Hello and happy Tuesday!
Well, we’re finally headed back to school for the first time since January 12th! That sure is hard to believe! While I’ve enjoyed some time at home, we definitely need to get back into a routine.
Today, I’m linking up with Joanne for…

…and today I’m talking about this “by two” prompt:

Here’s an explanation for my answers:
- 2 things I love: Coffee and books are two things that I love. It’s been many years since I can say I haven’t had at least one cup of coffee for teh day…and I can probably say the same thing about reading.
- 2 names I like: When I was younger, I loved the names Lydia and Annie. It’s not that I didn’t like my name, but Jennifer was a popular name. My middle name is Ann, and sometimes I wished my name was Annie. I remember liking the name Lydia after seeing the movie Mrs. Doubtfire.
- 2 things that scare me: I’m definitely not a fan of heights. Choking is a new fear. I actually choked a little over a year ago, and my friend saved the day with the Heimlich maneuver. Ever since then, I’m very cognizant of choking…and I’m always telling my kids to slow down when they eat! If Trav coughs, I immediately ask him if he’s choking. Like I need one more thing to worry about…haha
- 2 careers I’ve considered: I’ve really never considered another career besides teaching. I do wish that I’d gotten a library science degree/certification. I would love to be in a library working with kids every day. My mom worked at the public library a couple days a week after she retired. Maybe I will do that one day? Also, ever since cookie decorating became popular, I’ve thought it would be fun to do. Again, I’m not thinking about a career change…but how fun would it be to make people happy by baking and decorating cute cookies? I’ve taken a few cookie classes for fun, and a lot of hard work goes into even one cookie!
- 2 places I want to visit: Nantucket continues to be on my dream list to visit. I’ve been to London, but it was when I was in high school…and I really hope to go again and take the kids.
- 2 accounts I love: Jen Reed (@thesisterstudioig) is just the most down to Earth woman to follow. She’s happy, encouraging, and supportive and just shares so much with her followers. Brittany Garcia (@kingdomofsequins) is so fun! She always starts her stories with “Hey girl!” and just has a bubbly personality. I could definitely be friends with both of those ladies (and they are friends in real life!)
- 2 books I love: I took a deeper dive into books in Sunday’s “All About Books” post, and it’s difficult for me to choose two of my favorite books. That being said, Where the Crawdads Sing and Becoming Mrs. Lewis were the first two to pop into my mind.
What are two things you can tell me about yourself from this prompt?


I am afraid of choking, too! It’s from two things – the Miranda Sex and the City scene where she was alone with her cat and had to ram into her counter and from a story that my friend told me – a person was choking at a table at an event and walked out of the room because they were coughing and died because they were alone. So, always stay around people! Did I help your case or hurt your case?
I really want to see Nantucket, too, but I’m afraid it will be too peoplely because it’s so popular now!
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Oh that’s my other fear on loop- what if I was alone! So of course I tell my parents to not choke!
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This was a fun one! Of course I have the same issue as you with our name…there was a book that is titled “Names that Go Beyond Jennifer and Jason” when I was pregnant with our first son. Isn’t that funny? I’ve always like boy names, but for girls…Sam, Cam, James, etc. My Drew was going to be Dru if he had been a girl!
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I always liked “masculine” names for girls. And yes- lots of Jennifer’s haha
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Choking is my #1 fear so a rule in our house is you have to have a drink with you before you even take one bite of food- eek!
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that’s a good rule!
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That choking incident sounds so scary! I like Sister Studio, but for some reason she never shows up in my feed. Dumb IG algorithm! Loved your Tuesday Talk today!
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I hate when IG messes with who I see. Thank u 🙂
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This is a fun topic! I need to check out those two Instagram accounts. I want to visit Nantucket and London, too. Librarian is a pretty great job!!
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Your school stories are always so fun and sweet.
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I love Where the Crawdads Sing movie! I’ve watched it over and over lots of times. I have a friend named Annie, I’ve loved that one too.
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The movie definitely did the book justice. It was so good.
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