Who Says Barbie Needs All Her Limbs?
As many of you know, I’ve been selected as one of the 8 moms who participate in The Barbie project, which is insanely awesome. This is one of my absolute favorite stories about Barbie, as it takes the...
View ArticleDear Readers – Days 14 and 15 at Sleepover Camp Lenox – I’m Not The High...
Dear Readers – Days 14 – 16 at Sleepover Camp Lenox, Please, make yourself comfortable… I’ll find a corner. I came back from my time at home, ready to go at camp full force, except for the part where...
View ArticleDear Readers – Day 16 at Camp – I Forgot How to Be a Kid
Dear Readers — (Day 16 at Camp Lenox) One of the things I’m constantly questioning at camp is my coolness. No, I don’t mean that in a popularity way, I mean it in a, ‘Can I hang with people who are...
View ArticleJenny From the Bunk May Have Gone Insane at Camp – Videos
A freestyle rap battle with campers, a coffee plea, a runaway mom. I thought I’d share a couple of the videos I’ve done at Camp Lenox. Please ask your friends to follow the camp series… I have a lot...
View ArticleDear Readers – Day 17 at Camp Lenox – Who Knew The Great Outdoors Were So...
Sleepaway camp is super fun . Today, I had a salad … again. I’m really happiest when there’s feta. I know, who would’ve thought feta could make such a difference? I think it may be the Switzerland of...
View ArticleDear Readers Day 18 – Did I Survive the Camp Lenox Swim Test – Video
Dear Readers (Day 18) VIDEO BELOW - Photo Via: Leslie Jones Collection Today, I took the Camp Lenox swim test. (Well, did I pass or did I drown? I’m not gonna spoil it and tell you which, but one of...
View ArticleI Was Not the First Person to Think of Cat Boxing and Other Crappy Ideas
So, in yesterday’s post, Why They Should Have Cat Boxing at Camp or What Happens When You Have to Send Letters about your Boring Summer, I had a stroke of brilliance. Unfortunately, I was not the first...
View ArticleThe Best or Worst Ideas For Your Letters to Camp – Not Sure Which
Dear Readers (Day 19 – 24 at Camp Lenox), As we all know, the best ideas are generated during periods of total and utter boredom. Also, in the shower but there’s never anything to write with so, I...
View ArticleDear Readers – Day 25 at Camp Lenox – I Did NOT Think This Through
Dear Readers (Day 25-30ish at Camp Lenox), Last night was my first night sleeping at Camp Lenox, I know I asked for it. I was staying in the creepy Mom Sorority House and yes, I wanted to move and be...
View ArticleDear Readers – Day 31 – Along Came a Spider and I Ran Away From Home
Dear Readers (Day 31 at Camp Lenox), This is one of those stories that I have to share, but I really don’t know if it will translate … I’m hoping you’re amused by the comedy of errors that ensued. If...
View ArticleDear Readers – Day 32 – Things Invented at Camp Out of Necessity
Dear Readers (Day 32 at Camp Lenox), Brilliant things I invented out of necessity: SO, we just had a DJ at camp. Honestly, I love dancing. You know who does not love me dancing? Most kids that are the...
View ArticleYou Helped Me Go Glamping This Summer
Dear Readers, Remember when you guys awesomely tweeted and put up Facebook requests to #SaveJennySendKeurig? Well, it actually worked and that means you guys made a difference. Sure, you could’ve...
View ArticleJenny From the Bunk is BACK From Summer Camp – But Forgot How to Live in The...
I’m Back I’m Back I’m Back!!! In case you didn’t hear, I’m back from my summer at Camp Lenox. I have so much to catch you guys up on, first of all, being home kinda sucks… Yep, this summer I’ve gotten...
View ArticleHow to Make Home More Campy So Your Kids Will Feel More at Home
The other day I wrote about being homesick and back-homesick. Yes, I coined the last one, so I’ll expect royalties if you use it. Basically, it’s the feeling campers have when they return home and it...
View ArticleYou Can Learn Pretty Intense Stuff About Your Kids While Playing with Barbies
The other day, a sales girl at a clothing store asked a friend’s daughter what she wanted to do when she grows up — and her answer: “I want to be a housewife.” Said friend’s jaw dropped and after...
View ArticleSummer Camp is OVER and I Had to Say Goodbye to My Bestie – WHY?
WHY??? Why must all good things come to an end? It was one crazy summer and I’m not gonna lie, I made an unlikely friend that I’ll never forget. We had so many incredible moments together. Enjoying the...
View Article8 Reasons Sending The Kids Back to School Sucks
Don’t get me wrong, I was as excited to send the kiddos back to school as the rest of the moms out there who’ve had a 12week hiatus from normal daily life. I just wish we could remove a couple...
View ArticleI May Have Run Over an Elderly Gentleman While Driving Carpool… Oops
This picture implies that he was washing my car. He in fact, was not, but I couldn’t find a better picture of an elderly man near a car… MAKE DO. See how polite I’m being? Calling him an elderly...
View ArticleWe CAN All Just Get Along – Ask a 9 Year Old
The most amazing thing about a child’s imagination is that anything is possible. Even the most intelligent, imaginative adult can’t grasp the sheer power of that one ability. We tend to lose sight of...
View ArticleMy Organs Are Spoiled Brats
This post is gonna have to be filed under: Brilliant ideas I have to make life easier for everyone! or maybe my Norma Rae moment. Wait, did you not get that reference? How about Network? “I’m as mad as...
View ArticleLice – Breaking Down the Sanity of Our Society – One Mother at a Time
Last weekend was my first time dealing with lice. I say first time, not because I’m expecting more, but to justify the level of manic lunacy that ensued. Look, I’m not proud of the series of events...
View ArticleMy Husband is Cocky Stubborn and Relentless |What’s Wrong with Yours
We all have those little things that irk us about our spouses. Some women tell me that their husbands are too involved in every little decision around the house, making buying a new chair harder than...
View ArticleWomen Can Be Such Bitches|But Sometimes People Deserve It
Fun fact: This is an old post that I took down because I got so much flack for being such a horrible wife. Now, 3 years later, I’m over 40 and frankly don’t care if you people think I’m a horrible...
View ArticleMen Can’t FInd A Thing Which is Why They Need Crotch Radar
Below, is a story that started on my Facebook Fan Page this week. Frankly, I’m not sure how it went where it did or how we all sunk to this level, but we did … and it was fun. Thursday is my free...
View ArticleGetting Back at the In-Laws – a Thanksgiving Tradition
Let’s face it, sometimes in-laws can drive us crazy. Mine love to whisper in front of me in a rather loud rendition of a whisper… (among other things). But on Thanksgiving I get them back, or should I...
View ArticleIt’s All Bully Talk and No Action
The title sounds like something you would see on Pinterest — in “4 easy steps to beat bullies,” but it’s not. It’s not easy for our kids to combat bullying or even understand it. As a child of the...
View ArticleMy Daughter’s New Year’s Resolutions – I’m So Proud
To ring in the New Year I asked my children what their New Years Resolutions would be and Ry’s was three things: 1. Get more of those comfy sweats made of that stuffed animal like material. 2. Play...
View ArticleDo I Win Neurotic Mom of the Year or Would This Make You Insane Too?
Yes, I have problems sitting on the “sick side” of the pediatrician’s office. Yes, I assume the person before me at every restaurant, arcade, amusement park, and grocery store shopping cart has picked...
View ArticleKids with Attitudes are the So Fun: Random Conversations
Hairdresser having just cut and blown it out. It’s not bad, right? The other day I got a haircut. Ry (my 10yo daughter) got in the car and simply said, “hair cut.” In a robotic, I see you got one, so...
View Article30 Signs You Are NOT a Parent of a Young Child
After my “40 Signs You’re a Mom” list got such an incredible response, it dawned on me that those folks who have kids that are older, don’t have kids yet or don’t want them, have some pretty...
View ArticleThings Gen X ers Did Growing Up That Would Being Considered Insane Now
Growing up a Gen X ‘er, I can distinctly recall being allowed to do all kinds of things we would find crazy today. Like roaming the streets of our neighborhood for hours with no way of being...
View ArticleYou Don’t Allow Your Daughter to Play With Barbie Dolls — Seriously?
The other day, my 10yo daughter, Ry asked me to convince her friend’s mom to let her have Barbie dolls. “I’m so lucky to have a mom like you that will play Barbies with me and doesn’t make me feel...
View ArticleWhat Those V-Day Candy Sweethearts Should REALLY Say – After Marriage Edition
I’ve had some awkward V-Day Moments, from my 5yo trying to soap opera kiss me to my hubby trying to stuff himself and champagne into an undersized NYC bathtub in our undersized NYC apartment to my...
View ArticleAwkward V-day Moments With The Kids
This is still one of my favorite V-Day moments (awkwardness, inappropriateness, and fear for my safety aside). On February 14th a few years back, Ry, my daughter, then 5 years old, trotted into my room...
View Article5 Brilliant Ways to Treat the Why Me Epidemic
So, last night at a friend’s house, I watched her son opened an awesome Nerf bazooka gun that shoots like 600 bullets at the same time. He was having a tough day, he was exhausted and then the gun had...
View ArticleCamp Phone Calls Could End My Marriage
Who knew the highly anticipated camp phone calls could be such a blow to a relationship? Oh well, when my baby is 1500 miles away from home, and I get a few minutes to talk — It’s every man, ahem mom,...
View ArticleThe First Installment of – Things That Happen in the Middle of Nowhere with...
So, I left camp today to trek out into the Berkshires to pick up a prescription. The Berkshires are absolutely stunning, but everyone drives really slow. I mean slower than the speed limit, slow… like...
View Article21 Things We Did as Kids in the 70s and 80s That Would Horrify Us Now
As a Gen Xer, I so enjoy reminiscing about the freedoms we had growing up in the 70s and 80s. Our parents take on safety and acceptable ways to spend one’s time was different from the get go. Starting...
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