pinch me. yes, really.
A little over a year ago, the Good Year Blimp flew directly over my house. I joked to everyone in my family that it was because of my blog. Back then, I was just starting to get a few followers and I was getting about 2000 hits a week. Man, was I ever excited! Just to put me in my place though, my husband commented that Martha hadn’t emailed me yet. As in THE Martha. Well, no, of course she hadn’t. I’m a nobody.
So, imagine you are in my kitchen last week, (hopefully you are cleaning my cabinets or vacuuming while you are here, but that’s beside the point) and you see an unusual email address pop up on my computer. Hmmm, you say.
Hmmm, indeed.
It’s The Martha. Well, not exactly Martha Martha, but a representative from her show. “We found your blog, and Martha wants to have a show all about pies. Want to come to New York and bring a pie for a competition on the show?”
Well, Hell no. I quickly responded.
JOKING! I of course said sure! How awesome is THAT? But New York is awfully far. Like, 10 hours. And I am a nervous person in general. Putting a hillbilly like me in a city like New York all by my lonesome could be detrimental to my well being. So what to do?
I email asking for a little help. Could I get another ticket or two, you know, for friends? (Seriously, who asks Martha Stewart things like this? You are supposed to just accept your good fortune and go on with yourself, not ASK for anything.) And would you believe I get a PHONE CALL? From the freaking Martha Stewart Show??
Of course, she says. The tickets are yours.
So, in two weeks, I am making the trek to the Big Apple with a Big Apple Pie in tow, along with my sister, Jennifer, who decided she, too, will be making an apple pie. For the record, if she wins anything, I am taking it. Fair’s Fair as Billie Jean would say. I want the scooter.
Not only will Jennifer be with me, but so will a couple of my Blogging/Twitter friends! I got in touch with Gail, the Tough Cookie (@THEToughCookie on Twitter) and Carrie from Fields of Cake (naturally!) and they are joining me, too! Can’t you see it? US, in New York, at Martha?
I’m so excited, you have no idea. Just to be able to hang out with all these gals is a treat in and of itself, but to be hanging out together at the Martha Show? Well, like I said…Pinch Me.
Squuuueeeee!
Well, that’s the news. Now I have to figure out how to lose 37 pounds in 14 days, JUST IN CASE the camera should swing my way. Wish me luck.
