Yesterday, as I looked through my calendar on my phone to plan a conference call later this week, I realized my April is quite full! Every weekend there’s something fun on the agenda. I have a feeling it’s going to be a good month!
Weekend plans in April (in chronological order):
- Taste of Ocala
- “Spring Break” Weekend with my girlfriends (We haven’t seen each other since Michaela and Kyle’s wedding!)
- Jersey Boys in Orlando with my mom and sister
- Easter
- My birthday
Yes, it’s also my birthday month (I turn 29 on the 27th) and as Ryan and I crawled into bed last night, he asked me if I had anything special on my birthday wish list. It was then and there that I came up with one heck of an awesome birthday gift idea.
A 10-minute massage every day for the whole year.
Wouldn’t that be amazing!?
I thought Ryan would immediately shut down my idea, but he didn’t! (He did laugh though… I wonder if that’s a bad sign?) I managed to talk him into a 10 minute massage last night, so we’ll start there. Oh glorious massages!
Breakfast
I slept really well last night but awoke this morning with a pounding headache. I don’t usually get serious headaches, so I’m hoping it goes away really soon.
Breakfast this morning began with coffee!
Lots of foam and cinnamon, please!
It also included a freaky deaky green protein pancake.
Time to change and drive to work. Hoping to take my favorite boot camp class today, too!
Question of the Morning
- If you could convince someone to agree to do something simple for you at home every day for an entire year, what would you want them to do?
I think a 10-minute massage before bed every night for a year would be amazing, but I could also totally get behind someone doing the dishes for me every day for a year. Our dishwasher broke more than a year ago, so that would be one heck of a fabulous treat.
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I would love if somebody did my laundry for a year… With my active husband and I plus the toddler, there is ALWAYS something needing to be washed.
A 10 minute massage every day sounds amazing! I would ask for that or for someone to vacuum every other day for a year.
My boyfriend massages my head and neck for at least 10 minutes every day that I see him. I intend to ensure that this trend continues forever :P.
Yes, NEVER stop that one. Sounds amazing!
10 minute massages every day for a year sounds like heaven! I would definitely ask for that.
Oh no, I hope your head feels better! Headaches are no fun. 🙁
Dust and vacuum my house, I think, ha. Laundry is up there, and a massage, but I really just hate dusting and vacuuming. my parent’s house was all carpeted so vacuuming once a week was fine. My whole house is hard wood floors so the slightest dirt you can see all over. I hate it!
massage everyday would be AMAAAAZING! however having a live-in maid would probably trump that in my book…
Jersey Boys is so fantastic! I saw it last year and loved it! I hope you love it, too 🙂
I think a massage a day would be glorious!!! I’m going with that!
Yay! I can’t wait!
I think I would go even simpler than that: just put dishes away every day. I’m pretty sure I had one of those wake-up-mad-at-husband dreams about this last night… ha
I could totally go for a massage everyday for a year! But I think I would ask for someone to do the household chores for a year!
I am a lucky girl because my husband does my least favorite chore, vacuuming. I don’t really dislike it except for in our new house with all of the stairs. So ever week he does the vacuuming. Maybe I should start thinking about that massage though…..!!!
My dream would be if everyday, someone handed me (on the way out the door in the morning) a healthy, tasty lunch – packed up and ready to-go. No shopping or planning out weeks of lunches . . . that would be the life!
Oooh that’s a GREAT one!
A 10 minutes massage everyday for a whole year sounds like the perfect gift ever! I would totally love that!
The massage idea is so tempting but I think I would pick someone doing a quick tidy every day. I am the worst person for leaving stuff lying around the house, so there is always clutter. I need someone to follow me around and put things away behind me. (or I could learn to put things away).
Whole Foods totally has a massage therapist on hand all of the time, who gives massages for a dollar a minute. A 10 min. massage for 10 bucks is a steal!
Oh, girl! My small frozen yogurt and pizza can’t compete with your food porno 😉 And I completely share your new passion to paste… Because Oh My God it is fucking good!
To wash the dishes – excellent idea! Though I live alone, I for some reason soil a lot of ware… It everything food shootings 😀 So I would be glad if someone washed the dishes for me!
Definitely cleaning! It is not my forte
I like you’re idea, but if I could get someone to put the dishes away for me that would be great too! I don’t mind loading them into the dishwasher, but for some reason, I hate putting them away after.
This sounds amazing! There is not much better than a good back rub! I’m not sure I could convince my husband to give one every day though!
My head scratched or hair played with, I absolutely love that. Or to be treated like I treat my pets (tons of play time and love, scratching and petting when they want, all my meals made for me, and I don’t have to clean a darn thing)
The massage sounds delightful! It would be awesome to get one every day!
Happy Birthday month to us! 😉 I turn 27 on the 10th! yay!
And seriously, a 10 minute massage everyday? SIGN.ME.UP!
Happy almost birthday!!
Aww, that’s so cute! Brownie points for Ryan that he seemed to be considering the idea 🙂
If I could have anything done for me every day it would definitely be having someone clean up after I cook. I love to cook and would do it every night if I wasn’t such a mess in the kitchen. It usually looks like a hurricane came through every time, which takes away from me being able to enjoy that delicious food!
Ahhh massages are the best!! Even if he just gives me a head/hair massage I’m happy! I would probably go for someone doing the dishes and/or putting them away for me! That’s my least favorite chore to do.
If I could have one thing every day for a year, it would be that my husband would FOLD the laundry out of the dryer and not put it in a basket and continue to do more laundry doing the same thing until we have an unmangeable pile of laundry he won’t help me fold OR actually clean the kitchen when he cooks so I don’t have to do it after a very long day of work and school. That’s not too much to ask, right? 😉
I feel your pain on the dishwasher we bought our house 6 years ago and still don’t have one (putting one in involves moving doors, ugh). How do you “make” the foam for your coffee?
For me, I don’t so much mind the cleaning, laundry, etc. but I would absolutely love it if somebody would dry and style my hair for me everyday. 🙂
A personal makeup artist and hairstylist would be amazing!
OH WOW that sounds SO fantastic. I would love for someone to do dishes everyday. But I am SO down for a ten-minute massage!
That does sound wonderful! My hamstrings are screaming right now they are so tight.
Back tickles for me! My hubby doesn’t enjoy it much, but I love when he tickles my back, it puts me to sleep 🙂 A back tickle every night for a year would be heaven.
your coffee always looks amazing! 10 min massage, sign me up!!
YES to massages! My husband voluntarily rubs my feet a few nights a week (I know I need not complain…) but when it comes to my back and shoulders he wants out! Someone to fold the laundry wouldn’t be so bad either 🙂
Happy birthday month!
I would love someone to do our dishes, no question.
Heck yes to that daily massage! I’d also love a daily head rub. 🙂
Laundry and cleaning would be my picks! Sometimes the simple things make such a difference in helping make our lives feel easier. How do you get that so green? It is so so green it sort of freaks me out!
Spinach!
I have to say if someone would do my laundry and dishes for a year that would be amazing! 🙂
I LOVE massages! That’s the number one thing on my birthday list this year — a nice, deep tissue massage!
Oh my, I’d definitely second dishes. I love cooking, but dishes are the one wrench in my kitchen joy, ha ha.
I would love to have someone do my laundry for a year! It would be AMAZING! I HATE doing laundry.
I could get behind that gift! I LOVE massages. Love ’em. My husband does a great job of massaging my feet & back on a regular basis though–I am lucky!
Hahaha…a 10 minute massage every day would be AWESOME but I think I would actually go for your other idea of having someone do the dishes! We don’t have a dishwasher either and I really hate washing dishes but I can’t stand them piling up either!!
First of all, I’ve seen Jersey Boys (I saw it in Tampa about four years ago), and it was SO good. I love that kind of music, and was amazed by the singing and performing. So I hope you enjoy that.
Second of all, I’d love to have someone do my hair and makeup for me everyday for a year, or maybe someone prepare all of my food for me and have it ready when I needed it. That’d be good too. What a clever idea for a gift though, good thinking on your part.
What a great idea! My husband’s birthday is the same day as yours, maybe I’ll give him a 10 minute massage every day this month as a gift. (A whole year is a lot!)
yay for april babies! my 28th birthday is on the 5th.
i’m loving the idea of a daily 10 minute massage, as well, although i wouldn’t mind receiving a weekly pedicure or manicure either! 🙂
That massage idea is brilliant! I would have to go with laundry.. Not my thing!!
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Change diapers! I realize changing each diaper doesn’t take ten minutes but in the course of a day it might. Or maybe have them clean my shower. We have such nasty rust water that we have to clean the shower every week or it turns a funky orange color.
Your title for today’s post got me intrigued! I’m with you on the massage- I’d pick that too 🙂
My hubby completely spoils me with daily massages! My secret was asking for a 10-minute massage every day for three weeks–less daunting than a whole year, but it only takes 21 days to form a habit, so… 😉 Also, I’ve discovered that if I can distract him by chatting while he massages, I totally get more than ten minutes in, hehehe. Enjoy!
I think that is a PERFECT gift idea!!! Speaking of massages, I’ve got a massage envy gift card burning a hole in my pocket!!
HECK yes to the massage idea!
And you will LOVE Jersey Boys, one of my top favorite plays!
Hope all is wonderful girl! <3