Don't Blame Me, Blame Julie

( ) Smoked a cigarette
(X) Drank so much you threw up
( ) Crashed a friend's car
( ) Stolen a car
(X) Been in love
(X) Been dumped
( ) Been laid off / fired
(X) Been in a fist fight
( ) Been shot at
(X) Been stabbed in the back- not literally
( ) Snuck out of your parent's house
(X) Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) Gone on a blind date
(X) Skipped school
( ) Seen someone die
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
(X) Been on a plane
(X) Been lost
(X) Been on the opposite side of the country
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Felt like dying
(X) Cried yourself to sleep
( ) Played cops and robbers naked???
( ) Had sex on the beach…THE DRINK THAT IS…HAHAHA
( )Recently colored with crayons
(X) Sang karaoke
( ) Paid for a meal with only coins
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
( ) Made prank phone calls
(X) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(X) Laughed until you cried
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(X) Danced in the rain
( ) Danced under a Full Moon
(X) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(X) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about or love
(X) Blown bubbles
( ) Made a bonfire on the beach
( ) Crashed a party
(X) Gone roller-skating
(X) Ice-skating

1. Any nicknames? Jenny, Jenn, Jennabelle, Babe
2. What is your favorite drink? Dr. Pepper, Iced Tea, Beer, and Wine
3. Tattoos? Nope, too chicken
4. Any piercing? Both ears and my naval
5. How much do you love your job? Hopefully more and more from here on out
6. Favorite vacation spot? The beach, anywhere
7. Ever been to Africa? No, and honestly I have no desire to go
8. Ever steal any traffic signs? Um, yes, but can ya blame me for stealing Jennifer Dr.?
9. Ever been in a car accident? Of course
10. How many doors does your car have? 4
11. Salad dressing? King of all salad dressings, Ranch
12. Favorite number? 14
13. Favorite holiday? Christmas
14. Favorite food? Mexican
15. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
16. Favorite brand of body soap? Who uses bar soap anymore?
17. What happened to question 17?
18. Favorite toothpaste? one that cleans my teeth
19. Favorite smell? Fresh baked bread or cookies
20. What do you do to relax? SCRAPBOOK!
21. Message to friends/family reading this? Lots of love to you!
22. How do you see yourself in 10 years? In a great big house that I designed, cooking in my awesomely large kitchen for my kids and all their friends who only want to hang out at our house 'cause it's the most fun, and I'm the coolest mom in the world
23. What do you do when you are bored? SCRAPBOOK!
24. Furthest place you will send this message? Anyone creepy reading my blog?
25.Who will respond the fastest? No one, since I'm posting it
26. Least likely to respond? No one, since I'm posting it

Blushing!!!

Thanks girls! I had fun with it yesterday and I really do hope I keep it up. I've always wanted to keep a diary or journal, but was never motivated enough to do it. I had a diary in 1st grade for like three months then lost interest in it. But it sure is fun to read through it now and see who I had a crush on which day!

I hope this helps me with my journaling in my scrapbooks. Sometimes I have these amazing ideas and thoughts, but forget to write them down and then I'm stuck on journaling again. *Sigh*

I did 4.5 miles on the exercise bike last night so my butt is killing me today. Just when I think it feels better, I get up from my chair to go do something then plop back down on my chair and wince! I'm such a weenie!

So my creative streak continues! I finished my pumpkin carving invites last night (see the SJ gallery) AND I made two birthday cards! Wow! I'm in awe of myself. I've got plans to go to Scrap Mania at Archiver's on Friday night, so I'm crossing my fingers that I'll get some wedding LO's done. Oh, and Kris' CJ too that I'm in posession of. I'm still tempted to hang on to it and have Charlene send me her LO for it so that I can bring it IRL to Kris in December. We'll see.....

Yikes, I better get back to work before they fire me!

LET IT SNOW, Let It Snow, let it snow...

It's been snowing all day...our first real snow storm of the year. Didn't start sticking until about 3 hours ago though, so it won't take long to brush off the car, but I'm betting it will take a while for the car to warm up. What a day to forget a coat! Check out my snow pics on the SJ MB under the TX Gals thread.

Obviously, I've had a busy week. Nothing too exciting just busy, so sorry I've been absent! Last week I had several meetings and a couple days of training, so that left me no time to check in at work.

Reese's birthday was Friday, and she's all of 5 years old now! Hard to believe we've had her that long, but she's so integral to our lives. Can't imagine it without her either! It was relatively unexciting for her (and us!). We rented Fun with Dick and Jane and Wimbledon, then made dinner and watched the movies. WooHoo, we're so hip!

Saturday, spent most of the day cleaning the house for our pumpkin carving party. We did take a break and went to Supper Solutions to make our meals for October. Pumpkin carving was so much fun! Here's all four pumpkins together:

Here's my cute little pumpkin!

Sunday, I went to a luncheon for one of my scrappin' girlfriends. She's about to have her 3rd baby boy, and needed some girl time before he decided to show his face. If she doesn't have him by Friday, her doctor is inducing her, so she's looking forward to having a beer for Monday Night Football next week! LOL! She's so cute!

Hmmmm...so I have lots of friends who are preggo, or just had their babies. There's my girlfriend at work who's in her 4th month, then my scrappin' friend who'll have one by Friday, my sorority sister Gretchen just had her 2nd on Saturday, and a friend through my scrappin' friend just had her 1st nearly two weeks ago. Oh, not to mention Laurie and Crissy on the MB! Seems rather fishy to me, but nonetheless got me finally considering a little one. Anyway, DH and I had the finances talk last week, and I think it pretty much scared the **** out of him. He was the one who first admitted he was ready, mind you, then I finally got myself all talked into it and now he's not so sure! Funny thing is, we went to dinner with my in-laws last night and DH mentions that all our friends are starting to have kids, and in doing so, basically tells them we'll be having them sooner rather than later. Fabulous...now my MIL will be expecting them SOONER, not SOON, and definitely not LATER. Wasn't ready for that one! I'm finding myself swooning over baby clothes much more often, with a little butterfly in my stomach that didn't used to be there. My friend Jen, who was over to carve pumpkins on Saturday, always told me that one day you'll wake up and the switch will be on...but I never really believed her. I'm thinkin' maybe she was right! LOL!

So, the only other exciting (yeah right) thing that's happened in the past week was me slamming my own finger in my own car door last night as I was rushing into the gym. It's my right index finger too, so I'm shocked there's not more typos in this post. My typing ability is shot right now! Not to mention all the things you use that finger for and never realize it until it's incapacitated! Like washing my hair, buttoning my jeans, starting my car, using a pen...I felt like a four year old today. It's swollen to twice the size of my left index finger, and both knuckles are black and blue, with a little cut right where the door nearly cut my finger off. Okay, it's not that bad, 'cause I know it's not broken, but it sure hurts like a SOB!

Off to pile on some more clothes...my hands and feet are freezin'!