Jessica Thinks

If you havent' had enough of me on Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter I'm sending you a copy of my stupid Christmas letter Our family hasn't grown - or shrunk this year We really are quite boring The events that occued this year Are sure to leave you snoring Steve just got a new job Managing projects in Europe and Asia I heard you had a great year too so this news shouldn't phase ya. We have two kids in high school now It's full of female drama Our son is a tough Marine Too cool to call his Mama Let's break down the girls because there are four, you know Each one as different as a flake of fallen snow (awwwwww!) Christa is our star student She's reading all the books She's a nerd and she's proud! And she's got the looks Kayla is a Rainbow Girl In more ways than one her face is pierced, she rocks rad hair she's beautiful and fun Lydia is the nosey one she HAS to know what you're up to She's a fan girl with ...

South Pole - I have written a few Holiday rants this year, that I decided against posting here, because I didn't want to seem all "Bah-humbugish." Mid-November I sank into an unrelenting panic.  I was worried that Christmas would be horrible for my family. I was worried that this year would be the year my kids would remember as "the worst Christmas ever," not only because of the lack of money, and therefore lack of presents, but because of my blackening mood and complete disinterest in the season as a whole. North Pole - After allowing a glimmer of this worry loose on my facebook page, I was awakened to the spirit of the holiday with a simple comment from my Mother-in-law. She offered to loan me money in order to do some shopping for the kids. Considering my In-laws are also my landlords, and they are usually the first ones to feel the effects of our brokeness, this was a very unexpected and sweet offer. I never took her up on it because, as luck would have it...

OK, I know that this may be considered TMI for some of you, but I am a totally whiney woman right now and I am going to complain about woman things, so scroll down if this will bother or offend you. from here on out I will refer to my menses as "Shark week" I am totally convinced that I am going to die from this shark week! Shark week hasn't been on for about 45-50 days and it made a comeback BIG TIME this week. Yesterday my left side felt like it was going to explode. I was doing full on Lamaze breathing to deal with the pain, then the sharks attacked and it was like a massacre. I thought that would be it. deal with the usual stuff for 5-7 days and then I'd return to normal, but today.... Oh my! Well the right side felt a little left out and so it decided to out-do the left side. 800mg Motrin barely dulled the pain. Heating pad all day helped a little more, but standing up is like torture. and it's like a super plus every 90 minutes type of day. Tomorrow bett...