- I should start this post on Fridays and keep a running tally of my weekend as it goes by.
- Because as of right now, I've forgotten a bit of it.
- I remember delegating.
- People should be very careful visiting my home during any kind of cleaning or decorating.
- There is no level to which I will not sink.
- Just ask my brother-in-law.
- He thought I was kidding, you know, making a joke when I put the wreath, bow and all the rest in front of him when he stopped by to watch the football game.
- He doubted he was the man for the job.
- I didn't.
- I was right.
- He was very focused and just as particular about it as I would have been.
- The red was his idea, I was against it.
- Until he put it together.
- See? He was the right man for the job.
- While he was hard at work I headed out to get the navy bows for the window wreaths and the greens for my Advent Wreath.
- Which reminded me that I totally forgot Advent Calendars this year.
- My Advent Wreath is looking beautiful.
- Something about bringing out the crafty girl in me while listening to holiday tunes ignites a glimmer of holiday spirit in me.
- Dinner Saturday was out with friends.
- Followed by a painful episode of the hiccups.
- If I go out in the cold after eating I get the hiccups.
- It took two rounds of drinking water upside down to get them to stop.
- My middlest turned 25 on Saturday.
- When I turned 25 she turned 1 week old.
- Hard to believe.
- Harder to believe what else that means.
- I spent a bit of my weekend contemplating that.
Weekending along (albeit at the last second) with Amanda of Habit of Being. Her Weekending posts remind me of my days with little ones and how busy it was while comparitively our weekends are sometimes so quiet when one kid lives miles away and another worked most of it and the birthday girl and her boyfriend took off for the north where there are quiet inns and the ski areas are making snow. While we are mostly okay with that transition, I didn't raise them to keep them, Pete and I are still adjusting and sometimes find ourselves all at ends without the schedules and practices and carpools and games.....
It's a good problem to have.
2012. What's your favorite hiccup remedy?
Getting a fright! Shockes the hiccups away! It has to be a realistic fright to work.....like being told someone just stole your whole stash of yarn!!
Posted by: Anna | December 04, 2012 at 06:11 AM
Nothing works, just waiting it out works well enough.
You know how to pick a good man for a tough job. Well done, both of you!!
Posted by: margene | December 04, 2012 at 08:36 AM
My grandmother would put a spoonful of sugar on the tip my tongue and as it slowly dissolved, the hiccuups went away. Strange, but true, I know!
Posted by: Annie | December 04, 2012 at 09:56 AM
pretty wreath!
and the hiccups. i don't get them often but when i do, watch out! usually have them on and off for the rest of the day.
so glad the christmas spirit is finding you!
Posted by: amanda {the habit of being} | December 04, 2012 at 11:10 AM
Ha! I love the comment about warning people who come in your path on cleaning or decorating. I think I might have to officially acknowledge that. :) Love the wreath. P.S. I thought of you when I put up any ornaments that were blue!
Posted by: Jennifer | December 04, 2012 at 12:09 PM
I like your wreath a lot. I drink water from the wrong side of the glass. It generally works.
Posted by: Carole | December 04, 2012 at 12:28 PM
I can always relax myself out of hiccups, which I guess means I don't have them very badly.
I love the wreath.
Posted by: CyndiG | December 04, 2012 at 05:44 PM
Try drinking eleven sips of water without stopping. The wreath is lovely. Love the blue.
Posted by: Laura Kelly | December 05, 2012 at 07:26 AM
This is what I learned from Mr. Waters in Voice and Speech class many years ago. Hiccups mean that you have a jumping muscle, and that muscle is your diaphragm. Inhale slowly to the bottom of your lungs and press that air down to immobilize the diaphragm. You will have to wait until your next attack to try it.
Posted by: Angie | December 06, 2012 at 08:41 PM