Psychotically Sane

Jess — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:33:48 +0000

I guess I need to explain to a few readers regarding my latest protected post. The whole situation doesn’t bother me much anymore. I didn’t intend on coming off as being so up and down in the post, I guess it was just a little difficult to really explain how I felt. I honestly left work on an incredible note today. I was going for the fun and chipper mood and I guess I failed. But all is well. I promise, I’m not in any turmoil

An update to the “adopt a family”. My dad sent around an email at his work letting everyone know what we were doing and he got an incredible response from it. He told them that if anybody wanted to help out, he would accept donations from them. No more than a couple dollars each. We really weren’t expecting many people to want to contribute, but we figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask. It’s Christmas time, it’s for a good cause, why not? He ended up raising $90 in one day. So that is going on a Wal-Mart Gift Card. There are plans to give them the Christmas ham he gets from work and we are going to put together a food basket that has the staples and then some extra ingredients to make some yummy cookies. Mom and Dad went through their change jars and ended up with $100 to put towards the gifts for the family. For the son, the PSP game he has on his dream list and several clothing items. For the mom, the crock pot she asked for and some bath necessaties.
Knowing how much of a difference we are making in their lives is such an amazing feeling. I want to do this every year. I’m going to do this every year.

Protected: the swooning feeling.

Jess — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:44:26 +0000

tis the season for giving.

Jess — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:41:50 +0000

I didn’t write a Thanksgiving post like I intended. Listing all that I’m thankful for. I didn’t blog because at the time I was feeling more depressed and moody than thankful. I was thinking of all that I don’t have. Then my mom told me that she is “adopting a family” for Christmas. More specifically, a single mom to a 13 year old boy. That hit me hard. Now all I’m thinking about is how much I do have to be thankful for and what I want to do to help them. Their wish list consisted of the usual needs. Clothes, bookstore gift certificates to help get the books for school, items for around the house and then their “dream item”. His is a PSP game and hers is simply a Walmart Gift Certificate. I know I’m always bah humbug around Christmas time. I blame working retail. This year is going to be different. This year will start a new Christmas tradition of adopting a family. Giving back when so many have helped me so much. I don’t know yet what I’m going to contribute to this amazing family, but I want to make sure that it makes a difference to their christmas. Every year I want to “adopt a family”. I’m lucky enough to not need to use the service myself, but I have used other government services. I don’t know what I would do if they weren’t there available to me. I want to give back and that will continually remind me to be thankful for what I have. It might not be as much as others, but I could be a lot worse off.

My rockstar and random ramblings.

Jess — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:34:25 +0000

I would be lying if I said I didn’t miss California and all that it offers.

Thanks to the suggestion of a very wise friend, I’m going to get a voodoo doll. It might solve some of my problems. Things are still the same. Ready to cast on another knitting project, ready for Turkey day since it’s a day off of work, NOT ready for Black Friday and certainly not ready to go to bed yet. Why can’t I ever sleep anymore?? Nothing else to update on. This blog post was pretty much just to post more pictures of my little rockstar. Too bad I can’t ever blog without some kind of rambling.

because…

Jess — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:01:53 +0000

because I’ve been horrible by slacking on my blogging and posting pictures.

Things are frustrating for me right now. If you are one of my closer friends, you will know what I mean. If you aren’t, too bad. I’ve taken up needle knitting and I’m working my heart out on projects. I’m having a blast. I love being able to relax at night and knit hats. I love finishing a project and being proud of what I’ve made. I love thinking of my upcoming projects, trying to tell myself that I have time for this, when honestly, I really don’t think I do. Learning to crochet is my next task. I’ll get around to it eventually.

Tomorrow I need to make sure I take pictures of my most recent knitting projects. I don’t slack on making them, just slack on taking pictures of them.