And not in an DUDE I JUST LOVED HIM IN THE SAINT AND I WANTED TO HURT ELIZABETH SHUE WITH HER DUMB OVER-THE-KNEE SOCKS, but more in a WAS SO HOT AND NOW... NOT SO MUCH way.
I clicked on this link on MSN's hotmail page, and read about the Was Hot, Is Now Not celebrities. It's just so sad. And then I started thinking about my recent descent into Less Than Stellar Blog Posts (so says I) and realized that a big ole picture of The Creamery could accompany the smarmy pics of Tom Cruise and the horrific mug shot of Nick Nolte (OH THE HUMANITY).
How does one rescue a Blog Gone Wrong? Is there some kind of Blog Life Coach I can hire? A new diet of tomatoes and lemonade? How about yoga? Is pilates a little too passe? Should The Creamery be training for a marathon? Or should I be considering more drastic measures like Blog Plastic Surgery?
Help me, internets. I'd hate to have to consider a career in boxing.
(And in other news - I am doing Pre-Thanksgiving Stressing, with the turkey! and the stuffing! and the yams! and the salad! and the pie! and the gravy! and the entertaining! and the table setting! and the house cleaning! Tell me: how do you handle stress? I tend to get very very very irritable --it's really fun for Chip-- and then I force him to stay up late into the night with me as we clean like mad. Being married to me is FUN.)
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I get stressed and then snappily say things like "NO, I'm not stressed!" and stomp around flatly denying any stress until I spontaneously burst into tears.
I don't think you need blog plastic surgery. I like your blog just the way it is.
I think think your blog is just fine the way it is, but I understand the feeling. I'm in a bit of a blog rut. It's definitely less Val Kilmer in Top Gun and more like Val Kilmer in Alexander.
When I start feeling that way about my blog it's time to take a break. Take the pressure off of yourself. Give yourself Thanksgiving week off. Pretty soon you'll be back to thinking "hey I've GOT to blog about that" and all will be right again.
How do I handle stress? Not well, is the usual answer. I can relate to the "No, I'm not stressed"-snappy answer variety of response. Do that a lot. Then the burst-into-tears thing. Then, there are the avoidant behaviors like reading a book instead of cleaning, tackling the Dreaded Project of the Moment, etc. You get the idea. It helps me most to remember that less is more. Except for less cooking on the turkey. That can have frightening consequences . . .
Oh, and nothing wrong with your blog. Love it. Love the wedding pics, too. Congratulations!
Hey, I do the "getting irritable" thing too! And then I also DENY being irritable!
Well, I just think to myself it will all be over in 10 minutes and then I won't have to cook anymore for 2 days. But I then realize that I still have to clean up the dishes.... and I get really snippy then. I've been up since 5:00am preparing stuffing, turkey, the night before making jello, yams, rolls...Yes, I am snippy. I leave the dishes and lay down to watch "pride & prejudice". Just when I am starting to get over the tiredness and under appreciatedness, my kids ask, "what are we having for dinner?" I roll over and blankly say, I fed you earlier why do you need to eat again!
"being married to me is FUN" (forcing Chip to stay up late and clean with you) -- you crack me up, girl ;-) I force Abram to do the icky cleaning (toilets, scrubbing floors, cleaning ginormous tiled shower -- well, he DID make it, right? He should clean it). can't wait to see you and Alice tomorrow ....! K8
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