And the Winner is....

...ME! I have officially won the award for "The World's Most Boring Blog." I know, I am awful at updating my blog these days. Hopefully there will be better posts to come...

NERDS

Nerds. That is the best word I could use to describe Steve and I and we are OK with that. We both have incredibly nerdy obsessions (me with school supplies and him with Magic, just an example), do numerous nerdy things every time we hang out, and just act like nerds.

Take for example, a typical night.

We hang out at Steve's a lot, he is frugal and we usually can't think of much we like to do more than just hang out together. This has led us to become either very creative in our activities or fall into very big activities ruts, but we normally have our bases covered:

Being nerds and capturing the moment: Check
Being nerds and pretending we are taking pictures while on a vacation in New York: Check
Steve feeding his passion for the love of his life (music): Check
Me being a nerd finding something to entertain myself, taking pictures, or talking Steve's ear off: Check
We may be nerds, but we love it and it probably won't change anytime soon. We have come to embrace it. We usually call each other "nerd" most of the time, but you have to say it a certain way. Let me share with you the "Strong Bad Nerd," the word just can't be said any other way (the clip is short and it is really just the "nerd" being said at the end).

Back To School: NOT!

Today the U starts school, BUT NOT ME! I am so happy that I am not driving up to campus to walk to class in the cold! Spring semester was always my least favorite because it is cold the whole semester up until about the last week. And then to add on the wet of the snow and walking to class and getting your pants wet up to your calves, ewe! No thank you! It is just so nice to not be going back.

Steve on the other hand does start school today which means, in a way, death of a boyfriend. He is one of those students that actually goes to class, reads everything he is supposed to, and does all his homework before class, weird! I was never one of those students so I don't really understand it, but it does translate into much more time needed for school than for Jill. I guess you will all be seeing a lot more of me around!

Cafe Rio: R.I.P.

*Warning: The following may be graphic and unpleasant to read!*

So as many of you may know that the kids at my place have been sick with the Stomach Flu, no fun. I haven't been around all that much and thought I would be immune to this awful sickness, no such luck.

Friday at work we ordered Cafe Rio for lunch and it was so good as usual, but the inevitable happened later that night. I decided to work out after work and boy was that a bad idea. It started out with just a sick stomach, which isn't uncommon in our family of sensitive stomachs. My workout was cut short and I spent some quality time in the bathroom.

I got things under control enough that I headed to Wal-mart to kill some time until Steve was off work. I made sure to stay close to the bathroom, got some diarrhea medicine, and thought I was good to go. I still just thought it was from the work out after such a big meal, again, boy was I wrong!

I met up with Steve and we went to his house to have a mellow night since I wasn't feeling great. We played Magic The Gathering, an oh-so geeky card game (think Pokemon meets World of War Craft), and I just kept getting more and more sick. I am usually not one who throws up, I think I have done so maybe 6 times in my life, I have a pretty strong stomach. As I was laying there I knew I was going to add another one to my count. I again spent some quality time in the bathroom, and felt really bad that Steve had to be there for all of it.

This is where the death of Cafe Rio comes in. I am sure many of you have had that experience that whatever you eat when you get sick gets ruined for life? Well I know this is one of them. After the initial throw up, and seeing all that food come up I had gotten home and spent the night in the shower and on the bathroom floor. I finally fell asleep only to wake up an hour later and only made it to a towel. WARNING GRAPHIC: Once I got the towel to the bathroom to clean up the towel looked like the bottom of a Cafe Rio Salad, you know when the rice melts in with the cheese and such? Gross I know and probably why I will never be able to stomach anything else from Cafe Rio.

I've made it through the night and had to come in to work and I am hoping I am on the rebound. I haven't put anything new down and hope that this is only a 24-hour bug. I am sad to say that one of my most favorite eating establishments is not ruined! Cafe Rio has been a staple in my life for a long time and I am sad that that is what I got sick on. How rude!

How Crafty Are We?

This is us... and we are pretty crafty sometimes.

Monday night our activity was to do something crafty. We ventured to Michael's with the intention of our project being stenciling shirts. Steve is pretty random with his interests and actually had most of the stuff. We just had to get a shirt for me and ended up getting a stencil and paint. Steve made the suggestion that I should do a dinosaur and I kinda liked the idea, so I went with it.

We got back and started on our project...

Steve was pretty intense on the wording he was working on for his hoodie. He printed out several options and once decided, glued it to poster board and cut it out with an exact-o knife...

My project was pretty easy with just a stencil, I'll take a pre-cut stencil any day...

Again, very intent and focused...

Pretending to be as intent as Steve...

If you recall our experience with the gingerbread houses, you will remember that Steve takes a bit longer on his involved projects than I do on my over simplified way of doing things. I did finish a bit before him and was left to entertain myself, which usually included pictures...

We finished up our projects and I was actually pretty impressed with the way they turned out. Steve liked the blatant statement of putting the word "hoodie" on his hoodie. Remember the days of kindergarten when everything is labeled? We are reverting to those days...

I would just like to mention that this was all Steve's idea and have to give him some credit for being willing to do crafty things with me. It provides a little diversity into our activities and I like it!

Bleeding Red

As many of you know, my family bleeds red. It is a way of life that I grew up with of Utah football and basketball games, BYU hating (sorry about that), and everything else that comes with it. We are well rooted in the U blood lines back to my grandpa, Papa Morris, who was a professor and helped lay the ground work for the planning department up there.

This past year I have attended the U and am now one of the most recent graduates and I couldn't be more proud to be an alumni of the University of Utah.

I have come to the realization over the past month of just how much of a Utah fan I am.

Let me illustrate...

One of the most exciting presents I opened on Christmas, not just because it was what I wanted, but because of what it means. I, Jill Jensen, am an official University of Utah Alumni... Doesn't it look good?...
I have also been so excited to watch the Sugar Bowl. There is just something about Utah football that I love, maybe it is because I have gone to the majority of the games since I was about 7, maybe it is the rush of not knowing what mistakes they are going to make or when the prevent defense is going to lose the game. Regardless of what it is, I just love it! Good or bad years, you just keep being a fan and love it.

Last night was no let down, I couldn't believe how great the game was to watch! Not to bring up all of the politics and such that come with getting to a BCS bowl, but showing up and being a true competitor was so gratifying to watch.

Steve and I watched the game together and since he was going to be a bit late, I just recorded the game to start it when he got here. It had started to snow around 5:00 or so and when we had got to the end of the first quarter in the recording the signal was lost! I was so irritated!!! I knew that the snow had built up on the satellite and I would either have to settle for lame live updates online, or crawl up on the roof. What does any Utah fan do when your team is playing the biggest game in history? Simple, you crawl up on the snowy roof in a snow storm with a broom and clean it off. Problem solved! Luckily it was only half time when we got caught up and were able to catch the rest of the game and boy was it entertaining!

Win or lose, good or bad, A Utah man am I, GO UTES!!!

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year! I have never been one to like to celebrate New Year's Eve, I am just as content sitting at home hanging out then going out and doing something. But I feel I got the best of both worlds this year.

Steve and I started out the night at Brad and Heidi's. We had some amazing food (my favorite type of snacking foods and such) and some major Wii. I think I could play Dodgeball on there forever, it is so much fun! Especially once people get into it and the competition gets the best of people.

After that we headed out to the Watkins, Steve's second family some would say.

We played some games, ate some food, and decided to reign in the new year 12 year old style. We all got pots and pans and were ready to go run outside at the stroke of Midnight.

Kara and I were well prepared...
We watched the ball drop and then ran outside to let everyone know of the new year. Trevor put a spin on things with his guitar and harmonica instead of pots and pans... What is New Year's without a New Year's Kiss?

Kara and Trevor are my new favorite people that Steve and I hang out with. Trevor is Steve's really good friend (and Trevor's whole family) and I just love his wife Kara. I think she is probably the nicest person I have ever met.

The night was super fun and best of all I got to spend it all with this cute boy...

I am pretty excited for the new year and can't wait for what lies in store. I am in such a time of change in my life that I feel like anything is possible. I could be one of a million places in my life in a year. It's kind of a scary thought but so exciting at the same time, change is good and I can't wait to take part in new adventures. I hope to take advantage of my flexible situation in life and experience all I can while I am still young and single.

Look out 2009, HERE I COME!!!