comforts...

[toughCookie]

this is similar to the thread, 2002 things we like.
what comforts you when you are down, or sad?
I'll start.

1. cookie dough! I will admit to buying the ready made cookie
dough tubes, and eating some of it raw!

2. a flannel nitegown or my favorite blanket
3. an unexpected phone call or letter/card or email from a friend.

[Fuzzy317]

My comfort food is a Dairy Queen "Reeses Pieces" Blizzard, yum
My mood always gets better after 1 (or 2 )

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

4. Talking to my mom... she is the best cheerer upper
5. My husband... he is real funny and can always make me laugh.
6. Hearing a kitty purr... there is nothing more relaxing.

[Desert Arabian]

Um... what have I done to comfort me? Sometimes when I am extremely mad I like to beat up my stuffed animals till they are almost ripped open, I sometimes shove my face in a pillow and scream really hard, I punch/kick the wall, or throw a big temper like a 3 year old. When I am really sad, or battling my depression, I like to play with and cuddle with my rats, lay in my bed under a heap of blankets and zone out, go sit outside and watch the squirrels and birds, talk to my parents or friends, and much much more.

[Nomilynn]

My comforts are my kitties - purring or just laying with me, my mom, and my boyfriend

[toughCookie]

7. a bubble bath
8. getting outside and planting flowers or repotting plants.
9. resting on the couch watching tv, old re-run shows
10. of course, a big comfort is my cats!

[kohala]

Rain, Grasshopper, and a good book, with my version of Mexican coffee (add cinnamon sticks, a little cocoa and cream. I have been known (ahem) to call in sick when it rains, which is almost never, here.)

A fireplace with a big pile of pillows to curl up in, again with Grasshopper and that good escapist book.

Almost any ice cream! Yummmmmm, especially really rich vanilla in coffee.

And sometimes even Dadcat!!! (Just kidding, always Dadcat.)

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Sometimes when I am extremely mad I like to beat up my stuffed animals till they are almost ripped open

You are a scary freak! Just kidding, honey - although I will think twice before buying you any stuffed animals this year for Xmas

[All Creatures Great And Small]

1. cookie dough! I will admit to buying the ready made cookie dough tubes, and eating some of it raw!

Bwaaahhahahaha! Yes! The "salmonella in a tube"! (My husband noticed that raw eggs are one of the ingredients and said I would get salmonella from eating it - whatever - I've been eating it for 30 years now and I'm still here.) I don't eat some of it raw - I hork down the whole tube (though not all in one sitting, at least not yet !

I feel comforted when I veg in front of the computer, playing spider solitaire or chatting on Pet Talk (or both at the same time), with my kitty sleeping and purring on my lap. I also like a nice cold Dr. Pepper on ice, or if I need serious "comforting", a Baileys Irish Cream (or two) on ice! A little couch time with some mindless TV show and a soft pillow is nice, too.

Sadly, my husband is not very comforting - he's sweet and cute, but usually the source of my stress rather than the cure!
I still love him madly though, after 20 years together.

[popcornbird]

LOL! I thought I was the only cookie dough lover!!!!! Whenever I make cookies, I eat so much of the raw dough, whether it has eggs or not! I've been doing it for over 12 years (since I was an teeny tiny little kid) and I still love it just the same. Everyone thinks I'm crazy, but its SOOOOOOOOO yummy, I can't help it! Sometimes I think the dough is more delicious than the cookie itself!!!!

What helps cheering me up when I feel down?

Well, I'd say watching my birds play, sleep, eat, bathe, or whatever they like to do. I also find comfort in stroking their feathers or scratching their little heads.

I find comfort by sitting with my mom and telling her what's troubling me.

I find comfort in chatting with my friends/family on MSN Messenger.

I find comfort in lying in bed, and just being alone for some time, although if that provokes thoughts of what's troubling me, it sometimes makes it worse. Its best when I fall asleep. I wake up feeling as if nothing had ever happened!

[wolf_Q]

Cookie dough *IS* good, hehe. I've eaten it plenty of times, and never got sick either.

Comfort is...

Feeling warm in the winter. Like when it's all cold outside, and you are curled up in a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate.

Watching animals....I love to just sit there and watch Nebo play....or just sit there and stroke the dogs' fur....I also like to play with their feet and tails.....well, only Nebo really has a tail, lol.

Laying next to someone....whether that someone is canine or human, it's just comforting to have somebody near you....ok it even counts if that someone is a large stuffed animal, lol.

Reading a good book...especially when you get into it so much that you stay up all night because you *have* to finish it

[toughCookie]

I hork down the whole tube (though not all in one sitting, at least not yet

rofl!! ok im not the only one! I didn't want to admit that part, but I will now hehe! usually in 2 maybe 3 sittings!




also- I like grasshopper too!

and yes, a good book... don't laugh, but I have been known to read the.......enquirer! shh! (it is the same as mindless tv, it makes you forget what is bothering you)

[kohala]

Originally posted by All Creatures Great And Small


I feel comforted when I veg in front of the computer, playing spider solitaire or chatting on Pet Talk (or both at the same time), with my kitty sleeping and purring on my lap

LOL!!! I'm not the only one!! Nothing more challenging than one suite, for me!!!!!!!!
Oh, yeah - Dadcat, too! With 'em, without 'em; you know the saying.

[moosmom]

Burning a Eucalyptus Yankee Candle and listening to peaceful music while holding one of my 6 cats as he/she purrs.

Definitely BEN AND JERRY'S TRIPLE CARMEL CHUNK ICE CREAM - I can eat a whole pint in one sitting, with my cats as an audience (okay, sometimes I'll give them a lick or two).

Laying in bed listening to a tape of a rain storm with eucalyptus candles burning (the smell is SO relaxing).

A bubble bath with a furry audience.

[Uabassoon]

PLaying with my cats. Making music and dancing.