Lightening Online

8 comments:

1. Suze, 8. May 2008, 16:04
   

   I’m with Sharon and Kelley - wise women. Enjoy your day and have Thursday AND Friday as your days! Go for it!
   Taking care of you is not an unproductive thing to do. Tis a shame we have to tell ourselves to do it.

   I don’t do it well, so I am going to lead by your example and have a me day on the weekend.

   I think…

    
2. Sharon, 8. May 2008, 16:04
   

   Taking time to look after yourself is not in the “unproductive” category. I would class unproductive as wasted time, and feeling guilty is certainly wasted time. Taking a ME day produces a happy Me, and that is definately productive.

   Enjoy that soak in the tub (although I hope you are out by now or you will be all wrinkly) and look after yourself.

    
3. Libby, 8. May 2008, 16:22
   

   What a great idea! Hope you enjoyed yourself. I always planned to have one day a month to myself once both kids were at school but 1.5 years later it still hasn’t happened. Guess I need to mark it on the diary like everything else. I do plenty of things for myself (like scrapbooking, gym) but to have a WHOLE 6 hours to do exactly what I WANT sounds wonderful.

   Libby

    
4. Kelley, 8. May 2008, 16:56
   

   I suggest one of two things (or a combination)

   Any day can be a day off. Just take it. And not feel guilty. Mum’s day off can be any day ending in y.

   or

   Have Thursday AND Friday as your days off. It is a Mummy weekend! I actually find that on days where I give myself permission to do NOTHING I am actually quite productive. Cause I am doing stuff because I want to.

   Hope you have a lovely day off babe.

    
5. Babyamore (Trish), 8. May 2008, 17:04
   

   great idea …Take both days you have earned it . I must organise one day off.I really need a bath haven’t had a long soak in years.

   I found Zemantia gives me some really strange suggestions.Yours was a good link.I checked it.

    
6. Cathy, 8. May 2008, 17:08
   

   Hello there, you’re talking to the expert in ‘days off’ here lol

   When the children are little you really need those days - days to please yourself. Raising five children I certainly needed a lot of them

   If anyone wonders what you did there is always the old stand by answer - ‘you wonder what I do during the day, well I didn’t do it today’.

   At one time our tv was quite small and sat on a trolley, on a whim when there used to be Midday Movies on I would run a bath, roll the trolley close to the bathroom door and spend time in there with a sandwich and coffee. When the water cooled off I’d let some out and then add more. Sheer bliss

   Remember this is a while ago now when we didn’t have to think about things like water conservation.

   Take care
   Cathy

    
7. Eliza, 8. May 2008, 22:07
   

   First, congratulations on wanting to do the time for yourself, many moms don’t. Second, thanks for linking to my article. I’m checking out Zemanta now. I do hope you have a successful “Me” Day.

    
8. lightening, 8. May 2008, 22:40
   

   Suze - I look forward to hearing how your me day went.

   Sharon - too true!!! And yes, I was out of the bath by the time your message came through.

   Libby - I think the mistake we often make is waiting until we have “time”. That moment never comes. I say “go for it”. It was really good fun!!!!

   Kelley - a mummy weekend. I LIKE the way you think.

   Trish - the pictures so far have been rather interesting. I found you have to pick through the suggestions. But it’s been interesting and fun!!!!

   Cathy - that sounds very creative. I can see our TV from the bath if I keep the doors open BUT can’t hear it very well. And it’s not very big so it’s not always easy to figure out what’s going on. LOL.

    

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