Vlog: Thank You To Tampons, Houseflies, Forever 21, and Pinterest

By | September 6, 2012
Mama's Losin' It

I want you all to know I’m taking a HUGE leap in blogging. No, I’m not moving. Not yet at least.

As you all know, I love to participate in the Writer’s Workshop over at Mama’s Losin’ It every Thursday. I look forward to her prompts every week, and when I sometimes fail to participate I am so bummed. I love reading new blogs and discovering all the different ways bloggers will interpret a prompt. So fun.

This week, she–THE Mama Kat,  gave the option to vlog. Have you ever seen Jimmy Fallon read his thank you notes? He is hilarious, and while I am not trying to replicate his style or voice, my video is one hundred percent inspired by his thank you note feature.

I felt really weird sitting in front of a camera. This is my first time ever trying such a thing. I hope you guys like it, but if you do not, please let me down gently. After all, this is me. And this is how I talk. And these are my thoughts. The only difference between my real voice and my writing voice is the absence of my trusty thesaurus. And the delete button.

Also, I suck at technology so there was no editing except for the snazzy title I inserted. Ok, enough talk. Now I’m gonna really talk.

Who would you like to thank?

32 thoughts on “Vlog: Thank You To Tampons, Houseflies, Forever 21, and Pinterest

  1. hilljean

    Oh thanks! Yah, sometimes I get really overwhelmed with pinterest. I have used it for party planning and even sometimes pin my own projects, but it’s also a little de-motivating to see all the wonderful things that I don’t have the money or energy to make. Haha. Thanks for stopping by!

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  2. hilljean

    Congrats on your first vlog! I have been stuck on Pinterest with all of the great food ideas and recipes. And I can relate to the whole-finding-nothing-in-the-store when you really need to find something. Happens to me all the time!

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  3. hilljean

    Kat, you are the queen of vlogging, so I take this as quite the compliment ????

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  4. hilljean

    Thanks! It was fun once I got over feeling awkward ???? Have you ever done one?

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  5. hilljean

    Stopping by via SITS, love the vlog, so funny, love the thank you tampons! Maybe one day I’ll get the nerve to do a vlog of my own!

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  6. hilljean

    Thanks, Hillary! Glad you enjoyed it ???? Also, I love addressing another Hillary. Always makes me smile ????

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  7. hilljean

    Well…I guess that’s true. Do they all start with, “so I saw this thing on Pinterest…”?

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  8. hilljean

    Thank you! Yes, Pinterest totally applies to my pregnancies as well. Oh well. I guess our kids will have killer weddings, huh?

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  9. hilljean

    All right, that’s it! I’ve had this issue where I can’t view videos on blogs for a few weeks, and I’ve been too lazy to try to figure it out. But this not seeing your vlog is got ot go! I’ll be back after I troubleshoot!

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  10. hilljean

    NEVER have seen this by Jimmy Fallon. LOVED it. Thanks for turning me on to something new. Now I will watch your vlog. and there will never be anything bad I’ll say about anyone attempting a vlog. It’s putting yourself out there and that takes guts.

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  11. hilljean

    ooh, well done you on your first vlog!!! I am so with you on the Pinterest thing. Think of not only my wedding but my baby room, oh, and the birthday parties I COULD have given my kids all those years.

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  12. hilljean

    I just stick with Forever 21 for their accessories. They are a very frustrating place to shop at but somehow I still use them.
    I really hope I didn’t get 20 pounds added to me! Yikes! I didn’t think of it….I’m gonna have to watch this again and see. Thank you for stopping by!

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  13. hilljean

    Oh dear! Well, you can see it on youtube. I don’t know why it’s doing that, but I’ve heard a few people had that problem. I’ll link up my youtube channel. Do you vlog?

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  14. hilljean

    for some reason it would not let me log in so here is my info…
    Dawn aka BusyMom at Dawneing.blogspot.com

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  15. hilljean

    This literally cracked me up!!! HAHHA the Pinterest and Chick-fil-A , growling tummy hahaha so very true!!!!

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  16. hilljean

    I should have thanked my flies too lol. You’re too cute. Visiting from Mama Kats.

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  17. hilljean

    Stopping in from Mama Kat’s…
    Congrats on your VLOG! It turned out really well… I am too shy to try it… and then there is the 10 pound factor… which probably actually means 20… and I certainly cannot afford to look 20 pounds heavier than I really am… so I wrote my thank you notes… I forgot about Forever 21… I am pretty sure that name is a code for color-blind bulimic girls and their too-old-to-wear-those-clothes mothers… even my 5 ft nothing -15 year old soccer-playing, lacrosse-playing, indoor-track running daughter has trouble finding clothes that are the right size and age appropriate for public places there!
    Again, Kudos to you on a job well done!

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  18. hilljean

    Thanks so much! The intro was just a little feature on my Mac iMovie. I have so much to learn!

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  19. hilljean

    HEY! at the very least, your wedding didn’t look like a thousand others… I’ve seen four or five weddings now and they looked identical!

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  20. hilljean

    Amber, you know what’s so weird, I totally thought of you when I was typing that. Maybe cause I could see that happening to you too. Bahahah! Glad we both have dark humor ???? Love you too!

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  21. hilljean

    Best line: “My favorite is when I am in a living room and someone has just died.” I dont know why this line is so funny to me but I can stop laughing!! I have a mental picture of you and your growling stomach on a couch, next to a dead person, apologizing for your awkwardly loud stomach. Again, not sure why this is so freakin’ funny to me…my humor is in a dark place right now…LOVE YA!

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  22. hilljean

    Do it! And thanks for stopping by ???? SITS always sends the best people my way ????

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  23. hilljean

    Freaking awesome thank you notes! I am going to have to join you on the whole Pinterest thing. I need to thank it for coming out 5 years AFTER my last baby so that I couldn’t use all the cute ideas to announce a pregnancy. I did have triplets after all… I see a ton of cool ways to announce that and I didn’t get to use any of them.

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  24. hilljean

    Do you crave Chic Fil A on sunday? I’ve talked to many people that share the same weird craving!

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  25. robyn

    Ohmuhlawd, you are the most adorable EVER! Loved the vlog – you did a great job!

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  26. hilljean

    Awesome job on your first Vlog! I Vlogged a few times but yesterday was the first time I used Youtube….must figure out how to do the fancy little intro you had! And YES on the Pinterest thing!

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