Here is my blue offering for Spring Color Week at Poppytalk. I'm cheating; there is more green than blue, and I've posted this picture here before. I can't help it; I love this photo and want to take advantage of any opportunity to use it;) It makes me think of summer.
So I've begun my day by breaking my coffee pot. It is kind of like taking a heroin addict's needle away. I'm trying to stay calm and look on the bright side; at least I got my floor mopped already today. And I'm reminding myself that I still have a french press and a stove top espresso pot. They are both just one cuppers though, so that is going to create a problem this weekend when DH thinks he's getting coffee too.
I've had something eating at me this week, and I thought I'd bring it up here to see if you can give me any feedback. Has anyone heard of Swap Bot or participated in it? I keep reading about it in various blogs and thought it sounded like lots of fun. I love putting together pretty packages and sending them off, and of course getting mail is fun, so I signed up. I'm waiting to be assigned my swap partner. The thing is, since signing up, I've been feeling very uneasy about the whole thing. I have red flags going up and sirens going off. I can't figure out why. I have analyzed it, gone over the web site; I've only seen positive response, so I'm having a hard time figuring out what the issue could be. Any ideas? It could be nothing more than my own feelings of being out of sync with the Universe this week, and being really awfully crabby. Breaking my coffee pot isn't helping that one bit.
I'm off to try to have a productive Friday. I'm hoping to do a little shop update sometime this weekend, if all the stars and planets align in my favor.
...I think if you feel uneasy, just back out and never have to wonder why you didn't trust your gut instinct.
ReplyDeleteIt IS scary giving people our address. And on some level, it's kind of a crazy thing to do (except, we're all listed in the phone book, so giving your name is as good as giving your address.) So we're all crazy a bit, but if there are red flags in your head, just walk away :)
I agree with Myrnie. Trust your gut.
ReplyDeleteI thought Swap-Bot sounded really cool. And I wanted to join in too. But I, like you, kept having second thoughts about it. It is sad that you have to worry about stuff like that, but in today's world it is a reality. I decided not to join. I just thought the amount of worry I would have due to it would outweigh the fun.
ReplyDeleteHi Bobbi,
ReplyDeleteSounds like a cool idea, but will they sell your identity? Better to organise something similar through your blog or a yahoo group that's not open and has an administrator you trust. Trust your gut... A group is only as good as its members, and it only takes one bad apple.
Sorry i couldn't offer something more positive.
And how dare that coffee pot break.. how rude....
I want those chairs!!!!
ReplyDeleteBummer about your coffee pot. I pretty much weaned myself off coffee a couple of years ago---sold my coffee maker on my rummage sale that summer just to make sure....
Now there was a sad moment.
I just about chased them down the sidewalk and grabbed it back out of their hands!
I still like coffee and am known to darken the door of a Starbucks from time to time, but I just try not to drink it at home.....