OT- ideas for a "staycation"
That would be fun. It reminds me of many years ago when I lived with my grandparents, who rarely used their air conditioner even when it was boiling hot in the summer. They had a brick house and it just held in the heat. It would be so hot at night I couldn't sleep and I would take a sleeping bag out in the yard and sleep outside. My cat thought it was great fun and always curled with me out there.
Kelly
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i have found lots of videos on the you tube making different kinds of jewlery and craf ideas out of recycled items...old magazines, make into beads and boxes and such...egg shell mosiacic pendents and such..im having a blast learning new things...make paper beads and then making neclaces out of them...use the old magazines too....i have found ideas to re use the plastic bags you get from groceries and crocheting them into beach bags and such....or the re useable grocery bags instead of the cloth ones...
so that i what i am doing now...beyondbracelets.com has some great tutorials on you tube..i really like her ideas...re using the egg shells is a great way to recycle....along with the old magazines...and pop can tab jelwery....i have made like 20 bracelets so far...
good luck on finding somethign to keep you busy
debby
so that i what i am doing now...beyondbracelets.com has some great tutorials on you tube..i really like her ideas...re using the egg shells is a great way to recycle....along with the old magazines...and pop can tab jelwery....i have made like 20 bracelets so far...
good luck on finding somethign to keep you busy
debby
Are there any historic sites in your area? Most places have tours that aren't horribly expensive.
Go swimming
Go to the movies (have you seen Magic Mike yet??)
Pedicure (it costs me about $25 for a basic pedi but I always splurge for the spa pedi which is $10 more)
We rent a lot from RedBox!
Go swimming
Go to the movies (have you seen Magic Mike yet??)
Pedicure (it costs me about $25 for a basic pedi but I always splurge for the spa pedi which is $10 more)
We rent a lot from RedBox!
Suzanne RNY: 4/17/12 - HW: 267 - SW: - 256 - GW: 150 
All my vacations are "staycations." Wish I had the discretionary funds to travel; maybe sometime in the future. Anyway, here are some of the things I do to entertain myself:
1. Find a new place to hike/walk, usually trails, but sometimes I will just go to a local town that I know of, but don't spend time in, and just walk the streets, looking at the neighborhood homes/businesses.
2. On that same vein, going to a historical society (or even a library) in a neighboring town can be fun.
3. Experimental cooking.
4. Wandering through a plant nursery (I never buy anything, but I do like to see the different varieties of flowers/trees that are available).
5. Dressing in my bathing suit and reading in the sun on a towel.
6. Purging a room or area in my house. I love to get rid of things, so I will take an area and focus on organizing/ridding myself of unnecessary items. Always makes me feel accomplished.
7. Used bookstore wanderings. The only problem with this, is my instinct to spend is at its highest, so I try not to do this often.
8. Exploring back roads
9. Photography days: I usually couple this with a new town or new trail exploration, but going out to take pics with a theme in mind: abandoned buildings, old barns, birds, macro shots, etc., and then experimenting with the finished shots in a photo editor program (I use the free program Picasa).
Not sure if any of those ideas appeal to you, but those are some of the things I enjoy doing.
I've never done it, but I have heard from others that geocaching can be fun.
http://www.geocaching.com/
1. Find a new place to hike/walk, usually trails, but sometimes I will just go to a local town that I know of, but don't spend time in, and just walk the streets, looking at the neighborhood homes/businesses.
2. On that same vein, going to a historical society (or even a library) in a neighboring town can be fun.
3. Experimental cooking.
4. Wandering through a plant nursery (I never buy anything, but I do like to see the different varieties of flowers/trees that are available).
5. Dressing in my bathing suit and reading in the sun on a towel.
6. Purging a room or area in my house. I love to get rid of things, so I will take an area and focus on organizing/ridding myself of unnecessary items. Always makes me feel accomplished.
7. Used bookstore wanderings. The only problem with this, is my instinct to spend is at its highest, so I try not to do this often.
8. Exploring back roads
9. Photography days: I usually couple this with a new town or new trail exploration, but going out to take pics with a theme in mind: abandoned buildings, old barns, birds, macro shots, etc., and then experimenting with the finished shots in a photo editor program (I use the free program Picasa).
Not sure if any of those ideas appeal to you, but those are some of the things I enjoy doing.
I've never done it, but I have heard from others that geocaching can be fun.
http://www.geocaching.com/
~Jen
RNY, 8/1/2011
HW: 348 SW: 306 CW:-fighting regain GW: 140
He who endures, conquers. ~Persius
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