Jessie's Jibberish

New Blog!

2011-10-02T17:30:00.000-07:00

I started a Tupperware blog! Watch for sales, recipes and ideas for using the products!

tunatupperware.blogspot.com

Big Truck Night

2011-09-23T14:33:00.001-07:00

YAHOO! On Tuesday the pre-k had a big truck night. There were a lot of big trucks for the kids to see and climb on and in. One of the vehicles there was a book bus, and all the kids got a free book. There was also bucket truck that took some of the teachers up really high, I was one of the lucky ones. Scary! It was a lot of fun. The kids enjoyed watching there teachers going up that high. Right before I went up in the truck one of the kids said to me "Miss Jessie, don't be scared...just smile!" haha it was great. And most of them yelled "Miss Jessie, Miss Jessie ( I would look down on them) Don't look down!"

Killerpillar!

2011-09-16T14:12:00.000-07:00

I am back working at the school this yea, I am in the all day Pre-K class. Right now we are in the middle of learning about caterpillars and how they turn into butterflies. All this week we had been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The kids got to make there own hungry caterpillar, we had a circle for each day and then they clued a picture of the food the caterpillar ate that day. They also got to try the food themselves. Then we clued all the circles together to make a big caterpillar. On Monday the kids will tell there reading buddies about the book.

We also have five monarch caterpillars in the class room and we are going to watch them make there chrysalis. The kids have really enjoyed watching them eat through all the leaves and get bigger and bigger. I over heard one of the kids the other day call it a killerpillar, I can't stop calling them that now.

Tacy and I decided to go on a killerpillar hunt for a swallowtail caterpillar, but we had no luck but we did find, a big monarch and a tiny green one that will eventually turn into a moth.( lame)

Other than school, I don't have much going on in my life. I had a few Tupperware parties since I started selling but not a ton. Which is nice because I am so done with the day after school. I will try and post when I do fun things, but don't judge me If all I have to post is things that we are doing in pre-k. We are having big truck night coming up so maybe ill post about that.

Still Alive

2011-09-15T15:11:00.001-07:00

I am still alive! Sorry I have not posted in a while, I will post something by the end of the week I PROMISE!

Tupperware Calling!

2011-06-16T07:06:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't already know I am now a Tupperware consultant! I decided to become a Tupperware consultant because I wanted a little extra cash and Tupperware sounded fun, so hopefully it all goes well.

If anyone need anything Tupperware you can order from site which is...

my.tupperware.com/jessienelson

Woohoo!! I have my own site!

Thats not my name!

2011-05-02T14:49:00.000-07:00

I have a problem with calling something by its given name meaning I can't just say my pets name I have to add something to the end of it.

Some examples---

Olive= Olive Bunion, or Olive Girl.

Katy= Mandaline Violin and on a good day I switch Violin with Trombone to the end

Sophie= Sophaline (a combination of her first and middle name) and Snow Pea

Sage= Sage Brush

Nubbins= Nubbins puppy, turd sniff and depending on my mood I combine it all for a title of Turd sniffer nubbins puppy.

Eli= Malowlow, I got it from his sister who called in Eli Malowlow Hamburger Hotdog.

I guess it is just nicknames, but I have not idea where I get some of them. Poor Tacy has never gotten a nickname from me I don't know why but I just haven't found something that clicks. Maybe someday I will...

Catching up....

2011-04-30T08:10:00.000-07:00

I now know that I should never commit to a 30 day blog writing project. I am horrible at updating on a regular basis. Okay so here is day 24- 30 in no order because I can never get pictures in order on here.

A picture of you and a family member... This is a lame picture but its the only one I have that is not of me and my sisters.

Something your afraid of .... SPIDERS! SICK!

Something that means a lot to you....My sisters! I don't know what I would do without them.

A picture of what makes you smile...

We were playing with sparklers in the house and we burnt a hole in the carpet!! HAHA

Something you wish you could change... The seasons, I think it would be fun to switch season whenever I get sick of the current one.

Someone you miss.. Kimberly Ann Barnes! She came out here a few summers ago and has come back every summer except this one! I miss her!

A picture of my day... I know it is Saturday but every weekday is spent with this adorable kid!

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2011-03-23T14:19:00.000-07:00

Someone who inspires you

I do not have a picture for this one, but It is Jennifer Smith. She is AMAZING! She is always optimistic and had the best advice! I really really would love to be as great as she is. I know she is a fantastic mom, because she is like a second mom to me, and she has done a FANTASTIC job raising her kids. I just really really like her a lot!

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Something that has made a huge impact on your life lately

THIS BLOG!!!! It is driving me crazy! I keep forgetting I have to update it..

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Your biggest insecurity

I have nasty chin hairs.....gross...gross...gross....ew... I'm like a nasty old women with facial whiskers

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A picture when you were little

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A place you'd like to travel

I just think it would be really cool to go there.

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Something you wish you could forget

Sadly this is the only thing I could come up with

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Something you wish you were better at.

Enough said...

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Your favorite book

I am still reading this book, and I am really really liking it.

The problem is...

2011-03-16T13:55:00.000-07:00

THE WEEKEND! The weekend throws me off. I can do good at posting for a while but then the weekend comes and something happens that makes me forget about everything. So here are the make-up days. I would apologize but I can't say that this won't happen again.

-Something you love-

I LOVE road trips! If I had to choose between taking a airplane somewhere or driving I would most definitely choose driving. Tacy and I took a day trip to Callao Missouri over the weekend to get a pet bunny, and the drive was GORGEOUS the day was perfect the sun was shining, and spring was starting to show itself. There is just something about hitting the open road that is just so exciting to me!

- Your favorite band/artist-

I use to listen to music all the time!! I MISS IT! Sophie and I would be rocking out to the latest music from all the bands we liked. But I have not kept up with it all.

MXPX was one of my favorite bands when I was in high school, and whenever I am in the car and want to listen to some memory music (music that brings back memories) I turn on the MXPX it makes me so happy to listen to them because it brings back a ton of memories of Soph and I going to concerts with her dad.

AHH I LOVE IT!

-Someone you can't imagine your life without-

I can't imagine what life would be like if he hadn't suffered for all of us. I am so thankful for him and am glad I have him in my life.

- Something you want to do before you die-

I have always wanted to travel Route 66. I am not sure why, probably because I like road trips, but it has always been something I want to do. Even if it is not much of anything I want to do it SO bad!

Eleven

2011-03-12T05:16:00.000-08:00

A picture of something you hate...

REFRIED BEANS!

YUCK! I really hate all beans (besides green beans) but these ones are probably the most gross looking. They look like vomit...and they make want to vomit...

Day 10

2011-03-11T19:50:00.001-08:00

--A picture of something you want to do this year--

This one is lame but I would LOVE to loose some weight this year. It is so hard to get started and I think I have been trying to get started for the past month!! AHH!! Frustration...

Nine

2011-03-10T13:53:00.000-08:00

Day 9- A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most. I should be doing my mom because she has gotten me through the most. But I thought I would switch it up.

My sisters would be a very very close second. They are the BEST! We have our fighting sister moments but they never usually last long. We didn't always get along like we do know. When I was younger (and into my teens) I was very sensitive, so whenever they made joke involving me or looked at me funny I would freak and cry. Tacy and Katy stuck together for the most part and Nathan and I stuck together, so at some moments it was like us against them. Tacy and I had THE HARDEST time getting along for some reason. But we didn't really get along until I moved to Utah I think. Right after I graduated high school I moved out to live with her in Rexburg for a few months, and the first month was a disaster. I would get mad at the stupidest things and so we would just fight. But we eventually got along and now we be in the same room without fighting.

Anyway, they are both great. I can't imagine not having sisters, or not having a relationship with them. I can talk to them about ANYTHING! I love them both very very much!

Sechs, Sieben, Acht

2011-03-09T14:27:00.000-08:00

Days 6, 7, 8. OOPS! Where did those 3 days go! I will be better at this I promise

Day 6-

A person you would love to trade places with for a day.

I chose Jared Padalecki because if I were to trade places with him for a day I would get to hang out with....

Jensen Ackles

Day 7-

You're most treasured Item- This one is really really hard. I guess I would have to say, my rooster collection. I'm not sure how it started but it did. Our kitchen in our apartment is full of roosters. I LOVE IT!

Day 8-

A picture that always makes you laugh.

These girls are going to kill me but I can't help it.... This was from a few summers ago, and right before Sage got married. But these three girls decided to go skinny dipping the the Mississippi, I opted out of that because I know how gross that water is. Anyway. They wanted me to stand by for the lookout, and right when they got in the water the security truck drove by. They all freaked out but luckily he just kept on driving.

If only it was that easy...

2011-03-06T21:07:00.001-08:00

I'm reading this book called Matched. In the book the people at age 17 go to a matching banquet where they are matched with the person they will marry. They have 5 years to get to know this person and then when they turn 21 they get married.

I don't wish to find the one I will marry at age 17 but it would be nice to be shown who it is.

Day Fünf!

2011-03-06T11:03:00.001-08:00

--Picture of my favorite memory--

It was when I moved to Utah. It was my first "grown up" thing to do probably. But when I moved I was scared, of course, but it turned out to be probably the best thing that has happened to me. I think I grew up a lot when I moved.

Because we live in the mid-west, my siblings have not had a lot of opportunities to get to know our cousins or grandparents. But when I moved I lived within 1 hour of all of my family. I lived with my moms sister most of my time out there which gave me the chance to spend time with my cousins that I didn't know very well. I also cooked for my grandparents twice a week so I got a lot of time to know them. Since it was my first time being away from home for that long of time, I missed Thanksgiving, and Halloween. I was really sad to be missing those holidays but because I lived so close to family I had somewhere to go for any special event that was going on so I never felt alone. It was great!

Number four!

2011-03-05T18:41:00.000-08:00

A picture from your favorite night of the year.

The night of the PUMPKIN WALK! I love that night! Its a fantastic tradition that I could not live without.

Day DREI

2011-03-04T06:32:00.000-08:00

A picture of the cast of your favorite TV show! This is hard, seeing as how I like almost all the TV shows I watch. But the show that I could watch over and over again and never get sick of is Veronica Mars.

Number Zwei

2011-03-03T10:38:00.000-08:00

A picture of you and someone your close to.

SOPHIE SABENIAL SMITH

To start her actual middle name is Caroline, but her mom wanted it to be Sebenial (sp?) so I sometimes call her that. Sophie is a FANTASTIC friend. We first met in sixth grade but we were not friends then. She actually admitted later in our friendship that she thought I was weird when we first met. But alas we have gotten past that and have been good friends ever since probably 7th maybe 8th grade. We have had our friendship up and downs as most people do but nothing has kept us apart. I remember sitting in young women's with Sophaline (one of the many many nicknames she lets me call her) and our leaders were telling the class that the friends we have now will not be our friends once we get into high school and older. When they said that Soph and I told each other that that would never be us. I don't think we will ever not be friends, she is great and I d0n't think I could ever ask for a better friend.

Following in her footsteps...

2011-03-02T17:03:00.001-08:00

Well Katy is doing this, and I have had nothing better to blog about so I guess I better do something, and this sounded kind of fun. So here it goes...

Day 1- A picture of you with 10 facts!

1- I LOVE my job

2-Boogers really make me gag

3-I have no idea what I want to be when I "grow up"

4- I like animals more then they like me....if you don't believe me read this.

5- I have always wanted a big black truck!

6- We hair stuck in the show drain makes me want to VOMIT!

7- I kissed a boy on the bus when I was in 8th grade.

8- I love the movie "The Outsiders"

9- I miss Sister Sophie Caroline Smith

10- Quentin Tarantino really really creeps me out!

Just a few things

2011-01-14T18:57:00.000-08:00

We are FINALLY all settled in our new apartment! It is so nice to not have to unpack anymore and just sit and relax.

We had TWO snow days this week, the first one was because of snow, and the second was because it was like -10 or so outside.

Tacy and I are ADDICTED to this new game I bought called Animal Crossing: City Folk. It is a game where you live in this town and you can fish, grow things, decorate your house, sell your things, and whatnot. You can also visit other peoples towns, so you can trade things and get more fruit from them. It sounds pretty weird, but its kind of a lot of fun. Anyway, we have been playing a lot lately and today we discovered we are not the only 20+ year old on here. We discovered a 35 year old women, and a 29 year old. HAHA! Its so fun, I also talked to a 10 year old, but that is beside the point. The point is we are not the only adults on here.

I just had a huge bowl of ice-cream with M&M and Oreos in it and now I am FREEZING!

That's it for now....

New Year!

2011-01-02T07:29:00.000-08:00

Wow 2010 went by so fast! A few highlights of the year were,

Katy getting married!

Me getting a full time job!

Tacy and I getting out of the $600 house!

oh... I guess I thought that there would be more but three is not to bad!

Who knows what could happen this year, anything really.

One thing that has happened is we have packed up our house and are suppose to move into our apartment on Monday. We went to the apartment yesterday because we were told it was pretty much ready for us to move in they just had to clean it. But the lady that was cleaning it discovered that the men working on the house didn't clean up anything they were working on so there was drywall (or something) on the carpet, the sink still dripped and they were suppose to fix it. and there was hunks of wood in our entryway and our backyard, and an air-conditioner on our living room floor lol. Hopefully it is all finished by Monday (crossing our fingers) we are ready to move for sure.

So far the disappointing things about this new apartment is that when we said we wanted the apartment we were told that because we were moving in they would replace the fridge, stove, and put in a washer and dryer. Well they wont replace the fridge and stove until spring( again crossing our fingers) because we looked in the stove and fridge yesterday and GROSS, but hopefully they will.... they better. Also when we went to the apartment yesterday there was not a washer and dryer but there was a place for them. So I hope when we go back on Monday the fridge and stove are clean, there is a washer and dryer, and the sink doesn't drip. UGH! I just ready for all of our stuff to be out of the other house and in this new apartment.

Quick Update

2010-12-08T18:24:00.000-08:00

Lets see... Last week seemed so hectic! On Wednesday I had to take my paraprofessional test, so I can be certified to be an aide. I was so worried I was not going to pass, but I got 60 points higher then what I needed in order to pass. Then on Friday I HAD (and by had I mean, someone asked for my help and I said yes) to give a cooking demonstration. I was dreading it to say the least because I have a hard to believing in myself when it comes to cooking so I was for sure I would be an epic failure. But as usual I proved myself wrong. I was not horrible but I am glad it is over. Sophie helped me out a lot and that was really nice. I know that was not a lot to do in a week but MAN ALIVE when it was over I felt like I had a HUGE weight lifted off of me.

I now work all day at the school. I am a one on one aide for an ADORABLE boy in pre-school. Unfortunately I get worn out a lot more. I get home from school at 3:30 sometimes 4:00 because I get to talking with people. Then at 4:30 I tutor the janitor. He is taking online police training stuff and he needs help with all the reading and test taking. Then I get home at like 7:30 or 8:00 and I am beat! It is kind of ridiculous I am a 21 year old who goes to bed at 9:30 or 10:00 every night. No joke, the other night Tacy and I went to bed at like 9:00 and at 10:00 the phone rang, and we were both so out of it, and it was our dad calling to ask a question. He was wide awake. Crazy.

I just can't wait for my days to not seem so hectic, I get to school at 8, then I am with the little boy the whole rest of the day. I really do enjoy my job, he is so cute and is catching on quickly to our schedule at school. I can't wait for when the winter is over, I don't think I have ever said it, and I don't really want it to over but I will be happy when it is a little bit warmer then he can go outside and play. He LOVES the playground. Anyway, I love it, but i'm worn out. That is the gist of it.

Other then that nothing at all is happening, Tacy and I are finishing up Christmas decorating, and I am finishing up all my Christmas shopping, I have school drawings I have to buy for and I am not use to having more gifts to keep track of lol. Sophie leaves a few day after Christmas and I am kind of dreading it, but I am SOOO happy she is going. I just don't have a life and she was the only thing of a life I had lol, that sounds pathetic but really I just hang out with family, so if I want to get away from family I can't but I shall live.

Okay I am done now, I am not sure it makes any sense or if anything is spelled correctly. But bare with me, my head hurts and I feel funny. Hopefully I am not getting sick, I would not be surprised though, I had like 5 kids cough in my face while I was zipping there coats. Okay I'm out.

School

2010-10-22T11:46:00.000-07:00

I have been subbing at the Grade School since I got back from Utah last year. Just recently I applied for a half time aid position at the school. The interview was yesterday after school. I was more nervous then I thought and so my answers sounded dumb, and I was pretty sure I wouldn't of gotten the job.

ALSO Sophie got her mission call yesterday!!!!! That was sooooo exciting. You all probably know already but she is going to ALASKA!! CRAZY! She leaves for December 29th. I'm so excited for her!

Anyway.... I finished the interview and I was told that I would get a call today with either a yes or a no. SO!! Today at 8:30 my phone rang and I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!! I was really happy! I start on Monday, I am really happy yet nervous at the same time. I shouldn't be nervous because I work there almost every other day subbing, oh well.

Another Confession

2010-10-20T08:13:00.001-07:00

Every time I see an abandoned building I think it was abandoned for a reason, like something tragic happened in it. It really creeps me out...

Who knows...

2010-10-18T07:52:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I fell like opossums are misunderstood creatures.

Chicago!

2010-09-06T12:52:00.000-07:00

Sophie and I got back from Chicago Wednesday night. We had a freakin blast!

We got on the train early Monday morning and arrived in Chicago around 10:30, we checked into our hotel and then started our adventure. The field museum and the Shedd Aquarium was not far from our hotel so we walked over there. The field museum was fun, we spent most of our day there because it was so big! The Aquarium was alright, we didn't pay to get into the extra stuff like the penguins and the dolphins but the fish were cool to see. After that we walked back to the hotel and kind of relaxed for a little bit. We went to Ginos for dinner that night. It was good, however it did have a lot of sauce on it and I am not a huge fan of sauce, but other than that it was really good. We then came back to the hotel and went swimming and then went to bed.

The next day we were going to walk around by the hotel to see what there was around us but then we just kept walking and kept walking until we happened up the Magnificent Mile. I was a little disappointed because it was mainly clothing stores, and I don't fit into any of those clothes. But I did get some earrings, a necklace and some hair clips from some stores. We also went to the Hershey store and got some chocolate! We found this restaurant called The Feast and we ate there for lunch, we started with a bbq chicken pizza appetizer and it was DELICIOUS! I love bbq chicken pizza! After that we went to Water Tower Place Mall and again that was mainly clothing stores, but Sophie got some cute clothes so that is always good. After that we walked back to the hotel relaxed for a little bit then went to Honky Tonk BBQ, we saw it on Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives and it looked really good. They have this vinegar bbq sauce stuff that is AMAZING! We got a pulled pork sandwich and cut it in half then we also got a brisket sandwich and cut it in half. We both liked the pork better. But now we know we don't really like brisket lol. We finished up there and went back to the hotel, it was a little scary leaving the restaurant because it was getting a little dark and it was not in the best part of town so we had to hurry and call a cab so it didn't get to dark lol.

The last and final day I thought was the best probably. We took a taxi to Navy Pier and shopped around. It was cloudy so it was not terribly hot so it was really nice to be outside. We decided to go get my mom something from the ghirardelli store at Water Tower Place so we left there and got some chocolate for my mom then we walked down to a restaurant called Chipotle, it was SO good! We got a cab back to the hotel to pick up our luggage and then headed to the train station to head home.

We took some pictures, they are in no special order but I said there would be pictures so there are pictures.

Adventure!

2010-08-19T09:18:00.000-07:00

There has been nothing going on lately to blog about. Summer is coming to an end. I am not working as much at the moment so it is kind of really nice but hopefully I will sub at the grade school and Jr. High some more this year because I liked it a lot.

In other news...

Sophie and I are going on an ADVENTURE! We are going to Chicago at the end of the month for three whole days! We are SO EXCITED! We are taking the train and it is about a 3 1/2 hour ride. Sophie wants to bring Harry Potter themed snacks, like the ones they had on the trolley in the movie. We will bring licorice for licorice wands, jelly bellies for Berty Bots Every Flavor Beans, chocolate dipped gummy frogs for the chocolate frogs and maybe pumpkin muffins for pumpkin pasties. We got a pretty good deal for a hotel pretty close to everything we want to see, and the hotel has a roof top pool! Cool huh!?

I will post pictures after the trip!

Check It Out!!

2010-07-23T15:22:00.001-07:00

This summer I started to work at the Nauvoo Vacation Condos! I enjoy it a lot! There condos are VERY nice!

If you are looking for a place to stay when you come to visit check us out at www.nauvoovillas.com.

I know most (all) of my readers live here but you can pass the word along to friends and family! We also have a blog you can follow, nauvoovillas.blogspot.com. And if you are on facebook we are there too! WE ARE EVERYWHERE!

I'm a stalker...but in a goodway!

2010-07-04T16:28:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure there is a good way to stalk someone but I'm not a creepy stalker. The person knows I'm stalking them.

My friend Sophie is at BYU Idaho for school and on campus they have web cams that you can look at from the BYU Idaho website. One of the web cams is at the testing center so you students can see how busy it is. Well I use it to stalk Sophie, she texts me and tells me she is heading over and I get online and wait until I see her. Then I take her picture and send it to her. She knows I do it and sometimes she smiles at the camera but it usually loads to slow for me to see it...maybe someday..lol

While Tacy was out there she would call me and I would look at the bookstore web cam and she would wave and I would see her. It is just kind of fun to know that I can see them while they are so far away lol.

Friends!

2010-06-30T07:58:00.001-07:00

Last night we had a surprise party for Katy and Darons engagement. Sage, Zach, Amber, and Kim all came and stayed after the party to hang out.

The other day Sage said how she missed her friends and last night I realized how much I missed my friends and hanging out with them It was a lot of fun just chilling and talking and stuff. Last summer was THE best ever because all I did was hang out with friends. I didn't realized I missed it because its not like I haven't been doing stuff but hanging out with your family is not the same as hanging out with my friends.

Thanks? I think...

2010-05-25T15:46:00.000-07:00

So I am at work right now and my dad came up for a second. And he asked me if I got the laundry from the laundry mat, I proceeded to say yes, then complain. not really complain but just rant about how I did everything like get the laundry, fold the laundry, bag almond bark. The he said " Do you have a life?" I said "No..." then he said, "there's something you can't say yes to!". I think the only person to remind me that that I have no life is my dad. Oh well, its the truth.

House

2010-05-25T06:05:00.000-07:00

As everyone already knows, Katy is moving back here with her friend Stacie. I AM SO EXCITED! Me and Tacy fly to Arizona on Thursday then on Monday we all will leave to come back here. We all decided to rent a house together. Tacy and I are all ready moved in, but Katy and Stacie need to get here with there stuff, then it will be more complete. Luckily Katy has furniture so we didn't really have to worry about buying anything, except for a kitchen table. Tacy and I found a kitchen table at a local consignment shop, it was really really nice. Six chairs and a table, very nice and sturdy.. for......$130!!! The people were asking like 179 for it but they gave us a discount because we worked at the fudge factory! It was a really nice deal. When Tacy and I looked at other places just a table was 150 or more. So we were pretty excited. Anyway.... The setup of the house if very weird. When you first walk in there is the living room, then to the left, is a empty room ( I'm guessing it was a office of some sort) Then you leave that room and go into the laundry room, in the laundry room there is a closet, a door to the garage, a tiny tiny bathroom (just toilet and sink), a door to my tiny room (its small but it works) and you leave the laundry room and there is the kitchen. It is nice and big, a lot of counter space and cupboard space. Then to get to one of the bedrooms there is a door in the kitchen. In that bedroom there is a bathroom, and a long closet, and if you walk through that closet you can get to the 3rd and final bedroom. There is another bathroom in that bedroom as well. Then when you leave that last room you are back in the living room. The house is nice, and there are a lot of windows so we get a lot of sunlight in the house which I LOVE! Here are the pictures.... They are not in any order and not the best pictures in the world but oh well. There are two rooms that i did not get a picture of because I could not get a good shot of the room. And I view from the front door for Soph.

Excited!

2010-05-09T19:19:00.000-07:00

So I have always wanted these measuring spoons that measured a pinch, smidgen, and a dash. Well Katy bought them for me a while ago and I have not used them...until....today! I was making some barley and on the recipe it said a dash of salt. I was so excited I finally got to use them! Needless to say I get excited over weird things but anyway....I was excited!

Update!

2010-05-06T19:55:00.000-07:00

My computer is being dumb tonight so I can not put these pictures in order. I have not blogged lately because there is nothing to blog about. So this just a picture post.

The first 3 pictures are of mine and Tacys garden we planted this year. We are really excited about it because it is our first garden and it looks all cute and such...

We decided to make a rain barrel so we can use the rain water to water our new garden! We finished it about a week ago and it's already full! We are really excited about it! It was way cheap to make, it ended up costing us about 25 dollars all together!

A few weeks ago we went to sams and as we pulled away we discovered two geese at the end of the parking lot. They were just sitting there napping like it was not weird for them to be sitting in the middle of a parking lot!

hmm...

2010-04-22T18:28:00.000-07:00

I have been pretty busy lately, well my days are busier then my nights. I have been working a lot at the Grade School/Junior High the past few weeks, and I also took my mom to the airport, and had a few eye appointments.

Tacy has been working nights at the C-Store (the mini mart in town) so we have been on two different schedules. I get up early to go to work, and she has about an hour or so more sleep then me. And she works nights so because she works late she wants to hang out a little bit before we go to bed, but because I get up early I like to go to bed early (plus I am a little bit of an old sole so going to be early is nice). When she does have a night off from working late we do hang out an have a lot of fun. Usually once a week we hang out with our friend Nikki. We have dinner and just chill. Yesterday we were going to play games outside and grill out but it rained, we still got to grill on her porch so over all it was a fun night.

In other news.... Kim has come back. Last year her sister was with her but her sister got married so she came with her roommate Kathy! Who is just as awesome as Kim. They got into town on Saturday we went out to La Casa Salsa and got some groceries. Sunday we watched a movie and just hung out. They are both way fun and I'm way glad they are here.

That is about it for now! I have some laundry and cleaning yet to do.

Perfect!

2010-04-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

So this lady just come into the store and I know her relative so were just chatting it up and at the end of the conversation she asked my age and then said that I was just perfect. I thought that was strange but then she said.. well this is why you are perfect..

Your not a teen anymore, and your not quite an adult because your not 21. You are 20 and that is nothing and nothing is perfect! So that is why you are perfect...

Then she laughed and walked out of the store.

I thought it was kind of funny because I had never heard that before so that is why I decided to share it with everyone!

The Latest...

2010-03-25T14:15:00.000-07:00

Well everything is the same as it always is, nothing exciting going on. A few weeks ago I broke my foot and I had to wear this annoying walking boot. It was nice that I didn't have crutches but the boot was a little annoying. I didn't get a picture of me wearing it but here is one I found online...Luckily my pant leg fit over it because it is not pretty...

Other than that I have not done anything. I did however cook some good ( well at least I thought so) weight watchers friendly food....

"Fried" Onion Rings

3 sprays- olive oil cooking spray
1/4 cup- all purpose flour
1/4 tsp - garlic powder
1/8 tsp- dry mustard
1/4 tsp- salt
2 large onions cut in 1/4 in rings
1/2 cup - buttermilk
1 cup- bread crumbs

1- Pre heat oven to 400, coat large cooking sheet with cooking spray.
2- In a large bowl combine four, garlic powder, dry mustard, and salt. Add onions, Toss to coat.
3- Pour buttermilk into another large bowl, Add onions, toss to coat. ( using your hands work best)
4- Put breadcrumbs in a large bowl ( i added some salt to the breadcrumbs for some more flavor) Add onions, toss to coat.
5- Transfer onions to baking sheet, spray with cooking spray.
6- Cook until golden brown about 35 min. Serve hot, yields 1/2 onion per serving. 4 points a serving.

Slaw of Attraction

One 16-oz. package cole slaw mix, dry (or 6 cups shredded cabbage mixed with 1 cup shredded carrots)
1/4 cup fat-free mayonnaise
1/4 cup fat-free sour cream
2 1/2 tbsp. seasoned rice vinegar
1 tsp. Dijonnaise
2 no-calorie sweetener packets (like Splenda)
1/4 tsp. seasoned salt (like Lawry's)
salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:
To make dressing, combine mayo, sour cream, rice vinegar, Dijonnaise, sweetener, and seasoned salt. Mix well. Place cole slaw mix in a large bowl. Add dressing and stir until all of the slaw is thoroughly coated. Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours. (For best flavor, make slaw the night before you plan to serve it.) Then just give it a good stir, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Enjoy! MAKES 6 SERVINGS
( serving size 2/3 cup, 1 point per serving)

I also made really yummy open face philly cheese sandwiches and a reuben casserole but I don't have the recipe out right now so I will post those when I get home.

Spring!

2010-03-11T11:40:00.000-08:00

I love that spring has finally come! Don't get me wrong I am a HUGE fan of snow, but it is nice to see the ground and green grass and no more snow! On the down side we did have a ton of snow before so it is all melted and everything is just muddy, and on top of that it rained a little last night so its just more wet. I hope soon it will dry up and not be so muddy!

On another note!

Yesterday I took the dog for a walk down the street to get our neighbors mail and we started heading back and across the little creek ditch area were my other neighbors and there kids and they said hello and we started talking, well I decided to walk closer so I started to walk down the hill, the muddy muddy hill. I slipped and fell, I was COVERED! in mud and I messed up my ankle! Naturally! So I felt like an idiot because my neighbor was across the creek and asking me if I needed help or anything, but I was so embarrassed so I just told her I was fine, then I wobbled my way home. HAHA! I went today to get x-rays of it, I have not heard back from the clinic but I really think it is just sprained. So now I am stuck home watching re-runs of Little House on the Prairie.

That is all the latest news, life is pretty uneventful I'm still subbing at the Grade School so that is about it.

My new obsession!

2010-02-17T17:11:00.000-08:00

Supernatural! I love love love it! Not only are the men very much attractive but they are just so funny its just great. I just like it a lot, sometimes the dead people on the show aren't to pleasant looking but I still like it.

New! Part 2!

2010-02-15T11:56:00.000-08:00

That is a bad picture... hopefully you can tell that I cut and colored my hair! It is shorter and stacked up in the back and a little bit longer in the front! I LOVE IT! I tried someone new this time, a lady in Dallas City. She was really nice and did a freaking good job cutting it. Then I wanted to color it and Tacy said she had no idea how to do it, but Nathan said he did. He did a pretty darn good job if I do say so myself.

New!

2010-02-11T14:04:00.000-08:00

I bought a new laptop! I got one of the minis. I just got it today so I'm not 100% use to it but so far so good! Through my dads work we can get discounts on laptops on dell so last week my mom got an e-mail telling her of a deal with the dell minis. I was looking around at different ones and when my mom told me the deal it was a really good one so I decided to go for it My old computers power cord was broken and it was so so so slow, so I realized it was time for a change. I'm excited way excited! I don't do a ton on my computer so I didn't really need a big one. Well that's all I really have to say for now. Sorry for the short post.

SLUSH!

2010-02-02T20:25:00.000-08:00

Happy WAY belated birthday to me! Tacy never got me a birthday present last year, so she felt the need to get me a present now. SO she got me a Slush Mug! It is a mug that you freeze the inside cup and then when it is all frozen you pour your cold drink in and then in a matter of minutes its a slushy! I just got it today but I have already used it and it works and I love it!

On a different note....

Today was my first day subbing as an aid at the Grade School. It was way fun! I subbed in the pre-k class and they are just adorable. A few kids I knew from church, but most I didn't know but they loved me anyway. I also ran into a few more kids from church in different grades and they all made sure to announce that they knew who I was. One girl that I taught it sunbeams came up and gave me a huge hug and said JESSIE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!? It was a good day. I go back tomorrow to do the same thing. Then Thursday and Friday I sub in Kindergarden. I'm excited!

I'M ALIVE!

2010-01-30T09:28:00.001-08:00

I have not had any motivation to write a blog in the past few months. I was just lazy, and I felt like there was nothing really worth blogging about. So I guess I can fill you in on all that has happened since November.

Christmas was great! Katy was home for the holidays and it was so much fun having her here for a while. We all had a lot of fun just being lazy and doing a whole lot of nothing. I got a Wii so we played wii golf most of the time.

It all got boring after Katy left. The Fudge Factory is closed until the beginning of February so Me, my mom and Tacy really had nothing to do for the month of January. We decided to take a cake decorating class at hobby lobby. That was fun, Tacy took pictures but I will have to post pictures later. We just learned the basics, like frosting the cake and then doing borders and basic flowers. We had to learn the rose and it was HARD! the teacher said its the hardest thing to learn. There are three different courses, and each course is four classes long. We finished the first one and me and Tacy are going to take Course two. In that class we will learn more flowers and the basic weave, So it should be fun.

That's the only major news, there have been a few little changes. In church I used to teach the three year olds, now I teach the six year olds. I liked the three year olds, but it was getting way hard tyring to wrestle six three year olds by myself. The six year old are great, they know more about what I'm teaching them, and they know how to be reverent. Its great!

On occasion I sub for a cook or the secretary out at the Jr High. But a few days ago and the Grade School called me and asked if I would be interested in subbing as an aid for them. So next week I will be working at the Grade School and a few days in the next few months.

That is about it, sorry about not blogging!

Be careful what you wish for...

2009-11-20T10:13:00.000-08:00

Yesterday and today I have been subbing as the secretary out at the Jr. High. Yesterday was probably the most boring day of my life. I was the only one in the office, and I had nothing better to do than just sit around and play games online. Every so often a teacher would come in and ask how it was going and if anything exciting has happened? Every time I would say no but I wish something would happen.

Well the last hour of the day my wish came true. I was sitting at the desk and all of a sudden a kid came in, he seemed fine, he did not seem mad or anything. But he came in and said, " I just threatened to kill a teacher, so... I think it would be best if I did not show up to school tomorrow", and I was thinking WHAT THE HECK DO I SAY TO THAT! So he started to walk away and I was like wait... who did you threaten, and what is your name? He told me both and I was still not sure what to do so I said okay. He left and I wrote a note down on a post it note. It was probably not what I needed to do but I really did not know.

Anyway.... A teacher friend of mine came into the office after the bell rang for school to be out, and I showed it to her and she just laughed and was like are you serious. So she went to the other teacher that was threatened and told him, and he laughed. I thought the teacher would of known he was threatened but he did not. So they said they would take care of if because, no body really knew what to do.

So I came into work today and the two people who take care of disciplinary things were here. And a little while later, a few teachers were in here talking with them about what happened yesterday. Then another teacher brings the kid who threatened the teacher in to the office and just made him sit there. So there was a lot of secret talking in office, people coming in and out of the room. And I was just sitting at the desk trying to look busy. Then I got called into the office, and I had to write down what exactly happened yesterday, what I was told. Then I was to sign and date it. I did then some other girls who overheard him say the threat came in and had to do the same thing.

So the kid who was in trouble just sat in the office. And the disciplinary people came out and said when David (I'm not sure the name he said) gets here let me know. So about five or so minutes later. A cop walks in! I was so confused because the teacher just called the cop by the first name so when he said he was coming I was thinking it was the kids dad. I was wrong. So the teacher and the cop talked for a second and the teacher said that the mom could not come and get the kid, so the only other way was to have a police officer take him home. It was weird.

But I wanted excitement and I guess I got it. But other than that, the phone has rang more today, so I get to do something other than sit here and stare at the computer.

The Dash

2009-10-23T08:31:00.000-07:00

I heard this poem over the summer and I really liked it.
I was reading a letter a friend wrote to me, and in the letter she said how glad she was that
I was part of her "Dash".
So here it is....

The Dash Poem
by Linda Ellis I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end.

He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke of the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own,
The cars, the house, the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard;
Are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect
And more often wear a smile,
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is being read
With your life's actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

Its still fall!

2009-10-10T10:55:00.000-07:00

Life has been exceptionally boring for awhile, therefore I have had nothing to blog about. Nothing has changed fall is still here and I LOVE IT! Katy comes home soon and that is exciting.... and I go to St. Louis on Monday with Tacy for a Doctors appointment. That's really all I have to say.

ITS FALL!!!

2009-09-23T14:48:00.001-07:00

I LOVE FALL and at exactly 5:18 yesterday afternoon it became official. In celebration of this fantastic occasion Sophie and I had a party, well not a real party because we have nobody to hang out with other than each other. We started watching the fist season of The OC, we had fresh margs (non alcoholic of course) and chili fires because on the show they always have fresh margs and chili fries. It maybe was not the most fallish party but we had fun!

A few days ago Tacy and I bought a lot of different apples to test so we could decide which apple was our favorite. Mine was Honeycrisp, usually Granny Smith would win but the one we had was old so it lost to Honeycrisp. It was a fun fall activity, because apples are fallish...right...?

Anyway...

On occasion when my mom says she is going to cook something for something I usually know that I will end up helping her or doing it for her. I'm not complaining because I went to school to cook so I enjoy it. Well my mom need to make Apple Crisp for about 50 people. At school we cooked the food for the whole school so I was use to large quantity baking, so naturally I was a good pick for this project. So I got up around 8: 15 ish to start helping her, she had a meeting so she left and I started peeling. Luckily we borrowed a peeler from Ruth that peels and slices the apples so it saved a lot of time. We finally finished around 12:30. We ended up making 3 9x13 pans and two giant turkey roster pans. It looked good as far as I could tell so lets hope it tastes good!

Last but not least...

This last picture is a picture Tacy drew for me a couple days ago. We were discussing how I have this strange obsession with Roosters so we were looking around and I discovered I have a ton of fish treasures as well as a ton of rooster treasures......So she created this lovely creature for me.. Its a roosterfish. Also the fish treasures are all rainbow colored...

Saturday Fun!

2009-09-12T20:44:00.000-07:00

Well... Kim and Kaycee are gone..They have been for about a little less than a month...I miss them TONS!!!

But Tacy and I have been having fun so its not to terrible. Today we went to Burlington to Weird Harolds, we ended up discovering that you could paint your own pottery there, so we each picked out an item and we painted it, then they take it and put it in there kiln and glaze it so it turns out like a cute piece of pottery. They will be finished in about a week so we will see the finished project next weekend hopefully.

After that, we came home and Sophie and I watched Twilight. Soph has had this craving to watch Twilight for the longest time so we decided to watch it together because the first time I saw it I was not a huge fan. She was convinced that if I watch it a second time I would like it better..alas..she was true.

That is really all that has happened since my last post, sorry its not much.

P.S How do you like my new background?

Summer of Fun!

2009-08-18T10:23:00.001-07:00

This summer has been probably one of the funnest I have had in a long time. When I got home from school in April I was convinced my summer would stink until Tacy and Sophie got home. But alas... I was wrong... when I got home I started hanging out with Sage and with Sage came two of the interns that worked for my dad. They are pretty much the best thing that has happened to me this summer. Not that having Tacy and Sophie home is not amazing but before they got here I had people to hang out with. Here are picture of the summer so far...maybe more to come....but don't hold me to it.....Most of them are just random pictures from, Sages wedding, me visiting all of them at work, and Fourth of July.

This one is for Karlie!

2009-07-24T07:51:00.001-07:00

David Archuleta is in town!!! My friend Karlie is pretty much in love with him, so when I saw him last night at the pageant I immediately thought Karlie is going to freak out. But after the show he was completely bombarded with people so I left because I had nothing for him to sign, I had no camera and it was to dark to use my cell phone. I hoped that he would come into the Fudge Factory today so I could have opportunity to get a picture and have him sign something for her. So I woke up and figured..yeah right he won't come in..So I decided to go into work early and I was about ready to leave, when Joan came in and said "there is a lady here that wants to get pretzels and turtle tails for David Archuleta" she knew we were closed but she said they were already running let, and asked if she could come in and get some stuff. So I thought SWEET! The lady came in and I asked if there was any way David could come in and she said he really really wants to but he is touring a home right now..but I will see what I can do.. So about ten min later she came back with him! I got him to sign a Fudge Factory card for Karlie (He spelt her name wrong but that's okay) and obviously I got a picture of me with him so everyone can believe me.

It was insanely nice of him to come in, they were supposed to be in Burlington at 9:30 but it was already 9:45, the lady with him said he just didn't want to leave, he was having such a fun time touring the homes that he just kept saying "do we have time for just one more".

Karlie Kay! I hope you enjoyed this!

Busy!

2009-07-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

Sorry that I have not updated since Sages wedding. I have been busy doing stuff. I have been helping the interns with the pageant, shopping, relaxing, and working. I have pictures to post but I don't really have the time right now to put them up. But I promise I will by August. I know that is a couple weeks away but I have to take charge of the pageant the last two weeks so I will have no time to update, and by that time Tacy and Sophie will be home so I can blog about them being back! I am so excited!

Funness!

2009-07-01T14:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Sages bridal shower and It was fun! After that me, Sage, Kim, Kaycee (that is the right way to spell it), Lacey, Amber, Bryce, Kaylea (Sages cousin), and Alexa and her sister Natasha all went to the interns house for somewhat of a bachelorette party. It was a lot of fun first everyone danced on the roof for a while, then we had some sparkling grape juice, and to finish it off we watched a movie.

Then everyone left except for me, Sage, Kim, and Kaycee. We had some more sparkling grape juice, it was raspberry flavored, and it was so good! We had a pretty crazy night doing crazy things and it was a lot of fun!

Nothing new..

2009-06-30T14:12:00.000-07:00

Well as usual I am lacking in the blog department. My life is just so boring these days. I wake up, go to work, go home, watch tv, go to bed. It's lame. But because I give into pressure, I'm posting a new blog.

Like I said nothing is all that new. Sages wedding is coming up so I am going to her bridal shower today, that should be fun. Last night we hung out with Kim and Kasey Barnes (I probably spelt Kaseys name wrong) they are the interns at NRI. We had a lot of fun, we watched "When a Stranger Calls" it was intense, then we just stayed up taking until one in the moring. With the interns here my life is a little more exciting because I actually have someone to hang out with.

Speaking of hanging out with people. TACY AND SOPHIE COME HOME IN A MONTH!!!!! I am so happy! I can't wait! I miss them so much!

The pageant starts next week and I'm excited for it to be over. I think that is all the updates so far in my life, sorry its a short blog but it happens...

Should it stay or should it go?

2009-05-29T21:33:00.000-07:00

Nathan wants every ones opinion about his hair. We were in the car the other day and he realized how red his beard was. So he wants to know should he shave off the beard or the head?

Rhubarb!

2009-05-29T21:15:00.000-07:00

Ruth gave us some rhubarb at the beginning of the month and we made rhubarb crisp. It was way good! Well a few weeks ago they had some more rhubarb for sale at the store so we bought some and made another crisp. Nathan came over and helped me make it, we also made some chex mix because we were in a mood to make things. Both treats were really yummy!!

Here is the recipe for Rhubarb Crisp, I doubled it and put it in a 9x13 inch pan.

1 cup Flour
3/4 cup Oatmeal
1 cup Brown Sugar
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 cup Butter, melted
4 cups Diced Rhubarb
1/2 pkg Dry Strawberry Jello-O

Sauce:

3/4 cup White Sugar
2 tbs Cornstarch
1 cup Water
Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350

To make crust, mix flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter until crumbly. Press 1/2 of the mixture into the bottom of a 9x9 inch pan.

Cover with chopped rhubarb, then sprinkle with dry Jell-O. In a medium saucepan, combine white sugar, cornstarch and water. Cook until thickened and clear. Add vanilla. Pour over rhubarb pat remaining crumbs on top.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour.

Graduating!

2009-05-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

Just so you all know, if I was attending my graduation ceremony it would be tomorrow! So tomorrow is my official graduation.

2009-05-16T14:18:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday my dad taught me how to pour out a patch a fudge. It was quite heavy but I was able to do it without burning myself.

This Saturday Eli Smith had his first day of work at the Fudge Factory. He was taught how to stir the fudge on the table. It is a really hard process and takes a lot of practice to end up with a perfect loaf of fudge. His first batch he stirred on the table was plain chocolate. He did pretty well for the first time ever doing it. He did not make a huge mess, but my dad did have to step in at the end to finish it up. A couple batches later he started to get the hang of it. It will still take practice but he still did pretty well. I told him I would take pictures so I could put a blog up about it and I did.

Flowers!

2009-05-16T13:51:00.000-07:00

As usual this is a late post. For Mothers Day Nathan had the idea to get Mom some flowers. He heard from Bob and Tom, that proflowers.com was having this deal that you could get two hundred blooms for a really good price (my mom reads this so I can not say how much), they arrived Friday afternoon and I put them in some water and a couple of hours later they bloomed quite nicely. Katy wanted me to put pictures up but I am not a good picture taker so you will have to live with what you get. Also Tacy wanted me to take pictures of the tulips she planted while she was here so there are some of those as well. Enjoy!

FINISHED!

2009-05-05T13:26:00.000-07:00

I am done with school FINALLY! My last day was on April 23rd. I graduated with my Certificate in Culinary Arts. The next graduation ceremony was in May, but I wanted to get home so I'm not attending an official graduation. And last week I received my certificate in the mail.

Sage flew out to Utah to drive home with me. I planned on surprising my mom, I told her I was
leaving on Monday the 27th, but we really left on Saturday the 25th. So we arrived home Sunday afternoon right when my parents left for church. Nathan and Bryan helped me unload my car. I just sat around the house waiting until five for my parents to get home from church. When they got home my mom was really surprised she actually just stood speechless for a while, and then said "You lied to me!". It was funny.

That's really all that is new. Which is why I have not undated in 1,013 hours, and some odd minutes. I am back to working at the fudge factory, which is pretty boring these days because it is not that busy. So on a great occasion Shannon comes and visits me and during this time we discuss the latest excitement in our lives. Which is currently the movie Bride Wars. WE LOVE IT! It is such a funny movie, you all should watch it sometime.

That is all the news I have for the day, and probably for the next few days!

Good Times....

2009-03-24T20:42:00.000-07:00

Okay first, This is really long and I apologize if there are any typos, its almost 11 and I am sleepy. Second, all the pictures are at the end, and they are not in the same order with the stories.

Wednesday I had a friend from Provo come up to see me, and we went and hung out at the gateway. We met up with her mom, sister and brother. We went to the planetarium and saw a 3D under the sea movie. It was really fun, after that we ate and just walked around the gateway. We went to sur la table (a kitchen store) and I LOVE LOVE LOVED it. I could probably spend a ton on money there.

Friday night I spent the night at my friend Karlies house. Both of her parents, brother, and foreign exchange student were going to be gone Friday night, and her mother did not want her home alone so she asked me to stay the night. We went out to eat at Costa Vida, then we came home and made a lemon meringue pie for my grandpas birthday the next day. Then we stayed up watching movies.

Nothing to exciting happened between Friday and Monday. But on Monday we had no school, but a few kids in the class,Vanessa and Karlie, had to practice for skills USA (a competition at school), so they came in and practiced for that , and I went in so I could make some sauces I needed to make, in order to be done with the class. After we were done me, Vanessa, and Karlie decided to go to Wingers for lunch. Vanessa decided to wear my chef hat through lunch, as well has her sunglasses. It was great.

Now Today......Today was a lame day until about 5:30. I got the kitchen this morning and everything was going good. I was planning on taking my math test, so I could test out of culinary math and not have to take it anymore, after school. I started to get really nervous for my test. I was so sure I was not going to do good, so I was really stressing out. I was not in a bad mood, I was just worried about my test. At the end of school Lester (our catering manager) had a meat order come in, and on this order was a salmon. A actual Salmon, it was GROSS! But he found in humorous that I was creeped out by it, so he started taunting me with it. It was gross. Anyway, when school was over over, I went up to the math room, and told the lady that I wanted to take the test, and she said math is over for the day, I was like okay when can I take it, and she said come back tomorrow, I asked when? She said whenever. Can i come back at the same time, and she said no, math will be over. I said well I am in class from 7- 2:30 everyday, is there any time I can come after that. She said, no, can your teacher just let you leave for an hour and a half to take the test. I was like whatever that is fine. So I left all annoyed, and whatnot. As I was driving to my grandparents house I realized that the school offered night classes, so I called the school asked if they had math at night, then told them my story. And the guy said Yeah, come on in tonight between 4:30- 7:00 and you can take the test. So I went to my grandparents house and made them stew. I cut my finger cutting celery, and earlier I was just telling my teacher how much I love cutting celery because it is so much safer than cutting carrots.

I left the house and back to the school to take my test. So I went upstairs to the math room...and guess who it is...the same lady from 2:30 telling me to leave class for an hour and a half tomorrow to take the test. So she said, can I help you. I said yes, can I PLEASE take my test. She said, well you really want to take it now..... I was like YES, I have already practiced with the pretest, she said..who gave you the pre test, I said you did! and she said oh yea...well....I said can I take it? and said said WELL I'M NOT SURE YOU"LL PASS, BUT HERE YA GO! and she gave me the test. I was so mad, I can't believe she was being so dumb about giving me the test. So I sat down to take the test at 4:50, finished the test (she said to plan an hour and a half to two hours to finish) around 5:20, handed it in and said, when will I know if I passed, she looked at me and said can you come back tomorrow? I thought, are you dumb, there is not one paper here for you to grade but mine, you can tell I was anxious to get it over with, and you want me to come back tomorrow. Then she said...well...do you want to know now.... I was like yeah if you don't mined. It took her like 3 min to grade the dumb thing. I was out of the class room by 5:35. I ended up passing the test with a 90, I was so so so so happy, and I just wanted to throw something at the dumb math lady.

(again I apologize for any typos)

The Lemon Meringue pie I made for my grandpas birthday

Lester, with the nasty Salmon.

Karlie, at Wingers, not to sure of the face...

Vanessa at wingers, with her huge french fry, wearing my chef hat

Vanessa again...

and again...

And finally, me and Ashely at the planetarium gift shop with the awesome glasses we found.

Oops I did it again...

2009-03-08T08:57:00.000-07:00

First of all this is the second time typing this. I typed it all out and hit publish post, and all of a sudden it said "this page has expired", so I hit back and everything was gone, and my computer did not save it.

Okay sorry I have not blogged in a while, nothing really blog worthy has happened since then, but I will share what has happened since then.

I was moved out of bakery at school, and as a result I was put into hot foods

I have made a lot of fun food including: sweet and sour pork, chicken slavaki (chicken with a cucumber yogurt sauce), eggs benedict, reuben casserole, potato asparagus soup, friendship break, salsa, chips, chicken enchiladas.

I received two things in the mail yesterday. A package from my mom, and a wedding announcement.

I went to my cousins fiances bridal shower

I hit a bird

I had coldstone, and went out to eat at subway and goodwood.

One day I drank 128 oz of water. My water bottle at school says 32 oz on it and I filled it up four times because I was so thirsty,

Tacy helped me make computer not so slow.

I learned that my mom is flying sage out to drive home with me at the end of April.

I helped my cousin color the back of her head. It was a very fun experience, I was worried I was going to screw up somehow.

That is pretty much it for now. I can't promise there will be another post very soon, I'm not the greatest at keeping my blog up to date. But I will try.

Lucky 5!

2009-02-19T21:07:00.001-08:00

I found this on Tacys blog and I thought....why not... So the first 5 to respond to this win something from me! But...you have to do this:Repost this to your own blog and offer the same thing to your first 5 responders.The first 5 who repost it to their own blog will get something made by me! My choice. For you!This offer does have some restrictions and limitations: (Okay so I thought Tacys limitations were good so I just kept them...don't think i'm lame.)

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make
2.What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year-no guarantees on when this year, but sometime in 2009!
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. the possibilities are endless.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The first 5 people post this on their blog and leave a me comment telling me they did, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it! Sounds like fun right?!?So let's PLAY!

Oh the weather outside is DELIGHTFUL!

2009-02-17T18:50:00.000-08:00

Well this morning I awoke to snow on the ground. It continued to snow all day long, and not just light snow, big heavy snow. So when I got home me and Stephanie attempted to shovel the driveway. All we got done was the sidewalk, then we started to play in the snow and it was way fun. Then after we got inside I decided I wanted to build a snowman so I did...Look!

I don't konw if you can tell, but this is the result of it snowing all day long. This is what my car looked like after school today.

Steph shaking the tree branch to see how much snow falls

Crazy....

2009-01-30T18:55:00.000-08:00

I did not intend on writing more than one blog today, but it happens. So I was just in my room at my aunts house and my aunt had a friend over, and she was showing her friend the house and they got to my room and her friend asked me, What is with the Tuna thing? I said well its my nickname, and then she told me about her daughters friend that had the same nickname. My license plate at the the time says tuna 89. So her friend was telling me that her daughter saw my license plate and was like oh my gosh, Nate( her daughters friend) was born in 89 too. So she took a picture of it and sent it to her friend is is currently on his mission in Illinois. So it all fit together perfectly he is in Illinois, his nickname is tuna, and he was born in 89. I also thought it was funny that somebody out there that I don't even know has a picture of my license plate.

Sorry

2009-01-30T16:15:00.001-08:00

Sorry the last blog is set up weird. My computer is slow so I do not want to change it.

My trip to the burg.....

2009-01-30T15:42:00.000-08:00

I went up to Rexburg last weekend for Tacys birthday. I had a lot of fun, we hung out with her roomates, Sophie and Rodney. We went out to eat for an early birthday dinner at Snake Bite witch was AMAZING! Me and Tacy also tried giving me a mowhawk. It turned very interesting.

Recipes!

2009-01-15T15:56:00.001-08:00

Okay I have been told that instead of just telling you what I made. I should give you the recipe as well. For the Bosten Cream Pie, all you do is make a round yellow cake, and cut it half. Fill the middle of the layers with vanilla pudding. I filled it will pastry cream. I do not have the recipe for the pastry cream but you can look it up. Then make a chocolate ganache. All it is cream and chocolate. Then when the ganache is cooled a little bit, pour it over the cake and let sit until ganache is hard. (if you want the ganache recipie just ask). Then today we made mini apple pies. Which were AMAZING! What you do for that is, make pie dough. Roll into 2 oz balls, then use a rolling pin to flatten the balls out (not to thick, so it can be a little thin). Put a scoop of pie filling in the middle and fold up the sides around the filling. Brush the edges with cream or milk. Bake at 350, 20 min or until edges are brown.

Quick update!

2009-01-12T18:21:00.000-08:00

I figured I should update again before I forget and get yelled at. Today in the kitchen we made bosten cream pie. It is suppost to be made with yellow cake mix. But we had to use white cake mix. And we usually put vanilla pudding in the middle but we made actual pastry cream so it should be very good. It is for tomorrow so i hope it tastes alright. We also had to make flan for a catering party we had to do. We just made a simple baked custered and put caramel at the bottom of the dish. It was really good. That is all for now. I have to get back to prison break.

Back in Utah

2009-01-06T18:28:00.000-08:00

Well, after a long 19 hour drive to Utah I made it back safe and sound. Nothing to exciting to report about the trip. We did come along some snow. Believe it or not the whole way from Nauvoo to Rawlins was perfectly fine, now sign of snow anywhere. So we thought PERFECT we can definitely drive straight through the night...but then... half way to Rock Springs and all of a sudden its snowing outside! And were were like what the heck. Which none of us were really surprised because it is Wyoming it has crazy weather. We ended up driving to Rock Springs and stayed the night then drove to Utah on Saturday Morning. That's all I have to say for now....

Here are some pictures from Christmas....

Okay so only the last two are from Christmas. Me and Tace got a James Dean puzzle from Soph, and Nubbins fell asleep on my blanket Tacy made me. The pictures are out of order because i cant figure out how to move them..Also i got my hair cut yesterday, I hope you can get a general idea of what my hair looks like!

Christmas time...

2008-12-30T09:10:00.000-08:00

Well Christmas is over, it is kind of sad because now I leave and go back to utah. But the good thing about that is Tacy and Sophie are only going to be just four hours away instead of like twenty!! I'm way excited! My Christmas was very good, i will post pictures later. But I got a new digital camera, some cookbooks from my parents, Sophie, and Katy. A smores maker, Tacy made me a ADORABLE blanket. I got a lot of cute cute aprons. An abelskevier pan, which is like a pancake puff pan. O and Sophie got me and Tacy and James Dean puzzle! Ah he is o so attractive. Lets see.. I got a few gift cards and such, and I also got a Ipod adaptor for my car so I can finally listen to my Ipod in my car. So I had a pretty good Christmas. Well that is all i have for right now. I will post pictures after new years.

Goodness...

2008-12-19T07:27:00.000-08:00

I have been home now for two days!!! I'm so happy to be back home! It has been pretty uneventful so far, but Nathan missed me so much that he forced me to go out to eat with him on his lunch break yesterday and that was good. We did have a huge ice storm last night so every last thing is covered in ice. And now I am starting to decorate my house with my dad. We have put up all the tree branches and lit them yesterday, and today we are putting all the icicles on them. But due to the ice storm last night not all of the fudge factory workers can come into work. So me,being the great daughter i am, offered to go to work today. So I am heading out to work at the good ol fudge factory!

Just in case.....

2008-12-17T07:00:00.001-08:00

Just in case any of you were wondering. I COME HOME TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its time....

2008-12-07T15:02:00.001-08:00

Well well well....It has been a while. I apologize once again. I can never think of anything really note worthy but I have a few new happenings and some recipes so I shall share them with you.

A couple of Sundays ago. Well the one before thanksgiving to be exact. I decided i was going to make a little thanksgiving dinner for me and Angelique. So I found a yummy recipe for Cornish game hens. Then i made them, and think they turned out pretty darn good, considering it was my first time making them.

....Cornish Hens with orange honey sauce....

( I halved the recipe)

4 game hens

2 cans chicken broth

2/3 c. orange sections, cut up

1/2 c. orange juice

1/3 c. honey

1/4 c. cornstarch

2 tbs. lemon juice

1/2 tsp. grated orange rind

2 c. prepared rice (any kind, i made chicken rice to add a little more flavor)

Wash hens inside and out. Drain, salt cavities. Mix rice with orange sections. Stuff hens loosely. Prepare sauce: combine rest of ingredients in saucepan, cook and stir over low heat until thick. Brush hens with sauce.

Fridays at school are usually pretty easy because we have prepared everything the day before and we don't want stuff just sitting over the weekend. Therefor we can pretty much do whatever we want to. So me and another girl found a recipe for BLT dip. Its way way way good. Now i know i do not like tomatoes, but i discovered i just don't like the texture of them in my mouth. We also made up some Orange Julius and added strawberries and bananas to them, they were also good.

....BLT Dip....

1 c. mayo

1 c. sour cream

1 smallish medium tomato

5 strips of bacon, cooled, crisp, and chopped up

about 1 tbs of parsley flakes

Blend all the ingredients in a blender. Then chill in the fridge.

Okay lets see after that, just a few more things happened. I just moved out of my apartment and moved into my aunts house. I got the opportunity to go see the lights at Temple Square last week. And then just this morning me and Launa got up and went to music and the spoken word at the conference center. That was way cool, then we went to a couple of visitor centers and that was cool too.

That is all for now and probably will not hear anything from me until after Christmas.

...AND...

......... I COME HOME IN 10 DAYS!!!!!!!!..........

DUDE! Wheres my car?1?

2008-11-12T15:44:00.000-08:00

Well thankfully my car is safe and sound parked in my driveway, on the other hand i can't say that about Angelique's grandmothers car.....

Sunday morning I was sick so i slept in and did not go to church, but Angelique woke me up to ask if I was going to church, I awoke and said no....but being the good friend I am I told her she could take my car to church, but she assured me it was okay that she took her grandmas car. Now her grandma is in the hospital right now with some problems, I'm not sure of the details but anyway..she said she had asked her grandma earlier that week and she said it was fine. And for those of you who do not know, we live in her grandmas basement.

So she went off to church and I went on with my morning and listened to some church music and played tetris. Around noon ish I get all call from Angelique crying and asking me to do her a favor. She wanted me to look up the number for the Salt lake City Police, but i did not have the numbers so i told her what to do. I asked her what happened and she told me her grandmas car was stolen!

Crazy huh!?! So I went to pick her up from church and when she got in the car, I asked if she parked in the parking garage (that's where we usually park, and you have to have a student id to get in and out of the garage) and she said yes, and today was the one day it was open to the public to park in. And not only that but she locked the keys in the car as well.

So whoever decided to steal a car that day had it pretty easy, because the garage was open, the keys here in the car, and it was a really old car so it had manual locks, therefore making it easier to break into.

We pulled up to our apartment and her brother was on the phone with the police figuring it all out. And just then she realized she had left her purse in the car to, and not only did she leave her purse in the car she had just cashed her paycheck for like $300 dollars.

That is the story of the week, I realize it was not my story , but I thought everyone would want to hear it anyway. And we have not heard anything from the police about the car yet.

Nothing new....but o well...

2008-11-07T14:35:00.000-08:00

Nothing much has happened since my last post but I figured something is better than getting hounded for having nothing.

So lets see....since my last post I have.....

went to school
worked
hung out at my aunts house
had pankcakes with my uncle
got my plates on my car..they say "tuna 89"
discovered we need to get rid of the little kitten we just got
slipped on the stairs and brused my knee and ankle
had a dream about me faking i was on crutches so I could get attention
had a ruben sandwich
had a soft pretzel
helped my cousin make 200 hundred cookies
made meatloaf,apple cobbler, more cookies, cornish game hens, mashed potatoes, better than....you know...cake, sweet and sour chicken, and gravy for short ribs
gotten a little bit of a cold
found a huge spider on my laundry room wall
listened to christmas music everytime i was in my car for a week
curled my hair twice
played sorry, blokus, pounce, and another card game similar to phase 10

Its a blog about nothing...but its a blog none the less.....

Curses....

2008-10-26T20:14:00.001-07:00

Ooops....Sorry.....Also sorry about the shadow on the car.

With just 8 hours and 20 minutes to spare.....

2008-10-25T14:11:00.000-07:00

Okay I still have time before the weekend is up.. and I made it. So here is a long blog of updates.

First we have pictures of my car Dean. I gave him this name because first, James Dean is so attractive. Second there is a hott man named Dean in supernatural. Also for some random reason the date is wrong on my camera. I am just to lazy to change it.

Me and Angelique decided we wanted to be festive so we bought ourselves some pumpkins and carved them. I bought some pumpkin pattern books because I have no artistic ability.

In case you all are wondering why the heck there is a pumpkin that says I heart Jaymond, it is becasue he is Angeliques boyfriend.

...This is another one of Angeliques...

I did this one....

And this one...it's kind of my favorite...His name is The Gobbler...

We also got a little hungry while we were carving.....

And last but certainly not least....We got a kitten. Angelique wanted one so we went to pet smart to see how much they were and it was way to expensive. So Angelique decided we should look for a free one. We googled it and found someone right in centerville with kittens for free. Then me and Ang ventured off and got ourselves a cute black kitten. He shall hereby be called after the name of Scofield...if you do not know why we called him that you are seriously deprived....and need to get into television more..

....Sorry about the dirty foot..its Angeliques.....

The black thing at the end of the couch is him in comparison to our couch. He is so little.

Again i apologize for the lack thereof of a blog. I will try to be better i promise..

I apologize......

2008-10-22T15:02:00.000-07:00

Okay....I'm sorry for the lack of a blog. But no worries! I shall have one up by this weekend, if not i give all of you permission to kill me...

Woot Woot for new hair color!!

2008-09-15T17:32:00.000-07:00

I get bored with my hair quite often and decide it's time for a color change, my mom thinks its my way of rebelling, but guess that is better than getting a tattoo or random piercing of some sort...anyway... I decided it was time so I asked my cousin Stephanie to do it for me because she is a really good hair person. And by hair person i mean cosmetologist. She picked the color and everything and it turned out pretty darn awesome if you as me.

This is what it looks like. Hopefully you can get a general feel for it. It is darker. It is like a browish red, with like blondish red highlights it looks really awesome I love it! She really picked good colors for it.

Out of the bookcase and into the frying pan.....

2008-09-15T17:19:00.000-07:00

Jessie has learned a new dish!!!!

Tacy and Sophie will appriciate the title of this blog..

Well I got a call from my grandma last week asking me to come over and cooke them dinner, because she is getting to old to be able to finish the dinner. So poor grandpa has had to eat a few less than perfect meals (out of the mouth of grandma not me). So I drove down to my grandmas house to cooker them dinner on Saturday, and I ended up making spare ribs and peach cobbler. I have never made either of them but the peach cobbler was the only one worth showing so here is the finished product.....

Now i have never made a peach cobbler before but i assumed that this was what it was suppost to look like. So when my grandma came out of her room and was just amazing at the fact that it looked so fancy..lol. Then when grandpa came in from outside he did the same thing. It was quite a funny moment becasue they just loved it.

Two Words....Rainbow Room.....

2008-09-10T17:45:00.001-07:00

Okay so when I said I would post real blog later I ment just a few hours

Many of you have been waiting to see pictures of the Rainbow Room, so here they are....

This is a little nook where the head of my bed is, its suppost to be the seven dwarfs but they never got to the seventh one.

When i went shopping i found this raibow comforter, It goes perfectly.

One of the walls in the room.

My bullitin board.

The fan

I have a huge banana painted on my wall!

I also found this on my shopping adventure....a animal shower curtain to hang up over my closet.

.........Thats the Rainbow Room.........

......And this is the rest of the house, minus the bathroom......

The living room

The Kitchen

......The End......

Another Conformist...

2008-09-10T16:13:00.000-07:00

Well I said i wouldn't conform..but i did....I'll post a real blog later!