is is wrong that i am so happy to have a few days off? yes, i have a job that i love… i feel so happy going to work (most days) but i am so relaxed already home all of one hour and under my covers (keithy is out with my cousins’ husbands and my brother in law). i feel like i will have some time to just chill this weekend (no batmitzvahs!) and i feel like it need it. that said, of course, i will be checking the show email so feel free to email me/us whatever@marthastewart.com and be sure to listen to the whatever with alexis and jennifer marathon! (times are listed on our homepage)….
my sister stacy showed me a dvd (made from a video) from 14 years ago that my parents made for me… it was made right after my brother and sister had both gotten married and i was feeling crappy because i was going through a "i’m a total loser dork phase"- i didn’t have a boyfriend (had pretty much just been dumped by someone) and couldn’t figure out what i wanted to do with my life.. i was in law school but had no ambition to practice law, i was living at home after having lived away during college, i toyed with the idea of acting but was too insecure to really go for that and my parents must have sensed my feeling like poop because they made a video montage of my life up until that point (i was 22) to show me how much they loved me and that they thought i was terrific.
looking back, i cannot believe i was so insecure- i was adorable, i was witty, i was social, i was funny, i had a whole future ahead of me that i couldn’t appreciate at all! i was so caught up in trying to figure out who i was supposed to be that i couldn’t appreciate who i was… looking back i think i missed out on a lot of fun because i was so worried about my future…
seeing that video reminds me today to appreciate what i have and try live each day to its fullest even when i feel like a loser (we all have those days) because time will pass and i will think about now and realize how great all of it is…
i appreciate my parents’ making that video for me much more now than i did then.
so on this evening before thanksgiving here are a few things i am thankful for (get out the buckets to catch your vomit it’s going to be sappy!)
i am thankful that i have my kids and my keithy and my sister and brother and nieces and nephews and my parents and my inlaws of all kinds and my cousins and my friends etc…. (by now you must be at least nauseated.)
i am thankful that i have had this past year of doing our show… plus i have learned so much from alexis and martha! and i am thankful for that too… (have you puked yet?)
i am thankful that we have amazing listeners who keep coming back for more… i feel incredibly touched by your interaction with alexis and me… (ok, stop vomiting, i am having a moment or two!)
i am thankful to be alive. (ok now i’m throwing up too but i mean it!)
of course, after seeing that video from 14 years ago, all i want to do is find all my old videos- my brother’s barmitzvah (i was 9), my sister’s sweet sixteen, my sweet sixteen, my old school plays, blah blah blah, etc. etc. so tomorrow, instead of really just relaxing and enjoying thanksgiving, i will be scouring my parents’ house for these tapes and my own attic as well…i hope i find them.
keithy just got home from dinner.
happy thanksgiving everyone!!!!!
xoxoxoxoxox
jennifer
Jenny~
You are too sweet! I really am thankful that I decided to get a Sirius receiver so that I could hear you guys…I’m also thankful that I got to meet you both. I’m thankful that you decided to do the show with Alexis ~ you guys are truly Ying and Yang.
Have a great holiday!
Not all of us are nauseated by your outlook on life.I appreciate that you are a positive person! Happy Thanksgiving!
Jennifer, your introspective is admirable. If more people took the time to come to such a poignant moment, many people would stop living their lives unconsciously. You are an inspiration! Happy Thanksgiving and know that you have a lot of people out there, who you have never met, that think you are an amazing person.
has alexis called you yet to yell at you for your thankful blog? you know just how to get her going. maybe she’s the angel and you’re the devil.
who cares, i’m thankful to know that now 5 days a week from 5-7 i’m going to have some laughs.
THANKS!!!!!
Jennifer – This will make Alexis puke for sure but I think you’re just so sweet and wonderful. You’ve got it going on, girlfriend! I’m with Dedra as far as being thankful that you decided to do this show (among other things). Your kids are so lucky to have you as a mommy and Keithy is very lucky as well. Have a very happy day.
Being grateful for the present is so very important. I embrace the past but know that today is all I really have. Thanks for the reminder Jennifer.
Gosh Jen, don’t apologize for being thankful! Your notes are very sweet and refreshing in this world today. I appreciate your words. We should all be thankful each day for what we have it could all change in the blink of an eye! Have a Happy weekend!
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too, Jennifer! Love ya! XXOO
Didn’t you have another sister named Lynda?
this marathon was really fun today.
my husband is leaving me but i think it’s worth it. maybe you’ll do it again over the xmas holidays. now i’m gagging listening to you guys clean the toilet and so looking forward to spaghetti nipples. i missed that one!!!!