Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
One Year!
Of FUN and Mr. and Mrs. Jonesness.
Yes, yes, congratulations us. It was the best year of my life so far. So totally worth it and so totally wonderful. I guess that's what you get when you marry Scott. Lucky me!
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Feeling artsy, and like I should bust open one of those way-too-many blank notebooks of mine. Translation: this might not be worth reading, but I'm going to write anyway.
Scott took me to a Christmas Ball on Thursday. It was a great way to round out all the studying for the day (i.e. nearly none after being so fried from the morning's activities). Yummy dinner, met a few nice people, and danced the best we could to some un-danceable music. It's funny to watch medical students drink way too much, by the way.
Last night we went caroling. It was lovely to sing with fun and happy friends who wanted to sing also. I just don't like driving these windy little Pennsylvania roads in the dark in the back seat with a coat on. I felt like puking most of the time. In fact, just thinking about it right now makes me a little dizzier.
You may know that I'm a car sick woman anyway. Before I knew I was going to have a baby, I would contemplate just how sick morning sickness or pregnancy sickness might be. I figured that since some people, like my lovely sister-in-law, never got morning sickness and other people, like a friend or two, threw up every day for 9 months, there was no real norm. I'm sorta dizzy/nauseous/apt to throw up if you make just enough gagging sounds (ask Laura) on my own. Based on this, I guessed that I would probably either feel all of these things still but more intensely, or I would magically be cured of them altogether like the way multiplying 2 negatives equals a positive. It's the former. Though I'm sure getting better at math.
Meanwhile, the stockings are tacked to a wall with care. Our cute little tree has some presents under neath it that I'm uber-curious about. (Well, i know what's in the ones for Scott, but I have no idea what he got me!) And I quite like how good the wrapping papers look together.
Bring it on, Christmas. Just let that drive to North Carolina be a puke-free drive. :)
Oh yeah, and Gordon got his mission call! He's going to the Mexico Tuxtla-gutierrez Mission. He leaves in April. I'm soooooo proud of him and so excited for my hermanito who's not so "ito" any more!
Scott took me to a Christmas Ball on Thursday. It was a great way to round out all the studying for the day (i.e. nearly none after being so fried from the morning's activities). Yummy dinner, met a few nice people, and danced the best we could to some un-danceable music. It's funny to watch medical students drink way too much, by the way.
Last night we went caroling. It was lovely to sing with fun and happy friends who wanted to sing also. I just don't like driving these windy little Pennsylvania roads in the dark in the back seat with a coat on. I felt like puking most of the time. In fact, just thinking about it right now makes me a little dizzier.
You may know that I'm a car sick woman anyway. Before I knew I was going to have a baby, I would contemplate just how sick morning sickness or pregnancy sickness might be. I figured that since some people, like my lovely sister-in-law, never got morning sickness and other people, like a friend or two, threw up every day for 9 months, there was no real norm. I'm sorta dizzy/nauseous/apt to throw up if you make just enough gagging sounds (ask Laura) on my own. Based on this, I guessed that I would probably either feel all of these things still but more intensely, or I would magically be cured of them altogether like the way multiplying 2 negatives equals a positive. It's the former. Though I'm sure getting better at math.
Meanwhile, the stockings are tacked to a wall with care. Our cute little tree has some presents under neath it that I'm uber-curious about. (Well, i know what's in the ones for Scott, but I have no idea what he got me!) And I quite like how good the wrapping papers look together.
Bring it on, Christmas. Just let that drive to North Carolina be a puke-free drive. :)
Oh yeah, and Gordon got his mission call! He's going to the Mexico Tuxtla-gutierrez Mission. He leaves in April. I'm soooooo proud of him and so excited for my hermanito who's not so "ito" any more!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
2+2=4
That's about as complex as I like math to be.
I just emerged from spending the better part of the day studying for the GRE and then taking a practice GRE. While my verbal score was increased, my quantitative score was decreased, by like 60 points. UG!
I'm reasonable and logical and stuff, right? I did well in high school math. I don't know what these problems are going for, though! Send good, quantitative reasoning thoughts.
Meanwhile, the people in our ward have ensured that not a day will go by without receiving a plate full of treats. It's amazing! While I feel little pressure to respond in kind this year, I do feel like I best step it up for next year or I'll be on a naughty list of some sort. Seriously, we've been treated to homemade toffee, caramel turtles, sugar cookies, strawberry jamlets covered in chocolate, chocolate covered pretzels, peanut butter balls, fudge, etc.
No lack of sugar when you live in the Sweetest Place on Earth! Thanks friends! Maybe we'll fatten you up next year!
I just emerged from spending the better part of the day studying for the GRE and then taking a practice GRE. While my verbal score was increased, my quantitative score was decreased, by like 60 points. UG!
I'm reasonable and logical and stuff, right? I did well in high school math. I don't know what these problems are going for, though! Send good, quantitative reasoning thoughts.
Meanwhile, the people in our ward have ensured that not a day will go by without receiving a plate full of treats. It's amazing! While I feel little pressure to respond in kind this year, I do feel like I best step it up for next year or I'll be on a naughty list of some sort. Seriously, we've been treated to homemade toffee, caramel turtles, sugar cookies, strawberry jamlets covered in chocolate, chocolate covered pretzels, peanut butter balls, fudge, etc.
No lack of sugar when you live in the Sweetest Place on Earth! Thanks friends! Maybe we'll fatten you up next year!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Christmas Sweaters
Scott had been talking about making a Christmas sweater for a while. Since, like Halloween or so. Before Thanksgiving was even sort of over, we went to Wally's World (Wal-mart) to find the sweaters we would desecrate, I mean decorate.
Scott chose a simple, green sweatshirt. I chose a coordinating turtleneck. That night we did this to them.
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And this is how they look now that they are completely complete.
I think there's some sort of a metaphor here. Like I'm part of him, or, without me, he could never be a real snowman. Something like that. We are each 100% responsible for what happened to our individual sweaters. This is art, folks. This is folk art. Handmade and all. That plaid thing on the lower portions of Mr. Scott's snowman is a hand-sewn set of pockets for those times when you need to hold on to something or when you want to carry candy canes around for the kids.
He waited till after Thanksgiving to wear it to school, and I think some people were confused at first, but they get it now. It's just for fun. Merry Christmas, Happy Snowman Sweaters.
Scott chose a simple, green sweatshirt. I chose a coordinating turtleneck. That night we did this to them.
And this is how they look now that they are completely complete.
I think there's some sort of a metaphor here. Like I'm part of him, or, without me, he could never be a real snowman. Something like that. We are each 100% responsible for what happened to our individual sweaters. This is art, folks. This is folk art. Handmade and all. That plaid thing on the lower portions of Mr. Scott's snowman is a hand-sewn set of pockets for those times when you need to hold on to something or when you want to carry candy canes around for the kids.
He waited till after Thanksgiving to wear it to school, and I think some people were confused at first, but they get it now. It's just for fun. Merry Christmas, Happy Snowman Sweaters.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Today's To-do's
This is my list for my day "off." If I finish this stuff, you'll know cause I'll be snoring tonight!
1. make dip for ward Christmas party
2. sew 80 mini stockings for ward Christmas party
3. design a Christmas story folks can take home at the ward Christmas party and get them printed
4. take a practice GRE test
5. wrap some presents
6. exchanges with the missionaries (I'm excited about this one, for sure!)
7. laundry???
**Update as of 4:30pm**
1. No dip
2. Maybe not 80, maybe like 40. Halfway done.
3. Not even started.
4. Took the GRE practice test. I need some help with geometry, ratios, and graphs.
5. I should do that, huh?
6. Coming up at 7:15
7. One load down.
1. make dip for ward Christmas party
2. sew 80 mini stockings for ward Christmas party
3. design a Christmas story folks can take home at the ward Christmas party and get them printed
4. take a practice GRE test
5. wrap some presents
6. exchanges with the missionaries (I'm excited about this one, for sure!)
7. laundry???
**Update as of 4:30pm**
1. No dip
2. Maybe not 80, maybe like 40. Halfway done.
3. Not even started.
4. Took the GRE practice test. I need some help with geometry, ratios, and graphs.
5. I should do that, huh?
6. Coming up at 7:15
7. One load down.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Happy December!
Whoosh! I feel like I've been running a marathon! Sorry for the long-time-no-post. Our Thanksgiving was wonderful, and we'll have to post more pictures for you as we go.
Meanwhile, I'm busy getting our ward Christmas party together. It's going to be fun and will represent a lot of work from a lot of people.
In any "extra" time, I'm trying to re-learn math. Hopefully with 2 weeks of intense study, I can pull a decent score on the GRE. Wish me luck! Pray for me! All of the above!
Scott is still being the most amazing guy. I love his guts. He takes care of me so well! I just love it when the trash gets taken out and I don't have to do it! He's awesome. Especially with the recent stress I've been under. Which brings me to my biggest news:
I'M PREGNANT!
Yes! I'm going to have a baby in June next year! So cool! We're so excited and feel really blessed. Scott has really stepped up and sacrificed for me. I've been feeling pretty lousy and made a total of like 3 dinners in the last 2.5 months. He's eaten a lot of beans and eggs. I'm starting to feel like eating again, so hopefully I can make some real meals for us more often. So interesting how our bodies work . . .
Here's a picture of the growing babe:
and of the happy parents-to-be:
Happy December. And here's to better posts more often!
Meanwhile, I'm busy getting our ward Christmas party together. It's going to be fun and will represent a lot of work from a lot of people.
In any "extra" time, I'm trying to re-learn math. Hopefully with 2 weeks of intense study, I can pull a decent score on the GRE. Wish me luck! Pray for me! All of the above!
Scott is still being the most amazing guy. I love his guts. He takes care of me so well! I just love it when the trash gets taken out and I don't have to do it! He's awesome. Especially with the recent stress I've been under. Which brings me to my biggest news:
I'M PREGNANT!
Yes! I'm going to have a baby in June next year! So cool! We're so excited and feel really blessed. Scott has really stepped up and sacrificed for me. I've been feeling pretty lousy and made a total of like 3 dinners in the last 2.5 months. He's eaten a lot of beans and eggs. I'm starting to feel like eating again, so hopefully I can make some real meals for us more often. So interesting how our bodies work . . .
Here's a picture of the growing babe:
and of the happy parents-to-be:
Happy December. And here's to better posts more often!
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