Our latest free time adventure! The “Great Gum Escapade!!!” Enjoy. And participate along with us by reading the “Join our newest adventure” post below. It shows you how to flex your free time muscle by taking 15 minutes a day for two days in a row. How do-able is that? Then let us know how it goes…
Okay, we both traveled a bunch in the month of November, so we got a little behind on the gum adventure (see Great Gum Escapade post below). But we did it yesterday! We tried about 15 
different kinds of gum. It was a blast :0) We’ll post the video some time this week. While we’re getting the video ready, here’s this week’s Adventures in Free Time Challenge for you:
Day One 20-minute free time escapade: As a break in your business day, take a quick jaunt to the gum aisle in your local grocery store and buy the new sexy gum flavors that intrigue you.
Day Two 15-minute free time escapade: Chew the different flavors and see what you like and what you don’t like.
Hop on our RSS feed so we can let you know when our Great Gum Escapade video has been posted and then make a comment of your own to let us know how it went with your Gum Escapade. Remember – you’re flexing your free time muscle here which is ultimately good for your business (see our philosopy at right). So get out there and chew – we can’t wait to hear from you!
And in the meantime, if you want to see one of our other videos, check out the Homemade Geyser video below. Tee hee…
After last week’s Homemade Geyser (see video below), we’ve got a new adventure on the horizon: The Great Gum Escapade. Something has happened in the last decade with gum. I wasn’t really paying attention because I’ve never been much of a gum chewer, but somewhere along the way gum flavors got really sexy. Growing up in the 70’s, there were your basic flavors- mint, grape, orange and some kind of berry. But the checkout lane now has all of these groove-a-licious flavors and shapes and packaging. Names like “maui melon mint” and “berry pear-licious” and “Lush” and “Elixir” (what does it mean? I have to know!) So for our next mid-business-day adventure, we’re going to try all the new gums and see what we think. Stay tuned…
This is our first post ever! And our first official adventure in free time. It seems that all of the things we have on our list right now have to do with blowing something up. We’ll have to work on that ;0) But for now it sure feels good. Check out our two-minute video:
ATTEMPT #1:
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Okay, so after attempt #1, we had to go for attempt #2. Check out the one-minute video…
ATTEMPT #2:
(If you can’t see it here, watch it at YouTube)
So of course it wasn’t so much about the explosion as it was about the fun had along the way. (Although we really would have liked if it had exploded). I guess that’s fodder for one of our next adventures. And since this blog is all about doing fun things to take a break from work, here’s the oh-so-serious analysis:
Time away from work: Two hours (whopee!)
Time it would take you: Half hour since you wouldn’t be videotaping (unless you wanted to)
Relaxation factor: 10 out of 10
Do try this at home: Baking soda, vinegar, a bottle and a little bit of dishwashing liquid for bubbles.
And if you can come up with some recipe that actually explodes rather than oozes, we’ll color a picture from my favorite coloring book and send it to you.
Until next time…
