It’s Fri-Yay! or: This is For All the Lonely People.

Canned goods, coffee, and shoutouts – must be Friday.

TIME HAS COME TODAY.

Time has come today. Only…it’s not quite that simple.

Take the Victories Where You Can. Alternate Title: I’m Back in My Robe.

Nobody can say I don’t have the tools I need to attempt taking control of my so-called quarantine life.

New Robe, New Normal

Day Five brings a new robe – and all the feels.

Jen’s Guide to Must-Watch Quarantine Movies

Hi. Day Four here. I’m not out of donuts, but I’m out of the top tier donuts. I noticed the robe belt ends are shorter when I tie my robe belt. Some might say that means I’m a little thicker in the midsection, but I know the reality – that I keep my love for …

On the Importance of Education

My sister wished me a happy gradversary this morning, and it hit me that it’s been five years today since I received my master’s degree. I never expected that my degrees would translate to making a lot of money. Public relations and communication don’t really pack the punch of, say, an MBA or uh, rocket …

On Knowing the Best

Today is Grandparents Day. This is a holiday that occasionally falls on my son’s birthday, and today is no exception. When this happened during my young parenthood, there was no contest. The day belonged to my kid. But it was a mistake. Because he has two really, really amazing grandmothers. Today, though, I’m going to talk about …

On Becoming That Thing You Can’t Find

So, I have this amazing job working with amazing people doing amazing things. Which is mostly, you know, amazing, but sometimes, you know, intimidating. Today, a casual assigned task was to “reach out to food bloggers” in the area about this incredible drop menu we’re doing for an upcoming movie. Simple enough. Hahaha watch me …

Life is Very Short…

You can learn a lot from a man of few words. I was lucky to be raised by one of them.

The Richest Man in Town

The day I met Bill Johnmeyer was the biggest in what had to that point been a series of tests administered to me from his son. From the day of our first date, Josh had been throwing me into situations that would have been stressful enough alone, and then adding little bonus stressors like sprinkles …