poll: bathing rituals

Jeff and I spent our first afternoon alone together mainly doing our own thing. Don't get me wrong...it's not like we were purposely avoiding each other. It's just that after three days of fairly intense family/group activity, we both needed some solitary time. Neither of us specifically discussed this, but after being with someone sixteen years, you develop a sort of telepathy.

Jeff did cabin handyman stuff, then took a sauna, shaved. Meanwhile I worked on my laptop. After he came out of the sauna, he worked on his laptop while I did the sauna thing. Despite the new shower, I still opted for washing up in the sauna. It's pretty darned cold outside now, and taking an outdoor shower tends to be more of a quick dousing than a relaxed soak since the bits of your body that are outside of the water spray get cold very fast.

Washing up in the sauna takes more work than a shower, but I still love it. First, you heat up a big pot of water on the sauna coals and also get a bucket of cold water from the lake. Have biodegradable Camp Suds ready (my favourite is mint). Get the camp shower (basically a plastic bag with a shower nozzle at the end) and ladle in some hot water from the pot on the coals. Don't burn yourself! Ladle in enough cold water to desired temperature. Hold shower above head until hair soaked. Shut nozzle and soap up. Blind from suds, grope around until you find the camp shower again, fumble with nozzle. Accidentally open nozzle and let out some of precious hot water. Manage to shut nozzle. Hold camp shower above head and THEN open nozzle. Rinse before water runs out.

Later in the afternoon, Jeff and I went on a short hike, on the Gill/Sam Lake portage. Still don't feel as if I've exercised enough to work off all that pumpkin pie, though. I had pumpkin pie AND whipped cream for breakfast on Monday! I'm so bad.

Poll: bathing rituals

Do you prefer showers or baths? I know I asked this a while ago, but it was a while ago. Do you shower/bathe every day? Every other day? Weekly?! Morning or night? Do you sing in the shower? Soap or shower gel? Do you like experimenting with different shampoos and soaps, or stick to one brand all the time? What's your favourite shampoo? Mine is Origins minty shampoo. I used to buy it when I lived in Philadelphia, but haven't seen any in Canada, sadly. I also confess to a love of hand soaps of all textures and fragrances.

Links/News:

One year ago, Beckett talked about time management in her Guest Blathering.

Four years ago, David and I made the last sandcastle of the season.

Five years ago, I complained about the fact that the love of my life, Spencer Powell, had not updated his Web site in a long time. His new site, however, IS being updated, yay! I found out at the Cottagers' Turkey Bowl, however, that Spencer no longer remembers me. How fickle it is, the adoration of the young.





Today's Blatherpics:

	I took this photo on our hike with JBR and Ginny a couple days ago.
	Brittany and me in the motorboat. i took this photo by holding the camera out in front of us.
	Fall colours.