Comments on: Which are you? http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Tue, 22 May 2012 07:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22434 Grannymar Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:43:45 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22434 Baino, I promise I am not sending you to the sin bin. At this stage you must have a free degree in extensions! :roll: Baino,

I promise I am not sending you to the sin bin. At this stage you must have a free degree in extensions! :roll:

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22429 Grannymar Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:01:18 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22429 @Elly - Ahh! I found a way in which you are not like your dad! He used to think about the time he wanted to get up just before going to sleep and he always woke on the button - no alarm clock required! @Elf - If Elly had an important reason to get up early... I grilled bacon and she couldn't resist it. Now I must have a word in George's ear....! @Elly - Ahh! I found a way in which you are not like your dad! He used to think about the time he wanted to get up just before going to sleep and he always woke on the button - no alarm clock required!

@Elf - If Elly had an important reason to get up early… I grilled bacon and she couldn’t resist it. Now I must have a word in George’s ear….!

]]> By: elfinamsterdam http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22427 elfinamsterdam Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:08:57 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22427 I was always a happy morning kid, something to do with the fact that my mum spoiled me rotten and had a bed on the sofa and yummy breakfast waiting for me. (she now does the same to my nephew) As an adult in Uni I would often lay in bed reading for hours once I woke. But was never a night person, got tired/bored by midnight and have been known to fall asleep in nightclubs. In my last job I loved going to work so much I was always happy to jump out of bed and run around the corner to work, to see what mayhem we could create that day. Now I have to say I find going to sleep difficulty and like Phil it can take me a while to nod off. Which means dragging myself out of bed after many "snoozes" at 8am. But once I'm up I'm cheerful and chatty always! :) I was always a happy morning kid, something to do with the fact that my mum spoiled me rotten and had a bed on the sofa and yummy breakfast waiting for me. (she now does the same to my nephew)

As an adult in Uni I would often lay in bed reading for hours once I woke. But was never a night person, got tired/bored by midnight and have been known to fall asleep in nightclubs.

In my last job I loved going to work so much I was always happy to jump out of bed and run around the corner to work, to see what mayhem we could create that day.

Now I have to say I find going to sleep difficulty and like Phil it can take me a while to nod off. Which means dragging myself out of bed after many “snoozes” at 8am. But once I’m up I’m cheerful and chatty always! :)

]]> By: elly parker http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22426 elly parker Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:56:14 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22426 I'm nearly always in bed by 11:00 - 11:30 these days, and have gone back to my childhood habit of reading for 10/15 mins before going to sleep. Recently though, sleep has not come quickly when I want it to - I'm finding it hard to get comfortable in bed - I think it's time to change my pillow again, something I end up doing 2/3 times a year when this starts happening - not a cheap habit as I use memory foam pillows! I'm not a morning person at all, and struggle to get up by 8am each weekday. Hubbie is usually an early riser and that means I get about an hour in bed to myself each morning. On weekends, if there is no alarm, I have often been known to sleep straight through to noon or 2pm, unless woken - somehow I've developed a way to lie that doesn't press on my bladder, so I can stay in bed for 12/14 hours straight!! When I'm sick, my body just shuts down, and I can easily sleep for 20 hours out of 24, rising just to use the bathroom and get food. I also sweat buckets in bed as my body tries to heal itself! I’m nearly always in bed by 11:00 - 11:30 these days, and have gone back to my childhood habit of reading for 10/15 mins before going to sleep. Recently though, sleep has not come quickly when I want it to - I’m finding it hard to get comfortable in bed - I think it’s time to change my pillow again, something I end up doing 2/3 times a year when this starts happening - not a cheap habit as I use memory foam pillows!

I’m not a morning person at all, and struggle to get up by 8am each weekday. Hubbie is usually an early riser and that means I get about an hour in bed to myself each morning. On weekends, if there is no alarm, I have often been known to sleep straight through to noon or 2pm, unless woken - somehow I’ve developed a way to lie that doesn’t press on my bladder, so I can stay in bed for 12/14 hours straight!!

When I’m sick, my body just shuts down, and I can easily sleep for 20 hours out of 24, rising just to use the bathroom and get food. I also sweat buckets in bed as my body tries to heal itself!

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22424 Grannymar Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:24:11 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22424 @WWW - When you come to Ireland I might introduce you to a few of my Toyboys! @Nora - I know the 5.30am feeling, two hours at a stretch seems to be my limit. Where are the toyboys when I need them? ;) @Jonny - I agree! @WWW - When you come to Ireland I might introduce you to a few of my Toyboys!

@Nora - I know the 5.30am feeling, two hours at a stretch seems to be my limit. Where are the toyboys when I need them? ;)

@Jonny - I agree!

]]> By: Jonny http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22422 Jonny Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:25:20 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22422 Ah nothing better than watching the world awaken :) Ah nothing better than watching the world awaken :)

]]> By: Baino http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22420 Baino Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:09:04 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22420 I set my alarm for 6am but usually well awake before then so yep, definitely a 'morning' person. Besides, it gives me the opportunity to catch up with overseas night owls! And yeh as you get older you need less I believe. I tend to be wakeful at about 3am. As for the morning ritual . . two cups of strong Irish breakfast tea and at the moment, a small bowl of apple/cinamon porridge . . it's getting chilly down under! I set my alarm for 6am but usually well awake before then so yep, definitely a ‘morning’ person. Besides, it gives me the opportunity to catch up with overseas night owls! And yeh as you get older you need less I believe. I tend to be wakeful at about 3am. As for the morning ritual . . two cups of strong Irish breakfast tea and at the moment, a small bowl of apple/cinamon porridge . . it’s getting chilly down under!

]]> By: Nora http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22419 Nora Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:56:37 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22419 An interesting discussion, Grannymar. My sleep pattern has changed since I'm old. I am a morning person, 5:30 is my hour to shine, but I take a good p.m. nap so I don't nod off in my chair until past ten p.m. When my kids were growing up, especially as teenagers, I stayed awake worrying about them. But now I can really know off the ZZZZs and fall asleep when my head hits the pillow, just about. There is nothing so lovely as bed now. Or maybe there is but that's in the past. Thanks for twilighting. Nora An interesting discussion, Grannymar. My sleep pattern has changed since I’m old. I am a morning person, 5:30 is my hour to shine, but I take a good p.m. nap so I don’t nod off in my chair until past ten p.m. When my kids were growing up, especially as teenagers, I stayed awake worrying about them. But now I can really know off the ZZZZs and fall asleep when my head hits the pillow, just about. There is nothing so lovely as bed now. Or maybe there is but that’s in the past.

Thanks for twilighting.

Nora

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22418 wisewebwoman Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:33:28 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22418 I'm such a night owl, GM, even though a few times in my life (marathon training, dawn tennis matches) I would force myself into the morning package. I also adore my bed, I can power nap at the drop of a hat (planes, side of the road in the car, trains,) but also spend an inordinate amt of time reading in bed - a habit from childhood, under the covers with the flashlight now gleefully with good bedside light. (You might consider shipping me a toyboy one of these days - he he) I do well on 7-8 hours sleep but it usually is 6. XO WWW I’m such a night owl, GM, even though a few times in my life (marathon training, dawn tennis matches) I would force myself into the morning package.
I also adore my bed, I can power nap at the drop of a hat (planes, side of the road in the car, trains,) but also spend an inordinate amt of time reading in bed - a habit from childhood, under the covers with the flashlight now gleefully with good bedside light. (You might consider shipping me a toyboy one of these days - he he)
I do well on 7-8 hours sleep but it usually is 6.
XO
WWW

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2009/04/21/which-are-you/#comment-22417 Grannymar Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:29:15 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=3077#comment-22417 Betty, Enjoy being able to sleep! Betty, Enjoy being able to sleep!

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