy will have a place to sleep for a sleepover this weekend. :shrug:

I had to get the kid an inhaler, since the am coughing, on the way to school, no less, would not abate. Meanwhile, he never coughed any other time. Weird, eh.

Is your puppy ok? Hope all get to feeling better. :hug:

[eyesroll]

2. Get sick?

:shrug:

[tigereye]

9. yeah I'm kind of waiting for that

I've been washing my hands so much I'll soon have to diagnose myself with something. ;)

[MissMillie]

3. Go for a jog

organize some of the papers you'll need for your taxes
call your mother
read today's paper

[tigereye]

10. I did start with the tax papers for my business yesterday

I did read the paper, but the NYT is still waiting. I was reading about an individual who was oh so popular in another forum over the past few days. (I won't say his name.) ;)

Thanks for the ideas!

[BigMcLargehuge]

4. I'm putting some DVDs on my iPod

work dried up this week here too.

[tigereye]

11. it's cool to have the time

but after so much going on the last few weeks, I almost feel like I should still be in "crisis" mode.

I did manage to find a DVD that "fell" behind the TV area....now I won't be in hock to the evil DVD rental people.

[BigMcLargehuge]

13. same here

was averaging 60 hours a week for 4 months... now, nada.

It's maddening. Feel like I'm stealing from the company.

[tigereye]

17. nah it all seems to average out

it's good to have down time, it's just hard to make use of it! Or do you have little ones running in and out all day to distract you? When my husband worked from home he really liked to be able to stop and do puttering around the house stuff... play with the cat and the kid.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. Got a few extra bucks lying around?

Go get a manicure/pedicure or a massage. GREAT way to pamper yourself.
Duckie

[tigereye]

12. yeah

there's a big pile of 50s over by the fridge! :D

I'll use some of them to buy lunch.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

15. Sometimes people have a few extra bucks for stuff like that.

It's cheap here to get a mani/pedi. You gotta make fun of me, huh? :evilgrin: I try to give you a suggestion...
OK, more realistic? Go get a sandwich at your favorite deli and eat it someplace outside. Take the dog. I don't know. I'm not that creative today.
Duckie

[tigereye]

16. no, your are fine!

thanks. I've actually never had a pedicure or manicure, but I've always wanted a hot stone massage.

:)

How is married life treating you?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

20. Exaclty the same as before....

Only now I have a different last name, and my in-laws treat me like I'm one of their kids, which is the best part. Nothing else is really different at all.
Duckie

[Shine]

6. Do something nice for yourself.

take a nice long hot bath, read a good book, have lunch with a girlfriend.....It's time for YOU!

:pals:

:hi:

[tigereye]

14. thanks Shine!

:pals:

I just started The Shipping News... Annie Proulx sure can write. I always forget that, if it's been a while since I last read something by her. I still remember reading the Brokeback Mountain short story in the New Yorker a while back.... it was excellent.

[Shine]

19. Gawd I just read an entire book yesterday that had me weeping

at the end. It's called Talk Before Sleep, by Elizabeth Berg. Very moving story of a friendship between two women, one of whom gets breast cancer. It was truly a beautiful book and it really touched me.

I love Anne Proulx, too. She's great.

Enjoy your day, whatever you do, gf! :pals:

[miss_american_pie]

7. Enjoy the quiet

[RetroLounge]

18. Grab a guitar and kick out the jams!

:hi:

RL

[tigereye]

21. hey Retro

I should go play the drums... it's been a while. I need to play that bass I have, too. I even got a nice new strap for it. I need to start of band of mom's who work from home!

[RetroLounge]

22. Call the band Soccer Moms On Dope?

:rofl:

RL

[tigereye]

23. that's not a bad idea

it's more like green tea, but....

[hickman1937]

24. Go to the book store.

The new Sue Grafton book is out. I realize that as I'm typing this your free time is already over but maybe next time.

[Ladyhawk]

25. I'm sick...come take care of me. :D n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. A massage...Get a massage.

You deserve it Mama! :hi: :hug: