Why Is This String Around My Finger?

by Heather on August 25, 2010

in Heather, stuff better left unsaid

Do you ever go to do a task, only to stop before you start because you’ve already forgotten what you were going to do? That’s me more and more lately. So I’ve started emailing myself my to do lists, which works great in theory, but one of the things ON my to do list is to check my email. I need a new solution. Like a chalkboard! Except then I’d just draw pictures of myself on it:


This is obviously a dramatic imagining, as I would never actually walk around with a dumbbell, and I prefer three olives in my martinis. I also have feet, but I refuse to draw something so vile.

Now I really want a chalkboard. Can I get one, Mike? Please?

Anyway. Today has really been one of those days. Except actually, I think it’s been more than just a day, because this morning I told my friend that I thought it was stupid for her doctor to have a Monday off and she laughed and said “it’s Tuesday.” Which, fine, but what kind of doctor takes a random day off in the middle of the week? I call shenanigans.

When I was in high school, I found the pressure to write meaningful yearbook messages overwhelming. I couldn’t just write, “Have a nice summer! See you in the fall!” No. I had to be funny! I had to be irreverent! So I’d write these absurd rambling stream of consciousness messages and then at the end I’d tack on an “I love you!!!!! XOXOX!!!!!!!” My friends Tara and Erin have the best (worst?) of these yearbook tomes, and I fear they will one day use them against me. In fact, they both know a lot of weird stuff about me….Hey Tara and Erin! You’re so pretty! I love you!!!!! XOXOX!!!!!!!

Sometimes I think that the door in my brain that holds back my weirdness needs a new deadbolt.

Can you tell that I forgot what I was going to write about tonight?

Prediction: Mike will wake up in the morning, read this and think, “whyyyyy does she post this crap?” And then he’ll lecture me. And I’ll say, “I had something better to post about but I forgot it and then I started thinking about a chalkboard and it took me three hours to draw that!!!” And then he’ll say, “You need to manage your time better. And now everyone is going to know how weird you are!” And I’ll say, “they won’t know HOW weird I am. Just that I *AM* weird. There is a subtle, but distinct, difference.” Then he’ll huff off saying, “you’re gonna get like 13 comments, and they’ll all say, “Mike is right!”

We are SO in a fight.

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    1 hawkfeather August 25, 2010 at 1:42 am

    for the record I don’t think hypothetical “Mike” is right…

    And part of me guesses that how ‘weird’ you are may be an aspect of you that he loves- weather he admits it or not.

    besides- you are weird in a good happy way…and I don’t actually consider you very weird at all- I just consider you honest- with an audience.. we are all weird..and I am sure there is a spectrum of measurement there- and I don’t assume you rank way up on the out of control beyond rational grasp weird… in our mind’s -behind the walls of our home’s .. we are all a total bunch of freakin’ weirdos.
    you are just blogging about it.

    if you asked all your readers to tell you something weird about themselves- you ‘may’ get a wash of mediocre hipster normalness.. but I am guessing even now you are going to get more responses here form people saying “I yeah I am totally like that.. weird all the way baby.”
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    2 Sara August 25, 2010 at 1:34 pm

    whether…
    weather is like the weather outside

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    3 Kate @ UpsideBackwards August 25, 2010 at 1:42 am

    Well, it’s Wednesday night here, how’s that for shenanigans?! We have a whiteboard in the kitchen with all the reminders for the week, I call it “my brain”. Chalk is messy, get a whiteboard!
    I don’t think you’re weird. At least, no more weird than I am. OK, we’re both weird…

    Sigh. I don’t think I made you feel better, or refuted Mike’s argument. Sorry.
    Kate @ UpsideBackwards´s last [type] ..Hamburgers

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    4 Nadine, The famous Deanie August 25, 2010 at 1:59 am

    Hmmm….a chalkboard could also make Annabel pretty happy…..I’d say Mike is about 35% right. Or so.
    Nadine, The famous Deanie´s last [type] ..Im a really good Blogger

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    5 Elise August 25, 2010 at 2:14 am

    Hee hee! That drawing was so freakin cute, I loved it. I’m not sure what I loved more – the dumbbell, the little olive in the martini glass, or the fact that you purposely left off the feet. I hope Mike “lets” you get the chalkboard, or a dry-erase board — I think you presented a good case for needing one, plus I want to see more cute stick figure depictions of you. With no feet of course. ;)

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    6 Catherine Lucas August 25, 2010 at 2:16 am

    Weirdness is often very charming. It’s the spice on the pie of Life…
    Now, there, one more existential life lesson…
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    7 Elle August 25, 2010 at 2:33 am

    I had something to say but I just went totally blank. Ha! I think I need a string around my finger.

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    8 amanda August 25, 2010 at 2:53 am

    You are beyond awesome.
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    9 Alison August 25, 2010 at 2:57 am

    Random blogging as I call it. I like it.

    More please.

    Hypothetical Mike is wrong.

    I’m sure my husband would agree with Hypothetical Mike though.

    Men.

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    10 Beth August 25, 2010 at 3:23 am

    I think you are AWESOME… Mike sounds pretty cool, too, though… =)

    Oh, BTW, I LOVED it when my friends wrote long & rambling messages in my yearbook! =)
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    11 Christy August 25, 2010 at 3:27 am

    Consider chalkboard paint. This way, you can paint patches throughout your home to hold your lists. However, then you run the risk of forgetting which patch the important things are listed on!

    Tell Mike that random thought stream posts are critical to help your brain get out all of that extra stuff so the brilliant stuff can shine through! Or you could just tell him it’s your “artist’s prerogative”. :)
    Christy´s last [type] ..Merry meet!

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    12 Quart August 25, 2010 at 3:35 am

    I always thought *I* was weird for working out with a martini in my hand. Thank you for making me feel normal! Xoxoxo!!!!!

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    13 Susan August 25, 2010 at 3:38 am

    I like that you are a little weird and forgetful…perfection is highly overrated and Boring in my book! :-)
    Susan´s last [type] ..COPD Here Is My Middle Finger

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    14 Alexandra :) August 25, 2010 at 3:45 am

    MIKE IS RIGHT!

    Loljk

    I’m the same way as you! I’ll be like, “Ok, time to check my E-mail!” and then I’ll look at a picture, then I’ll start to edit something I typed, then I’ll pull up YouTube to listen to a song, and then I’ll be like, WHAT THE HELL WA I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? OH YEAH…

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    15 Lynn from For Love or Funny August 25, 2010 at 3:55 am

    We’re heading towards 13 comments, so pretty soon imaginary Mike is going to have to apologize to you.
    Lynn from For Love or Funny´s last [type] ..Do Witches like Pigs in a Blanket

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    16 Mynde August 25, 2010 at 3:59 am

    I call that mommy brain. I’ve had three kids and gave them each half, I am left with a deficit.

    I think rambling nothing blog posts are the best by the way. Not that yours was rambling…….or nothing : )

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    17 Melanie August 25, 2010 at 4:01 am

    You sound a lot like me… so I certainly can’t make fun of that and I DEFINITELY can’t say anything about Mike being right! :)

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    18 Bonnie August 25, 2010 at 4:08 am

    Just wanted to be comment #13! And I forget stuff all the time!!!

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    19 Kmaratto August 25, 2010 at 4:14 am

    I will be your 14th comment to prove Mike wrong! I don’t care how weird you are! I love you and this blog!!

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    20 Jill August 25, 2010 at 4:17 am

    the funniest part was when i finished reading this, you *did* have 13 comments. . . i was afraid they would all say “mike is right” but you’re good. :-)

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    21 SleepyMom August 25, 2010 at 4:19 am

    Getting to the end and seeing it say 13 comments was too funny.

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    22 Mary Ann August 25, 2010 at 4:28 am

    The forgetting thing only gets worst when you get older, you see I just forgot my the rest of my point. Mike is so wrong on this one… By the way I always write the first letter of whatever I want to remember on my hand to remind myself, but the chalkboard idea sounds a lot better. I love your comment about yearbooks, I’ve never seen the person who wrote you were the best friend I ever had… and went on to write on the entire page…since the gradutation party.

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    23 cj August 25, 2010 at 4:41 am

    you are too funny and i’m sorry to mike but he is just wrong…you’re already at 17!!

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    24 Megan August 25, 2010 at 4:42 am

    I’m comment #17! So there, Mike!

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    25 Audra August 25, 2010 at 4:42 am

    Oh, I sympathize in a big way. My husband and I just has a tiff because I was filling out school forms for our Montessori and under “fears” or our 2 year old I put “the giant cow that walks around a Chik-fil-a.” She’s terrified of it, and I know it was kind of irrelevant, but whatever. He said I was being ridiculous and gets all odd when I share “too much” with people. When I found out that I actually do have ADHD and I posted it on Facebook he woke me up in the middle of the night to say that info. like that is “too personal.” Aren’t I the judge of that for myself? I ALWAYS get to the top of the stairs and forget what I climbed up them for. I find myself walking into a room, standing in the middle and wondering why I walked in. I’m only 35 but I feel like I vacillate between being an unpredictable toddler and a doddering old woman.

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    26 Allison August 25, 2010 at 5:00 am

    I had this long rambling response to your post but I forgot it… I am, however, inspired to work out now that I can see it’s totally safe to lift weights while holding a martini glass.

    Hypothetical Mike will just have to be wrong on this one. ;)

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    27 whit August 25, 2010 at 5:03 am

    hahahahahahaha this is priceless. I love.

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    28 Micki August 25, 2010 at 5:10 am

    All I have to say about this is…Dollar Tree…love that store..and they usually have small dry eraser boards…LOL how can he say no to a dollar?

    Micki

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    29 Jill S August 25, 2010 at 5:24 am

    Now I want a whiteboard!! I love Audra’s post about “the giant cow that walks around a Chik-fil-a” that scares her 2 year old. When enrolling my 3 year old for preschool they asked what his likes are and I said “our Dyson vacuum, he calls it Dysee and pushes it all over the house…they are friends”. I thought my husband was going to kill me!

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    30 Sara Mc. August 25, 2010 at 5:34 am

    Great post! I usually have a pretty good memory, but when I forget things it drives me to distraction. Then I remember whatever it was waaay later. Ugh. If you don’t want the dust from a chalkboard – buy some dry erase markers and write on your mirrors! It’s genius and it works. When you walk by one, there’s your list. :o ) Have a fabulous day!!!

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    31 Deborah August 25, 2010 at 5:35 am

    Don’t worry; we already knew how weird you are. :P

    (((hugs)))
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    32 Lisa Marie August 25, 2010 at 5:41 am

    You’re not weird!! You’re unique! That’s what I tell myself all the time… right. Why would you want to be ordinary anyway? Strive for extraordinary! Plus you make me feel like I am not alone in this world and I NEED that. So really, it’s all about me… right. One of my favorite movie quotes ever comes from The Family Stone… “You have a freak flag, you just don’t fly it” Do not deadbolt the door in that mind of yours- it’s fabulous!
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    33 Wendy August 25, 2010 at 5:55 am

    That’s a good idea! I think I need a chalkboard too. It’s the new Mommy hormones. I can walk from one room to the other and forget everything I need to do or wanted to say. Something that will help me keep my brain straight would be really nice.

    Sorry, Mike…I’m with Heather on this one!!!

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    34 Brittany August 25, 2010 at 5:58 am

    OF COURSE you don’t walk around with a dumbbell in your hand. That would be DANGEROUS. Those things are heavy.
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    35 Jodie Brooks August 25, 2010 at 6:00 am

    You’re AWESOME!!! I like you and all your weirdness!! Weird is totally in these days!! XOXOXOXOXO!!!

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    36 Kristin August 25, 2010 at 6:09 am

    If I don’t write it down, it doesn’t exist and doesn’t happen. The chalkboard idea rocks but, what rocks even more is chalkboard paint. You could paint a door or a wall with it and then think of all the shit you could draw. Weird ROCKS!
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    37 Lisa August 25, 2010 at 6:11 am

    I will grab my phone, turn it on and start up my reminder app to put in a reminder. By the time the app opens and I’ve hit “new task”, I’ve forgotten the task. This happens all the time!

    I now keep a whiteboard laying on my desk like a piece of paper. I draw on it, yes… but it’s also quick to write down something and THEN turn on my phone to add it. LOL!

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    38 cindy w August 25, 2010 at 6:18 am

    1. Mike is totally wrong.

    2. I think a chalkboard is brilliant. We have a marker board, but I mostly only use it as Catie’s reward chart.

    3. Never mix alcohol with weight-lifting. You’ll end up in one of those “Darwin Awards” stories.

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    39 Molly August 25, 2010 at 6:20 am

    Chalkboards make me sad, because I can’t really draw. At all. But there’s a chalkboard somewhere that my dad used to draw Rafiki from the lion king and holy crap it’s amazing!!!

    But yeah. That post was totally sort of like being inside my head. And I love when you know someone so well that you can basically have conversations without them being there.

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    40 Lamb August 25, 2010 at 6:27 am

    Ooooh, 1 more thing! We have a chalkboard door and it is AWESOME! I really think you should go get some chalkboard paint right this second. Just think of all the fun places you can use it :)
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    41 Lamb August 25, 2010 at 6:29 am

    How odd that my “1 more thing” comment is showing up before my original comment (in which I proudly wrote that “this is comment #38 – so much for that!) I wonder where it went…
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    42 lpb August 25, 2010 at 6:32 am

    I use a “system” ala Pottery Barn – white board calendar plus chalkboard and corkboard. It’s the only way anyone in the house knows what’s happening. Oftentimes there’s random post-its or handwritten notes that require deciphering but at least there’s something to work with.

    By the way, I never thought of working out WHILE drinking – I may take up exercising again!

    You’re awesome (and so is Mike)!
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    43 keri August 25, 2010 at 6:40 am

    You make me want to go get out my yearbooks… and the drawing – LOVE it!

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    44 Elizabeth August 25, 2010 at 6:53 am

    Far from weird! This post made me laugh at my desk, people are looking…maybe now I’m weird?

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    45 Diane August 25, 2010 at 6:57 am

    “Sometimes I think that the door in my brain that holds back my weirdness needs a new deadbolt.”

    I have always worried that too much of my inner weird is going to slip out. When I started living with my husband, I was always convinced that too much of the crazy was going to reveal itself and he was going to change his mind.

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    46 Tami August 25, 2010 at 7:02 am

    Well your way past 13 commets! :) I think your funny and I dont agree with Mike on this one. I love to doddle and make my self weird.. Keep doing what you are doing and I will keep reading.
    Hugs,

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    47 Adrianne August 25, 2010 at 7:04 am

    Ha! I love this post! I love that you’re weird because much of the time I feel like I’m SO weird. But I guess we all are:) And your weirdness is adorable. So there, hypothetical Mike!

    Get a dry erase board. The writing is so much smoother than chalk and it’s easier to clean. Hang it in the kitchen and when you think of something you need to do or buy, just jot it down! I need to do the same thing because my memory is seriously CRAP. I walk into rooms all the time only to get there and think to myself, now why the hell did I come in here? I usually don’t remember until I’ve gone back to whatever I was doing previously, then I remember the *thing*, go to the other room again and sometimes forget AGAIN! True story.
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    48 Mary August 25, 2010 at 7:09 am

    I absolutely love your blog. And if you took away your “weirdness,” it wouldn’t be the same. There’s a comfort to knowing I am not the only one who forgets (I forgot how many cups of coffee I’d had this morning until I looked at the pot and realized it was just my first cup), or rambles or whatever.

    Anyway, what the heck is “normal?” And if you were normal, your blog wouldn’t be as much fun to read. :-) Well, except for the adorable pics of Annie.

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    49 Deb Hauer August 25, 2010 at 7:18 am

    I totally followed you here, Heather, well…..because I do the same thing. You are not weird….Mike is for not knowing this is normal! Come on now, what mother DOESN’T do this?

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    50 Nellie August 25, 2010 at 7:25 am

    OMG, but that was the funniest bunch of rambling writing – so entertaining and so on point with how my cobweb brain’s been functioning lately.

    I write on post-it notes, e-calendar and anything else where I can enter my “must do” to do list. Of course, every now and then I’ll feel so overwhelmed by the sight of them that I’ll just tear up or delete it all and have to start all over again.

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    51 Elizabeth August 25, 2010 at 7:25 am

    I think on some level, we are all weird. And your willingness to share that with all of us is one of the reasons I <3 you.

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    52 Giselle August 25, 2010 at 7:26 am

    I love your picture. So much. love love love.

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    53 Lisa from WV August 25, 2010 at 7:27 am

    Your post entertained me, and that is all that matters. And I find that I am a lot like you by reading your posts, so I can’t exactly hate on you for being awesome. LOL.

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    54 Stephanie August 25, 2010 at 7:28 am

    Nowadays, weird people are normal, and normal people are weird! HA- Who’s weird now? lol!

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    55 jeannine August 25, 2010 at 8:26 am

    EXACTLY!

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    56 Ashley August 25, 2010 at 7:31 am

    So, just in case you do get a bunch of “Mike is Right” comments…He’s sooooo wrong, about whatever it is you want him to be wrong about. It doesn’t really matter to me, I just like to go against the grain.
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    57 Tiffany August 25, 2010 at 7:32 am

    Uppercase Living sells a vinyl piece that is actually a chalkboard. It’s super cute! Uppercaseliving.com…. :)

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    58 Jenny August 25, 2010 at 7:35 am

    Rather than scattered, I prefer to think of it as high-functioning, high-energy multitasker… who doesn’t get poo done unless she writes it down and remembers where the list is. Yep, that is me. And it sounds like I am in good company.

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    59 Rebecca August 25, 2010 at 7:36 am

    I did weird year book things too. I signed “I hope your life lasts longer than a roll of toilet paper because I really like you”

    Then of course there was the “Party hardy, rock n roll. Drink a keg, smoke a bowl. Some will some will live, but in the end we’ll all be high!!” (I never drank or smoked)

    The classic “Becky was here but now she’s gone, she left her name in your book to carry on”
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    60 Kristin August 25, 2010 at 7:41 am

    Haha this post is great, it is almost exactly me. And my husband would like me to hide my weird too. But I embrace the crazy as he calls it. And I also now want a chalkboard, but in my weirdness I can’t touch chalk it feels weird to me. So it’ll be a dry erase board for me.
    Oh Yeah and Mike’s wrong! You’re “weird” in the greatest way possible. And that is why I LOVE reading your blog.

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    61 tvargas002@cfl.rr.com August 25, 2010 at 7:55 am

    You know they totally have chalk board paint now. You could paint a wall in your home with it and the top half could be yours for notes and such and when Annie is big enough, the bottom half could be hers for doodling.

    It’s a WIN-WIN really!! :)

    (((HUGS))) from Florida

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    62 Mary @ Holy Mackerel August 25, 2010 at 8:16 am

    OH MY GOD. I SO know what you mean. Like, for real. And my husband says the same thing to me when I ramble on and on and on in my blog, which is actually pretty much always.

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    63 jeannine August 25, 2010 at 8:26 am

    I like weirdness!

    but FTR i dont think you’re weird. Just normal. Sorry.

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    64 Christy August 25, 2010 at 8:30 am

    You are soo freakin funny,I love it! You and Mike remind me of my husband and I to a tee. Keep up your pure awesomeness!

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    65 Kristi F August 25, 2010 at 8:31 am

    I may not be the best judge of whether you are weird or not since the deadbolt that keeps my weirdness in has been broken for ages. That being said, I can completely understand this post. Am sure Mike loves and appreciates your uniqueness.

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    66 Rachel August 25, 2010 at 8:49 am

    Phfftt… Mike’s NOT right, you already have 60+ comments! I don’t think you’re weird! But then, maybe I just don’t know HOW weird you are. = ) Love your blog & the pics of your beautiful girls. Happy Wednesday!

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    67 Gamanda August 25, 2010 at 9:03 am

    It’s about time you let us in to the crazy! For a minute there I thought that maybe you were some kind of wonderful…or perfect…or some shit.
    Gamanda´s last [type] ..Let’s move on to something happier- shall we

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    68 Meghan August 25, 2010 at 9:06 am

    I’m 99% sure everyone is fully aware of your crazy. And if they’re not, they obviously have never met you in person.

    I love you! XOXOX
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    69 Michelle August 25, 2010 at 9:10 am

    I also do not think that “Mike” is correct. I think that you are perfectly normal. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I have started to do something and forgotten what I was doing. I blame it on having a child…he sucked all of my brain power away!

    And, we kind of already knew you were a little weird (in a good way of course! That’s why we all love you!)…I mean, you admitted you pooped yourself in D.C. That’s awesome!!
    Michelle´s last [type] ..Just a Pee Machine

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    70 Miriam August 25, 2010 at 9:14 am

    hysterical! What a great way to start my morning. And the drawing, I think it needs to be presented in a local artwalk. Because really being a full time mom, blogger and photographer clearly doesn’t keep you busy enough or showcase all your talents.

    I’m just sayin’…

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    71 TESS August 25, 2010 at 9:46 am

    Everytime I see “chalkboard” I think fingernails screeeeeetching across them. Hands up for a white board!

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    72 Tara August 25, 2010 at 10:21 am

    This really makes me want to go find my yearbooks…especially the one you wrote while sitting in Erin’s closet. Also, I am commenting on your blog! (Obviously because my phone is dead and I can’t text you, but still!).

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    73 Heather August 25, 2010 at 10:51 am

    that doll WAS staring at me, and I’ll fight anyone who says otherwise.

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    74 Erin August 25, 2010 at 6:45 pm

    Let’s talk about where you were sitting when my doll was staring at you! Why were you sitting in my closet again? I totally admit that doll was scary, by the way. She was a giant doll and I think she talked or something.

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    75 Tara August 25, 2010 at 11:29 pm

    And her name was Cricket. That should have been enough of a warning.

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    76 Erin August 25, 2010 at 11:32 pm

    Ha! Now I’m having a laughing attack. I forgot her name was Cricket.

    77 Heather August 26, 2010 at 12:07 am

    Cricket! HA HA HA HA HA.

    I was sitting in the closet because I think I wanted to be free of distractions? I don’t know Erin. You don’t mess with genius.

    78 AmazingGreis August 25, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Mike, right?!?!? NOOOOOO!!!

    All I can say is that I have become a very forgetful person in the past year or so. It’s my mom’s fault. EX: I walked to the kitchen at work yesterday for a cup of ice….got to the kitchen and totally forgot what I went all the way there for….until I got back to my desk.
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    79 Sandra August 25, 2010 at 10:50 am

    I was going to post a comment but I forgot what I was going to say.

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    80 Issa August 25, 2010 at 10:59 am

    You need post-its. Really. It’s an app. for the iphone. But it’s not called that so of course I can’t find it. Sigh. When I locate it, I’ll download it for me, because I need it obviously too. Then I’ll tell you.

    My desktop has it. It literally puts stickies on your screen. Like a post-it. But you can’t loose these, because they aren’t paper.

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    81 Issa August 25, 2010 at 11:00 am

    Then I found it. Of course. It’s called Stick-it. Is free for the iphone.

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    82 Ashley August 25, 2010 at 11:17 am

    I love you. You’re awesome.

    Aside from that, have you ever thought of painting one small wall with that black chalkboard paint? Then you could write your lists at the top..and Annie could draw pictures for Rigby at the bottom!!

    I’m going to go buy some right now!

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    83 Nicole August 25, 2010 at 11:33 am

    My kids are looking over at me laughing in front of the computer like I am crazy .. nice.

    I bought chalkboards from Pottery Barn 4 years ago and they are perfect! For over the phone recipes, kid artwork, invites/thank yous, calendars – they are my lifeline! You know, besides my iphone and old school planner – I need all the help I can get!

    Hope Mike gets you that chalkboard! The one from Pottery Barn was like $25 AND it came with a cute little small box of chalk and eraser!
    Nicole´s last [type] ..Back to School!

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    84 Lindy August 25, 2010 at 11:54 am

    I am so going to borrow this line “Sometimes I think that the door in my brain that holds back my weirdness needs a new deadbolt.” as it describes me perfectly! As does the fact that not many people know just how weird I am and it’s better that way!!! There is a very distinct difference

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    85 Lisa August 25, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    Didn’t read all the comments so sorry if this is a duplicate….I just found out you can buy chalkboard paint at wal-mart. Paint a cupboard door or pantry door or closet door with it, hang a ledge nearby to store chalk and you are set!!!

    My martini’s need blue cheese stuffed olives. And extra dirty. MMMM…

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    86 theresa @rockonmommies August 25, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    You have just described my life! I call it mommy brain, but for how long with that work?
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    87 Kay August 25, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    just for the hell of it, “Mike is not right!”. so there! haha.

    I have the attention span of a goldfish. I feel your pain

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    88 Kia August 25, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    The very first thing at the top of each of my to-do lists is “Make to-do list.” That way, I immediately have something I can cross off.

    =)

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    89 MJ August 25, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    your mike and my mike are totally alike. I love you, heather, you’re awesome. and i love the drawing.

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    90 Amanda of Shamelessly Sassy August 25, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    My friends and I used to write super longwinded yearbook messages. However, they were generally coded about all of the memories and mischief we got into, should one of our parents choose to read them. The problem is now that we obviously have trouble knowing what the coding stands for because apparently all we did was get into mischief. The messages seriously read, “Remember that time A D’ed at the S and the P puked? Then D pulled a W with J who was all WWWWWW.” Except I swear they are worse.

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    91 Amanda M. August 25, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    I would still totally defeat you in a weird-off. Ugh, we are not only wedding dress twins but also space cadet twins.
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    92 karen August 25, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    I dont think there’s anything wrong with you except maybe you’re multitasking too much.
    There’s a story that’s wandered round the internet about a woman who gets nothing done, but as she lists the day of making a cup of tea, but seeing the post to read, but tries to find her glasses and instead sees the washing that needs to be done and as she picks it up sees the floor needs cleaning and as she gathers everything to clean the floor…. you get the idea! And at the end of it nothing got done.
    Can I make a gentle suggestion? Break your day into periods of time when things can be done. Like a schedule in school, I suppose. Make sure you allow yourself time to do the more important things that have to be done, Annie being the most important thing, but be quite strict with yourself. If it’s time to sort the washing DO NOT be tempted by the computer. Timetable a week to see if it works. If it does you may find you feel better as you will be getting things done and not be forgetting as much. If it doesnt you will know quickly and there’s nothing lost.
    Also try getting a little pad, we have little ones over here that are similar to the ones the police use, about 2″ by 3″ and hard backed with a little elastic around. Keep it with you and make notes. Tear pages out as you complete things.
    I hope it helps but in the mean time Mike will just have to help by getting you a chalk board. If it’s low enough then it will be good for Annie in a few months!

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    93 LibraryGirl62 August 25, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    Weird is good..or at least that is what I tell myself in the dark of night :)

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    94 michael August 25, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    Michael loves this post.

    You need like buttons. Or love buttons. Ooh, that sounds dirty.

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    95 jessica b August 25, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    you’re not wierd, you’re quirky. :-)

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    96 Amanda August 25, 2010 at 6:54 pm

    You should get a dry erase board, less mess :) My daughter Zoe loves playing with ours and you can get all kind of fun colors and your hands won’t get that yucky chalk feeling..

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    97 Molly August 25, 2010 at 7:38 pm

    You’re hilarious, Love your weirdness, and wish we could be real-life friends, but not in a creepy stalker kind of way. HAha.
    I read the blog regularly, though I’m not a commenter usually. I still think Maddie has one of the best smiles I’ve seen. I miss her, too, and I didn’t even know her.

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    98 anon August 25, 2010 at 7:54 pm

    I was out running today and thought of you mike and maddie for some reason….threw up a prayer for you all, and hope it stuck.

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    99 Kim August 25, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    13 comments my ass.
    since i am not going to sit here and read your eleventybillion comments, i am hoping no one else is as brilliant as i am.
    get some chalkboard paint and paint an entire wall. it will be fun for you AND annie!

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    100 Jenny Spicer August 25, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    My best friend, Kim, and I have – for years and years – said, “weird is good.” :)

    You may be weird, but you’re also good. xoxoxo :D

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    101 Kayla August 25, 2010 at 10:03 pm

    HA, ninety-seven comments! (Well, now ninety-eight.)

    Take THAT fictional Mike!

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    102 Ray August 25, 2010 at 10:10 pm

    “Sometimes I think that the door in my brain that holds back my weirdness needs a new deadbolt.”

    ^^LMAO! It’s okay, Heather. We’re all weird. And I love that picture you drew. =P

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    103 Cassie August 25, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    Gotta love those hypothetical conversations!

    I try to steer clear of the hypothetical arguments though. I’ve been known to have raging fights (in my head) with Papa all day and by the time he gets home from work, we aren’t speaking. Poor guy doesnt know what hit him.

    He hypothetically deserves it.

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    104 Ashley Hast August 25, 2010 at 10:33 pm

    #1. Clearly, Mike is *N.O.T.* correct.
    #2. That drawing looks *just* like me, minus 150 lbs.
    #3. I’ve been called, among other things, ‘Short Term’ for the last year or so. I even made to-do lists to *remember* my to-do lists. It has now come down to writing things – in permanent marker – on my hand. I’ve been told by some, ahem **friends**, lol – that it’s only gotten worse since the Pine Tree Attack of ’09 (when the damn pine tree fell on my car while driving my girls to school, and landed my tail in the horse-pital on a ventilator, with no blood to call my own, and a disappearing bicep.) I honestly think I have early onset Alz(can’t attempt to spell the word). At least I’ll make new friends every day!
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    105 Backpacking Dad August 25, 2010 at 11:37 pm

    I cringe at the thought of re-reading some of the long, Monty-Python-inspired yearbook messages I wrote. I always took up at least half a page.
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    106 Cindy August 26, 2010 at 12:18 am

    Heather!!!
    You’re hilarious! There’s nothing wrong with weird.

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    107 Diane August 26, 2010 at 12:20 am

    I’m going to go check my yearbooks right now. Seriously.
    I LOVE the exchange between you, T and E. Sounds about right and actually normal, not weird, but that’s because I KNOW the real you. You would be soooo boring otherwise and sooooo NOT Heather. xoxo

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    108 Diane August 26, 2010 at 12:52 am

    I did it and I’m so glad I did. I SHOULD be sleeping, but I dug out some of the old H.S. yearbooks and LOL! You dedicated entire pages to yourself and it was so worth it! One year you gave me an entire “year in review” complete with all of my faux pas in U.S. history with the exact month in which each occured! You also created mock stories along the lines of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, me being the Grinch. My favorite, and one that goes perfectly with this post, is that you ended one yearbook signing with, “P.S. Sorry this is so weird, but you know me! xoxo” I can’t wait for you to read them! T and E, too. :) Good night!

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    109 Kathy August 26, 2010 at 7:16 am

    Mike is not right. He loves you and married you. He chose to embrace the “weird”.

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    110 Anne From RI August 26, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    is it bad i’m waiting for mike to chime in here? where is he?

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    111 Julie August 26, 2010 at 6:09 pm

    I love the word ‘vile’ and I don’t remember anything else I was going to say. ;)

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    112 Elisa @ Globetrotting in Heels August 26, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    I call shenanigans on Mike possibly calling this post crap. This is serious stuff that all “weirdos” (aka those with a major case of mommy brain) can relate to. So there, Mike :-)

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    113 Mary August 27, 2010 at 7:01 am

    I think *not* being weird is highly overrated. And possibly very boring. Of course I may just be saying that because I’m pretty sure I, too, am weird. And I always have to have good messages that are different, even if the, say, thank you card recipients are NEVER going to know I wrote the same thing to other people. I mean, come on, they never talk to each other. Christmas cards are a true dilemma… Oh, wait, I had a point. Now what was it? :)

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