I take this solemn vow
(Raising my right hand, the left on a new box of Mr. Clean Magic Erasers) I, Jen, solemnly swear to never, ever, install textured flooring anywhere in my house ever again. I swear to never have vinyl. I swear to …
Hey kids, it’s Banned Books Week!
I read banned books. And I love ’em. Captain Underpants, Harry Potter, Huck Finn…love ’em. No one has the right to tell me what I can and can’t read. I have a brain, know how to use it, and will. …
They say it’s your birthday…
Well, it was. I was out having fun yesterday on the big day and didn’t get to write a big Happy Birthday to myself. So… Happy Birthday to me! A kept asking me how old I was. My answer was …
Me be a Pirate after all
My pirate name is: Dirty Jenny Flint You’re the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean — not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Like the rock flint, you’re hard …
Why put off ’til tomorrow what you can put off ’til much later?
I am such a procrastinator, I don’t know why, it just annoys the crap out of me. I have had on my to-do list two simple little things that needed to be done. What? Make appointments to have the ducts …
Arrrrr!
Bugger! It’s Talk Like A Pirate day and I didn’t even know! Me hearties, get to this site, savvy? If you be searchin’ for a good time, this be the place. I been waiting all year for TLAPD! I can’t …
Well, at least we know they work!
When we finished the basement we went ahead and put electric baseboard heaters down there. If I were to be cold down there I wouldn’t go and then what’s the point of finishing the basement? You know, ’cause it’s all …
Weekend update
This morning, as Tom brought J back to the service from the nursery: J: (walking down the hall) shhh…. J: (walking down the stairs) shhhhh…. J: (walking to the sanctuary) shhhhhh….. J: (walking into the sanctuary) Mama! A! Mama! A! …
She’s going to need a stiff drink
As you know, I’m not the biggest Britney Spears fan. I think, sometimes, that she’s not the sharpest crayon in the box, but now…now I really wish I could send her a case of her favorite inebriating beverage. She’s going …
Sure, they’ll get right on that…
I get the All Ears Newsletter, full of tips about Disney World. I subscribed before Tom and I went to Disney World in June, and keep reading it, fantasizing about our next trip with the boys. This week the main …