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Happy Birthday to Blog!

This blog turns two years old today. Hard to believe it's been two whole years. Weird. Take the Way-Back-Machine and check out some of my first entries.

To celebrate this blog's 2nd bday (and I keep saying blog instead of Jesser.org since Jesser.org existed long before the blog), I'm going to be doing some (hopefully) major updates. I want to add a bunch of pictures that I've taken since the first of the year and some media I've been loving but haven't added… and maybe just maybe some crafts and links and … possibly a new section. But I've got to think that one out a bit. Cuz it kinda overlaps some stuff and I dunno about it just yet.

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Birthday Wrap-Up


My B'day was very nice. I went out to lunch at TukTuk's with my mom and sister. They gave me two video games, the ones shown above. I put wrap-ups of both in the media section. That evening, Matt made me dinner, the lovely streudel below and then we just spent time hanging out which was a nice change, because we'd had a very busy week last week. He had already gotten me a present … my new video card (that makes Sims 2 fly, by the way) and we played my new video games. It's not over yet though. We do spread-out birthdays in my family. We're going to go to dinner later this month to celebrate both my dad's birthday and mine and some friends who were out-of-town will celebrate with me sometime this week (hopefully).

Thanks for all of the birthday wishes.

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Happy Birthday to Me!!

I am 25 years old today. I've had quite the year. This time last year, Matt and I lived in Madison, WI in an apartment with our doggie, May. Now we live in Denver, CO in our own house with our doggie, Loki. Lots of stuff good and bad has happened, but I think the good has far out-weighed the bad. Or maybe, I just choose to believe that.

I'm so glad that I've gotten to share the past year with all of you people that are so dear to me. You know who you are. I just luvya. Thanks so much for making the past year and my life in general brighter.

As far as b'day plans go, we're keeping it low-key. But we did celebrate with my aunt whose b'day is Aug 2 on Tuesday with a nice meal and Film on the Rocks featuring The Princess Bride. Magical.

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The Slow Movement


I am one of those people who I used to make fun of. I don't know how it has happened, but my life has become so jam-packed with junk that I'm constantly feeling rushed and like I don't have enough time to do anything … paticularly the things that I want to do. I wouldn't say I'm unhappy. I think I am, by nature, a very happy person. But I have been let's say … discontented. Whenever I actually have the time to do what it is I want to do, I frequently lack the energy or motivation. I don't like that.

While I was in the Bahamas, I read an article about the benefits of slowing down and taking more time to do everything but really making the time you take count. It spoke of meditation as a way to calm, soothe, and re-examine why you're doing what you're doing. Meditation appeals to me a lot anyhow. I kind of think it might help to counter-act my impetuous impatient nature. Plus (and here's the rushed, trying to squeeze tons into a day Jess talking), once you are capable of meditating, it can replace sleep at a 2:1 ratio (or so I've read). Whatever the case, I don't think it can be bad for me. So I got on our library's website and requested the beginning meditation video. I won't go too much into it, since there are some very nice and accurate accounts of the video on Amazon, but I find it to be a very good place to start. Continue reading “The Slow Movement”

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Rebate Game

Well, I got a new computer this past week. We had actually ordered it in early July when CompUSA did this whole midnight madness thing. It's about a $500 computer and we got it for $200 … after rebates, of course. Since we're such geekos in our house, we've always got a pile of rebates to send in because practically anything that's a good deal from CompUSA you have to get a rebate for. Actually, electronics in general, wherever they come from usually have a rebate. We've probably sent in about 10 this year already. They're a pain in the ass, but they won't go away because, of course, they work the way the companies want. 41% of people forget to turn in their rebates. I get a little pissy with all these games, especially when you get two rebates on the same product and they both want the original receipt. C'mon!!!

I'm very fond of places that don't make you jump through hoops for your discount. Usually Target and Wal-Mart (though I hate Wal-Mart in many other ways) are pretty good about this. My theory is that if we all send in our rebates they'll decide that they're not such a good scam anymore and get rid of them … so people, SEND IN THOSE REBATES!