19 Apr 2013
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Author, Blog, Blogging, Book, Family, home, humor, lifestyle, Literature, motherhood, Photographs, Posting, work, Writing
I’m one.
Just a baby blog. Not even a toddler yet.
I started the blog to get me through my first year of 40. I decided I needed a hobby (that wasn’t watching TV).
I thought I’d write about family, work, life. Nothing heavy. Maybe write about my travels, maybe write about food. No real rules.
I graduated college with an English Ed degree. There were several years of my childhood where I was convinced I’d be a writer. But then I wasn’t.
I wanted to write a post a day. That did not happen.
I wanted to write about my family. I have to get back to that.
I wanted to write about my husband’s family. I still plan to do that.
Some days I dreaded the empty post page, other days I couldn’t wait to get to it.
One of my blogger buddies told me not to sweat it. If I only wanted to write a line or two – that’s what I should do. And some days that’s what I did.
I love photographs – so I posted many.
I haven’t upgraded the site. There’s no jazzy pages or plug-ins. Maybe when I’m a tween.
I told you all that I started the blog because I’m nosey and I hoped that you were all nosey too. Turns out, you are. Lucky me.
I’m not sure if I should even be celebrating turning 1. I should be cooler than that and just move on. Pretend like it’s any other day.
But I’m not cool. I’m excited to make it this far. 269 posts and counting.
Thanks so much for tuning in. Let’s see what the terrible twos bring!
12 Dec 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Blogging, Christmas, christmas movies, home, Homework, humor, Nature, Volunteer, Weather, winter, work
It’s been busy.
It’s been saving-the-world busy.
Except I’m doing the opposite of saving the world.
I’m just doing conference calls, and meetings, and yelling about homework, and yelling about cleaning.
Know what I’m not doing? Working out. Volunteering. Blogging. Cuddling with my babies and watching Christmas movies (not that those giants want me to cuddle with them but you get the point).
Hope you are doing well in your worlds. Hope you are enjoying the season. The rainy, humid, foggy, season.
Sigh.
13 Nov 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Blogging, Books, Car, community, Driving, English, humor, Literature, opinion, Photography, Writing
There are literally thousands of blogs out there. Maybe millions. Topics include politics, religion, love, family, you name it and there’s a blog about it.
Bloggers write for many different reasons. Some write to vent or complain. Others write to educate or entertain. Still others write as a form of connection to the world. When people ask me (all 5 of you) why I write, I never have a clean answer. I dunno. Maybe I feel the need to over communicate. Maybe I’m a frustrated English grad. Or maybe I just needed a hobby, and I’m certainly not jogging. Those same people then tell me how they could never write a blog, what would they write about? Why would anyone care? They probably won’t. But who cares!
Here’s why I blog.
This is what I saw when I stopped at a light yesterday. What do I do with this picture? I blog it.
24 Oct 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Blogging, cooking, Dinner, Family, food, home, humor, Life, Photography
There are things that have fallen by the way side during this crazy busy time.
Covering up my grays. Dusting the house. Planning for retirement. All put to the side.
Wondering why I haven’t done a cooking/baking post? No? Nevermind.
I love that I can be honest here and you don’t judge (or at least I don’t hear you judge or see you roll your eyes). I really love that my mother doesn’t know I blog – actually she doesn’t know what a blog is but whatever – I’ll take it.
Here’s what my family will eat tonight for dinner:
Thank you McCaffrey’s for thinking about making angel hair pasta with fresh tomatoes and basil, and for making Tilapia covered in breadcrumbs so I can call it “fish stick fish” for my son.
I’ll cook again soon. In 2013 at the latest.
16 Sep 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Blogging, cheese bread, food, humor, kim kardashian, Life, Passport, random conversation, reading logs, Restaurants, rotten bananas, School, Teachers, travel, tv, Vacation, wine cheese
Everyone’s got some sort of sneezy, snorty, itchy-eyed allergy ridden cold
School’s in full swing, 2 back-to-school nights down, reading logs are already being ignored. Back to normal.
My blogging hasn’t gotten enough love from me, cause I’m tired! Sorry. No more excuses. Back to the everyday blog – starting tomorrow.
Did I tell you that I’m leaving for Paris at the end of the week. The trip of my dreams. A present from my man for my 40th. Did I also tell you that I realized my passport was expired during a random conversation in bed the other night. It’s been fun. The only thing that is sustaining me is traveling to a place where my completely black wardrobe will fit right in. Wine. Cheese. Bread. Black clothes. I may never come back.
Kim Kardashian is always eating on “Keeping Up With The Kardashians”.
Boardwalk Empire starts tonight. I’m excited until I remember that Jimmy was killed off. What’s really left for me?
Am I the only one that gets bit by bugs the nano second I step outside? I’ve been using more Calamine Lotion than moisturizer.
I have 22 almost rotten bananas in my freezer. I see my husband roll his eyes every time he opens the freezer. How many more bananas will it take to drive him bananas? Which one will be the banana that broke his back? Is that a banana in your freezer or are you just nuts?
I saw the woman who does my pedicures in a shoe store – it was an awkward encounter, I don’t know why.
Tomorrow’s blog will be full of humor, intelligence and brilliance! Just kiddin’ – it’ll be more of this shit.
05 Sep 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Blogging, humor, Interviews, Life, Questions, Writing
One of my blogger buddies tagged me to play. Thank ya http://www.coffeepoweredmom.wordpress.com!
The rules for playing blog tag are….
- You must post the rules (done)
- Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post (done)
- Create eleven new questions to ask the people you’ve tagged (or use the existing ones) (uh oh…..)
- Tag (eleven) people with a link to your post (double uh oh)
- Let them know they’ve been tagged (as with a game of regular tag…the fun stops with me- sorry! )
I’m a loser. Sorry. If there’s a game of sit-down-quietly-and-craft-with-hot-cocoa, I’m your gal.
Ok – here are the questions I answered. My answers are in red (not because I’m angry, jaded or bitter – just because I had some fun with font colors)
- I’m not big on having regrets. What was your biggest regret and why do you think that it helped you to get where you are today? After all, if you had changed it, something else about you would have changed. I regret not learning how to walk in those crazy stripper high heels. I think about it often. I’m not sure how it would have helped me today – better calve muscles?
- Where is your favourite place to be? In my bed, at home.
- How much money do you spend on groceries every month? Would you be horrified to know that I don’t keep track and I haven’t a clue?
- Is there an errand that you hate running with a particular vengeance? Going to the gas station. I like to play chicken with my tank. Side bonus – drives my husband bonkers.
- Have you ever had surgery? And for what? Nope. Never did anything remotely close to the things you’d have to do to get bones broken.
- What day is garbage day? Tuesday and Monday.
- Are your parents married? Divorced? Married to other people? Married.
- Fill in the blanks. I think people are ____Hysterical_______ when they __make angry scenes at airports_________.
- Do you have a recurring dream? About what? Someone trying to get into the house – just got goosebumps…..
- Have you started your Christmas (or other winter holiday) shopping? No – but I did start feeling guilty about it. Does that count?
- Do you have a particular trait, characteristic, etc. that you do NOT want to pass on to your kids? I hope they are braver than me.
02 Aug 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Blogging, humor, Life, Writing
Warning! Blogging about blogging again.
I haven’t mastered the blog-o-sphere yet, not even close. I just discovered that WordPress.com removes all the weirdo spam comments that hit my blog and collects them in a neat pile. I can then go through and delete all the scary stuff and keep any good ones that may have slipped in there. Going through the comments has become one of my favorite things to do.
People are nuts – globally.
There were 84 spam comments this morning. I think you need to read some of them with me – I’m protecting you from the obscene/creepy ones. You’re welcome. Hope you like the pretty colors.
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Here’s my quick response:
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25 Jul 2012
by wifemothereventplanner
in I need to tell you about this right now
Tags: Blogging, humor, Life, travel, tv, Writing
So my little blog that could finally reached 10,000 views, I’ve written 100 posts and I finally have 1 negative comment. Does that mean I’m legit now?
I know I’m still very green, I’m like a baby blog. I’ve tried to read a ton of other blogs, and articles about how to blog – where they usually tell you that the kiss of death is when bloggers talk about blogging. Sorry.
I’ve had so much fun and I’m still shocked anyone reads this site. By now you’ve figured out that I will never address big, scandalous social issues on here, unless they have to do with my kids or food or The Real Housewives.
To all you seasoned bloggers that have been doing this for years, excuse my indulgence. I’m like those couples that celebrate being married for 3 months, yuck.
Here’s some random thoughts on the past few months:
- I have one loyal reader in Wales that tunes in every day – OYE! I’m talkin’ to you! Thank you.
- I cannot figure out what makes people tick. Sometimes I write about TV and 2 people care, other days I write about TV and 300 care. You’re all a mystery but I love you.
- I don’t love all of you. I finally got a negative comment. Someone (not you Howard) told me that I should quit while I’m ahead and that my stuff is crap. How dare you 232Columbus! I’m outraged! Show your face coward!! Just kidding. Don’t ever show your face, I’m scared of you. Go read some angry blogs and never come back here again.
- Who knew checking my stats daily would be more addictive than coffee. My stats are my life y’all.
- I wrote a whole bunch of blogs that I no longer want to post? Is that normal? It’s not like I only post the best – let’s face it – I did write a whole post on my weather app.
- I think my posts with pictures are better than the ones without. Which makes sense since I’m an infant. This is like a board blog. Get it?
- On most days I get an immediate text from approximately 10 people who refuse to comment on the blog and instead ridicule me in private. One of these days I may do a post on all the texts I’ve gotten about my posts.
- How come everybody doesn’t blog?
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