A post! A post! They don't come around often enough.

I saw my mom working on this a few days ago and have been waiting for her to post it so I'd have something to do. As you can guess, these are my "favorites." You know, in case you are out running errands today and think to your self "What is Jessi's favorite smell?"

1. Color: I like pink and purple the best, but I wear a lot of black. Black goes with everything. It's also convenient, because most of my clothes are black. I like silver, too, but who wears silver? Besides Billy Corrigan, I mean.

2. Dessert: I like lemon things, like lemon tarts. Chocolate is good. I'm a fan of food in general, though, so pretty much anything is good.

3. Smell: Clean laundry. Or dryer sheets. I need to find out what detergent Brandon's family uses and buy that, because he always smells like dryer sheets. This is not the only reason I am marrying him.

4. Flower: Daffodils

5. Animal: walruses and penguins.

6. Month: October, probably. It's getting cooler and Christmas is just around the corner.

7. Beverage: I mostly drink water (it's very good) but I wouldn't say no to a properly made Shirley Temple. I have to make that distinction because the last one I had was mostly grenadine. The syrup even suffocated the bubbles in the sprite. It was sickly.

8. pair of shoes: I wear my vans a lot. Um. Anything I don't have to tie over and over...

9. snack: Right now I am pretty much addicted to Baked Barbecue Lay's. It comes and goes. Again, I like food. I'm not picky. Usually.

10. song: I have a bajillion. I could name my top like, six, if you want. "Kathy's Song" (live) by Simon & Garfunkel, "Faithfully" by Journey, "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, "Your Song" performed by Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge, pretty much everything Elton John ever did...the list goes on and on. Seriously.

11. book: The only books I can read at any time, over and over, are the Harry Potter series. I have a lot of books (or series) that I refuse to let go of, though.

12. fruit: Mangoes, bananas, maraschino cherries. Anything mild. I hate acidity. Oddly enough, though, I love lemon desserts. Just not lemonade. Ugh.

13. hair style: long. I hate having short hair. Though in the summer, my long, thick hair is like carrying a large woolly animal on my head, or perhaps several hats.

14. piece of clothing: I like my shirts from Abort73. I wear them often. Actually, pretty much any day I'm not at work.

15. store to clothes shop: Mainly Target. I appreciate $6 tank top week.

16. season: Winter. No sunburn, non allergies, extra blankets, and Christmas.

17. hobby: I like to read. I like to read cookbooks and tell myself "someday I will have some money and I can make all this". I like movies, especially watching them with Brandon. And I like to play a few select video games, apparently.

18. thing to collect: I have a lot of books, and even more DVDs. I have some other random collections of things that people bought me five of, and then maybe they went out of business, or found something else to get me. Like, I have a few Mary Moo's (tiny cows that wear people clothes and do people things. They're cute, trust me), and a few Faerie Glen figurines. I also have lots of Star Wars toys, but they are currently residing under my bed.

19. movies: Most "classic" Disney, Moulin Rouge, LOTR, the original Star Wars trilogy, um...I like movies. I have lots of "favorites". Same with songs, I guess.

20. Restaurant: Oh, I like anywhere and everywhere, for different reasons. I like going out to eat and trying new things. Particularly seafood. I don't get to do it as often as I'd like. This is why I am always particularly excited to get gift cards for Christmas- I get to go on a date with Brandon, and I get good food. Well, hopefully it's good.

Why does this not exist anymore?????

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Happy birthday to me!

Today was my 21st birthday, which for some people would be a big deal (ahem) but not me, other than the fact that I am grateful to have reached the age of 21 without any major deals healthwise. I have all my limbs and a house with air conditioning. I am happy.

This morning Brandon came and picked me up and gave me a sweet birthday card (he gave me my present Saturday- the whole series of the Cosby show! I wish I were a Huxtable...) and we went to Half Price Books. I got a neat gigantic international cookbook worth 50 pounds for $14 USD. It has lots of pretty pictures and I'm pretty excited about it, although if I had looked at it more closely before I bought it I would have noticed it was mostly Thai and Indian recipes, which isn't really my style of cooking, but whatevs. It still has lots of basic sauces and doughs and a spice guide and that's pretty cool. Then we went out to lunch (O'Charley's, because I wanted soup and I never get it) and then went to see Star Trek. It was fantastic! I'm not a huge fan of the original series (TOS), I'm more into The Next Generation (TNG- Patrick Stewart!) and I like Star Wars much better, but the movie was fantastic. It was very entertaining and I think even someone who didn't care for the franchise would like it. It was so enjoyable that one tended not to notice the fact that some pretty big and ridiculous coincidences would have to happen for the plot to be even remotely plausible. Still....go see it! I seriously doubt you'll be disappointed.

Then Brandon brought me home and I took a nap (he had to go to work) and mom and dad made all my favorite foods for dinner. When I made the list for them I didn't realize just how much food it was. I am seriously stuffed! I had Cap'N Crunch Chicken, deviled eggs, baked beans, cheesy penne and this one salad mom makes that is so good (romaine lettuce, apples, pears, dried cranberries, a little parmesan and cashews in a dressing). Yeah...that's a lot of food. But who cares, I had an early soup lunch and leftovers for a while. That's fine with me. And cookies! Mom made cookies. I love chocolate chip cookies and would rather have them than a birthday cake, so that's what I got. My presents from my family were very nice as well. I have some new DVDs to watch and some Disney Dollars to save for my honeymoon next year!

I have to admit that I am a little sad, though, as this is my last birthday at home. It's weird. It's been a weird weekend all around, what with Brandon graduating and me getting older and such. Just...weird. Good, but weird.

Anyway, I think I am supposed to be in bed asleep, but before I go, may I direct you over to my momma's blog? She made a very sweet video for my birthday and she's very proud of it (as she should be.)

Libraries! Technology! Wow!

Our local library system has started a wish list on Amazon.com! This is pretty neat, actually. Right now there are some children's books on there that the library needs. There may be more things on there at a later time. This is a new thing for us. As residents of our community are aware, our library system has taken some hits recently because of the economy (we are a part of the city government) but demand for library services only continues to grow as people realize just how valuable libraries are. If you love libraries and are interested in helping out (or know someone who might be), feel free to share this link with them. The library has a particular focus on helping children in our city. All public school students and most private school students were issued library cards in the last year or so, and the library sponsors a "summer reading program" every year to encourage literacy and good reading habits in children birth through age 14 (now we have one for teens, too!). So again, if you're interested, have an interest in childhood literacy, or just love libraries, feel free to check out the link! If you're like me, sometimes you like to round out an order from Amazon so you get the free super-saver shipping. This would be a great way to do so!

Good Days

Happy Mother's Day!
I gave my mom her presents last night so all I have to do today is behave myself. ^_^

Yesterday was Brandon's graduation. I spent pretty much the whole day with his family, from getting to his house at 9 a.m. to the breakfast thing at Bellarmine (note to school: you might want to have more tables and more food next year) to taking his little brothers on a tour of campus to the ceremony at noon to his party at his house. I didn't get home until about 9 p.m. It was a good day. I am very proud of him for not only finishing his schooling in such a timely manner (unlike me) but for trying so hard and making such wonderful grades (also unlike me).

I am looking forward to another good day tomorrow, as well. It's my birthday! Brandon is taking me out to lunch, and we're going to see a movie, and probably taking stuff to Half Price Books to sell, meaning I will come home tomorrow afternoon with even more books. And then my dear pal Kelli is coming over for dinner. I'm pretty psyched.

1.5 hours to go...

So...I am out of school for the summer. Finals were gross but they could have been worse. Brandon graduates this Saturday and I'm very proud of him. He is supposed to have a phone interview today with a company, and he called me a little while ago and they still hadn't called him. Hopefully he's talking to them now. It would be really great if he can go ahead and get a job now- "miraculous" would be a good word, actually.
And now I'm waiting for him to call, and waiting for it to be time to go to work....and that is all. If you are reading this this afternoon, please say a prayer about this job situation. Hopefully I will have good news to report soon!