Musings Of A Civil Disobedient Mom
Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, April 10, 2009 in 5:18 pm
Earlier this week I found out that a friend of mine had died. He had a heart attack. Although I had not seen him in over four years, I was shocked. And, deeply saddened by the news.
Before I became a full-time stay-at-home mom, I worked in the collections department of a large bank. Quite honesty, I hated my job. But, I will always be grateful for the people I met there. I made a lot of good friends and Larry was one of them. Larry was a heavyset fellow. Kinda messy and unkempt. He was rude and abrasive. He rubbed almost everyone the wrong way…until they got to know him.
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Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, April 1, 2009 in 6:03 pm
This is the tweet my friend Mel posted to her Twitter account the other day: “So beyond tired of ‘my husband’-or-’my dad’-is-a-dipshit-themed commercials, I think much less of the women picking those guys, honestly.”
I laughed out loud when I read it. I so totally agree. Not everyone married a douche.
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Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, March 31, 2009 in 10:44 am
Upon purchasing a new appliance, I promptly send in the warranty card. Twice a year, at Daylight Savings Time, I check the batteries in our smoke alarms. When I sign an agreement or a contract, I abide by its terms.
I am a rule follower.
My form of disobedience stems from the fact that more often than not my polite conformity is somehow in defiance with everyone else around me. I teach my child table manners, the neighbor thinks it’s hilarious his kid can burp the alphabet. I visit the museum and read a sign stating, “No Flash Photography.” I switch my Fuji’s settings to Museum Mode, enter the gallery and I’m blinded by someone’s flash.
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Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, March 27, 2009 in 12:14 am
The First Inaugural Dude Hour commenced sometime in late 2006. I was invited to a baby shower—or was it a purse party—or maybe a bridal shower? Either way, I was invited to some sort of all-female gathering that was being hosted by a family member.
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Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, March 16, 2009 in 9:32 am
…and a little bit rock & roll.
When I began homeschooling Benjamin, I unwittingly joined an online sub-community fueled by messageboards, forums and blogs. Homeschooling moms make up a huge portion of the Blogosphere, blogging about everything from dissecting a squirrel their son found dead in the backyard to the puzzle their three-year-old twins put together yesterday.
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Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, February 14, 2009 in 9:01 am
Our household had a Supernanny-type meeting recently. Sans Jo Frost. I am not sure how it came to this point, or when…but, if we didn’t do something soon, I fear I would be writing this blog from my jail cell.
I created a monster, you see.
He is about three feet tall, with big brown eyes, and a peaches and cream complexion. He has always been my precious little Stepford Child. No Terrible Twos. No Tantrum-filled Threes. He does not disobey. He does not talk back. He does not break toys or write on walls or run through shopping malls.
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Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, February 9, 2009 in 10:13 am
As I’ve mentioned before, I am über-organized.
Each Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring I go through Ben’s clothes and pull any outgrown items. I make two distinct piles. One pile I donate to Goodwill and the other pile, I consign. The Goodwill pile is neatly stacked in a plastic grocery bag. Eventually, the bag finds its way out to my mini van and when I pass a Goodwill donation box, I toss it in—it’s hassle free.
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Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, January 26, 2009 in 11:54 pm
Last night Ben and I flipped on the radio while I made dinner. To my delight, Green Day was on…singing “Brain Stew.” It turns out we were tuned in to the cheesy 90s rock station I used to listen to in the, well, nineties. It seems they just stuck with that era of music.
So, we commenced jumping. We were dancing, singing and jumping around like fools. Happy as two larks. Ben ran upstairs and got his guitar so he could join in with the next hit, a little something from Alice in Chains. Nice. I miss you, Layne. Eventually, we found ourselves dancing to YIKES, Def Leppard and some band that was some unholy cross between Nickelback and Hinder. Er, maybe it was Hinder?
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Posted by: honestbaby, January 22, 2009 in 2:38 pm
I have been laid off. According to my son, he will pay me “seven dollars” as a severance. After informing me of this, he added, “And then I’ll close the door on your feet.”
You are probably wondering what I did to deserve such an impersonal shove off, eh? Well, the whole issue started when our four-year-old inquired, “What’s laid off?” Whilst in this economic downturn, he hears the term ‘laid off’ quite a bit. I suppose his curiosity finally got the best of him.
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Posted by: Jessica Leigh Allen, January 9, 2009 in 12:11 pm
I have a proposal to make.
You see this morning, as I was drying off with my blue and white gingham towel—a vintage piece from the pre-incarcerated Martha Stewart for Kmart Collection—something occurred to me. My baby soft towel and all of its worn-through goodness was a wedding present.
From Michael’s grandparents. Who have both been dead for close to a decade.
So, here is what I’m thinking: Showers for Married People.
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