I had a pretty big pile of sheets that have seen better days and they were going to the trash. I did not remove them from the floor immediately as I should have. Two nights ago those sheets in the trash pile reached up and actually grabbed one of my house-slippered feet and had the audacity to trip me while I was carrying an armload of library books to the kitchen! How rude! Books flew everywhere and my face came in immediate contact with our blue recliner, and not the soft, cushy part I might add!
I yelled for my better half who was busy in the bathroom finishing his nightly ritual of teeth brushing, etc. Before I had him help me up, I screamed for "ICE!" I could feel the swelling in my cheek instantly! He grabbed a bag of frozen peas which was the better choice as it was much quicker than getting the ice out of the ice cube tray (ice cube trays could be the subject of another blog!). It looks way worse than it feels although it's quite tender to the touch. I was out and about today and got the leper stares...you know...those vacant looks from strangers imagining what could possibly have happened to me and better stay away? That was the down for the week.
The up was getting our first P-day (Preparation Day) email and snail mail letter from Sister Shrack. She loves the MTC so far and is already doing a lot with her new language, Tagolag! I am so very proud of her. She has such enthusiasm for the Lord and His teachings and is excited to go to the Philippines.Since I'm really a glass half full person, just ask my hubby, I'll leave you with this little thought!
There is a two-letter word
that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing:
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions .
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.............
Time to shut UP! .....!
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing:
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.
We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions .
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so.............
Time to shut UP! .....!
ha ha, I loved the bit about the many uses of the word "up"! and I hope your eye heals "up" soon!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Amy! It's healing....beginning to look like a lighter color of purple with a bit of yellow. It looks terrible!!! My grand-daughter called me two days ago and said, "Ma, how's your face?" It was cute!
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