june 17

Sending my love in the form of a cupcake.

My most favorite place in this world is a little cafe called Twentyfive Main. They make delicious cupcakes. I'm sending a bit of my love to my family. Father's day is Sunday. I love my mother. My sister is feeling a little St. George sick. I love my family. This will do the trick!!!!!!!!!!

I was planning on mailing them, but there are too many variables. Ice can melt. "This side up" signs don't really mean anything anymore. I didn't have one toothpick in my apartment. My sister's bf is flying there tomorrow. I checked TSA standards and "pies and cakes" ARE allowed. We'll see if he can make it through security. I'm crossing my fingers!!!! I will maybe seriously shed a few tears if they throw them away. Here's Hoping.....
GO!!! "LOVE cupcakes!!!" GO!!!

LOVE
Jessica

June 16

I put the Fun in Funfetti

Today I made funfetti cookies for the cooks. Easy recipe my friend Begga shared with me. Grab a box of Funfetti cake. The recipe is actually on the box...but I'll share it too. 1/3 C of oil. 2 eggs. Mix with a spoon. Make into small balls and place on ungreased pan. Use a cup to smoosh cookies into a circle. Bake at 375 for about 6-8 minutes, until edges are brown. Rainbow chip frosting on the top is scrumptious! Enjoy!
Sidenote: Seran wrap really is one of the devil's minions!

LOVE
Jessica

WAKE UP!

so my alarm is still going crazy. it went off at 6:30 this morning. not my favorite thing...but it's all good b/c i fell right back asleep. i went to work early b/c a bunch of crazy old ladies wanted to check in at the same time. yay for extra money (that may or may not have been a little sarcastic since i make slightly more than minimum wage). all in all, God is good thus life is good. peace.

win or lose

June 15

Monday. Monday. I hit every red light. That's just something I've come to realize, and even accept. The only time it's ridiculous is when I'm already late for church or when I'm driving home from work at 10:00 and still have to wait at a red light when no one else is on the road. I won a very important bet today. My car isn't in it's prime. It screeches, the transmission is a little rough, and I don't even have a working radio. But my pal's car is in the same situation. Bets were made, "who's car will die first." Today, June 15, David's car died. Deader than dead. My car did not. I won. In fact, I think I may have won a sonic drink for having a lasting car. Bad news is, he has a nicer car now. Mine still screeches and has a bad transmission and a radio that doesn't work. It was a Monday.


LOVE
Jessica

CHANGE...of the oil

my dad showed me how to change the oil in my car today. it was pretty fun. i realized 2 things: one, i have zero muscles, and two, oil tends to drip...and it apparently likes to drip on my face...multiple times. i am hardcore.

Gates

June 14

Gates are meant to keep people out. They really work. Today we went to a friends house for a little pool get together. We arrived a little bit later than the others. Our friends live in a gated community. No prob, right? Well, until we started calling every person we could think of for the code. No one was answering. A man pulled up behind us and we decided to get in on his codage. He obviously didn't know a code and after about 3 minutes we decided to leave and try another route. A construction route that had been open. Nope. A big red gate stood in our way. Throughout this time we continued to call and leave hate messages. I even got ahold of their fax machine. Anna finally decided that we should just leave her car, crawl under the gate, and walk to the house. And we did. I only got a little tar all over my yellow dress.

The positive: We got to drive / ride in a fun little golf cart to go back and get Anna's car.

I also had my husband or TLK drawn for me today. If you don't look like this....I'm not lookin!

June 13

"The world God wants to love, the world God is appealing to, may never see Him; our own faces may get in the way."

Philip Yancy

Disappointments With God


LOVE
Jessica

Lazy Day

so today was a pretty chill day. i set my alarm for 7 b/c i was gunna play bass for the worship service, so it went off and stuff and i hit the snooze once. i checked my clock before i got up. there was a problem. it said that it was 6. so i checked my alarm again, and it was set for 7. i went out to the living room to check more clocks....it was 6. so i set my alarm again, it didn't even go off this time. my mom called my cell (she was upstairs) which woke me up...at 8:45. so i didn't make it to practice. still played though, so no one complained. the rest of the day i watched movies and tried to sleep. i also drank lots of coffee....yum. it was a pretty good day.

Mesquite....

June 12

We went to Mesquite. Anna wanted to go for her birthday. She really wanted to eat at a buffet. After paying $20 we learned it was Seafood Extravaganza night. The WORST. We each ate a few bites. Anna had a nice salad. We were pretty excited about dessert. Then we saw the non-fat yogurt sign. I hoped to spruce up my non-fat yogurt with some whipped cream. It came out completely liquid. I lost out.

Then Anna opened up presents. I got her a sweet Polaroid camera. Anna spent some big bucks on the slots. She got up to $3.75, then lost it all. We got to see Michael at work. And his co-worker Mara. She took the above picture of just our heads. We laughed a lot. All night. It was a ridiculous evening!

LOVE
Jessica