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In Which The Baby-Sitters Club Goes To Walt Disney World In 1988

January 18, 2021August 16, 20212 Comments

Adulthood rite of passage: your parents move out of your childhood home, and they do a massive purge of their stuff. Some of that stuff is your stuff. They ask you if you want that stuff. You pick through the stuff, select a very small percentage of stuff you want to keep, and tell them to do whatever they...

The Jenn Theory Of Pooh Personalities

March 20, 2017September 1, 20212 Comments

This silly little idea is so simple and has such a long-standing history in my family that I can’t believe I haven’t shared it sooner. The concept is just this: Pooh Personalities. Basically my family has a long held belief that everyone’s personality can be distilled into two characters from A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, and by extension the...

In Which Jenn Is A Sailor ‘Cause A Sailor’s Been Tattooed

March 29, 2016August 10, 20212 Comments

Mitzi Gaynor and Ethel Merman would never lie to me. Certainly not with Donald O’Connor watching. Forgive me as I go on a brief tangent, but I simply must show off my first tattoo. I know, I know; how could I go a non-Disney route? But The Phantom Tollbooth is one of my favorite books EVER, and once I settled...

In Which Jenn & Moon Are ‘Ached Some Questions

December 18, 2014August 13, 20212 Comments

Hey, here’s something crazy – we’ve been tagged! We’ve been tagged twice! Thanks to Kellie and Kimberley for inexplicably expressing an interest in our inner workings. They’ve asked questions. We have answers! Four names that people call me, other than my real name: Moon says: Bek Sneaky Rebs Rebek (my Dad is not a creative soul) [to clarify, Moon’s...

The Fairest Week In Review: 9/30

September 30, 2014August 13, 20212 Comments

JENN: How’d the whole running thing go last week? MOON: A confession! I did not run last week… I used only the elliptical. Every day. Because I wanted to finish a book that was really long. JENN: Haha, what book? MOON: Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears. I just wanted to know WHY he fell… Rather disappointed about some of the reveals,...

In Which Jenn & Moon Do the Liebster Award Thing

May 14, 2014August 13, 20214 Comments

Fun fact: the fabulous Danielle of Live, Run, Grow nominated us for a Liebster Award! This question-trading blog series helps us all get to know our fellow bloggers. Read on for the answers to the questions Danielle set to us! 1. If you could run any race in the world, what would it be? JENN: I’m pretty excited for the...