There are days when I read other blogs and I think, maybe I should be more playful. Or more upbeat. Or more descriptive …
and my posts should end with some kind or moral. A lesson learned.
Maybe I should share my escapades at the craft store. Or the home improvement store. But then I remember they were errands. Which sounds just as boring as the word ‘errands.’
And trust me, those craft store and home improvement errands were boring. Uneventful. I’m not a browser. I’m a get in and get out as fast as I can-er.
I barely make eye contact.
Or maybe I should make references to Hallmark channel movies. But I don’t get the Hallmark channel. I do get Lifetime. Though, their movies tend to lean towards husbands killing wives. And wives killing husbands. And stalker roommates. And teen pregnancy pacts …
not the upbeat happily-ever-after tone I was looking for.
I do watch Grey’s Anatomy reruns. But those episodes only offer up potential references to knives sticking out of heads and hands stuck in meat cleavers and people impaled on (fill in the blank). Not exactly what you want to read about as you enjoy your morning scone and cup of coffee. Or tea (like me, sans scone).
There are also those Sex & The City repeats I watch on E! and Oxygen and Comcast On-Demand. Although those references would throw this blog into a whole different genre of blogs …
especially the HBO On-Demand original, unfiltered episodes.
😉
And then I remember, I should just be myself. Because if I try to imitate others, you’ll see right through me. Especially the handful of you who read this blog regularly.
You would call me out.
So I guess that would be the moral of today’s post …
the lesson learned!
Be yourself. Or myself. I mean you be you. And I’ll continue to be me. 🙂
And speaking of learning and lessons, I’m over at Inspired Home blog today sharing some Spring flower arranging tips. In mason jars, of course. And how I wish I had taken that flower arranging class in college …
because it’s probably the only useful, practical lesson I would have learned during those fours years.
🙂
Linda
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You are right- don’t change, be yourself. That why I read your blog!
Thanks Anne! So sweet!!! 🙂 Linda
Hi Linda, Yours is one of my favorit blogs, I look forward to reading it everyday. Keep up the good work. Wish I had the immagination and talent you have.
Judy
Thank you so much Judy! I love hearing that!!!! 🙂
I happen to love murder mysteries.
Best comment ever!!! 😉
I’m so glad I’m not the only one. When it comes to shopping, I like to get in , get what I need and get out, in the shortest possible route. Where as my husband, likes to detour and can window shop all day. Seriously ALL. DAY.
Definitely just be you. You’re my favourite blog and I really like that your writing style makes me feel like we could sit down and have a cuppa, and not feel awkward. Although I would probably ask you about your trips to the craft store and home improvement store. Sometimes it all seems quite different to how we do things here lol
We are kindred shopper spirits! And when they rearrange the supermarket aisles, I go nuts! Because I had the layout down cold and suddenly I’m wandering around lost and confused! And thank you for your kinds words about the blog! I love that it makes you want to sit down and have a cuppa and nothing awkward at all! 🙂 Linda
The moral of your story is…believability…and you got it! When I go shopping I’m in and out too…really fast…don’t enjoy shopping unless it’s a thrift store or antique mall. So…don’t change a thing…just saying! 😉
Awe, thanks! And I’m a much better online shopper. And catalogs (before the online shopping days)! 🙂
The folks who have known you forever? Would drive to Chicago and kick your behind (then drag you to Crate and Barrel). We love you just the way you are!!
🙂 Thanks Kirby! And I am overdue a trip to C&B …