mood-improvement ideas
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Following a couple of side conversations, I thought it might be helpful for
us to brainstorm some ideas for helping parents be cheery when it's winter (NZ
and Australia, you can cast your minds back six months and help us out!!) and
the kids are little and there news is sad and frustrating and grapes are
expensive.
One of my best is cheery music, cheery movies.
I make it a habit to avoid watching TV news, and I don't get the newspaper.
I prefer magazine analysis or online BBC if I really want to read up on
something that happened last week. I don't want the wild crazy speculation and
fright of what someone thinks is happening right now. My adrenaline shouldn't
be jerked around by things thousands of miles away. My kids need me whole and
calm HERE.
Food is good. If I'm hungry I get cranky or I rush people along. Have
snacks.
More ideas?
Sandra
us to brainstorm some ideas for helping parents be cheery when it's winter (NZ
and Australia, you can cast your minds back six months and help us out!!) and
the kids are little and there news is sad and frustrating and grapes are
expensive.
One of my best is cheery music, cheery movies.
I make it a habit to avoid watching TV news, and I don't get the newspaper.
I prefer magazine analysis or online BBC if I really want to read up on
something that happened last week. I don't want the wild crazy speculation and
fright of what someone thinks is happening right now. My adrenaline shouldn't
be jerked around by things thousands of miles away. My kids need me whole and
calm HERE.
Food is good. If I'm hungry I get cranky or I rush people along. Have
snacks.
More ideas?
Sandra
badolbilz
Good idea, Sandra. We're in western NY with 1/16th inch of ice on the
insides of our windows. It's bitterly cold and the girls, all under 7,
are really picking at each other bad. Normally, I'd have them strip
down and play in the shower or something like that, but it's too darn
cold. We've been baking lots of cookies, etc which is okay as long as
everyone gets to crack an egg. We watch lots of movies and tv and we go
to bed early. I get cranky and pushy when I'm tired. And we've been
living 24/7 in our pjs cause it's comfy and the pipes to the washing
machine are frozen. Alas, I can't do laundry ;). If all this keeps up,
it's going to be a long winter. I would love some fun, new and cheap ideas.
Heidi
SandraDodd@... wrote:
insides of our windows. It's bitterly cold and the girls, all under 7,
are really picking at each other bad. Normally, I'd have them strip
down and play in the shower or something like that, but it's too darn
cold. We've been baking lots of cookies, etc which is okay as long as
everyone gets to crack an egg. We watch lots of movies and tv and we go
to bed early. I get cranky and pushy when I'm tired. And we've been
living 24/7 in our pjs cause it's comfy and the pipes to the washing
machine are frozen. Alas, I can't do laundry ;). If all this keeps up,
it's going to be a long winter. I would love some fun, new and cheap ideas.
Heidi
SandraDodd@... wrote:
>Following a couple of side conversations, I thought it might be helpful for
>us to brainstorm some ideas for helping parents be cheery when it's winter (NZ
>and Australia, you can cast your minds back six months and help us out!!) and
>the kids are little and there news is sad and frustrating and grapes are
>expensive.
>
>
>One of my best is cheery music, cheery movies.
>
>I make it a habit to avoid watching TV news, and I don't get the newspaper.
>I prefer magazine analysis or online BBC if I really want to read up on
>something that happened last week. I don't want the wild crazy speculation and
>fright of what someone thinks is happening right now. My adrenaline shouldn't
>be jerked around by things thousands of miles away. My kids need me whole and
>calm HERE.
>
>Food is good. If I'm hungry I get cranky or I rush people along. Have
>snacks.
>
>More ideas?
>
>Sandra
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catherine aceto
The smell of food -- whether connected to food or not. Bake cookies or just boil some water on the stovetop with spices (cinnamon, vanilla, whatever) added. . Bake breadsticks -- or bread, but breadsticks are faster and easier (imo).
Spritz the house lightly with lemon-essential-oil in water when you dust.
For the mulled wine I just made for our twelfth night party, I started with oranges studded with cloves and baked in a medium oven -- it made the house smell fantastic. I think I will do it sometime just to make the house smell good (although mulled wine is also often nice in the winter, lol).
-Cat
Spritz the house lightly with lemon-essential-oil in water when you dust.
For the mulled wine I just made for our twelfth night party, I started with oranges studded with cloves and baked in a medium oven -- it made the house smell fantastic. I think I will do it sometime just to make the house smell good (although mulled wine is also often nice in the winter, lol).
-Cat
----- Original Message -----
From: SandraDodd@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 1:56 PM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] mood-improvement ideas
Following a couple of side conversations, I thought it might be helpful for
us to brainstorm some ideas for helping parents be cheery when it's winter
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Barbara Chase
whether or not it's winter, the first idea that came to my mind is to give
my kid a big loving hug. i happen to be feeling quite grumpy right now,
and to read this email is perfect. excuse me, i have a hug to go take care
of.
ciao
--bc--
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my kid a big loving hug. i happen to be feeling quite grumpy right now,
and to read this email is perfect. excuse me, i have a hug to go take care
of.
ciao
--bc--
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Jon and Rue Kream
I've noticed that a lot of people who have fireplaces don't actually use
them. We have a fire every day, and it really changes the atmosphere of
our house - plus we can have toasted marshmallows and s'mores at a
moment's notice :0).
I second the no tv news and snack ideas. Just going to a different
grocery store and trying some food I've never seen before brings
something new into the house when I'm feeling the winter blahs. We
watch a lot of movies in the winter, which is good because we get to see
new things, but also good because we get to snuggle up together, which
always makes me feel calm and good.
I like to reorganize our stuff in the winter too. Moving things around
makes the house different, and we often find things we had forgotten and
play with them like they're new.
When the kids were littler I'd stock up on new bath toys - shaving
cream, paint, crayons, etc. - so they could take warm baths and I could
sit in the room with them and hear them giggling, and maybe catch a few
minutes of reading. ~Rue
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them. We have a fire every day, and it really changes the atmosphere of
our house - plus we can have toasted marshmallows and s'mores at a
moment's notice :0).
I second the no tv news and snack ideas. Just going to a different
grocery store and trying some food I've never seen before brings
something new into the house when I'm feeling the winter blahs. We
watch a lot of movies in the winter, which is good because we get to see
new things, but also good because we get to snuggle up together, which
always makes me feel calm and good.
I like to reorganize our stuff in the winter too. Moving things around
makes the house different, and we often find things we had forgotten and
play with them like they're new.
When the kids were littler I'd stock up on new bath toys - shaving
cream, paint, crayons, etc. - so they could take warm baths and I could
sit in the room with them and hear them giggling, and maybe catch a few
minutes of reading. ~Rue
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Send everyone away for a couple of hours. Fill a tub with hot water, washing
hair in tub while it is filling up. Add some Skin So Soft oil to the bath. Put
hair up, get into the tub and relax. Prior to doing this, I like to put my
Misty Celtic Morning CD in the player. It has the flute and nature sounds, and
is very relaxing. I also like to light candles in the bathroom and turn out the
lights. I soak. I dry off, wrapped in towel I head for my bedroom, where the
bed was already made. I moisturize my feet and hands, and give myself a
manicure and pedicure.
I feel great!
Shannon,
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hair in tub while it is filling up. Add some Skin So Soft oil to the bath. Put
hair up, get into the tub and relax. Prior to doing this, I like to put my
Misty Celtic Morning CD in the player. It has the flute and nature sounds, and
is very relaxing. I also like to light candles in the bathroom and turn out the
lights. I soak. I dry off, wrapped in towel I head for my bedroom, where the
bed was already made. I moisturize my feet and hands, and give myself a
manicure and pedicure.
I feel great!
Shannon,
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Julie Solich
We love wrapping up by the fire or piling into my bed and reading our
favourite stories. Hot chocolate or a pot of tea to go with it and
everyone's happy.
Julie
favourite stories. Hot chocolate or a pot of tea to go with it and
everyone's happy.
Julie
Betsy
**some ideas for helping parents be cheery when it's winter...**
I discussed with my husband setting our clock radio to go off at 6:05
instead of 6:00am, because the newest deaths in Iraq are announced every
morning just after 6. (I'm already outraged and sad and politically
mobilized, I'm not willing to begin many days each week grieving again
and again.)
**One of my best is cheery music, cheery movies.
**
Maybe people could recommend some video comedies? My son loves anything
humorous, but when I stand at the video store and look at the boxes,
they tend not to look amusing.
We all liked Bruce Almighty, even though reviewers weren't super
enthusiastic.
**More ideas?**
Invite people over, as much as you can.
**I like to reorganize our stuff in the winter too. **
It's not cold enough to snow here, so our garage isn't super cold. The
third rainy day in a row is good day to rummage and reorganize in the
garage.
Betsy
Betsy
I discussed with my husband setting our clock radio to go off at 6:05
instead of 6:00am, because the newest deaths in Iraq are announced every
morning just after 6. (I'm already outraged and sad and politically
mobilized, I'm not willing to begin many days each week grieving again
and again.)
**One of my best is cheery music, cheery movies.
**
Maybe people could recommend some video comedies? My son loves anything
humorous, but when I stand at the video store and look at the boxes,
they tend not to look amusing.
We all liked Bruce Almighty, even though reviewers weren't super
enthusiastic.
**More ideas?**
Invite people over, as much as you can.
**I like to reorganize our stuff in the winter too. **
It's not cold enough to snow here, so our garage isn't super cold. The
third rainy day in a row is good day to rummage and reorganize in the
garage.
Betsy
Betsy
Penn Acres
Wow I can sympathize with the original poster. We had soooooo many days like this years ago. I am the curl up and read or sleep and veg kind of person in the really cold weather- my kids-g'kid, ggk'ds never were/are. Videos/going out was never really an option most of those times-wood fires to keep going-no vehicle-animals to take care of/milk/small children-long way to town.
What I absolutely had to do , I found was to turn on and keep on all possible lights-music on-radio. indoor games that had the kids laughing and running around.they just had to have the physical exercise to make up for not going out -even too much reading stories made it worse. I was ready to sleep but they werent. sometimes we had to move everyone to one main room as we couldnt keep the whole house warm. Now we are able to heat more rooms and on weekends at least we can import a few friends.
grace
in the mild this week rocky Mountains of BC.
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What I absolutely had to do , I found was to turn on and keep on all possible lights-music on-radio. indoor games that had the kids laughing and running around.they just had to have the physical exercise to make up for not going out -even too much reading stories made it worse. I was ready to sleep but they werent. sometimes we had to move everyone to one main room as we couldnt keep the whole house warm. Now we are able to heat more rooms and on weekends at least we can import a few friends.
grace
in the mild this week rocky Mountains of BC.
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Sylvia Toyama
Watching old cartoons with the kids is always a good way to break a cranky mood. We get Cartoon Network, so we can watch Tom&Jerry or LooneyTunes, with Bugs Bunny or Coyote & Roadrunner. We also enjoy watching Duck Dodger in the 24th and a half Century (daffy duck as buck rogers!).
A bath always works around here, too.... Jello is one snack my kids always love...and happy kids makes it much easier for me to find a good mood! Hot cocoa and cinnamon toast is a yummy treat! Dan loves maraschino cherries -- they are really cheap and fun, he feels very special with a bowl of several cherries with stems.
video ideas.... Princess Bride.... A Fish Called Wanda is one we adults loved..... some years ago I saw a video of Blind Date, starring Bruce Willis & Kim Basinger -- a really funny movie along the lines of the most disastrous blind date one could ever have.
Play-doh is fun, too, and somehow very therapeutic for me. Just mashing and squeezing the play-doh, mixing colors. The kids cut out cookies other snacks.
Sylvia
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A bath always works around here, too.... Jello is one snack my kids always love...and happy kids makes it much easier for me to find a good mood! Hot cocoa and cinnamon toast is a yummy treat! Dan loves maraschino cherries -- they are really cheap and fun, he feels very special with a bowl of several cherries with stems.
video ideas.... Princess Bride.... A Fish Called Wanda is one we adults loved..... some years ago I saw a video of Blind Date, starring Bruce Willis & Kim Basinger -- a really funny movie along the lines of the most disastrous blind date one could ever have.
Play-doh is fun, too, and somehow very therapeutic for me. Just mashing and squeezing the play-doh, mixing colors. The kids cut out cookies other snacks.
Sylvia
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Wife2Vegman
Whipped Cream attacks. When the kids are least
expecting it, run into the room with a can of whipped
cream and yell, "OPEN YOUR MOUTH, CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND
YOU WILL GET A YUMMY SURPRISE!" And then fill their
mouthes with whipped cream.
Roast mini-marshmallows on toothpicks over candles.
Turn on the spanish soap opera channel and make up
dialog for what is going on.
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--Susan in VA
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expecting it, run into the room with a can of whipped
cream and yell, "OPEN YOUR MOUTH, CLOSE YOUR EYES, AND
YOU WILL GET A YUMMY SURPRISE!" And then fill their
mouthes with whipped cream.
Roast mini-marshmallows on toothpicks over candles.
Turn on the spanish soap opera channel and make up
dialog for what is going on.
=====
--Susan in VA
WifetoVegman
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another video we enjoy is Groundhog Day, with Bill Murray and my boys love the Crocodile Hunter shows, if you can find them on video, or get cable -- Animal Planet.
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on 1/17/04 7:15 PM, Betsy at ecsamhill@... wrote:
Monty Python
Wallace & Grommet (animation)
Muppets Treasure Island
The Princess Bride
Born Yesterday
Raising Arizona
O Brother Where Art Thou
Galaxy Quest (highly recommended!)
Meet the Parents
Paula
> Maybe people could recommend some video comedies? My son loves anythingI'm sure you've thought of some of these, but off the top of my head:
> humorous, but when I stand at the video store and look at the boxes,
> they tend not to look amusing.
Monty Python
Wallace & Grommet (animation)
Muppets Treasure Island
The Princess Bride
Born Yesterday
Raising Arizona
O Brother Where Art Thou
Galaxy Quest (highly recommended!)
Meet the Parents
Paula
Dana Matt
HAve you seen Billy Murray in "The man who knew too
little"? Or Steve Martin's "The Jerk"? Those are
guaranteed to lift your spirits :)
Dana
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guaranteed to lift your spirits :)
Dana
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on 1/17/04 7:15 PM, Betsy at ecsamhill@... wrote:
Mr. Chicken" and "The Shakiest Gun in the West" (I think that's the name) There
is another one I can never find, where he becomes a fish, I can't remember
the name now. I also like "Overboard" with Goldie Hawn and "Ruthless People" and
"Outrageous Fortune" with Bette Midler.
Laura Buoni
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> Maybe people could recommend some video comedies? My son loves anythingMy kids like Abbot and Costello movies and also Don Knotts, "The Ghost and
> humorous, but when I stand at the video store and look at the boxes,
> they tend not to look amusing.
Mr. Chicken" and "The Shakiest Gun in the West" (I think that's the name) There
is another one I can never find, where he becomes a fish, I can't remember
the name now. I also like "Overboard" with Goldie Hawn and "Ruthless People" and
"Outrageous Fortune" with Bette Midler.
Laura Buoni
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Betsy
**
I'm sure you've thought of some of these, but off the top of my head:
Monty Python
Wallace & Grommet (animation)
Muppets Treasure Island
The Princess Bride
Born Yesterday
Raising Arizona
O Brother Where Art Thou
Galaxy Quest (highly recommended!)
Meet the Parents**
Hi, Paula --
We love Galaxy Quest, Wallace & Grommet and the Princess Bride, so we'll
have to check out your other recs. Thanks!
Betsy
I'm sure you've thought of some of these, but off the top of my head:
Monty Python
Wallace & Grommet (animation)
Muppets Treasure Island
The Princess Bride
Born Yesterday
Raising Arizona
O Brother Where Art Thou
Galaxy Quest (highly recommended!)
Meet the Parents**
Hi, Paula --
We love Galaxy Quest, Wallace & Grommet and the Princess Bride, so we'll
have to check out your other recs. Thanks!
Betsy
Jennifer and Scott Lynch
Sometimes when we are all feeling low my daughter will ask for a "messy day"
which means we move around all the furniture in a room, turn mattresses into
mountains etc. Sometimes the rooms stay rearranged, sometimes they get put
back, either way it makes us all feel better.
Jen
which means we move around all the furniture in a room, turn mattresses into
mountains etc. Sometimes the rooms stay rearranged, sometimes they get put
back, either way it makes us all feel better.
Jen
catherine aceto
You know, I had never thought about doing that. It's funny -- I think of myself as a very "out of the box" sort of person -- undaunted by mess and the fact that the couch cushions are all on the floor mixed with many of the bed blankets to make a mermaid's grotto -- but actually moving the furniture around and turning the mattresses into mountains. Very cool.
I love this list.
-Cat
I love this list.
-Cat
----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer and Scott Lynch
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] mood-improvement ideas
Sometimes when we are all feeling low my daughter will ask for a "messy day"
which means we move around all the furniture in a room, turn mattresses into
mountains etc. Sometimes the rooms stay rearranged, sometimes they get put
back, either way it makes us all feel better.
Jen
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Barb Eaton
We like to roast marshmallows over the gas stove flame too. Getting out
in the sun every chance I get helps me. We have a bigger house now so the
boys have more room to run around. They had sleepover guest this weekend and
had a great time playing hide and seek in the house.
The Incredible Mr. Limpet is the movie you are trying to think of Laura.
We're going to do a Neverending Story marathon this week. It's not a comedy
but we all like it.
When the boys were babies just getting out of the house to walk around
the block helped or out on the porch swing. Sometimes I'd keep going around
and around. Having friends over or visited their house was a change of pace
and got me out. I'm a talker so it cheered me up.
I'm planning my new flower gardens and such. Looking through books and
finding things that I think may work out or I can build from. I don't know
much about what is local but it's been fun planning. I wish I'd gotten the
bulbs I have in the ground right after we moved but I was kidding myself.
The bird feeders have been fun to watch. Less activity now but there are
still a few birds around. Bird feeders are new to us too. I have binoculars
out so we can see them up close
I'll be working seasonal again the beginning of feb for two weeks. That
really changes things around here. I've always said Feb is the _longest_
month. I doubt I say that this year. LOL!
Sandra thanks! You made me smile with the carob comment. Reminded me of
Genie at the end of Alandin. "Made you look!"
Barb E
"Shared laughter is like family glue. It is the stuff of
family well-being and all-is-well thoughts. It brings us
together as few other things can."
-- Valerie Bell, author
in the sun every chance I get helps me. We have a bigger house now so the
boys have more room to run around. They had sleepover guest this weekend and
had a great time playing hide and seek in the house.
The Incredible Mr. Limpet is the movie you are trying to think of Laura.
We're going to do a Neverending Story marathon this week. It's not a comedy
but we all like it.
When the boys were babies just getting out of the house to walk around
the block helped or out on the porch swing. Sometimes I'd keep going around
and around. Having friends over or visited their house was a change of pace
and got me out. I'm a talker so it cheered me up.
I'm planning my new flower gardens and such. Looking through books and
finding things that I think may work out or I can build from. I don't know
much about what is local but it's been fun planning. I wish I'd gotten the
bulbs I have in the ground right after we moved but I was kidding myself.
The bird feeders have been fun to watch. Less activity now but there are
still a few birds around. Bird feeders are new to us too. I have binoculars
out so we can see them up close
I'll be working seasonal again the beginning of feb for two weeks. That
really changes things around here. I've always said Feb is the _longest_
month. I doubt I say that this year. LOL!
Sandra thanks! You made me smile with the carob comment. Reminded me of
Genie at the end of Alandin. "Made you look!"
Barb E
"Shared laughter is like family glue. It is the stuff of
family well-being and all-is-well thoughts. It brings us
together as few other things can."
-- Valerie Bell, author
>
> Roast mini-marshmallows on toothpicks over candles.
>
> Turn on the spanish soap opera channel and make up
> dialog for what is going on.
>
>
>
> =====
> --Susan in VA
Tia Leschke
>My grandfather and I used to watch movies sometimes with the sound turned
>
>Turn on the spanish soap opera channel and make up
>dialog for what is going on.
off. We'd make up a story to go with what we were watching.
Tia
nellebelle
We do this with bread dough too. Just make a batch of bread dough, let everyone have a piece to play with, then bake when they are done playing. The shapes don't seem to matter - lumps, ropes, cookie cutter shapes - they all taste good!
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen
----- Original Message -----Play-doh is fun, too, and somehow very therapeutic for me. Just mashing and squeezing the play-doh, mixing colors. The kids cut out cookies other snacks.
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Jane Van Benthusen
Our house if full of balloon animals right now and everyone is loving
learning how to make them. :) Jane
learning how to make them. :) Jane
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] mood-improvement ideas
> We do this with bread dough too. Just make a batch of bread dough, let
everyone have a piece to play with, then bake when they are done playing.
The shapes don't seem to matter - lumps, ropes, cookie cutter shapes - they
all taste good!
>
> Mary Ellen
>
> ----- Original Message -----Play-doh is fun, too, and somehow very
therapeutic for me. Just mashing and squeezing the play-doh, mixing colors.
The kids cut out cookies other snacks.
>
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In a message dated 1/18/2004 10:48:08 PM Central Standard Time,
jane@... writes:
and made a car full and took them to my MIL's birthday party the next night,
it was mostly adults who came and they just loved them. I noticed everyone who
left had made sure they took theirs home with them. There are several good
balloon books and videos out. We love the Captain Visual book, it as a motorcycle
my son loves to make. I think balloon stuff is a real mood lifter, the hats
crack me up and wearing them places is a real hoot.
Laura Buoni
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jane@... writes:
> Our house if full of balloon animals right now and everyone is lovingHats are fun too, I love making balloon hats. One night I sat and watched TV
> learning how to make them. :) Jane
>
and made a car full and took them to my MIL's birthday party the next night,
it was mostly adults who came and they just loved them. I noticed everyone who
left had made sure they took theirs home with them. There are several good
balloon books and videos out. We love the Captain Visual book, it as a motorcycle
my son loves to make. I think balloon stuff is a real mood lifter, the hats
crack me up and wearing them places is a real hoot.
Laura Buoni
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Jane Van Benthusen
Wow! A motorcycle! We'll have to check that out! Thanks, Jane :)
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From: <BonKnit@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] mood-improvement ideas
> In a message dated 1/18/2004 10:48:08 PM Central Standard Time,
> jane@... writes:
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> > Our house if full of balloon animals right now and everyone is loving
> > learning how to make them. :) Jane
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> Hats are fun too, I love making balloon hats. One night I sat and
watched TV
> and made a car full and took them to my MIL's birthday party the next
night,
> it was mostly adults who came and they just loved them. I noticed
everyone who
> left had made sure they took theirs home with them. There are several
good
> balloon books and videos out. We love the Captain Visual book, it as a
motorcycle
> my son loves to make. I think balloon stuff is a real mood lifter, the
hats
> crack me up and wearing them places is a real hoot.
> Laura Buoni
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