Saturday Fail: Mrs. G's Loss Just Might Be Your Gain/We Have A Winner
Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 5:23PM Mrs. G. Suburban Correspondent come on down! You are the winner of Jenny's bag. Please send Mrs. G. your info and she'll have it shipped to you pronto. Thanks for playing everyone!
Mrs. G. had the following goals when she went to bed last night:
1) Do laundry
2) Unplug from the internet to focus on an upcoming deadline
3) Not get involved or agitated by any story in the news
4) Weed (in the yard not in the bong)
5) Cook take-out teriyaki for dinner
The day has passed, it's nearly dark and this is what she has accomplished:
1) Not doing laundry
2) Not unplugging from the internet to focus on an upcoming deadline
3) Getting involved and agitated by several stories in the news
4) Trying to weed but when Mrs. G. is working through anger or befuddlement, she has to talk it out, sometimes loudly. She needed to weed with words, but it's a nice day in Seattle so there were several neighbors working in their yards. Mrs. G. just went back in the house and did the most potentially self-destructive thing imaginable: she joined the time succubus known as Pinterest.
5) Not cooking take-out teriyaki for dinner. She's cooking Ritz Crackers instead.
She just drew a heart on her hand with a pink Sharpie to remind herself to focus on love and not hate.
But before she guns herself back to full throttle love, Mrs. G. wants to have a wicked little giveaway.
Mrs. G. loves The Bloggess, her writing and her comfortably familiar, disturbing sense of humor. Jenny has a book/grocery/whatever bag in her shop that fits Mrs. G's state of mind today, so in order to support Jenny, delight you and exorcise whatever broomstick has been up her butt today, Mrs. G. is offering the bag up in a giveaway.
Mrs. G. can't post a picture of the bag because Zazzle won't let her, but you can see it here. The front of the bag says:
Please Be Kind
I'm doing the best that I can.
I have a knife.
All you have to do to enter the giveaway is leave a comment. Mrs. G. will close comments midnightish Monday and announce the winner Tuesday morning. Good luck!
Reader Comments (79)
I love you ms g....almost as much as I love Pinterest.....
How I love The Bloggess. Lurve.
Well, I'm in. I wonder what the TSA would think of that as a carry-on.
And listen to Prairie Home Companion tonight, mrs. g - it's a joke show. Guaranteed to cheer you up! Even my Anna laughed at the alligator joke.
Don't let the asshats get you down and remember the laundry will always be there tomorrow. The Bloggess is one of the few things that makes living in Texas tolerable!
I love that bag! If I had that bag, the people on the bus would know just who they're dealing with each morning! I'm going to have to pin it on Pinterest!
I'd say you've had a productive day!
Oh mrs. G, that is perfection! I've been ranting for the past few days, so much so that both my son and husband went out tonight. Trust me it was in their best interest. They have been quizzed on their views and educated when found lacking (or not quick on their answers).
I didn't have Ritz crackers so I had cheese on saltines. Not nearly as good and very dry.
Thanks again for the laugh.
OH please oh please. I'm in the middle of what we call a "10 out of 12" in theater land. This is when we work for 10 out of 12 hours in a day. I've been around actors since 11 am. I'm floundering here. If I have to explain a simple thing one more time. Its a lot like hanging out with toddlers, only toddlers are more fun. AND we get to do it again tomorrow......
And I also love the Bloggess....
I think that since my name is also Jenny and I'm also a blogger (although not nearly as funny or prolific) it seems almost like fate that I should win one of those sweet bags. FTW!
I do love the bag, and I had a very hard day. At lunch my 76 year old mother called Rush Limbaugh a "buffoon" who "hates women," and my 78 year old father, who is touchingly loyal to RL, said some inflammatory things, and they almost came to blows over it. If I win the bag, I'm giving to my mom.
Love you, Mrs. G.
So... I didn't do laundry either, and I didn't cook dinner. But I did watch a movie!
I did half my laundry. Does that count? And I really have to stop watching the political insanity south of the border. We have enough bizarre Canadian political shenanigans to keep me at a rolling boil. Weeding is out of the question seeing as we got another 10 cm of snow. Hang in there, Mrs. G.!
Add some Laughing Cow and wine to those Ritz crackers and you have a complete meal with all food groups represented...all the important ones, anyway.
All I can say is, I <3 you Mrs G, and I'd eat Ritz crackers with you any day.
Comment!!!
(I am a smartass.) ;-)
I love Mrs G, The Bloggess, Ritz Crackers, Pinterest and George Clooney (I saw The Descendents today)
I hope your day gets better and better, Mrs. G.
If not, you can always threaten who/whatever's gotten you all worked up with the knife!
LOVE the Bloggess' wicked sense of humor. I'm in. I'm with you on the asshats in the news, too, Mrs. G. The country is going to that hot place in a handbasket me thinks.
Love the bag. I'm in. My to do list has very few check marks on it today too. Isn't that what tomorrow is for?
I think I've missed something with pro flowers. ???
The only other thing I would add to the bag: "And I'm having hot flashes."
I've looked at Pinterest. I don't get it. I really don't get it at all.
But we did finally get a replacement bench for the hall so I have somewhere to sit down when I put on my shoes. So it all balances out.
I'm in. Reading the Bloggess weekly -update almost always guarantees that my keyboard needs cleaning. And really? I think that bag would make an AWESOME knitting bag......
I didn't do laundry and I'm very afraid of Pinterest. Spent a while outdoors implementing run-off solutions after the flooding rains last night ... Oh, and I cooked Wheat Thins for dinner ... <3 the bag ...
Dear anon who has emailed three times, I don't have a bong. It was a JOKE. It's Saturday night here and we're watching The American Experience on the Amish. Simmer Down, McGruff.
I traveled 300 miles for a conference that I ended up cutting to lay on the beach instead. Saturday WIN. I don't deserve the bag. But I love you and your pink hearted hand. ( and I love Pinterest, because I needed more crap to distract me from homework).
I fear Pinterest. I cannot handle another time-suck that doesn't suck.
I am going to try to unplug all day tomorrow....
I have to leave in two hours to pick my sister up from the airport. I have to do a mountain of laundry and house-cleaning in that time and still I succumb to the siren call of The Manor. I am late to The Bloggess but have recently discovered her 'Tales of The Travelling Red Dress' and LOVE the idea. So I'm all for the RAK and sharing the love, throw my name in too please Mrs G.
every now and then, i get a message that people are following me on Pinterest and my response is "please don't. i'm not really going anywhere!!!"
really. i'm not.
i joined and thaaaaaat is as about as far as i got. ~~sigh~~
and laundry is partially done....and Ritz look pretty good to me.
that bag? i love that bag.
My daughter (who is about your age) told me all about Pinterest on the phone yesterday. I just said Hmmm about a dozen times and pretended it was all news to me. Really? What the family doesn't know doesn't hurt them. heh, heh, heh. I can appear particularly naive when I want to - maybe the bag would give people a fair warning.
Darla
Deb K.- me, too! I've never pinned a single thing, but I have dozens of followers. Jenny is the best, and I can't wait for her book to be released. I hope it makes her very, very rich.
Mrs. G.- no bong? I can send you one....
Just kidding. I don't have one either, although Dearborn, MI is hookah heaven!
man, this was good, that bag is good. makes me want to talk about myself in the third person. look at me laughing. :)
OMG, I love that bag!! And I know it's a good thing I don't have a bong, 'cause with how horrid this election season is shaping up to be, I'd crawl into it like Jeannie and not come out! Though, lordy, I wouldn't blame a girl for going there now & then.
Cacao, Rush! Cacao!!
Ooh, I want that bag! And I like the pink sharpie idea; going to do that right now.
I'm tottering on the Pinterest ledge, too. My kids love it, and share all sorts of finds. In an effort to keep up, I may just jump, too.
The Bloggess ...the metal chicken post is by far my favorite. I can't even tell you how many people I have sent to that link, men and women. When I'm down, I click over to it, and never fail to laugh upon reading it. I am so into having a metal chicken. It is just representative of my life. However, the bag will do, too!
love the bag!
I don't for the life of me understand Pinterest.
@Monica, I can picture that very clearly. Surely that's exactly where my parents are headed too!
@Darla, I like your style...
This bag suits perfectly my current pregnancy psychotic rage... er... I mean, glow.
I snorchucklelaughed at 'Cacao, Rush! Cacao!!' High-five Caren.
LOVE the Bloggess! I saw this bag a while ago--please count me in!
I'm unplugging today. Pandora radio is playing smooth jazz on this Sunday morning in Ohio, instead of the Today show recapping the dreary news of the past week, and I'm going to finish my library book, and then we're going to my sister's for dinner. (Notice I didn't mention taking care of vacuuming, cleaning, laundry: in addition to being an ostrich, I'm also something of a slob. I'm okay with that.) I hope your Sunday is a peaceful one, Mrs. G!
Your Saturday sounds like how my Sunday is starting out! I'm "catching" up on FB posts" and then reconstructing my deconstructed kitchen and doing laundry. We'll see how much I get done! I know NOT to get on Pinterest... It's a time stealer, but I love it.
I'm back from a hellish work trip, the hounds are back from the kennel, and we're all just curled up and resting. Wishing you a peaceful day, Mrs. G!
Jenny is frequently responsible for my spitting out my coffee or snort-laughing. I love her.
Exactly the work bag I'm looking for... thanks, Mrs. G!
I'm like a pinterest crack whore. It is ridiculous. I actually dream about it. Last week I made a wreath from a pinterest idea. Now I'm gonna go finish the bottle of wine in my frige so I can use the bottle and make some crafty shit out of it.
I just LOVE the idea of drawing a pink heart on your hand as a gentle reminder...
I love this bag! My county is now taxing us 5 cents per bag unless we bring our own, so this would be perfect!
Oh Pinterest...it is the devil for sure!! I can't stop liking and repinning!!! So many wonderful ideas and projects!! Ahhhh I must go check in again...
Pinterest is not purely evil. I have a Board titled "Food I might actually make," as a challenge to myself to break out of my comfort zone. So far, I've cooked three recipes off of Pinterest.
This past week has been insanely busy for me, so I'm actually not feeling guilty about not doing too much today.
I need that bag, and I think you are pretty. The two are not related.
Wow, this post has it all. Mrs G PLUS a shout out to Jenny aka The Bloggess, two chicks that I feel would really understand my inner workings, PLUS a giveaway, PLUS acknowledgment that we've all wanted to knife a few people, if we are being candid, as well as the hat tip to Pinterest, which has basically ruined my life. Well played, Mrs G, indeed.