Ten on Tuesday: 10 Things to Do to Improve One's Mood

1.  Take slow deep breaths.  It really works.  Yoga works the same way.  Cool down that adrenalin.

2.  Go to the farmstand and buy freshly harvested vegetables.  All that potential!  It is healthy and even tastes good!

3.  Deadhead the flowers on the deck.  Cut some herbs.

4.  Drink a glass of nice wine.  Just a glass.

5  Knit on something that is going well.  If it stops going well, put it down and walk away.

6.  Watch WhereTheHellIsMatt's 2008 video, or Susan Boyle's Britain's Got Talent audition.  Both are on Youtube, both are viral, so no link supplied.  I'm lazy.

7.  Hug Mr. Etherknitter. 

8.  Watch the deck critters.  Our favorite summer corn recipe requires cutting it off the cob.  Mr. E leaves the cobs on the deck, and this is what happens next.  (I eliminate the cumin, sub out different herbs, add diced zukes/peppers, and switch the butter to olive oil.)

9.  Do at least 20 minutes of aerobic exercise.  Lots of study data to support this one.

10.  Get yarn in the mail.  Or fiber.  Artfibers moved from San Francisco to Pinole, CA.  They are doing yarntasting by mail.  I could not resist the August installment.  $10 includes postage, and 15 yards x 6 yarns.  The website has six lace patterns for the August yarns.  Yum!

Comments

[margene]

You have the best ideas.
Instead of feeding squirrels I'll feed the chickens!
A yarn tasting sounds lovely.

[Ellen]

Is this a cure for teaching residents?

[Marcia]

Have a target match (pellet rifle) with the Old Man from the new patio.
Beat the pants off the Old Man in aforementioned target match.
Play with laser trainer for new 9mm pistol.

I could go on....

[Diane]

Are we allowed to hug Mr. Etherknitter too?

[Lucia]

Oooh, I like #10. At least once it has happened to me at exactly the right moment without my ordering anything.

[Lynn]

I may have put a little too much dill in my version of the corn salad, but it's still yummy. Keep recommending recipes; I may learn to like cooking again.

[TeresaC]

11. Read this blog.

[gayle]

TeresaC beat me to my comment... 8)

[Kathy]

The squirrel gives me the creeps! But, getting together with you raises my spirits!!

[Mary Lou]

But then the squirrels eat my garden. No corncobs for my squirrels. A good list. I'll add picking fresh produce from the garden, and sitting down with a good book. But not a difficult or depressing one.

[Teyani]

great ideas, all of them.
and I might add, sit down at the computer and read your friend's blogs ;-)

[romi]

I love this!!! Thank you. :)