Pinterest

Pinterest. It's the latest, greatest thing in the interwebs world. Sure, it's pretty cool. It gives you the ability to pin certain things to different boards, so you can easily go back and look at all the "gardening ideas" you found or the recipes you want to try. The recipe ideas is my favorite board catergory, because I used to always just bookmark recipes and would often have trouble going back to find certain ones. Pinterest lets you "bookmark" it with a picture, so it's much easier to get back to. With all of its greatness aside, Pinterest really annoys me.

Some things about it that annoy me are as follows:

1. Seeing pin after pin with the comments stating; "Why didn't I think of that?", "must have", "trying this tonight!" and the ever present "genius!". 
1. Not every fucking good idea is genius. Save that word for something that is really spectacular, not a god damn pin about closet organization.
2. Q: Why didn't you think of that? A: Because you're probably a moron.
3. Most of the time I don't believe you that you are "trying this tonight", because you probably aren't. Which leads me to #2
2. How much of the stuff/recipes/crafts, etc... do you actually do? Sometimes I think the overzealous pinner just pins shit to make themselves look good. Go look at your boards, how many of those recipes have you actually attempted or will ever attempt? Reality check, isn't it?
3. Re-pinners vs. Pinners- Which one you are says a lot about your character
1. Are all of your pins "re-pins"? Do you ever actually find something on your own and pin it yourself or do you only follow the crowd? If you answered only re-pins, than you are a follower by nature.
2. Don't get me wrong here, there is nothing wrong with re-pinning something. I do it; my friends can find some great stuff, but I don't only pin what other people pinned first. I know how to use the interwebs and find cool stuff all on my own.
4. Pin stealers
1. You know who you are. You see a cool pin from someone, follow the link and then pin it yourself to make it look like it was your original pin.
2. If I pin something only to come back later and see that you "pinned" it too, but it wasn't a re-pin from me... bitch, I know where you got that idea from. Give credit where credit is due.
3. And the credit wouldn't even be really due to me, it would be to whoever created said website, recipe, craft idea, etc.. But the fact that I may have found it and shared and then you "found" it from me and shared it like you were the one that tirelessly typed in words to a search engine and didn't give me credit for tirelessly typing in words to a search engine for it... you see how this site can be annoying? I get mad, because someone stole my idea that I stole from someone else... blah.
5. Same ass pin over and over and over and over.
6. Fattening Ass Recipes... or should I say Ass Fattening Recipes
1. Some of the recipes people post online are so incredibly unhealthy and fattening it is almost unbelievable. Maybe I'm a bit of a health nut, but damnit if some of these recipes aren't the most artery-clogging shits I have ever seen!
2. You think America is the most obese country in the world now, wait til people start actually making some of this shit they find on Pinterest and we are going to see heart attacks quadruple among the population in the next year.
3. Seriously, I would like to do a legitimate scientific study to see if there is an increase in heart-related diseases and deaths since Pinterests inception. I'm sure the results will be astounding... oh wait, I forgot #2, hardly anyone actually tries the recipes they pin. There may be hope for us yet. 

Well, that's it. That's my rant on Pinterest. I truly love and hate the site. It does help me keep all the sites I find into a much more organized set-up as opposed to bookmarks. I'm a visual person, so I love that I can see what I'm looking for rather than searching through different categories of saved websites on a bookmarks tab. I will definitely keep using it, even if I do get slightly annoyed at some of the other pinners on there... I mean, I get slightly annoyed with a lot of people in the real world, so why should this be any different?

Super Freakin Duper Ladies

It is not an easy job to be a mother. Sometimes, I feel like I am doing a fantastic job and other times I feel like a complete failure. With three kids, two dogs and a husband who works 60+ hours a week (not including the times he has to go out of town for work or when he is doing gigs with his other band Herb n Life) I feel so completely overwhelmed at times. There is always something that I "need" to be doing; laundry, dishes, home-schooling my 2nd grader, grocery shopping, diaper changing and did I mention laundry? If I ever catch up on laundry it will truly be a miracle. I mostly get the things done that I need to, but damnit if I don't miss out on a shower or two. I have come to accept the fact that being a mother means never putting yourself first and I am ok with that...most of the time.

Sometimes, I just need a little bit of uninterrupted ME time. Every mother needs this... and now that I think about it, isn't Mother's day coming up? I think I know what I will ask for. 

To be honest, I actually have it quite a lot easier than a lot of moms out there. Single mothers, I'm talking to you. There is a special place in heaven for you ladies, I'm certain of it. When my husband has to go out of town for work, I am left on my own with the three kids. He is usually only gone for about 3-4 days, but the longest he has been gone is closer to two weeks... and what an exhausting two weeks that was! So, I CAN imagine how hard it is for a single mother, but I CAN'T imagine how to deal with it. 

Sometimes, I may come across like I am boasting about all that I am able to accomplish as a mother and a singer in a band, but I don't mean to. I guess, the fact that I am still trying so hard to achieve my hard-to-reach dreams while balancing a family life sometimes makes me a little bit proud of myself. My band is really the only other thing I have besides my family. The start of my family, led me down a road that forced me to put school and a career on the back burner and I'm ok with that. Ok, I'm not going to lie, there are times when I imagine myself as a business woman with a high fashion power suit taking clients out to lunch and ordering male secretaries to "hold all my calls" while I sip scotch Don Draper style in my office. However, that's not the life I lead, so I think it's important to be proud and happy with the one I do lead, even if that means "bragging" sometimes about what I've got going on. Single mothers, you should do the same.

Taking care of your children and going to school or working ridiculous hours in order to provide for your family, all the while putting yourself on the "back burner", is an incredible feat that only a small percentage of the population would be able to handle. Being a mother, has got to be the most intense, grueling, back-breaking and un-selfish job anyone could ever have... and you don't get state mandated 15 minute breaks and 30 minute lunch breaks while doing it. Sure, there are deadbeat single mothers out there who neglect their kids and party all the time. However, the single mothers I know, are the most caring, hard-working and respectable women I've ever known. I tip my hat to you ladies. 

I promise if I ever make it big with Catfish Mustache or strike it rich with the lottery, I will take care of all of you. I will start some kind of foundation or something that will provide clothes sharing and babysitting services. Hmmm... I think I might be on to something with that. I may even be able to start something like that without a lot of money, but I have to finish my laundry first.

new designs for the band merch

Somehow, between the baby being sick and home-schooling my second grader, I managed to come up with a couple new t-shirt designs.

Can you tell that it's a catfish?

Coming soon, at least half of our merchandise will be made using recycled or repurposed materials. For the vintage lovers, keep an eye out for vintage apparel and home goods that are branded with our logo.

the band:

Catfish Mustache

the store:

The Thrift Monster