Day 9 – A picture of something you hate.

Enough said!!

Day 8 – A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.

I know I am cheating on this one too, but it is impossible for to pick one picture of someone who has gotten me through the most……so I posted a picture of vodka (and my blog title). Even though I met vodka later in life, we have been very close friends, he is always there w/ me while I vent,cry, laugh, to my friends and family. Here’s to you vodka! Cheers!

Day 7 – A picture that makes you laugh.

As you all should know by now Goodfellas is my all time favorite movie, so when my brother worked his magic and photo-shopped me into this picture, I thought it was the greatest thing ever. This picture makes me laugh,but in a good way.

Day 6 – A picture of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day

Even though there is not a person in this picture, there is a point…kind of. For a day, I would love to trade places w/ a theatre actress. Nothing fancy, I am even content w/ local theatre, but just for the day, I would love to be able to act on the stage.

Day 5 – A picture of your favorite memory.

Doing things a little different w/ this one. It is IMPOSSIBLE for me to pick one picture of one memory. This picture I found randomly online a few years ago and represents a few of my favorite memories in one picture. First, the picture was taken in NY, I have many wonderful memories of Christ…mas in NY. Second, the snow, I love the snow and have many wonderful memories of snowman, cookies, hot chocolate and everything else that comes with it. The most chilling part of the picture, the man w/ the fedora and glasses next to the kid in the sled, is the spitting image of one of my grandfathers….spitting image. I have memory wonderful memories of both sets of my grandparents…so there ya go, I know I kinda cheated on this one, like I said before, it was just too hard to narrow it down to one memory.

Day 4 – A picture of something you wish you could forget.

Chocolate and I have a love/hate relationship. Sometimes it would just be best if I could forget chocolate even existed.

A picture of the cast from your favorite show.

Day 2 – A picture of you and a person you used to be close with.

This is Orca, Orca the evil scale. At one point, Orca the evil scale and I used to be very close, too close. I would see her three to four times a day. It was awful, yet at the time, I thought I needed her. Now, I am perfectly content visiting Orca just once a week. We work better that way….less is more and all that.

I am back from MIA. Was I missed or did anyone notice I was gone?

For the past month,as what happens to many of us bloggers, life took over and this blog was put on the back burner.

Also in the past month,I have a small side project that I am trying to get up and going.

I am not quite there yet and need a little more time. Because I do not want to forget about Vodka Calling, I decided to take the next 30 days and try out the 30 Day Photo Challenge that we have been seeing on Facebook.

I am going to post the steps if anyone is interested in doing them too. It looks like it could be fun.

Sooooooooo, here we go!

30 Day Photo Challenge

Day 1 – A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.
Day 2 – A picture of you and a person you used to be close with.
Day 3 – A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 4 – A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 5 – A picture of your favorite memory.
Day 6 – A picture of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day.
Day 7 – A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 8 – A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most.
Day 9 – A picture of something you hate.
Day 10 – A picture of something you love.
Day 11 – A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 12 – A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
Day 13 – A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 14 – A picture of someone who inspires you.
Day 15 – A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
Day 16 – A picture of the person you do the silliest things with
Day 17 – A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 18 – A picture of you when you were little.
Day 19- A picture of your most treasured item.
Day 20 – A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel.
Day 21 – A picture of your favorite night .
Day 22 – A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 – A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 – A picture of something you wish you could change.
Day 25 – A picture of your favorite day.
Day 26 – A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 – A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 – A picture of something you’re afraid of.
Day 29 – A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 – A picture of someone you miss.

and now for my Day One

Post a picture of yourself with 15 facts.

1. Today, I am tired, and moody, and annoyed, and I feel fat.
2. I am hoping this 30 day photo challenge will help me with writers block.
3. Goodfellas is my number one favorite movie ever!
…4. I will stop whatever it is I am doing to watch I Love Lucy or Laverne & Shirley
5. coffee and vodka are my drinks of chocie, not together though, although w/ me, you never know.
6. If I could own a tiger, I would, here, in the apartment.
7. Sleep is very important to me, if I do not get enough of it, then everyone will feel the wrath of Jen.
8. Anyone remember that show The Brady Bunch? Well…I am Jan Brady.
9. Ralph Macchio was my first pretend boyfriend
10. burgers and fries are the best food ever.
11. I can read a book in a day, not get anything else done, but I can do it
12. I can also polish of a large pizza in one setting
13. I am constantly on a diet (see above)
14. September through December is my favorite time of year.
15. I am the crazy lady who still has my fall decorations up (see above)

Well, I am not going to talk about my kids. Of course I am proud of them, but that’s kinda a given with all of us who have kids, right? So now I am being forced to think outside of the box, and I must say it is a lot harder than I thought.

I do not have a successful career outside of the home that I am proud of.
I do not even have a career.

Let’s see…..there was that one time I managed to get out of an abusive relationship, but, for me that does not seem as much as something I am proud of, it is actually quite embarrassing to talk about….Next!

Before I met my husband I was a single mom w/ two boys. We made it work, is that something I am proud of? Well, kind of, I suppose I was just more in the frame of mine of “You gotta do what you gotta do.”….Next!

Do you see how hard this is?!?!?! Am I the only one having a hard time coming up with something that I am proud of that does not involve the kids?

So I decided I am going to take the easy way out…kind of.

Here is what I am proud of about myself…no one else.

1. I am in charge of our budget, somehow I manage to budget for a family of 6 on one income and still have a little over to save…..and to buy shoes, for me!

2. The only thing I do not do is bring home a paycheck…everything else I do, grocery shopping, budgeting, paying the bills, running the kids around, cooking, cleaning, appointments, the occasional sex with the husband even though I am soooooo not in the mood.

I literally do it all, without a paycheck, and I have not yet had a mental breakdown.

So there ya go…in a nutshell I am proud of the fact that I am still standing, and have not yet been admitted into the local psych ward.

This was a writing prompt from the ever popular The Red Dress Club

“Tell the story (without any trivialization or modesty) of something in your life that you are proud of.”