Poetry slam. MizFit style (if by SLAM you mean my awkward verse—-which I do).

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It’s a BIG DAY ’round here

Special dress. Special words.

(What can I say??

I *told you* we nerds!)

Last week I mentioned

My HALLOWEEN muse

A girlyskullpirate

(her choice. love the 2’s)

The creater? a member

of the Bumbling Band.

She’s offered a *freebie*

(I didnt ASK or DEMAND!)

So for your comment

A treat you might win

(details below.

read em and join in!)

Glad it is Friday

Up in herre? couple time.

(I link that cuz Ren Man

he dont read my rhyme)

Our week? It was fun.

Abundance & zen.

We were present…were fit.

Is it time for this then?!

You busy today?

with worklifekidstoo?

Id never distract

You’ve so much to do.

My Friday? not bad.

fun changes this morn’

Thinking outside the box

(about this one Im torn.)

That’s it. Im out.

Time for quiet. For thought.

I shall leave you with this.

You may click it or not.

———————

MamaRunsWithScissors has generously offered to give away a tutu AND a pair of kool kid legs to one member of the Bumbling Band.

Have no kids? nary a niece in you life? no friends of the youngyoung set? never met a child you liked enough to give a present?

The tutu and kool legs come in adult sizes as well.

(This MizFit is LONGING, not surprisingly, for both.)

Dr.J? youd look FAB in a tutu! AJH? You wanna give one a try?

You can be entered to win for the lowlow price of a comment below.

(not residing in the usa? should you win Ill getcha your treats.)

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Comments

  1. Why, when I moused over “couple time” – was I drawn to click on that link first????? Oh yeah, I know….

    Ok, back on track…come back mind….ok….

    In the spirit of the big holiday today…I be off to heave ho it today…those weights in the basement…that is…

    Don’t pillage the neighborhood too much this weekend, MizFit…….

  6. Avast ye! This sad little pirate will be missing her rum this weekend as she’s still loaded up on painkillers (even a pirate can’t manage both), but this does give her a great opportunity to try the 100 rep challenge with her physio exercises plus the limited number of lifting exercises I can now do. Hey, if I can’t do many, I’ll just do ’em loads of times! Maybe skip the dumbells and use pieces of eight?

    As an adult Iwent to a fancy dress party dressed as a pumpkin. However I discovered upon arriving (to everybody else’s amusement) that I was the only one who had actually made the effort to dress up.

    Yes, there is photographic evidence.

    It may be revealed at some point.

    TA x

  8. Gotta love shopping (as for it being better than sex? Questionable, worth a ponder…).

    Am ALL OVER the 100 rep challenge. BRING IT.

    Chocolate. In a clock. Need I say more?

    Love the 7 questions and especially that today honours pirates! Arrrr!

    PS Tutus are adorable.

  9. What’s a pirates favorite letter of the alphabet?

    Arrrrrrr.

    How did I live this long and not know about talk like a pirate day?

    And I am all over the use a nail and hammer to open the bottle of wine. been there!

    Happy weekend.

  11. and oh that I were kidding at all about celebrating it up in herre.

    We’re pretty much all skull & cross bones all the time anyway (with girly skulls and sugar skulls tossed in for good measure. We’re a silly motley crew) but today?

    We’re talking the piratetalk.

    Toddler Tornado always hath donned a plastic eye patch AND has a stuffed parrot affixed to her wrist.

    And, if you could hear her garbled version of SHIVER ME TIMBERS I daresay you’d pee your pirate-self.

    (And that’s not just MamaMiz thumbtalking.)

    Life is too short not to laugh your way through it.

    Miz.

  12. I was thinking who would look cuter in the tutu—one of my girls or hubby? He always dresses up as something crazy! This might be pushin’ it though! We have a pirate costume in the closet! It gets worn more than once a year ;)!!

  13. Ummm…I have a corkscrew in the glove box, in each car, several in the kitchen, one in the dining room, and at least 2 in the camper. My first resistance effort today is not making any references to hammer and screw coming before or after wine. Don’t wanna have to be made to walk the plank…

    Would so put cat treats in the clock.

    Oh TA, I so have you beat in embarrassing Halloween costumes. Like the year I went as a mermaid, and the tail was a skirt, and someone stepped on it while I was walking…and I so did NOT have on Disney underpants…

    YAY! It’s Frrrrrrrrrrrrriday!

    : )

  14. uh, Annette?
    You KNOW I now need to ask.

    For all of us (don’t lie to me Bumbling Band. You wondering!):

    Is it a sexy pirate costume?

    Is THAT why more than once a year?

    Or you like the Miz. in that you pick random days to dress in costume?

    Inquiring minds and all….

    And marianne? I love you too much to request more info on that one.

    And I love you enough to start begging, errr, looking for a Disney ‘pants giveaway especially for you 😉

    M.

  17. Argh…I have me some neices that I like a fair bit and might just love some of that. Argh.

    This pirate thinks her pillaging days may be over – and Polly says “Argh, It’s Friday” (even if I do have to work over the weekend).

  18. Oy! I just found about the whole pirate thing from Steve in a Speedo. What a great day!

    I bet my 7-yr old niece would look so adorable in leggings and a tutu. Awwww.

    Thanks for the stretching link- it will come in much handy. And I’m not even going to attempt the 100-words quiz. I def don’t have time for that.

    But time for a chococlock- you betcha! Oh, and I don’t even have a cat, but that chaise is freakin’ hilarious. I kind of want to make one and then invite the neighbors cat over for some catnip and tea.

  22. woohoo, FBG. I know you were a duo after my own MizFitHeart.

    (and yes. methinks I shall fork out the cash for a tutu. Im starting to feel as though its a mustmust.)

    and the Tornado?

    the first time she said it I really had NO CLUE what she was saying (this was WITH the eyepatch on as well..a few months back).

    it more closely resembles:

    Shutter the teeters!

    which, as soon as I realized that the teeters were indeed ALREADY shuttered, I finally figured out what she meant.

    M

  27. ok, on a serious note (she types adjusting the stuffed parrotbraceletthing now affixed to *her* wrist)—the 100 rep challenge?

    A great change.

    Check it out.

    At least once.

    You’ll be surprised how much you like it.

    Shuttering her teeters,

    Miz.

  29. Arrrggggg! We celebrate talk like a pirate day, too!

    The chococlock. Hahaha!

    Kara would be so cute in a tutu and baby legs.

    You definitely need some. You would rock them!

    Now walk the plank, wench!

  30. Could we special order something larger? A giant tutu might do the trick to alleviate my anxiety as I pray for a friend’s safe surgery.

    MizFit, your words (as usual) always cause my smile to show itself.

    Thank you for the Seussical lines today.

  32. LOL at Fitarella’s comment!

    Slammin’ slam — thanks for the great links and the smile this morning. I need it as my toddler woke with a runny nose this morning. First one, though, so I shouldn’t complain! He’s in good spirits so we’ll shop for hubby’s birthday (tomorrow) and we’ll take a low-key walk around the neighborhood.

    Enjoy the weekend!

  33. felice? My yucky .02? Don’t be me.

    TT never gets sick so the first time it happened I didn’t know to ‘fret’ when the nosegoop was green.

    (TMI? Fo’shizzle)

    and Dr. J? Be careful.
    Every friday is now rhyming link love (until its not) & I just might be looking for a guest poster!

    M.

  34. Like the questions to ask yourself at the end of the week. Great poetry again – much thanks. Happy Friday

  37. OMG…I want the tutu! I met one of my best friends when we were 3 & 4 years old. We were in dance class together and I have photos of us in blue tutus! How fun would it be for her and I to wear tutus when camping in the summer?!?!? LOL

  38. First of all, I semi read your poetry outloud to get the full gist. Then I click on the Cardboard Cat Chaise and laugh out loud. I am forwarding that on to the husband…he may honestly feel the need to replicate. Anyway, I think my coworkers think I am slight insane today with the mumblings and chuckles.

    And chococlock–i can only imagine where my day would lead if I began with chocolate.

    sweets&sweats.wordpress.com

  39. Wine bottles with corks?! Sheesh, the stuff I buy has a screw-top…. hahahahaha.
    Didn’t click on the link before reading the comments, but had to go back when I read about the hammer – up here in redneck country, no-one would bother with the screw…. at least, not until the wine was gone….. 😉

  41. I can’t post much. I’m off to do serious work. Like trying to beat Tricia 2’s record (bet I can’t do it).

    Wish I’d known about the cork trick in college. Woulda ingested fewer pieces of cork, probably.

    And I used to beg my mom to sleep in my tutu because I loved it so much. That was when I was a toddler. Now I don’t need ANYONE’s permission!

  42. arrrgh! thank goodness i read this post! i never remember talk like a pirate day until its too late!
    *i bet if i had a pirate princess tutu everyday would become talk like a pirate-alicious!! hope hope hope!!!!

  43. Love your poetry skillz! I have a little niece who would love love love a tute – she’s such a little girly girl. Of course Bad Cat may look good in it too!

    Pirate princess tutu? that woudl work!

  44. Fitzalan? was that an offer to podcast I just read in yer comment?

    to rap out the rhyme?

    yes?

    that’s what I thought.

    M.

  48. TOPIC CHANGE (if anyone reads my comments :)): OPRAH TIME.

    Ive gotten a ton of emails about GWYNETH & her workout routine.
    asking what I thought.

    bottom line: not for me. either the light weights for 2874627642 reps or the cardio dance (just a personal NO WAY. nothing against the cardio workout).

    cynical bottom line? I DO NOT THINK MADONNA IS DOING THAT SHIT STUFF and looking as buff as she does either.

    that may not be your goal (madonna arms) but if it is….

    and lastly 🙂

    two hours, Gwynnie? that’s too long for this MizFit.
    way.

    life just is NOT that much about the vessel for me.

    health. balance. LIVING.

    and I say that because SHE was so clear that it isnt for a ‘role’ or some kind of hollywood preparation. it isnt her ‘job.’

    there ya go.

    my snarky .02

    M.

  50. Aaarrrgggghh there be rhymes here!
    Bookmarked the abundance link for later reading. Anything that opens with what did you fail at has got to be worth spending time on.

  55. Way to go Amy! Haiku before noon!

    2 hours of working out. Puhleeze. But, I guess if I had someone to do everything for me, I could do that too! Hell, if I could get someone to carry the laundry upstairs it would be a miracle.

    Stupid fitness test on the elliptical machine annoyed me. It wants you to drop your heart rate from 150 to 120 and hold it there for 2 minutes. But if you stop, it resets itself, and if you keep going, heart rate does not drop. IT can walk the plank.

    So, on Pirate Day are we supposed to watch all the Pirates of the Carribean movies?

  58. I sent my bf the link about the wine bottle – it will be very helpful for his mom. She and some friends tried to open a bottle without a corkscrew once and let’s just say they ended up in the ER needing stitches.

  59. seriously, Amy. Those are not my gift (and I LOVE your tattoo).

    seabreeze? I think the tutu is whatever color you wantwant.
    Mamaruns? You in the house?

    Marianne? yes. or wear an eyepatch. Ive donned the contact lenses for the occasion.

    we favor these patches:
    CLICK HERE

    M.

  62. Hey, I’m catching up on blog reading today. Man, I have gotten so behind on yours. Congrats on the Oprah thing. Thanks for the healthy burger meal I’ve got to try it. Thanks for all the great links. Have a great weekend.

  67. you mean the cat socks at mamarunswithscissors, Monica?

    she’ll make em for you!

    just ask 🙂

    same with the sweet birdie prints Im sure.

    Price, MamaRuns?

    Miz.

  69. Thanks for your thoughts on the Gweneth thing. I didn’t see the show, I only saw the exercise part on Oprah’s site. You say she says this isn’t for a role and isn’t her job. She’s smoking crack if she believes that. She may not be doing it for a specific role, but she will get many more offers if she is thin and tone than if she is soft and chubby. So it is part of her job whether she thinks so or not.

    Madonna? I totally agree that those kind of exercises are not all she is doing to look the way she looks.

  70. SMOKING CRACK 🙂 you make me laugh, Robin.

    *I* actually said that it isnt her job (she thumbtypes thinking PLEASE NOT TO SUE ME OH MRS. COLDPLAY) only in that, were it her job (say for a role) I could even **get** her spending 2 hours a day working out.

    understand it more.

    but just for looks (IMO you can get all you need for health in an hour or less)?

    wow.

    I can think of a million ways Id spend that other hour/12 hours a week.

    (and that made me roll my eyes more than the 800 reps with the three pound weights. Madonna could do that all day every day and gain nary an ounce of muscle.)

    all just this MizFit’s opinion…

  71. Arrrrgh! I be claimin’ the rich, tasty booty inside the chococlock! Ye other scurvy dogs best keep yer bloody hands off or ye shall be swimming in davy jones’ locker…savvy?

  72. Ahoy, MizFit and Bumbling Band crew! Me merry crew and I be celebratin’ TLAPD as well…t’ lad’s school be havin’ a “Books and Buccaneers” night…an’ later thar be t’ watchin’ o’ one film o’ T’ Trilogy after t’ poppets be off ter bed…if we scurvy scallawag grown-ups can stay awake fer ’em.

    “How do you know if you are a pirate? You just ‘Arrrrrrrr’…” – Pirate Laws web site

    Fair winds, mateys!

  73. I see what you are saying. (insert pirate talk here. my brain doesn’t seem to realize it’s talk like a pirate day. although my husband did call me a bilge rat. Umm, thanks.)

  74. This is great. I actually had the luxury to read each and every post that you linked. Love the stretch link and all the personal growth links. Helpful!
    Life is good today. Now off to phys ed for kids.

  77. the costume is my husband’s……and he’s very Captain Jack in it 😉 ………just keeping things interesting after almost 8 yrs ;)……….hmmm……but a sexy pirate costume for me might be fun too!

  78. gwen on oprah really bugged me. who has 2 hours in their day to workout like that? not me?
    who has the cash to pay a trainer to come to their house every single day? Not me!

    and what bugs me even more is that oprah DOES have that money is still not in shape/healthy. I love me some oprah, but this episode just irked me. She made it sound like ANYONE can do what she does (“I can hear the kids playing in the pool while I exercise.” Yea, sure, whatever!)

    back to the regular post–love the links Mizfit. I need to go and check them out. You rock! 🙂

  79. Darn it. I shouldn’t come back here and read the comments. Then I become all obsessed with “Oh what did Gwyneth Paltrow say on Oprah?” and go to all those websites I try to avoid when I’m being productive. Then I get all riled up but also laugh a little because watching her bopping around prettily is pretty funny.

    “No woman should lift more than 3 lbs” ????????!

    So: Gwyn’s son is crying. “Come on,” she scolds him. “You know I can’t pick you up. You weigh about 10 times too much for that kind of nonsense.”

  80. try, try again……
    i have posted twice already today and i don’t see either of my posts on here!!! arghhh!!
    tutu is any color you want that i have and it can be any size….also the legwarmers are one size and fit kids to adults because they stretch. go into my etsy site and you can see pictures of all the tutu colors i have and a picture of my wearing the legs.
    thas s much to the miz for linking me today with her mad poetry skillz!! i am so honored!
    if you are not the big winner of the tutu and leg warmers combo but just have to have them anyways…..just send me a message on my etsy site and i will give you 20% off!!
    happy friday!
    jen

  82. Hmmm, my post vanished….

    I once had a guy use the wine bottle opening trick on a first date. I showed up at his place with a bottle of wine and he had no opener. Could have been a deal-breaker, but his ingenuity earned him a second date…. ;o)

  83. MizFit, did you ever tell the Toddler Tornado that my 6-year old thought you were a pirate? That was classic.

    And I can never enter the hallowed halls of Target without leaving happy (but lighter in the wallet). Luckily hubby has embraced this side of me by investing in Target stock.

    Ahoy, mateys–gotta go swab down the poop deck (you don’t want to know).

  87. you guys are AWESOME.
    how could I have doubted that youd want the tutus & kool legs for yourself as I do?

    that said, I caint lie to you, Id have thought you would be more Gwynnie-pinionated 🙂

    duly noted.

    Miz.

  88. Man, betwen you and my husband both digging Talk Like a Pirate Day it’s been all “arrr” here all the time. Matey.

    And an adult tutu? Really?? I so want one! Will whomever wins it please be asked to provide a pic?

  89. Wow . . . tutus . . . something I didn’t realize I wanted until I clicked on that link and now realize I NEED VERY VERY BADLY . . . ..

  91. Argh – avast me hardy! The land lubbers on this fair ship are BIG into Halloween – as it ’tis our captain’s birthday! Those goodies would be just the thing for this pirate (or our smallest swashbuckling 20 month old pirate-ette) to help make the season super festive and fun. 🙂

    I promise I’ll even send a pic for Charlotte and the other members of the Bumbling Band!

  95. In a house full of boys I’ll be wearing the Tutu and tights night and day.I’ll be doing my pushups in them, running my behind off in them, Having a good ole time in them…

    Love your fridays… I’m all giddy to jump on line! You wrote ABUNDANCE and I read it AMBULANCE because I’m a dork and have a paramic/firefighter husband.LOL

    Lots of great links! Thanks, cause all this time I spend online is really getting the laundry and dishes done. LOL

  96. First, I am always amazed at the # of comments you receive. Take the time to feel proud of yourself!! Second, I deleted your email re: Oprah but will get back to you soon. Third, thanks for another fun Friday. Cheers!

  100. OMG. A tutu?! Don’t know what I would do with that. I would get in trouble for wearing it on the training floor, I’m sure. But I might try it anyway.

    Talk like a pirate day? Totally got back from a pirate party at a local bar.

    Also? THANKS FOR THE LINK LURVE!

  101. Even though I have two girlies who would die over the tutu, I would totally get one for me and play dress up with them- and I am sure my man wouldn’t mind seeing a little dressing up too…Besides, by getting one for me, I would be avoiding the fighting that would ensue over having one that they had to share. I’ve really thought this through.

    And the directions for opening the wine bottle without a corkscrew? I needed that last night as we broke our corkscrew trying to finagle the cork out. Next time, next time.

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