About

Jennifer, a descendent of Polish Roylaty, was raised in Texas. She is the daughter of two transplanted New Yorkers who now count themselves as Texans, but still cheer for the Yankees. She has two younger siblings (one brother and one sister) who are her life. Her early years were pretty uneventful but she has many happy memories of slap bracelets, Sunday afternoon Oilers games, being involved in many church activities, Jem cartoons, Alf, watching the Lady & the Tramp about a thousand times, and enjoying Happy Meals back when they came in boxes (or the special pumpkin buckets during Halloween). She attended private and public school, but was home schooled from 4th grade to her high school graduation at age 16.

She has spent the last six years of her life sick and dealing with a pesky brain tumor. Thankfully, God placed her family in Houston so this rare but serious neurological condition was caught before she slipped into a coma or died. Pretty cool how God works things out, huh?

Dealing with brain damage, countless MRIs and CTs, over 100 spinal taps, hospital visits, and 10 surgeries has meant that she has taken time off from work and school. She has also had to resign as President of her sorority, Phi Sigma Omega. Jen has one degree and after she heals a bit more, she might consider going back to school to finish her Masters. Jen is currently working as a writer and is really enjoying her job. She enjoys her job so much that going back to school doesn’t sound as fun as it once did.

She thinks life is a gift and we should each spend our whole life giving back as much as we can through charity to others and caring for the gifts God has given us.

This blue eyed girl longs to be barefoot, pregnant and cooking her man a meal…but is totally happy with exactly where she is in life right now. Feminists pretty much hate her guts but she is very ok with that. Jen is a Presbyterian, a sister, a daughter, a friend, a Texan, a Shiner Bock drinker, the heiress to a wine fortune, and a simple southern girl who loves life.

Jennifer currently resides in Houston, Texas with her crazy family and big black lab, Molly. Molly pretty much rules the roost and gets whatever she wants. She is a little bit of a bully and bosses around all of her cousins when they get together for play dates. Despite her love of designer shoes and handbags (she destroys them with her monster teeth) she is still Jen’s baby. It is exciting to see her grow, learn, and experience everything for the first time. Jen just hopes that she can train her to walk on a leash before she hits 100lbs.

Jen is a self-proclaimed master chef who has a growing collection of culinary tools and cookbooks. She enjoys spending her free time cooking for family and friends, planning fabulous parties, stargazing, playing poker, writing letters, painting and seeing every U2 concert she can.

 

Questions, comments and marriage proposals can be sent to the author at: SweetTexasJen(at)gmail(dot)com

Oh…and just in case you wanted to know a bit more about me…here are some things I’d like to do. You know, just in my spare time before I die…or go broke. I’m not quite sure which will come first. Hey…at least I’m having fun, right?!

Things to do Before I Die

1. Get married.

2. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.

3. See a game at each Major League Baseball Stadium.

4. Have babies.

5. Sing karaoke.

6. Visit Bubble Gum Alley.

7. See the Egyptian Pyramids.

8. Be a contestant on the Price is Right.

9. Make out in a red telephone booth.

10. Write a book and get it published.

11. Run a marathon.

12. Buy a house.

13. Plant a garden and eat fruits and veggies from it.

14. Read Les Misérables.

15. Skinny dip in Fijian waters.

16. Watch a space shuttle launch.

17. Make love on a train.

18. Have Japanese food in Japan.

19. Teach someone illiterate to read.

20. Visit Cuba.

21. Dive off the Great Barrier Reef.

22. Learn how to bartend.

23. Watch every film that has won an Academy Award for “Best Picture.”

24. Buy a round of drinks for an entire bar.

25. Take a cooking class in Italy.

26. Walk on the Great Wall of China.

27. Hold a newborn baby after watching it be born.

28. Shower in a waterfall.

29. Drink vintage wine.

30. See the Northern Lights.

31. Literally rip a man’s clothes off his body.

32. Learn how to tap dance.

33. Hike an active Volcano.

34. Have a fancy, formal dinner party with all of my friends.

35. Drive down the west coast in a convertible.

36. Join the mile high club.

37. Be in Germany for Oktoberfest.

38. Hold a lion cub.

39. Cruise through the Panama Canal.

40. Windsurf off the Turkish coast.

41. Visit a beach with black sand.

42. Give blood.

43. Befriend an elderly stranger who looks lonely.

44. Sit on the 50 yard line for a Super Bowl game.

45. Gamble in Monte Carlo.

46. Spend a romantic fall weekend in New York City and stay at the Plaza Hotel.

47. Experience zero gravity.

48. Start my own charitable foundation.

49. Buy stock.

50. Stay at the original Ice Hotel in Sweden.

51. Fall asleep with a lover under the stars.

52. Go on a trail ride.

53. Start eating seafood.