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ode to panera.

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Oh Panera, you give me such joy in visiting you. With your selection of pastries, bagels, breads, and not to mention your delicious soups, salads, and sandwiches I feel that the possibilities are endless. And my most favorite thing…free wifi. I have so many fond memories of spending time sitting in your comfy booths catching up with my girl friends. Before I moved, you were less than 5 minutes away from me and were walking/biking distance. Now, you’re about 20 minutes away and my heart is NOT happy. When Jimmy and I move, one of the first things I shall do is find my nearest Panera Bread for my weekly fix. Thank you for always being there for me.

Always,
Jen

Anyway, things are going great! A few weeks ago Jimmy got his date to leave for basic training…November 29th! We were awaiting a call to let us know he’d be leaving any day now, but it’s nice for us to have a date and make the most of the time we have left together before we are away from each other for 8 weeks. We’re thinking of taking a mini-vacation somewhere, but not sure where yet. It’ll be nice that he will get to be here on Thanksgiving, but the thought of spending Christmas and New Years without him makes me cry a little inside, and I’ll definitely be crying on the outside when he’s gone. All I gotta say is that we better have one heck of an amazing Valentine’s Day when he comes back!!

Coming up: Disneyland pics, Palm Springs, outfits, and so forth

x
Jen

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21 years of life.

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Today is my husband Jimmy’s 21st birthday. It’s late and I’m exhausted, but I promised myself I would make this post ON his birthday. Today we went to Disneyland and afterwards had a late dinner at Olive Garden where Jimmy had his first glass of wine! Today also marks the same day two years ago when he first asked me to be his girlfriend. I remember it like it was yesterday…I drove us to the aquarium and noticed that he seemed a little quiet and nervous on and off throughout the day, and finally at dinner after all the stuttering and spilling his drink, we were officially together! I am so thankful for him and thankful to be the one he celebrates his birthday with. I love him more than words can express and I’m so blessed and lucky to be his wife!

the VERY first picture I ever took of him.

And this is a photo of us on his birthday last year (which reminds me…umm can I have my hair back to that length please?!)

Gosh, I am married to a handsome lad. Happy Birthday my wonderful, nerdy, shy, charming, kind, modest, awkward, quirky, handsome, loving, doting husband. I love you more and more each day.

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all american.

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

For some reason, this outfit feels very american-inspired to me. I could have seen myself wearing it to a 4th of July BBQ or maybe just a summer BBQ with friends and family. But nope, this shirt has been sitting in my closet for months now because I am not accustomed to wearing crop tops. I bought it on a whim and have only worn it one other time, with something that was high-waisted so my midriff wasn’t showing. That is probably how I will continue to wear it, so this is a once in a lifetime thing and something that is waaaay out of my comfort zone. It’s been pretty hot this summer so I thought hey, first time for everything…why not try it and see how I feel? I felt okay in it, but much rather prefer to have less skin showing! Gotta go with comfort first. So my dearest crop top, it was fun while it lasted, but from this point on I will not be wearing you the way you were intended, for the sake of my midriff. Hope there’s no hard feelings.

shirt from forever21, hand me down cut off shorts, and gifted hi-top chucks.

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elephant ears.

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Sometimes I like to occasionally buy a little necklace or ring here or there, but no piece of jewelery I have ever owned compares to my grandmothers brooch and earrings she left me before she passed away. While elephants aren’t particularly my favorite animal, they were hers. I remember going to my grandparents house when I was a little girl and spending what seemed like hours staring at all her little elephant figurines on the shelf in their living room. After a while she noticed I had taken an interest in them and started to give me some of my own to collect. Pretty soon I had my own little collection and it was something we bonded over. My grandma was probably one of the most caring and loving people I have ever known and when she passed she left me with some of her most treasured items, but I am reminded of her the most when I put on those earrings or the matching brooch and it gives me such a happy feeling knowing that I still feel a close bond with her. She passed in 2003, and there’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about her. I miss her dearly.

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