STOP THE PRESSES !!!!!!!!
Suzan says - OMG John - I'm at over 900,000 page views ! That means I'm almost at a million - how did that happen???
John says - You should have charged a buck for each view..............
Suzan says - Well then I'd still only have 1 follower.
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I had no idea - really - NO. IDEA.!
I DID, however, notice that I hit 1200 followers at some point recently ( and then I noticed Google+
reached 1000 followers - and again I had no idea ) which made me actually go look at Google + which I never go on - and it says I've had 21 million views - there HAS to be a mistake there, really.
( although I've noticed I've been " stumbled upon " quite a few times - and there was that Huffington Post thing with dressers - but still - can it be that high? I really don't think so )
I don't dare tell John that number - he'll only see it as a lost opportunity )
And my Pinterest account jumped up to 2700 followers ( thanks to the team at Pinterest featuring one of my boards ! )
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Soooooo, I'll be charging a dollar a view from now on ( except on Google + - it'll only cost you 50 cents to go on that site ( which will still leave me with 10 million dollars )
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Ok - let's get serious now - I have to celebrate this somehow - ( because even though they're only numbers and in fact quite small numbers compared to other bloggers - they happen to be numbers I never thought I'd see on this blog - from the bottom of my heart I truly never thought I'd see them ) so a giveaway will be coming up shortly - Caroline - oh Caroline - where are you?
You all remember Caroline from PIORRA MAISON right?
Let's all ask her together if she'd like to team up with me to celebrate - she has the most incredible store with the most incredible items - and on top of that she has the most incredible taste ( suck up number 1 - although it's true )
! - 2 - 3 - GO ( to the comments section and ask nicely )
e.g. - Hi Caroline - please help Suzan with an awesome giveaway - thanks very much
I can't promise what she'll come up with - but I CAN promise it'll be something special ( wow I'm really going out on a limb here lol ) suck up number 2
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This is what I'd do if I actually had a million dollars - dedicated to all of YOU - if you don't know the song you have to give it a listen - it's too adorable for words ( by the Bare Naked Ladies )
Thanks everyone so much - for reading the dribble and nonsense I write - and most of it IS dribble - I'm well aware of that little fact LOL
For the advise I'm given - and of which I always weigh
For the laughs you give in your comments
but mostly for the encouragement - it's a pretty incredible feeling to know that people are interested in what I have to say ( or really to be honest with myself - with what John has to say )
I have the most amazing readers out there in Bloglandia - ( everyone says that - but really it's the truth )
The most incredible loyal beautiful readers.
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This song's for CAROLINE (suck up number 3 )
This post - for this time only - will only cost you a quarter.......
This is not a numbers game - truly it isn't - I write - I hit publish - and hope at least ONE other person reads it - anything over that is a bonus in my world. I don't solicit new followers - I even make sure to mention during giveaways that people DON'T have to follow me to participate. My blog is my therapy session - daily - it relaxes me - it drags me away from never ending renovations or furniture - and it's a complete escape from my current reality ( which is rather depressing to say the least )
As you all know by now I've become a terrible blogger - I barely have time to visit any more - or even answer comments I get ( I read every single one of them - and I try - I really do try - to answer them all ) but as you also know I'm basically drowning in this fixer upper and it's just bigger then I ever thought it would be.
Why in God's name didn't any of you stop me from buying it?
Sometimes I read about people getting writer's block on their blogs and I think of the over 100 posts I have saved in my drafts file.................I have the opposite problem - I have far TOO much to say LOL
And as I write them up I'm often thinking of you guys - giggling because I just know what the reaction will be to John's words of wisdom...................in fact as he's saying them sometimes I think -
" Oh they have to hear this one "
My blog is - at the end of the day - my happy place - and you guys are the reason.
I never realized when I started it that it would be a journey that would leave me surrounded with love.
And just so you know - I love you ALL ( and that you can take to the bank - while you transfer that dollar LMHO )
Suzana Anna Danna
xoxo
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Headboard Makeover
This room is soooo close to being done !
We still have to buy a mattress ( it only has a box spring on it ) so I smushed a comforter and pillows on it for photos .
I've had this comforter set from Ikea forever and very seldom used it - it works in this room !
( Thank God for unhealthy linen obsessions really )
The words on the headboard were just transferred on ( so they can very easily be removed ) using a transfer which my son had popped into my Christmas stocking last year ( but I DO have a piece of fabric I cut out just in case )
I'm having a love/hate relationship with this right now.
But Lucy says - Lolli - that's perfect - because we all love each other - AND we laugh when we're together - a LOT - and we're so Happy when we're here !!! ( with both hands up in the air for emphasis )
How the heck can I change it now lol?
and then - right out of the mouths of babes
Lolli says - Oh My God - you're soooo right Lucy -
Lucy says - We don't say that, Lolli - we say Oh My Gosh
Lolli says - Sorry Lucy - I just got so excited for a minute
Lucy says - ( with a big forgiving smile ) That's ok - it was just an accident.
Hope she never reads my blog when she gets older - she'll have a lot of forgiving to do..............
I love the footboard in particular
I used the last of the gallon of Behr's patio and porch paint to do this project
That ONE gallon painted the floors HERE
The dresser HERE
The armoire HERE
and all of the baseboards................ I think we paid 35.99 from Home Depot - talk about something going a lonnnng way !
Oh and here's how it looked before - great condition - but again there's no way it was going to work in this almost ethereal room - hmmm - I like that word - it works perfectly for this room lol
e·the·re·al
iˈTHi(ə)rēəl/
adjective
The perfect size for 2 little weekend visiting girls
But I'm not going to kid myself - the real reason they are dying for a sleepover has nothing to do with this room at all
It's more to do with this ( pretending to be at the rodeo while they're being tossed all over the place )
And I have to tell you I was nervous to use the diving board to actually dive until I saw these 2 diving off of it repeatedly - they put me to shame - so I dove off it this weekend for the first time. And didn't split my head open. I didn't jump up in the air and do a flip and then dive like they do - but still - I dove ..............lamely.
( at least there's a mattress in the pool - maybe the sleep over can happen a little earlier if they want to sleep in the pool - and I can't even say that as a joke or they'd be all over that idea )
That there'll be a room to allow them 2 days in a row of it is just a bonus in their worlds..
And the real reason I'm dying for this room to be finished is because I simply cannot get enough of them
( the other 3 little angels are just a little too young to want to have sleepovers - but these 2 - they jump at every opportunity with such glee )
Lucy & Olivia
Soon girls - very very soon - I promise !
Lolli & Pop can't wait !
The room is almost done - just a little left to
tweak
twēk/
verb
gerund or present participle: tweaking
informal - improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it."engineers tweak the car's operating systems during the race"
Ok - that's it for the Headboard - hope your day is filled with lots of
love
ləv/
noun
- 1.an intense feeling of deep affection."babies fill parents with intense feelings of love"
synonyms: deep affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, intimacy, attachment,endearment; More
laugh·ter
ˈlaftər/
noun
- the action or sound of laughing."he roared with laughter"
synonyms: laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, tittering, twittering,
And that's enough with the English lessons
Have a good day ALL !!!
Much love ( and laughter - let's always remember the laughter - and if you're in need of something to laugh about picture me diving - now THAT's funny )
Much love ( and laughter - let's always remember the laughter - and if you're in need of something to laugh about picture me diving - now THAT's funny )
I'll be at these fabulous Parties !
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