thirteen ways

I recently arrived home from being on the road for just over three weeks, and was greeted by a FedEx package at my door.   I knew it was my Grammy, and I was excited to open it up, but I decided to wait until I was fully unpacked and settled back into my house.   I threw in a big load of laundry, walked to the post office to pick up the rest of my mail and dropped off my dry cleaning. 

Then I settled in to open my package.

There it was- my shiny Grammy.  I was surprised by its weight.  I placed it on my coffee table and started laughing.  It was just too surreal.  I held it up and pretended I was making an acceptance speech and burst into giggles again. 

Now…where to put it?  One friend thought I should display it outright well others suggested somewhere subtle, like the bathroom.  I couldn’t decide. 

Finally I spoke to friend J on the phone.  He agreed that subtle placement of the Grammy was a good idea, and suggested the pantry.  That way, when I had friends over for dinner, I could go to the cabinet, open it up and say,

“Hmmmmmmm…what should we have with our spaghetti tonight?  Perhaps a little GRAMMY?” 

Or-

“I know what will be just perfect with the Chicken Marsala, a side of GRAMMY!” 

Better still,

“Hey, could you grab the olive oil for me please?  It’s in the cupboard above the microwave right next to the GRAMMY.”

So for a while anyway, I thought I’d try it out.  I put my Grammy in the cupboard.  I honestly forget it’s in there, especially in the morning.  So when I go over and open that cupboard to take out my morning tea…I smile when I see it.