BS: Your bedtime ritual

Subject: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: GUEST
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 03:59 PM

What is your pre-sleep ritual and does it involve music orreading in bed ?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Deckman
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:20 PM

YES!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:21 PM

Me too.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Amergin
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:26 PM

I like sex myself....

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: ToulouseCruise
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:28 PM

I like sex with someone besides myself...

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: maire-aine
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:28 PM

Take washed clothes from washer to dryer & start dryer. Put a new load of clothes in the washer & start washer. Collapse.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Allan C.
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:31 PM

Who gives a rat's ass?!!

But just for the record, I just can't get to sleep unless I swallow a live gecko just before bedtime.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: jacqui.c
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:32 PM

Reading and music for the lack of anything better!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:34 PM

SEX: Why didn't I think of that!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:37 PM

Shuck the clothes and crawl in bed at 9:30.

Read until about 10:30, or maybe longer if:
1) Next day isn't a gittin-up-early day; or
2) I'm entranced and "can't lay it down"; or
3) There's a natural break (like a chapter ending) in just a few pages.

About 10:30 or thereabouts, outen the light, and snooze.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: jacqui.c
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:48 PM

Brucie - it's not the thinking about it that helps you sleep, in fact quite the opposite.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 05:02 PM

First I take a brisk cold shower while singing the theme music from "Hawaii Five-O".

Then I sashay into the kitchen and whip out the juicer, and juice some carrots and ginger. When it's done I down 2 glasses of carrot/ginger juice STRAIGHT!

Then I open the front door and yell "GOOD NIGHT, ORI-I-I-I-I-I-L-YA!!!" as loud as I can.

Then I skip merrily to the bedroom, where I have a full length mirror, strip naked and strike a few muscleman poses, and say: "How'm I lookin' tonight? Oooo! I'm lookin' GOOOD!!!"

Then I do a backflip onto the mattress, fluff up the pillows, lie back with a grateful sigh, and say "Good night, John Boy." and turn out the lights.

I basically follow pretty much the same routine in the morning, except in the opposite order and fashion, starting at 5 AM. My neighbours hate me.

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: jacqui.c
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 05:40 PM

LH Are you SURE you weren't affected by that car accident - didn't get a bump on the head......?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 06:23 PM

Well my ritual used to be pretty complex but you can't get the virgins any more.....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 06:29 PM

HEY!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 06:30 PM

So, what am I, chopped liver? (Now, there's an idea . . . .)

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 06:32 PM

Brucie - got a seamless nightie and a black chicken? (I'll settle for clean jammies and a stock cube)

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 06:40 PM

How 'bout a black nightie and a seamless chicken?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 06:41 PM

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Morticia
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 06:42 PM

s'true......you can't get the chickens these days

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: GUEST,emily rain
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 07:07 PM

it's the usual, except the part where i tell the dog to get off the bed and wait while i climb under the covers, then shout "okay!" which is his signal to leap back up and have shnuggles. it's not as fun as sex, but it gets the oxytocin flowing. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 07:38 PM

Yeah, battling an excited dog through bed coverings can be a lot of fun, as long as the dog is not too large...and you've got to remember to protect your eyes from the sudden paw lunge.

Allan - So THAT'S where all the geckos have gone! You beast! You vile creature!

- LH

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 08:20 PM

Save that for the mild disapproval thread. S'matter wid you?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: harpgirl
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 08:44 PM

Paint the bedroom, then collapse in the bed; do six loads of wash, then colllapse in the bed; clean the entire house, then collapse in the bed; do all the taxes for the accountant; then collapse in the bed; practice the autoharp with new songs for FOTMC, then collapse in the bed; work out on the treadmill for an hour, then collapse in the bed; water the entire yard, then collapse in the bed; check the mudcat at 10:34 because I am not having sex, then collapse in the bed....then next week....

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Blackcatter
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 09:33 PM

Drink, drink, drink, drink, drink, vomit, collapse.

Wake up bushy-eyed and bright-tailed to greet another feckin' morning.

The best part: I usually loose two, maybe three days of my fetid life each time I do that.

         Oops, it's 9:27 and Im already late on
               finishing off the Wild Turkey.
               Now I LIKE them seamless Wild Turkeys.


or perhaps I've said too much . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 09:42 PM

I fill my vaporizer, brush my teeth, pet the dog, turn the heat down, put a loaded gun on the night stand pee and sleep like a baby. (That is, waking up every two hourse looking for a nipple to suck on).
Seriously, does anyone really care?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: flattop
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 10:24 PM

"Good night, John Boy."

John who? Who are you sleeping with LH?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Melani
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 10:31 PM

I race my husband for the shower, screaming, "Me first! You went first last night!" then dive into bed, rolling up in the covers before he gets them all on his side, and yell "Turn it down!" to my son in the next room, who is blasting Loreena McKennit on his tape player (it's a BIG improvement over Yanni!).

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Blackcatter
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 10:38 PM

flattop - just in case you were being serious - check out any website in honor of the Waltons - a 70's TV show in the U.S.

Melani - saying husband and mentioning the struggle for showering seperately is redundant . . . And I'd watch you son - McKennit has been make-out music for me and most of my girlfriends.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: LadyJean
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 11:47 PM

Mr. Fitz insists that I lie on my right side, and snuggle him before I go to sleep. Sometimes he grooms me a little. But he always curls up on the sheepskin at the foot, before I doze off. Otherwise, I might fall asleep holding him. This is not a dignified position for a cat, which is, of course, what Mr. Fitz is. I've had cats in my bed since I was 7. I have trouble sleeping without one.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 12:03 AM

To get back to the first question, it always involves music (usually classical) and reading on rare occasions any more. I always used to read in bed, but like many other women in the list, now a-days after the second shift (first one pays the bills, second one takes care of the house and kids) I'm pretty well done-in.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: GUEST,freda
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 12:14 AM

after midnight, lavender oil, gentle music, the window open, soft light initially. book, not always looked at, lots of pillows, time for thought, unwinding, music continues.

hypnotic tape if i can't sleep.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 12:42 AM

i usually eat a live bat, then have a cup of tea, then fall asleep.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: CarolC
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 02:01 AM

After we're both in bed, I have to get up at least a half dozen times to do things I forgot. This is interspersed with ceremonial lightings of the blowtorch (for clearing out any lingering and really obnoxios farts). Plus one or more trips to the bathroom for one or the other or both of us. Plus a lot of tossing and turning by me until I get comfortable. After about a half hour to forty-five minutes of this, one or both of us is usually asleep. If we're lucky.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 02:47 AM

Program VCR, upstairs by 7:30pm, brush teeth, take em out, glasses off, wig off, leg unscrewed, onto waterbed, making sure to arrange blankets for easy removal when the hot flashes and night sweats begin...read for two hours...fall asleep drooling onto my pillow...aren't you glad you asked?....e

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 03:07 AM

LH, if you got undressed before the shower your clothes wouldn't be so wet in the morning!


RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: el ted
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 03:18 AM

I like to slip into something comfortable, then indulge in several hours of rampant, nostril flaring sex!! It's even better when my girlfriend stays over.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: GUEST,JTT
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 03:22 AM

If you want your kids to go to bed easily, apparently, the best thing is to have a set routine for bedtime - and *always play the same music*. Or so I'm told by behavioural types, one of whom said that her daughter, aged 15, still starts to yawn and rub her eyes when a particular CD is played - the CD that was always her bedtime music when she was little!

I certainly find that a bedtime with classical music, reading, a bath and a scenter drifting the scent of lavender around the place leads to a more restful sleep than going to bed, turning the TV on with my toe and watching people blasting at each other and screaming and cursing, as is the wont of late-night cop shows.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: jacqui.c
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 04:54 AM

In a world where I am sometimes told that I'm wierd it is so nice to find that there are people with a lot more claim to that title than me. However, I'm starting to feel a tad too normal - I'll look again at the thread to find ways to change my bedtime habits!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: open mike
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 05:08 AM

sometimes stay up til 2 in the pal talk room sharing music with 20-30 people from all over the world, and drift to sleep remembering the joy of all the various instruments and voices...

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Morticia
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 05:43 AM

JTT, I can testify to the truth in that statement. When I was small ( okay, I'm still small, when I was younger) I was always sent to bed when the Archers started ( radio show).I am now almost incapable of hearing the Archers theme tune without yawning and feeling sleepy which is pretty sad, considering it's on at 7pm.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 07:58 AM

This is a fun thread. John, you made me laugh.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 12:33 PM

At my age, I have to go pee six time a night. I am always happy to get out of bed for five of them.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Little Hawk
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 12:42 PM

Ellenpoly - Jay-SUS!!! What a horrifying image. (shudder!)

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 12:54 PM

If I hadn't met the penguin, it would have looked good to me.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 02:06 PM

Ellenpoly, remind me to never sleep with you. I wouldn't know whether to get into the bed or the bureau drawer.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 09:23 PM

I typically start getting ready for bed around 10-10:15pm

Wash face, brush teeth, change into pajamas.

Then 30-45 minutes of reading, punctuated occasionally by laughing at our zany furball(*) as she receives a transmission from the mother ship and goes galloping around the condo.

Lights out around 11pm.

-- Gary

(Whoever invented the phrase "stealthy cat-like tread..." hasn't met ours...)

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Scoville
Date: 02 Apr 04 - 10:04 PM

Shower. It's not the same as just being the kind of person who bathes at the end of the day--it's a wind-down thing. I can't do anything else while I'm in the shower so I don't feel pressured to answer the phone, the doorbell, tidy up, etc. I can't sleep if I'm thinking about things so the shower ends up being sort of a clean break (no pun intended) between a busy day and a quiet night. Besides, I can't sleep if my feet aren't clean.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: open mike
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 12:10 AM

nobody flosses??

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 12:19 AM

Scoville does between the toes . . .