Social media never fails to remind me that I am funny, but slightly insane. Here are a few of the moments that you may have missed if you aren’t following me on social media. For those of you who have the pleasure of seeing me in the flesh, I’d like to apologize for those moments where you question how you ever got mixed up with me. Sadly, you’re stuck with me for life.
Now, before you panic and think I won’t be able to blog any more, calm yourself. This is my old iMac, Henrietta. Hubster’s father gifted me a new one, Georgina, but like a treasured friend I keep the old one limping along through sheer willpower. Georgina would be bereft without Henrietta beside her on the computer desk.
This has happened since. I am convinced I am under attack by spiders with superior camouflaging abilities. Each time I sense movement, they blend. It’s really freaking me out!
As if IKEA wasn’t already impressive enough, now they’re helping me gain popularity online. Long live the Swedish meatball!
What can I say but I’m sorry?! I want to say it won’t happen again, but it really may be more your fault than mine. If you don’t see me slightly shaking as you speak, I’ve probably not had enough caffeine for rational thought.
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Your IKEA tweet sounds like my PopTarts tweet. Responded to their picture with what certainly wasn’t my best tweet of all time and I got RT and Likes for days. Crazy how that works sometimes.
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It makes me want to critique everything I write before hitting tweet. You never know what will be popular.
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That Ikea tweet….genius. I may have to use #SainsburysAsda and see what happens… (they’re merging apparently) actually I’m going to do it…..#anythinggoes
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See what happens! It can only end up being fun.
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Back with #dreamteam
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Is Georgina still under warranty? I was so lucky last year when my Mac died after drinking too much tea (literary) Thankfully hubby had insured it and I only had to pay a couple hundred $$$ for the excess to get a brand spanking new Laptop. #dreamteam
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Henrietta is six years old so she’s out of warranty. Georgina is still a toddler and she’s got a great warranty. I knew Henrietta wasn’t doing well when we replaced her but I love her still 🙃 I’m determined to keep her running!
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Who knew? IKEA huh? Maybe next time I shall find a convulted way to include IKEA, M&S and a popular celebrity into my next blog post 😂 #dreamteam
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You would definitely see some Twitter notification madness!!
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I totally get the spider thing. I think it’s happening to me too. #dreamteam
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Spiders are everywhere! Sneaky little ninjas.
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Haha 😂Heather you never fail to have me in hysterics with your funny posts. You are officially my hero and the best antedote to a crumby morning. Love that Henrietta has a pal, and really??? Ikea?? What happened there! Long live the Swedish meatball indeed. Thanks for being such an awesome host on the #DreamTeam xxx
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Ikea is still my most retweeted post. I’ll never understand why!
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This made me properly chuckle, thank you! Though I’m devastated that I did tweet about IKEA yesterday and saw no retweets 😔 Might be something to do with the fact I only have 31 followers as a newbie blogger! 😂 This time next year, Rodney…
#DreamTeam
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This time next year indeed! Welcome to the blogging world, we’re so happy you’ve found us!!!
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Lol IKEA tweet is genius! What did you say btw? I got badly burned by Twitter when I was retweeted a bunch of times on a controversial tweet that was misquoted. It was very annoying and frustrating because you can’t unravel all the rubbish other people write about you, especially when they only read what they want to read and disregard the rest. I had to mute/block the conversation in the end so i have no idea what people are saying behind my back! I’m sticking to the light hearted and nonpoliical stuff now!! #DreamTeam
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The tweet was along the lines of the secret to being able to put together their furniture is the correct ratio of meatballs. It was just so odd that it got so much attention.
I’m sorry to hear that one of your tweets got taken so far out of context. I stay away from any political tweets -there are too many crazy people on Twitter who go nuts over the smallest statement.
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Lol that sounds like a funny one. Yes I have learnt my lesson the hard way! It’s mad how people are happy to write stuff they’d never say to your face!
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You are so funny – love how your blog is so different to anyone else’s and the Swedish meatball made me chuckle #DreamTeam
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Aw! Thank you so much!
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I laughed HARD!! #dreamteam
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Thank you!!!
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Love coming back to read your posts each week #DreamTeam
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Thank you so much! And thank you for always joining us on the dream team, I absolutely love hosting.
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Hi, the one about the couch made me smile the most. I’m not a fan of spiders but could easily use them as an excuse to by a new couch #dreamteam
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Your spouse won’t even question it, all you have to do is say the word spider and they understand what happened!
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I do the spider thing too! It doesn’t help that my daughter loves finding spiders and points them out (or what she thinks are spiders- she’s only little) all the time! Argh! #DreamTeam
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I’m so glad I don’t have a kid pointing out every spider I miss. I don’t think I would ever be able to close my eyes again!
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I love the couch one too – my wife’s logic in a nutshell! #DreamTeam
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Hubster doesn’t even try to reason with me anymore… poor guy is exhausted.
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Twitter’s weird. Some stuff seems to go down well while other stuff dies on it’s arse or gets you in a whole heap of trouble! IKEA though?! Who’d have thought it
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I would’ve never thought such a random tweet would get so much attention!
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I need to see a picture of your sofa…. I don’t understand how its tricking you that there’s spiders but i wholeheartedly agree that you don’t need that kind of stress in your life!
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It’s just a standard tan couch with leather trim. It doesn’t even have a design on it that could trick me. That’s what’s so perplexing. But I am convinced the spiders are doing it just to push my brain over the edge into complete insanity!
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badtimes!
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Ha ha I totally agree with the caffeine requirements! I need at least 2 cups before feeling normal. I think I may try the ikea trick to get some retweets too! I love reading other people’s funny quips. Enjoyed the read
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Thank you!
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Agree with Ikea. My post on it it being hell was one of my most viewed this year.
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Everyone is drawn to the meatball haven!
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Meatball heaven, you can’t be still taking about ikea 🤣
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I’ll never stop talking about the Disneyland of meatballs!
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You’ve obviously never had good meatballs.
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I do make my own (Italian) that are pretty delicious but I don’t know how to make a Swedish meatball. And you’re right, I’ve never had Swedish meatballs anywhere else. Maybe I need to find a place that has them…
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What inspired blogging advice – Ikea posts all the way from now on 😉
#dreamteam
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I love your couch theory…I’m so with you. We have a mouse that is unbelievably coming into our car and the one next door,nibbling on anything left behind and then leaving ffs!!!!Its a modern car by the way,nothing with holes in.I dont know how I’m doing the school run at the minute. The kids are sh.tting themselves too.I want a new one NOW!!!!
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I don’t blame you, I would’ve set fire to my car! We had a mouse in our house and I had to stay in a hotel until it was caught. I was afraid it was going to nest in my hair like the Little House on the Prairie books from my childhood.
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Oh my God I hadn’t even thought of that but you’re so right……..Shit……
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Those books were traumatizing!
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Ikea has a way with influence 😉 We have a very old iMac desktop at home and her name is limpy! #DreamTeam
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It’s hard to let go of old friends!
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Very funny, my husband doesn’t function without his caffeine in the morning. #dreamteam
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Mine either! He needs 3 cups of coffee each day to function. I’m okay once I’ve had a Coke Zero.
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I should write a post about the Swedish meatballs so I can also do an Ikea tweet. lol #DreamTeam
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Just compliment their meatballs, you’ll get retweets!
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I might just do that! lol
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Good to know about IKEA. I might test that out! #Dreamteam
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I love how you name your iMac’s. Also I’m a coffee addict so need my caffeine fix in the morning or I’ll go bonkers #dreamteam
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Caffeine is truly a gift to this world!
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Your social media posts always give me the giggles Heather. The caffeine one is absolutely me haha. Thanks for hosting #DreamTeam lovely x
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Thank you Dawn!
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I love that you named your laptops lol! I never even thought of that! And who knew Ikea would help you gain more tweets. That is so weird and hilarious:) Thanks for hosting #DreamTeamLinky
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My iMacs are my coworkers, they definitely needed proper names!
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Lol I get that
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haha … that Ikea story still cracks me up!
Thanks for having me as a co-host on the #dreamteam
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We loved having you!!!
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Spider conspiracy finally solved, Thank you. And yes coffee will set you free on the #dreamlinky
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As Alice in Woderland would say All the best people are crazy #DreamTeam
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I’m the same with coffee, that’s perfectly normal behaviour in my book – how can anyone function properly before a coffee – or tea? I don’t know about your spider paranoia, though, it’s definitely not the Sofa’s fault. And what were you thinking feeding cake to a computer?! #dreamteam
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Henrietta feeds on virtual cake any time I’m not watching her closely. How else can we explain all those random images of cake every time I open my browser?! 🤣
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I get so emotionally attached to things. I need a new phone but I love my current one so will be sad to say goodbye. I still have my old camera looking at me on the shelf. I don’t give my gadgets names but maybe I will from now on! #dreamteam
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Once you name them, you keep them forever!
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I use Ikea in tweets & that’s never happened to me – boo hoo! #DreamTeam
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Well that’s not right! Maybe use the word meatball at least three times!
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I’m a Mac person too — even if I have not a clue about half the cool stuff it can do! #BlogCrush
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Google “what can my iMac do” and then just watch different videos. It’s truly amazing the things you’ll figure out that you can do that you didn’t even know you wanted to do.
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Ha ha. What did you do to the sofa? I think I can visualise it!
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Food.everywhere.
And a soda… it’s not my fault!!!
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Hi Heather, I’m popping back in from #blogcrush. It’s been fun meeting up with you a bit more on Twitter, I hope you had a good 4th July.
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I’ve enjoyed getting to meet you too! We had a nerve-wracking fourth, poor Lola hates the fireworks. But we cuddled and I gave her cheese and that made it all better 😁
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Oh poor Lola, fireworks are scary for dogs. I’m glad the cheese made her better! 😁
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Cheese fixes everything with her!
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