I turned 25... and I'm kinda freaking out

Is it weird that I am going through mid-life now and not in my 40's?? Cause I seriously think I am.

But not in the weird cheat on my husband-buy a new car-ruin my life kind of way...

I'm just finally realizing that I am an actual adult and I have grown up numbers associated to my name.

Weird.

Why are babies long and not tall?

What are they?? Fish...

And at what age are they considered tall?

-Kerby Leany

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Blogging...

I was sick of blogs for a while... Like I really didn't even care about it anymore. But boring days at work and access to a limited number of sites on the internet leads to blog stalking and finally getting inspired to actually do something with this little project of mine.

Kerby and I have been doing lots of stuff these last few months but I have completely given up on my camera all together so therefore the lack of posts and pictures. IT SUCKS!!! I just have to wait for the necessary funds to supply my need for a super sweet camera. I will not settle for a standard crappy digital camera, being inspired and all. I am currently researching cameras and hope to find one that suits me.
NO - I do not plan on portraying myself as a photographer (as so many others have)
I only in fact want to able to take pictures of my family and friends that aren't blurry. I will, however, admit that:
YES - I want to learn how to use photoshop (as so many others have)
I know that photoshop...ing images till they aren't even real anymore isn't cool but I also know that photoshop...ing a little goes along way and many times, if done right, simple pictures can become art. Which, to me, is really sweet. But it will be some time till I am able to get a camera and a photoshop capable computer.

So be that as it may, I have been looking at all types of blogs (instead of posting) to ease my boredom at Mesa View and I have found that there is a general theme that most seem to portray and I hope that it is not found as the center of mine.

Everyone tries to make there lives look extremely perfect!!

There I said it! Its seriously amazing to me that people are so fake. I have only found a handful of people that actually are real people in the blog world. I sit in astonishment, first of all, how much people post, and second of all, how posting about NOTHING can seem so fantastical. I try and think of things that I do in my daily life that are somewhat entertaining but I have yet to find that going to Costco, Wal-Mart, the bank and to work fascinating. I just live my life. I don't need to be portrayed as anything but myself:

• I like to sit at home most Sundays after church and read for like 8 hours while Kerby plays Call of Duty, we're absolutely the most boring people EVER
• I don't clean the dishes in the sink till its absolutely necessary because they smell, then I make Kerby do it
• I HATE where I live and can't wait to get the HELL out!
• I have NO MONEY but I don't live outside my means. I drive a Chevy Cavalier that shakes as I drive down the freeway and I couldn't be more grateful
• I have four days off per week and yet I still have TO DO LISTS
• I don't want to have a kid for at least 2 more years and I am sick of being asked about it
• I didn't even buy my parents a card on their birthday. How lame....
• I am and will always be a NERD. I like Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, X-Men, etc. etc.

So there, take that all you super perfect people. I guess that is what I blog about, how NORMAL my life is. But I do have to say that everyones fabulous lives keep me pretty entertained.

eight...

8 Things I'm Passionate About:

My Family

My Marriage

Education

My Career

Art (in several different forms)

Travel

Personal Growth

Reading

8 Words/Phrases I Use Often:

Take a deep breath in and hold it... (xray talk)

Do you want to go to town?

Shut your dirty whore mouth

Dumber than a bag of hammers

Smart like rocks

I hate living here

Shhh... Remember where we are (Primary talk)

How many lesson plans have you done (annoying wife talk)

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die:

Travel the World

Have my babies

Make ammends

Take a vacation with just high school friends

Skydive

To be debt free

See my grandchildren

Retire early

8 Things I Want/Need:

A Camera

A new hair-do

Penelope

An apartment/home

A tan

A new computer

Goals accomplished

More money

8 Things I Have Learned From the Past:

Time really does fly by so make the most out of Today

Love is real

Relationships are hard but worth the effort

Childhood is precious

Friendships will last a long time if you let them

Be cautious of those around you

Learn as much as you can, while you can

Laughter really is the best medicine

8 Restaurants I Love:

Texas Roadhouse

Macaroni Grill

In-n-Out

Cafe Rio

Pancho & Lefty's

Red Lobster

The Burger Place

Olive Garden

8 Shows I Love to Watch:

Family Guy

South Park

Deadliest Catch

Dirty Jobs

The Biggest Loser

Say Yes to the Dress

Fantasy Factory

Nitro Circus

8 Things that Happened Yesterday:

Work

Commute

Reading

Planning

Chores

Laundry

BBQ

Flirting

8 Things I'm Looking Forward to:

My Birthday

Justin & Gabby's Wedding

Fish Lake Trip

Kerby finishing school

Moving

Unpacking

Time alone

Learning new things

Awesome!!!

Sound of Music Train Station @ Yahoo! Video

Look-A-Like

ONE WORD

1. Where is your cell phone? PURSE
2. Your significant other? KERBY
3. Your hair? CURLY
4. Your mother? FUNNY
5. Your father? SILLY
6. Your favorite? SLEEP
7. Your dream last night? WEIRD
8. Your favorite drink? COKE
9. Your dream/goal? MOVE
10. What room you are in? OFFICE
11. Your hobby? CRAFTY
12. Your fear? POVERTY
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? MOMMY
14. Where were you last night? HOME
15. Something that you aren't? PATIENT
16. Muffins? PAPERCLIP
17. Wish list item? PUPPY
18. Where you grew up? HENDERSON
19. Last thing you did? PONDERED
20. What are you wearing? SCRUBS
21. Your TV? NEW
22. Your pet? GAY
23. Friends? BEST
24. Your life? CRAZY
25. Your mood? TIRED
26. Missing someone? KERBY
27. Car? DIRTY
28. Something you're not wearing? HAT
29. Your favorite store? COSTCO
30. Your favorite color? BLACK
33. When is the last time you laughed? TODAY
34. Last time you cried? FIGHT
35. Who will repost this? SOMEONE
36. One place that I go to over and over? MOMS
37. One person who emails me regularly? LINDA
38. My favorite place to eat? MEXICAN
39. Where are you right now? DESK
40. Where should you be right now? HOME

Not much going on....

As evident in the last couple of posts, I really don't have much going on that is well.... "post-worthy". Just the normal everyday things have been happening; work, school, flying, paying bills, cleaning up cat puke, Costco, works some more, give a Primary lesson to a bunch of contraceptive inspirations, and wrestling 3 horses to get back into there corral (pictures will come later when I feel less like a slug). Things have just been rather boring... 

Kerby is still flying everyday trying to finish up these last few licenses and doing the online college thing. I am just working and now starting in CT trying to get cross-trained. We went to Haven for Valentines Day and that was fun. Franklin and Shadow are lazy and get a little gayer each day. The 'Jessica wants a English Bulldog instead of a Baby' Foundation has not reached its financial goal so that is not happening anytime soon. It keeps snowing in Diamond Valley and it just makes me want to move even more. Kerby and I got new shoes... so that was pretty cool. We officially have a truck so we don't have to borrow the FJ Cruiser anymore from my Mom to get home, which is good. And I cut my hair.

So other than that we are just hanging out.... Any good ideas on fun/cheap vacations in November?? We are already planning our Anniversary trip :) I have made it tradition that we go somewhere fun each year so help me out!! We really want to go on a cruise cause we've never been on one or we want to take a train ride out back east somewhere???

Stoked!!!

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory - MTV Shows

Nitro Circus - MTV Shows

Yay!!

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Went to a Denver Broncos Game in the Mile High Stadium
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Some I did, but others I wasn't even close!! Yes, I always make resolutions. I love setting goals!!
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Probably but I'm a horrible person and I don't remember4. Did anyone close to you die?
Once again I don't remember5. What countries did you visit?
Sadly none.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A place of our own and a English Bulldog puppy!!!
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
None
8. What was your biggest personal achievement of the year?
Graduating from Radiography school.
9. What was your biggest failure?
I don't think I failed at anything too bad to mention... Weird question
10. Did you suffer illness or injury in 2008?
YES!! 2 surgeries, gallbladder and then appendix :(
11. What was the best thing you bought?
Shoes
12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
Mine: Lots of accomplishments13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
The American People14. Where did most of your money go?
Bills and Student Loans
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The FOOTBALL GAME!!!
16. What song will always remind you of 2008?
Metallica's new album: Death Magnetic
17. Compared to this time last year, are you: a)happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
The same mood wise, fatter for sure(HA!), POORER.
18. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Stressed
19. Did you fall in love in 2008?
With English Bulldogs :)
20. What was your favorite TV program?
Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and cooking shows
21. Do you hate any one now that you didn't hate this time last year?
The Economy
22. What was the best book you read?
The only books I read were Harry Potter (again) and Twilight. I love Harry Potter and always will and Twilight?? ehh...
23. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Katy Perry
24. What did you want and not get?
A house/apartment
25. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Dark Knight
26. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
I turned 24 and I really didn't do anything besides hang out with the Hubs and the Fam.
27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not having surgery.
28. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Scrubs
29. What kept you sane?
Routine and long drives to think about things
30. When you think about 2008 what sticks out in your mind?
Surgery, Diamond Valley, Camping & Denver.
31. Best moment of 2008?
Last day of school EVER!!! Passing the Rad test and the Mammo test.
32. Who did you miss?
Old friends from High School, I always miss them.
33. Who was the best new person you met?
???34. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned this year?
This too will pass...35. What is one thing you said this year that you never thought you'd say?
I love 12 hour shifts
36. What is one thing you heard this year that you never thought you'd hear?
Black President
37. What do you anticipate will be the biggest change in your life in 2009?
Finally living alone with my husband for the first time in our marriage

Baked in the Ovens of Friendship

One of my favorite shows on MTV that has recently come to an end was "Rob & Big". I LOVE that show!! It seriuosly is the funnest show that they have ever done and I wish it would come back on in some new form where Big can just show up for the shananigans that Rob does. Its just that great!! Anywho one of the episodes Rob & Big are out at the grocery store and they come across a really strange cereal and decide that they need to be on the cover cause they are "Good Friends" and inter-racial. Well they end up not being on the cover but try to make there own by taking pictures and Rob takes it even a step further by making a cereal box.


Well Kerby and I happened to be at the local Wal-Mart and came across the same cereal that inspired there excapades :) We just thought it was hilareous and had to capture the moment!!


And here is a clip, that will hopefully work, of that delicious and fantastic episode :) Watch to the end to listen to Big's song for the cereal (my favorite part)

Happenings as of Late

The Internet has completely shut down up at the homestead and so Kerby and I are without and have been trying to cope with the absence of connection to the rest of the world. Therefore I have been unable to post about our adventures for a long time. To bring everyone up to speed...

Christmas was excellent, New Years has always been and will always be awkward and just a random holiday. I had to work the actual "day" of New Years Day and it was rather boring. But it has been decided in the Leany home that this new year is going to be great and we have a theme/motto that we have adopted-

2009: Year of the Leanys!!!

We are just hoping for a lot of new and fun things to happen this year and that last year (bad...) will be taken as a stepping stone and a learning experience. Believe me 2008 was good, lots of great things happened and were accomplished. (I graduated, Kerby got back into school, Kerby got into a better school, I got a GREAT job, went to Denver and a BRONCOS game, etc. etc. etc.) But this year is all about big steps :)

"Forward pressing forward as the triumph song we sing..."

HA!!! :)

I am currently, as of today, retired from the full time mammography world and now am returning to only one day a week of torture. Kerby is still going strong with school and this week will be completing his Multi-Engine License and then starting his Certified Flight Instructor License. He has also been looking for a job because school is coming to an end and there is no CFI positions available. So PLEASE if anyone knows of a place where he can work just let me know, he's a hard worker and a great employee!! We are just chilling and having fun, waiting for "better times" so we can look into moving somewhere in town and get out of the wilderness :)

Winter Wonderland

I haven't been able to post with pictures for a while because of the above pictures. The snow in Diamond Valley has been out of control! There has been so much fall that it covered the satellite dish and the internet signal box, so basically we were cut off from everything (with the exception of phones) till now. I mean all together there has been over 25 inches fall within these couple of storms. Its funny cause its been all fun and games in St. George but just up the hill its been "ice hell". I think snow is way fun and its beautiful but when it comes to driving it is horrible, good thing my mom has the FJ Cruiser or some nights we wouldn't have made it home.

Christmas was really fun this year, we got a TV!!! We are really lucky to get it too, 3:00 am at Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving was totally worth it!!! Its awesome and makes Call of Duty: World at War look amazing. Plus we got great deals on Blue-Ray discs and they look pretty cool too. Don't think I'll be able to watch regular movies now, it looks way to good to go back. We got some other small stuff too but mostly it was all about the TV :)

It was hard day though, lots of places to go and lots of people to see. I think next year we're going to have to come up with a new plan cause driving around all day is not my idea of a perfect Christmas. Not that I don't like seeing everyone but its more fun to just hang out and relax.

Complainer

BREASTS.

I HATE breasts!!

I know, that sounds disturbing, disgusting, and just really weird but its true. I am a registered Mammographer and I hate breasts. I got my registry just recently and I was very happy about it; I get more money, become a more valuable employee and expand my modalities. Sweet right?? Well I was generally happy about my position within the breast/mammography/titty world, only performing mammos on Fridays and just doing general x-ray and cross training into CT on the other days I worked. Life was good.

But as it would seem, I couldn't be happy and content forever. I now have to deal with breasts and old women four days a week and I have to be happy about it. I work Tuesday through Friday as the full time mammo tech and will be doing said job till about the middle of January. I cannot completely complain about my situation; I do get more hours taking on this position and that is really great considering the "economic crisis". I would however fully enjoy this opportunity at hand if I were in fact working in x-ray or CT but no... boobs.

And you maybe wondering, 'Jessica, why did you register in mammo in the first place??' and the answer is simple. Gotta start somewhere... Mammo was open and I took the opportunity at hand. Don't get me wrong; I am SO thankful for my job, so grateful that I am still working, so blessed in the fact that I am full time, and so appreciative for all my opportunities. I would do this everyday if it meant I didn't have to go back to one of those crappy jobs that I use to work at.

But none the less, I have to deal with old breasts that feel like pancake batter in a plastic sandwich bag....

yeah, hope you liked that one :)

But even more thankfully, this will all eventually end and I will go back to the exciting world of trauma and blood. But for now I thought I'd share with you my horror and disgust.

Umm... Twilight???

So I have been bombarded by my mother, sister and sister-in-law to read the Twilight series for at least the last 4 or 5 months. I put it off because I really needed to study for my Mammography registry so I could pass the stupid thing. Well, after I passed I was told that I had to read them because the movie was coming out and pretty much my whole DeMille side (mom's side) of the family were going to go together and that I shouldn't be left out. So I read them... and honestly it was a cute story. Really simple and very cute but I can honestly say that I am not as taken with them as some seem to be. I enjoy a fresh new story and new characters but I don't know if I didn't take enough time to read them or put myself totally into the book (I read them in the car on the way to Denver, very distracted) as much as I usually do but I just thought that they were okay.

So then it was time for the movie to come out and us girls to take the trip to Vegas for the premiere. It was everyone!! All my cousins, there kids, my aunt, everyone. We had so much fun!!! We went to dinner and then arrived at the theater (the BEST theater EVER by the way...) at 9:00 pm, three hours early to wait :) Crazy girls!!

And I LOVED it!! I thought it was so great and so crappy at the same time. I loved that it was SO low budget and I loved all the stupid cheesy lines, I just loved it. On a serious note I do think that the actors were chosen very well, each one is actually perfect. Edward was perfect, Bella was perfect, love it! I'm excited to see how they do New Moon especially with a bigger budget. I think I even like the movie better than the books just because I love cinematic adventures and this one was tops :)

I do have to say though that what most people need to understand about movie making is that there is no possible way that they were going to fit the whole book into two hours, especially with the budget that they had. Granted I do think that alot of time was wasted with music and no one talking, they could have put something in there. But come on... its just a movie :)

Lets Go Broncos!!!!

For our ♥one year anniversary♥ Kerby and I went to Denver Colorado and we had a BLAST!!! Our trip began with a really really really long drive to our destination that I thought would never end... 11 hours in the car is a little too long. But when we were finally there the fun never stopped :) It all began with a totally awesome Denver Broncos game!!! It seriously was so fun, probably the funnest thing I've done in a really long time. It was both Kerby and mines first professional football game, so cool to do stuff together that we've both never done :)

The rest of the time that we were there we just hung out around the city, drove around alot, and just basically checked out as much as we could in the time that we had. Here are just a couple of pictures from the city.

Also, for those South Park fans, we were able to go to Casa Bonita!!! It was absolutely hilarious because it was exactly like the episode!! It really is awesome for little kids to go and hang out, totally a family restaurant but so funny!!

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, here's a clip!! :)

Death, Bugs, Rodeo, and One CRAZY Cat

So I haven't posted about all the little things going on in our lives cause really, there has been alot... After my appendix surgery I was kinda out of it to really realize what was all happening. And I know that the timeline within my posting doesn't match the timeline of actual events but who cares :)

For sure, I missed the Dixie Round-Up Rodeo. I mean I was there, in person. But not so much in mind. It was only 6 days after my surgery and I was still in some pain and still heavily medicated. Okay well a little too medicated now that I think about it in retrospect but at the time I felt horrible. I don't even want to post any pictures of the rodeo cause they; 1> are terrible because my camera is so freaking crappy 2> they really are of nothing cause while there I was so disoriented and confused that I didn't get any good ones even if they weren't blurry.

Then I had some tragedy in my life... Junior, our family pug, passed away on September 25. It was really hard to let Junior go, really hard for everyone actually. He was a really old dog and it was his time to go but its just hard when you've had something in your life for so long just for it to be gone. And other than him passing, it seemed to be like this passing away of a time of my life. I know its kinda lame but when our other dog, Pooch, died it seemed that it was kinda okay cause Junior was still there. But now that Junior is gone, that time of my life is gone. The time when my family was just my family, us siblings were all still at home and we were still somewhat small kids. But its all part of the journey and really, its almost nice to be starting this new part of my life when I am starting my own family. I just wish that pets could live forever like the cat in Hocus Pocus, but not die at the end of the movie. Oh and these pictures aren't of him dead, he's just sleeping :) I'm not that psycho.

This second death is very very humorous, well its humorous now.... During the hunt while Kerby's grand parents were on the mountain, we were responsible for feeding the 5 horses at the house. Well... one of the horses, Ricki, colicked and died. Yeah, it died. During the time that we were responsible for them, we killed it. Not really though, Ricki was fine in the morning when we fed and when we fed that night she just died. Kerby went out and noticed she was sick and 15 minutes later she killed over. It was really weird and it was really weird to see a dead animal... just laying out in a corral... in the rain... WEIRD

Then there was the tarantula...

... right outside our door CREEPY

And now the cat named Franklin :)

We put him underneath the laundry basket and just let him do his thing, he really is the weirdest cat I've ever been around.

Catalina Island

On September 30th Kerby was able to take me flying!! He had been planning to take me to Catalina Island in California for a while and we finally were able to go. I was so excited to be back in the plane again with him as the pilot. It is really amazing that he is a pilot and that he within a couple of hours we can be in a totally different place in the country.

We left St. George a little later than we wanted, taking off around noon. Its so cool to see St. George that high up. You litterally can see the whole town from one end to the other.

After flying over Las Vegas and entering Califonia, we stopped in the city of Corona at there airport to refuel and stretch our legs.

When we took off from Corona I knew it wouldn't be too long till we were over the ocean and on our way to the island. Then there in the distance was what seemed to be the end of it all. It was so hazy from the polution and nastiness of California that it was all a blur when you looked towards the horizon. The blue from the ocean and the blue from the sky seemed to blend together which made it a little disorienting. Luckily the island was there and soon we were on the ground on the tiny little island.

This is the only part of the trip I do not like. We arrived at the Catalina Airport too late to make the bus down to the town called Avalon. The last bus leaves the airport at 5:00 pm but doesn't come back.... :( So we were only able to visit the old airport and little cafe. But it was still really fun to fly over the town and see the sights.

As we left for our flight home, Kerby wanted to get a really good view of Avalon and what we missed out on. Avalon seriously looked so fun and I really want to go hang out there and really check it out. Kerby and I will definatly be heading back there to complete our little adventure to Catalina.
All and all it was a really fun trip and I was so glad that I got to go and spend some flight time with the hubs ♥