Various Bits of News … In Quiz Form
by Jenners • 10/19/2010 • My Take On... • 92 Comments
Lots of stuff has been going on around here. But rather than just write a boring old “here is what is happening post,” I thought I’d write it in quiz form.
Question 1: What did I win this past week in a giveaway?
A. An all-expense paid trip for two to Hawaii
B. A Snuggie
C. A complete set of encyclopedias
D. A camera that takes photos like those old Polaroid cameras
The correct answer is D. I was the lucky winner of the coolest giveaway from Jen’s wonderful blog Hamster Central. To celebrate her 30th birthday, Jen decided to have a giveaway of a Fuji Instax 210 Wide Format Instant Camera. It is like the old-school Polaroid cameras (which I adored as a child)…except it has a flash, a zoom, and you can choose to lighten or darken the exposure. The only real drawback is that it is huge— in fact, it looks like a toy camera! I was so excited to show it to the Little One, but I must have built it up too much because when the picture came out, he was like “That’s it?” But once the photo started developing, he got more interested and ended up posing for quite a few photos. Thanks so much, Jen! This is such a fun camera, and now all the neighborhood children want one.
My New Camera ... Fits In Your Pocket (If You
Question 2: What was Mr. Jenners’s reaction when he had to change the bandage on the wound I got when I had a “bad” mole removed?
A. A professional Florence Nightingale-like bedside manner.
B. Quick and efficient changing of the bandage with no chit-chat.
C. Repeated gagging and saying “I think I’m going to throw up.”
D. Cheerful whistling accompanied by painless removal of the old bandage followed by quick application of a new bandage.
The correct answer is C. I knew he was squeamish, but he was totally ridiculous—almost dry heaving into the toilet several times. I would have changed the dressing myself, but it was on my back so I couldn’t reach it. Apparently, Mr. Jenners expected “something about the size of a pencil eraser” and got “what looks like a gunshot wound that is an inch deep.” I was sure he was exaggerating, but then he took a photo and showed it to me and then I almost gagged. Ugh. But, better to have a gaping disgusting hole in my back than bad cells. (By the way, Mr. Jenners wanted me to post the photo of my hole, but I decided to spare you. You’re very welcome.)
Question 3: I managed to find a part-time job via Craigslist. What will I be doing?
A. Cleaning a rich lady’s immense house
B. Shaving alpacas
C. Selling sausages at Hickory Farms for the holiday season
D. Helping out at an office
The correct answer is D, but I could have had the housekeeping job too. I started the office job today and had the housekeeping interview this afternoon. The house was IMMENSE, and I got a backache thinking of all the work it would require. But Mr. Jenners and I discussed it and decided that I would take a pass. It had all the makings of a horrible horrible job. Several times, she told me that “If the laundry isn’t folded to my specifications, I will tell you again and again how to refold it until you get it right.” I think I dodged a bullet on that one.
So there you have it … I’m now a gaping-hole-having, giant-instant-camera-toting, part-time-office-employee!
And, for those of you participating in the Musashi Readalong, I’m a bit behind on my reading so my post will not up until tomorrow night. Now that I don’t have all day to goof off and write blog posts devote to cleaning my family’s home, things are getting a bit behind.
Sounds like you definitely dodged a bullet by not taking the housekeeping job although I’m quite sure it would have provided great fodder for your blog!
I agree … it would have made for great blog fodder but it would have been so miserable I know I would have had to quit.
How about an update on the office job? What exactly are you doing?
I’m working at a church doing administrative tasks like mailings, updating calendars, writing letters, and various bits of stuff like that. It is only 3 days a week for 5 hours a day so it is a perfect little “no stress” job for me that still allows me to be home for the Little One when his school bus arrives home. It doesn’t pay alot but the hours are good.
I think you dodged a major bullet as your skills run more toward humorous writer not perfect laundry folder. You would probably crack up as she told you “again and again” just how to do it right! As usual you are making me laugh til my sides hurt when I should be getting ready for bed!
My only regret is that it would have made for lots of blog stories I’m sure!
Cool that you won a CAMERA! That is a serious giveaway! Sorry about the mole, but thank you for not posting a picture!
How is the new job going? Doesn’t sound like it can be too bad…right?… Glad you aren’t cleaning the crazy’s house!
The new job is going well. It is only 3 days a week, 5 hours a day so it is perfect for “easing” back into the work world. It is weird to have to get out of sweats for once!
My family is the total opposite when it comes to bedside manner — however, I did marry someone who is a medical professional, which is good because I can’t stand the sight of blood. Seriously, I have practically fainted. Whenever I need blood drawn I have to look the other way and warn the staff so I don’t pass out or throw up.
And I agree, good choice on the job.
It sounds like it is a good thing you married a medical professional as you don’t sound like you’d do well in an emergency situation that involves blood!
I do love your sense of humor! I think I need to add you to my Google Reader.
And I have yet to meet a hubby, no matter how good his heart, whose bedside manner rivals that of Florence Nightingale. The first time I gave birth, I was afraid we were going to have to have my husband sedated.
So glad to hear it just isn’t my husband then!!! And I personally think there is nothing worse than a husband who distracts from what his wife is going through in childbirth!!!
That camera sounds awesome! Congrats
Youre funny. I had a mole removed years ago on my back as well. And I know for darn sure that gaping hole with black wiry stitches was nasty! But it heals pretty quick. Congrats on the office job. Shaving alpacas might have been interesting tho…lol.
The thing about the mole is that I could have had stitches and lots of restrictions or I could let it heal naturally with no restrictions … so I chose natural healing but it results in a big big hole!
I’d rather shave alpacas than fold that lady’s laundry! Heck, I’d rather shave alpacas than fold my own laundry!
Congrats on the camera!
Are you ok? The mole thing isn’t serious, is it?
You’re so sweet. The mole was “moderately abnormal” so they took it off so I don’t have future problems with it.
haha that was fun. I should try that out on my husband to test his memory from time to time lol
Good idea! But what are the consequences if he fails!?
I thought for sure you were going to be selling sausages for the holidays, lol. Probably good to pass on the specific-laundry-folding-etc job. ;0) Huge gaping hole, maybe you should have shared, although we might have all ruined our computers, lol. The camera – cool! Polaroids never fit in pockets you silly girl, they’re always huge, but yours sounds very cool!
Well, you did share your bone that one time … but this hole is fresh and really disgusting. Everyone had such trouble with the spider photos that I don’t think my gentle readers could handle it!
Glad you liked the camera! It’s definitely not a camera that’s meant to be tossed in the purse that’s for sure! Well at least this way the Little One is less likely to drop it because of it’s size, right? I don’t know about you but I’d much rather win the trip to Hawaii
I’m strangely curious about this “gunshot wound” you have on your back. Of course, I’m also thankful that you didn’t put up pictures because it might give me nightmares. So thank you.
Congratulations on the part time work! Wow, it must feel weird going back to work after not working for some time. In my opinion, taking care of a child is just as much work and just as stressful as going to work like a grown up….except you don’t get paid to raise children or get any benefits. At least you’ll be around other grown ups soon!
The camera is a ton of fun! The Little One thinks it should be “his” camera now … but I’m not giving it up!
And the hole in my back is pretty horrible. I was able to see it in the mirror last night and it was pretty big and gross. UGH.
And it is very weird going back to work after such a long break. But it is such a novel thing to talk to grown-ups during the day. I like it because it is just enough (5 hours a day for 3 days a week) without being overwhelming. And it is harder to take care of a child full-time I think … it is just frustrating and boring in ways that you cannot fully explain to someone who hasn’t done it. I’m glad I was able to do it but I feel much more balanced now. : )
although it is almost 2 a.m. and my eyes are barely open you have me laughing OUT LOUD!!!! Even the dog jumped off the bed I was laughing so hard! I can just see Mr. Jenners with the giant-size insta-matic camera taking close-up shots of a gunshot-size hole in your back! That’s just too funny!
And by the way, congratulations on the job! Do you go into the office or is it a work at home kind of thing? what kind of office – anything fun, like alpaca sales?
Please apologize to your dog for me. Poor thing! : )
And the job is in an office … only 15 hours a week (the perfect amount actually). It is weird to be “out in the world” again and actually interacting with grown-ups for a change. But I realize I need to get some nicer clothes … sweats won’t cut it. Amazing how your wardrobe can fall apart when you are a stay-at-home mom!
Question: Which “Jenners’ News” will Lynne be keeping from her husband?
A. Jenners’ husband gags when he has to change the dressing of the hole in her back.
B. Jenners won a camera.
C. Jenners got a job.
D. Jenners makes Lynne laugh everyday.
The answer?
All of the above.
A) He would say, “See… I’m not the only one who gags at gross holes (like he did when I had one behind my ear after Mohs surgery for skin cancer)
B) He would say, “Why can’t YOU win a camera. Or anything for that matter.”
C) See D
D) If he found out Jenners makes me laugh everyday then he would go to her blog to find out what is so funny, and if he did that he would find out she got a job and then he would think that was a good idea and say ‘if Jenners can get a job then why can’t YOU get a job’ and that would be very very bad.
Great news Jenners.
You are the winner of Best Comment On This Post. There is no actual prize attached to this but you can now tell your husband that you did win something … even though it is a nebulous thing indeed.
And I agree … you must never ever let him know that it might be possible for you to get a job … it totally takes away from your blogging time and who needs that??!!!???
I’m glad for you, but selfishly hate it when bloggers I like to read get new jobs. It does cut down on those crossed-out things!
I’m already finding myself mourning my loss of blogging time and I’ve only worked 12 hours!
LOVE it! Great post and like the quiz format…… very Jeopardy of you!
Jenners, I’ll take “What job are you doing now for $300, please.” : )
I’m sorry that you found a job.
I hope you still get a little “me” time somewhere in there! And that’s a cute camera. I haven’t seen those around yet. I just got a new point-and-click though so I will have to restrain myself from looking at them too closely!
Thanks for your sympathy. It is already cutting into my blogging time AND I DON’T LIKE IT!
I was so hoping it was going to be selling sausages. The pictures from that job alone could have been great blog fodder.
Jeez … everyone was hoping for Hickory Farms or Alpaca Shaving in the hopes of getting free sausages or getting great stories for the blog. I’m going to have to do something wacky in the office so I can write about it.
Yay! A Jenners post in traditional style – and what style! I loved this. You can find jobs on Craigs list? That lady with the house to clean really said that? I cannot believe your husband took a photo of your bullet hole sized wound and showed it to you! Your life is always so very interesting.
I was surprised about Craigslist … I got interviews for 3 different jobs from it. And, I will admit, I asked Mr. Jenners to take a photo of my hole to see what it looked like.
I missed the last–I guessed selling sausages. I hope Mr. Jenner’s recovers quickly and congrats on the pocket Polaroid–would you like me to sew you a giant pocket?
Yes … I’d like a big giant pocket to hold my new camera in! : )
I was sort of hoping it was the Hickory Farms gig.
1) You’d have so many stories to tell us.
2) You could send smoked cheeses to your bloggy buds.
It would have had some seriously good side benefits. Alas, it wasn’t to be.
Congratulations on the new job! I loved the multi choice answers too – such a clever idea for a post.
I love the idea of shaving alpacas! You have such a fantastic imagination!
I was thinking that the quiz concept might work well for a book review too. I’m going to have to consider that.
Hope everything is fine now after the “removal”. Shame on Mr. Jenners for being so wimpy.
I think the camera looks so cool!!!! I loved having a polaroid when I was younger. There’s something to that instant gratification.
I know!! I guess digital cameras give you instant gratification too but it isn’t like you are watching it develop before your eyes. It is like living my childhood over again.
You lucked out not getting the “shaving alpacas” job as I hear they can be nasty! Hopefully, the office co-workers will be nicer. Have fun with your new camera!
At least my new coworkers won’t spit in my face like the alpacas might have. (I sure hope so!)
What? No sausages for the holidays?? I wouldn’t have cleaned that house either, crazy laundry lady. Sorry to hear about the mole removal. Good thing it was removed, been there and done that. It’s just such a process isn’t it? Glad you are on the mend. And yes, men are way too squemish for being men
The whole mole removal thing IS such a process. I was surprised. On Day 2 of bandage duty, my husband is still being freaked out!
HEY LUCKY! how great for you. Great looking camera, and I hope the job is fun for you.
I did feel lucky. I didn’t have my hopes up to win it but went crazy when I did!
wow what a week you’ve had!
It has been interesting and eventful.
That camera is awesome. I could just see myself snapping away at everything if I owned one of those. And also, Mr. Jenners sounds like me. I can’t even change a diaper without the gag reflex kicking in, so I would be no help with changing bandages either. I am glad to hear that you got an office job and that you don’t have to work for the micromanaging woman. She sounds like she may be a little bit off, and though you are right that it would make great blog fodder, it would be a heck of a job to have to go do everyday. The quiz format really rock too!
The camera is pretty darn fun. I remember loving these as a kid … I didn’t realize they made them like this anymore.
And I’m relieved I didn’t take the housecleaning job … I’m sure I would have regretted it!
Good for you for getting a job. I’ve got to bite the bullet and do the same. You are my inspiration.
) The alpaca shaving job sounds pretty cool, but I hear they spit.
Congrats on receiving the Fuji Instax 210. The camera looks very cool. I’m drooling, as a matter of fact. I thought polaroid film went the way of the dinosaurs. Anxious to see some of your best shots. (Minus the mole picture, of course.) Maybe you can use your digital camera to take a copy of the Polaroid. (There’s something wonderfully redundant in that…)
I had the same thought … taking a digital photo of the Polaroid camera shots. That seems wrong somehow!
Congrats on the job! Glad that you decided not to work for the housekeeping job. She would hate my poor folding ability
Mr. Jenners sounds like my squeamish husband. Whenever a kid gets a mild rash around here, he has to make comments like it’s smallpox or something.
Once again, we realize we are married to the same man!
That camera is too cool! I would have taken the cleaning job but I love to clean. Yeah, I’m a freak. :p
If you like to clean, yes … you are a freak!
Congrats on the camera and the job! I think you’re right about the cleaning job although it sounds like great blog fodder.
I thought the same thing. “I could do this just to get some good stories for the blog.” But Mr. Jenners talked me out of it. Amazing how blogging warps your decision-making process!
Another terrifically creative post!!
Congrats on the camera win. I bet it is a lot of fun for all.
Not sure whether to congratulate you on the job or send condolences. I do think the office job is a MUCH better fit than housecleaning for Martha Stewart
Good luck adjusting to a new schedule (but hopefully you can enjoy a bit of extra money)
The camera is fun. I’d forgotten how neat it is to see the photo “pop” out when it is developing.
And I think not working for Martha Stewart is the correct choice. I’m sure I wouldn’t have been able to last that long.
Well done on your win. I bet Mr Jenners would have made a lovely Florence, pity he is so squeamish. I can’t help but wonder if your mole (i hope it wasn’t too bad) was removed by Jenners Jnr using his light sabre.
Hmmm…you’re on to something .. home surgery via light saber!
I so wanted the answer to question 3 to be “shaving alpacas.”
I did too. Sigh.
I love the quiz format. Cool camera. That would be great for kids.
Hilarious about Mr. Jenners! My husband is a sissy too. Whenever the kids puke, I have to clean it up because he dry heaves. I’m convinced he’s just trying to get out of it. Hopefully the next bandage change goes more smoothly.
Good luck with the new job! I work from home and I completely understand about getting behind on housework. I’m not the greatest housekeeper as it is but during tax season, my house is a disaster and I can never seem to catch up.
I’m glad I’m not the only one married to a sissy!! : )
And that kids do love the camera … but when I realized the film was $1 a photo, I stopped the fun quick!
I’m behind on Musashi too, so you’re not alone there. Congrats on the job! I hope your back heals quickly!
OK good … I’m glad I’m not the only one behind. Irene isn’t ready either.
I have missed much. I didn’t know about the gaping hole. Glad that you could spare us the gory details, but know that I am thinking of you.
Great news on the part time job. Hope it goes well. I am sure that you will have lots of stories to share!
And that camera is coolness squared. Seriously awesome. With a cherry on top.
Enjoy the day!
Erin
Well, the gaping hole is a new addition to my back. I could have had stitches … but then there were tons of restrictions for two weeks that I just couldn’t live with. So I’m healing “naturally” (which ends up being gross looking.)
OH, you won a cool camera – that’s wonderful! How nice of Mr. Jenners to make you feel attractive about your little scar!
As for a household job, it’s bad enough having to do your own house, let alone someone else’s. At least you can go to the office to relax! Congrats on the new job!
I think that Mr. Jenners realized that once I cleaned someone else’s house, I would NOT want to do ours!
Wow! You are keeping busy. Definite bullet dodging with that cleaning job – I thought I was obsessive about the way I folded my laundry. But that lady sounds like Monica from “Friends”.
Yes! Monica would be a good description!! And I might have had to chop vegetables too. I’m sure I would have been fired once she saw my non-existent knife skills.
I want you to know that if you would do my laundry, you could fold it however. Well, as long as you did it *my* way. But too bad about choice C for the job, because they also have cheese and chocolate, you know…
That was an actual job listing I saw. I’m sure I would have been fired for pilfering the cheese and chocolate.
I liked the quiz format,,,even if I didn’t get them right! Hope your hole heals fast and the job is a fun one. I would have passed on the house cleaning too.
I think I made a wise choice by not doing the house cleaning job … though I’m sure I would have had lots of blog material from it.
Congrats on the Job and the Camera. It looks like a way cool new toy. Mr. Jenner is a wimp…you are very brave.
Thank you for saying that about Mr. Jenners. I dare not speak it so boldly!!! ; )
Sounds like you made a good choice of not taking the house keeping job. So the Mr. finally made you get a job? Bummer
Yeah … I think the housekeeping job would have made excellent blog fodder but it still wouldn’t be worth it.
What an entertaining post! I didn’t know they still made polaroid-style cameras, that removed moles left 1″ holes in people’s backs, and that alpaca shaving is a career path (um…is it?). I have learned so much!
Congrats on starting a job that won’t have you aching all over by the end of the day. It sounds like “she” is not an ideal sort of employer.
Glad to be a source of useless information!
My post will not be up until Sat. either. I’m a bit late too. It’s a heavy book, and since I read on the bus…
Whew! I’m glad. It is a difficult book to read on the bus. I’m amazed you’re sticking with it!
I was hoping your new job was shaving alpacas! LOL This was a fun post. I loved Polaroid cameras too, but went through the film waaay too fast.
That is the problem with those cameras … and the film is like $1 a photo!