What have you done for yourself today?

[Dominique]

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[homoe]

Sat and just enjoyed time posting here in the threads!~

[Chad]

I bought myself new slippers and new cargo pants. Now enjoying cocktail time.

🍸🍹

[candy_coated_bitch]

I painted and worked on other creative pursuits.

[homoe]

I bought myself new slippers and new cargo pants. Now enjoying cocktail time.

🍸🍹

Now why on earth did you buy yourself new slippers with Christmas right around the corner? Santa might have to make alternative plans and I heard he no likey that!

[FireSignFemme]

Put on a warm hat, wore sensible shoes and season appropriate clothing. I'm not sure why this is so difficult for me to do, but today I did it for me. For all the right reasons and not just because someone was ordering/insisting/demanding.

[Chad]

Now why on earth did you buy yourself new slippers with Christmas right around the corner? Santa might have to make alternative plans and I heard he no likey that!

Well, it seems to hurt folks feelings when they see duct tape on my slippers so I bought new ones. Been there done that!

[homoe]

Well, it seems to hurt folks feelings when they see duct tape on my slippers so I bought new ones. Been there done that!



...........:rofl:..........

[Gemme]

Well, I'm going to go through with plans to dig into my stored boxes, etc. While not fun, it's necessary and I'll benefit from it by unearthing warm winter boots and whatnot.

[Kätzchen]

I spent time here today by reading and posting, but I need to get on with my day. I've got laundry to wash and dry and try to find a AAA battery that is misplaced somewhere in the house. I need it for my wrist blood pressure cuff.

I hope to give myself a manicure too. I need to file my nails and do an oil treatment on my nails....to keep my hands and nails in good condition.

[FireSignFemme]

...........:rofl:..........

If duct tape could cook I'd marry it. And I could even post our wedding invitations here :duct:

[Kätzchen]

Better .... :hk28:

(thanks to my Nursing & PT team)

[Chad]

I didn't stress out about time.

And I rented the sports car!

:thumbsup:

[candy_coated_bitch]

I am enjoying a much needed drink.

[Orema]

I left work an hour early today.

:bow:

[girl_dee]

got my hair done.... always feels so nice

[Orema]

Taking my time getting up to start my day. This is one of the best things I do for myself on most days.

[Wrang1er]

I got a haircut and I always feel good afterwards. :)

[FireSignFemme]

Gave myself permission to not worry about how the apartment looks, just let it be and give myself a day or two to relax before launching full force back into cleaning mode.

[Kätzchen]

I was going to go out with a friend to watch a movie and then go grocery shopping, but my friend couldn't come over, so instead, I decided to work on clearing out a couple of closets and donate books, clothes and other things to an local women's shelter. So far, I have three boxes of "goodies" that I can donate to women in need.

[Blade]

I took myself a nap on my new "coma chair"

[Medusa]

I allowed myself to come home and immediately get into some yoga pants and a tank top. Then I poured some hot tea and lounged with Bella for over an hour doing absolutely nothing. Decadence!

[Chad]

I took the day off from life. Stayed in and watched funny "B" horror movies like Lake Placid. I also made sweet and sour sauce from scatch. Funny that I had all the ingredients on hand.

Me day, yay!

[candy_coated_bitch]

Gave myself permission to sleep as long as I wanted/needed to. Gently reminded myself I have a lot recover from today.

[Chad]

I gave myself a treat today. I ate a yummy bowl of ice cream this afternoon. A perk of working from home.

:cowboy:

[Wrang1er]

I got a haircut and let me tell you I feel so much better. I tried something different for a year but went back to my old faithful and I am glad I did.

[Kätzchen]

I found a way to donate some foods I can't have anymore and gave it to an neighbor who is in tight circumstances right now. I also gave myself an pedicure today, and treated myself to an nap this afternoon. :rrose:

[Kätzchen]

I slept in late today.....then I lugged the vacuum around the house (thank heavens it is ultra light in weight)…. then I gave myself a much needed manicure and pedicure treatment. No nail polish involved because I'm giving my natural nails a break from that stuff. I concentrated on applying healthy oils to my feet and hands and applied some ointment to a sore cuticle on a couple of fingers on my left hand.

Oh, and I also gave my hair a special conditioning treatment, after I applied some clear gloss to my almost color-free locks. I plan to never color treat my hair again and just leave my hair in it's natural state (mostly salty silver, not much pepper left).

:bow:

[Kätzchen]

I've been taking the train to work, due to relentless gridlock traffic, but today I drove in to work. This evening, I took all the back roads home and drove as slowly as possible, just savoring all the new things I've not really seen while driving. Basically, I'm changing up my daily routines so it's not so routine.

Hoorah for simple changes in daily life. It's been a life saver, lately.

[cinnamongrrl]

I ignored the housework and took a nap. Seems napping is what I do since I’ve been sick. It’s a waste of time but I allow it because I just hope it’ll help me
Get better sooner

[candy_coated_bitch]

I bought myself good food at the grocery store.

[Glenn]

I binged-watched recent videos by the top ten all-female heavy metal bands.

[JDeere]

New haircut and some chocolate.

[Kätzchen]

I cheered on a colleague who is transferring to an satellite campus down in Texas, made an manicure appt for this Saturday (love getting gels on top of my natural nails) and then Sunday, it's Girl's Night Out, which we'll be staying in to watch the HBO premier of the Monterey 5 and the debut of Meryl Streep, on the second season of Big Little Lies.

[Chad]

I decided to give myself tommow off. Yay!

[Orema]

Got myself a mammogram.

:bow:

[cathexis]

Snuck up bfore my Sir was even stirring. Had about 2 hrs of uninterrupted silence. It was welcomed serenity episode in a hectic !ife. The puss cats were about, but you know how quiet they can be. My puss jumped on my lap and quickly settled not moving. The upstairs neighbors weren't walking heavily and dropping no stuff on the floor.

Didn't have the usual smooth jazz on. The darn power saving had cut it off. Dislike the auto turn off. It cuts off while we sleep. We try to keep it on pretty much 24/7.



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[Kätzchen]

I went for walks on my intermittent breaks at work today, just to wander and roam around the campus, and memorize how beautiful the trees are right now.

Shades of deep yellows and oranges and crimson reds... when the sunlight filters through the leaves of trees, it's breathtaking and it fills me with awe and helps me to feel connected to life in deeper, meaningful ways.

[Stone-Butch]

I stopped what I had in mind to do and watched one of my all time fav. movies I haven't seen since it first came out. "Lady Sings the Blues". Ms Ross and her fabulous voice and acting are so above some of the "stars" of today. Billie Holiday would have been proud for having Ms. Ross portray her in this moving biographic type movie. Won for best actress in this movie, and well deserved.

[FireSignFemme]

Bought minature candy bars for the trick or treaters. :eatinghersheybar:

[Bèsame*]

Took myself on a walk. It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood. It is also world series fever here. I went against all my grains and wore my pink Houston Astro ball cap, with my ponytail
coming thru the back! Ahuh, styling..lol. I also had pink sunglasses and you could see my pink bra strap thru the lace on the top I was wearing. I crack myself up.

However, I walked myself over 4 miles. Yay me!

[Chad]

A fun night out.

[candy_coated_bitch]

Forced myself to go to therapy and spent time with a dear friend.

[Orema]

Yesterday I took a mental-health day—those are days when I do whatever I want to do.

I got a mani-pedi, did all my laundry, changed linen, watched TV and just did the things I wanted to do.

I needed a break from work and I am better today for focusing on myself yesterday.

:pursebee:

[Chad]

I requested the day off work next week for my birthday.
Yay! Sleep in and eat lobster.

:cowboy:

[Gráinne]

I made a decision that henceforth, I will not:

1. Give advice, unless asked. No advising about work/school/someone else's relationship/no nothing. Day 1: no one asked my advice.

2. Remind another adult about their business. That means nothing along the lines of "Did you cash your check?"/"Did you call (whoever) back?"/"Did you make the reservations?". Day 1: I thought I would turn purple from holding back my reminding, but I made it, I think, pretty well. I need to trust that adults don't need my "Mommying". I've been fired from that job, remember?

3. Butt in and control someone else. For example, I went to David's Burgers with a friend for lunch yesterday (right after my counseling appointment in which we discussed my controlling!). You get a little tag with a number on it to put into a holder on your table so the server can bring your order. Out of habit, I said "Put the tag in the holder". Mommy alert!

I'm going to have to trust that another adult has been around those little tags and knows what to do, without my input.

I feel like I've barely said two words all day, because I was monitoring what I was about to say for any reminding, controlling, or advising. But I feel a weight of "hyperalertness" dropping off that I carried around, watching for any situation I had to control and make sure everything was going my way and everyone was doing things my way, with no surprises (the reasons for that I suspect are very deep and painful to root out, but good work nevertheless).

Which, of course, frees up a great deal of energy to work on the only thing I ultimately control-myself and my life. I got to put off dealing with myself when I muscled in on everyone else's lives.

Sorry I wrote an essay :).

[kittygrrl]

had a nice leisurely dinner w friends then :wine: bar..a beautiful evening

[kittygrrl]

black leggings, white shirt, black velveteen blazer, black suede boots, silver bracelets-looked good

[Gráinne]

I now have a standing weekly manicure and monthly pedicures. I don't care if no one else sees my green glittery toenail polish, I know it's there and I feel dangerous ;).

[kittygrrl]

Date tonight..Cream, Irish Fishermen's knit sweater (Mid-thigh length), cashmere scarf over shoulders, Loden green leggings, black-green boots, Gold French curve chain link bracelet..just eyeliner and black raspberry lipgloss..I hope She likes

listening to:
GdDYzPj0gcQ

[homoe]

Date tonight..Cream, Irish Fishermen's knit sweater (Mid-thigh length), cashmere scarf over shoulders, Loden green leggings, black-green boots, Gold French curve chain link bracelet..just eyeliner and black raspberry lipgloss..I hope She likes

listening to:
GdDYzPj0gcQ

woot...woot....You go girl, at least someone has a date!

[Kätzchen]

I finally purged my entire studio of everything from the past few years and tonight I plan to light candles and sage my home. The act of living within simplicity leaves a deep feeling of facing change with ambitious perspective. I finally have room now to grow in a better direction. Oh, and going to my gym to get in my workout today and early tomorrow. I always feel better after a workout.

Here’s to a better tomorrow. :rose:

[easygoingfemme]

I moved two car loads of things from my storage unit into my home.

Cleaned the wood floors and then the kitchen floor.

Took a good long snowy walk.

[cinnamongrrl]

I’m enjoying a glass of wine in my new place. Relaxing after two days of driving to Texas and back…

Tomorrow, more nesting

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I rested, ate delicious leftover snacks, and played and sang along to the entire Nightmare Before Christmas album.

[Kätzchen]

Today, I plan on not doing too much. I do need to go over to AAA and see my insurance agent in person to juggle some stuff around (instead of annual, ask for semi annual structured billing). I do plan to go au natural and wear no makeup or fix my hair. My hair is unruly (very curly and wavy) and it doesn’t look too bad but I just wanna do less adulting today.

I’m going to take a very long soak in the tub. Make my feet soft and pretty.


Then I’m gonna go out for dinner, by myself, and maybe have some ice cream (salt & straw). Maybe even see if there’s room down by the river to just park and watch for boats or watch for birds.

[Kätzchen]

Yesterday, my car and home insurance agent saved me over $500 on my annual insurance bill. So happy that AAA can offer insurance as well as road side assistance.

Today, work is slower than usual so I’m sashaying myself to work later this afternoon.


Slow days at work is better than operating at a frenetic pace.

:)