BS: Your bedtime ritual

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 16 Nov 04 - 03:16 PM

Hehehe...what a civilised bunch you are. I just fall into bed. I take my boots off, someimes, if i can be bothered...

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: fat B****rd
Date: 16 Nov 04 - 03:02 PM

Go for a last slash.Take off ALL clothing. Get into bed. Read slightly.Kiss Mrs. fB. Hopefully go to ZZZZZZZZZZZ

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 14 Nov 04 - 06:50 AM

Check Mudcat,
Have a drink of fruit juice,
Check cat is in or out,
Put radio on and hopfully fall asleep.If not i go back to computer until i am really tired.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: chris nightbird childs
Date: 14 Nov 04 - 01:22 AM

Well I usually shower, shave, and then I $%%*&(*$$#@$#^%&**&*%%@@@@&&*********, then I smoke a ciggie, make a cup of tea, and check out the posts on Mudcat...

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 14 Nov 04 - 01:07 AM

Yeah, now their tossing and turning is intentional. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Ebbie
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 10:56 PM

What a smiling thread. And just look at Kendall and Jacqui now! Most happy for them.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Joe_F
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 09:56 PM

Rapaire: Goatskin pajamas, I presume?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 08:00 PM

We have a cat who scolds if people are too late in heading to bed. This is the same cat who will make your sleep miserable if you don't fill his bowl before you go to bed.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 07:27 PM

I need to read for at least a half an hour to get into the day and to get out of the day. I can't just jump out of bed and get ready for work. I HAVE to read for at least a half an hour first -- and pet cats, of course. Sometimes I'll listen to music as well -- especially if I need to write down what's on a tape from a session or something.

And I try to have at least a half an hour reading time before I turn out the light at night. Usually without music, but that may just be habit because until recently I had no way to play music without dealing with earphones and stuff. Maybe I'll get back in the habit of listening to something (probably classical and relaxing) -- but then again, I'd have to get up and shut it off. No, maybe just the sounds of silence and turning pages. (And cats' purrs.)

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Polly Squeezebox
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 06:42 PM

Not a ritual(I keep those for nights of the full and new moons!) but I find this works when I have trouble sleeping:

A couple of drops of lavendar essential oil on the pillow, and go through the words of Spencer the Rover in your head. I've never been able to get to the end of the song before I too am ZZZZZZZzzzzzzZZZZZZZzzzzz...ing.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 06:05 PM

zzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Little Hawk
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 03:31 PM

What a lovely thread this is. Nice to see it again.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 03:25 PM

Carol, this is VERY funny. LOL--well, more a sustained chuckle, but it's funny. scscsc

'Blissfully Ignorant, what is this "rock and roll" of which you speak?'

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: CarolC
Date: 13 Nov 04 - 02:17 PM

You mean if I play Finnish waltzes on my accordion very, very fast, and I drink a lot of caffiene, I will "rock and roll"? Sounds painful. (But I take your warning. If I ever do that, I'll be sure to wear my chest guard.)

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 12 Nov 04 - 11:15 PM

Rock and roll is what happens when you play folk music quickly, after taking a lot of psychoactive substances.:0)

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Nov 04 - 11:07 PM

After killing and gutting a goat in the backyard, I wash up, brush my teeth, put on my pj's (if any), and climb into bed to the song of the coyotes.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: CarolC
Date: 12 Nov 04 - 10:53 PM

Blissfully Ignorant, what is this "rock and roll" of which you speak?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Nov 04 - 10:29 PM

I'm 65, brucie...and I would keep the groupies awake! (well, not 10..maybe two)

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 12 Nov 04 - 10:23 PM

Lol! That's what groupies are there for!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Peace
Date: 12 Nov 04 - 09:17 PM

I am 57 years old. Falling into bed is good enough for me. The groupies would just keep me awake.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Blissfully Ignorant
Date: 12 Nov 04 - 09:15 PM

Where are your rock and roll sensibilities, huh? What happened to all night drug-fuelled partying, then falling into bed at six am with ten groupies of either sex and a bucket of whipped cream? Good grief...

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 12 Nov 04 - 01:08 AM

now is cold wether time, so i;m drinking coco before bedtime.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 08 Apr 04 - 04:36 AM

Sorry, Sttaw Legend, Tents or Tense?..xx.e

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 01:47 PM

Tents

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 08:40 AM

Plesae dont throw me into the briar patch!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 06:38 AM

Christ, Magenta, in that time, I could have given Essex Girl a long deep meaningful **** and been asleep for at least an hour !

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: GUEST,Magenta MacBeth
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 04:04 AM

Soak in minerral salt bath.

dry, prune, pluck and powder.

Dim lights. Close curtains.

go to the back verandah and sit quietly with cup of peppermint tea.

Return to sleeping room.

remove fluffy slippers.

sit on bed and meditate for 40 mins.

give thanks to the Universe.

hop into bed.

Imagine beautiful moments while drifting into sleep.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 03:52 AM

THANK you for being honest, Don...I KNEW I wasn't the only one who drooled!..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: steve in ottawa
Date: 07 Apr 04 - 01:03 AM

You people have mostly substituted routines for true rituals...probably all wind up sleeping in bed rather than floating above it...but I suppose it's easier to keep the blankets on that way.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Don Firth
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 08:29 PM

Wash face, brush teeth, floss, pee, get into bed (trying to remember to keep the last two in the proper order).

Feeling that it is a good thing to keep ourselves spiritually centered, we watch the local PBS affiliate (since we have cable, there are two to chose from) that runs two episodes of The Red Green Show back to back between ten and eleven. We much prefer the theology of the gentleman with the plaid shirt and suspenders to that offered on The 700 Club. Sometimes I watch and Barbara reads. Sometimes we both read. Then we change channels to Classic Arts Showcase (sorta like MTV, but with classical music, e.g. Vivaldi's The Seasons accompanied by nature films), set the timer to go off in half an hour to an hour, and compose ourselves for sleep. We might commemorate saints's days (such as Saint Kermit of All Frogs) like Diana Trent and Tom Ballard.

Drool on pillow.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 06:59 PM

I think it's her that's doing the undoing......

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: jacqui.c
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 05:15 PM

Mr Bryant - make sure that you keep Avril locked up when Kendall's over. Bearing in mind his recent operation the shock could his undoing!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Avril Betts
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 11:22 AM

I take all my clothes off and then look under the bed just in case there's a burglar - but there never is - bother it!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: GUEST,nurse ratched
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 08:15 AM

My Bedtime Ritual:

turn on electric blanket. this is a special electric blanket, designed to give small shocks every 15 mins to stimulate metabolism. Can be turned up or down to taste.

Take off leather boots, belt, uniform. Remove spectacles. Have a cold shower. Polish & scrub, dry & deodorise, receive Swedish massage from Vladimir.

Don army disposal nightie, grey flannel. Pluck chin hairs. Scrub teeth, tongue and fingernails. Put teeth in glass beside bed. Put whip under bed, with rottweiler. Sniff room for any strange odours.

Read "Lobotomies, and how to knit them", and make list of "to do" for next day.

Turn of light. Turn up blanket. Enjoy a shocking night's sleep.

Nurse R.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 07:26 AM

We will all wait for pictures and documentation, jacqui and kendall..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 07:25 AM

Oh my...

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: jacqui.c
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 05:50 AM

Just wait and see.....

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 05:01 AM

And who's going to be the one with the whip ? Don't go getting too excited Kendall - take it easy on the old ticker - after all we're all looking forward to seeing you over here.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 06 Apr 04 - 04:48 AM

Sure, but which side of the door is the lock on?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: jacqui.c
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 01:56 PM

Dave, when I see you and Linda next and collapse with uncontrolable laughter it's only because I'm thinking of your last post, OK?

I've already put the lock on the bedroom door but am assured that Kendall is housetrained. Thought about the chair and whip, but he'd probably get the wrong idea.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 11:25 AM

Personally, I roll onto my left side, cup Linda's left breast in my left hand and whisper tenderly into her ear "Do you fancy a quick, deeply meaningful sh*g ?"

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Sweetfia
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 07:38 AM

...sorry, didn't know i was supposed to have one!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 06:46 AM

jacqui c - I'm starting to feel a tad too normal - I'll look again at the thread to find ways to change my bedtime habits!

Things might change when you receive your trans-tlantic house guest soon - judging from some of the postings he's made on this thread !

;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 05 Apr 04 - 04:47 AM

Deckman Bob, I'm not planning on pulling ANYTHING, thanks very much..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 03:55 PM

I'm sure she is.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Deckman
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 10:08 AM

Kendall ... Are you sure that Ellen's not pulling YOUR leg! CHEERS, Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 08:52 AM

Ellen, I'm looking forward to meeting you, just don't kick me. Ok?

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: freda underhill
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 07:15 AM

Ellen, what Kendall hasn't told you, is that while youre screwing off your leg each night, he's screwing in his ........













oh, never mind.

best wishes to you both

freda

ps hope you guys get together soon!

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 06:55 AM

I really like you people! It's more fun than I can ever remember having with a group of total strangers that I will most probably never meet.

And if I do chance to actually come face to face with any of you, I promise to keep my teeth in my mouth,and my leg, but not my head screwed on securely.

LH...when you think of me, think William Shatner and Bob Dylan's Love Child.

Kendall, so have I put you off too much not to meet? What if it's dark and I wear a fish and chips bag over my head??

Blackcatter...I love a challenge!

...xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: wysiwyg
Date: 04 Apr 04 - 12:55 AM

MUDCAT

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Blackcatter
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 08:05 PM

Ellen - you'd have to fight me off if I was remotely close to you . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Joe_F
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 06:56 PM

Between 11:25 & 11:30:
Shut down processes one by one.
Shut down computer.
Turn off answering machine.
Turn off terminal strip for audio.
Turn off desk lamp.
Take off outer pants (shorts).
Turn down thermostat.
Take current reading to bed. Turn back covers.
Piss.
Pour a nightcap; take it to the bedside table.
Take off all clothes except inmost shirt, & put them in the laundry cart if tomorrow is a shower day.
Go to bed.
Read & drink till midnight.
Take off shirt.
Turn off lights.

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: kendall
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 07:32 AM

Have your fun now Ellen, the older you get the more automatic that becomes. You wont have to work at it at all LOL

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 04:46 AM

LOL!! See "The Rules" thread and you'll know why I have so much fun putting men off these days...hee hee hee..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Your bedtime ritual
From: dianavan
Date: 03 Apr 04 - 03:20 AM

Bedtime routine? Turn everything down or off. Brush and floss. Bathe with candle light. Splash with lavendar. Set the alarm. Chase the cat off the bed. Crack the window for fresh air. Pull down the covers. Plump the pillow. Give thanks.

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

Scoville does between the toes . . .

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 - 12:33 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 06:41 PM

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: 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 - 06:30 PM

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

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

HEY!

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: 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: 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 - 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: 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: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:34 PM

SEX: Why didn't I think of that!

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: 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: 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: ToulouseCruise
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:28 PM

I like sex with someone besides myself...

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: Peace
Date: 01 Apr 04 - 04:21 PM

Me too.

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

YES!

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 ?