Sometimes The Boring Answer Is The Best One

November 13, 2012November 13, 2012 / Ally Bean / 14 Comments

I saw an acquaintance the other day. She is a serious woman who is businesslike– with her eye on the prize at all times. Not quite like me, in other words.

We stopped to talk for a while. She told me about what was going on in her life. And then asked me what was new with me.

What I wanted to tell her was that…

I’d just bought on sale at Kohl’s a new multi-color beaded necklace with a turquoise pendant on it…

that I had put on my concrete flying pig– known as Girlfriend Pig…

who stands on an antique fern stand/bookcase in the corner of our living room…

where she contributes positive energy to the room…

which, according to feng shui principles, is the bagua of our home concerned with helpful people & safe travel…

so, OBVIOUSLY, things were going pretty darned well for me.

However, I didn’t tell my acquaintance my first thought. I knew that Girlfriend Pig’s new jewelry and my subsequent good energy flow would be JUST. TOO. MUCH. for my acquaintance.

So instead I told her about our latest home decorating project– hanging mirrors, new & old, around the house. This, I realized, was a topic that she could latch onto and appreciate. Very literal and whimsy-free.

But nowhere near as interesting as flying pigs and discount baubles, imho.

Evil Bee

November 11, 2012April 30, 2021 / Ally Bean / 12 Comments

So I’m looking through a catalogue,

filled with Christmas decorations.

And I see a set of 7 letter blocks,

that you can put anywhere in your home.

To spell out the theme of the season,

which is B•E•L•I•E•V•E.

But me being me,

a different idea pops into my head.

And I immediately try to figure out,

what other words I can make from these letters.

Because who doesn’t love the idea,

of decorations that multitask?

Five Links For Eggheads And Other Goofs

November 10, 2012May 6, 2021 / Ally Bean / 5 Comments

… because information is FUN dammit.

√ to see what your blog looks like on different types of devices, go here. USEFUL.

√ to determine if you’d be smart enough to get into a gifted kindergarten program, go here. SURPRISING.

√ to make your own plaid pattern to use on your webpage or computer desktop wallpaper, go here. ADDICTIVE.

√ to give yourself a push when you don’t know what to write about, go here. INSPIRING.

√ to learn how to make yarn ball bookmarks, go here. RETRO.

[I’ve collected these links over the last few months while surfing the web. I’m not the most organized about such things, so I don’t know where I found them. If I have inadvertently not credited you with a H/T link, please let me know and I’ll update this post.]