Quote of the Day: No day is so bad it can’t be fixed with a nap. – Carrie Snow, comedian
(I found that one plus several more great quotes on sleep in this month’s Reader’s Digest.)
And, here I am indulging in one of my guilty pleasures. (Notice the Scriptfrenzy t-shirt.) I was a busy Mama that day from early morning blog posting to lunch with a friend, to coffee and scriptwriting, then taught piano lessons, fed the kids, hauled them to their stuff, then more stuff, and still more stuff.
In my drama, Coffee Shop Confessions, five women meet often for coffee and to plan songs and shows. They are Laura, Lolly, Jewell, Aubrey and Roxy. Laura’s guilty pleasure is extra whip cream on her latte. She tells Sam, the barista, to use skim milk “because I put on five pounds just last week.”
Sam: Hold the whip cream, too?
Laura: Don’t be silly, Sam. A girl’s gotta have some pleasures in this life.
Jewell confesses that she saves up the change from her grocery money to get pedicures.
Aubrey reads online dating profiles in between clients at her salon that is conveniently across the street from the coffee shop.
Lolly reads mysteries and keeps travel brochures in her handbag.
This boy enjoys a book, a beverage, and a sunny spot to read. (notice the product placement, non-paid advertisement)
My other guilty pleasure is anything with the main ingredient chocolate. I saw a brownie recipe on a newly discovered blog, Bunny’s Warm Oven , that I need to try this weekend.
Journaling Prompt: What’s YOUR guilty pleasure? Describe a time when you went to extremes to have it or hide it.
My guilty pleasure- hmm… reading and boxing. Except that I am not all that guilty about either one of them 🙂
Great ones, Tabitha. I’m not really guilty about the naps, either. When you’re tired, rest.
My guilty pleasure is sleeping in – which is something I seldom get to do. Have great surprises tomorrow, Mary.
Oooh…brownies and naps! Does it get any better than that?!
Right now I seem to be guilty pleasure free. I’m going to have a little more time in May and I’m looking forward to goofing off more then. 🙂
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
Hmmm my guilty pleasure is a nice massage and reading a good book!
I love yours!!
Your nap saga reminds me of a passage in Dandelion Wine. The character says that every day has a happy ending, because we get to go to sleep 🙂
Guilty pleasure? Chocolate!
I think we all need to indulge in those pleasures this weekend. My son, the one in the pic, says that I don’t take enough time to just be lazy.
Guilty pleasures?? Hmmm… I could probably go on and on and on…
-Diet Mountain Dew [or pretty much any pop created]
-Afternoon naps
-Watching TV in the afternoon – usually NCIS or Law & Order: SVU
-and… getting a pedicure. I have only indulged 3 or 4 times in my life, but I swear – if I could, I’d have one every 2 weeks. I LOVE getting my feet pampered [weird, no??] and so a pedicure, complete with a foot massage I didn’t have to beg my husband for, is like Heaven!
I’m a nap girl, too. They come few and far between but I sure do enjoy them when the stars align just so.
Mary, I answered this recently on another blog, so had pondered it recently. I think my guilty but necessary pleasure is my once-a-week writing outing that I indulge in. Naps come in at a close second. Chocolate, third. If I have all of those in one day, I’m in heaven. I think our times at Nichole’s have definitely been a guilty pleasure too, wouldn’t you agree??? 🙂
You and me at Nicole’s, then a nap. Ya, that’s a slice of Heaven!
I’m laughing here, do you know how many times I almost posted a me napping pic, and then chickened out? Especially the one with my mouth open. Last summer was especially trying with all the normal stuff plus an gardening business. Naps were what happened when i sat down it seemed.
now , they are a guilty pleasure…
That’s funny, Deb. I had actually woken up, then asked one of the boys to take the photo. I was drifting back off to sleep, though. I love naps.
I LOVE naps but feel they are my right, as are long jogs and chocolates.
Guilty pleasure? Reading an unputdownable book when I have work to do???11111 Got one yelling at me now….
Great post!!!
patti
We can feel way too guilty about taking care of our needs. Read the book, take the nap, eat the chocolate. And, later, you’ll have gumption to tackle the work.
We can feel way too guilty about taking care of our needs. Read the book, take the nap, eat the chocolate. And, later, you’ll have gumption to tackle the work.
Guilty pleasure: driving the long way home so that I can enjoy the current audio book in my CD player, now that I have so little time to actually read.
Ooo, audio books and the long way home – sounds great!
Hi Mary!
It was so good to see you in my comments the other day!
Scriptfrenzy is finished! I actually “finished” a week ago. I use quotations because I’m convinced it’s NOT a technically correct script. But it got my idea out into the “real” world and now I can work it into a novel. Yes. Novel. I am NOT a script writer. I need more freedom for description (and rambling!). It sounds like your script is coming along nicely.
I love your characters and their guilty pleasures. If I had to name one for myself, it would be a monthly jaunt to the bookstore to pick up the British edition of Country Living (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than our version).
Have a wonderful weekend!
Jen
Hey, Jen, so good to have your voice here. Enjoy Country Living, British style!
I think mine is buying the occasional Starbucks drink. I know I *shouldn’t,* that it’s a waste of money, but every now and then I like to pamper myself with one!
Rosslyn, We gotta have our good coffee now and then. mmm.
Rosslyn, We gotta have our good coffee now and then. mmm.
Oh, Mary, you’re gonna love Bunny’s Oven…I’ve tried several recipes now and each is as delicious as the other. As for naps, well, girl, you look so peaceful, you’ve inspired me to lie on the coach to see if my eyelids still work (one never knows!)!
Yay, Kittie. Enjoy the peace a nap brings.