Monday, December 31, 2012

The End of 2012 - what a year

Dear READER,



HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!

Can you believe its 2013? I can’t it feels like just yesterday when we brought in 2012. 2012 has gone by really fast and I have had a lot happen during the year – and when I say a lot I really do mean a lot.
I graduated from one of the best Universities out there – BYU-Idaho. I don’t think I really realized how much I was getting at that school or how much I would miss it until I graduated. I learned so much there and made the greatest friendships I could ever wish for.
I was offered my dream job, which I took. I wake up every morning and look forward to going to work. Ok there are some days I would like to sleep in for another hour but I still love going to work. I get to travel all over the U.S. which is way cool. It’s funny because I was caught calling one of my work meetings a vacation. It’s because they put us up in these nice hotels, and treat us well even though we are out there working. Its’ great!!! I also work for some of the nicest people out there. They really know there stuff and so far it’s been a wonderful experience working there and I hope to continue that trend for a long time. Side note --- I just hit my six month mark this December. I really can’t believe it’s been that long.
I moved to Virginia – which was a scary move for me. I didn’t want to be in the D.C. area because of how busy life gets and how much people get caught up in their work. I was given the job of my dreams so moving to Virginia was part of that deal. IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. I love it. I have a wonderful apartment, with no roommates (not that I didn’t love my roommates at BYU-I, I was just ready to live on my own. It’s one of those things I had to do, just to be able to say that I did it and survived – so far I’m surviving just fine – other then I miss coming home to a girl who will listen to how I flirted with this guy and got his number and so forth, other than that I’m doing great.).
I found a second job – Not that I need it at all, I don’t I just wanted it. I want to get a bicycle, take a trip to Disneyworld, be in Germany for Christmas and I don’t want to scrip through those events I want to be able to do and be, and go where I want not having to worry about the cost. Well at least not as bad as I would normally. So I have this babysitting job. (This is where I am right now on this wonderful NEW YEARS EVE)  Every other week I watch these kids for a few hours. It’s $15 an hour which is actually really great seeing as these are the cutest kids ever. They are 7, 5, and 2. One boy and two girls and they are just adorable. So it’s not hard to come here and watch them at all. Tonight we made telephones out of cups, necklaces out of cheerios and noodles, ate fortune cookies, and played games. It was tons of fun and they each got to stay up late and party. None of them made it past 11pm but we had fun while they lasted.
See it’s been a busy year. 2012 was great to me and so much fun. Worth everything I went through to get where I am today.

Ok enough about 2012. It’s the New Years and that’s all making goals and setting plans so go on to my next post to read about 2013 and what it holds in store. I know that there are only a few maybe two that actually read my post, but I like to keep it a bit interesting and have you read on, so on to the next post.

Yours Truly,
Jenessa

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Dating Ideas

Dear READER,


I've always thought that it was important that if you are going on a date you need to have some type of plan. I hate dates where they pick you up and say..."ok, what do you want to do?". I don't know you asked me if you wanted me to choose let me now and I could have put something together. Are you serious. Anyways a bit of a pet peeve of mine obviously.

I dated this one guy and well he was pretty amazing. And anytime we went out He always had a plan. ALWAYS! They were sometimes cheap and just fun and other times he had put out a lot of money and thought. I loved going out with him because of that. It made me feel like he really cared about me.

So this post is dedicated and inspired by him. Below are a list of fun date ideas that I have come up with. Some are really cheap others take some more planning. There are a few for groups and a few that you will need to check your neighborhood for. Remember, if you put a little time and effort into it then it goes better all around and the results are better. Have fun!


  • Build a sand castle (at the beach or in a sand box)
  • Make paper airplanes
  • Popcorn and a chick-flick movie
  • Green Eggs & Ham date (read the book together while on your date)
  • Go for a bike ride
  • Wash a car together
  • Play a sport together
  • BIG GROUP - Play night games
  • Go to an old folks home & do service
  • Breakfast in Bed (NOTE: this is for married couples only)
  • Dessert only date
  • Crosswords & breakfast for dinner
  • Weed or rake someones yard
  • Play the game 'Bigger or Better'
  • Water Fight
  • Photo Scavenger Hunt (this is one of my brothers favorites and so much fun)
  • Go to the park and feed the birds
  • WINTER - Build a snowman & have Hot Chocolate
  • Tin-foil dinner cookout
  • Chopped challenge
  • Take out & Board games
  • Make Pinatas
  • Make cookies and give them out to others
  • Homemade Pizza & an Italian Movie
  • Bonfire and an outside movie
  • Bowling
  • Ice Blocking & BBQ
  • 1,000 piece puzzle & Pizza
  • Point or design pillow cases
  • FALL - Carve pumpkins
  • Use Marshmallows and noodles to make a house
  • CHRISTMAS - make gingerbread houses
  • Go for a hike and picnic (make sure that the other person likes hiking)
  • Fly a kite and picnic
  • Paper mache & Chinese food
  • Watch a football game and have nachos
  • Fondue
  • Go to the Zoo
  • Make a movie together
  • watch the stars with a telescope
  • tie-dye tee-shirts
  • Go on a walk to get Ice Cream
  • make a duct tape creation
  • Laser tag and go carts
  • Ice Skating & Hot Chocolate
  • Concert & dinner
  • Go to a sports game together
  • Inner Tube & float down a river
  • Go roller-skating
  • Art Museum and dinner
  • GROUP - play live clue
  • Mini-date...everything in mini form (movie, food-mini pizza's, etc.)
  • GROUP - Survivor date ---- NOTE: the loosing team buys the treat
  • Mini Golf & Milk Shakes
  • Go listen to a local band
  • Go to a comedy club (The boy I dated took me to one of these and it was so much fun I laughed myself silly and then we went to dinner so much fun)
  • Go out dancing
  • Go visit your local Planetarium
  • Go for/on a hay ride
  • FALL - Visit a pumpkin farm, then carve your pumpkins
  • attend a class together (dance, art, etc)
  • Go to a festival
  • Go berry picking

Ok so these are just a few ideas. If you have more ideas please comment and let me know what they are so I can add them to an ongoing list I have.


Yours Truly,

Jenessa