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Monday’s Maven
Monday’s Maven
Full Name: Jenny Eckton
blog:
(p.s. I really really love her blog)
Kids: 4 girls (ages: 10, almost 8, 5, and 16 months), and 2 boys (ages: almost 3, and would be almost 9, but he passed away)
Location: New Yorker in Utah
One Word that Describes You: loyal
What makes you smile? My kids. Cliché? Probably, but it’s the truth. I love being with my kids. Also: Clever things, funny things, sentimental things, beautiful things.
What is one of your dreams you hope to accomplish soon? To make my home, specifically my bedroom, a haven rather than a catch-all.
What gives you anxiety as a mother? Letting go; they’re growing up and we’re moving into a different stage (soon, fingers crossed, we’ll all be able to go to a movie together! Without causing a scene!). I feel like I had things under control when we were all content to stay home, or go outside, but only for a few hours before coming back in for a nap. Now the older ones want to go Everywhere with their friends, but I’m still having to stay home with the wee ones. Can’t they just wait for me?
How do you deal with it? I repeat the following to myself: “Say Yes more than you say No.”
What is your guilty pleasure? Juvenile humor, usually in the form of Adam Sandler movies and the like.
What do you love most about you? That I know myself; more accurately, I know that the things I do are right by me, and since I pray often, okay with the Lord. This might be called integrity, it might be called loyalty, but as I go throughout my busy days, as well as in my quiet (and lonely) moments, deep down I feel I’m on the right track.
Favorite place? My favorite place to travel is the Western Carribbean, via a 10-day family-sized Disney Cruise. I’ll let you know when I’ve actually done this.
Who is your hero?
I have many, but most prevalent in my mind these days is my friend Stephanie.
Your advice to other moms: take EVERY SINGLE piece of advice you get from other moms, put those pieces in a box, and burn it. Or the grain of salt thing. Whichever.
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I love Jenny. I want to be more like Jenny. She is my hero.
I ALWAYS get my advice from Jenny. So put that in your box and burn it.
Also, she is my hero.
Awww. I have the nicest people in my life. Thanks for doing this. It’s been my honour.
Another great maven, Vanessa! I’m off to go read her blog–I already love her!
Jenny ROCKS. No, literally, you should see her in that chair right now, back and forth and back and forth.
No, that’s not right. She rocks the bass guitar. (Really.)
And she is the Best Mom, I am not kidding.
Yay, Jenny!
I am a huge fan. Any girl who loves SYTYCD AND cheeseburgers AND has 5 kids is way cool in my book.
Jenny is awesome and should give other mothers advice, which would, ironically, go against her advice.
i love this girl. she is one of my favorite people because she is real and because she does know how to find contentment in her home and family. she’s also a great gym partner and friend. she is awesome!
That last bit of advice is good. Lots of advice is just awful and completely not applicable. But every now and then, I come across some great advice. Like my mother-in-law, who told me to never go to bed without brushing my teeth. That’s sound advice!
Loyal, Mother, Friend, Funny, Integrous, Centered and Maven. All good words to describe Jenny.
Another great thing about today’s maven is that her books belong to the half blood prince.
I’m a member of the Jenny fan club and her advice is priceless!. Love you girl!
I heart Jenny. And her bananas.
Jenny really is the bestest and I haven’t even met her IRL and I think that!
I hope I can be like her when I have 5 kiddos.
I like the “say yes more than you say no” piece of advice (and I don’t plan on burning it). I think it is terrific and useful and I plan to say that to myself all day tomorrow.
Oh, is THIS the same Jenny that came to the movie with all of us?? Now, I’m putting the pieces together. She IS a cutie! I really liked her!