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June 27, 2014
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Friday Freakout and Happy Blogday to BulgingButtons

Movers are scheduled to arrive in 25 hours. As I look around I wonder how we’ll make it happen, but I know that we will. The good news is that I don’t HAVE to be completely out of here until Monday, so after they take the big stuff I can still finish up any odds and ends on Sunday. Still, I WANT to be done on Saturday. Um, I mean tomorrow. Right now it just seems a little unlikely, but if I keep breathing maybe it will all come together.

Oh, and BulgingButtons is officially ONE YEAR OLD! Happy Birthday Blog! I’ve decided that a Blogday is something to celebrate, even if only by eating a Weight Watchers raspberry ice cream bar for breakfast (only 2 points). See, in my mind celebrations still equals food. Old habits and mindsets are hard to break. Maybe we should celebrate with a splash in the pool or a bike ride around the neighborhood? That would be more in keeping with the original BulgingButtons mission, I think.

As of this morning BulgingButtons has 999 followers. Perhaps the 1,000th follow will be our blogday present? That would be wonderful. Even better than a raspberry ice cream bar. Really.

Have a fabulous Friday and party like a rock star in honor of one year of BulgingButtons. If you have any whiz bang moving tips to make my life calmer, easier, or less crazy feel free to share. I always learn so much from you. Of course if you have any moving horror stories, feel free to share those too (I’m afraid they’re all too common). We will all read them and nod slowly or stifle a giggle, or gasp appropriately, and we will commiserate with you. Then we will secretly thank the powers that be that it happened to you and not us. No offense, of course. So bring on those moving stories, I will try not to let them scare me too badly.

June 26, 2014
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One Thousand Minus Three

Obsessive much? I HAVE to pack. I HAVE to move out. I HAVE to go to work. Oh, and did I mention that the movers are coming on Saturday? I did? Sorry.

I don’t have to blog or check blogging stats or even think about how many people ever read my posts, but I do. A lot. And I have for the past year (well, as of tomorrow), which is kind of a new world record of stick-to-it-ness for me (unless you count all the unproductive things that I stayed with well past their useful lifespans).

So, drumroll please, BulgingButtons is up to 997 followers. The big question is, can we get three more recruits by the end of today, so that we’ll start our second year with 1,000 loyal readers? Yeah, I know they aren’t all loyal readers, but play along, won’t you?

Get your cousin Ed over here and your Aunt Vera and the ladies in your book club and your biker friends and everybody you know on Facebook. Let’s make it a regular BulgingButtons virtual party, complete with virtual cupcakes and virtual shots. After all, I’ve got nothing else going on tomorrow… do you?

June 25, 2014
by BulgingButtons 4 Comments

Wednesday Wisdom #1

There are many forces of wisdom at play in the universe. I want to share with you some of what I’ve learned over the years. Naturally I have to do it on Wednesdays, because who doesn’t love alliteration?

Words of Wisdom

Everything is better with peanut butter.

Who said it

Lila the wonder dog, although she didn’t technically “say” it, but I know she thinks it.

What it means to me

It’s the little extras in life that make it more interesting and exciting and enjoyable. It’s the whipped cream on the frappucino, the hot fudge on the sundae, and the meatball on the spaghetti. All of those things are good without the extras, but the extras take them over the top. Don’t just go to the Grand Canyon, take a hike there. Don’t just go to the beach, splash in the ocean. Don’t forget to add the peanut butter into your life from time to time.