More About Me!

I promised a list of what I don't like! (don't expect that I have gotten better at blogging....because it will probably only last this week!)

1. I don't like feet..I have a foot fetish...I got this from my dad, because when we were little he would always make me rub his feet and I hated it!
2. I don't like wet dogs...I have discovered this by having my dog...I hate giving her a bath! She only gets one from me if she is really gross otherwise she gets one from her grandma or nanny!
3. I don't like school...however, I like how it keeps me busy and I'm almost done anyways so I have to stick it out!
4. I don't like mushrooms...I have tasted them and I still don't like them!
5. Along with mushrooms I hate sea food! This however will have to change in 3 weeks...I'm going to have to learn to love it!
6. I hate when my dog whines and licks me...she is currently doing that so I had to add that to my list...also the sound she makes when she licks herself!
7. Speaking of sounds I hate the sound when fingers are rubbed against paper when trying to turn the page!
8. I don't like being late...I absolutely hate being late and have to leave for something at least 15 min early. I go to work which is down a couple of blocks 15 min early...I go to school at least 45 min early (that's not my fault, because the parking is so awful) however if I don't find a parking spot I don't go to class because I hate walking in late.
9. I hate being randomly pick on to answer a question...even if I have something to say my mind always goes blank. So I usually just give them a dumb stare until I can figure out what to say!
10. I don't like sunburns...Ok I couldn't think of a last one and I'm really sunburned right now that my skin feels like its on fire! So that's basically all I can think about right now!

About Me!

Since I'm bored and am trying to pass the time before it is acceptable to go to bed..its only 9 so I should be able to go to bed in an hour without feeling like a grandma! Anyways so I decided to make a list of what I like and sometime later...probably tomorrow because I have no life and I will be bored again I will make a list of what I don't like!

Things I like, By Jessica Chris Brown!

1. I love love love to read...I love any book with a happy ending!
2. I secretly love anything history...I'm not a real history buff, but I like to read books about how people lived in the past.
3. I love to decorate...I can't wait to buy a house so I can tear down walls, put in tile, paint whatever color I want and make it my own! I try to do that in my apartment, but its hard when you have to please other people and you can't paint!
4. I love watching movies...I don't cry that often and sometimes a girl needs to cry so I love chick flicks where I can cry and it will be acceptable...I must confess I cry in about 95% of the movies I watch!
5. I love my family...this one probably should have been at the top of my list, but I was just reading a book so that was on my mind first...I love being with my family and can't wait till the day when I can move to Richfield and build my house right next to my parents house...yes whoever I marry that will be a condition they will have to agree too!
6. I am a blanket person..I think that is a family thing..I love cuddling up to a blanket and always have to have one when I am watching movies.
7. I love to do crafts...I love to sew, scrapbook (which I haven't done for a long time)...anything that is craft related...I know its nerdy...but it runs in my blood so I can't help it!
8. I love taking baths...except the bathtub at my apartment is always gross even after we scrub it...so I have to take baths when I go home...and I take one every night sometimes....my favorite is taking a book and reading it while I'm soaking in the tub!
9. I love singing in the car...there is only 2 places were I sing and that is church and the car!
10. Last one and I think its the most important...I love the Gospel...its so comforting and teaches such great values. I think I would be depressed if I didn't have it, because whenever I'm sad or had a hard day I can always pray for comfort and guidance.

Phew that was rough...I had to think hard to get 10...I think the don't one will be a little easier! So stay tuned!

I Wrote A Post!!

While I'm sitting here on the couch after all my strenuous activities today (work, nap, reading, watching TV, making dinner) I decided to write a blog! Proud I know..(anybody want a puppy for a week...she is really bugging me today always wanting to be on my lap! Good thing i'm going home for the weekend so that her birth mother can take care of her)

Nothing exciting has been happening in my life...ok that's a lie, I have a lot of things going on in my life! First off a week from tomorrow is my last day of work for a month! I'm pretty excited about that however, not quite sure how i'll pay my rent in August...I might have to take an I.O.U. from pops! After the annual Meyer family reunion...which I always look forward too I am leaving with my sister and nephew to Tonga. I'm super excited but I feel bad that all my family can't come, but I promise to bring back some prizes!

If you read my sisters blog you know that my Grandma died 2 Saturdays ago and her funeral was last Saturday. It was really sad but I was blessed to be there the last week of her life. The spirit was so strong when the brought her home and stayed throughout the week...I know it was all her angles watching over her, specially my Grandpa and Uncle David. She loved music so everyday we played her church CD's for her..one CD called Reflections of Christ, which is now my favorite and it will always remind me of that last week with her.

I'm moving to Brigham City!!!! I'm so excited and look at housed everyday...that's right I'm buying a house! I'm growing up so fast! However, I'm not moving until after the new year, I got offered a job there; however, the store won't open until next year sometime. I want to move right now but I have to finish school, which this is my last semester and I only have to take 2 classes! I look at houses everyday and always think about ways to decorate it..i'm super excited and I have big plans, (which might include buying a Vespa to drive around in the summer...I have to buy a house first, but I can dream!!!) I just need to find a roommate!

Well that's my exciting life! However, its not that exciting at the moment! I am going home tomorrow and I have been promised by my brother that we can go four-wheeling and fishing so I'm pretty excited..and like I mentioned before next week is the reunion and then the 4th that will be exciting.

Poor Lilly

Poor little Lilly is having her first girl time...my baby is growing up so fast! Don't be surprised but it is just like regular girl time...gross huh! Ya its really gross! So she gets to wear a diaper! Its really cute on her...and I wasn't ever going to put clothes on my dog...but desperate times calls for desperate measures! She is so good with it on and doesn't ever try to take it off. The best part is that she doesn't go potty in the house (or in her diaper)! But mysteriously I did find some poop on the carpet when I came home from work today, I swear I put a diaper on her when I left and she had it on when I got back! She does seem a little depressed with it on...but I think that is just her PMS...she better get used to it, because its going to be permanent thing until she gets potty trained!

Fun Month

I have deemed May as my fun month, the month that i have of summer before I go to Tonga. To start out my fun month I drove with my sister and mom to visit the kids in California. The drive was awful and gave me ulcers. Just a tip never drive to California on a Sunday. The stretch from Las Vegas to California is packed traffic the whole way! But it was well worth it! It was fun to hang out and see my sisters new house. The weather was so nice, It was hot and I loved it! We went to the outlet malls, hung out, and worked on projects. It was fun!

For the rest of my fun month I am going back to California camping with my roommates...ok thats about all the adventures I have planned. There is only 6 weeks until I leave and I am starting my countdown!

Busy Weekend

I'm sitting here on the couch trying to figure out something to do! I decided this semester I am not going to do homework on Sundays...I had 2 or 3 lessons in a row about not doing homework on a Sunday, so I thought I better not! This past week I went home, because we were supposed to move Jamie. However, we didn't end up going so this week has been craft week. I started out by ripping up my chair that I am supposed to be reupholstering (sp?) I started to paint it, but it was too windy..so I left that for jamie or my mom to finish up! If you have noticed my post before I found this blog that has a lot of cute tutorials for skirts and things. We (jamie and I, she likes to copy what I make! ha ha just kidding, but she does secretly want to dress just like me! Today she even wore the same pajama pants and a black top! Just like me ha ha) Anyways luckily I bought extra fabric, so around 7 or 8 Friday night we started making the lace for days skirt. Of course she is faster at pinning and sewing then i am so she was way ahead of me...We didn't end up having enough lace which we thought we would so I let her finish and I will go get more and do mine. I did get the body of it done, so I just have to put on the lace. I really just let her finish so I could do it different if it didn't work out! ha ha just kidding, but it did turn out really cute, and I think she is going to post pictures.

When I went and bought fabric for the lace skirt I found some cute fabric for a swim suit cover. So after sitting around all morning on Saturday I decided to make my swim suit cover. I was really nervous about using elastic thread but it was so stinkin easy and turned out way cute. To make my swim suite cover maybe took me 2 hours it was so easy! And after that I decdied to make a skirt from fabric that I was going to make pillow covers with for my bed. It turned out cute, but isn't my favorite...I want to find some cuter knit fabric to make another skirt, this was just my test run.

So even though we didn't get to move jamie this weekend I got a lot done,

• I chopped some wood! yes I did! Last time I was home, Jake was out chopping wood, and of course whenever there is a opportunity to show Jake up I have to take it! I tried my hand at chopping...It was so funny becuase the kids got out the lawn chairs and was cheering for us! That made it even funner, because whenever I got one chopped in half I would do a little victory yell and that made them cheer louder! So this week when I was home Jake came in and told me to come chop wood with him! It was fun, the kids were very supportive this time, they were too involved in swinging!
• I started my chair, ripping fabric off chairs is hard work. If you could see how many chairs we have reupholstered and still need to reupholster you would think we were crazy. I think my sister has done maybe 5? I'm not sure, my mom has done 1 for Janelle and still has 1 to do for her and she has 2 still to do. I only have 1! But don't worry I already called the garage next to start collecting furniture after Jamie leaves! My mom just wants a stall to park her car and I can get the rest! My dad has the barn now so he doesn't need it anymore!
• And last of all I got 2 1/2 skirts done!

I've had a very productive week, but I do hope we can move Jamie next week. Not that I don't want her to leave, but I want to start having an excuse to go to California! I need some warm weather!

What a Week!

ok it hasn't been that exciting, but i never know what to title these things. I've debated on what to get myself with my tax money (what i don't put into savings). It first was a cruise, a Ipod touch, a DS, and the final decision is TOMS shoes! And guess what I went and got them today! As soon as I got out to the car I promptly put them on. I'm so glad I decided to get these, because i know I will use them the most!
And of course I had to get my favorite color RED!!

My sister is an extreme couponer...ok maybe not as extreme as those people on the show (if anybody has watched that its crazy what people will do to get coupons, dig through trash, go door to door, spend hours and hours and hours finding deals, organizing, preshopping, and then shopping, its CRAZY) But she got me into couponing, I've been trying to do good, but I don't have the system down yet. I have a little file folder that I have "organized" my coupons in and when i go to the store i just flip through the coupons. Anyways today I went to Smiths to go grocery shopping, for bread, milk, eggs! I wanted to see what i could get using my coupons. It was so frustrating stopping in every isle, go through the coupons to see what I could use. But I used a lot of coupons and saved....$20.00! ha ha its not that much, but it did help me out. Once I get used to the system and how things work i bet I could start saving more!! I just need to sneak newspaper ads out of our clubhouse newspaper stand. Ok they are free, but it does say on there only take 1. Maybe i can just sneak all the coupons out of there and leave the newspapers...who even uses coupons? Nobody will ever miss them!

I've always wanted to learn how to make Blondies, Vanilla Brownies! I've had them when I was little and haven't had them since! I was craving something sweet last night and now and then I like to try new recipes. I got out my trusty Blanding cookbook that my granny gave me one year for christmas and found a recipe in there...there was only 1 vanilla brownie recipe, so of course I had to try it!! They are FABULOUS!!! here is the recipe (for you Jamie...because I'll probably forget the recipe when I come home) its really easy!!

1 cup brown sugar 1 egg- well beaten
1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup melted butter 1 scant cup of flour
pinch of salt 3/4 cups of nuts (optional)

cream sugar, butter and add egg. Sift together dry ingredients and add to sugar/butter. Mix. Add vanilla and nuts. Pour into greased 8" square pan and bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Here is my dog...while I was taking a picture of my shoes she of course had to get one too!! Don't mind the scary eyes!!