Nothing much happens: bedtime stories to help you sleep
Valentine's at the Inn, Part 2
Mon, 17 Feb 2025
Our story tonight is called Valentine’s at the Inn, Part Two, and it continues from last week, a tale of a little romance and a lot of coziness by the lake. It’s also about cinnamon and cardamom, crepe paper streamers decorating the ballroom, and the excitement of a properly planned event about to start. We give to a different charity each week, and this week, we are giving to Stray Dog,Inc. Stray Dog provides every rescue with a healthy, happy life until a forever home is found. Visit bioptimizers.com/nothingmuch and use code NOTHINGMUCH for 10% off any order. For 20% OFF any AquaTru water purifier, go to AquaTru.com and use the promo code NOTHINGMUCH. Order your own NMH weighted pillow now! Subscribe for ad-free, bonus, and extra-long episodes now, as well as ad-free and early episodes of Stories from the Village of Nothing Much! Search for the NMH Premium channel on the Apple podcast or follow this link. Listen to our daytime show, Stories from the Village of Nothing Much, on your favorite podcast app. Join us tomorrow morning for a meditation. Save over $100 on Kathryn’s hand-selected wind-down favorites with the Nothing Much Happens Wind-Down Box. A collection of products from our amazing partners: Eversio Wellness: Chill Now Vellabox: Lavender Silk Candle Alice Mushrooms Nightcap Nutrachamps Tart Cherry Gummies A Brighter Year Mini Coloring Book NuStrips Sleep Strips Woolzies Lavender Roll-On
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Welcome to Bedtime Stories for Everyone, in which nothing much happens. You feel good, and then you fall asleep. I'm Katherine Nicolai. I create everything that you hear on Nothing Much Happens with audio engineering by Bob Wittersheim.
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Chapter 2: What charity is supported this week?
We give to a different charity each week, and this week we are giving to Stray Dog Incorporated. Stray Dog provides every rescue, a healthy, happy life, until a forever home is found.
Learn more about them in our show notes.
If our show brings you some comfort, some good sleep, some benefit, and you wonder how you can support us, a free way to do that is just to listen to our ads. We are grateful to the companies that sponsor our show And we want them to be successful. And since I talk so slowly, those ads are often just about the right amount of time to brush your teeth. Dentist approved.
Chapter 3: How can listeners support the podcast?
Another way, of course, is to subscribe to our premium feed. You are keeping us alive, folks, and we thank you for it.
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Now, in order to keep your brain from wandering so that we can lull it to sleep, we need to give it a point of focus, and that's the story. Just listen. Let the sound of my voice ease you into a sleepy place. This is a form of basic conditioning, so know that results will improve with regular use.
Chapter 4: What is the story behind Valentine's at the Inn?
You'll fall asleep faster and return to sleep more easily over time. I'll tell the story twice, and I'll go a little bit slower the second time through. Our story tonight is called Valentine's at the Inn, Part 2, and it continues from last week, a tale of a little romance and a lot of coziness by the lake.
It's also about cinnamon and cardamom, crepe paper streamers decorating the ballroom, and the excitement of a properly planned event about to start. In the village of Nothing Much, I'm sure they never have to worry about their tap water. Unfortunately, like all of you, I live in the real world, and I don't always trust what comes out of my tap. That's why I use AquaTrue purifiers.
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Okay, time to turn off the lights.
Put away anything you are looking at or working on. You are safe and I will be here watching over you with my voice. Take a slow, deep breath in through your nose and sigh. Do that again. Fill it up and let it out.
Good. Valentine's at the Inn, Part 2. Up in the ballroom on the second floor, things were nearly ready.
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Chapter 5: How is the Inn preparing for Valentine's weekend?
It was Valentine's weekend at the Inn, and we had a nearly full house of lovebirds and sweethearts. ready to clink glasses and wander into the lonely corners of our vast rooms. Today we'd served breakfast in the dining room and drawing room, with fires burning in the grates and flowers on each table.
Chef had made our famous coffee cake
as well as cinnamon rolls and cardamom buns.
We poured cup after cup of coffee and fresh squeezed orange juice. There was a light snow falling, the kind with tiny thin flakes. And the sun came out now and then to sparkle on the frozen lake. It was romantic. There was no argument there. But tonight was going to top it. Our guests were encouraged to visit town for lunch.
Chapter 6: What special event is happening at the Inn?
we'd put out some soup and sandwiches in the dining room, self-service style, but we'd highlighted the excellent cafes and bistros downtown, the shops and sites that were perfect for idling away a winter afternoon.
And thankfully, most of them took us up on it.
Because I was a bit like a parent who needed the kids out from under my feet for a bit so that I could set up the ballroom.
I'd had an idea.
A little cheesy, maybe, but I hoped it would prove to be both romantic and fun.
We were hosting a little grown-up prom for our guests tonight. The ballroom was decorated with streamers and balloons. flowers, and bowls of chocolates.
I was up on a ladder in the far corner behind the piano, twisting the last of the crepe paper streamers into place while my cat Sycamore chased a red balloon under a table.
I'd been telling him about my own prom many years before, how it had been mostly a letdown, a night that had been overhyped for years and could not have lived up to all that I'd expected.
that, in the end, I'd wished I'd danced more, cared less about my hair and dress, and just had fun.
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