Back Again for 2010...

Dear friends & followers of my blog (a.k.a. - all 3 of you),

I received an e-mail this morning in which the sender in essence prompted me to "get my finger out" and start blogging again...

(I know what you are about to ask and actually it's an English (as in Jolly Old) expression that my British BFF Marge uses quite often to describe the need to stop dragging your feet about something... as in,

"Jackie! Get your finger out and help me pick out an outfit"

(which would actually NEVER happen, as she is somewhat of a fashion plate and the kind of plates I am interested in usually involve eating!)


Plus, I'm not 100% sure I want to know why the Brits say that or even where your finger supposedly has been...

up your nose?

or some other sordid place that has kept you from doing what you should have been doing all along?

And YES! I understand that the sentence I just wrote broke all kinds of rules set forth by scholars centuries ago... But as I've told you before...

I'm a rebel... a freestyler of sorts!....

That's just how I roll!

I digress.....

Thanks to this (not so) anonymous follower of the Deep End who encouraged me to get back into it...
HERE I AM...

Back Again in 2010!

I hope you missed me as much as I missed you!

Flash Dance Cards

I get the distinct impression that my Husband thinks blogs are stupid...

He tries to be supportive, but I find myself disappointed with his reaction every time...
It usually goes something like, "Is that it?" or "oh"...

I don't think I'm being paranoid either.

Possibly, I've been using the wrong approach all along...
Maybe if I used some type of visual aid to ... well.... "aid" him to know when the appropriate time to chime in with positive feedback in the form of encouraging words and /or applause, it would be extremely helpful...

If only I could think of something that would really get his attention...
You know....
Other than my stimulating words...

I think I've just had a brainstorm!!!!

Not to be confused with a braincloud which is far less productive and far more common than the full blown 'storm' version...

I think that if after I share my blog-thoughts from now on...
Instead of having to say "That's it!", which is how I queue him to respond with obligatory oooo's and ahhhhs...
I will use a visual aid to facilitate my plan!!

If this idea works, I could start up a business
(business idea #496 to be exact... but who's counting)
where I create customized flashcards with images tailored to each husbands particular sensory triggers

Their primary purpose would be for the blogger to use on the blog-ee...
Here's how they would work -

• Blogger reads blog aloud to blog-ee...
• Blog-ee half listens and eyes occasionally glaze over...
• Blogger whips out flashcards...
• Blog-ee snaps to attention and responds appropriately!

Voila!

My prototype cards are customized to include a couple of my husbands "visual triggers"
I'll show them to you...
In NO particular order....


The first one looks like this -

Here is the other one that will work just as well -

Am I alone here?

What pictures would be on your flashcards?