Good News....finally!

I got a new job!!!!!!! Sorry, I have been holding that in for awhile now. We are moving back to Ohio and are so excited about it. We will be very close to Josh's family and not too far from my family. Words can not express how excited I am. On the flip side, I am also scared, nervous and very anxious about the whole thing. Next weekend, my mom and I are going to go look for a place for us to live. Then we leave for our previously planned vacation to Las Vegas (beyond excited) then we come back and BAM! we move and I start my new job. I know it will be super crazy and hectic but I can not wait.

My new job is at a community college which I think I will enjoy and will open lots of new opportunities for me and Josh will be going back to school (and maybe I will be too!) YAY!

Well, I will keep updating as new stuff happens, but I have to get busy packing up our apartment!

Love,

I'm here...I promise

I know..it has been quite some time since I have posted. I had an extended stay in Ohio for some interviews and for some reason I can't post at my Momma's house. I had a really great time and got to see all the siblings and my niece and just spend some fun down time with the family. I have a lot of fun pictures to post but my computer is currently at Staples attempting to be fixed since it suddenly lost sound awhile back so I am borrowing Josh's while he is at work to post this. I have already been rejected from one of the schools I interviewed with so that is beyond frustrating. And right now, I am just physically and emotionally exhausted but hope to be back soon with positive energy and good news. Until then...keep your fingers crossed for me.

Jess

Happy 4th of July!

The 4th of July is by far my favorite holiday so I am in Ohio visiting with the family with plans of going to the parade, having a bbq at my mom's and making some smores on the fire tonight. I hope you all enjoy your day!

Happy Birthday Babe!

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Well today is Josh's 26th birthday so I thought I would share some fun facts and fun pictures of the birthday boy.

He eats pickles on his meatball subs (so gross)

He is left handed

He eats ice cream by putting it in a glass and pours milk over it

He doesn't like chocolate (there is something wrong with him)

He could eat cereal for all meals, everyday

He loves the Pittsburgh Steelers!

and was very surprised today when his parents sent him golf clubs today...

So all in all I think he had a great birthday, full of fun surprises, lasagna and DQ Ice cream cake!

Happy Birthday babe, I love you very much!

New Look

I finally took the time to check out scrapblog.com today and I am playing around with some new headers and having a blast doing it. You should definitely check it out but beware it is totally addicting.

Other than that things have been crazy around here. We went to Hershey Park last week...I will post some pics soon and tomorrow is Josh's birthday, so I have been preparing for that. AND, my favorite holiday is this weekend and I can not wait to go home for the parade, hot dogs, and smores...and of course seeing my bestest friend who I haven't seen in what feels like forever.

Fun posts and pictures coming soon!

Jess Bay

My Daddy!

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Apparently while I was too busy having an emotional breakdown on Father's Day I failed to mention how thankful I am to have all the father's in my life.

My Dad and I have not always had the best relationship, I think for most of my life we just simply tolerated each other, but baseball, country music and our love for reading has always been our link to each other.

When my Dad would come and visit on Sunday's we always spent the majority of the day playing baseball in my grandma's back yard. Not that it was much a game considering there were only 3 players but it alway seemed like the best days. One of the best memories would be me attempting to catch a baseball with my eye and ending up with the red thread marks indenting into my face and having a great story to tell at school on Monday.

Most of my favorite Dad memories would be the trips to and from Cleveland. While we were on summer vacation we always spend weekends and long weeks up in Cleveland with my Dad and Step Mom. Although and hour and a half is no long venture it used to seem that way as a child but we used to crank up my Dad's Garth Brooks "tapes" (wow I am old) and sing at the top of our lungs...best times ever and now we do the same with the little kids just with the modern day CD.

But by far the best gift and memory my Dad has given me is yet to come...the day he gets to walk me down the aisle and dance with me at my wedding(whenever that day may come) will be such an emotional day for the both of us as it is a day I look forward to and a day I think he hopes will never come. Although my Dad does have a 4 year old and a 24 year old daughter I will forever and always be my Dad's little girl, and although we might not always see eye to eye I know he is proud of me and loves me very much.

Happy Father's Day (a little late)!

Jess

Emotions 1 Me 0

It is amazing how your emotions can just take over you without your permission. Unfortunately, that is what happened to me all day yesterday.

I didn't think Father's Day would be that difficult for me to survive being away from home, as I got through Mother's Day without a problem, but as soon as my grandpa called to thank me for his card all I wanted to do was be home. Home to have seen him open the card, home to celebrate my big brother's 1st Father's day, home just in case this was my other grandpa's last father's day with us. Just home, cause anymore home is the only place I want to be. So, I cried and cried some more and than fought with Josh cause I was angry at the world. The stupid world that won't let me find a job closer to home so I could have been with my family just to sit around and laugh. The stupid world that has forced me to live 3 stinkin hours away from my beautiful little sister that got to ride with our Daddy to the store on Father's Day to get the newspaper...just like I used to do. My stupid world which I feel like has been completely turned upside down this past year with people falling, and people needing oxygen tanks, and people needing me or me needing them or me just feeling like I am missing the most important thing in my life...my family.