brains for hair

marriage blog

2010-01-26T10:09:00.000-08:00

this is where our new blog is.

b+j=love

over my head

2009-12-18T23:14:00.000-08:00

Tonight I started a little project. just something I'm whipping up for Christmas for my soon-to-be HUSBAND. I like to be crafty, I'm just beginning to doubt if I should even attempt things in this field. Mostly I stick to mod-podgeing anything I can get my greedy little hands on. picture frames.. journals.. pieces of cardboard. This is officially more than I bargained for. wish me luck! Ima need it!

not too shabby

2009-12-18T09:12:00.000-08:00

I just ordered this dress and I think I'm going to like it. my grandma told me 'every married girl needs a cute dress to wear.' thanks grandma
shabbyapple.com

trick wedding

2009-12-13T22:44:00.000-08:00

december 12, 2009. what a great day! I really REALLY can't wait until january 2 when it's real and I am now Mrs. Blake Richards. can't wait to marry you honey! you are the best EVER! mwuah!

just a heads up... come being married I will be blogging at this site. so come visit!

i need more of this in my life...

2009-12-08T20:27:00.000-08:00

hahahaha. right? who doesn't need more of this?! look at those socks. what was I thinking?

do i also need more of this? YES!

and I need more of this! T-MINUS 2 DAYS!!!!!

2 posts in one day... i must have a paper due

2009-12-05T19:01:00.000-08:00

geology lab final
ethics animal rights paper
plant taxonomy lab final
ethics combined chapter test
ethics final
final portfolio for english
portfolio of 10 ethical articles
english presentation
geology final
ethics final
plant taxonomy final

i am sick of football being on tv always.
i am sick of call of duty.
i am sick of blake living so far away.
i am just plain sick.

my room is never clean anymore.
my car never has gas in it.
my bank account never has money in it.

even though my life is this bad (what a joke. i am such a whiner.) blake makes it better. 100 percent. being engaged and 12 hours away from each other sucks the big one, let me tell you. our schedules are crazy and he works late nights and i have early morning classes, and its difficult to make time for each other. texting often leads to miscommunication and planning a wedding is a real B. i just miss him a lot and wish we were married. where's the 'joy in the journey'?! it is non existent people. that's how whiney I am. is that so wrong? can't I have a bad day? Can't I blog about my bad days? IS THAT SO WRONG?! someone get this drama queen a bowl of chocolate ice cream. one of the big bowls.

three

2009-12-05T17:40:00.000-08:00

Three Names I go by
1. Poop
2. J
3. Ica

Three Jobs I have had in my life
1. Nanny
2. East Side Marios, bada boom bada bing!
3. BYU computer lab

Three Places I have lived
1. Raymond AB
2. Laie Hawaii
3. Boise ID

Three Favorite drinks
1. Water
2. Minute maid juice
3. Herbal tea

Three TV Shows that I watch
1. The office
2. Biggest Loser
3. ...Simpsons

Three places I have been
1. Northwest Territories
2. Hawaii
3. Las Vegas

Three People that text me regularly
1. Blake
2. ...wow this is sad.
3. Angela

Three of my favorite foods
1. Oranges
2. Parfaits
3. Tacos

Three Things I am looking forward to
1. Going to the temple!
2. Getting married!
3. Blake to get here in 5 days!

Three of my favorite clothing items
1. My little black dress
2. My new heels
3. My dark ae jeans

Three places I would like to go
1. Australia
2. Rexburg (because that means me and Blake are MARRIED!)
3. India

Three things that will make me cry
1. Leaving Raymond and my family
2. When people are sad
3. When this wedding planning is still not over and neither is school and I am frustrated and stressed... Man I'm selfish...

Three things that will make me angry
1. When people are shallow
2. The name-brand obsession
3. In movies when you know something the characters don't and it ends up being the end of them and you wish you could have helped!

Three "perfect dates"
1. Skiing all day, followed by a delicious dinner on the living room floor and cuddling on the couch watching a romance or comedy
2. A drive to a picnic spot on a summers evening. Laying outside under a blanket of stars talking of good times
3. Pretty much anything with Blake..

DID I MENTION I'M REALLY EXCITED TO GET MARRIED?!?

L is G

2009-11-25T22:20:00.000-08:00

I am grateful and happy and wanted to share this with you.

-My wedding dress is in my possession! as well as my veil. I couldn't be happier.
-Blake will be here in 15 days for the reception. After that, only 14 days until I see him again. And then 5 days until we wed!
-I saw twilight opening night. Better than the first, and I am definitely on Team Jacob. None of this scrawny pale neck-biter stuff.
-I am in DESPERATE need of some new music. Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-I am really excited for snow and skiing.
-Me and Blake registered for classes. We are taking American Foundations, Science Foundations, and Doctrine and Covenants together.
-Neither of us have school on fridays! and he doesn't have school on Wednesdays.
-I'm taking a skiing class...?
-I'm going through the temple in 2 weeks.
-My parents are taking my whole family to HAWAII for a week in Febrauary!
-School is 2.5 weeks away from being over.
-I'm in love and blessed and love every single day!

6 weeks?

2009-11-20T21:54:00.000-08:00

kill me! thats TOO LONG!

gongshow!

2009-11-02T16:12:00.000-08:00

things are coming along.. but i must say.. HOLY CRAP! sometimes i think my head is gunna 'splode. school, planning a wedding, and getting BYU visas and things in order is quite enough for me, thank you. but i know it's all worth it. because blake watson richards, you are the love of my life! and I can't wait to be your wifey!

here are a few of the photos from recently. the ring! blakey birthday boy, and the future mr and mrs richards. life is good!

i am

2009-10-24T22:58:00.000-07:00

... in love, excited, and also engaged.

can't wait until January second.

what i got today.

2009-10-09T19:19:00.000-07:00

‏

From:	International Admissions (intladmissions@byui.edu)
Sent:	October 9, 2009 12:45:32 PM
To:	jess_e8@hotmail.com

Dear Jessica,

Congratulations on being accepted to Brigham Young University-Idaho.

(oh sure, i am thrilled about this part! It's the next bit that really ruffles my feathers. those college administrators are real sneaky... leaving me hanging until the bad news. CHEEKY DEVILS)

The next step in our review process will be to determine your track assignment. BYU–Idaho students are assigned to a two-semester track for which they can enroll in classes. If you have not done so already, we invite you to provide additional information by completing a questionnaire.

Strange enough, this doesn't take away any of the stress I am feeling. I just want it to be, say, January! And I knew what was happening in my life! uuuuuuugh. I can't tell you how frustrated I am!

service

2009-10-08T19:09:00.000-07:00

sooo.. for an act of service, someone can buy me these boots?!
since it's almost thanksgiving, i would be very thankful for them!

aldoshoes.com. size 8. thank you kindly.

better than hump day.

2009-10-06T18:56:00.000-07:00

why i love tuesday, october 6, 2009:

1. my car battery died when I left the headlights on. consider it my initiation into the wintertime darkness.
- BUT my dad came and jumped me and gave me an excuse to drive around for a while and not do homework.

2. two 2 hour labs, back to back, 8 AM to noon.
- BUT they were fun and informative... identifying conifers and minerals? who doesn't love that?! (seriously.)

3. tried to find Blake a birthday present. what do you buy a man that has everything? I'M SERIOUS ON THIS TOO. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS?
- BUT, of course, kinda got distracted and bought myself new jeans and some new T's. BUT i justified it because none of my other pants fit! look at me go!

4. got home later than usual from school.
- BUT got to eat dinner with the fam and watch biggest loser... perfect timing really.

so I didn't get blake a birthday present, I have homework up to my cute button nose, i am tired and it's really windy. but i don't even care because today is now over and it is officially...

6 days until blake gets here.

twelve

2009-10-01T13:27:00.000-07:00

richard will be here in 12 days...

i am more excited than this cat.

yo gabba gabba

2009-09-23T21:44:00.000-07:00

Yo Gabba Gabba (elijah wood)

i love this show. it's what i am raising all 8 of my children on. and they will be awesome children.

just so you know.

2009-09-12T16:38:00.000-07:00

so far i have kept up on all 3 of my goals.

and blake is coming in ONE MONTH!

in order of importance

2009-09-06T13:28:00.000-07:00

blake watson richards. or as i like to call him, richard. my play mate. my lover. my best friend.

this summer, i went to visit him in Boise. it was sort of a gongshow figuring out my travel plans. I was stressed because i felt like i should be home getting ready for school and applying for byu and other 'important' things, and blake felt like we should spend as much time together as we could before i started school back home and was tied down with those commitments.

school five days a week + a boyfriend that lives 12 hours away + no incoming funds all summer = many phone calls, not enough time together, and no xoxo's!

so that was my struggle. stay only one week in boise and be 110% prepared for school? sounded like a good idea to me at the time. but this is something you should know about me that I have recently discovered:
often, I think of an idea out of the blue. and i think its a REALLY REALLY good idea for about a week. and then it hits me.. that my idea was horrible and not logical in any sense of the word and ridicuous.

so that's how it was with the boise trip. one day it hit me- be with blake while you can! school schmool! so i told blake to go ahead and book my flight home and to count on me staying for 3 wonderful weeks!

i love being with blake. i love rafting with blake, eating pita pit, skiing with blake, going to Xav, jumping in the fountain downtown fully clothed, going to the state fair and blake getting sick (not me!), running errands with blake (i even enjoyed when we went to the bank.), mowing with blake, and going to the doctor with blake! i can't get enough of him! i miss him and can't wait until october 13th when he comes to visit for an entire month.

thank you blake! thanks for being the best ever. thanks for being there for me and being patient with me. thanks for trying to understand where i'm coming from and trying to make me happy, even when i make it reaaaally hard. thanks for sticking through this with me. we've been thrown a few curve balls but i know we can get past anything. you are amazing and also very handsome. see you in 37 days!

p.s.

2009-09-04T23:47:00.001-07:00

i'm not very good at this.

dear brains for hair,

2009-09-04T21:45:00.001-07:00

you deserve a face lift.

i'm working on it.

love jessica.

i can dream...

2009-08-28T16:51:00.000-07:00

I know anyone that knows me and looks at this will think... Jessica would NOT wear that. and maybe I wouldn't... in public. but i really really REALLY want it to prance around in at home! and for my husband one day maybe... think good thoughts, think good thoughts.

idaho and 3 goals

2009-08-20T14:31:00.000-07:00

so far my Boise trip has been just dandy. a couple awesome rafting trips, some helping out via babysitting (i think i won't have kids for ten more years.), and just hanging with blake. i haven't taken any pictures so don't expect any. it's hot today, and I'm coming home in a week, and I am excited.
i have made a goal or two. if i blog maybe i will actually do them.

1. learn 'don't stop me now' by Queen on piano. (never heard it? that's a sad sad life my friend..) I've got the sheet music and man is it way more advanced than my skill level! practice practice practice i suppose.
2. I am going to go to church in my own singles ward every week.. for all three hours too! AND go to institute.
3. I am going to run/work out AT LEAST three times a week. don't wanna get to crazy and tell myself i'll do five days a week when i know i won't. so three it is.

now sit down and enjoy this freaking video! I'm going to the record company to buy me a Queen vinyl!

almost there...

2009-08-07T00:20:00.000-07:00

In the morning I am leaving for Boise. EEK! I am so excited to see Blakey-poo. I'm staying for three weeks. And I'm gunna go rafting, and go to Merrits, and to see Xavier RUDD! I can't wait! Xav is amazing! and so is BLAKE!

I thought I would post some photos from our little family vacation to Lundbreck Falls. I wish I was still ten and that everyone could come on family vacations and that technology wasn't so available EVERYWHERE you go. I don't care how convenient cell phones in Waterton are... I wish there was no service there! I guess what I am trying to say is... I would like to take off into the woods one day. Like on Into The Wild. HA okay no not at all like that. you get it though right?
wow, good thing I take pictures of people... ha. I love that cloud picture. I love Mother Earth.

Next on my vacation list is Waterton- August Long. Camping with the Heggie fam. Very much fun. My first time ever hiking to Bertha Bay. and WHY?! It's an awesome place. Jumping off the dock was awesome. The length is awesome, just a 45 minutes jaunt. Even when you got a baby on your back, it's still awesome. And after a hot hot hot hike, the cold cold cold water is awesome. and Tina and my's (correct grammer?) photoshoot, we were feeling pretty awesome... unfortunately I can't post those. and Tina has all the other good pictures from this hike. Dang it.

ok erin jane.

2009-08-04T11:33:00.000-07:00

i took your test.

folk fest

2009-07-22T21:53:00.001-07:00

can't wait!

better things to do than blog

2009-07-20T00:01:00.000-07:00

So I've sort of stopped blogging. It's not a priority anymore (like it was before..?) So I'll just leave you with that and go on with this post, which has absolutely no rhyme or reason.

1. I love Waterton. I'm sure if you read Amy's blog you will find out all about the entirety of the trip. One detail she failed to mention is that we had a special visitor.. BLAKEY POO!! I am so glad he came. We fished, saw bears, and he jumped off cliffs (I think I am afraid of heights? Vimy scared me being up so high. It's a freaking long way down!). Also, Blake's brother Hayden came up too.. one last hoorah before he goes to college and the mish.

the red rock hot tub. ya, NOT.
this is Blake, being SABERTOOTH without even knowing it... so fierce and manly. (I love wolverine.)

so after Blake went home (sad.) there took pace a little Vegas House reunion. and it just so happened to be in the bathroom at Nate's reception. Classy ladies.
I miss those days... but the current days are awesome! it was great to see jane and karl and ash all in the same place at the same time.

then.. i hiked the summit. with some of the best company around. and might i add that i am grateful for the NOT ridiculous pace that was set and the time that was allotted for fishing!!!! I recently have found true love in fishing, thanks to Rich. my fishing rod has now caught at least 6 fish, and I have taken the responsibility of gutting my fish (two now.) AND the last one I even put out of his misery myself.. which was a little much for me.. but us humans gotta eat, right?and ever since then, as an unemployed adult, I have been doing whatever I can to not go flipping crazy! I am just counting down the days (NINETEEN!) until Grandma D, Mom and me roadtrip to Boise to see my lovely blake. I am definitely enjoying our above-ground pool and spent 2 hours on saturday jumping from the trampoline into the pool. also, going on runs with Lucy and Sage are great and I busted out the ol' paint-by-numbers yesterday.
NOTE: today I watched Dances with Wolves. It was so sweet.
and all this hiking, fishing, being in the mountains has made me SO excited to start school in september. Environmental Science. YES. my classes include: plant taxonomy, soil research, physical geology, terrestrial ecology, scientific and technical writing, and... BOOOOO... stats! already having to take stats ONCE in hawaii, I know i am in for a tough semester. But i am so excited to be learning again and actually using this mushy grey intestine-looking thing in my head.

06.06

2009-06-07T21:58:00.000-07:00

I had a vundabar birthday! Thanks everyone!

It started off with some delicious breakfast at Goldy's downtown with Richard, and some walking through the local market. After some eggs, maple sausage, potatoes and an english muffin, we headed to the Record Exchange, where I bought my second vinyl... Billy Joel, Piano Man!
Then back home where me and Kara soon left and went and got... pedicures! Nothing more mature and lady-like than a pedicure right?! That's what I said. A few errands and a DQ dipped cone later, we were back home just in time for me to shower and get ready for my not-so-surprise party.
On Friday, after I got home from work, Tim says something to me along the lines of "Do me a favor, since I'm gunna be up till three in the morning making this pulled pork for your party.." uuuuh.. what? But anyways, so I found out. The point is Blake tried to surprise me. He's so sweet.
So at 6:00 the Cole, Richards, Stone and Dudley families gathered for some delicious food! Pulled pork, tri-tip steak, watermelon, buns, coleslaw, pasta salad, and of course, Dairy Queen ice cream cake! It was delish.
And Blake got me a fishing rod! He is the bomb. and Kara got me some awesome gumboots, so I can trudge around in the muck when I'm fishing. Movie tickets and a Sonic gift card will also help me and Blake have one (or many) wonderful evenings, while I'm smelling great with new lotion.
The day successfully ended with some lightning watching and Donny nearly getting stuck in the mud. It was a good day. I have a great birthday because when I fill out forms for anything, I don't even have to look at which is the month and which is the day, because they are the SAME! So I just slap down 06 anywhere I please. It's awesome. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

children

2009-05-29T18:58:00.000-07:00

searched through 3,605 photos to find these gems! starring: brogan, paisley, anya, sierra, emma, piper, blake, and me!

my new roommate

2009-05-12T19:37:00.000-07:00

her name is Peaches and she has eight legs.
if she scares you maybe you should stop coming over..

almost-not-a-teen wish list dramas

2009-05-09T09:30:00.001-07:00

06/06 is a special day for me. it's the day i turn 20. and i couldn't think of anything good i wanted for my birthday. when i was at home for a while, i used my moms sonicare toothbrush everyday and it made my teeth feel soo clean and fresh and noticably whiter! so i thought maybe i wanted one of those. then i thought... that i have never owned a hair straightener. a fact about me is that i just never do my hair. sad but true. am i a girl? i think so. prove it, you say. FINE! a straightener is on my birthday wish list. ok.. 2 years ago my greatest friends got me a pair of birkenstocks. and in hawaii i wore them every day and i wear them everday when the weather permits. so you can image the state they are in.. so then i thought maybe new shoes would be great. THEN i get an email from ticketmaster telling me that aerosmith and zztop are going on tour, and its currently the presale! so then i thought i might like that. then i changed my mind when i saw that the cheapest ticket was 115 bones (+tax!). then i saw that xavier rudd would be in calgary on july 5, and decided THAT might be great. but then... while at best buy with blake, hanging on the net talking to my mom.. i saw that the calgary folk music festival would be rolling around in july. i thought back to when i went to the edmonton folk fest with mango last year... and how much i loved it. so i checked out the artist lineup. each week until May 14 they have announced one artist that will be there and guess who is on the list.... iron and wine? yes. but thats not what caught my attention...

Loreena McKennit.

now i don't expect you to get excited about that, but she has been a part of my life since forever. she reminds me of waterton in winter and byu-hawaii. she is like home to me. i love her, and so does my dad. so we are going, and thats final.

happy birthday to me.

kwilt

2009-03-24T15:00:00.000-07:00

i made this with my own two hands and my moms.
i sleep under it.
took 3 years.

my boyfriend

2009-03-22T12:46:00.000-07:00

is named blake richards
loves the color green
loves to ski
hurts himself a lot
likes the cold
is very strong
wants to be a firefighter
has a bubble butt
doesn't like dogs
has many scars
has a third nipple
is handsome
i love him

rata-tat-tat

2009-02-18T17:44:00.000-08:00

Ratatat is coming to Boise.
March 28, 2009
$17

i'll probably need a dance partner.. Blake doesn't seem too keen.

Also can I just say that i fell back in love with my Bose headphones? GAH.

don't expect any words... ratatat doesn't do lyrics, and i love them for it.

first time for everything

2009-02-17T19:02:00.000-08:00

including dog attack! tuesday february 10 was the fateful day. while at work, Jack was inside in the kennel and Jill was outside. I tried to let Jill in the kennel and Jack was trying to get out, so i grabbed his collar and all of a sudden... i was dog bait! It was scary needless to say, and i am officially scared of Jack. but nothing can shake my unwavering love of dogs.

back to iderho

2009-02-17T17:37:00.000-08:00

You better believe that I am back in Boise again. One time a friend in Hawaii asked me, "if you could have 3 houses anywhere in the world, where would they be?" And I faithfully answered Raymond, Waterton, and Boise. and I stand by that answer! anyways, Blake came to visit twice in the time that i left, Dec 12, and the time i came back, Feb 1, and after those visits I decided it was a good idea to come back! So, with help from Kara and Blake's mom and others, I found work with a family of 6 girls, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 bunnies, a mother and a father, a new house and a busy work schedule. I have been helping out with the Cole's since Feb 2 and things are great! A typical Jessica workdays consists of: 9 AM, go to work. 10 AM, go get Lexi(12) from the math and science center and take her to her other school. 10:30 AM, Paisley(1) down for a nap, tidy until she wakes up. 12 PM, lunch. and then various errands and chores and cooking and playing with the children throughout the day. most days I go till about 4:30. I really like it!

Here are a few photergraphs of Blake in Canada, since I am soooo behind in the blogging times.

a little something

2009-01-19T14:16:00.000-08:00

i owe this to Evan Vilos. max got an electric guitar for christmas and has been shredding it up. it reminded me of this sweet vid. enjoi.

lazy jezebel

2008-12-28T20:53:00.000-08:00

well i have been home about three weeks now.. here's the update:
i am no longer going to school for unit clerk. silly jezebel can't make up her mind. we will see where the winds blow her now. working when needed at the hardware store is filling up her calendar for now. and by filling up i mean not really.

so the grandma jammies this year were phenomenal.i guess you probably wouldn't understand if you have never been to waterton. and if you're not a dudley. the point is, i love them and i love to be a dudley.

and this year was the first in 41 years that the Raymond Sugar Bowl basketball tournament was not held in the Cultural Hall. the new high school gym was the location. and it was just like old times. Raymond lost 104-107 in the final, but alls fair in love and war...?

and Payton got his mission call to Indonesia. this actually happened in november. but he leaves February 25, speaking indonesian of course. he is my best buddy. we even dress the same!i love my puppies even though i'm allergic. after this photo was taken my lungs closed up and i had to be rushed to the hospital and have an i.v. the works. ya, it's that bad. but my parents told me it's me or the dogs. ruff life. (i made a joke. ruff... as in bark. get it?) (and that whole hospital thing was a lie. but i really am allergic.)

tis the season

2008-12-03T07:40:00.001-08:00

i am going home in 9 days and it's weird! I'm sad.. is that so wrong? I will miss my little Boise family! but I also am really pumped to a) see my FAMILY, b) play with my DOGS, and c) enjoy some SNOW. I truly do love So Ab.
I have just been doing the usual.. plus playing with my new found friend Blake! took us three days and a little bit of dramas to get christmas lights up on the house. but all is well! and christmas is practically here! for FHE on monday, we went and got a REAL tree. i haven't had a real christmas tree since i can remember. we had a little bit of dramas with that as well.. tree tilting every which way, falling over, ornaments breaking, broken tree stand. but now we're set and I'm so excited! Lucky for me Kara is as gung-hoe as my family at home, and she's got christmas music playing all the time. today we are starting to make chocolates too! it's really beginning to look a lot like christmas. YAY!

equation

2008-12-03T07:12:00.000-08:00

+

=
awesome

because brian loved diane

2008-11-20T17:25:00.000-08:00

yesterday was my grandpa dudley's birthday! he is the best. he is the hardest working man I know. this summer he helped my mom build a new deck on our house. he is always making neat stuff, and his next project is a cedar chest for me. him and my grandma put together.. well, you are always in for a treat. I LOVE my family and I am sooo thankful grandma and grandpa fell in love and made a bunch of kids, who then made kids, who are starting to make their own kids! we have some awesome memories. when I was in grade seven I lived in the Northwest Territories with them for a month and a half. I loved it! and i still love them.
-dog sledding
-mini family rodeos
-july first pancakes for grandma's birthday
-grandpa's crazy stories. if they're true or not, we'll never know
-grandma's love for the gospel and serious knowledge!
-going to grandma and grandpas house at lunch with payton in high school.
-mornings at grandma and grandpa's when i was little.. walking to the T and back with calypso.
so there you have it, just some memories/things i love/reasons why i am excited to go home in 22 days!

strangers

2008-11-17T09:01:00.000-08:00

i don't know this person. all i know is that she is charming and i love her blog. am i creepy?

http://thehappychick.blogspot.com/

tag'd?

2008-11-15T14:21:00.001-08:00

amy tagged me a long time ago to do this.

seven random things about me:

I. i like to suck on ritz crackers until they are really soggy. then i squish them through my teeth. what inspired me to finally do this tag was when i was eating crackers actually. which is right now.

II. my favorite snack of all time is a peanut butter and raspberry jam sandwhich dipped in milk. i love soggy!

III. i just love to sit in my bed. sit in my bed and eat, sit in my bed and read, sit in my bed and write in my journal, sit in my bed and talk, sit in my bed and make ridiculous crafts.

IV. i, like my beloved sister, am a mega clean freak. my room pretty much has to be clean ALL the time, especially for the amount of time i am in there. sitting in my bed. and i HATE when there is crap on a wood/lino floor and you get it stuck to your feet. so sweeping is important.

V. i don't really like to watch movies. and when i do, i would rather watch one i've already seen and know i'm going to like. my all time feel good movie of the century is Elizabethtown. LOVE IT.

VI. i'm sort of bi-polar. watch out for those mood swings.

VII. if i knew absolutely nothing about the gospel and had no idea what was right and wrong i would probably have a quarter sleeve and say bad words all the time and do crazy drugs. it's a sick fantasy of mine. but i'm a good person i swear!

i tag: all ya'll! karly, ashley, jane, nate, zac. thats all.

in the christmas spirit

2008-11-14T08:20:00.000-08:00

check out more!
lukeandtaddshow.com

i didn't even try to make this post rhyme.

2008-11-12T16:46:00.000-08:00

a month from today i will be back in alberta to stay! let's have three cheers for SoAb! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray!
and i paid my tuition yesterday! i can't WAIT to be back in school!

rooster tail

2008-11-07T09:07:00.000-08:00

featuring trixie:

hand-me-downs

2008-11-05T20:40:00.000-08:00

If this is the only way to keep the kids occupied on a sunday afternoon, than by george, I'll take it! (even if it means searching through all my stuff and finding things to give the kiddies. Josh- some random steve nash jersey. why the heck did i have it? Tatym- an old purple sweater. Piper- a kangaroo stuffed animal.)

Tatym is really interested in politics lately- today she asked me if America was still going to be free, because Obama is ending the war.

I should really get into politics.

remember this?

2008-11-03T13:45:00.000-08:00

ya, me too.

mosiac

2008-10-28T21:44:00.000-07:00

i got this from jane.

left to right, top to bottom
1name: jessica
2favorite food: grilled cheese
3favorite color: blue
4nickname: poop
5favorite drink: fruit smoothie
6celebrity crush: corb lund
7dream vacation: celtic
8one word to describe you: fickle
9what you love most in life: time
10favorite song of all time: 1979, smashing pumpkins
11current location: boise
12what you want to be when you grow up: awesome

(want one? type in the answer into Flickr's search bar. copy and paste the URL into the mosiac maker. voila.)

itty bitty blessing

2008-10-27T21:06:00.001-07:00

october 25th, 3am or so, cooper tim dudley came into the world! we are so happy to have him here, and mother and brother and sister have been bugging me for pictures. so here we go!josh- sooo pumped to have a little bruth!

also: today after fhe i was in wal-mart, and as always, i wandered over to the 5 dollar movie bin, not really counting on finding anything good. some man, dressed in baggy clothes with lots of red hair and a big red beard, was talking to his friend, saying something about "it's only five bucks!" i stop by the bin and he turns and looks at me and says... "are you five bucks too?"
call him a creep. tell him to take a shower and mind his own business. but it made my day.

prairie boy.

2008-10-20T21:59:00.000-07:00

a picture may be worth a thousand words, but seriously, a fourty gig memory card and the fanciest canon could not describe the pure ecstasy i felt after this night.
-the smallest venue. like, 40 people and the hurtin' albertans.
-3 bucks!
-21 and older ONLY. but the kind doorman let me in! i love him
-i was right within arms reach for the entire encore. truck got stuck, counterfeit blues, and others.

the iphone was the only camera we had on hand. and with all the fancy crap those things have, you would think the camera had a flash. aaah well.

i just had the hardest time falling asleep that night.
corb really gets me.

the honk honk and the vroom vroom

2008-10-17T21:40:00.001-07:00

it's no midas, but he'll have to do!

hooray!

i wanna be in the cavalry.

2008-10-17T12:38:00.000-07:00

so i'm checking my e-mail the other day, and i see in my junk mail one from the corb lund band fan club. i love corb, so i open it. oh joy, i think to myself, he's just announcing tour dates, none of which will be anywhere near where i am.

BUT WAIT! WHAT IS THIS?! BOISE IDAHO!?

i almost died. it made my month. he will be playing a small venue this saturday, and for only three bucks! i don't have any friends in boise, so i'm going by myself. but let me tell you, i couldn't be happier.
not to mention the bsu vs. hawaii game TODAY, and kara's mom is here helping out, so i get a break! my life is gooood.

here's my boy in july 07. me and tanner went to see him in calgary and it was awesome!

http://www.corblund.com/site.php
check him out!

sweeping the ashes

2008-10-13T21:52:00.001-07:00

i can't wait for serena ryder's new cd to come out.

the big picture.

2008-10-06T21:47:00.000-07:00

i love the feeling that someone has always got my back.
on september first i was really questioning why i was in boise. there was things at home i was missing out on; puppies being born, parties with friends and family get-togethers. i was really sad that i wasn't going to be there to see max go through his first year of high school, playing football and everything! (such a mother hen..) and of course you all know my patriotism to raymond. you just can't keep me away.
but now, a lot of stuff has happened, and this is where i ought to be. aunt kara has been put on bedrest, due to complete placenta previa. which is when the placenta is completely covering the cervix. aka. ROADBLOCK. nothing is getting out. so... automatic c-section. and any pressure on the placenta could cause contractions, early labor, and essentially a premature baby. all of which is bad news for her november 24 due date.
did i mention we moved into a new house? oh, because we did. i've been packing up crap for a few weeks now and on saturday everything got moved to the new place, 3 blocks away. it's so so pretty. a million windows with the BEST view of the hills. (i think my room has the best view. tehe.) today we got most of the stuff put away and its starting to feel like a home.
so i guess that's what i've been up to. feeling REALLY good about my decision to move to boise. i have to give all the credit to the Big Guy though. he really knows what he's doing!

dreams.

2008-10-03T21:43:00.000-07:00

not the aspiring kinds. not the ones you have when your a kid, to grow up and swim with mermaids and ride on white unicorns with rainbow tails.
not even the kinds you have when you're sleeping. when your subconscious and the toast and hot chocolate you had before bed make you believe, for a second, that you're family moved across town and your new neighbors are made of chocolate.
i guess i'm not really talking about dreams. i guess i'm taking about nightmares. of which i have been having a lot of lately. i don't know what it is about boise, but it's freaking me out.

wednesday, october 1- carrie speed, ashley dudley, karly zobrist, and other hawaii friends. here in boise. driving down one of the little streets on our way home from downtown/ the chiropractic office. one of those streets where there is only cute, cottagey houses and a million trees. the road has 2 lanes. i spaced out while driving, and swerved into a car driving beside me. when i hit it, i thought it just took off my mirror and made a scrape on the little black volkswagon golf (my dream car. literally i guess.) fixable, i thought. but then i looked over, and there was a decapitated female hanging out the driver side window. it was gore. blood and guts. her head was almost completely detached from her neck. blood everywhere. her arms looked like all her bones where shattered. bent every which way. and a man in the passenger seat, just sitting there, looking at her. i stared at the woman... cars on autopilot...

and then i woke up.

i love...

2008-09-30T13:33:00.000-07:00

my family
my lucy and her new puppies

the beautiful mountain/prairie combo

eureka!

2008-09-27T20:25:00.000-07:00

so i think i've found the one.
the one for me.

my soulmate.

does my future lie in renewable resource management?

well, i am a salamander loving hippie.

and i respect mother nature.

and i think animals are people too.

SO WADDA YA SAY?! should i do it?!

(i'm going to anyways.)

jan 09 to june 09- unit clerk course at lethbridge college.

sept 09 to june 11- renewable resource management diploma

sept11 to june 12- possible fish and wildlife technology certificate

grow up and blow away.

2008-09-21T22:01:00.001-07:00

my latest trip to hawaii. i miss it. and everyone. i miss the roaches. funny, i started writing "i will miss it." like in future tense. but wait a second. i already do miss it. it's not mine anymore. it's not my vegas house with my roommates. I DONT BELONG ANYMORE! what the heck? how did this happen. why can't hawaii be the place i'm meant to be? no, the real question is why can't the vegas house follow me around and live wherever i live, and share my life plans? Answer: Jessica, you don't HAVE any life plans. and also, the cards are not dealt like that. no favors. man. why can't someone just tell me what to do? SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT TO DO!

quit your whining drama queen.

looks like ima die like this.

2008-09-10T23:04:00.000-07:00

i know the wrestlers get all the ladies, and the clothes, and the fancy creams and lotions. but my life is good! i get to wake up every morning, at 5 AM, and make soup! it's the best. i love it. i get to lay in a bed, all by myself, all of my life! it is fantastic!

also. a playlist.
Snowbird- Anne Murray
Out Of The Blue- Serena Ryder
Ghost Of Genova Heights- Stars
Easy/Lucky/Free- Bright Eyes
Stories- Brother Louie
Jesus Christ- Brand New
I Was Born (A Unicorn)- The Unicorns
Piano Blink- Hawksley Workman
Multiply- Jamie Lidell
Never Tear Us Apart- INXS

go orange. go big blue.

2008-09-01T14:31:00.000-07:00

happy labor day! and happy my first BSU game. vs Idaho State. we killed em! and we stayed in a hotel downtown and ate out and swam! it's referred to as a "stay-cation." what a great way to spend my first weekend in Boise!

my new family for four months.

go broncos!

trophy wife.

2008-08-03T15:05:00.000-07:00

I did it! I am officially a prize woman. Any man would be lucky to have this. BECAUSE I can fillet a fresh mountain bass. and i DID. Caught it, cut it, cooked it. did everything but smash its poor little brains with a rock. I'm not ready for that yet. Thanks to papa squat I will be able to feed my husband the delicious food he deserves. I may not be able to cook a roast, but i can cook a bass! Any takers?

I only kill to eat.

everyone had a piece.

hooray for the world.

whiskeymilitia.

2008-07-30T18:57:00.000-07:00

www.whiskeymilitia.com
a great new deal every hour (or so.)
all thanks to micheal 'sean' schoneman.
take a risk for once in your life. <3

ouchie mama.

2008-07-26T11:48:00.000-07:00

Took a spill I did. I guess that's what you get for being nice to your cousins and playing with them. La dee da, leading the horse around the arena with the youngins riding. "I WANNA RIDE IT BY MYSELF!" (At this point my patience had reached its limit.) So I reached under the horses bridal... bridal?.... and tried to attach the clamp to the other thing so the horse wouldn't raise it's head. The child, being just that, was messing with the reigns and the horse took a side step and there I was, IN PAIN.

little did I know how DANG MUCH the ring block would hurt. NEEDLES. how i hate them. Monette can testify. apparently I bit her? Oops. I screamed like a little baby. AND RIGHTFULLY SO. but i'm healing up nicely.

so that's that.

ode to the who

2008-07-15T22:25:00.000-07:00

fruits and vegetables taste nice. so it's convenient that they are good for you. it's good to sit and eat a juicy fruit. especially surrounded by beautiful mountain majesty in your favorite t-shirt, hand tye-dyed by your favorite Jane.

and i like that people still like me even though i do things like this. and i like that there is more than one use for poop, besides lighting fires with it. uuuuh.. not sure exactly what i'll do with it. maybe put it in a frame? representing overcoming trials? naaah. probably just send it to tanner. hopefully don't get put in jail for poo trafficking to australia. i just wish the bag wasnt plastic. maybe 100% recyclable hemp seed oil.

now check out this avalanche. wiped out the trail. BAM. easy peasy getting from red rock to goat lake, but as soon as we even attempted to make it to the peak this is what we met. how can the elements be so cruel?! seriously. today i bet you're sitting in your room on your fancy laptop comfy and warm in your favorite fluorescent yellow sweatpants listening to your 8G ipod mini, and tomorrow you could be shopping for things that got burnt to a crisp that dont even MATTER because they could be gone in one second. ttfe- TA TA FOR EVER. bye bye. so don't even get attached to all that crap you material lovers, or you will regret it. great and spacious building here YOU come. (okay okay, and me too if i don't smarten up.)

I stole this from Facebook.

It is the Jack and Janice Stone family home up in flames, the weekend of July 1st. that's what stemmed this sudden realization of the AWESOME world that we sometime/ALWAYS take for granted. I couldn't NOT just bawl as i stood watching every memory be swallowed by flames that this family had ever known. PICTURES and the familiar smell of the carpet and funny old wallpaper. antiques and hand-me-downs and journals and wallets and EVERYTHING. i just broke down when I heard the glass shattering, realizing that everything was gone-zo. probably one of the saddest things i've ever seen. So really, what is the use? we're not here to see who can get the coolest stuff and who can spend the most on a fancy new house, cause WHO CARES?!? it's definitely the who, not the what.

MY TOP 3 FAVORITE WHO: Jesus. well, he's tied with Heavenly Father.. and nobody feel left out because you're all connected.
Tanner Hinman. ya ya, I know. but it's true.
Scott and Susie Erickson and family.

Naturally not in any particular order. I'm just really gunna start trying to be a little more aware of what I am blessed with. cause goodness knows, I got a lot!

Shake It To The Grrrrrrnd

2008-07-02T16:18:00.000-07:00

love you clark tanner.

too long...

2008-06-09T13:03:00.000-07:00

Things have happened. I have recently been working in Waterton, flagging traffic while a bunch of old timers do their part to save the long-toed salamanders. No matter what they say, I believe that every little salamander is important. And really, what else is the government going to do with $40,000? These cute, cuddly creatures are getting munched by oncoming traffic. And now they won't be. Thank the heavens for Parks Canada. and the U of A. and Master's thesis'...'s.
This is a blackberry pearl. and I own one. One that looks exactly like this actually. I don't really know how to work it yet. But it has a to-do list for me! and I LOVE IT! And I use the calendar, too! Not to mention it was free, with a 3 yr bondage contract. I feel so completely out of my own league with such a thing. Practically a mom. Minus the kids and job and husband.
I guess this phone was my birthday present to me. I deserve it, being 19 is hard work.
and I'll have to post a picture of my jewelery box. It's an ice cream sundae to the eyes... unless you're Karly. then it's a sorbet.

Anyways.. I've got a lot on my plate, one of these things is to see Mamma Mia. So i best go work on that.

ode to high school- part 1- haiku

2008-05-07T23:19:00.000-07:00

bio diploma.
sledding helped to ease the stress.
fifty-three percent.

i'm headed back to the north country.

2008-05-07T22:38:00.000-07:00

come on home Lisa Brown. you been rambling too long. lay your head and weary bones down. come on home Lisa Brown. I hear your mama callin' you. she feels she knows what to do. she says its time you westward bound. so come on home Lisa Brown. you hung your head in the cold Gaspe. i guess thats the way it oughta be. then you headed out to the old east coast cause, thats the life you love the most. may find yourself in Mexico. that may be the way to go. sweet senior tequila too. your younger days are leaving you. look further on down the road. the story must be told. and there'll be those who fret and frown if you come on home Lisa Brown.
you been rambling too long. so get on home, come on home, git yerself back, Lisa Brown.

oh I love the Rankin Family.

and maybe i am exaggerating, and only been away from home for one year, but I'm just a little girl! and I love my sweet Alberta prairie soil. forever and ever amen.
today i applied to Grant Macewan.. for what you ask? TRAVEL. ya, travel. (i could be a travel agent.. among other things.) wtf is my problem. mid-life crisis i guess you could say. quarter life. I just wanna stay close(r) to home. Please don't anyone take it personal if i don't go back to Hawaii. Pleaaaaase.

anyways. I hope the Research Station calls me back and gives me a freakin job. I think I am driving my mother up the wall with my crazy antics (sleeping in 'till noon is awesome). I've only been home a week MOTHER. let me catch up first!
anyways.. later skaterz

why would i want to be anywhere else?

2008-04-27T21:42:00.000-07:00

good question. it's hard to decide what to do with myself. but I think i've decided for sure that i'm coming back to the 808 in the fall. for SURE. I've told everyone i am. and then either i will go to Ecuador or school in edmonton. help help! so many life decisions!
I swam with sharks and my friends are here. and sharks are my friends too. I am really excited to go home. I miss lucy and family and I found out how pineapples grow. out of the ground, but not like carrots. who knew? It's my turn to shower. lates.

sad day.

2008-04-21T03:15:00.000-07:00

I miss carrie speed and michael P. schoneman. they left me for california. what's california got that i don't? I got sunshine, and i got water. and surf. and i got humor, and i know how to party. so why'd they leave?

I am having a real hard time with this canada/hawaii dilemma. i think i'll talk to my counsellor tomorrow.

my academic counsellor that is, although i could really use a psychological one at this point too.

also, i am done with school and am impatiently waiting until tuesday when my b's get here. yeeeeaaah booi.

and i'm really good at being creepy, and i had a dream about mike and the masterpiece, and karl made good yams tonight.

these yams are GOOD.

night everyone. miss you.

an epiphany.

2008-04-18T15:21:00.000-07:00

so I've been blogging and decided that the key to a good blog is to be refined. so here goes.

Karly showed me this fantastic website. this guy is really creative. check it out.

http://www.davidhorvitz.com/

current listening: The Smashing Pumpkins. album: Rotten Apples.

golden tribute.

2008-04-17T21:58:00.000-07:00

Well, I took my edu212 final. I thought I did great! I got 92 on my research paper and 100 on my practicum. Shoots bra, I'm ballin'! My dear sweet teacher even made us cinnamon buns! What an angel he is! I now only have rel235 ('achieving an eternal marriage') and math212. STATISTICS! yikes. So come this saturday, I'll be free.
I am kind of freaking out because I don't know if I'm coming back to Hawaii in the fall. I have no idea what I'm doing. but i am really really trying hard to leave it alone until i go home. I'm kiiiinda leaning toward Canada, but only because I would get to drive MIDAS! aaagh I LOVES THE MIDAS!midas was around before you were born. You were probably not even fertilized yet. he was around way back when Zac hadn't even left for his mission yet. he still had his grill fully attached at this point even. Midas that is.There's me and my baby boy. in MY drive way. with MY birkenstocks.Here he is again, just showing off. showing off how good he is at off-roading. made it out alive, didn't we? AM radio blaring and dashboard hula girl shakin' her hips to the music. I can't get enough of midas. he treats me so well.

Remember when I got midas for my 18th birthday, and we went to lethbridge to get my birks and food for a bbq? Then I hit jerks-a-camel and he's all.. "oh, that hole in my bumper? it was already there. oh your grill fell off? well my cars fine. perfect. see ya later!" what a great birthday that was.

Two in one.

2008-04-17T05:23:00.000-07:00

Blogging is the new showering. Maybe even the new studying. No, definitely the new studying because I'm blogging, not studying, the night before my EDU212 final. Fundamentals of Education can slam it in the door. :)
Tina thinks my blogs are boring. She can slam it in the door too, for all I matter.
Okay, that was harsh. I'll be good.
Today at worked I saved this guys butt and found these 2 assignments on his computer he thought he lost when it logged him out. He has black skin. Nerd alert. Me, that is.
Speaking of which, elite dance parties in biology classrooms are my new fav. Maybe check out the vid of Karly's 21st b.d. on her page. Mike Schoneman is the only reason I am still breathing. Probably. I am piiiissed that he can't make ME a birthday video. I also think I wil suggest to him that he gets a blog.
This is stupid. I am stupid. Nobody cares about this crap. I'm just procrastinating studying. DAMNIT JESSICA.

I thought we were family!

2008-04-16T15:03:00.000-07:00

First things first: I apologize for that intense type-o last entry. I'm sure you all figured it out after re-reading it. Secondly, who am I even apologizing to? How about if you actually read this blog you comment on it. Or don't, I'm not picky.
Recently I traveled to the island of Kauai. It was way better than Oahu and the company was phenomenal! Carried Speed, Pehrson Hawkley, and Michael 'Sean' Schoneman. What a great combination. Check us out, checking out a bamboo forest whilst hiking the Na Pali Coast. If you ever go to Kauai (which is just a 20 minute flight from Honolulu! Up down.) I suggest you do it. It's BEAUTIFUL. I wish I woulda took better pictures, but I always feel like such a burden when I slow down a group who is trying to accomplish a goal by something like taking pictures. I feel like they wouldn't understand! Ha. Stupid Jessica.
On another note, Tina, Angela, Kyra, Breanne, Lindsay Eakett, and Sherwood are coming to visit on TUESDAY the 22. Fetch man, that's the best news to mine ears. Maybe second only to the fact that I'm done school on saturday. Let's pray that I pass stats. Maybe get a C? That would be nice. I would definitely take a C. Seeing how I got what... 61% overall in Math 30? I WILL TAKE A C AND I WILL LOVE IT.
My dog ISNT having puppies and I'm pissed. And I don't consider hell and damn as swear words, so DAMNIT.
auf wiedersehen for now. (I just googled that and copied and pasted it. I can't spell in German, doi.)

Whale tale.

2008-03-13T19:48:00.000-07:00

I never regret skipping class. I NEVER do! So you can imagine how I didn't feel when I skipped psychology today and went to Waimea. Because not only did I soak up some harmful UV rays, but i saw a WHAAAALE. A full blown, (get it! haaa. ha.) bonafide whale. Probably humpback, they're having babies this time of year and come to shallower waters (I think.) It made me wanna drop outta this elementary ed major and become so animal... guy. No just kidding, I am really excited to be an elementary school teacher. don't take any time off and plug along for 3 more years, I should be graduated by Fall 2011. I talked to my academic advisor today, and if I HOLY CRAP.

GRANDMA AND GRANDPA DUDLEY ARE HOME! Man, I can't wait to go see them. April 30th baby, April 30th.
April 22= my bff's forever are coming to visit! My brains are protruding out my ears I'm so excited. That reminds me, I better go start on the itinerary I'm writing up. Over and out.

Pups.

2008-02-27T16:23:00.000-08:00

A dog's gestation period is 63 days. So if Lucy is pregnant now that means she should be having puppies around May. SWEET. I'm selling one and putting it towards my college education fund. Aaaalright!

This photo was taken on July 25th (the day Tanner left for the MTC) at Writing on Stone Provincial Park. Featured is Lucy herself, along with Max and Susan Erickson.

Things to rejoice about.

2008-02-26T18:40:00.001-08:00

May 23- Zac Erickson and Hilary Fawns are gettin' hitched in the Cardston Alberta Temple.
March 11- Brian and Diane Dudley are getting home from Cambodia where they've been servin' a Mormon mission for the Lord. Hallelujah!
March 18ish- Chase Dudley departs for the MTC where he will learn to serve the people of Chile.
April/May/June?- Lucy the chocolate lab dog is having puppies!
April 22ish- Breanne, Kyra, and Sherwood (and possibly others?) are coming to play in Hawaii with me!
April 29- I'm going back to CANADA!
Life's real good right now.