In this episode of Birth Story Podcast, host Heidi Snyderburn and I talk the entertainment industry, the occasional bliss of divorce, and how mental health intersects with parenting. It's a fun one.
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Just A Few Beauty-Centric Holiday Gift Ideas
Six fun ideas for your holiday gift-giving (or receiving).
Breaking News: Children Are Annoying Sometimes
Everyone in this family has an unfortunate Sugarfish habit.
When I was about thirteen, I announced to my family that I was a vegetarian. I'm pretty sure I gave them a song and dance about loving animals, cows are our friends, etc etc, but really: I was mostly just trying to be irritating, because thirteen.
A few weeks ago, my ten-year-old announced that he is a vegetarian, and shan't be consuming meat anymore. "No meat at all?" I inquired.
10 Best Amazon Purchases Under $50
Over on SundayRiley, the 10 best Amazon buys for less than fifty bucks (including, ahem, this).
P.S. I want these candles.
Slow That Roll
Time to go!
My financial advisor gave me a bit of a talking-to the other day. I totally deserved it.
See, I close on the new place in five days. She is perfectly aware that I am spending the bulk of my money on the down payment, but also knows me well enough by now to know that my Amazon cart is, at this very moment, stocked with copper drawer pulls and such for an apartment that I do not yet technically own. She knows this because we first started working together right after I moved to Woodland Hills, and she set me up with this software that's sort of like Mint, but actually functional - it puts your expenses into various buckets, so you can see what you're spending on, and where you seriously need to cut back - and quickly discovered that my top expense was home renovation and decor items. For a rental.
Cagey
I have big news. (Well, in my world. There's probably bigger news in your own, and also on your news app.) I've been cagey about it over on IG, though - and not because I'm trying to annoy you - I'm aware that hinting at something without just saying what that something is is, indeed, annoying - but because I've been on this particular merry-go-round before, and I know that it doesn't always work out, and I don't want to write about how it didn't work out but "tomorrow is another day!" Or whatever.
Also: Whatever. I can just tell you.
You guys, I'M GETTING MARRIED!
Sick Day Soup: New and Improved
Me, sick.
One of the first recipes I posted way back in the day was for something I called "Sick Day Soup" - basically just a half-assed semi-homemade chicken noodle soup that I made for Kendrick whenever he was feeling bad. In keeping with most (all?) of the recipes I posted back then, it was full of shortcuts (using store-bought broth, pre-shredded chicken, whatever), and while I continue to think those shortcuts make sense for everyday cooking, sometimes - like when a person you care about is sick - it's nice to level it up and make something really warming and healing and special.
Enter: My new and improved Sick Day Soup. It takes awhile to make, but actually requires very little in the way of effort - most of it's just letting the ingredients cook themselves down on the stovetop while your home fills with wonderful smells. And the results? Are spectacular, and 100% worth the time. (I delivered a big jar of this stuff to my sick friend, and then polished off the rest - literally all of the rest - myself.)
Links & Love & Stuff
I've always been intimidated by the idea of contouring, but this singlehandedly transformed my daily makeup routine. I have cheekbones now! (Use code JORDAN15 at checkout for a discount.)
Speaking of contouring: this Charlotte Tilbury product is great.
This, for the very spoiled kitty cats in your life.
Introducing: The Ramshackle Glam Audioblog
Today is the official release date of The Big Activity Book for Divorced People (order here!), woo! To celebrate, I tried A New Thing (divorce! evolution!). Caveat: I have zero technical skills and essentially just tried to teach myself how to use GarageBand while sitting under a sheet, so suggestions and feedback are welcome. I have a few more of these planned, so I'd also love to hear whether you...you know...like this.
Listen away below!
Ramshackle Glam Audioblog: The (Real) Story Behind “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”
This is the most interesting thing about me, according to many, many (most?) people: The fact that I was fired from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
It’s a tricky thing, writing about an incident that so clearly paints me as the sad sack, the bitter ex-actress who coulda been a star! …and then wasn’t, and was instead relegated to a footnote in the storied history of a television show. I’m that guy who was almost on Friends instead of Matt LeBlanc. I’m the fifth Beatle.
This is my story.
Listen to all the Audioblog episodes here.
