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5 Unusual Uses For Indoor Fountains
Indoor fountains are an easy and beautiful way to spruce up your home and add some tranquility to your life, but did you know that they can also be used in the following non-traditional ways to provide hours (well, at least minutes) of humor to your life? Here's a list of 5 unusual uses for your indoor fountain. 1. Cat hypnosis. This works particularly well with gazing ball and mill house/water wheel fountains. Watch your cat sit, lulled by the soothing sounds of running water, and stare at the gently revolving water wheel or orb for hours, falling deeper and deeper into a trance. Try giving your cat instructions. Maybe she will finally obey them in her altered state. 2. Child-entertainer. Bear in mind that you can't actually leave the general area, due to a variety of local, state, federal laws and personal ethical and moral standards. Tell your toddler or preschooler (ages 3-5 works best in my personal experience) that a mermaid lives in the fountain waters. The mermaid only comes out when it is very, very quiet in the room. Inform the child that the bubbles in the fountain are from the mermaid's breathing, if he or she needs proof. Invite the child to sit down and look for the mermaid. This should work for at least 10-15 minutes, and can be repeated as often as needed, until the child stops believing in mermaids or an older child/partner rats you out. 3. Potty-training assistant, unpaid. Potty training can be a stressful time in a parent-child relationship. Indoor fountains can ease the process in a twofold way: relieving your stress, with its' soothing sounds and lovely appearance, and when used as an aid to teaching toileting skills. Simply bring the training potty close to the indoor fountain (or the indoor fountain close to the training potty), ply your young one with liquids, and wait for the bubbling, tinkling sounds of water running to help nature take it's course. Reward lavishly, of course - both yourself and the child. Wine and chocolate works. Oh, and you probably should pick up a little something for the tyke too. 4. Telemarketer tormenting device. Hate telemarketing calls? Get a little revenge. Call center employees tend to live on coffee or other caffeinated beverages to keep their perkiness levels up. The ones who work on commission hate taking bathroom breaks, since it interrupts their flow and customer-annoyance times. Simply keep the telemarketer on the line, holding the phone as close to the running water as possible without making contact and let them enjoy your tranquil water sounds symphony too. When nature calls, they can't call you. A little mean? Maybe. But so is interrupting dinner and American Idol every week to sell me air conditioning annual updates and timeshares in Vegas. 5. In-law peacekeeping tool. In-laws. We have to love them. We don't have to love listening to them, especially the litany of criticisms on how messy your house is (it looks fine, I promise!), how the grandkids are spoiled/not spoiled/non-existent, and how perfect your husband/wife/partner's ex-girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband/partner was for their little sweetums. Here's the plan: the next time they come over, and you're all sitting around the living room, plant yourself as close as possible to your beautiful indoor fountain. Tune in to the soothing, melodic peals of water flowing gracefully through the fountain. Tune out of the conversation. Important note: smile and nod occasionally, particularly if people are looking at you. Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Mariann Bell is a mother of two (one with autism), wife, special education teacher, and feng shui, interior design and meditation devotee. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, cooking, reading, and writing. Visit her store at www.IndoorFountainsForLess.com for quality indoor fountains at bargain prices. |
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