In honor of Leap Day —here’s what I wrote on Leap Day 2008 ( which is NOT included on this site but IS included in the forthcoming book)

Enjoy Leap Day 4 years ago— in NJ, Pre-Patrick, Pre-Radio Shows, Pre-Facebook, Pre-Twitter, During the 2008 Primary Season

 

It only comes every four years, so to celebrate, I decided to devote this entire day to things I otherwise couldn’t/wouldn’t/shouldn’t do…

 

 10:30am. Arise.  Forget girls have school.  Think how cute they are sitting there on the couch eating frosting in their jammies.  Forget to go to the gym.  Leave bed unmade and towels on the floor. 

 

10:45am:  Eat 3 Dunkin Donuts and an everything bagel with sun-dried tomato cream cheese. Think that I’m hungry for hummus and salmon for lunch.  Order french fries and a Coke at next stop, in case want them later.

 

11:-1pm: Look at gossip mags and old Calvin & Hobbes books while watching Melrose Place reruns on Soapnet. Hope that the girls are having fun playing on Daddy’s computer and with his guitar.

 

1pm:  Naptime.  Curl up in bed with 20 pillows and a ½ lb bag of Peanut M & M’s.  Think that my bed is too messy now so go to Maggie’s so I can smell her little smell.

 

2:30:  Arise. Prank local Hillary Clinton Campaign office. Prank Obama campaign office by, everytime they say “Obama”, shouting “Gezzunteit”.  Die laughing.

 

3:30.  Surf net.  Order from Sephora, HSN, QVC, and PiperLime. Even order that cute copper cooler from Frontgate (seen in Skymall). 

 

3:55  Download all the songs from Pirates of Penzance and Don Quixote for my ringtones.

 4:10: Call up Jerry and wonder why Pfizer didn’t give him off Leap Day. Complain about this, the liberal bias in the media, the lady next store STILL not bringing us Welcome Neighbor Brownies and the fact that people honk too often in the NorthEast.   Check e-mail.  Complain that “no one writes me”.  E-mail them all and tell them it’s Leap Day and they’d better or I’m sending Samantha over to their house with a box of popsicles and a whistle.

 

5:00  Cocktail hour. Order more stuff on internet. Tease hair. Apply MORE makeup.  Wear shoes that hurt my feet.  Ignore dishes in the sink.  Perfect Cher impression by singing, “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.”  Kiss the girls till their little faces are bruised.

 

6:00 Yeah! Jerry’s home. Head down to the city for overpriced Sushi at See and Be Seen place. Take my kids to prove to the world that they are cuter than most. Graciously turn down offer for them to be in commercials (too cheesy) but agree to talk to agent about Allie Grace’s audition for Cosette in Les Miz…

 

9:00 Come home. Explain to Jerry the house is a mess because I was simply swamped today feeding my (so very hungry) Inner-Id….

 

 

 

Jill Hickey

I know what you’re thinking.  She might do MOST of that stuff everyday anyway…  

But you’d be WRONG.  It’s not even close to one of my days.  

Melrose Place doesn’t  come on during that time!

 

 

 

Even in this down economy, your own NotSoSoccerMom has managed to secure not one, but TWO new homes. I did this without the help of Fannie, or Freddy or HGTV or the Nebraska Lottery.

The first is a brand new condo I share with 4 room mates from all over the country.  We all share the work load around the house and encourage, entertain & share.   We’ve already had tons of guests over.  Make sure to drop by my new digs and meet my room-mates. Listen for all of us each weekday. You don’t even have to live in our neighborhood.

NotSoSoccerMomRadio

The second is right here. Thanks for  coming in!  See how I even answered door quicker?  Let me show you around. Grab a  (virtual) glass of champagne  here at Casa NotSoSoccerMom and a (virtual) canape made by Rick Bayless as we walk through the housewarming party.  < No down economy stops me from treating my guests appropriately- especially when it’s virtual>   My Blog. Huge, huh?  Now take a peek in the On The Radio wing. It’s adjacent to my place above.  The  architects did a great job that.  Welcome to About Me. I’m going to decorate it with Lists, Pictures & quick hits.

Jill 

Now that both places are up and running and fairly clean, I can get back to business of  self-publishing my self-published book (hence the name. Well that’s not actually the name. But that would be funny. Can someone remind me?–), practicing my close-lipped smile,  deciding who’s going to play me in the  NSSMom motion picture turned sitcom. <Heather Locklear just got kicked off the short list) and taking my 4 pm nap during Friends reruns…

The Year In Review

From Me to You

What a year it has been for the “NotSoSoccerMom” & crew

Where to start? What to share? I hide no secrets from you.

 

In January “Daddy” started being retired/ looking for a job

He learned to cook a mean dinner each night. My boy, he’s no slob.

(‘cept the dishes)

 

Upon leaving Pfizer, we had to give back the car

So he and I shared for 6 months,

(thus I was not going far)

 

We knew we were leaving the North to get closer to fam-i-leee

But where were we moving? KC, Denver, Dallas? Maybe all three

 

The day finally camed when we said GoodBye to NJ

Then we moved in with Gigi and Papa for 6 weeks

OY to the Vey!

 

In Kansas City we did land

(oh I have been remiss—

yes I continued blogging, Zumba& hosting two radio shows,

through all of this)

 

The NotSoSoccerMom brand grew, just like our list of old homes

A book soon to be published– my compilation of tomes

 

But wait (!) one October day, I’m in the big city

and someone steals my computer– my baby!- what a pity

 

The show, site, blogger, Tweeter and Facebooker in me trudge along

‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming’, I sang Dori’s little song

 

The cops find my computer, taken by Abdul

It now speaks another language, though

Can I deliver the radio show in Arabic? Does it air in Kabul?

(pretend like it rhymes)

 

It’s back now on my desk.  In our new home.

Some things are a constant, wherever we roam.

 

Like the importance of support from family & (new and old) friends

Without, after this year, I’d have ended up in the looney bins

 

Keep reading, keep listening, hug your family tight

know I remain committed to sharing good, humor and light!

 

Jill

The best things in life aren’t things~ it IS so true

but let’s face it, this computer sure helps me bring  those ‘best’ things to you.

Stay Tuned to NotSoSoccerMom, the site and Keep Listening.   Really fun, big radio stuff coming SOOOOOON and the NSSM site (this one! Right here! will finally be getting it’s facelift to celebrate my 40th bday year)