I wanted to give you a “heads up” that the next Use Me and Abuse Me Day is coming up this Wednesday, June 6th. That’s the day you can come to my blog for a virtual party. You are welcome to leave a link to one of your posts in my comment section on Wednesday. I found that leaving a hook or brief description helped lure readers to your blog.
Remember that you don’t go to a party with a to-go box, fill it with appetizers, and leave. In other words, don’t drop off your link without clicking on a few. This is an interactive party where you look for new bloggers to hook up with. Well you know what I mean. Introduce yourself. Chat them up! You may even subscribe to a couple!
Since I will be allowing you to abuse my comment section, all I ask in return is to consider subscribing to my blog.
Capturing these photos to get the point across gave me a headache….It seemed like such a simple idea. “Heads Up, right?” I think my husband Danny poured a couple hundred tennis balls on my head to get these shots…..
I took this after 8 tennis balls bounced off my head…
Missed the shot again! My eyes are still crossed…
This is about to put my eye out!
This one hit the planter and then my shoulder after 6 balls hit my head…
Snapped too early
I was laughing so hard, I had to lose the scarf. Closed my eyes! Dang it!
Am I yawning or about to be knocked unconscious?
Why can’t I learn Photoshop and super-impose them like everyone else?
Well anyway, you get the idea….
Head’s up! The next Use Me and Abuse Me Day is coming this Wednesday, June 6th. Get ready for another virtual party!
I will post around 7:00 AM Mountain Time
There is still time to choose the ending in Fractured Dreams!
Okay, well . . . this is embarassing. I usually try not to be the first to show up to the party, but I guess that’s what happens when I’ve got all morning to myself. I wanted to paste an old post about action movies, but I’ll come back later with that one. In the interim, I’ll paste this post. And what makes it so special you may ask? Well, it was the first time Ms Colorado commented on my blog, that’s what. http://drinkswellwithothers.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/things-always-happen-in-a-way-outside-of-normal/
Fantastic!
I remember too! I was cruising through the topics and found you! So glad I did…
Absolutely hilarious!! Hope you don’t have a forehead bruise
Thanks for being the happy hostess!
The ones that Danny pitched from the upstairs window did hurt a little!
But somehow I survived…
Great pics! <3
I've got my party hat ready and plenty of confetti!
Fantabulous! I just finished the VLOG.
I will look forward to “seeing” you tomorrow!
Cute, Susie! Are you going to send out a reminder about tomorrow? I have the attention span of a gnat.
Thank you!
I’ll post it on FB and Twitter. You may see it with the Triberr blogs.
I hope to see you tomorrow!
That Danny is a lucky man! Having a wife who asks to be abused? And getting to take photos, too? I have to always beg. And I dare not point the camera her way. The last time she allowed me to take photos was on our wedding night. Well, it was really only our wedding day! But it was after 5.
If the preview is so entertaining I am sure the event would be blast
Looking forward to the party. Btw: DO you maintain the flowers in the backyard too? When do you get time for that?
I do and I still have annuals to pot. I love getting my hands dirty and it is a great way to take a break and get some fresh air. Some of the pots are on a drip system which helps since I have around 30 of them!
Thanks Yatin. See you tomorrow!
OK, got me. Subscribing … right … now. Life’s been way to serious at this end of the computer screen.
I am so glad and tomorrow you can party with us! My blog is never serious. Silly, quirky, and humorous with a little flash fiction thrown in now and then…
See you tomorrow!
Susie,are you hurt?Wonders will never cease…lol!!!
Hahaha! I started to get a headache, but it went away when I was done shooting. No surprise there. I hope you will stop by with a link to your blog on Wednesday!
That is too funny girl! Dropping tennis balls on your head for a picture. You needed to get in one of those kids ball pits and have them drop the load on you. Then put the camera on continuous shooting. That would have been something. Now go find one!
The party sounds like a blast. Parties at your place always are.
I am supposed to have the continuous shooting feature on my camera, but I cannot get it to work…. Dang! That would have been a lot easier.
Thanks Debra! It wouldn’t be a party without you!
Thank you, Sue. That’s a bummer on the continuous shoot feature.
After seeing and being amused by your pictures, I concluded that it’s a good thing that your husband doesn’t like golf… But I’ll definitely show up for your party. I’ll be there or be square! Or maybe octagonal… I know that I’ll be in good shape at your party, which is a good thing! Cause otherwise, who knows what kind of shape I might be in??? LOL
You could be amorphous… Hahaha! I am glad you are coming to join in the fun!
OK, this time I am digging something deep and maybe even a little serious. My blog has nosedived like a cargo freighter in Nigeria since I left so I could use a boost from your many loyal readers
Oh hey! It’s not you. It’s summer! You could post one of your photo blogs since readers will be racing from blog to blog with virtual cocktails in their hand, but anything of yours will be fantabulous!
I might do that…I was thinking something along those lines
You are great with the tennis balls – lot better than me – honestly… ‘big smile’
I just could not get the shots until the end.
I hope you will stop by on Wednesday with a link to one of your posts…
Thanks!
“Use Me and Abuse Me Day”?
Sounds cool, Susie!
Just post a link in my comment section on Wednesday and go cruising for some new bloggers by clicking on their links!
Hi,
That’s great, another party and heaps of fun, and I just love your photos.
Ha! Love the photos with the tennis balls. Did you ask your DH what he was thinking of as he threw them?! “Thats for the time you made me watch Desperate Housewives…”
Sounds interesting, Susie. I wasn’t around the blog world for the last one since I’m relatively new to this (only about 8 mos. now). Will have to join up on Wednesday. Thanks for the invite.
Ha – you had me laughing and cannot wait until June 6th! Have a Great Day:)
I am so glad you could laugh with me! See you then and have a wonderful day too!
ha ha ha! Oh! Susie! You do me PROUD with this photo shoot; I am giggling away. And? It’s kind of unfair that you still look hawt while having tennis balls thrown at your gourd.
Your ‘use me and abuse me’ idea is such a great one – the last was a MASSIVE success – I loved it!
I’m on it chica! It was a great idea last time and I was able to discover some good blogs. Blissful Adventurer and LameAdventures rock! Hope to meet a couple more. By the way, that day was my highest visitors rating, You’re awesome. You Rock! Some people actually ventured off to check out the Guat
I am so glad to hear that! It gave me shivers since it’s my intention to get my followers to meet up.
How cool is that! Thanks Guat for making my day!
After seeing these photos I can only say one thing: you are awesome. Or heinous. (is that the word you’re hoping to bring back? I know it was an H word…)
Hideous! Hahaha! I am still laughing….
I hope you will come by with a link to share since there will be a lot of new bloggers to check out!
Thanks Darla! You are the hideoust! …looks like a French word….
Excellent idea! It was really wonderful last time!
And, should you find the answer to the question on why you can’t learn Photoshop – please publish the answer in your blog!
Scott
It’s only because I haven’t bought it! Hahaha! I should bite the bullet and take a class…someday. I think I would have a lot of fun with it since I love messing around with photography.
I am so glad to hear that you will be coming to the party. See you Wednesday Scott!
Very funny photos Susie – a lot more natural than being photoshopped, I’d say! I’ll see if I can call by once again on Wednesday… which means I’ll call again on Wednesday!
These are untouched photos I can assure you or I would have taken the wrinkles out of my forehead!
I just adjusted the color.
I am so glad you will be coming to the party Tom. I really enjoyed reading everyone’s posts last time!d See you Wednesday~
Excellent!
Ha! Love it. I can’t figure Photoshop out either, but woman, you don’t need it. Looking forward to partying with you and your gang as always!
Oh you are too kind! Hahaha! At first I looked at the photos and thought they were too unattractive to use. Then I realized that was the “beauty” of them and used the ones that contained a ball!
Looking forward to seeing you on the 6th too!
Thanks August~
At least the last picture on this post was not you lying flat on your back tennis ball bruised and passed out. I think we should be ordered to subscribe and donate Nerf balls. To be continued on Wednesday, buddy!
I should have had one taken like that! What was I thinking? We just came down from the mountains and it was threatening to rain so I took these in a hurry.
Love the Nerf ball idea for next time. Wait, next time???? I think I would wear a hard hat!
See you on Wednesday!
oh my god Susie that scarf was the only protection you had.
Hahaha! This time when I got an idea in my head, it literally landed on it…
Thank you for the use and abuse me day! I can’t believe how you enjoy abusing your own head by standing in front of a tennis ball throwing machine… awesome!
I am CRAZY! No doubt about that.
I will look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
Susie: Been subscribed from day one and this is such a wonderful thing you are doing. Just tell me one of those balls did not hit you..:)
HUGGGGGGGGGGGGG
A couple hundred hit my head. The ones tossed down from upstairs were the worst!
See you Wednesday Linda~
That’s hilarious. What time you posting?
Around 7 am Mountain Time. See you then!
Sweet, tanks.
By the way, thanks for the reminder. I updated it with the time I will post.
haha, you’re welcome.
It’s like coming to the fair coming here, you’re awesome!
Thanks Catherine! I will look forward to your visit!
Excellent dodging skills. I am guessing the scarf adds an agility bonus. See you all Wednesday!
At least I know I have one talent.. Hahaha!
See you then!
Yay! Another par-tay!
These pictures are so great. You have an awesome sense of humor, Miss Susie. =)
Thanks Ellie! When I first looked at them, I thought they are so awful since I am flinching and squinting in these foreshortened photos, but then I thought, “That’s what makes them funny!”
See you Wednesday!
What?! You lost your scarf? But everybody knows that’s the best type of tennis ball armor.
I got so hot jumping away from balls. It was hard not to flinch. I needed to wear a hard hat!
I hope you will be back on Wednesday to party with us!
Gosh, I’m like you with Photoshop, I’m afraid. But these photos are fun! I will be back on Wednesday. Promise!
Hugs,
Kathy
Thanks Kathryn! I will look forward to “seeing” you!
I can’t come to the party this week because too busy but please keep inviting me because I think it is a brilliant idea Susie! Jx
Feel free to come by anytime. People dropped by weeks after the party started.
Thank you!
phew!
These pictures crack me up!! “See” you on Wednesday.
Sounds like a party! Thanks Katie!