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The Green Valley Spa Experience – The Afterparty: Back to the Land of General Chaos, hCG To Go, and Moms Who Have Driven Their Metabolisms Into the Ground

I hate Comcast. It’s my cable company. They keep messing up my bills. This – and other such nonsense – pervades my thoughts now back in DC. I am away from Green Valley Spa.  So away.  I think am going to read over my posts to try to remember, and focus on what matters.  

Welcome Post    Intro    Post 1    Post 2    Post 3    Post 4    Post 5    Post 6    Last Day   The Afterparty

Of course, the two little consumers of mac and cheese who live in my house DO matter, and, it was fun coming back to see them. So, what has changed for me since Green Valley Spa this time around?


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May200909

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The Green Valley Spa Experience – Top 5 Tips for Taking the Spa Experience Home to Your Everyday Life

green-valley-spa-grounds16:00 am I wake up, pack, and say goodbye to my delicious room at Green Valley Spa, and say hello to a new year. I am in a good place. That is what I came here for. This has been a very tough year for a lot of different reasons. The main thing was my mom who, had things gone another way, would not be writing this comment on the blog (see “Babs” comment). I feel very choked up even now as I’m writing this. I know my mom will be out here next year with me, Sharon, Eydie, and Wendee who is now an official Green Valley Spa raving fan. When I came out here, even the massage therapists remembered that my mom had spent a lot of time in the hospital and were asking about her. When folks say “good people” – I’ll tell you, THAT is the definition of good people.

Everyone who commented on the blog during my stay was automatically entered into a drawing for the yummy Good Medicine products (Green Valley’s own line). And the winner is: TRACY (see her comment here).

Welcome Post    Intro    Post 1    Post 2    Post 3    Post 4    Post 5    Post 6    Last Day   The Afterparty

Below are the top 5 ways to take Green Valley Spa home:


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May200908

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The Green Valley Spa Experience – Day 6. B-12 Shots, Mind Map, and “Spiritual Cougars.”

6:15 am B-12 Shot. Wake up, drink some water (trying to drink a gallon per day), head to the Grand Hall for breakfast and a B-12 shot. I would never do this at home. It is so fun to try new stuff here. Most of the things do not involve needles, however. I am not sure I notice a difference. My friend at home gets B-12 IVs (eek!) and swears by them.

Welcome Post    Intro    Post 1    Post 2    Post 3    Post 4    Post 5    Post 6    Last Day   The Afterparty

7.00 am Hiking. Even though this is my third year at Green Valley Spa, I had not been on this hike before. We saw petroglyphs from the Anasazi Native Americans who disappeared in or around 1080. Here are some photos:


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May200907

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The Green Valley Spa Experience – Day 5. Amazing Treatments, Products, and Tools for Stress Reduction and Emotional Eating.

8:45 Breakfast. I am not sure why it took me over two hours to get to breakfast. I woke up at 6.30 am, and was having too much fun lying in bed, drinking coffee, and reading. Green Valley Spa enables my lazy behavior by putting glass jars of coffee beans, a coffee grinder, and a coffee maker in my room in the kitchen area. There is also a teapot, a basket of teas and sweeteners, an air popcorn maker, and whatever else I bring back to the room and stash in the fridge. Last year my big stash was yogurt. This year, it’s the Chinese “Immortal Water.” It is supposed to have all these great properties. I fully expect to be able to fly and travel through time.

Welcome Post    Intro    Post 1    Post 2    Post 3    Post 4    Post 5    Post 6    Last Day   The Afterparty

10.00 am Chatting with Green Valley staff and guests. Because I essentially just sat around chatting with various Green Valley staff and guests for two hours, I will slip in Part 2 of Chef Laurie’s Spa Cuisine lecture from the Day 3 post. Her big focus is an anti inflammatory diet with which I am becoming more and more intrigued.


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May200906

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The Green Valley Spa Experience – Day 4. More Hikes, More Spa Food Tips, and Killer Community (as in “great” not “Dexter”).

6.30 am Wake up – once again – in my lovely room. Blog etiquette: After how many blog posts is it appropriate to show someone your room? It may seem “excessive” to be at a spa in general, and especially right now. I’ll give you my philosophy on that, as well, in this post. Here it goes…the boudoir.

Welcome Post    Intro    Post 1    Post 2    Post 3    Post 4    Post 5    Post 6    Last Day   The Afterparty

THE ROOM


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