Oh God here I am again wanting you to do something on a Sunday.
Put some flowers or find somethings flowered in your house and take a picture, or two or five of it/them and link it up.
Monday, the 10th, we'll do February Flowers In The House, yes?
Let's have a house party!
It's February, it's bleak, it's cold and for many of us it's snowy.
For a handful of us it's Valentine's pregame.
Here's how my week will go:
Monday: FITH and an extensive physical for upcoming surgery.
Tuesday: Massive amounts of flowers will begin arriving, phones will be ringing and men will be unable to stand patiently in line to place their orders. They will stick their heads back and ask if it would be easier if I took their order.
No.
Wednesday: More of the above. When we walk out of design area to get flowers I advise other designers to keep eyes down and not make eye contact.
It's like the zoo. If you look them in the eye they think you're going to feed them.
Thursday: Phones ringing off hook, designers imitating windmills as flowers are placed in vases, water changed and cards added. Everything done in double time. Boxes of flowers still arriving, flowers cleaners stumbling up and down uneven tread staircase with 5 gallon buckets full of water and flowers.
And now the men are bringing in their children thinking this will break down the waiting time, cuteness factor and all.
No. Still can't help you. Have to do 1000 orders for men who stood in line on Tuesday.
Friday. God save the queen.
And yet I still want to do flowers in the house?
My mother always said I was a glutton for punishment.
Game on?
I'll try! Might have to be cauliflower...
ReplyDeleteIs that rose "Goldfinch" or are you reading Donna Tartt?
I am reading Donna Tart. The rose has no name known to me. But I love it.
DeleteAnd a cauliflower is a flower, no?
Wow, your week sounds horrible. That takes the sweetness out of Valentine's Day!
ReplyDeleteIt's not horrible, it's just a lot of hard work, beautiful flowers and funny stories. if we didn't love every minute of it, we wouldn't do it.
Deletethink tongue in cheek when i write...
I agree with Christa ... I've never been one to get all excited about Valentines Day, and now I have a whole new perspective. Bless you for making these men and their wives so happy.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually our pleasure!
DeleteYour description is dead on ! Having survived years of flower shop work myself I completely agree with you. I will be in Houston w/my hubby this year visiting our son, but will say a prayer for all florists everywhere starting with you. As for FITH, yes! when I don't have any I drink in the beauty of those who do. Good luck with the surgery, you'll be glad you did it, honest.
ReplyDeleteThank you we can all use a prayer. Oh good, I'd love you to join in.
Deletethe surgery is the 20th, I'll be babbling on for a bit before it happens I'm sure.
but thanks for the vote of just do it.
OMG! One serving, just the crust!!!
ReplyDeleteNutritional Facts for Martha Stewart's Pate Brisee -- Basic Pie Crust
Serving Size: 1 (608 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 1
Amount Per Serving
Calories 1390
Calories from Fat 842
Total Fat 93.5 g143
Saturated Fat 58.5 g
What, what don't tell me this!!! I'm having sticker shock!
DeleteUh, kathy....I think you forgot to divide it into servings and Martha's recipe is for a double crust so you cut it in half. When I used the calories counter for 1/2 Martha's pate brisee recipe, I got 173 calories with 11.7 grams of fat. This is assuming there are 8 servings in one pie.
ReplyDeleteJane - you've put a face on the flower people. i never considered how crazy it must be for you! I know when I was working in a local drug store as a teenager, I wrapped a gazillion boxes of chocolates. Do you know that wrapping a heart shaped box is really difficult? The point has a tendency to break through the paper.
My guy and I agreed to just do cards as usual....but I might cheat: "The Baker Chick" blog has a recipe for TWO chocolate cupcakes with frosting of course! That shouldn't ruin my diet too much!
Thank God for your math...I was afraid I'd never be able to eat another piece of pie again.
DeleteI can barely wrap flowers, i would have lost my job ever the heart boxes!
Might check out that baker chick...
and the really worst time...5pm on the 14th as those husbands stop in on their way home from work.
ReplyDeleteI volunteered to do deliveries! See you Monday. :)
Right? Oh call on VDay and want it delivered, downtown, to a government building ( that we can't enter) IMMEDIATELY!
DeleteI've always wondered what florists get for Valentine's Day--besides overworked?
ReplyDeleteI can't speak for all florists, but what I usually get is a pizza:-)
DeleteYou bet. Stay sane over Valentine's......
ReplyDeleteWell if I'm going into it half crazed....yay, see you Monday!
DeleteGame on. And just how fabulous that so many men want to celebrate with flowers!
ReplyDeleteYou're right, it is fabulous. Thanks for the glass half full thought:-)
DeleteGood thing my house is being cleaned tomorrow. It's the only time I like to bring flowers home.
ReplyDeleteAll I'll see in the house next week is the couch, the t.v., the bed and of course, Addie…and Joe who will be serving up dinners through the week. Bless him.
I feel like we should hold hands while we jump into next week!
I got a massage today in preparation for the insanity and booked another one on the 17th....
DeleteSomething good to hold on thru the madness.
God help us all. Well god and Joe. Maybe he'll ship a few meals overnight?
xo
That's so crazy. I've just ignored v-day in recent years.
ReplyDeleteWhat, exactly are they doing to your shoulder (if you don't mind sharing)? And when?
See you Monday.
Me? Mind sharing? Pffffft. Rotator cuff surgery, I have a torn tendon, so they either repair mine or replace it. February 20th.
DeleteI'm kind of nervous....hopefully the FITH will be a good distraction.
xo
So you are a major league pitcher in disguise?
DeleteI'm sorry, my friend. That's rough.