I'm Jennie. This is my blog.
I graduated from Texas A&M University four years ago and moved to the D-FW area with my then-boyfriend/now-husband to pursue our respective goals of getting out of debt as quickly as possible. (Still working on it.)
Mike, my redheaded husband, and I got married May 19, 2007 in Tahoe City, Calif. Marriage is working out smashingly, although I hope it's considered normal to karate chop your spouse on a daily basis. I do the laundry and Mike kills the spiders. He makes a mean peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, and I give excellent back rubs.
Right after our wedding, Mike and I began trying for a baby. It took us about a year (and many bottles of champagne) but, finally, on June 10, 2008, the second line appeared. I spent the next nine-ish months expanding and puking, both of which were just as sexy as you can imagine.
We welcomed our son, Kyle Parker, to the world on February 5, 2009. He's the best thing we've ever done. Hands down, without a doubt. It's easy to say that since we're finally sleeping through the night. (But, really, cue every parenting cliche known to man. They're all true.)
We also have a very spoiled dog who misses being an only child like you wouldn't believe. Molly is a vizsla, and she's smarter than your dog, or at least we continually tell her she is.
My day job is at BenBella Books, a trade press in the Dallas area. I am the main marketer for our imprint, Smart Pop Books, a line that specializes in smart, funny anthologies on the best, funniest and most-obsessed-over pop culture properties (think: Gilmore Girls and Firefly, for example).
This blog chronicles the few months before Mike and I got hitched to the immediate aftermath of our drunken wedding reception to the very fun year we spent as newlyweds to the unfortunate naked incidents of our one-year-anniversary trip to the emotional time we spent trying for a baby to the really emotional time we learned we were actually getting a baby to the kind of humbling time I threw up on myself thanks to the baby to the first few months of our son's beautiful life to the STRESS! (and serious joy) of purchasing our first home.
I like to think my writing has improved over time, but more than that, I like to think I have improved over time, as well. I look at this as a place where I've chronicled my progress as a wife/friend/daughter/woman. The world of blogging is big and vast and full of really talented men/women, so if you've decided to spend some time here, I'm flattered.
My blog name (She Likes Purple) comes from a favorite song of mine by Wideawake, a talented Texas band, but, just so we're clear, I do like purple.
Some other things I like: strong margaritas, Super Target, J. Crew flip-flops, my nephews and niece, doggy-earring magazines, the zoo, hole-in-the-wall bars, San Francisco, deli sandwiches, laughter, the now-defunct WB, skirts, unexpected cards, karaoke, Banana Republic sales, Pam and Jim, champagne, mosaic tables, street fairs, motorcycle trips, traveling, e-mail, TV teen dramas, barware, boutique jewelry, chicken masala, purple post-its, montages, catching a string of green lights and the now-canceled Veronica Mars.
Some things I don't like so much: moronic drivers, credit scores, whiskey, my husband's TiVo decisions, ridiculous judgment, hair on sponges, Ugly Betty, restaurants that won't split checks, pretension, basketball, pointless telephone calls, spiders, text messaging, tornadoes, gratuitous use of punctuation, clowns, junk mail, receipts in general, whispering, the Beastie Boys, icy roads, potato salad, my own laziness, those with no concept of personal space, insecurity and my bank account balance most days.
**I've recently launched Style Lush, a style blog that's a collaboration with a handful of other wickedly talented bloggers. Don't ever underestimate the power of pretty things in your life. Stop by and be inspired.
You can also find me rambling about pop culture at MamaPop and talking about my weight-loss goals post-baby at Bodies in Motivation.
Finally, a few Twitter handles for you:
@shelikespurple
@stylelushblog
@runningtofit
@mamapop
@bodiesinmotivation
@smartpopbooks
@benbellabooks
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