The Week in the Proverbial Nutshell, 2

Time to wrap up the week in a nutshell and link to Mrs. 4444s Friday Fragments and Java's Follow Friday 40 and Over:

Started un-decorating the house on Monday.  I had hoped to get started on Sunday but, everyone who was in from out of town didn't leave until late afternoon and evening.  Which is fine with me because, not only were we having an absolutely grand time, I was able to use their presence as an excuse NOT to start the depressing-overwhelming-I-don't-want-to-do-it task of un-decorating the house.  Now, it's Friday and I am still faced with completing said task.  There's just no escaping it.  Nor are the good fairies or little elves or any other little helpful creature coming to do it for me.  Only one tree is down. Darn it!

This is celebration week at our house every year.  January 4 is our oldest daughter's birthday; January 5 is our wedding anniversary; January 6 is my birthday.  Now, there would really be only two things to celebrate during this first week of January had our first precious not arrived 20 days early.  (Actually, all our daughters arrived on this planet early:  Breezy, 20 days; Deanie, 16 days; Birdie, 10 days; DoodleBug....well, she probably would have stayed in for another month--we did have to entice induce her out into the world.). Anyway, Breezy turned 26 on Tuesday; Hubs and I celebrated 27 years of marriage on Wednesday (we went to one of our favorite restaurants downtown Charleston and it was Yummy-licious!); and I celebrated my 45th birthday yesterday.  (I've been celebrating my 45th birthday for 8 years now...it's wonderful!).

This is the last week before classes resume for the spring semester (this will be Birdie's last semester, she graduates in May with TWO degrees--Athletic Training and Exercise Science--WooWhoo!) so our two youngest daughters, who attend college and live downtown, have been coming home to spend time with us.  We've played games (Banana Grams; Farkle; Wii sports), we've been shopping (I purchased some new little kitchen items which led to a rearranging of the cabinets in the kitchen which led to having to clean those cabinets first--well, the shopping part was fun anyway); we've been out to lunch; one day we just sat around and read books for an entire afternoon!  I've completely enjoyed having this time with them but not one single time did I think:  "HEY- here are your little helpers, let's get this house un-decorated!"

I participated (silently--and by silently I mean in my journal and not via blog) in a month long daily-prompt-writing thingy in December (Reverb 10) and I really loved it so I am now looking for something similar for January---anyone heard of anything?  Meanwhile, I am using Mama Kat's prompts at Mama's Losin' It!

I also bought myself a new bird feeder--one of those flat, hexagonal ones that can be used as a feeder or for water.  The birds really like it.  So do the squirrels.  Which means that Tucker likes it too.  He's been chasing squirrels all week.

Hub's side of the family has a tendency to be negative and blame any and all lack of accomplishments on bad luck which, inevitably leads to one huge, life-long pity party (it's ok to put this in here, Hubs is well aware that they do this, thank God he is not like this at all).  Deanie, our daughter who moved all the way up to DC several months ago was beginning to take on this negativity.  Finally, when I simply COULD NOT STAND TO HEAR IT another minute, I told her in that nice, nurturing mommy's-here-for-you, caring, compassionate voice (right...I was the drill sergeant in that Geico commercial) that if she didn't start sending out positive vibes all she was ever going to get in return were more negative results and then she would end up just like L and W!  She worked on changing her attitude immediately (she's not used to getting yelled at) and has had a change of 'luck' already.  She has been looking for a new place to live (it's difficult up there when you have a 100 pound chocolate lab) and decided that she was going to find a place.  She and the roommate did find one and it was between them and one other girl.  This is Deanie's second week of her second job (bartending) and when she was filling out paperwork she told the boss that she was unsure of the address because she was moving next week.
Boss:  Where are you moving?
Deanie:  she told him the location and explained that they hadn't gotten word for certain but that she       was trying this new thing where, if she wants something, she believes that she will get it...
Boss:  Wow, that's a really nice location.  I have a friend who owns property there. 
Deanie:  Oh really, where?
Boss:  On the corner.
Deanie:  No Way!  What's his name.
OK, so you see where this went.  Boss's friend is the guy who owns the properties that Deanie is hoping to rent and Boss just happened to be having a meeting with his friend the next day...Amazing what a positive attitude will do for you! She understands that this is not like having a genie pop out of a bottle and grant wishes.  Hard work and determination are still necessary to make things happen.  HOLD THE PHONE!  WAIT A MINUTE! LIGHT BULB OVER THE HEAD!  IF I believe the fairies are coming to un-decorate the house....LOL  Seriously, our two college lovelies have just offered to come help tomorrow.  What did I say about a positive attitude????!!!


Picked up the new contacts this week.  That crazy eye doctor was all like, oh there are so many wonderful options out there now for dry, allergy eyes and if they're fitted right you won't have any trouble, blah, blah, blah...Well, he was right.  I completely forgot they were in yesterday and enjoying seeing the world without those frustrating glasses! 

Ate Chik-Fil-A waffle fries for lunch on my birthday!  OMG I could eat those every day of the week and NEVER get tired of them! 

Finally, Carol at Facing 50 with Humour is hosting a new weekly feature where she features a different blogger every week on her blog and--I'M THE FIRST ONE!  How exciting!!!  Carol and I have discovered that we have an almost twin-like connection in the many similar coincidences we have encountered.  Really, I'm NOT kidding, it's almost eerie!   And seriously, if you haven't already discovered her blog, then you are missing out on some of the best humor you've ever read!  Please go over and give yourself a laughter filled uplift for the day and share some love with Carol!