Oh, and a few other things
Because I wanted to give A his very own post celebrating his advancement to ten digits, I left off pretty much everything that happened yesterday. Jen? What all happened on 14 April, The Year of Our Lord 2011? I have …
What a difference a decade makes
Ten years ago I was a very different person. I thought I was stressed. I was convinced I was busy. And I knew I could handle parenting. You’ve all peed yourselves laughing, haven’t you? What a difference a decade makes. …
Yak spit and moving
At some point this morning, between pouring meds down a half-sleeping child’s throat and inhaling my first cup of coffee, I realized that I’d rather drink a bucket of warm yak spit than return to Denver this afternoon. I’m sure …
Someday
I have a terminal case of the “somedays.” I blame it on finding so much in life fascinating and having a finite amount of (interrupted) time in the here and now. Someday…I’ll get all my pictures sorted in Aperture and …
Momifer
With a name like Jennifer Elizabeth, I’ve had my share of nicknames. Nicknames based on my first name, based on my middle name, based on my last name. Nicknames only my mom may call me, nicknames from high school, nicknames …
The wall
When I was in college, working my ass off on my undergraduate degrees, I’d often talk about hitting “the wall.” It was when I’d be working really hard on my flute, and suddenly out of nowhere, forward progress came to …
Yeah, yeah, April Fools
Time yet again for Jen’s Rant Against April Fools Day. It’s a terrible “holiday,” one that only serves to irritate me. Of course, the boys are now of an age that they think it is SOCIETY’S GIFT TO YOUNG BOYS, …
Dear Househunters,
On the advice of my dear Facebook friends, I am getting my sarcastic snark out before I sit down and write a polite bullet point list about my house. I was afraid that if I wrote it out and left …
By the numbers
3 weeks since Tom moved to Chicago 2 weeks previous record of being apart in almost 15 years of marriage 42 days our house has been on the market 13 …
Non sequitur
Yup, been a week since the last post. Not intentional, truly, I just figure that if I am tired of the whining about selling the house thoughts in my head I really shouldn’t subject anyone else to them. And I …