Jessica's Journal!

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:12:40 GMT

I almost forgot I had this still! Out of the blue I thought I would come visit it again. Read some old posts, and read new ones from friends that are still here. Glad to see things are still up and running!

honeymoon

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 05:28:48 GMT

Dan and I leave for our honeymoon on Wednesday. It is late and I need to get to bed so I can get up in the morning for work!! I still have lots left to pack. I can do it tomorrow after work and before we go to Dan's mom house to visit. I need to make a list of things to do!!

Pick up Prescription at Safeway
Finish Laundry
Pack socks & Toiletries
Pack Birth Certificates & Wedding License

Weird list, but helpful for me. Can't wait to get there! I hate flying! Think of us! Pray for our safety! And mother, please watch over us and pray for us as well! I remember when I told you we were doing this trip.. You were so excited for us. Well here it is.. Already. I wish I could call you.

Stuff

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:43:27 GMT

So not much has been going on. Kinda boring. I have a lot of days off this week. Today I was supposed to go to Jury Duty, but I was dismissed before I even had to go. I'm glad about that. Saturday is a party that Dan's mom is throwing. Part of it is for us and our marriage. I'm getting my hair done so I'm all pretty and stuff hahhah. There are going to be a lot of people there that we don't know, well especially me. Hopefully we'll have lots of fun though. She wants me to bring my veil for a part of the party that she says is a surprise so I hope I'm not humiliated.
My dad has been in the hospital, but he is doing good. I haven't been able to talk to him much cause its hard for him. I miss him and I'll have to get down there soon to see him.
Our honeymoon for Jamaica is coming up in about a month. We leave in less than a month now. It's so close and I'm starting to get excited. I feel like we've had this planned for so long. I'm looking forward to it so much but I'm also going to be turning 22 while I'm down there, so that kinda feels weird. Dan will be 25. He's old!

I have been really unmotivated lately but I think tomorrow will be more productive. I'm gonna plan on going for a run or something. I also need to catch up on my reading. I have an astronomy magazine and sometimes its hard to read that stuff cause I don't understand it sometimes but at the same time I love reading about it. I just need to get on the ball.

I have a new obsession lately and its with Criss Angel. I didn't even know about him until a few weeks ago but he is a very good illusionist/magician. Dan showed me his show and I've been watching it and its some good stuff. I have seen David Blaine too but I like Criss better. He's just a little different and I like the way he tries to inspire people to never give up on what they wanna do, cause anything is possible if you put your mind to it.

Dan's job is going well but he might be having some other opportunities coming around that are better for him. I'll leave it at that for now.

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:10:47 GMT

The past two days I have had off from work. Both days have been quite uneventful and has left me sorda depressed. Not deeply depressed. Not even depressed enough to show it. Just deep down inside I can feel it and I think I'm ready to work for a day again. I am such an unmotivated person sometimes, that unless I know I have to do something, like work, then its so hard for me to do something. Anybody get the same way? I hate being that way. I don't do anything other than work and be at home. I'm trying to fulfill myself lately by decorating the apartment better. I want curtains, I want more furniture, I want plants, we need a new bed and dresser. The only thing that will be a challenge to get is that new dresser and bed. I was supposed to have us get one as a wedding gift to each other. It just didn't work out that way. Things happen and change. I am getting bored w/ the place I do know that. But anyway, I need energy, I need motivation. I need a friggin hobby! I'm trying to make astronomy a hobby but I can't even get myself to do that so much. I find myself rather just sit on the couch and watch TV and before I know it, hours have passed and I've done nothing. I really hate when I have days like this, although we all deserve that, why do I feel like crap afterwards?? Blah. I think its just one of those days. Yesterday was crappy for me because I was not feeling well so I definitely did absolutely nothing. Oh well..

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:53:46 GMT

I am cooking dinner tonight for my husband and I. I am trying a new appetizer/snack called potato nachos. sliced red potatoes with cheese and green onions and sour cream on top. Sounds pretty tasty to us. I really like to cook and I need to do it more and save some money. My husband might be looking for another job soon so we have to watch money for this month. I know we all know what that is like. Earlier today we went out to the pool since it was a nice hot day. The pool was very refreshing and I hope to have us both go out there again soon. Right now Dan is playing a video game on the xbox 360. He rented this Hitman game and he is obsessed with it. He played it all night last night. Our friend Greg was over last night too and I went to bed after 1 and they were still hanging out. I love how it rains in the afternoons a lot. I love rain storms and thunderstorms. I wish they would happen a little more. Tonight we are just gonna relax and eat dinner, I also cooked some Beef Taco Bake its called. Had that one a few times and it is good. Better run so I can check on it.

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:33:21 GMT

What happened to half of you on my friends list?

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 05:36:32 GMT

Today was not very eventful because I worked. I worked for 11.5 hours. Really long! I have to work about the same tomorrow. I only work 4 days a week though so thats kinda nice. I don't really like Fridays because they are like my Mondays. Fridays and Saturdays are so long for me too. Oh well, I live each time. Work was not a bad day though.
I really like astronomy. I hope to go back to school soon.

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:39:12 GMT

Sometimes I wonder what I'll end up doing in life. Sometimes I worry if it will be what I want. Sometimes I worry about money too much. Sometimes I hate my job and sometimes I can deal with it. I want to go back to school next year finally and study astronomy. I love the stars and I love learning about the universe. I hope I can end up doing well in this and find a good job. I hope its what God wants me to do.
I want to start going to church but I'm having a hard time getting myself to go that first time to a new church. It's very difficult for some reason, but I feel like its something I need to do. I worry that God is not happy with me if I don't. I was also going to see if I wanted to apply at a christian store to work, but now I'm not sure of that either. As angry as I get with my job sometimes, its still so comfortable to be there. And I almost don't see the point of going somewhere else that is retail. If I'm going to leave panera, I want it to be because I'm leaving all retail and sales, and definitely not doing a restaurant business again. That's not my thing.

I've had the last couple days off. Been getting my name changed on all the important stuff so thats been fun. Organized all the mail. Baked chocolate chip cookies. Played lots of Halo. Did a few loads of laundry. Got a tan. Laying out in the sun is my favorite thing to do. I only get the opportunity a few months out of the year. Rest of the time I stay inside and watch DVD's all day.
It's kinda nice to not have to worry about wedding plans anymore. My days off used to be consisted of thinking about what was left for the wedding. Now I'm married and as that was the best day of my life, I'm glad I don't have to worry about it anymore.

Tomorrow is work all day. And all weekend. I better roll.

memories

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:10:16 GMT

So I was looking back on journal entries tonight. I like to do that every now and then. I read the one I posted during last Thanksgiving when I was in Phoenix. It was the last time I was with my mom. It was really hard to read because I forgot how much in detail I talked about her and my trip down there. I've already been thinking about my mom tonight. I miss her so much.

Here's that journal entry:

So far I've had a lot of fun in Phoenix. On Monday, my mom and I went to a little makeover thing by the hospital for women with breast cancer. SHe got to keep all the makeup they provided. There were otherwomen there that have been going through the same thing. It was to help lift her spirits and I think it helped! I also gave her a box I meant to mail, but decided to just bring it with me. I gave her a lot of little things for breast cancer. She got a pink baseball cap, a pink pen, pink tweezers, some perfume, everything was pink. I also got her a pink riboon bagel from my work. Little did I know that she's been gettinga lot more support from her work. I think that is really great.
On Tuesday, her and I went grocery shopping. Mostly for Thanksgiving and for my dinner that I cooked them last night. I cooked tostada pizza. They both really liked it! We've also played some cards and some farckle. So far we've played the hand and foot card game. Yesterday I won, and last night my mom beat me. Tonight all three of us played and my stepdad won. Lots of cards.
I have been having a lot of fun with their cat, Tigger. I miss cats and I love them. So I've been loving Tigger and helping spoil him.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I will be seeing my sister. Then probably going to go with her to our dad's house. I am excited to see dad too.
Today, I cleaned up the yard as best as I could for my mom. I raked some leaves. My mom cooked the pumpkin pie today and I helped a little bit with stirring. Before all that, we went to the mall together. The Fiesta Mall it is called, and walked around and ate Subway there. I found a lot of things that I liked, but couldn't find much for anyone else. Hopefully I will buy something for someone on Friday if we go shopping. I am supposed to go shopping with my sister on Friday. If I find things to buy for my family then I don't have to worry so much about shipping it all. I hope she will still want to. Neither of us have gone shopping on Black Friday in a long time.
Monday was the hardest day being without Dan, but now its better. I am glad he is being kept busy with work, but I hope he is not overtired. I Love you Dan, and I have not talked to you today so if you read this, then know that I miss you! And happy thanksgiving to you and your mom. I hope you had a good day today. You're my pookie!

Miss you mom.

Mondays are my favorite day of the week

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:29:52 GMT

My husband and I have Mondays off together every week for the most part. Today we did a lot together. He came with me to the social security office so I could get a new card for my new married name. It wasn't a very long wait. Then we went to look at some Condo's because we are trying to decide if we should buy instead of rent soon. After we went there we drove through a neighborhood near us and picked up some brochures from houses for sale. These houses were built in the 70's so they were old but a lot more affordable for us in the future hopefully. I think Dan is a bit concerned about if they are going to need a lot of work and stuff. I can understand that but I think they would be good for us. They were only a little more expensive than some of the condos. We'll see. We decided we might wait another year or so before moving into a condo or home because of the money down and stuff.

After all that we went and bought an Ionic Breeze for the living room. You know those air purifiers to help clean the air. We're hoping it works well. It was pretty expensive so it should be good. When we got home we went to the pool except by then it was getting cloudy and the sun was not out although it was still warm out and nice to sit out at the pool, just a little boring because it was not hot enough to cool off in the pool. Next Monday we plan on going back out to the pool. We went to the grocery store and bought stuff for hamburgers and Dan cooked the best hamburgers ever. We also bought some potato salad which was so good too. Now we have leftovers for a while.

I was also getting my ring sized and we went and picked that up today. It fits great now. Now I am here at the dining room table and we are watching The 4400. It is a great show and the second season is about to start. Tomorrow I have to work but I have Wednesday and Thursday off. Not sure what I will do yet besides laundry. Oh and laying out by the pool and swimming. I love summer for some reasons!

Marriage

Fri, 26 May 2006 01:49:31 GMT

It's been so long since I've posted on here.. Dan and I got married last weekend in Vegas at Treasure Island. We had so much fun! It's official now finally.

In June we are gonna go see Jewel in concert. She is my favorite singer. I am excited to go and do that. In July we are going to Phoenix to see my sister get married. In September we are going to Jamaica for our honeymoon! If we can, we might go camping somewhere this summer. Haven't done that in a long long time.

Haven't talked to any of you in a long time. Hope you're all well.

Sat, 04 Feb 2006 02:57:32 GMT

Dan and I just got back from a week away in Phoenix on Thursday the 2nd once we found out about my moms passing. She passed away to a better place on Jan 26th. Obviously it has been a little hard to accept, but I am doing just fine. Even though I can't talk to her directly, I know she is still out there, and I still feel close to her. Being a believer in God has really helped me get through the loss.
I have to jump back on wedding plans. I was trying to make my own invitations on the mac, but decided to take a break from it. I might get back into it. It might be easier than going somewhere and ordering them, but then again who knows. We are pretty excited about the wedding, especially since we're just going to go down to Vegas for the weekend. Then our honeymoon will be in September in Jamaica. That should be a good time in life.
I'm gonna go. I miss some of you. I have not been around much at all. I will see what I can do about getting back into this.

my life

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 04:53:36 GMT

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Fri, 20 Jan 2006 05:53:19 GMT

It has been a really long time since I've posted anything. I just haven't felt like updating, but I realize the last time I updated I was talking about my last trip to Phoenix. That was for Thanksgiving. Now it is January and I am going to Phoenix tomorrow evening for the weekend. On Saturday I am going dress shopping with my brides maids and maid of honor for their dresses. It should be a nice trip. My mom is not doing as well as she used to and things are getting hard for her. The cancer has been in her liver, and it's just not a good place to be. I will be glad to see her, I miss her much.

Dan and I are planning on getting married in Vegas if everything can still work out for that. It'll be lots of fun! We already have our honeymoon booked. We are going to Jamaica!! I am real excited about that it will be a fun time w/ my new husband. We will be going there in September during the week of our birthday. So it will be a honeymoon/birthday event. Possible that it will be hurricane season, but we have insurance to protect us from that.

I have not been feeling well the last couple of days. Started off w/ a sore throat and then a bit of an upset stomach. After that went away it turned more into a cold. One of the worser colds. I have a cough and my voice is almost all gone. For some reason the coughing is only bad at night.. When its time to sleep.. and I can't sleep because I'm coughing.. Lovely. Anyway, Dan brought home some cough/cold medicine syrup for me tonight. I think I took more than I should have. The dosage they tell you to take seems small. Sometimes I get impatient so I just keep taking it. I will stop for the rest of the night because I feel a little funny. I just want to fall asleep before I can't sleep.

It snowed today and I didn't expect it because I haven't been keeping up with the weather. Lately its been warmer than usual at this time of year so a little snow brings you back to winter.

Well I'm gonna run. Seeya later.

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:24:01 GMT

Thanksgiving

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:44:35 GMT

So far I've had a lot of fun in Phoenix. On Monday, my mom and I went to a little makeover thing by the hospital for women with breast cancer. SHe got to keep all the makeup they provided. There were otherwomen there that have been going through the same thing. It was to help lift her spirits and I think it helped! I also gave her a box I meant to mail, but decided to just bring it with me. I gave her a lot of little things for breast cancer. She got a pink baseball cap, a pink pen, pink tweezers, some perfume, everything was pink. I also got her a pink riboon bagel from my work. Little did I know that she's been gettinga lot more support from her work. I think that is really great.
On Tuesday, her and I went grocery shopping. Mostly for Thanksgiving and for my dinner that I cooked them last night. I cooked tostada pizza. They both really liked it! We've also played some cards and some farckle. So far we've played the hand and foot card game. Yesterday I won, and last night my mom beat me. Tonight all three of us played and my stepdad won. Lots of cards.
I have been having a lot of fun with their cat, Tigger. I miss cats and I love them. So I've been loving Tigger and helping spoil him.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I will be seeing my sister. Then probably going to go with her to our dad's house. I am excited to see dad too.
Today, I cleaned up the yard as best as I could for my mom. I raked some leaves. My mom cooked the pumpkin pie today and I helped a little bit with stirring. Before all that, we went to the mall together. The Fiesta Mall it is called, and walked around and ate Subway there. I found a lot of things that I liked, but couldn't find much for anyone else. Hopefully I will buy something for someone on Friday if we go shopping. I am supposed to go shopping with my sister on Friday. If I find things to buy for my family then I don't have to worry so much about shipping it all. I hope she will still want to. Neither of us have gone shopping on Black Friday in a long time.
Monday was the hardest day being without Dan, but now its better. I am glad he is being kept busy with work, but I hope he is not overtired. I Love you Dan, and I have not talked to you today so if you read this, then know that I miss you! And happy thanksgiving to you and your mom. I hope you had a good day today. You're my pookie!

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:22:22 GMT

I forgot to mention this yesterday in my entry, I don't know how, its quite exciting and good news, but Dan was in the paper! He was in the Rocky Mountain News on Monday the 24th. It was for Geek Squad. One day a few weeks ago they followed him around at his job driving around and he new he was going to be in the paper. We thought we missed the day actually but then Monday morning he had already gotten some emails from people he knew about the article. It was hard to miss in the business section. I am so proud of you Dan for doing so well! I'm sorry I forgot to say something sooner, I think my mind is overtaken right now by this court thing... Which isn't even a big deal! I'm not even that nervous about it except for now 'cause its like 2 hours away. I'm soo anxious to get through it. I hate this.
Dan knows that I am proud.

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 06:09:59 GMT

I am a christian and I have been reading the purpose driven life book and I feel it has really moved me and has made me realize some things I need to do in my life for God. There are things that book will make the reader think about, and tonight I think I realized something that should have been obvious to me. One of our purposes in life is to tell non-believers about God. I think I am best at saying things in writing. Another purpose is to fellowship with others. I don't have a church right now, but I can still do that on the internet. So the point of this post is that I am looking for communities to join about Christianity and such. God is all about being inviting and open to everyone. So why is it that the only three communities I try to join, they do not give open access to join? The first three and only three I tried, I could not join directly. I need to wait for permission. That is so confusing and frustrating to me. I understand that maybe their reasoning is to keep non-believers out so that they don't harass the community, but you can kick people out of the community, but also should we really be kicking them out if we are supposed to help them?
I don't understand how these maintainers that have communities for Jesus are not allowing anyone and everyone to freely join. Maybe I should just start my own community. I had no where else to really get this off my chest so I did so in my journal. And maybe if they check me out and read some of my journal entries they'll see this one and respond because I want to know why.

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 06:23:17 GMT

It's snowing!

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 01:51:47 GMT

Who are you and why won't you respond to me? Your screenname is LaVraiVie. I must be an idiot because I don't remember adding you. It's not really a big huge deal but I like to make it one it seems.

I need to finish changing my journal look. But I'll do it later.

Dan and I saw our new place. It is great! We are excited. We move tomorrow. So that's what we'll be doing. I need to finish getting everything packed and ready.

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 01:14:02 GMT

I love it when I have people on my buddy list on aim and I don't remember who they are at all. Suddenly somebody appeared online and I can not for the life of me remember adding them, but I said "hi" and a few moments later they signed off. Fine, whatever.

Is this gonna be one of those things where when/if I find out who it is, I'm gonna be like, ohhhh yeah, omg, why did I add this person??
I hope not.

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 02:06:09 GMT

I think I am stressing out a little bit. Moving is stressful, work is stressful, and trying to figure out what to do w/ Dan's car is stressful. It's 8pm and Dan is still somewhere working.. I really need him home earlier sometimes. Or am I just being too needy? I really don't feel like getting into a lot of it. I think I just need to get something done so that I feel I have accomplished something. I tried today and it helped for a while but now I'm remembering that I forgot to do some laundry so I guess I'll be doing it now, and I'm feeling lonely without Dan.
Looks like when we move, we will be having some movers come out and move the big stuff for us. Dan's mom is helping pay for some of it as a birthday present. That will be nice. I did do a little bit of packing today but I am really tired today and I just feel like I have been so useless. The way this apartment looks right now is not helping with the stress.

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 01:55:30 GMT

You're a pegasus. You're very calm and loving.
Something about you makes others want to get
close to you, whether or not you feel the same
way about them. You don't bond to others
easily, but when you do it's long-lasting. Your
alignment is *good*, but not so much that you
can't have fun.

What mythical beast are you?
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Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:38:53 GMT

I am so tired right now. I have a headache and I'm still waiting for Dan to come home. He went to some special Geek Squad thing. A new store opened up somewhere downtown area and tonight they were doing some stuff for employees. I'm not really sure but he should be back soon now. I was watching the season of Lost on DVD so I got through about 4 or 5 episodes and I think that is somewhat why I have a headache and am really tired. That's a lot of TV.
I'm gonna get ready for bed now and wait for Dan.

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 17:37:46 GMT

I really was tired yesterday. It was amazing how I slept. I thought I felt out of it. I just got out of bed and when Dan left for work this morning it felt so much earlier than it was. I didn't even remember him getting ready and I usually wake up a little bit. I was out. Now I feel better.
The bathroom is getting messy and the kitchen got messy after having some dinner last night. I packed up a lot of stuff and we are already getting them out of boxes to use. Maybe today I'll pack up stuff that is in the computer room since we don't use it. And the living room. For now I'm gonna get some food and watch some TV. Maybe I'll get Dan and I to go to the gym tonight.