I’m Jen. I am a mom, wife, daughter, friend and often times the bad influence your mom warned you about. I am good with words, numbers and dysfunctional people. I tend to find humor in situations that aren’t really funny and I laugh at my own jokes.
I have a 6 year old daughter named Riley who is awesome (if you don’t believe me, you can ask her yourself) and a husband, John, who is a saint (again, if you don’t believe me…). I married well. He did not. We laugh a lot in our house, mostly at our own jokes.
Some fun facts about me:
I graduated from Michigan State University. If you yell “Go green!” at me I will respond with “Go white!” (especially if you are the guy in front of Whole Foods handing me a flyer about global warming)
I used to own and operate an independent record label. I learned a lot of things during that time of my life including how to survive on coffee and sarcasm.
I don’t drink, smoke or do drugs (anymore). As Ian MacKaye would say “I’ve gone straight edge”.
I love fast cars. “Gone in 60 Seconds” does for me what “Magic Mike” does for most middle aged women.
I am a CPA. Okay, so all of the facts were not really that fun.
See the original written post, Hello World. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: Do you ever feel like you are wearing a super hero costume under your clothes? Like you have this secret inner self that can come out when you […]
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See the original written post, Party Etiquette. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: I never thought I would be googling Emily Post and proper party etiquette, but I found myself doing just that today. I was talking with a few co-workers […]
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See the original written post, In the Middle. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: I am 44 today and on this day I am celebrating another year on this planet by going to the Warped Tour. On what will be one […]
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See the original written post, My Life and Music. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: The chapters in my life are marked by what music I was listening to at the time. For instance, when I was a freshman at Michigan […]
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See the original written post, Life Lessons From My Five Year Old. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: My daughter got punched in the face by a three year old little girl the other day while she was at the child […]
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See the original written post, Family Vacation If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: I’m not sure who thought it was a good idea to come to Florida in August, but here we are – me, the husband, spawn and old folks. […]
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See the original written post, Frenemies. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: I think the most complicated relationships are between women. I say this because I am a woman and I can’t even figure out how I think half the time, […]
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See the original written post, Just Call Me Helen If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: I was at a party and a woman whom I have known for a few years walked over with her husband and introduced me as “Kathy”. […]
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See the original written post, Demons. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: I went to a funeral yesterday for a twenty four year old woman. I think everyone would agree this is far too young to die. It was not mentioned […]
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See the original written post, Thank God My Daughter is a Velma. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: The other morning while my daughter and I were rocking out to the Hex Girls in the car she pointed out that the […]
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See the original written post, I Can Do Hard Things. If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: Have you ever met someone who seems to be good at everything they do? Pediatrician by day, chef in the evening, pro tennis player on […]
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See the original written post, Sugar Junkie If you are enjoying the content; words, audio or video, please share or subscribe at the bottom of the page. Excerpt: My husband is a sugar junkie through and through. Last night at the gym he decided it was a good idea make a stop at Whole Foods on […]
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