Jennifer McCoy
Your inappropriate friend & parent / anti-racist writer activist / autism, not gun enthusiast / attorney misdemeanant / user of swear words
Footloose Experience LouFest 2013
Experience Loufest 2013 Following a stellar time at Loufest 2012, we were anxious to repeat our great time when The Flaming Lips headlined the festival. The rain last year was hellacious but once you were soaked, there is no more soaked to get. Plus, it’s easier to pee when you’re soaking wet. Just trust me […]
MoreMore Adventures in Downsizing: 3800 sq. ft. to 1435
Adventures in Downsizing No one has blown a major gasket yet from our close-quarters living arrangement. Thank God the weather is nice! I shudder to think what we’ll do with cabin fever if really stuck in the cabin. Alas, I have already accepted several truths about having 1435 sq. ft. In no particular order: […]
MoreDownsizing Adventures: 3800 to 1435 sq. ft.
Downsizing Adventures 101 For the last few years, my husband, three children and I have been living in a modest condo during the week and going to our much larger home a few miles away on the weekends. Trust me that this made sense for several reasons. Trust me again when I say that two […]
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August should be depression awareness month
Here’s a laundry list of why the month of August is the worst month of the year.
MoreI Let a Repairman Into My House
Would You Scold Me For Letting a Repairman Into My House? I have unlocked my car door when passing a vagrant to prove to him, and myself, that I wasn’t judging him to be a criminal just because of his circumstance. I try very hard not to live by pre-conceptions, because they are almost always […]
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OCD explains why i have a drawer labeled “Vagina”
My kids tell me I have OCD. I’ve never been formally diagnosed, but I prefer to think of myself as a Chaos Over-Compensator (COC).
MoreI am a Toiletry Hoarder
Confessions of a Toiletry Hoarder How did it come to this? Why does (even a family of 5) need this much lotion? Ten bottles? We don’t have that much skin surface area. This is in addition to the everyday stuff we already use, so I have even more lotion than this in my midst. I […]
MoreTraffic Bonding Moment
Touching Traffic Bonding Moment Have you ever shared a really awesome traffic bonding moment with a stranger? I was stuck in traffic one day. You know how it goes. One minute you are on the highway driving along at 60 miles an hour listening to Jay-Z and then the orange construction signs begin. Up to that […]
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