One of my favorite things on
Sunday is my small contribution to the group called Stream of Consciousness
Sunday. It has moved to Janna’s Place and I couldn’t be more thrilled because I
thought it was long gone, never to be seen from again. Thanks, Janna, for
giving us a place on Sundays to just dump.
Today’s
Prompt is: Write about a time you were challenged (but you don’t have to use it
if you don’t want). Here are the rules...
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Set
a timer and write for five minutes.
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Write
an intro to the post if you want but don't edit the post. No proofreading
or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
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Publish
it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want.
But make it accessible.
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Add
the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
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Visit
your fellow bloggers and show some love.
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My challenge this weekend (among a few others) was how
to entertain 10 people stuck under the same roof in 105 degree weather for four
days.
Yes, we had a full house and no one wanted to go
outside for more than a second. If they did, they ran down, jumped into the
water, lathered up with shampoo and ran back inside. Although I couldn’t have
chosen to be “stuck” with better people, maybe that’s an exaggeration and I
might have included or substituted one or two but for the most part it’s true.
I did have my mom, dad, best friend and family (and a few other stragglers). it still felt like a long,
long, long time to be together.
How about anyone else in the Midwest…did it feel
like the air was so heavy and hot that it actually put pressure against your
body?
So what did we do besides eat….A LOT!!!
We played games! Euchre and backgammon tournaments,
cribbage, Rumicube, showed off card tricks, chinese checkers and, later at
night, charades (which I hadn’t played in so long). It’s not as easy as one
might think keeping ten people occupied and having fun!
After day two, someone (my guy) got a bright idea
and became creative. Using an auger, he drilled two holes into the sand at the
bottom of the lake, inserted two pier standards, opened two giant patio umbrellas
into the pier poles, tied a combo of rafts and tubes to each pole, and floated
a cooler in between.
Viola!!! We had what he called a tiki bar in the
middle of the lake!
And everyone floated happily ever after.
I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE happy endings!
10 comments:
Creative solution! Sounds like you guys had a lot of fun.
Weather in the Mid West this week has sucked - it really did feel like it was pushing in on you.
Glad you were able to find creativity in your activities and to have fun in the water with alcohol!!
I think everyone had a great time. The floating bar with umbrellas was pure genius. We even had people swim up, sit on their life preservers like diapers and join in.
Sucked is putting it mildly! We had adult and family friendly coolers so something for anyone who happened by the floating bar. (I sucked down cans of minute maid light lemonade like it was going out of style since I couldn't be in the water) Thank goodness someone had on his thinking cap but one must when responsible for the fun of nine others. Put Ten family members under one roof, add tremendous heat, and who knows who might have killed who by the end if not for the diversion!
I like to employ stream of consciousness when I'm writing first drafts. I then go back and edit.
Absolutely brilliant!! I need a tiki bar :) Thanks for participating in SOCSunday!
Same. At first I was uncomfortable putting unedited stuff out there. Now it feels refreshing!
It was brilliant! And now he even has it modified for this weekend with a wooden circular piece that will act as a ledge (aka drink holder).
Thnks for hosting!
Sounds like your man saved the day! That is awesome. Sorry about the super hot weather, but I think that your neck of the woods is due for some cooldown soon. I will keep my fingers crossed!
And some lives. We might have killed each other if under the same enclosed space for too much longer. Down to the nineties now and it's so much better!
July 9, 2012 5:09 PM
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