Broken

I broke my blog... As you can see to the right and left, my background is cut off.  I thought I was more advanced with this whole blog thing than I actually am.  I went to add a different background from a different website, and made a big uh-oh, and now I cannot get it back to how it used to be.  So there for, the only solution to this is to start a new blog page.  In the next week, I will hope to have a new page started.  I will post the new site on to this blog.  What a pain!

On the bright side, Thanksgiving is tomorrow!!  I love this holiday.  There are no costumes, no gifts, just family, food, and fun.  I like to call it the "Triple F Threat."  No, I actually don't... I just pulled that out of you know where.  I'm weird today... oh wait, I am everyday.  So remember to give thanks tomorrow for everything around us.  I am thankful for a 4 day weekend!  And MANY other things. :)  HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! Jenna xoxo

So True.

Phew!

Tis the season…for fertilizing fields??  So much for that fresh, crisp fall air.  At work, we couldn’t be luckier to have freshly laid manure to the south of us, with blustery 30 mph winds coming directly from the south.  Take a whiff of that… YUCK!  I think it left a lasting impression on our New Jersey customers yesterday.  Nebraska already get’s a bad enough rap, and then to throw that crap on top of it, (pun intended.) 

On a fresher note.. It’s Friday!!  Gosh it was a long week, but worth the wait because tonight I will be gallivanting the streets of downtown Lincoln with some girlfriends!   So watch out Lincoln, I will be frolicking around my college playground once again!  I can’t wait to go to Duffy’s and get a fish bowl, get Elk Creek water at Sandy’s, the inevitable late “lunch” at Jimmy John’s, and then stay at the Holiday Inn Downtown.  Hmmm, I’m thinking packing a hangover kit of Gatorade, water and Tylenol may be in my best interest.  As for the rest of the weekend, I plan to start on my collage project (stay tuned for more details,) relax and head to Thanksgiving in Norfolk on Sunday.  I couldn’t be more excited to have a short week next week!  Having Wednesday be my “Friday” is enough to make me want to jump up and down and do a happy dance.  It’s almost sad how excited I get about a day off of work… oh well, at least I’m enjoying the simple things of life! J  

Is anyone else getting as excited as I am for the holiday’s?!  Every day when I get home from work, I turn on either Christmas music or a Christmas movie.  I actually just bought a Manaheim Steamroller Christmas cd at Goodwill the other night, best $2 I've spent in awhile!  My favorite Christmas movies I watch from, um.. Halloween until Christmas are the Griswold’s Christmas Vacation, Elf, Home Alone, and Polar Express.  Last night I watched Elf…. Again.  I really want to go see the new Christmas movie that is coming out, Arthur Christmas.  The last time I went to see a Christmas movie in the theater is when The Polar Express came out.  My mom and I went on a Sunday afternoon at the ripe young age of…… 17.  Go ahead, laugh, I don’t care.  It doesn’t matter what our age is, we all still have the kid we once were inside of us. Last weekend while I was babysitting I helped Ava write her letter to Santa. J  I hope Santa isn’t on a tight budget this year.  She asked for a BIG pool in the backyard, a BIG jumpy house, a Mercedes toy car, oh and popcorn.  Can’t forget the popcorn!  That was just to name a few of the items.  We went through the Target catalog and she picked out everything she wanted.  Then she signed her letter no less than 15 times, we sealed it all up, and she remembered she forgot something!!!! Playdoh.  So we opened it back up and I helped her write the word all by herself.  Boy was she excited about her letter.  Though she really didn’t know how the mail man gets it aaaaaallll the way to the North Pole. J  It little things like helping a child write a Christmas letter that makes Christmas such a special holiday.  Seeing the excitement on their faces is priceless.  Well I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!  Make everyday count! Jenna xoxo

11/11/11

Happy Friday ya’ll!!!  Sometimes I wish I had a southern accent.  Like the way Reese Witherspoon talks in Sweet Home Alabama.  Love that movie!  Have any of you ever wished you had an accent?  Well, we actually do.  I work with people all over the country and world and maybe a few months ago, I was helping some people from Canada and a guy was telling me that I have a strong Midwest accent, Midwest accent??  I asked him, what it is that I say or how do I talk that makes me have an accent.  And he said just right there, just how you said that!  That was the first time I was ever told I had an accent, but I suppose it makes sense, I just never thought of the way we talk here in Nebraska to be an “accent.”  But just like in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Minnesota, and North Carolina, we here in Nebraska have our own way of speaking also.

Today is 11/11/11, so that means a couple different things.  One, a boat load of people will be getting married today so their husband’s have no excuse not to remember their wedding anniversaries.  Second, it’s Veteran’s Day and Remembrance Day for you Canadians out there (I know some of you up there look at my blog, because it shows it on my demographic page J.)  Today lets remember those who have served our country, past, present and future.  These people have all made huge sacrifices to help protect us and our country, and for that we should all give thanks!!  We should all feel so proud to live here in America, the country of “awesome possibilities.”  I heard on the radio this morning that this is our countries new motto or slogan.  Mmmhmmm.  I wonder who came up with that?  They should be fired.  Just sayin’.

I hope everyone has an awesome weekend!  I will be heading to Lincoln to watch my little niece’s as my sister works and my brother-in-law’s go on a group bike ride from Lincoln to Columbus.  So I wish them luck!  You guys are crazy. J  As for the rest of the weekend, I hope to squeeze in some shopping, put all my fall décor away and get all my Christmas décor out.  It’s hard to believe Christmas is less than a month and a half away!  Everyone have your Christmas letter’s sent to Santa?? ;)  Enjoy the weekend and the weather!!!  Jenna xoxo

Something Sweet

                                                     Stella Rossa
This wine is a must try!  It is my favorite.  Even for those of you who aren't big wine drinkers, I can promise you will like this one.  It has just the right amount of sweet.  For you West Point folk, you can find this wine at Petro Mart,  they usually have it in the cooler too so you can pop it open as soon as you get home!

Pray

Changing Traditions

As much as I love Christmas and am looking forward to Jarrod and I's first Christmas as husband and wife, my heart sinks when I think about the upcoming holidays.  For as long as I can remember, the Sliva family has spent Christmas Eve either at Grandma Sliva's or at my aunt and uncle's on the lake in Columbus.  I think back to Christmas Eve over the years and remember so many special moments that I will always remember...  Uncle Bernie giving me a hammer or screw driver and pouting until he gave me my real gift.  Putting on my new tutu and Lacey decorating me with bows and ribbon.  Ice skating with my very own skates my aunt and uncle bought me under the Christmas Eve stars.  Christmas caroling around the lake.  Driving around looking at the lights on the lake.  Watching everyone play Sheep Head.  Playing pool and ping pong downstairs with all the cousins.  Watching our family grow year after year.  The smorgasbord of everything from wings, clam chowder, turkey, and of course the infamous Sliva Blood Soup.  Midnight Mass in Tarnov.  Santa (Uncle Bernie) and his Elf (Denny) handing out the gifts.  Listening to the little cousins sing Christmas songs to Grandma Sliva.  Christmas music playing on the radio in the laundry room where everyone kept their coolers.  It was all these little things that made Christmas Eve so special to me...Last year was the first year that we changed our Christmas get-together to Thanksgiving weekend.   Even though it wasn't on Christmas Eve, it was still everyone together, and that is what Christmas is about.  Being with family.  I wish I had the appreciation for Christmas when I was young like I do now.  This year, there will be no Sliva Christmas.  My heart drops when I say that, not because of me missing it so much, but because I know how much Grandma and Uncle Tom loved Christmas Eve with the family.  These two special people in our family passed away this year.  It breaks my heart to know how hard Christmas will be this year for my Dad and Tom's family.  I just pray that God gives everyone in our family the strength to get through the holiday's and remember all the special moments with Grandma and Tom.  Another Christmas memory I have that I didn't know would be so special to me until this year, was Tom telling me about his favorite Christmas Eve memory... A long time ago, when Uncle Jim still lived in Tarnov, they all just got out of Midnight Mass in Tarnov and as they were walking out it started snowing the most beautiful snow he ever saw.  From there, everyone went down to Jim's for a late night breakfast.  That memory meant so much to him, he would tell everyone that story over, and over again.  With everyone getting together for Grandma's funeral, Tom's funeral, our wedding, Tom's golf benefit, and the reunion, everyone decided to put Christmas on hold until next year.  It makes me sad, but it's just the way it's going to be.  I am very thankful to at least still be having the Krings Christmas this year.  As much as we all hate change, it is inevitable.  But as traditions change, it opens a door for new traditions.  As my family is getting older, and bigger it gives us the opportunity to start our own family traditions within my immediate family.  This year I'm going to be sure to be thankful for every moment spent with family, you just never know what changes will come in the new year.  Remember the reason for the season, and give thanks to God!  Jenna xoxo

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Ready For Winter!

I just ordered my new coat for the winter off of Victoria's Secret! I decided to be daring and order it in eggplant purple.  I sure hope I like it!  I've worn the same red pea coat for the last 3 or 4 years?  So I think it's high time for a new one..