Gift-giving holidays stress me out. Rob just doesn’t want for much (that we can afford, at least – boats, cars, vacation homes, riches and luxuries aside), so truly pleasing him requires a lot of thought and creativity.
My brilliant Christmas-gift idea came from a late-night conversation we had. He complained about needing to shave yet […]
Hobbies. Something you do, right? I’ve always struggled to list my hobbies. Reading (quiet, solo, lonely – is it an activity?). Shopping (greedy, shallow). Then the list ends. To be honest, I don’t know what a hobby is. Collecting things? Traveling? Visiting microbreweries? Playing chess? I’d call those hobbies, but how are those interests more […]
I’m one of those weirdos who rarely changes photos out of frames. I don’t know if I’m afraid of offending a photo or a memory or if I’m just stuck on idea that only that photo belongs in that frame, but it’s a tired problem. It could […]
We all recently came down with the crud – first a stomach virus, now a cold – and finally, the only lingering symptoms are drippy toddler noses and coughs.
Toby has been cracking me up lately, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. Every time he asks to have his nose wiped, he […]
Big news, blog friends! What the blog? and jennandtonica.com have gotten a skeleton lift (face lift will follow as time and creativity provide). I’ll now be filling your eyeballs with blather from Actual Jenny, located at – wait for it – ActualJenny.com.
That’s right, my URL and blog title finally match, and my blog title […]
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