the best holiday ever!!

I do not know about you, but my favorite holiday is quickly approaching... SAINT PATRICKS DAY!  I don't know if it is my irish blood or just because this holiday is revolved around good food, booze, friends and a month of celebrating - BUT I LOVE IT!

I have so many great memories and laughs from St. Patrick's Day since I was young.  Please enjoy some pictures from my Saint Patrick's Day over the years...

me and my sisters as babes celebrating

 St. Patty's day as a 21 year old :)

Here is my schedule for the month of March:

• March 5 - Hoboken St. Patty's Parade - entails taking a 10 o'clock train into Hobo with friends and drinking in the streets, bars and friends apartments until about 5 o'clock
• March 12 - St. Patty's Bar Crawl - entails taking a 2 o'clock train to my Great Grand Big's apartment in Rutherford and then pre-gaming at her place with friends.  Then at 5 o'clock we proceed to the train and go in to the city for the bar crawl until we can not stand any more
• March 17- actual Saint Patrick's Day - TBD
• March 20 - Pearl River St. Patty's Parade - entails a Sunday Funday in green with friends locally

recaps & laughs to follow...

the laughing idol

Okay... I will admit it, I LOVE American Idol.  I have loved idol since it came out when I was in 8th grade.  I think I like it so much because it is the one show my entire family can agree on watching together.  It is so unusual that this even happens but for 2 nights a week for an hour each, my family gets together in the family room to watch Idol. 

The best part of Idol is the auditions.  Some of these people are CRAZY!  It is hysterical and definitely makes you feel better as a person that you are not messed up like some of these characters.  What I want to know is where are some of these peoples friends and family letting them go on the show?  I am no singer (but definitely better than some of these crazed people) but there is no way in hell my mother would ever let me out and try out and embarrass myself like some of these people do.  But who am I to judge?  At least they are out there taking risks and letting the whole world see while I just sit back and relax with my family and laugh. 

Also, I was a little hesitant to the new judges JLO and Steven Tyler, I was not sure how this transition would be.  But I LOVE them.  Especially Steven Tyler, he is hysterical the way he interacts with the contestants and just his mannerisms. 

Anyone else addicted to Idol like me?

What Does It Feel Like?

This week has been horrible.  I would like to erase this week from my life and it is not because I spent Valentine's Day alone.  I had a death in the family and then another family member admitted into the hospital.  This week is bad luck.  Bad things usually ALWAYS happen around Valentine's day for me.  I do not think I will ever like or enjoy this holiday even when I am in love. 

I am DETERMINED to make this week feel better for me and I will do that by posting more and focusing my energy on LAUGHTER like I should be doing.

So I started my Thursday with asking close friends, co-workers and loved ones, what does laughter feel like for you? Here are the fabulous responses I got from them...

• laughing feels therapeutic to me because after you have a really good laugh, like the kind of laugh you can't breath because your laughing so hard, it puts you in a wonderful mood.
• Laughter feels like shared relief and having comfort in another person.  Giggling feels like flirting, being shy.
• my friends
• laughing is BY FAR my favorite ab workout
• laughter is the involuntary expression of happiness

JMU LAUGHING since 1987
my sister, cousins & i laughing in my crib

Happy Thursday, hope you laugh all weekend!

xo-jenna, the professional laugher

Irony

I know a couple of posts ago I declared my love for Jorge, my blackberry.  But ironically a few days after that post, Jorge and I got into a huge fight.  He would not talk to me and kept shutting off on me.  I got fed up and decided it was time for a new phone.  He was a great first smart phone, but it was time to break up.  I have moved on to bigger and better.  I caved and got an iPhone and now I know what everyone was raving about.  Now that I have this I can not understand while I waited so long. 

I am proud to announce the birth of Chuy, my iPhone born on January 18, 2011.

Don't worry...Jorge is in a good home in Maryland.  I was finally able to give my older brother a hammy down of mine!