Jiggety Jigg

Aloha, Shampoooooooers!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:48:00 +0000

I am in the middle of a GREAT HAIR EXPERIMENT.

Very scientific stuff (of course)!

And as part of my research...

I need to know, internet...

How often do you wash your hair?

Once a day?

Every Other day?

Once a week?

Or do you have the same hair washing philosophy as my friend Britney...

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Fun with French

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:57:00 +0000

Do you know how to say "shower cap" in French?

Bonnet de Douche

Is it just me, or is that the BEST. TRANSLATION. EVER.?

Now I can say to people, "Stop being a French shower cap!"

And they will be thinking:

?.........?.........?...........?

And I will be thinking:

ALOHA, Aloha Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:34:00 +0000

So it has been awhile since I have participated in this, my most favorite of memes!

My Aloha Friday question for you is..

What do you think has been keeping me away??

A. You must have been trapped in a well!

B. I believe you were shipwrecked on desert isle (like LOST, only it made more sense).

C. I suspect you were kidnapped by pirates (the Jack Sparrow kind...not those scary Somali ones).

D. You are just LAZY (but you are still cute and I love you).

E. Other.....

Why can't I be shipwrecked on
Kailani's island???

WW: Look What My Sister Gave To Me!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:38:00 +0000

A BRAND NEW nephew!

Pretty awesome, right?

AND I got to babysit yesterday for him AND his older brother and sister.

All THREE kids!
(Previously, I had a strict TWO CHILD LIMIT).

Nobody cried, was hurt, peed on me, OR broke anything.

Success!

Angie missed me

like the deserts miss the rain...

Tap, Tap, Tap...Is This Thing On?

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:38:00 +0000

Hi! :::::sheepish grin::::

So the reason that I haven't blogged on my bloggy-blog since April 9th is that I was kidnapped by Russian spies. For SERIOUS! They kept me hostage and made me wear one of those fur hats and drink a lot of vodka.

It was actually kinda fun...

But anywho, now that they have been deported, I am free! FREE!

Anyone still here?

Say yes...

ALOHA Friday- The Ooops I Married My Cousin Edition!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:44:00 +0000

So my mom started researching our family tree a few years ago, and she found out all kinds of cool information about how some of my ancestors came over from England to Massachusetts on the Fortune in 1621.

There's a little history lesson for you here.

There weren't a whole lot of passengers on the Fortune...and it turns out that my husband ALSO has an ancestor that came over on the same exact voyage!

I am pretty sure that as we research further, we are going to discover that we are first cousins 150 times removed.

That would explain why we get along so well, and also why we both have an extreme aversion to long boat rides where most everyone dies...

Do you know anything about your family history?

Have you watched any of that celebrity ancestors show "Who Do You Think You Are?"

Aren't you surprised my children don't have an extra arm or something?

Kailani COULD be my 4th cousin on my father's side
17 times removed...

Aloha, Hoarders!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:08:00 +0000

Have you seen this show, Hoarders?

It's about people who have so much crap, they can barely MOVE in their houses.

It is crazy!

And when I watch it, I get a little scared, because I swear some days I am one pile of mail and magazines away from having TLC show up at my house with a film crew.

I am a bit of a hoarder, myself....

I have a really hard time throwing things away.

I try to...but I have weird emotional attachments to random things and I can't make myself toss them.

And this is why I have a jewelry box full of baby teeth and a shoebox full of mix tapes I made in 1989...

Have you seen Hoarders?

Do you have trouble throwing stuff away?

If I wind up on TLC, will you promise ONLY to judge my mountains of crap and not my hair or my Boston accent?

Kailani Lives a Pile-Free Life...

Aloha, SPRING!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:22:00 +0000

And not a MOMENT too soon...

What is your FAVORITE things about SPRING?

Baby bunnies?

Flowers blooming?

Cadbury mini eggs?

Children getting the heck out of your house?

WW: A Look Into My Crystal Ball

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:20:00 +0000

This could WELL be what my third grade class looks like next year...

Now if anyone needs me, I'll be on monster.com researching a possible career in television watching, lazing around my house, and blogging.

(Thanks to my friend Dorothy for the picture!)

I know Angie would pay me to
watch TV if she could...

RTT: On Things that Suck Right Now

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:22:00 +0000

Somehow or other, I have gotten old.

I didn't used to be this old. I used to be YOUNG.

But, now I am old and I have bunions.

BUNIONS.

My right foot is all kinds of deformed.

I have the feet of a 90 year old woman.

I am ready to order my Rascal.

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It has been raining here for days and days and days.

I am pretty much over it.

There aren't enough anti-depressants in the WORLD to make this kind of weather okay.

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I have to have my parent conferences at school this week.

They are long. They are tiring.

There are many awkward pauses and some nervous sweating.

Someday I will be able to do my conferences via Instant Message, and this will be better because I will be able to sweat in private, and also because I can be barefoot and eat chips whilst I confer.

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I bet Keely's randomess

was less sucky than mine!

Aloha, TMI Question!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:31:00 +0000

Despite what I've read about good blog posts needing a picture, I am going to go ahead and forgo the photographic accompaniment for this particular post...

So here's the story:

Some friends of mine attempted to make me aware of some information that is apparently widely acceptable within the realm of female personal hygiene products and their disposal.

But I WAS NOT hearing any of it!

So my TMI question for you this week is:

Do you flush tampons?

(I am a staunch believer in the flushing of anything that comes out me unless it cries and looks like my husband.)

Kailani is going to pretend I asked a nicer question...

WW: Jenni Plays Nicely With Others

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:25:00 +0000

Just when I was back into the blogging swing....

BAM!

It's report card week at school!

So at the moment, instead of blogging, I am spending time thinking of new and creative ways to tell parents:

A. Your child continues to do just fine. I have nothing really to report.

B. There are a few areas where he/she has or could have improvements.

C. OMG. Is it June yet? I have had about enough of your kiddo!

(Just kidding about that last one! All of the children in my class are ALWAYS an absolute delight! And they ride unicorns and play with elves! They are perfect little angels who NEVER make me want to bang my head into a wall or drink the ink out of the photocopy machine.)

I give Angie a A in blogging!

Aloha, Marriage Ref!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:14:00 +0000

Did you watch?

What did you think?

It cracked me up!

What's the deal with Jenni blogging 4/5 days this week?

If you and your Significant Other were to appear on The Marriage Ref, what would be the argument you were trying to win?

I am not sure what Doug and I would be debating...but I am fairly certain I would win because I am always right. It is one of my finer qualities...my perpetual rightness.

(My husband might choose my perpetual rightness for our topic if we were on The Marriage Ref....but of course he would lose just by virtue of the fact that I am virtually infallible.)

I bet Kailani is always right, too...

WW: I Can't Quit You

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:14:00 +0000

I don't know what my deal is...but I have a little addiction that I need to confess to you all today.

No, I am not sniffing glue...although it is tempting ~~most~~ some days.

Also, I am not gambling away my children's college funds. You'll be happy to know all 26 bucks of it is still safe and sound in my bra (I have to fill those cups with SOMETHING).

THIS is what I am addicted to:

::::insert chorus of angels here:::

Have you tried these?

They are heavenly!

No. Seriously. Unless you have one of those pesky peanut allergies, you need to be eating these!

I have at least one every day, and sometimes I can't help myself and I have a second one.

On an occasional day, I can admit to partaking in a third.

I have not yet reached the four Sweet N Salty granola bar mark...but I honestly can't say that it is out of the question since I have no self control AND also because I have this:

That's right! I have forty eight bars of Sweet N Salty awesomeness.

Sweet N Salty is my addiction....Costco is my dealer.

Angie is both sweet AND salty.

RTT: Three For the Price of None!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:08:00 +0000

Jumping Jehosaphat! Two posts IN A ROW!

Look at Jenni GOOOOooooooo....

(Pardon me while I pat myself on the back.)

Random Thought Numero UNO: I am sick to death of winter. And to be honest, it is neither the actual season, nor is it the temperature. The problem I have with winter at this point is that I hate all of my winter clothes. Seriously, I want to have a bonfire in backyard and burn all of my sweaters. Every morning when it is time to get dressed for work, I stand in front of my closet and ask myself, "Which of these sweaters will LEAST make me feel like running out in front of snow plow."

But who's kidding who? They ALL do. Hurry up, Spring.

Random Thought Numero DOS: I had to google Jumping Jehosaphat because I had no idea how to spell it. It is funny though, right? Very Bugs Bunny-esque. I love me some old school silliness.

Random Thought Numero TRES: My kids are getting a new system for their school lunches where I can pre-pay with a check and they will have money on an account to pay for their food. This is WONDERFUL because until now, I have had to scrounge around for dollar bills to send with them daily...which was NOT easy since I generally ~~am very poor~~ only have 50s and 100s. So now that my dollar bills will be freed up from feeding my babies at school, I can put them toward more important things like scratch tickets, coffee, and gum!

Keely is Randomest of Them ALL!

I am SO OVER the Olympics

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:56:00 +0000

Actually, I think I was over the Olympics about 20 minutes after the opening ceremonies finally started and I promptly fell asleep from boredom.

Don't get me wrong...I love me some Bode Miller...but it was just A LOT.

Helloooooo Mr. Miller...

Did we really need 4 hours of coverage every night? I am pretty sure a more abridged version would have been fine. I think I could have carved it down to an hour. Show a montage of the people who fell...show the person who won...then cut to someone's mother/father/brother/dog crying. Boom! Show over.

I know! I should have been a producer!

Anyway, the coverage was so long that a lot of the best stuff wound up being aired after 11 at night and HELLO, some people ~~desperately need their beauty sleep~~ have to get up early to go to work. I can't be staying up until 11:45 to watch ice dancing!

Anyway...I am glad it is over and I can resume watching my regularly scheduled mindless television.

But I will miss Bode.

And Apollo.

And Shaun...

Stumble It!

Aloha Friday: OMG I Forgot to BLOG Edition....

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:56:00 +0000

Ever have one of those months where you take a little "break" from blogging, and then it turns into a longer break, and then even when you MEAN to write a blog you FORGET because you are so out of the habit???

Well. that is where I am right now....right here on the corner of Forgetful Ave. and Lack of Inspiration Street....

Do you have any suggestions for me on getting back into the SWING of things?

(I was thinking that if I quit my job, hired a maid, and sent the kids to boarding school, I could get all KINDS of blogging done! But my husband said NO. Pfft.)

Kailani lives on Blog-Goddess Road....

Stumble It!

WW: If You Need Me...

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:25:00 +0000

I'll be in the can.

My new bathroom. With pretty new paint, a new tile floor, and a toilet where there was once just a hole in the floor!

(You can scroll down and see what my bathroom looked like LAST week).

It looks like Angie is off the hook.
I won't be moving in!

Stumble It!

WW: Just Another Day in Paradise

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:28:00 +0000

Who wants to come over and relax in the spa-like atmosphere of my luxurious main level bathroom????

Oy.

There is a layer of dust and debris all over my house.

It is going to be GREAT when it is done though...which will be soon since I have a PhD in The Science of Nagging.

Angie doesn't know it...
but I am coming to live with her until my bathroom is done.

Stumble It!

Aloha, Olympics!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000

I am VERY excited about the start of the Winter Olympics tonight!

I shudder at the thought of ever putting on skis myself, but I do really love watching the ski races!

I ADORE the figure skating competitions. I had aspirations of being Dorothy Hamill back in the day...and I had the haircut to prove it.

And let's not talk about my inexplicable crush on a certain red headed snow boarder...
(Good Luck, Shaun! Call Me! xo xo xo)

My Aloha Olympics Questions for you today are:

Will you be watching the opening ceremonies tonight?

If you could compete in any event, which one would you choose?

What's up with CURLING?

Kailani Gets a Gold Medal in the Blogging Olympics
For Awesome Memes!

Stumble It!

WW: Snooooow Day!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:03:00 +0000

The PLAN was to call in sick today because I had a mammogram scheduled. I figured it would be cruel and unusual punishment to have my boobs squashed AND have to teach third grade all in one day...

But Mother Nature has gone and sent a storm my way, canceling both school AND my mammogram.

We, my boobs and I, are very happy to have escaped both the teaching AND the squashing!

The Girls and I are just going to hang around in pajamas and watch TV all day!

Woot!

Let it SNOW!

Since this is Wordless Wednesday, I am going to share the picture of the fabulous nipple stickers I received at my last mammogram:

Let's Play Knees or Boobs!

I will reschedule my mammogram, but if I don't come out with fancy nipple bling, I will be VERY disappointed.

Are you wondering what Angie and her boobs are up to today??
Click:

Stumble It!

Aloha, Hacker!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:05:00 +0000

So, I have one of those coughs going on right now...

You know, the one where your lungs spasm and you cough and hack and gag until your eyes water and you can't breathe?

Oh, it's great.

So basically this week I am using my Aloha Friday time to appeal to the internet and all of you Aloha Lovelies to help cure my cough!

I figure one of you must have a medical degree, or that there may even be a witch doctor out there in the in blogosphere!

What can I do to get RID of this cough?

(And if the cure could somehow involve shopping, chocolate, and/or wine that would be FABULOUS.)

Take 2 Alohas and call me in the morning.

Stumble It!

WW: Color Me Red

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:05:00 +0000

I have a hair appointment today.

I want to walk out of the salon with a head of gorgeous auburn hair.

I want to be look like a WHOLE NEW WOMAN.

A sexy, vibrant, BOLD new woman!

A woman who is not afraid to embrace her inner Lucille Ball!
(Actually, I already do that...)

But, I will probably walk out of the salon with my same old boring blonde highlights.

Because as I found out a few years ago...

Red hair maintenance is NOT EASY, and also VERY EXPENSIVE!

But, I sure did love it...

My awesome hair in 2005.

Angie and I could be twinsies if I went RED!

Stumble It!

Birthday Cake, Aloha!

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:17:00 +0000

I don't know about you...

But I LOVE Birthday Cake!

This week, my oldest son turned 10 (sob).

I asked him what kind of a birthday cake he wanted, and he chose chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

Admittedly, the cake I made was from a BOX...because I am lazy.

But!

I did go all Betty Crocker and whip up the frosting myself.

It was soooooo good!

My questions for you this week are all CAKE related!

1. What is your favorite kind of cake?
(Double chocolate for me!)

2. What are you thoughts on whipped cream frosting?
(Personally, I think it is an abomination.)

3. It is your birthday party...someone wheels in a giant cake...you go to blow out the candles when SURPRISE! Who pops out of your cake?
(You can pick me if you want. But be warned ...I ain't cheap.)

I am hoping Kailani shares my feelings on
whipped cream frosting.

Stumble It!

WW: 10 Years

noreply@blogger.com (Jenni Jiggety) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:01:00 +0000

Ten years ago today, I had my first baby.

Baby Douglas .... 4 lbs 13 oz

He was 6 weeks early, and I was scared to death.

Thank God, he was perfect....just small.

And I have been absolutely CraZy about him ever since he showed up suddenly that day in January.

Dougie's 1st Birthday

Auntie Beckie's Wedding

Christmas 2009

Happy 10th Birthday, Douglas Bean.

I love you!

Angie knows a thing or 5 about kids' birthdays...

Stumble It!