Our family is unique in that my parents got married when my dad was 16 and my mom was 15. Apparently they thought they were from the era that that was more of a ‘normal’ thing to do. They had four kids in three years – by the time my mom was 18 and my…
Do you remember the first job you ever had? I don’t mean the miscellaneous ones like babysitting or cutting the neighbors lawn. I mean the very first ‘real taxes-deducted-from-paycheck’ job. My very first job the minute after I turned 16 was for a retail store called Pay’n’Save. It was a Washington State fixture which through…
This week’s “Fun and Games with Jenners” sounded especially fun, so I’ve decided to play along! This week she has asked us to write a story incorporating as many song titles as we possibly can. I have the song titles in bold, and the list of songs after the story…enjoy! Their love was like Romeo…
Starting early this morning I’ll be tending to some medical related things today, so I’ll be offline – but there’s no reason you shouldn’t have some fun in my absence, so here you go: I’m also counting this as an early Silly Saturday post just in case – but I’ll be sure to make the…
Me: “Will you do me a favor? Can you please bring me a Vanilla Coke in a freezer sleeve?” PN: “Sure! I knew you were going to ask me that! I read your mind!” (about five minutes later she returns empty handed…) PN: “I couldn’t open the box.” Me: “Oh, is it too hard? Do…
Step One: Have Mama help find socks, leggings, t-shirt, sweatshirt, snow suit, snow mittens, coat and hat. Step Two: Take a full five minutes plus to put each item on. Step Three: Finally, an hour later, decide that it’s time to go outside and play in the deep, deep snow. Step Four: Spend a full…
When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one. When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals. When you thought I wasn’t looking…
