My Thursday Thirteen is about my baby sister Jenny. It took a long time to find the friend I have in my sister. She saw me as the nerdy older sister that never broke the rules and I saw her as the baby of the family that got whatever she wanted by batting her eyelashes. We both grew up, and she is now a best friend. My sister Jenny is a single mother who put herself through college while working full time and raising two boys. She did it to better their life and to show her boys to pursue your dreams. She is an amazing mother and it is reflected in how respectful and loving her boys are turning out.

Here are 13 reasons I adore and lookup to my baby sis:

1. My nephews
2. Her strength mentally.
3. Her wickedly sharp sense of humor.
4. Her amazing determination.
5. Her non-stop dedication to making sure her boys are educated AND street smart.
6. Her hair.
7. Her genes that are so not my genes - she gets to eat whatever she wants and not gain a pound.
8. Her ability to piss my husband off in 1.2 seconds.
9. Her persuasiveness to get my mother to do anything for her.
10. Her gift of being able to speak her mind without regret.
11. Her bitchy exterior that she shows to all, but her amazing heart that she only allows very few to see.
12. Her courage.
13. Jenny, is the only one in this world that knows what to say to snap me out of any funk. It could be something so simple that others have said, but until I hear it from her mouth it does not register.

My Top 13 Favorite Scents

1. The Library or a Bookstore (I LOVE THE SMELL OF BOOKS)
2. Blacktop streets after a light summer rain.
3. Leaves in the autumn
4. The air when a snow storm is coming.
5. The smell of suntan oil on warm skin
6. A clear ocean breeze
7. New sneakers
8. A freshly poured Tanqueray and tonic with a twist of lime.
9. My son(s) piggy pops.
10. My hubby after he has spent the day playing softball. (WHAT? He smells all salty sweaty- love that)
11. Johnson’s Baby Bedtime Bath Soap when poured into a nice warm bath for the boys.
12. The top of my Mom’s head.
13. Both of my boys breath when they were infants. It has the sweetest, sweetest scent. Nothing can touch how much I love this smell.