The Great 'Simple Pleasures' Hunt

jtz

indulge in your favourite chocolate with a good book!

mippy

greenwheels007 wrote: »

Most of these simple pleasures sound like a nightnare to me, far too much sitting around eating bad food.
Get a bike off freecycle, raise backside from sofa and lower on to saddle.
Then go for a ride.

All very well, but have you tried getting a bike off Freecycle? They don't pop up very often. And I'm sure many posters on this thread will be cycling to work to save money and get fitter. (I'm not one of them - yet - only learned to ride last year!)

ThinkingOfLinking

Having a bubble bath (alone or with a partner), with candles, drinks, music.
Cuddles.
Massages (giving your partner a massage and them giving you a massage in return).
"Couple time."
When moths got to my cashmere jumper, I cut it up, stitched it and made it into a gloriously cuddly, soft and special hot water bottle cover.
Slow-cooked home-made casserole on a winter's day.
Hot chocolate with whipped cream and marshmallows.
Fresh picked flowers from your own garden/window box.
Cooking and eating your own fruit and veg; I have radishes and carrots in a window box so it can be done.
Clean, crisp bed linen.
Home-made cake, especially in summer.
A new book, especially when I sell it on Greenmetropolis after finishing it.
Good music.

*Scottish*Lass*

If you have kids why not do an 'Our Town' quiz? I am the Beaver Leader for our local colony & last week I made up a quiz for them with 20 questions about things like opening times, local landmarks, dates on buildings etc & we went around town in 3 groups looking for the answers. They enjoyed being outside & learning about their town.

Another thing to do is a scavenger hunt (I'm sure you could google a list). Just set off with your list & your bag to collect it all in & your sorted!

mcwarre

A bit of home baking passes the time and there is nothing nicer than the smell of cakes or biscuits cooking (currently 250g of butter, 100g of castor sugar and 300g of flour mixed then in an oven for 18-20 mins and you get some nice shortbread!). Apart from using homebrew bitter/cider to cool my mouth down when I burn it from hot biscuits - all so simple to make.

I am going out this weekend to get some Elderflowers on one of our walks. I can make Elderflower Champagne with it. All cheap, involves exercise and nice result at the end. Like watching Lincoln City FC (apart from the nice result bit :rolleyes:)

cuddlymarm

Nothing nicer than a glass of ice cold milk, a packet of cheapie bourbon creams and Diagnosis Murder on the telly (or any similar type of prog, I'm not fussy)

Sad huh:rotfl:

Inverness

jooy wrote: »

I was just thing of something to add and remembered that when my two children were smaller I'd read to them. I remember reading the Chronicles of Narnia one winter afternoon. We snuggled up together with blankets, closed the curtains, turned the tv off, put on a small lamp and cranked the fire up. My kids are a bit old for it now but I know they still remember that afternoon. I did my best to add atmosphere and excitment to my reading and it was such a special time. It costs so little to spend quality time with your kids and reading to them like this strengthens bonds and encourages them to read themselves. I'd love to have those days back! Bliss:p

I still read to my son. He is eleven now but still loves to lie in bed while I read.Sometimes we read in the living room too at week-ends but we both seem to enjoy it most at bedtime. I've always read to him at nights and he has an excellent vocabulary and creative imagination. English is one of his best subjects, he finds spelling and grammar really easy.He speaks really well and I am sure this is all down to our reading since he was tiny.

BritRael

PaulX wrote: »

...Musical instruments have never been cheaper, especially second hand. I recently bought a used classical guitar for £10 which played very well. The same goes for electronic keyboards. People buy them for their kids who use them for 5 minutes before they go up for sale in the local ads at knock down prices. The internet is awash with sites offering lessons for free and considering learning a musical instrument is a lifelong activity the return for your investment per year is next to nothing.....

Yup, learn to play an instrument!! Loads of fun, and it will give you free pleasure for the rest of your life. Also, get the kids involved. They'll thank you for it later (er..if not at the start ).

Keyboards are (relatively) easy to learn and yup, loads of free tuition stuff on the net (specific websites + youtube) to get you up and running.

Also, play chess!! Great game, and also free