Pouting.
As my friends on Facebook said when I posted this…at least he’s outside and at least he’s pouting quietly. 🙂
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A Lego minifig head is exactly the size of Owen’s nostril.
Wonder how I know? 😐
Yes, this was the first thing he actually stuck up his nose and couldn’t get out. I had to get the tweezers and threaten to take all his Legos away if he did it again.
>>> FACEBOOK COMMENTS
- Karen—And that item looks pissed!
- Sheryl—Look at Owen’s face – did he get yelled at?
- Katherine—It happens
- Jennifer—Sheryl, not yelled at, but definitely told to SIT STILL AND DON’T TOUCH IT while I ran to get the tweezers…and to not do it again.
- Andrew—*laughs* Poor Owen.
- Jean—Remember when one of your “Brownie” friends stuck a Nerd up her nose in the car on the way to Cedar Point? OMG.
- Kristin—My brother in law didn’t stick things up his nose. He stuck red hots up his SISTER’S nose.
- Tammy—Poor Owen looks like he belongs in one of the Bad Dog pictures.
- Jennifer—He was actually just watching Sesame Street. He wasn’t upset.
- Jeremy—Whatever that is that was up his nose doesn’t look happy about it.
- Nancy—Awww! That photo is just great! I stuck a crayon in my belly button and my mom took me to the hospital because I wouldn’t tell her what happened, I was crying, and it was red. Kids, man.
Different shades of brown.
One of the moms in my group had a GREAT explanation for the “difference” (not really) between black and white skin.
Evie asked me a question after MLK day. Many would find it difficult to explain… but this is what I said. I held a white towel against my arm and asked if they matched. She laughed and said, “no”. I held a black towel and asked her if anyone she knew resembled the towel. Again, she laughed and said, “no”. I explained that we are all just different shades of brown. Flesh, blood and bone. Full of emotion, love and tenderness. We are all the same, just a different shade!
I thought that was simply awesome—and a perfect way to handle what could be a potentially uncomfortable or awkward question. The next day, this photo was making the rounds on Facebook and I thought it was apropos to her explanation.
My most-used word on Facebook?
Why it’s Owen, of course. As determined by Wolfram Alpha analyzing my 3,930 Facebook status updates.
Happy 39th!
My birthday started out wonderful…I got to sleep in until 9:30 (thanks to Katie getting me up at 5 to eat and “wish me happy birthday!”), Owen said “Happy Birthday Mama!” all on his own (I wonder how much instruction that took!), Tom made waffles for breakfast, and I had a Facebook wall full of birthday wishes from friends and family waiting for me!
After a nice lazy day of hanging around the house with the fam (and publishing my updated blog!), my day was topped off with a rousing chorus of Happy Birthday from my niece and nephew (Gabrielle and Robert), reading my entire wall of Facebook birthday wishes, and CLEAN SHEET NIGHT! I’m a lucky girl! 🙂
Facebook Status Updates
- There’s nothing quite as disheartening as losing weight, going to buy new pants, and NOTHING fits—even in your old bigger size. WTF?!
- I’m ready to call it quits already today. Everything is driving me insane and I want to scream. It’s a good thing these days are rare…
- I just watched Brokeback Mountain. Welcome to 2005.
- I finally finished a book at Shutterfly only to realize upon final edit that I had two empty pages in the middle. #firstworldproblems
- One thing I miss about Michigan? Not being able to easily get my favorite Traverse City wines.
- How long would 25# of rice last in your house? Our last bag was about three years. Recipes, anyone? #samsclub
- Oh my gawd. 21 Jump Street was freakin hilarious.
- It wouldn’t be a normal night at our house if we didn’t have to go in and get Katie at least four times after we put her to bed. I don’t know HOW she can store burps like she does…
- I never imagined the most productive hours of my day would be from 6:30–9:30am.
- Where do all the pacifiers disappear to?! We started with four and are down to two. In two weeks.
EWWWWWWWWW
Outside on the porch today, I happened to look up and see this. EWWWW. What the >:XX is it? I’m not sure I want to know, but it gives me the heebie jeebies. And it’s staying there until Tom comes home and takes care of it.
And leave it to my Facebook friends to make me laugh…
Paul O => Aliens
Lesleigh T => Ewwww
Tony K => Gorbachev’s eyebrows?????
Richard J => Don’t worry, they’ll eventually hatch…
Sara D => That right there is a fine pair of Muppet larvae.
Sara D => Or Chenille Pods.
My turn at the ER.
It started innocently enough, doing dishes. Well, I wasn’t even really washing dishes per se—like the knife wasn’t hiding in soapy water (my mom taught me that knives never go in the water—they sit to the side). I was just washing the one knife, with a scrubby, under water. It wasn’t even dirty, it was just new and needed a cursory 5-second wash. But I wasn’t paying too much attention and I was trying to do it really quickly—and suddenly I felt a ZING! and saw blood spurt into the sink. Egads.
And there was sooooooo much blood (it’s a good thing blood doesn’t really bother me). It hurt but not like I thought it would. I was actually more ticked because I couldn’t see the extent of the injury due to all the blood. When I finally got to look at it, I saw that I sliced my fingernail at the base along with about a 1/2″ gash in my finger.
Then…the Twitter and Facebook posts commenced. 🙂
2:16pm I just cut my finger with a new knife. More blood than I’d prefer. #thingsthatmakemeswear
2:30pm See? Not TOO bad. Right?
2:45pm It’s bandaged now (with a spray of pain reliever and a big band-aid).
I was pretty sure I didn’t need stitches, but after seeing the picture, friends told me it might warrant a few stitches, but…
- I didn’t feel it was worthy of having Tom come home from work so I could go.
- I’m not good at deciding, having only gotten stitches maybe twice in my life (I think five total, including childbirth!).
- I was actually waiting to examine it more closely—to pull apart the skin to see how deep the slice really was—but I had to wait until it was REALLY done bleeding.
When Tom came home I unwrapped it to show him and it started bleeding again, and he told me I should go to the ER. Ugh.
6:34pm At ER waiting for stitches—Tom convinced me to go. At least they’re fast (waiting for a PA).
7:11pm Up next: tetanus shot, since I can’t remember when I last had one.
7:20pm Well I thought this was going to be a super quick visit—I was triaged and waiting for the PA within 10 minutes. Then it was 30 minutes before they took me to the minor care center. I’ve been here 25 and have seen the PA but am waiting for my tetanus and then the stitches. Hopefully the rest goes more quickly as I didn’t eat dinner.
7:33pm I wish I knew why it took 30+ minutes to get a tetanus. At this rate I’ll be home at midnight. 🙁 Otherwise, I like this place.
7:44pm Harnessing the power of posting… How long does it take to get stitches? (I posted re: the tetanus and had it 5 min later.) #knockonwood
8:14pm I’m all numbed up. The PA was awesome. She said lacerations are her favorite thing and she loves doing stitches. Lucky me! It was neat watching her efficiency…and thinking that numbing agents are awesome, because I should really be able to feel that needle sewing me up! (I had warned her that I might need more than the normal amount of anesthetic—recounting my birth story—but I ended up only needing the usual amount.)
8:20pm Five stitches (which brings my current lifetime total to 10).
8:35pm I guess 2 hours round trip wasn’t bad (from my house back to my house), but it felt soooo much longer. The PA said that tonight was really busy, but you’d never know from how un-busy it looked.
The funny thing is, I’m all about doctors and medicine and having someone be able to fix something, but I really didn’t feel my injury necessitated a trip to the ER. I told the PA I didn’t want to take up valuable time and resources for what was essentially a CUT. She said an ER visit was definitely warranted. Especially if it cuts into the nail (had I cut more of it, she would have had to take the whole nail off!). Well, now I know.
I can’t believe all the normal day-to-stay stuff that is hindered by having this finger out of commission. Like using any silverware, unscrewing jars, putting in contacts (I use that specific finger), writing, picking up Owen, typing, etc.
I’m just glad it wasn’t worse.
Garth Brooks Rocks!
Through a bizarre set of circumstances, I ended up flying to Nashville to attend a Garth Brooks charity concert.
And wow. Just…wow.
He was AMAZING. A. MA. ZING. He did a 2-hour show which included (I think) three or four encores.
It was an awesome experience. Especially since I haven’t gone to many concerts in my time… But to hear ~16,000 people singing every word to every song just blew me away. And his energy? Holy crap. I was exhausted just standing, singing, screaming, and applauding for two hours…he had to be dead. But he just kept going and going and going. As I said in my Facebook post, he was “balls to the wall for two straight hours.”
It was just pure awesome, and I am very thankful to how everything worked out in a matter of hours…and how things all came together in the end!
- Seeing Garth on Oprah and thinking how I’d love to see his acoustic concert in Vegas.
- Me tweeting that if anyone wanted to know what to get me for Christmas, it was “Garth Brooks Vegas.”
- A friend of mine from Alabama, Jen, posted a reply that she had an extra ticket for one of his Nashville shows if I wanted to fly down.
- My dad and stepmom were planning on being here anyway on that date, so they would be able to babysit (Tom had to work).
- Tom agreed I could spend the money—Merry Christmas to me!
- A week later I tweeted that I arrived in Nashville—and my friend who lives in Nashville (Laurie, who I graduated high school with) called me to say “I didn’t know you were coming to see Garth HERE! We have to get together!”
- My friend with the extra ticket had another extra ticket for MY friend…so we all went together!
Everything was apparently meant to be. And I am a very, VERY happy woman!
My life via Facebook via Pummelvision!
My Top Facebook Words of 2010
And just out of curiosity, here are the Top Words from two of my friends:
Facebook Updates
- Two fried eggs, 6oz blueberry yogurt, a handful of Cheerios, and 8oz water. Typical toddler breakfast, or just for my beast? #hungrytoddler
- Ahhhhhh, morning snuggle time with my little one. That’s the good stuff.
- Owen just pulled his comb & brush out of a drawer and is playing with them–using them on his hair!! I just love watching him! #cutetoddler
- I am attempting my first non-recipe potato soup. Winging it, as they say.
- Apparently I bought the wrong size underwear. Damn trying a new brand. #wasteofmoney
- Cat vomit! Yippee! #sarcasm
- There’s really no better way to start my holiday radio listening than Noel by Josh Groban. #ilovechristmas
- I just finished watching Rudy for the first time. Man, is it dusty in here.
- I just shared a bowl of Lucky Charms with Owen! Soooooo fun!
- I am sick. I just realized we missed using a $50 sushi gift certificate to one of our favorite places. I hate GCs with restrictions.
- I just made an executive decision to delete the (as of yet unwatched) second season of Colony from our #TiVo. Ahhhh, feels good.
- Good news, script didnt change so no new glasses cost! Still have to buy a year’s worth of contacts though.
- I just love watching my little man play in his crib, seemingly wide awake, then start slowing down…lay down…thumb in mouth…then out!
- Backyardigans just had my favorite knock knock joke from when I was a youngster. Think oranges and bananas. #hee
- I found my missing library book with a day to spare. Yay!
- I just realized our post-construction corner will not have left turns at all. It’s not just temporary. We’re getting Michigan lefts. Yuck.
- There’s nothing quite like wailing “All That Jazz” with the windows down. I ♥ Chicago! #singinginthecar
- Hot chocolate w/coconut flavoring #ftw. Oh, and banana chocolate chip coconut muffins. Breakfast of champions. Or chocolate/coconut lovers.
- Really, City, you have to mow the park on what might be the last nice day of the season? Leaves, twigs, dust flying everywhere is not safe.
- I love the feeling of a sun-warmed car on a chilly day. #hmdwl
Facebook Status Updates
- Jennifer Hudson has learned that Maggie can open the screen door to let herself in if you don’t do it in time.
- Jennifer Hudson really wishes people would pick up after their kids at the park. This is not your personal trash can.
- Jennifer Hudson Finally. After almost nine years I have a wedding album!
- Jennifer Hudson hates when I FINALLY decide to buy something online because I can’t find it locally…then two days later I find it locally…on clearance.
- Jennifer Hudson has cut the 750+ photos from this weekend down to 333 on the first run through.
- Jennifer Hudson is exhausted. Owen decided not to sleep last night, and instead scream every time we put him down. I ended up in the rocking chair with him—he slept, I didn’t.
- Jennifer Hudson just took 600+ pictures of Owen in his pool with his new garage-sale slide. Sooooo much fun!
- Jennifer Hudson is having a hard time reconciling Mr. Noodle being the creepy serial killer on CSI.
- Jennifer Hudson just saw this response to a news article: “It just babbles my mind.” I’m not sure whether to laugh or be dumbfounded at the stupidity.
- Jennifer Hudson just heard a loud clunk from upstairs–which means the little man is up and tossed the wipes off the dresser.
- Jennifer Hudson is bummed that 1) LOST is over and 2) they ended it like they did. But mostly #1.
- Jennifer Hudson knows road work has to be done, but I hate living in the middle of it—our main intersection is predicted to be janked through November and our neighborhood until August. BOOOOOOOO!
- Jennifer Hudson had the king-sized bed covered with three cat-puke-prevention towels while we were gone…and the damn cat managed to barf in the 1/2″ seam where there was no towel.
- Jennifer Hudson needs another Margarita.
- Jennifer Hudson had a dream about John Casey last night. IBIMB.
- Jennifer Hudson has a crankopotamus for a kid today.
- Jennifer Hudson just bruised her arm and almost threw out her back trying to open a >:XX window. I hate this house sometimes.
- Jennifer Hudson is being driven absolutely insane by our exceedingly intermittent internet connection.
- Jennifer Hudson thinks the toddler shoe aisle is the mist frustrating place. Nothing in the right place, single shoes everywhere, shoes in wrong boxes. I hate people who disrupt aisles like that.
- Jennifer Hudson 1) Harleys should NOT be allowed to run before 7am. Hell, 6am. Thank you SO much, neighbor. At least I finally fell back to sleep. 2) Stepping in cat vomit is NOT a good way to start the morning, especially when you’re carring a kid. 3) M-O-N-S-T-E-R-C-L-U-B-HOUSE.
RIB|NFLANNKE
This will always make me laugh. Any non-Grayling peeps want to guess what it is?
- Scott F—Bowling alley?
- Jeff P—That is hilarious. I won’t ruin it though.
- Heather WT—WOW….what is it? I don’t remember that!
- Heather WT—Nevermind….I know now! LOL took a minute! Thats funny!
- Sue Ann R—I don’t know what it is now … but it was a Ben Franklin at some point in time.
- Ryan H—Ben Franklin……Wow….they tried to make it like Volkswagen or something?
- Sue ML—rib n flankke, like ribs and flanks, a steakhouse?
- Jennifer H—Sue Ann–you got it! It’s an old Ben Franklin store downtown on Michigan Avenue! It’s been empty for a long time and sone unknown person(s) changed the letters around. It’s now been like that for YEARS.
- Janet P—I live here and years later it is still driving me out of my mind to go by it and look at it that way!!!!!!!!!!
Facebook Status Updates
- Jennifer Hudson is currently restoring 97,600+ files via Carbonite onto her new 1TB hard drive with a new Windows 7 install.
- Jennifer Hudson likes the thought and spirit behind “We Are The World 25” but it doesn’t even compare to the original.
- Jennifer scored a BINGO in SCRABBLE with the word TOLLERS worth 81 points!
- Jennifer Hudson was not excited at all about the Olympics, until watching an hour or so of Olympic preview-type broadcasts. Now I can’t wait. BRING IT ON!
- Jennifer Hudson just realized it’s Friday night. Being a SAHM with a husband who works six days a week kinda lessens the impact of a weekend.
- Jennifer Hudson woke up and was depressed her dream about seeing Roger Mitchell and Ursula Mitchell wasn’t real…but was glad her screaming match with Jean L. Schwalm and Tom Hudson wasn’t real.
- Jennifer Hudson—The boy is 12 months old and still sleeping with his burpie over his face. I wonder how long he’ll continue to do it?!?! I wish I could ask him why he loves it so!
- Jennifer Hudson is ready to throw the Windows7 Upgrade right out the window.
- Jennifer Hudson never gets as much done during Owen’s nap as she hopes to.
- Jennifer Hudson is happy to celebrate Valentine’s week by sharing a photo of hubby and me…we first met 2/7/97 and started dating 2/14/97…so we’ve been together 13 years and married eight.
- Jennifer Hudson is finally watching the season premier of Lost!
- Jennifer Hudson just downloaded and tried Google Chrome. They need to work on Tab issues before I switch.
- Jennifer Hudson thinks it’s hilarious that I have Shazam’ed the same song now THREE times. 😐
- Jennifer Hudson has decided life is too short for uncomfortable socks! In the garbage they go!
- Jennifer Hudson wants someone to stop her the next time she wants to subscribe to Cosmo because it’s a good deal.
- Jennifer Hudson thinks that the Chocolate Cheerios were a waste of money. Blech.
- Jennifer Hudson just got Owen to wave back at her! YAY OWEN!
- Jennifer Hudson was having fun watching Owen dig around in his toybox, leaning completely over with his feet off the ground…until he fell in and started crying.
- Jennifer Hudson thinks she needs to take a break from Scrabble. I seem to be getting worse the more I play (instead of better) and it’s frustrating me terribly.
Facebook Top Words
Facebook Status Statistics 2
Facebook Updates
- Jennifer Hudson thinks 6am is too early, no matter what time you went to bed. Ugh.
- Jennifer Hudson is really enjoying Kathy Griffin’s autobiography, my current guilty pleasure.
- Jennifer Hudson is drinking wine and listening to Christmas music.
- Jennifer Hudson is hearing zerberts from the crib. The boy is up. 🙂
- Jennifer Hudson HOLY CRAP! I just learned that my favorite vodka, Ciroc, is from Puff Daddy/P Diddy/Diddy!!
- Jennifer Hudson just got home to see the USPS lady in my driveway, arranging and sorting things in her truck, apparently oblivious to the fact I was waiting in the middle of the street. I should have opened the garage door and freaked her out. Damn hindsight.
- Jennifer Hudson just figured out my average MPG for the past few months is 13. THIRTEEN. It’s a good thing hubby’s car gets 40+.
- Jennifer Hudson just scheduled the H1N1 vaccine for the boy this afternoon.
- Jennifer Hudson has been craving a tuna sandwich, so I finally made one today and wasn’t thrilled. Either I forgot how to make a tuna sandwich, or I’m not a fan of solid white albacore tuna.
- Jennifer Hudson in enjoying a post-nap cuddly boy, snuggling and watching Sesame Street.
- Jennifer Hudson just bought Owen’s Christmas presents, even though I said we didn’t need to get him anything because he won’t really have a clue. Oh, and a birthday present, too. 🙂
- Jennifer Hudson is thankful every single day that Owen sleeps for at least 12 hours a night.
- Jennifer Hudson is watching live TV. I know, right?
- Jennifer Hudson has a thoroughly freaked out dog because we tested the new CO detector. Poor dog.
- Jennifer Hudson vows no more Costco on the weekend until after the new year. Man, it was busy.
- Jennifer Hudson just increased our monthly retirement savings by 1%. Baby steps, right? In a few months, maybe we’ll be at 10%. 🙂
- Jennifer Hudson just had a fun, pre-USMC Birthday Ball drunken chat with Tom Trimble…miss you, bud!
- Jennifer Hudson is on her way to visit her cousins and introduce Owen to his cousins!
- Jennifer Hudson is enjoying a bowl of Peanut Butter Captain Crunch, just about the only fun cereal from my youth that still tastes the same.
- Jennifer Hudson is attempting to fall asleep tonight without the help of drugs.
- Jennifer Hudson has a stone-free husband! Yay!
- Jennifer Hudson If you and I woke up in jail together, using ONLY 4 WORDS, what would you say to me? Copy and paste this and see what kind of responses you get.
- Jannie—Holy Crap girl WOW
- Kelly—Pfft. I’d only need two words: ‘JAIL KNUCKLES!!!’ 🙂
- Kelly—Alternate response: ‘who has bail money?’
- David—“I shouldn’t drink absinthe.”
- Robin—Here are your clothes.
- Jennifer—Where’d we leave Steve??
- Sue Ann—What happened this time ?
- Jennifer Hudson apologizes for not updating again. Hubby is home, he refused surgery, so now it’s a waiting game to see if and when it passes on its own.
- Jennifer Hudson had a so so night and is about to go get my morning smiles from the boy!
- Jennifer Hudson hates that hubby is in pain and at the hospital, but I am hoping I can get a great night’s sleep in a quiet house.
- Jennifer Hudson is on her way to the hospital to see hubby.
- Jennifer Hudson just got hubby’s diagnosis via text: kidney stones. Lovely. He’s drugged up awaiting a cat scan now.
- Jennifer Hudson wants stronger meds to try and forget about her back pain.
- Jennifer Hudson just got about $150 worth of Shutterfly products for $60. Gotta love stackable coupons! WOOHOO!
- Jennifer Hudson is sad that she had to throw away a great pair of shoes because the soles finally gave out and couldn’t be repaired (although the Gorilla Glue got me through the night at the Ball). Of course, they are 8+ years old so can’t be replaced.
- Jennifer Hudson has the clingiest dog ever today.
- Jennifer Hudson really, actually, honestly, might NOT get out of her PJs today.
- Jennifer Hudson is listening to a spanish song on Sesame Street and now has a hankering for mexican food. Hee.
- Jennifer Hudson is wondering why she can’t find the new episode of Sesame Street that is supposed to start today.
- Jennifer Hudson is supposed to be sleeping because I am exhausted. But apparently even TWO Tylenol PMs aren’t helping. Sigh.
- Jennifer Hudson Helmetless face plant with butt in the air. Degree of difficulty: 2.0. Degree of cuteness: 9.9. 🙂
Facebook Updates
It seems like I’m always writing about Owen these days, but really, not much else is going on for me to write about here. I mean, just take a look at my recent Facebook updates…most of them have to do with the boy!
- Jennifer Hudson has a boy covered in banana. He loves banana in the mesh feeder but MAN does it make a mess. And the banana wasn’t even fully ripe. Egads.
- Jennifer Hudson asks the peeps: is Glee worth watching? I’ve been recording but missed the first few so would have to watch them online.
- Jennifer Hudson says babywearing + grocery shopping = not a great idea in actual practice. It’s a total PITA to try and lean over, bend down, get stuff out of the cart…but he was a good boy the whole time!
- Jennifer Hudson likes Sesame Street for showcasing a wide variety of people, but seriously, they have some of the homeliest people and ugliest babies I’ve ever seen. /shudder/
- Jennifer Hudson just momentarily freaked out when I thought I lost all my Roboform info.
- Jennifer Hudson is glad that Owen takes a good morning nap, because that’s when I shower. But sometimes I just don’t feel like showering this early. But I have to, because you never know if you will get another good chance.
- Jennifer Hudson hates having bad dreams, then waking up with a racing heart.
- Jennifer Hudson forgot to give Owen Motrin–hope he doesn’t wake up screaming.
- Jennifer Hudson just figured out a cool new way to use Shazam – for all those songs in iTunes that somehow don’t have info and I don’t know it!
- Jennifer Hudson hates days with appointments in neighboring cities. Naps get SO screwed up. 🙁
- Jennifer Hudson is sitting in the parking lot waiting for Owen’s helmet appointment (we’re way early), letting him nap, and using KFC’s free wifi from across the street.
- Jennifer Hudson hates clueless old drivers. Some guy almost backed into me in a parking lot because he didn’t look behind him first–and kept going even after I honked at him! I actually had to quick back up because he was NOT stopping. Asshat.
- Jennifer Hudson is thinking her epsiode of acid reflux the other night wasn’t from the margarita…because I’m experiencing it daily now. 🙁
- Jennifer Hudson wonders if it was the Tylenol or just being tired, or a combo of both that let the boy nap for 2.5 hours?
- Jennifer Hudson wonders if anyone else has ever had lotion turn into [for all basic purposes] water? Apparently that’s what happens when you never use it and keep it for ~8 years.
- Jennifer Hudson really needs to figure out her sleep number so her back doesn’t hurt every damn morning. That said, my back just hasn’t been the same since I was pregnant so maybe the sleep number is useless at this point.
- Jennifer Hudson is going to bed early, yet still 17 minutes later than I’d planned.
Facebook Status Statistics!
Facebook Updates
- Jennifer Hudson enjoyed the grilled pizza: turkey, shallots, garlic, parmesan, provolone, mozzarella, and Alfredo sauce. Mmmmmmmmm!
- Jennifer Hudson says there goes this pair of pants. Thanks, kid.
- Jennifer Hudson hates it when she’s smarter than a word game. Bookworm on the iphone doesn’t think rut, goes, or squaw are words. Seriously?
- Jennifer Hudson says the dog is shaking like a leaf so there must be another storm coming.
- Jennifer Hudson just got home from another successful (and fun!) mom’s group!
- Jennifer Hudson is really fed up with the NC Employment Security Commission right now.
- Jennifer Hudson wonders what the NC Employment Security Commission is trying to tell her…the website has been wonky all day, meaning I cannot file my weekly certification.
- Jennifer Hudson just put the boy to bed and is watching him play with his feet on the camera.
- Jennifer Hudson feels like she’s back in North Carolina. It’s 70% humidity and already like 86 degrees, with a high of 94 expected. YUCK.
- Jennifer Hudson is watching a guy at the grocery store twist off each apple stem before he puts them in his bag. Freak.
- Jennifer Hudson is watching an old Gilroy Garlic Festival Garlic Cook Off on Food Network.
- Jennifer Hudson just discovered last night’s hamburgers in the microwave. >:XX
- Jennifer Hudson is thrilled the boy slept through the night again…it’s happening more often than not these days!
- Jennifer Hudson just made what she hopes is THE most delicious garlic bread, EVER. Stay tuned. —time lapse— Well…it WAS yummy but not as wonderful as I’d hoped! That said, I think I need to bake it at a higher temp so it gets more bubbly/melty (I just guessed and didn’t refer back to the recipe). But I made extra so we have some in the freezer to try again. I would definitely make it again, though!
- Jennifer Hudson really really really really really REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY misses her Jacksonville friends. I had a dream about them last night, where we had to say goodbye again, and I woke up with tears in my eyes. Sniff.
My Life According to Garth Brooks
Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat a song title. It’s a lot harder than you think!
Pick your artist:
Garth Brooks
Are you a male or female:
Hard Luck Woman
Describe yourself:
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
How do you feel?
I’ve Got A Good Thing Going
Describe where you currently live:
On a Prayer
If you could go anywhere, where would you go?
The Night Will Only Know
Your favorite form of transportation:
Sleigh Ride
You and your best friends are:
Friends in Low Places
What’s the weather like?
The Thunder Rolls
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called?
Unanswered Prayers
What is life to you?
The Wise Men`s Journey
Your relationship:
Two of a Kind, Working on a Full House
Your fear:
Ain’t Goin’ Down (’til The Sun Comes up)
Burning Bridges
Snow in July
What is the best advice you have to give?
Two Pina Coladas
Love Will Always Win
Thought for the day:
Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
How I would like to die:
Kickin’ And Screamin’
My soul’s present condition:
Do What You Gotta Do
My motto:
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Facebook Updates
- Jennifer Hudson really wants a squarespace website, but just can’t afford the version I want. Oh well. Life goes on.
- Jennifer Hudson just got attacked by a tray of brownies. For realz.
- Jennifer Hudson was slacking at the computer and missed the Vine newsletter when it arrived…so got squat this month. Boo hiss.
- Jennifer Hudson liked Bert & Ernie better as puppets, not claymation.
- Jennifer Hudson thinks maybe she will make brownies when the kid goes down for a nap. Which should be momentarily.
- Jennifer Hudson loves a strawberry smoothie on a hot day.
- Jennifer Hudson says “Seriously, ThinkGeek? You call THIS a women’s 2X? It’s waaaay smaller than my husband’s Large tee-shirts.” Booooooooo!
- Jennifer Hudson really needs the boy to take a longer nap. None of this 30 minute BS. 🙂
- Jennifer Hudson has a smart dog. I started taking away pieces that she had chewed off, and she grabbed the toy and ran into the other room!
- Jennifer Hudson finds it hilarious that the boy loves to turn on his mobiles himself by rolling down the crib and kicking the buttons with his feet. Swear to god he looks like he’s aiming. 🙂
- Jennifer Hudson should have napped with the boy, but I never would have guessed he’d be out for going on 2.5 hours. The story of my life.
- Jennifer Hudson is trying to figure out the fun that is RTM—syncing, gmail, bookmarklets, firefox addons, etc.
- Jennifer Hudson hates driving anywhere anymore because of all the freaking idiots and douchebags on the road. Everyone seem to think they’re the ONLY car on the road. Grrrr.
- Jennifer Hudson really wishes she had chips to go with her sandwich. Yes, I’m eating lunch at 10:40.
- Jennifer Hudson loves when the boy falls asleep on her…sooo sweet. Now off to shower and start laundry! YAY!
- Jennifer Hudson says YAY! We can to go Kentucky with the fam! It’s a good day!
- Jennifer Hudson wishes mint.com would actually update/refresh.
- Jennifer Hudson loves a sleeping baby. So cute. So quiet. So peaceful. So needed. 🙂
- Jennifer Hudson says Owen either needs to nap, eat more, or poop, because mom is tiiiiired of the cranky.
- Jennifer Hudson is getting closer to getting her hair cut. I think I might get it trimmed one more time, then chopped. So maybe in a few more months?
- Jennifer Hudson just fed the boy a teaspoon of oatmeal cereal! He’s getting better!
- Jennifer Hudson woke up to check the monitor and see…Owen on his stomach! OMG!
- Jennifer Hudson wonders who the #$%@ thinks it’s a good idea to cut down a tree and shoot fireworks at 8:30 on a Sunday night? Seriously. GET OFF MY LAWN!
Facebook Updates
- Jennifer Hudson says the announcement of a new supreme court justice is NOT breaking news that should interrupt normal programming.
- Jennifer Hudson is waiting for the boy to get up from his morning nap so we can go to Babies R Us!
- Jennifer Hudson can’t believe she burnt the brownies. It’s sooooooooo sad!
- Jennifer Hudson wonders if there is a percentile grade for foot size? The boy is already outgrowing his 0-6 Robeez!!
- Jennifer Hudson is frustrated with Facebook because it keeps timing out on my photo uploads. 🙁
- Jennifer Hudson just took 150 pictures of the boy at the park. I wonder how many good ones there will be.
- Jennifer Hudson is already too used to Tom being home…tomorrow it’s back to the grind of him being gone all the damn time.
- Jennifer Hudson has an almost-fully-organized garage! I still won’t be able to park in there, but at least we will be able to see most everything!
- Jennifer Hudson is irritated with USAA. They took away the option to automatically pay twice a month—now you can only pay ON the due date…unless you want to manually set up extra payments. Ugh.
- Jennifer Hudson just joined the Amazon Associates Referral program…mamma gots to make some money somehow!
- Jennifer Hudson thinks she is losing her mind…there is an email gone missing from my inbox—not in trash, not in spam—that I know was there yesterday…?????
- Jennifer Hudson Is finally starting to fill out her baby book.
- Jennifer Hudson is ready to THWACK Comcast. Ugh.
- Jennifer Hudson got 10 hours of sleep last night (minus one potty break and hearing hubby’s alarm). Thanks, Grandma Linda!
- Jennifer Hudson is thankful for grandparents.
- Jennifer Hudson feels like this box of Lucky Charms is skimpy on the marshmallows.
More Facebook Updates
- Jennifer Hudson loves all her Tivo friends sooooooooo much!
- Jennifer Hudson hates that it’s impossible to cut a baby’s nails. What cruel joke is that?
- Jennifer Hudson wishes Owen would just nap already. He’s tired, I can tell.
- Jennifer Hudson hates hates hates online “coupon printers” because if you’re not connected to a printer (i.e. laptop) you can’t print to pdf. GRRRR.
- Jennifer Hudson isn’t sure why her scanner thinks a newspaper clipping is a color document. /confused
- Jennifer Hudson is on her third shirt of the day and it’s only 11am.
- Jennifer Hudson is prepping to give Owen a bath by herself. I am not good at that alone part yet.
- Jennifer Hudson says Facebook is irritating me. I keep getting emails about applications I have specifically said NO EMAILS from.
- Jennifer Hudson is attempting to watch Back to the Future 3—simply to complete the trilogy.
- Jennifer Hudson says whoops, my sneeze just woke up the boy AND surprised the cat right off my lap.
- Jennifer Hudson just fast forwarded through the rest of Rachel Getting Married. Oh well.
- Jennifer Hudson misses her 21″ widescreen monitor since she’s on the laptop 99.95% of the time.
- Jennifer Hudson is hoping Owen has a better day today—he was Mr. Crankpot yesterday.
- Jennifer Hudson has the beginnings of a chocolate headache. /damn that easter candy
- Jennifer Hudson knows she should keep the babes up, but she is enjoying getting some stuff done around the house.
More Facebook Updates
- Jennifer Hudson has the oven preheating and oil, egg, and water in a bowl waiting for brownie mix…but someone decided he was hungry NOW.
- Jennifer Hudson can’t get anything done today. Apparently sleeping through the night means no naps during the day.
- Jennifer Hudson says holy crap, 6.5 hours last night!!!
- Jennifer Hudson can’t believe Owen slept 6 straight hours last night. Of course then he was cranky after that.
- Jennifer Hudson wishes Tom was home tonight instead of at an overnight work thing.
- Jennifer Hudson just made all the bottles for overnight.
- Jennifer Hudson just walked out of the post office because I did not want to wait behind 20 people.
- Jennifer reviewed Baby Depot At Burlington Coat Factory on Yelp.
- Jennifer Hudson just visited with a college roommate I hadn’t seen in almost two years .
- Jennifer Hudson is enjoying cheesy scrambled eggs, courtesy of her wonderful hubby.
- Jennifer Hudson is watching her cat’s love affair with my furry slippers. I’ve got to get a video of this!
- Jennifer Hudson got a notice for an interview next week. Except I don’t know if I want to go back to work or not. I love being at home with the kid.
- Jennifer Hudson is catching up on Phil’s Amazing Race video diary episodes.
- Jennifer Hudson found the perfect job, except it’s too far away for the salary (pittance) they are offering.
- Jennifer Hudson says YAY, Tropic Thunder is next in my Netflix queue.
- Jennifer Hudson hates when the baby cries and I think he’s up for the day so I get up and…he falls asleep again. So now I am wide awake.
- Jennifer Hudson is measuring her hair to see if she has (or is close) enough to 10″ for Locks of Love.
- Jennifer Hudson is making brownies again. No nuts.
- Jennifer Hudson loves napping with Owen on her chest…it’s not sound sleep but it’s something.
Speaking of Facebook…
You can find just about anyone on there.
Guess who I ran across? My ex, Tom.
So then the question was…Do I contact him or not? Well, I did. I mean, over the years I have wondered what happened to him, so why not find out? I mean, it has been almost 15 years. (Sidenote: OMG! FIFTEEN YEARS!)
So we exchanged a few emails.
He is still in the navy, and is happily married with two kids and currently living in California.
You gotta love the internet.
Miscellaneous Facebook Posts
- Jennifer Hudson says “Bizarre. I was placing an order on Overstock when an Overstock commercial came on.”
- Jennifer Hudson is watching The Mole (S1) reruns since I missed it originally.
- Jennifer Hudson is making brownies and cleaning the house while Owen naps.
- Jennifer Hudson says “Mmmmmmmmmmmmm, brownies.”
- Jennifer Hudson is fast forwarding through this week’s American Idol. Two hours in under 20 minutes. Man I love TiVo!
- Jennifer Hudson was NOT expecting to cry at Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Cute movie.
- Jennifer Hudson almost just got pooped on, LOL!
- Jennifer Hudson is pissed about a late charge on AmEx. I never NEVER miss any payments. Ugh.
- Jennifer Hudson thinks 70 is too warm for a walk. Hoo boy. What happened to me?
- Jennifer Hudson has a cranky kid today.
- Jennifer Hudson and Owen just surprised daddy at the gym.
- Jennifer Hudson has a warm baby sleeping on her chest. /sigh
- Jennifer Hudson hates it when sites don’t work in Firefox. What kind of programming is that?
- Jennifer Hudson is about to take babes for a walk since it’s 52 degrees.
- Jennifer Hudson had a rough night last night.
- Jennifer Hudson is trying to pick just the right Kozy Carrier.
- Jennifer Hudson just did 5 minutes on the elliptical. Hey—it’s a start!
- Jennifer Hudson is enjoying Solitary 3.0.
25 Random Things
I got tagged on Facebook to create a list of 25 Random things, facts, habits, or goals about myself. It’s great fun to read other people’s lists, and while you are reading their lists, you can think of a hundred things about yourself…until you try to write your own list. Anyway, I thought it was kinda fun, so decided to cross-post it here. Enjoy!
- Today I am laundering baby clothes for the first time.
- For the past month, I have spent just about the majority of every day on the couch with a laptop and remote at my side, and with a dog and cat on my lap under a blanket. It sucks being 7-8 months pregnant and having no energy.
- I really really really miss all our friends in North Carolina.
- We have no friends in Michigan (that are really close enough to do things with).
- I think I would go insane without our TiVo.
- I am aghast at the monthly gas bills here ($307 this month). That is insane, when you add the electric bill in, too. And we thought NC summers were bad!
- I love my Slanket.
- We have lived here almost three months and there is still unpacking to do. The basement is scary full of junk.
- BUT WE HAVE A BASEMENT!!
- Prenatal vitamins have done NOTHING for my nails. My nails are pathetic.
- Wooly Mammoth Crocs are the shit.
- I think our local Krispy Kreme should have a Twitter feed for when their donuts are Hot & Fresh so I know when to go.
- I love grocery shopping! You should see our freezer and pantry!
- I really don’t want to have this baby early, but DAMN I want to be rid of the acid reflux, heartburn, and neverending peeing.
- I thought I would love having wood floors, but turns out I don’t. They’re noisy and cold. At least in this house.
- I want fries.
- I am watching Bob & Tom Radio on WGN on the TiVo as I compile this list.
- I am trying to decide what shows to cut out of my viewing schedule, as I know that having a newborn will not be conducive to watching the same amount of TV as I do now. Damn kids. 😛
- I would KILL to go on a style show like Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style. I need a new style, a new wardrobe, a new haircut…and not the first clue how to go about it myself.
- I can’t wait until the day when we can have our dream house, in our dream location, with great friends, a basket of Bostons [Boston Terriers], and maybe one or two more kids.
- I watch “Jon & Kate Plus 8” because I figure if they can handle EIGHT kids, I can surely handle ONE.
- I really should be taking more pregnant pictures of me because, although I hate how I look now, I am sure I will want pictures of me later.
- I am not doing well on my everything-I-thought-I-would-get-done-while-I-wasn’t-working-before-the-baby-arrived to do list.
- Skip the Pet-i-Cure. It was great for the three or four times we used it until it died. That was $50 down the toilet.
- I am watching American Idol for the first time in years.