Oh, Look...The 10,000th Post About Pinterest!

First, I just like to say, "HA! Made you look!" ;}

Ok, so I know "the Pinterest" post has been done to death!
Everybody luuuurves it!
Everybody is doing it!
So, I'll admit it...I had to see what the hullabalu was about!
And I confess...it's pretty darn fun! After all, it's where I met
him! {I really have no idea who he is...I just thought he looked
like Michael Vartan circa Alias...and, well, you know. ;}





I just like to look at the main page....before I log in to see what's
new...and it's like a magazine! A little of this...a little of that...
a whole lot of CUPCAKES! I like these people!
{who could eat those! They are gorgeous!}





Uh, no...to me this says, "hey, angst filled teen girl...cut here..."
YUK!
Ok, so, it's not all cupcakes in Pinterestville!




Can I be honest? This fills me with resentment! I WANT TO FIND
OLD FURNITURE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD LIKE EVERYONE
ELSE DOES AND THEN MAKE IT INTO A TREASURE! That
scenario just doesn't happen around here!




This is cute...but as a Lazy Girl, I find myself wondering why they
just didn't paint it right on the wall? But then I suppose that wouldn't
really be a "headboard" would it...picky, picky!






This brings a tear of pity to my one good eye! How very sorrow filled
I am for those of you who live where there are no In-n-Outs! I weep!
I rend my clothing...but with just a single gulp of their chocolate shakes
... I will be all better!




Now, I think Katie M is just as peachy as the next American
who actually has no concept of the whole royalty thing...but
for pity sake! Someone give this girl a sandwich...
a Double-Double Animal Style...
Some Funyuns!
Before she blows away...in a very proper way, of course!





I could stare at this all day! And I just might!





I could stare at this...
oh, sorry, where was I...
{lots of Jane's people are Pinteresting!}




There are many, many of these hair-how-do's to be seen...
and soundly mocked!
"Just part your hair and then just twist it and then just
hold it all in place with one bobby pin."
I must force myself to pass them right by as I find I become
lightheaded from my exuberant scoffing!




This picture makes m jealous of j...
jealousy is wrong... ;}




This makes me want to read...
all my books would be stored in the closet to the right...
and my snacks would be stored in the cubbies to
the left, ok...and some wine.
And I would read and read until my bum was good
and asleep!




This makes me think that someone is eavesdropping on
my mind!






This made me laugh out loud!





{even though I am a huge hypocrite because I LOVE this sign!;}
{Ok, I like that one that says to eat a cupcake too!;}


See, a little something for everyone!
And you don't have to join to look!
And the looking is fun, yessrieeebob!

So, if you have a spare sec this LONG Independence Weekend...
march on over to PINTEREST and see what's there
to be seen!
And by all means, scoff a little too! ;}


Now...


{Sad, but I had to read this twice before I got it! ;}

Dance With The One That Brung Ya...

Ok, I know, I'm not using that expression in its strictest sense...
I'm going with..."use the perfectly good stuff you already bought
and HAVE instead of going to Micheal's to buy even more stuff
{that you will, no doubt, forget you have because you hung the
bag on the back of a chair or a door nob} just because that gift
card from Christmas is burning a hole in your pocket!"
See! Lucidity and logic are the mainstay of this blog!
{just think how confused the non-Americans are who have
never even heard that expression before...I should have entitled
this post "Putting Lipstick On A Pig"...now that would have
really thrown them for a loop! ;}

No, I will NEVER win an award for using the least possible
words in the presentation of a post!}

So, ahem...like I was saying...I have too many little buckets,
don't you? No? Hmmmm...that's the thing about all those
great deals at Oriental Trading...they all come in DOZENS!
And it's not like I remember why I bought the above little
white buckets...I just know that they have been mocking
me with their nakedness for months{...and believe you me...
that's A LOT better than being mocked FOR your nakedness...
trust me! ;}



So, as true Lazy Girls are wont to do, I asked myself...
"Self, how can I jazz up these little buckets with the minimal
amount of effort while still having one hand free to eat Cheetos?"
"Are you talking to me?"
"Are YOU talking to ME?"
{apparently, self has a bit of an attitude today...yeesh!}

I soldiered on...


I remembered that I had this very thick stack of coordinated scrapping papers
that a friend got for me several birthdays ago...
and then I remembered that I just got some new paper punches...
{I know! Like a hole in my head I needed them! But I was already ordering
some books from Amazon...and there they were...all pretty and shiny and cool...
and all you have to do is click...and in a few days they magically appear on your
doorstep! Who needs crack when there's Amazon??!!}



And how about some matching clothespins aka clips to go with that
smartly embellished bucket? {And I will have you know that I got
those clothespins from the 99¢ Store! 100 for 99¢! Sure, they look
like wolverines have used them for toothpicks...but the 99¢ is ALL
the matters in this post about the virtuosity of thriftiness! ;}




Niiiiiiice huh?
ACK!
Just want to give you all the visual aids necessary for me to persuade
you of my can-do crafting!
You may recall...{or perhaps months of therapy has helped you to forget}
my 49¢ clearance tape?




Well, I though that it would be a rootin' tootin' addition to a bland
bucket!





The bummer of it is that the pattern is so busy that it obscures the
fabulously punched label...didn't really think that one through all
the way...so, what else is new?! ;}


Onward and upward!



FYI- this glue is really cool...if you use it immediately when wet, it's
permanent. But if you let it dry before affixing...it's removable...
cool,eh? I tried it...and it works! Lazy Girl Seal of Approval!
{uh...that came from Amazon too... ;o }



NEXT! I turned to the The Graphics Fairy for something a bit more subdued.




Can you go wrong with vintage calligraphy? I think not!



Who said PINK??!!


Like I could live a day without it!




Can you see what I'm getting at here?
On your desk...
Pens, protractor, various and sundry tchotchkes corralled nicely
in the bucket while the clips wrangle your unruly stacks of $20's!





No 20's?
Ok, unruly stacks of vintage wallpaper maybe?
Have you ever noticed that after spending decades in a tight roll
it's less apt to lie flat? Quite a phenomenon that!



So, here's my trick.
Just put it right on the kitchen floor with a box of elbow macaroni
right on top!! It flattens out before you can say, "Bobs your uncle!"
Sure the cats will mess with it and most likely knock the box over...
then you will have to chase them away with threats of being next
winter's muff...but in the end you will achieve success!


Now what in Sam Hill am I gonna do with all these buckets!

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This Is Just How It's Gonna Be...

I love the look of Beverly blog...so wide and spacious! I love it MOST
on Pink Saturdays when every one's little sneak-peek shots create one
HUGE mosaic! It looks divinely dreamy!

So, because I finally got an external drive...
And I am rummaging through all my old shots and winnowing...
Ok, attempting to winnow without much success...
Saying, "awwwww" alot...
Realizing that I am worthless winnower...

I have made a mosaic that in no way rivals Beverly's, but was a fun
trip down memory lane!

Sorry, this is just how it's gonna be for a while...old shots will be
cropping up...probably on a weekly basis...until I have them all
"externalized" and out of here! ;}

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Of Migraines And The Radio...

So...not only am I poster girl for slovenly blog upkeep {say that 3 times
fast!} what with my lack of pictures due to "weather considerations"...
but I am just plan unimaginative, right?! I mean, should I be hamstrung
in my pursuit of a post merely because I can offer you no visual stimuli?
Is that all there is to me? {well, yah...but don't let that get around...k! ;}



So, I thought I'd do a topical post today...about my migraine. See! Now I
have drawn you into my web of intrigue even without the use of visual aids,
haven't I!!
Now, I am not here to whine...just to commiserate with those of you, who,
like me, are RULED by your hormonal fahrvergnügen and thusly, feel that
a nice swift hatchet to the cranium would make that boring sensation at
the base of your skull fell all better!
Ok,I know...save the drama...right?




It's not like my pet megrims {that's what they call them in Britain, isn't
that cute! Very "stiff upper lip" and all that!} keep me from life or
anything. They just make me UGLY...inside and out! Although I mostly
keep that to myself...well, the "ugly outside" is hard to keep to myself since
I look like a hag that could gag a maggot! {I heard that in a Scottish movie
once and it sounds way better with a Scottish accent!} I can hide the
"ugly on the inside" though...for example no one realized just how close they
came to being smacked today...they were this close...and never knew...now that
is self control!




But I am on day three, so I know I am close to other side...I will feel fine
soon. And that's the one good thing about my pet megrims...they do...
eventually...end. Glass half full, right?!





So, yesterday on my way home, I didn't even want to listen to music...today I
did...baby steps...and I heard a great Cure song and my toes tapped and I felt
better...funny what a song can do...funny that it was by The Cure...but then
the guy in front of me...who COULD NOT have had a drivers license...irritated
me and set my brain to pinging and I found myself chiding the Bee Gees for
the goat sound in, You Should Be Dancing! Seriously...google it! All this time I
though the were saying "yah"...and it was actually "baaah" !
{Unless I was hearing the 4-H remix!}




And then...can anyone, without a protracted history of drug use, tell me
what the lyrics to Blinded By The Light mean?

Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I got what it takes
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with
the funky break"
And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was
safe outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I
needed a ride
Asked me if I needed a ride

Really!
And I thought my brain was in a bad way!




Aren't you glad you stopped by today? ;}
Or maybe just a little scared? ;}
Juuuuuuuuust keepin' it real, like everyone likes to say...
but just HOW real do we like it?! And is this more real than you'd like?
What?
{I know! I try to be deep and I just end up confused!}
Yes, I am done.
No, the pictures have nothing to do with the price of tea in China...
but a post needs pictures, right??!!

And if you get migraines too...what's your magic cure?
Dish!

And then forget you ever saw this post!

A Chintzy Little Treat...

Well, it's dreary again...as it has been for weeks.
And as much as I LOVE it...{because I am a little bit off...}
it's making it impossible for me to take any pictures...
so, I haven't...and I am stuck!


OK...I know that those of you who have been sweltering for weeks
want to slap me silly...but this is Cali...Summer weather every month...
except for June.





So, anyway...to brighten all of our day...I went into the Wayback Machine
and grabbed as many chintzy shots as I could manage.




Did a bit of editing hocus pocus...




and loaded them up to share!







I know this does NOT apply to everyone...
but the most frenzied comments and emails we get are in
response to my sisters' cupboards full of chintz!





So, I will get out of the way now...




and let you peruse!




{I know I always say that...and it's usually a lie! ;}






















How did that get in there! He's getting to be as bad as Jane!












































Oh, before I go...
a little reality check...



It's a special breed who dares to laugh in the face of the tectonic plate gods
and their pesky "rim of fire"...




...sometimes they laugh right back! ;}


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