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 $#*%.”

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.

– 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 [...]

All I could think, as both of my Princesses pushed past me at the church soup supper, one to grab first choice from all the desserts, the other to start dishing up her chicken noodle even before the priest said grace, was: “Laura and Mary would never shame their Ma like this.”

The sign on the church readerboard as we were driving through town said, “You are in the process of becoming someone. The question is, who?”

Seven things I’ve bought that turned out to be well worth the investment.