An unexamined tweet is not worth blogging.
Yeah, I know today’s the Twitter Ho-Down. And I have definitely succeeded at being a Twitter Ho this week. In fact, in the past 48 hours, I enjoyed some really fun-but-maybe-a-bit-disturbing-sometimes conversations on the Twitter. And that’s the problem with today’s post:
I’ve spent too much time playing on the Twitter to WRITE about the Twitter. And I just don’t have all day to write a post.
So I’ll just share some highlights:
I somehow crossed the 4000-follower threshold on Thursday. In spite of a spate of booger tweets.
My baseball knowledge was increased by @billycoffey and @sarahmsalter. And I am now a Yankee fan by default. (I had no choice; they threatened Twittercide.)
I am uber-trendy. On Thursday I tweeted this: “I never thought this day would come. But I did something today that I haven’t done since …1990. Ready? I. Pegged. My. Jeans.”
(Yes, they ARE back in style. Along with stirrup pants. Yes. They ARE. Ask any teen or parent of a teen.)
I’m instantly cool because I am an expert jeans-pegger-upper. Turns out it’s just like riding a bike!
I am old. (See above highlight. I’ve lived to see the day when the fashions of my teen years came back around.)
I need to watch The Office, Seinfeld reruns, CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Psych. (But then how will I have time for So You Think You Can Dance? And The Next Iron Chef?)
It’s official: Phineas and Ferb is the number one recommended kids’ show by Twitter parents everywhere.
If you want an enthusiastic response on the Twitter, Tweets about dead things in garages and drinking decaf are always effective.
Nick the Geek (aka @PuriChristos) tried to make me think I was crazy on Tuesday. He’s also apparently a fan of Rick James.
That’s just a tiny taste of all the tantalizing Tweeting that’s been going on this week. If you’re considering following me, just be warned: I Tweeted 80 times. Yesterday.
(But you’d only see all of those if you followed the same people I do. Twitter is one giant chat room for me.)
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Now to today’s agenda, or why I’m really too busy to be even writing this:
If you’ve been here since the time when nobody read this blog, you might remember that a year ago, I hosted a Spa-ctacular Spa Slumber Party for my daughter Hannah.
Well, because I’m either a VERY COOL MOM or a COMPLETE LUNATIC, I’m doing it again. TONIGHT. Then tomorrow, it’s LC’s party. At least I only have to clean the house once.
Pray for me.
And I might need a hug tomorrow.
Or chocolate.
And lots of caffeine. Yeah, lots.
And I think my husband should give me a backrub.
You getting this down?
12 responses so far ↓
1 Annie K // Oct 23, 2009 at 9:00 am
Stirrup pants are not OK. They weren’t in the 80’s and they aren’t now. Don’t fall for it Steph!
2 Candy // Oct 23, 2009 at 9:07 am
You have to be kidding – stirrup pants? Is there an age range for which they are appropriate, because I’m most certain the Golden Girls aren’t wearing stirrup pants now.
3 Helen // Oct 23, 2009 at 9:09 am
You are a good mom to do the spa party…HEY! Maybe you can get THEM to give you that backrub during the spa party!
4 joyce // Oct 23, 2009 at 9:45 am
Just read the spa party post..it made me remember that game they used to play on Let’s make a deal where you’d get cash for pulling crazy things out of your purse…your friend would have won big. I guess if I’m talking about Let’s Make a Deal I’m old too…and stirrup pants=ewww.
Oh and also I know I live in Yankees country but its the Phillies all the way!
5 Marni // Oct 23, 2009 at 10:21 am
“Pegged your pants”? That’s so funny. Here in the south, the correct terminology is “Roll your pants”. And I totally did that. Wore them with two pairs of layered, colored socks and my high-top Reeboks and neon shirts. Oh yeah…
And stirrup pants are only appropriate if you are
a. About to get on a horse
b. On a horse
c. Just got off a horse
Just sayin…
6 Rebecca // Oct 23, 2009 at 10:23 am
Oh, dear! Stirrup pants? Those are only attractive on dressage riders, I’m afraid, and even then it’s a tough call.
When I was a teen, I thought we were the trendsetters. Now I wonder why we allow anyone with that hormone overload to consider setting what anyone should wear. *gasp*
The Spa party sounds lovely…you are definitely an uber-cool mom.
7 Steph at the Red Clay Diaries // Oct 23, 2009 at 10:50 am
Just for the record: Stirrup pants will not be seen on this body in THIS decade. I no longer ride horses. AND I’m no longer 20yo.
The pegged pants were a Godsend tho! They were the only jeans that currently fit me, but they’re too long to wear flats with! Yay!
8 Bridget Chumbley // Oct 23, 2009 at 11:01 am
All the talk of pegged jeans is just so funny with my kids wearing them now. They can’t believe I used to have to do mine ‘homemade’… it is such a foreign concept to them. LOL
9 Candy // Oct 23, 2009 at 11:12 am
Marni, stirrup pants would also be appropriate for a trip to the gynecologist.
Just sayin’….
10 Wendy // Oct 23, 2009 at 11:16 am
So when will you be inviting us over for a spa party/sleepover? I’ll clear my social calendar for it.
And only 80 tweets in a day? Slacker.
11 Charlie // Oct 23, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Okay. I’ll give you the back rub.
And FYI, this is at least the THIRD time stirrup pants have come around. They were popular in the early 60s too. (Check out Mary Tyler Moore on an old episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”)
12 katdish // Oct 25, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Um…I was going to say something here, but I’m pretty disturbed by Marni’s wardrobe choices.
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