Archive for January, 2011
Increase The Relaxation Experience With A Hammock Pillow
The best way to enjoy a hammock is with a hammock pillow. Some may argue that a book or a beverage is the best way, 
though. First things first, let’s get comfortable! Then we can enjoy a drink, a book, or an Ipod.
Many hammock pillows have velcro straps to attach to the spreader bar. But pillows can be used in a hammock without a bar, such as a Mayan hammock or a Brazilian hammock. Stacking up many pillows is great too if you want to be more upright. It is fun to coordinate the colors to customize your own little piece of paradise!
Rope hammocks can be made from cotton or a synthetic rope material. The cotton rope is typically white, but the advantage of the synthetic Dura-cord material is that it can come in a variety of colors.
The weave is very open. For instance, if you are writing in your hammock, hold onto your pen! The rope hammock is an old-style hammock from early days. It is cool in the summer as the air cools you through the open weave. In cooler weather, you may like a hammock pad for extra warmth.
Green Eggs and Hammocks: Part 3, Palapa Relaxation Station
Another unique and innovative product from Green Eggs and Hammocks is the Palapa Relaxation Station. It is a powder coated steel sectional stand that assembles in minutes. It holds six hammock chairs, has a central table, and foot-rests. A canopy is available for shade. This relaxation station is the upgraded approach to a patio table with chairs set.
A palapa is an open thatched roof hut found in the tropics. But you can have your own tiki hut in your back yard! This is a fun way to “hang out” with your family and friends. A restaurant may also find this to be an attracting way to draw in customers who are looking for a twist on the original. What a great conversation piece!
Green Eggs and Hammocks: Part 2, Trailer Hitch Stand
The Green Eggs and Hammocks trailer hitch stand is a very unique item! Also known as Hamx2go, it is a hanging chair 
system for comfort on the go! This is the complete system with all the needed parts but it can double as a hammock chair stand called the Xchair. You will need a trailer hitch on your vehicle first. Then you put the support arms from the Xchair stand into the adapter for trailer hitch.
Then you are ready to hang two hammock chairs from the arms. Several different styles of a hammock chair will work in the stand. Green Eggs & Hammocks has a patented Con2our chair in several colors that works well. This is so easy to use! It sets up or breaks down in minutes! It is perfect for tailgating, camping, fishing, hunting, or anytime you just want to “hang out” outside or on the go!
Green Eggs and Hammocks is the catchy name of a hammock company. They were started in 1997 by Ben Lee in Lubbock, Texas. They started with a retail shop in their hometown. Now, the products are carried in online hammock shops and specialty retail stores.
They have some very unique products that you just don’t see everywhere! We will explore these over the next few days. Be assured, these items make the fun times more fun! Whether you are tailgating, hanging out on your patio, or in your family room, you will be pleased with the quality. Green Eggs & Hammocks is all about fun, comfort, quality, and innovation!
We have been exploring ways to fit relaxation breaks into our busy lives. We need to do this for improvement of our health. The saying goes, you either make time to relax or you will be made to relax while you are in the hospital! We don’t want to wait until then! That’s not even fun! We also are realizing that winter is still a great time for hammocks and hammock chairs because they work great inside our homes too!
I have a great and unique idea for an inexpensive replacement of a couch or love seat. You can hang a Mexican hammock in your recreational room. They are so sturdy that they hold up to 650 pounds! You can all pile in this one for a fun way to relax or watch your favorite show. It is not easy to fold laundry while lying in this and that is the point! Just relax!
I have realized that I really miss reading just for the fun of it. Not the newspaper, a parenting book, etc. I just miss 
reading a novel just because I want to, strictly for enjoyment. I am trying something new this year as part of my resolution to relax.
I hung a hammock swing in the corner of my bedroom from the ceiling. It really didn’t take up much room either! I have a stack of books by my favorite authors that I used to read B.C. ( before children). Now, before bedtime, I take a nice warm shower, get a cup of chamomile tea, and sit down in my newest favorite chair! I read for half of an hour or so, until I am pretty sleepy. Then I crawl in bed and turn out the light. I have been sleeping like a baby and I feel like I am treating myself to some “me” time!
How many times do your children say, “Mom, will you watch this show with me?” and you say, “I’m too busy right now!” There is so much to do with a family and/or a household that sometimes you just can’t imagine taking the time to watch a whole show or movie! But what if you designated a certain day, like Sunday, or whatever works for you, to spend a few hours or a day just doing something with your kids? Then you wouldn’t feel so guilty saying you are too busy.
In my house, Sunday is family day. Sometimes we watch movies or shows or segments of shows that my youngest son DVR’d earlier in the week. To make it more fun, I bought the whole family their own Algoma Hammocks butterfly chair in their favorite color. We sit around in the family room just hanging out, watching movies, and eating popcorn! Great, quality, inexpensive family time!
We are discovering new ways to relax this week as a wonderful way to start 2011! So many of us run from home to work 
to home again with errands in between. Then there is dinner, homework with our children, laundry, and housework. We often don’t stop until it’s bedtime and we are ready to fall over! Day after day on this treadmill is called stress and it is unhealthy!
Yesterday, we discovered that it is easy to hang a hammock chair in the house from our ceiling. Perhaps we don’t want to try to do this or have no one to help us with this. We have a little extra room in the corner and were thinking of maybe getting a recliner this year? Wait! Stop! A hammock chair stand for our hammock chair will work perfectly and save us tons of money and we will like it better! We will love so much that we will promise ourselves to find a little time to use it every day!
We have been talking about making the time to relax a little each day. Not only because it is refreshing, feels great, and makes us feel happier, but because it is good for our health! Quite possibly, you live in the half of the country that is cold in January? Also, maybe you have thought that hammocks and hammock chairs were only for outside to use in the warm half of the year?
Great news! A hanging hammock chair is so easy to use in the house, takes up little space, and is an inexpensive piece of furniture! But it will soon become your favorite! Just find a ceiling stud to turn an S-hook into and hang chair from a chain, cable, or strong rope to desired height. Sit and enjoy! Even ten minutes will help. Make this the year that you do something special for yourself and you will be taking a step towards a healthier you.
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