Gina and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Have you ever read the children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"? I thought of it because that exactly describes my day yesterday. As a matter of fact, it describes my whole past week!

I got in the car after work and starting wondering if it was worth making the hour and a half drive from Stamford to Cheshire for Wine Art. What if the traffic is bad? What if I get there and am too tired to stay long? What if my painting comes out horrible and I end up even grumpier? I made the drive with a dark storm cloud brewing over my head. 

Sometimes when things are feeling that bad, something wonderful needs to happen.  The traffic wasn't so bad after I left Fairfield county. My ipod was randomly selecting some pretty great songs. A light snow started to fall as I drove into Cheshire. The soft magical kind that will remind any bitterly cold New Englander that snow is great sometimes. I parked my car in the driveway of Donna's house and braved two seconds of frigid air as I bounded up the front steps, my little black cloud in tow. When I opened the front door all I could smell was garlic and rosemary and knew a fantastic meal was in my immediate future.

I felt my dark cloud evaporate into thin air.

 

Often we come to Wine Art with a big pile of the week's baggage. So many of us work multiple jobs, are involved in the community, and have families to tend to that it can be hard to get out from under things. If you are feeling anything like I was,please see the top secret Wine Art Wednesday cloud removal recipe below:

1. Let someone hand you a huge glass of wine when you walk in the door

2. Sit down to the best dinner of your life (roasted lamb and potatoes, hubbard squash with bacon/cornbread/cheese stuffing, vegetable curry, fruit salad, green salad yum yum YUM!)

3. Pour yourself another huge glass of wine and talk about how to preserve a dead body (click if you dare to know what started this conversation...) (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/belgian-woman-sleeps-husband-corpse-year-article-1.1522140)

4. Eat two bowls of pistachio and chocolate mint gelato (screw it, have a third!)

5. Go and finish a painting that you've been unsure about how to finish for weeks

 

If this recipe doesn't clear your cloud and you have tarnished silver, try this and you will be awed and amazed and completely happy!

http://www.ehow.com/how_7695630_polish-silver-aluminum-baking-soda.html

 

Donna demonstrated this technique on some jewelry and silverware that was almost black we tarnished and then we all yelled in amazement because it worked so well! It is so hard to polish all the little nooks and crannies in a silver chain so this will definitely make your day!

I know I'm not the only one who has had a terrible, awful, no-good, very bad day but as a survivor of many, I can promise you that they will get better! Try our proven recipe and see if your dark cloud clears!

Love Gina