Jessica: A Different Kind of Being.

Here is something I wrote in Grade 11.  It was a "project" we had to write in english class.  It is probably the only assignment I've kept over all these years (typed on a typewriter I might add).  I just love to read what was going through my head when I was 16...and honestly some things have not changed!  Enjoy...

I am Jessica.

I am sixteen years old.

I have blue eyes.
They match my blond hair or sometimes dirty blond.

I stand tall.
Five feet, six and a half inches to be exact.
Just like my father so people tell me.
I personally like to think I'm my own person.

I love pasta and sauce.
I wonder sometimes why I'm not Italien.

One of the many mysteries in life.

I like school but hate lunchtime.
I wish I didn't go to L.H.S.
One more year won't kill me.

I like dance music better than rap.
I prefer rock over country.
But I give all music a chance.

I prefer to work than to sit around and do nothing.

Sometimes.

I know what's going on in the world.
I read newspapers and watch the news.
The whole system stinks.

I love math but hate physics.
I love animals but birds just don't seem to appeal to me.

I'm always right and everyone else is wrong.
So I like to think.

I hate people who worry about what othe people say or think.
Who cares?

I hate people who put themselves down.
And people who tell me I'm wrong.

I'm NEVER wrong.  (HA HA is all I can say!)

(There are 2 sentences here I "whited" out so I guess I wasn't proud of what I wrote or just didn't want anyone else to see that thought!)

I'm usually in a bad mood.
People say I have an attitude.

I'm a sagittarius I'm suppose to.

There's too much sexism in this world.
No one seems to be doing anything about it.

Women are equal.

I love music and movies.
I've watched Die Hard at least fifty times.

Bruce Willis rules.  (I still think that HA HA!)

The one thing more important then my stereo and music is my cat.
He's fifteen years old.
He's my best friend. (I led a sheltered life)

I babysit a lot.
It sucks.

I wanted to be a vet but that was just a phase.
I want to be involved with the law.

Somebody has to try and make a difference.

I have a dream but don't we all.

I hate History.
I don't understand why we have to learn about it.
I don't care.

I believe in the death penalty.
It may be a sick belief but it's true.
More dealth pnalties.  Less crime.
It could happen.

I don't like politics so I don't know the difference between the liberals and the conservatives and all the other parties. (This is still true)
They only mess up the world more.

I love to be by myself.
It gives me time to think on my own.
People may think I'm a loner but I like being lonely.

I love staying up late but hate getting up in the morning. (Oh how true it is)
That explains why I'm always late for school.

I worry too much and cry too much.

We all have our faults

I don't believe in suicide.
It's the cowardly way out.
People say that's being cruel.
I'm sorry that's the way I feel.

I'm definitely not in love and don't plan on being any time in the near future.
I can wait.
Won't my parents be happy.

I'm overly concerned about the system.
It needs help.

So do I.

My name is Jessica and this is 1994.

About Me...

I saw this at A Different Drum (a blog I follow) and I figure while hubby is watching his football/baseball/hockey games (yes really he's watching all 3) I'd entertain myself by completing this!

1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.  Frank Sinatra.
2. What has been your favorite age so far?  31 - I became a mom.
3. Where did you meet your husband? At a lab doing an inspection of mushroom cans!
4. How many children do you have? 2 (for now)
5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people? Yeah (not solo) but I was never asked again!!
6. What’s the first thing you notice about the opposite gender? Smile.
7. What really turns you off?  Show offs
8. What do you order at Starbucks? A bottle of water.
9. What is your biggest mistake? Never completing piano lessons.
10. As a child, what did you want to grow up to be? A lawyer...I was never getting married or having kids!
11. Say something totally random about yourself. I cried when John Ritter died.
12. Do you still watch kiddie movies or TV shows? Definitely!
13. Did you have braces? Yes - only bottom teeth.
14. Favorite Social Network? Facebook.
15. What is the most romantic thing someone has done for you? Yuck - I'm so not a romantic!
16. When do you know when it’s love? When you can talk to the person about ANYTHING.
17. Do you speak any other languages?  Francais.
18. Have you ever been to a tanning salon? Nope, never, not gonna happen.
19. What magazines do you read? Country Sampler & Parenting.
20. What is playing on your iPod right now?  I don't have an iPod.  I'm so out of touch.
21. Have you ever ridden in a limo? Yuppers
22. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?  Absolutely
23. Do you watch MTV? Nope.
24. What’s something that really annoys you?  When the 1st question out of someone's mouth is "What do you do?" and that determines how much of their attention they're going to give you.
25. Which television show were you sad to say goodbye to? Definitely Three's Company :-)  LOVE John Ritter.
26. Can you dance?  No but I like to think so!
27. What’s your favorite place in the world?  On a campsite!
28. Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?  Nope.
29. If you could meet anyone (dead or alive) who would it be?  Some of the U.S. adoptive families I've met online...they seem so awesome!
30. If you could change one thing in the world for your child, what would it be? That they wouldn't have to deal with all the garbage out there - wish things could go back to the simpler "good ole days"!

Just copy and paste and change your answers to fit you!

Hope you learned something new about me!

Jess :-)))

Cakes

So I've been taking a try at making special cakes (kids only!!!)  So far I've made one for F. and my niece who are the same age.  This weekend the whole family will be together so we're celebrating my other niece's birthday even though it's not until November.  SInce I "kind of" enjoyed making the first cake I volunteered to make this one.  I figure home made are so much more special than store bought.

I've gotta say I actually enjoy making them.  Clean up...not so much.

I put the actual cake together at the beginning of the week and froze it.  Today F. gave me exactly the time I needed to decorate it.  His nap was the perfect length of time, although clean up will have to wait until his afternoon nap.  Thank goodness for 2 naps!

So here are my cakes (no laughing please)...

Sesame Street sign

Box of Crayola crayons

Identification Booklets

This past Sunday there was an "activity" at our local pharmacy, Jean Coutu.  There was a police woman there with her sidekicks.  They were offering a free service to have your child photographed and finger printed so in the event anything happened to your child you would have a booklet with the necessary identification of your child(ren).

I was completely on board.  I thought this was a great idea.

So after church, off we went to Jean Coutu.

Both my boys were photographed, and fingerprinted.

The nice police woman went on to explain how to make the booklet "complete".  She said to "pluck" some hair folicles, seal them in a smal baggie, and attach it to the booklet.  As a proactive mom, of course I am going to make this booklet as complete as possible.

And then it hit me.  All this is being done so that if anything happens to my boys, we will be able to identify them or they would be able to use this infomation to help with the search...

OH MY GOODNESS, what if something ever happened to my babies?  How would I go on with my life?

The police woman told me to have these booklets on me at all times. If anything were to happen to my boys, and they needed this info, I would be in no state of mind to know where I kept these booklets at home.  What kind of state of mind WOULD I be in?  Would I be as helpful as possible or would my mind/body just shut down?

Seriously?  I have to think of this stuff?

I remember being in the mall with N. and after I paid for something, I turned around and he was G-O-N-E!  I still remember the feeling of the room spinning and I was in such shock I couldn't even yell out his name.  The room spun and spun and no noise could escape my mouth.  He had just gone around the desk where I couldn't see him to look at a toy.  Let's just say I hugged him for a really long time until my shaking subdued!  I just can not imagine how worst the shaking and numbness would have been if he had really gone missing.

I still think it's a great idea and I recommend that all parents should have one made up in the event of...but be prepared it stirs up a lot of disturbing and unsettling emotions.  Let's pray together that we would never have to use these booklets!