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06.06.08 - (Guest) Fridge Friday

Hello Fridge Raiders… are you ready? I wonder who’s fridge this is???

This particular fridge calls the Pacific Northwest home. I have not had the pleasure of meeting this fridge’s owner, but I am sure I will soon! She is a fellow Seattle Mom Blogs gal, and the SMB ladies are always coming up with fun get-togethers! I missed the one last night, so I sure hope I won’t miss the next one…

OK, I won’t make you guess - I introduce to you, Carrie’s fridge! You know, she’s the author and talented writer of Stop Screaming I’m Driving! Thank you, Carrie for being so… shall we say “open”. Oh, and Fridge Raiders… don’t just raid Carrie’s fridge - take peek at her blog while you’re snoopin’ around :)

Here is what Carrie of Stop Screaming I’m Driving has to say about her fridgie-fridgie:

Anyway, here is my fridge. It is lame, but I think the salad dressing shelf and the Tobasco Sauce shelf are kinda funny - also I didn’t realize how many single-serve beverages I had in there until I looked at the photos! Also, look at the front of it! I should really just get a few picture frames, don’t you think? Sheesh. It’s a wonder that stuff doesn’t fall off each time someone opens the door! (Must be those awesome magnets I made with help from hola,isabel!) And that calendar - it’s from May. I really need to get with the program.

On the inside - check out all my pickles. You’d think I was pregnant.

But all that hot sauce residing on it’s own special shelf is the kicker. How much hot sauce does one man need? When I ask him this, he refers me to the other shelf, the one with all the salad dressing and says, “How much salad dressing does one woman need?” Touche, my dear. Touche

I love that her May calendar is up… I love that the “battle of the sexes” even plays out in the fridge… I love the big blue paper flower too… And, hey Carrie - we get the same milk! Smith Brother’s rocks, at least it looks like SB milk from here…

Happy Mother’s Day To ME!!!

Oh people. People! Why was my mother’s day happy? Well… for starters - if you have been here before you can see the BEAUTIMOUS changes on this here site. My very talented, creatively inspired, staying-up late to tweak and perfect, loving, adoring and cutie-pie husband… redesigned my site!

When I saw it - I tenderly touched my laptop screen, and squeak-whispered, “I luh her…”

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05.09.08 - Fridge Friday

Greetings Internets! It is with excitement and international delight I present to you…

Jennyonthespot’s first Guest Fridge….

***drum roll**

Liz’s Fridge!!!

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Anticlimactic Piercing Tale and A Plate of Oreos

Alright already! I did it I did it! It’s true!

No. I didn’t eat this entire plate of Oreos… nor am I saying I didn’t want to. It was “bring some cookies to the awards night thing” at Awana last week. It is no secret that I love Oreos. I could have sent the bag of Oreos and saved a paper plate. However, I didn’t want to send an OPENED bag of Oreos. Due to the fact I have very little restraint when it comes to the Power of The Oreo, the bag was opened and missing cookies before the event. And a mother’s share (7) cookies were ingested with much delight.

This post is not actually about Oreos.

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“Aaaaaaand, FREEZE!”

Dear Olivia,

That is what I wanted to command you to do on your birthday. I close my eyes. I pray this vision of you on your sixth birthday is seared into the “forever” part of my memory:

You were walking down the Sunday School hallway at church. You and G. were walking shoulder to shoulder. Your pink, sparkly giggles bounced off the walls. Your smiles were as big and as spectacular rainbows. You were giddy… overwhelmed… pleased as punch. You practically hovered above the ground due to the Power of the Awesomeness of Turning 6. You were wearing new birthday gear: a pink headband with girlie-colored polka dots, 2 black-flower-shaped-clips with “diamonds”, both of your new necklaces, a ring, an oversized $5 gold lame’ purse stuffed with your new felt coloring tablet, a swirly 4 color dress, pink flip-flops with sparkles, a missing top-front tooth, AND newly pierced ears. Looking at you would make the Disney corporation green with envy - because, little girl - You. Were. IT. If ever there was “money”, girl, YOU were “money”. I’ll explain later…

I remember looking down… watching you giggle with your friend. I knew I was frantically taking in fleeting precious moments I would never embrace again. I couldn’t breathe in deep enough nor look hard enough to keep your excitement of “Being Six”… frozen in time. As I embraced the flutter of you girls chatting and giggling, you spouted with such ovewhelming spirit,

I. can’t. believe. THAT I’M SIX!!!

Neither. Can. I…

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Make Me Laugh Monday

Now who doesn’t like to laugh? Even evil villains like to get their laugh on… they just laugh at different stuff than the rest of us. Oh, and their laughs are all sinister-y… but still. Everyone enjoys a good laugh! Based on this theory… *which I have not scientifically tested - due the fact I don’t have the time nor interest, plus I pride myself in my innate ability to make hasty generalizations*… I decided to join in on the fun at Absolutely Bananas!

Aaaaaand <scene>

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SoHo Nice To Meet You

Not you, you un-kept heathen toes!

Good gracious of all! Cover yourselves!

It looks like it’s been over 3 years since you’ve pedi-cured.

Oh, it has? I’m good.

What’s up with that toe?

…The one wearing that cool ring…

Running did that?

What’s that? That toe hasn’t kept a toenail in 2 years?

Gross. Freakish.

Now that is MUCH better…

Feel free to flip your flops.

It is SoHo Nice To Meet You…

Yes, that is my favorite OPI color too…

MEME

I love that. It’s like, Me, but twice. Who doesn’t like double Me? Don’t answer that. Actually, scratch that - I’m flashing back to the House of Mirrors at that creepy two-bit carnival… But back to me - Minnie Me, Schminnie Me… I’m talkin’ Double Me! MeMe.

I digress.

So, Fireball over at One Passion… One Devotion tagged me to do a 6 word MeMe.

AGAIN, the kids were napping, so I decided to go play jump rope outside.

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You’re a Good Mom - Revisited

Ammie, of the famed and adored Sleeping Mommy tagged me.

I was innocently playing hopscotch while my children were taking a nap. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, Sleeping Mommy came charging! My marker was, like, mid-throw to #5 when I saw her running… right at me! Hop one, hop two… and run, Jenny, run!!! I headed for the nearest tree. On my fifth circle around the tree, I tripped and fell on the hose the kids left out from last summer. Thud! Before I could get up, she slapped me on my clumsy butt and hollr’d (she’s from Oklahoma, you know). “Tag! Yer It!” Then she made me sit in the “mush pot” while she told me what “It” is supposed to do:

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It’s 2008! Get Yer Vote On

Ha! You thought I was gettin’ all political! Nu-uh. I mean, I do believe we should vote. Voting = good. Me gettin’ all political = not so much.

This is a call-out (YO!) for votes for a friend of ours (the hubs and mine). I’ve posted about this here feller before. His name is Joel. My son’s name is Joel, but we didn’t name our Joel after THIS Joel… but we did think about THIS Joel when we were considering “Joel” for a name, and he didn’t ruin the name for us. ***taking breath*** In fact, we really like THIS Joel, ‘cuzza he’s so derned funny - so maybe we kinda did name OUR Joel after THIS Joel… Or not - either way…. back to my point… Continue reading ‘It’s 2008! Get Yer Vote On’