Hooray! My house is officially under contract!

This means I can leave my clothes on the floor again because I won’t have any more showings!

This means I don’t have to inspect the house top-to-toe for hairballs every day!

This means I can leave dishes in the drainer!

And this means that once the house passes inspections (which the buyer must have done inside 10 days), I have to pack and find an apartment and move all my crap by September 30th.

Hrm.

Shiz.

I know you want to click over to Rebekah Reviews It and see who won the tasty Fruit2O Essentials giveaway, don’t you?

Yes, you do!

http://rebekahj81.com/reviews/2009/fruit2o-essentials-giveaway-winner/

My review blog is a baby blog still and it needs your love! I didn’t have very many entries on this first giveaway, so I hope you don’t miss the next one!

(Fill glass with water so as not to have to hold up bottle of Bud Select for toast)

Thank you all so much for coming tonight to celebrate with us as we welcome Groom into our family. I’m Rebekah, Bride’s sister – her OLDER sister, which means I have had more than twenty-five years to learn an awful lot about her. Those of you who knew us growing up may recall that Bride and I had a tendency to butt heads – yeah, keep it down over in the cheap seats! (roll eyes and smile at laughing family) –  I was always accusing her of being a copycat and she always complained that I was telling her what to do.

And there will be more on that in a minute. (evil wink at Bride as she makes a fake-scared face)

As Bride and I have matured – if you can call it that (Bride snickers) – we’ve come to realize that our head-butting was not because we were so different, it’s because we’re really so much alike. (Mom gets teary) We understand each other a lot better now, and one of the reasons we did clash often is because Bride, like me, is very independent and likes to do things her own way.

And I’m proud to say that as independent as she always has been, Bride has learned that being independent doesn’t mean you have to do everything alone. You can be independent and find love. She knows she can be an independent woman and form a strong partnership and still do things her way – as long as her partner is a great man like Groom who will let her get away with it. (Pause for great, roaring laughter as Groom acknowledges this with nod and a big smile)

Bride and I have gone down different paths and I can no longer call her my little copycat, but as her big sister I still reserve the right to tell her what to do once in awhile. So, Bride and Groom, I want to tell you to do this right now: look at your families. Right here in this room you have almost 170 years of marriage in your immediate families alone: Groom’s Parents, Bride’s Parents, and both sets of Bride’s Grandparents (all Grandparents start to tear up). Of course this does not even include the marriages of Groom’s Grandparents, who are no longer with us.

So copycat that, because your families have set this example for you. We love you and we are all behind you every step of the way. (Mom cries, Bride sniffles)

I’d like to invite everyone to raise their glasses now to Bride and Groom. To everyone who stands behind you and for everything that you have ahead of you – cheers.

(Toast with water glass, then sit down and grab desperately for beer and try not to cry too)

I have a yummy giveaway for you!

Since I’ve been asked to do some reviews and I don’t want to necessarily turn this, my personal blog, into a contest or a shill, I’ve started Rebekah Reviews It for both sponsored and un-sponsored giveaways and write-ups.

Click here to go to http://rebekahj81.com/reviews and check out the review and giveaway for Fruit2O Essentials.

This is a post testing the WP2Tumblr plugin that’s supposed to be an option for putting some of my blog posts directly to my Tumblr.

Yes, I started a Tumblr.

My intention is to use it to post SOME of my stuff because my family always asks me about my blog and why they can’t read it – especially now that I’m being asked to do reviews and have parties because of my blog presence. They think I must be quasi-important (hah!) and I think that my unwillingness to let them read my blog in its entirety is making them feel a little left out. I just don’t want them futzing through all the back posts about E, about Tim… and I don’t want them reading about when I’m mad or depressed and whatnot. My family worries a lot. But I write about a lot of innocent things too, so why not share those? Or even slightly-edited versions of the mostly-innocent stuff, like Operation PANTS?

So I’m thinking that the Tumblr could be a sort of edited version of Swinging from the Chandelier. The WP2Tumblr plugin gives me a box on my “Write Post” screen that I can check if I want the post sent to my Tumblr, or uncheck if I don’t. And I can add little update-y bits on there too, just to keep them posted on things that I otherwise wouldn’t write an entire post about.

Could this be a good idea that allows me the opportunity to let the family in a LITTLE bit while not giving them access to all of the details?

What are your tumbly thoughts?

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Update: WP2Tumblr WORKED!