Pre-Winter Cleaning

My sisters (Kaitlyn, Callie) were out at an archaeological dig with some of their fellow

club members and I was home alone with my parents, while my brother was at a sleepover.

So I had quite a bit of time on my hands...

In the morning we went to a garage sale and I bought a few neat items!

Such as:

These glass roses which the lady claimed she bought in England.

And three antique books in pretty^^^ good condition

Then after I had brought all those narly items

up to my room, I decided to CLEAN!

YES...CLEAN!

I know be impressed. ;)

I even printed and framed this picture of my siblings and I

when we were in London. Ah memories.

Then I put up my bulletin board in the center of my room

so it could be seen by ALL!

(pictures follow...)

All the while big Mo was keeping me company!

Kneading dough on my pillow. hehehe.

The final thing I need to do to figure out what classes I want to take next

year, all of which are listed in this large intimidating yellow paper.

-Jessica Leigh La Lou

What does "beautiful" mean to YOU?

define: beauty
--the quality present in a person that gives intense pleasure to the mind.

FACT: 92% of women want to change something about their appearances.

If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

FACT:

-The average woman weighs 144 lbs. and wears between a 12-14.

-In one U.S. National survey, women feared being fat more than dying.

-50% of 10 th grade and 12 th grade boys want a more muscular upper body.

-It is estimated that 40-50% of American women are trying to lose weight at any point in time.

-There are 3 billion women who don’t look like super-models and only 8 who do.

I found this quote on the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty...

"Beauty is in your smile, beauty is in how you throw a ball, beauty is how the sun reflects off your hair, beauty is in your intelligence, beauty is in how you give a hug to someone who needs it, beauty is in how you laugh and brighten up a room, beauty is in your self-confidence. Isn’t it time for all girls to see their own beauty?"

That quote just kind of brightened my day. :)

Accept your body for the way it is.

You are beautiful the way you are...

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Last Night I_______

Began writing a bucket list

and I felt so cliche...

----->go skydiving

----->write a book

----->run a marathon

blah blah blah

Do you know of anything

you want to do before you

'kick the bucket'?

I need some creative ideas!

Merci beaucoup,

Jessica

PS: Cliche is supposed to have an accent mark,

but blogger won't let me paste one onto it,

it's probably not bothering you as much as it's bugging me. haha.

What's a Girl to Do?

As I scroll from place to place, constantly clicking, I realize the reason I began this blog. Yes at first it was out of boredom but also it's because I want to be a writer. Er... at least I think I do. That's the problem.. I have no idea what I want to do with my future. Where do I want to go to college? What do I want to major in? Minor in? I have no idea.

I have interests of course but I can't see myself sticking to one final thing. Have you ever seen the movie Monster-In-Law? You know the one with Jennifer Lopez? LOVE that movie!! But anyways, she seemed to be doing okay as a temp. She never really settled on one thing and now I wonder is that my destiny? Will I be okay if I don't have one set job but rather many ones? Who knows... anyways here are some of my ideas for the future (I love making lists! I wonder if that could qualify as a job: official list maker extraordinaire! Hey it could work...haha)

1. a chef/baker- I love to cook

2. an environmentalist or some kind of humanitarian

3. a Journalist

4. a translator especially for the French language

5. become apart of the video making world

6. an inventor

7. a high school French teacher

8. a cat lady!! oh wait...I don't believe that's an occupation.. CURSES!

9. yeah that's all I got forget # 9

So yeah I have absolutely no idea what to do but I'm considering my options... and trying to find a solution. There's got to be one out there---I just haven't found it yet, or rather it hasn't found me yet--- :)

Photo source.

Another Little Dachshund to Add

Hey ohmygosh! GUESS WHAT?! We got a dachshund! Another one! Isn't he adorable! I love him!! His former name was Ranger but we're debating on the new name for him. We kind of wanted to stick to the theme of German names because we have two other dogs named Werner and Schatzi: cue photo...

Soooooo anyways... I love him so much! But I can't seem to think of any names! Do you guys have any ideas?

Birthday Possibilities

Hello everyone! My birthday is going to be coming up pretty soon.. it's one of the big ones- no specifics or anything :)- but I'm unsure about how to really celebrate it. It's on November 3, which means I have about about 2 months to figure out what to do. Does anybody have any ideas? Feedback is very much appreciated! HELP!!