My 44th Birthday Giveaway Extravaganza
by Jenners • 09/26/2011 • Giveaway, Lessons Learned, Lists, My Take On..., Silliness • 147 Comments
Someone on this blog is turning 44 today and giving away some stuff.
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My First Taste of Coffee: A Photo Essay
by Jenners • 09/21/2011 • My Take On..., Silliness • 108 Comments
A little photo essay to document my first taste of coffee. It isn't pretty.
Read more →Cmon Irene! Is That All You Got?
by Jenners • 08/28/2011 • My Take On... • 71 Comments
Hurricane Irene turns out to be "just another storm" around here. And I redesign my blog. Again.
Read more →Four Things Meme
by Jenners • 06/21/2011 • My Take On..., Randomosity • 82 Comments
Uninspired and tired, I give the Four Things Meme a whirl.
Read more →A Prayer for the Stay-At-Home Mom During Summertime
by Jenners • 06/14/2011 • BB/The Little One, My Take On... • 100 Comments
A prayer for stay-at-home moms during summertime.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: How To Get My Look
by Jenners • 06/08/2011 • My Take On..., Writers Workshop • 82 Comments
My handy guide to dressing like me. Only read if you are ready to take some chances with your fashion!
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Grown-Up Moments And The Little One’s Possible Futures
by Jenners • 04/13/2011 • BB/The Little One, My Take On..., Writers Workshop • 77 Comments
In this edition of Writer's Workshop, I discuss the moments that made me feel like a grown-up ... and imagined what the future might hold for the Little One.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Old Journal + Poetry = Mucho Laughs
by Jenners • 03/24/2011 • Confessions, My Take On..., Silliness, Writers Workshop • 70 Comments
A contribution for Writer's Workshop that involves me digging out my old journals and sharing some really bad poetry I wrote in my younger years. Complete with present-day self commentary!
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: This Time Last Year
by Jenners • 03/02/2011 • My Take On..., Silliness, Writers Workshop • 72 Comments
I compare what I was blogging about this time last year ... and somehow get caught up in writing about Peeps!
Read more →List: My Top 10 iPhone Apps
by Jenners • 02/12/2011 • Lists, My Take On... • 76 Comments
I recently got an iPhone ... and I love it. Here are some of my favorite apps.
Read more →Metaphorically Speaking
by Jenners • 01/17/2011 • My Take On..., Silliness • 66 Comments
A post with a bunch of unfortunate, twisted, heavy-handed and silly metaphors.
Read more →Things I Realized This Week
by Jenners • 12/11/2010 • Confessions, My Take On... • 93 Comments
A few things I realized about myself this week.
Read more →The Latest Addition To My Family
by Jenners • 12/01/2010 • My Take On... • 93 Comments
The post in which I announce the latest addition to our little family. Although you may think you know what I'm going to say, I've used misdirection and outright lies to fool you. (Insert evil laugh here.)
Read more →Four Questions Asked, Four Questions Answered
by Jenners • 11/16/2010 • My Take On... • 80 Comments
I was tagged to answer four questions. So I did. Then I asked four new bloggers four of my own questions. And so on and so forth and there is too much math in this excerpt.
Read more →I’m Going To Have To Issue A Citation
by Jenners • 11/05/2010 • My Take On... • 97 Comments
In which I rant about a grievous offense committed in our neighborhood.
Read more →Have You Ever…
by Jenners • 11/02/2010 • My Take On... • 98 Comments
In which I finally participate in the Have You Ever? meme.
Read more →Various Bits of News … In Quiz Form
by Jenners • 10/19/2010 • My Take On... • 92 Comments
A little quiz about what has been going on in my life.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Jobs I Don’t Want
by Jenners • 10/06/2010 • My Take On..., Writers Workshop • 89 Comments
Jobs I'd never want to have in my life.
Read more →Writer’s Workshop: Freedom
by Jenners • 09/09/2010 • My Take On..., Writers Workshop • 28 Comments
Writer's Workshop asks me what freedom means. I answer.
Read more →Random Thoughts During My Vacation
by Jenners • 08/03/2010 • My Take On..., Travels • 32 Comments
Some random thoughts from our recent Florida vacation.
Read more →It Is Summer … So My Blogging Has Gone Down The Toilet
by Jenners • 06/30/2010 • My Take On... • 30 Comments
Don't have time to talk except for these few meaningless tidbits.
Read more →Always, Sometimes, Never (Redux)
by Jenners • 06/21/2010 • Life, My Take On... • 39 Comments
Doing the Always, Sometimes, Never meme because I'm too tired to come up with my own post idea.
Read more →My Week .. Alphabetically
by Jenners • 05/28/2010 • BB/The Little One, Life, My Take On... • 30 Comments
Writing about my week alphabetically.
Read more →Casting A TV Movie of My Life
by Jenners • 05/23/2010 • My Take On... • 36 Comments
Another new week and I still have no post ideas. Why is my muse missing in action? Is she on vacation? So I’m forced to answer another question from a reader. This time, the question comes from Grace’s Mom who asked: If someone was to make a made-for-tv movie about your life, who would...
Read more →Signs of Apocalypse and Other Ramblings
by Jenners • 05/03/2010 • BB/The Little One, My Take On... • 34 Comments
I don’t want to scare you or anything, but I believe I’ve seen the first sign of the Apocalypse. In Book 5, Chapter 12 of Revealations, it clearly states: And lo, the first sign of the Coming Doom shalt be a thick coating of yellow sneeze powder — not more than 1/8th of a...
Read more →Post-It Note Tuesday: Talking With Myself
by Jenners • 03/02/2010 • Life, My Take On..., My Writings • 31 Comments
Check out more Post-It Note Tuesday posts over at SupahMommys.It is the funnest and most colorful meme in the blogosphere! Loving Peeps best once they’ve been in the freezer,
Read more →Post-It Note Tuesday: Meaningless Drivel
by Jenners • 02/23/2010 • My Take On..., My Writings • 35 Comments
Check out more Post-It Note Tuesday posts over at SupahMommys.It is the funnest and most colorful meme in the blogosphere!
Read more →This and That and The Other Thing
by Jenners • 02/15/2010 • My Take On... • 21 Comments
The premiere of The Amazing Race is coming on soon so I don’t have a lot of time to write a post but I wanted to tell you a few things. Go see Up in the Air starring my new boyfriend George Clooney. Mr. Jenners and I saw it over the weekend, and it...
Read more →Post-It Note Tuesday: Vomit, Complaints, One Hit Wonders & More
by Jenners • 02/02/2010 • Confessions, My Take On..., My Writings • 32 Comments
Check out more Post-It Note Tuesday posts over at SupahMommys.It is the funnest and most colorful meme in the blogosphere!
Read more →Post-It Note Tuesday: My Formal Debut
by Jenners • 01/26/2010 • My Take On..., My Writings • 30 Comments
I’ve seen others doing this meme, and it seemed just too fun to pass up. It is almost like Twitter but with brightly colored squares. (Plus you can pretend you have really good and arty handwriting.) For more Post-It Note Tuesdays, visit SupahMommy.
Read more →Five Words Meme: A Psychological Test
by Jenners • 01/11/2010 • My Take On... • 6 Comments
Quite some time ago, Lisa over at the amazing photography blog Lisa’s Chaos did a meme where she was given five words by a fellow blogger and she had to write about them. I asked her to give me five words to write about too—thinking it would be a good thing to do some...
Read more →An Awkward Moment At Goodwill
by Jenners • 10/06/2009 • Life, My Take On... • 27 Comments
So yesterday I dropped some stuff off at Goodwill. It was a bit chilly so I was wearing a sweatshirt. The sweatshirt was from a family trip to Long Beach Island a few years ago. We had come across a store that sold matching sweatshirts in sizes for Mr. Jenners, me and the Little...
Read more →I Guess I Haven’t Gone To The Movies In Awhile
by Jenners • 09/29/2009 • Life, My Take On... • 22 Comments
This past weekend, Mr. Jenners treated me to an actual date night for my birthday—complete with a movie, dinner and a hotel room. It occurred to me that perhaps I haven’t been to the movies for awhile because there were some big changes that surprised me. One was bad and one was good—very good....
Read more →You’re Insane About Housekeeping If…
by Jenners • 09/09/2009 • My Take On... • 46 Comments
I was just folding laundry and all of a sudden, a blog post (one that was light-hearted and funny) popped into my head and I thought I better quick catch this moment while I can so here is is — raw and unprocessed right from my brain (which still has joy, laughter and humor...
Read more →Need Your Opinion…
by Jenners • 06/08/2009 • My Take On... • 26 Comments
So I just finished this book, Do-Over!, by Robin Hemley that is all about doing over parts of your life that didn’t go so well the first time around. The book got me to thinking about my childhood home as one of the “do overs” in the book was the author going back to...
Read more →Some Thoughts About Carbonated Beverages
by Jenners • 05/26/2009 • My Take On... • 46 Comments
So my recent trip to South Dakota reminded me that not everyone calls drinks like Coke, Pepsi and Sprite “soda.” No, in that part of the country, they call it “pop.” This led me to wonder what you call drinks like this … and where does the shift from “soda” to “pop” take place?...
Read more →Tuesday Ramblings
by Jenners • 04/14/2009 • My Take On... • 48 Comments
You can visit more Random Tuesday Thoughts at UnMom Is it wrong for a 40-year-old man to coach his son to give him credit for the show and tell idea that his 4-year-old son took to preschool? Yes…yes it is, Mr. Jenners. Should I feel like a bad parent that my 4-year-old son wanted...
Read more →Let’s Just Skip Monday This Week
by Jenners • 04/06/2009 • My Take On... • 45 Comments
So, I know it is Monday but I wanted to do this Random Tuesday Thoughts over at The Un Mom. BUT I also want to do Tuesday Tribute tomorrow (you know, on the real Tuesday). And since Mondays pretty much suck anyway, I’ve decided I’m just going to skip Monday this week and have...
Read more →Five Wonderful Words
by Jenners • 03/13/2009 • Blogging Tips, My Take On... • 28 Comments
Friday High Five is hosted by Angela over at Angela’s Adventures and Minor Mishaps. If you want to play along, Friday High Fives is really easy and non-restrictive! Make a list of 5 things — ANY five things you want! 5 favorite things, Top 5 Vacation spots, 5 most embarrassing moments, 5 favorite pics,...
Read more →Creating Your Own Album Cover
by Jenners • 03/02/2009 • Life, My Take On..., Silliness • 28 Comments
So I saw this really cool meme about creating your own album cover over at Dan’s excellent blog The Art of Panic. It sounded like fun, and then I saw Heather do it over at ….and Now I’m a Grown-Up. So never one to miss a trend, I felt that I had to do...
Read more →Answers To My Questions
by Jenners • 02/27/2009 • BB/The Little One, My Take On... • 33 Comments
On Tuesday, I asked you to help answer some questions I had. I must say that I was amazed at your thoughtful responses! Your answers were quite helpful, so I thought I owed you a follow-up post to let you know what I found out. Does perfume go bad?Yes — in the sense that...
Read more →A Little Help Here, Please
by Jenners • 02/24/2009 • BB/The Little One, My Take On... • 45 Comments
Today I need something from you. I don’t need your money (though I will accept anything you wish to donate through PayPal if the spirit moves you). I don’t need your sympathy (though I would feel sorry for me after what Google put me through in yesterday’s post). What I do need is your...
Read more →Thank You ElleBee … Plus Worthwhile Toy Recommendation
by Jenners • 12/10/2008 • My Take On... • 30 Comments
My First Bloggy Giveaway Prize!! Woo-hoo! A little while ago, ElleBee over at Musings of a Working Diva had a giveaway to celebrate her 300th post (can you imagine?!). She gave away a $15 Starbucks gift card…and yours truly won! Not only did ElleBee send me the Starbucks card, she also sent an ornament...
Read more →Rules for Holiday Decorating
by Jenners • 11/18/2008 • My Take On... • 5 Comments
A post in which I share my rules for holiday decorating. Follow them or be damned forever.
Read more →Gift Giving and Receiving: What Type Are You?
by Jenners • 11/16/2008 • My Take On... • 9 Comments
My breakdown of the types of gift givers and receivers in the world.
Read more →Alphabet Questions: Who Am I Tag
by Jenners • 11/15/2008 • My Take On... • 3 Comments
Answering an Alphabet Tag meme.
Read more →The Case Against Homemade Gifts
by Jenners • 11/06/2008 • My Take On... • 3 Comments
Some reasons why I don't like homemade presents.
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