I've been tagged..

50 questions to answer and then tag your blogger friends. Tag as many or as few as you want, whatever works for you. AND...try to put some added info into your answers, no "one worders" please :) We're trying to learn about each other here PEOPLE!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Not really... My Mom wanted to name me Sarah Elizabeth but my Dad didn't like it. So they came up with Jeni and my mom had a friend who spelled her name J-E-N-I and she liked that instead of the typical J-E-N-N-Y and so do I. My legal name is actually Jennifer but there are probably 5 people in this world who call me that. Even when I'm in trouble my mom yells JENI LYNN and never Jennifer.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Last night. It was a one tearer though. There was a big misunderstanding with me and the guy I'm dating (Steve) but it all worked out okay. :)

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Not a big fan. There are some days though when I do like my handwriting and I'll write all day. But it never seems to be good when I need it to be good.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey. Lunch is my favorite meal of the day. I love a nice turkey sandwich with a cold Diet Coke.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Not yet, but I'd like to someday.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Yea I think that I would... I'm a pretty fun girl I think :)

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? NO! Yeah, maybe to much sometimes... might need to work on that.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes. They don't seem to be a problem.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? I'm not sure if I'd do that. Sky dive YES. Bungee jump.. it just seems like one big whip lash if you ask me.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Honey Nut Cheerios!! But I normally don't eat breakfast. Not a big fan of breakfast foods

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? I do not. I usually and searching for one shoe while the other is in my hand.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I think so. A lot of people look at my arms and say oh will you flex for me... very embarrassing! I never do though.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Mint Chocolate Chip or soft serve twist in a cone YUM!

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? How they carry themselves I guess.

15. RED OR PINK? Pink. It's more fun, and I look better in pink than red.

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? I'm too indecisive. I can never decide on anything.. where to eat, what to watch,... etc. I really never care I'm to laid back.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My friend Josh Rodesiler (Rodie) There are a few blogs about him. But he was one of my best friends.

18. WHAT IS THE WORST QUESTION PPL ASK YOU ALL THE TIME? Umm.. I guess "How's College?" I know people just want to know how everything is going but I just get so tired of answering the same thing over and over and over again. It's like my life is on repeat or something. For all of you reading (College is great I love it) :)

19. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? No shoes, just some tan socks right now.

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? McDonald's French Fries. YUM! Not the healthiest but I'm 115 lbs. I could use some french fries.

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? My parents talking about church stuff.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Purple. My favorite color is actually blue but for some reason I love to write with purple crayons.

23. FAVORITE SMELLS? Mom's apple pie! Chocolate chip cookies, clean laundry, and very sexy cologne from Victoria's secret- I love guys smells.

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Steve. I left something at his house so I wanted to make sure he didn't lose it.

25. MOUNTAIN HIDEAWAY OR BEACH HOUSE? Beach House. I love the beach, but I'm not a big fan of salt water.. doesn't taste very good and it gets in your swim suit. But I love the sun. LAKE HOUSE is more like it.

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Gymnastics for sure! I was a gymnast so I love to watch it. Then football COLTS and Norte Dame!

27. HAIR COLOR? Brunette and darn proud of it.

28. EYE COLOR? Brown.. matches the hair.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No. But I do have glasses for reading.

30. FAVORITE FOOD? Potatoes any kind (french fires, baked potato, CHEESY POTATOES my grandma makes!) Ribs!!

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Depends on my mood, I love watching all the scary movies around Halloween time!! Happy endings are good, but get annoying after a while.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? The Notebook. I watched it last night witch Steve's mom and sister.

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Blue long sleeve shirt. It's really comfy it like long underwear material but looks nice at the same time

34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Summer... I love being on the lake. But I do love winter too.. I just get tired of being cold all the time.

35. HUGS OR KISSES? Depends on who the giver/receiver is: mostly hugs....I think kisses are more personal.

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Chocolate Cake! I get mad when I get a crappy piece of chocolate cake.

37. STRENGTH TRAINING OR CARDIO? Cardio!! I don't like my muscles so why not work the heart.

38. COMPUTER OR TELEVISION? Computer. Lots to do on here... Life line to friends, home, and homework. I don't watch of whole lot of t.v.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Ooo.. Not a fan of reading. I just bought a book it has five novels by Charles Dickens. Who knows if I'll finish it... I started reading Scrooge. Tis the season!

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? No mouse pad. I have a laptop and a wireless mouse so I use the table provided for that.

42. FAVORITE SOUND? I love the sound of boats on the lake. I donno why just reassures me that its summer I guess.

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles? Way before my time.. I couldn't really tell you who sings what but I just thought I'd pick one.

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Dominican Republic. I went on a missions trip my sophomore year of high school.

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Gymnastics stuff I suppose. I would love to say singing was my talent but we all know Jeni can't sing!!!

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Memorial Hospital, Ft. Wayne. My Grandpa Glassley (mom's dad) was my doctor and he delivered both my brothers and I.

47. WHERE ARE YOU LIVING NOW? Muncie, IN at Ball State for school... but my home is in Syracuse, IN

48. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR HOUSE? My dorm is brick and ugly... about ready to fall down it actually just caught of fire last week at 4a.m. scary! and My home is Gray

49. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR CAR? Silver. Nothing to special about it but she gets me from point A to point B.

50. DO YOU LIKE ANSWERING 50 QUESTIONS? I don't mind.. gives me something to do while I'm on break.

I would like to tag...

Kate, Dina, Lindsay, and Kalyn just because! :)

Back Together Again

On Wednesday night my friends from highschool all got together again. We met at Eric's house and did a little hot tubbing, a little camp fire, and some movie watch'n. It was fun to get to see everyone again and catch up on how everyone's college experience is going. It's funny to see how my friends have changed. None for the worse luckily! :)

Formal/Colts

Last Friday night I got the pleasure of going to a formal at Sigma Chi a frat down here. One of my friends asked me to go and I was really excited. Kate and Taylor(roomie next year) helped me get ready.

My date was Joe Hester... he picked me up with two white roses and we picked up two other couples and went out to eat at Johny Carinos. I had never been there but its a really good Italian restaurant. Then we headed off to Sig Chi where they decorated the basement all up it was awesome. It was raining all night so that kind of stunk but we made the most of it and danced in the rain which was really fun! Below is Joe.

Sunday I got the wonderful opportunity to go to the colts game! Yay! Last summer Sean (who has a lake house on Wawasee so we hung out all summer) promised me that he would take me to a Colts game and that he did. We had alot of fun before after and at the game. This was our view.. we were right about where the players run out. section 132 row 23 it was nice. We even got on t.v. Kate was watching back at the dorms and she said she saw us so that was kind of cool.

My dear friend Kindra was also at the game. She had bought tickets for her boyfriend Jordy for his birthday. So we met up to say hey. I hadn't seen Kb in a long time so it was really great to see her.

After the game Sean and I went back to his house and his mom cooked us dinner. Steak, green bean, fruit salad, rice, rolls, and cookies. It was so nice to have a home cooked meal.. it was so delicious. On the way home Sean and I sang the whole way home, and if anyone has heard me sing it's not a pretty sound. But it was still fun we laughed the entire time. Well that was my weekend in a nut shell.. Saturday night was the blog before this in case you were wondering. :)

Have a good week to all!

The Goshen Crew

Last night I ventured over to a party where I knew some friends would be. A house where I knew there would be a good time because of the people that were there. The crew from Goshen, Indiana. If you don't know, I had a great friend who passed away this pass summer in a car accident (I have a previous blog about him) but anywho... My friend Josh, who passed away, was suppose to be going to Ball State this year. He obviously never made it that far. He was suppose to be living with Ryan (on the left) and TJ (on the right). This was the house I was at. We had a great time together having fun and doing whatever. Josh and I always talked about this moment.. just being at the same school hanging out and having fun together. Since Josh wasn't here in this moment I got to be with many people that were really close to him. His friends from highschool and I shared memories and had a great old time. It was fun but kind of sad at the same time. I just felt like Josh should have been there and it that it just wasn't that same with out him. After tonight everything just hit me again. How I miss my best friend, how everything we planned is now going on without him, wondering why this happened to him, it just doesn't seem fair right now, it doesn't make any sense.

Joe was another great friend of Josh's and he was here at Ball State for the weekend to visit which was kind of ironic that this was the weekend I went over to Ryan and TJ's house. Joe and I experienced Carter Hot Dogs for the first time tonight which is a Ball State tradition. That was fun. After seeing, hanging out with, and reminiscing with Ryan, TJ, and Joe about the good times with Josh the night seemed good. I think about those memories with Josh and know that they will never be forgotten. Josh was one amazing kid and friend. He will always be in my heart. I miss you buddy!

All Dressed Up...

Kate and I had a date last night with our friend Sean. He said he wanted to take us both out to a nice restaurant, and boy was it nice. He picked us up and brought us both a bouquet of peach roses. We were very dressed up. It was a lot of fun to get all ready with Kate. I've never had a sister and that night it felt like I had a sister. She helped me do my hair and taught me a few other tricks. Then we took some fun pictures before Sean got there.

We both felt really beautiful. It was fun to wear something besides jeans and a t-shirt.
We had bought Sean a flower thing to wear.. (can't spell it haha) I had to pin it on and this is when I needed my mom. I've never pinned those things on before. This is why the flower is sideways in the picture. (Mom, when I come home I'm gonna need a lesson in pinning flowers on guys.. LOOK OUT DAD!)

I can't remember the place we went to eat and if I did I probably wouldn't be able to pronounce it. We walked in and it was probably the nicest restaurant I've ever eaten in. The silverware was all placed nicely. If I hadn't seem Pretty Woman I probably wouldn't have known which fork to use. The food was really good too!

Afterwards we walked Sean back to his room so all the guys would be jealous of him and it totally worked. Everyone in his hall wanted to be him. It was funny.

Kate, Sean, and I had a TON of fun and laughed the entire time.

(I know Grandpa you told me not to wear this dress again, but what's a girl to do?)

My Weekend.

This past weekend I went to Carmel to babysit my cousins, Drew, Austin, and Sophia while my Aunt Amy and Uncle Mike went to Texas for a wedding. I knew it was going to be a fun weekend and also very chaotic.

So got to the house and got a little taste of what it feels like to be a soccer mom: or should I say lacrosse mom? All three of the kids had lacrosse games all at different time, luckily they were all at the same place. Austin had to leave and go to basketball but I didn't have to take him. Once we got home I was so tired and so were the kids so we got ready for bed and that was that.

The next day we had nothing planned so.. we got up, ate, and I took the kids to this huge park and there was a train grave yard there. Kate came with us. She was the one who showed us this park. I was excited cuz I could take some cool pictures and the kids were excited cuz there was an awesome park and lots of trains to look at and climb in. It was like this muesem or something. It kind of reminded me of the Box Car Children books for some reason.

These are just a few of my favorites of the kids... I took a TON more.

This one cracks me up. We founds this OLD DISGUSTING toilet and Austin went under the train while I took a picture. It makes me wonder... Does the particles you leave bindhind just fall onto the tracks. If so I'm not walking on train tracks anymore.

We had alot of fun at the park reguardless of it being chilly. As soon we left it started to rain so it was perfect timing. That even we went to Red Robin with Kate's family and learned how to play right left center... which was really fun

On Sunday the the kids had church then birthday parites and scouts.... While the boys did their things Sophia and I played monopoly for a LONG time. I went to go do some things and she decided she would roll for me. I come back after she has been playing for me for the past ten mins and realize that most of my money is gone and she has is rich. Gotta love it. After that was over we sang girl scout songs I used to know and ones she knows. She taught me some new ones.

That night we went to a colts birthday party for Austin and one of his friends... COLT WON!! that was very exciting. Amy and Mike flew in and met us there. After we went back to the house I gathered my things and tried to leave....

Amy asked Sophia if she wanted to go back with me just kidding around.. and she ran to put her shoes and coat on, needless to say Amy had to literally rip her from my arm and she is was crying... it that doesn't make you feel loved I don't know what will. So I'm about ten mins away from campus when I get a phone call from Amy. She said Austin is crying and can't go to sleep until he talks to you. I talked and he said good night. It was nice to feel loved and needed :)

After the weekend was over I still want to have kids someday haha. I did learn alot though. Like when I was little and my mom would laugh with the boys sometimes when they would pick on me.. well now I know why. Sometimes it's just so hard NOT to laugh. And when my mom would always tell me to ignore the boys because they were just wanted to see me get mad... well my mom was right. who would have guess. After all these years my world finally makes sense.

All in all it was a great weekend.

The Test

Who would have guess that being accepted into a family relied on a piece of pumpkin pie. Well if you want to become a Dunithan it does. Lindsey had to pass the pumpkin pie test. She had to make a pie and bring it to a family get together for everyone to eat.
I don't think she realized what she was getting herself into. My Grandpa and Uncle Jeff set it all up... THE TESTING TABLE.
They got all set up with their testing tools and got their taste buds ready... poor lindsey!

Grandpa got the magnify glass out.

Jeff got the tape measure out to see... they compared the height of each piece to see if it was an even pie.

All I can say is it was a good thing I was born into the family... or was it? :)

As Grandpa tallies up the score...

Lindsey awaits her answer... and they told her that she had to make another one because they jsut weren't sure.

Let's just say there is never a dull moment at the Dunithan's