parades

Posted by PJoyLynn , 11.27.2009 3:57 PM

i think i missed my calling.
i should've been in a drumline.
wearing polyester and marching in parades.
maybe my next life?

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haiku'ing

Posted by PJoyLynn , 11.03.2009 7:20 PM

looking for something
but finding only myself
full circle again

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For Fatima

Posted by PJoyLynn , 10.26.2009 2:02 PM

I read that the flu virus can stay on a dollar bill
for up to 12 days
I can't wait to get the swine flu

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I'm Sucked Back

Posted by PJoyLynn , 10.23.2009 8:21 PM

into the TV vortex
the weather changed
i'm covered by quilt blankie
there's a slurping noise
i'm pretty sure it's my life force
leaving my body

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billy

Posted by PJoyLynn , 5.30.2009 10:58 PM

so, i'm sitting here. had a couple drinks with the hubby out at the pub, now at home... watching billy madison.

this movie speaks so much to another era in my life. that i so embrace. like, with a big fat bear hug. am happy that i can still quote the movie and laugh out loud at my favorite parts.

stop looking at me swan!

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noodlin’ on this

Posted by PJoyLynn , 11.13.2008 12:50 PM

If you want to see what children can do, you must first stop giving them things. -Norman Douglas

JJ sent me this, and it's hitting at me quite hard today. Feel like there's a gluttony of things in our lives, and I'm a sucker for that.

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i'm having one

Posted by PJoyLynn , 10.14.2008 6:28 PM

of those days

where i want to crawl under my covers
and not come out for a very very long time

i don't think i can keep up the perk

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l i s t

Posted by PJoyLynn , 10.04.2008 5:39 PM

at times it all seems too much

volume loud

adrenaline pumping

memories of the panic


 

then i close my eyes

put my head down

check out of reality

just for a bit


 

then I open my eyes

pick my head up

and make a list


 

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

Posted by PJoyLynn , 9.11.2008 9:12 PM

The Jewells' lives are rotating on that axis again.

Not sure if it's a turn upward, downward, or sideways.

Livin is lovin school.

Hopefully my husband will get a bit of much deserved peace.

Me.

Well, things are sideways.

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it’s all my fault

Posted by PJoyLynn , 7.24.2008 10:29 PM

will is gone from SYTYCD

and i was one of ones who didn't vote

i must not watch the show anymore

bad reality tv fan must be punished

rock it out, twitch

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Idols on Tour!

Posted by PJoyLynn , 7.14.2008 9:50 PM

Yes, yes, I went to the American Idol concert, with my nearly sixty year old mother on Saturday night. My father surprised my mother with tickets and asked me if I'd go with her since I'm such an AI geek.


 

I had been wondering all day – is there an opening act for the top ten idols? The answer is no. There were nine opening acts for David Cook. Each of the top eight sang three songs each with only two cheesy group numbers. Little David sang four songs, and the tweens went wild. David Cook was only on stage from about 9:40-10:00pm. I thought Carly and Michael Johns were memorable too, but I couldn't tell you what Ramiele, Chikezie or even Syesha sang. I must say this is one of the squeakiest concerts I've ever been too – the only smoke blowing around the Dome was from the smoke machines.


 

Some of my concert going highlights:

  1. The show was at the Tacoma Dome – it is so damn stinky in that part of Tacoma. I couldn't get past my snobbish-ness whenever they would say "Let's hear it Tacoma"! Over and over again, I kept being labeled as "Tacoma". Made me feel icky – at least some of the idols said "Hello Washington", which is just fine with me.
  2. Watching a tiny little just turned twenty-one'er run back to her seats in tight white jeans and super high heels. She had just purchased a beer! and was in such a hurry that she was running with a full beer! which then splashed all over the ground and her pants. I'm figuring about two bucks worth of beer on the floor.
  3. Kristy Lee Cook belted out "Proud to Be an American". I made a "pff" sound of some sort because it drove me crazy that she picked that song to get the patriotic vote during the show. My mother says to me, "What, aren't you proud to be an American"? "Um, no Mom… I just found it annoying she picked that song to get the patriotic vote". And, you know, maybe I'm not so proud to be an American, but I wasn't going there on our girls' night out.
  4. The tour is sponsored by Poptarts… and there was an annoying "host" of the show that came out before the show and at intermission – hosted a guitar hero face-off.
  5. Buying merchandise at any concert is a pita, but at the end of the show, I wanted to get Livin and the cousins some flashy glow sticks. I'm waiting behind a family of four, who buys four shirts (after holding each kind up to their chests and spends roughly $45 each of them) and also purchases 8x10 glossies of David Archuleta. When a pushy lady is edging in on my turf – I'd been watching her squeeze her way up the line. The foursome leaves, and I let them out, and pushy lady tries to get into my spot at the counter! I say, "You aren't seriously going to cut in front of me right now, are you"? She says, "Well, there's not really a line, it's more like a mob". I say, "Yes, because you're making it that way." Bitch. I did get my glow sticks before she bought her short shorts with IDOL across the ass.

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hotter than a pepper sprout

Posted by PJoyLynn , 7.10.2008 6:45 PM

Livin [Olivia's new nickname, of course after Livin' on a Prayer and Dazed & Confused. She needed a new nickname to start kindergarten, there's another Olivia in her class – annoying. I've decided Livin is much cooler than Livvie] has been digging on bluegrass, Johnny Cash, and Alabama. Maybe she's got some of Grandpa Buster's fiddlin' in her… there are worse things than your daughter listening to songs about shooting your wife in the head or getting married in a fever, right? She has the June Carter part down. Tonight she was doing a self-titled "African Waltz" to Dixieland Delight - there is something a bit wrong there, I think. Now she's dancing around with a cardboard horse, which won't stop neigh-ing. It's a good thing I love me some Johnny Cash because we're on the third round of Tennessee Stud.


 

Know what sort of bites? Livin is now reading over my shoulder, so I can't type about her now without her knowing. She's giggling reading this – twit! Go dance and be happy, let Mama to her business.

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addict

Posted by PJoyLynn , 10.02.2007 7:40 PM

Help

I'm addicted to kettle corn

It's stuck in my gums, but no amount of pain can stop me

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08.17.72 Happy Turdyfifth

Posted by PJoyLynn , 8.17.2007 6:50 AM

It is this day thirty-five years ago that James Donley Jewell Jr. was born. His story began in upstate New York, but is currently set in Ballard where he lives with his wife, his daughter and his two cats. On this momentous occasion, I, being his wife, should express my appreciation for being the leading lady in his story. How might I do this, you ask? Well, I am nowhere near as talented of a writer (except for the Young Author's awards in elementary school), but I am a planner. I can make lists like nobody's business. That said I give you five things I cherish in my life that I would not have if Jim had not twisted and turned his way to the left coast.

1 – but, of course, Miss Olivia. The depth and breadth of our lives, and our biggest adventure(!) together.

2 – Reading. I didn't really read before we started along together, now this is something I can never do without. Except for he still wants me to read "thinky" stuff which might never happen.

3- NPR. I never had heard of it whilst being a young twenty-something. He would wake up with it on his alarm clock, and I'd get so pissed off. Why do you need someone yammering at you and hearing about depressing stuff at 6am? Well, then came along the Sunday morning programs, which I miss and wish we could listen to in peace now. Someday, right? And, yes, now who wakes up listening to Derek Wang? I do. I refuse to take on Sports Radio – for real now that is yammering. How can you listen to it all day???

4 – Vegetables. As most of you know, I'm a terribly picky eater. However, since my husband is also a talented cook, I have expanded my horizon some. I love me some asparagus, sweet bell peppers, veggie stir fry… none of which would be present in my life if not for him.

5 – City living. I probably would've been content to be an Eastsider (you know I love you all, but really can't see myself out there) if he hadn't taken me out and about in the city. Don't know what you're missing if you never see it in the first place, right? I'm trying to remember some of the first places… Greenlake (remember our "lunch break" there one day? I do.), Fremont, Wallingford, Ballard oh my. 206 represent.

I could drag my list on and on because like I said before, I love lists.

My life has been significantly enriched since he's been a part of it. Wishing him a 35th year with many ups and few downs... Maybe I'll stop singing "You take the good, you take the bad, you take it all, and there you have the facts of life. The facts of life." But probably not.

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Wild

Posted by PJoyLynn , 8.09.2007 7:42 AM

So, my new Word 2007 can automatically connect with my blog? What? Shoot, technology is cool. And I can log into my laptop with my fingerprint. Sweet…

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An Email Address Built 4 2

Posted by PJoyLynn , 8.06.2007 9:53 PM

So, can someone tell me about the joint email account appeal between spouses? Is this rather like a joint checking account? I mean, I can get into JJ's email if needed and he can log into mine, but really now... tell me about why the joint-ness.

(Lurkey-loo, I'm talking to you...)

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Mmmm

Posted by PJoyLynn , 8.01.2007 6:44 PM

Is it wrong to come home from work and eat 5 brownies?
I set such a shitty example for my daughter.
And tonight, I just don't care.
My double chin appreciates growth.

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the lion sleeps tonight

Posted by PJoyLynn , 7.31.2007 9:46 PM

one of my most deliciously favorite mommy moments is happening right now.
peaceful olivia.
sleeping in my arms while we're cuddled up in big chair.
everything is calm and quiet.
reminds me of her sweet baby girl days.

this child 'o mine...
can talk and talk.
can negotiate.
can be relentless in her pursuit of want.

all characteristics that will serve her (and probably others) well in life.
but right now...
mom and dad are on the other side of that table.
rather weary, we are.

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four

Posted by PJoyLynn , 5.16.2007 8:00 PM

why doesn't anyone tell you that parenting just gets funner and funner with each passing year? she's turning four next month. she's already got the moods and attitudes of a 13 year girl right in the heart of puberty. does this mean she will be even worse as a teenager or does this mean she's getting it out of her system now? i'm hopeful, but feel like it may be the former,, not the latter.

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bob book

Posted by PJoyLynn , 2.18.2007 9:45 AM

when i was in elementary school, my friend and i developed the bob book.
a secret place to keep track of our crushes.
hard to remember times like those.
where i was young, carefree and silly.
writing the initials of the boy i was crushing on.
never the full name, only initials.
you never know who might stumble onto something like that.

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