Last night Suz over at Alive in Wonderland organized BlogCrush (an OC blogger meet up) and of course we chatted about Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter (if you watch The Soup you get that joke).

1. Your profile page doesn’t have a picture (or company logo), bio or location. Things don’t have to be fancy but I would like to know a bit about the person I’m tweeting with. I understand the benefit of ambiguity and I don’t mind if it is just a state or county, but “everywhere,” that’s just lame!
2. Your picture has boobs. I have my own, thank you!
3. There isn’t a link to a blog or a company website. Why is this kind of person on twitter??
4. There are no @replies in the tweets. Even Ashton Kutcher interacts with other tweeps.
5. Your tweets promise that I can make $4,000 a month at home (or on a beach somewhere) by not doing anything.
6. Every tweet is is trying to sell, promote or push your product/service on your followers.
7. You follow 1,234 people and only 6 people follow you or you have zero updates. Huh?
8. You are trying to get 3,000 followers by midnight PST.
9. We have absolutely nothing and I mean NOTHING in common. Doesn’t happen often but that paranormal romance writer who dabbles in Wicca and S&M was just a bit much.
10. Your tweets are lame. Not really…I just couldn’t leave the list at #9.

What are some of the reasons you don’t follow?

I save old containers.
They are just too nice to toss aside. (Remember the Bowling Set & Storage Boxes?!?!?)
This habit annoys Hot Hubby to no avail!
While packing up for the move he wouldn’t let me take my “creative” stash so I took a picture…I understand his refusal to move a box of empty containers (oh the fabulous plans I had for those cans!!). But if I didn’t save stuff I wouldn’t have been able to make this AWESOME bath toy for the kiddos…
You will need…

Stab the heck out of the top and/or bottom.

I did an “X” pattern on the bottom and loads of holes on the top.DONE!

The kiddos love it 🙂
(FYI That is Hot Hubby’s hairy arm up there not me!)

I wasn’t sure how the kiddos would like the pool. Last year Eli was hit or miss and Cora was a newborn. Hot Hubby and I LOVE the water so in hopes of getting them hooked, I thought we would just have a picnic in our bathing suits next to the pool and see what happens.
First they just looked in wonder…

Slowly and with the utmost care we put our tootsies in…They got the hang of that quickly!

Cora would become memorized with her reflection in the water. With her eyes crossed she would gaze at herself and fall into the “other” Cora.

Eli splashed.

Of course Mommy brought snacks…

The pool is bomb-diggity!

While hopping around the blog world, I inevitably come across loads of giveaways. I enter here and there but I’ve never been super into it.
Until I became a winner!!
I won two giveaways in the same week. How did that happen?!?!

This bracelet is lovely (REALLY!), the clasp is super sturdy and I can even attach it by myself. I love pearl jewelry because it feels vintage and modern at the same time.

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Her winning response to why she should win an Eli’s Lid:

The first reason is because they are so darn cute & trendy! The second is because my 20 month old son has an out-of-control, platinum-blond white boy fro on top of his noggin and some days it would be so much easier to just put a lid on it rather than fight the spirally-tangled tresses of a toddler boy. I can send a picture for proof & sympathy! 🙂

Amen sister… you deserve the Lid!!
Hasta La Pasta Folks!!

That’s right folks! When you wear Eli’s Lids you will instantly be a better rock climber! Class 5 climbs will seem like child’s play!

An added bonus… you will look fabulous as you scale the mountain!

Juggernauts will be a thing of the past and rappelling will be a breeze!

During a Tea Party the Pirate and the Cowgirl were discussing Earth Day…Pirate: “Did you know that if you don’t take the lids off plastic water bottles they won’t be recycled?”

Take those lids off your plastic water bottles before throwing them in the recycle bins!

NOTE: All reference to taking off “Lids” in this post does not pertain to Eli’s Lids. Eli’s Lids should remain on at all times (weather pending) to keep kiddos adorable and stylish!

Better yet, use reusable cups and water bottles just like the Eli’s Lids kiddos…

“…more than 1 billion water bottles are winding up in the trash in California each year. That translates into nearly 3 million empty water bottles going to the trash EVERY day and an estimated $26 million in unclaimed California Refund Value (CRV) deposits annually. If recycled, the raw materials from those bottles could be used to make 74 million square feet of carpet, 74 million extra large T-shirts or 16 million sweaters, among other things.”

(info taken from: PRESS RELEASE – California Department of Conservation May 29th 2003)