Jennifer Moody

You are getting sleeeeeepy … you are going to wake up thinking this is the most brilliant blog post you’ve ever seeeen ..

Yup, we’re building character over here at the Moody household, or, as I like to call it, the Lent Situation Room. And by “building character,” I mean, “saying all sorts of swear words every time I learn how much I’ve been spending on all this $#*%.”

Slightly Older Princess explains our eviction from the Garden of Eden.

I did a fun new thing last night: went to “A Grand Night for Singing” at the Historic Grand Theater in Salem.

Very interesting, this being-broke stuff. I’ve found out I’ve got one stiff neck and a pretty nasty attitude. Heaven help my family for the remainder of this 40-plus day Lenten commitment.

What I’ve been up to lately, in just seven easy installments.

What the Princesses plan to do with their grown-up years.

Yipe! How did today get to be Shrove Tuesday already? I have to start Lent tomorrow and I haven’t prepped for my commitment yet!
I decided this year I’d take a page from coworker Amanda Robbins’ playbook and spend the next 40 days away from all forms of plastic money. No debit card, no credit card, [...]

– Half my face is numb from my morning visit to the dentist, which not only makes me sound like Bill Cosby (”Your what?” “Fabuss! Mahbuh fabuss! Efbuh aybuh ceebuh eebuh!”) but leaves me no ideas about lunch. It’s 11:47 and I’m starting to get hungry, but I don’t want to chew, drool, have anything [...]

Someday, I’m going to find the person who invented the whole “jinx” thing and I’m going to make her sit in the back seat of my car, between the Princesses, until she apologizes and promises to pay for their college educations, preferably at institutes strong in linguistics.