Day 24

A photo of something that means a lot to you.

Okay well, as you know this is "Day 24" as well... Haha, "Day 23" is my travle story lol I just forgot what day I was on! Silly me haha.

Alright, soooo on with my REAL "Day 24" which I have been slacking once again with my blog... sorry :/ I know I suck... Not that it matters right :P so anyway enough about how I'm a slacker. A pictuer of something important to me is not a something, it's a someone! That someone is my daddy! As some that are close to me know, I am such a daddy's girl! My dad is my best friend and since I have moved to Italy I call him once a week just to see what's going on. What nice is everytime I call he always has a story to tell me about his week or something that is going on. Kind of different from my mom's calls that vary from 3 minutes to if something "dramatic" happens an hour. But yes my dad is my number one man (sorry to my hubby :P)! I would do anything for my dad, and he has helped me through a ton growing up. I love you daddy!

I want my body back!

Alright well this has been a goal that has been some what up in the air since I moved to Italy. I did put it into progress when I got here but my allergies made me super sick and went out of controll. Well since now I have out appartment more in order, I've been looking at a few of the recent pictuers taken of me and excuse me for this, but GOD DAMN I LET MYSELF GO! I mean Jesus! I use to be really fit and when I met my husband I was only 10-15 pounds from my goal (was around 145 at the time). Now since then I gained another 35-40 pounds! My God, I seriously was a big time stress eater when Nate was in Korea for a year... I should of had better controll so now I need to lose all this because it is a no go lol. I know some of you might think I'm being hard on myself but I kinda need to be if I'm gonna get back my body!

Me now... this pictuer really makes me feel sick... I seriously let myself go

This is where I want to be again! IT WILL HAPPEN!

So right now I'm setting my first goal. Two months from today I need to lose 10 pounds, which will be about 2.5 punds a week. It's going to be super hard because my husband is a junk food lover (he eats soooo much of it, but where does it go?) and I just need to fight it with a salad...

Day 24

A travel story.
Hmm, well since right now my life is a travel story, I'll do one from my childhood. When I was in elementary (I can't remeber what grade) I went to Laos with my mom. As some of you know my mom is from there and immigrated here during the war. She wanted me to see and learn when her side of the family came from and see how she lived. Which they still lived that way when we went to go visit. I don't know if it has changed any since Laos is a third world country and the little village she lived in was pretty much no where near any major cities. I got to meet family that I thought didn't exisit and got to live her life for a month when I was younger.

Day 22

A favorite recipe

Oh my I have a few favorite recipes! Haha, well I'll go with my yummy baked cheese cake one. This is my hubby's favorite sweet desert thing to make and we both LOVE cheesecake! This is pretty much a basic recipe for a plain one, but I always spice it up depending on my mood and change it a little bit.

Baked Cheese Cake

Crust:
2 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
*Sometimes I get lazy and just buy the crust premade in the tin :P

Filling:
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
Dash of salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs

Topping: (This part is optional, but it is super yummy!)
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp. vanilla


Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter, press into buttered 8 inch pie plate to form crust on bottom and sides.

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add in lemon juice, 1/2 cup sugar, milk, salt and vanilla.

Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Pour filling into crust.

Bake at 325 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes or until set.

Combine the 2 tablespoons of sugar, sour cream, and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla; spread over top of cheesecake then bake for 10 minutes longer. Chill for 5 hours or more before serving.

It's been a little bit...

So the last time I've updated you guys on live here in Italy was when we had only been here for a month. Haha I feel like I've been here longer than that but I haven't. We've gotten uses to a lot here so far. I've made a few friends. We traveled a little bit, we've fought, we've laughed, lol gotten irritated with the country. Just a lot really.

Well since I got here I joined the spouses' group for the squadron that Nate works in and I have met some wonderful ladies! I also was able to do a little word of mouth about me doing hair and it seems to be getting out with them, which I'm happy about because I love doing hair and it gives me a chance to interact with other wives and not only my husband... Not that I don't like inter acting with Nate all the time but I need some girl talk! But more with the spouses' group... It's pretty fun and I went to the first meeting and what not. then all of a sudden I'm the Vice President of the group lol. Not that I don't like doing itm it was just kind of sudden is all. There was some drama when this happend but I think is all over now... I really hate drama so I pretty much just kept my mouth shut and went of about business for the group. Other than that I've been putting together some fun things to do for fundraisers since we support the squadon's x-maws party. More to come later I'm sure.

Well since I joined the group I met teo wonderful ladies that invied Nate and I to go to Croatia with them and their families' which was super nice. I thank these ladies for making me feel welcomed when I got here. I don't want to mention their names because of privacy but they know who they are! As we went to Croatia with them we went to Pula and saw a coliseun and had some lunch in the town. Then we went and found a beach and I got bit by some kind of bug and left a welt on my leg for about a week. Then we had an adventuer of someone. I can't remember who, wanted to go and find a nudist colony that was in Croatia. Haha, well we found it but we didn't go in to check it out. It was pretty funny day. We didn't get back until about 2am which was funny cause we had to get up at 6:30am to be at a wine tour at 8am, haha not a good night sleep, but it was fun!

Pula, Croatia

Wine tour! Well it's called here Cantina Aperte. This happens once a year and the local winerys open up to the public to do free wine tasting and you can buy a crap ton of wine! This was one of the spouses' group events, which was pretty fun. I don't think I ever saw that many vinyars before! By the 7th winery we went to I think thats when I started to feel the headach coming on, but I stuck it out! After the wine tour a buch of us decided to go to dinner at this chicken place called BeFed. Oh they have amazing chicken but I had to have Nate take me back another day to actually eat it. I felt sooo sick by the time we got there that I wanted to vomit... So we left dinner early because I didn't want to ruin the night for anyone else. I pretty much passed out when I got home. I think I got sick because of the mixter of drinking wine, the heat, and not drinking enough water.

Spouses' Group and a few husbands

Hmmm... I'm trying to think of what else has heppend since we got here. Oh we took some super cute but crazy expensive vintage photos... I think if they would drop thier price a lot more people would of gotten thier pictuers done. But we paid the money (which we did not get our monies worth) for the pictuers because they were different and we did like them but not the pice we had to pay.

Oh and we finally got out of town by ourselves by getting lost fining Ikea lol.

So other than what I tried to rack my brain to remember I think that's all that has happened so far :)
♥/ Jaynon

Day 21

A photo of something that makes you happy.

I have been sunch a slacker with my blog! I kinda feel bad cause I've thought about hurrying and just getting the 30 day thing done already lol but the n I get lazy... So now I'm just gonna try to get on here and just get er done! Haha.

A photo of something that makes me happy.... hmmmm.... I kinda have to think about this because a lot of things make me happy. Right now it's my love, Nate, hehe. Oh okay I think I have it now! Lol, it's when Nate suprises me with flowers! Yep, he always gets me such beautiful flowers for just anything really. It doesn't even have to be my birthday, or our anniversary. He just get's them from me and tells me I love you just because.

This isn't the last one he got me, but the one before. I forgot to take a pictuer of the last ones he got me :/

Day 20

The meaning behind your blog name.

the meaning behind my blog name huh. Well gee this goes way back to possibly grade school or junior high school-ish, haha. I got the nick name Nonnie I think when I was in grade school only a few people close to me called that and it stuck cause that's my my 10 year old neice calls me all  the time. Well then between junior high and high school it progressed to Jaynonnie and a few different other ones, but since Nonnie was heard so much they just stuck Jay infront of it lol. So it's pretty much Jaynon but with -nie at the end, Jaynonnie! So the meaning behing it is it's just a childhood name that stuck with me.

old memories & nicknames ♥ your, Jaynonnie

Day 19

Favorite book

My favorite book... Oh gee this is a hard one cause I've read a few books, but I don't have a favorite yet. Right now I've been reading two different series one is by Michael Scott and the other is by Kelley Armstrong.

The ones by Michael Scott are called the Secrets of the Imortal Nicholas Famel which I finished reading the fourth book a few weeks ago. It left me with a cliff hanger lol too bad I bought all the books in paperback so now I have to wait the the fifth comes out in a paperback, LAME. Lol oh well what do you do right?

Here is first of the series.
If you want more on Michael Scott here is is website
http://www.dillonscott.com/

The next series is Kelley Armstrong. This one is called the Darkest Powers, this one has been pretty good so far. I bought the third book and I haven't red it yet since I've been a little busy, but I will get to it again.

First book from the series.
Kelley Armstrong's website is
http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/ 

Rain :)

So today has been a pretty good day so far. I needed the car this moring and dropped off my love at work this morning and on my way back I heard a really catch song called "Rain" never heared it before and now I've listened to it on YouTube like 10 times already today! Haha oh dear what to do with myself. But yes, here is the song! The artis's name is  Mika and if I'm correct he's from England.

Anyway, I make a breakfast burrito filling for the spouse group I joined when I got here for our burrito sales to help fund our group to do free luches or treats for the airman that are in the squandrons our husbands are in. Which by the way I found out this last weekend that I am now going to be taking in the role of Vice President for the group and slowly take over as President by June or July! So I'm a little nurvios and excited because now I'll have something to do but it's a lot of responsabilty. I can't wait to get this group more in order and get it really rolling :) it's gonna be fun.

Other than that so far nothing else has been going on. I guess I should log onto my college website and see what other assinments are up for this week, becuase there always is. But I don't feel like I'm done blogging yet :P

On another note... I've been reading a lot of upsetting things written about people to ruin those lives out of spite. I don't understand when an adult feels like they should act like they are in school go get back at another person is right. It's not going to get you anywhere in life, it's not going to get what you want, it just doesn't do anything for you except make you look like a horrible person. There is so much hate in this world I don't understand why people aim to hurt others, weather it be a strager, family, friends, a person you don't like.  Even if someone points somthing out about yourself that you don't want to hear but know it's true, people can't take it in and make themselves a better person by realizing maybe I shouldn't do that, I should do this insead... but because people are so corrupted they lash out wanting to hurt the person that pointed out thier flaws. This is just one thing I could go on and on and on but I don't I think I should stop before I get worked up and make this blong insanely long. But yeah my point is why can't people turn the other cheek and grin and bare it instead of retaliate? Guess that's how things work because this isn't a perfect world.

Day 18

Something you crave a lot.

Hmmm... something I crave a lot would have to be... Crown Burger or lately since there is not a Crown Burger in Italy Marcos haha! I don't get it a lot because first off I'm trying to lose a few pounds and second the gyros are packed full of yummy goodness of grease! But oh man it's soooo delicious! Aw. now I just made myself want a gyro platter from Marcos... Oh and did I mention hummas and french fries are freaking amazing! Marcos was the first place where I had it with my gyro too. They don't do that back in the states that I know of, but my point is Marcos = Best Gyros EVER!!!

Day 17

A photo of you and your family.

Oh geezes haha my family is complicated because they are a mixtuer of family and friends that I hold close to me. Some I don't talk to as much as I should and one (which some of you already know who it is) I'm in a fued with and I've somewhat disowned her for her actions. So these are pictuers of some of my family :) enjoy!

Day 16

Your celebrity crush.

Oh dear lol I have two actually. Haha and they are total opposites! They are Matthew Gray Gubler and John Cena :P

I'm gonna start with Matthew Gray Gubler. He is the hottie nerd guy from Criminal Minds, oh how I love that show BTW. You would think I would go for Shamar Moore but he kinda reminds me of my brother and yeah no. Matthew kinda reminds me of my husband acctually! Haha they somewhat have somethings in common :P for example they are both big dorks and handsome! Also the character that Matthew plays on Criminal Minds, he plays a phycologist that has a vast ammount of knowledge and so does my love. So I told my husband if he dies, I'm going after this guy to be my second husband. Haha like I'd stand a chance right?

Matthew Gray Gubler

Now to John Cena... my husband hates that I like this guy. For some reason he thinks that's that I want him to look like, which I don't cause my love is sexy the way he is. John Cena is just my eye candy lol. If you don't know who John Cena is, he is one of the guys for WWF. He's made a couple movies too one is called "The Marine" it was a pretty good movie, or at least to me anyway. But yeah, there's not much to say except that John is my eye candy and that's about it haha.

John Cena

So thoes are my celeb crushes... In reality, I wouldn't change the man I'm with now. He is my everything and I love him to death! He does a lot for me from taking care of me in many different ways, making me laugh, and being a silly dork are just a few of the things he does for me. I love you Nathan!

My Love and I

Day 15

Something you don't leave the house without.

Something I don't leave the house without is my purse and my cell phone! I feel super naked without my purse because I've just always have my purse with me where ever I go. It just feels akward not having my big huge bag with me. I put everything in there, my hubby calls it "the black hole" haha. I have pretty much anything I might need; medicen, lotion, makeup, pen, paper, tide stick, monkey balm, hand sanitizer, wallet, phone... these are just some of the things that I keep in there!

As for my cell phone, it's not as important as my purse but I do have it with me always too. What if someone needs to get a hold of me or there is an emergency? Or just anything really it just kinda makes me feel better that if I need a ride or there is danger lurking around the corner I can call for help or if someone needs me or there is something important that I need to know right away that I have my phone with me.

One Month Already!

It's been just a little over a month since I moved to Italy! When we first got here I thought I was gonna die because of my allergies, and I'm now just at the end of my coughing fits. I was beginning to think that I needed more help with my allergies because of how my dad has cronic allergies and asthma. I ended up going to the doctors and got a whole new allergy medicen set up. I was really sceptical at first but it's been slowly working.

Anyway enough of my health, when we first got here it was a bit nuts. We were getting Nate's work stuff done, breifing classes about the area, driving, and culture, finding a home to live in. We got lucky though, we didn't really have to look for a house because it found us the first weekend we got here! Haha, we were actually on a mission to get gealato when I looked over and saw a shop the sold blow dryers (I had to buy a new one because mine would of blown the transformer out) and the owner started asking us how long we've been here and it led up to if we had a place yet because he had just put an appartment up on the website! He took us to go look and I immeditly said "YES!" So we are now living here just waiting for our home things to get here, which hopefully it all should be here this week or next week!

Back to the first week we got here we had to sit in classes and what not about Italy, and since we alreay found a house we had a free day. Well we got lucky again and our car got in that day and we spent the day doing paperwork and what not for our car! That ment we didn't have to have our sponor to dive us around! We were really excited, except the fact that we were going on a tour the next day to see the town around us and go to a local winery for wine tasting. So we got a ride with our sponsor for that day. We had to because here in Italy you are not allowed what so ever to drink and drive otherwise there are major consiquinses (getting your car taken away with lincese and you cannot get it back). So the percent that you are able in your body is 0.02 percent! Which is good because it makes you responsable... maybe they should bring this back to the states...

But yes, so far everything has been pretty good here. I don't want to say we live in a city because even the nearest city is not a city. I would say more of a large village and the city that we live in a a small kind of farm town. It's really cute we have cows and sheep a couple blocks over and then vinyards everywhere! It's really not what I expected here. there is no 24 hour Walmart and when there is an Italian holiday everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) shuts down. They also have something here called "riposo" (rest) that happends between noon and 3pm here where they will close shop and have a few hour lunch/nap break during the week day. You you pretty much have to plan everything around all this and even holidays. For example, I didn't know it was a holiday and the commasay and bx was closed on base! I was sitting there at the entrance going "WTF?!" Haha but this is Italy and I have to follow and respect thier customs even if I don't agree with them. Oh and it seems like thier favorite word here is "domani" meaning tomorrow. Oh gosh, don't get me started, but there is a saying here which is "why do today what you can do tomorrow" haha I guess being an American, I like things fast and efficent... well you're not gonna get that here that's for sure!

Haha, so far this has been a pretty interesting adjustment in my life. I'm starting to learn more Italian because we have the nicest lady that lives in the appartment underneath us who had been saying hi and making small conversations with us in Italian and we know so little we feel bad because half the time we have no idea what she is saying! Haha oh dear, thank God for dictionarys and phone translators and knowing some spanish to get by somewhat! Oh and the food here is amazing! Some how I've been here for a month and have not tried spagetti and meat sauce yet, but I've tried other pasta... I need to do that next time I go out but anyway oh the food! It is sooo yummy and the pizza and deserts... I need to start watching my waist because I need to lose weight not gain it! Well till the next time.

Your fresh pasta eating friend, Jaynon

Day 14

A TV show you're currently addicted to.

I'm curently addited to Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars... unfortunetly I can't watch new episodes here in Italy because they have blocked the online sites to my region :( boooo!!! Haha so now I have to wait for the seasons to come out on dvd box sets or download them. Sucks for be but that's how it has to go.

Since those two shows are blocked here I have been getting into my crime shows again! So I've been watching Shark, CSI, NCIS, Law and Order, Bones, Criminal Minds and Medium. Yeah... and it kinda sucks because they are mostly re-runs... Oh well atlease I'm entertained right?

Day 13

Your favorite musician and why?

I know, I know, I have been a total slacker with my blog! I do have good reason though, I just moved to Italy! Yep, Italy :) and I have been super duper busy running around getting things done and looking for a home and doing tons of fun things. But enough of that, this is suppose to be my day 13, right?

So my favorite musician is... wait for it... wait for it!

Miss Mariah Carey!

Yep, this woman is awesome! I just love her music and her music videos are great! I just grew up listening to her music and she is still and R&B queen! I love her and will always listen to her music!



Here is her music video with Nicki Minaj - Up Out My Face

Day 12

Favorite family tradition
This one is a hard one because we don't really have any family traditions... the only think that I did every holiday was I would always end up at my dad's house last because I could relax and eat more food! Haha and that's really about it. I'm trying to rack my brain at the moment to try to remember anything that we would do every year and I can't think of anything. I'm just gonna have to make some traditions of my own for my future kids lol because I don't know I've always wanted to have something to do with the whole family but it never happens. It's kinda sad because of differences between my siblings that it just clashes. It makes me sad in a way because I know that it's probably never going to ever happen unless my dad dies and we are all at his funeral. I wish my family was closer but that's just wishful thinking...

Day 11

Least favorite chore around the house
Oh my well my hubby knows this one cause he does this chore :P I absolutly hate cleaning the bathroom! I will do it if I really really have to but if I can get away with not doing it I would. I think it's because I'm some what of a germaphobe and when I think of the bathroom... well yeah I think you know where I'm going with this haha.  But as I was saying I will do any other chore in exchange for the bathroom! I'm thinking about the house in Italy that we will end up getting and I will probably end up cleaning the whole house before I am satified and know that everything is clean because I cleaned it... but Nate is still cleaning the bathroom...
 

Day 10

A photo of your favorite place to eat.
Oh geezers, I have a few favorite places to eat! I love Crown Burger, Red Iguana, and any place that knows how to make really good Pho! Yep those are some of my favs that I love to go to. I would never be able to go on a really good diet if these places are near. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure Italy doesn't have these places... well they might have Pho but I don't know how good it will be, but still. I guess when I come home to the states and visit I'm just gonna be eating a ton at these places lol! Now that I'm looking at the picture of Crown Burger it's making me hungry for it... hmm... Nate hasn't aten there yet since he's been home from Korea... maybe lunch? Haha I'm bad, food is my frenimy!

Day 9

A photo of the item you last purchased.

The last thing that I bought for myself came in today! It i the Urban Decay Naked shadow pallet and it also came with Urban Decay eye shadow primer! I love love love this makeup product ever since I went to Vegas last year to go hag out with my sister in law she got me addicted to this brand! Haha I looked up where I could buy it andit was at Sephora... then I got addicted to Sephora... haha thanks Sarah!

Excited

So I know this is suppose to be my Day 9 post but that can wait till later :P right now as failed my attempt to fall into dreamland I am just way too excited to have my love come home to me finally! We finally get to really start our lives together! Haha gosh we got married last January and he was gone a month later to Korea! So we were pretty much married without having each other to annoy... bahaha yeah funny but true!

Yesterday was a day of running around, luckily I got a message in so I could be somewhat relaxed! I ran around and went to the following places.... our storage to put more stuff in there, the beauty supply to pick up some stuff, activated babes phone at TMobile, went to lunch with daddy at McDonalds, went to the asian market to pick up some ingredients, got my message at Message Envy, went back to the storage to meet with moving survey guy and also went back home to finish with the survey, fixed Jodi's hair, talked and emailed my babe, attempted to fall asleep, and now writing this blog haha. Yep had a super eventful day!

Off to dreamland attempt #2
love, Jay

Day 8

A song to match your mood.

So I picked this song because I am super excited to have my hubby home! It's been a full on year and I saw time 3 times this past year since he's been gone, and he is finally coming home! So this song it pretty much for him :) I love you Nathan!

Day 7

Your dream wedding.

Well since I aleady am married only half of my ideas came through lol but that's what came out when you have to plan a wedding in 3 months with a small budget :P But if we had the money and the time and also if that stupid lady at Fairy Godmother's Bridal didn't mess up the order on my wedding dress and didn't have to go get a new dress from David's Bridal then yeah the wedding would of been top notch! Haha don't get me wrong my wedding was pretty good because I got to marry the greatest guy ever, I'm just saying it could of been a lot more put into it if there was time :)

Here are some pictuers of what I thought my wedding would look like :P It's a little more organized than mine was but I wouldn't change a thing now :)

Yep and that's what I had in my mind haha kinda fancy huh? Haha well like I said my wedding still was pretty awesome I got the perfect man and cake! (Oh and if you live in Utah and want to know who make my cake, I'll put a link right under neath it :) it was  raspberry swirl with cream cheese and raspberry filling)

I made all of my table decor :) so easy and it all came from Hobby Lobby!

My cake was great it was by Exclusive Wedding Cakes

I can't find the website but this was the company