The meaning behind your blog.

Day 2:
"Where your heart is" 
Definitions for the word HEART

1. Anatomy

a. The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.

b. A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.

2. The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.

a. The vital center and source of one's being, emotions, and sensibilities.

b. The repository of one's deepest and sincerest feelings and beliefs: an appeal from the heart; a subject dear to her heart.

c. The seat of the intellect or imagination: the worst atrocities the human heart could devise.

3.

a. Emotional constitution, basic disposition, or character: a man after my own heart.

b. One's prevailing mood or current inclination: We were light of heart.

4.

a. Capacity for sympathy or generosity; compassion: a leader who seems to have no heart.

b. Love; affection: The child won my heart.

5.

a. Courage; resolution; fortitude: The soldiers lost heart and retreated.

b. The firmness of will or the callousness required to carry out an unpleasant task or responsibility: hadn't the heart to send them away without food.

6. A person esteemed or admired as lovable, loyal, or courageous: a dear heart.

7.

a. The central or innermost physical part of a place or region: the heart of the financial district. 

b. The core of a plant, fruit, or vegetable: hearts of palm.

8. The most important or essential part: get to the heart of the matter.

9. A conventional two-lobed representation of the heart, usually colored red or pink.

10. Games

a. A playing card with this figure.

b. A card game in which the object is either to avoid hearts when taking tricks or to take all the hearts.

So Where is my Heart?

My heart is located under my rib cage, to the left of the sternum and between the lungs. My heart is an amazing organ. Shaped like an upside-down pear, this fist-sized powerhouse pumps five or six quarts of blood each minute to all parts of my body. (we hope)

While Blake may find that sort of information more enjoyable. I will be (try to be) posting things on this blog that is more on the emotional and characteristic side of the definition HEART. and where is that heart? it is in the places that we go the people that we love and the things that we do to make life worth living. 

Enjoy more ramblings tomorrow

Jamie

15 interesting facts about you

Day 1:
I guess we will see if it is possible to come up with 15 interesting about oneself.

Jamie:

1. Loves to play card and board games with friends and family
2. Knows how to play pinochle
3. Grew up in Utah but I have never been Skiing
4. Enjoys camping
5. Will Graduate with a Master Degree in Music Education with an emphasis in Percussion
6. Started piano when I was 5
7. Started violin when I was 11
8. Started Percussion when I was 20
9. Had Surfing lessons in Hawaii
10.Enjoys Cooking and worked as a pasta chef one summer
11.Has a Shoe fetish
12.Organizes closet according to color
13.My favorite season is Fall
14.I do not enjoy Christmas music
15.I earned my photography license in high school but never used or updated it so digital is a little beyond me

Blake:

1.Enjoys the morning hours
2.Speaks three languages
3.Is Blind as a Bat
4.Owns 7 guns
5.Going to Graduate with a Doctorate in Pharmacy May 2012
6.Enjoys fishing even Ice fishing
7. Has a 1857 Penny
8.Misses Hunting with his Dad, brothers and Grandpa
9.Has spent 14 days in the hospital for lungs and broken arm
10.Got arrested in a foreign country
11.Owns a 1950 Chevy Car
12.Christmas is the favorite Holiday
13.Am Vice President of Pharmacy 2nd year student body
14.Teach 5 year olds at church
15.Makes bread on a regular basis

a Blogging Challenge

I took this idea from my cousin's blog and I thought December was a good month to try it out. i will post Day 1 when i get home from YWIE later to night.

A blogging challenge to make history...

Or just to be read by the 3 people that actually look at this little blog of mine.

Day 01 - A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself

Day 02 - The meaning behind your Blog name

Day 03 - A picture of you and your friends

Day 04 - A habit that you wish you didn't have

Day 05 - A picture of somewhere you’ve been to

Day 06 - Favorite super hero and why

Day 07 - A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you

Day 08 - Short term goals for this month and why

Day 09 - Something you’re proud of in the past few days

Day 10 - Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad

Day 11 - Another picture of you and your friends

Day 12 - How you found out about blogs and why you made one

Day 13 - A letter to someone who has hurt you recently

Day 14 - A picture of you and your family

Day 15 - Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play

Day 16 - Another picture of yourself

Day 17 - Someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

Day 18 - Plans/dreams/goals you have

Day 19 - Nicknames you have; why do you have them

Day 20 - Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future

Day 21 - A picture of something that makes you happy

Day 22 - What makes you different from everyone else

Day 23 - Something you crave for a lot

Day 24 - A letter to your parents

Day 25 - What I would find in your bag

Day 26 - What you think about your friends

Day 27 - Why are you doing this 30 day challenge

Day 28 - A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?

Day 29 - In this past month, what have you learned

Day 30 - Who are you?

One Year

         One year ago we found out I was pregnant with twins. we then found out that one of the twins was died and the other was not going to live. One year ago today we gave them back to our Heavenly Father. We miss you and think of you often.

It's already May

I thought I would make an update. It is the middle of May already, time has flown by since Jamie and I moved to Hillsboro, OR. I successfully completed my first year of pharmacy school this past week and passed my end of year exam over the entire school year. There were 120 questions, and I had to get at least 90% to pass. I was a little overwhelmed with it, but thankfully it turned out alright afterall with a 96.37%.

Jamie has about 3 weeks of school remaining until she is done for the year. After that we are going back to Utah for a few weeks to visit family and friends. I look forward to going to Utah. It is going to be a lot of fun for both of us. We plan on hanging out with family, going fishing, shopping, four-wheeling, and possibly spending time at the cabin. I wish we could go tomorrow, but it will be good when we get there.

Also we had friends from Cedar City move to Portland last night. Jamie and I helped them unpack their Budget truck, crazy! It was like deja vu but only a year ago when we were doing the same thing. I am happy they are here maybe we will get to hang out with them once in a while. We are having a little BBQ tonight at Root Bridge Park with some friends to celebrate completing a year of pharmacy school. So I look forward to that.

I was elected as Vice President of my pharmacy class for next year. I actually didn't think I would get voted in; however, Jamie said if I ran for office they would vote me in-she was right! I look forward to being involved in student government and attending student senate meetings at Pacific University School of Pharmacy. I believe this will be a great opportunity and experience for me to further develop leadership and professionalism skills. I have learned an incredible amount this past year, and gratefully passed all my exams the first time, my low for the year is 93.6%. I am amazed oh it has worked out so far. I definately have worked hard, and have seen the Lord's hand in my life. I have learned if you work hard, put your trust in the Lord and do all you can, he will bless you. As he blesses us, that is our reward. We are indebted to him and always will be. I am grateful to be attending graduate school in beautiful Oregon.

Bloch Field Trip Pictures

The Group, plus Blake who is taking the picture, that visited Ernest Bloch's home at Agate Beach.

Ernest Bloch was a 20th century composer.

It was such a beautiful day for the beach

Bloch Rock

After visiting Ernest Bloch we went to Newport and got to watch the sealions sing.

Just for Fun

***********FOODOLOGY***************
What is your salad dressing of choice? Ranch but i am on a diet so Salt and Pepper

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? McCormick Fish and Bar it’s amazing i love living on the coast.

What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Probably fish but i would have to have several kinds

What are your pizza toppings of choice? Right now Probably The Wild Mushrooms and Goat cheese from Pizzacato’s

What do you like to put on your toast? I can’t remember the last time a had toast it has been years

Chocolate or Vanilla? CHOCOLATE

When is the last time you ate peanut butter and jelly? Again it has been years

Do you like pulpy orange juice? No i get pulp free and Calcium Fortified


***********TECHNOLOGY***************

How many televisions are in your house? One

What color cell phone do you have? Blake real Original

Do you have a laptop? We are a family of two but we each a have laptop and then we also have a desktop we are the modern family

***************BIOLOGY******************

Are you right-handed or left-handed? I have no idea been trying to figure that out for years

Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Yes Tonsils, Teeth and other things i don’t care to talk about

What is the last heavy item you lifted? I had to take the wheels of the tympani today so i guess that

Have you ever been knocked unconscious? I don’t think so

************BULLCRAPOLOGY**************

If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? No what is the fun in that.

If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I kind of have to agree with my dad and say there is no other name for me but Jamie

Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000.00? I would drink a bottle of hot sauce for a lot less then that.

************DUMBOLOGY******************

How many pairs of flip flops do you own? One and that is because Zach brought them back from Brazil i wore them on Saturday.

Last time you had a run-in with the cops? Its been over two years since i got pulled over so i am doing well.

Last person you hugged? Blake

**************FAVORITOLOGY****************

Season? Fall, I love to watch the leaves turn colors and wear sweaters and love the nice breeze

Holiday? Thanksgiving although i missed it with my family this year

Day of the week? Monday, you feel good after have a few days off and nothing is due yet

Month? I don’t know

***********CURRENTOLOGY*****************

Missing someone? My daddy always.

Mood? Over all i have been in a good mood.

What are you listening to? My furnace just turned on

Watching? The words appear on the computer screen

Worrying about? What comes after grad school is usually the worry in the back of my mind

***************RANDOMOLOGY****************

First place you went this morning? I got in the car and drove to Portland Oregon to spend the first half of my day in a practice room that is overly crowded and i am sure breaking many fire code regulations

Do you smile often? mostly with Blake he does such funny things that you can't help but smile and shake your head.

Sleeping alone tonight? I hope not but i found out this evening that my husband slept on the couch last night so who knows.

Do you always answer your phone? If i answer when you call consider yourself very lucky

What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? I have no idea what this question even means i don’t go to Sonic there are much better places to eat in Portland and They don’t have a Sonic in Cedar City Utah

Do you own a digital camera? Yes

Have you ever had a pet fish? My dad has always had fish i personally have never.

Favorite Christmas song(s)? There is only one Christmas song that i even remotely like and that is O’ Holy Night

What's on your wish list for your birthday? My birthday was last month and i had no idea what i wanted. I got Shoes it was good.

Can you do push ups? No

Can you do a chin up? Yes

Does the future make you more nervous or excited? I think it is equal

Do you have any saved texts? Yes mostly pictures people sent me

Ever been in a car wreck? Nope, well acctually i guess i was is August.

Do you have an accent? Many which would you like to hear

What is the last song to make you cry? He is

Plans tonight? Sleep, Hopefully

Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? Yes but i don’t think i actually did

Name 3 things you bought yesterday? Yesterday was Sunday i did not Buy anything but on saturday i bought poster board, and a notebook i think that was all.

Have you ever been given roses? Yes. Though they come few and far between now. i keep them dried in a cute vase that is full so i 1)can't recieve any more flowers or 2)need to buy another vase.

Met someone who changed your life? Yeah quit a few

How did you bring in the New Year? With Dad, Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, Aaron, Chrissy(aaron’s wife), Caleb, caleb’s girlfriend (i can’t remember her name(i suck)), Blake, travis, Priscilla, and Matt we played apples to apples and ate good food and we almost missed the new year we were haveing so much fun.

Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? No, but i would like a glimps of the future just to know... like when you turn to the back of the book just to make sure you want to keep reading.

Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? Never, Blake and I only new each other 9months when we got married

Do you have any tattoos/piercings? My ears

Does anyone love you? Yes.

What songs do you sing in the shower? Oh so many...

Ever had someone sing to you? Not really, thou Blake did sing along with a Cd this one time when we were dating it’s this Diamond Rio song called unbelievable it was pretty cute and funny

Do you like to cuddle? No

Have you held hands with anyone today No

Who was the last person you took a picture of? Blake on the beach last weekend

What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school? Mostly 80’s and Country

Do you believe in staying close with your ex's? No

Are most of the friends in your life new or old? Some of both Priscilla, Brady and Travis are my oldest closest friends that i still see and hang out with when i am in Utah

What is something your friends make fun of you for? There was this time i shot jello out of my nose but i have to tell you guys that lettuce hurts more i know as Blake as my witness i shot lettuce out of my nose about a month ago all because blake was imitating a turtle eating an ice-cream cone. We have an interesting relationship.

Have you ever ridden an elephant? No.

Do you like to play Scrabble? Yes i beat my very competitive neighbor once she had to come and borrow my game during the week so she could practice.

What are you saving your money up for right now? A Marimba!!!! Donations excepted!!!! ;)jk

Love Jamie
P.s We are doing great and having  fun in Oregon. We went to the beach the other weekend it was too cold  to do anything but we know where to go when it gets warmer. i just finished my second Qrt and got a 4.0 yeah lets hope this qrt goes as well. Blake is still passing all of his tests on the first shot and got his rotation for the summer, he is staying at the Albertson's just down the street so we accutally get to live together this summer which is great but we only get two consecutive weeks off together so we will see what happens with trips and vacations he will have all evenings and weekends off so anyone is welcome to come visit us. you have to sleep on an air matress but so far no one has complanied.

Its about time

I know i have not blogged in a long time mostly due to the fact that our lives are the same everyday with very little altering. So i will give an over view of the last few months of our lives.

November: This was my first Thanksgiving away from home i missed Grandma's stuffing(she makes some for me that is NOT cooked in the turkey). So on Thanksgiving day Blake and myself went to the movies, something i have made fun of others for in the past, it was great fun! That evening we spent a wonderful meal with Todd, Andrea, Gracie and Andrea's two sisters. We had a lot of fun making toasts about nothing and eating good food. Thanks for having us over guys. I was playing pit for a ballet the two days before and the two days after thanksgiving so it was nice to have a day off and relax.   

December: Was great i got out of school a week before Blake did so i got to just relax and practice and clean the house(something that tends to get slightly neglected during school). we then made our way to the Francisco's for Christmas. We were able to spend a week hanging out, cooking good food(now i am trying to lose the weight mom always seems to put on me)watching fun movies and playing Yahtzee, and Dominoes (two games i love to play with Jim he cracks me up). The day after Christmas we headed up North to spend the next week with the Wagstaff family. Here i did a lot of sewing while Blake and Dad made model cars that they received for Christmas.  Both cars turned out great. For New Years eve we had a great steak dinner with the family (except Chrissy who thinks Hot dogs are better then steak) and we let the party start!!! we Had Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Aaron Chrissy, Caleb and a girl i can't remember her name, Me Blake, Priscilla Matt, and Travis. We spent the night playing apples to apples and five crowns, and watched the 2010 year enter.

January: Has found us back to the books. We continue to work hard at our studies Blake is still getting great test scores due to his diligence in studying. 2 things have happened this month. First we purchased a Wii. I have never seen Blake really want anything so when he kept wanting this gaming system i could not refuse. So we found a great deal on amazon and made our purchase. This as i told him is both of our birthday presents and anniversary presents for the year. The things is since we are now staying home on Friday night playing the wii, we are saving a lot of money on our dates. So i think it was a good purchase. Blake picked Mario kart and i picked new super mario brothers for our games. i then took the money i had earned tutoring and playing for the ballet and we got the wii fit plus system that allows us to exercise and learn yoga in our living room. (very fun).
2nd adventure of the month is that our home computer bit the dust...Thankfully our Home teacher works at intel and has gotten us great deals on the parts we need to get it back up and running. The parts are to be here today and Blake gets to learn how to build a computer. He is excited to learn this so i guess something good came out of it.

Well i think you are all caught up in our lives.
Have a great month, i will try to write more often.
Jamie