gratitude tuesdays.

la vie est belle, indeed. 

i'm grateful for an awful lot today.

-days & moods that are turned around from the simplest things.

-handwritten letters from missionaries. they are so inspired.

-genuine compliments from people.

-best friends who aren't afraid to tell me how it is, and then help me fix it.

-really big diet cokes. 

-clean sheets and a made bed.

-self confidence. 

-tickets to general conference with clara in two weeks. 

-old friends that call to catch up.

-80's & 90's country music. seriously. if there was ever such a thing as feel good music, this is it.

-boys who understand that sometimes you just need a super huge hug.

-the weather being warm enough to open windows

-payday.

-march is almost over.

-when something just clicks & you understand why things have been happening the way they have.

-my new mixtape >>> (honestly. so much can be said with a well thought out mixtape. burn a cd and i promise we'll be friends forever.)

-patriarchal blessings.

-parents who help me see the big picture but also leave my life up to me.

so. as you can see. my life is really amazing.

xoxo :)

jessica's life in 140 characters or less.

this girl just informed me she's had her children's names picked out since she was 13. uhh i can barely choose what to wear in the morning..

i secretly wish i was a teenager in the 80's.

seriously what is it with country men and their mountain dew?? they're all obsessed.

farmers are charmers.

all i really want is to go back to my junior year of high school. best year ever.

i like ryan reynolds better than ryan gosling.

i really love brushing my teeth.

i kind of really hate girls that have naturally perfect skin. like seriously knock it off.

the mountains make me feel safe and at home. i'm a mountain girl.

okay how did i get such awesome friends?

there's nothing worse than knowing you made a mistake and not knowing what to say or do to make it better.

i'd rather be fishing.

if i had a dollar for every time someone called me to help them break into their car, i'd have $8.

something i get a lot: oh you're from idaho? do you love potatoes? farm potatoes? eat potatoes? live in a potato???




xoxox
jess:)

all quotes via my twitter.
@thejessicastory

today.

"if you don't know where you're goin, you might end up somewhere else."

if you look in the trash can at work, all you're gonna see is baling twine and probably 300 cans of mountain dew. i don't know what it is with all these guys being so obsessed with it. to be honest, i cant really handle it. it makes me go super insane. haha.

i love going on walks. at least when it's nice-ish. when it's freezing cold outside, not so much. but today was seriously beautiful & i couldn't resist going on a long walk around campus. and i didn't even wear shoes. whaaaaaa. i know summer is just around the corner when i can walk around barefoot without my feet freezing. 

the gutter at work broke. and not only did it break, it's broken until tuesday. and guess who works every stinkin day until then? me. ughhh. there's probably nothing that makes me more pissed than having to haul out all that shit by hand. but, talking to the old farmers after work about it was stinkin hilarious. according to them, the gutter system was supposed to be the "next new thing" in tie stall technology but  i quote: "that thing is bigger shit than the stuff that's supposed to go in it!" i laughed so hard.

at the equine center i had an interesting experience with a mare not-so-fondly named "man-eater" today. WHAT A NIGHTMARE. seriously. she's awful. i have never been so terrified while cleaning a stall. but on the bright side, the foals are so cute. they're at that age where their personalities are showing and they just want to play with you and they are about too cute to handle.

life is good. 

xo.

jess :)

sunday.

have an awesome sunday you guys.
xoxo

what the crap?

have you ever had those days when you look back on it and you're like, "what the fricken crap happened today?" it's been a weird day. no one needs to know details at the moment. but just know it was weird. good. but weird.

i think i'm sick. i turned down luke bryan concert tickets.

as recently discussed with a friend, one of my top pet peeves is when people show up unannounced to my house/apartment/where ever i am at the time. like seriously i hate it. it's one thing if they shoot me a text sayin something like "hey i'm coming over!" and then come over but seriously if you just show up and want me to entertain you there's a 97% chance i'll tell you to go home. and i ain't even sorry.

you know that cinnamon chunk bread from great harvest? i want some.

okay jess go to bed before you hurt yourself.

xoxoxo
                                                                                                                                                         

i like carbs.

i realize that the title of this post has absolutely nothing to do with the picture of this cute mare and her baby. but ya know what? i really do like carbs. like bread. and potatoes. and steak. in fact sometimes i feel like a man because i just want steak. it's a problem. hahahahah what who am i kidding it's not a problem. it's great. 

it was 46 degrees today and i almost cried i was so happy. i didn't know what to do with myself. so. i drove to class early, made some crystal light, played some loud music. it was great. but i lost my favorite pair (read: my only pair) of sunglasses. so... thats sad. but hey jack the grass is showing and that's a big deal.

when i'm older i want to live in tennessee. and texas. actually... probably not texas. my dad's from there and i've heard horror stories. but who knows. 

MY MIDTERMS ARE DONE HALLELUJAH. (i just spelled hallelujah right on the first try. hallelujah.) 

my camo shirt got a hole in it. oh well. that means i get to buy four new ones to replace it. muahaha.

i love duck dynasty. and i'm kinda really glad i'm going home next week to watch the new ones i've missed. roommates are dumb. and duck dynasty is funnier when i watch it with my brother. did that rhyme?...

mmkay thats all. 

xoxo

jessica

ten things you should know about me.

1) i believe that everyone deserves to find that one things in their life that makes them feel complete. for me, it's being in a barn. it doesn't really matter what kind of barn, as long as there's animals in it. (but i do like horses the best. hate on it.) its my escape.

2) college is hard for me. i've always been considered a "smart kid". you know, the kind that takes six ap classes their senior year in high school, and does well in all of them. but for some reason, i'm kind of struggling through school. it's completely, 110% worth it in my mind though. i'm here doing what i love to do.

3) the city scares me. it literally gives me a little knot of fear in my stomach. i feel out of place and feel like i'm always getting lost. hahahaha oh wait. i am. because i suck at finding things. which leads me to my next point.

4) i really suck at directions. you could tell me to turn left and i'll turn right. or keep going straight. there's a little disconnect in my brain that makes it impossible for me to find things & to follow instructions on how to get somewhere. it's probably my most frustrating quality.

5) i like people, but i don't need people. for a little while in high school, i felt like i needed to have people with me all the time. but i've gotten past that, and the older i get the more i realize that i really like not having to depend on people and i enjoy being independent. (even though it sucks sometimes.)

6) i love to drive places by myself. sometimes it's nice to have company, but most of the time i really love getting in my truck and driving to my destination by myself. it's kind of therapeutic.

7) i both love and hate idaho. my family has lived there for almost four years now, and all of the absolute best and absolute worst experiences of my life have happened there. i consider it more my home than oregon, and i lived there for twelve years. i spent all of elementary, middle, and a year of high school in stupid tigard, and i don't really remember anything about it there. (and nor do i want to.)

8) if you've got dark hair, you're in luck. i've never liked a guy with blonde hair. sometimes i think they're cute and stuff, but i've never had a crush on one or really even ever been interested.

9) i really, really, really love crime shows. ncis, csi ny, law and order... you get it.

10) i have three best friends. three girls who i know i can go to at any time for anything. collectively, we've all been through the same things which is why i need each of them. you know who you are and i'll love you forever.


thats all.
love, jessica.

superbowl 2013

i don't know about you guys, but i thought there were some seriously awesome commercials this superbowl. my hands down favorite was the Budweiser Clydesdales... because i'm a horse girl. i cried. like, tears streaming down my face cried. it was amazing.

 

and then my second favorite was the dodge ram commercial. i've always been a ford girl, but man was this awesome. i also teared up during this one. it's fine.

And on the eighth day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker." So God made a farmer.

God said, "I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the field, milk cows again, eat supper, then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the school board." So God made a farmer.

God said, "I need somebody willing to sit up all night with a newborn colt and watch it die, then dry his eyes and say,'Maybe next year,' I need somebody who can shape an ax handle from an ash tree, shoe a horse with hunk of car tire, who can make a harness out hay wire, feed sacks and shoe scraps. Who, during planting time and harvest season will finish his 40-hour week by Tuesday noon and then, paining from tractor back, put in another 72 hours." So God made the farmer.

God said, "I need somebody strong enough to clear trees and heave bales, yet gentle enough to yean lambs and wean pigs and tend the pink-comb pullets, who will stop his mower for an hour to splint the leg of a meadowlark."

It had to be somebody who'd plow deep and straight and not cut corners. Somebody to seed, weed, feed, breed, and brake, and disk, and plow, and plant, and tie the fleece and strain the milk, . Somebody who'd bale a family together with the soft, strong bonds of sharing, who would laugh, and then sigh and then reply with smiling eyes when his son says that he wants to spend his life doing what Dad does. "So God made a farmer."

i'd like to fall in love this year.

i was gonna keep it real like chill like only have a drink or two
but it turned into a party when I started talking to you
now you're standing in the neon looking like a high I wanna be on
baby it's your call, no pressure at all
lean a little closer

you don't have to keep on smiling that smile that's driving me wild
and when the night is almost over
meet me in the middle of a moonlit Chevy bench seat
and do a little bit of country song, hanging on
you don't have to keep me falling like this
but it'd sure be cool if you did.

homecoming weekend.

true aggie night. 

best thing ever.

my college sisters <3

i honestly don't know how i'd live without them!

winning football team.

35-13.

now number one in the state of utah.

next up:

I AM SO FREAKING PUMPED YOU HAVE NO IDEA OH MY ASIDFA;SIDFJAS.

haha. but for reals. i am so excited for this game!

love my friends.

love my school.

love my life.

love you!

xoxo jessica :)

hey i'm legal.

GUYS.

today is my birthday.

and i'm eighteen.

my first birthday adventure was dying the underneath of my hair black. 

i really like it. a lot. 

i promised my mom that i wouldn't do anything crazy with my hair but i think this is perfectly acceptable. haha.

anyways. 

happy birthday to me.

thats all. 

xoxox

jessica :)

just between you and i.

just between you and i.

i miss my truck. 

there were so many memories in that hunk of junk. 

but i kind of wish i still drove it.

the song "kiss tomorrow goodbye" is my jam.

the lyrics... i don't even know. 

but something about the words 

"ain't gonna beg you to stay, ain't gotta ask you what's wrong,

ain't no reason runnin after something already gone" 

gives me the chills.

and they remind me of someone.

i love being young. 

i have no rush to do anything, 

no rush to meet anyone, really no rush to do anything.

just taking life at my own pace.

today while talking to my best friend, 

i realized that i really don't have anything left for me in idaho.

i love idaho, but there's just nothing left there for me.

my family, my horses, and the moffats... thats about it.

i don't even feel like i have a home there anymore.

i feel so blessed to have such a great roommate.

i love her so much already. 

i've turned in to a neat freak.

i think living with five other girls has done it.

i get antsy when there's clutter because there's so many of us in so little space.

clean everything. every day. 

and our room is fricken spotless.

what. is this. madness.

loves,

jess. xoxo 

it's thursday.

i looked super super cute on sunday.

and it's time to do 7 questions. 

it's the first day of august. are you savoring summer or ready to jump into fall?

i'm over summertime. give me fall already, would ya? i finally decided to drop the class i've been debating over for weeks. that takes a load of stress off & now i'm feeling better about school. so lets get on with it.

you need a quick and healthy meal. what do you make?

a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. that's healthy, right?...

you go to the mall. how do you shop?

park by dillards and wander by the shoes. head to gap and maybe, maybe american eagle. meander to romy & go through banana republic, out the other side to forever 21 and then back down. 

would you rather buy a new house or renovate an old one?

buy a new one. i've always been super terrible at fixing things, plus my family has remodeled more than once & i hate it. hate the whole process. unless i marry a builder who can build us a house, i'm just gonna buy a new one.

long hair or short hair?

both. i have had short hair 80% of my life so i really like it. but i also like my long hair. it's different than me and it's never been this long in my life but i'm diggin it.

long.

short. 

it's cute both ways. 

who is your oldest (not by age) friend?

close friend?

probably kathy. because we moved around i didn't keep a ton of my friends from portland.

but i'm totally okay with that. haha. 

what is your favorite blog currently?

right now i'm really a big fan of elsha rae's blog. her and her new husband just got married and holy dang they're the cutest couple to walk the earth. her blog is a gem. check it.

& thats all. 

logan in t-minus 16 days.

in love.

in love with.

clear skin. the blue tootsie rolls. good hair days. the smell of new school supplies. parties. people telling you look nice. college. shopping. snapchat. webcams. my lazy eye. sam mikulak, ryan lochte, tom daley, and jake dalton. the olympics, but mostly synchronized diving and men's gymnastics. new friends. fresh starts. lemonade. big diamond earrings. mexican food. 

:)

jessica.

things.

via @thejessicastory on instagram

just in case you were wondering.

1) after hunting for literally three hours for running music that managed to get my legs going, i finally found what i've been searching for. think old school rap & hip hop. i feel kinda ganster when i listen to it. but that's okay, cause as long as it keeps me running i figure it's worth it. i'll be sweating a ton and doing a lot of yoga the next few weeks, because i have 2 pairs of super cute jeans and a dress that i need to fit before school starts. if clothes aren't motivation i don't know what is.

2) okay can it be fall please? i have a few things that i'm waiting for that i'm anxious to do. (mainly this eric church concert & aggie football games) and all my cute new fall clothes that i've bought. 

3) if i was a rich girl, na na na na na na na na na na na na na. (please tell me you sung this in your head.) ((gwen stefani may or may not be in my new workout music.))

4) im really in love with good, ripe berries. it doesn't really matter what kind. 

5) i love love love love love old movies. think casablanca, to catch a thief, pillowtalk, charade... really anything with cary grant in it. man, i wish men dressed like that these days. 

6) i would like to direct your attention to the side bar. ---> i've managed to pull together every bit of technological mastery i have in my brain to create a button. please take one. cause it was a lot of hard work. haha.

7) that's all for today.

xoxo

jessica :)

better.

i finally got to go ride butterscotch. honestly it was the best ride i've ever had in my life even though she went all crazy horse. haha. 

the people's arena i use is connected to their pasture via a gate, and the gate was open. after i mounted i realized that i hadn't closed it and all their horses were out in the pasture. all the mares saw that i was hurrying and riding towards them on another mare and got really excited and came right up to me (still sitting on butter) and they did their annoying little squeals that all horses do when they meet each other for the first time. they were like all crowding my legs so i basically had to do an emergency dismount by sliding backwards off butterscotches butt (thank heavens she's not a kicker) and go tie her to the fence, get a halter and catch the lead mare and take her back out to the field and then lock the gate. 

then finally we could ride again. haha. 

but. she was so excited and hyper to be around other horses she went all psycho and refused to take the bit and wouldn't collect and would run super super fast... basically crazy horse.

but thats okay. 

because butterscotch makes a happy jessica.

loves.

peace.

blessins.

jessica. :)

ps. aren't we cute?

hello, i'm angry today.

i'm just pissy today. 

sorry. haha.

(its the whole period thing.)

happy day.
xoxo
jessica.

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anyone lived in a pretty how town.

a poem by e.e. cummings.

anyone lived in a pretty how town

(with up so floating many bells down)

spring summer autumn winter

he sang his didn't he danced his did

Women and men(both little and small)

cared for anyone not at all

they sowed their isn't they reaped their same

sun moon stars rain

children guessed(but only a few

and down they forgot as up they grew

autumn winter spring summer)

that noone loved him more by more

when by now and tree by leaf

she laughed his joy she cried his grief

bird by snow and stir by still

anyone's any was all to her

someones married their everyones

laughed their cryings and did their dance

(sleep wake hope and then)they

said their nevers they slept their dream

stars rain sun moon

(and only the snow can begin to explain

how children are apt to forget to remember

with up so floating many bells down)

one day anyone died i guess

(and noone stooped to kiss his face)

busy folk buried them side by side

little by little and was by was

all by all and deep by deep

and more by more they dream their sleep

noone and anyone earth by april

wish by spirit and if by yes.

Women and men(both dong and ding)

summer autumn winter spring

reaped their sowing and went their came

sun moon stars rain

because i'm proud to be an American.

i am so glad to be an American. 

true blue through-and-through.

and so.

wishing you the best on your fourth of july, 

my favorite patriotic songs.

peace, love, blessings, and freedom,

jessica :)

my weekend was better than yours.

i hung out with my very best friend in the entire world.

it reached 100 degrees. 

pf changs and matching phone cases :)

the bathroom had a nice note on the mirror. haha.

parties upon parties upon parties. i looked hot, no big deal.

i honestly love the treasure valley. my favorite place everrrr.

sleepover with clarrrryy. 

we were up until like, 4am no big deal.

we've been saving juice boxes for two years.

to build a couch.

two year old straws anyone?... haha ewww

THIS WEEKEND WAS FLIPPING AWESOME.