Category: family

Question to the masses

Do you guys see how much time Kevin spends at night and on the weekends working?

the closest I get to a sick day

Hi, you’ve reached the brain of Jennifer. It’s not in right now. Please leave a message and it may get back to you later. If this is an emergency, close this page and contact someone else who can help you. Thank you.\ I am super tired, don’t have to go anywhere or do anything, and […]

All hail the construction guys!!

My master bathroom is finished! The ceiling and walls were repaired and then they were lovingly painted in a brownish neutral. It looks really good. Much better than we could have done. YAY for professionals!\ After I showed my bathroom to Brian, he exclaimed, “Let’s go see my bathroom,” and ran off. But, erm… Kevin […]

My folks

Yesterday was my parents’ 35th anniversary. Woot. Let’s hear it for my parents! In this day and age, 35 years is almost miraculous. When I was in high school, my parents were one of the few couples still together. Twenty years later and they are still going strong. I hope that Kevin and I are […]

No more whining

My husband is home, yay!\ The office now has closet doors (that match! Way to go above and beyond, contractor!) and it’s time to pick a paint color, yay!\ I FINALLY saw some awesome tv tonight, yay!\ Potty-training hasn’t been nearly as horrible as I remember, yay!\ It’s Friday, yay!

Raising Cain

I’ve been telling everyone I know about The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard. It’s a modern-day Walden and full of dense, lyrical, beautiful prose about living in Southern Virginia and contemplating nature. It’s as much about how we observe life and participate in it, and there’s one paragraph that makes my heart sing […]

Whiny me.

I am ready to have my husband back.\ I am ready to have strangers out of my house.\ I am ready to have Brian sleep past 4:30 in the morning.\ I am ready to have Max not be sick.

Ugh.

I hate potty-training.

Kevin won, thanks everyone!

Last mustache joke, I promise: Kevin and I were sitting outside on Halloween to pass out candy. At one point a cop car drove past us. Kevin said, “Hey, cops.” I replied, “They’re recruiting. Quick, hide the ‘stache.” And then I giggled like I was full of sugar. Oh wait, maybe I was.

This ‘Stache’s a Winner!

They posted the final tally and I won! I have no idea what the trophy looks like or when it will show up, but expect pictures when it gets here.\ There’s no way I would have won if not for Howard Uman, who sent an e-mail out to about 800 people (no, really, 750 people […]