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May project: i’m taking all the rocks

May 18, 2013

It’s day 18 in the blog every day in May challenge. Today the prompt is:  Tell a story from your childhood. Dig deep and try to be descriptive about what you remember and how you felt.

So this is going to be a bit of a quick one today. I’ve got a wedding happening later this afternoon, I need to pack to head back to Seattle tomorrow, and I slept too late (but it felt so good).

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(Photo not from this particular story but I’m intently staring at a rock so it works)

I must have been pretty young, I can’t remember what exact age, when we visited the beautiful pictured rocks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We hiked on a short trail in, although I’m sure at my age it did not seem short. We arrived on the beaches of Lake Superior and had plans to spend the afternoon there. It didn’t take long before I was off and collecting rocks. I still collect rocks to this day but at that age I was a maniac for rocks.

Everywhere I looked there was another beautiful rock that I just couldn’t put down. Each one more lovely than the next. I think I just felt so much excitement at the pretties I was going to be able to take home. Well at the end of the afternoon I had done a pretty good job of filling a backpack full of rocks. I don’t believe I thought there was even one I could part with.

I’m assuming in an attempt to get me to leave some rocks behind my parents said if I wanted all of the rocks that I had to carry the backpack all the way to the car. I couldn’t pawn it off on anyone else and I couldn’t get carried. I was a stubborn little thing so I put my backpack on and got to walking. It didn’t take long though before I started to complain. I wanted to be carried. We told you Jessica is all I got. I tried to get someone to carry my bag. I asked all around, even trying to slyly get my sister to help out. Which I seem to remember her doing for just a bit. After which I tried to get someone to carry me. I mean I had been carrying a bag of rocks and I was tired. I think they at least made me keep walking.

Anyhow we all made it to the car with the bag of rocks! Hurray! I showed them. Hehehe.




May project: I like this picture

May 17, 2013

It’s day 17 in the blog every day in May challenge. Today I’m sharing my favorite photo of myself and why.

This picture was taken by Walker this past Thanksgiving. Usually I am not a fan of the pictures he takes of me because I have requested it and he usually is not in the mood. So typically the lighting is bad on my face, or an eye is closed or both, or you can see my double chin look. But on this day he was wanting to take pictures and I had not requested any. He got the light just perfect on my face, the best angle of my face, my eyes are both open, I’m smiling just enough. It helped of course that I had done my hair and makeup but he captured me just right that day and I just love it!

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May project: i’m working on it

May 16, 2013

It’s day 16 in the blog every day challenge. The topic today is: Something difficult about your “lot in life” and how you’re working to overcome it.

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I have been stumped by this one since the beginning. I don’t know that I have an overwhelming must share answer to this one but I’ll try and give a little insight.

I am one of the worst worriers I know. I’m scared of quite a lot and am always thinking what if. I’m gotten pretty good at distracting myself but more and more I’m realizing it’s better to just deal with it when it comes and then move on.

I’m highly resistant to change and sometimes have a harder time dealing with big changes. I do think I’ve come along way as far as this is concerned. I’ve moved to two new states in the last 5 years and I surprised myself with the ease at which I made the moves. I think I just knew that is order for my life to progress I needed to be ok with it.

I can be extremely sentimental (I may have mentioned this). This leads me to hang on to way too many things. My old room at my dad’s house is filled with things from the past that I just haven’t been able to part with. I’ve decided something though. Every time I visit I must get rid of at least 15 items from my room. I know there are quite a few things I would like when I have a house of my own but there are tons of things that just need to go and are keeping me stuck.

What about you?