Quote of the moment...

These two quotes are SO true!!!

Friends...

Photo via Pinterest

Today I am super grateful for the amazing friends that I am blessed to have in my life!

They are fantastic support and encouragement and inspiration to me.

I am lucky to have them.

Thank you each and everyone of you.

You know who your are!

What Would You Do For Love??

Last day of holidays was pretty great!

Even though the list of things that I wanted to get done didn't really get done, I still have this weekend to achieve those thing! 

And I am determined to get them done!

Tonight me and a friend discovered a AMAZING restaurant.

So good that we booked the same table to go back to in a fortnights time.

You know the feeling that you get when you try a new restaurant.

You have the hope of something amazing,

You have your hopes set high.

Well this location did not let us down!

The service.... fantastic!

The food... Mouth watering heavenly goodness!

Add great conversation and it was a awesome dinner.

Seriously good food! 

My mouth is watering just looking at the picture and knowing that I will be back there in a fortnight!

Following the amazing dinner we headed off to see the movie 'The Vow'

This movie is amazing.

If i wasn't in fit of laughter at one of my friend who was crying, pretty much from the start of the movie, then I would have been crying too!

(When I said crying, I mean endless tears running down her face, seriously it was HILARIOUS!)

This movie was filled with laughter and tears, you couldn't help but feel it tug on your heart strings.

How determined her must be and how much strength and love he must have for her.

I can only hope that I have that much love for my future husband and him for me.

What would you do for love?

My favourite parts of the movie was when he was singing Meatloaf to her in the car, the box that he give her when he is sick, and how much fun they have in the relationship.

I'll admit it...

I AM A HOPELESS ROMANTIC!!

If you have not seem this movie,

Then GO AND SEE IT NOW!

Trust me it will be worth it.

***Also take tissues... if you don't need them, your friend will!
**P.S... Channing is HOT!!**

Weekend Adventure...

Another weekend has been and gone

This weekend's main adventure was camping...

Now I have been camping before but not for the past 10 years...

I didn't really know if I would enjoy the experience, 

But I thought that I would at least give it one go.

So here are my thoughts on camping...

PROS:

*Relaxing

*Nature

*Random conversations

*BBQs

*Laughter

*Friends

*Falling asleep to the sounds to the waves

*Camp fires: building a nice big campfire pit

*Friendly fellow campers, especially the ones that offer us some of their freshly caught fish

*Beaches: swimming in the ocean for the first time in about 8 years

*Sleeping in tents: This reminds me of my childhood, and camping in the back yard in tents with my brothers and sisters.

CONS:

*I can't cook potatoes in a fire.

*Bugs and spiders

*Mosquitoes: hate them with a passion!

*Rocks... climbing over rocks bare foot in search for a better beach... just tell Kat NO! 

*Sand... it's great to walk on, but then when your wet it gets everywhere.

*Freezing cold ocean, little bit warmer would have been great.

*Smoke: coming home feeling like camp fire smoke.

*No Showers, oh how I really wish we had a shower.

*Drop Toilets... they stink and when people tell you never to look down... trust them 110%... NEVER LOOK DOWN! Hello nightmares for weeks!

Do Again:

*Take Ipod player

*Go swimming

*Make a big breakfast (Bacon, eggs, mushrooms, hash browns, tomatoes)

*Take Kat's Dad's car again... it has a fridge

*Make the drive fun... beat... 50+ waves, 5 head nods, 1 thumbs up, 1 smile, 1 beer up.

*Take a first aid kit... Kat will need it again.

*Be nice to fellow campers!

*East Coast of Tasmania is the best place to camp.

Things To Remember For Next Time:

*Take more water

*Try not to go in school holidays, there are so many people camping around that time.

*Bring heaps more friends.

*When Kat says the ocean is not that cold... it's cause she can no longer feel her legs due to the freezing water.

*Try not to smoke out the neighbouring campers... take notice of the wind direction before setting up a campfire.

*Hammer... rocks work but not as easy and as well as a hammer

*Firewood... Easier and safer then big branches

*Camping shower... oh how that would have been nice

*Camping mattress... sleeping with a yoga mat and a sleeping bag between you and the ground is not always comfortable.

*Card games & Board games... good way to pass the time.

*Hammock... that would have been so relaxing.

*NEVER LOOK DOWN!!!

Would I go camping again...

YES!

So any advice for me??

Quarter of a Century Old!

Yesterday was my 25th Birthday.

I am not a big fan of working on my birthday.

But lucky I have pretty awesome work mates that made my day at work a good one.

And that fact that one of them make me a white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake,

Made my day amazing!

Kristy did a great job, it was so delicious!

Mouth watering I know!!

While at work I got a pretty surprise visit from Kat and Lisa,

Lisa brought me some gorgeous flowers to make my birthday bright!

After work, I made my way out to my parents place,

Where I spend the evening with friends,

Enjoying a yummy BBQ, warm summers evening, and a relaxing movie.

To finish off the evening, I got home to two surprises.

The first one was a yummy bottle of sparkling apple and card from two amazing people that had been left on my door step.

Then walking into my room I found another surprise...

Kat and Lisa had made my bed into one big present!

Thank you to all my friends and family for making my birthday awesome!

Friday Fun!

Wow, this past week has been so busy but oh so much fun.

Tonight has been my only night home by myself,

And it's been the best way to end my weekend.

So let me give you a bit of a run down of my Friday night!

To start off the evening Kat and me did alot of running around in order to get ready for a dance.

The theme of the dance was 'Colours of the Rainbow'

Check out our outfits!

Really bad photo of myself!

But you get the idea,

I'm kicking myself for not getting a full shot of what we were wearing!

I had one yellow and one green converse shoes one,

Bright Pink stockings, grey skirts,

Blue, green and pink top,

Green, yellow and pink sprayed hair,

and lots of bright accessories!

We left the dance at 10:45 for a important date...

A date with a wish!

Source: peonyandfig.tumblr.com via Jess barnes on Pinterest

So with had a helium balloon,

We did have two but one escaped!

And together we wrote out some of the wishes we have for our lives!

With our wishes written,

At 11:11 we made our grand wish in silence with let the balloon go,

Floating off into the night air under the light of the full moon.

To top the night off, 

A couple of seconds later,

Someone let off a random firework!

Awesome night!

Finishing with us crashing into bed at 2am!

Did you make a wish??

Saturday...

Today was a interesting day.

After spending the morning studying in the sun,

Kat came over to go to yoga,

But we got distracted with a discussion and decided to skip yoga and just go for a walk.

The location we decided on was a near by beach.

When we got there we were mucking around on some play equipment...

Which ended soon after with...

Me spraining my ankle... Fail!

Should have gone to yoga, most likely would have been safer!

So my saturday night was spend at home on the couch icing my ankle.

Til I got bored.

I found these...

And decided to blow a few up...

Then a few more,

Needed a location to put the balloons,

So I decided to store them in my flat mate Lisa's room...
While she was at work...

I enlisted the help of Cinta....

She's the hand in the middle of the balloon...

We decided to have a bit of fun and hide her in the middle for when Lisa got home.

We then waited... and waited for her to get home.

45 mins later...

I had filmed her first reaction to the balloons,

But this one was better..

This was her reaction to finding Cinta....

(Sorry for the video quality)

-She tried to make me stop recording...I don't think so! I knew what was going to happen!-

Finished with Lisa and Cinta covered in balloons!

Can u spot them in the balloons?

Evening wasn't so boring after all!

Never boring living here!

Weekend in review...

Friday:
Straight after work I had a date with my Chiropractor, things are going well between us, it's still a love hate relationship but we are slowly working out the problems.
In all seriousness, I am now fully converted to using a Chiro, at first I didn't think that he could actually make a difference with my back, BUT! I was wrong, my back is nearly back to what is normal for me, I will never be totally pain free, back he has nearly gotten it back to what I can normally ignore.

After Chiro I met up with Kat and we picked up Chelsea and headed off to a BBQ with friends, oh how I love BBQ's and it means that summer is nearly upon us YAY, many more BBQ's to be had!
After the yummy dinner we moved locations on to Kat's place, where she had turned her lounge room in to a amazing cinema. Where we all watched 'The Zoo Keeper'. It was a alright movie.

Saturday:
Awesome day, good food and drinks, Salamanca markets, window shopping, fresh flowers, relaxing evening and baking and fun times.

Sunday:
After struggling all week with a chest virus (lots of painful coughing) I spent most of the day sleeping, trying to get energy back and to get over this stupid thing! I have a feeling it is going to take a while to shake the cough.
Then we had the missionaries over for dinner, followed by some good and interesting conversations with friends. We then all moved location to go and meet up with more friends at Ness's house for a games night.
And to finish off the weekend, I'm currently laying in bed, about to go to sleep and listening to the rain...perfect way to fall alseep.

All up... it was a awesome weekend!! Looking forwards to this week as I only have to work a 4 day week as we have a public holiday here on Thursday! YAY!!

What did everyone get up to with their weekends?

Sparklers + Friends = Evening of Fun!

Tonight a group of friends decided to go up Mount Wellington in the freezing cold

And play with a camera and some sparklers!

Thanks to Camilla's awesome camera skills!

And our team of friends Lisa, Luke, Collette and Hayden

Here are a couple of the photos...

Awesome night with friends.

Love the idea of playing with sparklers that Camilla and Lisa came up with!

Can't wait to play with these again!

*All photos taken by Camilla!*

Words I can't say....

WeHeartIt

Dear Boy,

I hate the fact that you are in my head. I hate the fact that random things will remind me of you. I hate the fact that I wonder what you are doing right at this moment. I hate the fact that I don't know where I stand with you. I hate that I worry about you. I hate the fact that when anything happens, good or bad, your the first person I want to tell.

If I had never of met you I would of never of learnt how to trust again, how to open up, to have fun. Being you makes me want to be a better person. You believe in me and encourage me.  I always feel comfortable telling you anything, knowing that you would never judge me. You accept me for who I am.

Your my best friend. My life is different for meeting you. I can't imagine life without you. 

I miss you. 

Jess xoxo.

Wanna be a lucky winner??

My awesome flat mate is holding her very first giveaway!

Check out Lisa's blog to find out how you can win one a awesome print like this one...

Can You Hear Me?

Don't forget you to entry my current giveaway for this awesome bag from Lisa @ Bearbumz!

I have one just like it and Love it to bits! It goes everywhere with me!

Remember gotta be in it to win it!

Here's how...

Bearbumz

Head over to Bearbumz to check out Lisa's new stock!

For those outside of Tasmania that would like to purchase from Bearbumz, 

You can contact her through her blog!

Break in the silence...

This week has been crazy busy!

This was my first week back at work from having two weeks off!

And let's just say it wasn't very productive!

It was very hard trying to get out of 'holiday mode' this week at work,

Let's just hope this week I have more success!

Not only has my productivity at work been poor this week,

But it has also been lame this past week on my blog

For this I am sorry,

Try to be better this week!

Oh I have so much to feel you all in on!

But not right now as it is late, and I have an early start!

But I would like to leave you with a awesome video!

Today at church in relief society Chelsea shared with us a amazing video,

I wanted to share it with you with a hope that it touches you as much as it did me.

I am so grateful for the people in my life, 

No matter how small of a role they may think that they play in my life,

They should all know that if they didn't play that small or large part in my life,

And have the effect on me, and the examples that they are to me,

I would not be the person I am today.

And I love each and every one of them,

For every single thing they do for me.

Hope everyone had a great weekend,

And have the best start possible to your new week!

Music of the moment...

One of the good things about Facebook, is that it give people the chance to share things with their friends and to share their views on things.

The other day Brent shared his thoughts on "One Last Breath" by Creed...

"There are so many different interpretations of this song. Some people say its about suicide. I don't think so. I like to think he's talking about being at a point in his life where he has to make a decision. To step into the darkness, even when it looks pretty bleak, and have faith that the Lord will light the way, he will catch you. They are a Christian group after all."

Thanks for sharing Brent.

Messages Between Friends

On Tuesday last week Lisa and I were hanging out at my place reading books, Lisa got a text message from MJ, asking what we were up to with a Hi in the message to me.

So my reply...

MJ's reply... (She was at Kmart)
My reply, with the assistance of Lisa... (we love you too)
Then I receive the following text message, as soon as i received it I jumped up and ran outside of my house with out even saying a single word to Lisa, out of pure excitiment, this is what I found on Lisa's car...

Marshmallows and lindt chocolate