confessions, discussions and somebody stole my voice.

confession...i yell too much.

i lost my voice. today i woke up and it was pretty much gone. i can talk but no one at my house can hear me. because i can't yell. even lance directly in front of me, can't understand what i'm saying.

it's my own fault my voice is gone. i have a dry hacky cough (think barking seal, or smokers cough)

whenever i have a cough it sounds like that. always has, always will. SO my hacky cough doesn't do anything , but i keep coughing because there is a tickle in the back of my throat.

SO i started in with the dry hacky cough monday. no, i take that back it was there sunday. hacked sunday and monday. and monday night getting ready for company. cleaning the house(think mad rush to stash and dash) and decorating the tree and whatnot.

people were playing around. sitting on the computer and playing with the nativity on the stairs instead of setting it up on the dang table. no one was listening. lance was working instead of helping. so i started yellling. because that's what people hear. and finally listen.

i yelled too much. and now, my voice? it's gone.

so NOW no one can hear me.

this is what happened today : (a reenactment)

ME: kids come have lunch. (yelling but not louder than a normal voice still hurts. and no one can hear)

ME:( try again) hey LUNCH TIME. (dead silence they heard nothing)

ME:RAMEN! come get some ramen! (i thought it would sooth my throat and let's face it , it's all about me)
still nothing.

finally i went all the way downstairs where they were watching tv.

ME:"come get some food!"

kids: What? what did you say? we are watching TV."

ME: RAmen! COME EAT NOW! still no louder than a normal voice.

kids: still ignored me.

finally Lance came by and i told him up close in his face since he's deaf and can't hear me on a good day. to tell them to come eat their ramen.

KIDS COME EAT SOME RAMEN

finally they came running.

SERIOUSLY!?! no wonder i yell.

so i have a croaky weak voice. and it hurts. because i strained it.

if i'm not careful i'll loose even that. and then what will i do?

i need a blow horn. or maybe a loud speaker.

can you imagine the announcements i could make?

attention family members, clean up on aisle 3. clean up on aisle 3. clean up the shoes, clean up the backpacks.

attention passengers make sure all belongings are stowed in the upright and locked position.

attention children dinner is being served in the kitchen. take it or leave it.

come to think of it i think i want a loudspeaker for christmas.

it's going on the list...

now for the QUESTIONS~!

so are you a yeller?

ever lost your voice?

do you have a normal sounding cough or have people always mentioned that you need to quit smoking? who brought the barking seal?

if you had a loudspeaker at your house what would you announce on it?

anything odd on your christmas list?

RAMEN flavor? which is better? chicken or beef?

(i like Beef, but my kids think they prefer chicken)

have a fab day!