Jen Inchiostro

the daily life of a nerdy mom

“To be nobody but 
yourself in a world 
which is doing its best day and night to make you like 
everybody else means to fight the hardest battle 
which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.” 
E.E. Cummings

Blog

  • Baseball Season!!!

    Baseball Season!!!

    We had tickets to a game last week and it was rained out- everyone was SO BUMMED, but we ended up getting tickets to the game today and the weather was unbelievably good! Perfect seats, perfect heat and an all around perfect day…. except we lost. We had such a great day- Jared dropped us…

  • Lego Store Fun

    Lego Store Fun

    Jared ordered himself some new Etnies and we had to pick them up at the mall- so we hit up the LEGO store. Juniper has recently found the world of lego and it has reignited a season that had passed for the older kids. Keira still enjoys lego here and there- but for years the…

  • My Week in Books…

    My Week in Books…

    I started listening to David Grohl’s The Storyteller months ago. I mostly only listened in the shower or when cooking… but then I started creating situations where I could listen. Im not a huge audible fan, I much prefer physical books or my kindle. I reserve my audible points for Autobiographies that are read by…

  • A Case of the Mondays….

    I had to go to the doctor for a less than fun kind of doctors appointment. At least usually, my doctor that I have had since my Hashimoto’s Diagnosis in 2018, constantly shocks me with how great of a doctor she is. The appointment was fast, painless and full of dignity. There are no pictures…

  • Weekend Vibes

    The weather made a turn for the better- and we finally got to be outside! Juniper and Olive hung a bird box we painted… Last year, I was laid up with a broken foot from Mid-March until Late April. It is really fun to be able to get out here and watch everything bloom and…

  • Rainy Friday Vibes

    Rainy Friday Vibes

    I woke up with headache to more rain and grey weather today, and was crushed with an overwhelming melancholy I couldn’t shake. Shortly after getting out of bed- I received very somber news from a friend. Times like these, when life unexpectedly tosses a curveball- I find comfort in rooting into the present. I cannot…

  • The Museum of Extraordinary Things- A review

    The Museum of Extraordinary Things- A review

    I picked this up on a complete whim after a bender of Alice Hoffman I went on last summer. This copy was well worn, practically falling off the binding in spots- and that always makes me curious. It means a lot of people read it! I had it on loan for MONTHS- had to return…

  • The Test of Time

    The Test of Time

    It was 2005 and my husband was on deployment. I had just had my first child and I was all alone in a new city. Then I found blogs, and communities of bloggers that were active every day.  I was a devout blog reader, every morning I would wake up before the baby, make coffee…