gramma

Yesterday the Jenkins clan went up to Grandma Pete's rest home and played some Christmas tunes for her and her friends.

 

Lin played her uke, I played the guitar, and we all played the piano.

They loved it. Grandma was so excited when Mom asked everyone to sing Silent Night.

They said come back anytime and we said okay!

Aunt Nette. Carlee. Kate. Grandma. Me. Lin. Mom.

temple square

A few weeks ago I went to Temple Square in Salt Lake to see the Christmas lights. It was a beaut. I went with Chaise, Chris, Lizzie, and Rich. A bunch of other people were coming too but when they saw the snow flurries in the canyon they turned around. We went through it. It was a bit scary but we made it safe and sound and it was all cleared up by the time we came back to Logan. We walked around Temple Square and it was perfect because with the Christmas lights and the snow, it was just so festive. I love Christmas time!

gatsby

Last night I went to a Great Gatsby party at one of the frats (the mormon frat), SigEp.

 It was pretty stellar. I went with Chaise, Mark, Jaron, and Keaton.

My roommate, Katie, did my makeup all awesome and I did my hair, which I was totes proud of. I got that fur coat and a feather and got all dressed up. That was probably the best part

One day, I wanna live in the 20's and dress up all classy and go to fancy parties and drink mocktails with gentlemen in suits and vests.

 

At the party, there were tons of mocktails, which Mark and I had like ten each, and we tasted each others too. That's like twenty each.  As you can see we found it rather funny...

 

We danced for hours, not Gatsby style. 2012 style. 

And we even played a little blackjack! 

Here's some more pics for your viewing pleasure...

the after date text

dumbest thing ever, in my opinion.

why would you, after just saying goodnight and thanking your date for the lovely evening, ever text him minutes later saying,
"um, i'm not sure if you remember me saying thanks like five minutes ago... so, thanks again! i had such a great time! you are so charming!"
when you really did just say it to him... in person.

it's insulting, really.

cause now you're gonna be texting for a while, possibly. and texting is kinda lame. especially compared to a date, if it was a good'n.

it's especially weird when guys send the after date text.
"hi, i know i just thanked you at your door, but i wasn't sure if you heard me. thanks again for coming on this date with me, it wouldn't have been the same without you."

please, just let it be.

grateful

everyone else is doing it, so i'm gonna be festive myself 

and write a few things i'm grateful for...

sisters. and brother.

big sister who knows how to help me get unstressed.

instagram.

mom and dad's cooking skills. and them.

my calling (fhe head lady).

photographs.

family traditions, like playing hearts.
hair.
beards. patchless, of course.
music.

so many great friends. new and old.

the feeling you get when you accomplish goals.

holidays.

election

Barack Obama, reelected. Who is everyone kidding?! You're mental, that's all I'm saying. All of you Barack lovers. One day, maybe, you will realize that you helped screw all of us Americans, and we will never ever ever forgive you. Like, ever.

For another FOUR years, we have to look at Michelle Obama's extremely large lips and forehead and listen to people's fibs about how she's gorgeous and a great role model for women. We have to listen to Joe Biden laugh his head off about things that aren't funny and talk about people having big balls, cause he's jealous. We have to listen to Barack's lies and count how many times he says "fair", cause if one person doesn't have money, obviously no one should. I have to watch other people get an Obamaphone in jealousy, because I'm not white trash enough to get one (I guess I'll take my good looks and clean skin over a free phone). We also get to pay for Obama to play golf and party with black rappers.

We could have been looking at Mitt's salt and pepper hair. Admiring his and Paul Ryan's handsome faces. Making the name 'Tagg' popular. Laughing in Joe Biden's face. Making lazy people get off their hind ends and maybe possibly work for their money? Been proud of our country and it's leader.

If only Mitt was black, too.

It's a sad world we live in. Maybe, one day, we won't live in it anymore.

novembeard

it's back. we're only on day 2, but it's back at last.

this is a great month for girls like me, who love beards. it's a shame it only comes along one month out of twelve. for some sad reason men have this idea in their minds that women hate facial hair and so they need an excuse like no shave november to grow one. whoever the girl was that made that up should never be able to shave again.

i do know of some girls that like to do no shave november.

they're pretty vocal about it, which is kind of weird to me.

i mean, i wouldn't want anyone to know if i had a mustache to shave.

but, maybe it's their legs they're talking about?