Clarification:

Just to clarify one point from my last post:
Um, that kiss hasn't actually happened...yet. Everytime I see the snow falling I think it looks so romantic to be out there kissing in it. However, my BF (who spends all day out in the snow) doesn't think that the "romantic-ness" would be worth the cold. He is probably right. BUT he is taking me to dinner at Tucanos Brasilian Grill tonight AND it is snowing today so maybe, just maybe, I can trick him into it!



See? Doesn't that look ROMANTIC?



Ahh, cute!




And this one is called "kissing trees"...I don't know...

Christmas is Coming!

Dear Santa,
First of all, thank you for last year's gifts. I have tried hard to be a very good girl this year and I am sure you will agree that I have done very well, although I admit I could keep my bedroom a little less cluttered at times. Now, I know that I previously wrote to you requesting a moutain bike for Christmas this year. Riding along bike trails with my friends sounded like a lot of fun, plus I figure it is a good thing to add to my exercise routine, which is virtually non-existent at this point. I mean, a mountain bike has got to cost a lot less than a double-bypass heart surgery for clogged arteries when I am ninety, right? So I was very excited about my mountain bike. However, several large snowstorms over the past few days have caused me to doubt my original decision. There has been so much snow here lately that I am thinking of buying a snow shovel to scrape my windows after work. And I will soon need a good pair of ice skates if I want to walk anywhere without slipping on the ice and breaking my neck. The one bright, shining light in all of this (besides a good, long kiss while being held tight in the arms of a cute boy with the snow gently falling all around us) has been the electric blanket that I get to come home to every night!! I love it and don't know if I will ever be able to sleep another night without it. So, back to my Christmas wish- I have decided that instead of a mountain bike this year, I would rather have a HOT TUB!

Yours Truly,
Jen :^)

Christmas Tag

I have had people tell me I need to post more, but honestly, I have drawn a blank as to what I should write about, I stole this tag from a friend's blog:

Christmas tag
1) Candy canes-peppermint or cherry? definitely cherry- or any other yummy, fruity flavor.
2)Gingerbread houses-from a kit or homemade? kinda both, I guess-we just use graham crackers with homemade frosting that never really holds together well.
3)Most annoying Christmas song? I won't lie, they are all starting to annoy me.
4) Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night or I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.
5) Most memorable present you received as a child? um..probably the nintendo. that's the one we would have used the most anyway.
6)Most materialistic thing you are asking for this year? weight loss-in the form of a mountain bike!!
7)Favorite Christmas movie? "You'll shoot your eye out!"
8) When do you start listening to Christmas music? Whenever the radio starts playing it. I guess after Halloween, but only as a last resort if every other station is unacceptable.
9)Do you believe? That Christ is the reason for Christmas? yes. In Santa? No, but I did when I was a kid and I think it is fun for kids.
10)Do you open presents in PJs or get dressed first? Of course is PJs!! Always have, always will. that is what makes it Christmas!
11) Black Friday? I have done it before, but I'm not obsessed with it.
12) White lights or colored lights? White for the outside of a house and colored for the tree.
13)Ever been to the nutcracker? yep. My parents took us one year and my dad complained about the men in tights the whole time.
14) Does Santa leave an orange in the toe of your stocking? Yep :) and it makes me happy!

Quick Whine:

I know I just posted, but I need to whine about something real quick. I wish temples were open on Monday. It's the only day that I can go this week and, of course, all the temples around me are closed. Well, ok, Provo is open until ten. I guess I better go to bed so that there is at least a slight chance of me turning my good intention into a reality. Good night!!

Twilight

No, I have not seen the movie. Yes, I have read the books. I did enjoy them but also felt like I was wasting my time because there was so much repetition about Bella swooning over her handsome boy. I liked that at first but thought the author could have cut a lot of that out and still made her point. Anyway, whether or not I actually go to the movie remains to be seen, but in the meantime I stole this link to a hilarious screen adaptation from a friend's blog:

http://www.ericdsnider.com/snide/my-rejected-twilight-screenplay/

Chocolate Milk Rumor

After my last post about chocolate milk possibly being contaminated, my brother decided to put the rumor to the test by looking it up on snopes. com. Find out for yourself at:

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/chocmilk.asp

tag: an effort to increase my blog posts

Okay, so I was tagged and it is probably my fault that I got tagged because I never post and when I do they are usually boring. Maybe this one will be a little more interesting to somebody, who knows.

So...Basic rules....List 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 surprising facts, and then tag other people. Leave a comment for the people you tag so they know they have been tagged

3 Joys
1-Sunshine- warm sunshine, that is. None of this "it-looks-warm-but-it-isn't" stuff.
2-Blankets and sweaters- mostly electric blankets that I turn on before I get into my bed so that it is nice and warm for me. :)
3-When I go visit my parents and my mom sends me home with millions of tupperware containers full of ready-made meals! Ah, it is so much better than trying to come up with things to take for lunch day after day.

3 Fears
1- Messing up somebody's life by turning out wrong lab results- don't worry, we in the lab take many precautions against this and most doctors treat more on their own instincts instead of lab results anyway.
2-Being married for the rest of eternity
3-Being alone for the rest of eternity

3 Current Obsessions
1-Learning how to cook new things-yes, you should feel sorry for my roommate and my boyfriend; it isn't always pretty.
2-Searching the weekly grocery store ads for good sales-that's what helps me decide on new kitchen experiments.
3-Wearing cute socks-okay, this isn't current. It has been a life-long obsession and it makes for easy birthday or christmas gifts for me. I used to wear cute underwear too, but underwear is now a thing of the past for me. (TMI? Sorry...)

3 Surprising Facts
1-I used to wear cute underwear; now I don't wear any at all.
2-I don't like milk-I do put it on cereal, but only barely enough to cover all the cereal so that I don't have any milk left over that I have to drink plain. Chocolate milk is a different story, it's okay. Until my boyfriend told me that after the cows have been milked, the last bit of their milk has some blood in it and they make this into chocolate milk so that they can still sell it. I don't know if that is true or not but I am taking a break from chocolate milk for a while.
3-I get free monthly issues of the "American Baby" magazines and free cans of baby formula from almost every brand on the market. I have no idea how this all started and I keep thinking it will stop soon because I have never paid anything, but it has been almost a year now. I do donate the baby formula to a pediatrician's office so at least I know somebody gets some use out of it.

And I tag...Abby, Mena, Jen Jackson, Mary, and Brad!