Time change is kicking my trash.

I don't know why the time change this time around is effecting me more than the last 22 years of my life (weird, I just remembered that I'm turning 23 soon.. I sometimes forget how old I am, so I apologize if I mistakenly told you that I'm already 23...)

Anyways, I left work at 5:00 p.m. (normal hours) and it was already dark. Yes, DARK! Needless to say, I was ticked. It threw me completely off. I automatically overreacted and felt like I had worked until midnight (I round up) and thought that it was time to go home and go straight to bed--No Bueno. In fact, I went to bed so early last night that I remember waking up 3 times this morning between the time of 4 and 6 am thinking that I was sleeping in.

I decided I'm going to head to work early so I can possibly head home before 5. Maybe this will help? I mean, give a girl a break, daylight... I live alone; The LAST thing I want to be doing is going home in the dark. Thanks.

Phoenix--1901

An Early Start on Christmas

Three things I enjoy doing on Saturdays:

1.) Cleaning.

2.) Shopping.

3.) Doing something Crafty.

I didn't really have plans today so I did all of the above. I cleaned a little, did a little Christmas shopping and then made a stop at Hobby Lobby--a dangerous place during the holidays; there are so many cute things there! This is the project I did today:

As you can probably tell, I'm a little obsessed with Modge Podge. But really, if you buy a huge thing of it...it's a great investment and you will be able to do a wide variety of cute projects.

For this project, I found the plain wood tray (medium size) at Hobby Lobby in the wood craft section for 40% off (ONLY $2.39!) Then I picked out four sheets of Christmas scrapbook paper.. Making the total project about $5.00 :) Obviously you don't have to do Christmas papers, you could do any!

I know, the mints right? Well, contrary to my past blog post about holding off until Christmas...I found these york mints at the store and had to purchase them. Seriously, who can pass up the bright red and green shiny packages? They have Christmas wreaths on them!

Back to the project, I decided to put the candies on the tray to give you the whole image. I will have this one sitting on my bar but I think the cutest thing would be to put it on a coffee table in the living room... I don't have one of those, haha, but I thought it would be cute. ESPECIALLY if you put a plate of cookies and milk on the tray for Santa on Christmas Eve! ...Just a couple of ideas. I'm sure my next one will look better now that I have the process down for this modge podge project!

This one's for Damon.

I hadn't watched the Vampire Diaries until the last couple of episodes. I don't know why I decided to start watching it now...I'm not possessed by Vampires like everyone else in the world (yes, I love the Twilight Books..don't start trippin'.) However, I found myself enjoying it and getting really involved with Damon's Character.

Watching Damon tell Elena that he loves her but doesn't deserve her(even though his brother and her are in love with each other)seriously broke my heart. Maybe it hit me so hard because he's so darn attractive and he does a good job at acting. But watching him stand by and watch the girl he loves, love someone else is so sad. Sure, he's the "bad boy" but I can just tell that he really does love her because he's going to step back and let her go and do her thing with Stefan...

I've decided that I hate hate hate watching people be in love with someone who is in love with someone else. It happened with Damon, it happened with Jacob and Bella (haha). Yes, I know those are both fictional examples and that they are Vampires.. But it happens in real life all of the time.

Need Proof? Just listen to the Radio. Alright, I'll stop. Thank you Vampire Diaries for making my heart hurt a little.

To all you Damon's out there--Hang in there.

Come Again, did you just say you've never watched a Harry Potter Movie?

I love my coworker Amy; She's one of the best gals around! Today at work we were chitchatting about something or another and she mentioned, "I've never seen Harry Potter." My initial thought was "oh, you haven't seen the most recent one?" She went on to say she hasn't seen ANY of them.

Wait, Come Again? You haven't even watched "The Goblet of Fire?"


I haven't even read the books and I feel like an outcast. But I have at least watched EVERY movie. Not to mention.. we dressed up for the last one. I was embarrassed every second.


For some reason the thought of Amy never watching any of the Harry Potter movies completely blew my mind. I mean, I don't judge her for it but I just really thought that everyone has seen at least one Harry Potter movie. I was wrong. Dead wrong.

Thank you Amy.. Mind--Officially blown.

I wish I had some way to take a poll of everyone who has never watched a single Harry Potter movie. I'm sure I'd be surprised...


Here's a convo Amy and I had later on in the day via IM in reference to the noise from the offices they are building next to our desks..it made me chuckle:




Jenn: Amy..Make it stop!
*Noise stops*
Amy: Done.
Jenn: MAGIC!
Amy: Yea, I used my magic wand like Harry Potter.
Jenn: But you don't know the spells because you're a non-believer.
Jenn: Wingardium-leveosaaaa
Amy: hahaha. Bless your little heart.


Moral of the story--Don't assume anything.. even if it seems unbelievable.

My Weakness for Mint.

Driving to work this morning was was rummaging through my purse for a "lil lip balm." After dissecting my purse (girls, you know what I'm talking about)I couldn't find the chapstick I was looking for but I did pull out this long lost beauty:

I love me some mint--OK, a lot of mint; especially around this time of the year. I couldn't stop putting it on today because I'm so obsessed with its Christmasy feel. It's bad though because it's reminding me of all of the mint things that I love...which happen to be my all time favorites:

Of course it's all junk...Moral of the story is--I best be tuckin' the mint lip shine some place else, because these delicious mint thoughts and cravings are rude!

Be gone mint goodness--For now at least. I will see you during Christmas break :)

(get real--you can't have Christmas without some mint!)

Yes Please!

A few of these are must buys for me tomorrow :)

Friends in the Strangest places.

Julene was in Utah last night so she came and stayed the night with me. We went to dinner and decided to drop by the mall since it was open for another hour. Julene was looking at some shoes and for some reason this girl dressed head to toe in AE was kind of following us around. It wasn't really creepy she just engaged herself in our enticing conversation about flats, boots and heels. She would recommend shoes for Julene to try on and well, she wouldn't stop talking to me. Long story short, right there in Forever Young shoes, I ended up inviting her to come to singles ward with me and got her number. HAHA. She didn't end up coming but we've been texting and she said she wants to come next week. She's a nice girl. We'll see.

Today at the YSA it was interesting as always. Actually, I'm feeling so much better about the whole ward/social thing. Today a girl came up to me after church and she asked if I could give her a ride back to her home at the Job Corps in South Weber. She had the cutest/thickest Russian accent. Of course I wasn't going to turn her down. I made small talk on the drive to drop her off and she kept saying "ohhh tank you, tank you." She was so polite. She probably said "thank you" about 15 times in 5 minutes. It was refreshing. (this is the same girl who a couple of weeks ago said the prayer in Relief Society and she even blessed the "bugs and every creature." It was funny at the time but really she is just the sweetest, kindest girl!) As I dropped her off she said, "Ooh I jus luv you so mush" (that was supposed to be her russian accent..haha.) It was the nicest thing. I don't know her and she doesn't know me but she is just so full of love. I want to be just like that!

Hands down. I love people. I do my fair share of judging but it's moments like today that make you think. You come across new people everyday. You may not know what they are going through or where they've been but the cool thing is that they are children of God. You can find friends in the strangest places; even if it just for a moment.

Grandpa Sherm

It's weird to think about how fast time really goes by. In a couple of days it will be one year since the passing of my Grandpa, Sherman Henry Stump Jr.

Today, Jamie and I went to Denny's for breakfast and we saw a cute little old man eating breakfast by himself. Well, I'm a sucker for the old people and for some reason, I couldn't stop looking at him and thinking about him and my own Grandpas. We stood behind him in line to pay for our meal and I noticed that as he left, he grabbed a tooth pick from the dispenser on the counter and stuck it in his mouth in a Papa Sherm way.. needless to say, I got a little choked up.

I miss him, but most importantly I'm extremely blessed to have the knowledge I have to know that Families can be together forever. I'm eternally grateful for grandparents who raised such a wonderful daughter in the church and taught her to be the great mother that she is. I can't wait to continue the legacy.

After his funeral last year there were tons of flowers that people had sent to my grandma for the funeral. Of course grandma couldn't keep them all so she let each of us choose one. I loved all of the flowers but I knew that in time, they would die. I'm partial to the greenery so I chose a Peace Lily! My mom had to babysit it for a couple of months but here it is a year later. I have it on my dining room table so I can see it everyday. I love it.

We tell it like it is.

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He keeps it real.