Let me start off by saying that I’m coming off a three-day migraine, so if I sound more scattered than usual, don’t worry – it’s just the meds. (And no, the extended migraine is nothing to be concerned about. I’ve been to several doctors just to have them tell me what I already knew, which is that my migraines are hereditary. All the women in my maternal family line had them. In fact, my great-grandmother once scandalized her peers by chopping off ALL her long hair as a young woman because its slight weight made her migraine feel worse.)
But I digress. Hey, I warned you about being scattered! Anyway, despite the migraine, I resolved that I’d put up Christmas decorations this past weekend because I didn’t want to take time off during the work week, and despite the migraine, I also didn’t want to wait until next weekend because already felt like I was behind on decorating (see my previous post for my lazy explanation behind this.) Granted, I don’t have a tree yet – I don’t put that up until after Thanksgiving – but there was still a LOT of other decorating to do.
I won’t bore you with all the decorating details, but one of the things was placing garland on the tops of my kitchen cabinets. Now, for reference, my kitchen is shaped kind of like a square horseshoe, and the garland is decked out with with pine cones, ornaments, fake fruit, bows, little starbursts and of course, lots of glitter. Also, since the garland had been in a bag for almost a year, it came out flattened and misshapen. So, in addition to moving a step ladder all around the kitchen because I’m too short to place the garland above the cabinets otherwise, I then had to crawl onto the counters to “fluff” it so that the garland looked bushy and pretty again.
*grins* My subject line is starting to make more sense now, isn’t it? Yes, you guessed it – by the time I was done positioning and fluffing all the garland above me, I was covered in so much glitter, strippers would’ve told me to tone it down. Also, inadvertently huffing glitter while crawling all over my counters probably – in hindsight – wasn’t the best, err, holistic approach to treating my migraine. But whatever, doesn’t the garland look nice up there? (Lie to me say it does, please!)
In any event, between the garland there, the garland in other places, and the many other decorations I put up, I’m now all done with decorating except for the tree, which will be this weekend’s project. Thankfully, I don’t have to factor in cooking for Thanksgiving in addition to my other tasks before that since my sister-in-law is hosting it this year. Me and my husband are just tasked with bringing desserts, and we know a local bakery that does the most amazing apple pie ever.
Whether you’re staying home, going to relatives, going to friends, or going out to eat, I hope that you and yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving! But be sure to watch out for stray glitter clouds. That stuff apparently isn’t healthy if you breathe lots of it in ;).
So no pictures of you covered in glitter? You can model for the next Ian book 🙂 To be fair, glitter is impossible to get off anything. I once came back from a party and my black fedora was covered in glitter, which took months to remove. And the garland looks very nice
Kitchen looks lovely! Getting into that holiday spirit 🎄
Kitchen looks gorgeous. That garland is pretty far up there. Where was Matt when all this was going on?
And, your SIL sounds like one smart cookie. Desserts are a “safe” thing for you to contribute. **hehehe**
Matt was out. I had everything cleaned up and de-glittered by the time he came back ;). Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving, your kitchen looks cheery and wonderful!
Hi Jeaniene,
I hope you had a good Turkey Day. I hosted. We had a house full and a lot of joy.
Wow, nice spacious kitchen. Am I getting old, or do I remember you saying you don’t cook much? Cause that’s a nice size for doing some serious cooking.
Great job with the garland trim. I would have probably fallen off the ladder.
Not sure what you’re taking for meds for the migraines, but as someone who has to keep an eye on seizure meds (it’s in my paternal family), I thought I’d share this article. It’s from last year, but I’m keeping an eye on this research. I’m not a fan of side effects on my meds. But I’ve had headaches severe enough that at one point it felt like my head would split open and drop my brains on the floor. And for one second, I actually wondered if that wouldn’t feel better. *hugs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2017/06/29/marijuana-treats-migraine-pain-better-than-prescription-medication-study-finds/#26181c3b3700
Let the season begin!
Roseann
You remember correctly: I don’t cook much. Hubby does, though, so it’s all good :).
Thanks for the article. I’ve tried medical marijuana for my migraines. Thus far, it hasn’t helped much with the pain (maybe I didn’t use enough.) It does help with the nausea when that gets bad, however.