Okay, okay, so I had some love left.
But this sinus infection stuff is enough to make you kick at fluffy bunnies and take candy from children and ask Starbucks employees for a “double double.”
I figured I’d wait until Sunday rolled around and check out my love levels then… and lo, miracle of miracles, here I am to pour out my reserves for you.
(Perhaps — as with a sinking canoe — the more love I bail, the more will come to replace it.)
If you’re here checking out a Love List for the first time, here’s how it works: I tell you things I love based on a theme (or not), and then you share your loves on that same theme (or not) in the comments or at your own blog (or not.)
Clearly there’s a ton of freedom within the system.
Also, beware: my sinus medication tends to make me think I’m funny when I’m not, much like a microphone.
But without further ado:
THINGS I LOVE WHEN I FEEL LIKE CRAP
(And if you don’t feel like crap right now, try and remember a time when you did. Because heaven knows, that’s a great mental exercise…)
My chair-and-a-half of love
Not cooking
Showers that leave me the colour of a sunburned beet
Old-school crappy sitcoms
Lemon and honey water
The ever-comforting sight and sound of Bill Kurtis
True crime shows on A & E (see above)
Cheerleader ponytails
Soul music
House-flipping and real estate shows (Waaaaay better with Benadryl)
Candles that smell citrusy and clean
Cadbury Creme Eggs (I KNOW they’re gross. I do. But I accept that about them.)
Deep, meaningful sighs
Text and IM, since they don’t involve actually using my voice
Soft pants
Origins Peace of Mind On-The-Spot relief
Looking at the time around 10 pm and thinking WHOA, IT’S LATE
Not hearing the words “neti pot”
Foot massages (not that I get any of these, dammit)
Anything truly, achingly spicy
Hooded sweatshirts
Sitting just slightly propped up with a blank expression
Kleenex with lotion
My personal space X 2
The “failing, yet flushed” complexion
The moment after a really fabulous sneeze
Garlic mashed potatoes
Ira Glass (I think I’m just going to put him in all my lists from now on)
Girl magazines (Allure, InStyle, Real Simple)
The entertaining way my sinuses creak like an old house in the sunshine
And you?
You gotta love a good sneeze. God bless us everyone!
1. hooded sweatshirt
2. big wooly socks
3. quilt wrapped around me on the couch
4. warm chocolate chip cookies
5. earl grey tea
6. watching the iron chef, jamie oliver or nigella lawson
I have a few things that I like when I’m lying on the couch all snotty and miserable, like:
- my blanky
- B&W movies
- Earl Grey
- Fresh fruit (especially when delivered by my favorite guy)
- Searching for my dream-house on funda.nl
- Fantasizing about living in my dream-house /w wonderful boyfriend and dog named rover
- Oprah (I’m sorry, but it’s true…)
And last but not least:
- NOT working!
;-)
I love the way you linked these two ideas:
The moment after a really fabulous sneeze
Garlic mashed potatoes
Enjoy!
*Sleep
*Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup
*Peanut Butter M&M’s (who am I kidding, I love these ALL the time)
*Dirty Dancing (the movie of course)
*coffee
*Being waited on (like that actually happens)
*My 6 year olds super soft Transformers blanket
*Brushing my teeth
and last…but certainly not least,
*SILENCE!
Feel better soon Meg :)
PJ Sundays
Creme Egg McFlurries
Creme Eggs
Mini Eggs
Having someone volunteer to do your work for you
Easter Creme eggs.
Cheese Balls. (they don’t make them anymore, I don’t think)
Icing from the tub.
Fresh cut grass.
Fuzzy ducklings.
Spring.
Body Pillows.
A good book.
Hawaii.
Right here:
http://bozoette.typepad.com/red_nose/2008/03/love-list-for-a.html
Right now I am feeling your pain…okay so maybe it’s my pain, but AM feeling it, nonetheless. Presently I am trying to string together an hour’s worth of those really fabulous sneezes so at least I have something that feels good.
Here’s to you! And deep meaningful sighs…
Mmmm, grilled cheese and tomato soup and hot tea with buttered toast fingers. And cheap tabloids like US Weekly. And People. ooh oh — and InTouch! And OK! I don’t feel guilty reading those when I’m sick.
You’re funny all the time Meggle.
When I’m sick I like to get a big huge blanket and just get lost inside of it. Then I coax my cat to sit underneath it with me – he makes a brilliant cordless heater.
Watching TV shows on DVD — it’s hours and hours of entertainment that will suck you in until you’re all better.
Another sick person here. And it’s all one particular person’s fault.
But I digress and my list includes:
1) Breakfast tea
2) Audiobooks read by J.C. Hutchins or Scott Sigler
3) sleep
4) blankets tucked around me so I can’t move
5) old episodes of House
6) oh yes, hoodies!
7) snuggles (which I never get anymore because no one to snuggle with)
8) Dunkin if I felt decent enough to go and get it or had some in the house. Me wants Dunkin.
1. the nice warm spot under the down comforter when i crawl back in after a bathroom break.
2. hot but not scalding chicken noodle soup
3. soft warm kitty cuddled up next to me purring.
4. getting waited on by roommates with a simple text message.
5. the price is right.
6. reruns of Law & Order
7. tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
8. sleeping until i can’t sleep anymore.
I would love more electricity than I had on Sunday.
Had the nasty sinus infection/flu thing last week — hope you’re feeling better… Here’s what I love when I feel like crap.
1. My baggy-butt sweatpants
2. My enormous (no really…ginormous), beautiful, cozy wool cardigan
3. Pomegranate juice mixed with gingerale delivered by my youngest son.
4. Old movies (from the 40′s & 50′s) and reruns of sci-fi television
5. Scrambled eggs on toast and strong sweet tea.
6. The notion (no matter how wrong), that nobody could possibly expect anything of me in my current, miserable condition.
I’ll join the sinus infection club. Yuck. Here’s my list:
-fleece blankets
-having dinner made for me
-drinking gingerale with a straw
-wearing my pajamas all day
-watching indie flicks
-falling asleep to the tv
-waking up feeling 100% better
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the crochet blanket my mother-in-law made
cozy sweaters
neo-citron
ginger/lemon/chamomile tea
baked potatoes
bad (the badder the better) reality tv
sleeping in
- taking naps on the couch
- crisp cool sheets
- cold WATER
- anything fleece
- chicken soup
- chilled crisp seedles red grapes
- taking cool showers
- Hoodies
- flanel pants
- mug, hot water, lemon juice, honey, smidgeon of ground ginger, two cloves
- adopting an old lady hobble and stooped back
- gruff and gravelly singing voice
By the way, you keep mentioning penguins. Don’t approach this one. Rumour has it that he’s armed and dangerous.
At a young age, I got hooked on watching “Joy of Painting” with Bob Ross whenever I was home sick. It’s very soothing to watch him paint those happy little trees.
-brandy, hot water and honey
-heat pad
Nuf said! I just had a sinus infection and fluid in my ears for two weeks – not good for radio work!
Things I love when I’m feeling like crap?
- English breakfast tea
- A haircut (I just got one)
- Smoothies (banana/strawberry or mango/peach)
- A warm apartment
- Nice movies to watch
- Reading MegFowler.com
- Hanging out with fellow bloggers (hint hint nudge nudge)
- Reading other blogs
- … while realizing that I haven’t posted content that is particularly intelligent
- … and then realizing that it’s ok :)
Hope you like the new WordPress platform of my blog (hey I’m never sure if you actually read it!)