tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134944192024-03-07T16:11:20.231-05:00Jigsaw: Pieces of my lifeThis is the true story of a 40 something woman who lives in a house with her husband and two boys. See what happens when she stops being polite and starts blogging for real!J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.comBlogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-30174653501412318772011-05-09T06:39:00.002-05:002011-05-09T06:47:35.088-05:00Talent--inheritedSage was in the school talent show this year. It was a collaborative effort but he pulled it off. :) Enjoy and then tell your friends because he is dying to go viral. LOL J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-3323396946800667742011-04-03T14:16:00.005-05:002011-04-03T15:04:11.724-05:00So 40 has been busyWell, not that I have any readers left after my absence but here goes...My children's lives are busier than mine. I spend my time doing homework, oops I mean helping with homework (yeah, that's it,) coordinating how they will get to their activities, and picking up underwear off the floor. Seriously, how many times do I have to tell them? At least they are wearing underwear, I suppose. Boys (big J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-52560900071783022102010-11-18T19:10:00.006-05:002010-11-19T10:53:58.139-05:00I have arrivedIt doesn't matter if you are woman or man, black or white, straight or gay, fat or thin, rich or poor, liberal or conservative, beautiful or not, Bieber lover or Bieber hater---it can, AND will, happen to you. I know, because it happened to me...I turned 40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!What the fuck??!!!??!!!!??!!!!!! That's what I said to my mirror the last day I was 39. And then I cried.J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-55460084368696847142010-09-07T10:38:00.003-05:002010-09-07T11:06:33.416-05:00Absence makes the heart grow fonderMy vacation from blogging is over. Today is back to school day! Shepard entered 1st grade and Sage moved up to 5th. They were not completely happy to be going back however, we all needed a little separation--from each other and from me. Wow, the past three weeks were trying. About 2 weeks ago, Alan found a note from Sage in his pocket--folded over and stapled at the top. It was labeled "To Daddy.J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-70802932730097646782010-05-21T08:13:00.004-05:002010-05-21T08:35:56.831-05:00The planets are alignedAlan was out of town from Tuesday through Thursday. His company's national sales meeting was in Las Vegas. He didn't really have time for any fun--or so he would have me believe. ;) Fortunately, he does not have to travel often for his job. I say that because I am such a weenie about him leaving. I worry about him flying and start thinking all kinds of gloom and doom thoughts. Then I worry about J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-48541430324495568592010-05-19T10:18:00.002-05:002010-05-19T10:48:10.198-05:00My Sleeping BeautyJust call me the Disney Nazi. On Magic Kingdom day, I had them all up at 5 a.m. and at the gates of the park by 7 a.m. We had all the most popular ride done by lunchtime. Yay me! So we decided to go back to the hotel for lunch and a nap before going back to the park for the evening. This little video of Shepard I took on the bus going back to the hotel--remember, it was only around noon. I am J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-68627824145656652532010-05-13T08:06:00.003-05:002010-05-14T12:33:22.931-05:00It's a world of laughterFor Spring Break we took the kids to Florida to visit some good friends and do the Disney thing. Alan and I have good memories of visiting the Magic Kingdom when we were kids and it was very exciting to be able to share that with the boys. Of course, in this day and age, some rides just don't translate, as I found out. One of the most famous rides there is the "It's a small world ride." You are J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-75000847291834024202010-04-23T17:05:00.003-05:002010-04-23T18:23:09.569-05:00Back on the blog wagonSpring's been full of activity and I cannot wait to catch you up. The first thing that derailed my my blog train was a wedding. My niece asked me if she could have her wedding at my house. I was excited and very honored. It's her 2nd marriage and she did the whole big expensive wedding for her first marriage (which lasted 9 months.) This time she wanted to save the money and keep it small. Of J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-70987228721340325402010-03-12T15:03:00.009-05:002010-03-12T22:04:28.367-05:00Fire safety gone wrongAlan and I were shamed into developing a fire escape plan for the house. It's fire safety time in 4th grade and Sage found us out--we hadn't thought about the subject since he was in 1st grade. So we did our duty and gave a wonderful lecture on all aspects of fire safety. With visions of Sage from our fire drill three years ago, I made sure I stressed that they were never to hide during a fire. (J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-69541089016945854542010-03-06T16:07:00.005-05:002010-03-06T16:56:19.869-05:00Domo ArigatoI was sleeping late this morning. Alan and I can do that now that the boys are able to forage food on their own for breakfast. I was all snuggled up with my man when start to hear music. My eye cracks open, confusedly wondering where it was coming from. Then I realize I am hearing Styx singing "Mr. Roboto." I lift my sleepy head from the pillow and see this sight in my doorway.Am I dreaming? All J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-90520015475271915352010-03-02T16:00:00.003-05:002010-03-02T16:18:19.826-05:00Blame it on the brainMy son Shepard is 5 years old and as sweet as southern iced tea. He still loves to cuddle, gives me butterfly kisses, often tells me I'm beautiful, and says he wants to live with me forever. When he smiles it feels like sugar plum fairies are dancing on your heart. But you know every Yin has it's Yang. And Shepard's Yang is the worst case of selective hearing on the planet. The boy can tune out J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-81378833552852928552010-02-22T18:34:00.013-05:002010-02-24T20:43:37.497-05:00Love bites Sage found this picture ( <------ ) on my desktop and he ran and told Alan that I was cheating on him. And then he wanted me to go on TV and apologise. Ha!! Thanks, Tiger! This is vampire Eric from the HBO series "True Blood." I had him on my desktop for a very important topic--Vampires who are on my list. Usually I don't find vampire love very appealing. However, there have been a surge of J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-33101281830220205142010-02-20T14:36:00.004-05:002010-02-20T15:29:25.896-05:00Let the healing beginFor months now I have been living with this pain of betrayal. Everyday living with the reality of what he did to us so carelessly--how he was not the man I needed him to be. But that weight has been lifted, people. Tiger has finally apologized to me. I feel like I can move on now and start living my life again. How about you? Was this apology enough? Do you think now that we can all come togetherJ. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-57695340910449093862010-02-15T11:48:00.003-05:002010-02-15T13:18:11.384-05:00GaGa Oh la laI usually don't brag about such things but I had some !Ah-Ma-Zing! sex this past weekend. It was hot--I mean it was yeah, uh huh, oooooooooo, uh, yeah, mmmmmmmm, uh uh UH, Yeah, oh ooooo, mmmm hmmmm, yes, Yes, YEEEEES, mmmmmmm, aaaaahhhhhh HOT! Sometimes you have to gloat a little, especially when you're married with kids and approaching 40. It was a good Valentine's day. Alan and I don't go all J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-87847567409642108232010-02-04T21:18:00.009-05:002010-02-05T09:39:38.594-05:00His spirit has been brokenIt took five months but they did it...the bastards broke my 5 year old. He loved school until that day last week when he got off the bus with sad puppy dog eyes and whimpered, "I had a bad day! I got on yellow." The behavior system in class is a stoplight: green--you're good, yellow--you did one bad thing and have been warned, red--UH OH!! Shepard has always been on green. He is my rule follower,J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-69138918370122199232010-01-25T07:32:00.002-05:002010-01-25T09:14:10.104-05:00What'chu talkin' bout, Willis?!I didn't want to get out of bed this morning. It was a rough one, as you can see. Talk about bed head!!! I have been doing some self improvement work lately which I will get to later. BUT I have to wrap up my thoughts on 2009 and I here are my favorite quotes from the past year. 1. Alan and I were having one of our louder "discussions" when Sage piped up and said, "I need a bag of popcorn, I'm J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-21848203197847721722010-01-06T11:03:00.005-05:002010-01-06T12:08:47.435-05:00Reflections by J.HiWhat a better way to start a new year than looking back. 2009 may not have been a great year for the country but it was a banner year here in my little piece of heaven. I started the year with a preschooler and ended it with a grade schooler. That was big for me. Even though Shepard loves school and is thriving, he's my baby. I really just want to slap a diaper on his butt, a pacie in his mouth, J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-88613375117987177172009-12-25T14:54:00.004-05:002009-12-25T15:00:23.330-05:00Mooory Christmooooomas!!J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-79366041544844686392009-12-18T07:38:00.004-05:002009-12-18T12:47:26.216-05:00Word of the dayAs a punishment, I made Sage write a report on why it is important to be respectful to your parents. In the report he used the word "obsequious." Although he misspelled it, I was still very impressed my 9 year old was using such a big word. I had to ask him what it meant. A Facebook friend commented 'Come on, UVA grad...isn't obsequious part of your everyday vocabulary?" But I told her "Kids haveJ. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-59193112511812983822009-12-11T08:46:00.003-05:002009-12-11T09:07:41.306-05:00Tiger updateDid you hear in the news that Tiger is changing his name? Yeah, instead of Tiger he will now be known as Cheetah.Tiger is putting out a Christmas card this year. On the front it says, "Ho Ho Ho" and when you open it there's another Ho, and another Ho, and another Ho (12 so far, and counting.) HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaHappy Friday and may your 'putter' or your 'hole J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-84210922266679547862009-12-08T15:38:00.004-05:002009-12-08T15:47:17.575-05:00Don't tell...Can you keep a secret? Here is the birthday present I got for Alan. It's a statue of Alan and I that I had whipped up last week. It's too big for the house so I thought it would be a great lawn ornament. What do you think? I am sure my neighborhood association will adore it, as well as my neighbors.Don't you just looooooove it? ;)J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-73626069219751655752009-12-08T08:13:00.003-05:002009-12-08T08:32:59.403-05:00Happy Birthday!!Quoth Alan, "I don't feel 40." Well, what does 40 feel like? I won't know until October. But Alan is paving the way because today is his birthday!!! Happy Birthday, my love!Now Alan, I know you are a little freaked out about turning 40 but you shouldn't worry. You still have your looks (oh so sexy) your health (turn and cough,) your hair (all over the place--ha ha,) a gorgeous wife (who thinks J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-38023444800154204272009-12-04T07:37:00.003-05:002009-12-04T07:57:33.245-05:00I Object! I am starting a new segment entitled "I Object!" which will be dedicated to things that stick in my craw. So here we go.I Object!...to people who whine about having to listen to Christmas music throughout the month of December. It never fails, every year I will hear a handful of people making snide comments like, "Ugh, Christmas music, already?" or "I cannot bear to listen to anymore Christmas J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-32187539846272504082009-12-02T08:07:00.006-05:002009-12-02T10:06:08.109-05:00I will not be ignored! What's with all this Tiger Woods stuff? Make no mistake, I do appreciate a juicy little gossip and this story was interesting for about 3 hours. If this happened in my neighborhood, we would be standing around whispering, "Well, all I know is that he just happened to crash his car in his driveway at 2 in the morning...and his wife just happened to be standing by with a golf club. And when the J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13494419.post-14472553317217781862009-11-19T08:48:00.003-05:002009-11-19T09:45:38.623-05:00Facebook has taken my brainI've just got nothing right now. I need some time to compose my thoughts so I have some entertainment for you. I discovered this video about a year ago but it still makes me laugh. It's called 'Everyday Normal Guy.' Get out the headphones because it has inappropriate language (my favorite kind.) He does have a part 2 which is good but not as good as the first. And part 3 which, as with most part J. Hihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04187368640935806818noreply@blogger.com2