A Risky Saturday... (Not to be confused with a Risque Saturday - hahahaha)

{ @ Barnes & Noble 11/27/10}

Hellooooo Readers!!! - if there are any out there ;o)

I am at the B&N on a Saturday night! (I know I am crazy) Well I have my own little table that is full of paper goods & pens & electronics , so I think I am going to be fine :)

Somehow I have been busy... I really have NO idea how. I mean I do not have a job for crying out loud, so how the heck fire can I have been so busy? I have been @ Karin's more than a few times. I bring Tim his meals to work. Last week I helped out a little at his work. I run to the bank for him during the week. I have been doing some crafty stuff but not enough to say that it has kept me busy. So weird!

Anyway, I know I will be busy until Christmas time since I am going to have a handmade Christmas! I am excited about it. Unlike a lot of others who say they are having a handmade Christmas (they mean they are buying handmade) but I truly mean that I am going to be hand making 90% of my gifts! I have the list all written out I just need a few more supplies & then I should be all set. So excited! (Wait I already said that!) Hee hee.

I hope to get everything done on my 'To Do' lists this month. I think that with the whole mailing packages thing that it will help me be fastidious in my accomplishing my To Do's. So that is something to look forward to.

Also, maybe one day again I will get a job. Or my business will be successful. Only one PERSON knows - so until I find a job that pays more than 50 dollars over my unemployment, I will keep doing what I am doing & I will keep looking for the job I would be happy at.

Tim has been so supportive & amazing this whole time. Sometimes I just look at him for awhile (creepy I know) & think to myself 'I am really lucky - he is a great guy' & then of course that scares the bejeezus out of me! There are so many instances of how good he takes care of me! TWO in the past week! Wow.

I will share this , it happened a month or so ago. We were at the grocery store & I found these yummy cranberry bagels & he said he would buy them for me. I cannot remember what I said but his reply was "I wish there were more people like you" I mean HELLO! How incredibly sweet! & at the grocery store!

I will be back later with pictures of what I have been loving lately. I cannot wait to share!

Thanks For Reading!

Back to Life. Back to Reality.

Hellooooooo!



Hey There Blog People! :)

I am back in New Jersey! YAY!

I really am glad to be back. Mostly because I missed the Bearded Fella! & I missed Karin!

I definitely did not miss the idiot drivers in New Jersey. Mainers are much more mellow. Also, Colorado drivers are good drivers PLUS I rode my bike everywhere (ahhhh the good ole days!)

It was so sad saying bye to my dad (it always is) I love him so much!

ANYWAY:::

When I was on the plane I wrote my To Do List... Holy Moly it is major!


See I told you!!!

So I brought myself to Starbucks to try to get some of it checked off. I found this awesome mug at Michaels for super cheap ( it is 22 ounces!) & ordered a Pumpkin Spice Latte to keep me going!

Cute Mug Right?!

I am pretty well known here so I pay for a Tall & get a Venti, Loooove It! :) I also was informed that the Cranberry Bliss Bar is making its arrival next Tuesday!!! Yay! I cannot wait for Tim to buy me one ;)



I even found a recipe for this, so maybe , just maybe I will give it a try sometime.

Ok, I am off to do something productive!

Another Trip to Maine

Eeek! It has been over a week since I blogged!

I went to Maine to house sit for my dad and step mom. Originally my dad was supposed to be out of the house but some of the projects he was working on were delayed so he was at the house with me most of the time. Which is fine with me because my dad is awesome.

If you want to talk about a true hero, he is it! He is in the Coast Guard, he was an EMT, he is the Fire Chief! I am so proud of my dad. I love him super duper much!

The second half of my trip was not the greatest. But whatever. I was on a high from my previous to Maine & I see the error of my ways :) I will not go into details but I plan on having much shorter trips to Maine from now on! :)

While I was there I did get to see my brother Jason & his partner Adam. It was so great to see them & spend time with them! Jason & I are a lot a like I think & we have the same thoughts about life, so it was a good time talking with him.

I planned to work on knitting, jewelry, journals, personal journals while I was there but that definitely did not work out that way. :( the first two days I was there I had a headache! Then I spent a day with Jason & then I just had little motivation. Bummer! I did work on my jewelry though, so yay me :)

I also thought I would blog almost every day but there was not much I thought would be blog worthy.

Mostly I spent time with these critters:

The wonderful old lady, Sassy - or as I call her Sasser Frassers :)

Staring Contest with Simon, the funniest dog ever!

Animal Love, that is Simon (dog), Shalom (calico cat), Sophie (siamese cat)

Shalom - this one will push anything off your lap so that she can sit on it, so cute & fluffy.

Sophie, a couple of weeks ago she did not like me at all. Last week was a whole different story! She took my earrings off the side table & hid one of them on me! (I found it under the couch)

My parents animals are great company & I am especially going to miss Sasser Frassers! *sniffle sniffle*

Bearded Fella

This bearded fella is amazing. I am going to miss him when I go to Maine for a week! :( Thank goodness for text messaging & for Skype!

List 1 / List 2

Check & Check

Update on List :) I think I did pretty good!

*Art Journal - Well this one is pretty much on going, but I did do a few pages!
*Make a packing list for next week - Yay!
*Start a gift for a friends baby - I chose the supplies & have casted on!
*Find a soup recipe so that the Bearded Fella will have something healthy to eat while I am gone next week :) - I made a big pot of chili, that was oh so good! I also made some other meals for him - I will write about that later.
*Find a pair of double pointed needles - I have found some but they are expensive, but I really need them for a lot of the Christmas gifts I am making.
*Bring dinner to the Bearded Fella - one of my favorite times of day!
*Organize pictures in Picassa
*Write some letters
*Go to a thrift store
*Pay rent
*Birthday thank you notes
*Gift for Tim
*Custom Etsy order - I have chosen some fabrics, tomorrow I hope to get sewing!

It's Beginning to Feel A lot Like...

After dropping Tim off at work this morning I went back to my house. At first I thought I was just going to pick up some stuff & then run some errands & go back to Tim's house. Instead I put on The Good Wife & Parenthood from this past week & brought out my beads to do some work. It was not too much longer after that I could barely feel my fingers , it is SO cold in my house. Ah! My room has 4 windows in it plus it is an old house , not a good combination.

This really sucks because my room is now mostly organized & is very relaxing to be in (most of the time - the couple who live on the same floor as me have ferrets & they smell so bad! It is gross). Anyway... I really like creating in my room so I hope that the heat gets turned on really soon!

So I started packing up some things to keep me occupied for the rest of the day , somewhere else. I was so cold that I could barely focus. Ridiculous! I really hope we turn the heat on soon! I packed up 3 bags!
1) Art Journal & Supplies/Netbook/Knitting
2) Etsy shop bag
3) Overnight bag

Phew!

I ended up at Barnes & Noble (where I am at now), the Starbucks at B&N now has peppermint - Yay! I am so cold that I ordered a Peppermint Mocha (which to me is more of a winter drink) so this is nice.

My plans for the rest of the weekend:

*Art Journal
*Make a packing list for next week
*Start a gift for a friends baby
*Find a soup recipe so that the Bearded Fella will have something healthy to eat while I am gone next week :)
*Find a pair of double pointed needles
*Bring dinner to the Bearded Fella
*Organize pictures in Picassa
*Write some letters
*Go to a thrift store (maybe)
*Pay rent
*Birthday thank you notes
*Gift for Tim
*Custom Etsy order

Away I Go! :)

30 Days of Me - Day 26

What Do I Think About My Friends

I think that they live too far away! :(

32 and Fabulous?

Well yesterday I turned 32... It was not a milestone of any sort but still THIRTY TWO! I am sitting here at Karin's trying to put how I feel into words.

I had a "This Many by 32" List that I did not do too well at. I guess I did not think of too many of them as a priority or that it really mattered. Also part of not crossing them off was because I needed some money (not a lot) to achieve them but I lost my job the end of June so there was a priority type of thing going on.

I know that I am not where I thought I would be "life wise". I have not felt that way in quite a few years actually. : { I was really close to it when I was promoted at UIH but then that fell to pieces as we all know. It is a bit difficult.

Something that really helps during this thought process is how amazing Tim has been these past 10 months! He has been patient & kind & generous & loving. I am very lucky.

(picture taken while geocaching a couple of months ago)

Isn't he a handsome bearded fella?

He showed up at my house around noon with a box of Mallowmars & a Starbucks gift card with a generous amount of money on it! Yay! Then he took me out to lunch, a few shopping trips, & sushi for dinner! It was a really great day with him.

October 26, 2010 @ Oishi

Spicy Crunchy Tuna Roll & California Roll

Delicious Wine!
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Now I am just a 32 year old. I think that with this relationship & with trying to start a business & trying to figure out my next move - I am more determined to do what makes me happy, not necessarily what makes me money. Here is hoping!

30 Days of Me - Day 25

What Is In My Bag:

I have actually taken picture of my bag before just never have posted them - so Yay for this! :)



1. Purse
2. Grey Square Makeup Pouch
3. Idea Notebook
4. Planner
5. Business Card Case
6. Gum
7. Phone
8. Nalgene Water Bottle
9. Receipts
10. Gift Cards
11. Keys
12. Wallet
13. Pencil Pouch

I have to mention that: 7 of these items (8 if you count the gum) are from Target! Yay! :)

30 Days of Me- Day 24

A Letter To My Parents

Dear Dad, Mom, Meg, & Chuck,

I am so glad that we live closer to each other now (even though I miss Colorado so much!)
I am also glad that we are growing closer to each other & that we are able to love & support each other more!

See you in 8 days!
Love,
Jenn

30 Days of Me - Day 23

Things I Crave A lot

1. Coffee
2. Baileys Hagaan Daaz
3. Hugs from the Bearded Fella
4. Gilmore Girls, hee hee
5. Crafting
6. Colorado - it hurts some times!

30 Days of Me - Day 22

What Makes Me Different From Everybody Else?

Well This One is Kind of Silly...

Everyone is different. I will leave it at that, because it could lead to me thinking negatively about myself. Instead I will list a few random things about myself:

*I have 5 brothers
* I was hit my drunk drivers when I was 3 years old
* I stepped on a bee when I was 3 years old & passed out, just to find out that I was severely allergic. Oh yay!
* I have 2 college degrees that took me 6.5 years to get
* My top 3 career dreams: Director @ a YMCA, Librarian, My own business

Tada!
:)

Spider With Out All Its Legs!

Speaking of Pen Pals (see post below)

Kellie over at http://getthewordsout.blogspot.com is having a lovely fall giveaway! Woo Hoo!

She has a super blog & I am glad to be pen palling with her (yes I made that phrase up!) So goo check it out & enter!

P.S. Here is a picture of me for Halloween one year... (this is a scan of an ACTUAL POLAROID from way back in the day - look at the wall paper!)

Stuffs

Currently @ Barnes & Noble.

Another picture with my glasses , can you believe it?! I am just getting lazy & Tim still is very complentary when I wear my glasses so it works out. :)

A lot of stuff going on here...
1. Going to Maine
2. Applying for Jobs
3. Getting Tim moved into his place
4. Starting the December Daily - Yay!
5. Making Jewelry for my Etsy
6. Having Headaches - BOO!
7. Spending Time with Karin!
8. Reading
9. Making mini books
10. Writing pen pal letters

So it is good because I need stuff to do! I really want a job, or to win the lottery...

30 Days of Me - Day 21

(yes I skipped Day 20 - too personal of thoughts, but it got me thinking)

(A) Picture(s) of (Some)thing(s) That Makes Me Happy!!!



Duh - Coffee!

Hugs from the Bearded Fella!


Thirsty Thursday! (or any type of Happy Hour!)


Colorado Rockies Baseball!


Bike Riding! I miss how easy it is in Colorado!

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 :)