tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062112479430169152024-03-05T19:51:27.625-06:00Hinz HomeJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-41824902604087020792011-09-10T23:57:00.000-05:002011-09-10T23:58:23.556-05:00Cricut...I bought a Cricut cutter...<br /><br />i'm in love.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-71331744834126683662011-07-09T22:20:00.003-05:002011-07-09T22:39:14.759-05:00Best. Day Before My Birthday. Ever. pt. 2So, Tom and I had desert after my birthday dinner tonight.<br /><br />We went to<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#%21/profile.php?id=100001645178471"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="profileName fn ginormousProfileName fwb"> Scrumdiliumptious IceCream.</span></span></a><br /><br /><div class="profileHeaderMain">Tom was looking around on the internet for ice cream shops and just stumbled across it. It's in Sherwood. He thought, man! It's called Scrumdiliumptious, that's cool! and thought that I might like it.<br /><br />He was beyond right!!<br /><br />We walked in, and right away, you could tell it was an ice cream parlor, but then, the lady had us take a look at the menu, and said she'd held us as soon as we were ready, and pointed out that their were photos of the menu items on the wall.<br /><br />So i looked at the menu, and low and behold, half of the menu was named after Willy Wonka characters, the other half, were named after HARRY POTTER STUFF!!! There was the Haggrid, Dumbledoor, Fizzing Whizbeez, the Weazlee, and so on... everything was just BARELY misspelled, so that there weren't any trademark infringements.<br /><br />Everything was delicious!! and fantastic!!! I can't wait to go back next week!! I'm going to bring my big camera next time i think though. hehe!!<br /><br />Here are the pics we got!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84nNoywoJA11Zp8KhFhObLjgpfYwsd6yH-5GaHe0rWebrsLGOYJn_aRG5ymgVH-GMmsn9dfaTkeS-GTwNqY2y3nMmYnqvyNR-3hNeAPk3jICud2Gx91mnXcZqPu-g4bROVZVbwaCjCLg/s1600/IMG_0229.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84nNoywoJA11Zp8KhFhObLjgpfYwsd6yH-5GaHe0rWebrsLGOYJn_aRG5ymgVH-GMmsn9dfaTkeS-GTwNqY2y3nMmYnqvyNR-3hNeAPk3jICud2Gx91mnXcZqPu-g4bROVZVbwaCjCLg/s320/IMG_0229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627562077998117266" border="0" /></a>Me at Platform 9 3/4!!!<br /></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY06dL9vkuwECv-xUbQCM7Xsk3C591kylE1WjYTfxPL77EcuoYz5lAAltlC11VHrprWrkOpVSvpusolWTICb6PGHX0CooUQBnjbX2QHZiEgOJNlX9y_QCavu5Z4uUDaug948AbYOW1jpc/s1600/bday+012.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY06dL9vkuwECv-xUbQCM7Xsk3C591kylE1WjYTfxPL77EcuoYz5lAAltlC11VHrprWrkOpVSvpusolWTICb6PGHX0CooUQBnjbX2QHZiEgOJNlX9y_QCavu5Z4uUDaug948AbYOW1jpc/s320/bday+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627562069331885890" border="0" /></a>Hagrid, on one of the doors<br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TXY5Te1A_HIKUc5rchrSEAn4AhMCEi-UpSF4RjKsiAQilOQ5DHqFbq423GG6ZBaOLd2Dvsdf7Sni5p9TNf5qEvPW4QyIAyVK2JiJqjBScZi49u8jbc_A1aO3GrKBlbCuzKMRyKM7J8w/s1600/bday+011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6TXY5Te1A_HIKUc5rchrSEAn4AhMCEi-UpSF4RjKsiAQilOQ5DHqFbq423GG6ZBaOLd2Dvsdf7Sni5p9TNf5qEvPW4QyIAyVK2JiJqjBScZi49u8jbc_A1aO3GrKBlbCuzKMRyKM7J8w/s320/bday+011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627562058534314498" border="0" /></a>The sign on their little half door that led behind the ice cream counter. "No Muggles Allowed."<br /></div><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3YKZtLVESCeL3ZXwtZEyZQz_Z-wPIFhGddLf0sqwElKGqTeDxRGgKAMDKLFcpwTsBnsVzc4ZNe6QMXujx7V289iBEXoAGCKOOnpib59tTqeCgpN5lnhTr-V0fZ8fbzuwE5eejAuSB78/s1600/bday+010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3YKZtLVESCeL3ZXwtZEyZQz_Z-wPIFhGddLf0sqwElKGqTeDxRGgKAMDKLFcpwTsBnsVzc4ZNe6QMXujx7V289iBEXoAGCKOOnpib59tTqeCgpN5lnhTr-V0fZ8fbzuwE5eejAuSB78/s320/bday+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627562055759747602" border="0" /></a>The door to the bathroom, painted to look like the Fat Lady, who normally guards the gateway to the Gryffindor common room.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">How fun is that?!?!?!?!<br /><br />ok gotta go!<br /><br /><3 Jessica<br /></div></div></div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-14349516969753083432011-07-09T21:05:00.006-05:002011-07-09T22:40:33.197-05:00Best. Day Before My Birthday. Ever. pt. 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78cRIDZAdiNqWU5FHYqrhO0zn4_dulj1B5P2WFY0B86G4Ylo4GpXK7VXDWkhsYh8kxCAk5m55UqCVjo5gjjUtYxb7VmYuCHIPxrg38Zl4KD32D4gSMqnrpoLwdjY6P0Yli5sLGVmfkf8/s1600/bday+007.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78cRIDZAdiNqWU5FHYqrhO0zn4_dulj1B5P2WFY0B86G4Ylo4GpXK7VXDWkhsYh8kxCAk5m55UqCVjo5gjjUtYxb7VmYuCHIPxrg38Zl4KD32D4gSMqnrpoLwdjY6P0Yli5sLGVmfkf8/s320/bday+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627542405133042674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">What a great birthday!</span><br /><br />Well, the day before my birthday...<br /><br />Ok, let me start with Thursday.<br /><br />When I got home from work Thursday, I found this "big dang box" on my front porch:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvhbUh5SBnGhvbc3edLQzxBYDXtdPNxW3Z76jmq6S0O7wfotwLPRlU69jWtddgNIntQhxz-hMInQjJQzCmlmTSzGYSykLoQe0UEV4OD26zZPizFXrpZMIuVXeKfZc6F4s7ln8W5qAPZo/s1600/bday+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvhbUh5SBnGhvbc3edLQzxBYDXtdPNxW3Z76jmq6S0O7wfotwLPRlU69jWtddgNIntQhxz-hMInQjJQzCmlmTSzGYSykLoQe0UEV4OD26zZPizFXrpZMIuVXeKfZc6F4s7ln8W5qAPZo/s320/bday+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627542431704580450" border="0" /></a><br />I didn't open it until today, (Saturday). It is a wrapped package from my Father-in-law and Stepmother-in-law. It is a GORGEOUS 12 spot cupcake tower. IT IS AWESOME!! I can't wait to use it next weekend when we have friends over!!! Thanks Dad and Pam!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA56jy2MAyTgy__4fNBgEd_hwPYAWCCiShNMecig8VMiPT70qv5c_JoGOOtjlFlC7Bzjm_7II3_oDlQ0dKEjab1uOVBzpCxWhopNRGp_eicJjrkWdV_b3JNbK7TwO3vKf6ekur1OmIQo/s1600/IMG_0847.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXA56jy2MAyTgy__4fNBgEd_hwPYAWCCiShNMecig8VMiPT70qv5c_JoGOOtjlFlC7Bzjm_7II3_oDlQ0dKEjab1uOVBzpCxWhopNRGp_eicJjrkWdV_b3JNbK7TwO3vKf6ekur1OmIQo/s320/IMG_0847.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627543596817777570" border="0" /></a><br />After opening my gift, Tom and I sat down to watch the first movie of our Harry Potter-athon. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Woohoo!!<br /><br />Friday, I took the day off from work. Tom was doing flex-time, which means that he was working from home. So we watched Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in the morning. Then, we went to lunch, I stopped by the office to pick up a file from work, then came back home.<br /><br />We watched Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, then headed off to my parents' house. My parents' had gotten me a cake, and we hung out there for a while. I had my picture taken in the dreaded birthday hat.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3qwJTiCKnl18k2gb3YLxOPpEJWjCM53ZF2rAtwUSJEh6REiacuBGsvS-7BBLu-OmpegIXON7vF2Oeo6H5W3DqOZoBnMmqPBe1iArUFUkgF6p6KtT3V1KN0G3viP4K_qjft3Egd5Djyk/s1600/bday+003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3qwJTiCKnl18k2gb3YLxOPpEJWjCM53ZF2rAtwUSJEh6REiacuBGsvS-7BBLu-OmpegIXON7vF2Oeo6H5W3DqOZoBnMmqPBe1iArUFUkgF6p6KtT3V1KN0G3viP4K_qjft3Egd5Djyk/s320/bday+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627542395434884370" border="0" /></a>I got this hat for my dad's birthday a couple of years ago, it has been passed around throughout the family over the past two years lol. it's ummm... nice, right?? lol!<br /><br />After coming back home, Tom and I watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, my lease favorite book and movie of the entire series. Anyway, after the movie Tom said "You want to open another birthday present? I've got a scavenger hunt for you!" It was a photo scavenger hunt... of DOORS IN OUR HOUSE. lol!! when I made it to the right door, I got another text with the next door on it. After about 7 or 8 doors, I was in our bedroom at our closet door, I got a text with a video of our closet door opening. So I opened the closet door, dug around a little bit in the closet and found this!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlfdXV2rQGYvu850jPKVzoBf4TitEtwkU1-mBZe4Zs9TdkuwtnOS-Xs5c_GjJgfiMlVs3N7nPeG6oCSbO5kWXjZV-a2Al0J2vcGJCTd5Xh-zc6Ka2conS_qBEBP6nym2ybJKvxmznuQY/s1600/bday+004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlfdXV2rQGYvu850jPKVzoBf4TitEtwkU1-mBZe4Zs9TdkuwtnOS-Xs5c_GjJgfiMlVs3N7nPeG6oCSbO5kWXjZV-a2Al0J2vcGJCTd5Xh-zc6Ka2conS_qBEBP6nym2ybJKvxmznuQY/s320/bday+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627542420013251730" border="0" /></a>Do any of my fellow Disney fans know what this is??? It's Andy's Toy Box from Toy Story!!!! Look what it had inside:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlf5C8QWv11PbukWm5CpO62P54G3ACh1ugDrdvgw7y_faFQRBQqJMvB7IntppWJMtY6b8UUQ0Fi6VJi8hzqdEA5vlHElq213o9dQetxVlaTSp92CkUdC80TcSdK5jyM2EVsUt-JVZr1Y/s1600/bday+005.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlf5C8QWv11PbukWm5CpO62P54G3ACh1ugDrdvgw7y_faFQRBQqJMvB7IntppWJMtY6b8UUQ0Fi6VJi8hzqdEA5vlHElq213o9dQetxVlaTSp92CkUdC80TcSdK5jyM2EVsUt-JVZr1Y/s320/bday+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627542412003644418" border="0" /></a><br />It is a ten disc, blu-ray, dvd, special edition Complete Toy Story set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been telling Tom for MONTHS, I wanted to get the movies, but I wanted to get the full set! And that's what I got for my birthday!!<br /><br />Then, we went to bed. I got up around 1030 Saturday morning, we hung out for a while, then headed out to lunch, then to Home Depot looking for new grill racks for our grill, then did some dreaming for remodeling stuff we'll be doing on the house over the next couple of years. Then, we picked up our Harry Potter tickets for the show next Friday. We got our 3D glasses which are awesome:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjpWod9-ptRodG9pprpnqQvHI1p2tTdGzeu71GczI-XYaK_V1AWNUyZXU8Ydu6Tq6Y0J2-PMPOnYcNcyrmYULZZc0z-xfGBXLsRyx6bgKPCMGcb60lfqe9QK2VZenhx7L7G8RMyAId98/s1600/bday+006.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjpWod9-ptRodG9pprpnqQvHI1p2tTdGzeu71GczI-XYaK_V1AWNUyZXU8Ydu6Tq6Y0J2-PMPOnYcNcyrmYULZZc0z-xfGBXLsRyx6bgKPCMGcb60lfqe9QK2VZenhx7L7G8RMyAId98/s320/bday+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627551933869788050" border="0" /></a>They look like Harry's glasses!! They are freakin' awesome!!!<br /><br />After getting our tickets, Tom stopped in the middle of the parking lot and said "Pick a number 1 through 10." I laughed really hard! and said "7!" So then, Tom reached into his wallet, and pulled out a Best Buy Gift Card! It was to cover getting me an Ipod radio charger for my office, he wanted to make sure I got to pick it out!! How awesome is that?? Well, the card was actually for TWICE what the radio I wanted cost! So I got my radio AND Cars and Wall-E on Blu Ray!! woohoo!!! Then, we hit up Starbucks for some iced frappuccinos. Then, Tom said "Pick a number 1 through 10". I laughed again, and said "4!" Then we went to Goodwill to donate some stuffed animals, and to look around for an old Monopoly set. Didn't find the set... if anyone has one they are willing to part with, please let me know!!<br /><br />Anyway, then, we stopped at the house to drop off our purchases for the day. Then, we left for dinner. We went to Red Lobster in North Little Rock. We both got drinks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxpgTdzi7YrEPjhuOdl3c5fkGfm-QC7UL_d815yP7jqnWf3ybeb76Q9I5DowFbBfo47vofAe5q7A7rzoY5pQXR-Wj1NHcnguW7nDJ1lOEc7IBW_ZVxIIlzSVRZ-k9z1ax-A4XIy04VBc/s1600/bday+008.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxpgTdzi7YrEPjhuOdl3c5fkGfm-QC7UL_d815yP7jqnWf3ybeb76Q9I5DowFbBfo47vofAe5q7A7rzoY5pQXR-Wj1NHcnguW7nDJ1lOEc7IBW_ZVxIIlzSVRZ-k9z1ax-A4XIy04VBc/s320/bday+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627551941100356866" border="0" /></a>I got a pina colada, and Tom got a Lobsterita! lol! It was great!<br /><br />After dinner, we grabbed some dessert - See <a href="http://hinzhome.blogspot.com/2011/07/best-day-before-my-birthday-ever-pt-2.html">Best. Day Before My Birthday. Ever. pt. 2</a> for the details - and now we're at home watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.<br /><br />It's been a great birthday celebration!! Tomorrow I'm going to chill and relax!<br /><br />Love you all!!<br /><3 JessicaJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-338542956791534552011-07-08T11:25:00.002-05:002011-07-08T11:26:41.065-05:00needed to post...hey guys, i had to post this pic of the mickey cake to link for a fellow baker, cake decorator.<br /><br />I'm sure you have all seen this one before:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZLgSKaM3a1uKO_73FImfprx8YW8V3mVfxwVsqgTYDeO6N7K1HasJWmg2HOCG4jkMZOQ1Zzl8fuOCrvEh92UXO4yBJyNoQu7P37egikKdhuYuSlgbLCkAlSv17876eP3OSh2qZTQ05So/s1600/61883_638126348071_55007422_35457598_3319930_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZLgSKaM3a1uKO_73FImfprx8YW8V3mVfxwVsqgTYDeO6N7K1HasJWmg2HOCG4jkMZOQ1Zzl8fuOCrvEh92UXO4yBJyNoQu7P37egikKdhuYuSlgbLCkAlSv17876eP3OSh2qZTQ05So/s400/61883_638126348071_55007422_35457598_3319930_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627018696289151714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><3 JessJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-79879048298637005022011-05-15T21:13:00.004-05:002011-05-15T22:00:33.268-05:00such a great weekend...So, this has been a great weekend.<br /><br />Friday, was a long day that ended a long week. sometimes I feel like the weekends don't last long enough, but this has been great. Lot's of Tom and Jess time.<br /><br />Friday afternoon after Tom picked me up from work, we stopped at our local gas station and picked up a couple of sodas and headed to the house. We stepped out onto our deck to get the grill going, and when we opened it up for the first grill of the year - what do we find? A wasp nest! eek!! We don't want to spray chemicals into our grill, so currently we are researching non chemical ways of getting rid of a wasp's nest.<br /><br />So, we cooked our steaks indoors, along with broccoli and some of the best bread EVER. Then, we spent the evening watching some Netflix, just hanging out. it was AWESOME.<br /><br />Saturday morning, we got up and hung out in our bed, playing on our phones, then got up and headed out to shop around for a graduation gift from Tom's younger cousin, TJ. He's graduating from UT Austin... which we're going to go! ME!!?! at UT?!?! woot! Gotta hit up the book store... I don't have enough burnt orange stuff. lol.<br /><br />Anyway, then we met Tom's mom in Maumelle for lunch at Beef O' Bradys, which none of us have ever been before. It was really good, I got their chicken tenders (of course... i go to a place for beef and i get chicken lol!) Had a good time hanging out with Tom's mom. After lunch, Tom and I did some more shopping around... we had an idea about what we wanted to get for TJ, but couldn't find it... come to find out, the company that made what we wanted to get him, quit shipping to the US a while ago... they are GOING to be shipping again, just not yet. Oh well! we found something EVEN better! I can't say what it is, because Teej is on my facebook page. lol!<br /><br />While we were shopping around for TJ, I found something that I just had to get!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkT2sggcvJ3Y0ch1bAjfC27aPzFbU7EVY-fkWDk4ZEFBsd7a0dhFhBM40jByGoMeuXIRst8anJ50MxJxQPtlK0aTEAJHQBzfk9SnJ2enxILtcDkFxzVkS-UiMsME_FWNl3CsviqEwIo4/s1600/40614284dba2_Main400.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFkT2sggcvJ3Y0ch1bAjfC27aPzFbU7EVY-fkWDk4ZEFBsd7a0dhFhBM40jByGoMeuXIRst8anJ50MxJxQPtlK0aTEAJHQBzfk9SnJ2enxILtcDkFxzVkS-UiMsME_FWNl3CsviqEwIo4/s320/40614284dba2_Main400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607137719967271826" border="0" /></a><br />I love, love, LOVE Harry Potter. And you have to know, I have passed up on a LOT of board games, with no interest because they are based on just one book of the series. However, this one... This game is not based one one book... it's more of based on the series as a whole... and it is AMAZING!!!!!! Tom and I've played like 6 games already!<br /><br />Ok, so that was Saturday. Oh wait! I forgot! I also baked and decorated Ashley's birthday cake! It's based on the cake that Hagrid made for Harry on his 11th birthday:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qcykZMeFKTTCK9ateVj6qU8DszdiWvckle-ILNazdbE4d1askv0mZOgDNr8O5YB5VwCEexmurrIckwhpdLeNqnd_c7rjKLDzv2hjr4psnpPAv5ORrrUEyIbys1EBf9bI5lWNGmVkdjg/s1600/225562_145450358861577_100001898416591_278444_6974230_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 155px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_qcykZMeFKTTCK9ateVj6qU8DszdiWvckle-ILNazdbE4d1askv0mZOgDNr8O5YB5VwCEexmurrIckwhpdLeNqnd_c7rjKLDzv2hjr4psnpPAv5ORrrUEyIbys1EBf9bI5lWNGmVkdjg/s320/225562_145450358861577_100001898416591_278444_6974230_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607140169609153346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Hagrid's cake</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ju64Izn4q26fIXfv0jEVqcfo4zUVLHILhfOdMygdvi3_LnU8lr7SG_Ak5fXqWct1xW4JDMegP51im2J9fFA4D_qRziNtB4_I8GQ85LNgS-tTOHxbyrsljQWBLL5nEOUZnuDoC4U_zdA/s1600/230502_145450518861561_100001898416591_278445_7719895_n.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ju64Izn4q26fIXfv0jEVqcfo4zUVLHILhfOdMygdvi3_LnU8lr7SG_Ak5fXqWct1xW4JDMegP51im2J9fFA4D_qRziNtB4_I8GQ85LNgS-tTOHxbyrsljQWBLL5nEOUZnuDoC4U_zdA/s320/230502_145450518861561_100001898416591_278445_7719895_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607140172725137074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The cake I made for Ashley</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I think it turned out cute! lol!! So Sunday, Tom and I met up with Ashley for brunch at IHop. Well, I guess I should say Lunch. We met up at 1130 and all three of us got lunch items. haha! The waitresses and waiters came and sang to Ashley, even though her birthday was last Tuesday. It was hilarious!! I have to tell you, that i can not explain how funny it was... Ashley was so freakin' embarrassed. oh it was great. I'm laughing as I'm typing this from the memory of Ashley's face "Oh my God, they're coming this way!" lol!!<br /><br />Ok, so after lunch, Tom and I went back to the house, played another couple of rounds of Harry Potter Clue, then I starting playing my Sims2 game for the PSP that I got the other day... it's for the Texas trip. yay! and Tom got to play a couple of hours on his game on the xbox... THEN, we cooked dinner, and i played for a solid HOUR on the solitaire on my phone...<br /><br />omg. I needed a weekend like this...<br /><br />How was y'all's weekend??<br />mine was great...<br /><br /><3 Jess<br /></div></div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-84489375751994552502011-04-08T21:40:00.005-05:002011-04-08T21:59:52.507-05:00Super Excited Much?Omg...<br /><br />Omg...<br /><br />Omg...<br /><br />Ok, so my best friend, Kandi, just told me that her boss - the owner of one of the day cares in Conway, AR - wants ME to come and take photos of the kids in the day care!!!<br /><br />EEEEEEK!!!<br /><br />How cool is that? Kandi said that her boss loved the way I "capture the moment" when I take kids' pictures! I've asked for a practice run - working with two of the younger classes in the day care. I think I've got a decent idea of a system to utilize, I have GREAT organizational skills, and a THRILL every time I pick up my camera... That should be good enough right?! lol!<br /><br />So, in light of this new found appreciation of my "work," (I can't actually call it work, because of how much fun it is in the process) I am going to post some of my pics here on my blog, so I can share some of my favorites!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfvNzRsJgbDaTIbiB6rxrapiJGzRjaUO8WjshRM0X2je36oogeTtv-0XdBkMweQs29C4KpB39_BF7TEXQLXZMWOulljg0oo7mHc4pkBclvodo4TPMI1Tku0XDEsZYRc87oCv9wQ_GYro/s1600/Piggie+Back+Ride+04022011+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfvNzRsJgbDaTIbiB6rxrapiJGzRjaUO8WjshRM0X2je36oogeTtv-0XdBkMweQs29C4KpB39_BF7TEXQLXZMWOulljg0oo7mHc4pkBclvodo4TPMI1Tku0XDEsZYRc87oCv9wQ_GYro/s200/Piggie+Back+Ride+04022011+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593412219167675602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZSMe-VFAjwEQCax8vI6QzXliI8EnLM4-B8kwepXaU8ZZMpiq9p3uYaxZVyQPJcGXrIXHmebrS7aHeK_C_zV_hNu2fmGXSCudy3X-q3em9jEO6BMO18VkQ6iZ_DHcvmCbVA9qs0dfD7A/s1600/Leston+and+Jason+04022011.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg51rIY6wjxscUu9nQA2AfwKSD53O2DZFIgwN6LJV5k0qVzCWyZmUz_LlkPUtlP1iuQtsx0aIu6YobNotyFaV-YXKaqyvio_CmRwA0O_kk5Yja6yeDiC-OBLe9hM52aqK2ne1tWYuKfWs/s200/3122011+Kayla+and+Maddy+Kiss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593410609288236450" border="0" /></a>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-5330906345032640672011-03-17T00:04:00.004-05:002011-03-17T00:32:08.916-05:00Bling Bling Shamrock Pin!<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYh-4QTroFewncbwnNAklRyH9V64zB6EcdV-SPLnn-F_Nh8C1nRIV1GJqW4F8L30bIejXvwmfVwwT1hQXCb3ghkwc-NWUsX31n-NpZ-r4pIsAkFvK-MhkS1bMSBdS6E0GN6a-MY4cFt3A/s1600/DSC_0013.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYh-4QTroFewncbwnNAklRyH9V64zB6EcdV-SPLnn-F_Nh8C1nRIV1GJqW4F8L30bIejXvwmfVwwT1hQXCb3ghkwc-NWUsX31n-NpZ-r4pIsAkFvK-MhkS1bMSBdS6E0GN6a-MY4cFt3A/s200/DSC_0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584913485990595378" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ok, so since it's a few minutes after midnight, technically it's St. Patrick's Day! wooohoo!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Honestly, I have no clue how the holiday started, or why we actually celebrate... but it's a GREAT holiday!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I get to wear green! I don't look good in green... but i love wearing it! I don't get to wear it often, so when St. Patty's Day comes along... i milk it... big time...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">like sparkly green bowler hat with a green Christmas bow attached...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">like green ribbons in my hair...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">like green Mardi Gras beads around my neck...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know... I'm awesome... LOL!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, so I found a few places online were people were making Shamrock Pins, or buttons... and they looked SUPER cute, so I said to myself "Self... we're going to make some of these..." and so we did... I mean... I did...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">whatever.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-mXa92qJJmhmOTrlBxoDXd3t8GvTdZnnkARMg8EZW5vM7UHtO-4RUrssqrWwEu3LLkMnmtFs6YxuTQyZrEyNXt62Pwrl9XZAqC9dwM35CDxJU423RqNB1806Tgt9XIKgyfOtOS0jRLY/s1600/DSC_0001.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-mXa92qJJmhmOTrlBxoDXd3t8GvTdZnnkARMg8EZW5vM7UHtO-4RUrssqrWwEu3LLkMnmtFs6YxuTQyZrEyNXt62Pwrl9XZAqC9dwM35CDxJU423RqNB1806Tgt9XIKgyfOtOS0jRLY/s200/DSC_0001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584914821137353202" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All I needed was:</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 Green Pipe Cleaner</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 Pin Back (or whatever those things are called)</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 Rhinestone (you can barely see it on my crimper)</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">a Jewelry Crimper</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">a Glue Gun</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">First, you are going to play with your pipe cleaner:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiBje5wm5S3FDHPeskQLspbnIDYU2wgziUcko4ZE5XwONOGg2Ana1TrHIVHF-WjIgI45QZmvsbWDfZm34W1FhKG7jEpfgRlQ_SVlxBP-PbgvqRI6uNG1QdLmxKBRQtju2Iu_BAeSWKpA/s1600/DSC_0005.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiBje5wm5S3FDHPeskQLspbnIDYU2wgziUcko4ZE5XwONOGg2Ana1TrHIVHF-WjIgI45QZmvsbWDfZm34W1FhKG7jEpfgRlQ_SVlxBP-PbgvqRI6uNG1QdLmxKBRQtju2Iu_BAeSWKpA/s200/DSC_0005.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584914814704280978" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bend it, shape it, twist it against itself. whatever you gotta do to get a leaf shape, DO IT! (this is where all the websites lost me... I know there is some magical, graceful way of making leaves... I just couldn't grasp it, I guess...)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">When you have one leaf, do a second, then a third - and if you must, a fourth if you are doing the elusive 4-leaf clover!</span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesSmbOnsgJeMkjRYjcPI6BC6DvLUg019s-biMZDaalYLQNKwzypCyBMXINTHhuYaUuFwLqSUPLFcacXvDVuWRLFQ1VKsp_5Ih6dth-ybS9TLuSaASHqXA_mU7RuuKb7Jg1SjoX7EeO4w/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesSmbOnsgJeMkjRYjcPI6BC6DvLUg019s-biMZDaalYLQNKwzypCyBMXINTHhuYaUuFwLqSUPLFcacXvDVuWRLFQ1VKsp_5Ih6dth-ybS9TLuSaASHqXA_mU7RuuKb7Jg1SjoX7EeO4w/s200/DSC_0006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584914813471922354" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoUPgxA2dIa9zAOjN2P2g1WvMHs4Eac8kl7Ym6lps5MQaVB6JvQEl6b7RDvqrx0YsDevHmxM-GeV84my2YYW5rTcAVWfaSmmuHyaOZl0BFdYfQ9H2ZKnfEq4ZMH1DMLFBtVmOLItih3I/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoUPgxA2dIa9zAOjN2P2g1WvMHs4Eac8kl7Ym6lps5MQaVB6JvQEl6b7RDvqrx0YsDevHmxM-GeV84my2YYW5rTcAVWfaSmmuHyaOZl0BFdYfQ9H2ZKnfEq4ZMH1DMLFBtVmOLItih3I/s200/DSC_0007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584913500691270770" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">After you have your leaves "built," shape them.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVMiv7IsFkRyBqsMagOQxc3C5v-D-u1bxwEyNbM7QRF3xJj8qedRc0vtaaA8egHgkySDyO83koxv8Yu7PGWGueInTKfA0fk6qS9X9MULnheV5PFPFuX4_8nCAgp1DslT1d_P7pPBR3IU/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVMiv7IsFkRyBqsMagOQxc3C5v-D-u1bxwEyNbM7QRF3xJj8qedRc0vtaaA8egHgkySDyO83koxv8Yu7PGWGueInTKfA0fk6qS9X9MULnheV5PFPFuX4_8nCAgp1DslT1d_P7pPBR3IU/s200/DSC_0008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584913503882498498" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">After I shaped my leaves, I used my crimper to crimp the wire inside the pipe cleaner against itself. I normally crimp one direction, then flip over my piece, and crimp again - making my "crimping" an X.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHSBZjhgPBl05oYiO2EySHiBcypoQ7oWi0mOgTZIYWn8n_jAoFSmmAn2ZQdayw1DIdlQeKwUoV9jZBwVxZuOF2evVagdZ4bPSdX2ZytWzXqOcKUx3Ip06lO9W-HRpBXRXFp6DXYTscIg/s1600/DSC_0009.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHSBZjhgPBl05oYiO2EySHiBcypoQ7oWi0mOgTZIYWn8n_jAoFSmmAn2ZQdayw1DIdlQeKwUoV9jZBwVxZuOF2evVagdZ4bPSdX2ZytWzXqOcKUx3Ip06lO9W-HRpBXRXFp6DXYTscIg/s200/DSC_0009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584913495768913026" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">After I crimp, I shape my stem, and depending on the length you want, cut the stem.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xW5Ho0AmpvKTHGfQZtB6QpgkzD-QCilLS6fPnKLgxQhyphenhyphen0O6mFOE6lHx66fXzyMif_yxOfw9Q0cssN6yY2k63pTL73l2EhSWBonVj-dIvBhGr3Ti2_-gYPBdUxlr6zwG_DeJo8VO9L0k/s1600/DSC_0011.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xW5Ho0AmpvKTHGfQZtB6QpgkzD-QCilLS6fPnKLgxQhyphenhyphen0O6mFOE6lHx66fXzyMif_yxOfw9Q0cssN6yY2k63pTL73l2EhSWBonVj-dIvBhGr3Ti2_-gYPBdUxlr6zwG_DeJo8VO9L0k/s200/DSC_0011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584913487646160130" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then, I grab my pin back. These that I bought had a foam sticker on it, so i peeled that off, then hot glued it to the shamrock, trying to be careful to make sure the pin back didn't peek through where my leaves were.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYh-4QTroFewncbwnNAklRyH9V64zB6EcdV-SPLnn-F_Nh8C1nRIV1GJqW4F8L30bIejXvwmfVwwT1hQXCb3ghkwc-NWUsX31n-NpZ-r4pIsAkFvK-MhkS1bMSBdS6E0GN6a-MY4cFt3A/s1600/DSC_0013.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYh-4QTroFewncbwnNAklRyH9V64zB6EcdV-SPLnn-F_Nh8C1nRIV1GJqW4F8L30bIejXvwmfVwwT1hQXCb3ghkwc-NWUsX31n-NpZ-r4pIsAkFvK-MhkS1bMSBdS6E0GN6a-MY4cFt3A/s200/DSC_0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584913485990595378" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then, I flipped it back over, and hot glued a rhinestone in the center! Viola! Isn't she purty?? I made one for Hubby, minus the rhinestone. lol! He doesn't want to get pinched tomorrow!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, If you guys get a chance to throw one of these together for tomorrow... err... today... i mean, after i fall asleep... err... never mind! Go make one!!</span><br /><br /></span>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-23501042395426753842011-03-06T18:06:00.002-06:002011-03-06T18:13:38.323-06:00It's only been a minute...I know, it's been a little more than a minute since my last post...<br /><br />I'm doing LOTS of cakes, LOTS of photography, and LOTS of cleaning house! haha!!<br /><br />Hopefully I'll have pics of everything here soon!!<br /><br />I did want to share this link...<br /><br />actually, i'm lying...<br /><br />I don't want y'all to do these... I wanna do them... but the only way I can save the video is to post it to my blog!!! lol!!<br /><br />I'm a sleeze, right?<br /><br />You love me though!!!<br /><br />Anyway, I got this video from Alison at <a href="http://www.howdoesshe.com">How Does She?</a> OMG! If you have not been to How Does She? you have <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">not</span></span> lived!!! lol!! I love it!!!<br /><br />Anyway, the vid:<br /><br /><object style="height: 390px; width: 640px;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Hvwmz36IEQ?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3Hvwmz36IEQ?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object><br /><br />Gosh I hope this works!!!<br /><br />hehe!!Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-59760453854132822152011-01-30T15:07:00.002-06:002011-01-30T15:57:13.462-06:00ok...ok so here's the deal:<br /><br />You get two choices - The Short Version or the Long Version.<br /><br />The Short Version:<br />Truck is Dead. Long live the Neon. Jetta is the new black. Brett is going to be an adult. I need to go to church more often.<br /><br />The Long Version:<br />While we were in Texas we started having some oil problems with the truck. Sounds like the oil sending unit was going out. We were able to make it back home, no major issues. The day after we got home (Sunday), we started getting snow and ice. We wound up hitting a patch of ice on the road, less than half a mile from our house. We lost control of the truck (at like 10 miles per hour) and hit a light pole. No one was hurt, but it crunched in the front passenger side quarter panel and the headlight. Called the insurance company, filed a claim.<br /><br />Monday, because of the snow and ice, the body shop was closed. so we had to wait until Tuesday to have them come pick it up. We were left with only my car - which i have always called "arthritic" because it doesn't like to work really well in cold weather. We knew we were going to be blowing our whole savings on the $1000 deductible that was on the truck to fix the front end damage. So we had no money for a rental car. My dad let us put the rental on his card, and we were riding around in a 2010 Honda Accord for a week and a half.<br /><br />The Friday of the second week, we were able to pick the truck up from the shop. I guess from it sitting idle for almost two weeks, it was clanking and banging in the engine - BAD. so we had to take the rental back - bc the insurance wasn't going to pay for it, now that we got the truck out of the shop.<br /><br />We basically decided then and there that we were going to have to trade the truck in on whatever we could. #1 to get a vehicle that was going to be reliable, and #2. to get the truck out of our hands, we didn't have the money to fix it, better to just cut our losses - it was paid off in August.<br /><br />Tom talked to our credit union, and got some figures and rates, and we started looking online for vehicles. We found a few that were in our price range, but most were previous rental cars - which i refuse to buy, and they ALL had really high mileages for the years they were.<br /><br />During this time, we also did some work on my Neon. Come to find out, the thermostat was bad, and it was causing my car to not operate at "Normal Operating Temperature". We drained the coolant, replaced the thermostat, and replaced the coolant, and, pardon my French, "I'll be damned" if she doesn't work like a newer car! She doesn't die on us like before, the heater works. It's amazing!<br /><br />Wednesday night, while I was on the treadmill, Tom decided to hit up Landers Imports' website on a whim - and there it was: a 2007 Volkswagen Jetta, great mileage, pretty car, decent amenities. Great price. So we decided to put in a dealership info request through the internet to get some more info about it.<br /><br />The next morning (Thursday - 1/27), Tom got a call from one of the sales women, saying that they had just gotten the car in, and weren't sure if we'd be able to test drive it that night, but if we wanted to come look at it, we were more than welcome to. We jumped at the chance, and went after work. She was right, the service guys were still checking it over, and we weren't allowed to test drive it. They hadn't even cleaned it by the time we got there. <br /><br />Come to find out, they had only made the trade in for the car less than a week prior, and they had only had it on their lot for 2 days. Now, somethings gave me goosebumps on this first day: 1. When Tom got into the driver's seat, he went to kick the seat back for his long legs, and said "Woops, I'm too far back!" It's the first time i have EVER heard my husband say that in a car! 2. When we were shopping for houses, we found our house when it was only on sale for - get this - TWO DAYS. How funny is that?!?<br /><br />Anyway, we really liked the car, and asked when we might be able to test drive it. She said either Friday evening, or Saturday. She also said she'd give us a call. Well, we didn't get a call on Friday, so we gave her a call Saturday about 9 a.m. She said the car is available for test driving, if we are still interested (well, no duh! we are still calling about the car... ding dong. lol!) They also requested that we bring the trade in. <br /><br />This worried us, because of all the clanking in the engine - I was really terrified that it wouldn't make it. So, tom drove the durango, and I drove my little car. I followed him, the whole time, keeping my eyes peeled, in case he threw his hazards on to pull over. From where I was, behind him, I didn't see any problems. When we pulled into the lot, I didn't hear any problems. Here's why:<br /><br />We took back roads to the lot, that way, we weren't putting extra stress on the truck. Also, in case we broke down, we were stuck on the freeway lol! Anyway, so on these backroads, they are kind of hilly, so from what Tom said, whenever he crested a hill, he'd throw the engine into neutral, to try and save what cylinders he had. He said he could tell when we lost a cylinder - because of the scraping and stuff. Well, at one hill, when he threw it into neutral, the engine DIED on him... and wouldn't turn back on. So, he kept trying and FINALLY it started back up for him. There is a huge hill right outside the dealership. Tom said that when he crested that hill, he turned the engine off, and just coasted down into the lot, and into a parking spot.<br /><br />We are thanking God right now that the truck made it. Technically, it should NOT have made it. Tom says that the 8 cylinder engine MIGHT have had 3 or 4 cylinders still working when we turned it off. It's honestly by God's grace that we made it. <br /><br />It was so weird, whenever the manager went out to start it, to value the trade in amount, because we could hear it inside, and on the far end of the building. it was a scary, terrifying sound. and it did NOT want to start. So they gave us bare minimum on trade in value. I'm thinking if we had traded in my pink bicycle, we might have gotten more on trade in value. lol!<br /><br />Anyway, after that, we did the test drive. Tom and I each drove it on the highway, backroads, hills and curves. I was very pleased with the handling, lots of safety amenities, lots of cup holders, moon roof. it was nice. We were very happy. So, after the test drive, I didn't even ask Tom, I just asked the lady "So what do we need to do to make it ours?" lol!<br /><br />Then, we did the financing, which took about an hour and a half. The guy we talked to was AWESOME! We had financing through our credit union, but he was able to get us a MUCH better deal. for a 2007 Jetta, we are paying $40 more than we were paying on the 2003 Durango. Plus Gap insurance (basically if you total out the car, and you owe more on it than the total amount, the Gap insuarance makes it to where you won't have to keep paying on a car that is totalled.), it also includes a warranty - bumper-to-bumper, and Taxes and Sales tax. We are so pleased with our experience. <br /><br />The only downfall is, they still had some service work to do - for example, the headliner (i always call it the ceiling carpet lol!) was coming down in one place, so they ordered a whole new peice - it was supposed to be there on Friday, but it didn't come in, so it'll have to be done on Monday. and when we were test driving it, we noticed that one of the blinkers was accelerated, which means there is a light out on that side somewhere. So they are SUPPOSED to get all that done on Monday and/or Tuesday at the latest. So we should have our car in the next two days.<br /><br />We are SO excited. If anyone is wanting a great experience while buying a car, please try out Landers Imports - the sales woman's name was Susan, and our financing guy was Jonathan. They were AWESOME. They do have an expensive lot: Land Rovers, VW, Jaguar. we are hoping, when it comes time to trade in my neon, to work with them again.<br /><br />That's been the frustration of my January. The good points: 1. I was asked to make a wedding cake for one of the girls in the office. She's having a "low key wedding" so nothing super fancy, but white cake, white buttercream, black fondant ribbon, and black frosting squiggles. I'm also thinking about making red chocolate candies to put on the middle of the three tiers. I think that will tie in everything nicely. Their colors are black and white, with a touch of red (basically the roses).<br /><br />Also! I got a promotion! I am now the License Director - at least that's what I <span style="font-style: italic;">think<span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span>my title is anyway! I have my own office! I love it! I LOVE the new position, and I really like still being able to help the girls doing testings.<br /><br />AND! my nephew Brett is getting confirmed in the next few months, and I'm so proud of him. I remember my Confirmation, and it meant so much to me. Basically, for those that don't know: Catholics get Confirmed around the age of 14, 15, 16. It is when a Catholic Young Person becomes an adult in the eyes of the church. The sins of a child fall on their parents, basically because the parent should be teaching them better, or taking better care of them. When a Young Person is confirmed, those sins are on their own shoulders. Each Young Person chooses a Sponsor, who is supposed to help them in the learning process. I have been told by my sister, that my nephew wants ME to be his sponsor. Before today, I had not been to church in almost a year. Not because I didn't want to. but I felt I didn't <span style="font-style: italic;">have</span> to. I pray to God every day. I try to thank Him for everything we have, and I always believe their is a reason for everything. i never thought about what it was doing to my neice and nephews. I forget sometimes that these kids look at EVERYTHING I do, and they either admire it, or they dispise it. I've tried very hard during their whole lives to make sure I was not a bad influence with things I do, I never thought about the things I don't do. y'know?<br /><br />Ok, enough rambling! Sorry it's so long! I guess my "Short version" was too much of a teaser, ehh?<br /><br /><3 JessicaJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-9124371006715856342011-01-03T14:27:00.002-06:002011-01-03T14:28:42.959-06:00Checking in!Hey guys! I'm on vacation! I know things get super hectic and super crazy this time of year!!<br /><br />Slow down!!<br /><br />Love you all!!<br />JessJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-26927199796789825822010-12-27T10:39:00.002-06:002010-12-27T10:43:45.971-06:00Silhouette Giveaway!!<a href="http://littlemissmomma.blogspot.com/2010/12/silhouette-giveaway-humungo-discount.html">Little Miss Momma is doing a silhouette giveaway!!!</a> woohoo!!! Entries started gathering on Christmas day, they end on New Years Eve!<br /><br />What a great way to start 2011?! Right?!<br /><br />Go enter!!!<br /><br />Do it...<br /><br />You know you wanna!!<br /><br /><3 JessicaJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-19344583990143071822010-12-25T11:04:00.003-06:002010-12-25T11:13:03.500-06:00Merry Christmas!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5MB-1b-lP-avlHnlHxr7zSQwlxqrEUi3xlUGKSvAnPBQv6Pw6pjcYwsaAQl7PH5h-X2GURStQUQtRUwLD0xXHDX7-WobgY9uiLzp64EVb_kuhzy6wizY73tF3P7P3JK2YJfYfHzDooA/s1600/Hinz+Christmas+Card+2010.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5MB-1b-lP-avlHnlHxr7zSQwlxqrEUi3xlUGKSvAnPBQv6Pw6pjcYwsaAQl7PH5h-X2GURStQUQtRUwLD0xXHDX7-WobgY9uiLzp64EVb_kuhzy6wizY73tF3P7P3JK2YJfYfHzDooA/s400/Hinz+Christmas+Card+2010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554667668736005762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Merry Christmas from the Hinz Home!</span></span><br /><br />Christmas morning was spent opening gifts, eating cinnamon rolls, and getting our turkey ready to cook for lunch!<br /><br />Please remember that Jesus is the Reason for the Season! Keep Him in mind during the year! Not just at this time of the year. Thank you Lord for giving us your own son.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to all our friends and family. You all are in our hearts and minds.<br /><br />Please have a safe and happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!!<br /><br />2010 is almost over, but 2011 is looking bright!<br /></div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-58024040566086513922010-11-28T21:28:00.004-06:002010-11-28T21:32:57.695-06:00Silhouette SD Machine Giveaway!!!Hey y'all!!<br /><br />My friend Allison is giving away a Silhouette SD Machine...<br /><br />and I want it!!!<br /><br />Part of her entries say to blog about her giveaway and link her back to it!!!<br /><br />so here goes:<br /><br />http://www.houseofhepworths.com/2010/11/25/giveaway-silhouette-sd-machine<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl078cFduBtUJZnwaydq3LYWmREzv6U_Znq3D6zay9oHEnQLp89fiqyHAEA2yYCvTiHEmtiEnFl7Iiz1bKIA7_TXDQNAjfleuxvC0uyVfjzkPjz2zezxAia0MOU5cr-x7ccwmz9xgYI_w/s1600/hofh.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl078cFduBtUJZnwaydq3LYWmREzv6U_Znq3D6zay9oHEnQLp89fiqyHAEA2yYCvTiHEmtiEnFl7Iiz1bKIA7_TXDQNAjfleuxvC0uyVfjzkPjz2zezxAia0MOU5cr-x7ccwmz9xgYI_w/s400/hofh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544809076034937634" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Alison shows on her blog how she made this fantastic canvas for the house. Also, she's got lots of other links to other projects she's done...<br /><br />She's sooooooooooooooooo fun to read, I love her blog bunches!! I hope you guys head over to her site, to check her out!!<br /><br /><3 Me!Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-10476312373573467152010-11-22T19:36:00.002-06:002010-11-22T20:08:37.700-06:00Booked.Whew!! Am I bushed!<br /><br />Here's the deal:<br /><br />This past weekend, I did the Branscum/Anderson Photo shoot, then I went with Tom and saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! Now, this week I have Thanksgiving to cook on Thursday, plus two cakes, shopping Thursday night, shopping Friday morning, decorating the two cakes, baking gingerbread cookies, catching up on sleep (haha, yeah right). Saturday, I'm delivering the cakes, doing lunch with hubby, frosting gingerbread cookies.<br />Sunday, we have to cook green bean casserole and go to my parents' house for Thanksgiving!<br /><br />I also have to start prepping for a Dora cake for December. I also have to start working on my idea for Tom's birthday cake. hehe!<br /><br />not to mention decorating the house, working on Christmas crafts - since we are doing an entirely hand made Christmas this year. Handmade gifts, handmade ornaments, handmade decorations... it's fun!<br /><br />I'm having the time of my life... but buuuuuuuuuuuusssssssssssssssyyyyyyyyyyyy!<br /><br />lol!<br /><br />And now, we're talking about making a trip to Texas here soon. Hopefully this time we can hit up everyone... who knows, right?<br /><br />Ok, so I just tried to upload pics from the photoshoot, and i can't get them to upload... rar... I've got the pics tagged to me on my bestfriend's facebook page.<br /><br /><3 ya!<br />JessicaJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-80068253832425961752010-11-15T19:51:00.002-06:002010-11-15T19:59:17.374-06:00Leo Reynolds + Adobe Photoshop<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KcmzxT2dsjeVeei8AVpHHCVTwKa9W_T203aLYpLB-fABoPiMC8ODMIBulUzj6WiUgx2iHiJeMweezbdsdZcS3Y3b8c5seMIecGkFwLhiQUSPSz_FXNrBzqQgDhPr1GF7bhAhZXEldDE/s1600/Hinz2005.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KcmzxT2dsjeVeei8AVpHHCVTwKa9W_T203aLYpLB-fABoPiMC8ODMIBulUzj6WiUgx2iHiJeMweezbdsdZcS3Y3b8c5seMIecGkFwLhiQUSPSz_FXNrBzqQgDhPr1GF7bhAhZXEldDE/s400/Hinz2005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539959978099399650" border="0" /></a><br />Leo Reynolds has a full collections of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/collections/72157594587095340/">numbers</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/collections/72157594587080023/">letters</a> to use to combine to make AWESOME freaking photos/name plaques.<br /><br />How cool is that?!?<br /><br />I love it!!!<br /><br />PS. 2005 is the year Tom and I got married.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-90776507799106004472010-11-13T20:40:00.002-06:002010-11-13T21:51:06.804-06:00Three Weeks?!I know, I was doing so good keeping up with blogging on a regular basis... I have excuses though! Are you ready?<br /><br />#1. Fall Nationals - One of the three National Events where testing and midterming is available to my high ranking Black Belts. It's held in Orlando, so I have to have all of my materials ready almost a week in advance so it can be taken with those that actually GET to go to Orlando... me? I'm a peon, therefore, I get to stay at HQ and pray everything goes well. LOL! Anyway, I get super slammed the few weeks prior to testing and then again the couple of weeks after... it gets a little crazy...<br /><br />#2. Christmas Ornaments - This year, Tom and I are not buying any Christmas ornaments/decorations for the house, everything is going to be homemade, or reused from years past. For example, I've made 25 Chenille Stem snowflakes, about 30 Chenille stem candy canes, and 25 Chenille stem snowmen. I already have all of the ornaments Tom made as a kid, the very few that I have that I made as a child, plus I have a couple dozen gingerbread men from last year. <br /><br />I am waiting on supplies to get delivered for bell wreaths. Those should be lots of fun!! Also, I want to make Ribbon Wreaths, but I haven't gotten the gumption to do it yet. lol! I'm also going to take Crepe paper, and make paper snowflake chains for garland - and i think we're going to thread popcorn for a garland.<br /><br />I still have to come up with SOMETHING for a tree topper. I don't have a clue yet...<br /><br />I also have a craft to do with Cathy's kids, but I can't say much about it, since my sister may read my blog lol!<br /><br />#3. I've been on a kind of anti-computer stint here lately. I just think sometimes I'm on it too much, and not doing something else productive... Today, though, I've done a LOT! lol! I've been busy busy!<br /><br />Sorry!<br /><br />I am hopefully doing a couple more photoshoots in the upcoming weeks. plus i have a few cakes to do, some cookies, and a couple of cheese cakes. lol<br /><br />OH! Not to mention the new Harry Potter movie comes out this coming week... I SOOOOOOOOO want to see it!!!<br /><br />Gotta run!<br /><br /><3 Me!Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-24710719615735532662010-10-21T13:32:00.001-05:002010-10-21T13:32:26.590-05:00Wow... What a loping friggen week... Again. Is it nap time yet??Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-53686497090083826852010-10-19T16:31:00.002-05:002010-10-19T17:08:00.852-05:00craaaaaaaaaaazzy week...wow... between last week to this week, it's been CRAZY.<br /><br />Last week, I was chewing on some gum (which I had done every day all day for months...) and CRUNCH!!!! I popped out a filling. Son of a fricken BEAN! It hurt! Well, THEN, I thought it had come out of the top of my left side my mouth. So I started babying that side of my mouth, but I was starving, so I decided to take a bite of granola bar with the right side of my mouth... guess what? I was wrong... the filling came out of a tooth on the bottom LEFT side of my mouth... you know, the side of my mouth that I had just crunched with granola...<br /><br />again... SON OF A FRICKEN BEAN!!! Pain... Holy bananas! So then, after digging that crap out with a toothpick, I finished my day.<br /><br />Now, for those who have been wondering where I've been, I've been working on Fall Nationals for ATA International Headquarters. Our guys didn't leave for Fall Nationals until today (Tuesday), so i had to haul butt last week and yesterday to finish everything, once I had all the pieces, which of course come in at the last minute. Anyway, because I had Fall Nationals to finish, I made an appointment for today. So that I waiting almost a solid week between losing the filling and getting it filled. Yeah... NOT a lot of fun. But, I made it!<br /><br />Ok, here's the other thing, I haven't been to the dentist in WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY longer than I would like to admit. Not because I am gross or anything... It's more of a "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" kind of theory. I brush and floss. AND (in a very "Thank you very much" kind of tone) I was told that considering it had been so long since I had been to the dentist, my teeth were in GREAT condition. No cavities, a couple of "worrisome" spots, but nothing that a little extra brushing and flossing won't be able to take care of.<br /><br />Yay me!<br /><br />Now, I also asked my boss (Mr. Jacobs) if I could have the day off after my appointment, so that I could relax after doing all of the stuff for Fall Nationals. He said yes. So I went in this morning and worked my butt off, and headed out for my appointment at 11. I got out of my appointment around 1:30, ran through Mcdonalds, and then headed home to wait out the numbness before I tried to eat... my biggest fear is that i'll bite the side of my tongue off... because if you can't feel it, you can't tell if you're about to bite all the way through your tongue. lol<br /><br />Ehh, ok so that's been what I've been dealing with... <br /><br />Tomorrow, it's back to work as usual. Darn... well, the fun thing is, our bosses will be gone... and you know the saying "When the cat's away", right? Well, I do tend to relax a bit when the big wigs are out, but I do not PLAY. I still get my stuff done, it's just less stressful. Usually. If everyone will pull their weight, I'd be very surprised. Just because the bosses are gone, does not mean that our customers are gone. We still have a job to do... I know this, I remember this... I just really hope every one will get their stuff done!<br /><br />lol! I'm off to relax a bit.<br /><br /><3 JessicaJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-25574080532182109682010-10-12T10:39:00.001-05:002010-10-12T10:39:04.799-05:00Work is not the place to do your hair, or study for a test, or talk about someone else's kids physical therapy. <p>It's not the place to do your make up, or text your ex just to harrass him or her. <p>Check your email? Fine.<br>Make a doctor appt for your kids? Understandable. <p>But really? Work is not your personal little playground to do whatever the heck you want! It's a job. DO YOUR JOB.<p>This goes for walmart, kroger, burger king, the dollar store, corporate jobs, salary and hourly positions. <p>Sorry, i didnt realize some people needed it spelled out for them.Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-80284863991752328522010-10-10T15:00:00.002-05:002010-10-10T15:25:03.734-05:00Uh oh... too much caffeine?<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"I got chills, they're multiplyin', and I'm losin' control <br />Cause the power you're supplyin', it's electrifyin'"<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Yes, </span></span></span>I've had three cups of coffee, a 20 oz bottle of Barq's Rootbeer, pizza, and jalapeno poppers...<br /><br />I think I'm buzzed...<br /><br />Ok, so the lyrics are from Grease - but it's honestly how I feel when I get into a project. What?? Another project?? Shouldn't I be sick of projects by now... HEEEEEEEEEEEEECK NO! Cuz that's how I roll - yo!<br /><br />Anyway, so Project #1: My bestie and her hubby are working on getting her two oldest adopted by hubby. Then, the name change - and of course, we don't need a reason for a good ole fashioned get-together, but it'll be partay time! So I'm working on cake ideas for the adoption party. There is not a whole lot of ideas out there on the web, because normally an adoption is a quiet spiritual time for a family. But that's not the Branscum Way! mwhahaha! They love to party! So, I'm coming up with cake ideas, and party decor ideas. Should be fun. We don't have a date set - probably sometime in the spring. I'll know more later.<br /><br />{Side note!! Tom's playing a game on the xbox called "Naughty Bear" and they just announced in the game that there are "flesh eating Zombie Bears"! And I just watching him defeat one by using his lazer beam eyes! Mwhahaha!! Oh my gosh that's hilarious!! Sorry! Had to jump in there for that!}<br /><br />Project #2: One of my best friends from high school, Ashley, has a birthday in May - and I'm working on ideas for her cake... oh my goodness it'll be awesome!! Definitely Harry Potter inspired... gunna be awesome!! <br /><br />{PS. I know, another interruption?? the newest Harry Potter movie comes out next month. I refuse to go on opening night, but maybe that first weekend? Anyone wanna come with?? Should be lots of fun!!}<br /><br />Project #3: Birthday cake for a girl at work. Normally, we are off for her birthday, but we are going to surprise her with a bday cake... I'm thinking a simple cake with a design on top. The cool thing is, I'll be doing it all by scratch... no pan to help! EEEEK!! Should turn out cute though!<br /><br />Project #4: Harry Potter cake for the new movie! Yes, I know i broke in earlier with the new movie coming in.. but that's how my brain is working today... haha! oh well. But, yeah, I got an HP cake pan off of ebay for super cheap, I'm planning on making that for the day the movie comes out... or as close as possible to that day.<br /><br />Project #5: Christmas cake for our family Christmas at my parents' house. Gunna use my jumbo cupcake pan, and decorate it like a christmas tree. Neat, yeah?<br /><br />Ok. So those are my baking projects - not to mention getting/keeping the house clean, decorating for Halloween, and getting ready for Christmas! I dunno... gunna be busy! But should be lots of fun! Oh! And I spent yesterday evening tweaking the announcements for my besties' sister in law's baby when he comes! They are ready to stuff with info, a pic, and ship to her for addressing and mailing! Whoohoo!<br /><br />Anyways, I'm out y'all! Gotta get ready for the Nickelback concert tonight!<br /><br />See ya!<br /><br /><3 Jess<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></span></div></div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-2756892037761501622010-10-03T19:17:00.007-05:002010-10-03T20:49:26.069-05:00What. A. Long. Weekend.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKDpQEnGhry34KO2hrZb6mIglFnyWx7td7WnDY3ywNt9Mz_g1c1-MUOl7x24zEiya3gpckPfdxaVZvYuS6QcBeuisvVt9b_cjE6i8sjADOC3TnJHueh5IrwC7fWeghEexDFLi3rJKSyE/s1600/DSC_0101.JPG"><br /></a><br />I am soooo not ready for Monday.<br /><br />I have had a looooong weekend!<br /><br />Here's the fast run through:<br /><br />Friday night, after getting off of work, Tom and I loaded up the car, picked up Nikki from her gramma's house, then grabbed some Sonic and headed to Conway. When we got to Kandi's mom's house we ran to Wal-Mart to grab some supplies. Came back to the house, and started making chocolate birds nests. Kandi melted chocolate, Kay and Nik crunched up shredded wheat, and i started making cupcakes.<br /><br />I wound up making 3 dozen cupcakes. After the chocolate was melted, we mixed it with the shredded wheat and the girls started shaping small handfuls into bird nests. Then, Kandi used peanut butter to adhere blue peanut m&ms inside the nests. Super cute! We finished up and the adults crawled into bed around 3 in the morning.<br /><br />Saturday, we woke up at 7 a.m. We did breakfast, then headed out to the Dollar Tree for some last minute supplies. Went back to Kandi's for a bit, then off to Toad Suck Park to start setting up. It took us about an hour and a half to get everything decorated and set up. At about 12:30, guests started showing up and the party started!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWtBBlrnsSnqVm_Z1KvNk6CAZKmsyW1kz9VeuAPJEHCZfmvRWaBxSap6t6aDnaAaUZe9DOtcl9dQn4GxY57rtE4iPqYbq0OAIFfWKaCq3xn-5mEk6hv-6uDbqZiPnG7hr9Ept7NLOd4A/s1600/DSC_0013.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWtBBlrnsSnqVm_Z1KvNk6CAZKmsyW1kz9VeuAPJEHCZfmvRWaBxSap6t6aDnaAaUZe9DOtcl9dQn4GxY57rtE4iPqYbq0OAIFfWKaCq3xn-5mEk6hv-6uDbqZiPnG7hr9Ept7NLOd4A/s200/DSC_0013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523985747276588178" border="0" /></a>Prizes for the games<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunLU320YPSJnNeqqg8dt6rHJqi3-W1Sab9SABedhM8Qs6bNIJ3xUi9GVHMUBhRZtyQd6FQcjWqk9SowPqoB7CMwr-XKRpoYP2s_rOTjdM2RNuFsjG5n_63ESXgENZ_dcPixrBEmXYDbk/s1600/DSC_0051.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunLU320YPSJnNeqqg8dt6rHJqi3-W1Sab9SABedhM8Qs6bNIJ3xUi9GVHMUBhRZtyQd6FQcjWqk9SowPqoB7CMwr-XKRpoYP2s_rOTjdM2RNuFsjG5n_63ESXgENZ_dcPixrBEmXYDbk/s200/DSC_0051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523985745690186674" border="0" /></a>Cake and Cupcakes (Cake was made by Jamie's friend, Brian)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJmjdDMHifxezdf9EZD9xUiHXGIfVV6KwGvxECuI102IfQ9416kEXetQa4F0FA-T5zchNUDW9Y7aJu1y_XC8ptR3FvRf533hF2dnAJ24y5gTu0LYVy3iYa-7IEfVEyrBwI47RhoPpVI0/s1600/DSC_0022.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJmjdDMHifxezdf9EZD9xUiHXGIfVV6KwGvxECuI102IfQ9416kEXetQa4F0FA-T5zchNUDW9Y7aJu1y_XC8ptR3FvRf533hF2dnAJ24y5gTu0LYVy3iYa-7IEfVEyrBwI47RhoPpVI0/s200/DSC_0022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523985740262132834" border="0" /></a>Kandi and Kayla<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiIi-y44cC4OMHe11j24DELdfTROw8OcuGSOdHaEJbC0IMNphJghGk8VpWiEZ-6QQucaaB_kbAtjKIFN3qcZZ9nLJ6Ey9Ho6kerqAXnubFZaV8EG3hRPw-XMpgmYrNwjatmAxuFN719Y/s1600/DSC_0114.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiIi-y44cC4OMHe11j24DELdfTROw8OcuGSOdHaEJbC0IMNphJghGk8VpWiEZ-6QQucaaB_kbAtjKIFN3qcZZ9nLJ6Ey9Ho6kerqAXnubFZaV8EG3hRPw-XMpgmYrNwjatmAxuFN719Y/s200/DSC_0114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523985730116290498" border="0" /></a>Tom and Jamie opening presents<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKDpQEnGhry34KO2hrZb6mIglFnyWx7td7WnDY3ywNt9Mz_g1c1-MUOl7x24zEiya3gpckPfdxaVZvYuS6QcBeuisvVt9b_cjE6i8sjADOC3TnJHueh5IrwC7fWeghEexDFLi3rJKSyE/s1600/DSC_0101.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigKDpQEnGhry34KO2hrZb6mIglFnyWx7td7WnDY3ywNt9Mz_g1c1-MUOl7x24zEiya3gpckPfdxaVZvYuS6QcBeuisvVt9b_cjE6i8sjADOC3TnJHueh5IrwC7fWeghEexDFLi3rJKSyE/s200/DSC_0101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523993901983581602" border="0" /></a>Jamie opening gifts<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After the shower, we cleaned up, then headed back to Kandi's house to unload vehicles and get ready for Jason's very first baseball game. Then, we headed up to the ball field. Joey is the assistant coach for Jason's team. It's called Buddy League, a teaching league, to teach the boys (and girls on some teams) the rules of baseball. They use a pitching machine, and umpires are so great. For example, one of the boys on Jason's team, the catcher, got hit a couple of times in the arm with the ball, and he toughed it out for the first hit, but the second one hit in the same spot towards the end of the game, and he wound up sitting out the last inning of the game. After the game was over, the ump came over and gave the little boy the "game ball". How cute is that?! Anyway, here are a few pics:<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs33kV1QPj97V_k7stfzKnM2xmj_3LR1r3zxdVD-w-KlC9SC5mYzHbspX9X9CXp7mryNFPudjfbnV7IxmpwnUSh0MmmamDCVrxosJh3QNwF74hd229TqKNYX1FhVZsWFjyO4dYY0PD1Io/s1600/DSC_0254.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs33kV1QPj97V_k7stfzKnM2xmj_3LR1r3zxdVD-w-KlC9SC5mYzHbspX9X9CXp7mryNFPudjfbnV7IxmpwnUSh0MmmamDCVrxosJh3QNwF74hd229TqKNYX1FhVZsWFjyO4dYY0PD1Io/s200/DSC_0254.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523983411271350674" border="0" /></a>Jason's practice swing<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IyE-PHazuqC3nSZctwMMZkd9tlKOAiIclfL-JN7EGujLgRmwyKwmI9JslR-lSj8njpKNqJh3S4JVKwVaPSfLtgL0XlwPvX0PzZ7ZM8Q0w_XIcL1NWbja-_8MP-XQN8YTRKPlIYl4IzQ/s1600/DSC_0250.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7IyE-PHazuqC3nSZctwMMZkd9tlKOAiIclfL-JN7EGujLgRmwyKwmI9JslR-lSj8njpKNqJh3S4JVKwVaPSfLtgL0XlwPvX0PzZ7ZM8Q0w_XIcL1NWbja-_8MP-XQN8YTRKPlIYl4IzQ/s200/DSC_0250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523983408198500642" border="0" /></a>Jason was so excited about his game!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiju8WQsYgwENue711yDvvZJHVvtxbH2AQQg-Fy5lfnU0nUuhplyS7Ndm88Rg8S3kYJnPTNSairSxDXDCi1fQe_vahxYkqhpNvvoZA2KdVDNvikd5bKW5mn6RxXKcxoMv0kkEUbW8dedVQ/s1600/DSC_0258.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiju8WQsYgwENue711yDvvZJHVvtxbH2AQQg-Fy5lfnU0nUuhplyS7Ndm88Rg8S3kYJnPTNSairSxDXDCi1fQe_vahxYkqhpNvvoZA2KdVDNvikd5bKW5mn6RxXKcxoMv0kkEUbW8dedVQ/s200/DSC_0258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523983405030941810" border="0" /></a>Swing for the fence Jason!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkUNPrkiCK7CNMrWNKSAfaUQkWFj4iYm3wCi_J0lHoSQZrTo1-ZUOeJ2KUV3NwKR-_GhpG64oktIiqceNV9j5GP1cNIW38sOwTFDbLaJG-wOgNCnEymix28sI5x39V8aQcgJ4KjrrVko/s1600/DSC_0264.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkUNPrkiCK7CNMrWNKSAfaUQkWFj4iYm3wCi_J0lHoSQZrTo1-ZUOeJ2KUV3NwKR-_GhpG64oktIiqceNV9j5GP1cNIW38sOwTFDbLaJG-wOgNCnEymix28sI5x39V8aQcgJ4KjrrVko/s200/DSC_0264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523983395548996450" border="0" /></a>First time up, Jason got a good hit and wound up on first base.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODc9CsfZX7p6zc0B2kq7KJyzJPp5S1rdVtkhJzL9z5l6n1qJgw6LJgtXxn0NlFWvMXicFHH_gZjWOrPk4qaHEcrYFigSSjfEptDR7pqq-aOIQPNufES4nR4wNcpj4OMaRKSdfwdgrfTY/s1600/DSC_0276.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiODc9CsfZX7p6zc0B2kq7KJyzJPp5S1rdVtkhJzL9z5l6n1qJgw6LJgtXxn0NlFWvMXicFHH_gZjWOrPk4qaHEcrYFigSSjfEptDR7pqq-aOIQPNufES4nR4wNcpj4OMaRKSdfwdgrfTY/s200/DSC_0276.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523983388583917874" border="0" /></a>Jason plays 3rd base, he's pretty good while he pays attention!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After Jason's game, Tom and I headed home. We stopped at Whole Hog Cafe for dinner. Then came home and started baking TJ's cake. While the first layer was baking, I made the vanilla (Peach colored) icing. Then, Tom pointed out that I didn't save out some of the white icing for the eyes, and some more white to tint pink for the tongue. So, I went ahead and made the chocolate icing, pulled out the first layer. Then, Tom and I went to wal-mart so that we could pick up a tube of white decorator icing. This was at like 10:30. I was sooo tired!<br /><br />After we got back from Wal-Mart, we baked up the second layer of cake. Then, we set everything to cool over night and went to bed. I woke up this morning at 8, showered, and set to work. When I practiced before, I clocked myself at 2 hours to ice the entire cake. This time, it took me closer to 3 hours. I think it was because I was so tired. I finished icing and boxing the cake at around 11:30 - party was supposed to start at noon. I was going to be late. oh well. At least the cake looked good, right? Well, turned out, they changed the party time to 12:30 and they just didn't tell me... lol! nice, right?<br /><br />Here are pics from TJ's party:<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQejhKIaucB4AW4ObV1vw4OgOGiGSrpJqtZrOlD35GHDnOzmAHzNWNtLyIg37nw1NK76YLLHTpwK4X3AN4125i_ZYngAqIj2g8KbgGZ4tT41sRwhyL2lOdrb1BBDFys41V1fWpuwmFuJ4/s1600/DSC_0304.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQejhKIaucB4AW4ObV1vw4OgOGiGSrpJqtZrOlD35GHDnOzmAHzNWNtLyIg37nw1NK76YLLHTpwK4X3AN4125i_ZYngAqIj2g8KbgGZ4tT41sRwhyL2lOdrb1BBDFys41V1fWpuwmFuJ4/s200/DSC_0304.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523981171598293890" border="0" /></a>The party table - All done in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRacYf83fRkdOB-4tTn7ExfezuMC0DwVmP3ZjrDjZPwltjGqEauX4HcQDOQPRPWZ1ZiyH5rwPZsBx-bNH0yCq11z_5dnerNftze7qp-a0EBXdT8Wa7F9nzgW8A9lxKHHz5bqMIZtJ71oo/s1600/DSC_0331.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRacYf83fRkdOB-4tTn7ExfezuMC0DwVmP3ZjrDjZPwltjGqEauX4HcQDOQPRPWZ1ZiyH5rwPZsBx-bNH0yCq11z_5dnerNftze7qp-a0EBXdT8Wa7F9nzgW8A9lxKHHz5bqMIZtJ71oo/s200/DSC_0331.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523981164378929266" border="0" /></a>TJ opening gifts<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULWm9xgPcNT-q98hJjiDxxY6xNEaBbZashNrvk8zxNWNifaCXDSIIEVcv6gBvraGHrP-d5dfxbaYYvr5SUK1JLf-snlUkMwA6958iKN0kIKN70vmjAUhM1DX2i6cWeQPSv_Yh5Y0jAzc/s1600/DSC_0354.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULWm9xgPcNT-q98hJjiDxxY6xNEaBbZashNrvk8zxNWNifaCXDSIIEVcv6gBvraGHrP-d5dfxbaYYvr5SUK1JLf-snlUkMwA6958iKN0kIKN70vmjAUhM1DX2i6cWeQPSv_Yh5Y0jAzc/s200/DSC_0354.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523981160736714098" border="0" /></a>You got a helmet TJ? What for??<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXgF-tN43r9CRD4OPU2KCmEIUhJY9Mq1H8b9GUdTu1uu2bZqTbW4l58EkBj2xcchns6cLyFyG8C7-gSOO10IWKRvzwiHfH0rcVFn8R9E87Ut3JJmR8_-EOPWn5W1ZdgD7uRzH0EH8bjk/s1600/DSC_0385.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXgF-tN43r9CRD4OPU2KCmEIUhJY9Mq1H8b9GUdTu1uu2bZqTbW4l58EkBj2xcchns6cLyFyG8C7-gSOO10IWKRvzwiHfH0rcVFn8R9E87Ut3JJmR8_-EOPWn5W1ZdgD7uRzH0EH8bjk/s200/DSC_0385.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523981143613323890" border="0" /></a>Oh! That's why you needed a helmet!! You got your first bike!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg789M1cuN1MVhThGzXrlSg0oi-QoQnYiG1KBhl_mH-Ju4bVuJNDuAhTITzY60gaZqGNHt-XmocgSGg2kH21X9alCzpYsV8lhHStnElnQVO-_qMCjbBLWMzMsMaaCIWt8wKtNofhBbPuqo/s1600/DSC_0409.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg789M1cuN1MVhThGzXrlSg0oi-QoQnYiG1KBhl_mH-Ju4bVuJNDuAhTITzY60gaZqGNHt-XmocgSGg2kH21X9alCzpYsV8lhHStnElnQVO-_qMCjbBLWMzMsMaaCIWt8wKtNofhBbPuqo/s200/DSC_0409.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523981146239375714" border="0" /></a>TJ and his cake! (He was so excited!)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, after TJ's party, I wanted to come home and clean house... but I just have NO energy! So I got on the computer and started uploading photos. Then, for dinner, Tom and I tried a new restaraunt. it's called Grampa's - it's not too far from the house, and it has really good food, and fantastic prices!<br /><br />Then, we came back to the house and started watching Dogma! We love this movie!<br /><br />As soon as it's over, we're putting laundry into the dryer and then crawling into bed... early? Heck yeah!! I'm tired! So I'm getting off the computer now.<br /><br />Hey check me out on Facebook to see more pics!!<br /><br /><3 Jessica<br /></div></div>Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-51502931567473969122010-09-27T20:49:00.004-05:002010-09-27T21:04:03.703-05:00Look what I got on ebay!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUzOjOCmlu_2zHGbRNvASBCK2Y6gFGI7dbxcXrSoStb_yTRa_Zn1UmzeonG1LsbxqRDOya5c7I-IjIOl1ubOkWYF8qj6j-J-ir5MihtlEbGkoHeHOIq_YCCHON09BCRgwVaPZGB7owNc/s1600/potter+and+superman.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyUzOjOCmlu_2zHGbRNvASBCK2Y6gFGI7dbxcXrSoStb_yTRa_Zn1UmzeonG1LsbxqRDOya5c7I-IjIOl1ubOkWYF8qj6j-J-ir5MihtlEbGkoHeHOIq_YCCHON09BCRgwVaPZGB7owNc/s320/potter+and+superman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521775757158642274" border="0" /></a><br />I got the Harry Potter cake pan AND the Super man cake pan for... guess how much?<br /><br />$1.04!!<br /><br />Get out of freakin' town, right? lol!<br /><br />I'm so excited! I'm thinking about making the HP cake for when the new movie comes out! I'm looking for a decently healthy recipe that I can smother with not at all healthy icing! haha!! It's all a balancing act, right?<br /><br />Anyway, I'm also planning some cakes... I have 7 birthdays in January and February... i should probably start figuring out what I want to do, huh?<br /><br />I know for Nikki's I'm doing a Jumbo Cupcake.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFEYwGEZeYTAY9ttGyxuyBFb7Q82romdOvLZmYGvlNNIsVSI1i1H4qaOPMrlF5y9cKsL5aziqAWQQfK0K-7-nc-mhMaGJ4DKXnwycBOM4ylbiU7aYraJYagnx5tLhFsDRXpzNEHK8Tmc/s1600/0-http___farm4.static.flickr.com_3265_3167899754_68517b4da8_b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFEYwGEZeYTAY9ttGyxuyBFb7Q82romdOvLZmYGvlNNIsVSI1i1H4qaOPMrlF5y9cKsL5aziqAWQQfK0K-7-nc-mhMaGJ4DKXnwycBOM4ylbiU7aYraJYagnx5tLhFsDRXpzNEHK8Tmc/s320/0-http___farm4.static.flickr.com_3265_3167899754_68517b4da8_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521778033111407954" border="0" /></a>Only, Nik's is going to have a pink bottom, and white icing on the top with pink, white and light purple sprinkles... super easy, yeah?<br /><br />That leaves, Cathy, Dad, Kandi, My mom, Kandi's mom, and Kayla...<br /><br />Jeez... lol.<br /><br /><3 JessJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-40800472636117931432010-09-27T10:15:00.001-05:002010-09-27T10:15:33.217-05:00Let's face it <br> <br>After Monday and Tuesday... <br>even the calendar says - W T F.<p>Lol! I couldn't resist!Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-86147028754784888182010-09-26T00:41:00.001-05:002010-09-26T00:41:05.448-05:00Blogging from my phone?? Very cool!!Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606211247943016915.post-34250710141650402842010-09-25T22:28:00.002-05:002010-09-25T23:25:53.114-05:00Fun day!Today has been such a fun day!<br /><br />This morning, Tom and I headed out around 10:30 or so. We went to Sports Clips to get Tom's ears lowered. {hehe} His normal girl wasn't there, so he had another girl. She cut his hair a shade shorter than he normally gets. It still looks good, don't get me wrong! It's just shorter.<br /><br />After Sports Clips, went headed into town and went to Michael's. I'm telling you, this is like the greatest store EVA! {lol!} We walked around randomly around the store for a few minutes. Then, we hit up their Clearance Section. {I mean, really, who doesn't hit the clearance area??} Anyway, nothing really reached out and said "Buy me! Take me home!" So, then we went to their Baking section. {Seriously, I could live in Michael's... You can live off of fondant, right?}<br /><br />I am very, very interested in all things cake & cupcake decorating right now. So, I can drift for hours down the cake isle. Anyway, so I knew I wanted to get a couple more coupler sets. {For those who don't know, couplers are used in/with your icing bags and tips so that you can easily, quickly, and cleanly change your icing tips.} So I grabbed a package of 4. Then, this really nice lady leaned over and asked if we knew where the birthday candles were. She said she wouldn't have asked us, but we looked like we knew about cakes. {Awwww!!! How cute, right?}<br /><br />Anyway, so we still spent another 20 minutes or so on the baking isle. I had my couplers, and I also grabbed a fondant smoother. I don't use a lot of fondant, but I found a super cool tip online to make your buttercream icing super smooth. {Want to know the tip? Yeah, I knew you would.} <br /><br />After frosting your cake, let stand until frosting becomes "crusty". You know it's at the right stage when you can tap the frosting and it will move slightly, but not come off on your finger. Once at this stage, place a non patterned paper towel on your cake, and apply slight pressure in circular movements around your cake. You can use your hand, but a fondant smoother also works, and can apply pressure more evenly. Check your cake multiple times to make sure you haven't <span style="font-style: italic;">completely</span> screwed up the icing. {hehe} You can apply this same technique on the sides of the cake as well!<br /><br />Ok. So after Michael's, we hit up Hobby Lobby. We walked out empty handed, {which is always disappointing} but we did get some good research done. For instance, a lot of the stuff that Michael's has, Hobby Lobby has too. And, some of the stuff is cheaper at HL than Michael's. However, some of the stuff is cheaper at Michael's than HL. Good research!<br /><br />Then, we hit up Whole Hog! {Nom, Nom!} I got the loaded baked potato, and Tom got the bar-b-q nachos. We got to catch a bit of the Tennessee vs. Alabama at Birmingham {I think that's the school anyway} game. Tennessee was woopin' butt. Grr... Not a big fan of TN.<br /><br />Anyway, after lunch, we ran through Garden Ridge. I found some super cool stuff... but again, walked out empty handed. {I'm starting to think that "empty handed shopping" is Tom's favorite kind of shopping.} Then, we hit up Sam's Club. Fantastic time to go shopping. We didn't have to dodge 1,000 people! It was busy but not slammed like it usually is! They have this really neat 3 in 1 dish. {Sorry about not having a pic or link... Sam's doesn't sell it online. I wish I had taken a pic with my phone!} Anyway, It's a Cake Plate (with lid), or a veggie and dip platter, or a salad bowl. Still a little out of our price range, but AWESOME! We did pick up potty paper, string cheese, and some buffalo chicken.<br /><br />We headed home to watch the Razorback/Alabama game. The first half of the game was REALLY good. Good as in, the Hogs scored a TD in the first 45 seconds of the game. The second half of the game was still good, but 'Bama won in the end... and by "end" I mean the last 6 or 7 minutes of the game! Darn it!! Well, once we hit about 10 minutes left in the game. Tom and I headed to dinner, because we knew people would be on the edge of their seats, and we'd have time to get to Chili's and possibly catch the last couple minutes of the game. And we did! Just like at Sam's, we hit Chili's at the PERFECT time! I got my Crispy Chicken Crispers, and Tom got his Buffalo Ranch Burger. yummy!<br /><br />After dinner, we came back to the house, and started watching Killers, which we got from Netflix, but the disc messed up about half an hour in. So, we notified Netflix that the disc was bad, and put on Mythbusters! We've been watching Mythbusters for about 2 hours now! Yay!<br /><br />Oh! I forgot to tell y'all! When we went to Michaels, we got a 40% off coupon! The only thing is, it's only good until next Saturday. Since we'll be doing the baby shower next Saturday, we're going to hit Michael's up again tomorrow! I'll be getting a new set of cookie cutters! Woot! I'm thinking about making some cookies tomorrow! Cookies... yummy! I can't wait!<br /><br />Anyway, it's 11:30 now. I'm almost ready for bed! <br /><br />I'll talk to you folks later!<br /><br /><3 JessJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18105193419241587369noreply@blogger.com1