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Home Safe During Covid 19 - Activity List

Home safe during Covid -19? No problem!                   March 31, 2020

Remember you get what you put in and creating moments of joy will take a little bit of work. If you want to look back at this time with good memories you will have to put in some extra effort. Make a plan for your days, make sure you stay in a routine, regular mornings and bedtimes, get dressed and take care of your hygiene, make a meal plan and eat healthy, make sure to move your body at least once a day, meditate, do yoga and get some fresh air.

Activity List

☐       Start on online club, cooking, painting, knitting, book etc.

☐       Spring clean your kitchen

☐       Cook something you haven’t made before

☐      Clean out your closet and get rid of anything you haven’t worn in a while, isn’t in good shape anymore, is outdated or doesn’t fit. Set these aside to give away.

☐      Do a virtual tour of a museum https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

☐      Read a book you have been meaning to read. If you don’t have the kindle app, download it, you can easily add books from Amazon at good prices.

☐      Check out videos cams at the zoo https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/videos

☐      Or this YouTube video from the zoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6UzpzMwwT8

☐            Choose a topic and find YouTube videos to share with each other

☐           Find reasons to celebrate, a birthday, holiday, international day, etc. https://www.calendarlabs.com/holidays/international/2020

☐           Choose a country and cook something they would eat and Google some traditions and information to share

☐           Do a tour of your house and make a list of all the little things that need minor repairs and take this time to do the ones you can

☐           Do the same with your closet, small rips, buttons need replaced – no time like the present

☐      Organize something, books, music, pictures, recipes, etc.

☐           Connect with old friends

☐           Take a free course, www.coursera.org

☐           Find a fun exercise routine online, an app or use a video

☐           Put a slideshow of old vacation pics on the TV and eat a snack/drink that reminds you of that time

☐           Plan your next vacation – even if it is five years away

☐           Have a spa day or evening

☐      Put your mattress on the living room floor one night and have a campout

☐      Make s’mores, if you don’t have a fireplace, use a candle (remember to use precautions around fire). Use what you have, peanut butter cookies, mint Areo bar, Nutella, fruit flavoured marshmallows, caramel filled Celebration cookies, etc. be creative.

☐      If you have a yard, BBQ, make a snowman family (if you have snow), have family Olympics, do some birdwatching.

☐      Experience the Harry Potter escape room https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflNxNM0jzbZJjUqOcXkwhGTfii4CM_CA3kCxImbY8c3AABEA/formResponse

☐           Make popcorn with flavour boosters (peanut M&M’s) to watch favorite movies

Unspoken Rules of the Movie Theatre

Unspoken Rules of the Movie Theatre

I go to the movies a lot. I have a friend I go with on Tuesday, cheap night. I go most weekends with my husband. I love it when my daughter comes home from University and we can catch something we both enjoy. I watch girl movies with the girls and go on double dates to watch funny movies, I watch award winning movies with my friends who are a bit more "mature" and action movies with my husband. I enjoy loosing myself into another world. We've seen it all at the theatre and below are some of my pet peeves. Please read and pass this along to a friend who needs it. I will really appreciate it! :)

1.    Do not arrive late. I know in some areas you can pick out your seat beforehand and that is fine but don’t be walking in front of the screen when the movie has started. If you can’t pick your seat beforehand – get there early. Don’t expect people to move to accommodate your group – that is rude.

2.    Choose snacks wisely. I know the theatre frowns on you taking your own snacks but I don’t really care – the prices there are highway robbery, BUT… Don’t take food that has a strong scent such as take out from KFC or McDonalds. Don’t take food that is overly crunchy or the wrappers overly loud. Don’t take in Halloween candy that is individually wrapped and spend the entire movie rattling packaging. A guy came in late, crowded in front of me during the movie and then opened up a big smelly sandwich and began to munch on it loudly with his mouth open and then pulled out his 2 l bottle of pop. That is way too much and gross! When in doubt, ask yourself if it would bother other people.

3.    Don’t thump the seat in front of you. If you are a kicker, sit at the end of the aisle, don’t be kicking the back of the seat in front of you – don’t even nudge it. I know when you are running back and forth for things you have to get in front of people and pull on the backs of their seats – try not to! Do you really need to leave the theatre, is it an emergency?

4.    Be prepared when taking children to the theatre. This includes a number of things such as making sure they have all been to the bathroom before the movie starts. Talk to them beforehand about talking all through the movie, in fact if you have a child going through the million question stage – wait until it comes out on video or Netflix. Make sure the movie is appropriate for your child’s age before going. Check www.pluggedin.ca , this is a fantastic resource for educating yourself before attending a movie. There is nothing I hate worse than not enjoying a movie because a child is either too young and doesn’t understand or it is too old for them and I’m uncomfortable because they are watching something totally inappropriate and the parent isn’t smart enough to leave. I saw a mother leave one time from Deadpool and I was impressed that she was smart enough to do that but really, they were advertising everywhere that it wasn’t for children. Please, please I beg of you, do not take your children to movies that are too old for them! Especially if it is just because you want to go. I’ve seen this at Star Wars, Maze Runner and Jumanji just lately. Basically – be a good parent! Please!

5.    Be clean. I know this sounds very basic but the last movie I went to a couple came and sat in front of us and they literally had drowned themselves in a bucket of cologne and the smell was so strong I immediately got a headache and had to move – even though I had gotten there early enough to get the seats I wanted. I moved and the person in front of me had severe body odor. I ended up having a headache the rest of the day and had to go to bed early. The moral of this story is – if you stink so bad people are disgusted or you have to dose yourselves in cologne before going so you can stand the scent of yourself, don’t go to the movie theatre. Your time would be better spent in the shower. Please think about the people around you.

6.    Don’t talk all through the movie. If you have someone who speaks another language and you need to translate – wait until it comes out on video or ask the theatre if there is a time when the theatre will be near empty. If your child is a talker, explain to them before the movie that this is not the place. Turn your phone off. If you can’t hear – wait until the movie comes out and you can listen to it in your own house as loudly as you want and turn on subtitles. If you don’t understand or you missed something, just wait, it will be explained later in the movie and you will catch up. If you are a teenager and all you want to do is flirt with the guy two seats down – go to the lobby. If you are catching up with a bestie, go somewhere else.

7.    Don’t run in and out of the theatre. If there is some reason you have to run in and out, you are sick, your phone is ringing, you need to keep buying more and more food, etc. Please don’t come to the theatre that day. If you think you need to buy more food – you probably don’t, that is called gluttony.

8.    Pay attention in the line-up. Take turns, be polite, know what you are getting before you get to the counter, have your money, coupons, scene card, etc. ready to go.

9.    Don’t be a pig. If you make a mess, clean it up or at least tell an attendant before you leave so they are aware. Carry your garbage out and put in the appropriate garbage receptacle. Don’t put your gum under the seat, don’t spill your pop on the seat and don’t leave melted chocolate on the seat. Don’t be gross!

10. Do not go to the movies if you are sick or contagious. This sounds like common sense but you would be surprised. Please do not go to the movies if you are coughing and sneezing, if you have lice or bed bugs, shingles or any other contagious illness.

Please! Be considerate!

Twenty Dates to go on This Winter

Feeling a bit down this winter? A little blue? Change things up a bit this winter, get out there, do something fun and enjoy each other.

This is not a dinner and movie date

 

Enjoying each other’s company can enrich your relationship like nothing else. That’s why it is a good idea to make date night (or day) a priority in your relationship. Not every date has to be expensive, although once in a while is nice, it’s about the quality time set aside to communicate and to focus on each other. The following is a list of date ideas that are more than your average dinner and a movie. Nothing against dinner and a movie, I love that kind of a date but if you find yourself getting into the rut of dinner and a movie for every date night, check out these 99 ideas instead.

Picnic (if you don’t want to do all the work, take a blanket and take-out to the park)

Swimming pool

Skating

Couples yoga class

Go to a museum

Build a snowman

Make dinner at home for the two of you but dress up and make it special

Give each other massages

Play naughty Jenga

Build a birdhouse

Go for a walk in some quaint little town and have ice cream

Have a bonfire and make s’mores

Go on a hike

Spend time at a waterfall

Go to a waterpark

Visit the zoo

Go bowling

Make gingerbread houses

BBQ using a fire pit and charcoal

Try a new type of food

Have a You Tube date and see who can find the funniest, cutest & grossest video

Go fishing (try deep sea fishing or a stocked pond where you do not need a license)

Laser tag

Walking path (most towns have these now and some are more interesting than others)

Do a 5K (something fun like a foam fest or mud run)

Go for a beach walk

Build a sandcastle

Go snorkeling

Watch a sunset and moonrise

Get a couples package at the gun range

Laser tag

Check out a local fair, kiss at the top of the Ferris wheel

Attend a festival in another town

Go to a B&B, or try out several

Apple picking

Go for brunch

Have roast “beast” while watching the Grinch (at Christmas time)

Go strawberry picking and then make jam

Water balloon fight

Go fly a kite

Go to an escape room

Washer toss tournament

Octoberfest

Attend an outdoor concert

Rent kayaks or go on a guided tour

Indoor rock climbing

Walk the waterfront of a seaside town

Explore a lighthouse

Walk on the ocean floor

Have a picnic by a waterfall

See a play

Go to a sporting event

Find a pond, feed the ducks, skip rocks, watch the sunset

Get up early enough to watch the sunrise

Go to a corn maze, a haunted house or both

Pick out pumpkins in the fall and carve them

Go on a fall hike

Find a recipe on Pinterest for an interesting drink and make it
Go out for just dessert

Go people watching

Spend the night in a tent

Take a cooking class

Go for a hayride

Take a horse drawn carriage ride

Play darts

Volunteer together

Go to an open house and dream of the future together

Plan what you would do if you won a million dollars

Set some future goals together
Karaoke – or just watch

Play pool

Go to a vintage car show

Plan a trip

Go white water rafting

Go stargazing

Zip line

Go to a flea market or check out the local antique shops

Visit an island

Go to a local clay café and make coordinating coffee mugs

Check out the local tourist attractions

Go geo caching

Go to a spa or have a spa night at home

Go on a guided four wheeler trip

Visit a local vineyard

Take a bus tour

Make a medieval feast and watch an historic movie or show

Find the nearest suspension walking bridge and check it out

Have someone take your photos

Get a character drawn of the two of you

Try a dinner theatre

Visit Butterfly World or the equivalent

Go to a monster truck show

Pick out a tree and plant it together as a symbol of your relationship

Go to an aquarium

Make fudge together

Visit a botanical garden

Race on go carts

Get matching air tattoos (booths usually found at local fairs or festivals)

Pay it forward (do something kind for someone in need)

Christmas Movie Checklist

Here is a list of some of my favorite Christmas Movies, you can print this picture and put it up on your fridge.