just jill...

memory monday's v...

Since it's the 27th of the month, I'm gonna go back 27 years...

1982...

I was a senior at Mustang High School...
and my boyfriend's name was Bill...

I called him B...
he called me G...

I chose to live with my dad that year...
and I think it broke my mother's heart...

I worked at a Country and Western store named Sheplers...
and went country line dancing every Friday night...

I had a fake id that said I was 22 years old...
it worked every time...

I didn't get along with my stepmom at all...
she was NOTHING like my own mom...

I moved back home 1 month after graduation...
and my mom welcomed me with open arms...

Bill and I broke up...
because long distance romances are hard when you're only 18...

and I looked like this...

memory monday's iv...

Since today is the 20th of the month, I'm gonna go back 20 years...

1989...

I was a member of Weight Watchers...
and had worked for 6 months to lose 35lbs...

I was a student and working as a waitress at a diner called Pinkey's...
I wore white shorts and actually looked good in them...

I quit that job to take a 5 week vacation...
I went to OKC, Oklahoma, Boston, Nashua, NH, Landgrove, VT...

While in Vermont, I went to a very chic country wedding...
each morning we picked blueberries and then made them into pancakes...

While in Nashua, NH I asked my aunt if we could drive to Maine...
just so I could say "I'd been to Maine," and she obliged...

While in Boston, I went to CHEERS...
where nobody knew my name...

And I looked like this...

what's on jill's ipod...

Random 10...

Flashing Lights... Kanye

She Ain't Me... Carrie Rodriguez

Big Girls Don't Cry... Fergie

High on a Mountain... Ollabelle

Hometown Glory... Adele

I Hate this Part... The Pussycat Dolls

Come on Come out... A Fine Frenzy

If It Wasn't for the Whiskey... Zac Hacker

Poker Face... Lady Ga Ga

I Want you Back... Anne McCue

Music... it does the body soul good!

memory monday's iii...

Since it's the 13th of the month...  I'm gonna go back 13 years...

1996...

I was living in sin with my boyfriend...
who would have ever thought we'd make it..?

He and I packed up our U-Haul...
and drove 3982 miles to start a new life in NY...

after that trip...
I never wanted to see the inside of a mini-mart ever again...

I worked at the YMCA...
all it really was, was a glorified babysitter of 8 year olds...

It was the best job...
ever..!

I had a beta-fish named Norman...
as in Storm'n Norman...

I killed Norman by winter time...
he froze to death in our NY apartment...

and I looked like this...

happy easter...

happy easter from just jill...

memory monday's ii...

Since today is the 6th of the month... I'm gonna go back 6 years...

2003...

I was days away from marrying my best friend...
and busy planning the wedding...

I was also taking a class for my college diploma, just trying not to fail...
and when I got the D in the mail, the professor wrote me a little note that said... "You're welcome..!"

I was hooked on a singer named Rueben...
I voted for him every week until he became the American Idol...

My 13 year old nephew came to visit for the summer...
and we ate a lot of Krispy Kreme donuts...

My email address was jsstxs@aol.com...
and it still is today...

We didn't have a lot of money...
but we were rich on the love...

and I looked like this...

it's springy spring spring...

Finally..!

I've had a busy last few weeks... the only negative thing was, for the life of me I coudn't find my usb cord for my camera. Grr. But today, upon cleaning up a bit, voila!

One of the nicest things that happened in the last few weeks was meeting a longtime bloggy friend of mine, Vanessa. I've been reading her blog for about 5 years now, and after all this time, we finally got to meet in person. I've always been drawn to her writing, as she is so insightful and has such self awareness that I feel like I learn somthing new each time I take a peek... And it doesn't hurt that her wit keeps me in the giggles also!! She was out here for a "work thing," and I was able to meet up with her and take her around to see some sights. We spent most of our time down in Laguna Beach, walked around a bit and enjoyed a nice lunch ala' ocean view. She's a real sweetheart and somehow managed to keep her sanity even after spending the entire day listening to me babble on and on. Bless her heart. Apparently, I was too busy being chatty cathy, that I only took a few snapshots during our time in LB and how come I didn't get any of US?  duh.  Either way, it was a really fun day for me and it was so nice to finally meet my friend.

Even though the clouds were out, it was still a gorgeous view...




Seashells for sale and some beautiful stained glass art by the sea...