Anne Tyler Lord

Fun: January Party – Spa Day for Writers

Congratulations #writerlbsOff community!

Our community members made amazing progress in January with several pounds off, higher creativity and productive writing.  And, some of us have persevered through challenges with our health and creativity, but we are all here strong and happy.

We did it together! What started as a simple suggestion of a few friends who wanted to lose a few pounds in the new year has grown into a wonderfully suppportive community of friends!

We made it through the first month and there are three more to go. This is our January party and I thought we all deserved a Spa Day for us to relax, reflect, rejuvenate, and just hang out and have some fun.

Come in, chat and enjoy the sensual pleasures! Leave all your January worries behind and get ready for February! I wrote a poem to get the party started!

January Ends

January,
began with champagne,
turned quickly insane,
moments of weight gain,
Migraine,
Fibro pain,
weather disdain,
Hernia strain,
lame brain,
trying to maintain,
and not complain.

Don’t shed a tear,
When you look at your rear.
Don’t let your fear,
Make you cry in your beer.

This is YOUR Year,
for change and good cheer!
Your friends are all here,
And our love is most dear.

Welcome to the Spa by the Sea

Come in, find a dressing room and enjoy the fluffy soft robes and slippers. Enter the beautiful spa, have a drink, and enjoy the therapeutic and relaxing services. The aroma you smell is lavender and eucalyptus. All of our products are organic and (mostly) cruelty free.

Music

Click on the links below to enjoy some music while you are here.  I have chosen some very relaxing and reflective music for you to enjoy while you are receiving your treatments. It is great music for contemplative thought and relaxing your body & mind.

Sands of Time

The Sea Caresses You

Simple Pleasures

Close Your Eyes

Massage

Enjoy the unique massage services. Your masseurs today will be Laszlo, the Kaszinov’s handsome chemist who has some wonderful new oils with secret ingredients to delight you.  And Jezebel (several of you may know Laura Eno’s, uh, companion – just ask her if you don’t) is joining us to amaze you with her tentacle massage. Just don’t let her get to your neck.

Sunsations

After a soothing oil massage you may want to take advantage of your slippery smooth skin by going outside in the sun on the beach to catch some rays (the weather is great) or play naked Slip and Slide.

The Boys of the Kaszinov Family (of my Russian Mafia story fame-picture at the bottom of this post) will be serving drinks and lunch seaside.  They are very helpful and they love to watch people swim with the fishes.

Mud & Wraps

There is a lovely mud bath that has been replaced with liquid chocolate just for our special spa day. Please no licking, you don’t know who was in there before you.

Enjoy the mummy wraps with special herb infusions guaranteed to give you a high feeling of relaxation and hallucination.

Steam Room

For the hard-core members who want to keep losing weight even during the spa day, we have a special steam room with the aroma of  Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies to help you take off a few pounds while you have the illusion of enjoying treats.

The Pharm

Spend part of the day on The Pharm. There is very special treatments for anyone who recently had surgery, illnesses or injuries.  Here, you will find pharmaceutical wonders to eliminate pain of all kinds.  Laszlo would also like your feedback on his new concoctions, Ice, but if you want to be put on Ice, please allow extra time. It packs quite a punch, but is quite relaxing.

Oxygen

Rejuvenate your mind and writing with oxygen therapy. Boost those brain cells. We also offer helium, but wait until there are several people in the room, it is much more fun in groups.

The Rack

For those of you who are still feeling a little batty, put yourselves on The Rack and hang upside down for awhile to do a little lymph drainage. I highly recommend this treatment in conjunction with the mummy wraps. Hallucinations become much more vivid this way.

Have a wonderful, relaxing day!

I’m so grateful for each and every one of you.

I wish you peace, strength and serenity.

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If you are a member and haven’t been able to participate yet, join in the party, comment, or join in when you can.

If you are a newcomer and want to know how this all started check it out here. If you want to join us, introduce yourself in the comments below. You are welcome any time. Then follow the #writerlbsOff on Twitter for chatting and updates.

Listed below are the wonderful people who have signed on to join the #writerlbsOff joining the quest for improved health and creativity.  I encourage everyone check out their websites and follow them on Twitter.  There is a great deal of talent and creativity in this group! (let me know if your info needs any changes)

Laura @lauraeno
A Shift in Dimensions

Marisa @marisabirns
Out of Order Alice

Julie @Okami0731
Whatever

Kelly @KBSagert
Kelly Boyer Sagert

Tony @TonyNoland
Landless

Ruth @ruthdemitroff
Reconnecting

C.L. Dyck @lifeledlearning
Scita Scienda

Tomara @2maraA
2Mara.com

Nishi @CafeNirvana
Nydiessi

Maria @mazzz_in_Leeds
Mazzz in Leeds

Olivia @SimplyOlivia
Liv Loves Lit

Maggie @rowemag
Maggie Rowe

Marwa @marwame
Writer, Reader, Chocolate Eater

P.J. @doublelattemama
Inspired by Real Life

Cynthia @cswriter59
The Heart of Writing

Shon @chicklitgurrl
Shon Bacon: A True Wordsmith

Angie @techtigger
Techtigger’s Soapbox

Sam @FutureNostalgic
Future; Nostalgic

Betsy @wildthyme
Wild Thyme Creative

Candace @cheshirescribe
A Writer in Wonderland

Deanna @deannaschrayer
The Other Side of Deanna

Louise @WeezelWords
What Scares You

Alison @alisonwells
Head Above Water

Pauline @aspiringmama
Aspiring Mama

Deb @debs1
Shining Garden

Juliette @jterzieff
Juliette Terzieff.com

Gail @radlady
Gailforcewriting.com

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22 responses to “Fun: January Party – Spa Day for Writers”

  1. The Writer’s Life: Multitasking | Don't Fence Me In

    […] you didn’t get a chance to enjoy the end of January celebration party, head on over to the Spa by the Sea for writers and have a relaxing treatment or two. There has been quite a bit of high jinx happening at the spa. […]

  2. Tony Noland

    I think a day (or three) at a spa would be great. The last two weeks don’t count, since I need pharma that makes me FEEL GOOD as opposed to NOT FEEL BAD. Huge difference.

    However, just reading the virtual spa above was very nice. Thanks!

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Hi Tony,

      Thanks for stopping by the spa. I’m glad you enjoyed your brief stay. Come back anytime and we will put you on The Rack in a mummy wrap, that will cure what ails you.

  3. Ronda Laveen

    Ah, boy did I show up on the right day! SPA DAY! I am a professional massage therapist and I can really use a massage myself.

    Thanks for visiting my blog and the “follow.” Your’s is fun, fun, fun!

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Ronda,

      Thanks for stopping by and I’m glad you enjoyed the Spa Day. I would love to have you work at my spa, since Jezebel is not coming back. But don’t tell her. hehe!

      Your site has some great stuff – I’m glad to follow!

  4. Deanna Schrayer

    Thanks so much for that link Anne! I just love the site. Alas I must’ve spent too much time in the pharm yesterday as I woke up sick last night, (sick sick, not flare sick). Either that or Jezebel got me. 😉
    Think I’ll settle on the beach for a bit.

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Oh no! That is not what you need! I have my fingers crossed because there are several illnesses going around at my kids school – yuk!

      Have a good rest and get better! Probably shouldn’t have gotten the massage by Jezebel.

      1. Jezebel

        I had my Orion III flu shot last year so I couldn’t possibly have made you sick. You puny humans are so fragile…
        I did enjoy giving massages – but your clientele screams a lot.

        1. Anne Tyler Lord

          Okay, ah…thank you for your services, but I think we won’t be needing you anymore…ah…recession and all, you know, not enough business, really, thank you. *shoves check in tentacle and runs*

  5. Joanne

    What a great idea, celebrating the successes and accomplishments of the New Year. Each one matters, fun post!

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Joanne,

      Thanks for coming by the spa! I hope you had a great time. Yes, each one does matter!

  6. Nishi

    Excellent – I made it just in time! I thought I might have missed this 🙂

    The spa is heaven, I must say, my compliments to Anne! You do throw the most excellent virtual parties.

    Your poem has me snorting most unladylike-ly here! I think I know where the migraines and lame brains originate 🙂

    I am being summoned for more mid-winter spring cleaning here but I will be back soon!

    Have fun soaking and detoxifying, lovely people of the World of #writerlbsoff!!

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Nishi,

      So happy to see you come over. You are certainly kicking up the dust with a long day of cleaning. I think I would prefer the dust to the IKEA chemical smells in the furniture. It is definitely cleaner than most, but with my chemical sensitivities, I am really starting to suffer. I need a major detox now, thank goodness I have the spa today.

      If the cleaning gets to be too much, come back and join me at the Pharm, I will be there for most of the evening. Heck, I may just hang out there all week.

  7. Deanna Schrayer

    Oh Anne, this is marvelous. Your poem had me cracking up, and now I’m listening to ‘The Sea’ while getting a mud wrap in the pharm, and doing my best to stay away from Jezebel! 🙂
    Thanks so much for all you do for our community!
    Oh, and I love the pictures!

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Thanks Deanna, I’m glad you enjoyed the treatments. I found a new source for photos – a free clip art site I discovered when I was over at Anne Fraiser’s website (another Twin Cities writer) – she had a link on her sidebar – it is called the Graphics Fairy – it had fun vintage graphics.

  8. Laura Eno

    Your poem was wonderful! I don’t want to look at my rear though…
    Jezebel is enjoying all of the attention. Her tentacles are really getting a workout today (when people have their eyes closed and don’t see her sneaking up on them)
    I am hanging on the rack in my mummy wrap because hallucinations are the only way to go!

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Hi Laura,

      I hope Jezebel has been behaving today! She really can give a mean massage, pun intended. You really should get down off the rack now, you are looking a little green.

  9. Donna Carrick

    Very, very funny, Anne! I SO enjoyed my spa day, but managed to avoid sleeping with the fishes! Those hallucinations were well worth the er- mud…
    Donna Carrick

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Hi Donna, so glad you stopped by for a little relaxation! The hallucinations from the stuff at the Pharm are wonderful, so tailored to your individual needs.

  10. Candice

    Ah, it’s so relaxing here in the spa!!!! I’m about to begin Lazlo’s ICE treatment while hanging from the rack, then a massage!

    1. Anne Tyler Lord

      Oh yeah, isn’t Laszlo great! I had him give me a few massages on a “trial” basis before hiring him at the spa!

  11. Anne Tyler Lord

    Hello Everyone,

    I hope you enjoyed your spa day! I just wanted to let you know I have a family outing planned for today and will get back to the comments later this afternoon.

    So have a great time until I get back!

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