Can I just say that I feel like I have been ran over by a HUMONGOUS semi truck? I shall explain later... Gotta go do homework though. Have a wonderful afternoon!
Jessylu!!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Post!!!!!!
Hey guys!!! So I really truly apologize for not posting at all lately. I have been so busy and lazy about getting on here and telling you what has been going on. I really need to get back into the habit of telling you all about my day!
I guess since my last post was kinda about Spider-man and way excited to work with him, I will start about that. When I got to the car show, I was asked (informed) that I would be working with him from about 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. I didn't mind working with him at all for several hours, but I thought that 6 1/2 hours was quite a long time to do that. Well, I did it. But I didn't do it alone. Like I said in my last post, my friend Tana came to help me. I was so glad that she invited our other friend, who worked with us both, Katie, to come to the car show and work with us and Spider-man too. They both came and we all had a fantastic blast!! One of Tana's friends brought us come "cake suckers." They were literally cake with icing and sprinkles on a sucker stick!!! Let me just say they were DELICIOUS!!!!!!! I told Tana that I wanted to learn how to make them. I kind of have an idea, but I am not sure exactly how to do it yet. Anyway, Spider-man was a blast! He was so much fun and did so amazingly well with the kids who came for autographs and pictures. I absolutely loved him!!!! He played Spider-man so well and had almost every single child that came through convinced that he was the real Spider-man. It was super cute! Tana, Katie, and I all were also able to get pictures and autographs from him. I was UBER happy! That day was pretty much the bomb of the summer!!!
Work has been really stressful lately. I honestly do not like or enjoy it anymore. I really did like it when my old manager was working there, Sara. And I also liked working there when we really didn't have a manager. I truly miss Sara working with all of us though. Sadly, to be honest, I do not like my new manager. I have a really hard time working with her. Its truly sad. She has the kind of attitude that she thinks she is better than everyone else and they all better listen to her or else... Well we just wont go to the "or else" part. It could get nasty with her..... Anyways, Tana and Katie, who I mentioned above, ended up leaving. They, both, no longer work at Downeast Basics with me. I am so sad! They were the only people there keeping me mostly with our new manager. Katie actually moved and had a two weeks notice in, so we all knew that she would be leaving us all soon. I am sad because we never got to say goodbye or give each other hugs before she left. Tana ended up quitting out of no where. She definitely had good reasoning though. I wont say because, well, its not very nice.... Lets just say it has to do with..... guess who! You guess it, our current manager! Also, several other girls that are working there are planning on getting a different job. I really want to find a different job, but I doubt that it would happen. I got this job for a reason. God blessed me with it. So I should be grateful.
Well, school has now started! I am OFFICIALLY a senior!!!!!! =D I also do not attend CRHS anymore. I am now at a different high school, AGAIN! How crazy is that... I think I have transferred almost every year of my whole life in school. Sad. But I really, really like being at my new school. I am with all of my closest friends, EFY friends, and also making new ones that I am positive I will have for all eternity! The classes I am taking at the moment are: 1st-Attendance Aid, 2nd-Art, 3rd-Creative Writing, 4th-Media Aid (favorite class!), 6th-Bella Voce (all womens choir), 7th-English, and 8th-Am. History. Yes, my semester is mostly fun and barely any required classes. I think it is awesome. I have more required classes next semester though. Did I mention that I am apart of the GRADUATING CLASS OF 2011!!!!!?????!?!?!?!!? I am so freaking Stoked!!!! It is amazing. I am participating in things that I normally would not do during the school year. But I figured that since it is my last year being at home in school, that I would go for the gusto! So much fun =)
Lets see...... Oh! Also, less than a week ago, my sister Shelly got bitten by a cat. Yes it sounds weird and not all that horrible. But, this past Saturday, she and I went to a Regional Church dance and she kept on telling me throughout the whole dance that her hand was swelling and was really hurting her. I gave her some Tylenol, and we both hoped that it would start to get better. Well, about 5 minutes before the dance was over, she came up to me and showed me her hand. It was HUGE! Right then, I got the feeling that we needed to leave really, really soon from the dance and go home. I didn't know why, but we left soon after then. By the time we arrived home, my parents took over on helping her with her hand. And I went to bed. Well, I woke up the next morning, being a Sunday morning, and saw a paper taped on my bathroom mirror that said to read the note on the counter in the kitchen. So I did and it explained that my sister ended up in the ER around mid-night. A half hour AFTER I went to bed. I felt horrible! She, for the past 5 days has been doing a lot better. The ER gave her a splint to put her hand in, and gave her medication to help take the infection away. Well, get this! They told her that this kind of infection was one that could have spread all over her body and caused her to go to the ER and STAY there for several days if it had gotten any worse. Thankfully, she is doing a lot better and isn't having many issues with it. Just a little soreness.
One more little story! This is my favorite part!!!! No joke =D So on August 31st, I turned 17 years old. I had a birthday party that next weekend and had so much fun! I invited like 37 people, but only 13 or 15 came. I planned on it being a mixed party, (guys and girls) but only 2 girls I invited showed up and like 13 guys came!!! The two girls had to leave about 45 minutes after they arrived, along with two guys that they came with. They all carpooled, and the girls had to work soon after. So after they all left, there were about 11 guys there. And then there was me! But let me tell ya, it was, BY FAR, the most absolute, best, most fun, enjoyable, exciting, little kid, funny birthday party I have EVER had!!!!! It was so much fun. I could not ask for a better party, better friends, or better parents especially, for allowing me to have this party. It was so much fun. So, thank you all for coming, and making it the best day of my life at that current point in time!!!!!! I love you all bunches =D
Well, I better get off, because I have been on here a while writing all this. I am pretty sure that there is a lot that happened in between all of this time, but I cant seem to remember it all.
But, I hope you all have a FABULOUS EVENING AND NIGHT!!!!!!!!
Jessica =)
I guess since my last post was kinda about Spider-man and way excited to work with him, I will start about that. When I got to the car show, I was asked (informed) that I would be working with him from about 10:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. I didn't mind working with him at all for several hours, but I thought that 6 1/2 hours was quite a long time to do that. Well, I did it. But I didn't do it alone. Like I said in my last post, my friend Tana came to help me. I was so glad that she invited our other friend, who worked with us both, Katie, to come to the car show and work with us and Spider-man too. They both came and we all had a fantastic blast!! One of Tana's friends brought us come "cake suckers." They were literally cake with icing and sprinkles on a sucker stick!!! Let me just say they were DELICIOUS!!!!!!! I told Tana that I wanted to learn how to make them. I kind of have an idea, but I am not sure exactly how to do it yet. Anyway, Spider-man was a blast! He was so much fun and did so amazingly well with the kids who came for autographs and pictures. I absolutely loved him!!!! He played Spider-man so well and had almost every single child that came through convinced that he was the real Spider-man. It was super cute! Tana, Katie, and I all were also able to get pictures and autographs from him. I was UBER happy! That day was pretty much the bomb of the summer!!!
Work has been really stressful lately. I honestly do not like or enjoy it anymore. I really did like it when my old manager was working there, Sara. And I also liked working there when we really didn't have a manager. I truly miss Sara working with all of us though. Sadly, to be honest, I do not like my new manager. I have a really hard time working with her. Its truly sad. She has the kind of attitude that she thinks she is better than everyone else and they all better listen to her or else... Well we just wont go to the "or else" part. It could get nasty with her..... Anyways, Tana and Katie, who I mentioned above, ended up leaving. They, both, no longer work at Downeast Basics with me. I am so sad! They were the only people there keeping me mostly with our new manager. Katie actually moved and had a two weeks notice in, so we all knew that she would be leaving us all soon. I am sad because we never got to say goodbye or give each other hugs before she left. Tana ended up quitting out of no where. She definitely had good reasoning though. I wont say because, well, its not very nice.... Lets just say it has to do with..... guess who! You guess it, our current manager! Also, several other girls that are working there are planning on getting a different job. I really want to find a different job, but I doubt that it would happen. I got this job for a reason. God blessed me with it. So I should be grateful.
Well, school has now started! I am OFFICIALLY a senior!!!!!! =D I also do not attend CRHS anymore. I am now at a different high school, AGAIN! How crazy is that... I think I have transferred almost every year of my whole life in school. Sad. But I really, really like being at my new school. I am with all of my closest friends, EFY friends, and also making new ones that I am positive I will have for all eternity! The classes I am taking at the moment are: 1st-Attendance Aid, 2nd-Art, 3rd-Creative Writing, 4th-Media Aid (favorite class!), 6th-Bella Voce (all womens choir), 7th-English, and 8th-Am. History. Yes, my semester is mostly fun and barely any required classes. I think it is awesome. I have more required classes next semester though. Did I mention that I am apart of the GRADUATING CLASS OF 2011!!!!!?????!?!?!?!!? I am so freaking Stoked!!!! It is amazing. I am participating in things that I normally would not do during the school year. But I figured that since it is my last year being at home in school, that I would go for the gusto! So much fun =)
Lets see...... Oh! Also, less than a week ago, my sister Shelly got bitten by a cat. Yes it sounds weird and not all that horrible. But, this past Saturday, she and I went to a Regional Church dance and she kept on telling me throughout the whole dance that her hand was swelling and was really hurting her. I gave her some Tylenol, and we both hoped that it would start to get better. Well, about 5 minutes before the dance was over, she came up to me and showed me her hand. It was HUGE! Right then, I got the feeling that we needed to leave really, really soon from the dance and go home. I didn't know why, but we left soon after then. By the time we arrived home, my parents took over on helping her with her hand. And I went to bed. Well, I woke up the next morning, being a Sunday morning, and saw a paper taped on my bathroom mirror that said to read the note on the counter in the kitchen. So I did and it explained that my sister ended up in the ER around mid-night. A half hour AFTER I went to bed. I felt horrible! She, for the past 5 days has been doing a lot better. The ER gave her a splint to put her hand in, and gave her medication to help take the infection away. Well, get this! They told her that this kind of infection was one that could have spread all over her body and caused her to go to the ER and STAY there for several days if it had gotten any worse. Thankfully, she is doing a lot better and isn't having many issues with it. Just a little soreness.
One more little story! This is my favorite part!!!! No joke =D So on August 31st, I turned 17 years old. I had a birthday party that next weekend and had so much fun! I invited like 37 people, but only 13 or 15 came. I planned on it being a mixed party, (guys and girls) but only 2 girls I invited showed up and like 13 guys came!!! The two girls had to leave about 45 minutes after they arrived, along with two guys that they came with. They all carpooled, and the girls had to work soon after. So after they all left, there were about 11 guys there. And then there was me! But let me tell ya, it was, BY FAR, the most absolute, best, most fun, enjoyable, exciting, little kid, funny birthday party I have EVER had!!!!! It was so much fun. I could not ask for a better party, better friends, or better parents especially, for allowing me to have this party. It was so much fun. So, thank you all for coming, and making it the best day of my life at that current point in time!!!!!! I love you all bunches =D
Well, I better get off, because I have been on here a while writing all this. I am pretty sure that there is a lot that happened in between all of this time, but I cant seem to remember it all.
But, I hope you all have a FABULOUS EVENING AND NIGHT!!!!!!!!
Jessica =)
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Quick Post!
Hey guys!
So not too much to talk about. Just wanted to tell ya about my day.
I was supposed to work for an hour today, but I ended up working for about 2 1/2 hours instead. It was actually pretty fun. I worked an hour alone, then my friend Tana ended up asking me to stay longer and help her out. So that's how I ended up staying longer. She is such a sweetie! I love working with her. She is actually going to be helping me out on Saturday at the car show with the Spider-man guy. I can't wait! It is going to be a blast! =) She is so excited to meet him and be able to get a picture with him and his autograph. I don't blame her though because it IS, of course, the real stunt man that plays Spider-man, and will be wearing the actual Spider-man suit from the movies!!
Anyway... I ended up not going on my date tonight with Curtis. We decided that since we couldn't find anyone else to go with us, that we would wait until Friday and go on a lunch date and to a movie after lunch. I thought that was a better idea anyways. I'm still excited to be able to see him again. He is definitely by far one of my best, and great new friends! =) My parents keep asking me when they get to meet him. I don't have a clue yet. I guess it kinda depends on if we are meeting somewhere or if he is going to pick me up, or yeah... But I guess we will find out when the time gets closer.
Well, I will talk to you all next time! Have a great Wednesday night!
Love,
Jess
So not too much to talk about. Just wanted to tell ya about my day.
I was supposed to work for an hour today, but I ended up working for about 2 1/2 hours instead. It was actually pretty fun. I worked an hour alone, then my friend Tana ended up asking me to stay longer and help her out. So that's how I ended up staying longer. She is such a sweetie! I love working with her. She is actually going to be helping me out on Saturday at the car show with the Spider-man guy. I can't wait! It is going to be a blast! =) She is so excited to meet him and be able to get a picture with him and his autograph. I don't blame her though because it IS, of course, the real stunt man that plays Spider-man, and will be wearing the actual Spider-man suit from the movies!!
Anyway... I ended up not going on my date tonight with Curtis. We decided that since we couldn't find anyone else to go with us, that we would wait until Friday and go on a lunch date and to a movie after lunch. I thought that was a better idea anyways. I'm still excited to be able to see him again. He is definitely by far one of my best, and great new friends! =) My parents keep asking me when they get to meet him. I don't have a clue yet. I guess it kinda depends on if we are meeting somewhere or if he is going to pick me up, or yeah... But I guess we will find out when the time gets closer.
Well, I will talk to you all next time! Have a great Wednesday night!
Love,
Jess
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Crazy Tuesday!
Hey everyone! Ok, so the past few days have been pretty cool. I have been crazily busy! But honestly, I have nothing to complain about. I am loving life so much! =D
I don't remember if I told you guys about Saturday or not. Since I happen to not remember, I am going to tell you anyways! So all day Saturday, I was so anxious for the Regional Stake dance for that night. I couldn't wait to see the new friends that I had made during that week, and to share the evening with them all. They truly are some of the most best friends I have ever made during my whole life! I don't know where I would be with out them right now. When I got to the dance, I was lucky to be able to first dance with one of the guys from my company, named Curtis. He is such a sweet guy. He has an amazing humor that any girl would love to be around constantly. I was also privileged to get to dance with a guy, also in my company, named David. What an amazing spirit he has. I am grateful that I was able to spend that whole week with them and also at the dance. I absolutely love being able to know them! I know that they will forever be some of my closest friends for eternity.
On Sunday, I really enjoyed being able to spend time with the kids from my ward that were able to attend EFY. We all had the feeling that the friends that we had made from that previous week we felt we had known our whole life. That we knew everything about each other and were best friends even in the preexistence. I do not doubt that we were all best friends in Heaven before we came to earth. What amazing youth we have in these latter days!!
On this fabulous Monday we just had yesterday, I didn't do way too much. My poor mother went to SEVEN different places throughout the day. She was so exhausted!! I only went to three places. My mom went with me to open up an account so that I actually had a place to put my money from work, and any other extra money I made. Then we went to Winco to get some groceries. About two minutes, literally, after we got home, I left to go hang out with my best friend Jake! We ended up going to Burger King and got a shake and he got a burger with his. Jake is going to college to be a professional dietitian and chef. He wants to open up his own restaurant too with tons of healthy items that would be on his menu. Jake is the type of guy that will accomplish anything that he sets his mind to. What an amazing guy he is. To plan ahead of the goals he wants to accomplish and get them. Anyway... After we left BK, we went to his cousins house and hung out there for a while, talked, listened to music, etc... It was kinda awkward, because his cousin and I dated several times and now he has another girlfriend, and I ended up being the one that was quiet most of the time. But it was still good to see him. After we left, we went to Jake's and hung out there for a while and were acting silly and being our usual dorks together. I can always be myself around Jake. He is just that type of guy!
Today was so much fun, but also kinda frustrating. Well, the frustrating part was only at work. But I will get to that soon enough! My mom, yesterday, left her big, huge, 4 inch coupon binder at Smiths yesterday, so today I went to go retrieve it for her. When I got back home, my mom, sister, and I went to the bead shop and a scrapbook store to get some fun ribbon and beads for my sister's jewelry booth she is setting up in a car show this weekend. I ended up leaving early because the bead shop stunk so horribly that I got one of the worst headaches I have had in a long time. So I got to work about 15 min early. I ended up working about 2 1/2 hours alone, so I got pretty bored by myself. But it got better once my friend, and coworker, Katie, got there to assist me and start gossiping with me! Haha. I'm just kidding. But we do like to tell stories about whats been going on in our lives. After a few hours of working, a lady came in to exchange a shirt that wasn't the right size. When she got a different shirt that she wanted, we told her that she would have to pay a little extra for the shirt she wanted, because it was a higher price than the shirt she had originally bought. For about 10 minutes straight she threw the biggest fit I have ever seen any customer throw, told one of our customers that they shouldn't buy a shirt that is a different price that they want to exchange it for, and we ended up losing some service because of the way she acted in our store with other customers around. We even called customer service about the issue she was having, and even what they said, she was throwing a fit about. We FINALLY got it settled, she left with her original shirt, and with customer service's phone number, and a scowl on her face. That is the part that was so frustrating about my day. On the other hand though, the guy Curtis I was talking about earlier, texted me and we started talking for a little while. It was nice, because since I met him, I get butterflies and smile really big. He is so funny and sweet! Tonight when we were talking, he asked me to go on a date with him tomorrow night to a movie! I can't wait. Hehe. I am such a dork... Lol, but I don't care right now. I can't wait for my parents to meet him either. I have talked to them about him several times and they seem pretty anxious to see what he is like. =)
Anyways... Sorry for the long post. But I had a lot to talk about. I will write again soon!!
Love,
Jessy!
I don't remember if I told you guys about Saturday or not. Since I happen to not remember, I am going to tell you anyways! So all day Saturday, I was so anxious for the Regional Stake dance for that night. I couldn't wait to see the new friends that I had made during that week, and to share the evening with them all. They truly are some of the most best friends I have ever made during my whole life! I don't know where I would be with out them right now. When I got to the dance, I was lucky to be able to first dance with one of the guys from my company, named Curtis. He is such a sweet guy. He has an amazing humor that any girl would love to be around constantly. I was also privileged to get to dance with a guy, also in my company, named David. What an amazing spirit he has. I am grateful that I was able to spend that whole week with them and also at the dance. I absolutely love being able to know them! I know that they will forever be some of my closest friends for eternity.
On Sunday, I really enjoyed being able to spend time with the kids from my ward that were able to attend EFY. We all had the feeling that the friends that we had made from that previous week we felt we had known our whole life. That we knew everything about each other and were best friends even in the preexistence. I do not doubt that we were all best friends in Heaven before we came to earth. What amazing youth we have in these latter days!!
On this fabulous Monday we just had yesterday, I didn't do way too much. My poor mother went to SEVEN different places throughout the day. She was so exhausted!! I only went to three places. My mom went with me to open up an account so that I actually had a place to put my money from work, and any other extra money I made. Then we went to Winco to get some groceries. About two minutes, literally, after we got home, I left to go hang out with my best friend Jake! We ended up going to Burger King and got a shake and he got a burger with his. Jake is going to college to be a professional dietitian and chef. He wants to open up his own restaurant too with tons of healthy items that would be on his menu. Jake is the type of guy that will accomplish anything that he sets his mind to. What an amazing guy he is. To plan ahead of the goals he wants to accomplish and get them. Anyway... After we left BK, we went to his cousins house and hung out there for a while, talked, listened to music, etc... It was kinda awkward, because his cousin and I dated several times and now he has another girlfriend, and I ended up being the one that was quiet most of the time. But it was still good to see him. After we left, we went to Jake's and hung out there for a while and were acting silly and being our usual dorks together. I can always be myself around Jake. He is just that type of guy!
Today was so much fun, but also kinda frustrating. Well, the frustrating part was only at work. But I will get to that soon enough! My mom, yesterday, left her big, huge, 4 inch coupon binder at Smiths yesterday, so today I went to go retrieve it for her. When I got back home, my mom, sister, and I went to the bead shop and a scrapbook store to get some fun ribbon and beads for my sister's jewelry booth she is setting up in a car show this weekend. I ended up leaving early because the bead shop stunk so horribly that I got one of the worst headaches I have had in a long time. So I got to work about 15 min early. I ended up working about 2 1/2 hours alone, so I got pretty bored by myself. But it got better once my friend, and coworker, Katie, got there to assist me and start gossiping with me! Haha. I'm just kidding. But we do like to tell stories about whats been going on in our lives. After a few hours of working, a lady came in to exchange a shirt that wasn't the right size. When she got a different shirt that she wanted, we told her that she would have to pay a little extra for the shirt she wanted, because it was a higher price than the shirt she had originally bought. For about 10 minutes straight she threw the biggest fit I have ever seen any customer throw, told one of our customers that they shouldn't buy a shirt that is a different price that they want to exchange it for, and we ended up losing some service because of the way she acted in our store with other customers around. We even called customer service about the issue she was having, and even what they said, she was throwing a fit about. We FINALLY got it settled, she left with her original shirt, and with customer service's phone number, and a scowl on her face. That is the part that was so frustrating about my day. On the other hand though, the guy Curtis I was talking about earlier, texted me and we started talking for a little while. It was nice, because since I met him, I get butterflies and smile really big. He is so funny and sweet! Tonight when we were talking, he asked me to go on a date with him tomorrow night to a movie! I can't wait. Hehe. I am such a dork... Lol, but I don't care right now. I can't wait for my parents to meet him either. I have talked to them about him several times and they seem pretty anxious to see what he is like. =)
Anyways... Sorry for the long post. But I had a lot to talk about. I will write again soon!!
Love,
Jessy!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
EFY WEEK!!!!!!!!
Hey everyone!!! So I haven't been able to post anything this week because I have been gone at EFY. Which stands for Especially For Youth, for those of you who don't know what it means. It is amazing! It is a youth activity that is apart of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It has so many amazing activities that are not only a blast!, but also that are amazingly spiritual and peaceful. I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to attend with over 900 other youth!!
Monday was our first day at EFY. We all got registered, got our name tags, with an awesome EFY t-shirt, a handbook with all of our lessons in it and an area to write things down, and also a DVD that has tons of songs we learned and sang throughout the week, with a few video lessons on it too. After we received those, we all went into the auditorium and got a preview of how the week was going to play out and what kinds of different things we would all get to experience. It was absolutely incredible. Everyone enjoyed it all and had a blast!! When we got finished in there, we went to find our counselor groups which had between 5-12 people each in it. We got to know everyone in that group, then found out that we were going to have a company group, which was created with 3 counselor groups put together. There were 2 groups of girls that were put with one group of boys. In no time, we were all acting like we had known each other our whole lives and were already joking around with each other. After that, we went back to the auditorium to get some more news and updates about the week and what the rules, etc... were. That pretty much concluded our day.
Tuesday was a blast. We were all able to have fun playing more games with each other and get to know more things about the other people in our company. We also had FHE with everyone together in the auditorium. It was so amazing and spiritual. We also had a lot of laughs during it. That evening we also had a dance with everyone around. We were able to learn some new dances for some of the songs that were played. One of them was Hoedown Throwdown by Miley Cyrus. I'm not the biggest fan of her, but I happen to really like that song and the dance to it.
Wednesday was our game day with all of the other youth there. We all got to participate in about 6 different games with our companies. Every one of the games I had never played before so it was kind of confusing for me in the beginning. But I got the hang of it soon enough! We were also able to have our morning devotional with everyone and also our own company devotionals. After the day was starting to come to a close, each of us got to spend time on our own reading the scriptures, praying, looking for answers that we felt were needed at the time.
Thursday was church dress day. When I arrived that morning, I saw all of the young men dressed up in their white shirts and ties and dress pants. When I saw them, I wanted to cry because of how amazing they all looked and what an amazing sight they all were. I loved being able to see how brightly each of the men light showed. I have never seen such a more beautiful sight before. The young women were dressed in amazing church dresses and skirts with cute little blouses. We each felt so amazing and happy. Thursday was so spiritual and warming. I had never felt so amazing the whole day. We also got to learn new songs that all of the young men and young women got to learn and sing together. It was absolutely incredible!!! The young men also got to shout "HOORA! HOORA! HOORA FOR ISREAL!" Every single one of the girls LOVED that! We all cheered for them and clapped for them. I knew right then that our young men are so special and amazing, and are necessary for our future and have such an important roll that is needed to be played in the world. That evening with our companies, we got the opportunity to bare our testimonies. I went first, explaining how this whole week has changed my life, and who I was for the better. I also explained that I did make the best friends ever in less than a week, and how much I loved and appreciated them all. Every single one of the boys also bore their testimony and how being there at EFY changed their lives also. So many of them explained how they WILL go on a mission because how the wonderful experience they all had and how being there changed their life. I love those boys so much and know that they all will do what they said they will. We were also able to watch the variety show, which was pretty much a talent show, but with so many variety of talents shared with us. We also were able to listen to a musical program.
Yesterday (Friday) was our last day attending EFY. It was such a wonderful day. By far the happiest! My company actually became a real family! We all became so close to each other and had true love for one another. We were able to do a service project, which was making blankets for people in one of the near by nursing homes. That was so much fun. In the nursing home, there were about 130 people in there, and we youth made over 180 blankets for them in an HOUR AND A HALF!!!!!!!! How incredible is that! We had so much fun being able to do a wonderful cause for people who don't even have family to come visit them. Each of us loved the experience! After we finished the blankets and got our lunch, we sat together as a family and company taking pictures, getting everyone's information to stay in touch with and just played around. We all loved and enjoyed the time we spent together. That evening, we had our last devotional, last lessons, and our last time together as all of the companies together in the auditorium. We watched a video of the week that we had just gotten through with all of our activities. Pictures and music was played of all the events taken place there at the site we had EFY at. Of course I cried throughout the whole thing. I was so sad that the week was coming to an end. That we would all go home, and got our separate ways. We all sang the songs that we got to learn earlier that week, which made me cry even more and harder. God gave me just the smallest amount of love for each and every one of those youth that He has for them. I realized that these people were and are my family. That they always will be, and how amazing each one of them are. I love them so much.
Thankfully, last night was not the last night we got to see each other. Tonight we are all going to a Stake Regional dance and we all get to spend time together again and enjoy the wonderful smiles each person has. We will always be able to stay in touch, because of the incredible ways God has given us for different ways to communicate. I love EFY. I love the people I met. And I love my Heavenly Father so much. I am so grateful that I was able to attend this wonderful EFY program with so many people from all over the place! I am grateful for the testimony that I have and how much it has grown this past week. For the wonderful spirit I have felt this whole week. And I am going to do everything it takes to keep that spiritual high with me at all times, and in all things, and in all places.
I love you all so much! =) And until next time....
Have a fantastic weekend!!!
Jessy
Monday was our first day at EFY. We all got registered, got our name tags, with an awesome EFY t-shirt, a handbook with all of our lessons in it and an area to write things down, and also a DVD that has tons of songs we learned and sang throughout the week, with a few video lessons on it too. After we received those, we all went into the auditorium and got a preview of how the week was going to play out and what kinds of different things we would all get to experience. It was absolutely incredible. Everyone enjoyed it all and had a blast!! When we got finished in there, we went to find our counselor groups which had between 5-12 people each in it. We got to know everyone in that group, then found out that we were going to have a company group, which was created with 3 counselor groups put together. There were 2 groups of girls that were put with one group of boys. In no time, we were all acting like we had known each other our whole lives and were already joking around with each other. After that, we went back to the auditorium to get some more news and updates about the week and what the rules, etc... were. That pretty much concluded our day.
Tuesday was a blast. We were all able to have fun playing more games with each other and get to know more things about the other people in our company. We also had FHE with everyone together in the auditorium. It was so amazing and spiritual. We also had a lot of laughs during it. That evening we also had a dance with everyone around. We were able to learn some new dances for some of the songs that were played. One of them was Hoedown Throwdown by Miley Cyrus. I'm not the biggest fan of her, but I happen to really like that song and the dance to it.
Wednesday was our game day with all of the other youth there. We all got to participate in about 6 different games with our companies. Every one of the games I had never played before so it was kind of confusing for me in the beginning. But I got the hang of it soon enough! We were also able to have our morning devotional with everyone and also our own company devotionals. After the day was starting to come to a close, each of us got to spend time on our own reading the scriptures, praying, looking for answers that we felt were needed at the time.
Thursday was church dress day. When I arrived that morning, I saw all of the young men dressed up in their white shirts and ties and dress pants. When I saw them, I wanted to cry because of how amazing they all looked and what an amazing sight they all were. I loved being able to see how brightly each of the men light showed. I have never seen such a more beautiful sight before. The young women were dressed in amazing church dresses and skirts with cute little blouses. We each felt so amazing and happy. Thursday was so spiritual and warming. I had never felt so amazing the whole day. We also got to learn new songs that all of the young men and young women got to learn and sing together. It was absolutely incredible!!! The young men also got to shout "HOORA! HOORA! HOORA FOR ISREAL!" Every single one of the girls LOVED that! We all cheered for them and clapped for them. I knew right then that our young men are so special and amazing, and are necessary for our future and have such an important roll that is needed to be played in the world. That evening with our companies, we got the opportunity to bare our testimonies. I went first, explaining how this whole week has changed my life, and who I was for the better. I also explained that I did make the best friends ever in less than a week, and how much I loved and appreciated them all. Every single one of the boys also bore their testimony and how being there at EFY changed their lives also. So many of them explained how they WILL go on a mission because how the wonderful experience they all had and how being there changed their life. I love those boys so much and know that they all will do what they said they will. We were also able to watch the variety show, which was pretty much a talent show, but with so many variety of talents shared with us. We also were able to listen to a musical program.
Yesterday (Friday) was our last day attending EFY. It was such a wonderful day. By far the happiest! My company actually became a real family! We all became so close to each other and had true love for one another. We were able to do a service project, which was making blankets for people in one of the near by nursing homes. That was so much fun. In the nursing home, there were about 130 people in there, and we youth made over 180 blankets for them in an HOUR AND A HALF!!!!!!!! How incredible is that! We had so much fun being able to do a wonderful cause for people who don't even have family to come visit them. Each of us loved the experience! After we finished the blankets and got our lunch, we sat together as a family and company taking pictures, getting everyone's information to stay in touch with and just played around. We all loved and enjoyed the time we spent together. That evening, we had our last devotional, last lessons, and our last time together as all of the companies together in the auditorium. We watched a video of the week that we had just gotten through with all of our activities. Pictures and music was played of all the events taken place there at the site we had EFY at. Of course I cried throughout the whole thing. I was so sad that the week was coming to an end. That we would all go home, and got our separate ways. We all sang the songs that we got to learn earlier that week, which made me cry even more and harder. God gave me just the smallest amount of love for each and every one of those youth that He has for them. I realized that these people were and are my family. That they always will be, and how amazing each one of them are. I love them so much.
Thankfully, last night was not the last night we got to see each other. Tonight we are all going to a Stake Regional dance and we all get to spend time together again and enjoy the wonderful smiles each person has. We will always be able to stay in touch, because of the incredible ways God has given us for different ways to communicate. I love EFY. I love the people I met. And I love my Heavenly Father so much. I am so grateful that I was able to attend this wonderful EFY program with so many people from all over the place! I am grateful for the testimony that I have and how much it has grown this past week. For the wonderful spirit I have felt this whole week. And I am going to do everything it takes to keep that spiritual high with me at all times, and in all things, and in all places.
I love you all so much! =) And until next time....
Have a fantastic weekend!!!
Jessy
Thursday, August 5, 2010
August 5th!
Hey everyone! So I have been extremely busy lately. But honestly... I can't think of everything that has happened since I last posted. But I will do my best!
When we went to Utah, my family was able to go to Temple Square, but it was so freaking hot that we didn't stay very long at all. We left a short time after and went to my aunt Amy's and waited to go out to dinner. When we did, we planned on going to this buffet place. But instead, we went to this salad buffet because we couldn't find the place we were going to go to first. We decided, when we got back to my aunt's, that we were going to just go to bed. It was late enough and we were all tired. It had been a long day.
On Saturday we didn't do much. We had my cousin Alisha's baptism. My mom, aunt Amy, and I went to Seagull Book to get something to read and look at the pictures they had. I got several books. One is called "Epicenter". I got done reading it on the way home. In less than a day. It was so good! Its one that I could read several times and love more and more. I also got a couple others, but sadly at the moment can't remember the names. Haha. Later that evening, we went to my aunt's ward dinner and pool party. It was actually a lot of fun. I got to hang out with one of my friends from her ward. I had a blast that night.
Sunday we went to church and went home. I was so ready to go back home. I had a rough time staying happy for certain reasons, but in the end I was glad to go down there for my cousins baptism and see my family and friends.
Since then, I have just been working and going to the fair this week. Its been pretty fun. I have enjoyed hanging out with my closest and best friends.
Well, until next time, have a great afternoon!!!
Jessy
When we went to Utah, my family was able to go to Temple Square, but it was so freaking hot that we didn't stay very long at all. We left a short time after and went to my aunt Amy's and waited to go out to dinner. When we did, we planned on going to this buffet place. But instead, we went to this salad buffet because we couldn't find the place we were going to go to first. We decided, when we got back to my aunt's, that we were going to just go to bed. It was late enough and we were all tired. It had been a long day.
On Saturday we didn't do much. We had my cousin Alisha's baptism. My mom, aunt Amy, and I went to Seagull Book to get something to read and look at the pictures they had. I got several books. One is called "Epicenter". I got done reading it on the way home. In less than a day. It was so good! Its one that I could read several times and love more and more. I also got a couple others, but sadly at the moment can't remember the names. Haha. Later that evening, we went to my aunt's ward dinner and pool party. It was actually a lot of fun. I got to hang out with one of my friends from her ward. I had a blast that night.
Sunday we went to church and went home. I was so ready to go back home. I had a rough time staying happy for certain reasons, but in the end I was glad to go down there for my cousins baptism and see my family and friends.
Since then, I have just been working and going to the fair this week. Its been pretty fun. I have enjoyed hanging out with my closest and best friends.
Well, until next time, have a great afternoon!!!
Jessy
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Late Post!!!!!
Hey everyone! So its been a while since I last wrote. I have been so freaking busy! Sorry for the lack of update.
Life has been pretty much amazing. I love how things are falling perfectly into place.
Last week, Wed-Fri, my family was able to go to Utah and have some fun down there. My mom ended up doing a coupon class at my aunt Diana's and it went pretty well. This class was a lot more lively than the one she had before. I enjoyed it a lot mainly because I was able to see my family. (Her coupon class was Wednesday night.) On Thursday, we went to the Family History Center, the Church History Museum, and the Gateway mall. My grandparents are missionaries at the FHC, so we were able to get to see what kinds of different things they do there. It was really neat to learn stories about past relatives that I have, have never heard about, or have but have forgotten about. It was truly a really neat experience. After we went there, we went to the museum. I have never learned so much about the church history than when I went to this museum. It was absolutely incredible. I loved it. On my phone, I took over 120 photos. My phone has become fairly slow since I took so many. Haha. I enjoyed it so much though. And the spirit there was incredible. I can't wait to go back soon! Later, we went with my mom's sister and her family to the Gateway mall for dinner. We didn't go shopping, because of how wore out everyone was. Everyone's feet were starting to hurt. So dinner was all we did. We headed back to our cars and went out separate ways. My mom went with her sister back to her house though.
Since we all got back home, I have been fairly busy. I worked yesterday and today. It was really fun. I got to work with new girls that I hadn't met yet. They were all fabulous and very sweet! I can't wait to see who I work with next week. Most of all though, I can't wait to get paid Friday!!!!! My first paycheck!!!! =D It shall be wonderful!
I also can't wait because very soon, I will be able to see the man I very much love with all of my heart! I am so very grateful that my parents do not mind if we go on a date because of certain circumstances. But he is absolutely wonderful and means more than I can ever explain.
Until next time though... Have a great night everyone!
Jessy
Life has been pretty much amazing. I love how things are falling perfectly into place.
Last week, Wed-Fri, my family was able to go to Utah and have some fun down there. My mom ended up doing a coupon class at my aunt Diana's and it went pretty well. This class was a lot more lively than the one she had before. I enjoyed it a lot mainly because I was able to see my family. (Her coupon class was Wednesday night.) On Thursday, we went to the Family History Center, the Church History Museum, and the Gateway mall. My grandparents are missionaries at the FHC, so we were able to get to see what kinds of different things they do there. It was really neat to learn stories about past relatives that I have, have never heard about, or have but have forgotten about. It was truly a really neat experience. After we went there, we went to the museum. I have never learned so much about the church history than when I went to this museum. It was absolutely incredible. I loved it. On my phone, I took over 120 photos. My phone has become fairly slow since I took so many. Haha. I enjoyed it so much though. And the spirit there was incredible. I can't wait to go back soon! Later, we went with my mom's sister and her family to the Gateway mall for dinner. We didn't go shopping, because of how wore out everyone was. Everyone's feet were starting to hurt. So dinner was all we did. We headed back to our cars and went out separate ways. My mom went with her sister back to her house though.
Since we all got back home, I have been fairly busy. I worked yesterday and today. It was really fun. I got to work with new girls that I hadn't met yet. They were all fabulous and very sweet! I can't wait to see who I work with next week. Most of all though, I can't wait to get paid Friday!!!!! My first paycheck!!!! =D It shall be wonderful!
I also can't wait because very soon, I will be able to see the man I very much love with all of my heart! I am so very grateful that my parents do not mind if we go on a date because of certain circumstances. But he is absolutely wonderful and means more than I can ever explain.
Until next time though... Have a great night everyone!
Jessy
Sunday, July 11, 2010
The Miraculous Sunday
There is just something about Sundays that make it one of the best days ever. Maybe because of Sunday naps, or going to church, or maybe just the spirit it gives me. But I love Sundays and am so grateful that they always come back around.
Yesterday was a very good day. My mom had her coupon class. (Which only like 9 people showed up too. Thanks for everyone just barging in through the door!!!) Lol! Just kidding. =) Even though not many people showed up, it went good. It was extremely quiet compared to the first coupon class my mom had, which was a plus! Not too many questions. AND!!!!, it was less than 2 hours! Which was absolutely fantastic! The first one she didn't get through even half of all the stuff about coupons, and it went over 2 hours long.
After her class, I was able to go to a car show that was just ending right when I arrived! I made it to see about 8 cars at the most. They were absolutely gorgeous vehicles!! I have never seen such a more beautiful '56 Ford pickup. It was a bright yellow color, had amazing chrome bumpers and wheels. So many amazing things done to it...
I also went to the mall and helped my dad and siblings look for a birthday gift for my mom. Her birthday is tomorrow. We wanted to get her something that was special and meant a lot, but also wasn't extremely pricey. I was also able to go and see my boss. She is such a sweetheart! I am so sad though cause she is moving to Boise and wont be my manager anymore. She is looking for a new one to hire. I told her that the new manager has to be like her. Fun, exciting, good attitude, etc...
Today has been really good too. The spirit was so strong at church! The talks given in sacrament were about getting closer to Heavenly Father and knowing him better. Doing that would make you know yourself better and how many blessings you really do have. Another talk was on service. Not just for inside of the church or in the home, but for those who you may not like, talk to, or even know. Just doing it with real intent in your heart. With real love and not caring about the blessings given and received from doing the service. It was a really good day at church.
We also had someone come to look at our house this evening. I'm not getting my hopes up though. I just hate getting depressed when no one buys our home. So I am done getting excited about it.
Anyway... Have a great night everyone! =) Sweet dreams!
Yesterday was a very good day. My mom had her coupon class. (Which only like 9 people showed up too. Thanks for everyone just barging in through the door!!!) Lol! Just kidding. =) Even though not many people showed up, it went good. It was extremely quiet compared to the first coupon class my mom had, which was a plus! Not too many questions. AND!!!!, it was less than 2 hours! Which was absolutely fantastic! The first one she didn't get through even half of all the stuff about coupons, and it went over 2 hours long.
After her class, I was able to go to a car show that was just ending right when I arrived! I made it to see about 8 cars at the most. They were absolutely gorgeous vehicles!! I have never seen such a more beautiful '56 Ford pickup. It was a bright yellow color, had amazing chrome bumpers and wheels. So many amazing things done to it...
I also went to the mall and helped my dad and siblings look for a birthday gift for my mom. Her birthday is tomorrow. We wanted to get her something that was special and meant a lot, but also wasn't extremely pricey. I was also able to go and see my boss. She is such a sweetheart! I am so sad though cause she is moving to Boise and wont be my manager anymore. She is looking for a new one to hire. I told her that the new manager has to be like her. Fun, exciting, good attitude, etc...
Today has been really good too. The spirit was so strong at church! The talks given in sacrament were about getting closer to Heavenly Father and knowing him better. Doing that would make you know yourself better and how many blessings you really do have. Another talk was on service. Not just for inside of the church or in the home, but for those who you may not like, talk to, or even know. Just doing it with real intent in your heart. With real love and not caring about the blessings given and received from doing the service. It was a really good day at church.
We also had someone come to look at our house this evening. I'm not getting my hopes up though. I just hate getting depressed when no one buys our home. So I am done getting excited about it.
Anyway... Have a great night everyone! =) Sweet dreams!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
July 10th's Post!
Hey everyone! So there hasn't really been much happen that I can post. So until more events come, the only thing I can really think of to post is...................................
COUPON CLASS! TODAY - 1PM! MY HOUSE! BE THERE! =D Brownies will be served too! It is so worth it to learn new things about coupons and saving money. Times are getting harder and will keep on getting that way. It is wonderful to have a little extra money!
COUPON CLASS! TODAY - 1PM! MY HOUSE! BE THERE! =D Brownies will be served too! It is so worth it to learn new things about coupons and saving money. Times are getting harder and will keep on getting that way. It is wonderful to have a little extra money!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
The wonderful 8th of July of the year 2010
Hey everybody! Not too much to post today. Just giving an update =)
Today my mom, siblings and I all went to the pool today. It was nice for the first little bit. Then I started getting cranky.
Actually... I have been cranky since yesterday afternoon. Long story short... I hate people who cause drama that is totally unnecessary. It really bothers me. But oh well.
I am doing better this evening. I guess I just need some time to calm down and get away. Thankfully, the week after next, I get to go to Utah for a few days. It is going to be wonderful. I love going down there. It is my favorite place ever. I think I love it so much down there is because of all the wonderful and incredible church history there is all over the area. Like the stories about all of the pioneers crossing the plains, mountains, and valleys to get the the Great Salt Lake area. Its just wonderful to hear those kind of stories.
Anyway... That is all for tonight! Have a great night!
P.S.- Don't forget about my mom's couponing class on Saturday at 1p.m.at our house!!!! Its going to be a blast! You will learn so much that you never knew about before! And there will be cookies!! Come for the cookies if not for the couponing =P Hahahaha, just kidding.
Today my mom, siblings and I all went to the pool today. It was nice for the first little bit. Then I started getting cranky.
Actually... I have been cranky since yesterday afternoon. Long story short... I hate people who cause drama that is totally unnecessary. It really bothers me. But oh well.
I am doing better this evening. I guess I just need some time to calm down and get away. Thankfully, the week after next, I get to go to Utah for a few days. It is going to be wonderful. I love going down there. It is my favorite place ever. I think I love it so much down there is because of all the wonderful and incredible church history there is all over the area. Like the stories about all of the pioneers crossing the plains, mountains, and valleys to get the the Great Salt Lake area. Its just wonderful to hear those kind of stories.
Anyway... That is all for tonight! Have a great night!
P.S.- Don't forget about my mom's couponing class on Saturday at 1p.m.at our house!!!! Its going to be a blast! You will learn so much that you never knew about before! And there will be cookies!! Come for the cookies if not for the couponing =P Hahahaha, just kidding.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
The 7th of July, 2010!
Alrighty! So I last posted on the 1st of July. Today is the 7th of July!! How crazy is that! Time goes by way too quickly...
Well, since my last post, not too much has happened. For the Fourth of July weekend, my family had some fun. We went to Burley and spent some time with family and friends, and also watched the fireworks. The fireworks this year were really amazing and beautiful. While watching fireworks, I was talking to someone very special to me. We both have this goal/hope to watch fireworks together next year. It would be so amazing if that were able to happen.
Anyway, when we first got down there, we parked our car and everyone in the car saw my Great-grandma Dayley sitting in her truck with one of her friends. It was so wonderful to see her. I don't get to see her very often since we moved. So it was a special day.
My grandma is VERY into working on our families ancestry and getting all of our ancestors work done so we, youth, are able to do baptisms and sealings for them. A few months ago, she sent me a huge package in the mail of tons of ancestors in our family. Each of them had stories beyond my comprehension. It was absolutely incredible to be able to read and share some of the experiences each of them had. One of these days I will post one of the stories she sent to me. My Great-grandma has asked me to write a history of my life for her, so that she may be able to add it to all of our family history stories. I told her I would absolutely LOVE to do that for her.
I kind of got to thinking about my past and all of the adventures and things I could think of and put in a story for her history book. While thinking of things, I thought that my blog, and all of my posts on here are part of my history. I write as much as I can about the every day things that have happened to me and mean so much to my heart. So I have decided that I am going to send my grandma all of my posts and then also post on here some of my past experiences from when I was born, to where I am now. I think this will be a good thing for not only her and getting my history put together, but also me and the things I will be able to remember that will add to my wonderful memory. Remembering historical things that are apart of you and your family are some of the most precious treasures possible. So I can't wait to get everything sent to her!
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Anyways... After the weekend was over, I started to get a cold. Unfortunately, its been getting worse and not as much better. Hopefully I will feel better soon.
Next week is girls camp. My sister Shelly will be going, but I won't be attending. I have a job now! So I will be working. I am not complaining though. I am grateful to have this job. Its a great opportunity and it is going to be a fun experience. I also don't like going to girls camp that often... I have anxiety that gets pretty rough whenever I am with people I do not know or trust well. So I feel having this job will be better for me anyways.
The week after, I hope to go to Utah. My mom is doing this coupon class for my family and they are going to invite friends and other family relatives of theirs. I hope it will be a big turn out. And I also hope to see someone special to me while down there for a few days. =) Thankfully though, if I am not able to go down that week, I will be there the next week for sure for my cousin Alisha's baptism! It is going to be a wonderful month. My grandparents from Georgia are flying in for the special occasion too. And I will be able to see some friends I haven't seen in a while either. I can't wait!
Well, I will write again soon! Have a wonderful evening everyone! =D
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OH! Also!!!..... My mom is having a couponing class this weekend on Saturday at 1:00 at our house!! You are invited! Bring a friend too! Its going to be awesome. She will teach you all you need to know about how to use coupons the right way and how to save money no less than 70%!!!!! It is an awesome opportunity!!! Prices are going up, and money needs to be saved! This is the perfect time to learn how to save more!!!!! =D
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Update!!!!!!!!
Hey everyone! So its been like almost a week since I last posted and figured I need to keep posting or else I will get lazy and not write anymore. Things that have happened in the past week.... Um, now I have to think back so long ago...
Last Saturday I thought that my best friend was coming home from college for the weekend, but he ended up saying that he was going to come this weekend instead, because of the Fourth of July. He wouldn't have been able to come for the holiday if he had come last Saturday. Luckily, I get to see him on this coming Saturday! I can not wait. I miss him so much! I wonder sometimes if he realizes how much he means to me...
Anyway - I ended up thinking I wouldn't have plans for last weekend, because I had planned several things with some of my friends, and also Jake, my bestie! But, fortunately, I got lucky and ended up getting plans. The sad part is....I do not remember what those plans were, at the moment.
Sunday was a pretty good day. My daddy taught our Family Home Evening for that night. (We do it on Sundays instead of Mondays cause he works that night.) He had each of us write everyone's names on a piece of paper, three names to a side. Then he had us make two columns for each person. The first titled "Now", and the other "Future". Under the now column, he had each of us (privately) write what we thought that persons goals were for right now and the next 2 weeks to a month. When we were done with that column, we had to do the same in the other column, but what we thought their goals were for the future. When we were finished, we each got to read aloud the first column about each person in our family. Most of us got the goals right for that column, but there were several that we got wrong or was close to, but not quite. Then we had to do the same for the "Future" column. There were more missing spots in this column. To our surprise, we did not know each other as well as we should. My dad's lesson was to see how well we know our own family. Not anybody outside of it. Yes, we do know each other well. But we don't know each other as good as we should. We should be a closer family and know, if not every single thing, most everything that that person wishes for their life now, and then. Since he taught that lesson, we, as a family, have been trying to think of ways we can spend more time together and get to know each other better.
On Monday, I started my job at Downeast Basics, in the mall. Well, it was more of a tutorial day instead of starting work. I officially start working on the 13th of July. I don't know why I start that late, but oh well. As long as I get to keep the job, I'm happy. I thank Heavenly Father for giving me this job. I feel it will be an amazing experience for me before I go to college. I chose to apply there because of the really good modest clothing the sell. Just because the clothes are modest does not mean they are not in style. The clothes Downeast Basics sell are very much up to date with style and adorable designs. So I love how they sell these products with a modest touch to them.
Today my family went to the Rec Center to go swimming with some neighbors from our ward. It was pretty fun. Though, I would like to ask the Rec to warm the pool water!!!! It was ice cold when I got in. But, I was not alone. Everyone thought the water was fridged! When we got home, we all got some food, and started relaxing and getting ready for my dad to go to work. I went to my room to, what I thought would just lay down for a few minutes, but turned into a couple hours of sleep. It was nice to get a nap in, but I missed saying goodbye to my daddy. I hope he knows I love him with my whole heart! I wish there was some way I could express how much I love him more than I already do. It worries me that he doesn't know how much I do love him. He is my hero and means the world to me. I wish every single person could have a father like mine. He is absolutely amazing.
Anyway.... I will write again soon! Have a wonderful evening. =)
Friday, June 25, 2010
9:08p.m. On the 25th of June, 2010!!
Hey everyone!!! Okay, so for the past couple of days that I haven't written, a lot has happened. Well, not a lot, but you get what I'm saying! So on Thursday I went to the mall to turn in some applications. When I got that finished, I went to Downeast Basics to get an application. (I think I already told this story, but I can't remember. =P ) Anyways... I was at my friends house today and Sara, the manager at Downeast called me and said that I got the job offer!!! I am SO thrilled!!!! Lucky me I will start on Monday. I will only be there for about two hours, just so they can get me ready for everything and whatnot. But its still great! I can't believe that I got it! I know that this is truly a blessing from Heavenly Father and I thank him with all of my heart!!! =)
Anyways, to me that was a lot. Lol. But I'm gonna go for the night.
Talk to ya'll later!!!! =D
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok. So today has been pretty fantastic!! I decided that since my sister and mom were gonna go out and buy some jewelry that I would go to the mall and turn in some applications that I have had for like...EVER!!!! When I turned in those apps, I went to go and find some more to turn in.
Well, I was closest to Downeast Basics and asked for the application. The lady (named Sara I think?) told me that today was her interview day and had some people that were coming in for them and asked if I just wanted to hurry and fill out the application then do an interview right after wards. I was so excited and immediately said yes.
So I filled it out within about 15 minutes and she gave me the interview. To both of our surprises it went EXTREMELY well!!!! I am so glad. She really appreciated and was surprised by how much more mature I am compared to most 16 year old kids! I told her I get that a lot and thanked her for that.
I feel that this is a blessing from Heavenly Father for me to get a job. I didn't have a clue that she would be interviewing people that day! I'm trying to not get my hopes up too much, just incase things don't work out. But I cant really help that I am excited for how well it went! =)
Anyway... Have a FANTABULOUS day everyone!!! =D
Monday, June 21, 2010
Blog Update!!!
So, since Friday, when I last posted, not too much has happened. Well, there has been a lot, but not enough to remember everything. Life is still wonderful. I am enjoying every bit of it. I have an amazing family, I have fantastic friends, and they all love and care about me.
I think for this post I am going to reflect on the past couple months and some of the changes that have happened to me. Maybe for some of you that are having a rough time, my story will help you.
In the beginning of March, I was having a very rough time with life, my self-esteem (like if I really was beautiful or if people were just saying that), if people really did love me, etc... I have had issues with these before, but at the time, it all came crashing down on me and I didn't know how I was going to get through the next couple years until college started and I could re-start my life.
On March 17th, I had enough and at the time, my parents were not home. So I started to talk to my best friend, Jake. He has always been someone that lives near by, that I can count on whenever I am in need of something. When I texted him, I told him the issues I was having and he kept on trying to convince me that I am beautiful, sweet, nice, smart, friendly, and about everything that anyone could want. I wanted to believe him, but at the time I was so down and sad that not even what he said did as much as I was really hoping it would. I knew that it would take not only myself to do what I could to feel better, but I would need a spiritual kind of help.
About a week later, the General Young Women broadcast was, well, being broadcast. I didn't feel like going, but my mom and sister convinced me to go and listen to what the speakers had to say. The talks were on what our Young Women theme is on. "Be Strong and of Good Courage." There was one talk that really stood out to me though. (Here is the website to find all the talks: http://lds.org/broadcast/gywm/0,7726,2298,00.html.) The talk that stood out to me the most was by Elaine S. Dalton, the Young Women General President. The whole talk stood out to me. But there are a few paragraphs that I would like to state from her talk. It says...
Young women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, remember who you are! You are elect. You are daughters of God. You cannot be a generation of young women who are content to fit in. You must have the courage to stand out, to “arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations.” The world would have you believe that you are not significant—that you are out of fashion and out of touch. The world calls to you with unrelenting, noisy voices to “live it up,” “try everything,” “experiment and be happy.” Conversely, the Holy Ghost whispers and the Lord invites you to “walk in the paths of virtue,” “lay aside the things of this world,” “and cleave unto [your] covenants."
Recently, a group of young women visited my office. At the end of the visit, one young woman confided with tears in her eyes, “I have never thought of myself as beautiful. I have always felt very ordinary. But today, as I walked past the mirror in your office and glanced into it, I was beautiful!” She was beautiful because her face shone with the Spirit. She saw herself as our Heavenly Father sees her. She had received His image in her countenance. That is deep beauty.
Young women, look into the mirror of eternity. Remember who you are! See yourself as our Heavenly Father sees you. You are elect. You are of noble birth. Don’t compromise your divine inheritance. You were born to be a queen. Live so you are worthy to enter the temple and there receive “all that [the] Father hath.” Develop deep beauty. There is no more beautiful sight than a young woman who glows with the light of the Spirit, who is confident and courageous because she is virtuous.
Remember, you are daughters of our Heavenly Father. He loves you so much that He sent His Son to show you the way to live, so that you could return to Him someday. I testify that as you draw close to the Savior, His infinite Atonement makes it possible for you to repent, to change, to be pure, and to receive His image in your countenance. His Atonement will enable you to be strong and courageous as you continue to raise your banner for virtue. You are golden. You are the banner!
And so I conclude with the Lord’s words to each of us, His precious daughters: “Behold, . . . thou art an elect lady, whom I have called.” “Walk in the paths of virtue. . . . Lay aside the things of [the] world. . . . Cleave unto the covenants which thou hast made. . . . Keep my commandments continually, and a crown of righteousness thou shalt receive.” Of this I bear my witness in the holy name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, amen."
After hearing the story of the girl looking into the mirror in Sister Dalton's office, I was in tears and truly felt inside that I was beautiful. I have changed the ways I look at myself and the way that I think about myself. Satan did such a great job at the time at trying to make me think the wrong things about myself. He tried to ruin my life, who I was, and what I was and am now.
I do know that I am a Daughter of God. I know without a doubt that Heavenly Father loves me. I can also say that I know that going to this Young Women broadcast that it changed my life and I am so grateful in so many ways that my sister and mom convinced me to go.
I won't say that life will now and forever more be perfect and that I will think the world of myself. I know that Satan is going to try and ruin my life again or try and make me do things I know to be wrong. But now that I know who I am and what I am makes me so much more stronger than I would have been if I did not hear what these talks were about. I know in my heart that I am beautiful. That I am loved by so many. That I am everything that my friend Jake told me I am and what others have also said about me. I have become someone that I can help others with through their self-esteem problems and tell them the story that changed my life forever.
I am grateful to my Heavenly Father to showing me the light and the truth and His love for me. I will never forget such an experience. I hope all of you will read this and see a difference in your eyes and know that you ARE a daughter or a son of God. Those of you who are guys, read this and put Son in for the word Daughter, or put the word Men in for the word Women. A message like this should go out to the world for both female AND male. Both young and old.
I leave this message with you all hoping I have helped you in some way. =)
Have a wonderful Monday evening!!
Friday, June 18, 2010
Short Entry
Well, today there hasn't been too much that has happened. So I won't be writing too much tonight.
Most of the day, I have been trying to relax and feel better from getting a not so great or fun sunburn from mowing our yard. I only mowed half of it though because I could feel myself burning and it was also really hot outside. When I got inside and all cleaned up, I looked at my neck and arms to see how badly they were burned. They didn't seem too bad, so I went on with my day trying to help my mom get things ready for the yard sale tomorrow. (Which by they way starts at 8:00 in the morning at my house!!!) Not too much later, I started to really feel the burn on my left arm. I went to see if it had gotten any redder. Unfortunately it did. My arms, neck, top half of my back, and legs. I really wasn't even outside for that long. So I am kinda bummed, and I do not look forward to waking up so early to get things set up for the sale either. I'm not going to be feeling all that great.
Anyways, have a wonderful night everyone! Will write again soon!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Fabulous June 17th of the year 2010
I am so proud of myself!! I have actually been on here a lot lately!! Lol.
Well, today has been one heck of a day. Since how we are getting ready for our garage sale this weekend, we have been pricing tons of stuff and trying to get it all ready to go, etc.... But after I was done pricing things in my room, my momma had me go to PetSmart to get some medication for our little Lucie. Let me just tell you all that she is the most adorable Toy Poodle ever!!! Anyways...when I got there, I got what was needed, paid and went home, all within 20 minutes. I thought I did good. But then we opened up the box and it was empty!!! So........ I had to go BACK to the store, hoping to be able to exchange it, but unfortunately they had none left. Well, this really nice cashier dude helped me out by going to check on some other things, comes back with the same medication, but with a bigger count of the tablets inside it. (I only needed 2 tablets), but he opens the other box, hands me SIX tablets and said to not worry about paying for the extra. What a sweet guy.
Well... Afterward, I get home, we give Lucie her meds, and it was a long rest of the afternoon. I was waiting for my dear friend Luke to come pick me up to go to a lake, but then he ended up telling me that if we went to the lake, we would get really cold. And neither of us like cold weather, unless we are skiing or, for him, snowboarding. Haha. So we ended up going to a pool and had a blast there. At the time, we hadn't planned on getting wet. But for some odd reason I had the feeling to take my swimming suit. I am VERY glad I did, since how we went to the pool. He and his cousin tried throwing me in it in the beginning, WITH my clothes still on, but I begged them to let me get changed. Lol. It was fun though. I cant wait to hang out with them again. :)
Well, that is all for tonight. Will write again soon!! Have an amazing evening!!!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
June 16th of 2010!!
So since I posted my talk from Sunday, I have really enjoyed this week. I can't really complain about anything right now. I would like to start my post off by saying I love my mom and dad with everything and so much more than I've got. They mean the world to me and I am so grateful they are my parents. :)
There isn't way too much to write about right now. Though before my last post, it had been a while before I was on, I can't seem to remember much of what has happened recently. Kinda sad, but oh well.
So my family is having this huge garage sale, and we are really excited to be able to get rid of so much junk. Well, most of it is actually almost brand new or it is new. We just call it junk cause we aren't using it at this time of day. A lot of it my parents wanted to keep for when I get married and have my own children, but they decided that when that time comes, that they will just help out and get some more items. My mom and I are also getting rid of TONS and A LOT of scrapbook stuff that literally is brand new and most of it never been opened. So we are putting like these little packs together and hoping that people will like them. :)
I am hoping that we will be able to sell, if not all of the stuff, that we sell most of it. It would be such a huge blessing to be able to get rid of it all and use the money for things that we really do see our selves in need of at this time.
Anyways.... Until next time, have a wonderful day, evening, and night!!! =)
Sunday, June 13, 2010
June 13, 2010 Update!!
So.... I am officially horrible at posting stuff on here. Any of you this bad at posting things like I am?? Haha. Well.... To start off today's post, I am FINALLY a senior :D I can't believe it!! I am still attending Canyon Ridge, and I love it. I have never truly enjoyed a school as much as this one. Yes, like the past schools I have attended, there have been issues and trials and whatnot, but being at this school has helped me, personally, be a better person. I think being a senior this coming year will also help me a lot more also. Its amazing how just a school can change so much in your life, how you act, and who you become. I know it changed me for the best, and I have my Heavenly Father to thank for that.
Anyways... Since my last post, which I believe was about my dear friend Ashley, I can say there has been A LOT that has happened. I can happily say that I have earned my Young Womanhood Recognition, received my gift from it, and wear it proudly. Being able to complete my Personal Progress has been amazing and blessed me with so much. A lot of that I can thank to my mom. She helped me through so much and kept on pushing me to finish it.
Today I was able to give a talk on the Second Article of Faith. Just for the heck of it, I am gonna write what my talk says. People all day at church said it was really well said and thought out, so maybe you will like it too.
The Second Article of Faith states, "We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression." I looked at the cross-references from the words punished, own, and transgression.
Under punished, it gave the scripture Exodus 32:33, which says, "And the Lord said unto Moses, whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book." That scripture is pretty self-explanatory. If you sin and not repent of it, then God will not bless you with the things he has/had in store for you.
The second scripture I looked up was Mosiah 26:36, which states, "And those that would not confess their sins and repent of their iniquity, the same were not numbered among the people of the church, and their names were blotted out." Like the first scripture, this explains what Heavenly Father wanted to put across to those who would not listen and obey His commandments.
And the last scripture I looked up under punished was D&C 127:7 and 128:7. I am only going to post 127:7. It says, "That in all your recordings it may be recorded in heaven; whatsoever you bind on earth, may be bound in heaven; whatsoever you loose on earth, may be loosed in heaven."
I next researched on the word own and it gave me the scripture Deut. 24:16, which says, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin." I very much liked reading this verse because it explains that you can not give your wrong doing to someone else to take the consequence for you. You, yourself, have to claim the sin you made and deal with the consequence and understand that the outcome was only because of the choice you made.
I also looked up Ezek.18:20, which says, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him." This also explains the same as the scripture I wrote above.
When I looked up the last scripture for own, I was referred to Joshua 24:15. This scripture reads, "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Out of the Bible, this has got to be my favorite scripture. It is so bold in what it explains. You cannot choose to follow the Lord and Satan, both. You must choose whether you will follow one or the other. But to follow both, it is impossible and incorrect.
And for my last cross-reference on transgression, I read Matthew 12:36, which states, "But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment." This speaks of foul language that the world uses every day, in these days. So many people are always swearing and cussing, etc... What people don't understand is when they use God's name in vain, its worse than putting all of the worlds swear words together. It states very clearly in the Ten Commandments to NOT use His name in vain. Using this language is also very offensive to not only Heavenly Father, but to also those of who do not use those words so rudely and wrong.
I also read in Alma 12:14. This scripture reads, "For our words will condemn us, yea all our words will condemn us; we shall not be found spotless, and our thoughts will also condemn us, and in this awful state we shall not dare to look up to our God; and we would fain be glad if we could command the rocks and the mountains to fall upon us to hide us from his presence.
The last scripture I read was in Eccl. 5:2. This reads, "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter ANY thing before God: for God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few."
I read on lds.org, under Fall of Adam, some of the process of why we have sin. It states, "The process by which mankind became mortal in this earth. The fall of Adam is one of the most important occurrences in the history of man. Before the fall, Adam and Eve had physical bodies but no blood. There was no sin, no death, and no children among any of the earthly creations. With the eating of the "forbidden fruit," Adam and Eve became the "first flesh" upon the earth, meaning that he and Eve were the first to become mortal. After Adam fell, the whole creation fell and became mortal. Adam's fall brought both physical and spiritual death into the world upon all mankind.
The fall was no surprise to the Lord. It was a necessary step in the process of man, and provisions for a Savior had been made even before the fall had occurred. Jesus Christ came to atone for the fall of Adam and also for man's individual sins.
Latter-day revelation supports the biblical account of the fall, showing that is was a historical event that literally occurred in the history of man. Many points in latter-day revelation are also clarified that are not discernible from the Bible. Among other things, it makes clear that the fall is a blessing, and that Adam and Eve should be honored in their station as the first parents of the earth."
I am truly grateful for the gift of repentance and the blessings I have received from it. I know that we have a prophet of God here upon the earth this day. I know that this is the true church of God, and I am so grateful to be apart of it and have been raised in the church. This is my testimony, and I leave it with you all, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
I shall HOPEFULLY write again soon!!! :) See ya!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Ashley Winn and Family
During this past week a little girl, that my whole family has always been close to, passed away. Her name was Ashley Winn. Through out my whole life, she has always been such an amazing spirit, inspiration, joyful, happy, and loving little girl.
Ashley was born with a disease in her heart, and throughout her body. The day she was born, she ended up being life flighted to Primary Childrens Hospital to receive her very first open heart surgery. During her whole life, she continued to have surgery after surgery after surgery.
Ashley always showed her love for the Savior Jesus Christ in so many ways. Her deepest desire was to fulfill her mission on this earth and please her Father in Heaven. When she made a mistake, she would feel awful for it and do everything in her power to correct what was done. Ashley did what she could to express her love and devotion for all those in need, when she was the one going through all the worst times. She never asked for anything from anyone. Not her parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, etc....
Tomorrow morning at 11:00am, her funeral will be held. We, my family, will attend it.
Words we cannot express to this dear little child of how much we love her and are so happy for her to not be in pain anymore is beyond comprehension.
The only way I feel I am able to tell her how much I love her and what she has done for not only me, but for everyone else that she has and will touch the lives of others is through my prayers to my Father in Heaven. Every day when I pray, I ask Heavenly Father to let all of my loved ones in Heaven know how much I love them, and what they have done for me. I am so grateful for knowing each and every one of the people I have known, that has passed on from this life to the next.
Though we may be sad and morn that they have left us physically on earth, they are still with us in spirit, and have become each and every one of us guardian angels.
To the Winn family... I love each of you with all of my heart. I keep you in my prayers every day. My family loves you and keeps you all in their prayers every day. We thank you for all of the posts and updates on dear little Ashley. We all give you our love. You are all strong and amazing people, and Ashley is so lucky to have such an amazingly wonderful family like you. Never forget that Heavenly Father is there for you all the time, when it seems like nothing else could go wrong, or when you feel at your lowest. Pray to Him often and express what you feel in your hearts. Don't forget how much Ashley loves you and appreciates all you did for her while here on this earth. Blessings will come to each of you as you strive to live life to the fullest with happy and loving hearts.
We love you all. I love you all. Thank you for sharing you sweet little angel with us. She will always be your guardian angel until your time has come to see her again.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Journal Entry
Hey guys. Sorry for the lack of update. Its been a very busy last couple of weeks. Can you believe we are already into the 3rd month of 2010!?!?
For the past 2 or so weeks, my wisdom teeth have been causing me a lot of pain from my neck and up. Yesterday after school, I was able to go to my dentist, who is in my ward, and get them checked to see if they needed to be pulled out. It took him no longer than 5 seconds to look into my mouth and tell me it was time. So on Thursday, March 4th, at 9:00am, I am going into minor surgery to get them out. Yay me!! Not...
School this semester is going o.k. It seems harder to get all of my work done and in at the time it is due. But I am working really hard at trying to get better grades this semester. I am doing everything I can to graduate a semester early. Which means I will go to school next year, in my senior year, and only be there for half of the year. My plans are to go to college in Provo, Utah at the Paul Mitchell Cosmetology school. I am so excited to learn more about doing cosmetics. I truly enjoy every bit of it. If by any chance I don't make it into Paul Mitchell, then my secondary plans for college are to go to Idaho State University. I have MANY friends that go there and tell me much about the different programs they have. There have been several people tell me about their cosmetics courses also, and how good they are. I would love to be with many of my best friends, but I would also like to go where my heart wants to go.
The family is all doing really well. Ashlynn is still her cute, little, short self. But she is almost 12 years old!!! That is crazy! I feel so old... Lol. James is just about as tall as her! He is in the middle of a major growth spurt. He is also so freaking smart. He takes after Chylanne. He is so bored in class that he never does his homework until mom and dad make him sit at the table with them and do it. He hates it! Chylanne is still taller than me (its so sad...) and she is growing even more these past couple of days. She is doing so well in school and also handling band class. She plays the violin, taught herself, and does a fantastic job! In fact.... she has a concert at her school tonight! Mom is still teaching her food storage classes and loves it! Not only is she teaching others, but she is also learning new ways to do things with it all. I think her next couple of classes are on how to properly coupon and save TONS of money (which we have done very well with lately). We are all so very proud of her. Dad is still working for UPS and is such a trooper with it. He practically lives alone. I feel bad for him. The only days he ever gets to spend time with us kids is on the weekends. But I guess it could be worse. He could be back into construction and not ever be home except once or twice every other month.
Well, I better go get ready for school. I hope everyone has a great day. And know I love you all!!!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Very late 2nd Journal Entry
Wow... I seem to not get on here as much as I was hoping.
Things have been crazy. From my last post, I mentioned that my family was going to Utah for a couple of my cousins weddings. Those both turned out great! I love the men the girls married. They both fit perfectly into our whole family.
We spent our new year down in Utah also, with my aunt Amy and her family. It was a blast! I met new friends and still talk to them. They are so awesome.
Right now I am working really hard on graduating early and going to college next spring. I plan on going to Paul Mitchell Cosmetology school. I cant wait! Its going to be awesome. I plan to move down to Utah for school and hopefully I will meet the man I end up marrying! =P Who knows what will happen though.
To be able to graduate early, I am taking several courses online to get my credits for next year. I am only graduating a semester early though. I would hate to graduate a full year early. That would be insane! Then over the summer, I am going to also take some other courses online to get through with the credits. My grandparents, bless their hearts, offered to pay for the courses, according to how hard I really want this and how hard I work for it to happen. I can not thank them enough for doing this for me. It means so much!
My sister, Chylanne, is also working hard on her school work. She is such a busy bee with her violin and her school work. I am so proud of her. She would like to skip 8th grade and go straight to 9th grade. That would be so awesome for her. She hopes that with her being as smart as she is, that the school district will pass her to do so.
Ashlynn is such a social bug! Constantly she is making new friends or she is out with her friends. She is still her cute and small little self. But she is funsized!!! We all love her height. Its what helps make her adorable.
On the other hand, James is having this MAJOR growth spurt!! He is so tall for a 5 year old. In no time, he will be as tall as me. My family all thinks he will end up being tall like Chylanne is. He is so hyper too. None of us can keep up with him. James is loving Kindergarten and is the smartest kid in his class! His teacher is going to set him up on a program called PLATO and get some harder work for him to do. He gets so bored with the work they do in class, that he never ends up doing it. What a smarty!
My mom and dad are both still going crazy, staying busy, and looking for as much "free-time" as possible.
Dad is still working for UPS, and what a blessing that is. On the weekends, there will be many times where he will get home from work and not go to bed like he should, but instead, he will stay up and spend as much time with the family as possible. Since he works at night, he feels and is so alone. We kids work to try and make the time he has with us as fun as possible!
Mom is teaching her food storage classes still and is doing really great and is having fun with it. She is also trying to teach us kids about the things that she learns and does too. We love knowing that if we ever need to live off of our food storage, that our mom will help us out since she knows so much about it. We are very proud of her as a family.
Our family is doing great. We are enjoying our lives. And we are enjoying our friends and family in it too. We aren't a perfect family, but we try. I love being with them. They are my world. My everything.
I hope you all are having a great weekend!!
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