International UFO Congress 2011

I'm thinking about going to this.


Well, probably just the 10:00pm - 12:00am Skywatch w/ Jeff Willes - UFOs over Phoenix



"Search the skies for unusual phenomena and discover how to decipher objects in the night sky."


"Sky-Watching featuring Night Vision cameras, goggles and more. Led by experienced UFO hunter Jeff Willes."




Hey, it's only 5 buck-a-rooz!


And afterall, "Aliens are the shiz-nit!"


Any takers?










xoxo, J-nelly

Month Uno : check

Soo it's officially been ONE MONTH!!

And I survived... barely.

I'm pretty positive this has been thee longest month of my life.


But anyways, to celebrate, I will be...

-making Elda Sargent his first playlist to come back to
-helping me mum decorate a tree at SanTan
-going to Chandler mall with Shaylee
-putting together elf outfits with Shaylee
-then being elfish, and not selfish the whoole night long at Elf Party 2010!

Memories from last years'.







Welp, 23 more to go.
Eeeep.










xoxo, J-nelly

Feliz Navidad...

to my best friend

and my best elf.

Yes, I sent a mini elf-on-a-shelf to Espana (aka Spain).







Packages are so fun!






I miss my fave missionaries.








xoxo, J-nelly

12k's of Christmas

Tomorrow (well, technically today), I will be running this!

I have never ran a 12k before (aka 7.5 miles), so I am prrretty excited.

Plus I'll be running it with 2 of my fave runners!

Aaand a portion of the proceeds go to an animal shelter place. (Good cause, riight?)

Woot woot.





xoxo, J-nelly

Not This Year

When I look into the mirror
No happiness is present here
Not supposed to whine,
Not supposed to cry
Try to hold it in, but not this time

I can't, I can't
I can't, I can't take it
This is the time to smile,
I can't fake it
Please allow me the chance now
To break it down

It's not snow, It's rain coming down
And the lights are cool,
But they burn out
And I can't pull off the cheer
Not this year

One Day

xoxo, J-nelly

Untitled 4

I'm happy to admit that maybe I am 
a little depressed 
'cause I'm missing you to death.

The 1st Letter

You have nooo idea how happy this made me.


Goshimisshimsomuch :(






xoxo, J-nelly

Nothing's hotter than Harry Potter

I want this.

xoxo, J-nelly

This Thanksgiving

I understand it was yesterday, but I was too busy to tell the wonderful world of blogging what I am thankful for! Oh no.

So here it goes.

And this is just a minimal list...



The Gospel - This is a major part in my life. I love everything about the Gospel. I love the scriptures and how lately, I have really been understanding them more than I ever have before. My testimony has been strengthened exceedingly.


My family - I have learned to appreciate them so much this past year. I love that they are always going to be there for me, no matter what and that I get to be with them forever. I have loved getting close with my mom and going out to lunch with her and telling her every silly situation that is going on in my life, and how she will just sit there and listen and give just the right amount of feedback for my venting and whatnot. I love that my dad is a worthy priesthood holder. I love that my parents will always support me through everything. And of course, I love my siblings (aka my best friends). And also my extended fam! They are just all so great.

Running - Ultimate dome clearance. Running definitely helps relieve my stress and unhappy thoughts. I love running the 10K Turkey Trot every thanksgiving and I am excited to run a half marathon in January!

New running shoes - Basically, they are just great! 'Nuff said.

Christmas music - Christmas music just feels the air with that special feeling and makes me so happy! It's going to be the only thing blasting in my car for the next month or so.

My cute cousins - Honestly, I think I would rather hang out with these guys than my own friends haha. They always know how to make me laugh. I love playing pirates with them, going crazy with the little boys, doing the little girls' hair and makeup, and just having hilarious convos with them.

Music - From playing the piano, violin, and guitar... to listening to my fave iPod playlists or going to concerts, it's all just a huge part of me. Music is definitely a way to express myself.

Austin - I am thankful for everything about this guy. I'm thankful that he's on his mission! I could seriously go on an on about him... but I won't :)

The Sargent fam - This family is so amazing. There is no way I would be able to get through these next two years without them. They are the most gorgeous, kindest, and caring people. Being with them makes me legitimately happy, and that has been really hard for me to be lately. I love hanging out with them and I love just talking to Blanca, especially about Austin. I am so thankful to be so close to them. 

Good friendships - These are really hard to come by, so of course I am thankful for the ones I have!

Good conversations - I think this one is self explanatory. 

THIS Thanksgiving - Yes, I am thankful for this thanksgiving. I ran the 10K Turkey Trot, celebrated with my mom's side of the fam, watched my little cousins play a hilarious game of flag football and hearing them "trash talk," celebrated with the Sargents, read an email from Austin to his mom (just hearing from him, even if it's not to me, makes me happy), saw Tangled with Blanca, then babysat with her for Ronnel while and her and her husband bought a trampoline at Black Friday!

So there you have it.

I truly do have so much to be thankful for this year.

This might have actually been the best Thanksgiving yet.

xoxo, J-nelly

One week down...

103 weeks to go.

I can do this.

Wanna know why?


1.) This guy is so worth it.

He is thee best friend I have ever had and he makes me the happiest I've ever been.

2.) I have these people that I love soso much.

I miss Elder Austy Bosty Sargent so terribly already :(

Onlyyy 2 years, right?

xoxo, J-nelly

Don't Wanna Be Torn

Maybe it's the things I say,
Maybe I should think before I speak
But I thought that I knew enough
To know myself and do what's right for me
And these walls I'm building now
You used to bring them down
The tears I'm crying out
You used to wipe away

I thought you said it was easy,
listening to your heart
I thought you said I'd be ok
So why am I breaking apart?
Don't wanna be torn 

Don't make me have to choose between
what I want and what you think I need
Cause I'll always be your little girl
But even little girls still got to dream
Now it all feels like a fight
You were always on my side
But lonley I've been now
You used to make it go away

I thought you said it was easy,
listening to your heart
I thought you said I'd be ok
So why am I breaking apart?
Don't wanna be torn 

Why is all this so confusing, complicating and consuming
Why did all this made me angry
I wanna go back to being happy
These tears I'm crying out
You used to wipe away

I thought you said it was easy,
listening to your heart
I thought you said I'd be ok
So why am I breaking apart?
Don't wanna be torn

A Year Without Rain

Can you feel me
When I think about you
With every breath I take
Every minute
No matter what I do
My world is an empty place

Like I've been wonderin the desert
For a thousand days 
Don't know if it's a mirage
But I always see your face, baby

I'm missing you so much
Can't help it, I'm in love 
A day without you is like a year without rain
I need you by my side
Don't know how I'll survive
A day without you is like a year without rain


The stars are burning
I hear your voice in my mind 
Can't you hear me calling
My heart is yearning
Like the ocean that's running dry
Catch me I'm falling

It's like the ground is crumbling underneath my feet
Won't you save me
There's gonna be a monsoon
When you get back to me
Ohhhh baby

I'm missing you so much
Can't help it, I'm in love 
A day without you is like a year without rain
I need you by my side
Don't know how I'll survive
A day without you is like a year without rain


So let this drought come to an end
And may this desert flower again
And I need you here
I can't explain
But a day without you
Is like a year without rain


I'm missing you so much 
Can't help it, I'm in love 
A day without you is like a year without rain
I need you by my side
Don't know how I'll survive
A day without you is like a year without rain

Most bittersweet feeling of my life :(








xoxo, J-nelly

Ours

After tonight, who knows where we'll be tomorrow

What if we're never here again?

After tonight this will be a lifetime ago

So let's stay up until the sky bleeds red.

And we'll stop stop stop the world from moving

Stop stop stop the grass from turning

Stop this night from fading away

This time is ours

If I could hold this moment in my hands

I'd stop the world from moving

I'd stop the grass from turning

This time is ours, inside a frozen memory of us

And we are motionless

Motionless

Gone like a dream that I have just awoken from

Fading away, just out of reach

And we are here, but I already miss you

Even as you're lying next to me

And we'll stop stop stop the world from moving

Stop stop stop the grass from turning

Stop this night from fading away

This time is ours

If I could hold this moment in my hands

I'd stop the world from moving

I'd stop the grass from turning

This time is ours inside a frozen memory of us

And we are motionless, motionless

Back to December

Then I think about summer, all the beautiful times 
I watched you laughing 
From the passenger side 
And I realized I loved you in the fall 

And then the cold came, the dark days 
When fear crept into my mind 

I Run to You

We run on fumes, your life and mine
Like the sands of time slippin' right on through
And our love's the only truth
That's why I run to you

This world keeps spinning faster
Into a new disaster so I run to you, I run to you baby
When it all starts coming undone
Baby, you're the only one I run to, I run to you

It's decided.

Weird...

Time to grow up.

Tough fact.
It's a tough time right now.
It's time to actually grow up and leave stuff behind, whether I like it or not.
I do believe, though, that everything happens for a reason, and everything will work out.
It always does.







On another note...

SUCH a funny movie. Oh man, this humor is right up my ally. I luhv Michael Showalter.
PS: He's deff a BAMF in the movie Signs.

xoxo, J-nelly

Teenage Dream

I know you get me
So I'll let my walls come down, down

Before you met me
I was a wreck
But things were kinda heavy
You brought me to life
Now every February
You'll be my valentine, valentine...




My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe
This is real
So take a chance
And don't ever look back
Don't ever look back








More cliche-ness? Woot woot!

Yup :)












xoxo, J-nelly

No doubt.

Mine

You were in college, working part time, waitin' tables, 
Left a small town and never looked back. 
I was a flight risk with a fear of fallin', 
Wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts. 
I say "Can you believe it?", as we're lying on a couch, 
The moment I could see it, yes, yes, I can see it now. 

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water, 
You put your arm around me, for the first time. 
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter. 
You are the best thing, that's ever been mine. 

Flash forward and we're taking on the world together. 
And there's a drawer of my things at your place. 
You learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded, 
You say we'll never make my parent's mistakes. 
But we got bills to pay, we got nothin' figured out, 
When it was hard to take, yes yes, this is what I thought about. 

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water, 
You put your arm around me, for the first time. 
You made a rebel of a careless mans careful daughter. 
You are the best thing, that's ever been mine. 

Do you remember all the city lights on the water, 
You saw me start to believe for the first time. 
You made a rebel of your careless man's careful daughter. 
You are the best thing thats ever been mine. 

Oh oh oh oh. 

And I remember that fight 2:30 AM, 'cause everything was slippin' right out of our hands. 
I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street. 

Braced myself for the goodbye, 
'cause that's all I've ever known, 
And you took me by surprise, 
you said "I'll never leave you alone." 

You said, "I remember how we felt sittin' by the water. 
And every time I look at you, it's like the first time. 
I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter. 
She is the best thing, that's ever been mine." 

Hold on, make it last. 
Hold on, never turn back. 

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter, 
You are the best thing, that's ever been mine. 
Do you believe it? 
We're gonna make it now. 
And I can see it, 
yeah, yeah 

I can see it now.

Cliche? Yes, I know. DGAF :)














xoxo, J-nelly