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What would you do with a spare 20 mins each week? Tell Cif for a chance to win a £250 voucher NOW CLOSED

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AnnMumsnet · 12/06/2014 16:31

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What would you do with a spare 20 mins each week? Tell Cif for a chance to win a £250 voucher NOW CLOSED
OP posts:
Cherryjellybean · 19/06/2014 16:14

Lay down and sleep, I have a newborn and a toddler who doesn't nap. I miss sleep!

sianishere · 19/06/2014 16:33

It would have to be read a book and drink a cup of tea while it's actually hot! I used to read so much before I had children - at least one book per week - but now I take months to get through a single book. I miss reading, so it would definitely be what I would spend those spare minutes on.

kath2 · 19/06/2014 19:52

If I had 20 mins spare each week I'd go wild and mix it up each week, oh yeah! Latte and muffin in a coffee shop one week, ring my sister in Canada for a much needed catch up, feet up and a good book, spot of gardening, take up jogging....the possibilities are endless!

BlondieBrownie · 19/06/2014 19:59

I would read a book in the bath that doesn't involve rubber ducks, submarines, water pistols or plastic fish!

nerysw · 19/06/2014 21:13

Spare time with nothing to do? I think I can just about remember that... I would try and avoid sitting and staring into space and probably write my diary which gets neglected all too often.

PavlovtheCat · 19/06/2014 22:24

Sit in the courtyard with a glass of wine or coffee or anything really, and listen to the sound of absolute nothing. Presuming of course that by 20 mins spare, you don't mean while DH has the children in the front room, screaming at the top of their lungs.

or

Lay down with my eyes closed and do as above

or

actually I would probably go on MN, really.

polly164 · 19/06/2014 22:46

I'd have 20 minutes of peace and quiet! Total bliss in a house thats always busy.

xalyssx · 20/06/2014 09:15

I'd sit with DP and the kids and not have any screens on, just chatting and having biscuits and milk.

Mummytoboyz7 · 20/06/2014 09:36

Sleep! My boys are early risers

Doubtfuldaphne · 20/06/2014 13:01

I'd enter some competitions in the hope to winning something/anything!

Uzma01 · 20/06/2014 13:20

Get more reading done at a time when I'm not likely to fall asleep whilst doing so!

halliday · 20/06/2014 14:33

I would go and bounce on the kids trampoline !

Supermam · 20/06/2014 17:21

I'd sit in the garden with an icy Pimms, a frivolous novel & a sleepy cat nearby. All thoughts of paid and unpaid work would be far away over the cloudless horizon.

Legwarmersforboys · 20/06/2014 21:03

just stop with a nice coffee in a nice coffee shop

PavlovtheCat · 20/06/2014 21:17

I have 20 mins right now.
I have a glass of wine in my hand.
Kids are asleep, finally.

I am laying on the sofa looking at the mess knowing I should probably clear it but won't.

So my 20 mins will be spent actually feeling guilty for having 20 mins.

Japaninthesweep · 20/06/2014 21:48

Sorry, this is really uninspiring, but if I had twenty minutes to myself I would lie down on my sofa and close my eyes. DH is recovering from a self inflicted injury that led to back surgery so has been permanently hogging it for two months. I miss my sofa...

manfalou · 20/06/2014 22:02

Id turn the tv off, go and sit in the conservatory and listen to music... never get to listen to adults music these days.

Foxymumma · 20/06/2014 22:54

ooh i would give myself a mini pedicure ...

Hopezibah · 20/06/2014 22:59

I would do my physio excercises for my back pain - I should do it everyday but just don't get moment spare so I'd at least do it once a week this way!

Lovewhereilive · 20/06/2014 23:12

Ride my bike or failing that sit in my garden with a cappuccino and a book.

cremolafoam · 21/06/2014 14:06

go to the summerhouse with my audio-book, shoes off, collapse on fluffy cushions, listen to birds outside and the dulcet tones of Don Bartlett reading Jo Nesbo. Drift off in the warm summer air...........

popperdoodles · 21/06/2014 16:35

drink tea and eat cake, all by myself.

BonjourMinou · 21/06/2014 17:17

Actually paint my toenails nicely.

JavaSparrow · 21/06/2014 21:20

20ms alone: nap.

20ms child free with dh: sex. Twice.

20ms with kiddiewinks: ludo or jenga and cup of tea.

20ms with a friend: wine.

Jinty64 · 22/06/2014 08:16

I would just sit and think. I get so little time just to think.