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Daily Musings

April 27, 2009

Top 10 Reasons You Know That You Love & Trust Your Husband

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There are many things that men do that women will put up with for love. You know, the little things that just drive you crazy, cause you to nag, or in my case just laugh it off.  At this point in our marriage I know that I absolutely love and trust my husband.  Why else would I be able to calmly handle the incidents presented in the list below without going ballistic?

I think many women out there endure similar situations, so I have compiled a list of things that husbands in general seem to do. The things that drive some of us  to nag and things that my husband does that other women would quite possibly pop a vein over.

  1. You put up with the snoring, obligingly putting in ear plugs to drown out the noise instead of pushing him off of the bed.
  2. You find him in a car with a woman he forgot to mention was there, when he stopped home to pick something up and you never bring it up.
  3. He tells you he “accidentally” brushed a web/tv celebrity’s ass when they were taking a picture together and mentions how nice it was. You laugh it off.
  4. He refuses to use google maps even though he has a horrible sense of direction and the GPS malfunctions every time you get into the car taking you much longer to get where you are going.
  5. Anytime he finishes the last of something in the fridge or the freezer he leaves the empty box in there for…I don’t have any idea what for!  So I know to put it on the grocery list?  How thoughtful.
  6. He goes out for fast food and gets your order wrong even though you always order the same thing. You don’t retaliate by cooking something he hates.
  7. He calls out other woman’s names while sleeping, sometimes co-workers names.  You don’t even hint about him having an office romance.
  8. He comes home and drops his keys, wallet, shoes, socks, bag, etc. in the middle of the room or strewn about the place as soon as he walks in the door.  You have just spent all day tidying up and making sure everything is in its place.  You don’t immediately throw everything out the window and shove the socks in his mouth.
  9. A few hours after depositing his items about the house, he will come to you and ask where said items are located because he can’t find them.  You politely remind him, as you do each day,  about the entry way table with a key bowl and space for his things, which you set up so they could be easily stored and found.
  10. You ask if he would like something to eat, he replies no.  You prepare yourself something and immediately upon him seeing it he decides he is ravenous and continues to ask for bites until you resign and make more food.  Your drink has now become his drink, along with any candy you may have fantasized about eating.

Daily Musings

April 8, 2009

Starting My Decline Into Social Media

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Starting my decline into the world of social media.  That was my very first tweet and quite accurately the beginning of it all.  I now find myself spending endless hours on Twitter.  I have a Facebook account, Flickr, plinky, digg, friend feed, linked in, google reader, and even a snuggiebook.com account.  I drank the koolaid and I am loving it.  So I have finally decided to officially start my personal blog today.  It has taken me months to actually set aside the time and reflect on what it is I want to share with the world.  Or more likely, the nine friends that will actually care enough about what I might say about them to read it.

The motivation that I needed came from two things.  The first was watching endless hours of Sex and the City.  Seeing Carrie weave her personal life with her quirky take on relationships, always asking questions about love and relationships.  It made me start to think of my own questions and opinions on life and relationships and wanting to express them to an audience.

The second motivator was the 31 day blogger challenge that was announced recently and started on April 6th. I work well under a certain amount of pressure and I thrive off of deadlines.  The course is designed to challenge you and teach you how to be a better blogger. What better way to keep myself on track and learn about building the best blog possible, I thought to myself?  I could not think of a better time to start than now.

This is my very first blog, and my first assignment. To come up with an elevator pitch about my blog. I’m going to write about my life and what it is like to be married to a web 2.0 micro celebrity. Explore how to have a relationship with someone who lives so much of their life online. My husband and I have an amazing relationship, I hope to share some of it with you and hopefully help address issues that you face in your relationships. Most of the people in the tech scene are single. I’m going to talk about what it’s like to be married and constantly thrown into networking events and to see people fawn over your significant other. Online and in person.

I’ve decided to title my blog, Smoking Poetry: the thoughts and musings of a twenty-first century housewife.  I live my life modeled after a 50′s housewife but with a modern spin.  You might not know that I cook and serve my husband dinner every night, or stay at home taking care of the house, the bills, the everyday mundane.  I don’t know many people in my situation.  Most women that stay at home to be wives do it because they have children.  I do it to take care of my husband, and I love it.

My pitch is this:

Smoking Poetry is a personal blog about my life as a housewife in the noughties married to a web micro celebrity.

In its condensed version it reads like this:

Smoking Poetry gives insight into web.20 married life.

I don’t expect to reach a large audience at first, but eventually most of you will get married and will wonder how the hell we manged to stay so happy through this crazy roller coaster of parties that tech people call work.  I hope you enjoy the ride.