Wet Blanket Friday

Every so often I look at what the crazies on Pinterest are doing. I guess with this back to basics/foodie/crafty/I'm so unique movement, people think really hard about how they can out-creative other adults and show off how well they take care of their families.

Sometimes I find neat things, but sometimes I want to pour a bucket of organic puke that I found in a dumpster behind Pier 1 and canned at home one Sunday all over the baby whose ghost costume is actually the tutu its great-grandmother wore at her first dance recital (extra points for upcycling a family heirloom!).

Case in point: celery stamps! Forget about eating the negative calorie snack with your children; no! The best way to "upcycle" a leftover bunch of celery (because you only EVER need one stalk of that awful vegetable) is to put red paint on it and make VALENTINES! YAAAYYYYY!!


Pinner Adri Trollip finds ideas like these "So clever!!!!!"

So, following the pin (because how can you refuse to know the perpetrator of something as silly as celery stamp rose valentines) I arrived at "Homemade Serenity" and I think I found the definition of the current Mom Generation:

Yes, I know that Valentine's Day is a Hallmark Holiday - contrived to convince people to spend money on chocolates and cards and roses and jewelry. Exactly the sort of holiday you would think I would avoid with my need to limit consumerism and commercialism in our home. But I can't help it. I LOVE Valentine's Day.

I'm terrified. When will the next Mom Generation start? I can't be a part of this one.