I value my children’s nap-time like no other (well, maybe like many others)! As that wonderful time of day approaches, I have many things on my agenda to get accomplished, such as laundry, dishes, catching up on emails and phone calls, getting dinner underway, etc.
Since the beginning of this summer, I have decided that I would do at least one thing for myself during nap-time that does not involve housework or childcare, but something just for me.
Here are my top ten Me-Time activities that can be done while home and children are sleeping:
1. Take a shower with no one around to fling the shower curtain open.
2. Sit outside and catch a few chapters of a book that I am reading.
3. Check out my friends’ most recent posts on Facebook.
4. Eat an entire sweet treat that I wouldn’t dare eat in front of my children.
5. Watch a good chick-flick or other grown-up movie On Demand!!
6. Call a friend and catch up without the constant interruptions that typically come as soon as I put the phone to my ear.
7. Watch a show on the DVR from the night before that I fell asleep while trying to watch after the kids went to bed.
8. Paint my fingernails and/or give myself a pedicure.
9. Read a good celebrity gossip magazine.
10. Take a nap myself!!!
To many non-parents, these special “treats” may not sound like much, but to us moms that are constantly on-the-go, it’s the little things we do for ourselves that help us get through the day!
Sincerely,
From the Stork’s Nest~
Rebecca
What are some good Me-Time activities you do to pamper yourself?
I like to organize and/or pick up a little around the house during my daughter's nap time. The cleaner the house, the more sane I am :-)
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