I'm a hoarder.

Okay, a potential hoarder.

This week Mama Kat is asking us:  If you were a hoarder, based on your personality...what would you hoard? (better yet, ask someone who knows you well, what they think you would hoard).

So what would I hoard?

Better yet, what have I hoarded?

When I was younger I hoarded kids meal toys.

There are still a few kicking around my parents house for my kids to enjoy when they are there.

When i was a teenager, I hoarded notes.

I had hundreds of notes from friends.

Notes I'd written to "loves".

*gags*

When I was in high school I hoarded photos.

I put them all on my wall with that tacky {greasy} yellow stuff, so I didn't put a thousand tack holes into my dad's walls.

He'd have been so mad.

I had a wall full of photos.

In college I was a hoarder of any piece of anything that represented a memory.

I was 2-3 years into paper scrapbooking, and if I thought I could use it on a page, I kept it.

Pictures, match books, ticket stubs, a paper sack, photos, nick nacks, various little bits of whatever I happened to find.

I had a tote full of the stuff.

It was bad.

After I got married and had my Princess, I hoarded anything that held a memory to my new family.

Clothes, toys, papers, and all the stuff I still had from high school.

It was bad.

Okay, not Hoarders the TV show bad, but enough to be an issue every time we moved.

We do that pretty often.

I finally am learning to let go of the "stuff".

None of the papers, clothes or nick nacks are going to bring those moments back.

None of it.

I still hoard my photos, but it's easier since they are digital.

I hoard my digi scrapbooking supplies, as I create memories with those.

I've let go of *most* of my paper stash.

My newest hoarding obsession though is Pinterest.

I am storing all these links for the *someday*.

It's fun.

And I don't have to move it in a box {or 5} when we move.

It's a good thing.

Play along with Mama Kat this week!

A Pleasant Surprise

Much to my surprise, I opened my Thursday Writing Prompt email from Mama Kat to find that she had featured the guest post from my bestie Christa on the 10 do's and don'ts of flying.

Christa is a flight attendant.

With attitude.

Seriously.

I died.

Then I did a happy dance when I realized that there was going to be more visitors to my quiet little bit of the blog-o-sphere.

This weekend was busy anyways because of the Trixie Scraps Blog Train.

{I have a freebie posted, did you get it?!}

Then, I did another happy dance.

I love new visitors!

{I dream of someday being as cool as Ree from Pioneer Woman}

So, if you're new here, WELCOME!

You should stop back by on Wednesday for my Wishful Wednesday link party!

{right now it's only been me, Angie, and Adrienne, but we'd love more to play with us!}

If you're not new here, well, HI! 

How goes it?

{hi mom!}

^that freaks my mom out when I say hi^

As for me, I'm gonna get crafty this week!

I'm pretty excited.

Princess turns 7 on Sunday.

*tear*

I've got to get busy!

Have a good day!

xoxo

Writer's Workshop: 10 Do's and Don'ts of flying.

Today I have an amazing guest post for you!

When Mama Kat sent out her prompts for this weeks Writer's Workshop, I knew that I had to have one of my best friends, Christa write my post!

She is a flight attendant for a well known airline, and while she loves her job, she does have a few things to say about the "Do's and Don'ts" of flying!

So without further adieu, I give you Christa!

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Dear World,

There are some things you do at the airport that drive me insane!!!!!

So here are a FLIGHT ATTENDANTS 10 do's and don'ts on the airplane...

1. Breath. It is not the end of the world, its a plane ride... It is okay to relax before you get on board. Get a coffee or juice, open a good book, watch the planes land. Enjoy flying! It really is fun!

2. Be nice to flight attendants. We are here to save your ass not to kiss it.

3. Use the bathroom before you get on the airplane. Ours is for necessity NOT luxury. Your stink stays .

4. Don't take your kids with you on a long flight. If you have too you MUST bring them something healthy to eat and something fun to play with. So many parents pump their kids up on sugar because they are on "vacation". They then ask the flight attendants to tell their children to calm down. When did I become mom? It is your kid, is it not? People think they are on a private jet. When playing movies, bring head phones. I don't want to hear the movie "Tangled" on full volume, 6 rows back. It is SO rude!

5. Don't ask stupid questions. Read the signs, look at your boarding ticket. THINK people THINK. If it says gate 10A on your boarding card, on the departure sign AND on the jet way door, what gate do you think you are going out of?

6. DO NOT ever in a million years poke a flight attendant. You don't know me, don't touch me. Use your words! Which brings me to number 7.......

7. PLEASE BE POLITE!!!! The words "please" and "thank you" are rarely used anymore. Many simply point at what they want and assume we can read their mind. What are you 2 years old? Also, when asked what to drink don't say, "coke" or "orange juice". Please say, "may i" and "thank you". Make eye contact! When you don't, it says to the person asking you something, "I am better than you, i don't need to acknowledge you."  

8. When told to turn off your electronics after the boarding door has been closed.. DO IT. Flight attendants do not like babysitting anyone who thinks he can get away with hiding it.. We can tell {we are like ninjas}. Here is an insider note for you, if you chose not to comply with us.. we have the authority to kick you off the flight.

9. DO NOT be a bin hog. If you have 2 items the biggest one goes WHEELS OUT in the over head compartment. The little one goes under the seat in front of you, for take off. After take off, you may pull it out! Put it behind your legs up against the front part of your chair so you have some leg room. Then, on descent, put it back under the seat in front of you. My second part to number 9, NEVER pack more then you can put in the over head compartment. It is not the flight attendants job to be responsible for your heavy luggage. You pack it, you store it, bottom line. If it doesn't fit, check it at the gate.

10. The call light is for emergencies only. Do not hit it unless you are bleeding or we are missing the wing that you saw earlier out your window. flight attendants are friendly when you say please and thank you and they will be out for another round of drinks or to pick up your emergency trash.

Thanks for helping me out, .

Christa

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I love that girl.

She's such a bunch of sass, wrapped up into this cute little ball.

Make sure you check out Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop so you can play along!

Have a great day!

Buh-bye now!