My number two item on my list is food.  I often tend to forget to eat.  When I'm feeling myself getting extremely stressed, I can usually see that it's 3:00 in the afternoon and I haven't eaten anything today.  I try to avoid this, but like I said, sometimes I simply forget.

Another quick stress reducer for me is to walk into my bathroom, rummage through my make up case, find my favorite bottle of perfume, and give myself a little squirt. This almost always perks me up.  Many of us don't realize the importance of keeping our olfactory glands satisfied.  Perhaps for you a great stress reliever is to light a candle?

Excercise is another good stress reducer.  If the kids are antsy, not doing their school work as well, send them outside to run around the house!  While they are doing that, maybe you can grab a 10 to 20 minute jog on your treadmill.  You do know how funny it looks for people to walk on a treadmill don't you?  Laugh at yourself, but get on it anyway. 

While you're on the treadmill be sure to put some great praise music on your stereo or head phones.  If we would remember to schedule "praise time" into our daily routines, we would all be a lot happier.

When you're not stressed, take some time to think about the things that really make you "lose it."  Try to focus on those things and see what you could possibly do about them.

Perhaps you get more stressed when you keep getting phone calls?  There is a simple answer for that one, turn on the answering machine!  If you can't bear listening to a ringing phone, turn off the ringer.