Posts Tagged With: amuse yourself

I amuse myself

Posted on November 20, 2020 by robynbird

Thing 1 and I created a way for anyone who’s curious to know at a glance what’s for dinner.
A damn cool magnetic whiteboard slapped right on the front of the fridge.

Last week it had things like:
shakshuka
and
lemon garlic shrimp with pasta
and
breakfast
Oh! And macaroni and cheese because Thing 2 requested it when she was here.

This week our menu looks like this.

I didn’t feel like giving any fucks when it came to food.

The only reason Monday and Tuesday have real things is because the menu gets written on Wednesdays after grocery shopping.
We have food in the house.
Frozen veggies and meats. Pantry staples. Some fresh produce.
Enough to last nearly two full weeks.
I just didn’t have any real interest in planning meals.
Gonna be flying by the seat of my pants.
While that would normally freak me right out, I’m embracing it this week…

More than anything, I amused myself.
It was worth it.

Categories: around the house | Tags: amuse yourself, dinner, food, meal planning, meal prep, menu, sense of humor | 11 Comments

my freak flag flies

Posted on July 6, 2018 by robynbird

Here’s some of what makes my weird little heart happy.

books
currently reading:
Noir by Christopher Moore
in the queue:
Hold Still by Sally Mann
The Balcony by Jane Delury
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
Too Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew-Bose
The Dinner Party by Joshua Ferris
You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams by Alan Cumming

monograms

I honestly want to stick my monogram on everything I possibly can!

journals

I have no words to successfully convey my love of books to fill with my writing.

cloth napkins

music
current playlist:
Rufus Wainwright
Paolo Nutini
The Kills (always)
The Devil Makes Three
Alice Merton
Tori Vasquez

railroad spikes

Doesn’t matter where I am, if there’s a railroad near, I’m going to hunt for spikes.

food network and HGTV shows
Beat Bobby Flay
Iron Chef America
The Next Iron Chef
Home Town
Good Bones
Rehab Addict

school/office supplies

Sharpies. Gel pens. Mechanical pencils. Colored pencils. Crayola crayons. Ballpoint pens. Funky scissors. Legal pads and spiral notebooks.

random things
porch life
my Naked Mountain Winery tee with the outline of Virginia
nail polish
cracking crab legs and peeling shrimp at the seafood joint
organizational items
James Cordon’s Carpool Karaoke
movie theater popcorn
magnets and stickers
robin’s egg blue
baseball
the freckles on my knees
rainbows
random tv/movie/song quotes
MLP:FiM
super sharp kitchen knives
the ballet
brand new mascara
a perfect BLT
switching out my bag
popping a bottle of bubbly
robin birds
my bitmoji
Cinema Sins ‘Everything Wrong With’ vids
central air (no pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater than)
playground swings

So that’s

I’m curious what strange things make y’alls weird little hearts happy.
Let your freak flag fly in the comments!

Categories: me | Tags: acceptance of self, amuse yourself, be true to yourself, do what you love, grateful life, happy heart, let your freak flag fly, life is beautiful, life's what you make it, love my life, make yourself happy, what are you passionate about | 5 Comments

I’m a ray of f**king sunshine

Posted on February 15, 2018 by robynbird

I really like cuss words.
Profanity.
Dirty words.
Offensive language.
Bad words.
Expletives.
Swear words.
Obscenitites
Whatever you call ’em, they make me happy.
I find them excellent descriptive words great for most any situation.

I have been told that my passion for, and abundant use of curse words denotes a lack of intelligence on my part. (You know I’m saying a great big ‘f**k you’ to those folks.) But, According to Richard Stephens at Keele University,

The fact is that the size of your vocabulary of swear words is linked with your overall vocabulary, and swearing is inextricably linked to the experience and expression of feelings and emotions.

Unlike the vast majority of women in the world, (some men too) I am a fan of the “C word”.
I know.
I don’t mind if you judge me. Most folks do when it comes to this particular word.
To me it’s just another bad word. It doesn’t offend me in any way, and in some cases I find it amusing.
So much so that I had a bit of a squee when banter cards ran a half-price sale on their ‘not quite perfect’ hardback notebooks!
I ordered a few. I mean honestly can one ever have enough journals?
And they’re just so me.
(“C word” alert!!)

As happy as I am with each one, and My C**ting Notepad brings me the biggest smirk, I’m going to have to admit that List Whore just might be my favorite.
Like there was any doubt…but y’all! It even has a little heart! I (heart) lists!
Though a reminder to not be a bitch is always helpful, because some times I simply can’t help myself.

Going to contemplate the perfect use for each one…
In the meantime, I got fun stickers for immediate use in my planner.