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| Saturday, May 25, 2013 |
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Not necessarily in this order. Working in the Garden (i have no lawn to speak of). Sailing with family and good friends(sorry for bailing Fri). Oddly enough I don’t get the same sense of peace sailing by myself. I’m sure some good srink time would help me figure that one out. Having my little boy hop into bed to snuggle with me and the wife first thing in the morning. Watching my little boy sleep. |
tidepooling with my kids. this is way off topic but i just came across this petition this morning that i thought some followers of this blog may be interested in. |
Thanks SPB – I could have guessed yours :) Jaymie – tidepools are great fun. Yes that was way off-topic but interesting – probably better for the previous post, but thanks and I have already been there |
Bubble baths with candles Sitting on my front steps when I get home from work at midnight…I love the night sky, and the neighborhood is asleep. We have such a pretty yard. I really love to wander around our cemetery…Cedar City has such a pretty cemetery. It’s not a scary place, it’s a sacred place. The temple…guess what? I got my recommend yesterday! Now I have to get by the stake president. |
Watching a geyser erupt Walking along Lake Washington and through Ravenna Park and feeling like I’m not in the middle of a big city I love tidepools and cemeteries too. The one in Spring City, Utah, is a particular favorite. |
4. annegb – I love late quiet nights where you can see the stars (not in Boston). Cemeteries can also be peaceful places as well. Congrats on the Temple recommend 5. Amira – Thanks that is great. I assume in Spring City you like the Cemetery and not the tidepool. |
It would be nice if Spring City had tidepools too, but unfortunately, it’s only the cemetery I like. I really should read back through my comments to see if they make sense. |
Driving on the highway listening to a soothing CD of etheral music; Indian ragas, Indian Carnatic, Enya, or other Celtic music. |
The bathroom. With the door locked. |
I like to garden , read , soak in bath and cook. I’ve got a small vegetable garden that i like to look after and tend , very relaxing and rewarding experience. Cooking for me is also relaxing and therapeutic especially with background music and talkin to my family at the same time. I also find running relaxing , may come as a surprise but when i’m running i go to “another” place and my thoughts are clearer. |
7. Amira – I know I was just teasing you – Spring City does have a nice reservoir – or at least it did a long time ago where one could catch some nice fish. 8. Bookslinger – that sounds nice – also nice to do that with the wind blowing in your hair (or scalp in my case) 9. Hunter – hmmm… 10. Nick Literski – cooking and gardening – definitely. My wife loves to run and gets that high. When I run, I usually feel like I would rather be doing anything else but that. |
1. Sunday morning jogs through Valley Forge. I’m talking at daybreak before the trails are overrun with other early risers who bike, jog or walk dogs on the same route. I have a 5 mile route that includes trails and paved walkways. 2. Not sure I’ve found any peace in shoveling my driveway. It’s about 70 yards long and takes at least an hour and a half. A couple of Valentine’s Days ago we got hit with a big storm and I labored mightily to shovel the driveway. When I got to the top I was pleasantly surprised to see the Post Office lived up to its motto and delivered the mail. I was even more pleasantly surprised to find the swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated in the mail. I don’t know what genius at SI arranged to have the swimsuit edition delivered on Valentine’s day, but I suspect I was not the only husband put in that delicate situation on Valentine’s day. I was only able to read as much as I could get through on my long, slow walk back to my house and the inevitable confiscation of the offending issue. |
Devyn, You should try a manual push mower. Depending on the size of your lawn (and if there are steep sections) it might work well for you. I bought a Scotts for about $100 this spring and it has made mowing the lawn a much more pleasant experience. It isn’t as fast and I have to do it more often, but it isn’t loud, stinky, or messy. I don’t even have to turn my headphones up loud to hear some music. I also enjoy mountain biking. A good steady uphill on singletrack is an interesting mix of focus and being able to let your mind wander. My kids are pretty good cuddlers. They show up early in the morning and climb into bed. It seems odd that one day they’ll no longer do that. Sometime I just want to freeze time. Finally, I can (and do) sit in the bath for a very long time. |
12. rbc – the run sounds nice on a quiety morning. I love the snow shoveling story. That is hilarious that it came on Valentines Day. My wife would not have been very “peaceful” if I came in with that issue 13. a random John – tried the push mower for a year and it was miserable given our yard was too big. I ended up with big blisters. I hear you on freezing time. I think that every evening as I hold our one year old as she snuggles up to me before I lay her in her crib… |
Re: Devyn S.’s “hmmm…” to my comment that I find peace in the bathroom with the door locked. Well, perhaps I should have been more exact, but what I meant is that locking the bathroom door is my way of getting a chance to READ. Away from the kids and the noise and the rest of the goings on. The bathroom is a good place for me to read. That’s all. I know it’s somewhat pathetic, but it’s true. |
Thanks for the clarification Hunter. I thought that was the case, but with DKL as one of our team, you never know :) |
One time I went over to my friend’s house to get her for something abd she was in the bathroom doing her hair and I stood in the doorway and we chatted as she took the curlers out and combed her. As I was standing there visiting I heard a splash. “Is Roger in the tub?”. I asked. “Yes” she laughed. And I went and sat in my car. Roger was her husband, my bishop. I can’t believe she just stood there with the door open talking to me with him 3 feet away in the tub. He was famous for long soaks in the tub. We never spoke of it. |
I suppose I should add that by doing my run at the crack of dawn I can make it to my Sunday slate of meetings on time. But, if I had to chose between my Sabbath morning run and another! Mormon administrative meeting, I’m not sure which I’d pick. Contra Hunter, one of my brothers is wrapping up a 5-month military deployment in Tampa, Florida where he has lived like a bachelor in a two bedroon apartment. When I asked what adjustments he will have to make when he gets back to his wife and kids he immediately replied “remembering to close the door when I’m in the bathroom.” Who says the Air Force doesn’t get the sharpest recruits? |
The first trip up the lift every morning when skiing. Sitting in front of a campfire at the end of a long day at work. Wade fishing just about anywhere. |
17. Clark – thanks 18. annegb – that is a great story. Guess they were less concerned about it. 19. rbc – I hear you on the decision between early Church meetings and a walk on the beach or early morning roller blading… 20. PaulM – I love campfires too – they are definitely relaxing. |
What, so no one says that the Bloggernacle is where they turn for peace? |
Queuno – apparently not for peace… |
This spam that impersonates frequent commenters, and is apparently written by a live person making on-topic remarks, is pretty annoying. |
I have noticed that John – I have asked the powers that be to investigate |
I was looking over the list of topics here: children of homosexuals, breast implants, foster parenting, and I tell you, I do not think blogging is a very peaceful thing at all. |
Annegb – Your account of finding out your bishop was in the bathtub three feet away from you was so side splittingly hilarious, my eyes are still wet. I even went back and read it aloud for extra comic effect. Brilliant. Thanks. |
Yes, I think it was funny, too. You’d have to know him but he wasn’t mortified at all. I saw my other bishop in his underwear—TWICE!! I was at his house and he came strolling down the hall in his BVD’s (Mormon style :)). I just calmly turned my head the other way until he walked back down the hall. Men do that, just walk out in their underwear. I was telling my sister something funny that happened the other day and she pointed out how funny stuff like that happens to me all the time and I don’t even go looking for it. Hunter, if you think the bishop and the bathtub is funny, you should hear about the time I went to the movies and went out to the bathroom and came back in and sat next to the wrong guy for ten minutes, with my head on his shoulder. THAT was funny. |
OK, stop Annegb. I’m laughing hard again. And I can’t take this much physical activity before noon. |
Anne – you really need to write a book of your stories |
