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Registered On: August 24, 2019Topics: 24Replies: 1275Has thanked: 1437 timesBeen thanked: 6563 timesEffing stressful Monday….wound tight. Chillin’ to Massive Attack’s Protection…..some of the best trip hop from the ’90’s. FINALLY sleep seems possible.
What do you do to wind down (besides dress obviously)?
Edit – forgot to mention I did have a little bourbon. Music is still the best stress reliever for me.
That’s all.
/EA
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Registered On: June 11, 2020Topics: 89Replies: 2010Has thanked: 8915 timesBeen thanked: 10426 timesI’m a little late here Emily, but I agree, two or three fingers of fine whiskey and some music – classical or rock – generally do the job. Also, reading! Getting caught up in a good book is essential to my well being.
On rare occasion, a bubble bath! Who doesn’t feel calm soaking in bubbles?? 🙂
Stevie
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I have to agree with you Emily!! A good Bourbon, Blues on the stereo and dressed in my favorite chair take all the hassles of the day away. If only life could be so easy.
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- Registered On: November 20, 2022Topics: 2Replies: 108Has thanked: 120 timesBeen thanked: 443 times
Dressing up and doing my hair and makeup help me relax. Shopping and chatting with the girls are good ways to unwind too. Watching some tv or listening to music are also relaxing. All of those activites can be made more relaxing by enjoying some wine with them.
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- Registered On: September 25, 2022Topics: 5Replies: 162Has thanked: 440 timesBeen thanked: 614 times
Hi Emily
One of my other interests is foraging for wild fruit & berries for Wine making, I also make jams chutney and fruit pies. Anyway I just go off for a country walk or just scouring hedgerows.
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- Registered On: May 26, 2021Topics: 12Replies: 390Has thanked: 2393 timesBeen thanked: 1739 times
Sweet tea moonshine and jazz piano by Beegie Adair. Sadly the world lost Beegie early this year but her music lives on. If my mood is dark, my music choice switches to Evanescence, or most any song featuring Amy Lee.
💖Lola
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- Registered On: August 24, 2019Topics: 24Replies: 1275Has thanked: 1437 timesBeen thanked: 6563 times
Didn’t know sweet tea moonshine was a thing. Where would I have to travel to sample this elixir?
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- Registered On: May 26, 2021Topics: 12Replies: 390Has thanked: 2393 timesBeen thanked: 1739 times
It’s commercially available at a lot of liquor stores, or they can usually order it if you ask. Sugarlands or Tim Smith are a couple of popular brands. My favorite is from a small distillery in Branson Missouri called Smith Creek. Their shine is a higher proof than any other brands I’ve found. As far as I know they don’t ship. I live in Oklahoma, it’s about a 6 hour drive for me. My SO and I make the trip every year or so to restock and we make a weekend of it. My source for the underground stuff dried up years ago but the commercial brands good enough, legal, and safe.
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- Registered On: June 26, 2017Topics: 35Replies: 6632Has thanked: 14371 timesBeen thanked: 14113 times
Absolutely music calms many of our daily wows. My satellite radio is always close 👌.. when I’m low. Oh as mentioned by a few others a glass of wine in hand doesn’t hurt. Lol.. 🌷
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- Registered On: November 10, 2019Topics: 11Replies: 966Has thanked: 9 timesBeen thanked: 2711 times
Potato Chips!
The cause of, and the solution to, all… Oh wait, that’s something else!
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- Registered On: March 16, 2022Topics: 1Replies: 342Has thanked: 1503 timesBeen thanked: 1319 times
Oh DeeAnn, Potato Chips and Doritos cause my hand and mouth to go into autopilot until the bag is empty. Very dangerous to have around! Marg
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- Registered On: November 10, 2019Topics: 11Replies: 966Has thanked: 9 timesBeen thanked: 2711 times
My second would be Tostitos, restaurant variety. Often refreshments are involved that have the word “Proof” or “% By Volume” in the subtitle and have something to do with that rowdy and irreverent SOB:
Al Keehaul…
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- Registered On: August 24, 2019Topics: 24Replies: 1275Has thanked: 1437 timesBeen thanked: 6563 times
I’ve often said there’s no such thing as a bad potato. I try to avoid having chips around the house. They get consumed way too fast!
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- Registered On: March 16, 2022Topics: 1Replies: 342Has thanked: 1503 timesBeen thanked: 1319 times
For light stress I have a glass of wine, champagne, or draft beer and talk to my wife. For major stress I have more. For monster stress I have a boilermaker and listen to old Animals Hits on the jukebox in my semi-darkened game room. And for Going Back to the Day Stress I put on my old combat boots and go out and do public service asking for the most menial and disliked jobs (usually pot and pan washing at the soup kitchen). It all usually works out ok for me as long as I don’t put off the treatment for too long a time. Emily, I hope that you got your spring safely unsprung. I totaled my semi-new car on Voting Day. I’m fine, the deer that hit me took off and the car died (an 8 pt buck blew 3 airbags,2 seat belts, 2 lights, a hood, and a grill at 35 mph for the car buffs) . Sadly, stuff happens, especially around the holidays. Thanks for being willing and open to share your angst with us. Here’s to better times. Hugs, Marg
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- Registered On: November 1, 2021Topics: 24Replies: 638Has thanked: 10484 timesBeen thanked: 3604 times
Wow Marg!
That sure wasn’t a nice thing to happen, how new was the car?
Very good to hear it was only the car that got hurt!Hugs girlfriend,
Ms. Lauren M
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- Registered On: March 16, 2022Topics: 1Replies: 342Has thanked: 1503 timesBeen thanked: 1319 times
Hey Lauren, It was 28 K and in showroom perfect condition. I only used it for long drives cause it got 52MPG (a stick shift Mitsubishi Mirage). The deer jumped off a bluff into traffic. The wrecker took the pieces today. It may have a new life later as a Toyota. Like I said, stuff happens. lol Marg
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- Registered On: September 29, 2022Topics: 5Replies: 106Has thanked: 869 timesBeen thanked: 707 times
I’m a music obsessive, so it’s not only how I wind down, but how I wind myself up too. Different music, though. My wind down music is often jazz (mostly bebop, some modern), occasionally classical, post rock, late Roxy Music, etc. My tastes are all over the place. Rosé or whiskey, depending on the mood.
An aside: I quit beer (all carbs really) in September 2021 and basically replaced it with rosé. Our friends at our local would sometimes tease me about it. So, when I came out at a party there not long ago, when someone commented on my dress I’d joke “must have been all that rosé!”🤣
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Emily, I hope that what ever you did worked for you and that today goes better for you. I have a glass of water and rye and watch music on Y Tube, I have to set the timer because most of the time I’ll fall asleep.
Sherri
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- Registered On: September 13, 2019Topics: 5Replies: 491Has thanked: 0 timesBeen thanked: 1873 times
While I enjoy a nice glass of wine while wearing a sexy dress, or even just lingerie, best keep the wine or alcohol for the up times, not the down times. Music, though can calm or excite the soul.
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- Registered On: April 15, 2022Topics: 14Replies: 233Has thanked: 365 timesBeen thanked: 1052 times
Effing stressful Monday….wound tight. Chillin’ to Massive Attack’s Protection…..some of the best trip hop from the ’90’s. FINALLY sleep seems possible.
What do you do to wind down (besides dress obviously)?
Edit – forgot to mention I did have a little bourbon. Music is still the best stress reliever for me.
That’s all.
/EA
I sleep to wind down, go to dreaming faraway places with my restful Cpap machine and wake up refreshed
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