What do you do to keep the winter blues (blahs) at bay?????

[Hoosiermomma]

b.hromada :

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When they kick in, pm me, I'm sure I'll be right there with you.

I will definately get some Vit. D and change the light bulbs. It's amazing how shorter daylight hours, very little sun and not being able to get outside can affect your mood. I am very outdoorsy but cannot stand the cold.

If all of my family wasn't within an hour of me, I would move more south in a second. (Anyone down south want to send some ocean water and beach sand?) I do have a brother in Montana but I would want his weather for anything. LOL

I'd surely send you some sun, ocean water and beach sand, for a little cold weather down here! Its always just to hot for me! Go figure, and I was born here!

Deal!!! LOL

 

[backdoorchicken]

 

[Camelot Farms]

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I really do make an effort to enjoy it. But when it is gloomy and grey for more than 2 or 3 days in a row...I start to not want to get out of bed.

I try to keep all of the lights on all day long and then I pull the shades at dusk and try to pretend that I dont know its dark at 4:30....silly but it works...sometimes.

 

[PlymouthRocker]

Before Christmas I do a lot of planning for Advent and Christmas, and after Christmas I start planning my garden. I pour over seed catalogs and get books from the library. Basically I endure winter before Christmas and ignore it after Christmas.

 

[Hoosiermomma]

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OOOOHHH that's a good one. I need to plan out my gardens for next year so I can maximize space and also figure out how to build them up. Plus I want to start beekeeping so I need to read up that too.
I think I might buy a bouquet of flowers weekly . A nice vase of flowers is always a good pick me up.

 

[fowltemptress]

Exercise. It's very easy for me to say, "Eww, too cold. I don't want to run today," but no activity puts me in a funk. I force myself to do indoor exercises, instead, which I hate, but it really does make you feel ten times better than if you hadn't. I strongly believe lack of sun and exercise are the major contributing factors to many people's feelings of blahness.

 

[PlymouthRocker]

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OOOOHHH that's a good one. I need to plan out my gardens for next year so I can maximize space and also figure out how to build them up. Plus I want to start beekeeping so I need to read up that too.
I think I might buy a bouquet of flowers weekly . A nice vase of flowers is always a good pick me up.

A friend of mine has a huge garden and found an intern beekeeper to bring one of her hives to his place. You may want to check this out too!

 

[Boyd]

to keep the winter blahs away I go tanning off and on for a couple of months. The light and heat help with SAD

 

[Hoosiermomma]

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I do this everyday anyway and will continue to do so. I just hope we have alot of sunny days over the winter b/c that is what can make or break a day. LOL

I used to do the tanning thing but with both my parents having had skin cancer I don't want to increase my chances of getting it (although I probably already have).

 

[Hoosiermomma]

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OOOOHHH that's a good one. I need to plan out my gardens for next year so I can maximize space and also figure out how to build them up. Plus I want to start beekeeping so I need to read up that too.
I think I might buy a bouquet of flowers weekly . A nice vase of flowers is always a good pick me up.

A friend of mine has a huge garden and found an intern beekeeper to bring one of her hives to his place. You may want to check this out too!

Did your friend do that just for pollination purposes? I really want my own hive not only for that but for the honey and beeswax too. We love honey around here!