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Day 15: your dreams.
i hate this question.
i know what i want out of life, but the getting there part is what i'm not so sure about. and it scares me.

i want to be 80 and be sitting on the front porch swinging with my best friend and be able to talk about the kids we raised, the fun and the hard times we had, and the things we learned.
i don't ever want things to be easy, because the second they are we forget the important things.
i want to marry a man that i can fully support in all he does. someone who will hold on to me real tight through everything.
i want to raise my kids and have them remember their mom as a wonderfully crazy woman who encouraged them and broke out into random made up song often.
i want to return to my Heavenly Father and Savior with wrinkles and gray hair. each of which i earned.

before all this i want to go places and do things. i just don't know what yet. or how. we'll see.

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Day 14: what i wore today.
nothing.
alllllll day.
ok not really. i just hate this one. it makes me feel like i need to go shopping.
which i don't. because you can't shop with no monies.
let that be a lesson to ye.
bye.

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Day 13: this week.
what about it? that is extremely vague. i'm getting sick of this vagueness in this challenge. let's be honest, i'm really just sick of this challenge. but we're trying something new over here, called finishing what you start. it's hard.
so i guess i'll just highlight this week for you....
end favorite job
start new job
ONE MONTH!
becoming braid obsessed
deep clean everywhere in the apt. but my own room. classic me.
be angry over lack of letter....but
ONE MONTH!
lunch with mom, dad, gramps, and eli.
babysit eli
lay out, have same car drive by four times, then park. freak out and hide inside.
feel wierd about days off. but enjoy them.
park walks and "it happens".
oh and did i mention?
ONE MONTH.
the end.

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Day 12: what's in your bag.
please, just call me mary poppins. i always have a very full bag. and i will admit to having a very bad chap-stick addiction. horrible really. i need help. so let us begin...
currently in my bag is:
one copy of the book The Help. it's fabulous, highly recommend.
one letter from a certain missionary.
one spiral bound notebook to do what i will with.
one ace bandage for my poor knee. it dislikes running.
one package of orbit sweet mint. that refused to stay closed and now i have stray pieces of gum floating around in there.
my ipod. nuff said.
an almay clear complexion light/medium 200 compact.
two tubes of blistex medicated lip balm.
two tubes of soft lips lip balm....
one tube of carmex....
and one tube of revlon just bitten in crimson.
told you...it's a problem.
then there is a bottle of hand sanitizer
a bottle of dark kiss lotion from bath and body works.
a bajillion pens
and one freakin sweet batman wallet filled with no limit of random cards and such.
an umbrella, for all the rain we've had as of recent.
and a water bottle.
the end. told you to call me mary poppins. but i'll go by m-pop thanks.

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Day 11: your siblings.
i love these people.

first comes AnnDee Sue Jensen. she is gorgeous beyond belief and still the person i wish i could be. she has been a role model for me my whole life. when i was little (and sometimes still now) i would wish with all my heart to be just like her. she's amazing. that's all there is to it.

that's her with her beautiful boy.

then comes Cody Miner Jones. we call eachother crazy. it's a love thing. he has the biggest heart in the world. he would do anything for anyone. greatest man out there..except i never feel like he's a man haha. but i will always love him. him and all his awkward crazy quirks that make him exactly who he is.

that's him and his cute wife sarah.

next is Ian Reed Jones. i call him boy. he calls me girl. we're tight and what not. i sure do love him and all his oddness. he likes to rant, and i learned everything i know about it from him. he kills me with his stubborness, but i'm the same way. we get along in a wierd way. and i like it.

that's him and the girl he'll marry. it's cute.

lastly comes Micah Lennis Jones. ma bestest frand. we call eachother poopsie. it's sweet isn't it? you already heard all about him and how much i love him. he's cute and quiet, but i can get him to be loud. he does things like text me and ask when i am coming home cause he misses me. and he hates talking on the phone but every once in a while he will call me to talk for a whole ten minutes. that's a lot with him. i love him.

haha that picture basically sums him up. i love him so.

so those are the siblings. i guess i won some sort of heaven lottery because i love them all so much. i'm glad i get them forever cause i can't go a day without them. love love love. the end.

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Day 10: what you wore today.
i hate this idea. i'm not one of those stylish bloggers. i don't dress particularly nice. i like style, i like looking at other people's clothes, and i think i can put cute outfits together, but...i don't feel like i can do it for myself. ridiculous right? i just have the hardest time combining all of my quirky strangeness into a style. it's frustrating for me.
so today.
i wore...
clothes. haha i'm so funny. right? right.
i wore dark skinny jeans--a daily staple.
a green 3/4 button down t-shirt looking thing.
black converse high tops.
and a bright purple belt.
wallah. magically stylish right? wrong. i promise to try on the next what you wore day. maybe...

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Day 09: your beliefs.
oh i have so many.
i believe in my savior, Jesus Christ. that He died to atone for my sins. that He loves me very much. and that because of Him i will never be alone and i can return to my Father in heaven, who loves me too.

i believe family should always come first. that they are the few people we get to stick with for eternity and we better treat them like it.

i believe people are important. every one of them. and that you should treat them like it.

i believe luck is just giving yourself the benefit of the doubt. that you can do anything you put your mind to and are willing to work for.

i believe i can be whatever i want, as long as the Lord is on my side. and whether he is or not is entirely up to me.

i believe you can choose to shine. and no one can stop you once you make that choice.

i believe in putting myself in others shoes. of entertaining and attempting to understand their ideas, no matter how foreign they are to me, in order to better understand them.

i believe in having self-interest, and not allowing anyone to walk all over you. because you are a child of God. and they should know it.

i believe in having strong opinions. and admitting when you are wrong. as tough as that may be.

i believe in being true to myself. even when it's unpopular to be me.

i believe we all need something to believe in.

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Day 08: a moment.
this one is hard. life is made of a zillion moments. how am i supposed to pick one?
ok i got it. now this is a re-occuring moment. one that i have every once in a while and that i am extremely grateful for.
there are those moments in my life when i realize how much i have, and how much i take for granted.
i had one of those slap me in the face again a couple of weeks ago and it was the best thing ever.

i was riding the bus home from work and i was stressing about some stupid something, much like i do everyday. to the point that i was in a no good, very bad, horrible kind of mood.
that's when i happened to stop my inward lamenting and look out the window.
what i saw made me want to cry.
there was a man, obviously homeless, bending down to pick one of the first dandy-lions of spring.
this man has nothing. he probably doesn't know where his next meal is coming from, and yet he has the time to enjoy God's creations on this earth. i have so much, and yet i felt no gratitude at the world Heavenly Father has created for me. this man did.
it amazed me. and helped me find my way to my knees that night to tell my Father that i am indeed grateful.
moments like those are what make a life.

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Day 07: your best friend.
that's easy. let's just say i got real lucky in the best friend lottery. it's not always that a best friend stays constant. many of us have several "best friends" in our lives. because people change and grow apart.
there are however a few people that always have to love you forever no matter what you do. your family.
my lucky streak held strong when my family was picked. and i got all my best/closest friends for eternity.
my very best friend though, is one micah lennis jones.

that basically sums up our relationship. he's the only person i never, ever am afraid to tell everything. i never feel judged by him, and i know he loves me. i mean he has to. it's the law.

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Day 06: my day.
i'm not at all positive what this means. if i had a day to myself i have to be honest and say there is nothing i love more than doing nothing. so that would be my day.
however; if there was a holiday made just for me...well i feel like one already was.
the day of all days for one lyndsie jones is thanksgiving.
i love this holiday above all others.
every thanksgiving is basically the same in my family, and i never want it to change.
the day before i go shopping with my mom, and i help to make pies and such with my ma.
on the day of all days, we go up to my grandfathers. he lives up hobble creek canyon. where there is always snow and no cell phone service. it's perfect.
we make and consume a giant thanksgiving feast with my whole family, and much of my extended family.
after the feast it is time for naps and a nice nature walk.
then comes my favorite part.
we set up the recording equipment.
much of my family is musically talented. especially my uncle. he brings the equipment, and every year we record a cd. it is the best. wild things often happen. like grandpa yodeling in the background of you are my sunshine. or ian and micah rapping out grandma got ran over by a reindeer.
basically the whole day is full of fun, food, and family. all the things i could never live with out.
so...if there was a day dedicated to me, it would be a thanksgiving do-over. and it would be fabulous.