All damn day, I think of hilarious or engaging blog topics. But once the kids go to bed, my mind is totally blank.
God, if things don’t pick up around here, I might start auctioning off all my garage sale junk just to pass the time.
Monkey lamp anyone?
Seriously, is that not one of the funniest presents ever? That would have been the veryfunniest we received if a friend of Mr. A’s mom hadn’t given us glass octagonal placemats (that were clearly from 1981 and smelled like mothballs). When we opened them, Mr. A’s only comment was “Why would someone give us coke mirrors?”
Also, for the record, when I googled “monkey lamp” in an attempt to avoid going out to the garage to get the lamp for a photo, you would not believe how many ugly ass monkey lamps google returned.
For the love of god, someone give me something to write about. My blog is dying here. All serious and not-so-serious suggestions will be considered.
I’ve been reading your mirror site on LJ, and I do not think your blog is dying! It’s wonderful, and that Monkey Lamp is a hoot. We got a desk set that was….very interesting. It provided hours of humor.
We are in the “waiting” stages of adopting a baby girl from China. Our paperwork went over in March, so we’re hoping we might be traveling around November of 2008, but when is anyone’s guess with the recent changes.
Be well,
“DrLauraC”
Your blog is fine!!! Don’t worry about it. How about “worst wedding present ever”?
Ha ha ha ha. Awesome. I am SO jealous of your monkey lamp.
The monkey lamp goes quite nicely with the mirror painting of a sailing ship that Mrs. Figby found while vacationing…
You might try carrying a little spiral notebook, the kind that fits in a pocket, and writing down the insightful & hilarious ideas as they strike you. Of course, if it’s anything like the suggestion to do the same when waking up from a dream, the results might be anything but useful. But they might still be amusing!
So, what did you do on your free day Saturday?
When I saw this I was immediately reminded of a housewarming gift a friend received from her smart ass son (who is 20). It took me all of 30 seconds to find an on-line pic of . Capitalism sure has a scary side. If you make it, we will buy it.
Holy Moley, the monkey lamp! If you’re really going to sell that at a garage sale, I’ll *totally* buy it from you. That’s the most fabulous, campiest, craziest thing I’ve seen in a long time!!
OMG!!!, um, Anna links to your site and “they”…(the people that gave your that lamp!)…could might read this.
Did Mr. A survive the visit to you MIL’s with the girls? Did you get your laundry done? If so, you might share some secrets with my husband so he can learn to catch-up on his too Don’t worry about your blog, I love tuning in for the latest!
I love the monkey lamp. Does this mean we can no longer be friends?
Hey, I think you and C at IC the Moon can organize a swap. Interested in the world’s scariest clown toy? This beats the hell out of the naked lady lamp my ex’s parents gave us one year.
I’m struggling with the same blogger dilemma. I want to branch out beyond baby talk, but not much else going on in my life right now!
Whoooooa, that is one crazy lamp!
I just did some book reviews – That’s always an option for you.
The monkey lamp may the kindred spirit of the camel lamp that my husband brought into marriage and actually mourned when I banished it to the storage unit in the basement. And the people on antiques roadshow say never to throw anything away.
I come from a family that hosts a tacky present contest each Christmas. The two sides of the family scour the planet all year long to find “the one.” On Christmas morning we all await the opening of “it.” There’s lots of trash-talking and posturing throughout the year.
I suggest the placemats or the monkey lamp as the first entry in the contest (though it sounds like you may not want to compete with Mr. A’s mom–though with her taste you might get something good out of it.)
We (my daughter Rory and I ) looked for the perfect monkey lamp for a couple of years. Junior designer that she is, she thought “Monkeys were the new roosters.”
I love that lamp. It would be just camp enough.
I can’t quite decide if I love it or hate it!lol It’s kinda campy cute! Years ago we were opening wedding gifts and one gift was a lovely Tiffany style lamp. One friend who was there at the time later took me aside and told me what a good actress I was, that I really looked like I actually did like that awful lamp!! Umm…lousy actress, I did love the lamp and still have it 16 years later!lol
Julie
I want to hear about the people who gave you that lamp.
Coke mirrors!! What a hoot!
That just made me laugh out loud!
The loan officer at my bank has that same monkey lamp in her office. If you think it’s hideous alone, you should see it as part of a whole theme, complete with palms and jungle prints.