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hey.

if you’ve been reading this for a while you are probably aware that i’ve been experimenting with different formats for this blog for some time. in short i’ve been trying to figure out a way to share our life and the things i find important. yeah, you know, social media.

i haven’t really been successful. i think of it as a learning curve. i’ve been trying to figure out a way to do so without it being so time-consuming on my end and, well, mundane on yours. i know that i find my daughter, my family and my life to be vastly more interesting than you, or you, or you probably do. but i’d like to share none-the-less. this is a good exercise in writing, documenting and creativity for me. i’m a stubborn person so i’m going to keep at this.

i think i’ve found a way to accomplish what i want but please bear with me. some things that i said were going to be new series on here aren’t. some projects i’ve taken on in the past will not be completed. i know this isn’t breaking hearts.

thank you for sticking with me. thank you for reading. if you’ve been coming here to judge and make yourself feel better about your life then you’re certainly still welcome here to do that. you deserve to feel good about your life. i do, too. i’ve had a rough go of that this past year and that’s what this blog is about. i think i’ve come through on the other side and keeping this here web log had something to do with that. this is about me taking a step back and re-examining all the good parts, hanging on to the saving moments. this is my happy place. or, it’s a reflection of my happy place.

thank you. you’re a peach.

weekending

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our weekend looks a lot like just darla’s weekend in pictures. let’s be honest, we’re really just along for the ride here. we returned to sweaters with some fall-ish weather these past few days. it’s welcome, i can tell you that. the weekend was mostly uneventful which was also welcome.

we went on walks with very interesting clothing choices.

darla attended her very first ever dance class.

we listened to Happy Together by the Turtles on repeat because it’s someone’s favorite current song {so long video killed the radio star} and a very nice father found a 45 of it as a gift.

we built tent forts in the back yard and

made the first apple crisp of fall.

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i’m looking forward to these fall weekends. hope you had a nice cool-off and enjoyed your weekend.

xoxo

e

recently enjoyed moments

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hi all,

i’m writing you from a completely relaxing, solo-mama weekend. the inside of my brain sounds like kevin mccallister: “i made my family disappear.”

i miss them but i’m also relishing the alone time. i’ve labeled this weekend my anne morrow lindbergh weekend because i really appreciated anne’s views on the importance of alone time for a female in gift from the sea.

so far i’ve taken a 5 hr nap, ate pie for dinner, watched some bad tv, and held a dancing + cleaning session. i’m very thankful for this opportunity to exist for a few days as a solitary entity.

so, i wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a wondrous, serene, and little bit magical weekend. here are a few pics of recently enjoyed moments:

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^^^ a funky mirror makes my vintage booties even funkier ^^^

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^^^ the most delicious baked goods and the loveliest staff ^^^

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^^^ she knows she’s got a pretty good life ^^^

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^^^ three kiddos having a hard, hot day. we were told the reason for crankiness was “our brains are too hot.” i think i was feeling the same way. ^^^

how i’m spending my kid-free time

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we’re only 2.5 days into darla being gone so i’m still at that phase of feeling i might *finger quotes* accidentally forget *finger quotes* to pick my child up in a few days. this phase directly precedes the phase of feeling lost, lonely and completely void of any life purpose without my child. yep, in a matter of 12 hours the change will set in. what can i say? parenting: making moms bipolar since…forever.

and i just want to say the next time one of you non-spawning people tell my you haven’t had time to do something i will look into your eyes, down into your soul and i will know you are LYING. childlessness provides all the time in the world!!!! i’m like scrooge mcduck backstroking through his vault of gold coins only instead of coins they are minutes and instead of a stingy duck i am me. big hair, big boobs ME swimming in a sea of time.

so here’s what i’ve been doing with myself:

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1. attending concerts – husbeau and i saw grizzly bear and xx one night and japandroids the next. we left japandroids early because we just were not digging it and i think this may be a first for us a couple.  2.  i’ve had more than one lovely bike ride everyday. it’s been simply perfect riding weather.  3. working in a beautiful space and catching up on some birthy reading once all my shop chores were finished. two jobs at one time!!  4. spending time at the library filling out my certification paperwork  5. catching some rays while i  6. take care of some ornery laundry and  7. pay attention to the other growing things for which i am responsible.

all this i’ve been doing while waiting on the call from a momma to let me know her baby is coming earthside! i love the anticipation part of my work.

i guess when darla is gone i’m prone to taking pictures of my legs. can’t say that i’m too ashamed because they’re the only legs i’ve got but it’s possible things will be more visibly stimulating when she gets back.

but until then i’m going to enjoy the peace and calm and excess free time. i might even do some front porch sittin‘ later and now that i think about it recreating this kid-free-zone for myself sounds pretty good too.

sending you positive vibes for a great weekend. happy friday everybodiez!

weekending

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was last weekend badass, or what? we had beautiful, beautiful temps and weather here in ohio. i feel like we hit up every festival in town. there were a ton. we attended columbus arts festival for the first time, munched at el camino before the grand opening of my new part-time gig at columbus furniture revival {which is really pretty and amazing and pretty amazing. i had some pics to share that i somehow deleted}. darla “got frondly” with people at the luau at the hills market downtown. {sadly, i cannot take credit for that pun. that is courtesy of michael wright.} we stopped by the moonlight market for some crazy good pie and then on to the SoulFood festival down at the columbus commons where i was PUMPED to see Color Me Badd. And by attending, i mean riding our bikes around the outside of the commons b/c it was so expensive. sadly, we were too late and missed CMB. it was hard to be too crushed with how beautiful the rest of the day was but i do feel my life is a little incomplete now.

hope you had a good weekend as well. june is shaping up to be just lovely, isn’t it?

contactz

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i would like to shove some fun additional ways to keep in touch with momjeanz in yo’ face:

1. I’m tweeting…i think. not sure if i know what i’m doing but you can find me @heyMomJeanz on Twitter. the little button over there on the rightey sidey will take you there too.

2. if you haven’t checked me out on pinterest yet you should because i just started a new TACO BOARD!!! yeah. yeah. i know. I KNOW. it’s called everyday tacos and someday it will have 365.25 taco recipes pinned in it so we can eat them everyday. the button is over there right next to that other button.

3. there’s always the old tried and true facebook friendships.

4. i almost touched a snake and i didn’t scream this time. progress not perfection! perfection would be if the snakes were not here at all but seeing how we were going through this last may they must hibernate somewhere on the property. i’m dealing with it a lot better this year.  a little lady snake got caught in our garden netting. i called my friend chris who helped last year. he rescued her and took her off our property but before she left i whispered specific instructions for her to spread the word to her snake friends that i had her rescued and not killed so would she please not send any more of her friends to get me. also, apparently i blog about snakes a lot. see also here. { also, in reference to that last post: i do not think snakes are sexy. i think i just watched that paula abdul video at an impressionable time in my life }

i realize this 4th point is not about a fun additional way to keep in touch with momjeanz but i think this info adds a certain substance to this post. just keeping with the contact theme…

weeksie

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this week brought us a 50 degree temperature spread, the end of a school year and once again, big hair.

besides that we had some other doings, the details that make up our week:

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1. lunch date  2. a partner hike up and down the hill  3. lots of bike rides  4. pancakes with strawberry milk, strawberries and peanut butter chips  5. go fish in the park {which darla does not understand the concept of keeping her cards a secret  6. and lastly some water colors on the porch in her tutu and leotard.

hope you liked some of our happy moments from the week. have a good weekend. wruckers send their best.

i made it!

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   look! i made it. thank you to all of you who voted and helped me make it in that top 25. i’ll be working on some more zero waste posts in the future as we expand efforts and such. i really appreciate you putting up with my begging and pleading.

you’re swell.

life lately

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i don’t really feel like i have much to contribute to society these days. i’m really worried about what all of you are going to do without my words of wisdom pouring forth to guide your daily lives. i just don’t know…

because currently i’m watching color me badd videos on youtube and having some 90s moments. my biggest ambition for the day is to get up to the library to see if they have 90210 in the dvd box set section. so you can see i’m reaching tall and setting goals high these days.

honestly, i’ve just really enjoyed a slower paced week. i’ve been sleeping a lot. i mean A LOT and it’s been good. and also there’s been bacon. and tacos. so, yeah, good stuff.

bits of our week and weekend:

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picnic dinners in our new special place, darla painting some rocks for our garden and a little girl who asserts her right to wear fairy wings to school.

what is my message?

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hi friends,

i’m fresh back from a really wonderful and beautiful celebration of life for my cousin. seriously, nobody does a wake like my family. i kept thinking to myself “is it irreverent how much i’m looking forward to this funeral?”  maybe. maybe not. but i can tell you that at the family dinner after the services i kept waiting for the dj to show up and everyone to start dancing. and i think my cousin would have wanted it to be EXACTLY like that. birth and death are sacred and it’s an honor to take place in a celebration of life the likes of this past weekend.

but, as i mentioned before it is now time to move forward with purpose.

and as to be expected the passing of my cousin has left questions and emotions floating around in various spaces of my body and i’m examining life a little more. part of that examination involves these writings, this blog.

what is my message? what do i want to accomplish with this space?

i can’t even recall why i started this blog. it might have been to have an outlet during my single-parenting days. it might have been a creative exercise. it might have been in hopes to become successful and make a small amount of money {cough yeah right cough} and help support my family. it was most likely because i think myself hilarious and all-knowing and thought the world NEEDED to hear my wit and wisdom. and maybe, just maybe, it was because i was lonely. maybe it’s because becoming a mother and a wife have been the hardest things i’ve ever had to do and i had to work on it through writing about it. i had to make it look pretty for myself so i didn’t feel like a failure at the two biggest roles of my life.

whatever the reasons for starting, i’m in it. 2 years in it and i’m reexamining my message and purpose. i think i’ve never had a clear idea of what i want this space to be. i’ve dabbled in lots of directions. it’s time to focus and make sure what i’m putting out there is a reflection of my life and message. i’ve fallen prey to watching to see what draws readers to my page. i think i’ve put stuff out there that might have betrayed my inner self, my organic inner self that is. my superficial self likes to shop and posts about buying stuff. but my organic inner self knows that i have all that i need. i hope i’ve become more of a reflection of that in this space.

so what will this space be about?:

my family. earthy and birthy inspiration. love. spiritual connection. giving my child experiences instead of material items. my parenting evolution. supporting and sharing that which i believe in. wild and crazy things my girl does and says. hopefully more travel and music. my efforts to live environmentally conscious.  and stuff that i think might make you think i’m cool….really.

i ask you to help me keep this space authentic. if i write something that strikes a chord {or a discord} please voice yourself in my comments and make yourself a part of my space. if i write something you like, please share with others. if i write something that seems like i’m being a big tool bag, call me on it. if i write something that leads you to judge me and makes you shake your head at my far out thinking then I invite you to do just that. for some reason you need room to do that in your life and just possibly through reading my heartfelt words we’ll all become a little more open in the head and the heart. if i write something that sounds like i’m trying to sell you a t-shirt…buy a t-shirt. seriously, i need some of you to buy some t-shirts.

in closing i would like to thank those of you who read regularly, or even occasionally. really, anyone who’s ever stopped by this site EVER. weeeeee! oh except for the people from serbia that arrive here from googling “naked little girl.” i do not thank you. no, i don’t. but the rest of you are gems. i appreciate your reading and being a part of this project of mine. and it’s ok that you read it. it’s so funny to me the teensy amount of embarrassment folks have when they admit to me they read my blog. rest assured one thing that has always been and will always be true of elaine tucker: i love attention. you will never have to apologize for paying attention to me and my life doings. you may not even have a choice. i will not go away until you do.

it’s become clear to me it’s time to end this post. thank you. i love you. and…i love myself. bye!