the amazing adventures of jen14221

labor day snapshots

Peter shows his love:

PICTURE REMOVED AT SUBJECT'S REQUEST

We have pissed off bees on the front porch:

I made a savory bacon-spinach-tomato-cheese tart.

haven't you been wondering about peter's project in the backyard?

Peter's project is coming along.  We may be able to host a party on the patio for Labor Day.....next year.

Just kidding.  He needs to buy a few more rocks to finish the wall off.

He also needs to fit some more flagstone in the holes, and cement it all together.  And find someone to haul away an enormous pile of dirt with weeds growing out of it.

I think if he can get it done in the next few weeks, we can buy some fancy patio furniture.  It should be cheap in late August.

a giant hole in my backyard

My husband has decided to build a patio in our backyard.  I woke to the sound of a bobcat this morning.

I'm sure our neighbors just love us.

lots of time alone to dig through shit in the garage

Well, Peter and the boy are well on their way to Philly and I have been watching Court TV, eating Kashi Crunch, surfing the net (wireless!), and digging through boxes in the garage all night.

My parents (well, my father) asked (well, demanded) that I get my ass over to 14221 and get all my old crap out of the basement or he will throw it all in the trash, goddammit.

I completed my task a few weeks ago but basically just moved the boxes from my car to my garage.  I know there's some awesome Fisher Price Little People in there, but there were a few boxes I had not really investigated.

Here's a birthday greeting from the past, from a boy that lived in my dorm at BU:

I found it in this box:

It was good times back in the 1980's and 1990's, apparently.  I was drinking and kissing boys and doing all sorts of things.  And I was able to relive it all tonight.  Especially pleasing is the written portion of my driving exam from 1986 that I passed with a 100% and SAVED.  I DO NOT KNOW WHY.

jen14221, published

Once again this month, I am putting my Journalism degree to good use.  Check it, here.

kitchy or crappy?

Today's Friday Kid Photo has been postponed due to the presentation of my new wreath.  And I need the public to tell me - cute or crap.  So far I have two 'cutes' (one from the mailman and one from a neighbor) and one 'crap' (babysitter) but I am now soliciting votes from the loyal readers of Jen's 14,221 thoughts (the new name of the blog, in case you missed the news a few weeks back, loser)

So go ahead and vote in the comment section below.  Do it.  Bitch.  Yes I am talking to you.

tree

Yep, we got ourselves a tree.  It's big.  I had to break off a few branches from the top to get it to fit in the living room.  We'll be decorating it later.  I'll be vacumming until spring.

cleaning up

I started the great basement clean up project tonight.  I am not even half finished but I'm done for the night.  I'm now tired, dusty, thirsty and happy because I found all this shit I forgot I had!  Behold:

This is just one of about 100 sample-size packs of Pepcid AC that I found.  All of them are very very expired.

This is a very ugly ceramic pitcher that I don't think has been touched or looked at since 1994.  I know this because the pitcher was filled to the top with Scrunchies!

This is Flat Cat.  I have already put him in our window and I am sure he is fooling all our neighbors.

These are Reservoir Dog Action Figures.  Mr. Blonde, Mr. White, Mr. Orange and Mr. Pink.  These were in a mailing box that I had never even opened.  It was addressed to me (maiden name) and sent to my address at ABC company in Boston back in 2001, probably around the time the Pepcid AC from above was nearing expiration.  I'm sure I had these sent to me at work so Peter would not know I was ordering crap from the internet and break off our engagment.  I know I have the Quentin Tarantino character somewhere - I bought him at Newbury Comics one day when I was drunk. 

Hello jackpot!  A huge shopping bag of Fisher Price Little People. 

Yeah, there's my wallet on top of the washing machine.  I've been looking for that.

plans

Now that Will's toys have taken over the living room, I really need to make some time to straighten up the basement so that I can make a quasi-playspace down there.  The basement is warm, mostly vermin-free and there is no chance of Will catching conjuntivitis down there.  First I need to find a place for the all kitchen crap that's downstairs - there's no room in the kitchen, so that's where I store things I really never use (fondue pot, turkey roasting pan, extra blender, etc.) and I also need to decide the fate of my shessocrafty supplies.  I'm sick of all the beads and charms and needle-nose pliers mocking me everytime I go downstairs to do laundry.  They say mean things like 'failure!'  and 'you suck!'

fplp

Some guy in Saskatchewan is selling his collection of over 400 Fisher Price Little People on ebay:

I'm swooning, just thinking about all the keychains I can make.
I'm the high bidder right now, for about 5 minutes probably.