Friendsgiving

Friendsgiving is thanksgiving with friends, some of my AZ friends started it 3 years ago and i am soo excited that i was a part of it! We had a huge table at the Fergusons that fit all 27 of us! there was a lot of laughter, dancing, eating, and games going on!!

thats all of us eating

all the girls!

my contribution to the feast=rolls

its sad that they already knew i would have just picked them up from the local store on the way to friendsgiving! oh well, they know me well jaja!

and all of us!

Best ships are friendships....

So that was my friendsgiving, tomorrow i will post about my thanksgiving!
Only 3 more weeks of school and then vegas and HOME!! i official leave dec 16th 3pm! ahhh i couldn't be more excited! im so ready to see my family! friends! and play play play!
LOve yall! and hope everyone had an ah may zing thanksgiving!!!
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My 2nd visitor!!

Last wknd i had my friend Hannah Wrenn come visit me! i was soo excited to have her and def counting down the days!! ! Her flight did'nt go as expected bc it got delayed HOWEVER it worked out even better b/c she flew to Vegas and B the kids and i met her there! we were there for 2 days and 1 night! Neither one had been so we were up for the experience! we did a lot of walking, sight seeing, shopping, eating, and then it was time to get back in the car and head back to Phoenix! a short but good trip, after all vegas isnt the kid friendliest place! BUT IT GOT ME SOOO EXCITED 4 when i go in Dec! ahhhh!
After Vegas, Hannah and i met up w/ Ann one of her good highschool friends and went 2 the ASU game! great game! also got to see a lot of ridiculous halloween costumes!! So glad she came and thanful 4 her!

This wknd i went to flagstaff with some of the girls in my BS! Flagstaff is only 2 hours away and it is very similar to Boone! its also 30 degrees cooler than Phoenix so it was nice to take a break from 90's during nov?!? we had a BLAST! i am so thanful 4 those girls! a couple of them just moved to phoenix in the past 5 months so they get me and my current situation. we played games, talked, LAUGHED!, had a great dinner that included sweet tea!! 1st time since raleigh! shopped and just got to be with girls!

Ive been doing well! getting excited for the holidays and

FELIZ CUMPLEANOS MONICA/DARLENY!!! Today is my little sister/best friends bday! ahhhh i cant believe she is 19 2day! we met 5 years ago! and honestly nobody gets me how she does! we have done everything 2gether for the past 5 years! wherever i went she did! She became a part of my family and i am soo thankful 4 u MONICA!!! This will b the 1st bday in 5 years we havent spent 2gether and im soo sad BUT! we will b 2gether so soon! enjoy 2day and know that u r extrmely loved and missed mwahhhh!!! I am so proud of everything Monica has accomplished! she is one of the strongest/most beautiful women i know!! she has blessed my life in so many ways! thanku 4 ur friendship  and support in everything! te quiero mucho! acuerdese q usted es una hija de Dios y este dia solo es possible por el! TE AMO!!!

Here are some pics enjoy!

This pic was taken about 4 years ago! at a quinceanera!

So last night, i made chicken and dumplings! thanks 2 Claires recipe it came out delish! B wasnt feeling well and the day was kinda gray sooo chicken and dumplings it was!!
ill post the recipe just how it was given 2 me!


hey boo!
heres my recipe for chicken n dumplins
boil a big pot of water with celery, onion, garlic, and chicken broth.
add chicken breasts with the bone and skin. let that boil for about 1 and a half hours. take the chicken out and bone them. put back in the water. make the dumplins(follow the recipe on the bisquick box, except i usually roll small balls of the ingredients and put them in the water at the same time so they stay together better) lower the temperature on the stove and i usually only boil the dumplins for 5 minutes uncovered and then 5 minutes covered!
let me know how it turns out!


Thursday i have my 2nd visitor and it is...........! Hannah Wrenn! i am sooo every excited! i will be posting pics and updating yall and how it was after she leaves!!


Also i have to post one more thing. B sends out this weekly email abt dancing w/ the stars! and this was in once of her paragraphs! i LIT cried!! i was laughing so hard!! its freakin hilarious! 

"Jennifer...Derek's choreography is "Dank"!!  What the hell does that mean you ask? Well, have a 25 year old move in with you and you will know that it means Awesome, A-mazing, Da bomb or just plain old Good. Before i took  my class in "25 year old Lingo 101" i would have never heard that word. And if i had, i would have thought it to be a negative expression...a mix between Dumb (as in stupid) and Stank (as in past tense of Stink) meaning quite simply, Stupid Stink. Now a mere couple of months into my course, i am using it in a sentence in it's proper form! Plus, "Dumb" actually means funny or something like that, kind of like how "Bad" sometimes means "Good".  I'm quite proud. Feel free to use it these words in your own world, if you dare. "

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HappY BiRtHdAy!!! BOoT bOoT!!!!!!
Today is my best friend Emily Rowe's Bday!! Happy Birthday! Wish i was there 2 celebrate w/ u!!! Em and i met our senior year @ Millbrook! and she has been such a good friend 2 me! So thankful 4 u! LOVE u and remember we're celebrating in Vegas!!!!

Tooo LONG!

Oh wow!! yurp, it has been too loongg but i promise it wont happen again!
Ill try 2 catch yall up on whats happened in the past month!

Well, i was feeling a little homesick sooo we decided to throw a Costarican party, which included the Whitneys, their friends Cam and Shannon and me. I cooked arroz, pollo, platano maduro y ensaladas, to drink we had coronas and margaritas, a little wine as well and of course we decorated jaja! we ended the night w/ a little salsa dancing! i mean it was a Costarican party!

These are their friends Cam and Shannon! lucky them they got 2 participate jajaja!

Then i went 2 raleigh 4 a week, well really 10 days....i got to see fam and friends and catch up! Probably not the best idea after only being gone for 3 weeks! i LOVE raleigh and miss it!

The good news is i really like PHZ now! the weather has gotten cooler, its only been in the 90's, ive gotten plugged into a church and BS where ive met great ppl! and they have done such an amazing job @ including me in their lives!
The best part is i had my 1st visitor!! Shelby came last wknd and got to see my new life! we went shopping, on walks, out to eat, drove around for hours since its so beautiful here!, went 2 Hanna's soccer and hockey games! and the BEST part we went to a bike and beer festival! Let me tell you  it was the BEST ppl watching i have done in a longg time!! it felt like halloween! ja! ps u know whats worst than drinking and driving?! watching a whole bunch of ppl who have been drinking from 10am-3pm get on bikes to go home! Oh yeah!

    
This was @ the bike and beer fest w/ our AZ friends!

So life is GREAT! ive finally gotten use 2 this city, the ppl, my school, my new friends! Altho, i miss raleigh and yall! its been really good for me to move and do something different!
As a matter of fact i recommend everyone move somewhere you don't know anybody @ some point in ur life! its very hard, but u also get 2 learn a lot about urself!!
School is going well! i spend lots of time @ the tutoring center/library! BUT its nice 2 have time 2 do the work! I LOVE where i love and the fam! Every1 is so great 2 me and have done everything 2 help me adjust!! I cant complain but im def excited about visiting home during Christmas!

OH and amazing news! During dec ill b going 2 Vegas w/ 25 of my Raleigh friends! wooo hooooo!
Ill def be keeping up w/ the blog! LOVE yall! and miss yall!

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Going home 2 visittt!!

hey friends, so this past week in Scottsdale has actually been really good!! ive gotten plugged into a bible study and a church in which ive met some great ppl.! about time bc i was starting 2 miss having real convos w/ ppl. ja!
Anyways, im coming home to visit next week, ill b busy helping B w/ the kids but hope 2 c yall!
mwahhhh!
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Missing Raleigh like woahhh

Well familia y friends....its almost been a week here in Arizonas and i can't say its easy being here BUTTT thanks 2 my mama and friends i think ill make it thru! 

School last week was good! i met my 1st friend her name is Shanice, she's a film mayor and shes real sweet and funky! She was sweet enough 2 drive me around all 8 parking lots til i found my car i had lost after our comp class! and for those that don't know yet i got invited 2 a rock concert?!? really jajaja....still debating if i should go! ja! i actually like my classes and going 2 school bc i feel like im doing something.

Thursday night the we all went 2 dinner 2 celebrate Reese's bday (B's nephew) then B her sis and i went 2 a tap show...pretty cool! oh and how could i 4get, the night bf we went 2 watch step up 3!!!! yurpp! i mean not the best movie but def cool dancing! 

oh ok! also, Ray took me 2 get my DL anddd if u notice NC DL don't put weight on it..welll! the piece of paper asked 4 weight and i rounded up 2 200lbs not thinking it would ever b put on DL....i get in car, take a look @ my DL and their it is under my name WEIGHT:200lbs (it may even b bigger than my name and address) ser. what women tells the truth abt weight or even round up?? i mean ya i like even #'s but really?!?....(sorry pics r bad, they r from my phone)

and heres my old DL w/ a hole in it...:(

I promise my blogs will get more interesting and ill put pics up, i need 2 buy a cable 4 my comp that i lost duhhh! 

But i miss every1 so much! anddd ya'll will never guess what im doing on a sat afternoon?? @ barnes and noble and then going 2 watch salt by myself!! welcome 2 Phoenix jajajaja!!!

ok about 2 go 2 the movies....love yall!!! mwahhhh

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Yaa i cant believe im doing a blog either!! cray cray 4 sure...let me go ahead and warn u that this will not b ur typical blog....it will have random... thoughts not well written stories. grammar will b terrible bc im ESL and even tho 1 day i want 2 teach ESL its my turn 2 b the student. so expect lots of run ons, split sentences etc. lots of abbrevs. expect some spanglish and lots of s's @ the end of words that u might think were sing. (and no im not a 13 yr teenager by the way that i write!) now that u know not 2 judge me let the bloggings begin.

My original flight was suppose to leave by 2:25 (yesterday)...Lil bit and Coles dropped me off (thanks gurls)....ohh but i didnt leave RDU til 5:40. Its ok, i had visitors my momma and Nessa came 2 airport.
So i ended up landing in Phoenix @ 10:45pm...1:45 yalls time. Theirs a 3 hour difference. Ray picked me  up and off 2 the house it was, its very pretty here...Arizona lacks color, everything is brown tan and if ur lucky a little green...but it is the desert (remind me what im doing in the desert?!) ok, actually don't! jk....but this is what i c out my window when i wake up in the morning.

Today was my exploring day...i know where the my gym is, harps little gym, TARGET duhhh, barnes and noble...thats about as much exploring bc its so freaking hottt! it was 108 by 11am! i will b adudabidamned if im going 2 b in that heat! uh-uh! i start school 2morrow ya! scottsdale @ 9am...cant wait 2 c how that goes! alright yall, and yess i miss home very much!! ive gotten a little home sick BUT i know i need 2 get use 2 it and give it longer than 24 hours! The fam is soo nice and def. go out of their way 2 make me feel @ home...my baby harps has not left my side all day!! shes actually sitting next 2 me as i type!....shes gotten so big....and i couldnt wait 2 do her hair! duhhh

ok, ill b trying 2 update a lot...i miss every1 soo much! mami la quiero much mwahhhhhh!
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