November 25, 2007
· Filed under Food, Friends, Humor, Linked
Chris, a frequent commenter on my site, and quite possibly the only one not related to me, dared me to mail him the Spotted Dick that my cousin Melissa mailed to me. She came across it in the grocery store one day and as the story goes, immediately thought, “Oh my god, I have to buy that and mail it to Jenn!”
The bigger deal is that Chris lives in Germany with his super sweet wife Sabine and extremely cute son, Finn. So, I took his dare and decided to surprise him with not only the Spotted Dick, but the best package ever from some random person he’s never met. So, I threw a bunch of stuff in a box (including lollipops for Finn and some of my favorite music) and sent the package on its way.
And, it came back.
I didn’t feel appropriate cursing the German postal system, but he did a good job of that for me. And, yea, ok, it would’ve helped if I spelled the street name correctly.
So, it sat on my desk for a few months while I ignored it.
Then I mailed it again…
…and my Spotted Dick is now on the other side of the world.
November 11, 2007
· Filed under Art, Evren, Friends, Parenting, Photos
With friends we took the little ones to the Sculpture Garden for a field trip and I honestly wasn’t sure what to expect. I mean, once I took Evren to a wildlife rescue center where we were super close up to amazing animals like white tigers and lions and he could’ve cared less. He played with the plastic lounge chairs at the yard the entire time. So, sculpture? Eh, all his friends were going, so I took a chance.
And they all loved it! They had their little brochures and went from sculpture to sculpture, asking what the name was, trying to find it on their map, asking questions - it was amazing. And totally worth it.
Here are some highlights…
November 7, 2007
· Filed under Friends, Great Ideas, Jenn, Photos, Shopping
Got this e-mail today from Sarah, with this photo…
Hobby Lobby. The first time I checked out your blog, it featured a bunch of sweets. Mainly, cupcakes. Love at first sight?
Love them! Thanks for randomly thinking of me Sarah! It made my day!
November 2, 2007
· Filed under Ayla, Evren, Family, Friends, Gross, Holiday, Photos
Ayla was a monster bride and Evren was a skeleton.
Ayla with two of her best witch friends before trick-or-treating.
The most awesome basket of candy! It’s eyeballs!!! Love it.
September 16, 2007
· Filed under Friends, Humor, Linked, Waste Some Time
According to this quiz, my real age is 23.3 and my expected life span is 83.7. Clearly things are a little skewed, as other real age quizes I’ve taken haven’t been this low. But, since I like the results of this one the best, I’ll make the bold claim that this test is the most factual.
And, (for those who know me), no, the only question wasn’t “How old have you been behaving lately?” Heh.
The average life span of a woman (based on some research I suppose) is 74, according to this site. So an extra 10 years in the nursing home is fine with me.
My biological age is 33. And I’m challenging my new friend Sarah, who claims to be 29, to take this test. And everyone else too! Tell me your results in the comments.
July 14, 2007
· Filed under Friends, Humor
I just got this e-mail from Tara today:
I just sent an e-mail to someone with the subject line of “Details” but I spelled it “Detials”.
Hardy har.
Too funny.
July 3, 2007
· Filed under Food, Friends, Humor
I received this little gem in the mail yesterday because my cousin Melissa thought it was hilarious when she came across it in the grocery store the other day.
Spotted Dick
And apparently she thought (for some reason…) that I needed some.
It’s now proudly displayed on my desk while I try to figure out what to do with it next.
(Thanks for the laugh Melissa! It cracked me up the rest of the afternoon!)
March 28, 2007
· Filed under Friends, Great Ideas, Humor
I’m always on the look out for the perfect tagline for my e-mails. And, I think I may have found it. I busted out laughing so loud when I read it and then I promptly wrote it down and will proceed use it as my own. (Which I often do.)
WHAT THE FOXTROT UNIFORM CHARLIE KILO IS GOING ON HERE?
(Giggling. It’s still funny. Ha.)
What?
OK, fine. He doesn’t even know I took it.
Thank you Chris.
(And no, I’m not clarifying. For all you know, I DID learn German.)
February 23, 2007
· Filed under Friends, Great Ideas, Humor, Linked, Parenting, Things I Want
Why didn’t they have these when Ayla & Evren were babies?! Love it!!
Sophia, I’m totally buying these for you…
Tell your Mommy and Daddy to just hush up. You WILL be the coolest kid at the playground.
You can find these awesome temporary tattoos here at Perpetual Kid.
February 13, 2007
· Filed under Friends, Humor, Jenn
Dear Elsa,
This whole business of you working - yeah, that’s not going to work out for me.
It’s not cool that you got a real job working all day, EVERY day and what am I supposed to do?!? You couldn’t find a nice part-time job or a Mon/Wed/Fri job? No? I don’t think you looked hard enough. What? For the Benefits? Pffffttttttt…..
WHAT ABOUT ME????? That’s the important issue here. This is all about me, isn’t it? You did this to hurt me, I’m sure. Did I not call you enough? Did I neglect you and now it’s pay back time?!
Is it weird that I now have a prescription for Prozac because my best friend got a job? I don’t think so.
I’m not going to apologize for the 20 voicemail messages I leave on your cell phone every day BECAUSE YOU CAN’T ANSWER BECAUSE YOU ARE WORKING.
Fine. Be that way. Jenn
P.S. Call me.
