Say No to Snow!!!

This blog is for all of you, who are like me and hate the snow!! I say let's boycott Winter! Let's break out our shorts, tanks, and flip flops. We will wear our sunglasses inside with our heads up high!! Come on NE Ohioans let ban together and show mother nature who's boss!

I am hanging out with some friends this weekend and I am going to wear my cutest pair of jeans, sandals and the cutest sleeveless shirt. Why you may ask? Because I want to look hot even if its not. I will take my coat off in the car and make a mad dash to the door, and risk braking an ankle. Trust me it's all worth it in the end.

So as I am sitting here with an electric heater by my snow soaked feet, thinking "why on earth am I here?" I will stare at my glass with California, sand and awesome seashells found on the beach, and pretend I am there.

I wish I was there

It is 2:25am, and I am not tired so I thought I would write some thoughts down. I have been thinking about my trip to California a lot lately (because I miss it so much) so I thought I would share a story with you all (the 1 person who reads this).



One of my favorite things we did in California was going to the beach. In fact, that was the first thing we did. I love the beach but I haven't been there in a really long time, and had wanted to go for quite some time. Driving down the Pacific Coast Highway was an amazing experience. On one side of you there were beautiful mountains with gigantic homes, and on the other side was the marvelous beach.



We pulled over to the side of the road, got out and started to walk on the beach. It just took my breath away. I hate to say it but I was so happy at that moment I almost cried....I finally made it to the beach. As we were walking down the beach I noticed all sorts of seashells, it was awesome! The last time I was at the beach we couldn't find any seashells, but now I had both hands full. Sadly I had to leave some behind, but I made sure to bring a few home. In fact, on our last day there we went back to the beach and I stole some sand so I would always have a piece of California with me.



Another part of the beach I loved was the Santa Monica Pier. When I was a child and we would go to Virginia Beach or was it Martel Beach, I can't remember but I was always afraid to walk on the pier, but I wasn't afraid of this one. Maybe it's because it's bigger or maybe because I am older, but regardless I loved it. We got to the pier as the sun came down and it was just an amazing sight. Standing there staring out into the ocean watching the sun go down as though it was going into the ocean, it just took my breath away. For that 15, 20 minutes we were out there life was at piece. All the stress from home went away, it was just me and the ocean. So anytime I feel stressed or just feel like getting away I whip out my pictures of the ocean and it takes me right to that place and time were life stood still, and the only thing that existed in this great big world was me and the ocean.

What The New Year Will Bring...

Well I haven't posted anything in almost a month, so I figured I should write something. It's not because I don't want to blog, but because nothing to exciting has happened in a while. I mean, I could talk about how awesome it was to beat Tom and Slash in Guitar Hero, but that's not too exciting. So here's what I got: I decided to let the 1 of you who actually reads this my thoughts for the New Year.

Well last year was fairly good, there were some set backs but all in all 2008 was a pretty good year. I gained a new nephew (who is the coolest little guy ever!), and tons of friends. So what could make 2009 even better?

1st Goal: To attend Club E at least once a month (were I am destined to meet the man of my dreams).

2nd Goal: Not to be so shy (although I have gotten a lot better). I have learned that being shy gets you nowhere in life.

3rd Goal: Learn to make a killer smoothie on my magic bullet...it's not as easy as you would think.

4th Goal: To reach Medium level on Guitar Her0, and it WILL be done!

5th Goal: And last but not least... do things I have never done before, or even thought of doing. Now that could be fun!

I know I am setting some real high goals for myself, but I know if I am determined, and work hard enough I can accomplish anything (at least that what my mom tells me).

Is it really worth it?

I was getting some groceries at Wal-Mart and almost got beat up. After I had gotten all my groceries I decided to check out the jewelry. When I strolled over with my cart I saw a younger woman screaming at the clerk behind the counter. The clerk was an older lady and I felt so bad for her, it's the day after Christmas and this is probably something she doesn't want to have to deal with. I minded my own business till the younger lady starting to cuss the older lady out. Now I am not one to say anything I usually just hide, but she was getting out of hand. What I did next is something I usually don't do. I told the younger lady "don't talk to people like that" as soon as I finished I though to myself "oh, God Jen why did you say that, you should have just minded your own business." That's when the younger lady turned to me and let me have it. She started yelling at me and telling me to mind my own business and I kind of blocked out the rest, I'm not sure I want to know what she was telling me. During this whole fiasco she was talking to someone on the phone. She told the person she was talking to that she needed to hang up before she got arrested at Wal-Mart. That's when I walked as fast as I could pushing the cart to the picture frames. In fact, I walked around the store for about 20 minutes because I was afraid she was going to come after me. I know I could have taken her, but I didn't want to have to.

I'm not one for confrontation so I am not sure what went through me to stick up for the clerk, but I did. Maybe it's the fact that I don't see how someone could talk to another person like that (especially when the other person looks like your Grandma). I also felt like I couldn't just stand there and not do anything. Even though I didn't stop the mean lady I did keep her from screaming at that poor clerk for just a little while. I actually feel a little guilty for not saying more, but I think it was a good thing I didn't. Was the clerk really being so rude that she had to say all those things? I think that some people need to step back and realize that getting mad over a $10 necklace is just not worth it. The lady needed to realize that she should be lucky that she is even able to buy that necklace. Here is the advise I should have given that mean lady: be happy with what you have, and even if the clerk was being rude, being rude right back isn't going to help. Life is too short to fight over a stupid necklace. If I had a choice of doing it over again, I would in a heart beat.

Welcome to California

I just recently got back from California. It was the best 5 day's vacation I have ever been on. We went to the Santa Monica Pier twice, I found sea shells, met many survivors, and that's just the beginning. I have been searching through my mind to decide what story I should share with everyone. I could tell you about how I got to meet my favorite Survivor Bob who won. I could share my experience at the pier, or my exciting night at an LA night club. But the one I decided to share with you all happened at the Disney Store. We were walking around and walked by the Disney store and decided to go in. Inside the store is a restaurant and we decided to eat lunch there. It was nice, really nice, we had hot dogs and hot fudge sundays. As we were enjoying our lunch I looked over and saw this man...woman...actually I couldn't tell. So the three of us were trying to figure what this person was. After awhile we came to the conclusion it was a man with a very bad blond wig on. The funny part of this story is that we didn't see this person at a night club, or on the street, but at the Disney store. It was quite funny and to be honest it brought back a few memories of home. Well that's one story for now, maybe I will let you in on a few more later.

What do I look like?

I know I just blogged yesterday, but I have to tell you what happened. Yesterday we had a concert to raise more money for our Tree of Lights. The place where the concert held had a coatroom, and of course a coat check person. Our table is right in front of the coat check room. Our station has been at this place a lot the last few weeks so I have met the coach check girl. She seemed pretty nice but all we have really said is "Hi" and "How are you," nothing more than that. Well during the concert I came out for some fresh air and she was standing by our table talking to a fellow employee. There was nothing wrong with that, that's not the issue. Now what happened next is what bugged me. I walked over and joined them. I am always giving this fellow employee a hard time, and he fires it right back. Well last night we were pretty bad and just kept bickering. Out of no were this coat check girl starts to pet me. It was the weirdest thing. I mean who does that? I looked at her and said "do I look like a dog?" What else am I going to say? Needless to say I was perplexed. So please I beg you the next time you see me don't pet me, I know it's tempting, but please don't.

Thankful

I know it's late but I just wanted to thank all of you who donated to the WQMX Tree of Lights, every little bit helped. Thanks to our awesome listeners we raised $40,000, $10,000 over our initial goal. The money goes towards the Haven of Rest, which is a homeless shelter that doesn't just take in people, they help get them back on their feet.

A man came in with three boys, the oldest was 11. The man had donated the night before, and when his 11 year old son found out he wanted to donate too. One of the dj's asked him on air why he was donating and he said "because he was lucky for everything he has and wanted to help out other people who are not as fortunate as he is." As a tear fell from my eye I realized how lucky I am for everything in my life and I should not take it for granted. I am lucky to have a great family who is there for me no matter what, the best niece and nephew a person could ask for, and some really awesome friends!!!