May 23rd, 2007
Thirteen Things I Do To Cheer Up
1. My husband (Yes, that’s what I mean and yep, it usually works like a charm. He’s very handy that way.)
2. Listen to 80’s music loud and sing to it (usually something especially fabulous like Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Psychedelic Furs, Go Go’s)
3. Eat chocolate
4. Read Welcome To Temptation
5. Read Naked in Death
6. Read Vaclav Havel’s Living In Truth
7. Watch The Matrix
8. Run through the sprinklers with my kids
9. Retail Therapy - shoes, books, purses or music
10. IM Megan or Anya
11. Eat egg rolls from my favorite Thai restaurant (shrimp ones, SO good!)
12. Make cookies with my kids
13. Snuggle with my husband and let him cheer me up
First time to visit….great TT….chocolate and retail therapy, cheers me up every time.
by tommiea May 23rd, 2007 at 7:46 pmI see your hubby begins and ends your list
by Frances May 23rd, 2007 at 7:47 pmThanks for sharing.
And hope you don’t have too many blue moments.
Frances
Wonderful list, it is great knowing what can cheer you up. Thanks for sharing, and have a wonderful weekend!
by Ankur May 23rd, 2007 at 7:56 pm0524 Babies
#94
Today is the birthday of…
15 BC - Julius Caesar Germanicus, Roman commander
by QotD :: A Meme Blog of Gabrielle May 23rd, 2007 at 8:17 pmBuddha
1686 - Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist and engineer
1819 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom
1879 - H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese’s …
Hubbies are god that way.
Also it’s hard to be sad when you’re singing “Rio” at the top of your lungs.
by Journeywoman May 23rd, 2007 at 8:25 pmRe-read any of Anne Lamott’s non-fiction…makes me think, makes me laugh, gives me perspective…cheers me up!
by Di May 23rd, 2007 at 9:31 pm1,2,3,8,9,13 - oooohhh yeah!!!
by rhian May 24th, 2007 at 2:24 amglad i’m not the only one that slam dances around the house to purge mad mojo feelings.
Mmmm egg rolls. There’s a cheery thought!
by Ember May 24th, 2007 at 4:45 am(Husbands are good too, unless they’re the thing you need cheering up from
That’s great about the husband, Lauren.
And do me a favor. Tell Anya (I hope we’re talking about the same Anya), I read her to cheer me up. lol
by Rene Lyons May 24th, 2007 at 5:09 amI’m with you on the first three for sure. Great remedies!
by Tink May 24th, 2007 at 5:50 amMy TT is a co-production with Google this week. :-)
I take St. John’s Wort. Heh.
by anya bast May 24th, 2007 at 6:13 amHey Rene — If you mean me, thank you. :) What a nice compliment.
by anya bast May 24th, 2007 at 6:14 amGreat list! I especially like 13. :-)
by Kate May 24th, 2007 at 6:15 amI hear you on the handbags. Husbands and kids are good too.
by Ann(ie) May 24th, 2007 at 6:29 amThat’s a nice list, but Matrix always depresses me for some reason! I love watching “Anne of Green Gables” the miniseries or “The Wedding Date” because Dermot M is soooooo ungodly studly in that movie.
I admire you for finding time to pounce the hubs with three kiddos, lol. I think I’d make use of that method a lot more if the youngest would nap and if the older ones weren’t so snoopy about what goes on behind our closed doors.
Hugs,
Anna J. Evans
by Anna J Evans May 24th, 2007 at 7:19 am*giggles at number 1* That one is always a winner! I do so adore running through sprinklers too!
by Lesley Speller May 24th, 2007 at 7:28 amIMing friends always makes me feel better, too. I’m going to be a good girl and not comment about number 1 (out loud at least)
by Crystal Jordan May 24th, 2007 at 8:16 amLOL @ #1! #8 is something I hope to do with my kids when they’re older.
by pussreboots May 24th, 2007 at 12:02 pmHusbands are so handy! Taking the dog for a walk always cheers me up. She always looks so happy racing about the reserve and exploring everything. It always makes me smile.
by Shelley Munro May 24th, 2007 at 1:04 pmChocolate, a good book, and snuggling with hubby–mine, not yours. *g*
by N.J. Walters May 24th, 2007 at 1:07 pmWould your husband teach the Tour Manager a thing or two?
I write. And listen to loud Metallica. Those are my time-proven activities, although I think we might soon need to add “go for a bike ride” to my list.
Happy TT!
by Susan Helene Gottfried May 24th, 2007 at 7:06 pmWhat a great list. Yeah the sprinkler thing is a good way. And husbands. Heh.
by Mechele Armstrong aka Lany of Melany Logen May 25th, 2007 at 7:03 amchocolate. oh yes. its handy to have a husband who works on the shipping docks of a major designer chocolates producing and distributing plant.
reading and retail therepy work for me too. esp. books and writing supplies.
and music. tho for me it’s the seventies pop with some fifties and sixties rock. But I swear by Beethoven’s 9th especially the last movement–played loud to rattle the windows.
my TT was a Memorial Day Tribute to my Dad.
by Joy Renee May 28th, 2007 at 9:00 pm