Mommin' It Up!

December 9, 2014

Speaking of Things Jenny’s Obsessed With…

I’ve known Jenny for going on 36 years now, and during that time, I’ve seen her become obsessed with many things.

Many, many things.

Cabbage Patch Kids. Debbie Gibson. Happy Gilmore. Jones Soda. Healing Garden bath products.

You’ve seen it too, on this little blog of ours.

Coupons. CVS. Mary Kay. Lands’ End. Make up. Selfies.

Most recently, Serial.

The problem is that she’s so dang enthusiastic about these things that the obsession starts to rub off on people around her. And by people, I mean me.

When she started talking about essential oils, I should have tuned her out! I mean, you’d think I would be good at that by now.

But no, I listened to her.

And I am the slightest bit intrigued. Actually, I am going to a class to learn about them tonight and I spent the better part of Sunday evening pinning all kinds of nonsense about them and how they’ll cure whatever ails ya.

There’s a sucker born every minute.

Before I go drop tons of cash on snake oil, as I like to refer to it, tell me – have any of you (besides Jenny) used them with success?

November 26, 2014November 26, 2014

#SpreadsheetThanksgiving

After a series of unlikely events and somewhat by default, I’m hosting Thanksgiving tomorrow for my grandmas, my sister and her family, Jenny and her family, Jenny’s brother and his family, and Jenny’s mom and dad. Add Kate, Sam and Andy and that’s 21 people.

I know what you’re thinking.

But I promise this does not involve spaghetti in a crock pot.

It does, however, involve spreadsheets. Lots of them.

I have a spreadsheet for the seating chart, one for the ingredients for each dish, one for my grocery list, and one that has pretty much everything else.

I’ve also got a to-do list for today and tomorrow, and a timeline for tomorrow broken up into five minute increments.

Issues, I haz ’em.

I have been researching the hell out of Thanksgiving for a month or so now… I’ve read the entire internet and quizzed UP and his wife about how to make stuffing, gravy and cranberry relish, but every time I see an alternate version of something I’m planning to make or a no-really-THIS-is-the-best-way-to-cook-a-turkey pin, I nearly veer off course.

Take, for example, Monday night when I read an article about how to spatchcock a turkey. It started to sound like a really good idea, so I turned to Jenny for advice.

So, needless to say, this is going to be interesting. I’m tweeting and instgramming the experience using #SpreadsheetThanksgiving, so if you need a laugh or reassurance that someone is screwing up a meal more than you are, I hope you’ll follow along.

Happy Thanksgiving!

July 8, 2014

The first step is admitting you have a problem.

Remind you of anyone?

Jenny went to college with the guy who created that video. Coincidence? I think not.

But really – outfit of the day for six months? Child’s play! Jenny’s been laboriously detailing her make up for at least three times longer than that.

Every single day.

(For real, have you seen her Instagram account? So. Much. Jenny.)

Given how seriously Jenny takes her face, I am perplexed by this recent interaction:

[Five days ago]

[Today]

I was about to take my #doyourmakeup selfie when I saw this! My nose finally bruised from 5 days ago. Apparently the lighting in my house is bad because I didn't see it til we were outside. — I was about to take my #doyourmakeup selfie when I saw this! My nose finally bruised from 5 days ago. Apparently the lighting in my house is bad because I didn’t see it til we were outside.

Issues, I tell you. The girl has issues.

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Special thanks to Cherie and Jill for bringing this to my attention. I am grateful they don’t want me to miss an opportunity to make fun of Jenny.