Likes-Dislikes-Indifferences

My last year of college my friends and I decided to do a photo shoot (wish I had a digital picture to share, maybe someday I'll scan one), anyway, we traded photos (individual and group) and created a scrap book of sorts. Around our pictures we included things like birthday, sign, full name and my favorite portion: likes, dislikes, and things you're indifferent towards. So, in honor of this (we're approaching the 5 year mark ladies!) and seeing others post their own lists as of late, I have decided to come up with a new list that reflects my current tastes.

LIKES:

1. babies
2. home renovations
3. photography (i've recently been called "jenny papparanda" and I rather like it)
cooking (my new found hobby, I hope to post a photo of the pumpkin pie I made for thanksgiving)
4. fine point pens
5. crafting
6. COSTCO (not only shopping, but also getting my photo in magazines and brochures)
7. napping
8. watching medical shows (the real ones with blood and guts), I would have loved to be a surgeon if my hands weren't so shaky
9. giving gifts
10. annual Pepperdine girlfriend reunions (Dallas 2006! Sorry it will be Seattle 2007, again.)

DISLIKES:

1. being forced to do manual labor or athletic drills (the reason I quit basketball my senior year of highschool)
2. swallowing vitamins (i used to be so good at this but I can't seem to figure it out lately and they always get stuck on the back of my tongue. B vitamins are the worst)
3. loud noises
4. work ;)
5. nagging people to do things
6. the texture of melons
7. my pushy nature...i just can't help it!
8. the fact that none of my grandparents are living
9. rain and wind combined
10. feeling lonely

INDIFFERENCES:

1. REI (i never bought into this northwest staple)
2. being a people pleaser
3. thanksgiving meal (paula- yours was wonderful, I just mean in general ;))
4. most music (it's hard for me to find things I like, but you can't go wrong with Christmas music)
5. dessert (i'd much rather have an extra appetizer)
6. the debate about who's smarter...men or women?
7. sending out christmas cards (I think they're nice, I just don't stress myself out about it)
8. electronics
9. sitcoms
10. alcohol

That's about it! I also remembered while doing this that we included what we thought we would be doing in 5 years. Guess what I wrote? That I would be married! And guess what? In April it will be 5 years since I graduated college...I just made it ;)

Now, in another 5 years...I hope to have 2.5 kids ;) I'll keep you posted.

I miss you ladies and wish you all lived a bit closer so we could spend more quality time together. I enjoy our reunions but once a year is not enough! Can't wait to see you in March!

Clutter

So, if you're wondering why I haven't posted in a long time it's because of this...WORK! It's a busy time of year, which is great because being busy suits my personality, for awhile. I think I've reached my limit ;) This whole wedding planning thing is overrated. I'm great at making decisions for other people, just not for myself. So that's been stressful.

I have had a fulfilling week OUTSIDE of work thus far...Monday I got my haircut and found out my hairstylist is willing to travel (up north) for the wedding (which is officially 3/3/07 at Lord Hill Farms in Snohomish, yeah!). I then spent the rest of the evening working on a Christmas present and hanging out with Jeff. Tuesday was more crafting with Keri and some visiting with my soon to be sister-in-law, Kristen. I'm hoping she'll come more often ;). Wednesday was another battle with traffic but then dinner and the Sonics game with friends Mark and Katie, they treated us to an engagement celebratory dinner which was so generous and fun (more fun than the Sonics game which we arrived at during the second half of the 3rd quarter, whoops). Thursday I vegged out and watched television while nursing my freshly filled cavities (the 1st I've ever had). Tonight Jeff and I are going to his cousin Heather's house for dinner and this weekend I have plans to go to a baby shower and work on more wedding/crafting projects.

Not too much to blog about..I'll blog again when I have something more exciting going on, it's hard to follow up the engagement story.

High Five

Oh, the joys of traffic...here I sat last night for 2 hours. I drove from Issaquah, where I work, to my friend Keri's house in Seattle (Greenwood/Finney Ridge).

Keri and I are working on a very special gift for a friend and that made the trip worth it.

It's funny to me how traffic truly has a "flow" very similar to a river. If you're familiar with it you can get in the right "current" and float through very nicely. I've been fortunate not to end up as "debris" pulled over on the side of the road. Ok, maybe I'm taking this analogy too far...but as you can tell there's a lot you can imagine when you have the time to do it.

(and if you're wondering about the title of this post, my dad..the one with the heavy french accent, pronounces I-5 just like the title suggests. Love it!)