Jenny

Watching Wednesday: Dachshunds

My family has a long history with dachshunds, the best little dogs in the world. (Johnny is about 20% dachshund; close enough). Which is one of the reasons why I love this very old Sprint commercial, along with its straight-faced absurdity. It’s sixty seconds of really dumb stuff that I find not only funny but tremendously endearing with its assumption that this is just normal and all you need to fix the problem is a good cellphone. Times were simpler back then.

Show and Tell Tuesday: A Proposal

So I’m reorganizing my life and improving it greatly, and I really want to start making things again, and I really miss seeing the things you’d link to in here of what you were making: quilts, painting, whatever. On the other hand, I have a lot of work to do. I am scheduling GBT ahead of time (which takes about fifteen minutes a month so no problem) by putting up generic (what did you read this week?) posts that I can add to if I’ve read something I want to talk about but that will go up regardless so you all have a place to talk. And I thought, “Why not do the same thing for the crafts/cooking/whatever making post? So that’s what I’m going to do. If I’ve made something I want to flash at you, I can add that, but the generic post will go up so you all have a place to post. And if anybody knows how to put an image in a comment, now would be a good time to share.

So the plan is GBT and S&TT every week, possibly generic. Good Things Sunday and Good Intentions Monday probably the same, but if I get busy and drop them for a week, I will feel no guilt. Watching Wednesday whenever I find something or remember something, so intermittent. Flashback Friday unless that’s a drag. That’s Sunday, Monday, always Tuesday, sometimes Wednesday, always Thursday, sometimes Friday, and on Saturday I rest. Or it’s a wildcard because something has come up. If some of those evoke no interest they will just fade away into retirement. Unlike me.

So what I made this week was this plan. What did you make?

Good Monday: Better Monday

I am doing much better and I’m trying to figure out why. You know how you should never look a gift horse in the mouth? I would look at my gift horse’s tonsils if I could figure out what the horse was.

Lots of good stuff happened–I had a great five hour talk with my daughter, I sent an almost-finished draft of Anna to Bob that he says is “much better,” I truly do feel that I really am writing much better so that’s a relief, but mostly, I think, I’ve just let go of all the guilt I was swamped with that I was so far behind, that I was doing lousy work, that I was never going to get anything done, that I had no agency. I have agency. I just need to calm down, quit screaming inside, decide what I want and need, and explain that calmly and rationally to anybody who is trying to kindly and rationally explain to me why I’m wrong.

And if that doesn’t work, I’ll rip their faces off.

I realize taking life lessons from a super-model is probably not a prime choice, but really, I just have to remember that the problem is not that I’m too big for the dress, the dress is too small for me. Because I’m fabulous.

So that’s my good intention for the week: I’m going to remember I’m fabulous.

What good intentions do you have for yourself? (Intentions that are good for you, not what you “should” do, we spit on ‘should’ here.)

Good Sunday: A Brand New Year

As far as I’m concerned, September is the start of the new year and this year is going to be FABULOUS. Yeah, I know we’re facing headwinds, but nothing but good times ahead.

Yes, I am feeling much better, thank you, but also I’m getting things done and it’s such a RELIEF. I’ve still got a lot to do but it’s NEW STUFF. That’s what September is about: NEW STUFF. Pens, notebooks, ideas, plans, the whole nine yards.

So what good with you this week?

Hey, Anne Stuart’s Got A Book Out

You should read it.

Flashback Friday: Nothing Really Changes

Turns out I was obsessed with food back in 2005, too. And having problems with anger. And Bob, even that early in the collaboration, was already making me insane.

Why Caramel Pecan Perfection Isn’t