People really like seeing skinny presidents up there…
Pin itI had a GREAT convo in the car with my kids recently. The boiled down version —> I am a skinny, fast runner. My kids are smart. We were talking about Martin Luther King Jr. Joel was pretty sure MLK would have been president, had he not been killed and all. His words. Aaanywho. [...]
Just Goofin'-off On A Coffee Date With My Daughter
Pin itMy 7 year old daughter is a creative-type. She often asks to use my phone to take pictures. Or my Flip to take video. One day, Olivia wanted to take pictures of me. I was all, “Becuase you think I’m beautiful?” She was all, “Noooooo!” And I was all, “Eh?” And she was all… [...]
Touching the Moon: an Emergent Blogger?
Pin itMy daughter (7) was given a writing prompt at school, “Monica wanted to touch the moon. If you wanted to touch the moon, what would you do? Write how you would try to touch the moon.” Olivia wrote (her punctuation, her spelling), I would do all uf the things that my mom and dad [...]
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 [...]
My Middle Child
Pin itFor each of my children’s birthdays I write them a letter here… to read “someday”…. Sometimes I am a bit behind and I am NEVER early. My oldest and youngest got theirs “on time” this year, but not my middle daughter. Oh my poor middle child. Her birthday was in May. My calendar tells [...]
Literally
Pin itChildren. They are such literal thinkers, no? This morning at breakfast my 7 year-old daughter inquired about a song, Mom. You know that Annie song, “Tomorrow”?… It says, “Bet your bottom dollar”… Um… Is… Is that a bad song? It took a moment, but I realized what she was thinking… Can you imagine what [...]
The Confessional – Maggots
Pin itWhy can’t I let feeding maggots lie? I wasn’t going to share this. I wasn’t going to share. But the story that I want to hide, won’t let me hide it there. “…hide it THERE.” I. Don’t. Know. It rhymed. I was going for Dr. Seuss-y, and ended up Edvard Munch-y… and he was neither [...]
Make Me Laugh Monday – My Children, My Madness, My Joy… and Also My Digressionses
Pin itI woke up one morning. I got out of bed. I heard my Mama… And what did she say? She said, “What do want, On your breakfast bread?” I said, “JAM ON IT!” Heh. ‘Member that rap? Ah…. childhood. I’ve always been a wrapper at heart. Even as a blue eyed white girl… whose [...]
Can I Be Totally Honest?
Pin itThis weekend sucked. I was going to “fluff” up the “sucked” part and be all, “This weekend was Stinky Stinkerson.” But if I wrote that, the the “totally honest” part of my title would not have been “totally honest”. It was not a weekend of illness. Nor a weekend of tragedy. Nor a weekend [...]
My Little Girls
Pin itDon’t let the picture fool ya. All that “primping”… all that pink. Because as soon as they step away from the mirror, one will hear/observe things like I experienced last night while we waited for big brother’s soccer practice to end… Olivia (7) sat on the grass (criss-cross applesauce-style) while Lucy (4) spun about [...]
