Things I Learned in March
It's the end of the month, y'all. You know what that means. It's time to share the things we learned in March. The What We Learned posts are hosted by Emily Freeman as a "monthly community link-up to share the fascinating, ridiculous, sacred, or small." Mine is usually just ridiculous. Want to know more of what I'm talking about? Go here. In no particular order, here are things I've learned in March. 1. I confess that I'm a tad embarrassed for not knowing this, seeing as how I taught American History and all. Apparently I now study history via Twitter, which is where I first saw this bizzare bit of trivla. John Tyler, the 10th US president, has two grandsons who are still alive today. Tyler died at the age of 72. That was 152 years ago. What? I did the math and still couldn't figure out how this is even possible. I discounted the fact than Tyler was still fathering children {15 in all} well into his 60s. And then one of those sons fathered children into his 70s. There is much inappropriate commentary I could offer right now but maturity prevails. 2. You can go straight from yoga class to the boardroom. Dress yoga pants are an actual thing. You can thank a company called Betabrand for this fashion hybrid.
Here's a quote from the designer: A lot of women wear their exercise leggings just about everywhere — they practically live in them — the Dress Pant Yoga Pants allow you to do that but look classier in the process. A faux zipper, belt loops, and "non-functional front button" = "classy." Um, okay. I have nothing against the pants. I'm just wondering how many excuses are really necessary for not wearing real clothes to the office. Carry on in your dress yogas but if I see "dress pajama pants" as the next I-don't-want-to-change-my-clothes-in-order-to-go-to-work trend, it's time to protest. I am all about comfort and I practically live in loungewear but are regular pants really that constricting? Are khakis going to become the corset and girdle of the 21st century? 3. The 80s will always have the last laugh. I was in Starbucks this week and saw a darling college girl with high-top, solid-white Nike sneakers straight from 1984. I distinctly remember my fellow 6th-graders wearing those to school with their parachute pants and breakdancing during recess. But that's not all. Cropped tops, the ones that show your stomach, are actually being sold in real stores for real money and being worn by real girls. I say "girls" because if your stomach skin has stretched thin enough to house a growing human, cropped tops are not for you. To be honest (or "TBH" as I learned from my 13-year-old), I'm not sure they're for anyone. But wear them if you wish. And college girls, enjoy your crop tops now. Your midriffs' days are numbered. The 80s don't have the last laugh after all. Stretch marks do. {Seriously, are y'all seeing this mega trend too? Crop tops? Really?} 4. Just because someone lives in your house doesn't mean they should take your profile picture.
That's all I'm going to say. You'll hear more about the travails of DIY-ing your new blog's profile picture next week. But see that little profile picture up there in the corner with the lovely office backdrop and Marian with an actual head and body? It was almost this, which might have turned the blog into Marian Vischer: Writing About Foreheads and Trees. 5. Wordpress. Yep, I started learning Wordpress this month after almost 7 years of using Blogger. I'm sort of clunky and awkward with it and I have already accidentally deleted stuff. Maybe this is just how it goes when you're 40 and trying to learn new computery things. Which leads me to my next point. 6. If you build a new blog, they will come. I'm still a bit overwhelmed by the outpouring of well-wishes over the new blog. The morning I launched it, I feared my phone and laptop might blow up. There was a lot going on in my teensy little corner of the internet. I was so giddy and grateful I think I wrote every single person back in the comments section. It felt like an open house minus the cookies and punch. Thank you, thank you for coming to visit, for being so kind, for liking my blog's Facebook page, and all of that stuff. If this is your first time here and you have no idea what I'm talking about, just go here and I'll fill you in. Enjoy your weekend whether you're sporting dress yoga pants, casual yoga pants, Run DMC throwback Nikes, or cropped tops. Your turn. What did you learn in March? Things are under construction around here and we're still deciding how we want to do comments. For now, scroll back up to the title of this post and click on comments if you'd like to leave one.
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