Monday, April 6, 2009
Reality Check: 10 Not So Cute Things About Me
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The BESTS.
*These are all in no particular order...that would take too long, let's be honest.
BEST Foods
1. Oranges. Sliced in quarters. Only from Costco, where you KNOW they'll actually taste good.
2. Megan's Apple Dumplings - girls, these are a GREAT idea for Valentines' Dinner!! They're so so so good!
3. Papa John's Pizza (but not the customer service at the Riverton location. They're pathetic!)
4. Yoplait Yogurt
5. Cafe Rio pork salad
6. Gummy Bears
7. Whipped Cream (I know this isn't a food per say...but Jordan does tease me by asking, "would you like a little pie with your whipped cream??")
8. French Toast
9. Salmon - the way Jordan makes it...yummmmm
10. Jason's Deli Tomato Basil Soup
BEST Singers/Bands
1. U2
2. La Ley
3. Celine Dion
4. Josh Groban
5. Coldplay
6. Rob Thomas/Matchbox 20
7. Sarah Brightman
8. Carrie Underwood
9. Daughtry
10. Juanes
BEST TV Shows
1. The Unit
2. American Idol
3. America's Next Top Model
4. So you Think you can Dance
5. All HGTV Design Shows
6. Project Runway
7. 24
8. Bones
9. Chuck
10. Lie to Me
BEST Songs
1. Love Story, Taylor Swift
2. I'm Yours, Jason Mraz
3. The Blower's Daughter, Damien Rice
4. The Luckiest, Ben Folds
5. Mientes Tan Bien, Sin Bandera
6. February Song, Josh Groban
7. One, U2
8. A Dios le Pido, Juanes
9. Requiem, Andrew Lloyd Webber
10. Say, John Mayer
BEST Pastimes
1. Reading
2. Watching my favorite TV show
3. Waterskiing, Tubing
4. Sledding (it would be skiing if I were better at it...meaning, if I went more than one time in my life!)
5. Blogging!
6. Shopping for home decor stuff :)
7. Playing with Photoshop
8. Swimming
9. Playing with Claire
10. Going on dates with Jordan!
BEST Stores
1. Target
2. Aldo
3. Layers Clothing
4. Smiths
5. Express
6. Pier 1
7. Costco
8. Ikea
9. Banana Republic
10. Gymboree
BEST Movies
1. What's Up Doc?
2. Singing in the Rain
3. Last of the Mohicans
4. Ferris Bueler's Day Off
5. While You Were Sleeping
6. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
7. Baby Mamma
8. Zoolander
9. 13 Going on 30
10. Pride & Prejudice (the Masterpiece Theater version)
BEST Places to Visit
1. London
2. Cancun
3. Jackson Hole
4. Hawaii
5. Southern Germany
6. Las Vegas
7. Spain (although, I have yet to go there!)
8. Rocky Point, Mexico
9. Oakly, UT--the Cabin!!!
10. Orlando, FL
OK that's enough.
Friday, December 19, 2008
OK I need to do this....Christmas Tag!!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Things We've Done
1. Started your own blog janessa
2. Slept under the stars jordan & janessa
3. Played in a band jordan
4. Visited Hawaii jordan & janessa (once for me, Jordan like 3 times)
5. Watched a meteor shower jordan
6. Given more than you can afford to charity jordan & janessa (yeah, like every paycheck :)
7. Been to Disneyland jordan (just Disneyworld for me...)
8. Climbed a mountain jordan & janessa
9. Held a praying mantis jordan
10. Sang a solo janessa & jordan (someone once asked me, "how do you do that?" I replied...."many years of humiliation..." :) Jordan sang a solo in his H.S. play!)
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris janessa
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea jordan (at Catalina Island)
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch jordan & janessa
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty jordan & janessa (seen it, couldn't go to the top though...with 9/11 and all... been to the very top of the Empire State Building though!-NOT worth the money of the line, so if you're reading this and wanting to go, seriously, don't...unless you LOVE standing in line for 3 hours and paying like $15 extra to go to the top...)
18. Grown your own vegetables janessa & jordan (well, my Dad was quite the slave-driver, so our family garden was in fact cared for by me and all of my family, so that counts, right?)
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France janessa (It's in the Louvre...behind glass, and always has a million people falling all over themselves, around it to catch a glimpse!)
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight jordan & janessa (Who hasn't?)
22. Hitch hiked janessa
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill jordan & janessa (hasn't everybody?? I mean, these companies, like mine, that don't COMBINE the vacay/sick days into "PTO" are really just asking for it...seriously. It's not like we're going to let those days go to waste!! I just call them "sick of work" days :))
24. Built a snow fort jordan & janessa
25. Held a lamb jordan
26. Gone skinny dipping jordan & janessa
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice janessa (BEEN to Venice, but only rode a gondola at the Venetian in Las Vegas (with Jordan)...does that count?)
29. Seen a total eclipse jordan
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset jordan & janessa
31. Hit a home run jordan (not me, but does a touchdown count?)
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person janessa
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors janessa (not ALL of them, since I'm English, Danish, Scottish, and Irish, but have been to England and Scotland...so 2 down, 2 to go!)
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language jordan & janessa (any time you learn a new language, even with a teacher, you do have to "teach yourself" as well, to master it!)
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied jordan & janessa (Ahhh...those were the days...single, out of college, job, no mortgage...)
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing jordan
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David janessa (Seen the plaster replica of it in the "Victoria & Albert" museum in London - the best museum in England, I think! - a couple of times...does that count?)
41. Sung karaoke jordan & janessa
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt jordan & janessa
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant jordan (on his mission, all the time--people would ask for money, and they wouldn't want to give the guy money, but said "we'll take you to a restaurant to eat with us. Half the time they turned the Elders down, but sometimes they took them up on it!)
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight jordan & janessa
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted jordan & janessa (Does DRAWN count? Like on the streets of New York?)
48. Gone deep sea fishing jordan & janessa (Viva Mexico!)
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling jordan & janessa (LOVE IT!!)
52. Kissed in the rain jordan & janessa
53. Played in the mud jordan & janessa
54. Gone to a drive-in theater jordan & janessa
55. Been in a movie jordan (educational videos, a commercial, and in a movie about vampires!....) janessa (just a commercial...)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business jordan (building computers in High School)
58. Taken a martial arts class janessa (self-defence at BYU!)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen jordan (on the mission, in Portugal)
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason janessa (are they REALLY for no reason though? I mean, even if there isn't an occasion per say...there always seems to be a catch!)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma jordan & janessa (when I had Mono in college, I got $200 for donating plasma once! - UofU Medical School research thing...)
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp janessa (saw one from the outside, don't really want to go in ever...too sad...)
67. Bounced a check jordan & janessa
68. Flown in a helicopter jordan (He's flown a PLANE, does that count?? Way cooler...)
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy janessa & jordan (well, our parents have saved some toys and now the grandchildren play with them)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial jordan
71. Eaten Caviar janessa (very fishy...)
72. Pieced a quilt jordan
73. Stood in Times Square jordan & janessa (very smelly...but so is most of NYC :))
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job janessa (although totally embarrassing, I was very relieved too!)
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London janessa (very long!)
77. Broken a bone jordan (just a toe!) janessa (just a rib!)
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle jordan
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person jordan & janessa
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car janessa (does leasing count? Dad worked for Ford... I really miss that Mazda 3...it was a manual and so fun to drive!!)
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper jordan & janessa (Jordan in the Deseret News, Janessa in the Detroit Free Press)
85. Read the entire Bible Neither of us think we could ever make it through Psalms or Song of Solomon :)
86. Visited the White House jordan
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating jordan
88. Had chickenpox jordan & janessa
89. Saved someone's life jordan & janessa (Jordan affirms he saved people from "spiritual death" on his mission :) as did I, I guess, but then I saved my cousin, Tiara from drowining...just pulled her out of the water...)
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous jordan (Michael Jordan, P Diddy...and too many to remember--this is while working at the Bellagio "Light" club) janessa (Ty Pennington :)
92. Joined a book club janessa (does GoodReads count?)
93. Lost a loved one jordan & janessa
94. Had a baby janessa (I mean, less than a month away...that counts!)
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake jordan & janessa
97. Been involved in a law suit jordan
98. Owned a cell phone jordan & janessa
99. Been stung by a bee jordan & janessa
Thursday, November 13, 2008
I am...
I am: versitile
I know: that my Redeemer Lives
I want: to not be pregnant anymore
I have: a bad driving record
I dislike: paying bills
I miss: Sydney
I feel: huge
I hear: office chatter
I smell: hmmm... not sure...something sweet though
I crave: being organized, clean, prepared (I'm currently "nesting"...other days I could maybe crave chocolate or something...)
I cry: in church mostly
I search: meaning, enlightenment, understanding, in gospel terms
I wonder: where our country is headed...
I regret: not playing more piano pieces that were "hard" with like 4 flats or 5 sharps, for example...and practicing more! (don't get TOO excited about this confession, Mom)
I love: my husband, unborn child, family, friends, church...and let's just be crazy: grilled cheese and jam sandwiches :)
I worry: about paying the bills next year and how long it will take Jordan to finish school
I remember: banana clips, keds, and bright blue eyeshadow
I dance: pathetically.
I don't: like pets. Will NEVER have them, mark my words!! Ok, maybe a FISH. But just ONE.
I argue: with my husband WAY less than I used to. A naturally "argumentative" person, I have to keep myself in check ALL THE TIME, esp. about politics and religion.
I write: a blog! And emails. That's it.
I win: the prize for the most car accidents caused by me--that would be 5.
I lose: way too many things. Including my mind.
I wish: we were debt-free, like most everyone, right?
I listen: to Christmas music before Thanksgiving. I also listen to a lot of talk radio.
I can usually be found: on the computer
I am scared: of getting fat in my old age
I need: to have my baby in January (will be a $250 medical bill in Jan, or a $3,000 bill in Dec.)
I forget: people's names and where I know them from
I tag: whoever wants to do this!!
"8 Things" Tag.
8 TV shows I watch:
1. Prison Break
2. Chuck
3. The Office
4. Bones
5. House
6. The Unit
7. Amazing Race
8. America's Next Top Model (I know...)
8 things that happened yesterday: (as you will see...my life is VERY exciting.)
1. Braxton Hicks...ughhh
2. Choir...clear up in Bountiful! But was fun anyway :)
3. Dress fitting for choir
4. Visiting teaching Charla
5. Work
6. Got some Great Harvest bread...yummm
7. Found out we need to replace all of our tires...arghhh
8. Got new AWESOME windshield wipers!!
8 favorite places to eat:
1. Cafe Rio
2. Paradise Cafe
3. Pei Wei
4. P.F. Changs
5. Spencers Steakhouse (If I had money! :)
6. Kneaders (esp. the french toast breakfast...yummm)
7. Grandma Fern's house!
8. My Mom's house!
8 things I'm looking forward to:
1. Christmas!
2. Thanksgiving
3. Weeks rolling by, really...because at the end, I'll have my little GIRL!!
4. Quitting my job :)
5. Baby Showers this weekend
6. Twilight movie--of course. I'm such a girl.
7. Obama falling on his face (not literally). Ok maybe not...for the country and all... but it would be funny. Either that or...even better, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid losing their senate seats :)
8. Being done with work today and organizing my house all night, except for a quick break to go to a little boutique in my neighborhood where they're selling CUTE BABY HEADBANDS/BOWS!! (Well, hopefully they're cute)
8 things on my wishlist:
1. A great part-time job that pays well and I can do from home, after the baby comes
2. Pay off my house and car
3. Have a healthy, cute baby girl, and that she's not TOO MUCH of a Daddy's girl!
4. I wish I could buy a whole new wardrobe after the baby's born...ahhh....to actually GO to the mall....ahh....
5. Some MAC makeup for Christmas--I just decided I need to invest in their lip gloss and eyeshadow becuase they actually stay ON... (Thanks Juliann!!) I think I'll has my in-laws just for some of that for Christmas and nothing else
6. That I won't have a double chin anymore in January...ok maybe February... :)
7. That I can lose the pregnancy weight easily as I nurse!
8. Jordan would be a TAD BIT faster at finishing that closet.... (love you Honey :)
8 people to tag:
1. Heather Barnum
2. Heather Morgan
3. Amanda
4. Kika
5. Becca
6. Ann-Marie (will you do it this time? :)
7. Becky LaClaire
8. Dayna
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tagged. Again.
10 years ago...
1. I was graduating from Andover High School, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2. I sang with "The Jills." We rang handbells and did Christmas Concerts--even though most of us weren't Christian (sorry, funny side note)
3. My DAd was telling me that if I changed my name to "Janessa Lakisha Jefferson" or another surname like "Washington," I would have an easier time getting into BYU...
4. Once at BYU, I was participating in "Y Days" to get into the "spirit" of BYU, I guess...
5. Also...failing American Heritage (OK, so I got a C), acing Spanish, even though I skipped a lot--hello, it was at like 8am every morning!!, and loving my Book of Mormon class.
5 things on today's list
1. Well, now that the day is halfway over.... one item would be to go to the Bank.
2. Pick up something I bought and left at Downeast Home
3. Finish packing my bag for Las Vegas
4. Go to the airport
5. Give a MILLION HUGS AND KISSES to Sydney and Gavin!! (and I guess, see Michelle and Andrew too :))
5 snacks
1. Well, today I had a Diet Pepsi with 2 Tylenol--that's the only way to get rid of a headache when you're pregnant...Tylenol alone doesn't quite cut it! (I call this my "Headache Cocktail!")
2. M&Ms or mini Snickers, Milky Way, Three Musketeers Twix
3. Twizzlers Bites (Cherry, preferrably...but love black and Strawberry too!)
4. Apples
5. String cheese
5 things I would do if I was a millionaire
1. Pay off my house and car! Then get a Hydrogen car...
2. Invest invest invest...get a REALLY GOOD financial advisor to help.
3. Pay for more than a church doorknob with my tithing money :)
4. Buy some land inexpensively that will have good future value
5. Start a retirement fund for my inlaws
5 places I've lived
1. Bloomfield Hills, MI
2. Sao Paulo, Brazil
3. Recife, Brazil
4. Provo, Utah
5. Santiago, Chile
5 jobs I've had
1. Cashier at Joann Fabrics (high school)
2. Marketing Ally (customer service/order taker)
3. HBLL Library, Periodicals Reference Desk at BYU
4. Marketing Coordinator, Wright Engineers
5. Marketing Coordinator, iBAHN
5 people I am tagging
Wendy
Juliann
Tiffany
Nathan
Ann-Marie
Friday, September 5, 2008
Another Tag
- Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
- Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them.
- Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.
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My Quirks:
1. I have a problem with "TMI." At least that's what they tell me...
2. I am obsessed with politics, at least right now while the campaigns are going on. But I actually would rather have the Second Coming in November than a presidential election, considering the selection we have...
3. For some reason, my brain does not even begin to understand math or science. That's why I married Jordan. The kids can go to him for help.
4. I can't stand not having nail polish on my toes. Can't.
5. I really have never been able to understand the "Dave Matthews" obsession when I was in college. I mean, he's OK and everything, but come on...
6. I really couldn't care less about animals. Well, pets, to be more exact. I do care about the dolphins I guess. But I'm hoping I won't give into my kids when they want a dog. At least I have the "I'm allergic to cats and dogs" excuse...because I really am.
7. OK I'm a big dork because I always sing songs about Jordan--not "cool songs" but I change the words to primary songs and sing them about Jordan. For example, "Honey I love you, honey I do, Father in Heaven has sent me to you..." instead of "Mother I love you..." Another one we love to sing to each other (so Jordan has joined in a bit :) is "Honey do you love me? Honey do you care for me?" instead of the "Teacher do you love me?" primary song, haha...
8. I can't do animal sounds. The best is my cow "moo" and that's about it. Jordan LOVES to tease me about this and says I'm not allowed to teach our kids the animal sounds--he will!
Ok so that was more than 6 quirks AND I tagged more than 6 people too. Sue me. :)
Ok, I tag:
Ariel Smith - Juliann Peacock - Kathryn Ariotti - Becca Walker - Michelle Kesler - Ashley Gollaher - Mainha & Painho - Marci Morgan
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Another Personality Thing...
You Are Aurora! (A.K.A. Sleeping Beauty.)

Thoughtful and loving. Authority figures probably have been sheltering you all of your life. Thankfully you're a very tranquil person who is content with what life has given you, but secretly you want to know how the outside world works.
Which Disney Princess Are You?
Not sure if it's totally me--it was hard!! There were some questions where I really wasn't sure, or I would be sort-of one and sort-of the other! Oh well...I have always liked Sleeping Beauty though :)
Saturday, May 3, 2008
My Personality Color
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