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Across the Fence:  Are you a morning person or a night owl?  |
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
592 Posts |
 Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 07:22:11 AM
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Good Morning Farm Girls!
I bet you can guess what I am, huh?
I love the mornings. It's my quiet time to putter around the house, cook, clean and get things done before the day gets going.
I was curious to find out who's up with the birds and who's a night owl and what do you do in those quiet hours that are your own?
I'm excited to hear your answers!
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" |
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
2401 Posts
Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
2401 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 07:28:26 AM
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Linda, I'm starting to think I'm a bit of both. I'm usually up by around 4:00 am or so, even on weekends. But lately I've been going to bed later and later. I've not been sleeping a whole lot lately. Those hours in the morning before I start my routine and at night before bed I consider my 'me' time. I'll either read, surf on the computer, or watch something on tv.
Farmgirl Sister #25
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 07:37:48 AM
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I do well up until about 3 p.m. and then I start slacking. I am usually in bed by 9:30.
Cheers,
Heather
FARMGIRL #90 |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 07:41:51 AM
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I'm a nightowl...have been since I was a baby. Mom said that when I was 3 or 4, they couldn't PAY me to sleep, so they'd go on to bed and leave me in my room playing or whatever, and eventually, I'd get to bed when I felt like it. My daddy was too, so I come by it naturally.
Ask Justin about me in the morning...he's up with the chickens and I'll stay in bed til the last minute--I also don't speak for the first 45 minutes I'm up. After a shower I'm usually alright, and that's when he'll say, "Good morning, honey"...
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 07:42:17 AM
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I am a night owl, always have been. I am up until 12:30-1:00 and get up and moving at 6:30.
Sometimes late at night is the only "Me" time I get to myself, so that is another reason I am.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 08:34:12 AM
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I have always been both! But now, as I get older, I am seeing I need more sleep. Used to be 4 hours was plenty for me. But I still only average about 6 and that seems to work okay for me. I have never been one of those structured people that has to have her "8 hours of sleep or I'll die". If someone wants to do something that will keep me up late, no problem, but if I also need to do something early it is no big deal either. Once in a while it "catches me" and I have a lazy day, but not often. I have one friend who simply cannot function unless she has a minimum of 8 hours.
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 09:04:28 AM
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By nature I'm more of a night owl. When weekends roll around, I usually end up getting to bed between 1 and 3am, and sleeping until past noon. During the work week, though, I'm up at 5:30am and usually don't get to sleep until 10:30. I have to force myself to go to sleep that early since I have to be up again the next morning.
I'm another one of those people you don't talk to until they've had their morning coffee--unless you want to get the evil eye.  LOL
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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miss wilma
True Blue Farmgirl
3410 Posts
Wilma
Knob Lick
Ky
USA
3410 Posts |
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 09:18:00 AM
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I relate to all of this! Back in my younger years I worked nights and was a night owl. Now I'm up on the average at 5:15 a.m., out taking a walk at 5:30 a.m. and my day is off and running! My boyfriend Danny is a nightowl though so when I visit him in Chicago I get all thrown off my schedule and it takes about a week to get back into the swing of things again.
You're right Miss WIlma, getting older is sometimes not so much fun!
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 09:47:22 AM
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I am a night owl and a morning person too, the night owl part isn't always my idea of a good time, but I seldom sleep before 2 a.m. and then i wake around six. I guess one's schedule changes the older one gets. I always have a few books by my bed and a bit of hand sewing if I can't get back to sleep....
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
"Give me shelter from the storm" - Bob Dylan
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
8529 Posts |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 10:03:08 AM
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I am a nightowl..but have to get up at 7am, sometimes 6:30 so I do. I would LOVE to sleep until 8am if I could. I never seem to get to bed before 1am..later many times. If I get 6 hours sleep I feel like that is a good nights sleep for me. Never have slept well. Luckily I am not a person who needs alot of sleep. My husband needs 8 hours minimum.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Edited by - Aunt Jenny on Apr 07 2008 10:03:33 AM |
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corporatefarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
389 Posts
Tamara
Pikeville
TN
USA
389 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 10:07:04 AM
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I am an early bird. I love to get up when everything is still quiet. I do my best work in the mornings. Of course I am up at 4:00 am during the week. So it is night time for me by 9:00 pm
Heck I am just happy to get up every morning!
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 8:19:20 PM
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Danny kids me a lot because when I'm "too pooped to peep" I'll fall asleep anywhere. I have been known on many occasions to be in the middle of a sentence and be asleep before the next word leaves my mouth.
Danny doesn't sleep well so he goes between being in awe of this odd little skill of mine and being complately frustrated with me! LOL!
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" |
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LunaTheFarmLady
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Luna
Rineyville
KY
USA
448 Posts |
Posted - Apr 07 2008 : 9:11:30 PM
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I am definitely a night owl and yet love nothing better than to be woken up by beautiful sunshine streaming in through bare windows. Now there is joy. And I'm at an age and place where if I want to I can take a little catnap in the afternoon...preferably in a hammock with a breeze. Now that's a good thing about being older.
Luna The Farm Lady
http://blueballmountainspindleneedleworks.blogspot.com/
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4181 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4181 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2008 : 05:09:49 AM
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Total morning person here. I am up at 5, to bed earliest can be 8, depending on what went on in the day.
Michele |
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FarmGirl~K
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Kelly
TX
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2008 : 05:25:02 AM
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I'm with you Jodi... night owl. During the week, try to make myself go to bed before 1130 & have to get up no later than 5. On the weekend, will stay up past one & get up between 1030 & 1130, sometimes later depending on how late I got in bed. Usually if its too late though, I will start to get nauseous. Then I know I am up too late. I love that I can sleep in, but hate it at the same time since I feel most of my day is wasted. makes the weekend go too fast! Sometimes I will be so tired at 930, but then get a second wind. Plus if I go to bed then, I wake up @1230a & then cant fall asleep for awhile.
"Work as if you were to live a hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow." ~Benjamin Franklin~
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
1083 Posts
Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Apr 08 2008 : 08:54:02 AM
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True farmgirls here! Normally when I talk about the limited hours of sleep I get, people respond in shock. Here, it is totally normal! We are a strong line of women aren't we!
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
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cowgirlmama
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
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Posted - Apr 09 2008 : 5:24:38 PM
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| total morning-always have been-I love getting up very early,but I am sinking by 6 or 7 in the evening! |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
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debinmtns
True Blue Farmgirl
925 Posts
Debi
Hope
Idaho
USA
925 Posts |
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Linder
True Blue Farmgirl
592 Posts
Linda
Lake Forest
IL
USA
592 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 07:18:55 AM
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LOL! Debi that's just what I'm doing!
I'm sitting here in my messy office in front of my computer with a cup of Joe and a bowl of my homemade granola.
What a great way to start the day, hmmm?
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" |
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bohemiangel
True Blue Farmgirl
2087 Posts
Bridget
Ligonier
pa
USA
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Prairie Princess
True Blue Farmgirl
1075 Posts
Jodi
Washington
USA
1075 Posts |
Posted - Apr 10 2008 : 08:18:22 AM
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Exactly, Kelly--it makes the weekend go by twice as fast when I don't get myself out of bed until the morning has already come and gone. I'm usually "blah" the rest of the day, lol. But the following day I always feel refreshed and cheerful from getting so much sleep.
~Jodi
"Women are like teabags...you never know how strong they are until they get into hot water." Eleanor Roosevelt |
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