Jenny On the Spot: Caffeinated mom, lover of dancing, glitter and glitter.

I fell at the roller rink the other day.

Did.

But I wasn’t on skates.

Not at that point.

It’s actually a little sad, really. Falling at the roller rink… while not skating.

Where’s the story in that?

A friend and I were moving tables so we could set-up our cupcake display. We were at the roller rink for a cast party for the children’s theater group… for their most recent show — Scrooge the Musical.

Here’s a pic of one of the signs we put up all over the county… It is this image I had hoped to fashion the cupcake display after:

So. We were moving tables and there was this patch of slickery slickness, and…

3…2…1…

*ouch*

Right on my right knee. It could have been worse. Pretty much I’m just sportin’ a hefty bruise. I won’t be kneeling to pray anytime soon.

Aaanywho. The cupcakes. Thanks to a great team of bakers, a co-froster, “construction” help… and a vision that just happened to work out *jazz hands*… this was the end result:

For the right price, I can make this happen for you too… *does international sign for “call me”*

Speaking of baked goods… Here’s a riddle. What do you get when you cross sparkle and donuts?

Wanna see that again? *bom chicka Wow WOW*… I had to take another look too! Looks like they made these just for ME!

It’s true. Pictures don’t lie.

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JD, may I use that phrase? I know you own the whole, “I *insert action here* so you don’t have to” concept. And it’s true! She does it ALL so we don’t have to. She’s a giver like that. She even ate sardines! I would NEVER do that for you… but mostly because my tummy is so full of Oreos and coffee all the time.

Aaaanywho. I digress.

I want to re-post my story about a cleanse I did a little over a year ago, in case you missed it. We are embarking on a season of resolutions. A time when we feel motivated to eat our veggies or purge our inboxes… or colons. Depends on the individual.

Here’s a picture. Totally unrelated. I’m getting too wordy. *eyes cross* Lucy got “polka bot” jammies for Christamas this year… I got my own last year. She made us wear them together the night she got hers. We took pics. I love how she puts on her best face for pictures:

Continue reading ‘In Which I Save Your 2010: I Did A Cleanse So You Don’t Have To’

You must.

If you read my post on Monday, you know I am “offline” this week. I am hoping that by today I will have made all of the recipes I am suggesting you make. I already made the Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies by Noble Pig a week ago, and they were a HIT! The other Noble Pig cookie recipe I want to try is Banana Snickerdoodles.

I must need potassium because lately I have been BANANAS for bananas!

Before I get to the other 2 recipes I want you to try… 2 recipes I have not yet tried, but plan to this week… I want to show you a picture of my husband and me:

We recently went karaoke-ing – with a live back-up band! Yes – if you look between my hubs and me, you can see some drum… and even part of the bass from a REAL bass playah! We got to sing a duet – “Summer Lovin’”. He was Danny… I was Sandy *lovesick sigh* In addition to this song, I sang “Dancing Queen” with the Blozulfog and Sheila. And I even got the nerve to sing on my own…TWICE… “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” by Pat Benetar and “Material Girl” by Madaonna. For the record, I NAILED that last note of “Material Girl”. NAILED IT. The WHOLE note.

O.K. Food. Have you been to Evil Chef Mom? She rocks. Just like Noble Pig, I have not made one recipe of hers I haven’t liked. These are the 2 recipes I have on tap for this week…. are you ready??? Noble Pig has my cookie fix covered… Evil Chef Mom will meet my ice-cold need: S’more Ice Cream Sandwiches *clutching chest* and Mexican Chocolate Sorbet *melting on the inside* I. Can’t. Wait… to both try these recipes and report back to you!

And if YOU try any of these recipes, let me know! You better believe I’m gonna be wearing my confidence apron!

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Mother. Of. Pearl.

You know what I get for going into the vast retail establishment of All of Satan? Temptation.

Are. You. Blinking? Can you believe that? Do you have any idea how evil this is? Do you??? Do you understand this makes my knees buckle? Think “first kiss”. It’s true. Powerful. *swoon* I love Oreos so much I even did I photo shoot with them one time:

Yes, that is a crown on that gorgeous stack of Oreos. I call them my “Gloreos”.

Do not doubt my love and respect for The Oreo.
Continue reading ‘Oreos, Cotton Candy, & the Devil’

TWICE.

Guess which kind of “carded” it was:

If you chose #3, *ding ding ding ding ding* you win the satisfaction of knowing you are an excellent choice-maker!

3. To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age

And to that I say, “Bring it!” Card me any-stinkin’-time.

Many of you know (and those who do not know, you will now know…) I celebrated The 20th Anniversary of My 16th Birthday back in the October. In case your are desperately un-mathy (suchasmyself) that would mean, at present, I have reached the positively stunning ripe old age of 36.
Continue reading ‘I Got Carded.’

Of course I want to say that to all my friends of the maternal persuasion! I have a video to share with you… I shared it last year too. It is just supremely funny and what mom can’t imagine THIS scenario panning out in her lifetime…

Hugs and love, my friends! Hugs and LOVE!

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SO. My favorite phrase lately has been a phrase spoken by comedic genius and my imaginary BFF, Tina Fey — “I want to go to there.” Imagine my delight when my husband revealed his gift to me for Mother’s Day:

(Of course there is more Mother’s Day hoopla… but tomorrow… for Make Me Laugh Monday)

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Continue reading ‘Happy Mother’s Day!’

As you all may know (or if you don’t I’m about to tell you)… I have been training to run a full marathon. I started an 18 week training plan almost 16 weeks ago.

*pats self on the back*

Wanna know what happened? Tendinitis. More specifically, Achilles tendinitis. Good times. Not severe, but if I’m not careful… the word “screwed” comes to mind.

Last week I had my longest training run – 20 miles. My running partner/dear friend Katie and I started the run in good spirits. We ran. And ran. And ran. And ran. And ran. And ran. And ran. At mile 10 we turned around to hit the second half and… Yowza! Owie! Yikes! Zoink! I felt a sharp pain in my ankle “area”.

But we still had 10 miles to go and it was a full weekend… I did not have time to NOT finish the last 10. So I did what any Smarty Smarterson would do… I ran until the sharp pain “dulled” and I prolly looked like a gimpy girl-like Hunchback of my local community. OK, it wasn’t that bad, but by the time the last 10 was through the sharp pain in my left ankle radiated up to my calf and my right knee was feeling a bit snippy.

Overcompensation, anyone?
Continue reading ‘I Have Tendinitis and My Marathon is in 15 Days.’

Just a little update for those who are interested… I hit my peak-distance training run yesterday. 20 miles. And it actually went well…

If you don’t consider:

• My left ankle (then moved up to my lower-calf) experienced sometimes sharp, but mostly dull pain the last 10 miles. That’s all.
• I have gained 8 pounds in the last month. So. I was carrying around 8 extra pounds for about 20 miles yesterday.
• Despite my best efforts to fuel well (but not over-fuel because no one wants to run on a full belly)… My stomach started growling around mile 16 and by mile 18.5 I started getting that “weak-body & shaky-limb” thing I get when my blood sugar gets too low. #notfun

Other than that:
Continue reading ‘Marathon Training Update: The 20 Miler’

All ya’ll. Who’s on Twitter? You on the Twitter? If ya are… am I following you? Are you following me? If not — we need to hook-up, yo!.

If you are not “on” Twitter…. uh…. Why the heck not? Is is because you feel like this guy does?

Twitter kind-of rocks my world. I mean with hashtags such as #tequila, #nothot and #pimpmytweet… how can a girl like me not fall head-over-heels? What? You don’t know what a hashtag is? Oh, baby. You need to hop on the train of 140 character conversation, and also get your hashtag(s) on. 

You want to know who rocked my world the other day? Jenn from Momma on the Rocks — a.k.a @mommy_grrl over there on the Twitter. Not following her? I suggest you do. Do it now. She might pimp your tweet. Were this a tweet about @mommy_grrl, I’d add: #rockmyworld! 

You don’t know what #pimpmytweet means? When someone pimps another tweeters twitter id (say that fast 3 times), one takes a photo of a drawing/written/typed version of someone else’s Twitter ID,  and then uploads, shares and tags it. 

@mommy_grrl TOTALLY PIMPED MY TWEET IN A MOST EXCEPTIONAL WAY. You don’t even know. But you will, because I am going to show you! Get ready. Maybe wear sunglasses because the level of pure-bright-friggin-awesome is potentially blinding:

Jenn… will you marry me? I think after others see this, you are going to receive A LOT of marriage proposals. But I get first dibs, right??? 

I do eat cake by the row. I’ve blogged about it. I even started a group on Facebook for girls like me. You should join. This cake with my Twitter ID… for get the perfect anniversary present, boys. My friend Jenn has romanced me to my core… I mean cake… Twitter… can you feel my heart pounding???

It’s our turn now, fellow Tweeters. I gotsta get mah creative on and get to pimpin’. Who’s in? 

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It is Monday again. Ya know, it happens every week. Every. Week. It’s like the moon or the tide or anything that keeps returning… like a boomerang. In an effort to offset the typical “whatever” that comes with a Monday, I offer Make Me Laugh Monday as a regular feature… a place not only where I get to pass out a little funny, but a place where I invite YOU to join in. Kind-of like I am a queen and you are my court jesters.

My contribution today has to do with “fitness”. Ya know, with eating my rows of cake, sleeves of Thin Mints and training for a marathon, I feel I am kind-of an expert these days.

BTW, did you know Thin Mints actually have CRACK in them???!!!:

Continue reading ‘Make Me Laugh Monday – Facial Fitness?’