Epigraph

For my Personal Writing class this semester I was asked to write an epigraph. An epigraph is the quote that is found at the beginning of a book. It shows a little insight into what's in the story or conveys some of the writers emotions. This was hard for me because I have been so down lately, everything that I was writing was so depressing. lol That is until I decided to write about a quote from my favorite book. :) 

Here is what I turned in as the epigraph to this moment in my life.

“When you think things are bad,

when you feel sour and blue,

when you start to get mad...

you should do what I do!

Just tell yourself, Duckie,

you're really quite lucky!

Some people are much more...

oh, ever so much more...

oh, muchly much-much more

unlucky than you!”

―Dr. Seuss, Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are is my all-time favorite Dr. Seuss book. Whenever I mention it to anyone they look at me and go, “Huh, what book?” I don’t think I’ve ever found anyone who’s heard of it before, but it is the best book ever! You know Dr. Seuss his books are full of tongue-twisters and are fun to read but this one has the best message to tell you. You go through the book and read about all of the horrible things that the people in the book have to endure, and then the quote above is the very last page. After everything is said and done, you are one of the luckiest people alive.

I have been having a very hard time lately remembering that I am the luckiest person alive. I have been depressed and had pity parties over the past few months. Whenever I do, I know it’s time to pull out the old trusty Dr. Seuss book and remember that my problems aren’t the worst in the world. Even some of the characters in the book have it worse off than me.

I am trying very hard to find myself right now. My life is not playing out as planned and I feel like I’m running out of time to accomplish some of my goals. Deep down I know I’m not running out of time but you know how it is, the little kid in you is looking at your life and thinking, “That’s not what I dreamed about when I was five.” Life has a funny way of playing tricks and getting in the way of your dreams sometimes. However, in the end, you are still the luckiest person just because you’re you. 

What's your epigraph? What quote lifts you up when you are down? I'd love to know. 

Jessy <3

101 Challenge - June 2012

Here's what I did in June 2012

~ Blogged about my 101 progress, obviously! ;) 
~ Attended the first meeting for the book club I'm in.
         Here is my review of The Book Thief
~ Wrote a letter to a friend
~ Finished Reading the following books:
         Fifty Shades of Grey
         A Christmas Carol
~ Read the following Dr. Seuss books:
        The Tooth Book
        Are You My Mother?!
~ Took a trip to WY to see Julie!! Thanks for getting me the ticket girl
      and for spoiling me while I was with you. ;) Here is the trip post :)
~ Still writing in my journal; I documented my whole trip. :)
~ Bought crossword puzzle book, while in WY
        Now to complete all of the puzzles. :)
~ Counted my pencils; I'm at 247 - that's 10 more since I started!!
~ Got 2 new Nail Polishes
~ Pedicure of the Month

~ I started a Rainy day fund last month but didn't really have something cute to put it in, well I found something this month. So I am officially "Feeding the Kitty" all of my change. LOL (Plus I am saving my pennies too, just in a separate tin cuz somehow you always end up with more pennies than anything else.)

~ Song of the Month: Living Addiction by Alex Goot

Matter of Fact, all of Alex's stuff is great! 

Here's a playlist with all of his songs

Your 101 in 1001 blogger,
            Jessy <3

101 Challenge - May 2012

Well, I have been really excited about this 101 challenge and I am proud of myself for what I have done in such a short amount of time! Maybe it's just part of the initial excitement! :) I said that I wanted to blog post every month about what I have done, well since May is almost over, I thought I would post one today. (I guess now that I look at the date I still have a work week left eh?! O well...)

Here's what I have done so far:

~ Wrote a letter to a friend
~ Wrote a letter to open once the 1001 days is up
       (I also scheduled a blog post for Feb 4, 2015)
~ Took 2 pictures of hearts
~ Started a Journal
~ Started a "Rainy Day" fund - it's just coins atm lol
~ Joined a Book Club - now I just have to stay active ;)
~  Finished reading 3 of the 7 books that were on my "Currently-Reading"
    bookshelf on my Good reads account
           The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss by James Kemp
           Kiss of Fire by Deborah Cooke
        * The Book Thief * - finished 5/29/12
~ Did Pedicure - Oh look there's one of the hearts ;)

~ Blogged about Dr. Seuss Books
~ Blogged about Joy Boxes
~ Song of the month: Hiding my Heart by Adele (I love her!!)



Since I still have a few more days, I may be adding to this post. For instance, I have to finish my book for my book club, so there may be another book to add soon! ;)

 * Update: Finished - The Book Thief too!! :) * - finished 5/29/12


Until next time
   ~ Jessy <3

What? You haven't read that Dr. Seuss book?!

I recently read a book called “The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss” by James Kemp. It is a book that my mom gave me a few years ago and I never got around to reading it until recently. It is a short book, only 90 pages, but it is one that I enjoyed. Kemp, former Pastor, gives his insight into the deeper, Biblical meanings that he found hidden in Dr. Seuss’ books.

The more I read this book the more I realized how many Dr. Seuss books that I HAVEN’T read. Out of the 12 books that he wrote about, I’ve only read 3 of them. That’s not even half!!

So one of my 101 challenges is to read all of Dr. Seuss’ books, I have listed them below. I will be checking them off as I read them. All of books that are already dated I have read before, now onto the rest of them. ;)

Theodor Geisel wrote over 60 children's books during his life. He used the pen name Dr. Seuss for all of the books that he both wrote and illustrated. The pen name Theo LeSieg (his last name spelled backwards) was used for books he wrote but others illustrated. Full list of all books written by Dr. Seuss.

Classic Seuss

• The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
• And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street - 5/26/12
• Bartholomew and the Oobleck
• The Butter Battle Book
• The Cat in the Hat Songbook
• Daisy-Head Mayzie
• Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? - 5/26/12
• Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
• Gerald McBoing Boing
• Horton Hatches the Egg
• Horton Hears A Who!
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas - 5/26/12
• Hunches in Bunches
• I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories
• I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew
• If I Ran the Circus - 5/26/12
• If I Ran the Zoo - 5/26/12
• The King’s Stilts
• The Lorax
• McElligot’s Pool
• My Book About Me
• Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
• On Beyond Zebra!
• Scrambled Eggs Super!
• The Sneetches and Other Stories
• Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose
• Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

Bright and Early Books

• The Foot Book - 5/26/12
• Great Day for Up!
• Hooper Humperdink…? Not Him!
• In a People House
• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? - 5/26/12
• The Shape of Me and Other Stuff
• There’s a Wocket in My Pocket
• The Tooth Book - 6/30/12
• Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?
• The Eye Book

Dr. Seuss Nursery

• All Aboard the Circus McGurkus
• Circus McGurkus 1, 2, 3!
• Dr. Seuss’s Circus McGurkus Squirt!
• Happy Birthday, Baby
• Horton Hears a Who! Can You?
• One Fish, Two Fish, Three, Four, Five Fish
• Up, Up, Up with the Cat
• Wet Pet, Dry Pet, Your Pet, My Pet

Beginner Books

• The Cat in the Hat - 5/26/12
• The Cat in the Hat Comes Back - 5/26/12
• Dr. Seuss’s ABC - 5/26/12
• Fox in Socks
• Green Eggs and Ham - 5/26/12
• Hop on Pop - 5/26/12
• I Am Not Going To Get Up Today!
• I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!
• I Wish That I Had Duck Feet
• Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! - 5/26/12
• Oh, Say Can You Say?
• One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish - 5/26/12
• Ten Apples Up On Top!
• Wacky Wednesday - 5/26/12
• Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!

How many of these books have you read? I'd love to know! :)

~ Jessy <3

Pinterest!!!

I can't believe I haven't blogged about Pinterest!! Pinterest is a website where you can go and view all of these wonderful pictures that are links to different things: recipes, ideas for the home/office/kids, recipes, craft ideas, DIY for just about everything, O and did I mention recipes?! LOL

You have to get an invite from a friend to join the site but after that all you do is add the "Pin It" link to your Bookmark bar and you are set. Whenever you find something online that you like and want to remember where it is, just click the "Pin It" link and link a picture or video to one of your boards. When you first start your account, Pinterest will give you some boards that are already set up but you can add or delete as many boards as you want. The boards are there as a way to organize all of your pins.

Every time you pin something, your pin is posted to a wall that anyone with a Pinterest account can see. The funnest part about Pinterest is following other people and seeing what they Pin. I find Most of my pins from looking through other people's pins and repinning it to one of my boards.

I usually end up on Pinterest the most on weekends. I really try not to log into Pinterest during the week, because when I go there I am there the rest of the day. One Pin, leads to another Pin, which leads to a website/blog, which leads to another website/blog...before I know it I've got 9 internet tabs open, most of which are Pinterest tabs. LOL

Here comes the confession, I currently have 42 Boards and over 1000 pins. I have boards related to all different things like food, I actually have several of those so that everything is organized, DYI clothing and accessories, craft ideas for both adults and kids, nail/hair/makeup art, quotes to live by and I even have some funny boards, a board that's full of things that remind me of my childhood and 1 board devoted completely to Harry Potter.

Since this is the first time I am telling you guys about Pinterest, I am going to post quite a few of my favorite pins here. I promise not to do one for each board, but there will be a few. I will post links underneath the pictures to the websites where most of these originated from.

2 Liter Drip Catcher - this one is for sale but it would be easy to make!

Chocolate Cola Cake

Feather Hair Accessory

Mouse Trap!! A memory from my childhood

YAY! I'm just addicted to the internet!

Slow-Baked Mac N Cheese

Newsprint Nails! I love this and it totally works!
 btw I am linking to a different detailed tutorial

I loved this idea that I found on Pinterest.
Get "Oh the Places You'll Go" Dr. Seuss book and have each teacher sign it through out your child's education then give it to your child at their high school graduation!

I found my Sock Bun curl idea on Pinterest! <3
I love, love, LOVE Sock Bun curls!

Loved this idea - I saved it for later ;)

Pinterest made me realize that my cats really need a Tardis!

I also found a recipe for homemade baby wipes

Those are just some of my favorite finds. Remember I do have over 1000 pins. lol I will be starting to share more of Pinteresting finds with you in the future. I will be starting Pinteresting Wednesdays. So be looking for those coming up starting this week! 

If anyone is interested in following me on Pinterest you can find my profile HERE. To join Pinterest you do have to get an invite from a friend. So be sure to let me know if you need one. I'd be more than happy to send an invite your way. :)

~ Jessy 

Can anyone fortell the future?!

First of all, it feels like it's been forever since I blogged last, so sorry I've been gone. Maybe my thoughts have been on a hiatus or something, who knows. Anyway, this week has taken an interesting turn of events. My hubby lost his job, the beginning of this week and I think that has left us all in a fog. It feels like Monday was about 3 weeks ago. LOL

Now my hubby has been without work before, the last time the company moved his department to Reno and we didn't want to move. But this job loss feels a little different and little more looming, I guess that is the right way to put it. Maybe that's because the economy is so different than it was just a few years ago, who knows. All I know is that we made it through the last time and turned out just fine.

I also have decided that everyone, whether you're single or not, has to go through the loss of a job at least once in your life. I won't lie, the unknown is scary. I have questions, like How long will it take for my hubby to find work? If he can't find anything right away, How will we pay bills and survive? How will this affect each of our demeanor's? The answer is I don't know, but God does.

I have Faith that God will take care of us. Growing up I didn't have a lot so I'm used to bargain shopping and not always getting what I want. But in the end, no matter what happened, I always had a roof over my head, food on the table and probably most importantly, I always had my epilepsy medication. I am sure that over the years the only reason that I've made it through was because God does take care of me.

So I will continue to hold on to my little bit of Faith and a little bit of Dr. Seuss wisdom never hurt anybody either. ;)

"It's a troublesome world. All the people who're in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You ought to be thankful, a whole heaping lot, for the places and people you're lucky you're not!" - Dr. Seuss

Did I Ever Tell You...

My all time favorite Dr. Seuss book is called Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?! It is so hilarious I love the whole book. But I love this part so much because it just keeps going and going and going like the Energizer Bunny...LOL

"Oh, the jobs people work at!

Out west, near Hawtch-Hawtch,

there’s a Hawtch-Hawtcher Bee-Watcher.

His job is to watch…

is to keep both his eyes on the lazy town bee.

A bee that is watched will work harder, you see.

Well…he watched and he watched.

But, in spite of his watch,

that bee didn’t work any harder. Not Mawtch.

So somebody said,

“Our old-bee-watching man

just isn’t bee-watching as hard as he can.

He ought to be watched by another Hawtch-Hawtcher!

The thing that we need

is a Bee-Watcher-Watcher!”

WELL…

The Bee-Watcher-Watcher watched the Bee-Watcher.

He didn’t watch well. So another Hawtch-Hawtcher

had to come in as a Watch-Watcher-Watcher!

And today all the Hawtchers who live in Hawtch-Hawtch

are watching on Watch-Watcher-Watchering-Watch,

Watch-Watching the Watcher who’s watching the bee.

You’re not a Hawtch-Watcher. You’re lucky, you see!"

Some time you need to check this book out at the library or buy it, it is worth buying! I found it online, but there aren't pictures, just text. And a picture is really worth a 1000 words with this book! :)