Twin Twist

My friend Kristen C, yes, the cleanie!  made a huge announcement on her blog last Thurs.   She’s pregnant!!   I am so happy for her and Jerrod!   and wait for it…… they’re having twins!!

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I knew those 2 crazy-in-love kids before they WERE even Kristen & Jerrod!!    When they announced their engagement, I was in shock!    What???    How did this happen??     They didn’t even hold hands in church.    He didn’t even put his arm around her!!    How was I supposed to know they were serious???

But they have so much in common, and are so cute together!!     After they got married, I started praying for them to have a baby.    When Kristen shared their infertility struggles, that gave me the information of how to pray specifically for them.   

And now, their dreams of a baby are coming true, twice as nice!!    God answered our prayers in a huge way!!

Watching this journey thru her pregnancy, and then the babies growing is gonna be so much fun!!

Yikes!    I just thought of something- 2 more quilts needed!!     Relax!!!     I’ll be all done with my present queue by the end of May, and the twins aren’t due until end of August!     I got this covered!

Back of quilt, with just a little wrinkle in time.

(Not their quilt, just a previous one I made.)

 

Ya know what??    If I was really smart, I’d make the baby quilts, just as soon as they tell people which one the babies are, the pinks or the blues.    Oops, I mean the pinks or the boys.    Oops, I mean, the girls or the boys!    The twins are identical, so how fun is that gonna be to dress them just alike!!!     gets lost in a baby clothes buying daydream for days……….

Choring Chair

This chair is hideous!!

 

 

 

I was so excited that the lady left it, but not after I sat in it a few hours!!   First of all, the seat is wood.   Ergo, it’s hard.   DUH!

Facepalm

 

My seat is so numb…..  and not the chair’s seat, either!

 

Can you see the problem??

Maybe this view will highlight it better.

 

The stake’s placements are NOT shaped the same way as my bottom line!!

{Eeew! And it’s dirty too!  But, haha! for once it’s not MY dirt!!   Oh no!   I sat in someone else’s butt funk!!!!!   GAH!!  I think I have to go boil my pants now!!  If only I had a dollar for every time I’ve had to do that, I’d have a dollar!}

Anyway, Sweet friend solved the problem for me.  Thanks Sweet friend!!

Ah! Soft comfort once again!

 

(Why are men so Logical??  That annoys me!!  But, I’m sure happy enough when he fixes something!!)

Now, I can comfortably be on my computer again, for hours upon end.

Lol, see what I did there???

Deep, Dark, Depression

Hey! Ever have one of those nights where, no matter HOW much you love blogging, and I DO!!!, you just can’t get in the groove and write??

Yeah, me neither, ha ha silly question.

Alright, I’m gonna be real here.  Tonight, Sunday, is one of those nights.

I just do not have it in me right now to be funny and entertaining.

So, enjoy this still from the play, “Funny Girl.”

 

 

 

I’m sorry.  I feel like I’m letting y’all down, but I promised honesty about my slobbery, and depression is part of my mental, and emotional slobbery.

Oh how I long for the day when my home is clean and organized , and my interior spaces in my head are all calm, and organized!!!

That will be the day!   I’ll probably have to start a new blog.  “How to Handle Life as an Ex-Slob.”  And it will be blank posts.   Bwahahaha, okay, I think that was funny.

Thanks for hanging in there with me, my peeps.  I love you all.

Vacuous Video

I’m going to try something new today.  Uploading a video.  I’m very nervous, both to try it, and for y’all to hear my voice!

Oh, yeah, and to see my bedroom in real time!

Okay, here goes nothing.

And nothing is exactly what went.   (Don’t ya hate it when that happens??)

Well, alrightey then!  When I went to my files, I didn’t have a video!  I could have sworn I uploaded it, all my pix are there.   Time to troubleshoot.  Oh, Sweet Fri-end!

This is hysterical.  When I went to Wikimediacommons, to look up a “loading video icon”, this is what they gave me:

Oh yeah, that’s what I asked for all right!  LOL  smh

Ok, thanks to Sweet Friend’s help, I think we got it now.

Here’s hoping!

Nope, WP doesn’t support VLC, whatever that is.

So, onwards and upwards to plan B, whatever that is.

Now, I gotta go home and take still shots, except DH already straightened up all the mess so I could go to bed last night.

Whatever is a slogger to do when her beautifully messed up photo shoot location, is now NOT a mess????

Write a post about TRYING to upload a video, apparently.

Better luck tomorrow!

At least I can stop worrying that I sound funny on video!

Roopam’s Rules

The lovely Roopam, from Whimsical90, nominated me for another Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants World Award.

Thank you Roopam!  You are too kind!   Roopam writes about real life, and her emotions.  She is such a sensitive, and caring person.  I’m sure you’ll enjoy your visit there.

Thanks, Roopam!

HERE ARE THE RULES (COPIED, PASTED): AND YOU ARE FREE TO BEND THEM!

•             Put the Award logo on your blog

•             Thank the person who nominated you, linking back to their site

•             Answer 10 questions the person asked you

•             Nominate 10 blogs and notify them

•             Write 10 new questions for them

( This time I’ll write the answers under the question.  Last time NJ said I made her dizzy from all the scrolling back and forth!!  Sorry again, NJ!!)

1. Does your age obstruct you from doing any thing?

The only thing I can’t do due to my age, is get a student discount at the movies.

2. When was the last time you danced and to which song?

Good question!!  Ummm, well there’s another thing due to my age, I can’t remember!  lol

I know it was recently, with PP.

3. Do you hum when you bathe?

Nope.  I full out bellow!!

4. Most comfortable clothing for you?

COTTON!!  Pants, with elastic waist, or around the house, a muumuu.  (Thank you Hawaii, for inventing those!!  Best dress ever!!!)

5. Do you like your name? Have you googled on what it means?

Yes, I do.  In Spanish it means “I’m pretty”.  Love that!  No, never googled it.  Do people do that???

6. One topic that instinctively triggers your feminist side?

Newborn babies.  (and sniffing their heads.)

Sweetest thing on earth!

7. One good habit of yours that you are happy about and could flaunt?

Reading the Bible daily.  I’ve really worked hard on making that a priority this year.

8. Tell one quirky habit of yours? (That you find quirky)

Oh, let me count the ways!!  Trying to write in purple ink all the time?  Is that quirky?  Or just lovably eccentric?

9. Heels or flats?

What are heels??  Shoes come like that in size gargantuan??

Want me some red shoes! Just not these!
Don’t wanna break my neck!

10. Describe one moment when you were completely awestruck.

Each time one of my 2 girls were born.

My 10 nominees are:

(envelope please)

NJ

Amaya

Annabelle

Anne

Shelie

Max

Carmen

Claremary

CoralSwimming

Donna

Himali

Sarah Eliza

Lynn

Gail

(Ooops, that’s 14.  Oh well, shrug.  So I can’t count.  Sue me.)

Now, to think up some serious, and some light-hearted questions for y’all…… Gotta sit down in my thinking chair, and Think, Think, Think.  (I know, Blue’s Clues is a dead giveaway of a toddler in my life!  What can I say???

1.  Barney or Blue?  If you have no CLUE about this question, that’s okay.  Just make up a funny 1 liner.
2.  What number comes after 14?  Just so I’ll know for next time.
3.  What surprise ingredient do you add to your lemonade?
4.  If you could go back in time, to any age, how old would you be?
5.  Why that particular age?
6.  Do you drink outta plastic or real glass?
7.  Are you tethered or wireless?
8.  E-book or print?
9.  I’m loving these either/or questions! Less to type!  Are you done with these silly games yet??  Oh, wait!  I’m supposed to be asking YOU the questions!  

Alright, class, settle down.  Do your homework, Chapter 11.  There’ll be a pop quiz tomorrow.  (Dang it!  Why do I always give that away???)

swish and swipe

I read it on Nony’s blog, ASlobComesClean, about the “Swish & Swipe”.  (And of course, I couldn’t find the post I am referring to….)  I found it!!  Ya know, cuz she has a search feature, and all!!  Duh!

I believe she said it came from the Fly Lady. I had never read that blog, but it was scary, just from what I’d heard.  Fully dressed to makeup, and shoes??  First thing in the morning???  Ain’t happ’nin.

Thought, that’s just too much trouble.

Then I find myself taking 30 min and a jack hammer to chip away at all the crud.

(Have you figured out yet that we’re talking toilet today??)

Finally I decided maybe there is something to the “Swish and Swipe”.  And I started swishing the brush around, every day(ish), and swiping the counters, every day(ish).  And guess what??  The bathroom stayed clean(ish)!!!

Who knew?

Experts know whereof they speak.

Why didn’t I listen sooner?

             Facepalm

Anyhoo, now my toilet is usable by guests on any given day.  (Now that PP is potty training, she’s getting in on the action too!  It’s so cute to see her cleaning the toilet!!  And soon, I won’t have to do it anymore!!!!)

Amazing!!

Silly Soap

Nope, it wasn’t the soap that was silly, it was me.  Shock, shock, right??

Remember last year when I was pontificating about being too old to use broken, ugly stuff??  

Well, then what was the justification for this???

Fancy dancy soap dispenser, order yours now!

Um, straight up laziness, is all I can plead.  No excuses, especially since I’m even older than when I wrote that!

Even worse, look at the counter.  Shameful, shame I say.

Shock and horror that a slob would have a mess!

And nobody to blame but myself.   So annoying!   Sometimes, I regret living alone!  At least when 1 other person lived with me, I could always delude myself that everything was their fault!  (Even when it wasn’t, as was usually the case, if I have to be honest.)

There, now isn’t that better??

Ah! Lavender, my love!

And it took all of maybe 60 seconds to pour the soap in it, and throw away recycle the bottle.  Take that, laziness!

I even took a few extra seconds, to wipe down the counter and throw away the bowl.  (Yes, it’s been sitting there for over a month, and…..?  The point is, it’s gone now.  Just be happy.)

So, so pretty!  Thank you, Jeanette, my neighbor for the lovely lavender soap dispenser.  (She doesn’t even like purple, of any shade.  GASP!  I know!  I feel sorry for her too!)

Heather’s Handiwork

Heather from Crazy With Love nominated me for a Sunshine Blog Award.  But, she did it so sneakily, I ended up nominating myself!  Go read it, and you’ll see what I mean!

(Be prepared to be snagged.  She’ll do it, too!!   Muahwawahaha)

Here’s the why come:

The Sunshine Blogger Award is given to bloggers who are inspiring and bring sunshine into the lives of their readers and fellow bloggers… to bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in the blogosphere… is a way for bloggers to get to know each other and also get other bloggers to link to their website.

I’m copying this next part directly from Heather:

To the ever evolving revolving-door of rules:

(Isn’t she funny??  YES!!)

1. Thank the person who nominated you in a blog post.

Thank you, Heather!!  I think one reason I like her so much is, she’s crazy like me!  And revels in it!  If you’re gonna be crazy, might as well enjoy it, I say!

2. Answer the 11 questions set by the person who nominated you.

Heather didn’t ask me any questions, I guess because she was so busy congratulating herself on so handily avoiding having to pick just 11 other bloggers!   Well played, Heather!

And this next part is also copied straight from Heather’s post:

This chiquita banana isn’t playing favorites. There are only so many hours in my day, probably in your day too, that I can spend reading. So if I follow your blog, guess what, I read it and I like it. And if you have had the insane patience to read all of this and find yourself here (X marks the spot) I officially nominate you because you deserve an award for trudging through my nonsense. Paste, glue, staple, or tape your blog link in the comments zone so other crazy campers can check you out.     (See why I like her so much???  So much in fact, that I ❤ her!)

So, join in on the crazy fun!  I dare ya!

Oh yeah, questions….

Hmmmm…

What is your ring tone?

Are you old enough to know what the AV club was, in high school?

How do you eat your peas?  Fork?

Can you tell this is a fork? Ok, quit focusing on the huge bald head!

 Knife?  

You guessed it, the spoon

 5 fingees?  (yes, I MEANT to say fingees.  It’s just more fun to say than fingers!)

Yes, my real toes, with real peas in between. Yuck! IKR??

(hopefully not with your toes!!  But hey, it’s your food, not mine!)  In the mashed potatoes??

Disclaimer: Real peas were hurt in the making of this post.  It was horrible, they were masticated to death.  So cruel.

Who let the dogs out?  (Now you know how old I am!  But seriously, Who?  I wanna know!  Whenever I ask people, all they do is echo-sing the question, then do that owl hoo, hoo thing back at me.)

Corduroy or fleece?

Mountains or molehills?

Solar or lunar?

(What does that even MEAN??)

What other questions should I ask?

(That was 9.  This is brutal!)

What color is your can opener??  I’m serious!  I wanna know!

(I just had to ditch my purple one, cuz it    wait for it    didn’t open cans!!!  I almost cried!!

But, it’s PURPLE!!!

Do you separate your laundry by colors?  Or just wash it all together?   (If you do it by color, and shudder type of fabric, we may not be able to continue our friendship.  I warn you, you’re on probation!!)

Okay, now, the baton’s been passed to you… run, Forrest, run!!

Many Measly Months?

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Has it really been almost 4 months that I’ve lived in my house, and haven’t shown y’all the inside yet???  Am I crazy??? Don’t answer that.

I know y’all have been sitting there on pins and needles, just waiting!  I’m so sorry to have been the cause of so much pain!!

The dining room/ kitchen before:

Obviously, a before!

After:

I thought the Berry Pink was a cute touch.

Don’t have this set finished, but it’s in progress!  One done!   Ah, ah, ah  (Count from Sesame Street voice)

Pre-knob replacement

I hate that the sink is STILL green, sigh, but whatcha gonna do???  Is there a sink paint?  And can I get it in purple???  Research trip to Lowe’s, coming right up!!

Bedroom Before:

Wall above dresser in progress

Bedroom wall. See anything wrong with it??
No, not the black out screens!

Purple wall & curtains- divine!

Living Room Before:

Right of the front door,  left end

Right of front door, left end

I know that description makes no sense. Sorry.  I’d use north and south, if I could.  {shrug}

Granny’s corner cabinet, is where the ugly, green chair full of brown, and green sheers was.  Sweet friend changed out the pendant light, to the bubble light, so that the corner cabinet would fit under!  Thank you, sweet friend!

Half wall to left of front door

Trust me, the bottom of the wall is purple too!

Small, green, ugly chair

It was left for me.  As you can see, it went outside, pronto puppy!

Bathroom Before:

bathroom vanity

Another bequeathment from the former owners.
It’s gone now.

Shower with valance

 AH!! So much better!

There, isn’t that prettier?

Going out front door:

Someone had the nerve to say my house has purple overload.  How dare he!!  Well! Someone may not be invited back again anytime soon!!

There, now everyone can relax, and sit in a comfy chair again!

Comment Chaos

Lately EVERYONE has been talking about how to manage your emails, and blogs.

Sharon from HowtoGetOrganizedatHome.

Janice from MostlyBlogging.

Ralph from BlueFishWay.  (Here is the guest post he wrote for Janice, explaining how he deals with the pressure.)

Hugh from HughsNewsandViews.

I was getting an email everytime someone commented on a post. Necessary, ok.  (But, was it really??? Everytime I log on to WP, if the bell has a circle on it, I have comments.

 So, hmmm  maybe I can cancel those emails too???  Double notifications are a time waster… So, yeah!  I’m gonna cut out those emails too!  Yay!  More digital de-cluttering! 

I was getting double emails from several sites when a new post went up. ARGH!  Too much!

I was getting an email everytime someone I was following posted.  Too much!  Not necessary, ditched those.  They are in my reader, and can be accessed that way.

AND, I was getting an email everytime someone LIKED my post, or a COMMENT on a post!!! AAAAAHHHHH!

(Talk about  overload! )

My eyes were burning from all the reading of emails!  My finger was cramping from all the clicking to delete.

Enough already!!

Something had to change!!

Well, duh!  Turn off the LIKE email notifications!!  Tonight, this morning, whatever,  I finally played around in the dashboard long enough to figure out how to turn off the “Like” emails.  Thank goodness!  Hopefully, some of my sanity will be restored. What little there is left of it!

(and maybe only 50 emails a day, instead of 1,000???  Please!!!!)

Look!  I got thru my whole inbox, and only 3 left!

 (2 are books I need to read, so they don’t really count, and I already deleted the OneDrive one.)  What an accomplishment!

AND, I just winnowed down my following list to only 57.  I don’t have to feel guilty about not following someone, just because they follow me, right, Hugh??  I just took a very big, relieved breath.  Maybe the insanity (of my inbox, anyway) has been banished.  My real sanity will always be in question!