Thursday, September 6, 2012
Manasquan Inlet 9.6.12
Just a few pictures I took this morning while watching the surfers at the Manasquan inlet today.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
And the lucky winner is...
Sometimes when I have a sale & it's something I have to ship, like a necklace or wine charms...
sometimes..
Sometimes I feel like the guys on the boardwalk, at the games..
"Another prize going out to the lucky winner!"
Which is really odd since it's not a prize, they paid for what they're getting!
OH I think I know why now..
It's because I'm the lucky winner. I love my business and when someone buys something I created, it makes me feel like a million bucks!
sometimes..
Sometimes I feel like the guys on the boardwalk, at the games..
"Another prize going out to the lucky winner!"
Which is really odd since it's not a prize, they paid for what they're getting!
OH I think I know why now..
It's because I'm the lucky winner. I love my business and when someone buys something I created, it makes me feel like a million bucks!
This
and these
(click wine charm picture for your own set)
and a custom necklace heading out in the mail soon!
Yeah Me!
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Open Letter to Snooki & Jionni
Dear Nicole & guy hanging around for the limelight,
Move.
Seriously, move to the midwest somewhere.
(ok before you catty bitches say "i thought you never watched tv" - I said Rarely.. and yes, I watch Jersey Shore. I friggen live there... have to watch)
Oh and change your names.
And change pretty much everything about you that leads back to these personas you've created.
You have a son now and every single thing needs to be about him.
Ok you can wait until after the "covered better then Prince William & Kate's" wedding fiasco - but then you need to be done.
What prompted this post....
I have sons, 2 of them. They're 13 & 11 now.
And the mere thought of the torture this little baby Enzo is going to have to endure when his classmates find out he's Snooki's child..
It makes me feel like throwing up.
Can you imagine the abuse when he gets to like 5th grade? "Hey Enzo, watched Jersey Shore last night & saw where you wrecked your mom" or something other gross thing that 10/11 yo boys say to each other (and no matter how you raise, them they can be gross - just hopefully never around their grandparents!)
I have to say I was happy to hear they were having a boy... because girls are MUCH worse... much, much, much worse (yes, I'm having a flashback to middle school - I was bullied and picked on a lot- you could not pay me to go back to middle school)
Whether you were picked on or the bully, think back to how a girl with a known "celebrity" mom like Snooki would have been tortured...
I shudder just thinking about it.
So my suggestion to Nicole & Jionni
Have your obnoxious wedding & Snooks, wear white if you want to....
Then over the next 3 or 4 years, pull out (insert joke here) of the spotlight
Change your style
Change your names
Pick a nice quiet town in the midwest somewhere and settle down. Be real parents, attend your kids sporting events or dance recitals. Don't draw attention to yourself by whining or hitting on ever dad there
and just fade into history.
Because it's no longer all about you... it's about Enzo and he deserves a normal life.
Just like your parents did Nicole when they gave you up for adoption. Your parents did what they thought was best for you, now you do the same.
I'm not saying give him up for adoption, I'm saying stop being selfish and thinking it's all about you.
You've made your money and I'm sure there is enough rolling in that if invested wisely will support you very well for the rest of your lives. So there is no reason to subject your child to anything more.
Have you see that Honey Boo boo show? Do you really want Enzo to end up like that?
Parenting is hard enough - you don't need to make it harder on yourselves or Enzo.
You can always come back to Jersey for a visit. Hell it's not like you're actually from here anyway, so that doesn't change.
Speaking of parenting, I need to wrap this up here and get moving. So much to do on this last day before school starts! I'm just very glad that one of the things I'm not doing is readying my boys for the crap Enzo is going to have to deal with thanks to the way you 2 got "famous."
Saturday, September 1, 2012
You're addicted to Facebook
Actually I'm not... But I hear that occasionally. What I hear more is "you spend too much time on Facebook"
again, not really, but to internet noobs... I look that way.
You see what apparently does not come across, even to my life long friends, is I'm a geek.
a nerdy, loves computer, loves the internet, geek.
And I'm proud of it.
You see the internet - well AOL - became popular just when all my friends were getting married or at least shacking up with their men & no longer wanted to go out... Also my mother had passed away & my father moved in with me.
So instead of turning to TV shows and calling my married friends crying about not being married (actually never really felt that way, but you know what I mean) I turned to AOL chat rooms.
OMG I loved AOL chat rooms. And I had the credit card bills to prove it. Did you know that we paid $2.95 an hour... do you know how quickly that adds up? (do you know how happy I was that I had very good paying job LOL)
But that started my love of the internet and interacting with people all around the world. Ok it started in an New Jersey chat room - but still, there was potential to talk to others from around the world.
I even physically met a bunch of people from the chat room. A very smart business man (wish I could remember his name, think his screen name was TheNJDJ?) would rent out a ballroom at a hotel and host parties. He'd charge us to get in & it would be a cash bar & there would be a reduced rate for the hotel rooms if you wanted to stay.
Which we did, quite often.
One day I'll have to find the discs (yes, little floppy discs) with pictures from those parties and share them. Those parties were SO MUCH FUN.
Now that I think about it, they would have made a great reality tv show... OH the drama...
But you don't go from being on the computer for hours at a time to nothing.. it becomes a part of your life. It's really not a whole lot different then TV.
And I barely watch TV. Really.
I could turn off the TV service if it wasn't for live sports. If there is something I want to watch, I can usually find it on the internet.
So why is it ok for in the same breath to tell me I'm online too much but yet can tell you about Honey Boo boo or TNTM or whatever the latest reality show is popular??? It's not.
I am always connected to what is going on around me, I don't shush anyone for talking while I'm typing (unless I'm blogging, because let's face it the rails on my train of thought are quite weak sometimes... heck right now jerseyshoredad is sighing at me but I'm on a roll so won't stop & tell him what I'm doing because I don't want to forget my thought)
And now all 3 of my jobs are internet related. I'm an online trainer (e-learning specialist, thankyouverymuch) I teach computer software at the adult school a few nights a week and while my business is photography, it's 90% online.. so yes, I'm on the computer a LOT.
But I'm going to surprise you here. I don't have a smart phone and mostly* don't want one. When I do go out, then my focus is on what we're doing. Not on the internet.
(* I said mostly because I do want one so I can accept credit cards when I sell at craft shows)
Having been on the internet since 1994/95 means I have online friends from all over the place. I have a group of moms that we all met when we were due with children in September of 1998. We're not on the AOL bulletin board anymore, we're on facebook - and now the kids (who are all turning 14) are becoming friends too on facebook.
I joined a low carb weight loss board in 2000 that I am still on (though I'm still fighting the weight fight!) and from that large board I ended up on a smaller board where I have made some amazing friends. I have also met a bunch of them as well.
I have 1 guy friend on facebook that was from the AOL chat rooms. There is a woman that I used to chat with on AOL lives in my town & I occasionally run into her. I don't know what happened to the rest of them. (oh and the ex-fiance - I hear from him occasionally - yes I met him at an AOL party) Heck I even tried to set Jerseyshoredad up with a girl from the chat rooms before we started dating.
OH and my Etsy friends. Yes I am friends with other people who sell on Etsy, can't forget them!
I've been on the internet for a long time. It's a part of me - it is NOT some sudden addiction, it's a part of my life. Just like the television is for you
And for the last 2 years I've been using it more for business then anything else.
So if you feel I post too much on Facebook, unfriend or take me out of your newsfeed. If you think I'm online too much, come hang out with me for a day or two & enjoy the quiet in my house because the Television is rarely on. And the house is mostly clean too. Nothing gets neglected because of the internet.
Especially not my kids. Ask me anything about them and I'm pretty sure I'd be able to answer you pretty quickly. If they need something I don't tell them to wait because "my show" is on. I was out playing street hockey with the kids when they invited me the other day. I take the younger one out to practice shooting hoops when we can.
The world is changing folks, and the internet is making it a much smaller place. You either have to be a part of it, or not. But while you're sitting there watching Honey Boo boo (are you kidding me?) don't look down your nose at me for playing online.
** Come back to add this
I also belong to a shopping message board. This board of 99.9% women find deals all over the place - online & regular stores. For the last few years I have been SO GRATEFUL for this board, because without out it, Christmas around here would have been sad.
again, not really, but to internet noobs... I look that way.
You see what apparently does not come across, even to my life long friends, is I'm a geek.
a nerdy, loves computer, loves the internet, geek.
And I'm proud of it.
You see the internet - well AOL - became popular just when all my friends were getting married or at least shacking up with their men & no longer wanted to go out... Also my mother had passed away & my father moved in with me.
So instead of turning to TV shows and calling my married friends crying about not being married (actually never really felt that way, but you know what I mean) I turned to AOL chat rooms.
OMG I loved AOL chat rooms. And I had the credit card bills to prove it. Did you know that we paid $2.95 an hour... do you know how quickly that adds up? (do you know how happy I was that I had very good paying job LOL)
But that started my love of the internet and interacting with people all around the world. Ok it started in an New Jersey chat room - but still, there was potential to talk to others from around the world.
I even physically met a bunch of people from the chat room. A very smart business man (wish I could remember his name, think his screen name was TheNJDJ?) would rent out a ballroom at a hotel and host parties. He'd charge us to get in & it would be a cash bar & there would be a reduced rate for the hotel rooms if you wanted to stay.
Which we did, quite often.
One day I'll have to find the discs (yes, little floppy discs) with pictures from those parties and share them. Those parties were SO MUCH FUN.
Now that I think about it, they would have made a great reality tv show... OH the drama...
But you don't go from being on the computer for hours at a time to nothing.. it becomes a part of your life. It's really not a whole lot different then TV.
And I barely watch TV. Really.
I could turn off the TV service if it wasn't for live sports. If there is something I want to watch, I can usually find it on the internet.
So why is it ok for in the same breath to tell me I'm online too much but yet can tell you about Honey Boo boo or TNTM or whatever the latest reality show is popular??? It's not.
I am always connected to what is going on around me, I don't shush anyone for talking while I'm typing (unless I'm blogging, because let's face it the rails on my train of thought are quite weak sometimes... heck right now jerseyshoredad is sighing at me but I'm on a roll so won't stop & tell him what I'm doing because I don't want to forget my thought)
And now all 3 of my jobs are internet related. I'm an online trainer (e-learning specialist, thankyouverymuch) I teach computer software at the adult school a few nights a week and while my business is photography, it's 90% online.. so yes, I'm on the computer a LOT.
But I'm going to surprise you here. I don't have a smart phone and mostly* don't want one. When I do go out, then my focus is on what we're doing. Not on the internet.
(* I said mostly because I do want one so I can accept credit cards when I sell at craft shows)
Having been on the internet since 1994/95 means I have online friends from all over the place. I have a group of moms that we all met when we were due with children in September of 1998. We're not on the AOL bulletin board anymore, we're on facebook - and now the kids (who are all turning 14) are becoming friends too on facebook.
I joined a low carb weight loss board in 2000 that I am still on (though I'm still fighting the weight fight!) and from that large board I ended up on a smaller board where I have made some amazing friends. I have also met a bunch of them as well.
I have 1 guy friend on facebook that was from the AOL chat rooms. There is a woman that I used to chat with on AOL lives in my town & I occasionally run into her. I don't know what happened to the rest of them. (oh and the ex-fiance - I hear from him occasionally - yes I met him at an AOL party) Heck I even tried to set Jerseyshoredad up with a girl from the chat rooms before we started dating.
OH and my Etsy friends. Yes I am friends with other people who sell on Etsy, can't forget them!
I've been on the internet for a long time. It's a part of me - it is NOT some sudden addiction, it's a part of my life. Just like the television is for you
And for the last 2 years I've been using it more for business then anything else.
So if you feel I post too much on Facebook, unfriend or take me out of your newsfeed. If you think I'm online too much, come hang out with me for a day or two & enjoy the quiet in my house because the Television is rarely on. And the house is mostly clean too. Nothing gets neglected because of the internet.
Especially not my kids. Ask me anything about them and I'm pretty sure I'd be able to answer you pretty quickly. If they need something I don't tell them to wait because "my show" is on. I was out playing street hockey with the kids when they invited me the other day. I take the younger one out to practice shooting hoops when we can.
The world is changing folks, and the internet is making it a much smaller place. You either have to be a part of it, or not. But while you're sitting there watching Honey Boo boo (are you kidding me?) don't look down your nose at me for playing online.
** Come back to add this
I also belong to a shopping message board. This board of 99.9% women find deals all over the place - online & regular stores. For the last few years I have been SO GRATEFUL for this board, because without out it, Christmas around here would have been sad.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
August 26th National Dog Day!
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am. ~Author Unknown
Yeah for Doggies!
Those pooches are my puppies, Becca & Odie.
Becca came to us through a rescue group. I was only supposed to foster her, but we fell in love with her pretty much instantly. She is one of the best dogs ever, but don't touch her tail, she doesn't like that! LOL
Odie is our Jack Russell that came to us when a neighbors daughter developed an allergy to him. I swear he's part cat. Becca will do anything to please us, Odie acts like a prince and is aloof like a cat.
But the are both pretty awesome!
And speaking of awesome, have you see my
Other Dog Items
Saturday, August 25, 2012
American Made with Martha Stewart
I had a previous client contact me and suggest I sign up for an "American Made" contest on the Martha Stewart site. I listened and I'm seeing some new fans come by from there so I figured I'd just say a quick hello and Thank You for stopping by!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Getting started again
If you've been reading my blog, you know I lost 66lbs. You also know I quit smoking (14 months now!) & have 2 herniated discs in my neck.
When you quit smoking, especially in your 40's, weight gain in inevitable, you have to fight to keep it off. The herniated discs and the steroids kept me from being able to fight it off. I've gained back 20lbs. And I swear like 15 of it is sitting in my belly/hip area. the other 5 is on my upper arms.
I know this because I saw pictures of myself from this past weekend.
That is some serious motivation...
So yesterday I started back to low carb and moving. Moving will be anything from riding my bike to shooting baskets with my kids and strength exercises and walking. I have to be careful still, but I can't just sit around. I'm in my 40's and the weight does not just fall off, I have to work it!
Yesterday I ate some lunch meat & cheese for breakfast (had to grab something quick) lunch was 2 hot dogs wrapped in bacon (oh yea) and some deviled eggs. Dinner was buffalo chicken & salad. Salad was
lettuce, tomato, cheese, avocado, carrots & a homemade ranch dressing. I used to LOVE ranch dressing, but after I quit smoking something happened and I can not eat bottled ranch anymore.. it's so weird!
Today breakfast was a bacon, egg & cheese sandwich on a low carb wrap. Then I had 2 deviled eggs for lunch for now. I will eat again in a little while.
not sure about dinner tonight - probably steak. yum!
When you quit smoking, especially in your 40's, weight gain in inevitable, you have to fight to keep it off. The herniated discs and the steroids kept me from being able to fight it off. I've gained back 20lbs. And I swear like 15 of it is sitting in my belly/hip area. the other 5 is on my upper arms.
I know this because I saw pictures of myself from this past weekend.
That is some serious motivation...
So yesterday I started back to low carb and moving. Moving will be anything from riding my bike to shooting baskets with my kids and strength exercises and walking. I have to be careful still, but I can't just sit around. I'm in my 40's and the weight does not just fall off, I have to work it!
Yesterday I ate some lunch meat & cheese for breakfast (had to grab something quick) lunch was 2 hot dogs wrapped in bacon (oh yea) and some deviled eggs. Dinner was buffalo chicken & salad. Salad was
lettuce, tomato, cheese, avocado, carrots & a homemade ranch dressing. I used to LOVE ranch dressing, but after I quit smoking something happened and I can not eat bottled ranch anymore.. it's so weird!
Today breakfast was a bacon, egg & cheese sandwich on a low carb wrap. Then I had 2 deviled eggs for lunch for now. I will eat again in a little while.
not sure about dinner tonight - probably steak. yum!
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