Treats to cheer me up:

1) "Origins" Ginger Float Cream bubble bath
2) Eating an entire jar of sweet gerkins
3) Davies Gate Pink Grapefruit bath soak
4) As always, dog kisses
5) Silky Underwear body powder by Lush (thanks Gabbi for the recomendation!)
6) A professional pedicure
7) Fairie Jasmine bath bomb by Lush (but you had better like sparkling.)
8) Tonight, The Life Aquatic...but any movie that makes me smile would suffice.
9) Shopping for a new HUGE huggable stuffie, but pretending it's not for me. :-)
10) Comfy shoes 8W, not made of cows (almost impossible to find!)

Your turn. How do you cheer yourself up? I use these treats in various combinations....depending on what I can afford. Right now, I'm pretty much stinking to gerkins!

em

[wi_fighter]

This should be easy, but it's not.

- Going to Lake Michigan (and hoping it's not too cold and/or stinky that day).
- Eating tons of fresh salsa and not worrying about onion breath.
- Getting my hair trimmed.
- Taking a really hot bath to build up a good sweat and clean out my pores (but I'd prefer a sauna).
- Bath and Body Works Fig Body Scrub (messy, but leaves your skin super soft).
- Any movie the critics say I'm supposed to hate (i.e. Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller).
- Mini golfing with my kids.
- Noah's Ark water park with my kids.
- Sleeping in a bed with sheets that have been dried outside.

[heatherm]

(((((((((Emmy)))))))))) What a great idea...I could use this today....thank you. Hope you are doing better?

Treats to cheer me up:

1)Hugging my sons and feeling their little hands patting me on the back

2)My Mom's homemade dressing

3)Rolo chocolate cone (mmmmmm drool drool)

4)Avon bubble bath - peaches n'cream

5)Butter and sugar sandwich

6)Mashed potatoes

7)Laying in bed and staring at the moon out my window

8)Sitting on the beach in the early evening and watching the sky change colours before sunset

9)Driving along the highway and listening to April Wine or Lynrd Skynrd

10)Having someone wash my hair.....sigh

[CedarS]

Oh this is a splendid idea for a thread!

Chocolate, really good expensive fair trade organic dark if I can afford it

Baths, hot steamy, lights dim

Coffee and zucchini bread taken out on the landing overlooking Budd Inlet, dreamy time to watch for seals and herons and maybe even an eagle

Novels that intrigue me yet are fun, inspiring, and easy when I need them to be, lately on a trend of light fantasy with humor, detectives that are magicians also type

Breakfast down at the New Moon Cafe, pancakes made with their own blackberry sauce, strong coffee

A new journal book

New music for my iPod Shuffle, tinkering around creating new playlists for whatever mood I am in

Blender shakes made with blueberries

Buying a magazine or the NY Times just cause

I thought of more!

Starbucks...anything, and it's much better if someone else is paying

Ice cream in a good sugar cone

When my ex does that "I'm cracking an egg on your head" hand trick, makes me laugh every time!

The soundtrack to Rob Roy - it even includes some picks of Liam! Yummy!!

Salad of arugala, pears, walnuts, and gorganzola, also yummy but in a very different way.

Lilies with a thick stem, huge flowers and a sweet scent which come back every year with gusto.

Kissing baby toes

[(JD)]

Seems I have a problem. Guess my T already knows this?

Oh! And the ocean! I reeeeally miss the ocean. Someone please say hi to it from Emmy.

[CedarS]

Ocean! Crashing waves, hiss of surf, ebb and flow........I gotta get there soon. Will certainly say hello for Emmy.

More treats:

When a sudden rainstorm hits, especially on a warm day, to stop what I am doing and just enjoy

eucalyptus menthol cough drops on a sore throat

skipping

dancing alone in the dark at home, all relaxed and giddy, stretching and moving as my body wants

tamari almonds

[jmo531]

1. The Ocean - love the serenity of the water

2. The Sun - love the warm feeling it gives me

3. Mad libs - I like to be funny and put body part in LOL

4. Puppy Kisses

5. My Kids laughing

6. Hugs from hubby

7. Singing 80's tunes really loud during bath time. LOL

8. Warm summer nights on my deck looking at the clear sky

9. My car

10. David Beckham- Threw that in there for my own little daydreaming happiness. LOL

[SeptemberMorn]

Treats that made me happy today:

1. Going to the park and watching David and family play flag football
2. My grandson Max's butterfly kisses and his hugs
3. Watching David playing football and seeing my other two sons in his actions and mannerisms
4. Telling a fearful Max that the weird mad would have to kill me before he would ever get near Max
5. Max saying "Then I won't be afraid."
6. Picking out my new front door at the home improvement store
7. Finishing my and Autumn's caps. One says "Bela's Angel" and the other simply says "Bela."
8. Getting up the guts to put Naval Jelly on my new "pot rack" and getting the rust off
9. Preparing Bethy's Potato Soup
10. Eating Bethy's Potato Soup! Nummy in the tummy! (slurp!)

I am SO enjoying this thread! Is that immodest?? Tough taters. Speaking of taters...I could add Tater Tots to my list of treats! They are heaven sent...directly from the angels to my thighs!! Wicked girls....

emmy

[radio_flyer]

1. vanilla and cinnamon scented candles
2. peanut butter ice cream
3. strawberry shortcake
4. a bouquet of fresh cut flowers
5. tomato soup and grill cheese
6. homemade blackberry jam on warm, fresh baked bread
7. sitting under an apple tree with salt shaker and
munching on apples
8. sneaking cherries from the nasty neighbors cherry
tree
9. laying in back yard star gazing...

[CedarS]

This is indeed a great thread!

Fettucini, creamy garlic cheese sauce

Menthol rub stuff for aches and pains

Hugging my son, listening when he reads his poetry out loud, savoring the fact that he tells his friends that he has an "awesome Mom".

Strolling around a friendly neighborhood, telling the cats out sunning that they are beautiful, admiring various gardens

Dreaming up more treat ideas

........the smell and feel of a new book.......working in my flower gardens...........ben&jerry's ice cream.........hearing my 2 yr old grandson say..."i love you nan...."