t.g.i.f

day: friday
time: 4:46 pm
time everyone got in today: 9:00am
amount of time everyone took for lunch today: 1 hour
where all of my co-workers except for one are at this very moment: home

i love where i work:)

ps-just to clarify, the only reason i'm at work is because my car is at the shop and i'm waiting for a phone call to see if i should walk home or not. so there.

CAT IN A HAT

Reasons why I love October

friends come in town to visit!


pumpkins get carved!


kelbel has a birthday! (this is right as parker tricked her with the ole "hey look up there" to steal some cake hahaha)


pumpkins get searched for! and i get to spend time with my nephews!


julie yoder has a birthday! (note dennis hiding the osu football that german man is holding hahaha)


demolishion derby OMG!! it was like visiting my childhood. amazing.

in other news... :(

Rest in kitty peace Jean Luc. We will miss your cuddly-butt.
:( xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
jessica, justine, kristin, andy, david & zach

America Day!

I love election day. And here's why:
1. people are excited and anxious--it makes for great work-day conversation
2. you get a sticker!
3. i think one of the coolest rights we have is to vote
4. political campaigning is OVER. phew.
5. i get to wear red, white and blue. it's like 4th of july in the fall!

i think it will be fun watching the results tonight. i'm tired of hater-ish campaign talk (i'm guilty of doing some of it myself) and i'm tired of not knowing what the next four years in america and in ohio are going to be like (issues 5, 14-19 and 75!)
my wonderful co-worker julie and i were talking about hater-ish talk. she said, and i loved this, "aren't we as christians supposed to demonstrate mercy and speak love and not slander?" (paraphased:))

Anyway, my point is: GO U-S-A!

dear francine,

your boyfriend has changed a few things since you've been gone. One being his appearance. Can you guess what he changed?



Is it:
a) the size of his nose
b) the length of his chin
c) the color of his eyes
d) all of the above

sincerely,

your bffe

ps-expect another blog-letter soon with another pop quiz about alan's appearance:)

<3

this entry is dedicated to my boyfriend, zachary thompson. it's mainly to showcase his wonderful picture-taking ability:)

hahahahah that's the bouquet i caught in his pocket!

COMPARE & CONTRAST:

nice picture zach and andy!

nice picture zach and jessica? nah.

irony: being a picture-loving girlfriend of a picture-hating boyfriend. le sigh. woe is me.

i still <3>

oh, so THAT'S what happened in september!

this is my september entry. i know i know, i should only post current things, BUT i have specific things that happened in september that i want to share! :)

hillbilly shower at DOLLYWOOD with LINDSEY!!

what's happening?! aka the aftermath of the great storm of 2008

carson! aka my nephew

hahaha classic. no words for this.

my beautiful cousin with her beautiful friends on her birfday

the lovely livingstons

september was great. october's gonna be even better! :)

Francine long-distance inspired me to blog again! and this time i'm being sneaky at work! check back soon for some pictures oh my goodness! :)

do work!

<-This is a picture of the end of crawl '08. somehow we managed to lose our prized stolen pitchers located in the center of this photo. what we didn't lose was the awesome time we had though wasssssup

officially official adults. no mas escuela! hottest day of MY LIFE by the way.

ps-this post is a semi-bffe post:)

Some of my favorite May moments:

[top to bottom, left to right] trampoline photo shoot time, typical family outing time, oldies but goodies diner gals party time, look art! time, cat sack time, last class ever time, carmen lion time, sean and mikenna got married time, hanging out with quality people time.

May gets two thumbs up!

Post date = 5/31/08

The following is what I woke up to on the morning of my big, scary Licensed Social Worker (LSW) exam:

Because of my great friends and their sign making abilities/positive motivation, I am now an official social worker! yay! thanks francine and alan! :)

ps-I now can sign my name, Jessica Porter, MSW, LSW. Too many letters!

Back at it

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I'm back.