<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:49:37.181-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jail or free-wheeling inbreeding</title><subtitle type='html'>It's an anagram.  Figure it out.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>198</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-116960877978557273</id><published>2007-01-23T22:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T22:19:39.786-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My State of the State of the Union Address Address</title><summary type='text'>This is somewhat of a tradition with me.  I like to keep a tally of certain words or phrases that I expect in the address.  This is the first time I've published my results.  I'll say this much as well:  I went into this hoping to post something terrifically snarky, but I was surprisingly impressed with the humility that our commander in chief showed tonight.  I'm not a fan of GW, but I am glad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/116960877978557273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=116960877978557273' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116960877978557273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116960877978557273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-state-of-state-of-union_116960877978557273.html' title='My State of the State of the Union Address Address'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-116960872264116045</id><published>2007-01-23T22:17:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T22:18:42.643-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My State of the State of the Union Address</title><summary type='text'>This is somewhat of a tradition with me.  I like to keep a tally of certain words or phrases that I expect in the address.  This is the first time I've published my results.  I'll say this much as well:  I went into this hoping to post something terrifically snarky, but I was surprisingly impressed with the humility that our commander in chief showed tonight.  I'm not a fan of GW, but I am glad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/116960872264116045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=116960872264116045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116960872264116045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116960872264116045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-state-of-state-of-union-address_23.html' title='My State of the State of the Union Address'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-116960870307835544</id><published>2007-01-23T22:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-23T22:18:23.116-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My State of the State of the Union Address</title><summary type='text'>This is somewhat of a tradition with me.  I like to keep a tally of certain words or phrases that I expect in the address.  This is the first time I've published my results.  I'll say this much as well:  I went into this hoping to post something terrifically snarky, but I was surprisingly impressed with the humility that our commander in chief showed tonight.  I'm not a fan of GW, but I am glad </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/116960870307835544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=116960870307835544' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116960870307835544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116960870307835544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-state-of-state-of-union-address.html' title='My State of the State of the Union Address'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-116524436115623536</id><published>2006-12-04T09:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-04T09:59:21.233-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, they did.  And we weren't even being rude...</title><summary type='text'>Don'tcha just LOVE coffee house ettiquette.  Jeesh.  We weren't even talking.  I was just reading this fabulous book while Matt tooled around on his laptop.  Anywho, we're doing great.  Christmas is exploding all around, and we're super busy.  SUPER busy.But it's fun. Can't wait until vacation.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/116524436115623536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=116524436115623536' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116524436115623536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116524436115623536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/12/well-they-did-and-we-werent-even-being.html' title='Well, they did.  And we weren&apos;t even being rude...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-116379628990536563</id><published>2006-11-17T15:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-17T15:44:49.976-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Another new post, I know, it's crazy/rare</title><summary type='text'>I posted some photo albums.  Go check them out. :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/116379628990536563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=116379628990536563' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116379628990536563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116379628990536563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/11/another-new-post-i-know-its-crazyrare.html' title='Another new post, I know, it&apos;s crazy/rare'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-116369120274132953</id><published>2006-11-16T10:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-16T10:33:22.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe I'm mean, but...</title><summary type='text'>Watching ESOL and LD kids play hangman unattended is rather entertaining.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/116369120274132953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=116369120274132953' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116369120274132953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116369120274132953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/11/maybe-im-mean-but.html' title='Maybe I&apos;m mean, but...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-116060473550438238</id><published>2006-10-11T18:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-11T18:12:15.543-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Update</title><summary type='text'>I just wanted to check in to say that I love my husband.  He is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me aside from becoming a Christian.  He is wonderful, and we're soon going to be celebrating 10 months together. Let me just say this to any of my single friends who may read this blog:If your relationship is super hard, marry someone else.  If you truly marry your best friend, who </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/116060473550438238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=116060473550438238' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116060473550438238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/116060473550438238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/10/update.html' title='Update'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115860279689469640</id><published>2006-09-18T13:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-18T14:06:36.943-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Things you learn at Ben Harper concerts...</title><summary type='text'>1.  White people dancing to Damien Marley Reggae music are the funniest creatures on the planet.2.  If you have a humongous black man playing bass for your band, it is sure to be spectacular.3.  If you stand on the front row during "Burn One Down" you will get a contact high.  It's unavoidable.4.  There is actually a job description in the world that consists of the following statements:  "Must </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115860279689469640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115860279689469640' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115860279689469640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115860279689469640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/09/things-you-learn-at-ben-harper.html' title='Things you learn at Ben Harper concerts...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115764080003852205</id><published>2006-09-07T10:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-07T10:53:20.103-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Answers to the hard questions...</title><summary type='text'>It's been a hard couple of weeks.  There is a lot of bad in the world; sometimes it's hard to have hope when you see it happening.My job is wonderful.  I love my school.  There are, however, some really hard realities that I see daily.  Adult things that people who are not as mature as adults are having to cope with.  I'm not all, "woe is me" because the bad stuff is not happening to me.  I just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115764080003852205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115764080003852205' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115764080003852205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115764080003852205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/09/answers-to-hard-questions.html' title='Answers to the hard questions...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115490361815049690</id><published>2006-08-06T18:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T18:33:38.173-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The candy man can 'cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste gooooood.....</title><summary type='text'>So I know it's been a while, but life gets busy, and fun things fall by the wayside!A little update:School has started.  I LOVE my new position.  I do not love being picked on for my last name.  Of course, it is probably just a preemptive strike based on the fact that I have a last name like I do, and teach special ed.  I told them to call me "Mrs. W"  :)My school is awesome.  My biggest class </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115490361815049690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115490361815049690' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115490361815049690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115490361815049690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/08/candy-man-can-cause-he-mixes-it-with.html' title='The candy man can &apos;cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste gooooood.....'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115298621788498649</id><published>2006-07-15T13:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-15T13:56:57.906-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why I heart Natalie Dee and Drew...</title><summary type='text'>From the BEST WEBSITE EVER!!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115298621788498649/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115298621788498649' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115298621788498649'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115298621788498649'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/07/why-i-heart-natalie-dee-and-drew.html' title='Why I heart Natalie Dee and Drew...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115236597711433572</id><published>2006-07-08T09:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-08T09:39:37.140-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Woo Hoo!</title><summary type='text'>I passed both sections of the Praxis II and am now eligible for certification grades P-12 in special education.  Woo hoo!I had to make a 138 to pass one of the sections, and I made a 181.  I had to make a 141 to pass the other section, and I made a 192.  Yay!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115236597711433572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115236597711433572' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115236597711433572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115236597711433572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/07/woo-hoo.html' title='Woo Hoo!'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115219835404557967</id><published>2006-07-06T10:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-07-06T11:05:54.083-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Up to my elbows in Nutmeg Brown paint</title><summary type='text'>Hi anyone who still reads this! :)Sorry it's been a while.  Things are crazy around here.  Isn't it funny how many of our posts start with that very same statement?  When life starts happening, it just doesn't let up, does it?  Well, just to update you all on what is going on in the W household:1.  We moved.  It was crazy, but it is 1/3 of the way done.  By that I simply mean that we moved out of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115219835404557967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115219835404557967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115219835404557967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115219835404557967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/07/up-to-my-elbows-in-nutmeg-brown-paint.html' title='Up to my elbows in Nutmeg Brown paint'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115137177915821641</id><published>2006-06-26T21:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-26T21:32:39.686-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What breaks God's heart broke mine tonight.</title><summary type='text'>Tonight I was watching a documentary on A&amp;E about Skinheads and the KKK.  I was watching it the way that one watches a car wreck.  You don’t want to see anything bad, but curiosity holds your eyes bound to it.  You hope not to see anything grotesque, and yet, you know that you most likely will.  I listened to the hatred and anger in their voices and was forming judgmental thoughts about their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115137177915821641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115137177915821641' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115137177915821641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115137177915821641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-breaks-gods-heart-broke-mine.html' title='What breaks God&apos;s heart broke mine tonight.'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115094861368044138</id><published>2006-06-21T23:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-21T23:56:53.700-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Talk Nerdy to me...</title><summary type='text'>It's official.  I am finished with my first Masters level course.  I exempted my final and got an A!  I have a 4.0...  Baby steps...Yeah, so there's that.  Also, my first big research project and presentation earned me a 95.  Given the fact that if I had graded it, I'd have given it an 85, I'd say that's pretty good.  I've heard that she's the hardest professor there, so if I can do that, I can </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115094861368044138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115094861368044138' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115094861368044138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115094861368044138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/06/talk-nerdy-to-me.html' title='Talk Nerdy to me...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-115031263470431328</id><published>2006-06-14T15:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-14T15:17:14.723-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm feelin good from my head to my shoes...</title><summary type='text'>New Hair Cut!From the side:I got it cut at Rocket Salon in Athens.  Yeah, it was my first experience at a Salon/Tattoo parlor, but they did a great job!  It was just what I wanted.  Ask for Holly!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/115031263470431328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=115031263470431328' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115031263470431328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/115031263470431328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/06/im-feelin-good-from-my-head-to-my.html' title='I&apos;m feelin good from my head to my shoes...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114980417861508558</id><published>2006-06-08T17:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-08T18:08:02.846-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ain't Too Proud to Beg</title><summary type='text'>So my dog begs.  There, I said it.  I'm no Dog Whisperer, but I usually am a fairly good trainer.  Not with Kitty, though.  It used to be strictly when we are at the table.  She'd stand on her two back legs, plop on her hiney, and beg in this adorable sitting position.  I mean, who can resist that? It's innocent.  Dog sees food, Dog wants food.  Right?Wrong!  She is manipulative. She's been doing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114980417861508558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114980417861508558' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114980417861508558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114980417861508558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/06/aint-too-proud-to-beg.html' title='Ain&apos;t Too Proud to Beg'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114928250103099570</id><published>2006-06-02T16:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T17:10:32.100-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The verdict is in...</title><summary type='text'>41 needle pokes later, I know officially that I am allergic to the following: dust, dust mites, feathers, cats, two types of mold, two types of tree pollen, and two types of weeds, including ragweed.  I finally went to the allergist because I had five sinus infections during the school year this year, and it was time I did something about it.  I had to go buy mattress cover, pillow covers, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114928250103099570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114928250103099570' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114928250103099570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114928250103099570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/06/verdict-is-in.html' title='The verdict is in...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114867947966722159</id><published>2006-05-26T17:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-28T15:13:24.823-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Old Shiz</title><summary type='text'>My week has been crazy, but wonderful.  Matt and I went to the Art Festival in Dahlonega last weekend.  I'll post some pics when I'm not exhausted.  Part of my exhaustion stems from the fact that we got in after midnight last night from seeing Wicked at The Fox in Atlanta.  It was AMAZING.  I'm telling you, it rocked.The story in the musical is significantly different from the novel, if you've </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114867947966722159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114867947966722159' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114867947966722159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114867947966722159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/05/dear-old-shiz.html' title='Dear Old Shiz'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114852776803627202</id><published>2006-05-24T23:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-24T23:35:08.906-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Genetics Made Easy:  An Equation</title><summary type='text'>+____________________________________________________________________________________Am I wrong, people?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114852776803627202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114852776803627202' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114852776803627202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114852776803627202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/05/genetics-made-easy-equation.html' title='Genetics Made Easy:  An Equation'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114810243166684952</id><published>2006-05-20T00:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-20T18:52:46.646-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Irony, Thy Name is Annie...</title><summary type='text'>The production was fabulous.  The stage was amazing.  The acting and singing were outstanding.  High school quality from Middle school kids... but something was just... off...That is right...  Matt and I were about halfway into the opening number, "Hard Knock Life" when I realized it.About fifty or so elementary kids joined the middle school kids onstage for the number.  They were dressed as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114810243166684952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114810243166684952' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114810243166684952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114810243166684952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/05/irony-thy-name-is-annie.html' title='Irony, Thy Name is Annie...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114783525678867119</id><published>2006-05-16T22:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-16T23:09:38.556-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love you, period.  Do you love me, question mark?</title><summary type='text'>I was talking with someone I know about how he thought that no one would know who india.arie is, but how I am familiar... I mean, come on!As an English teacher, I try to know people who try to equate themselves with grammatical/syntactical/punctuatory renegagdes like e.e. cummings...  No one can really measure up...however...I think I am going to add a superfluous bit of punctuation to my name.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114783525678867119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114783525678867119' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114783525678867119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114783525678867119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/05/i-love-you-period-do-you-love-me.html' title='I love you, period.  Do you love me, question mark?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114729712819896557</id><published>2006-05-10T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T17:38:48.233-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow...  I'm... just....sad...*sniff*</title><summary type='text'>Ok, fine.  I'll do this too.  I did the face recognition thing.  I'm simultaneously pleased and appalled.  I'm appalled b/c it says I'm a man.  I'm pleased because that man is Jimmy Page.However here are the others that it suggested from this same photo:This is the one that hurt the most...Those people are walking on thin ice (hehe, get it?)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114729712819896557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114729712819896557' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114729712819896557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114729712819896557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/05/wow-im-justsadsniff.html' title='Wow...  I&apos;m... just....sad...*sniff*'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114635279632274962</id><published>2006-04-29T18:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T21:42:31.173-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How xbox gave me a green thumb...</title><summary type='text'>I have recently become an xbox 360 widow.  It was sad losing my Husband to Oblivion, but alas, I will survive.  They say if you love something, let it go.  I'm rather afraid of this.  I mean, it's the freaking gates of Oblivion!It's not really that bad.  :)I have started gardening.  I am actually rather good at it. We went today and bought some plants to add to the few I already had and my herb </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114635279632274962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114635279632274962' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114635279632274962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114635279632274962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/04/how-xbox-gave-me-green-thumb.html' title='How xbox gave me a green thumb...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114567023601822389</id><published>2006-04-21T21:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-21T21:46:25.986-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love zees country Chapter 2 (like R Kelly)</title><summary type='text'>Zees Ameericans love getting zee tattoos.  I get zees vun so zat my mazther and fazther von't screem at me.  Also beecause came from deeeleecious fruitee treet.  At zee end of zee night, I admit zee feet.  Vait, deefeet.  Zis ees deeferent.  I hope Zhanna ees happy vith zees blog.  It make heer happy to see zee heestory of zee beeg Ameerican adventure.  Hey Zhanna, DON'T TURN HERE!!!!!!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114567023601822389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114567023601822389' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114567023601822389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114567023601822389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/04/i-love-zees-country-chapter-2-like-r.html' title='I love zees country Chapter 2 (like R Kelly)'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114567008627843431</id><published>2006-04-21T21:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-21T21:41:26.346-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love zees country Pt. 1</title><summary type='text'>Zees story of beeg American trip. Vee go to zee Deelons.  Vas teztee.Zhanna ees very ahngree.  Zees make herr hott.I reel Amereekan girl!! Ees vonderful, no?Amereekans love zeer leetle men made of zee dough. Zees becauze zey look like zem.  Fat and paztee.In communeest Russia, food eet you, but here in Ameerica, zer is mooch food eeten by zee fat capitalists.Capitaleests are stupid, but hey, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114567008627843431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114567008627843431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114567008627843431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114567008627843431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/04/i-love-zees-country-pt-1.html' title='I love zees country Pt. 1'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114472479597417321</id><published>2006-04-10T22:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-10T23:11:13.856-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Do you love...</title><summary type='text'>Infidelity and lots of it?Bears (manly, surprisingly gay men)?Beautiful black women in wigs?When someone says something then echoes himself afterward for effect?Barrettas?Interracial relationships with "little people" who have a hard time controlling bodily functions?Old ladies who come to the aid of neighbors in conflict by weilding spatulas?Convoluted plots with no musical merit, but that are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114472479597417321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114472479597417321' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114472479597417321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114472479597417321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/04/do-you-love.html' title='Do you love...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114426298021483880</id><published>2006-04-05T14:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T14:50:23.606-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Billboard vs. God:  This Time it's Personal</title><summary type='text'>Hi everyone.It's been an insane few weeks.  Lots going on.  I never really considered that being in youh ministry would be so time consuming, but I have news for you:  It is!I'm out of school this week.  Our last day was Thursday, and I go back Sunday.  I like teaching for the following two reasons:  It's a real world job, but it has childhood holidays. :)  We returned last night around ten pm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114426298021483880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114426298021483880' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114426298021483880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114426298021483880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/04/billboard-vs-god-this-time-its.html' title='Billboard vs. God:  This Time it&apos;s Personal'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114247994612359147</id><published>2006-03-15T22:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-15T22:32:26.173-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Obla di, Obla da...</title><summary type='text'>Want a little blast from the past?  Want to snicker at a scene that wasn't intended to be funny?  Then you should watch this video.  :)  It made me laugh.  I used to quote this all the time.  Oh, who am I kidding, I still do!This is also funny to me, but makes me feel slightly guilty for snickering.  Apologies to the cast of 99X.  (since they mentioned both of these things this morning, but I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114247994612359147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114247994612359147' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114247994612359147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114247994612359147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/03/obla-di-obla-da.html' title='Obla di, Obla da...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114204351012270731</id><published>2006-03-10T21:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T21:18:30.136-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do as the man says!</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114204351012270731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114204351012270731' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114204351012270731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114204351012270731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/03/do-as-man-says.html' title='Do as the man says!'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114136222515749789</id><published>2006-03-02T23:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T00:17:05.803-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Close your eyes, make a wish, and blow out the candle light....</title><summary type='text'>So my birthday was fabulous.  It got off to a rocky start, you know, with the eighteen bajillion people who were shopping at the Mall of Georgia that day and all...  and the fact that The Olive Garden wouldn't take reservations...  But it turned out to be a wonderful day nonetheless.  I got to see a lot of folks I don't get to see very often.  :)  So I'm 26 now.  Weird.  I'm still in my "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114136222515749789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114136222515749789' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114136222515749789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114136222515749789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/03/close-your-eyes-make-wish-and-blow-out.html' title='Close your eyes, make a wish, and blow out the candle light....'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114084712226508911</id><published>2006-02-25T00:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T00:58:42.280-05:00</updated><title type='text'>fire, Fire, FIRE!!! (heh, heh, Yeah!)</title><summary type='text'>I totally stole this from Brandy, but it's the opposite of the johari window, it's a nohari window.  Don't feel obligated to fill it out, it could be awkward. :)  Just thought I'd post it b/c it was funny.http://kevan.org/nohari?name=shenafoOk... some updates...Great week at school.  I think I saw a drug deal.  That was fun.  Oh yeah, and also, some of my kids made a trailer for the novel ...  a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114084712226508911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114084712226508911' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114084712226508911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114084712226508911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/02/fire-fire-fire-heh-heh-yeah.html' title='fire, Fire, FIRE!!! (heh, heh, Yeah!)'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114022379225613717</id><published>2006-02-17T19:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-17T20:15:34.040-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So indie it hurts.</title><summary type='text'>So, I was watching a trailer for this new movie with Zooey Deschanel, Winter Passing, and I got to thinking that it looked a little too "I'm so indie that I don't even understand the depths of my indie-ness, and therefore, I need to go cut myself."  (no offense if you cut yourself, that alone does not a hipster make)Anywho, I compared it to Elizabethtown which was enjoyable, but almost crossed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114022379225613717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114022379225613717' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114022379225613717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114022379225613717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/02/so-indie-it-hurts.html' title='So indie it hurts.'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-114014219487858862</id><published>2006-02-16T20:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T21:10:38.563-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Mom, The MAT, and the Matt...</title><summary type='text'>The sun was shining, the sky was clear, it was warm and wonderful.... Yes, I'm describing today, the perfect day. :)  My mom was up visiting my grandmother, and she decided to head up our way last night and hang out today.  I took the day off, slept in, went to Dahlonega to North Georgia College and aced the MAT.  This means that I can officially apply to graduate school for the summer.  Yay! :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/114014219487858862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=114014219487858862' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114014219487858862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/114014219487858862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/02/mom-mat-and-matt.html' title='The Mom, The MAT, and the Matt...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113944551265471325</id><published>2006-02-08T19:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T17:31:05.186-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm so animated...</title><summary type='text'>Hi, everyone.Greetings from the land of raging hormones, insane drama, communicable diseases and sudden bouts of classroom vomiting. Yup, that's right.  Youth pastor's wifedom along with middle school teacherhood have left me smack dab in the middle of MUCH adolescent drama, and yes, vomiting. This kid threw up three times in my room and twice in the hallway.  It was like the exorcist.  Then we </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113944551265471325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113944551265471325' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113944551265471325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113944551265471325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/02/im-so-animated.html' title='I&apos;m so animated...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113821493932087663</id><published>2006-01-25T13:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-25T13:48:59.400-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What, is that Jennifer online?</title><summary type='text'>Long time, no update.  I figured out a way around the webfilter!  Woooohooooo! :)Anyway, a few updates.1.  I will beat Matt to the punch and say that he took a job at The River Community Church (his home church) as youth pastor.  So that means...  I am a pastor's wife.  Scary indeed.  Oh well...  I just didn't get enough growing up...2.  I'm planning on staying on at my current school for next </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113821493932087663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113821493932087663' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113821493932087663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113821493932087663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/01/what-is-that-jennifer-online.html' title='What, is that Jennifer online?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113650950431048982</id><published>2006-01-05T20:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-05T20:05:04.326-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh Sam, what have you done?</title><summary type='text'>The other day I had to write an opinion paper for a staff development assignment.  The goal was to write a paper that wasn't necessarily an "A" paper, so bear that in mind as you read.  I thought it turned out to be pretty funny. :)Enjoy:“This is very unnatural,” I thought, pushing my cart full of various and sundry unrelated items through the brand new Wal-Mart Supercenter in Augusta, Georgia.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113650950431048982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113650950431048982' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113650950431048982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113650950431048982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2006/01/oh-sam-what-have-you-done.html' title='Oh Sam, what have you done?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113565481316491242</id><published>2005-12-26T22:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-26T22:42:32.190-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A mix tape... He made a mix tape...</title><summary type='text'>For anyone who got one of the mix cd's, I will post the songs and artists.  Wonder no longer. :)1.  "The Wedding March"   Queen, Flash Gordon Sountrack2.  "When You Smile"  The Flaming Lips, Clouds Taste Metallic3.  "Rain All Day"  Fleming and John, Delusions of Grandeur4.  "Tomorrow on the Runway"  The Innocence Mission, Befriended5.  "I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You" Colin Haye, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113565481316491242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113565481316491242' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113565481316491242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113565481316491242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/12/mix-tape-he-made-mix-tape.html' title='A mix tape... He made a mix tape...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113546694870547130</id><published>2005-12-24T18:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T18:29:08.706-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pretty Pictures!</title><summary type='text'>Hop over to Wendi Hightower's blog and check out the AMAZING photos from the wedding!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113546694870547130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113546694870547130' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113546694870547130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113546694870547130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/12/pretty-pictures.html' title='Pretty Pictures!'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113530382622554169</id><published>2005-12-22T21:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-22T21:22:04.283-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Will you, will you, will you marry me, boy?</title><summary type='text'>My dress was WAY poofier.  No, wait, that was the nightmare I had the night before. :)Anyway, I'm married!  It was beautiful and perfect (at least the parts people informed me of, any tragedies and disasters were hidden from me).  Actually, my mom informed me this week that nothing really went wrong.  No drama.  Just a beautiful and perfect day.  :)I'm so excited to be married.  It's wonderful.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113530382622554169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113530382622554169' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113530382622554169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113530382622554169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/12/will-you-will-you-will-you-marry-me.html' title='Will you, will you, will you marry me, boy?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113432159885891228</id><published>2005-12-11T12:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-11T12:19:58.860-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If blog ideas were copyrighted....</title><summary type='text'>I'd be paying royalties!  Ok, I'm totally ripping this off from Iris , but I thought it was a cool idea, given what this weekend is. It's a looking back post:10 Years ago:  I was fifteen  years old, a sophomore in high school, and going through one of the hardest times in my life.  My family was stressed, my dad was ill and unable to work, I was struggling with an eating disorder, and we had just</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113432159885891228/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113432159885891228' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113432159885891228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113432159885891228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/12/if-blog-ideas-were-copyrighted.html' title='If blog ideas were copyrighted....'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113409868412451460</id><published>2005-12-08T22:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T22:24:44.136-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sometimes you just, get a feeling... like you need some kind of change...</title><summary type='text'>Too stressed to write. Not really.Just busy.I do occasionally  have ridiculous nightmares and moments of "Oh no!  I have to pay for ________________."  Whatever that blank may be.  Usually something stupid, like multiple candles for the rehearsal dinner or whatever other "real-life" irrelevant thing that is absolutely imperative in WeddingLand.  :)One week, one day. :)I'm excited about the big </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113409868412451460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113409868412451460' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113409868412451460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113409868412451460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/12/sometimes-you-just-get-feeling-like.html' title='Sometimes you just, get a feeling... like you need some kind of change...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113322151925528565</id><published>2005-11-28T18:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-28T18:45:19.266-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Olivia!</title><summary type='text'>This is the absolute most adorable and intelligent children's book of all time.  I'm not dead.I will update more later.Happy holidays, all!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113322151925528565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113322151925528565' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113322151925528565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113322151925528565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/11/olivia.html' title='Olivia!'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113201083091201211</id><published>2005-11-14T18:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-14T18:32:38.290-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm not dead.</title><summary type='text'>Hi all.  I'm not dead.  Brief update...Saturday Matt took me to the mountains and to Babyland General.  Fun had by all.  We missed the "delivery", but it was still fun.  Helen traffic sucks.  Also, Helen is not as cool as it was when I was a kid.  I probably had lower standards then. I am hanging in there.  So much to do.  I'm not stressed at all about the wedding, I mainly am just ready for it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113201083091201211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113201083091201211' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113201083091201211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113201083091201211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/11/im-not-dead.html' title='I&apos;m not dead.'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113167065986052939</id><published>2005-11-10T19:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-10T19:57:39.873-05:00</updated><title type='text'>America Under Attack, per Fox News Report...</title><summary type='text'>My take on it...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113167065986052939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113167065986052939' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113167065986052939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113167065986052939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/11/america-under-attack-per-fox-news.html' title='America Under Attack, per Fox News Report...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113089242092218812</id><published>2005-11-01T19:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T19:47:00.936-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Blog-a-versary</title><summary type='text'>I recently read Candice's blog and saw that she has been blogging for thirteen months.  It got me thinking about how long I've been blogging myself.  I made my first blog post on Tuesday, December 02, 2003.  It was on the other blog listed in my profile.  That's crazy!  It seems like all this started up yesterday. I enjoy blogging.  I like keeping in touch with folks I might otherwise have lost </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113089242092218812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113089242092218812' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113089242092218812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113089242092218812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/11/happy-happy-happy-happy-happy-blog.html' title='Happy Happy Happy Happy Happy Blog-a-versary'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-113001908995220767</id><published>2005-10-22T18:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-22T18:11:29.960-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My new family rocks!</title><summary type='text'>First off, I'd like to say that I'm sorry for not updating very regularly.  I can't blog at work, and I don't have computer access at the apartment.  So today was the second wedding shower and OH MY GOSH!My car is completely full of stuff.  Matt's family, particularly Mrs. Vicky, put this thing together.  It was great.  Good food, quite a few people, and TONS of gifts.  We got so many gifts that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/113001908995220767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=113001908995220767' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113001908995220767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/113001908995220767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/10/my-new-family-rocks.html' title='My new family rocks!'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112951622524562441</id><published>2005-10-16T22:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T22:30:25.246-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What Did I learn this weekend?</title><summary type='text'>Some things I learned this weekend:1.  The Fabulous Fox truly is fabulous.  So were the seats we had for Nickel Creek/Old Crow Medicine Show.2.  Town festivals are more fun when you have a fiance who will walk around with you, be sweet to you and who insists on purchasing you things!3.  The Dahlonega Gold Rush Festival has no caramel apples worth eating.  The caramel is hard, and the apples are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112951622524562441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112951622524562441' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112951622524562441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112951622524562441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-did-i-learn-this-weekend_16.html' title='What Did I learn this weekend?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112951613427971268</id><published>2005-10-16T22:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T22:28:54.280-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nickel Creek  Photos</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112951613427971268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112951613427971268' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112951613427971268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112951613427971268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/10/nickel-creek-photos_16.html' title='Nickel Creek  Photos'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112951592386757132</id><published>2005-10-16T22:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T22:25:23.870-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nickel Creek Photos</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112951592386757132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112951592386757132' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112951592386757132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112951592386757132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/10/nickel-creek-photos.html' title='Nickel Creek Photos'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112803388056319736</id><published>2005-09-29T18:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-29T18:44:40.570-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Movin right along....</title><summary type='text'>Wowza!  Iris posted some great shots of the concert last night.  I love Coldplay.  I now love them even more.  They did a great job of making a huge arena feel small.  They just simply were fabulous.  *sigh*Factoids:1.  2:  amount of weeks until we go see Nickel Creek2. 1 1/2: days until I have an apartment of my own (for now)3.  2 1/2:  months until the wedding4.  0:  the miraculous amount of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112803388056319736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112803388056319736' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112803388056319736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112803388056319736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/movin-right-along.html' title='Movin right along....'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112784941829257059</id><published>2005-09-27T15:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-27T15:30:18.296-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's official:  I am boring</title><summary type='text'>Some points of interest from my week:1.  Perdue's heart is in the right place.  His brain is not.  (I had a  nice 4 day weekend though).2.  "Freaks and Geeks" is one of the best shows that ever came on television.  Go out and buy the DVD set of the entire series.  It's well worth the money.  Thank you, Jana.  You have given me great wisdom in this regard.3.  My MRI has revealed that "there is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112784941829257059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112784941829257059' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112784941829257059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112784941829257059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/its-official-i-am-boring.html' title='It&apos;s official:  I am boring'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112742999680153220</id><published>2005-09-22T18:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-22T19:05:25.556-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Green Fairy visits the love shack</title><summary type='text'>The leave of absence is over.  I wish it had been a leave of absinthe though.  That would have proven to be much more interesting. Life is good.  Wedding plans are making me nuts.  So are my eighth graders.  Teaching can sometimes make a person reconsider her views on abortion.  (that was a joke, a distasteful one to be sure).  It's only a week and a half until I move into Casa de Wildeboer.  I'm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112742999680153220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112742999680153220' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112742999680153220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112742999680153220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/green-fairy-visits-love-shack.html' title='The Green Fairy visits the love shack'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112707974987873645</id><published>2005-09-18T17:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-18T17:42:29.883-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Butt-cobbs?</title><summary type='text'>I guess I proved my grandmother wrong...  Ah, life is good...  Another "regifted moment" (thank you 99x)Monday, May 17, 2004"jennifer, if you don't stop being so silly and giggling all the time and being loud, no one will ever take you seriously, and no one will ever want to marry you. " them's fightin' words. but i heard them last week from a beloved extended family member. stung me a little. in</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112707974987873645/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112707974987873645' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112707974987873645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112707974987873645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/butt-cobbs.html' title='Butt-cobbs?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112674251831596222</id><published>2005-09-14T20:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-14T20:01:58.323-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Brought to you by the letter 2 and the number green.</title><summary type='text'>Kiddos, here's an oldie, from the first month I ever blogged.  I enjoyed it.  also, pray, MRI scheduled for tuesday.Thursday, January 08, 2004so last evening i had a very productive and encouraging conversation with a dear friend of mine. she is a natural verbal affirmer. i was just bragging on her to someone else (not to her, oddly enough, b/c i struggle with an inability to successfully </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112674251831596222/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112674251831596222' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112674251831596222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112674251831596222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/brought-to-you-by-letter-2-and-number.html' title='Brought to you by the letter 2 and the number green.'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112666388435160619</id><published>2005-09-13T21:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T22:11:24.356-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jennifer: season finale</title><summary type='text'>Matt just wrote me a song.  It goes: Jennifer . . .I didn't know when-ifer . . .I'd ever find a girl like you.[8 bar musical interlude][wailing guitar solo][vamp][chorus x2](c) 2005 Wrathbot Music/Sparrow RecordsMan, all I know is that one day when I'm married to a rock star,  you all will be sorry you missed out!!!Now for something completely different...Ok, I'm taking a brief hiatus from the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112666388435160619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112666388435160619' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112666388435160619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112666388435160619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/jennifer-season-finale.html' title='Jennifer: season finale'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112626955460821123</id><published>2005-09-09T08:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-09T08:49:41.043-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Outhouses, revisited.</title><summary type='text'>So, today, after months of not having health insurance and holding off on going to the doc until I did, so that I wouldn't be considered as having a "pre-exisiting condition", I am finally going to the doctor about my knee. If you go back and look in the archives from Ukraine, you will find a funny story about outhouses and falling down a hill, etc.  Well, that funny story has been hurting me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112626955460821123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112626955460821123' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112626955460821123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112626955460821123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/outhouses-revisited.html' title='Outhouses, revisited.'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112605912063214161</id><published>2005-09-06T22:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T22:12:00.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A short post</title><summary type='text'>Wedding HaikuBy:  Jennifer GainerI am very glad.Matt wonderful.  I love him.Wedding, be over.I am not a fan of the wedding planning activities.  I just want to be married.Also, Michaels is my favorite store for so many reasons.I am happy. :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112605912063214161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112605912063214161' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112605912063214161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112605912063214161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/short-post.html' title='A short post'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112576644811082489</id><published>2005-09-03T12:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-03T12:54:12.450-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Brenda Starr, eat your heart out</title><summary type='text'>Since my mother has forbidden me to cut my luxurious locks before the wedding, I found an alternative make-over activity.Temporary hair color.  Yeah, it comes out in 8-10 shampoos, so it will be long-gone by December.I personally think I look hot as a flame-haired diva.  :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112576644811082489/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112576644811082489' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112576644811082489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112576644811082489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/09/brenda-starr-eat-your-heart-out.html' title='Brenda Starr, eat your heart out'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112554326758852265</id><published>2005-08-31T22:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T22:54:27.593-04:00</updated><title type='text'>More rants about our country from an ex-ex-patriot.</title><summary type='text'>You Are 43% AmericanAmerica: You don't love it or want to leave it.But you wouldn't mind giving it an extreme make over.On the 4th of July, you'll fly a freak flag instead...And give Uncle Sam a sucker punch!How American Are You?Well, I guess that is interesting, considering that today as I sat in line for a half hour, not because I was in a panic, but because I needed gas to get through the rest</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112554326758852265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112554326758852265' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112554326758852265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112554326758852265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/more-rants-about-our-country-from-ex.html' title='More rants about our country from an ex-ex-patriot.'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112541056717933358</id><published>2005-08-30T08:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T10:02:47.186-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Who says teachers get paid crap!?!?</title><summary type='text'>Before I begin, I would just like to let everyone know, unless you already know, in which case I am merely reminding you, that you can turn on word verification to end spam on your blog.  It's annoying, but so is spam.So what's new... hmmm...Well, I was freaking out yesterday because my old school district hadn't sent back the work verification form that I sent them back in May.  What does this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112541056717933358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112541056717933358' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112541056717933358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112541056717933358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/who-says-teachers-get-paid-crap.html' title='Who says teachers get paid crap!?!?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112488944482650261</id><published>2005-08-24T08:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T09:17:24.856-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why I will never make a statement for the news...</title><summary type='text'>My 6:00 A.M. ritual usually consists of waking, turning on National Public Radio and getting ready.  I enjoy listening to NPR because I think that it is the best conduit around for news.  They don't filter everything through a conservative or liberal seive to pursuade the listener to feel one way or the other.  They simply state the facts and interviews and leave the decision making up to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112488944482650261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112488944482650261' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112488944482650261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112488944482650261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/why-i-will-never-make-statement-for.html' title='Why I will never make a statement for the news...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112480534807900064</id><published>2005-08-23T09:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T09:55:48.086-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Since you've been gone....</title><summary type='text'>Well, since I've been gone, I CAN'T breathe for the first time (in months).That's right.  The teacher immunity was weak and I've fallen victim to a cold of some type.  I am feeling a bit better, but yesterday was difficult.  I was very weak, but to be honest, unlike many jobs, teaching is easier sick than absent.  I find that just being at school and doing a low-key activity is less work in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112480534807900064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112480534807900064' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112480534807900064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112480534807900064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/since-youve-been-gone.html' title='Since you&apos;ve been gone....'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112436827363412605</id><published>2005-08-18T08:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T08:31:13.643-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Grad School, St. Elmo's Fire, and Johnny Depp dreaming...</title><summary type='text'>So I've been looking at graduate programs for my M Ed.  I finally found one that will accept me and is accredited and rather well-thought of in the educational world.  I am considering attending North Georgia College and State University.  While not a generally prestigious university, I've heard very good things from my co-workers about the programs in education.  I'm praying about this because </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112436827363412605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112436827363412605' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112436827363412605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112436827363412605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/grad-school-st-elmos-fire-and-johnny.html' title='Grad School, St. Elmo&apos;s Fire, and Johnny Depp dreaming...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112422257533411894</id><published>2005-08-16T15:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-16T16:02:55.340-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quantum Tattoos</title><summary type='text'>I was on 99x today. :)They were talking about tattoo horror stories and funny tattoos, so I called in and shared a story.  I will now share it with you all.  Once during a post-chapel or mainstream (I forget) Huddle House run, we learned some interesting facts about one of our favorite waitresses.  She is the heavy-set middle aged lady with the big glasses.  Apparently she is a huge fan of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112422257533411894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112422257533411894' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112422257533411894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112422257533411894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/quantum-tattoos.html' title='Quantum Tattoos'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112398250925785071</id><published>2005-08-13T21:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-14T21:43:41.846-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nickel Creek, Spatulas and Nirvana</title><summary type='text'>Thanks to Jana Garret (God bless her!) we're going to get to go see one of my favorite bands of all time, Nickel Creek, at the Fox in Atlanta... ON THE FRONT ROW!  :)  It's going to be a nice night of hanging out with Jana and whomever she's inviting; We'll be close enough for my former boyfriend (in my mind), Chris Thile, to bless us with his lyrics and mandolin picking while smiling down, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112398250925785071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112398250925785071' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112398250925785071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112398250925785071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/nickel-creek-spatulas-and-nirvana.html' title='Nickel Creek, Spatulas and Nirvana'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112380353166898693</id><published>2005-08-11T19:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T19:42:57.970-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Louis Vuitton hates me and other intrigues...</title><summary type='text'>Working in a very affluent community may prove fairly difficult for me.  The other day at school I  nearly got myself into some trouble.  It all started from our discussion of Utopian society as related to our current novel study, The Giver.  The class was standing around waiting for busses when I heard one of the boys say something like, "Man, girls are stupid!  They spend $400 on purses.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112380353166898693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112380353166898693' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112380353166898693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112380353166898693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/why-louis-vuitton-hates-me-and-other.html' title='Why Louis Vuitton hates me and other intrigues...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112350103363990823</id><published>2005-08-08T07:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-08T07:37:13.650-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hot for teacher....</title><summary type='text'>Well guys, here goes nothing...  It's the first day of school with students.  If you get a moment, drop God a little prayer for me. :)  I'm very excited!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112350103363990823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112350103363990823' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112350103363990823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112350103363990823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/hot-for-teacher.html' title='Hot for teacher....'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112324241246949094</id><published>2005-08-05T07:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-05T07:46:52.473-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Reading, Watching, Listening...</title><summary type='text'>It's been a while since I updated:Reading:  Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge, lots of bridal magazines, The Giver (again, b/c I'm about to teach it again.  Also, I picked up Matt's copy of GQ the other day and nearly read it cover-to-cover.  It's got some interesting articles in it.  The latest one has an article about Kirk Talley, a gospel singer who went public with his struggle of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112324241246949094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112324241246949094' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112324241246949094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112324241246949094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/reading-watching-listening.html' title='Reading, Watching, Listening...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112319472806059641</id><published>2005-08-04T18:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-04T18:32:08.066-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The 'Queen' and I...</title><summary type='text'>I would like to preface this post with two statements:1.  I'm not a raging feminist.  I'm actually rather traditional.2.  I don't hate gay people.  The mystery of womanhood has baffled many men throughout history.  Heck, it's baffled the very women themselves.  It is a beautiful honor to be a woman.  We are the bringers of beauty.  We have carried all natural members of humanity inside of us </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112319472806059641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112319472806059641' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112319472806059641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112319472806059641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/queen-and-i.html' title='The &apos;Queen&apos; and I...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112303269386204725</id><published>2005-08-02T21:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-03T08:12:01.146-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Red-headed and not homeless....</title><summary type='text'>The biggest two events of the week:1.  I dyed my hair a nice red.  The same shade as my hair (not darker or lighter) just a different hue.   I like to call it "Donna" red (after my favorite 'That 70s' show' character.  So for the next 28 shampoos, I'm Donna red. 2.  Matt and I officially, officially  have a house as of October 5.  :)  Woo hoo!  I will live there (closer to my school) until </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112303269386204725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112303269386204725' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112303269386204725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112303269386204725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/08/red-headed-and-not-homeless.html' title='Red-headed and not homeless....'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112241483911567257</id><published>2005-07-26T17:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-26T17:53:59.123-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Back in the saddle again...</title><summary type='text'>So today I went back to school. In the midst of the horrible job I was working last spring, I had forgotten just how much I really love everything to do with teaching.  I was so excited to be back at a school that I *enjoyed* the introductions and orientation.  Crazy, eh?What's also crazy is that in the course of one year the standards for Georgia education have been thrown out and completely </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112241483911567257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112241483911567257' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112241483911567257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112241483911567257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/07/back-in-saddle-again.html' title='Back in the saddle again...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112230746715606630</id><published>2005-07-25T11:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-25T12:04:27.163-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Super Table!</title><summary type='text'>Finished the 6th Harry Potter book (don't condemn me to hell, please, I think Rowling is a genius).  It is the best/most frustrating of all of them.  I won't spoil anything for anyone planning to read them, but WOW.  It is the only book that's ever brought me to tears and put me in a funk for a whole day.Thursday night I had yet another strange dream.  I was veil shopping and all the veils were </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112230746715606630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112230746715606630' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112230746715606630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112230746715606630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/07/super-table.html' title='Super Table!'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112178481639695781</id><published>2005-07-19T10:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-19T10:53:36.403-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well I've been 'fraid of changin'....</title><summary type='text'>Well, I'm back in the good ol Georgia...  Ah... I hate to admit, but it feels nice to be  back.  I never thought I'd actually like Georgia this much.  Florida is just... Florida.  The people were ok, let me rephrase that, SOME of the people were ok.  The ones I became friends with were wonderful.  The strangers were nuts. Also, they can't drive.I'm adjusting to my new living arrangements.  The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112178481639695781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112178481639695781' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112178481639695781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112178481639695781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/07/well-ive-been-fraid-of-changin.html' title='Well I&apos;ve been &apos;fraid of changin&apos;....'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112142841563162593</id><published>2005-07-15T07:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-15T07:53:35.636-04:00</updated><title type='text'>On the road again</title><summary type='text'>Well guys, this is my final post from Florida.  I am moving to Georgia today.   It's not nearly as easy as I thought it would be.  Not only is it physically demanding, but it's also a little more bittersweet than I imagined.  Oh well, if you get a moment, say a prayer for us on our trip.  My mom is heading up with me.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112142841563162593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112142841563162593' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112142841563162593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112142841563162593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-road-again.html' title='On the road again'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112096206165556422</id><published>2005-07-09T22:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-09T22:21:01.660-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet dreams are made of this...</title><summary type='text'>Well, I had another odd dream.  I'll try to recount it as accurately as possible.  It involves several of those folks in the blog ring.  Enjoy:Imagine if you will that the building beside the post office in Franklin Springs is a cute white house/coffee shop/gas station (yes, gas station).  In this dream, i'm co-owner of this establishment with Amy, Emily, Fawn, Mel and Iris.  We are running this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112096206165556422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112096206165556422' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112096206165556422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112096206165556422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/07/sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this.html' title='Sweet dreams are made of this...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112074606011536595</id><published>2005-07-07T10:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-07T10:21:00.116-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to Moe's...</title><summary type='text'>Ok, so this might seem small and dorky to most everyone, but I found it to be wonderful. Matt and I made our first housewares purchase last night.  We were on the way back up from apartment hunting and we stopped by Crate and Barrel in Dawsonville.  They had these really great glasses, with blue and yellow (kitchen colors) on them.  They were on sale for like 70% off.  So, six glasses and two </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112074606011536595/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112074606011536595' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112074606011536595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112074606011536595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/07/welcome-to-moes.html' title='Welcome to Moe&apos;s...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112070112825151666</id><published>2005-07-06T21:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-06T21:52:08.256-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Preston Pointe at Windermere (sounds impressive, doesn't it?)</title><summary type='text'>Ok, so Matt and I think maybe we have an apartment.  We will know for sure tomorrow.  To see the lovely abode, go here:  We got a sweet deal on the place.  I LOVE the gym and pool.  We're in the 2 bedroom deluxe with a sunroom. OOOOOOOHHHHH. You can click "virtual tour" and see 360 angles of the rooms in the apartment.   :)  We will be pre-leasing it until october.  I will then move in and then </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112070112825151666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112070112825151666' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112070112825151666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112070112825151666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/07/preston-pointe-at-windermere-sounds.html' title='Preston Pointe at Windermere (sounds impressive, doesn&apos;t it?)'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-112058704080936438</id><published>2005-07-05T14:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T21:48:12.363-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Update</title><summary type='text'>Sorry for the lag in updates.  I promise to do a real update later today sometime.   I am in Gainesville right now.  I'm at Matt's currently and am about to go check out some places to possibly have the reception.  Otherwise, things are quiet.  Will add more later. :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/112058704080936438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=112058704080936438' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112058704080936438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/112058704080936438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/07/update.html' title='Update'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111953725900942770</id><published>2005-06-23T10:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-23T10:36:12.026-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Update</title><summary type='text'>I finally updated the wedding blog. :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111953725900942770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111953725900942770' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111953725900942770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111953725900942770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/06/update.html' title='Update'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111937362010078185</id><published>2005-06-21T12:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-21T13:07:00.106-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>In the wake of my super touching post, I must post about this insane dream I had last night.  I was living at home with my parents (as I am now) and we had gotten this itty bitty cute dog, similar to my dog now, only cute.  As soon as we purchased this dog, strange things started happening.  The strangest being that we had started to see this HUGE black scary-looking dog around our house.  One </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111937362010078185/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111937362010078185' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111937362010078185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111937362010078185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/06/in-wake-of-my-super-touching-post-i.html' title=''/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111927536337271569</id><published>2005-06-20T09:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-20T09:50:41.026-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ubantu</title><summary type='text'>Well, one down, about five to go.   I was in my friend Laura's wedding this weekend.  It was gorgeous.  She and I have very different tastes, but I must say that I love the way things were done and how it all came together.  I was rather apprehensive about the ill-fitting lavender dress I was going to have to wear, but after some creative tailoring (thanks mom) and a good experience with the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111927536337271569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111927536337271569' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111927536337271569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111927536337271569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/06/ubantu.html' title='Ubantu'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111877111058940523</id><published>2005-06-14T13:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-14T23:29:38.443-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Clarification</title><summary type='text'>In my last post,I thought I had basically said precisely what I meant to say, but I want to make it a little more spelled out, because I think that it may be difficult to understand.  I said this: "I still believe in the things I was taught. I just feel out of place amongst them in that format. I'm not sure what that means long-term, I just know that it's time that I came out of the prayer closet</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111877111058940523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111877111058940523' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111877111058940523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111877111058940523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/06/clarification.html' title='Clarification'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111845294883203713</id><published>2005-06-10T21:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-10T21:30:28.793-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Coming out of the Prayer Closet...</title><summary type='text'>I debated on whether or not to post this on here, but I am going with my gut.  I hope it isn't deemed offensive or pointed at anyone in particular.  It's not.  I have just been thinking about it lately. I'm not a flaming liberal, and i'm not an uber-conservative. I'm definitely not what i was "raised to be." I was raised in the Assemblies of God. I can still remember as a kid thinking that church</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111845294883203713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111845294883203713' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111845294883203713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111845294883203713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/06/coming-out-of-prayer-closet.html' title='Coming out of the Prayer Closet...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111777078979187382</id><published>2005-06-02T23:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-02T23:53:09.796-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why I love staff meetings...</title><summary type='text'>Picture, if you will, a room full of 120 debt collectors.  Don't detonate your mind explosive yet, just continue to follow the story.  This gathering of collectors is for a monthly meeting, during which time the management brings up issues like monthly goals and dress code violations.   The group is sitting there being subjected to a "skit" in which several employees wear inappropriate things and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111777078979187382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111777078979187382' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111777078979187382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111777078979187382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/06/why-i-love-staff-meetings.html' title='Why I love staff meetings...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111759829004666370</id><published>2005-05-31T23:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T00:03:56.086-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Debt Collector:  A film by Jennifer Gainer</title><summary type='text'>So...It is the end of the month.  In debt collector land that means crunch time.  Stressful days.  Thankfully that is all over for now.  My experience this evening could be like one of those sport or war films, only for debt collecting. Picture this:I'm slated to work a 10 hour day.  We close at 9 pm.  It's now or never.  My goal for the month is to collect $5,000 glorious dollars for Asset </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111759829004666370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111759829004666370' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111759829004666370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111759829004666370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/debt-collector-film-by-jennifer-gainer.html' title='The Debt Collector:  A film by Jennifer Gainer'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111715592290614755</id><published>2005-05-26T21:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-26T21:05:22.910-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Exciting News!</title><summary type='text'>Matt's here!!!Well, it is exciting to me!*dopey grin*</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111715592290614755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111715592290614755' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111715592290614755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111715592290614755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/exciting-news.html' title='Exciting News!'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111686738936702708</id><published>2005-05-23T12:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-23T12:56:29.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Nothing of much value...</title><summary type='text'>I really have nothing of value to post today, but I figured that I would update the ol' blog anyhow.I am on my lunch break.  I'm trying to avoid eating out, so I'm occupying my free time with e mails, blogs, etc.  I'm trying my best to do the whole healthy thing.  Living at home is making me gain weight because a.  I don't have the desire to exercise (darn cable that my parents have), b.  They </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111686738936702708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111686738936702708' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111686738936702708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111686738936702708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/nothing-of-much-value.html' title='Nothing of much value...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111661848512894068</id><published>2005-05-20T15:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T15:48:05.133-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Punk'd</title><summary type='text'>So while Matt was down, my mom gave my dog, Kitty, a really bad haircut.  She (the dog, not my mom) has a natural mohawk, and the haircut just accentuated it.  So my mom said that it would be funny if we  gave Matt a mohawk and took a pic of them together...He hates me now. But the picture is funny. :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111661848512894068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111661848512894068' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111661848512894068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111661848512894068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/punkd.html' title='Punk&apos;d'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111651672197553773</id><published>2005-05-19T11:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-19T11:32:01.980-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cast your vote for the carpenter...</title><summary type='text'>I was listening to a cd the other day, Billy Bragg and Wilco, "Mermaid Avenue."   Here go the lyrics:  "Christ for President"Words by Woody GuthrieLet’s have christ for president.Let us have him for our king.Cast your vote for the carpenterThat you call the nazarene.The only way we can ever beatThese crooked politician menIs to run the money changers out of the templeAnd put the carpenter inO it’</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111651672197553773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111651672197553773' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111651672197553773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111651672197553773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/cast-your-vote-for-carpenter.html' title='Cast your vote for the carpenter...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111643685344239621</id><published>2005-05-18T13:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T13:20:53.446-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>It feels like every person I know is getting married this year.  Heck, I'm even getting married. I am privileged to be a bridesmaid in two of the upcoming events.  In an effort to make my friends' wedding pictures as nice as possible, this paleface (who has to wear both a lavender and a light blue dress for the weddings) decided to try something to enhance her skin tone:  a spray tanning booth.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111643685344239621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111643685344239621' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111643685344239621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111643685344239621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-feels-like-every-person-i-know-is.html' title=''/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111628072290063438</id><published>2005-05-16T17:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-18T13:08:09.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Opera House in L'viv, Ukraine</title><summary type='text'>I think I fixed it. :)One of the prettiest pictures I've ever taken.  I just thought I would share it with you all today. I figured it would perk me up to look on here and see it.  Matt left this morning.  Somehow Florida sucks less when he's down. Anyhow, I hope that we have some good pictures from his trip here.  Perhaps he'll post them when he gets them.  I don't really have anything else of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111628072290063438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111628072290063438' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111628072290063438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111628072290063438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/opera-house-in-lviv-ukraine.html' title='The Opera House in L&apos;viv, Ukraine'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111542400194653144</id><published>2005-05-06T19:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-06T20:00:01.950-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why I am happy today</title><summary type='text'>Some interesting things to note today:1.  I won a $1000 online shopping spree from a local car dealership.  I just have to go over there tomorrow and get my voucher.  I'm not sure how this happened, but I hope I can use it to buy something useful.  Like a copy of "God's Politics..."2.  Jim Wallis is coming to Tampa next week.  :)  I can't wait until I can read his book.  I'm number 40 on the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111542400194653144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111542400194653144' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111542400194653144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111542400194653144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/why-i-am-happy-today.html' title='Why I am happy today'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111517021136647828</id><published>2005-05-03T21:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-03T21:30:11.366-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Got a tough stain?</title><summary type='text'>Since I'm suffering from a sinus infection currently, my post today will be brief.I simply would like to give a shout out to my new favorite blog on the web: http://missilewhite.blogspot.com .  It belongs to Melissa (Yates) White and is one of the only blogs I've ever read that literally made me laugh out loud.  In the up and coming months of my stressful wedding planning I will be reading this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111517021136647828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111517021136647828' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111517021136647828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111517021136647828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/got-tough-stain.html' title='Got a tough stain?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111505373514416633</id><published>2005-05-02T13:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-02T13:12:28.273-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Random Moments of Fanciful Journey...</title><summary type='text'>Today I was sitting at my computer on the phone with a debtor (who, by the way, was very kind and paid me $5 on her $300 debt) when I had a sudden wave of whimsy.  For a moment something registered in my subconscious that sparked the feeling of flight and adventure.  Being on cold medication, I figured that I was just high or something, but after hanging up the phone I realized the vehicle to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111505373514416633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111505373514416633' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111505373514416633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111505373514416633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/05/random-moments-of-fanciful-journey.html' title='Random Moments of Fanciful Journey...'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111489109880866594</id><published>2005-04-30T15:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-30T15:58:18.810-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Yesterday I was in Barnes &amp; Noble with my work friend, Amy.  We had decided to go there rather than having "lunch" because our break was at 3:30 and we weren't hungry.  Anyhow, while walking down the middle I noticed those tables where they often put the similarly themed book groups and I saw one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. There was a book on the end called "The OCD Workbook:  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111489109880866594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111489109880866594' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111489109880866594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111489109880866594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/04/yesterday-i-was-in-barnes-noble-with.html' title=''/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111473911039160370</id><published>2005-04-28T21:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-28T21:45:10.393-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>i've been listening to this cd all day and this song made me cry.  "There is a Reason"--Allison Krauss and Union StationI’ve seen hard times and I’ve been toldThere isn’t any wonder that I fallWhy do we suffer, crossing off the yearsThere must be a reason for it allI’ve trusted in you, jesus, to save me from my sinHeaven is the place I call my homeBut I keep on getting caught up in this world I’m</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111473911039160370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111473911039160370' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111473911039160370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111473911039160370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/04/ive-been-listening-to-this-cd-all-day.html' title=''/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111436203422505392</id><published>2005-04-24T12:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-24T13:00:34.226-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>*reveling in the beauty of the public library's cd collection*yeah, so i guess it's been a while since i went to a library for any purpose other than to use a computer, but wow, you can get a cd for 21 days, listen to it all you want and then know if you want to buy it or not.  that's a beautiful thing.  the libraries here have some good stuff. here's what i got yesterday:the flaming lips, '</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111436203422505392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111436203422505392' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111436203422505392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111436203422505392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/04/reveling-in-beauty-of-public-librarys.html' title=''/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111436151104711865</id><published>2005-04-24T12:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-24T12:51:51.046-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>ok, i've been thinking some about this, and there are a few things that i have gleaned from this dream:1. yoga is of the devil.2. megachurches worship satan. :) just kidding, yeah, i have been evaluating it for several truths. one of the main things i felt after the dream was that it doesn't matter if you worship Jesus or satan, if the programs and things you are putting out are good, they will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111436151104711865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111436151104711865' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111436151104711865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111436151104711865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/2005/04/ok-ive-been-thinking-some-about-this.html' title=''/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05415502891388857363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/wrathbot/hydeparksmall.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291612.post-111413432735162522</id><published>2005-04-21T21:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-04-21T21:45:27.353-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>the funky dream i had last night goes something like this:i'm driving to gainesville from hartwell.  matt and i aren't dating  yet.  i'm headed there to visit him.  on the left side of the road b/w i-85 and gainesville i see this old warehouse style baptist church, only instead of looking like it did look, now on the front of it there is a big red sign, like stores have, all illuminated, and it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jenniferleighgainer.blogspot.com/feeds/111413432735162522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6291612&amp;postID=111413432735162522' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6291612/posts/default/111413432735162522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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