What I Did on My Online Break

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Why don’t we put great big “air quotes” around that “online break” part. I think “Chris Farley” demonstrates it best:

Aren’t you curious what I did with all my extra time? Well, I spent a lot of time on my pot business. I still didn’t get email squared away. You may have noticed new posts here, but those were scheduled… I got a lot of laundry done last Monday. Monday only. I made banana snickerdoodles and the ice cream part of ice cream smores.

I must confess. I DID get on the Twitter a few times. Whrrrl… I will explain shortly. And on Tuesday I went on the Facebook and changed my settings so I wouldn’t get any FB emails. Blah, blibiddy, blah, blah, blah…

I think I am going to tell you about some things I learned in my “offlinez” time:

I learned the phrase “The dog ate my homework” could actually be a viable explanation. Kevin, our 15 week old puppy proved it.

I went to the Seattle Social Media Club August Meetup with my friend Lisa on Tuesday and this was the view from my rooftop seat:

You can read more about that fun evening in this Whrrl Story… This was a big reason why it was hard to stay offline this week. I mean really, how can a girl go to a SOCIAL MEDIA CLUB event and not go all “social media”? I mean, SRSLY.

And it was this evening that I learned when one wears baby oil on her legs, the baby oil does not only exist on her legs. It’s like glitter. It gets on everything, even the lens of her iPhone. WHICH, is not so bad if you are going for a “soft lens” look in a romantic shot… but maybe not-so-much the thing one is going for in a “we are such great Buddy Buddersons” shot. This turned out to be more of a “I love you, dahling” Kodak moment. And while I do love Lisa dearly… in the words of Meat Loaf, “…but I don’t love you like that…”

Oh. Snap.

I laughed at Costco one day. Here’s a picture… and if you can’t figure out why, then… just move on.

I learned that though one WANTS to take on recipes, sometimes it just doesn’t pan out. I did make the banana snickerdoodle recipe (yum)… and I was able to make the ice cream of the smore ice cream recipe (yum)… The good news is I have some awesome marshmallow ice cream in my freezer wating to be scooped onto graham crackers and dipped into chocolate… and then eaten *nomnomnom*…

The BIG event of the week was our little weekend away. My mother-in-law took the kids and the dog while Paul and I went to his 20 year high school reunion. I was so busy talking, I got nearly no pictures. However, here is one I got of Paul and I before we took on the Class of ’89:

I know. It’s blurry, but you can kind-of see how cute I my husband looked.

Ya know. I also took very few pics for all the dancing I did. There was a lot of room on the dance floor. Prolly cuz I was so intimidating…

Or because of me and my new friend Annmarie – a Zumba instructor (the gal on the left). Did you read that JD?!!! I boogied with a ZUMBA instructor!!! *chachacha*

On Saturday night I got a tattoo:

It’s temporary. #drats

I learned that when one attends the SMC Seattle meeting on Tuesday night, and connects with Twitter friends (@RealTweeter of Real Networks) and such… one might score permission to crash the Gnomedex after party on the following Saturday night.

And so I did. Paul and I spent a few hours at the Real Networks Gnomedex after party, where I got to meet a new love of my life – Jen Zug of This Pile. She is a gloriously delightful woman… and the fact that we have a dear friend in common (Julie Leung) is assurance that I know this woman is made of great stuff. Allow me to chase a tangent for a moment: Julie is the woman who started me in this whole “blogging” journey. Soley her. I take blame for my insanity, but she is to blame for the fact that you are all now subject to it

After the after party *blinking* we headed to a second reunion get-together. Can I just say as the spouse of a reunion-ee… I had a BLAST. And between all the talking to people at the Real Networks party and talking to all the classmates at the bar for the reunion… I think I used all my allotted words for the next 12-15 months.

Speaking of too many words, I need to cut myself off. I missed being here, but it was good to walk the empty halls of “real life” a little more. If you were hoping I’d come back with advice or a grand revelation about balance… I got nothin’. But I did do lots of laundry last Monday.

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