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Jolene

Because you saw me when I was invisible...

About Me

Busy busy busy! I just started a new job recently, loving the new challenge it brings every day. My friends mean the world to me, almost as much as my family! Love the fam, it includes me, my sister, brother and the 'rents.

I look forward to findin' folks from the past, drop me a line!This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? using original artwork by Marah Johnson. Go get one!

My Interests

LIFE!! Movies, music, friends, fun, laughter, pictures/photography, and I'm a self confessed tech toy junkie...

I'd like to meet:

People from my past I've lost touch with.

Music:

Rascal Flatts
Jon McLaughlin
Michael Buble
Kenny Chesney
Garth Brooks
Mat Kearney
Jack Johnson
whatever the mood strikes me as good
The Wicked soundtrack is AMAZING!
Little bit of this...little bit of that...lots more country than anything else though!..

Movies:

So I Married An Axe Murderer
Princess Bride
Top Gun
Love Actually
Cinderella
Music and Lyrics
Moulin Rouge
Newsies
Guys and Dolls
The Cutting Edge (Toe Pick!)
Elf
The Die Hard series
Dirty Dancing
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Singin' In The Rain
The Ocean's movies...11, 12, and I'm looking forward to 13!
How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days
27 Dresses
there are SO many many more!..

Television:

FRIENDS!
For every (and I mean EVERY) situation in life, there is a Friends reference. Don't believe me? Test me, I dare you to prove me wrong!
Law and Order SVU (Det. Eliott Stabler = my knight in shining armor, he just doesn't know it yet.)
Sex and The City
Dukes of Hazzard
The Muppet Show
NFL (Go Packers!),
NHL (Go Avalanche!) and the occasional MLB game!
The Food Network!

Books:

To Kill A Mockingbird,
Tuesdays With Morrie,
Marley and Me (any and every dog owner should read that book),
just about anything by Meg Cabot or Marian Keyes...

Heroes:

My grandmothers, Olene and Doris, my aunt Kathi, my old college roommate, Julie and the men and women in the military out there (and the ones that are back from) putting it all on the line for all of us here back home!

My Blog

Melting Pot

So I've been working on this blog for a few weeks...there have been multiple things running around in my brain, here are just a few snippets that have leaked out today...   WTF. That's all I...
Posted by Jolene on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:57:00 PST

The List...(last updated 7/20/08)

The List:  (The List reserves the right to change at any time without notice!)1. Go to Lambeau Field and watch a Packers' home game while Brett Favre is playing.  (He hasn't retired and is ...
Posted by Jolene on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:54:00 PST

S is for Stealing from Stacey!

Where is the person you need most right now?Sigh...somewhere over the rainbow... Where will you be 12 hours from now?At work answering my 5 billionth phone call of the day. Is it easy for others to m...
Posted by Jolene on Tue, 27 May 2008 10:02:00 PST

Tagged!

Okay, so I wasn't tagged, but I stole the idea from Nicole so here we go... Here's how you play: Once you've been tagged you have to write a blog with 10 weird, random, facts, habits or goals about y...
Posted by Jolene on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:26:00 PST

Because you had a bad day...

You ever just have one of those days?  You oversleep, get to work late, stuck behind a semi (or whatever else is annoying the heck out of you on the road), traffic is bad, people at work are cran...
Posted by Jolene on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:29:00 PST

Bliss!

Okay, so I don’t normally spend a lot of money on myself, for a multitude of reasons...I don’t have a lot of money to be doing this to begin with, I kinda feel guilty, I don’t have a...
Posted by Jolene on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:16:00 PST

Seriously? Tom Petty? Oh, and Super Bowl Commercials too!

So here I am, watching the Super Bowl and to be honest, I've almost fallen asleep twice now.  I'm bored. (Granted I'm tired, but I can be tired and still enjoy a great football game.) How sad!?&n...
Posted by Jolene on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:32:00 PST

Youre going to think Im crazy.

So, as I led out with in my last blog, I have some news.   I have taken a third job.    Now, before you inundate me with calls, texts, emails, messages, comments, whatever, let me ex...
Posted by Jolene on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:42:00 PST

30

30 years old.  OH MY GOD, I'm almost 30 years old. So, most of my friends and I are turning 30 this year, some of us a little sooner than others, but none the less, it's here.  (I'm lucky, I...
Posted by Jolene on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:33:00 PST

If this is a preview...

...then I'm scared for the main feature. My parents' 34th wedding anniversary is today.  My dad (the romantic that he is) calls me at work last week and says, how cool would it be to surprise Mom...
Posted by Jolene on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PST