SO SORRY!!!

Haha...Chase consumes me...haha. Ever since meeting this boy of mine, I have been on facebook like ten times and I never ever blog...I will put other pics and updates up later, but this is Chase's Surgery Days...He Had surgery on his shoulder on Nov. 11th, it's still sore...and he has three more weeks in the sling...but he's comin along...

August 14th!

Hello dear ones.

So it's here...yes I'm engaged haha. And I will be gettin Hitched August 14th in the Salt Lake Temple. I can barely contain myself, I'm right excite! He proposed April 17th, and so it's Jessica and Chase from now on.

Loves all of you!

Time Flies.

(*Thanks for the post idea Jo, I owe ya a trip to China*)
20 Years Ago...
1. I was learning how to walk.
2. I was saying dadadaaaddaaaa below my googley eyed family.
3. I was living in the same abode I currently live in.

10 Years Ago...
1. I caught butterflies with my sweet butterfly catcher (a.k.a fish net) in the backyard ALL summer long.
2. I would chase the birds away from the two cherry trees out front, and make cherry pies!
3. I started the 5th grade with Mrs. Boulter.

5 Years Ago...
1. I started Cheer for the Lone Peak Knights.
2. I went to New York City
3. I had my first kiss
4. I danced for Envision Dance Company
5. I turned 16 years old and loved every moment of driving and dating!

3 Years Ago...
1. I was 17 years old, and had one of the best years of my life!
2. I had Student Council meetings, and began Frap Mondays with Johanna.
3. I loved.
4. Ju and I would swim in the Pleasant Grove Exit fountain, and Jo and I would frolick through Burgess Park free as a bird.
5. I put my foot out the window while driving, and I blasted my music way TOO loud.

1 Year Ago...
1. I finished my first year of College at Utah Valley University.
2. I lived at Heather Convent....Love Potion #9...you'll never be the same. haha
3. I dated way too much.
4. Got Sick.
5. Ran my life away

So far this year I...
1. Had tum tum time, with Abbey and Aubz aka TODAY's the DAY! haha.
2. Soothed at the Kura.
3. Began my Community Health Pre-reqs

Yesterday I.....
1. Took a six hour nap.(Those are the best, I love slumber)
2. Car shopped and car dreamt beyond my level of actuality
3.Ran three miles

Today I...
2. Experienced the Draper Open House
3. Cleaned my room
4. Exercised
5. Ate Nielsen's Custard!!!!!!!!! Yum!

Tomorrow I will...
1. Go to Abbey's Farewell
2. Read my scrips
3. Begin my week

In the next year I will..
1. Travel...see the world...experience the local of a non-Utah existence
2. Save my money
3.Live my Life
4. Equalize my life for Happiness always! Word. haha

Gratitude...

A few weeks ago, at work at about 9:00 a.m. a 60 year old African American man with a scruffy beard, torn blue jeans, and forest green rolled beanie stumbled his way into our busied office. He walked right up to me and said, "Ma'am, do you think I could talk to the Doctor for a minute, I know I don't have an appointment and I've never been here before, but I have a terrible, terrible Tooth Ache." I looked into his desperate eyes and instantly responded with a smile, " Well unfortunately Dr. Green is with a patient at the moment, but I would certainly love to squeeze you in, if you would kindly fill out our office paperwork." He hopelessly looked at me as he took the brown clip board and held it close to his chest. He looked as if I were asking him to sign his death papers. I then returned to my desk and continued to work. Twenty,Thirty, Thirty five minutes passed by, and I peered over the tall black counter in front of me, to find the man staring out the window with a blank expression sunk across his lonely face, with his clipboard full of paperwork just lying in his lap with unlegible scribble marks all over it, and every single card in his wallet spread across his lap. I was stunned, and my heart instantly broke! I then realized that this poor man didn't know how to read, or write! He was desperately trying, and trying to fulfill my request, as his hands shook with tremor against the empty papers.

I then approached the old man, and asked if he would like my assitance in any way. He nodded with eagerness, and asked if I would help him fill the paperwork. I began to read aloud each question required for office filing. I asked him what his phone number was, and he said, "I don't have one". I asked him what his address was and he said, "I don't know, just somewhere down the road across the street from the Elementary School, and the Auto Dealership". I asked him what his Birthday was and he said, "I think it's the 21st or the 23rd of February." I THINK! Oh dear, oh dear I thought to myself....this poor man doesn't even know his Birthday let alone anything else about himself, but he just kept reassuring me that his son knew his information, and that his son could help me. I then accompanied him back to our third operatory and asked him to have a seat while we got an X-ray of the tooth that was bothering him. Afterward we had Dr. G take a gander at the troubled tooth, and unfortunately we had to refer him to an Endodontist for a root canal. The man had not even a flinch of happiness, or accomplishment in his face, and as I watched him drag his feet out our door, and began to cry in my heart for this man.
Sadly enough it took seeing anothers misfortunes, for me to fully recognize all that I have and all that I'm grateful for.

I take so many things for granted. All too often I fail to recognize the small, yet beautiful things that have blessed my life richly. I have an amazing family, that is ALWAYS there for me, and a family that has adored and treasured me from the day I was born. I have an education, and have had the opportunity to continue that education on to College. I have a bed at night. I have all five fingers, and all five toes. I have eyes that see. I have the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I have a job. I have ears that hear. I have food. I have wonderful and supporting friends. I have scriptures. I have prayer. I have two loving parents. I have a pefect Savior, and a loving Heavenly Father. I have trials, that I wouldn't trade for the world. I have joys. I have smiles. I have seasons in life. I have experience. I have a computer. I have blankets. I have chocolate. I have clothes. I have a dryer. I have a vacuum. I have nieces and nephews. I have a car. I have music. I have potential. I have peace. I have an endless amount of creation around me. I have rain. I have sun. I have it all. We all have it all....

Please, take this wonderful month of Thanksgiving to have pure gratitude in your heart. We may not think we have it all, but if we really think about it....WE DO.

Money Tree, where are you?

I wish money grew on trees. I wish that it glided through the sky and out of the clouds as rain. I wish I was the lucky contestant selected to paint sticky glue all over my body and jump around in a bubble full of floating bills, while trying desperately not to look like an idiot. I wish I was the 99th customer randomly selected for the one million dollar prize, rushed to my doorstep with roses and video cameras shoved in my face. Haha. But don't we all dream of these unrealisitc occurances from time to time? I know I do sometimes, especially today as I was compiling a "TO-DO" list for the month of August. (I'm totally a list person, it gives me such satisfaction to return back to the list and dash a beautifully inked check mark by each item. I love it!) Anyways, after my list was completed, I quickly browsed down the list of twenty items or so and realized I had one MINOR resource missing.... making my "TO-DO" list an "UN-DO" list. This little resource I would like to call MOOOO LAAAAAHH, ya know it's green and has George Washington's face printed on this paperlike, rectangular necessity. I then realized that I couldn't do anything on my list, not one single thing without large sums of money haha. For example, the first 5 items of my list entailed.
1. Fix broken window in car (approx. $200)
2. Fix CD player in Car (approx. $200-$500)
3. Register for school and pay tuition (approx. $ 2,000)
4. Get an I-Pod (approx. $250)
5. Get out of DEBT (approx. $500)
Haha what a joke! Those five items alone costs me well over three thousand dollars, and I definetely don't have three thousand dollars lying around, even if I scrounged through the couch and my pockets for the next lifetime!Oh dear, dear me, what am I to do besides regret buying thirty new shirts last month and not saving enough money in my youthful years of babysitting and pumpkin selling?
Especially, after being raised in my family, you would think that I would have thousands and thousands of dollars saved up in the bank from lots of hard work and absolutely ZERO spending. I have been taught since the day I was born to avoid debt like a plague and save every cent I get, and if that means compromising or going without something, then so be it . I don't think my dad has ever been in debt his whole life, and he rarely ever spends more than he needs to. He's always srcaping for a deal, and calling around asking for the best price he can get on anything and everything even though he doesn't need to. He has always had us work for our money and we've never had anything handed to us, so we can learn the value of hard work and accomplishment. My dad has always been a work-aholic haha, I remember we went to Lagoon once as a family and I casually asked my dad if he was enjoying himself as we loaded off my favorite thrill ride the "Rocket", and he smiled at me and said, "Honestly Jess, I'd rather be working in the yard". HAHA, I just couldn't believe it! I would much rather play to my hearts content than work in 100 degree weather pulling weeds and picking up rocks, haha but I guess my dad has always mastered a stong work ethic and frugality. I truly admire, and look up to my dad in this aspect, and wish I had more of the habits that he posseses today. I have seen how much it has blessed his and my family's life to fashion your life as my dad has.
Instead I spend my money quite frivilously, and trust me it's BAD, BAD news! A couple slushies here, and a donut there, and some del taco here, and maybe like five new pairs of shoes, and I just don't think I can survive without the new Chris Brown and Coldplay CD's, and I have to go to the John Mayer concert, I mean I just have to! Let's just say it wouldn't be a terrible idea to decrease my bank account negativity, and charges that go along with it, and increase the balancing of credits/debits more frequently and maybe saving a couple dollars every now and again.
Anyways, I guess let's just say that I'll be making some adjustments to my "list" and spending a little less time at the mall and little more time working, saving, and balancing my checkbook! I've got a lot to learn! : )

*John Mayer Concert July 2008 haha *

"The Bucket List"

So, this past weekend as I was vacationing in the open air of Elgin Oregon I watched the "Bucket List" with my second family. To my suprise I actually loved the movie and the flare between the two characters as they learn of their now shortened lives invaded by cancer. They create a "Bucket List" or a list of accomplishments and aspirations to be completed before their lives come to a close. They learn life's most valuable lessons in just a few short months traveling the world and pushing the limits of danger, but most importantly they learn what life is about through their time spent with each other. They realize that the most important thing in life, may not be what you do or how happy you were with your life, but what happiness you brought to others lives rather than you own.
After watching, it really made me think. It made me think of what I wanted to do with my life. It unleashed thoughts and dreams churning inside my mind and heart, so I decided to create a "Bucket List" of my own.
1. Become the best Mother and Wife I know how to be
2. Run a Marathon
3. Achieve remission.
4. Get my College Degree
5. Sky Dive (haha I totally had this idea before the movie)
6. Witness the Seven Wonders of the World
7. Maintain friendships...be the best friend I can to new and old
8. Service trip to South America
Haha so I can't think of anything else, but yep this is pretty much what I want to do pronto!

Jessigal's A.B.C.'s

A-Attached or Single: Single
B-Best Friend: Johanna, Juliana, Aubree, Abbey, Catey, Hillary, Scott, Ben, Ari, Tori, and lots more. I love all of you!
C-Pie or Cake: Depends on the day. If it's my Birthday definitely cake, and not just any cake, but CONFETTI cake! It's my favorite by far, and German Chocolate comes in a close second. But if it's a summer day, a good fresh piece of Strawberry pie can't be beat.
D-Day of Choice: Friday baby!
E-Essential Items: My cellular device, camera, mascara, and my running shoes
F-Favorite Color: Aqua Blue, except if I'm wearing it, then make it green :)
G-Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Gummy bears. Definitely
H-Hometown: Alpine
I-Indulgence: Bubble baths, my comfort foods, and walking barefoot in the mud after a rainstorm. I LOVE IT!
J-January or July: July of course!
K-Kids: I want some of my own, so bad! I want a grundle of girls, and two boys, and don't worry I already have their names picked out. Love you kids, can't wait to meet you one day!
L-Life is incomplete without: The gospel of Jesus Christ, and the people I love.
M-Marriage Date: Well since I'm living up the single life, I don't have one. :)
N-Number of Siblings: 5 siblings. One big brother, and four older sisters.
O-Oranges or apples: APPLES are the bomb diggidy.
P-Phobias or Fears: Spiders are yikers! I'm also afraid of making life altering mistakes, not completing my goals, loosing friendships of those closest to me, and a lot more haha.
Q-Quotes: "Hoes over bros"-Brooke Davis
R-Reasons to smile: My friends and family. My future.
S-Season: Summer and Fall.
T-Time of Day: Between 5:00-12:00 pm
U-Unknown fact about me: I don't sleep on a pillow, I sleep with my pillow covering my head.
V-Very Favorite Store: Aeropostale, and Forever 21
W-Worst Habit: Popping my joints haha
X-X-Ray, Ultrasound or mammogram: Well let's see... X-ray when I am at the Dentist, Ultrasound when I have a big belly : ), and Mammogram NEVER!
Y-Your Favorite Food: Oh boy I love food! I love smoothies, Italian food, Dasani Water, CANDY,Cafe Rio Salads, Cheesy Potatoes, Steak, Asparagus, Avocados, steamed veggies, and Krispy Kreme doughnuts are to die for! I'm hungry right now, I didn't eat lunch :(
Z-Zodiac: Libra