Comments on: Weight for Deb (guest post).

By: Hanlie

Hanlie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:21:22 +0000

Thank you for this reminder, Deb and Carla! I HAVE been neglecting that aspect…

By: Seth Simonds

Seth Simonds — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:50:55 +0000

Carla: Oh yeah, even got your hubby to comment on it.

I have truly arrived as a blogger. =)

Deb: I’m still learning to feed my soul before I truly need it. Lots of mistakes and awkward timing, but I’m getting there!

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:53:44 +0000

My cure-all for the blues is “Holiday,” by Madonna. As an ex-aerobics instructor from back in the day, I have always loved that song. One, it’s the PERFECT Grapevine beat. EVERYONE can dance to it. But more importantly, the words say what I feel: every day should be some kind of celebration, and if you’re not feeling it, you need to find it. I still rock out to it today and I don’t care how it looks when people see me. My kids hear the beat, stop what they’re doing and dance with me now. I have requested that it be played at my funeral–hopefully decades away!–because I don’t want anyone to be sad. And I want them to get up and dance with me–”put your troubles down”–and remember me as someone who tried to look at every day as a holiday. “It would be so nice.”

By: Geosomin

Geosomin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:27:17 +0000

Dancing…bellydance and good old out on the floor monkeydancing…getting lost in the music feels great. Runnings pretty cool too.
I also love things like stained glass…where you can focus your mind and make something with your hands…so relaxing…I’m a doer. Moving meditation I suppose you could call it…

By: Quix

Quix — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:28:14 +0000

Feeding my soul moments (within monetary reason) usually involve some whiskey and the sunset on my back porch . However, swing dancing with my fiance last night and being silly was pretty soul-feeding too. Nice long easy runs in beautiful weather and beautiful settings work too.

Without restrictions – I’d say more time on the ocean and lots of beautiful sunsets. Running on the deck of the cruise ship at sea was actually amazing.

By: Pubsgal

Pubsgal — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:12:14 +0000

Oooo, Cranky, could you and Lobster please bring back the “tea dance” trend to the SF Bay Area? That sounds great! I could definitely use more dancing…hmmm…might be time to get DJ Hubster on the case and have a family dance party on Friday night…

One of the ways in which my husband and I feed our souls is by going to Hawaii whenever we can, which is about once every 2 years these days. If there were no restrictions, we’d go much more often. (Or heck, even move there!) This means that our day-to-day lives are a bit more frugal, but it works for us.

By: POD

POD — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:12:04 +0000

I’m with Cranky..tea time dances. Or my fusion dance from 730-830pm. That’s about as late as I can handle and I am the OLDEST person in the class with 3 high schoolers there dancing nearby.

The meat and tomato video was really gross. If you have to have raw food and meat protein, I’m all for him sticking his hand in the blender. haha
yuck!

By: JavaChick

JavaChick — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:39:55 +0000

If there were no restrictions and I could do whatever I wanted…I would go camping more often (didn’t get to go at all this summer) and probably just travel more in general. And I would buy a piano. I used to love to play (not saying I played well, as I’m self taught, but I enjoyed it immensely). Aside from having the cash to buy a piano, at the moment I don’t know where we’d find room for it. But someday I will have one, oh yes I will.

By: deb

deb — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:15:35 +0000

Thanks for the guest post opportunity, Carla. Re-reading this – I WANT TO GO OUT DANCING AGAIN.

By: Fab Kate

Fab Kate — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:12:59 +0000

You probably wouldn’t guess this about me, but I’d have my own art studio space. I love multimedia work, especially sculptural work. I don’t draw or paint much because I don’t get satisfaction from the PROCESS. I can’t wait to have a product… too darn impatient. But there’s something satisfying and fulfilling for me to feel something growing under my hands.

I have a number of multimedia pieces planned out, all reflections of cultural concerns and body image concerns, and I’ve been thinking of putting them together for years now. One of my dreams of owning my own home is having a room devoted to the art and computer work I want to do, a space that’s my own fortress of creativity.