Im a wife and a mother.
I’m a mother. And a girl. A woman, really. I’m a girlie woman.
This will be my Journey to the Great Beyond. Join me.
And, now? I will do the One Hundred Things. Or, as many as I can think of right now.
1. One day, my sister called my husband Big Hands. It stuck.
1.5. One day I didn’t have a husband anymore. It’s okay. I’ve got a boyfriend now. And, also? My dignity.
2. My husband proposed to me right after he had his vasectomy. I mean, he was still on the table covered with a sheet with his pants down around his ankles. This will never cease being The Best Thing Ever to me.
2.5. Who cares how he proposed, right? Its no longer the Best Thing Ever. I’m looking for new Best Things.
3. My son is Holden. He is Just Like Me. This irritates BH no end. (Tuff nuts, BH!)
4. I have a degree in Performing Arts. I have never used it. Unless you count Pretending to Like People.
5. I am a super fast reader.
6. I am really close to my family.
7. I am a full foot shorter than my husband most people.
8. I am deathly afraid of clowns and porcelain dolls.
9. I dont like the Police. The band, I mean.
10. I am fiscally irresponsible. This is why I have a husband to learn to be independent.
11. I am at least five years younger than most of the parents in Holdens class. Its hard to fit in.
12. I make myself feel better about number 11 by telling myself that at least I am better looking than most of the mothers in Holdens class. Ha.
13. Work jen and At Home jen are two totally different people.
14. Personally? I like Work jen. BH prefers At Home jen doesn’t prefer jen at all anymore! Ha!
15. I sign all my letters “xojen”.
16. My mother has cancer.
16.5. My mother HAD cancer. Now? My mother is in Heaven, perfectly whole!
17. Ive had the same best friend for over 20 years.
18. I love to dress up.
19. I love to have my picture taken.
20. I dont just “like” anything. I LOVE it or I HATE it.
21. I tell my boss everything. I love her.
22. I have absolutely no personal bubble.
23. You know, unless you are obviously creepy.
24. I am a Christian. Get over it.
25. Big Hands is not. Its rough.
26. I feel like being a Christian should have been higher on the list…
27. Im not Catholic, though I suffer from some of the symptoms.
28. I love that Holden can finish a Captain Underpants book in two days flat.
29. I hate going to the doctor.
30. I have never skipped a day of school. College doesnt count.
31. I love to cook.
32. Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa) is my favorite. Would you like some heavy cream with that? Why, yes I would.
33. I love lipgloss.
34. And makeup.
35. And High Heels.
36. Holden is obsessed with Pokemon. Therefore, I know more about the creature than I care to.
37. I have a tee shirt that says “i love irish boys” and I actually do.
38. I also have one that says “Harvard”. And, I didnt. Though if you ask? I will tell you that I did.
39. I’m a habitual sheet washer.
40. Im not very sympathetic.
41. I mean about things people can help. There are things that are just out of your control. For that, I sympathize.
42. I’m a list maker. And, I love to check off things. If I forget my pen at the grocery? Egads. Thats just a mess.
43. I think my feet are very pretty, and I take stellar care of them.
44. Holden and I name his freckles.
45. I love freckles.
46. I have freckles.
47. When I was a kid, this woman at my church told me freckles are angel kisses. I still believe her.
48. The more you type freckles, the less it makes sense.
49. In Style magazine is my favorite magazine.
50. Oh yes, and Vanity Fair.
51. Dominic Dunne is a genius.
52. But, I’ll stoop to Perez’s level any day!
53. Oh gosh, do I ever love the television.
54. I love Big Brother,
55. and So You Think You Can Dance,
56. and Gilmore Girls,
57. and Sex and the City,
58. and Heroes.
59. There are many more.
60. But, don’t worry…during the week Holden only gets one hour of media a night. That means, either tv or computer or gameboy. He can split 60 minutes however he likes. When he goes to bed, however; all bets are off.
61. I am not a particularly avid fan of Harry Potter. Somehow this is making me a social pariah.
62. I bought my wedding dress on Ebay. It is a vintage 1950’s party dress in Pink. (not gonna lie…this one really gets my goat. I frickin love that dress!)
63. I love music. All kinds. Even country. Which before not too long ago I would have said I didn’t like. But, Chuck Klosterman called me out in his book Sex-Drugs-Cocoa-Puffs-Manifesto. I no longer care to be quasi-intellectual.
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August 2, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Carrie
Someone told me that freckles were angel kisses when I was little too. When I tell my kids that, they laugh at me.
I just found you today & love your blog!
August 3, 2007 at 12:50 am
superblondgirl
First, your wedding dress sounds awesome. Second, bands do make husbands hotter. Mine is a photographer, and I find that oddly hot, too, but his guitar adds a whole new level of hotness. Thirdly, you have trumped my proposal story. I was breastfeeding when I got mine. Like, literally sitting there on the couch nursing our son with my boob out and everything. We had just had a huge fight and we made up by getting engaged.
August 13, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Spa Junkie
Squeeee! I found you. I sure hope I’m not part of those walls that were closing in on you – if so, just say it and I’ll be off like dirty socks.
I’m confused, but glad you are trying something new.
Is this a professional blog? You gettin’ paid here??
AND…what IS the new job that you love, love, love?
Do tell. I could use some inspiration.
Love this layout btw. Love your 100.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Kiss*Kiss*SpaMonkey!
December 8, 2007 at 1:59 am
Jennifer Jackson
I just wanted to drop you a little note to say hello. I love you and i miss you lots. I hope that all iss well with you and your family. Have a Merry Christmas if I do not talk to you before that. We need to do lunch sometime, okay???
Love Ya,
Jennifer Jackson
January 16, 2008 at 5:28 pm
captainporkchops
WHen I was little, someone wiped my cheek once and told me they wiped off all of my freckles. I cried. I like my freckles, too.