Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

My Year in Photos — Week 3

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January 14-21

Miss Pickadilly, how do you stay so grounded when you live the life of the rich, famous, and talented?  

I like to air my children out every once in a while. Aren’t they just wonderful accessories…I mean, children? So well-behaved no matter how many layers they are in and how tightly the seatbelts bind in the crotch. No more pictures of them, please. I don’t want Suri to get jealous.

I try to keep in touch with all the Little People. You all make those fun little piles of clothes on your table, right?

I also…what’s that word? Ah, yes…clean. You’ll notice I worked a good five minutes on organizing this wee closet. Then I got tired of wrestling those wretched fitted sheets and threw them up top.  

I, of course, workout in my home gym.  What? I always take pictures of my knee bends. And yes, I’m wearing a sports bra.  

I always like to hobnob with local businesses, too.

And attend local sporting events, like this. I believe it’s called “Baseball.”

But I’m really here to talk about my new project. It’s called Casa Pickadilly.  It’s like The Artist with more countertops.  Here are some stills: