Dear Gwen,
Can my chalkboard calendar and I ask you a favor?
The next time you happen to read this blog and you leave a comment, can you try really hard not to be so funny?
Please.
I really don’t think it’s too much to ask.
I mean I am trying to write a serious post about my flower discussions with Don Draper and how upset we are with the general state of affairs with Mad Men and you have to go and be all witty and comment-hilarious like this:
“Dear Don Draper:
You are now a boring has been. Your young wife is just young and not in any way a trophy…
Dear Joan:
You should have never married that jerk Doctor anyway…not after what he did to you in Don’s office on your first date. What a creep!
Dear Pete:
You are wet dish rag.
Dear Thistle’s peonies:
You are stunningly beautiful… Someday the likes of you will grace my yard.”
Gwen
You see….all this funniness….it’s so distracting.
I mean I am trying to post tutorials and how-to’s and incredible one-of-a-kind projects…..
…..like my giant chalkboard calendar made from a window.
And I spend all my project writing time……laughing.
At your comments.
Focus…..I tell myself. Focus on your how-to for the little days of the week tags for the top of the chalkboard calendar.
Focus on your tutorial for this burlap bag stenciled with the word, “chalk.”
And this is where my focus should to be.
*sigh*
But it’s not.
Because I’m far too busy reading this comment left on my post about husbands who eat fried chicken during photo shoots of random tables in a field and the wives who love them:
“Art is subjective. Looks like a work of art to me…in a field… perhaps some fried chicken hanging from the armillary would help… and one of those turtles…
You could call it “the Wings of the Tortoise” and sell it for $300,000 on ebay…frame not included.”
Gwen
When I read this…..I laughed and laughed and then I stopped…..and laughed some more.
Some might have even called it a guffaw.
And all this guffawing and laughing are distracting me from my post today.
My newest idea.
You see I want to continue the second chapter of the story of the curbside conversation.
The window that became a chalkboard that also went on to become a transom.
Yep.
That’s right.
My husband took the rest of the pieces from the curbside window and made a transom between the pass-through.
He took all those extra panes…..
….and added another board at the top and the bottom and the sides.
Then he caulked in all the spaces and painted.
So easy and simple.
And so inexpensive.
And with that…..the next chapter in the life of a window was written.
So Gwen…..can you try?
Can you try really hard not to mention monkeys or levels or fried chicken or glue or anything at all to do with ”tingers” in the future?
After all…..I do have a blog to write on super-important subjects.
And I don’t want to get distracted next week when I start my series on the proper use of the 
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Okay, that was just funny i don’t care who you are!! Thanks for that post! I’m in need of a good chuckle these days! I do believe i will be the self appointed president of the Gwen fan club if she writes her blog anything like she writes her comments!! Going to pay her a visit today!
I die laughing every time I come visit you and thank you for that. Glad others make you laugh, too. We all need a little laughter in our lives and did you know it burns tons of calories, too. Now, that is a plus so I should be getting darn thin visiting your blog. I’m waiting!
Anyone who solicits a daily guffaw deserves high accolades in my book!
And I want that window transom!
Looking forward to the proper use of the smily face too (I need help – see, I had to write smily face instead of actually using a cute smily face)!
Kelly
Good Morning Karianne!! You know you are one of my first visits in the morning, love that you always make me smile, so of course you would attract someone who would make you smile!!! I love that transom window, I would have never known that was not original architecture, brilliant!!!! I also went over to visit Gwen, love her spirit too!!! Have a great day, see you soon!! xoxo
I love coming to your blog for a good laugh! It’s so refreshing and it always makes me smile! That window of yours really gets around! I’m going to pay Gwen a visit!
I am total agreement with Kim N. you make me LAUGH SO HARD that I make certain I am close to a “powder room” when I read your blog, in case of emergency!!!..
Now, when you write…you incorporate your sense of humor…you keep it light…I often think when I am writing my posts…WHAT WOULD KARI HAVE SAID? Or what would Kari have shown?…
Well, when I was posting a somewhat boring post of an outdoor tablescape, I was clicking, clicking the pics…got down on ground level and noticed a lump on the grass…DEER POOP!!…I said to myself, now KariAnne would have taken that deer poop and centered an entire post around it…but me?…it probably would have been just an unappetizing shot next to the Veggie centerpiece…..
Oh and by the way…the transom idea???…Genious!!!…One man’s window is another man’s transom!!!
I couldn’t have said it better – my thoughts exactly. Wish I had a way with words like Karianne does!
Oh, my dear Thistle… You have me tongue tied and at your mercy. I wand to grab this moment and stuff it in a clear, vintage Mason jar to set on my Mantle so I can gaze adoringly at it for the rest of my life.
I raise my jazz hands to the sky and celebrate our having found one another… Tingers and all!
P.S. Forgot to mention how lovely your freakin’ awesome your new transom and Chalkboard are. Lost in the seas of your adoration, I tell ya.
Seriously! Using that window as a transom…is it possible Mr. Thistlewood is as ingenious as Mrs. Thistlewood? It sure seems like it.
Sure do love that Gwen, gotta love a whole lotta blog humor.
Karah
Thank you for the shout-out! I’m so glad I can make you smile, you certainly make me laugh – a lot. I’d say guffaw but I really don’t know what a guffaw sounds like or looks like and the whole word just looks weird to me so I avoid it like the plague. I’m in love with your transom window and I would so copy you if my doorways weren’t so short that I’d knock myself silly every time I walked through. Then again, it would be another daily reminder of you – whack – oh yeah, Karianne – SMACK – crap, Karianne – WHAMMO! – hmmm think this might not have been my finest hour.
Love you to bits!
xox
Oh great…..now I have to be funny too……the pressure…..
I love your natural approach to writing….fits my style perfectly and ALWAYS makes me come back! I love the transoms…..my husband can do that stuff too and it’s SO great to have someone like that around isn’t it? Of course he always groans when I say “I was just thinking……..” Poor guy……
Blessings, Lorraine
Your sweet humor inspires as much as your clever projects! Thank you for the smiles and the purdy pictures. We’ve been talking about adding a transom over one of our doorways, hadn’t thought of using that big old window propped up in our garage, hmmm….
Oh, I love, love your transom and your window chalkboard looks like it came out of PB Catalog! (Can I copy? Please?)
Your posts always make me smile… have a wonderful day!
Just one question: What is the impact of writing “super-impotant” posts? Hmmm?
Thanks for this last laugh!
Hello, Goodmorning – thank you for a lovely, long laugh! Terrific post. You, I must say, leave yourself wide open to these clever commenters! I mean…husband ….window pane…opens so many avenues of fun! Great repurposing of the window and the transome! Love it….you’ve set my day off just right!
Have a fantastic week,
Kathy
LOVE the transom and chalkboard!! VERY CLEVER!!
gwen is one of my most favorite people- she is so darn funny but so very real in the raw sense and i love it. she is coming to visit me in a few weeks and i cannot wait!!!!!! and i just happen to have some peonies about to bloom so she can visit with them, too.
I love the transom!! We thought about doing one, but decided against it. I kind if wish we had now. And that chalkboard? gorgeous!
Oh how I needed this post this morning!! Thank you so much for the laughter, smiles and transom!
I don’t know Gwen but she sounds like a wonderful friend! I especially love the line about Pete!
And you, lady, the chalkboard is AMAZING and the pass thru by Mr. Thistle is incredible!
Thanks for the smile and the eye candy! xoxoxo Malia
So I had to scroll through this post twice…. because I kept getting distracted! First it was the chalkboard window, then it was the funnies, then it was the transom window. I loved it all.
Can I steal your husband and high ceilings please?
GREAT use(s) of old window pane(s.)
Hats off to you, Karianne and Gwen and all of us who find ourselves guffawing and giggle-snorting and just plain havin a good ole time on this – and other- really fun/funny blogs.
I leave you with one more comment:
: – D
See, now I am totally confused. All this time I thought this was really serious subject matter and I have tried to be appropriate in my responses. (please refer to my previous comments, which I am sure you will find that I have no sense of humor what so ever) Now I have found out that others are just not taking you seriously. I just have one thing left to say. I will be by later today to pick up your husband. You better be prepared to pay a hefty ransom, because I have no intention of letting him get away cheaply.
Laura
Had a minute while eating my kale and beets for breakfast…and thought I’d stop by….
Transom?
Hmmm.
Think I’ll go grab my crayons from the dollar store and color me a picture. I may stay inside the lines. OR. I just MAY NOT. Wildly creative woman that I am.
ps – you and your hubs? The Einsteins of Design
pps – from yesterday’s post: I haven’t turned my TV set on since 1999. The only draper I know of is the one at Calico Corners. Good luck!
xo
~K
Under Wednesday on the awesome chalk window, can you chalk in ‘take blog to doctor to discuss that impotant issue’.
~Bliss~
I saw that too, Bliss! Laughed out loud, for real! (not just acronym laughter)
I mean…..seriously……can you believe me? One little “r” can make such a difference
I fixed it now so I am only writing about “important” things
1. Blackboard/transom genius? Wowza’s!
2. I must investigate this Gwen a bit further…..I love a girl with a sense of humor!
3. First Hunger Games, now Mad Men…I feel like I’ve been living in a cave. I need to get on the bandwagon!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the transom. So pretty.
Gwen sounds fun. I might need her to start commenting on my blog.
I haven’t ever watched Mad men. i’ve heard that if I start then I’ll be obsessed and I just dont have time for ANOTHER obsession just now.
Impotant, not to be confused with impotent… just saying.
You’re transom transforming hubby might go on strike and refuse to appear in your impotant posts if you’re not careful
Also, will you be having a work shop on how to properly use the “winking smiley face” or is that an advanced class?
And do you have to take the smiley face class as a pre requite?
Thanks Professor Karianne! See you in class.
That transom is a genius idea!
I think the comments are the best part about blogging
Hmmmmm….
Laughter is the best medicine!
Excellent transom!
dee dee
I think you just inspire people to be funny! Funny begets funny. That’s all there is to it. Now that I am reading this is sounds like a NOT very deep thought. (Remember that SNL spot…Deep Thoughts…) Sorry.
Seriously. I love reading your musings, and I really try to focus on the pretty pictures too. And they ARE so pretty! I love that transom.
Keep doin’ what you do! Just bite your lip while sitting down to write!
You have some very funny readers!
xo-Lisa
That was hilarious, I loved it…in fact had to post it to FB so I can remember to come back and read it again, which I will for sure.
Wow, you guys are both so funny! It’s always fun to pop by here for both humor and some most terrific ideas. So just keep it all coming!
That chalkboard idea is great, & the transom window is to die for!
CAS
What a bummer! I”m missing the new season of Mad Men (We don’t have AMC anymore) and I have no idea what is going on there. Will have to wait for the new episodes to arrive in my Netflix bin.
Love the new life of the window. I didn’t even know what a transom was. But, now I do.
See, you really do have really important stuff to post on your blog!!!!!!!
Karianne, your blog is one of my all time faves, no doubt! You’re hilarious, and so are your readers
You’ve got a huge fan club that love your posts, and not to mention your house!! You and your Mister are just too clever! Love what you did with the window!
You are too funny! You are also way too talented and you are making us all look bad, so shame on you. I LOVE what you did with the window and the transom was total genius! I really need to know about the proper use of emoticons, so I will look forward to your next post. xoxo
Wow! LOVE that transom window. Your home is just beautiful…
Hugs,
Penny
Chalkboard calendar? brilliant. I don’t have a witty comment for you today, except to say that if that were my house ,the white sofa under it would be covered in orange and pink chalk dust in about two seconds!
Jessica
stayathomeista.com
What a hilarious post. Now I need to go and visit Gwen ,she sounds like a real hoot!
P.S Love that chalkboard calendar, genius
Mandy
Karianne, How much chiken would it cost me to have a hubby made transome? It is wonderful!!!!! Lori
Oops, add a “c” to the chicken!
I am smiling and clapping because I didn’t get a mention so I can be funny and witty unless of couse you didn’t mentio me because I am neither funny or witty bugga didn’t think of that at first now what I have made a point of saying I wasn’t mention thinking it was because you just forgot about me and now I am wondering if it is because I an not funny now I know I could just delete this comment and start again but that would be to much work and it isn’t like this is written in chalk which is easy to erase ok Iknow it is easy to erase but I am not doing so…………………………so deal………………………….moving on I want one of those chalk board windows it would look so cool in my house maybe against the loungre room wall that is blank but hubby would say no because he is a stick in the mud with no imagination……………….speaking about imagination Little Leo told me this morning he could just imagine that he didn’t hit his head and it wouldn’t hurt anymore how cute is that………………….still speaking about Little Leo we could paint one of his bedroom walls with blackboard paint that would be cool too don’t you think………………ok I know I have rambled on a fair bit so will shut up now and bid you ado…………………….
I’m thinking you might need some new friends. Because not one of them will be there when you’re drinking your coffee and you laugh at their comment and your drink goes down the wrong way and you need the Heineken manuever and you are all by yourself. I’m just sayin’.
This is for me one of the biggest perks of blogging. Smiling, laughing and connecting with like minds. Yes, I know we can easily get distracted…I guess that is the creativeness in us:) LOVE that chalkboard window…very COOL!
i totally love the sense of friendship and community on this blog!
well, that and the never ending supply of inspiration, of course!
xo
It’s only fair that the comments make you laugh and distract you, because your blog posts make us laugh and distract us! What was my point….? Oh, that the transom window looks AMAZING, and nobody would ever guess it was made from a curbside find! The calendar is really cool too, and love the little burlap chalk bag.
I’ll be back and expecting lots more laughs tomorrow
Love the chalkboard. Love the transom. Love Gwen. Love you!
A place for good laughs plus creativity and inspiration? I’m SO in! So glad Malia sent me your way from her Don’t Miss List #13 today!
Your living room is breathtaking! Right out of a magazine beautiful! Love the chalkboard too!
Jenn/Rook No. 17
Lovely post, so much humour…I do love your chalkboard window and how your hubby installed the additional panes. Great job!
The Bold Abode certainly delivers on her blog name!
And O Lordy how can it be that I’m so very late to the comment party?
And oh, please give your husband the accolades he truly deserves for that amazing transom …
,.. seriously …
I’m the ‘thinker’ and the ‘doer’ over her in this household. And yet I’m not complaining. He does do the laundry. And grocery shopping. And cooking and feeding of us on the weekends …
Linda
Karianne, you just need to get a grip girl. Straighten up and get serious! I mean come on, you are causing some damage to my pc over here, it’s hard to keep a laptop balanced on a overly plump lap when one is laughing so hard, Sheesh! Oh yeah, love the transom and the window chalkboard, genius status!
Here’s a suggestion: Daddy Sang Bass, Momma Sang Tenor
Ok, you are all just killing me and I don’t mean softly. Had to come on over and read this after Gwen alluded to me how totally awesome you are C:
Still having fun touring your beautiful home. Going room by room tonight……….Sarah