The day I TweetStalked Snooki for 30 minutes.

I've been watching Mason all week long as you can probably tell (sorry for all the fbook pics) and since it doesn't really feel like Christmas for some reason and I'm so over Christmas movies...I found myself stalking Snooki on Twitter for like 30 minutes. I had to make myself stop because I loved it too much. Btw I really want some of her slippers... Anyways

HO HO HO

I laughed out loud at her relationship with Siri.  

I've said it once and I'll say it again... I feel like we'd get a long really well:) Thank goodness the new season starts super soon! I miss my "friends!"

Wednesday's Witty Words of the Week

"Making cotton candy, wanna join?"
-Me and Easton
I guess Liz doesn't like Cotton Candy.  It's like, "are you American!" ;)


"well, you look good for your age...!"
-Bradlee
First off, rude that he thought I was older than I was.  I've gotten that a lot the last couple of months.  Come on people.  It's not like I act mature or something.  But was the pity comment supposed to make me feel better about the fact that you just thought I was super old? j/k. but really!? [sad part...he was only a year off.. but I'm positive he rounded down.]


"Jenn, next year, whether you find someone and get married or not, my old/fancy dishes are yours!"
-Grandma Hansen
Sure, I'll take the fancy dishes and have all my single friends over for a dinner. *thumbs up* haha. I do like the vintage dishes so sure, I'll take my "maybe you'll never have a wedding" wedding gift a bit early :) Thanks grams!


"I just wanted to call to see how my madre's doing?!"
-Easton
awww presh.


"Your baby has your eyes!!"
-Random man to me in the check out line at Victoria Secret.
I didn't even correct him and tell him that Mason isn't my baby.  I just smiled and turned around.  Did he NOT see Jamie standing right next to me? Clearly her child.  But I'll take him :) Come to think of it...he kind of does have similar blue eyes.  


"Did you know you were an Orphan?  That's why you don't look anything like Jamie and Coleman..."
-Mom randomly to me in the most serious tone ever.
Don't say that mom.  First of all, that's rude. Second, Where did that come from? is there hidden meaning there? and third... I watched the movie the Orphan--don't mess with me.


"Um mom, you have a chip on your boob." -me
"What boob?" -dad
hahaha.


"What the hell, lady!? You'd look better with a knife in the side of your neck."
-dad
I wasn't going to post this one in fear that you'd think my add was hostile or something.. But he was really ticked at the lady would cut us off as we were walking into target and THAT is word for word what came out of his mouth.  I was dying.  Random. Weird. Hilarious.--that's my father.

Is it weird to see people who've seen your downstairs?" -Jamie

"Who?!" -Mom

"Yeah mom, that random man.  NO! the nurse over there."-Jamie
Best conversation that happened while at the doctor's office today. We probably laughed a little too loud.


"Where are you going lady? To a Flippin' Tortoise race?!"
-dad
I'm not sure where he comes up with some of his crap but really people....go the speed limit!


"..and we still have the 45 minute drive back to the United States!!"
-Regan
Yes, dad took us to middle of nowhere Payette, Idaho to go to a Chinese restaurant he loves that we'd never been before.  It's alright though; It was good.


"Jenn I have a question for you.  Are you ever going to get on LDS singles or something?"
-Dad [said in the most serious, sincere tone.]
I will say that was the first time my Dad has ever brought it up to me so I'm not mad at him.  I mean, I am 24.. I guess.  After quickly saying "no" and explaining that I wasn't worried about it at all, he might have even mentioned something about arranged marriage..{if you can count "rounding men up and holding a gun to their head" as arranged marriage} WTH?!  


ummm yeah dad, that made me feel so much better about the topic. Thanks. We agreed to disagree on the matter.  hahaha. at least i'm laughing about it today:) 

You learn something new everyday

Things I've learned in the last 24 hours:
blogging from home.

I don't care how freaking cute the baby is...baby barf is, and will always be, pure nast.  I just can't stand that it's warm. ew. [yes, this happened to me this morning. No, I surprisingly didn't have a Vince Vaughan, "Four Christmases" reaction. :)]

You can't always be the cool aunt...  :(

I really have zero tolerance for liars. I don't care if you're family a friend or whatever. I'd rather you straight up ignore me then have you open your mouth and flat out lie to my face. "I don't do liars." 
[rough morning? yes.]

Teens really seem to think that adults are stupid and that they didn't try doing all of the things that they try to get away with when they were younger...uh.... Yeah. This is me.  Cool/hip Jenn. I'm no dummy. I think I finally realized what my mom was saying when she'd always say "you'll understand when you're older."  I didn't get it then.  I get it now.

Being a mom has to be one of the hardest jobs ever.

You know what's even harder?  Realizing that you have a BA mom and sister who's a rockin' mom too. I mean, I don't know if I will ever be a mom but I do know that  there is no way I'll be able to live up to them.  They're amazing. 'Nuff said.


If dogs are bigger than a shoe box, I don't really want them in my house.  I'll still play with them though :)outside. with a ball or something.


Sometimes moving back to the Treasure Valley seems like a good idea.  Pros and Cons of course.


There is just something wonderful about having dinner with an old friend.  Especially the friendships where you can meet up once or twice a year and have so much to talk about!


Friendships are all about what you put into them.  It is possible to remain friends even though you are in different stages of life or even in different states.  Pick up the phone and call them (<3Alex), IM them (<3 Sav), Skype them (<3 Mandy)...do whatever you've got to do keep those friendships strong. This can be really hard sometimes.  But if it's worth it, make it happen.


I talk to my mom on the phone everyday and I love her dearly.  But spending time with that father of mine in person...priceless.  The kid is crazy funny.  I just facebook stalked with him for the first time and he was loving it.  We even solved a mystery :) Pro.


I love Christmas. I don't really like snow.  But I love snow for Christmas.  But nooooooo. No snow for Christmas over here.  boo.  


Pretty sure I know almost all of the things that I'm getting for Christmas.  "Uhh. What's the point of wrapping that again?" Oh yeah. Makes sense. haha.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

...Right?! :)

You should be used to the Efron posts by now.

Last night I went to see the movie "New Year's Eve" with my friend Liz.  Can I just say that I fall deeper in love with Zac Efron with every movie that he's in?  Pathetic, but I don't even care.  He's my #1 celeb crush, hands down!

Here's what I think about the Movie "New Year's Eve." Go see it! I had pretty low expectations just because I know that it has to be hard to have a good story line when you have so many famous people put into one movie...but I loved it!


I laughed, I cried, fell deeper in love [haha] and I got super excited to ring in 2012!  It really did give me a new perspective to the beauty of the New Year and making resolutions to do better, to be better and to reflect on the last year and all of the things that happened.

I love, love.

I love New Years.

I love Zac Efron.
(oh and I loved watching it and thinking, "OH, I've been there!"

OK, can we please talk about the new movie he's in called the Lucky One that comes out in April?

Nicholas Sparks...Zac Efron....Hot Bod... Tattoos...Love Story?

Count me in!

 

Happy Hump Day :)

Wednesday's Witty Words of the Week

"THERE'S A PERSON IN THERE!!!!!"-Nieko
"Vrrrooooooooooooommmmmm" -my car
Probably one of the funniest moments of this last week. hands down.


"Jenn, You're a creep."
-Carli
And she told me that BEFORE she found out that I snuck into her house that night to use the bathroom while they were all downstairs watching a movie.


"Whoa! My stuff!!  It's my valuables...this is my treasures!"
-Drunk Meredith, The Office
I laughed SO hard during this part when Andy freaks on her about being a Hoarder.  Her responses are classic drunk/hoarder.

"I love Spishpacios!"
-Amanda
Forgive her..she really has to think about it before she says it. Actually, you have to sound it out and then she'll get it.  It's a hard word, Amanda. I get it! haha.

"I hide all of the lace cami's at work.  Is that bad?"
-Alex
Everyone loves him at Down East...little do they know that he hides the lace cami's because he thinks that only babies should wear them. Hahaha. I love him!!

"This is Jenn."
-Nieko
He likes to pretend that he's me when he sends "hey tell" messages from my phone by stating "This is Jenn" every time he talks...but he doesn't even try to change his voice. it's funny.

*Drooooool*
-Liz and I
I'm not kidding when I say that Liz and I had a couple of nights this week dedicated to drooling over hot men. celebrity hot men. celebrity hot men who we will never get to kiss or actually, never get to meet...but we still LOVE them.. mmm. Zac <3

"I can think of other things I’d put a million dollars into than a lollipop holder."
-Camille, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
I can't stand Dana.  She's a fake and she never hesitates to tell someone how much she spends on her nice things. It's like it comes with her greeting when she sees someone. "Yeah, these sunglasses--$25,000."  The best was last episode and her "Million dollar DIAMOND lollipop holder necklace." Fug.

Don't worry..after reading up on it online she said that she didn't really purchase it and that it was just lent out to her by the "Sugar Factory" to wear while they were in Vegas shooting the episode.  Oh, but KimK has one. ridic.

"Pound it."
-Easton
I found that him and I "pounded" (this can include, but isn't limited to, the forearm slam, the knuckle pound or the high five) over the most random things this last week, without even thinking.  Even walking down town SLC on Saturday something sick was said and without thinking...We pounded on the comment. like "Yeeeeeahhhh". haha. we're weird.

that day when you realize you need to take your own advice.

Yesterday my [now 16 year old] niece had one of those super dramatic teenager kind of days.  Who was it between? Her and one of her good g/f's.  What was it over? a boy. 
 Go figure.

I proceeded to give her my advice.  You know...because I'm a cool/hip aunt and everyone seems to come to me for advice even though I probably don't always know what I'm talking about. 


My advice--


1.) Never let a guy come between a solid friendship.
2.) Don't fall for dumb boys.
3.) Boys are easier to get along with than girls. Find a good guy friend(s). 
     Keep him as a FRIEND.
4.) Stick with boys... less drama.


**and most importantly***
5.) Never, under any circumstances, talk crap about the frenemy to a mutual friend unless it's something you wouldn't mind saying to their face or something you don't mind them hearing about within the hour.  They will tell. I would. I mean, wouldn't you? ..exactly.


As I was telling her about all of the things that she should/shouldn't do today at school, I couldn't help but think about how life doesn't really stop getting dramatic as you get older. In fact, I think it gets worse. Girls still let boys come between friendships, people still get offended over the DUMBEST things, boys are still easier to be friends with, adults still have frenemies, and they still talk crap....


I guess the only thing that changes with drama as we get older is that we are a little bit smarter when it comes to seeing things in the long run and deciphering the things that are truly classified as dramatic and important (sometimes) and we're just better and dealing with it because high school and college made us so profesh.  Oh, and let's not forget that we're better at the crap-talking too.


Pretty sad that my 24-year-old self had relative/dramatic life experiences to share and that my advice I gave her still holds true to my current life right now.  I'm just glad I don't have to worry about who I'm going to sit with at lunch anymore when drama goes down.

Yikes.
Thank goodness my niece didn't come back at {so and so}with some of the AWFUL names and comebacks that immediately entered mind as she told me about yesterday's story.

Here's to standing up for yourself when you need too, learning how to take care of the stuff that's important and brushing off the stuff that isn't :)
oh, and for the guy friends who help you cope with some of the dumb girls.

Favorite Things Friday

Kinder Chocolates

I'm normally one who will choose something that is gummy or chewy over chocolate; I've always been that way.  It might have something to do with the fact that some kinds of chocolates give me instant headaches. (BOOO plain M&M's). Anyways, I just barely had these Kinder Chocolates over the Thanksgiving break and they were amaz-za-zing. Not only is the chocolate yummy, but I love the way they wrap them into smaller portions.  It's genius.


We got ours at World Market in Nampa, Idaho but I'm sure you can find it in other stores as well :)

China Glaze "Calypso Blue" Nail Polish

Two coats of this is a great alternative to black if you like going for the darker shades of polish! I've been using it for multiple weeks straight and need to buy a new bottle of it soon. Love it.

Dutch Caramel Wafers

Source: worldmarket.com via Jennifer oPinterest

Seriously, not sure why I love these things so much? Maybe it's the Carmel...Dad didn't care much for them but Cole and I? mmmm. You can get these at World Market for $3.49. I hear they're good with coffee...but take it for what it's worth from a non-coffee drinker.  If you can find the large individual wrapped ones at your local World Market then get one of those. delish. 

OM-Gosh. I just googled it and found out that there are only two World Markets in Utah and none of them are really close (Park City and Cottonwood Heights) but seriously. The store is to die for.

Crock Pot

Why didn't I have one of these things before?  I purchased one on Black Friday for pretty cheap and really, it's the best thing that every happened to the kitchen/cooking portion of my life.  What isn't there to love about throwing a bunch of random crap into a slow cooker and leaving it alone and letting it to all the work? Nothing.  And let's not forget to mention the easy cleanup.  I know this isn't anything new to most people.. I'm just saying WHY didn't I have one before!?

love. crock pot love.

Neuro Drinks

 

Ok first off, who wouldn't fall for something that says, "Happiness in every bottle," or "Reduces stress?".. I mean, come on. The drink had me at the name "Neuro Bliss."

They didn't have most of these kinds at Smith's but I tried a "Neuro Bliss" and a "Neuro Sun" last night.  The interesting thing about these drinks (Nutritional Supplement) is that it doesn't tell you what the flavor is on the bottle.  Confession.. I opened a Neuro Sun in the store and smelt it without the intention of buying it.  Surprisingly it smelt like straight up Pina Colada, which I love.  So I bought it. I tried it. It was pretty good..UNTIL I starting taking swigs of the Neuro Bliss which was a stronger "lightly carbonated" citrus drink. (not all are carbonated).  Going back to the "sun" drink was rough after that because it made it taste watered down and then soon the Bliss started to get the feel of drinking Alka Seltzer...haha. Sounds awful, right?

But the weird thing about them, though, was that I kind of couldn't stop drinking them.  Ask Nieko. I don't think I was really stressed out that day, but I did feel really calm the rest of the night...and had some pretty good energy up until about 2:30ish this morning. haha. That Bliss did pretty good I think. And as for the Sun...Even this morning I've felt pretty radiant and filled with Vitamin D and such :)  I guess my suggestion if you do try these is to go into it expecting that it might not be the best tasting drink but hope that the results will be nice! I mean, Neuro Sleep? You can't help but want to know if it works. I guess just try them for yourself and see. I think the key to having them taste good is just to not mix the drinks like I did.  Just do one at a time!

I even googled it and guess who was sipping on a Neuro Bliss? The one and only Lindsay Lohan.  Should I be worried?

Oh and don't let the "Neuro Gasm" drink throw you off... It's actually just the "energy drink" in their line of products. I will say that the name and the tagline "Passion in every bottle" is pretty clever. and funny!

*Random Fact--Each lid/cap of the Neuro drinks are the equvilant of a shot glass. haha

Wow. I'm Neuro Pro!

I think I'm going to try the Neuro Aqua next.  You can go to the website here to read about each of the drinks.

Yay for vitamins and energy and stuff :)

Wednesday's Witty Words of the Week

"It's not really my kind of thing..."
Late night Walmart worker in reference to the Tie-Dyed shirt I was purchasing with all of the sad kittens on it.
Sure, I was wearing my "ugly sweater" that said "Foxy Lady" on it while I was purchasing the ridiculously awesome kitten shirt. I had just left an Ugly Sweater party. Sue me.  But she acted like I was being really serious about it. As if.  Alright, I was serious about the fact that I wanted it and thought it was funny. But Nieko had just bought his wolf shirt right before me and that's all that we purchased at 1:00 in the morning.  Pretty sure it wasn't like we were purchasing them to be a key item in our wardrobes. 
puhlease.  OK, OK, OK (Said like the Asians in China Town) maybe it was for Nieko;)

"Yeah Jenn, I wish I would never have met you."
-Easton
Uhhh wait... "you weren't included in the joke just now. that's rude." haha.  But MAYBE he was thinking something along the lines of it being opposite day? I mean, since Nieko was calling me ugly all night. [Don't worry, it's an inside joke.]  So if Easton was thinking it was indeed opposite day then really by the above statement he was saying that I'm 1.) not ugly and 2.) that he's actually really happy that he met me.  maybe? So thanks Easton!--Glad to know you're in on the joke now.  You can now call me ugly as well if you'd like :)

"I'm not going to show you unless you put it on."
-Nieko in reference to his BA Satin/Sequence jacket he purchased at the DI.
Let me mention that this is the same jacket that earlier in the week he said:
"It's so ugly, I couldn't NOT buy it."
After pestering me for about 2 minutes, I finally agreed to put it on without seeing it before hand.  I only knew that it had shoulder pads and some sequences.  uhh.. Some sequences?  Let me show you:


Photo by: Nieko Bird

 hahahahaha.  I really felt like I was putting on armor.. yet, felt surprisingly pretty in it. With that much sparkle you just can't help it, I guess.  Best $10 DI purchase ever.

"I want to go to a pinata party, party hardy...Sing and dance at a pinata party, 'til they tell us to go home. Na Na Na...Na Na Na."
-Jamie in an email to me during work.
You probably just read this and thought, "what the crap?"  But it's actually a song from one of Mary Kate and Ashley's Videos that I watched all of the time growing up.  I was obsessed with them.  When she sent and email only saying the above quote... I laughed SO hard.

OMG! Did you know that they have a ton of their old videos on Youtube? This crap was only VHS. BAHAHAHAHA I can't believe I loved this so much. haha. AWWWWful. (ignore the Spanish subtitles if you watch it.)



I'm still laughing about it.  Good thing they stopped singing and took the fashion route. haha.


"It's Chocolate!!" -Wendy
"NO. It's bugs." -me.
pretty sure I know the difference between chocolate and nasty tiny little bugs.  No way am I eating THAT! ew.

"It smells like fire in here..."
Kali and I
uhhh. "that's probably coming from the Fire place." hahaha. Oh yeah.


"I don't even like chicken nuggets, but I love them."
-Sam
After 5 minutes straight of laughing and him trying to explain this one to me last night, I finally semi-understood.  What he meant was that he doesn't really ever feel like eating chicken nuggets but when he orders them and eats them that he really loves them. haha. yeah, Sam. makes complete sense!

"I should be down on the floor doing some exercises like you." -Mom
"Doesn't really matter...I just ate half a pop tart." -Me
"Oh dear."-mom
hahahaha. Yep. that's how I roll sometimes. But at least I didn't have to feel bad about eating that half a pop tart that day :)

"The V Bomb and the P bomb..."
-Jess, New Girl
To say that the episode this week was awkwardly painful is an understatement. but OMG funny. Her and Justin Long's character together are soooooo awkward.  I love it.  I about died with the choking part!

What a funny week.  I'd have a lot more to post today but most of them would probably start drama/offend someone or something silly like that...so I won't! I'll save the virtual B slaps for another day.

Until then, Happy Hump Day!

Be you. (sorry for getting a little personal)

I spent a lot of my life growing up (even through some of college) being unhappy about myself...

Too fat.Too short.Not athletic.Ugly Hair.Ugly Skin.Annoying voice.Not pretty. ect....

The summer of 2006 I started my journey with the intention of becoming that person I thought people wanted me to be.  To say that I worked hard at it is an understatement.  For two years of my life I became obsessed with how I looked.  I lost 60 lbs, I looked good, I felt healthy, and people gave me so many complements.  But it never seemed to be good enough.

When the two years were up and I wasn't changing anymore, I got a little discouraged.  Over a period of a few months, some specific things happened to me that made me realize that my journey I started two years prior really helped me with the exact opposite of what the journey's intentions were.  It helped me to realize that I shouldn't care what people think about the way I act or the way I look at all and that I shouldn't want to change who I am for anyone but myself.  I was trying to change who I was because that is what the world told me I should be doing...and I was miserable while doing it.  I wasn't spending time doing the things that I loved or focusing on the people around me, because I was too caught up with myself and the way I looked. I knew it was time for a turn around.

To make a longer, even more boring story short...

I DON'T CARE ANY MORE!!

I know that I've slacked a lot over the last  year and a half with what I've learned about being healthy and keeping my body healthy.  But the good thing is that now when I feel bad about not working out or eating something that isn't the healthiest,  I feel bad only because I feel lazy and gross... not because I'm afraid of what people will think of me or being afraid that I don't fit the "mold" of what a girl my age is supposed to look like or the world's thought of "remember, boys only like skinny girls." I really thought crap like that.  Totally not a Jenn thing to say, right? All of those things were ridiculous and they don't EVEN cross my mind anymore. In fact, my views about stuff like that and my priorities couldn't be more opposite of what they used to be.  Sure, I'd like to lose like a hundred million pounds every once and a while(haha) but not for any of the reasons that I used too.. And that is probably one of the biggest accomplishments of my life. no joke.

I'm not saying that I don't get discouraged sometimes.  I'm human.  But the things I've figured out about myself over the last few years are incredible and I don't take back any of the things that I went through to get to this point because I know who I am and I wouldn't want to be anybody else. (Excuse what I just realized is a cheesy Selena Gomez line. Brava Selena.)

I'm Happy.

The point of my "kind of deep because I've never written it down confession," is that we can always work on the things we need to change to keep our bodies healthy (in a healthy way) and we can work on becoming better in whatever areas we want to become better at, that's a good thing to do! But we don't need to do it for anyone else or for any reasons besides the fact that we want too for ourselves.

please, please, PLEASE: Figure out who you are. Be consistent. Be honest about it. Be Confident. And most importantly, be happy! I promise that the people who matter are going to love you more for being yourself.

As one of my friends always says:
"Be who you are and love it."
really...people are going to judge you anyways.

"Just love with its work boots on"

Most people know about the storm we had here in Utah last Thursday that did a lot of damage to Davis County.  I mean, it made national news.  Did I tell you that driving to work that morning was scary?  Well, it was.  I may or may not have called my mom a little upset and shed a few tears because I thought that my car was literally going to blow away with ME in it ["Twister" 1996 style].  I have never experienced anything like that.  Yes, we had a twister at our house in Parma when I was in the second grade that did A TON of damage.. but I slept right through it.  Not sure how, but I did.  So really, this is the worst wind that I remember being awake for that gave me a nice little fright.  Luckily we are all still standing, but I can't say that for a lot of the trees, fences, trampolines ect. that were effected by the close to 100 mph winds we had up in here.


After the storm, there was a lot of cleanup to do.  Look at this picture below of the line to get to the dump on Saturday!

Photo by: Easton Roberts

It was bad enough that even after all of the cleanup people were doing over the last couple of days, there was still a lot left to do today.  We received a text this morning from our Bishop saying that we would have a shortened sacrament meeting and were then asked to put on our work clothes and head out to help our neighbors in Kaysville and East Layton clean up the debris from last week's storm in preparation for yet another storm that is suppose to hit tonight.


I had never heard of canceling church services for something like this but I am so grateful that they did.  I learned so much as we all divided and conquered to help those who needed it. It really is amazing what you can do when you work together to help one another.  The whole experience today was actually an answer to my prayers.  I've been needing to restore my faith in some of the people around here in general and well, there really is a lot of good in people..it's just that it's sometimes covered up with a lot of fake and a lot of ugly (that's for another blog post at another time) but there was nothing ugly about the hundreds of people out helping today.  There was a need for help and people pulled together to get the job done.


Cole, Liz, Amanda and I were able to join about 15 others in East Layton to help out a cute older couple who lost a few HUGE pine trees.  It was kind of hard work hauling all of the large branches and wood while it was cold and snowing a bit, but we didn't mind it at all because we knew we were helping them with something that would have taken them a week to clean up on their own.


I need to do this more often--To forget about myself and my faux-dramatic life and focus more on others.

Go to KSL here if you want to see pics and videos of what's been going down around here--Something I definitely want to remember.


Here's to a good Sunday :) hopefully we don't blow away tonight...