Guess who found her Pinterest login? Yup, this nerd. Some recent pins that I love:
1. Black Bean Bowl via Bleubird Vintage, so delicious (and easy! and my kids actually ate it!) // 2. Don’t Lick My Arm (It’s What Weird Kids Do) print // 3. Bowties Are Cool print, a favorite Doctor Who quote and a very true statement // 4. No Makeup, Makeup Look, which I’ve used pretty much every day since I saw this // 5. The Madewell Spring Line makes me want (no, need!) to move to France // Moment Junkie, a new favorite site // 7. Swimsuit // 8. DIY Upholstered Headboard, Trent and I totally made this and no I’m not kidding // 9. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson, only read if you don’t mind snorting with laughter in public //
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It’s an hour until five on Friday, and THANK GOD, you know? This has been a big week around the Crazybananas house. You might notice some of the changes right in front of your face (unless you’re reading via RSS feed), as I’m currently finishing up a little facelift around here. I ended up staying awake way too late last night working on some final touches, and things are still glitchy, but hopefully next week we can do a real relaunch. With cupcakes! And sparklers!
Wait, have they invented that gadget from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where you can deliver goods via a television (or in this case, computer) screen? No. Hum. Well, I’ll eat the cupcake and take a picture to celebrate. And you can find your own cupcake. This is going no where and I am way off topic…
In keeping with a new tradition, here are some Instagram shots of our week. I’m finishing up my second Instagram Photo A Day Challenge, so I’m thinking about what’s coming up next. I’ll let you know when I do!
(Follow me on Instagram under the handle crazy_bananas. Photo A Day Challenge via Fat Mum Slim.)
When I was a sophomore in college, I left behind my best friends and new boyfriend (who would later become my husband) for a summer as a camp counselor in upstate New York. I have no idea, literally NO IDEA, how I ended up with this job. Sure, the camp recruited college students, especially scholarship kids, to work for them during the summer, but WTF were they doing at the University of Kansas. Every other counselor was from NYU or Columbia or England or Australia or somewhere else exotic and amazing. I was from Kansas. And it was my first real experience with the outside world as a Kansan.
“Have you ever seen a tornado.”
“Do you live on a farm.”
“Oh, Dorothy! Right?!”
“You’re not in Kansas anymore…hahahaha.”
Bad jokes aside, it was my first real summer away, and though I never returned to Camp Pontiac, as many counselors did, I never forgot my time there. I was named Color War Captain that year (a big deal, as I was the only first year counselor that was named a captain…unless you went to summer camp this probably makes no sense, huh?) and even years later tried to stay in touch with my fellow counselors. I always looked at their summer photos with envy from my cubicle and, later, my office. Some of them still spend the year traveling and doing odd jobs, culminating with another summer at Pontiac. My envy is palpable.
I even looked up how much it would cost to send Lu there for a summer, thinking maybe I could get a job as a nurse or counselor or bunk master or something. Turns out, my summer funplace is actually pretty exclusive, costing about $10,000 per kid, per summer. Either I was grossly underpaid or someone is making BANK!
Due to the amazing capability of social media to bring people together, I’ve found many of my former campers (and counselors, hi Vicks!) via Facebook, and yesterday I almost started screaming when I heard this audio from a former camper, Nina Carlin. I won’t say much, only that we used to refer to her as “Monkey Pants Nina” due to a pair of monkey themed pajamas that she refused to take off or wash. Cut her some slack, she was eight years old. No more, people. Now she’s one of the most talented people I’ve heard in a while. You can play her first single below. And thank me. I’m sure it was my musical influence that shaped her and led her to this day.
(Or not. Likely not. Hi, Nina! It’s me! Megan! I used to read you Harry Potter! Oh, nevermind, just sign my album cover…)
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Viva La Pinterest!
/1 Comment/in Gimme, web /by MeganGuess who found her Pinterest login? Yup, this nerd. Some recent pins that I love:
1. Black Bean Bowl via Bleubird Vintage, so delicious (and easy! and my kids actually ate it!) // 2. Don’t Lick My Arm (It’s What Weird Kids Do) print // 3. Bowties Are Cool print, a favorite Doctor Who quote and a very true statement // 4. No Makeup, Makeup Look, which I’ve used pretty much every day since I saw this // 5. The Madewell Spring Line makes me want (no, need!) to move to France // Moment Junkie, a new favorite site // 7. Swimsuit // 8. DIY Upholstered Headboard, Trent and I totally made this and no I’m not kidding // 9. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir) by Jenny Lawson, only read if you don’t mind snorting with laughter in public //
Weekly Roundup
/1 Comment/in Photos /by MeganIt’s an hour until five on Friday, and THANK GOD, you know? This has been a big week around the Crazybananas house. You might notice some of the changes right in front of your face (unless you’re reading via RSS feed), as I’m currently finishing up a little facelift around here. I ended up staying awake way too late last night working on some final touches, and things are still glitchy, but hopefully next week we can do a real relaunch. With cupcakes! And sparklers!
Wait, have they invented that gadget from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where you can deliver goods via a television (or in this case, computer) screen? No. Hum. Well, I’ll eat the cupcake and take a picture to celebrate. And you can find your own cupcake. This is going no where and I am way off topic…
In keeping with a new tradition, here are some Instagram shots of our week. I’m finishing up my second Instagram Photo A Day Challenge, so I’m thinking about what’s coming up next. I’ll let you know when I do!
(Follow me on Instagram under the handle crazy_bananas. Photo A Day Challenge via Fat Mum Slim.)
Little Girls Grow Up
/0 Comments/in Fun, Work /by MeganWhen I was a sophomore in college, I left behind my best friends and new boyfriend (who would later become my husband) for a summer as a camp counselor in upstate New York. I have no idea, literally NO IDEA, how I ended up with this job. Sure, the camp recruited college students, especially scholarship kids, to work for them during the summer, but WTF were they doing at the University of Kansas. Every other counselor was from NYU or Columbia or England or Australia or somewhere else exotic and amazing. I was from Kansas. And it was my first real experience with the outside world as a Kansan.
“Have you ever seen a tornado.”
“Do you live on a farm.”
“Oh, Dorothy! Right?!”
“You’re not in Kansas anymore…hahahaha.”
Bad jokes aside, it was my first real summer away, and though I never returned to Camp Pontiac, as many counselors did, I never forgot my time there. I was named Color War Captain that year (a big deal, as I was the only first year counselor that was named a captain…unless you went to summer camp this probably makes no sense, huh?) and even years later tried to stay in touch with my fellow counselors. I always looked at their summer photos with envy from my cubicle and, later, my office. Some of them still spend the year traveling and doing odd jobs, culminating with another summer at Pontiac. My envy is palpable.
I even looked up how much it would cost to send Lu there for a summer, thinking maybe I could get a job as a nurse or counselor or bunk master or something. Turns out, my summer funplace is actually pretty exclusive, costing about $10,000 per kid, per summer. Either I was grossly underpaid or someone is making BANK!
Due to the amazing capability of social media to bring people together, I’ve found many of my former campers (and counselors, hi Vicks!) via Facebook, and yesterday I almost started screaming when I heard this audio from a former camper, Nina Carlin. I won’t say much, only that we used to refer to her as “Monkey Pants Nina” due to a pair of monkey themed pajamas that she refused to take off or wash. Cut her some slack, she was eight years old. No more, people. Now she’s one of the most talented people I’ve heard in a while. You can play her first single below. And thank me. I’m sure it was my musical influence that shaped her and led her to this day.
(Or not. Likely not. Hi, Nina! It’s me! Megan! I used to read you Harry Potter! Oh, nevermind, just sign my album cover…)