The Jilly Journal

Go, Fight, WIN!!!

2009-06-25T23:03:00.000-07:00

So this weekend is Desert Brawl and for those of you that don't know that is the local MMA cage fights. And I can't wait!! Ya know its not the idea of watching a bunch of testosterone ridden men beating each other up in a cage like heathens...its because I get to set up my booth for my store, talk with customers, and then yes.....I get to watch my good buddy Trev beat up "filthy Phil" haha

Thats another thing about these fights, all the fighters give themselves those silly names...so please Trevor if your reading this don't give yourself a retarded nickname, or any nickname at that.

But with this being said, GOOD LUCK TREVOR!!! Beat him up, tap him out, and I'm hoping this time he doesn't break the other dude's arm. I know it sounds pretty cool to say my best friend the cage fighter broke some guys arm, but I honestly felt pretty bad for the poor kid! I'll be sure to let ya know how the fight ends up...I'm sure victorious!!

The Hangover

2009-06-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

Alls I have to say is I really hope everyone gets a chance to watch this movie! It is HALARIOUS!! The other night I had Katherine meet me in town after work and we had a sister date....and then the entire way home we had a quote fest! You will be peeing your pants laughing!

My Rant

2009-06-09T22:44:00.000-07:00

There is something about editing high school english papers that just makes me SO happy that I'm done! I'm not sure if its becuase they have to write papers about A Rasin in the Sun, Death of a Salesman, and Animal Farm....or just because it high school. Either way I'm so happy that I'd done with that portion of my life. Now I just need to convince the baby of the family that just because I'm relaxing in my room doesn't mean I need to help write a paper on book that I never actually read when I was in high school either! Both Katherine and I love spark notes....best thing EVER!!
Now that I'm done with my rant I can move onto better things! :)

My dog is frickin CUTE!! And I know I'm biased but she gives Emma a run for her money! hahaha Just kidding Jess your baby is way better than my dog! Scarlette and I have been working diligently on tricks. So far we've gotten the typical commands, shake, give me ten, and now we've upgraded our fetch game. Oooh ya baby we now use a huge slingshot! This little invention does wonders it saves my arm and wears her out in no time. A few 100 yd dashes chasing her hot pink ball and she's toast! I LOVE IT!!! Every dog owner needs a huge slingshot.

So now I'm sitting here trying to figure out what to do with my next two days off!! Very rarely do I schedule myself for two consecutive days off and when I finally do God decided to flood the world again! (Well maybe just centeral OR but still.....I think he forgot he made it the HIGH DESERT) So now my plans of relaxing outside and attempting to get a tan have been demolished and I'll now end up doing laundry or something non-cool like that. BOO!

Well I beleive thats all the ranting I have to do....until again! Tata

Failure....

2009-05-17T20:50:00.000-07:00

Ok ok so I know I suck horribly at blogging but I'm gonna try my hand at this one more time. So Jess and Des....this is for you! hahaha

So I've moved back to good ol Culver (since Culver is Oregon and all) a couple weeks ago. Its been quite the change but I like it so far. Nothin like mom made meals and cookies....I have this feeling I'm gonna have to be hitting the gym pretty hard again living with these kind of calories flying into my mouth. Mom and dad are adapting to living with a dog in the house again, they keep wondering why she wouldn't listen to them and only Kate and I. I just had to nicely remind them its because her name is Scarlette, not Charlotte. Once they got the name down things are running much smoother! Dad still occasionally gets her name wrong still, but since when has dad been good with names....right Jess...Kater...I mean Jill! (Thats about how it goes right seesters) Speaking of Scarlette she had her second vet appointment to get spayed and she was not a happy camper! She was my little conehead for a few days at it was pretty entertaining...she is just now getting it figured out that she can NOT chase her tail successfully with her cone on, and she CAN'T lick my feet (thats her wierd gross obsession), and she has to pick up her head if she doesn't want her cone to drag on the ground. Oh what can I say pound pups are the BEST! haha

Weekend off! Mmmm

2008-12-07T18:19:00.000-08:00

Its my weekend away and boy am I excited! It's been a pretty stressful few weeks for me at work and all. As you all might have read I had the family over for Thanksgiving and then have been working my butt off ever since. :( Oh well money is money eh?! So here I am sitting in North Bend enjoying a few days away from Albany. (If your wondering why N. Bend I have a friend here....and the dunes) But heres a little re-cap of my week...

Mon-Tue: Not a whole heck of alot happened...just a little phone call from Kater saying she has school off because of a bomb threat. I don't know about you but I was thinking IN CULVER??? Who would want to bomb Culver its Oregon! lol I guess after having the bomb squad come check out every square inch of the premisis it was deemed safe for all the kids to return....Whew!

Wed- Work work and work....only thing that happened was my little bag of chex mix I was so excited to eat at work and as I was stuggling to open it it popped out of my hands and ended up all over the floor! :( No chex mix for me.....but a good day

Thur- DAY OFF!!! And I slept till 2:00

Fri- After returning from a day off to find that my store did not do well without me there....I had to once agian become the mean boss and threaten everyone. I was so fed up that I just about fired every one of them. But...my weekend off was coming and I'd have no one to cover so they lucked out! Next time they won't get off so easy.
OH!! And I got the new Starbucks holiday blend.....Mmmm....raise your hand if your excited!!

Sat- DUNES!!! YEAH!!!

So little re-cap of my week since I suck at blogging- Sorry sister I'll get better! I'm sure I'll have more to talk about after my weekend of nothing is over! hehehe

Mute

2008-11-15T20:20:00.001-08:00

So I'm sad to say that I've been feeling pretty down lately. And I mean down as in sick, I started out with a tickle in my throat, and then my voice started to go, and now I CAN'T TALK AT ALL!! I think the worst part is I can't call in sick to work and I have to try to work without talking. And for those of you that know what I do I'm required to talk alot! So now here I am sittin on my couch watching Bruce Almighty in my own self pitty. :( I just want to eat a big bowl of icecream and drink lots of cider or hot coco. My means of communication will be a pen a paper and texting thank the Lord for texting! hahaha

The Whole Gang

2008-11-09T19:44:00.000-08:00

Today was the first time in forever that we've had the whole clan together. Little miss Emma Grace was dedicated today an everyone came to witness it! She looked so beautiful in her little church outfit...but so did the rest of the family! :) After church we went back to Jess and Chad's casa and celebrated Kater's 17th birthday. I can't beleive the baby of the family is already 17!!! It makes me feel so old I can't imagine how mom and dad feel hahaha! Little Ross was such a blessing to have around too....it was so fun to see his little personality or I might want to say BIG personality! Today made me realize how amazing my family really is, not to get all mushy but I have the most amazing family of all times. So enjoy a little peice of the McWilliams/Harvey family....all the different personalities comeing together for a crazy time! Poopy my computer is being gay and won't let me upload pics so I'll have to do it another day when it's not throwing a fit! :(

Hangin with the Harveys

2008-11-05T23:21:00.000-08:00

Today during work I randomly decided that I needed to come stay with the Harvey family for the night. Actually I have to be up to Salem fairly early for work and I wanted to cut down on my drive time and cut a few more Zzzzs but seeing little miss Emma was another key factor as well. :) I'm pretty sure that I've never been drooled on so much (by Emma not Chad) haha she's sick...poor little one! :( So Jess and I had a ball taking pictures of Emma's pouty lip, her big smiles, and talking with her. And now Chad just brought home slurpees!!! MMmmmm...... But for those of you that wanted to see LumberJill here ya go!

MMmmm....Lazy Days

2008-10-28T19:39:00.000-07:00

So I love lazy days! My life consists of just work and layin around and I love it! I must say though I'm very stoked for Halloween this Friday...I'm def bustin out the lumber Jill costume. I'll have to get some pics up later but its freakin sweet. Other than that the leaves are changin colors and I'm ready to make some cider with Jess and just chill out. So Jess make some time for me woman!!! hahaha

Home Sweet Home!

2008-10-14T23:37:00.000-07:00

So I've finally made it home to keep my dad company after his surgery. But I had to make a pit stop before I headed over the mountain. Kater had a game at East Linn...and after getting lost on the way to her game (which I should say in my defense it's in the BFE!) I enjoyed watching her kick some booty. It's been fun watching her this year play a little varsity ball....WHAT A STUD! So here's a few quick snap shots of our little Kater....enjoy!

After the game it was over the mountain we went dancin to a little old school rap and singing sublime....even groovin to some techno! I'll tell ya sisters are crazy when we get together. (we missed ya though Jess) So now I'm being a lazy bum chillin on the couch with Dad almost passed out next to me. We better be off to bed soon though because we have a busy day of tv and movies and eating tomorrow! hahaha HOME SWEET HOME! Aaahhh..... :)

THE MOVE :(

2008-09-28T17:34:00.000-07:00

So I'm sittin here in my disaster of a room thinkin what to do next. I'm at the stage in a move where you just need one more piece of the puzzle to finish it and you just can't find it or it's the only missing piece that your dog ate. Ya that's me right now. I have so much to do but I've just been running around ragged all day that I'm pooped. I'm pretty sure I'm just gonna hop in the shower, make dinner, and find an outfit to wear to work tomorrow and call it a day. Its sad that it's a Sunday and I haven't even turned on the tv once to watch the best sport know to man....football (well that is next to volleyball) I hope I find my missing piece here soon cuz lord knows I need to get myself all settled in soon. I'm not gonna be able to function for long with boxes everywhere!
P.S. Dad I won't be there right after your surgery but I'll come soon to keep you company...I'll come bearing good movies and comfort food!

I'm back!!!

2008-09-21T17:32:00.000-07:00

So I have this sister that everytime I come to her casa I always end up blogging. But this time I'm determined to keep it up. Jess and I just spent a good hour re-vamping my page so here I go on my own! Today has been one of those wonderful days off...I slept in till early morning and now I'm sitting with Jess, Chad, and EMMA!! Haha it's been quite and adventure with the baby...lots of spitup burping and the diaper explosion!!! KNARLY! But none the less I love her.

Now my work week begins and I'm moving again, this time it's a quick move from my apartment to a house I'm so excited to decorate and maybe paint....I'm stoked!! So now I've blogged and I have Jess holdin me to it...so here I go!

Man I suck at this blogging thing!

2008-03-21T19:47:00.000-07:00

Well yet another two months goes by without a blog....I suck at this! Well I have alot to catch up on I guess. Well right now I'm sitting on the couch trying to self-diagnose myself. I'm having this wierd back pain below my right rib cage and when I breath too deep, bend over or move too suddenly it hurts like crazy. Not to mention that it feels like I have a punctured lung and I make this funny wheezy noise. It was not a fun day at work let me tell you, as I'd bend over to help a customer today I'd make that aformentioned noise and every customer would ask me if I'm ok. Talk about sucky! So now I'm just sitting on the couch debating if I want to get up to make dinner and put in a movie. Although a good book sounds amazing aswell.

To catch up a bit more there are babies galore around me! I'm so excited to be an Auntie for the 2nd time , I'm just so ready to find out if it's a boy or girl. So Jess you better call me ASAP when you get back from the doc on the 8th! My best friend Steph is having her baby boy Ethan on April 14th, Amy just found out she's having a little girl....Taylor Marie Cope.....and my friend Nikki is having a baby too! So many babies, so much love in the air! I better get my butt going to plan a couple showers.

Well that's all the exciting things that I can think of right now....not to mention that in 10 days I'll finally be legal to drink! I'm so excited!!!! I feel like such a baby right now when I go out to dinner with a group of friends and I'm the only one that can't order a non-virgin drink! LAMO! But only ten more days isn't too bad! I'll have to write about that night for sure!! Until a couple months....Adios Amigos!

Long time!

2008-01-15T14:03:00.000-08:00

Well it's been an awful long time since I last posted a blog. But alot is happening in my little life....I'm back in school and working full time. I've been playing volleyball a few nights a week and I recently got asked by the coach to play for her! haha WOWSA! Who knows if I actually want to, but you know...who knows right? Well I just thought I'd stop on in and say I'm alive, I'm sure I'll have much to write about soon. PEACE!

CHRISTMAS!!!

2007-12-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

Finally Christmas day is here, and for me that means a nice break from the crazy mall rats. But man alive it was sooo nice being with family. And not just one or two of us, the whole fleet! We had many gifts under our tree, and the little one of the family got spoiled rotten. Little Ross was so funny with all the gifts he was a mad man with wrapping paper throwing the gifts everywhere! I'm going to post pictures soon. The whole family got spoiled with having everyone here. I forgot how much I love being with everyone...it's been forever since we all were together. Arik is coming over for Dinner and Kater has a sweet gift for him! haha Oh re-gifting! hahaha giggle giggle!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

SNOW!!!!!

2007-12-09T22:04:00.000-08:00

Today was an amazing day! This morning bright and early Arik, Tiffany (my roomate) Al (Arik's roomie) and Ross (big brother) all went snowboarding! It was a very cold and blistery day but non the less amazing! Arik and I went snowboarding all the time last year by ourselves and it was a nice break to have some other people to beat around the mountain with. The highlight of the day was teaching Rossco how to board. He was such a kick to watch try to attempt standing, and stopping, and carving......oh Ross. He was relentless though, he crashed so hard so many times but wouldn't stop, and the little hills and slopes just weren't doing it for him either, he had to go down the "big kid" hill! I'll have to get all my pictures and videos up and running because we had a lot of fun today! I'm so excited for more snow, and more amazing stress free days! THINK SNOW EVERYONE!!!!!

Honest People

2007-11-28T21:38:00.000-08:00

So I had a very eventful day yesterday. I was having a very slow day at work yesterday so I decided to take an hour lunch break and go to Fred Myers with Arik to develop some pictures. So I took my very nice camera (that I love very much) and developed some pics from fathers weekend here at OSU. Arik and I ran to the deli and grabbed something to eat, and I set down my camera next to the register. Well I forgot it there, and about ten minutes later Arik went back to grab it. It was gone, we checked the whole store and the lady at the deli said she had never seen a camera on her counter. I was devistated, I cried for a while, as a broke college kid with a nice camera that I had gotten a killer deal on, I wasn't going to be able to replace it for as good a deal. Later that night Freddys called and said that my camera was found and the deli lady said she found it right next to her register. We later found out that she had taken the camera thinking it was hers, and when Arik went back and explained to her that his girlfriend was very upset about her camera missing she felt remorse and turned it back in. Thank goodness!!!! Now I have my camera back and I'm never taking it to Freddies again!

Making Turkey Day dessert!

2007-11-21T13:42:00.001-08:00

So today is gonna be a fun day, I woke up bright and early, went to WinCo and bought all the yummy ingredients to make my pies. But since I don't like pie I'm gonna make myself a apple crip! YUMMMY! It's gonna be eventful I have this feeling that I'm gonna rip through my kitchen like a tornado and there is going to be flour and dough everywhere.
But besides baking all day I have alot to do on my little (or big) To do list:
* Grocery shopping
* Cleaning house
* Making my house dog proof for the weekend, I'm dog sitting Jess and Chad's Lucifer
* Printing off pictures for mom and dad from Dad's weekend at OSU
* Dying my hair back to normal color
* Meeting Jess and Chad at 6 for Lucy transfer
* Go back to the store to set it all up for Black Friday!

Well wish me luck for today and that my pies and crisp turn out well! Have a Wonderful Turkey Day!

Tis the Season

2007-11-15T10:22:00.000-08:00

So right now I'm sitting on the couch counting up a huge list of things to be completed; grocery shopping, christmas shopping, signing up for a new gym membership. So much to be done and it seems like Christmas and Thanksgiving are right around the corner. I'm so excited to start listening to my favorite oldy moldy Christmas tunes! Christmas music just seems to make everyone light hearted and happy, which makes me think that I should be on the search for some punk re-mixed Christmas songs to play in my skate shop, I want all those little punks and their parents to be in a light hearted holiday shopping mood! I'm so excited for the Holidays, I know I sound retarded but doesn't everyone love the holiday spirit. I have so much family time to look forward to. Thanksgiving with Arik's family, Christmas at Jess and Chads! YEAH!!!! Oh and family, leave a comment about what you want for Christmas I'm kinda stumped.

2007-11-04T07:39:00.000-08:00

This week flew by! I felt like just yesterday I was getting my store all prepared for the week ahead of us. And now look....it's Sunday and I have yet another busy day ahead of myself. Arik and I are going to church for the first time together. I guess you could say church shopping. We are starting out at a small Christian church in Monmouth called Harvest valley. I'm so excited to go. They after church we're gonna go play in all the beautiful leaves in Central park, my cousin just got a new camera so we are here first experiment. I'll definitely post those pictures as soon as they turn out! Wish us luck on our church shopping!

Hanging with Jess

2007-09-22T12:48:00.000-07:00

So today I boxed my sister, well not really. Not like we used to anyway, this time we fought on Wii and it was soo much fun. This morning I came over bright and early to my big sisters and she fed me waffles. Man I have such a good sister. So here I am blogging in the middle of of our tennis championship game on the Wii and then we are off to Riverfest. WHOO HOO!!

My first blog

2007-06-02T16:37:00.000-07:00

Here I go! This is my first of many to come! Enjoy reading!