Long time no post!

So I have over 20 drafts of blog entry's I have never finished.. So sad seeing how I love to blog and feel so good when I do. I don't know if I've just been to busy or what really. To catch up on where I am right now in life... I just celebrated my 31st birthday, it was weird cause I was just getting use to 30 haha. I was thrown a party that ended up really great, I had alot of fun, and some of my favorite people were there, including a guy I find extremely interesting.. First one in a looooonnnnngggggg time. We played alot of fun games including a version of suck and blow, but in this version you had to hold a small piece of paper at the end of a straw but sucking then give it to the next person by blowing after running around an obstical.. One of the funny things that happened during this game was when it was my turn I was running around the corner and the paper dropped into the scoop of my shirt hahaha I was like well the only rule was you couldn't touch it with your hands so lets do this, so I can to the next member on my team with the paper pretty much on my boobs, luckly that player was my friend Caitlin haha.. I had no idea that other people were looking but later caught on that it was also the highlight of other's night to.. So being 31 has started out really good. I spent yesterday and today with my family. Me, Jamie, Lily, and Ana, built a ginger bread princess castle last night, and watched the Grinch. It was really great to be with them. Now on to a few other things happening in my life. One I am finishing up my first semester of College. I have done really well and am excited about this next semester,even though I still can't go full time because of money, I'm still happy to at least be working towards a degree, and am hopefull that something will happen soon that will allow me to afford it.. Me and my friend Lenora have enlisted in helping each other work toward some goals. One of the common goals we are working towards is getting more physically fit, and we are going to start by preparing for a 5k, which doesn't excite me too much but it is something she really wants to do and I really want to help and support her, so here I go.. I hope to be more dedicated to posting more.... I have a lot of built of feelings and thoughts I gotta get out haha... Cheers to a new week!

What do I do now?

I have recently made a desion to change the way I interact with guys i find potentially interesting. So in the past when i thought a guy was inter esting and maybe someone i would date i would try to be around them more to give them the oppurtunity to maybe notice me, and the more i was around them it gave me the chance to see if they kept the title of interesting, then if i still had interest i would ask them on a date. So this had only happened twice and i felt very good about my approach. Because i didnt wanted to be a girl that wonfered does he or doesntbhe like me. Well as of recent i have decided against this measure of action. Which was easy seeing how i havent found anyone interesting in some time now. But lately there is a guy that i really like the interaction we have. I dont know him well but when in a room with alot of people we gravitate to each other. So what now? One i dont even know if i woukd like him and in my mind ive basically already ruled out that he wohld like me.But if i continue to think like that then arentvi shooting myself in the foot?i guess my real question comes from how we are always told to date, but how does one do this if they are a girl that isnt being aksed out, doez that excuse us from trying and if it doesnt hos do we try? Anywho just wondering. Life haz been pretty grand lately well in parts. Had some brother issues which threw me for a loop as alawys. Man have i ever missed blogging. Oh also i decided to take o.e class this semester at sourhwest community college. I have decided to just try to see kf i can handle it. I have tried to go to school so many time and it didnt work so we will see if this attempt will be different. I do at least have my schedule so all that is lackin is me giving them my money. So thats my thoughts for the evening. Hopecully i will blog again soon. Night interenet land.

The little Jennifer that could! And DID!

So I haven't blogged in a hott minute. There has been so much going on in my life. (Road trip to Texas, battle to loose weight, stupid mothers day, countless nights of fun, new friends, up coming trips, etc) But it is 12:42am and I'm beat but am so excited and proud of myself so I thought I'd post, after all this is the closest to journaling I get.. So for about 2 months I have been playing co-ed softball. I only started playing because they were short girls and were going to have to forfeit. So I skipped my LOVE (Zumba) and went to hopefully sit the bench.. But I played.. I'm pretty good at sports but these days I'm slowed down by my weight. So each game I've played I have hit the ball when it was my turn to bat, ok not entirely true I do believe the first time I struck out. Any who so every time I bat I hit and then ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, get out before I make it to the base. The last game we played I made it to the bast 1 second after the ball, I was so frustrated I so nearly had it. Tonight we had a late game and before the game I went to Zumba then drove to the park afterwards. Our team lost by 1 point so we are now 2/2. But who cares, I did it I finally did it, I got a good hit and FINALLY made it to base. I was so happy. Right before I went to bat I told my friend JT that all I want the entire season is just to make it on base.. When I hit it I could hear him cheering loudly. Then the second greatest thing about the game, I got my first battle wound. I would take a pic of it but it's not dark yet,. I was catching and someone through the ball home really hard and off so I ran to it and it hit me right in the leg. I heard the people behind me and my team saying awwww, and way to stop the ball, so I just replied with YEY for internal bleeding lol.. So that's my story for the evening... Next time we will get them though, we do have a pretty good team! Oh below is some pics from Texas, I so wish I was more of a picture taker but these are all I have. Also maybe someday I will get around to blogging about my trip and trips to come. Texas was amazing.. Just a quick over view.. I met the most beautiful man ever in Dallas, tried to break into a house, tried to sale a year supply of water to a stranger, had many near death experiences while riding with Nielson, Met some truckers, got a tour of where JFK was shot and caught up on all the conspiracy theories from a bum, danced my butt off, had coldstone icecream for the first time, had the worst mexican food ever, and much more. So here's some pics. 1st one, the living room decor I woke up to every morning, pictures taken and blown up by Danelle's roomie. One of the pics are of her fathers severed thumb, then a bloody chin, and a propane tank they blow up every year.. HAHA it was entertaining

2nd the stripper pole in the dinning room, so which I would of got a pic of Desiree playin on that thing soo funny

A guys busted lip after Danelle elbowed him lol

Me and Danelle, oh how I love that kid!

That's all folks!

Feeling Accomplished..

I had the day off today, It was great. All to often on my days off, the same things tend to happen. I have big goals and plans to fix up or improve my house and I never get around to it.. But not today I had plans and have stuck to every single one of them.. This morning I had my carpets cleaned professionally.. ALL the stains in my dining room are gone, so magical! I got this great deal from living social, I paid 45 bucks for 3 rooms to be cleaned. I am pretty satisfied with the work they performed. While they cleaned my carpets I sat in the kitchen in my favorite with the rest of my furniture and read some of the 3rd Hunger Games book Mockingjay. After that I worked in the flower beds in the front of my house. I dug up 3 bushed and trimmed the crap out of the remaining ones. I pulled allot of weeds out as well still quite a bit to do but the front of my house doesn't look like it's being eaten by bushes anymore. After that I took a shower which believe it or not that was on my list, lol normally on days off when I don't have plans on getting out I don't shower. Then I put all the furniture back and went to the store to pick up some fresh flowers for the living room. Then game home and fixed dinner. While dinner was cooking I worked out with an exercise video. There were a few surprises that weren't on my list lol, like being serenaded by my roommate playing the viola while I worked out. So yep I'm feeling pretty darn good about my day, oh even last night was good, I actually followed my plan to go to the gym. I have decided that right when I get home from work I will exercise. Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays I will do a workout dvd from home and the other days except Sunday I will go to the gym for 15 minutes to lift weights, and do some strength training. I figure after I get the routine down and after time I'll spice it up a bit but for right now I'm happy with my efforts and plan. I haven't blogged in a month or so, so I haven't expressed my feelings about my new love COOKING! I used to hate it but now I love it. I feel Danelle my first roommate in my house helped allot. But not I just love it, it's like and art to me. So I've been cooking dinners almost every night for me and Brianne. I also love the idea that you can control what goes in your food, I know what I'm eating. Also I just like creating, and to see the finished product. Tonight for dinner we had a turkey loaf, salad, and wild rice yummmm..... It was mighty tastey.. Tomorrow I'm making an asparagus dish. I really really love to cook and I'm getting pretty good at it. Well I can read recipes and I don't measure completely in accordance to the recipe, but it turns out better in my opinion... I do what to get to the point where I can just have ingredients in front of me and be able to make something great by creating it myself.. So there is one more thing I need to do for bed, to make my list officially complete and that is hang up my mountain high pile of clothes on my dresser so I should scoot! I love you Mr. blog thank you for letting me write to you!

Valentines Day and my new LOVE! (Don't get too excited haha)

Happy Valentines fellow Bloggers... I love this day! Even though I am normally single on this day I still have a great love for it. Most singles dread it or see it as any other day, but I love it so much cause the true sweetness and creativity in relationships come out and people strive extra hard to make their loved ones feel extra love. I am a firm believer that we should strive to do that everyday and not just once a year but we're human you know.. It's just so refreshing to see healthy relationships, people in love, and filled with excitement.. I remember when I was little every Valentines Day I would come home from school and my dad would have a little vase of fresh roses for me and a big one for my mom.. Sometimes I'd just get one rose and sometimes they would be picked from my grandmother's rose garden but they were always there.. So this Valentines has been a good one, I have heard from a few people that I love today, and they were all so excited about this day, and about new loves, old ones, or their family's.. It made me oh so happy to see those I love happy.

So on to my new love and how I spent my night.. ZUMBA! Oh how I love Zumba.. I discovered this free class last week and went to it. It is every Tuesday @7.. I fell in love last week when I went, I love to dance and I love to move. It's very fast pace and I fumble allot but it still excites me. Tonight I went and 2 dear friends of mine joined me. I'm not sure if they fell in love like I did but I think they fell in like and said they'd come back.

So there you have it my new love and my Valentines Day... It's been a happy day, it always is when the ones you love are happy, when you find new passions, and when people you love to be around does something you love with you.. Ahhhh what a great life I have..

As for now I should hit the publish post button and hit the hay.. Goodnight all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An Ode To Philly

So last weekend I departed from Nashville and went to Philadelphia to visit my friend/ old roommate Danelle. I really had a blast. Danelle is one of my favorite people. I adore and love her so much, so just spending time with her made for a great weekend. But spending time with her sprinkled with sights, food commas, and hott guys made for a phenomenal weekend...

The first thing we did was grab a cheese-steak sandwich from a food cart in front of the hospital she works at, then we went to boat house row, sat on a bench talked about life and ate the yummy creation! It was in front of the stairs Rocky climbed and held his hands in victory.. On my trip I made a few observations about this great place. 1. Extremely aggressive drivers, never in my life have I heard so much honking.. I also saw many people parallel park and hit someone in the process.. People there just cross the street when they feel like it, it was insane to me.

2. It is home of some of the greatest food, with HUGE servings, but NO FAT PEOPLE. I did see a few heavy people but I think most of them were tourist. It was insane.

The night of my first day there we walked the city looking at sights. I got to see the liberty bell through the window. Danelle refused to stand in a long line just to see it and I was defiantly OK with that. We then ventured to a little market where they sold many different things, fresh cookies, fish, suvienerss, etc. And there is where 2 amazing things happened to me. I saw a Amish man (my first of the trip) and I bought and drank Organic Raw Milk. It was so gooooood. It tasted like milk (which I'm a milk aholic) but without the chalky aftertaste left from the chemicals. So I have always respected and looked up to the Amish. One because of a story I heard years ago and also because they are so devoted, kind, and loving people.

After the little markett we went to a Jewish Deli, it was slap ya momma good. Even loved the ruffage.. I could only eat a little because of it's massive size. After that we drove to where we were staying and hung out with a friend of hers until I fell asleep.

Next morning we went to Shady Maples Smorgous Board for breakfast (HEAVEN) and again no FATTYS? Blew my mind.. After that we drove out to Amish Country since Danelle discovered my love for the Amish and my secret desire to be among-st them. My favorite part was just driving around and seeing the beautiful land, simple houses, and the laundry hanging out to dry. I did get a little sad when we went to this little place that had buggie rides, and little shops that were suppose to sale things made by the Amish, but really it was just the world trying to make a buck off of this remarkable people and their way of life. I would really like to go back there during the summer and drive around again, I bet it would be breath taking to me.

That night we went to dinner with some peeps she knew from the singles ward. It was ok, the hottie sitting across from me made it very endurable... Late we went to a party with more singles ward people and SERIOUSLY not one guy was unattractive. I was like what? where am I and when can I come back. They were all tall, and very cute, some where cuter then the others and some even HOT, I'd would of took them all back to Tennessee with me if I could. The one guy we ate dinner with had a smile like the Rock, I melted like butter.. Haha. Geese.

New Years Eve was fun, I got to ring in the New Years on a balcony watching several different firework shows. Everyone else was on the roof, but nope not I. Which was okay I really like ringing in New Years alone it gave me time to think. I thought about 2011 and how I felt about it and I just felt at peace with the last year of my life and just my life in general. Oh funny part so there I am quietly enjoying this moment, there was a girl on the balcony with me but she was quite too so I didn't mind sharing the moment with her, so it was perfect till this man and lady come out to there balcony across the way and the woman started shouting hey girls show us your titts, the other girl was turning red, so I just laughed and said Eh we're really not that type but Happy New Years to you, then the guy pulled up his shirt and said there I showed you mine it's your turn, I said again giggle thanks, but we're not that type Happy New Years, then the woman starts to pull her blouse down and I was like whoa abandon ship abandon ship... They went away after we turned our heads, but they came back and said hey we know there are sexy med students that live there can you tell them that if they take their clothes off we will give them dollar bills hahahaha, that was my cue to exit... Anyways, so before the drunkies the girl next to me did mumble something like well here's another year that began without having someone to kiss, I turned to her and told her this saying my mom told me once, she said that whom ever you spend your new years eve with is a person that will be in your life the most in the new years, but if you spend it alone or with someone you don't know there will be lots of new people to come that year. So i told her that by her spending that moment with me a stranger then she was sure to meet new people this year and she'd have all year to find a guy to kiss that time next year.

Sunday my last day we went to her Bishops home ward because singles was closed. It was so great, really spiritual Sunday school and Relief Society lessons, I was in love. After church we went to this chocolate shop that her bishop owned to make and eat crapes and waffles. It was so good, also had eggnog ice cream mmm. The Bishop was one of the nicest men I have ever met, his wife was adorably cute and his kids hit the genetic lottery. I met 3 girls, and 2 guys that were his kids, the girls were tall with curly slightly red hair, and the guys blondish with piercing blue eyes, they were so so cute. The youngest was 16 and oldest like 27 maybe. They were very delightful people, I felt like I knew them already.

So that was all of my trip. I got really sad when I got out of the car and said goodbye to Danelle. She is just one of those friends that gets me and I could spend hours listening and talking to her. It was a great time, the only regret is that I didn't get to bring back any hotties, only dirty clothes and an Amish card game.

HAPPY NEW YEARS...

Oh just wanted to share something a comparison I heard at church last Sunday. Someone said that Sacrament was like New Years Eve, t with Sacrament we get to start a clean slate every week, we look at our past weeks and the things we could of done better, then we make resolution to do better, all because of the Atonement..

This the only pic I've seen so far from my trip. I forgot my cam. This was New Years Eve...