WordPress featured my last post on their Freshly Pressed page earlier this week. Which means my previous record for hits had already been decimated by the time I got out of bed to pee Tuesday morning. Which means I definitely no longer regret purchasing those paintings. (One of them is actually a photograph, not a painting. This occurred to me only an hour ago).
Becoming the poster child for anxiety may not be exactly how I dreamed of rising to WordPress fame, but I ain’t complaining. I literally spent the day hitting refresh on my stats page. I’m not going to lie to you.
(September 16th was my previous record).
There were only two times that day I was able to pry my wide eyes and gaping jaw from the screen long enough to carry on with my normally-scheduled, anxiety-inducing activities.
One was to go to HyVee for lunch at their salad bar, which was an enjoyable experience until I spotted my old boss at the soda fountain right when I was about to stand up to leave. Panicked, I pressed myself up against the wall of my booth (Like this would hide me? I dunno) until she sat down on the other side of the room. Phew.
Originally I had planned to fill a to-go cup but had to abandon this idea to reduce the risk of being spotted, figuring that I could just stop in at a gas station on my way back instead.
But as I was gathering my trash to leave, the unexpected happened. A customer situated himself right at the entrance/exit to the eating area, pulled out a violin (Out of his bag? Out of thin air? I don’t know, it seemed to just appear), and began to play a beautiful rendition of Bach’s cello suite no. 1 in G. All eyes turned to him.
Dammit.
This doesn’t have a dramatic ending. I just ended up quickly squeezing past the violinist (literally squeezing, he was much too close to the wall on my side) without looking back as an employee called out to warn me to be careful on the slippery floor.
The second and last time I left my screen was to go on an evening walk, which turned into what all my walks turn into: me swinging at a school playground while little children run circles around me.
A little boy was there with his mom, and his mom was wearing the most amazing pair of red pants. I could not stop staring at her pants as I swung, quickly looking away whenever she spotted me staring, and mentally making a pros and cons list that looked something like this:
Obviously, pros won. Her pants are from Banana Republic.
LOVE.
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Thanks!
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Congrats on being Freshly Pressed! And also on finding out where the red pants came from.
J.Bo: 2. Cons: 0.
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Thanks, and thanks for being my most consistent commenter! You’re even higher on the comment list than my mom.
Unfortunately I have done an extensive internet search for those pants and Banana Republic just not seem to carry them. They’re either past season, or she led me astray…
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She was hoarding her perfect pants! She doesn’t want other cool people to look as good as she does. You will find better ones, Grasshopper.
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Be still my beating heart!!!!Vicky what a goguoers layout…..I am really loving your evolving style.The details are gorgeous and your choice of papers perfect…….As for Ioli I want to scoop her up and hold her close…..gorgoeus…..
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You made the right choice!
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Agreed!
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You are hilarious! Belated congratulations on being freshly pressed 🙂
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Glad you’re enjoying. Thanks for reading!
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A simple and iningltleet point, well made. Thanks!
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Thanks for the chuckles! And congrats… Freshly pressed is how I found your blog….. YAY!
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Glad you found it, thanks!
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This is why people shduoln’t breed. A father intentionally traumatizes his own son, laughs as he’s crying, films the whole thing and then uploads it to the internet! That father doesn’t deserve to have a kid and the fact that this video was posted on a website as humor shows just how sick the world is.
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You went OUT in your PJs??? Seriously, wow on the stats spike and hooray for you.
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I sure did- why not?
Thanks!!
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Way to use the internet to help people solve preosbml!
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Did you know the name of the song or did Doug tell you? Not that I don’t have confidence in your abilities, but seriously. You took band.
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It was a joint effort. I hummed it for him and he told me what it was called.
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Tina texted me the other day that Target has all colors of jeans and that they fit well. Just an FYI since Banana Republic hasn’t worked out.
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You’re hilarious! I totally would’ve been the creep to ask her about her pants.
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Right? Unfortunately Banana Republic does not seem to carry them… I’m thinking she might have meant Express.
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No good!
I’d check out TJ Maxx. I’ve gotten two pair of great fitting, brightly colored pants there for under $15.
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I LOVE TJ Maxx!
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Me too!!!
Oh, so I have no idea how to share a picture on here, but I actually took a picture of these bright red pants that were in J Crew the other day!
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Amanda Breen – Erin & Tom These pictures are fboulaus! You both look so in love and your personalities certianly shine through. Pat and I are so excited for the big day. Thanks for letting us be a part of it! Love, always, AmandaP.S. Hi, Jenn awesome job!
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You know what, I’m very much innicled to agree.
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That kind of thinking shows you’re an expert
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You are so dang funny and personable. Kudos on the freshly pressed and on following it with a blog just as awesome! Keep on keeping it real, J-Bo! ❤
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Thanks for reading and enjoying! 🙂
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You are hilarious : ) Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
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Thanks! It was quite a thrill. I think that’s where I found you a while back.
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Okay, gotta throw it outta there. I thought the idea of linnkig up was well to link up with other bloggers. I realize it’ s summer and some of you have lives beyond the screen, but I’m just asking a for a little bit of your time. When I link up, I make my rounds. Nobody can visit everybody, but two weeks running I got a whoppin’ two, lovely helloes( thanks, you know who you are). Please don’t post and bolt. Happy weekend.
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This just gave me my loudest laugh of the day so far. Love it. I always freak strangers out by complimenting them or asking them about something they have on. Embarrasses the hell out of my kids when they are with me. Which makes it even more enjoyable. Thanks for the great post.
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Haha. Ask on!
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It proves that if you keep blogging with your regular tone you could become a good blogger.
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petra, och idag regnar det…det njetur jag av! och se5 e4r det helg! se5 skf6nt. f6nskar e4ven dig en fin helg. kramouti, they have amazing fabric markets over here. i could send you some if you’d like me to? just specify what kind and what colors..is it at least getting dark later by now?yaelian, oftast e4r jag sf6ndag till torsdag i tel aviv… se5 ve4ldigt mycket. jag saknar att bo och jobba pe5 samma ste4lle, som jag gjorde i ga’aton. men livet ge5r vidare… 🙂 shabat shalom!jenny, jag me5ste googla pe5 clivia, har ingen aning om hur dom ser ut…kram och pusstrinsch, yeah, isn’t it lovely that it rains again? i woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of a storm and rain falling on the roof and i was so happy and excited! some are vintage, the top one is a bag a friend made and the three most down fabrics are from nahlat binyamin. i also just made a bunch of pillow cases! and planning to make myself a spring skirt aswell…
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