So where was I?
November 29, 2004
Internet, sweet internet, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
1. You forgive me for taking off for over a week without writing or calling or even letting you know I was leaving town.*
2. You come back to me even when I have done you wrong by neglecting you. AND you stay for longer than the minimum 30 seconds that
Blog Explosion requires. (You are staying longer, aren’t you?)
3. You have forgiven me for my brief, albeit torrid, fling with Sergei.
4. When I showed you pictures of my new hair color, your replies were neither “Why in the world did you do that to your hair? Is it permanent?” (Thank you oh so much sister-in-law) or “Uhhhh…ummmmm…well, that sure is…uhhh…interesting.” (Thanks, Daddy.)
5. None of you have preached to me about the whole caffeine isn’t good for you or that it may contribute to my sleeplessness. (That doesn’t mean you can start now, my friends. )
6. Finally, you conveniently forget that more than once I have promised you that I would get better with updating everyday and then disappear for long stretches without writing. This time it is different. No, really, it is. For you, I will update more.
Thanks for coming back again after I have been gone so long. You’re the bestest ever!
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The photo project
October 11, 2004
I have had so much fun with the other bloggers who have done this, I thought I would offer it up for you, my kind readers. Let’s just call it a chance to get a glimpse into my everyday world and/or things that I see on a daily basis that amuse me.
Think of 3 pictures you’d like to see. Leave whatever you’d like to see in the comments. Things around my house, or whatever… something I can take a picture of easily. Once I have enough requests, I’ll start posting them. If I can’t, or won’t, take a picture of something you’ve requested, I’ll let you know.
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This entry is too boring to deserve a real title
September 17, 2004
What?! No blogging since Tuesday? Who is in charge of this joint anyway? I want to file a complaint! I want to sue! HEY!
What? I’m to blame? My bad.
Things have been super crazy for me the past few days. I am taking an online class, trying to get stuff written that needs to get submitted today(Well, actually yesterday), and revisions of submissions. Oh and that whole parenting thing happening too. It really irks me to no end when the whole real life thing happens and interferes with my blogging.
And since I am not big on quizzes or meme’s and I don’t have my own Friday 5, I’ll point you to an absolutely hysterical site that will fill you up with enough 5’s for life. (Shout out to my homegirl Melissa for sharing the link while we were IM-dissing. Yo!)
UPDATE Had no idea I posted 3 times! Thanks thanks a metric assload, Ben, for making me so confused with your comment that I looked to see what the deal was. Again….my bad!
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Want to have fun and earn prizes?
September 6, 2004
Have you heard about Blogging for Books? This is a great opportunity for you to showcase your writing talent. It’s all for fun (and an autographed book if you win) and trust me, it is a wonderful chance for you to find some new reads as well. (If you don’t have a blog, the wonderful Georganna has offered hers up as a site where you can post.)
For this Blogging for Books, write about a time when you struggled to adapt to a major change in your life. The guest author is Mark Falanga author of The Suburban You. Go over to Jay’s place and read all about it and get the rules. (But be sure to let me know that you entered. I want to read what you all have to say about adaptation!)
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Stump the nefster!
August 12, 2004
Need something fun to do? Like a challenge? Want to see how far you can push the limits? Well, it looks like my incredibly daring husband is once again issuing out the challenge.
Yes, folks, it is time once again for Stump Nefarious!
If you haven’t played, do it now. If you have played, you know it is fun! Go on. Go stump him!
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I couldn’t have said it better myself
August 8, 2004
I don’t know getupgrrl personally and she doesn’t know me, but I’ve read her blog for a while now. She is amazing. We belong to the same sorority. Neither one of us signed up for this sorority or wanted to be in it. Trust me, though, when I say we definitely paid the dues required to become a member. We are The Women Who Have Lost Babies. Also sisters in our sorority (whose dues are just as high) are the infertile women. You may not know from a glance if we are members of this club, but if you ask, many of us will tell you. We will be able to tell you the exact moment our lives were turned upside down by this revelation. Everything about that moment is forever etched in our brains.
She said it so much better than I could. For the first time ever, someone else voiced the pain and emptiness of the lack of ritual in our culture that many of us need. I foolishly thought no one would understand that need. I underestimated how many of us there are who have felt just this way. She was right on with this entry.
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bloggity blog blog
August 6, 2004
Okay, I finally upgraded my Expression Engine. Meaning, I can now respond to comments. Trust me whenI say that before, it was next to impossible to respond by email to any comments made here. But that has all changed now that I (he) has upgraded me. So, if I haven’t replied before when you comment, it isn’t because I don’t want to. It was because it was next to impossible to do it the way it was set-up.
If you comment, I will reply. That was my policy with MT and it is now (thankfully) something I can reinstate. Go ahead…try me. (Okay, Genuine is that how you whore yourself out to comments? Am I doing it correctly?)
Have a great day, all!
Oh, wait, in other bloggishness news, I know I sent you over there yesterday, but I am sending you back today. For those of you who are following this, Empress has been doing something with her blog called MOTD (Man Of The Day) Today is the last day. It is the end of an era. Go over and see her final entry. (Mainly because she added one final MOTD sweetie for me.) However, do not fear. We will still get our share of men to look at. How? Well, I am glad you asked. Now, she is starting up a MOTB (at least I think that is what she is calling it) It is Men Of The Blogosphere. (Read about it here.) Have a Blogger Man you want to nominate? Go on over there and email her your choice.
Now, I hope you all have a great FRIDAY!
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Another new blogger baby
August 4, 2004
Yvonne finally had her baby girl! Go over there are give her some love and see a beautiful picture of that adorable little girl, Gabriella. (For the record, that baby is destined for wonderful things with a great name like Gabriella…or so my Little Diva Gabriella says.)
Congratulations, Yvonne!
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I get by with a little help from my friends
July 27, 2004
I want to tell you a story. Grab some coffee and sit back.
After Clint was laid off back in May of 2002, things got tight financially. Really tight. By the time December rolled around, we had very little money and more debt than we knew what to do with. We risked losing our house. At Christmastime. So, not only were we looking at that, we saw a bleak future for our kids’ at Christmas and a sad birthday for our son, Zarek. I knew I needed to ask for help. I also knew that I would rather eat glass shards and walk on burning coals than do that. Had it been for me alone, I would’ve just let them take the house and I would be done with it. But I had my kids to think about.
One afternoon in early December there was a knock on my door. A woman that I knew more as an aquaintance than a friend was standing there. We knew each other from the playgroup that our daughters were a part of. She knew about our joblessness. She probably didn’t know how serious it was, but she knew we were struggling. She told me that she and her husband had decided that instead of buying each other gifts at Christmas, they would rather give the money to us.
I was shocked. Dumbfounded is the best way to describe it. I stammered through a thank you and gave her a hug as she handed me an envelope. I had no idea what the protocol for something like this was. Do I open it then? Do I wait? She smiled and said she would talk to me soon then she left.
I told Clint what had happened when I walked back into our family room. He was as surprised as I was. I opened the envelope and cash dropped out of it. 5 $100 bills. I dropped to the floor and began to weep. I had no idea how to accept such a generous gift. I was speechless. All I could do was sit on the floor and weep. Never in my life had I been shown such generosity by someone I hardly knew.
Until the next week. When my best friend in town and her husband received a check from their #### company for a claim they had a while back and she in turn handed that check over to us. Again, I had no idea how to deal with the generosity of my friends. I cried and thanked them and tried to express what it meant, but I am sure I never could do it justice.
Those are only two stories of the kindness people showed to us over the two years. We’ve had people bring us groceries, pay our utility bills, bring stuff for the kids, give us gift cards so we can go out and many, many other things.
You see, sometimes good people fall on hard times. It is not their fault. And no matter how much they wish they didn’t need it, sometimes they need help. Asking is hard. Unless you have been there, you have no idea how hard. But trust me. It is hell on earth.
Why am I telling you this? Because Ro of twelveone.org is one of those good people who happens to need help. She is in crisis and has no idea where to turn. So she turned to those of us who read her blog. And I am turning to those of you who read mine. If you have any extra at all to be able to help her out, please do so. If not, please at least go show her some love. You have no idea how much it will mean to her. Unless you’ve walked in those shoes, it is hard to undstand how just a few simple words of kindness can make a difference.
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Running into the street and screaming with her!
July 23, 2004
*Note: This is not my typical G-rated post. I am irritated. Be forewarned.
Many times I have been willing to sit back when idiots decide it is time to gang up on a blogger. When they feel free to say hurtful things and act superior simply because they can. They pretend to forget that there is a real live human being writing these blogs. It’s not that I am indifferent. I just know that the people I admire so very much can handle themselves.
However (you knew that was coming, didn’t you?), I have about had it up to here (I am raising my hand as high as it will go, people) with some people thinking they have a right to jump this wonderful woman’s case all the damn time.
I know (as well as you do) that there are many of us who would be downright thrilled to even be compared to her wonderfulness. (Don’t deny it. You know you’d love to be in the same league with her, right?) So (although I know that she can fight her own battles), this one is for all the asshats messing with our girl….
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