30 Days of Me - Day 19

What are My Nicknames & What Do They Mean?

"Alaska" - Oh this is a long story... ok here goes...
I moved from Valdez, Alaska to Wiscasset, Maine to live with my mom and step dad my sophomore year in high school. I decided to try out for soccer (ha!) so there was also about 4 other girls named Jen(n) & another new girl named Hanne (who was from Norway & a REALLY good soccer player) I was the only new girl named Jen(n) however it was confusing with all of the Jen(n)s and for some reason the other players could not remember which one of the new girls was from Norway & which one was from Alaska, a player just pointed at me & said "Alaska" , I said "Yes", & it has stuck ever since. All of my friends from high school, college still call me "Alaska"

"Muzzah"
I got this when I worked Outdoor Education at Camp RedCloud. There was this song we sang that went along with a "historic story" & I guess I was really into it & sang it really loud, or shouted it really loud. Then a few nights later during staff training we were doing the Astronomy lesson when the director of OE at the time suggested I be called Muzzah for my camp name. Tada! I am pretty proud of this name. Lol. Although it is a rare occasion that I am called this anymore, it is still pretty fun.

"Pretty Lady"
:) This is what Tim calls me. I started calling him "Bearded Fella" awhile ago & so I guess he needed something to call me. Haha. I actually told him tonight that we rarely call each other our actual names anymore. In fact he sent me an email today & it began with "Pretty Lady". He calls me this when other people are around too & that makes me feel special :)

30 Days of Me - Day 18

{ my office @ UIH}

Plans & Dreams I Have...
To me these are 2 different things entirely

Plans are things I do on a day to day basis - Dreams are things I hope to do/aspire to/accomplish

My Plans for Today (Friday the 8th of October)
* Work Out * Mail out 2 Happy Mail Packages *Knit Something! *Work on My Mini Book *Read for at Least an Hour *Apply to 5 Jobs

My Dreams for Life
*Get Out of Freakin Debt! *Have a Kick Ass Career - is it in a library? is it for myself? is it with at risk teens? is it at my own coffee shop? *Let Go of my Freakin Past! - I am still hurt by J & by myself *Have Season Tickets to the Rockies *Meet Pete Sampras *Become Minimalist

30 Days of Me - Day 17

Someone I Want to Change Places With and Why

There is not a SPECIFIC person I would want to change places with. However... I would like to change places with someone who is at a good place in their life financially, spiritually, emotionally, physically.

Because GOD knows that is not me right now. *sigh* So much stuff to figure out. As always.

30 Days of Me - Day 16

A Picture of Yourself ... I took this picture at Rob & Karins a couple of weeks ago while I was preparing for the Dexter premier party :) I have been wearing my glasses a lot more lately. I kind of want new ones, maybe that will be on my birthday wish list :)

30 Days of Me - Day 14

So I messed up the order yesterday & here is Day 14: A Picture of Me & My Family!


2010 Late Summer, Pennsylvania
My sister in law Jess, My brother Tim, Me

2010 Early Summer, Maine
Dad, Step Mom Meg, Me -

2010, Early Summer, Maine
Me, Brother Jason

2009 Christmas
Me, Mom

2009 Christmas
Me, Step Dad Chuck

All of my family means a whole lot to me! I love them so much! The past year has been great family wise - Yay!

Taking the Plunge! (Opening Up Shop)

Well I Finally Did It! I opened up an Etsy shop!

Currently it is just Earrings & Necklaces. I am working on Headbands & Journal Covers. I am really nervous but also really excited!

In fact, a friend from high school bought a necklace with in an hour! Yay!

So if you would not mind, please open up a new tab & check it out. I would really appreciate it!

From Alaska, With Love <-------- Click on that!

30 Days of Me - Day 15

I Put my Ipod on Shuffle & These are the 1st 10 Songs that Played

Phish - Rock and Roll All Night
Paper Tongues - Ride to California
Sincerly Hope It's You - Edith Backlund
I Felt the Chill Before the Winter Came- Elvis Costello
Trouble Comes Running - Spoon
Doin It Again - Roots
Generosity - Mirah
Llama - Phish
Basket Case - Sarah Bareilles

Dexter Season 5 Bloodslides :)

So Tim, Karin, Rob, Zak, & myself had a little gathering for the season premier of Dexter!!! Here is an account of my getting ready for the happy day! :)

Perfect Ingredients.

Decorations.

Decorations.

Bloody Cupcakes.

Blood Drops.

Bloody Cupcake Wrappers.

Bloody Cupcake Wrappers.

Blood Drops.

Bloody Cupcake Wrappers.

Bloody Cupcake Wrappers.


*Note: 1) It took FOREVER to Saran wrap everything. There was more things Saran wrapped but it did not photograph well. 2) The cake part was from a box but the icing was homemade & it was ALL delish! 3) How awesome are those wrappers?!

Don't You Worry.

Dear Brit, (& other blog readers)

I am ok! :) For someone (myself) who does not have a job I have been busy (strange I know!) Last week I did feel better cold wise. Then all day Sunday I had a headache & seriously slept all day. I was miserable. & even though I felt like I would rather die I remembered that my friend Katrina has been getting bad migraines & she is expecting a baby & has a toddler with her, so I sucked it up.

This week I went to NYC with the bearded fella & also have been helping a friend get ready for a wedding (working til 12am!)

& it has been in the high 80's all week - Blah!

I have blogging on my to do list plus pictures! Hopefully I will remember my camera cord and get caught up tomorrow!

Love you all :)
Jenn/Muzzah/Alaska

Today in Pictures & Sentences :)

(Batman cuddling with me & trying to make me feel better)

Well it looks like I got the end of the summer cold. At least I think it is a cold. I cannot tell if it is a cold or a sinus something or rather.

So I took some of this NASTY stuff:

It seriously makes me want to throw up every time I take one. Blaaaa. But I have heard nothing but good things about it. So I dunno.

While Tim & I were out & about today I found this: (well mine is white)


I was sooo excited , it is one of my favorite brands (Copco) & I got it at Ross (I really like the Kitchen ware section at stores like Ross,TJ Max, Marshalls).

At first I went to TJ Max & I found a MICROWAVABLE hot drink travel mug - FINALLY & some cute scrap paper. Yay! I get to the register & figure out that my wallet is on the chair back at Tims house (argh!) But obviously it worked out because I got this cute kettle! (Tim paid for it & I paid him later in hugs n' kisses... kidding! I did give him a hug though & I paid him back in actually money)

I really wanted this to drink tonight:

I found a REALLY awesome deal on Amazon for it (& Tim bought it for me - man that guy takes REALLY good care of me)

Anyway, I figured it would be better if I drank the Peppermint tea instead. So I did & while I waited for the kettle to whistle I ate a few spoon fulls of:

It was pretty delicious.

:)

30 Days of Me - Day 13

A Letter to Someone Who Has Hurt Me Recently

Dear _____,

I am really sad you are not in my life anymore.

Love,
Jenn


(Simple & to the point, right?)

30 Days of Me - Day 11

Well this post along with days 10 & 12 were supposed to post automatically but somehow it did not... I also currently have TWO stys on ONE eye! What the heck?! Anyway here is Day 11...

Another Picture of You & Your Friends



Let's be honest... coffee is a dear dear friend of mine :)

30 Days of Me - Day 10

Well this post along with days 11 & 12 were supposed to post automatically but somehow it did not... I also currently have TWO stys on ONE eye! What the heck?! Anyway here is Day 10

Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
(I am listing bands not songs)

Happy:
David Crowder Band, Wakey!Wakey!, Ke$ha (haha), the Roots

Sad:
Michael Buble, Swell Season, Phish

Bored:
NPR

Hyped:
Glasvegas, Chris Cornell, Against Me!

Mad:
Nothing

30 Days of Me - Day 9

What is Something that I am Proud of from the Last Few Days

I am working out more & eating more meals than spoonfulls of Nutella :)

YUMMY!

30 Days of Me - Day 8

Short Term Goals For This Month

September 2010

1. Work out 5 days a week
2. Eat more than Nutella for dinner :)
3. Write Letters to former students
4. Apply for jobs
5. Finish inventory for Hopewell Harvest Fair
6. Read 4 books
7. Plan trip to Colorado
8. Geocache! (now that the weather is bearable!)

30 Days of Me - Day 7

A Picture of Someone/Something That Has Had A Big Impact On Me


The David Crowder Band! The music they make is so beautiful & has changed my life.

Camp RedCloud - Yes it is true. In a round about way this place saved my life (it is a corny thing I say) but I prob would not have gone to the doctor when I was having the normal pains & my gal bladder would have ruptured ... well you know the rest :)


Rappelling - I am SO scared of heights & that is not conducive to working at Red Cloud. So here I am conquering my fears! I fell in love with Rappelling & the zip line. Yippee! (p.s. I am still scared of heights)

Chris Judy has had a big impact on me. I am not posting a picture because it makes me too sad. The relationship I had with him was different than any other relationship I have ever had. I will miss that.

& lets be honest...

JRY has had a big impact on me. I am not posting a picture for obvious reasons but it is super true.

30 Days of Me - Day 6

My Favorite Super Hero

I would probably say the Batman ( I do have a Batman blanket afterall ) It has no logical rhyme or reason really... Christian Bale is my favorite version. "Heyyyyy there..."

30 Days of Me - Day 5

A Place I Have Been

My 1st 14er - Handies Mountain (one of my most favorite pictures ever)

Coors Field (I love it there!)


Beaches of Maine! (Brrrr Cold!)


Moab, Utah (A Restoration Place for me!)

A Great Moment

Jess, Tim, Me!

Last week my brother Tim & his wife Jess drove from RI to VA for our cousins wedding. It worked out BEAUTIFULLY that (my) Tim & I could meet them along the way in PA (which was 15 minute drive at the most) for dinner at a lovely Thai place (Oishi - I recommend it!). It was a beautiful reunion. Really. I was SO glad that this could happen. It had been 6 years since I had seen Tim! & I had not met Jess yet, we had been friends on Facebook for 2 years so this was really exciting!

When we were all sitting at the table eating, (bro) Tim asked when the last time we saw each other... I counted back to when our nephew was 3 and it just baffled me. When (bro) Tim and I were talking about why it had been... I was telling a few stories and he just looked at me and said 'Life'. Which let me tell you was the PERFECT response. I am so thankful that he understood and it was just great. The best thing about my brothers is that no matter how long in between visits it is for us, we always pick up where we left off. It is awesome.

I cannot wait to see more of my family. That really is the benefit of living here... no matter how much I miss Colorado (SO FLIPPIN MUCH). It will be really hard to leave for the reason that my family is seriously SO much closer.

Wowzers.

30 Days of Me - Day 4

A Habit I Wish I Did Not Have

Ha! Where do start?! Ok, not really.

Uhm... I wish I could leave the past in the past. Currently I am MAJORLY struggling with this with 3 things:
1. John - this whole year has been super hard because the memories are so fresh. This weekend is really hard. This time last year we went to the beach for the last time, it was the last time I saw him, it was the time he began to put up a wall and let what he was struggling with win over how great we were. (oh the tears!)
2. Chris - the move he just made, the way things have changed the past 3 months, it really does feel like a breakup, and I cannot handle that right now.
3. UIH - I am still angry about UIH being closed down. I have said it at least 3 times, but I loved my new job & the job that I really want I cannot seem to get. There was no sound reason for UIH being closed down and that really ticks me off.

My heart is heavy --- good thing HE makes my burden light... I just have to keep remembering that!

Easier said than done.