I cannot WAIT to show you my BEST find ever.
PEOPLE!Ā My People!
It is I!Ā Your feckless leader!
I am so excited, I cannot contain myself.
You.Ā Have.Ā No.Ā Idea.
I got something.Ā When you see it, you will be so incredibly jealous.
It is the BEST something EVER.
It took Paul six hours, from start to finish, to bring it home.
The most triumphant six hours of my life.
We needed a MOVING truck.
And?Ā The most glorious part?Ā It is TOTALLY useless.
The whole time I was getting it, all I could think was how I could not wait to share it with you… So you could be jealous.
What is it?Ā I canāt tell you.Ā That would ruin the post.Ā Which I havenāt written yet.
Oh?Ā You want a hint?Ā Okayā¦
It is not:
-A tattoo.
-Something Paul wanted.
And to celebrate, Iām going to have a party.
Right here, next Tuesday, April 9th.
Itās going to be a very fancy party.Ā Black tie.Ā Sparkly shoes.Ā Champagne.
START PLANNING YOUR OUTFIT.
I will be the one in gold lamĆ©.Ā And a tiara.Ā Mixing my metaphors of Downton Abbey and mid-sixties Mad Men.
You have one week!Ā To decide what youāre wearing, book your plane tickets, get a manicure, and BRING your story.
Every week, Iām out here, all aloneā¦ tap dancing for you.
Look at me! Look at my house!Ā Look at my stuff!
Me!Ā Me!!Ā Me!!!
Donāt you ever want to come up here and shove me off the stage?
Nowās your chance.
I want to see YOUR favorite find.
I want to see your BEST treasureā¦ however you define itā¦Ā whether itās something you got out of the garbage, at an estate sale, stole from your roommate or inherited from your grandmother.
Old, new, trash, treasure, sentimental, material, cerebral.
I want to know why you LOVE it, where you got it, and what its story is.
Iāve never had an online party, and I cannot promise it will go smoothlyā¦
Probably someone will drink too much.Ā Or force everyone to play board games.
I will probably be both of those people.
But I know it will be a good time. Ā There will be lots of awesomeĀ peopleĀ to hang out with.
Just try not to sit next to me… I’m annoyingly chatty.
How will this illustrious event take place?
Well?Ā If you DONāT have a blog?
A-Ā Ā Let me congratulate you on having a more interesting personal life than I do.
B- Ā If you want to share a photo, make sure it’s online. I’ll write up instructions to add it in the comments.
C-Ā Ā Bring your story.
D-Ā Ā Show up. Ā Next Tuesday. Ā Anytime… just wander in!
E- Ā BYOB.
If you DO have a blog?Ā Well.Ā Maybe youāve heard of a something called a link party?
You get to share your “favorite find” with my readers!!
They are a discerning bunch, so GO get busy.
Write your post.
Spread the word.
Bring your friends.
SURPRISE ME, people!!
I was going to use this photo to make a joke about how my band will be playing at the party… I was going to say how I am the lead singer, and no one will ever get my microphoneā¦ but now I need to address how I generally think that your twenties are overratedā¦ until I see an actual photo of my twenties.
Anyway.
If you are so inclinedā¦ tellĀ yourĀ readers that youāre planning a post about YOUR favorite findā¦ and that youāre going to share it here, next Tuesday!
If you do, let me know!! Ā I’ll add you to the band:
Lead singer:Ā ME… what part of that was confusing?
Backup singer: Ā could be you!
Drums: Danielle- Storypiece
Guitar: Karen – Garden, home & party
You want to get in on this soonā¦ you donāt want to end up as the hairstylist or the lighting guy.
I have SO enjoyed getting to know all of you, and I REALLY hope youāll play along!!!
I canāt wait to see what you come up with!!
Follow me on twitter, and I’ll remind you a few days before… but in a totally non-irritating way.
Or PIN IT.
Why?Ā I donāt knowā¦
Because Pinterest is full of all the other crap on the internet, why not this too?
FUN things are happening here people!!!
If this were high school, Iād have turned out a LOT differently.
PLUS?? Ā Iām working on my first giveaway!
Because I love you!!! And I want to give you nice things!!!
Or just buy your loveā¦ whatever works for you.
UPDATE– THIS was my find… the linkup stopped working because the tech/widget/thing I used got discontinued/wonky.
I’ll love you even more, if you share me with your friends…
richard
August 4, 2015 @ 12:59 pm
obviously you do not have children