2011: I’ve started a new chapter in my life. It’s one that sort of started through facebook. Until a year or so ago, my writing expertise was limited to thank you notes. I could write a thank you note like nobody’s business, and I knew it. People told me so. And I thanked them. And I’d write every note with all of the proper greetings, grammar, salutations and punctuation just as my big book of manners taught me. Cook me dinner? THANK YOU! Assist me on some volunteer committee? Thank you AGAIN! Send me a gift, and I’d make you feel like Oprah.
Facebook gave me the opportunity to quit ONLY saying thank you to others and start BEING thankful for the gifts that I’ve been given through my writing and wacky sense of humor. My gifts just aren’t wrapped this time with PROPER punctuation and grammar. I recognize those gifts and appreciate them now. I even want to share them. Once you accept a gift, you can politely say thank you and let it go to waste, or you can use it. I can see the FABULOUS in the normal things now, and it’s like finding gift after gift after gift under all of the tissue and shiny paper and “perfectly” tied ribbons.
Writing and wacky sense of humor. Music to my ears.
Howdy from Texas! First of all, I love the name of your blog! That is totally creative! Congrats on your blogging award! It seems like it was well deserved. Ya like dog slobber eh? Alrighty then…….. 🙂 That is totally cool! My blog actually came about as a result of writing Christmas Letters…… similiar to your starting out with Thank You notes. I have bookmarked ya and will be adding your blog onto my blogroll. Welcome to my idiot world! I’ll be back often. Have a great day!
Howdy back at ya, neighbor! Texas and Louisiana are my two FAVORITE states, and I’ve had the pleasure of living in both. I passed your Facebook Ticker post around Facebook today, and it was quite a hit! I dig your flashback posts too. Thanks for the laughs – keep ’em coming! 🙂 You’re hitting my blogroll as well, but many thanks from the little newbie here! 🙂
ok i knew i’d like you when i found out who your auntie is…
you GO! write well, screw those people who don’t get it, or worse yet think it doesn’t matter. I, on the other hand, hate typing and suc at it so if there’s booboos.. well, there’s booboos!