You might have noticed that I’ve gone missing these past two weeks. Well. I have a lot of legitimate reasons, let me tell YOU. Such as a new blog administrator gig. For actual dollars and everything.
But the main one? Ooooh! Shiny!
In other words, I got distracted. Then I got out of the habit of blogging every weekday. Then days passed without me doing it. Then I rationalized that maybe I shouldn’t try to do it EVERY day. (I mean, WHO can be funny five days a week?) Then I forgot again and more days passed. Then I felt like so much time had gone by that I really didn’t want to tackle it. Then I considered just closing the door on it and hoping it would do itself.
No wait. That’s my reason for not doing laundry.
I think I see a pattern here. Laundry, exercise, eating right, cleaning bathrooms, blogging… Any regular activity in my life eventually goes through the above cycle.
At least I’m consistent at SOMETHING.
So anyhoo, no more TRYING to blog when I CAN.
I shall take to heart the wisdom of the little green puppet guy with big ears and Jim Henson’s voice:
Do or do not. There is no try.
The good news is that while I’ve been hiding from my laundry room and my blog, I’ve been living life. Which means tons of fresh material. Most of it smelling like kid sweat, dust, and mildew.
Just. Like. My. Laundry.
Weird.
Before I go, I have to share with you a video I saw on Wendy’s blog, Weight, What? on Saturday. Wendy has opened up to me the wide world of outtakes from one of my favorite shows of all time. A show, in fact, in which the outtakes are ten times as funny as what actually aired.
I hope you enjoy.
(And if you don’t get it, or it only makes you smile, well, then you’re just like my husband.)
[embedded video. Feed readers, ya gotta click over, but it's worth it, I promise!]
15 responses so far ↓
1 Nick the Geek // Mar 25, 2009 at 8:42 am
When did Kermit say that? And he doesn’t have ears … oh Yoda. Good luck getting back into routine. I have struggled with it the past couple of weeks myself but for different reasons. I need to write my blog earlier in the day instead of waiting till night because I’ve been trying to spend more time with my wife in the evenings. Changing my schedule is annoying though because I am a creature of habit by necessity. If not for my habits I get too distracted to get anything done. Anything interrupts my routine and I’m screwed.
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2 Screwed Up Texan // Mar 25, 2009 at 9:00 am
Talking about laundry earlier this week got me blogging about my laundry monster this morning. Yep, I am all for shutting the door and forghettinaboudit! Oh, and thanks for the video–it was hilarious!!
Personally, I’ve tried to stop blogging everyday M-F, but I’ve discovered that when I even imagine a day without posting something new, I feel like I am not giving my readers enough. I guess it is the anal side of me that says I have to write or else. If I miss a day, I usually end up kicking my butt later. Not that anyone else cares–it is just me!
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3 Joyce // Mar 25, 2009 at 9:17 am
Glad you’re back. Loved the video!
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4 katdish // Mar 25, 2009 at 9:26 am
You suffer from the same “You’re not the boss of me” syndrome that I do. As soon as I think I HAVE to do something, I don’t want to do it. Some might call this lack of discipline, but what do they know? Besides, they’re not the boss of me!
P.S. – The original title of my post today was “It’s book review Thursday!”, because I actually thought it was Thursday (sigh).
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5 Steph at the Red Clay Diaries // Mar 25, 2009 at 9:34 am
Nick- Silly. Kermit doesn’t have ears at all. And I can’t blog at night either, since the hubby doesn’t appreciate having one-sided conversations.
Screwed-up Texan- YOU are like my sister. And my mom. And my older daughter. And my husband. You people are the ones my people rebel against. All that responsibility and consistency…
Katdish- And of course, YOU are correct. We are exactly alike. What really stinks is when I say ‘you’re not the boss of me!’ to MYSELF. Talk about schizophrenic. Yes, I’m rebelling against myself.
And I think you should’ve called your post Book Review Thursday. The calendar’s not the boss of you!
6 Jo@Mylestones // Mar 25, 2009 at 9:46 am
Good to have you back, but seriously, a little blog break is good for the soul and for the really living of real life…and of course for the material. Now that you’re back to your regularly scheduled programming, we expect some seriously funny stuff, seeing as you’ve collected oodles of material. But no pressure or anything.
7 Helen // Mar 25, 2009 at 10:03 am
Yeah, I am supposed to be doing a Wednesday media fast every week, but apparently I am not the boss of me either.
I do not post everyday. I try to wait until I have something to say, or I can steal something cute. If too many days pass by with nothing to say, I will put up nonsense so my friends don’t think I have totally given up. Yes. I put the facebook post up today on purpose.
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8 Helen // Mar 25, 2009 at 10:17 am
Oh, yeah, the video was hysterical. I laughed until I cried…..
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9 Wendy // Mar 25, 2009 at 11:12 am
Okay, I may not be the boss of you, but blog anyway! What are we, your loyal readers who hang on your every word, supposed to do when left in the desert of bloglessness? It’s like DEATH I tell you!!! Without your posts, there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth! How does one gnash their teeth anyway? Anyway, I’ve got the wailing down pat. But back to what I was saying about your blog. Ooo! Something shiny!
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10 Jenn Calling Home // Mar 25, 2009 at 12:35 pm
Hey, it happens to the best of us. Just glad you’re back and all. Are you going to give us some details on the new gig? Inquiring minds want to know
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11 Beth // Mar 25, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Me: Self, you are not the boss of me!
Me 2: Yes, I am.
Me: No, you’re not!
Me 2: I know you are, but what am I?
Me: That didn’t even make any sense.
God: Will you two be quiet and let me be the boss, please?
Me and Me 2: Ok. Sorry, God.
(God always says please, by the way.)
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12 faemom // Mar 25, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I’m glad Yoda set you straight. Well, at least on the blogging; it really does help run from the laundry, the dishes, and the snot nose kids. Oh wait, that last one was me. Glad to have you back.
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13 the domestic fringe // Mar 25, 2009 at 5:35 pm
Glad you’re making money off this blogging thing. That’s great!!!
Acutally, it’s my dream to get paid to blog – the perfect job!
-FringeGirl
14 Lianne // Mar 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm
I loved your “Racoodilla” comment on Rachel’s blog. I am sensing a kinship between your views and mine on self-cleaning bathrooms and the necessary evil of laundry washing. Say “hello” to your newest follower! : )
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15 Mom // Mar 25, 2009 at 10:21 pm
That was great. According to Carol Burnett,
Tim Conway did all rehearsing without being funny at all. Then when the show was aired,
he would improvise with one goal in mind and that was making everyone lose it. His favorite
victim was Harvey Korman. So, most likely
this is exactly what was aired.
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