I haven’t done a meme in a long time and this week, I’ve been tagged by Glenda, Todd and Sue for two different memes.
I’ll start with the Five Things You Didn’t Know About Me:
I Hate to Clean
My Mom and Flylady are twins separated at birth. When my Mom gave birth to me, somehow the DNA in my genes failed to get the cleaning gene passed on. But I can fake clean pretty well. When my friend Beth stopped by at the end of summer we somehow got to talking about keeping houses clean. I mentioned that I hadn’t mopped my floor since, oh, early May. She gazed at the wooden floors in disbelief. “But how come they look clean?” I shared my little trick of vacuuming now and then and wiping up spills when they happen. Now you all know my dirty little secret. Now you see why I want Flylady to move in with me?
I Have a Terrible Addiction
I have a new boyfriend. His name is Twitter. Joe knows all about him but he thinks he’s just some guy passing through the night. I love Twitter because I can participate in every conversation and never feel left out. He tells me the latest news, gives me compliments and once in a while we get into arguments– but we always move on to the next exciting thing.
I Am Not Organized and Neither Are My Kids
That’s another gene that stopped with my Mom. As of today we are searching for: one lost paycheck, two library books, one school book, one phone (again!!), one homework assignment and my makeup bag. Oh, and the dog lost her chew toy, too.
I Enjoy Helping Others
Nothing gives me more pleasure than to connect with others and help them in some small way. Monetary gifts are often long forgotten, but kindness lives on for years. My email box is filled daily with people asking questions about being deaf/hard of hearing or raising deaf/hard of hearing kids. I have been mentoring for several years and provide online/phone mentoring as well.
I Can Cook Pretty Well
For many years, I had the reputation of not being able to cook all too well. It started when Joe mentioned to his brother that I burned a meatloaf in college. So for years, no one ever asked me to bring appetizers or cook anything. That was fine with me. Over the years, I’ve gotten better and better at whipping things together and I’ve even taught my Mom a trick or two (usually she’s the one teaching me!). This summer, I did a lot of cooking up at Christie Lake and I found I actually enjoy it. Of course, there are some days I still make some mistakes and I’m sure my brother Kenny remembers the salty frittata that I served him at the lake.
Now on to Todd’s meme, Five Reasons to be Happy About Social Media:
1. I am meeting people that I would have never had an opportunity to meet/chat with outside of the cyber world.
2. Social Media is a virtual watercooler that I can access (most of the time).
3. I work from home and social media gives me the opportunity to connect with people throughout the day.
4. I’m meeting people around the world, like Joanna Young over in Scotland, Glenda Watson Hyatt in Canada, and Alex Fayle in Spain.
5. Social Media introduces me to current topics and trends, something that I can’t often access around me via conversations and parties.
I’m leaving these memes open to anyone who would like to join in.
Have an amazing weekend!
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13 responses to “Five Things–About Me and Social Media Happiness”
Great post!
I have benefited directly from your love of helping others. Thanks again for the phone call and the mentoring. We just found a home in a new school district and move next month, so we’re about to start all over from scratch. You might be helping again 🙂
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1. We are twin souls…I hate cleaning and I am living in the country of clean.
2. The cooking thing will pass, not to worry-went through the same thing when I was pregnant with Sofia.
3. Helping others is cool and
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inspirational.
*smile and a hug*
Jodi
PS…excellent article in Irk! Go Girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl! Jodi
I was at another blog and she asked (rather predictably, I think) what her readers were thankful for. I said, “I’m thankful that dustbunnies don’t bite.”
Seriously, I’d be in trouble if they did!
@Heather– wishing you a smooth move and some great progress with the new school!
@jodi Ah, I can’t take credit for that Irked Magazine article– it was a guest post. Thanks for the compliments though!
@Goovy My dustbunnies are all in a cage.
Karen, You’re telling me Twitter is a boy? Uh oh! My love affair has just taken a strange twist.
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You’re hilarious, Karen!! 🙂 I’d love to meet you in person one day…!!
@Brad Shhhh, the wife doesn’t have to know. LOL
@Nita Someday, we’ll meet!
Karen, your kindness shines through all your online interactions. It’s one of the reasons I love following you!
PS It may also be because I’m hopelessly untidy…
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@Joanna,
Oh, you so won me over with your admission of being hopelessly untidy. That does it, you can stay at my house anytime. You’d be right at home. 🙂
Ha! That was funny. I tried to do the FlyLady thing too… but… ummmm… I just never could believe hard enough, I guess, that my shiny sink was the end all answer. She was probably right, though… maybe I’ll go shine it for old times sake. 😉
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Great information about yourself you’ve shared. We aren’t the worlds best house cleaners either. 🙂
My wife is a better cook than me, but I dabble on occasion. Ha.
Love your reasons for social media happiness. For me connecting with folks from all over is a fantastic plus as well as it being a great equalizer for communication.
Well written.