Quiktrip

Well it's happened. I'm excited and I'm scared. Our world has officially been turned upside down. But in a good way. Something new to get used to. Jesse got the call that we've been waiting for on Monday. He officially works for QT. The company is awesome and has some amazing opportunities. He went in for orientation this morning and starts work Sunday night. Yep that's right, he's working NIGHTS. Starts at 10 and works 'til 7. I'm going to be all alone. I'm so glad I have Bella to make me feel safe. She's vicious. He'll be working 5 nights a week and working days at Broadway Palm. I'm so proud of him. Hopefully we'll be making enough money to start paying down our debt! Yay.

So like Jesse's been singing all night... Hakuna Matata!

PS. Sorry about the multitude of posts today, lets just say I'm making up for the week. ;)

Butternut

Look who came to visit at work today! Butter is my parent's dog and she is sooo pregnant right now. She could have puppies any day now so they are keeping an eye on her. I will for sure be posting pictures when she does! Unfortunately we don't get to keep one this time as much as we'd like to.

New Phone!

I'm posting from my new HTC EVO Shift! I'm so excited. I wasn't supposed to get my new phone until April, when Jesse is eligible for a new phone. Then I read on blogger the other day that they created an android app and I decided I didn't want to wait any longer! So I convinced Jesse to let me get it early. :) yay. I've had it for less than 24 hours now and I love it.

Anyone else have this phone that wants to teach me something cool about it? Know any good android apps I should download?

Rainy Day Sunday

I like today.

Woke up this morning at about 8:30 feeling refreshed and ready to start the day. That in itself is a shocker since I'll usually sleep in 'til 10. We were pretty lazy for about an hour then decided to go out to breakfast. We got ready and headed over to busy busy Village Inn. After we finally got seated it decided to rain. So we got to watch the rain (we were seated right next to a window) while we ate our delicious breakfast (they have really good food, btw).

Then we went to Best Buy to look at the phones and laptops for future purchases and I talked Jesse into letting me get my phone early! I was going to wait until he was eligible for an upgrade in April but I'm eligible now and it's soooo hard. So we went over to the Sprint store in the mall to get it but because of our account I can't just buy straight from the store - it has to be ordered. So I bought it, now just waiting for it to arrive in a couple days! *happy dance*

Then we went over to Target to pick up a bin for Jesse's comic books and went home. We spent some time together then he went to the reptile store on the other side of town to get some rats for the snakes (we have 2 snakes) and I stayed home to start cleaning this place up. I got our table and counter completely cleared off! Not to mention slightly decorated. Finally.

We then ordered Papa John's pizza and breadsticks for dinner (nom nom nom) and watched some Big Bang Theory (we're almost done with season 3!). Then I got to watch Amazing Race (yay) and Jesse watched Californication. Did a little more organizing and some facebook. Now it's time for bed! We planned to go see a movie somewhere in there but that didn't happen... so hopefully tomorrow. :)

Babies.

So this is something that's been on my mind for a little while now...

I want kids. Really, I do. I'm excited to have my own children and some days I feel like I can't wait to be helping them with their homework and telling them to clean their rooms while I prepare dinner and we all can eat together as a family. I really really really want that day to come. But honestly I don't see it happening for a good 10 years. And I'm perfectly okay with that.

I don't plan on having a baby until 2013. That's the new plan anyway. I know we have to be in this apartment until December 2012. There is absolutely no room for another person here. Even a little person. There is the possibility of upgrading to a 3 bedroom but quite frankly I don't want to move again until we move into OUR house. A house that we can buy and stay in for a very long time. A house that we can raise our family in. Plus, in 2013 my car will be paid off, we should be much more financially stable and mentally ready to be parents.

That's another thing... I don't really think I'm mentally ready to have kids. I mean, I know I could do it now but I really still feel like a kid myself. And I know, everybody says they still feel like they're 17 but my husband and I both still act like kids. I think a part of it for me - the part where I don't really feel independent, like I can do anything without my parents - is that I never really left home. I still see my parents almost every day since I work for them. I still call my mom for everything. I still have boxes that I packed a week before I got married. I can't seem to leave my childhood behind. And that scares the crap out of me when I think about having kids of my own.

Now, the reason this has been on my mind constantly lately and why it's stressing me out... I seem to be the ONLY PERSON I know that feels this way. That wants to wait to have kids. I'll have been married 4 years when I finally get pregnant. I do believe that it's good to have time to ourselves to build our relationship and make it really strong before we bring someone else into our little family. But everyone I know that is married either has kids or is trying to have kids. Even the single people talk about having kids as soon as they are married! So honestly they will probably have kids before me. And I beat most of these people at getting married... It just infuriates me and I don't know why. I'm starting to hear a lot of "when are you going to have kids?", " are you pregnant yet?" OMG NO. Seriously. Give me a break here. I'm only 21! UGH.

Now, don't get me wrong... I love all my friend's kids and all babies in general. I just wonder if I'm some kind of freak around here because I'm the only person not ready to have kids yet. I could ramble on this for hours. I really could. But I've probably already bored you to death so I'll stop here.

Still getting used to having the blog, will try to post more often...

Renaissance Festival - Opening Weekend

Been sick the past couple days and spending time with the hubby today so sorry for the lack of posting. We went to the Renaissance Festival yesterday and it was great fun! I love love love that place. It sucked a little being sick but I didn't let that stop me. :) We got there a little late which is unusual for me but I was a little slow on account of illness. We got in and went straight for the usual first show - London Broil. They're AWESOME. Then we walked around a bit and stopped to see Barely Balanced who are also amazing. After the show we met up with Drew and Lindsay who decided to show up on a whim. :) I worked with my camera a bit (it's been broken and only wants to work some of the time) and got it to work so I could start taking pictures. Got one with BB.

Then we went down to the other side of the faire to get lunch (mmm steak on a stake...) and see Dextre Tripp. Seamus got Italian Ice. Picture is pre-messy. :P He is so cute though!

After that we walked around for a bit, visited the petting zoo (puppies, baby chicks and baby ducks!), did some pillow fighting and headed over to Tartanic. I only got a couple shots of Adrian being all punked out since I was seated behind a pole and didn't much feel like working for my shots. I mean, I'll be back like 3 more times this year anyway.

At this point Seamus was getting fussy so Lindsay and Drew left leaving me and Jesse alone again on our pre-v-day excursion. We headed back up to the front to see London Broil's let loose show (so freaking funny - I never miss it) and I got some good pics and videos from there...

And then down to see Don Juan and Miguel's last show where I also only got a couple pics since we were seated toward the edge. Pretty good pics though. Adam Crack and Don Juan had a whipping contest to start it off with cans of Dr Pepper! (23 flavors, 23 years of Ren Faire)

Then we headed over to catch the last half of the Tortuga Twins (poor Raphael had no voice, sooo funny though) and we saw Twig on the way but my camera wouldn't power on so no pics here. While we were walking out the flower lady stopped us (of course) and talked us into buying a carnation (I would have liked the rose but 6 bucks? really?) So that's about it.

So today was Valentine's Day and quite frankly we were just lazy about it. :) We spent time together and that's all that matters. LOVE YOU BABY!

PS. to see more pictures from Sunday, see my facebook album here.

Friday Funnies

This is a segment called Friday Funnies! I will post something here that I find funny, something that has literally made me LOL.

Then you can enjoy it too! yay fun for all...

Once you have enjoyed my funny, you can participate and start Friday Funnies on your own blog! Just add my graphic above to the post and link up! (for now please save the pic and post as normal, still new to this and trying to figure out how to html code it.)

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bwahaha... ps. you will probably notice a lot of Harry Potter related stuff here. I am a major fan, yo. :P

NOW LINK UP BELOW!

Behind the name

It took me a long time to figure out a name for this blog and I feel like I should explain myself. Pretty Plain Kristi describes me so well.

I'm the kind of girl who wants to be pretty.

I want to be that girl who always has the cute outfit on and looks put together. The one who has the cutest heels and wears them no matter the occasion because hey, they're freakin' cute and need to be shown off. But let's face it, in reality I am not this girl.

I am the girl who wears a t-shirt and jeans everyday because it's comfortable. And not like cute tees either. Hot Topic style tees. Band shirts and movie quotes. Video games and pretty pictures. I dress at work the way one might dress normally because I don't take the effort to get uber cute work only clothes. I used to wear heels to work but have since reserved them for nights out because I don't like it when my feet hurt. And trust me, I have CUTE heels.

My reasoning for the way I dress can be brought back to my weight. I'm a little pudgy. I don't think I'm huge or anything but hey, Wii Fit says I'm obese. Maybe that's why I've been avoiding that game...

Anyway, I know I'm anything but plain on the inside, but on first appearances, I am that plain girl. The one who blends in with the crowd. The one who looks like she didn't try. But I do try. Sometimes. I feel like I'm going on a tangent.

So to summarize. Outward appearances. I look plain. I feel pretty. I want to look pretty. I want to fit in with the pretty people and be friends with the geeks at the same time. I think this is a beautiful world and I like to focus on its beauty even when everyone else seems to focus on the ugly.

This turned out to be longer than I intended. I tend to rant once I start typing. Expect a lot of this. Can't say it isn't entertaining. ;)

And so it begins...

I've wanted a proper blog for a while now and I've finally started it! I'm so excited, filled with so many ideas and thoughts and creativity to share with you all. I finally have my place to write about what I want, to share the things that make me happy and to discover who I really am. I'm still looking to find my place in this world and I feel like I'm getting closer every day. Any closer to my fantasy life? Maybe not. But closer to the life I know I'm going to love to live. I can feel it.

A brief look at me:

My name is Kristi Jenkins. I'm 21 years old. I've been married to the love of my life, Jesse, for almost 2 1/2 years now. We have a furry little child named Bellatrix (Bella or Boobers more often) - she is a 1 year old black lab and the cutest, sweetest, most precious thing ever. I work for my parents answering phones as I have for the past 4 years. Jesse is in between jobs but the prospects are looking quite promising. There is so much to learn about me that I will post in greater detail in the future. I still have things to learn about myself. Stay tuned.