Monday, August 10, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Bringing Out The Brooms
Tonight the Yankees and I both did a little "sweeping"! Yanks swept the Soxs. I swept in Acquire (AGAIN).
It was a glorious weekend for baseball and winning in general. See the recap of the game here. Several players were clutch this series with the Soxs. In case you were curious what the MLB standings are looking like post-game see here.
It was a glorious weekend for baseball and winning in general. See the recap of the game here. Several players were clutch this series with the Soxs. In case you were curious what the MLB standings are looking like post-game see here.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Yankees Thrash The Soxs
Watch and read great highlights of tonight's game where the Yankees BEAT the Red Soxs here.
I do heart The Yankees!
I do heart The Yankees!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
How Happy Are You Today?
People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Happy Day 100!!!
Last week I was reading a blog where a couple would purchase a cake and sing Happy Birthday randomly throughout the year, stating you don't need a birthday to have candles and celebrate. Given that I am the girl that celebrates her own birthday for a whole week this idea excited me. Last night was the WAKE UP WITH JESS DAY 100 slumber party celebration. BT and I prefer ice cream over cake, so we lite our 100 candles, sang Happy Birthday to Day 100, and splurged with cookies n' creme. We decided the next celebration would be Day 177. ;)
BT being the math nerd she is insisted that we take a picture with the binary 010 first. She is ridiculous but then again so am I.
Lighting the candles...in ice cream is slightly tricky.
Happy Day 100!!! Long live the Yankees!
(Yes, I slept with my Yankees blanket so the Trout wouldn't light it on fire!)
Monday, August 3, 2009
Learn more about Team Hydro and SUPPORT the cause!
If you remember last week I blogged about my friend, Pete, and his sweet sister Kate. Join in on the support of this great cause to fight Hydrocephalus. Learn more about Team Hydro and our dear friend, Kate. See more on the cause here!
Watch Pete explain more about Kate and the Swim that is on August 15th. Support and Donate to a cause that has life saving potential here.
We love our Kate!
WAKE UP WITH JESS DAY 100
What is WAKE UP WITH JESS?
Brooke Trout (BT) works in the city and leaves her little cottage every morning around 4:30 AM. 100 working days ago BT and I decided what better way to wake up than to find an email from Jess (that's me folks) in her inbox. Every Monday through Friday BT receives her very own WAKE UP WITH JESS email. Today is Day 100! In honor of our celebration that will commence WAKE UP WITH JESS DAY 100 will have its very own blog post.
What makes up the content of a WAKE UP WITH JESS email?
Random consistency!
I am a lover, slightly obsessed fan of the number 7 and BT is a math nerd so most emails start off something like this:
Day 72: 7 + 2 = 9 - 2 = 7 = AMAZING DAY
(Basic math that always gets to 7...weird yes but we embrace it)
Common topics of emails:
The Yankees and Red Soxs. I try to remind BT that it isn't worth going to Hell and she should give up being a dirty sox. One day she'll repent and see the light. I also consistently update her on the standings of the East. See here that the Yanks still lead!
Boys. No names will be named publicly for privacy purposes. Just feel safe in assuming that if you've ever made BT's radar or my radar that you've made one or more WAKE UP WITH JESS emails. If you're curiosity might just kill you, feel free to ask if you've made the cut. Whether you'll get an answer has about a 60 percent probability.
At least one random topic. i.e. (naming children, farming, golf, the boy from high school that drove me crazy, Jenn Peterson).
The worries and joys of our hearts. There is no sugarcoating in a WAKE UP WITH JESS.
ALWAYS signed "Your Yank".
Sample of WAKE UP WITH JESS Day 100:
Day 100: 100 - 23 (our ages for a few more weeks) = 77 = GREAT DAY TIMES 2! Happy early birthday to us both!
The Yanks won tonight! Praise Heaven! We lead the East STILL! Watching the Yankees win so much warms my little black heart like a hot DP in the summer heat.
Tonight I whipped some young men (WH, CT, and JT in particular) into shape by beating them at Acquire. AW said tonight that I was "lucky" he wasn't there to play. Hahaha, after being the Monopoly reigning champ this is really just a walk in the park...with or without him present. Competitiveness is definitely my strength and sometimes (at least I am told) my weakness.
Excited for our slumber party tonight! We'll eat ice cream, watch Baseball Tonight, talk about X, Y, and Z, and try to hit the sack before you have to catch your Tuesday morning train. ;)
Happy Day 100 BT! So grateful that we're friends, even if you are a dirty Red Sox (we can't both be perfect)! I love you BT!
Your bright smilin' Yank!
Brooke Trout (BT) works in the city and leaves her little cottage every morning around 4:30 AM. 100 working days ago BT and I decided what better way to wake up than to find an email from Jess (that's me folks) in her inbox. Every Monday through Friday BT receives her very own WAKE UP WITH JESS email. Today is Day 100! In honor of our celebration that will commence WAKE UP WITH JESS DAY 100 will have its very own blog post.
What makes up the content of a WAKE UP WITH JESS email?
Random consistency!
I am a lover, slightly obsessed fan of the number 7 and BT is a math nerd so most emails start off something like this:
Day 72: 7 + 2 = 9 - 2 = 7 = AMAZING DAY
(Basic math that always gets to 7...weird yes but we embrace it)
Common topics of emails:
The Yankees and Red Soxs. I try to remind BT that it isn't worth going to Hell and she should give up being a dirty sox. One day she'll repent and see the light. I also consistently update her on the standings of the East. See here that the Yanks still lead!
Boys. No names will be named publicly for privacy purposes. Just feel safe in assuming that if you've ever made BT's radar or my radar that you've made one or more WAKE UP WITH JESS emails. If you're curiosity might just kill you, feel free to ask if you've made the cut. Whether you'll get an answer has about a 60 percent probability.
At least one random topic. i.e. (naming children, farming, golf, the boy from high school that drove me crazy, Jenn Peterson).
The worries and joys of our hearts. There is no sugarcoating in a WAKE UP WITH JESS.
ALWAYS signed "Your Yank".
Sample of WAKE UP WITH JESS Day 100:
Day 100: 100 - 23 (our ages for a few more weeks) = 77 = GREAT DAY TIMES 2! Happy early birthday to us both!
The Yanks won tonight! Praise Heaven! We lead the East STILL! Watching the Yankees win so much warms my little black heart like a hot DP in the summer heat.
Tonight I whipped some young men (WH, CT, and JT in particular) into shape by beating them at Acquire. AW said tonight that I was "lucky" he wasn't there to play. Hahaha, after being the Monopoly reigning champ this is really just a walk in the park...with or without him present. Competitiveness is definitely my strength and sometimes (at least I am told) my weakness.
Excited for our slumber party tonight! We'll eat ice cream, watch Baseball Tonight, talk about X, Y, and Z, and try to hit the sack before you have to catch your Tuesday morning train. ;)
Happy Day 100 BT! So grateful that we're friends, even if you are a dirty Red Sox (we can't both be perfect)! I love you BT!
Your bright smilin' Yank!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
For The Beauty...
The joy of not sleeping well while camping is in the early morning you get to wake up to these clouds and enjoy the quietness of the morning break. I am definitely not a fan of camping however I am a fan of the meditation that happens in the stillness of morning. There have been few mornings since moving to California that I've experienced such mornings. 
It isn't Teton Valley but it was still breathtaking to witness.Opportunities in Differences
God will help us see a difference in someone else not as a source of irritation but as a contribution. The Lord can help you see and value what another person brings which you lack. More than once the Lord has helped me see His kindness in giving me association with someone whose difference from me was just the help I needed. That has been the Lord’s way of adding something I lacked to serve Him better.
Henry B. Eyring, “Our Hearts Knit as One,” Ensign, Nov. 2008, 70–71
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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