1. Yesterday a lady asked me for directions. In really, really rapid-fire Italian. I said “Piano! Sono Americana!”…which means slow the crap down, I’m an American!
And she was SO nice and I got so flummoxed that I just said “SiSiSiSiSi!” to her question. Even though I honestly had not a single dang idea what she was saying. I didn’t understand a word of it. I just got flustered and couldn’t stop saying SI! OMG.
2. I ran up a large hill with Jimmy the other day. It involved many stairs and I was a hot mess. HOT.MESS. I am so out of shape.
3. I watched the latest Parenthood the other day (how can it almost get OVER) and ugly cried my way through the entire damn thing. What is it about Parenthood and CRYING?
4. Just started season one of Parks and Recreation. Yes, I know I’m really behind but I’m super pumped.
5. I am so happy to be blogging more regularly. It feeds my soul. I know that this is cheesy, but it’s true.
6. I talked about this recently on Instagram and it amazed me how many women could identify/commiserate. I have major hair loss and you can actually see my scalp in several places. I’ve had my blood checked and everything is fine. It’s probably genetic. I’ve started a new regimen involving oils, this shampoo, biotin, this hair powder (it darkens the scalp), and this root volumizing foam.
I have plans to crop it soon. Short. I think that’s my best bet. It’s embarrasing and I worry about it, but it is what it is. I’m just trying to make the best of it.
7. I bite my fingernails. I have my entire life. I wish I didn’t.
8. I’m posting this on the 16th. I won’t even tell you how long it took me to write it.
9. I sneeze every time I pluck my eyebrows. Is this weird?
10. I was almost late for a meeting today because I couldn’t stop reading. Seriously. I read the entire thing even though my hair was wet and drying rapidly. Even though I knew I needed to leave soon. I have the “just one more page!” syndrome. Do any of y’all suffer from this affliction too?
11. I break glasses constantly. It’s really embarassing. I chalk it up to awkwardness and flailing limbs. At our New Year’s Eve party my friend knocked over a champagne flute and instead of gracefully catching it I karate chopped it to the floor. Literally. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.
12. I am terrible at meal planning. I have the best of intentions but then I am too lazy for a big grocery store trip, or I forget the items I need, or I’m not home all day and forget to prep and run out of time to cook. It doesn’t help that the food here is SO GOOD and fresh and healthy. Takeout for the win. Sigh.
13. It is 3 pm and I’m drinking a glass of prosecco. Judge if you must. It’s ITALY dammit!
14. I hate doing laundry. I started the same three times yesterday because I left it too long in the washer and it almost mildewed. Again…what.is.wrong.with.me
15.If I’m not lying, but someone thinks I am…I completely panic. Instead of rationally stating my case I act like I am, indeed, lying. My voice gets VERY loud and high-pitched and I talk really, really fast. Jimmy is sitting next to me now and he’d like to add that I also make a really awkward face. Like I’ve smelled something stinky.
That is all. More proof that I am weird.
Now back to the prosecco.
xoxo
S
I am biting my fingernails right now as I read this!! Bad habit that stems way back from childhood. But I only bite the nails on my left hand, weird!! And YES, I sneeze EVERY time I pluck my eye brows (and probably pee a bit too!). Ha!! Thanks for the insight into your beautiful self, Steph!! Love that you share so freely. 🙂
I am a nail biter. To help with this I get a gel mani and keep it up. But if I get a snag or tear, the nail is a goner. But I’m doing better with the mani’s!!!! I LOL’d about the champagne glass karate chop! Thanks for sharing, this list totally made me HAPPY!
Laundry is the worst, I forget and have to restart loads often, you are not alone there!!!
I can’t wait to hear how the Bumble and Bumble hair powder works. I’ve got the same problem. I’ve been taking a Biotin supplement…it’s working but not on my head hair. Seriously. 🙂 I bought some other stuff called Sprinkles – and couldn’t get the nerve to use it. Thank you for being a willing guinea pig.
I too bite my nails and trying hard to quit. I do well for a while and then slip and start doing it again. I too leave the laundry. I forget it is in there and have to rewash it. And I seriously such at meal planning, especially lately. Wish I did live in Italy where the food was better, because here in River Falls, it sucks. I am losing a bunch of hair as well and it really really bothers me. My hubby even said something about it the other day. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my gosh…I can relate to so many of those *lol*
I actually stopped nail biting, but now I’m biting the skin around the nails which is even more gross *sigh*
I also sneeze when plucking my eyebrows!
I LOVE the TV show Sherlock..better say I’m obsessed with it…but each season only has 3 shows and the next won’t start until 2016…soooo….I’ve been “saving” the last show of the 3rd season until now, which means a whole year!! It’s kind of killing me, but it will also kill me to not have anything new to watch until next year, so…I’m weird, you see..
Don’t get me started on being out of shape..I kind of try to convince myself it’s not worth fighting since I want to try to get pregnant this year, but still…I feel so fat right now…hmpf..
Guess that’s enough *lol* I could go on and on and on.. 😉
But it’s good to be weird, makes life interesting 😀
xoxo Sandra
Your weirdness is awesome. I do the same thing with laundry and meal planning too!! And the thought of you karate chopping the glass to the floor made me do a spit take with my tea!!
As we say in our family, if you’re not weird then you’re boring, so embrace it! I HATE meal planing also, I’m not good at it, I like food too much and change my mind on what I want to eat, I like to follow my cravings (which 9 out of 10 times is some kind of complicated Asian dish ha) BUT meal planning does save on our budget so I wish I was better at it.Miss you!!
xoxo Sus
Only kind of related: my poor little 12 year old is starting to get some gray hair. I didn’t have any until I was 32 (very not-coincidentally appearing at the same time as my middle-born) but have done some research and learned that my mom and her aunt were both going gray well before 18. We are working on helping her own it vs. be overcome with self-consciousness by it. Not enough (or heavens, old enough) to start coloring it. Sigh.
Have you read Carry On Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton yet? Highly recommend if you haven’t, but there is a very funny bit about how she believes one cannot appear sober if you are trying very hard to prove you are actually not drunk. Your not-lying story reminded me : )
I LOVE YOU!
seriously, you crack me up!
and Jimmy’s comment, totes hilare.
I love your blog and so happy to get updates frequently! it is
seriously one of like 5 that i read!
xoxo
tara
And this is why we love you! You’re honesty is just that…..real……and I personally can identify with what you have to say…..bless your heart!
p.s. I have bitten my nails my ENTIRE life until this past year, when I NEED to bit them most, I chipped the back of my bottom tooth and now I can no longer bite, apparently you need that part of your tooth to get a good grip on the nail. unfortunately, it’s also the reason why it probably chipped in the first place!
tara
I can relate to your uncomfortableness when someone thinks you’re lying. For some reason I am completely paranoid that someone will think I’m going to shoplift in a store. Whenever I open my purse in a store to grab a list or my phone, I make big obvious gestures to show the invisible security camera how innocent I am. How weird is that?
Aww you make me laugh so much! All of these reasons are why I love you so much! And by love I mean, why I keep coming back to this blog. 🙂
Oh Stephanie, I am with you about Parenthood. That show is so good. I really don’t want it to end!!
I have an issue with the reading thing too. I’m thankful for Kindle app on my phone. I was reading something when my Pastor dropped in for a visit yesterday. I picked it up briefly while she was being shown something by my kids. I quickly set it back down, but that was hard!
I’m great at meal planning but it’s the follow through that I lack. By the time dinner time rolls around, I just don’t want to cook something that I need to follow directions in order to make it. So, either my husband cooks or we eat sandwiches. (Homeschooling mom of 3 boys and at least 1, usually different each day, fights me about doing school, almost every day.)
I’m so thankful for how real you are on your blog! It is further reinforcement that I’m not the only one!
>OMG< I am pretty sure we are one in the same! 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 to varying degrees LOL
You rock. That is all. 😉
Hi Steph,
I have the same “just one more page!” syndrome, love reading and most times cant put the book down.
You are too funny, love all your stories and blog posts.
You are AWESOME 🙂
I love reading your blogs! You are awesome!
It seems as if I have always and still am always going through hair loss. It’s so bad that where I part my hair, instead of a tiny sliver of scalp, you see like 1/2 an inch. It is hereditary. They say to look to your dad’s family when it comes to hair issues, and I have to say that my dad and aunts all suffer from thinning hair. Nothing I’ve tried works…, but I will have to try out that powder (& probably the shampoo too). Hopefully it works for you, and for me too. 🙂
#5 – I am glad you are blogging! I love to read your blog!
#6 – I never had thick hair, but I used to have a lot of hair. After having my kids, it kept getting thinner. Not too thin, I really can’t complain. But my 2 teen daughters have the perfect hair (long, the perfect “thickness” and it holds the curl). I don’t know where they got it from! They make fun of my “tiny” ponytail.
#12 – Me too! I always ask husband and kids what they want, and they don’t care. Then they complain that I make chicken all the time (well the 11 yr. old is sweet and she still loves me!). I don’t like to plan, grocery shop, cook, etc. I have a spotless kitchen, then make dinner, then it looks like I used every dish in the house.
#14 – I love sorting the clothes, then washing it. But hate to put it away. I love folding towels! My big laundry issue now is my daughter throw their clothes all over the floor and not in the hamper in their room. There were 20 articles of clothing in 15 yr. olds room on the floor when I went to do wash. So I don’t do the wash if it isn’t in the hamper.
Good for you learning Italian! I wish I kept up with French.
Fun thread! I can so relate!
Oh, I forgot to add, I am the same way on #15. I feel I need to show evidence that I am telling the truth.
You are not weird or awkward, you are REAL! Honestly I feel like we have this imagine of what a poised adult should be and it’s a little too perfect and completely full of shit. You are a breath of fresh air & I love that about you! Keep on karate chopping those glasses, girl! You make life fun & I’m sure your family is better for it.
Steph, I love your blog posts and am thrilled that you are sharing more often. You really need to scrapbook this list, or a subset. Can you imagine finding a list like this from your mother?!? Looks like I need to start following you on Instagram. When you return to the states, please move to the Chicago area so we can hang out together!!!!
I think your honesty is so refreshing. Thanks for sharing…
…but the thing that truly compelled me to comment today (I have trouble doing it from my reader on my phone, so it’s an extra step to come comment, which is why I am more lax about it than I should be…but anyway…) I also sneeze whenever I pluck my eyebrows!!! No one I’ve ever talked to about it has ever understood! I thought I was the only one!! I have terrible eyebrows in the spring when allergies hit, or if I have a cold, because I don’t want anything to make me sneeze more than I already am…. Seriously, I have to have tissues nearby when I attend to my eyebrows 😉
OMG, you have me cracking up at my desk on my lunch hour. I relate to a lot of the things you talked about, but especially the karate chop thing. I should not try to catch anything or anyone spur of the moment because I will totally make it worse! Thanks for your honesty, you are a very likeable, real person and I love your blog.
Thanks for sharing!
OMG, me too!!
HA – I just say “ow, ow, ow” when I pluck my eyebrows! 😉 I like Jimmy’s comment – so funny. I hate meal planning too….we eat out way too much. I’ve learned vinegar in the wash helps the mildew smell and freshens your laundry….I learned that b/c I leave loads in the washer too long!
Speaking of laundry….I need to get clothes out of the dryer. Boo.
Love this! I sneeze when plucking my eyebrows too. I’m on holiday at the moment as my girls don’t go back to school until the end of January. Every day I get up with the intention of getting lots done. I start off really well by going for a walk, having breakfast and then I get sucked back into my books. I have read 5 or 6 already this month!
I’m laughing about the prosecco. When in Rome… I’m with you on the clumsiness and the poor meal planning too. I break everything, regularly, it’s so frustrating. PMT makes it worse as well! Have a good weekend Stephanie. CJ xx
Oh how I love your blog! You make me laugh and it feels so good! lol
I dont sneeze when I tweeze but I always cough when I clean my right ear, go figure.
Prosecco seems like it would be good at any hour of the day.
Just don’t pluck your eyebrows. I never have and they are fine. NEVER. My mom told me that once I did, I would be sorry!
When you get old, your clumsiness will be interpreted as an “issue”. I have always been clumsy, since birth, and now my doctor is sending me for PT for balance exercises.
You never know how thin/absent your hair can be until you lose it all from chemo. I always had such thick hair altho I lost hair after having kids…I blamed it on the epidural. I used Nioxin to thicken my hair when it came back after chemo. Biotin is an unknown….
I went away to college with my Miss Clairol coloring.
Parenthood….so relieved that Zeek did not die last night.
I bit my nails for 30 years, then got fakes, then grew my own. They grow so fast and strong – I use Nailtiques. It is miraculous.
Hugs, J
I never meal plan, never have. My husband has been the main cook in our household of YEARS – he enjoys it and does it well, I do not so a no-brainer decision. However, he is a planner and asks me every morning (often when we are drinking our first coffee of the day in bed) what I would like for dinner!! Drives me crazy – I don’t know what I want for breakfast yet!!! It has become a joke now and sometimes he asks about tomorrow night as we finish eating dinner.
He sneezes everytime he eats peppermint or chews gum, Every time.
I love doing laundry – I know, everyone thinks I am crazy. I find it very satisfying and soothing. I iron most things too for the same reason!!!
I am very clumsy too. I blame my eyesight but I have always been that way. I think often my clumsiness comes from my not paying attention – I am thinking about something I read or watched and not what I am doing.
My daughter is going grey rapidly at 28. I am just beginning to (but it is happening VERY fast) at 52.
Love that we all have weird quirks 🙂
You are just plain and simply funny…..I really enjoy your truthfulness…I had a couple of friends who went thru the same hair problem you are having now….then it was blamed on stress…..not sure about now but…
Patricia
the PaperTemptress
BTW I am as clumsy as they come….when I was a child my mother always told me I was a bull in a china shop and to this day I joke about tripping over cat hair….I would place a bet saying that I am more clumsy and sure I would win.
I love these posts. Totally can’t put a book down once I get to the point where I’m “hooked.” I’ve tried setting a timer in the past so that I have to stop reading to get up and turn it off. Only works half the time.
I love your blog; honesty in an “I am perfect” world is refreshing.
I am also having issues with thinning hair just in the past 2 years. I have recently started taking biotin AND folic acid together. It seems to be making a difference for both my hair and my nails. I hope it works for you.
I love your honesty. I could relate to most of what you wrote here. I just wish we had the Italy part in common. You enjoy the prosecco for me. I’ll have beer and brisket for you. Or Mexican food? I know…but it’s the best I can do in Texas.
I’ve called in sick to finish or continue reading a book/series of books that I just could NOT put down. (hanging head)
Oh Stephanie. Each and every post you share makes me smile like a fool. Your honesty is so refreshing and incredibly relatable. Karate chopping the wine glass actually made me snort. I too, suffer from just one more page syndrome. Parks and Recs is great. My husband and I just caught up on it this past year. Too often we watch a new movie and rav about it to friends/family until they tell us it’s actually been out for a few years. I think you are going to rock the pixie cut. Cheers to you!!
I just got so wound up about #9 (me too!), I had to stop reading and comment. I’m so glad I’m not the only one. (Now I have to finish reading your post.)
I love that you blog with such heart and honesty. And I’m glad it feeds your soul, because your posts feed my soul. I hope that doesn’t sound cheesy. 🙂 Keep posting!
Loved the karate chop! Surely you must be normal, don’t most do this?!
On hair loss, mine got thin from lack of iron and adrenal fatigue, has that been checked?? Mine is growing back now.
Oh my gosh…I can relate to so many of these! I am the worst at meal planning, with always the best intentions:) I am so jealous that you are just starting Parks and Rec…one of my faves! I am so sad it is ending. And I can not bring myself to watch the latest Parenthood yet for a couple of reasons. One…I want to savor it a little longer…I hate that it is ending! and two…my husband had a heart attack in June. He survived thank God, but it was bad. I know I will be an ugly mess watching this next episode and need to make sure I have the house to myself for an hour when I do!
I found your blog from stumbling through a few and I’m so glad I did! I’m completely with you on #5! I’m trying to get back into the flow of blogging more, too, because it just feels so GOOD! How in the world do you pluck your eyebrows if you have to sneeze?! haha! I’m the same about reading 🙂
I haven’t commented in a long time (but I HAVE been reading!) and I just popped in to say you are not WEIRD. You are human. And hilarious. I hated meal planning too, but I had to get over it when Hubby joined Weight Watchers last fall. Now I have a love/hate relationship with meal planning! I came to the Parenthood party late in the game, but fell in love with it immediately. I just found all the previous seasons on Amazon Prime, so I started from the beginning and now starting Season Two. I love this show so much.
Is it bad that #11 made me laugh out loud? I got quite a vivid visual of the karate chop and went into a fit of giggles.
Man, I love reading your blog (sitting here with a huge grin on my face).
I have something that can help with the hair loss…. if you can find it in Italy.. I have been dealing with Alopecia for 7 years now and someone told me about these Chinese Herbs and they really work for me… they have made a HUGE difference…. the are called Shou Wu Wan (this is the one that I take) and Ban Tu Wan…. If you can find them give them a try, the Shou Wu Wan is very reasonably priced here in Canada ($3.70 a bottle).
Had a bit of a LOL reading this, thanks! 😛
Stephanie, I was having a major issue with thinning hair…every time I washed my hair my tub looked like a small animal had been scalped in it! And I would wake up with my pillow covered with hair! Since you are getting into essential oils, I thought I’d share that since I started taking the LifeLong Vitality Complex supplements from doTerra my hair loss has returned to normal…and in a very short time! And I’m not doing anything else but taking the supplements. If I remember correctly, you are using Young Living oils? I’m not familiar with their line (although I know many people who have used them for years) but if they offer something similar, I’d suggest trying it! I have been amazed at how much improvement I have seen with several other issues I’ve had…most importantly, my arthritis! Essential oils are a wonderful thing!