Do As I Say....

{Not as I do!}


10 Things Not to Do

When you have Laryngitis

1.  Do not drive with another

talkative friend who you

haven't seen in a month

to a cooking class, chatting

animatedly the whole way.

2.  Do not attend a going-away 

dinner the same night for a 

dear friend in a very loud 

restaurant with ten girlfriends

which is sure to include a

lot of laughter.

3.  Do not spend the next afternoon

walking with a buddy on the

local trail as cottonwood drifts

in puffs all around you.....and

then meet all of your kids at

the club pool and try to squeak

out words over the din of shrieking

children, life guards and splashing water.

4.  Do not go out that night with

your hubby to meet another couple for 

dinner al fresco, where more laughter 

ensues and too much wine is consumed.

The drive Up North


5. Do not drive two hours north of

home the next day to indulge your 

daughter's love of the rock group 

the Goo Goo Dolls at a concert held in 

the event center of an American Indian 

casino.  Can you say smoky?  

Loud?

6.  Do not take a sunset cruise the following

night to celebrate your son's best friend

who is moving.....and try and croak out

words above the roar of the boat's motor.  

{I actually took my own advice, here, 

and sent the rest of the family without me.}

7.  Do not cheer on your son's baseball

team the subsequent afternoon, even 

though the game is a nail biter that

they lose, 12-11. No, no; ball field dust 

and fresh-mown grass are not good

conditions for laryngitis.

8.  Do not try and talk with your sweet

mama on the telephone, even though 

you have a lot of plans to make and always

enjoy catching up this way.  Do.not.do.it.

9.  Do not forget to smile, nod, shrug

and generally polish up your non-verbal

communication.....and your sense of humor.

10.  Do not, whatever you do, whine to 

your blogging pals to please, please
share their remedies for getting a
 voice back after a week of a laryngitis.

oops

Thanks for listening : )
I'll let you do the talking, now.....

xx

Suzanne

The human voice is the organ of the soul.

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow