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I loved today.
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For one, I had the house to myself! ….Ahhh….
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For two, my piddle and play time were equal. Let me explain. For every little thing I did, I got equal play time.
I was on the elliptical by 6am, and had the kids out the door with no arguments by 7:15am. That deserved a big reward. A cup of coffee and my usual, awesome breakfast of oatmeal, a banana, and yogurt while checking emails and reading blogs.
I didn’t really have a plan for today, but suddenly I felt like baking. (Surprised, aren’t ya). Instead of cupcakes, though, I baked two types of cornbread (savory and sweet). Both are new recipes and incredibly tasty. Afterwards, I needed a break, so I played my favorite computer game, Word Racer. Then I put in a few loads of laundry and sat down to read “After Ann”. (Awesome book by the way) Then I did some toning exercises, followed by lunch and more reading.
What to do next… Well, my cornbread needed a meal to go with them. So I cooked up 4 pounds of ground beef – half for chili, half for sloppy joes. Whew. That deserved a soak in the tub.
After I was cleaned up, I cleaned up my cooking mess, loaded the dishwasher, and played more Word Racer!
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Can it get any better than that?
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Yep.
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The entire day I had Pandora playing in the background. How could I not be in a great mood with ALL my favorite songs playing? I love that I can plug in Nora Jones, Adele, Christina Perri, and Sara Maclachlan and it knows exactly what I want to hear. It even plays songs I didn’t know I wanted to hear.
Finally, I was scheduled to bowl tonight, and most times I would try to find someone else to bowl, but weirdly enough, I didn’t dread going tonight. Although when I started my first game, I wished I hadn’t gone. But I made an adjustment, and started throwing strikes, and the rest of the night was fun! I almost felt like the old me – bowling well and feeling competitive.
And now, I have my ice cream, my laptop and House Hunters on TV. The perfect end to a perfect day!
shadowrun300 
towardshealthylife
February 10, 2012 at 6:10 am
It sounds like a dream day lol Production,relaxation! Seems like you got plenty of positive energy from your day and it’s probably why you were in the mood for bowling:-)
shadowrun300
February 10, 2012 at 3:09 pm
Yes, definitely. I hope I can carry some of that positive energy into today as well….
agg79
February 10, 2012 at 11:43 am
With days like that, it makes it hard to go back to work. Sounds like a very relaxing, productive day. We all need more days like that.
shadowrun300
February 10, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Lucky enough for me, I have today off too. But I’m working this weekend and I will have an extremely busy schedule next week, so I’m going to try and hold on to yesterday’s memories. And really, today should be okay too. I plan to bake cupcakes!!
Jules
February 11, 2012 at 11:46 am
OOh I love perfect days like that!!! Like you, any perfect day for me (or segment of a day) requires music in the background. I love my tunes while I am doing anything and everything.
shadowrun300
February 12, 2012 at 12:46 am
Sometimes I wonder why I ever go through days without Pandora in the background. Music puts me in an awesome mood. I’d probably enjoy winter more if I would just play more music. Heck, if I can get through toilet cleaning with music blaring in the background, I’m certain I could get through winter…
Jules
February 21, 2012 at 12:34 am
My supervisor who started me at the hotel and is now a good friend – we used to come up with theme music that would be appropriate for all the different types of guests -both happy and unhappy guests-…so if someone was walking up to the desk and we knew what type of guest it would be, we would mutter a little bit of theme music to ourselves as they walked. They never heard of us course, but it was fun.
Mike
February 25, 2012 at 3:47 pm
What a day. Both productive AND relaxing. Usually, you don’t get both together.