I’m sitting on the bus. It’s not moving. I’m gonna be late. It’s raining. I’m cold. I look at my feet wrapped in these colorful shoes and it feels like maybe the day will suck just a little bit less. Here’s hoping…
Author: Tova
TOVA’S MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY
My reflection in the mirror as I brushed my hair this morning.
Muchness 1- I had time to brush my hair this morning
Muchness 2- I woke up so early I even had time to take a shower that was long enough and hot enough to fog up the mirror like that.
Not so Muchness 1- I’ll probably still be late for work. As usual.
Not so Muchness 2- I really coulda used that extra hour of sleep. And I’d of liked it too!
READER POLL: MUCH or TOO MUCH?
So, as I so clearly documented, Me wearing nailpolish is a complete disaster. I just pick, pick, pick until there is nothing there but a raggedy mess. But, I really do love to look down at my fingertips and see the shiny jolt of color. So I will try, try again.
This time around, I’ve purchased every polish protecting, sucker-worthy product out there:
Those have actually been sitting in my cabinet since right after the previously mentioned nail polish disaster.
Today at CVS I saw this yard of nail polish. I’d seen it there in the past but always thought the colors were kinda blah.
But then I realized it wasn’t the colors, it was the genius who determined what order the colors should be packed in. (Did I mention i am a packaging designer… so I like to think I know a thing or two about packaging….)
CVS would be selling this product a lot quicker if they were organized like this:
But no matter. Their loss is my gain since those polishes should have been sold out by now… But I digress…
And ya know, not being a “polish person” I havent looked at the polish section of a CVS since the invention of the Lee Press-on nail when I was in 7th grade. And there they were…. The tacky yet oh-so-cheerful NAIL MUCHNESS!!!
OOOOh, Me and Lil’ Miss Molly are gonna have a blast this weekend decking out our nails in all this faux glam gloriousness. And Elie, he’s gonna flip. He thinks putting pink polish on a three year olds toes is “a bit much”… I think it’s cute… and it’s the only way she’ll let me cut her toenails! Seriously. She’s wearing these shoes. OF COURSE she needs her nails done!!
Reader Poll:
What do you think: Pink (or purple, or rainbow’d or blinged up…) toenails on a three year old— MUCH or Too Much??
TOVA’S MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY
Today we cleaned out the showroom in our office. We make a lot of stuff so before it was picked up to be sold by pound, tzipporah and I got to go diving for treasures. See- that’s her inspecting the merchandise.
It’s honestly not the “stuff” that’s the good part. It’s being able to give it to people who appreciate and can use it. tzipporah is donating to a program for special needs kids, and I sent a bunch to a school.
(I also snagged some for my kids daycare teachers… Whatever works!!)
…workin’ workin’ workin’
Hey Folks! I’ve been trying to Make the site more beautiful and easy to navigate. It’s a lot of trial and error, a lot of touch and go, a lot of flotsam and jetsam… wait- no- those were Urselas evil hench-eels in The Little Mermaid. We watch a lot of that in this house.
But I digress…. Please bear with me as I make the site more fab and muchy than humanly possible!
TOVA’S MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY
Yahoooo!
My picture today was going to be about my white jeans. White jeans I haven’t fit into since 2006. White jeans that I bought to be photographed wearing when I was interviewed by Entreprenuer Magazine about my Teeze bags. White jeans that even when I bought them I thought – “ooh lala- I’ve never owned white jeans before… I suppose I have to wash them on a regular basis? Do I need to buy bleach to keep my white jeans white?”
But then, my BRAND NEW WHITE IPHONE arrived and squeeked past the white jeans to be the focus of my Muchness Pic of the Day!!
Hmmmmm…. I wonder what color rhinestones I should glue onto it.
Reader Submission!! In touch with the Much!
Jennifer posted on her Facebook wall
“I’m inspired … to put muchness in my day w/ sparkly hoops for a wedding we are attending!”
Jen- when I saw your pic I giggled in delight! You look so cute and happy and your earrings are really cute…. and shiny!!!!
I really love the reader submissions! I should just rename them “Tova’s Muchness Pic of the Day” because they really are… but that category name is already taken… haha!
TOVA’S MUCHNESS PIC OF THE DAY
Today, I sat outside on the back patio with my daughter and we colored with chalk. I wore my favorite old platforms. They are about 10 years old. They were $50. They’ve been resoled 5 times. New buckle, 3. For some reason, not including boots and sneakers, they are the most comfortable pair of shoes I’ve ever owned and I refuse to give them up even though they’ve just about given up on me. And I’ve tried to replace them. Three newer, cork soled platform shoes sit in my closet, virtually untouched. These shoes are irreplaceable.
But this post isn’t about the shoes. And it isn’t about the cute florally print dress I wore with them (shout out to Tzippora.)
And it isn’t even about how, inspired by Heather, I took this photo with the Hipstamatic iphone app.
Nope. It’s about how, when I looked at this photo of me in platform shoes and my floral dress, in a pic taken with a random hipstamatic iphone filter, it was like looking back in time to my mom in the 70’s, and ironically, today is mothers day, and it all comes full circle.
Happy Mothers Day!!
Reader Submission!!! Mothers Day Muchness
Sometimes I receive an email or facebook message from someone that has been inspired by The Muchness and it makes me feel awesome that this little “hobby” is having real life effects on people. Today I got an email that was so inspiring and beautiful, I needed to share it so it could inspire others as well.
Jennifer writes:
Hi Tova,
I’m one of the mom’s from the TTTS group on FB, and I’ve been following your muchness blog. I love seeing everyone find their muchness, and I’ve being trying to do something for me every day that makes me happy, or gives me a reminder of what I have rather than what I don’t. And honestly, I’ve become a much happier and content person over the last two weeks, and if I can attribute that to you, your blog, or a pair of earrings that I’m wearing, well, whatever works, works, right?
Today is Mother’s Day, and I’ve been longing for a Mother’s Day ever since I started dating my husband (five years ago). When I lost my twins two months before Mother’s day, I was devastated. The next year, I was eight months pregnant with my son and still had a miserable Mother’s Day. Well, I’ve finally made it to this “holiday” with some tangible evidence that I am a mother. My son fills my muchness every day, so I thought I didn’t need extra jewelry or a sparkling headband today.
However, I accidentally didn’t put on my watch today. I bought a watch after my son was born, to time his nursing sessions and make sure he was getting enough to eat often enough. Then it became a habit- every morning the watch went on. When I lost it a few months ago, I went out and bought the exact same watch again.
But today, I don’t need it. It doesn’t matter how much my son naps, or when it’s time to eat. It doesn’t matter when things are happening- I’m just going to relax and enjoy my day, that I finally get to have.
Jennifer- I am touched and humbled to think that this thing Im doing has helped you find peace this Mothers Day.
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for sharing. xox, T.
Mothers Day Muchness
First, I want to say that I love reading everyones Muchness’s today. So amazing to get a bunch of women documenting the things that make them feel, well, their Muchness. I feel like it’s my mission to get this blog OUT THERE- read by more people and seen so they can be as inspired as I know so many of our current readers are. (I get emails… they’re inspired… just so ya know 😉 )
I took a picture for my Muchness Pic of the Day today and when I came upstairs into my mess of an office to post it, I saw something I’ve looked at a million times but never actually saw until today.
On my wall is a calendar. It’s got pictures of handbags all over it and it was a gift from my sister-in-law for Hannukah, 2008. I hung it because I like the pictures, not because I need to look at a calendar on my office wall. Also, I don’t spend a ton of time in my office, but, well, I spend a lot of time in my office. Somehow, it escaped my attention until just this moment that this is what my Calendar has been turned to, since, well, see the pic…
That’s September, 2009.
Thats the month we lost Sunshine and Daisy.
For a moment after I noticed my head felt warm and my chest clenched and I almost felt like I was in a different place and time. Like time had stood still or something. Did I do that subconciously? I’m trying to remember if I did notice in the past but decided to keep it there anyway. But I don’t remember. But now that I am writing about it, I will remember, the next time I pay enough attention to the stuff around me and realize it’s still there. Because, for some reason, I want to keep it there. I don’t want to take it down. So I wont. A part of my heart will forever be stuck in September 2009. And my calendar will be stuck there too.
Happy Mothers Day to all my Mama friends- Those with Babies here on earth and especially those with Babies taken too soon. A bittersweet day for a lot of people. I hope it brings peace…
xox, Tova