A Downtown Story

Dad took Mommy and I to a small town called St. Jacob, (hehe, I had thought the name was St. Joseph, but I was incorrect) It's quite a drive, but today was a great day to go because the weather was absolutely gorgeous! It was only 70 F and it was very sunny. The trees also looked quite beautiful in the light because of their blazing array of reds, oranges, and yellows. So lovely! (And I could say it can be addicting to some). Hehe, anyways, the drive is about an hour and a half along the scenic route, and it was very enjoyable. I would have taken pictures, but I didn't ask Patrick for his camera soon enough. Oh well, I just guess we'll have to go back then, right? =D

The Farmer's Market is quite fun too. There were lots of goodies from tons of vendors. It was very fun to see all of the homemade tasty foods that the many Amish farmer's had made. They had lots of maple treats, wonderful homemadejelly's, tasty breads, fruit, and a whole lot more! We got some baking pumpkins (3 for 1 dollar!), so there will be many pies to look forward to, Katie! =D We also got some breads, and Dad let me get some Maple Sugar candies. They are so good! If you really want to try one, you should go to Whole Foods and get one, they're worth it. ;)

In Town we got to see many small shops that were stuffed with so many neat little things to get and look at. It would take a whole 24 hours to go through and look at everything! =D There were antique shops, Amish shops that had absolutely beautiful handmade quilts, soaps, candles, decorations, and so many other things. Everything was all set up for the Fall season too, so that was a really neat addition to the small town effects. The bakery we went into had the most delectable smells of bread being made and cooked! I could almost imagine feeling the nice warm dough in my hands and working it because of the yeasty aroma in the bakery!

Well, I hope you enjoyed this post and could imagine what I saw today! =D

Drum roll please!

I'm in Canada now!! It's so nice here! The weather is perfect and the scenery is gorgeous. Niagara falls is absolutely insane.. all of that water.. wow! It looks so cool to see it flowing, and then go over the edge of cliff it's on.

My travels went well also. I had no problems at all. In Atlanta Georgia I had some Popeye's chicken and mashed potatoes and got some Seattle's Best coffee, a cappuccino in fact. If you're interested in a bit of information, Seattle's Best is also based and was started in the Pike's Place Market in Seattle. Same market place Starbucks was started. Anyways, so after I got onto the plane in Atlanta, I had a 1 1/2 hour flight to Buffalo NY. Buffalo is really nice too! All of the crossing the boarder stuff was fine too.

Keep looking at my blog for random updates! =D I plan on posting often.

"Oh Canada..."

"I'm leaving on a jet plane..."

I'm headed up to Canada on Saturday! So exciting! I can't wait to see Mom and Dad when they come to pick me up. My flight leaves at 8:30 am from Dallas to Atlanta Georgia, arriving in Atlanta at 11:40 am. I plan to have lunch, and then get back on the plane at 1:40 pm and head to Buffalo New York, where I'll be picked up. So I've been gradually packing, and I'll be all packed up by Friday. =) Too cool...

Mom and Dad have been very nice and have painted my new room and got me a nice bed frame too. I can't wait to see it! Then I'll be able to decorate to my heart's content! I have so many ideas.

The Difference. It's that Plain and Simple.

So, Christy came across this somewhere and I asked her to send it to me so I could put it up for you all to read. You want to know what John McCain, Barrack Obama, and Hilary Clinton are really like? This will answer all questions from here on out. =) Guaranteed!

John McCain, Hilary Clinton, and Barack Obama were walking down a street when
they came upon a homeless man.

John McCain gave the man his business card and told him to come to his office for a job. He then took $20 out of his pocket and gave it to the man.

Hilary Clinton didn't want to be outdone, so when they came across a second homeless man she walked up to him. She gave him directions to the welfare office and reached into John McCain's pocket and came up with $20. She kept $15 for her administrative fees and gave the homeless man $5.

Coming across a third homeless man, Barack Obama went up to him and told him to "have hope, change is coming" and gave him nothing.

Now do you understand the difference?

Battlefield 2?

Some may question my sanity when they hear that I play a first person shooter game called Battlefield 2. Hehe, don't worry I don't get too crazy. ;) Well, I suppose if I was left alone it could get scary, but, then again, we won't talk about that...

I expanded my playing horizon's today! =D I actually tried to be a Medic, and was assault for a little while and I tried my hand at being a Squad leader. Neither were very successful at the time so I decided to stick to my usual, which is being support. I guess I like being support 'cause I don't have to reload my weapon too often and I like that. I usually end up panicking when all of a sudden my weapon's out of ammo and needing to be reloaded. I do know that I should switch to another weapon but that sometimes doesn't happen soon enough and I end up shot. Rats. That's all I can say. Although, I must say I'm improving my Grenade throwing skills! Yay! Now, trying to revive someone when you're a Medic is a whole other story... One of my all time favorites is being the Sniper. It's a blast! (Hehe, no pun intended *wink*) The reason being is because you're way up high, and no one can get to you too easily so I have free range of everyone in front of me. But, sometimes I have a problem getting more people 'cause I'm always looking through the scope, so it narrows my field of vision. I also like being able to take out tanks and such. Although I'm not a very experienced player at this time, I really enjoy playing.

Today's Cravings....

A Starbucks Venti doubleshot Carmel Macchiato, with 2 pumps of Carmel Syrup. =D

Of Painting and a LAN party

Josh, Christy and I started painting the kitchen! =D It looks wonderful! Christy's going for a coffee house type of style in there. Soon we can add some colourful curtains for accent colours. We'll also paint the dining room a nice red colour above the trim and put a wallpaper below that will match it nicely. After the whole house is fixed up over time it will look absolutely marvelous! If you ever want to excersise your muscles, do some painting! =D


Friday night Josh hosted a Quake 3 LAN party for JD, Alex, Preston, Bion, and Sam. Hehe, it was fun to hear them all while they played. Whenever some one said "Oooh!!" you knew they'd gotten fragged by an opposing player. They played till just about 2 am. Christy and I went to Starbucks for a little bit while they were getting their games started. It was fun! She got a while vanilla Latte and I got a caramel Latte. We browsed through some of the things that were on sale too. They always have really good deals. Anyways, we got home and went into her room and watched an episode of a TV show we both like. After that I went into my room and read until about 2 am. (Yeah, yeah, I know, "Bad Jessica" as some might say) Anyways we all had fun that evening. =)