Frumpty Dumpty Starts a Blog!

Late one night I got to thinking, "maybe I need to start a blog".  I don’t fancy myself as strong a writer as some other folks out there, but I do have a thing or two to say and share with my friends and family.  Now I know it takes a lot of insider knowledge (which I don’t have) to pound out articles about celebrities or politics before the whole world already knows about it.  And, sadly, I wasn’t born with the “Gift of the Riff” like some hilarious bloggers I’ve followed.  I’ll even admit it takes talent to tirelessly blog about “Disney Character’s with Beards” or “Photobombing Llamas” 365 days a year.  Alas, that’s just not me…. But like I said, I’ve got a few things to share and the last thing I want is to waste your time (and mine!) with just another blog.  In that case, I guess it’s best to write what you know….

So Ladies and Gentlemen Welcome to Frumpty Dumpty Life!!!  My goal is to put a smile on your face with some much needed motivation, help with your health, and lessons about life, love, and, of course, loss. (but more on that later…)

First things first, about that name… Yeah, well, I wanted something that truly encapsulated the essence of this blog and all at once captured life’s general… well… “frump”.  You heard me right: FRUMP.  Most of you know what I’m talking about.  Frump, from the French for blughhh, can manifest itself in two ways: internally and externally.   For me, I had been suffering from some severe internal frumpiness for about a year and that was when the external frumpiness saw a chance to attack!  That’s right.  I had me a case of the “Double Frumps”: feeling like a stranger on the inside and looking like a stranger to myself on the outside. But as you know, this isn’t “The Double Frump Blog”, so where did “Frumpty Dumpty” come from…?

"Phil, are you alright?"

We all know the story of that Unsteady Egg:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall

All the King’s Horses and All the King’s MenCouldn’t put Humpty together again…

Hmmm…  He sits on a wall, falls, cracks, and, life basically says, “Yeah, you’re done.”  And that’s it!  Really?  Can that be all?  It’s such a well-known rhyme that adults and kids both know forewords and backwards yet it leaves you with two “important” messages:  1.  Don’t fall off walls (duh)  And 2.  Horses suck at puzzles.  Jeez, glad I learned that one early…

Regardless, I wanted to take lemons and make lemonade.  Or better yet, I wanted to take cracked eggs and make lemonade.  Wait, no.  Omelets.  I want to make omelets.  Maybe pancakes. Bacon? Yes, we need bacon. Where was I?  Oh yeah, the point is I want to take something that kind of ended chaotically and try to put things back in order.  Maybe help to put the pieces back together again.  So I give you, Frumpty Dumpty Life.

That’s all for today, but if you’ve been feelin’ the frump or just need a little pick me up from time to time, come back and join me at Frumpty Dumpty Life!