Overheard: Surviving the Substitute
Pin itThere is a certain substitute at my kids’ school that… shall we say… has not found favor in the eyes of my children. {photo cred} On the way home from school today the oldest (11) said, “I don’t think I’ll survive if I have Ms. So-and-So again.” His 8 year old sister offered him [...]
I Want to Walk on The Clouds!
Pin itI remember when I was a little girl. I DREAMED of being able to dance on the clouds. To prance and swoosh and spin in the light clouds. It never occurred to me that were I to step out of a plane onto a fat, white cloud… I would fall to a certain death. [...]
Make We Laugh Monday: With My Hands I Can…
Pin itI am thirty-none-of-your-business years old. If someone gave me the writing prompt, “With my hands I can…”, I’d probably write one or all of the following: Feed myself. Button a shirt. Stir stuff. Spray glitter. Text my BFF. Update my Facebook status. Sprinkle sprinkles on cupcakes. Write in the sand. Write a blog post… [...]
Honest Observations
Pin itKids. If anyone is gonna give it to you straight, it’s gonna be your kids. No black too black. No white too white. So secret safe. No room for ego. If your arm is jiggly… you WILL get called out. If you have been working on the computer too much, your son might say [...]
Make We Laugh Monday – The Children
Pin itYa know… so much of the popular funny stuff out there is rather, well… offensive. Bad language, gross sexual innuendo, or most unfortunate – hurtful to specific people groups. I’ll admit it, I have laughed at some that stuff. I have cringed at some of that stuff. And I have even passed on clips [...]
Dear Mom,
Pin it I just wanted to say that your the best Mom in the hole wid(e) world! I would Never want enny other mom like you! So I’m giving you something! Love, Olivia “I never want any other mom like you…” And that something she gave me? The note. ***P.S. Have you voted? I am [...]
Marker for Lipstick
Pin itAfter an hour of, “GO TO SLEEP. GET IN YOUR BED. QUIT PLAYING. GETINBED. QUIT. BED. QUIT. SLEEP. SILENCE!!!!” It did grow quiet. I have written before about the fact that silence is not, in fact…. golden. You see it was silent not because Lucy had fallen asleep. N-to-the-O-T. Instead, she was quietly making [...]
I made it to the potty…
Pin itSo. Like, yesterday… the kids and I headed over to Seattle for the evening. My hub’s business had their little launch party – MINDBLOOM…. maybeyou’veheardofit. Ifnotyouwill*ahem*. And also *fourglassesofwine-whoop!* BEFORE the party, the kids and I met Paul for dinner… over there at the Taco del Mar right there in the Pioneer Square. I [...]
Make Me Laugh Monday – My Spawn
Pin it WHERE do they get it from?!!! Oh. Nevermind. ********** Keep up on the ridiculous, the insightful, the always digressive… Get Jenny On The Spot by RSS or EMAIL Follow JOTS on Twitter, join the Facebook Fan Page and/or Networked Blogs! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet [...]
A Top 10 List: Things I Have Learned From My Children
Pin it*This piece was originally written for another site. However, despite my savvy, wit, charm and wicked-awesome… they chose a different path. Had they checked with Google, they might have seen my shizzle-esque SEO skillz… Who knows why a social media “push” would turn away a force such as myself? I have my theories, but [...]
