Category: Misc.

I probably won’t really post much until 2009.
To say that I’m really in a dark place, is an understatement.
I’ve just needed the break. Which felt nice- until I almost didn’t know how to log back into blogger.
hmmm…
So, just a few more days. Thanks for your patience! I’m regaining composure…
I’ve missed you…

Well… I received this little gem from Cooking Mom and I was really honored that she thought of me and this little blog at all!

Here are the rules:

“When you receive the prize, you must write a post showing it, together with the name of who has given it to you, and link them back. Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in their content or design. Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing that they were prized with ‘Honest Weblog’. List [if you can and/or dare] at least ten honest things about yourself. Then, pass it on!”

Hmmm…

1} The majority of the handmade gifts I’m giving, which were sewn, are TRAGICALLY Flawed- and I don’t care…

2} When a movie or song/album really strikes my fancy, I get incredibly obsessed. As of late, no surprise, this honor goes to Twilight. (Both the movie and the soundtrack) Though I officially think I’m over it. (at least in re: to the movie…)

3} I keep tweezers by the potty… It’s true. I am a compulsive tweezer. Ever since this one day, ages ago, when Rosie O’donell still had her own talk show and would talk about her one chin hair. Of course, at that time, I had no chin hairs… And then I turned 30.
So yeah… I obsessively check. and pluck. :(

4} I have little routines for odd things, and most of the time there is no rhyme or reason. Case in point: Get to the movie theater, order a drink, pee, get a straw (or popcorn salt, or napkins. whatever), go to theater, sit in middle/middle. EVERY TIME… If I skip a step, I feel antsy through the whole flippin’ movie… But it’s not just with the movies, its everything. I have a way I walk through Target, people… and veering off of the course? BAD. VERY BAD…

5} I love cold leftovers. Mongolian noodles are the best. Chw thinks I’m nuts because he can’t eat anything unless it’s reheated.

6} When we lived in NY, we had a local dairy deliver milk to our door. This was the first time i EVER remember loving milk. Of course, this was pre-parenthood and so I knew nothing about the difference between organic and non-organic. Years later (in michigan, and me no longer in love with milk. Again.) we had to switch to organic for Genny. Guess what? It tastes just like that NY dairy…

7} I have a tattoo that my ex boyfriend drew for me, years after I married Chw.

8} This is the first year in over a decade that I haven’t mailed my Christmas cards by December 1st…

9} I love foot massages. I hate pedicures.

10} I know someone who went to school with Vanilla Ice…

As for my seven:

Renee. Just found her… LOVE her writing style…

June Cleaver Nirvana. I haven’t stalked Holly in awhile and honestly, I just miss it. Besides, she’s amazing…

Sweet Funky Vintage. OH. MY. Gosh. Seriously… I needn’t explain.

Noble Pig. Because i just love everything about this blog. Brilliance abounds around every punctuation mark.

Katie’s Calamities. Yes, she’s my friend. Who cares? I personally think she is brilliant. Knowing her makes life feel brilliant and darn it, i love her posts!

Ashley Forrette. Because she’s brilliantly (and feverishly) talented…

160 Acre Woods. I’ve been a fan of Amy’s for a really long time now. I love that, regardless of the day, there is always something deep or relatable to be found, by me, on her blog. It’s so easy to fill our blogs with fluff… Amy is refreshing.

Last weeks Advents: involved day trips, field trips, movies and recipes… I’ve just been so loaded down with work to document it all…

Last week Creatively: involved baking, working with glass, painting, hand stitching and beading… but I have the same lousy excuse. This week is CRAZY with work- but I will try to do better.

It’s never a good sign when one is up, yelling at their sewing machine at 2 a.m. while watching Drive Me Crazy on HBO Family…

Confession: I have a soft spot for 90’s teen centered romance flicks. This is a sad, sad truth I share with you. (and I do make this confession with my very own midnight Twilight tickets in hand, so I guess this illness isn’t simply reserved for those high school films of the 90’s…)

Anyhow- I know things have been pretty funkaliciously quiet around rainy day in may. Le’ Sigh… I believe I’m stuck in some odd form of life block. I’m exhausted, feverish, sad, unable to sleep and achy. I’d suspect a flu, if this wasn’t an ongoing/repetitive illness. (Thanks Deb, for pointing that out…) The popular consensus around chez’ Wagner is that I’m just exhausted. So yeah, I’m sorry for my lack of blog worthy goodness…

At some point this week I will upload photos off of my Canon from Chw & Genny’s excursion to the local masquarade ball. :) It was a charming experience for both of them. It would have been a truly charming experience for me, had I been able to make it to my friend’s little girl’s night in party. Dang it…
Instead I was home, with my cozy fleece blanket and my couch. I was tired and lethargic. It would have been joyous had I felt even a .5 percent better than I was. These late, sleepless nights feel eternal. Thankfully my sister came over on Friday night. We watched movies, laughed, cried and looked at OLD photos until 4:30 in the morning… It was really nice.

I’m rambling…

So, one positive thing I have to state- (which leads to the start of this point regarding rage towards my sewing maching)- I’ve been working on our handmade Christmas. I’m feeling great about it. I’ve accomplished quite a bit and, finally, am not feeling so overwhelmed about it. That’s a relief.

Care to hear about my week? I have a slew of meetings, school stuff, work stuff, a few major deadlines, a pretty big party to throw, invitations (for our Christmas party) to get in the mail, more gifts to make, normal domestic duties to take care of, four photo shoots, grocery shopping for thanksgiving and a quilt to finish. Easy peasy right? (Say yes… please. I beg you… My husband is literally FREAKING OUT of what lays ahead for me to conquor… well, not right now. He’s sleeping right now. But pre-sleeping, (and all weekend actually) so I need a pep squad and where else to turn but my blog?

Ok… I am going to try to get a little sleep. I’ve heard things are better once that’s done.

My super hero Chw has triumphed once again and restored all peace and stability to my blogging world.

So… go here for the current giveaway, now running through Monday the 27th…