PAMPER PARTY FOR ONE?

So have had a good think about planning ahead with your children?  But what about you?

When was the last time you had some really good time with yourself? - I know we played a little at the weekend - and your stories made me smile, cringe in recognition and laugh out loud, but where are the strategies that make it easy to carve out some "Me time"

Let me share what Mrs Big does - she has a pretty basket on a shelf outside our bathroom.  Over the week she lays a freshly laundered towel there, selects a beautifully scented candle, a book that she would like to read, various lotions and potions in sachets (she saves them from magazines too) and of course I am charged with returning home with any half-used hotel toiletries that she can pamper herself with.

At some point in her crazy week, she pours herself a glass of sparkling mineral water into one of the crystal goblets we got as a wedding gift - and takes herself into the bathroom for a pamper party for one.  Although if I've been good I am sometimes invited to join her for a visit.

Everyone knows - when the shelf is empty, Momma's having herself a spa session - do not disturb!. More importantly she feels that she can prepare through the week for some special time and take it just for her, its a system that works to help remind her that "When Mum's happy - most everybody's happy!"

So what systems can you put in place that allow you to take your rightful place at the center of the universe that is  your family?

Remember its all about balance.

Mr Big