slugabed \SLUHG-uh-bed\, noun:
One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard.
I have to confess, that on a Saturday morning, I wand to be a slugabed. I have no desire to get up. Five days a week I get up with my husband at about 5:30 am. So on Saturday I think I've earned a lie in.
Well, I'm married to a man that catapults out of bed to start his day. Lovely for him.
Not so for me.
I don't ever catapult out of bed. It would have to be on fire for me to do that.
So I get up because we will have things to do.
Mulch this past weekend and I would feel guilty if he was doing that by himself.
Now. Sundays? I want to get out of bed. I have things to do. My week to sort out.
But I'd still like to sleep in on Saturday.
Would you sleep in if you could?
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, November 3, 2008
Happy News Monday - Turning clocks back
Turn your clocks back.
Swedish researchers have discovered that turning your clock back an hour for daylight savings time may reduce the risk of having a heart attack. Most likely it is because you get an extra hour of sleep.
Researchers have long said that people don't sleep enough. We are a twenty four seven society. I can say I probably sleep enough most of the time. I'm amazed by people who only need four hours of sleep. I cannot function like that. I need a minimum of 7 hours and get it most nights, but I consider my sleep time sacrosanct. It is a family trait, too. My father up until his death at 92 would still sleep ten hours at night. He never wavered from 8-10 hours of sleep. And the spouses of my siblings (and my spouse) know not to wake us up unless it is an emergency. One of my kids has the sleep gene as we call it. He slept through the night (8-5) when he was only a month old. He napped until he was 4 1/2 years old. I still consider a nap a great pleasure, though with kids it is hard to do.
How many hours a night of sleep do you get? How much do you really need?
cmr
Swedish researchers have discovered that turning your clock back an hour for daylight savings time may reduce the risk of having a heart attack. Most likely it is because you get an extra hour of sleep.
Researchers have long said that people don't sleep enough. We are a twenty four seven society. I can say I probably sleep enough most of the time. I'm amazed by people who only need four hours of sleep. I cannot function like that. I need a minimum of 7 hours and get it most nights, but I consider my sleep time sacrosanct. It is a family trait, too. My father up until his death at 92 would still sleep ten hours at night. He never wavered from 8-10 hours of sleep. And the spouses of my siblings (and my spouse) know not to wake us up unless it is an emergency. One of my kids has the sleep gene as we call it. He slept through the night (8-5) when he was only a month old. He napped until he was 4 1/2 years old. I still consider a nap a great pleasure, though with kids it is hard to do.
How many hours a night of sleep do you get? How much do you really need?
cmr
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