Oh, well, now that I think about it, maybe one or two.
1) Dark Chocolate. With hot creamy coffee.
2) Elvis music. Doil Smith music. Anytime, playing in the background of my life.
3) Curling up in my bed with a really good book for how ever many hours it takes to read cover to cover. No TV and no conversation. No phone. No computer.
4) Sitting on the deck, sun shining, coffee in hand, just looking and maybe thinking. Maybe planning my next project, maybe enjoying the hummers coming and going and resting on my clematis.
5) Alone time with any of my grand children. One on one, no other people.
6) Having someone else color and cut my hair. Sure, I can do it, but it is oh, so lovely to just sit while someone else pampers me.
7) Pedicures.
8) Laying on a raft in the pool. Shades on. Alone. Total quiet, except the soft tones of Elvis and Doil alternately singing just for me. Possibly dozing off.
All of these are things I love doing for myself. Things that make me feel pampered and relaxed and even guilty. I always have something I should be doing, but these are the kinds of things that I allow myself to do because they make me happy. These things make me feel like all the work I do, when I do some, is worth while and I maybe even deserve to be pampered.
Deserve it or not, we should all give in to our guilty pleasures every now and again. It's good for the soul, don't you think?
Jo
Yes, I definitely do think...and your list sounds wonderful. XOXO
ReplyDeleteThanks Kat...I could go on and on, but that was enough! ♥
DeleteAll of the above and whether we can convince ourself that we deserve it, it's absolutely true that we need these quilty pleasures. Velda
ReplyDeleteI know that's right! We deserve time with our friends, too! Miss you. ♥
DeleteI see you treasure your alone time too. I am solitary to a fault and that is one of my guilty pleasures. It's always nice to know I'm in good company. LOL
ReplyDeleteThe older I get the more alone time I enjoy. I do also love family time and a good old hang out day with a girlfriend. Quiet time to just be is so invigorating to me. And I know to you, too. ♥
DeleteI expect, no, demand that you enjoy every one of these all summer long!
ReplyDeleteI just may! Summer has arrived and I plan to hang on every moment of it!! thanks Pam. ♥
DeleteWhat a wonderful list Jo. And all right there at the tip of your fingers for the taking. Sooooo very tempting. Drop the guilt and enjoy them all!
ReplyDeleteHEY, you aren't in my spam folder! YAY I believe I will and I might do half on Sunday and half on Wednesday! Now, how do I get my bed into the pool, so I can lay in bed all day and still not miss a good pool day? hummmmmmmmmmmm ♥
DeleteI love floating on a raft in the pool on a hot day! I miss that! I like your guilty pleasures. I love my time alone and the sound of quiet... :)
ReplyDeleteExactly what I love Linda. <3
DeleteWow! I"m a guilty pleasure..:)..What an honor.. Thanks Doil
ReplyDeleteYes you are! <3
DeleteYes definitely good for the soul. Nice list Jo.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I really enjoy my ME time.
DeleteI absolutely believe we should indulge ourselves with the things that make us happy. I also think that if guilt tries to creep in, we should kick it square in the ass.
ReplyDeleteI do believe you have nailed my philosophy is a perfectly succinct statement! ♥
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