I was tagged for this one by the Sassy Southerner…
I’m not 100% sure of the rules, which is unfortunate, because you know how I LOVE to break rules! But it sounds like all I have to do is post a picture of myself and some interesting biographical information.
Whoopee! Hold onto your hats!
with teeth…
without teeth…
There once was a girl named Jenny
This girl, she was something like twenty
Too young to get married
But whoops! there she goes
She was off and married
to the guy that she chose
They lived very happ’ly
except when they fought
way up north in Seattle
where it rains a whole lot
they worked and they frolicked
and laughed till they cried
until the day when the laughter all died
see they’d purchased a house
this house was so OLD
that even the wood floors had started to mold
they hammered, they nailed, they sanded and painted
till from all the working our Jenny just fainted
well really she didn’t, but she did think she might
cause they just worked, worked, and worked, all day and all night
then one summer’s day
or maybe ’twas fall
midst all of the working and having a ball
Dear Jenny got pregnant
her stomach grew round
she threw up a lot all over the ground
then one day in June, a magical day
the baby came out
in a most painful way
and then our pal Jenny
and her dear husband Jay
their sleeping just ended that very same day
but their happiness grew
except when it shrank
they loved their dear CJ
though his diapers sure stank
He grew really fast to a tall funny boy
who wore goggles all day ’cause they gave him such joy
Our pal Jenny though
Wasn’t feeling so peachy
Cause all the working and momming – made her voice come out screechy
so she quit her grand job
said “I don’t need a dime!”
“It’s worth it to take back control of my time!”
and now she does yoga
sips coffee and tea
she hangs out with CJ doing things that are free
she still doesn’t clean much
cause really why bother
she thinks that those chores should be up to the father
and so ends our tale
long and rhyming and fun
it’s time to pass the magic to another someone…
Consider yourself tagged! And no you don’t have to do it in rhyme, although personally I think you should!
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xo Jen
July 10, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Bravo, that was great. I loved it.
July 10, 2007 at 5:05 pm
wow…dr. seuss style! amazing!
July 10, 2007 at 6:49 pm
I love the photos ant the rhyming.
You’re such a talented lady.
hee hee.
July 10, 2007 at 7:16 pm
I don’t have to rhyme, do I?
That was fabulous!
July 10, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Wow. Color me impressed!
July 10, 2007 at 8:47 pm
I’m so honored that you tagged me! But holy crap, you’re a hard act to follow. And I’m so bad at stuff like this! Ack! Meme anxiety!
July 10, 2007 at 9:39 pm
I was expecting Thing 1 and Thing 2 to pop their heads in there!
And I’m thanking you for NOT tagging me with this one! I agree with Jen, you’d be a hard act to follow!
July 10, 2007 at 10:15 pm
That was the best poem I’ve read in a very long time, and I’m not even blowing smoke up your ass.
Compelling and nice rhymeage.
My favorite part was the throwing up all over the ground.
I think if I tried to sum up my marriage and four kids, the apocalypse would come and go before I finished the poem.
July 10, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Wow, now thats some serious talent
July 11, 2007 at 1:03 am
ROTFLOL. Great job!
July 11, 2007 at 2:54 am
I definitely prefer you with teeth. Without the chops is like a snapshot of the future minus the wrinkles ;-)
Cheers!
…BB (the man behind the mask)
July 11, 2007 at 4:44 am
I LOVED that! Great post!
July 11, 2007 at 10:46 am
I did not know you were related to Dr. Seuss! Very cool! The only other sort of famous person I sort of kind of know is the woman whose grandfather invented the bendy straw. Anyway, I’m very impressed!
July 11, 2007 at 10:55 am
ohmygawd!
You are AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!
That’s AWESOME times three!
“I’m not 100% sure of the rules, which is unfortunate, because you know how I LOVE to break rules!”
Ohmygawd! Can we be sisters? I would LOVE to go break some rules with you.
July 11, 2007 at 2:11 pm
I enjoyed your biography immensely… you made me giggle AND snort.
July 11, 2007 at 5:52 pm
So apparently my comment didn’t go through and sadly I can’t even say that my sons were fooling around on the computer!
That was fabulous. How long did that take you? I particularly liked the part about doing free stuff. I’ll have to brush off my poetry skills! In the likely event that my poetry is just too painful, I’ll just write some interesting stuff. Thanks for the tag!
July 12, 2007 at 1:41 am
I so love the rhyming.. and I so love the blog. bThey all paint a story and I am glad we belog… (belong).. I tried!
July 12, 2007 at 5:33 am
Oh, the places this could go!
July 13, 2007 at 3:59 pm
I’m way behind on my blog reading and look at the fun that I missed! This was awesome, Jenny!
I particularly love the fact that you didn’t do it all in one sitting, because then I would love it and hate you.
July 13, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Holy Moly! How long did that take you? If you say 5 minutes, I might have to slap you…’cause you’re so much cooler than me…;-)