Hi Phly, Entertaining post. My mom used that term all the time - sometimes because we forgot the " work first " thing !
Ron & Alexandra - Thanks! ;) I'm about to flee the office and go putz with my little girl. I'm thinking the pool would be a great place for that!
Bill - LOL! Thanks, I'm always glad to be of some entertainment value. Funny thing is, my mom uses it too! ;)
Get out and putz Phly! Whatever you're doing can wait.....unless of course you're writing me a check. Then by all means finish up first! Then get out and putz!
LOve this....I think we all need to PUTZ more...so very important to a balanced life!!!
Phly,
I love putzing around. Sometimes while I putz, I find something more important to do....so putzing around is necessary, when there's nothing to do....I hope I can putz later today!!
Phly,
Putz away happily. Very glad to hear that you know you can do it! It's re-energizing...and I'll bet your little girl appreciates it, too. Are you gonna teach her that word...lol?
Lisa
What Missouri ocean is this Phly? I knew that the Mississippi was wide in some spots but....
Craig - LOL! I'm all finished putzing now. . . but man, was it ever fun! Putzing is especially important when kids are involved, they don't stay little forever and there is nothing better for bonding that a good round of putzing. ;)
Deborah - Thanks! ;) And you are so right! The art of putzing is all about balance. You can't really putz when you have things preying on your mind because you have left them undone. Once the important things are done then feel free to putz away, it's good for the soul and your sanity. ;)
Michael - Go on out there and get your putz on! ;) If someone is ever foolish enough to tell you that they don't like putzing, it's because they don't do it properly.
Lisa - My little girl is a conversational wonder, (Honest! I mean when was the last time you heard a 4 year old use the word inadvertently? and in proper context too!. . . It can be slightly disconcerting to people that don't know her.) but putz happens to be a favorite of hers. I asked her just this morning what she was doing, and she replied "I'm just putzing around my room Mommy." . . . hence the post on the art of putzing. ;)
Steve - LOL! Actually that particular photo was take at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. I was there one summer and some pre-teen girls were braving the waves on boogie boards. It was just too perfect a photo op to pass up! ;)
I'd be a little careful about the use of the term "putzing". It may not mean quite what you think it means.
Phly....Very funny post. I love "putzing" but I agree that to enjoy it you need to complete your work first.
Alan - Oh, ACK! Interesting. . . I just looked it up according to an online dictionary and I can honestly say that in all my 26 years I had never heard other definition listed there! I learned the term from my very proper Grandmothers, one being a British-Canadian Historian, and the other a born and bred Southern Belle. However, I think that it only applies in that connotation if you are speaking Yiddish. . . according to Wikipedia anyway!. ;) Thanks for letting me know though!
Carra - Thanks! ;) Just remember "Once the hard work is done, the great ones party!" . . . so get your work done and then have a ball! ;)
Phly - it is of Yiddish derivation, but it has wide usage in the U.S. with that genral meaning... so I'd just make sure that your use of it is clearly understood.
Phly,
I hear you, just came back from a full out half plus day of putzing. We finally have sun and warmth, and I intend to bask in it. Happy Putzing!