Wreath trouble brewing...

Is there a holiday coming up? The reason I'm asking is that I came home to evidence of wreath making.

Red, white and blue...sounds vaguely familiar. Isn't the Fourth of July in...July? And isn't it May?

Mouses

I got an email today from Mandy as follows:

Subject: Mouses

Hey Hot Manly-Man

Can we trade mouses...mice.... eh?

my scroll wheel is worn out - it's driving me crazy  :)

A few thoughts about this email:

• I spy with my little eye: 5 punctuation errors.
• Who wears out a scroll wheel (Correct answer: a Pinterest addict, that's who)
• I added four words. (hint: it is the only line that is correctly capitalized)
• What is the correct lingo, mouses or mice?

As to the last bullet, I turned to my trusty friend Google Images search for validation.

Google Images search results for mouse:

Result: Even split. 50% furry mouse, 50% computer mouse

Google Image search results for mice:

Result: 100% furry mouse

Google Image search results for mouses:

Result: One sided. 85% computer mouse. 15% cartoon mouse.

Turns out Mandy was right...it is mouses.

That poor, warped, four-year-old mind...

The other day the four-year-old came wandering through the house mumbling, "Where's that $3 chair...that $3 chair?" over and over to himself like a possessed zombie. I didn't know what to make of it. Three dollar chair? Should I be worried?

Then he came wandering around the corner in triumph, carting his quarry, bagged my his momma lioness just hours ago.

The sad thing is, he thinks it's normal. I mean, doesn't everyone have a $3 chair.

When's Mother's Day?

Earlier this week I was browsing Mandy's blog looking for something to mock and came across a post she had done featuring a couple of Mother's Day crafts. It featured a video, which I liked for two reasons:

1. It featured Emmy, a future craft blogger in the making.
2. It featured Mandy, a future rapper in the making. Spin that disc, baby. [I really don't know what rappers say, but I'm sure it's something like "spin that disc, baby." That, and I don't know how to type out "fitza, fitza, fitza" or "whycha, whycha, whycha" or whatever it is...]

In the midst of admiring her handwork and skill I had a brief mental panic.

When's Mother's Day? Did I miss it?

Apparently, I didn't do a good job of hiding my concern, because Mandy noticed my look of worry and asked me what was wrong.

Not wanting to give away my conundrum, but also not very quick on my feet, I calmly asked: "When's Mother's Day? Did I miss it?"

For some reason, Mandy found my dilemma quite funny. Fortunately, I had not. At least, not yet. I have two more days to prepare.

But the kids and I need some help.

What does a serious craft blogger want for Mother's Day? I was thinking we could cut out homemade coupons. With her sewing scissors, of course.

Man Up Link Up XIII Features

I have to admit: my eye was immediately drawn to the link that used the words "blogging" and "pet peeve" in the same picture. All sorts of nuances of the blogging world that cause me gray hairs flashed through my mind. I think I'll start a little list going of some of my personal favorites. For those of you for whom bullet points are a pet peeve, you may not want to tune in next time.

On to the features!

	At first I thought this would be about how blogging IS a pet peeve. Close enough. But not nearly long enough.
	I have $320 worth of "abstract art" hanging on our basement walls right now. That's another way of saying eight $40 canvases painted by four kids under 10.
	Anything Perry related is an almost guaranteed feature. To top it off, I've seen this one in action. It came home with my six year old and you can color me impressed.
	Garage organization is a kind of mental illness with which I am afflicted. I share not only Reannah's quest for order but also her frustration at lack of familial participation in said quest.
	Succulents is a funny word that doesn't mean what I thought it did. On a related note, I'm getting a strange Narnia vibe from this tea cup.

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Man Up Link Up XIII

It's a recent record! I've remembered Man Up Link Up for two months in a row! Hopefully you all have remembered as well, and have come here to link up. I'm really hoping for some festive Cinco de Mayo crafts, but I have my doubts. That's one holiday most craft bloggers tend to shun. I don't know why. It's one of my favorites.

Be advised that this is not your typical link party. Rather, I will review your crafts through the clouded, uncouth lens of testosterone. I may not get it, and I may state as much.

So Man Up. Link Up.

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You Might Be Married to a Craft Blogger...

It's been a busy spring. Between photo shoots, blogger conferences, painting frames, and making pants out of T-shirts, Mandy's been pretty busy. That mean's I've been pretty busy as well. Maybe I can talk Mandy into getting me a virtual assistant. I've been thinking I need one ever since I read about it in the 4-Hour Work Week.

If I did have my own virtual assistant, I'd have them write one of those bullet-point laden posts about nothing in particular...

You might be married to a craft blogger if...

• You've been to busy to write a post for over a week.
• You covertly snuck items out to the curb on big trash day (pallets, anyone?) that might have been future projects.
• You catch your wife using your power tools "inappropriately" last week and disallow her from using them without your supervision.   Jennifer
• You have to dig out empty food containers out of the trash for a decor project. Colleen
• You dread garage sale season because you know you will loose more garage and basement space to things normal people didn't want.
• You secretly dream about the day when a random stranger will stop you and say "I love your wife's blog."
• Your to-do list while your wife is out of town includes publishing a sponsored post.
• You don't own a power hand mixer, and you don't need one.
• You have to take your kid to Lowe's wearing these pants. At least I don't have a pair. Yet.

Do you or your man have any good ones? Let's hear 'em.