It's the most wonderful time of the year

Hey Ya'll...haven't posted in awhile so i'll catch everyone up to speed...

December 1-5th, went to Disney World...check the deal on the previous 4 blogs.
(Also check the Disney Day Parade, yes airing ON CHRISTMAS DAY folks, and you might just catch a glimpse of yours truly screaming like a 5 year old that's been to Disney World for the first time ever. I'm standing infront of the Theatre Marquis next to some very large, yet very feminine man/boy in a blue sweatshirt and a santa hat...)
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December 1st: Got a call asking me to be interim head soccer coach...i said yes, now i gots tons of work to do!! Recruiting, scheduling, spring training, the works...i think i rather stay behind the scenes, but i'm upfront and center until May.
Click here for the full write up

December 17th: Had a Christmas Party with all my parent's friends, it was nice to see everyone and it helped get the kitchen done and the house all clean.
December 19th: Today. Going over Christmas Lists in my head...spent WAY too much money on everyone, but i don't care cause it's CHRISTMAS! Becca came in on Saturday so we hung out last night which was amazing because i never get to see her and spend some quality time with her. We went to Applebee's and then rented "The Polar Express"...great movie for those who haven't seen it yet.

Last night i stayed up until 1:00am watching a Hallmark Christmas movie...those get me every time. There's one on every night at 9:00pm, so I plan on doing that all week.

It'll be an easy week, physically going to work but not being there mentally, going late and leaving early...ahhhhhhhhh the joys of the holidays.

I can't til Rachel comes home too so the three of us can exchange Christmas presents...i got them some wicked awesome presents!

Whoever reads this, i love you all and miss you all and hope you have a wonderful Holiday!

From 75 to snow in 3 hours or less...

Hello all, here's a recap of the last week...and mainly my trip to Disney World. Sigrid and I had an amazing time...i hadn't been to Disney in a couple of years, and never during the Christmas Season. Not only did i get to go to the theme parks, i also got to be part of the select audience during the taping of the Very Merry Christmas Day Parade, that will air on Christmas day. I never realized how much work goes into filming a parade, can i just say that a parade that takes 2 hours or less on TV takes atleast 3 days to tape, and hours of editing. But it was a once in a lifetime experience, and i wouldn't have wanted anything different.

Day #1, Friday, December 1st:
Got up at 6:00am (after getting to my hotel at 11:30pm the night before) to be ready and waiting for Sigrid and her friends to pick me up and take me to Magic Kingdom to start taping the Holiday Festivities at 8:00am. We made it there just in time, and then were escorted (along with about 300-500 others) to the front of Cinderella's castle to be part of the audience for the taping of some 1 song concerts by various singers and bands. I was excited, but soon found out how much of a perfectionist Disney can be when getting the right shots. We hung around for a few hours, and about 6 or 7 takes of the same song, then decided to hit the rides and attractions of the park. We went on all the main rides, saw some shows and experienced the experience that is Walt Disney World: Magic Kingdom. The park closed at 6pm for a Christmas party that you had to pay extra for, so we decided to jet and catch a movie. Chicken Little in 3-D! It was a long but great day...

Day #2, Saturday, December 2nd:
We slept in a little and decided to go to Magic Kingdom for another day, mainly to try and catch the actualy parade. We had heard that Regis and Kelly were going to be there Saturday...and we were right!
I was at the parade for about 4 and a half hours, trying to take in every moment. This was another day of watching and waiting, then watching again...but eventually i got a front row (or should i say curb) seat...so keep your eyes peeled on Christmas morning because you might see my face! I was standing infront of the cinema theatre thing next to a fairly large, fairly feminine teenage boy in a blue sweatshirt and a santa hat...so if you see him, you probably saw me! During the parade i got to see many characters, Santa Clause, Power Rangers (yes they are Disney now) and even Ally & AJ, and the Cheeta Girls!!!

Here's some more pics from the Disney Parade on Day 2:

After hanging out at the parade for a few hours on Day 2, Sigrid and i then went to MGM Studios...it's one of my favorite places since my life long dream is to be a Disney Animator and that's where the Animation Studio is housed. We saw a wicked cool car stunt show, hit up the Rockin Roller Coaster, and "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and were content on just hanging out and people watching.
During the winter months each theme park has something specific that they do for Christmas...MGM's was a huge Christmas Light Display...and when i say huge i'm talking millions of lights, and even snow! It was an amazing sight to see and experience...pictures do NOT do it justice...but i'll try. Here is a shot that i stitched together...
And that was the ending to day #2.

Day #3, Sunday December 3rd:
We spent the day at Epcot. A great park that i have learned to appreciate as i've gotten older. We got to the park early in the morning and committed our morning to going on all the rides. There was Test Track, where you are a crash test dummy going through the daily tests that a car would go through...and then went on a new ride called "Soarin" where you feel like you're hang gliding over forests, orange groves, oceans, mountains and deserts. The great thing is, is with the wind flowing through your hair and the smells of the places actually hitting your nose, it feels like you're REALLY FLYING! It was great! We decided to take a break in the middle of the day and go back to the hotel, then around 7 we came back to Epcot to hit the many countries of the world for dinner and then stayed for the nightly Illuminations show. Another long but great day...here are some pics.

Day #4, Monday, December 4th:

Monday was a low key day, we went to Downtown Disney which was right down the street from our hotel, and just chilled out until i had to go to the airport to come back to snowy, cold ol' Allegany...so that's it. I'm back now doing my 4 jobs....oh and for those of you that hadn't heard, i'm now interum head coach of the women's soccer team until we hire a new coach...so my plate is getting just that much fuller.

To check out some pictures from Disney, click on the link: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jaima9_5/album?.dir=/d8e5&urlhint=actn,del%3as,33%3af,0

other pictures will be up shortly!

Can you say HUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE?

It's been quite an exciting week, Thanksgiving came and went along with Family and traditions, new and old.

Every year we go and cut down our own Christmas tree, and Grandmas too. Every year is something new and challenging whether it's pouring rain, inches of snow, or the sheer size of the tree we decide is the perfect one for us.

This year was no exception, the first one in the lot had our name written all over it. After shaking the snow off the branches to see what was underneath, we mentally "tagged" it and moved on to see if any more were as pleasing. None were so we cut it down before someone else had the Snyder tree in their Family room. Trees always have a funny way of growing as soon as their cut and put into the back of the truck, and this is one king of trickery. This thing is HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGEEEEE!
The width of the base is about 5'7'', and it's got to stand at least 11' high. I can't wait to put it up!
Good thing we went with white lights on the outside of the house this year, becuase we're going to need all the colored lights we can get!

Well everyone, I leave for Disney World tomorrow and i'm super duper excited. It's going to cost a little more than expected, but it's either "go big or go home", and how many other times will I be able to sit with Sigrid Maerz, talk about Jesus, witness the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, and tan in December??? For great friends and Mickey, money is no object! I'm sure i'll have quite the blog come Tuesday!

I'm outie!

A Professional i am not...

So i photographed a wedding this weekend, and boy was it A LOT of work! Props to all those wedding photographers out there, and especially to Neil Cowley! It was a long day, and probably would have been even longer if I hadn't known Nanette and Gabe and most of the wedding party, or shot next to my best friend Rachel. I took over 1400 shots and thought it'd be hard to narrow it down to 300...but in a lot of shots the lighting was bad and everyone was just a touch out of focus, a little disappointing for my first go around... but here's some i've salvaged:

As Single as they come...

So i found out today that one of my good friends just got engaged to be married...CONGRATULATIONS SIGRID! And i'm photographing a wedding this weekend of yet another friend of mine, not to mention both my best friends are happily married and have been for over 2 years now. Most of my other friends are either engaged or in serious relationships, and here's me as single as they come. And not to mention i relived my date-less days by going solo yet again to a work Gala. This makes me think...

What is it about me that is preventing me from getting married? The right guy you might think...and yup, that's a pretty important aspect when it comes to marriage, and nope, haven't found him yet. But why? There's the million dollar question...and to that only the Lord knows.

The Christian, faith-filled side of me understands that there is a perfect man for me out there somewhere and sooner or later he and I will cross paths. Things will happen in God's perfect timing when that time is the most unexpected. I keep telling myself that the Lord is perfecting my future husband, and it takes awhile to mold him to my standards. So the next question is are my standards too strict? But who determines what is too strict? I definately don't want to settle on a man who will pay attention to me, but doesn't love me forever...is it so bad that i want him to be perfect?

The Lord says: "I want you to be free from the cares of this world...Married women and women who have never been married are different. The woman who has never been married can spend her time working for the Lord. She wants to please the Lord with her body and spirit. The woman who is married cares for the things of the world. She wants to please her husband. I am saying these things to help you. I am not trying to keep you from getting married. I want you to do what is best. You should work for Him without other things taking your time." - 1 Corinthians 7:32-35

So according to the Lord it's a good thing that i'm not married, here's the problem...i'm not using my singleness to committing myself to the Lord. Maybe that's the key, maybe the Lord put that thought in my head this morning as I was driving to work (i had a dream about Sigrid getting married last night, so thoughts of marriage were already in my head before i came to work and actually read her blog that told that she was engaged!)

Committing my life to serving the Lord is something that i've strayed away from the past few months, and maybe it's a wake up call for me. It's time i stood up in my faith, and reached some souls for Jesus. Maybe that's part of the solution, maybe not, but it definately wouldn't hurt. Don't get me wrong, it's not that if i serve the Lord then i will be married, but it's time that i used my free time and my everyday life to love the man who loves me, has always loved me and will always love me, back.

All the Christians i know who are married or soon to be married are amazing women and men of God, maybe there's a level of faith i need to get to, which makes me work on my faith and hope. But then i see other friends who aren't Christians experiencing that same love that results in marriage, and that shoots me down again...

There is a reason I'm not married, to learn something about myself, to support my family and be there any time i'm needed with no other obligations, to be free to travel to Pittsburgh, Rochester, and Florida on a whim, to get my career online and save up some money....

I guess more pondering is in order, but at the end of the day my faith of someday being married trumps it all.

I'm going to DISNEY WORLD!

That's right folks, I'm going to the Happiest Place On Earth...again! It doesn't matter if i've been there once or a hundred times, i get just as excited! And in less than a month i'll be there again! I'm taking a log weekend to go visit my friend Sigrid who is working there for the semester!

Sigrid is a great friend of mine from Circle C, someone whom i've known for about 5 years, but this past summer became great friends, which is wierd because i didn't even work at camp! She is an amazing woman of God, always smiling, and ready to encourage me whenever i may need it. I told her that i'd visit her as soon as i knew she was working at Disney, but i don't think she took me seriously.

I hadn't talked to Sigrid from about the end of August until about 2 weeks ago, but have been keeping up with parts of her life from her blog. She's been having a rough time with crappy jobs (yes i guess there are crappy jobs at the Happiest Place on Earth) and roommates, and she's not able to go home for Thanksgiving or Christmas...so why wouldn't a visit from Jaime cheer her up!??!?! This is so meant to be that i found a round trip, non-stop flights to and from Orlando for $115!!! Can you believe it?? There's still a few kinks to work out, but the Lord's hand is already in it, so i'm not too worried.

It's definately going to be a great couple months...i get to photograph Nanette's wedding in a week and a half with Rachel and hang out with everyone on Rochester...my brother and sister are coming home for Thanksgiving...Thanksgiving day itself...and then going to Disney World, which then puts Christmas only 3 weeks away...holy crap! By this timeline it's almost CHRISTMAS!! Well i better not get too ahead of myself.

To wrap this up...the Lord is amazing, great friends are amazing, and Disney World is amazing. How can you not smile at that? Peace out!

How Could we resist?

How could we resist not going out SPOOKING!?!? Even though it was a Monday night, and i had meetings from 7:30-9:00pm....ya gotta do it! So we did. Unfortunately all my mom's friends and co-workers either have experienced being Spooked first hand, or they have heard the stories from those brave fools who "ripped off their masks" or attemped to call the Police. Either our reputation preceeded us, or some of them were already in bed. So mom's friends, off the list.

That only left one category...Jaime's friends. Oh wait, Jaime doesn't have any friends in town! So we move to Jaime's Co-workers. Now it's a great thing that I got my new job at Bona's, because all my co-workers from Cornell Cooperative Extension live out in the boonies and own guns...(ps spooking and guns DO NOT mix). Soooooooooooooooo, we decided to pick on some unsuspecting 20-something bachelors that live in a house in Allegany. I've only been to their house once to watch Survivor (Yes Bec and Rach, these are the infamous "Survivor" guys that have taken me away from watching Alias live, so don't you think they deserved it?), but i knew the layout of the house pretty well.

So at about 10pm we drove up, got out of the cars, took a few deep breaths, and knocked on their front door, after we had attemped to open the door and walk right in...(who locks their doors in Allegany!?!) So we waltzed in, got a beer from their beer vending machine, turned on Monday Night Football and took a load off. My mom sat on one couch, bouncing up and down and waiving her fake white roses around like a wand, while i tried to contain my laughter as they repeatedly asked "who are you", and "are you at the right house?"

After sitting on the couch for a few minutes i quickly moved on to the kitchen to find candy and leftovers. Finally one of the smaller guys ripped off my mom's mask to which she replied "HELLO!" He had no idea who she was, and was freakin out and finally said..."I think it's time for you to go!" So we revealed ourselves and all had a good laugh....but the story's not over...

The third guy was sleeping upstairs...can't leave anyone behind, so my mom and i go trampling up the stairs, and try to knock down his door...but he had it locked too! Finally with enough pounding and knocking, he opens the door. I jump in his bed, cover up and start snoring while my mom just waves her roses. He's laughing on the outside, but craping his pants on the inside...He hears the other guys' voices and thinks to himself "well atleast they are downstairs and won't let anything happen to me"...so then we leave, and wait for him at the bottom of the stairs.

Finally we unmask ourselves yet again, and we all get a good laugh! That was the only house we went to but what great fun! The stories are going around Bona's today, so i'll have my 5 minutes of fame...

Another Halloween of spooking down in the books. Bec and Rach, wish you could have been there...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Halloween is one of my 3 most favorite holidays...I guess it just depends on the year and those who i'm with that really makes the day something special. True, it was great when you got to dress up and go house to house taking candy from strangers, visiting grandparents and parading around school in your Pee Wee Herman costume (I still have the costume from 2nd grade), but it takes a little more effort these days.

My mom and her friends invented a clever Halloween event which they called "Spooking." It consists of a few friends dressing up, stuffing pillows here and there, changing your body shape, posture and voice, and totally covering all your skin so that people don't know who you are. Then you hop in an unidentifyable vehicle and head out to friends' houses.

The best thing about spooking is that you're not polite. Usually while trick or treating you ring the doorbell, wait for the people to come to the door, have a conversation and be on your way. Not so with Spooking. You just walk right in, unannounced, and do whatever is necessary to scare the pants off of people you know. That tradition has been passed down to me and my friends.

Ah the times where we can sit around some halloweens and think of all the people we spooked...my cousin Brett at her Halloween party, Miller and Loucks after Millers surgery, the Cambergs....did we end up going to Mr. Mac's House?? I don't know, but i can remember it like it was yesterday. Me, Becca, Rachel and Missy...you're in trouble when you put us 4 together with tubs of costumes from my basement. We laughed so hard and had a great night, no one knew who we were! The best part was that my mom was always in on the act...either dressing up with us or driving the get-away car!

My mom truly is my hero and best friend...in fact she was a little disappointed this year when i told her i had a meeting at 8:30 Halloween Night. Spooking events don't usually start until 10:00pm or so, but on a Monday night who knows who we'll find awake. That and we're not sure who to spook this year. We're running out of people who haven't heard of our spooking episodes, either we've spooked them, or bragged about it to many people the day after...we need to learn to keep our mouths shut, but it's SOOOOO FUNNY!

So whether we go out or not tonight, we can't say...we'll dress up and make a round to the nursing home, and then I'll go to my meetings, probably in costume to try and scare some people around Bona's. Maybe there'll be a blog about it tomorrow...maybe not.

So to all of you who have been a spooker or spookee...HAPPY HALLOWEEN and thanks for the memories!

In Honor of Rosa Parks

Today a very important woman in the American Civil Rights Movement has passed away. Rosa Parks was born February 4, 1913 and died October 24, 2005.

I wanted to honor Rosa on my blog today, because my friend Becca has married an amazing black man, Denis, and who knows if this would ever have happend had it not been for Rosa Parks. So now every February we get to appreciate Rosa and Becca (since she thinks she's Black), and all the African Americans who are amazing people and who have impacted America.

So thank you Rosa, for being an amazing woman, and not giving up your seat on that bus. You will be remembered every time I look at Becca, and have to go to the back of the bus.

For more information on the AMAZING Rosa Parks check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks

A Day in the Life

Today is Thursday, October 20. I'm riding home from a conference in Albany, and accessing the internet! It's an amazing new contraoption, a wireless card that works off of satellite, so i can be online virtually anywere at anytime. Not too shabby!

It's been a long week, but a great weekend started it off. Friends upon friends from highschool were home this weekend, and it was nice to reconnect and catch up. It was like we were 17 again, carving pumpkins, watching soccer, and laughing until we snort or Mountain Dew comes out our noses! (remember that night at Friendly's bec?) Things couldn't have gone any smoother if we planned it that way. Of course there were a few key people missing, Brooke, Anna, Claire, but for being pretty spontaneous I can't complain.

It's always nice having time to hang out with best friends that you have kept in touch with since highschool, but it's even nicer to know what and how everyone is doing. Playing who were they, where are they now, what do they look like, and what is their sexual preference...to which i'm a little embarassed of some of the answers i got! I found that 3 of my 4 relationships had been with guys who are now, how shall i say it, a little gay. Quite funny now that i think of it, and a little easier to swallow since i was not their last female relationship, but still...coincidence or not?

Anywhoo...great weekend. Now for my week. Monday: A day at good ol' St. Bonaventure University. Typical day, uneventful, dealing with stupid people. Tuesday, Bona's in the morning, hair appointment (which by the way was much needed, and my new hair cut and highlight looks HOTT!), then off to Albany with 4 girls i work with, for a 2 day conference. We stayed at a Super 8, and believe me it was NOT SUPER! No alarm clocks, no hairdryer to style my HOTT new haircut, tiny room, no internet connection...definately one of the lesser rooms that i have stayed in, and belive me, for as much as i've travelled in the past month, isn't a good rating.

So now we're driving home, after skipping out early, and will be home soon but not after our pitstop at the Waterloo Outlets! Back to Bona's tomorrow for another uneventful day, but with a home game to finish the day. Hope we can pull out another win! Go BONA's!

Picture-off

So i think now that Rachel has her new camera, we should have a picture-off and those who love us the most can judge! Hahaha, just kidding, the only ones who read this blog are pretty much Becca and Rachel, so if i vote for myself and Rachel votes for herself, then Becca is the deciding vote, and I wouldn't put her in that position...

Can I say how very disappointed i am in this gloomy weather, it really puts a damper on the picture taking. I was so looking forward to capturing the amazing autumns we have here in WNY, but without the sun shining, all the colors seem to be muted. It takes me an extra effort to remind myself that this is all God's creation, and I should appreciate it at all times, but there's something about a sunny day in fall that just takes my breath away.

I guess this is just a testing time for not only my faith but my photography as well. Now i have to search hard for original, eye-catching shots, angles, and not so ordinary colors. The picture up top is of a Indian corn cob on the side of the road stand. I got out to take some pictures of the hill across the road, and pulled into the driveway of this roadside stand. I wasn't impressed by the colors of the leaves so i started taking pictures of gourds, corn, and pumpkins that were all around. That's when i saw this beauty. Not only are the kernels different colors, but there is a swirl to them as well, something you don't see every day.

If i can take one decent shot a day for the rest of my life, that's a pretty substantial portfolio. I'm starting to collect some of my best work and keep it on file, check out some of those shots i think are some of my best work... Although you may have seen them all before, now they are compact into one album. So what'dya think?

That's it for me for today...check you all in a bit!

Alias vs Survivor

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Here's my dilemma. Alias and Survivor are on at the same time. For the past 2 weeks I have had to tape Alias because I was on the road for soccer, thus having to watch it Mondays when I got home. This week, or tonight, i will be home to watch it, but here's the catch. A few guys from Bona's get together on Thursday Nights to watch Survivor. Although I haven't hung out, hung out with them, they still are nice enough to invite me over to watch Survivor week after week. So I feel I owe them something and myself something too by trying to make new friends. Don't get me wrong, none are "boyfriend" material, but they are new friends none-the-less.

Here's where the Dilemma comes in. My bestest best friends and I usually watch Alias separately but together, (in our own homes but at the same time) and usually try to figure out all that is going on either during the commericals or afterwards. This is really the only time we know eachother is going to be home, and it's a nice constant for me. To tell you the truth, this is one of the main reasons i got into Alias in the first place, so that the three of us would have something to talk about.

So not only is it Alias vs. Survivor but it is now Best friends vs. New friends...so you can see why it's hard...

I have taken a poll (not really, just racked my brain for awhile) and have come to this conclusion:

I will tape Alias from 8-9 and watch Survivor with the newby's. Then i will race home and watch the taped ALIAS which will only take me about 40 minutes becuase i can fast-forward through the commericals, and still have time to talk to Bec and Rach before we all go to bed. So Bec, Rach, if you're reading this, please DON'T call me immediately following ALIAS, but I will call you after i finish watching it tonight.

Happy Anniversary

Sooooo, here's the happy couple! Married 2 years today, October 11th. I cannot believe it's been 2 years. I can remember the beautiful 70 degree day like it was yesterday. The leaves were at their peak, the sun was shining and i was glowing like a pig! Rachel and I had both been home before hand trying to get things ready and perfect, yup you guessed it, she and I made her wedding happen! It was a great day full of laughter, tears (on Mike's part, not Rachel's, she laughed at him the whole day), and a bridesmaid who fainted. Luckily Christy and I were there to catch her, and it went pretty unnoticed.

Through this day and the weeks leading up to this day is when Rachel and I became even better friends. The two of us did EVERYTHING! We printed out the programs, tied the bows to the wedding favors, decorated the church, lit the candles...you name it, Rachel and I did it. It was some of the best days of my life. Rachel-I'm so glad that i could be there to help you out during that time, I am now capable of planning and throwing a wedding!

After Becca got married in December of 2002, I thought that Rachel and I would live together for awhile and sulk together for not being married, but on April 15th, i got the dreaded phone call..."Jaime, i have some news..." to which i responded "OH NO RACHEL!!!" I knew what was coming... "Mike and I are engaged!" It's tough being happy for her and sad for me at the same time...how do you hide your true selfish feelings?? But i did, and faked being happy or something like that.

But looking back 2 years, Mike is such an amazing man and makes Rachel so happy, that how can i still be selfish. Yes i now have to share both my best friends with husbands, but it's nice to know that when ever they get sick of living with a man every day, dealing with man things, every day, that I will be here for some girl time, where i can even make their boy problems disappear.

Rach: I'm so happy you're married to Mike, you are perfect for eachother. He makes you laugh and supports you in all that you do, and you can put up with his every comment for everything. You truly compliment eachother, and I'm honored to still be a part of your lives.

Mike: Thank you for taking such good care of Rachel, and although you had to move to Pittsburgh to get her all to yourself, it's always nice to have you welcome me into your home and treat me like the good friends we have become. You are a wonderful man of God, someone who can honor, respect, and mentor anyone. Rachel has grown so much in the last 2 years with you by her side.

Mike and Rach, congratulations on 2 wonderful years together. May the Lord Bless you with many many more wonderful years together.

On the road again...

So here I am, at another hotel for another weekend. If I can count correctly I've been in 7 different hotels in 5 different states in the past month. I used to like traveling, but now my body starts to get that "longing for home" feeling as soon as I sit my butt down in a van or bus seat. I'm not sure how the celebrities do it, a different city a different day, maybe it's a little easier when you're making hundreds of thousands of dollars per day. Me, I'm doing this on a $15 dollar a day salary, while doing the driving and losing soccer games. I know that it's part of the job, but i'm not sure how much more i can take!

There are perks, however. Like right now I'm in Richmond, VA and my sister Katie (see picture)

has joined me for the journey. She just recently moved to Fairfax Station, VA to pursue a career in Criminal Justice for the Public Defender. She's holding her own, and i'm proud of her. She's surrounded by shopping, her favorite thing to do, so I might have to make the trip down myself a few times during the year.

So back to soccer...we've stayed in some doosies of hotels, some nice, some not so nice...but it's all part of the experience, right? I'm getting to know the girls, but don't know how things are going to pan out for next year. There has been a lot of stress along with this journey, and although the girls are great, i'm not sure how much i can take. But who knows.

It's 8:30 now, and i'm exhausted. Flying and driving, flying and driving and lack of sleep is catching up to me and i'm going to be an old lady and kick back for the evening. So this is Jaime, signing off for yet another blog.

I like to take pictures...

So I like to take pictures and here is one of my latest photos, since i've been busy with soccer and work and work (yup that's 3 jobs), i haven't taken a whole lot. This photo was probably taken a couple weeks back, along with many closeups (check out my album). These Gladiolas were grown in my dad's garden and he's quite proud of all that he's been able to harvest this year.

I can't wait to have some free time and go explore the fall world (with my wicked awesome Canon Powershot Pro1 8 megapixel digital camera which i thought was the awesomest camera, but now Rachel is getting an even sweeter one) and take pictures of the wonderful colored trees, hopefully it will be Monday when I call in sick to work and sleep in and watch movies, and the ALIAS episode that i have to tape, yet again.

My life has been crazy busy, traveling up and down the east coast for the majority of September, and this coming weekend the team goes to Charlotte, NC and then to Richmond, VA. This, hopefully, will be the last roadtrip for a few weeks and I can start settling down and back into a routine.

I apologize for not making this exciting, I guess i'll just have to start doing some shout-outs or quizzes...just do me a favor and check out my pics...and have a great day!

So my Best Friends forgot my Birthday....

So lets talk about why I have created this Blog :
1) To be able to post my answers to Becca's Blog
2) To do whatever it takes to keep in contact with my bestest best friends in the world, to make sure they know when certain special occasions are.

So anyways...Yes it is true to my best friends may have forgotten to call me on my birthday, and although i LOVE to raz them about it and hold it over their heads, this is my way of relating to them that i am not hurt nor angry, that I love them with all my heart, and appreciate all they have done form, especially spending the weekend celebrating my birthday.

So Bec, Rach...no hard feelings at all, I love you, and I forgive you.