tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post3980696292351799917..comments2024-03-28T21:36:55.157-04:00Comments on Love That Max : Where I go to escapeEllen Seidmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-52798312481127429732010-06-12T22:04:57.889-04:002010-06-12T22:04:57.889-04:00I escape into music. Radio. I like that it takes...I escape into music. Radio. I like that it takes me back to other happy memories instantly! I also am lucky that our little one giggles at songs out of the blue. I get a kick out of seeing which ones make him giggle. Then I slip back into escaping through the songs, especially from earlier years!<br /><br />On an escape related note Ellen, I've started my own stress management/escape for myself during Dr.'s appts, admissions, therapies (and ESPecially when I'm in conversations with people that are complaining about their active, typical kids!) - I escape and manage by visualizing taking a shot! First whiskey, then blue curaco, then gin, then raspberry sourpuss, etc., etc.!!! We have way too much responsibility to actually take a real shot any time we need one - but shutting our eyes and enjoying a shot really does make me feel better - hope it does you too!!! :)<br />Even better...now I'll daydream that I'm sitting on that patio set sipping the shots! <br />:) RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-73986559754478558132010-06-09T12:29:24.622-04:002010-06-09T12:29:24.622-04:00AHHH... peace and tranquility!
We have lived in o...AHHH... peace and tranquility!<br /><br />We have lived in our house for two years now and had such big plans for our backyard and patio. That is.. until, THAT part of the budgeted savings went to therapies and doctor bills.<br /><br />Thanks for allowing me to dream...Jennifer Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932147476896663497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-64324223298307302672010-06-08T18:51:18.556-04:002010-06-08T18:51:18.556-04:00The mortgage might be worth it if the man came wit...The mortgage might be worth it if the man came with it.....sugar magnoliahttp://sugarmagnolia70.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-47978926851596970092010-06-08T17:15:31.884-04:002010-06-08T17:15:31.884-04:00Ellen, I think these catalog companies need to do ...Ellen, I think these catalog companies need to do a giveaway! Especially that first picture, I could totally rock that on our patio! LOL!Candacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04201448627487443779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-34189734193700566682010-06-08T14:51:45.396-04:002010-06-08T14:51:45.396-04:00I like to escape that way too sometimes...but usua...I like to escape that way too sometimes...but usually mine is a book or a mindless TV show!!Tiffanyhttp://www.elastamom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-14243215688851636832010-06-08T14:41:29.254-04:002010-06-08T14:41:29.254-04:00Nothing wrong with escaping every now and then and...Nothing wrong with escaping every now and then and this seems like a great way to do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-88257722329464283752010-06-08T14:04:34.653-04:002010-06-08T14:04:34.653-04:00I do this too! I also look at travel magazines and...I do this too! I also look at travel magazines and pretend that I've gone to all of the tropical beaches that are featured! Sad? maybe.<br /><br />KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-11940944652847973442010-06-08T10:58:46.591-04:002010-06-08T10:58:46.591-04:00What a wonderful perspective! How INGENIOUS!!!! ...What a wonderful perspective! How INGENIOUS!!!! I wish I'd thought to approach catalogs in that fashion! I stopped accepting the junk mail entirely, not just for the "greenie" aspect but because I didn't want any tempting images nearby to make me feel inferior! I used to look at those catalogs and FRET because our tight budget would never have room for stuff like that--and I'm not talking about that insanely expensive hammock, either (though I'd take the occupant!). Everything was out of reach--everything. And I'd feel bad! The only way we'd have curtains outside is if one of the rugrats grabbed that old moldy shower curtain I threw out and hooked it to the backyard slide, or something! And then the snotty lady next door would be crawling up my ass about it!<br /><br />It's way too easy to settle into a paradigm of wallowing in a little "I can't afford that" self-pity, and that's what I did with those catalogues. I'd let a case of envy get the best of me...what a great lesson to start the day! Next time I see a catalog, I am gonna change the way I look at them and remember this essay of yours!Felicianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-10315236041707857462010-06-08T09:30:39.468-04:002010-06-08T09:30:39.468-04:00My kids are 13 and 16 now so I don't have the ...My kids are 13 and 16 now so I don't have the "after the kids go to bed" time to much. I do like to take a few minutes after they go to school and have breakfast looking out at the birds on the bird feeder.TerryHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991822441507682151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-5845874551167565772010-06-08T07:40:55.481-04:002010-06-08T07:40:55.481-04:00Elizabeth: Awesome! I think our only little challe...Elizabeth: Awesome! I think our only little challenge is how we can share this. We might have to be a mutually convenient property to keep it on.<br /><br />And, yes, coming back to reality's not so easy. <br /><br />Where do the rest of you guys go to escape...when you're at home?!Ellen Seidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433429847255621203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-16813260886711855992010-06-08T07:02:03.169-04:002010-06-08T07:02:03.169-04:00I like to escape that way too, but I hate when I c...I like to escape that way too, but I hate when I come crashing back to reality.The Henryshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17878410407082384985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401303964563152307.post-23390913663824553662010-06-08T01:12:35.144-04:002010-06-08T01:12:35.144-04:00I'll split the mortgage for the hammock with y...I'll split the mortgage for the hammock with you --Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com