After watching an episode of Family Guy with Peter Griffin on the news with his “What really grinds my gears..” bit, I thought that since I had already wrote a blog on what I was thankful for (read it HERE ) that I should write one talking about the opposite, you know, the every day, mundane things that seem to get to us the most.  Since most of my readers know me on a personal basis..take notes..this could come in handy some day..just saying.. 1.) Laundry…why are you so need

It started like most other internet adventures begin..I was bored, it was cold/rainy outside, and the people or things I generally “stalk” (just to be clear, see this article here to see if you are an official Facebook stalker, I ‘think’ I passed lol)   on Facebook were apparently living non-virtual lives at the time (ugh). I became hard pressed to find something better to do. So for kicks and laughs I wondered on to Craigslist to see what the local Texans & not so local Hoo

I mentioned in my last blog that I would come up with a list of my “resolutions” for the 2013 year and that is exactly what this weeks blog is going to cover. These resolutions, while they may seem silly, are genuine and are ones that I spent a lot of time thinking and praying about as we ushered in the new year hence why I am just now getting around to posting them 4 weeks in to the new year! 1. Jennifer, please learn to set your alarm more than just an hour before you have

A new year usually means new beginnings, resolutions made, resolutions broken, and a rush to get ones tax return check back as soon as possible! I do plan to have a post about my amazing resolutions as soon as I find out which ones made it past the first few weeks and which ones bit the dust before the sun rose the next morning, but today's post is about this blog specifically. I realize now, almost 4 months and 13 blog posts later, I never really explained what it was I am d

About That Evening Post Turkey Found Abused & Tortured Temple, Texas--A one year old turkey found dead and burned after what officals are calling an 'apparent temperature overdose'. "The scene was gruesome, and showed obvious signs of pre-meditation" said Rowdy Hen, Senior detective Temple Police. "The kitchen looked like a bomb went off, and a charged burning stench poured out of the oven." The defendant in custody, 25 year old Jennifer Shidler, told the reporters that it wa

; T was the day of good christmas and all through the house, the food was casually burning, not a piece good enough, even for a mouse. The fire extinguisher was hung by the oven with care, in hopes the fire department would not have to ;soon be there....Ok ok, our family christmas dinner may not have turned out this bad, but the potential was definitely there! In my last post (read it HERE ) I spoke of how shopping for holiday presents was not my favorite pastime, and shoppin

I magine this shopping experience. It is one week before Christmas. It snowed about a week ago and has been 65 one day, then 20 the next so the snow has just enough time to kind of melt, but then freeze to a nasty blackish brown slush. Every body and their brother are out shopping, and since I'm just someone's sister (bahaha) the only parking left is by a smelly Long John Silvers dumpster all the way at the other end of the parking lot. You are wearing jeans and tennis shoes

In high school (not college thankfully) I was notorious for waiting until the last minute to finish an assignment..and this blog is a child of that principal! Everybody who is anybody has been posting on Facebook daily what they are thankful for and while I'm a bit late to this party, don’t let my tardiness confuse you, I have many many things to be thankful for! The following items meet the Jennifer Shidler “Seal of Approval” I’m Thankful For… 1.) Cool side of the pillow, yo

While watching the presidential debates this past month, Romney & Obama spoke on many topics and referenced their plans to get our country back on the economic high path. Romney in particular spoke of his " 5 point plan " ( 2 Google searches and a yahoo answers page later I can now name all 5 steps...provided that I have that page pulled up in front of me) and while his plan did not turn out the best outcome, I just know this 12 point plan will put any Paul McCartney fan in t

Sat·ire /ˈsaˌtī(ə)r/ Noun The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of A play, novel, film, or other work that uses satire. The following work of humor, irony, exaggeration and ridicule is dedicated to all those holidays forgotten or skipped over, you did not come and go in vain!   That’s right folks; it’s that time of the year! No, not a leap year! It’s Christmas , and I am here for the

Due to the craziness that has been my life, this has been my first blog post in almost 3 weeks. I promise I have not forgotten about you all ( all 15 of my followers and one curious person who has told me they are from Oregon, how did you find this blog anyways) My nickname growing up was motormouth, so trust me, you have not heard my last words just yet! I wanted to write todays post on something that is affecting our nation right now as we speak, its in the headlines, on th

Blogging 101 states that in order to pull people into your profile you need to have swanky & catchy titles of your blog posts! If the c o l o r f u l alliteration of “pimping, plump, profile” does not work, then I have failed you as an armature/novice blogger!  Any who, the theme of today’s blog is nostalgia. Particularly the nostalgia I felt as I accidently stumbled across my old MySpace page (this is where the pimping a not so plump profile inspiration comes from :) . You

The time had finally come! Matthew and I have been in Texas for over 6 months, and while in my last post I spoke of the amzingness that is Telemundo, who are we kidding, we miss our regularly scheduled programming....in English. As we began the selection process, I could not help but think that picking a TV internet provider is like watching a late night dating show. Just like deciding whether or not a guy gets a first date, a lot of thought goes into the customers decision i

You had to know that with a blog tagline of “A Hoosier at heart, living in the heart of Texas” there had to be at least one post (or many) about the statistical and social differences between the great state of Texas and the Great(er) state of Indiana. First some fun facts about the state that I now call home. * The state of Texas ranks 2nd in terms of population of all United States. (no, the first ranked is not Indiana ;) ) * Texas offers its residents almost all major clim

Movies, we've been investing our time money and energy in to motion pictures forever. There is just something about checking out from reality, and for 13.00 a person, one can sit in a dark, cold theater for two hours, and have their world be transformed. You can be a drunk pirate on the high seas, a socially confused wizard off to a new school or a vampire looking for love in all the wrong places to (ugh) . On a recent trip to the theater with my husband, I began to analyze

Have you ever been wrongly accused of being a cat lady? Have you ever wondered how you can effectively share the love of your cats with others without fitting in to the harsh social terms associated with the awesomeness that is keeper of the cats? Have no fear, Jennifer, the self-proclaimed cat lady is here with a few pieces of advice to keep you out of the cat lady grey area and into feline friendly zone! Urban dictionary and wikipedia label a stereotypical cat lady, or cat

Why i dislike shopping in a place in which the people working there are paid mostly on commission ( and yes i realize the irony in the fact that this is currently how i make a living) Whether it is clothes (though I rarely shop in clothing stores that work on commission and prolly for this reason) jewelry stores, and electronics, my most common experience. I had no particular item in mind when I entered best buy, just wanted to peruse the DVDs, check out the cleareance electr

Inspired by the impending launch of the iphone 5, i thought it would be cute to bake an iphone themed cake to bring to work to share with my coworkers. How hard could it be i figured..a cake pan is already the general shape of the iphone, slap some white icing on the side, black icing in the middle for the screen, draw out some icons for the middle and call it a day, presto..a cake sure to please all. these are the ingredients and tools needed to make such a cake! Step one.