Blogging Advice from a Pioneer!

Many of you regular bloggers are probably familiar with Pioneer Woman.  Today she gave some advice for bloggers, you can read it here.  I'm going to try and follow that advice. 

The first pointer was to be yourself.  Then she elaborated and said to write like you are talking to your sister.  So I will, or will try at least.  And like when I talk to my sister, I like to have the last word...

And speaking of sisters, my one and only, younger than me (although I never, ever think of her as my little sister, even though she is shorter than me too) is coming for a visit in a few weeks.  Sweet!  It's been two years since we saw each other.

Well actually she will be spending most of her time visiting our mother, but hopefully we'll get some sisterly bonding in there too.  You know, while we whip through the racks in the thrift store, hoping to find that fantastic find before the other one does.

Damn, she beat me too it I'll be thinking when I spot some gem in her basket. 

I told her that I was going to try and lose 20 lbs before she got here, and she said she was hoping I'd gain 10 lbs.  Yep, there's always that eyeing each other up so see if the other sister is up or down in weight since you last saw them.

And then there's the 'projects' around here that have been ongoing, or more like on the back burner, what seems like forever.  I'd love to have them all done, but I am realistic, and am just hoping that the current project of replacing the deck will be done before she gets here.

Oh, and we'd better dig out the spare bedroom, as my sister is spending the first night at our place.  There's a family joke around here about horizontal surfaces and how they are just crying out to be covered in 'things'.  So the only room that could qualify as the guest bedroom is kind of a store room.  The parts of the shower waiting to be used in the 'on the back burner' bathroom renovation are in there.  The recycling is in there, the pile waiting to be dropped off at the thrift store is on the bed.  Jammed between the bed and the chest of drawers is another bed, on edge.

Hopefully it will all look lovely by the time she arrives.  If all else fails she can share the futon with Luna!

And Luna said   pffffft! to that idea.

And yes, that IS a hole in the corner of the pillow right above her head, and it WAS Luna that did it, so I think she has lost all rights to an opinion in the matter of futon sharing.