Bones Under Stones

For Gina's birthday (August 11) she decided that she wanted to go to DC! She and I have no memory of ever having gone prior to this trip. So off we went! A five and a half hour car ride, one driver switch, music music music, one stop for food, one stop for gas! It was a very successful drive. (ps: I drove most of the way there. Woot.) Our first stop, after finding the house we were staying was Arlington Cemetery That place is so beautiful.

I am one of those people that connects with places and things. I'm pretty good with people too, but Art is definitely my thing. Especially historical art. I don't know what it is but I feel such a deep connection with the past. I look at a gravestone and try to imagine what that person's life had to be like and hope that one day I will get to see those heroes that died so I could have a life far greater. The title of my blog post came after I saw the Kennedy's graves. I was, ever so morbidly, thinking about how under those stones lie the bones of a dead president.  It was kind of fascinating to me actually.

After the cemetery we went to find a place to park right across from the Capitol Building so we could go explore a couple of the Smithsonian museums.We found the East Art Museum and went to explore. It was quite awesome. Pictures tell a better story so I won't bore you with my words. :)

Art in its many forms. <3

 All the little notes are written in french about all the reasons and pieces of why she loves this man. It was cool and adorable.

 I LOVE THIS PIECE!! It is an unraveled book and I want it!! I didn't know what book it was but I want to find out.

 I really like this tree. It is made of metal and stands in this outdoor arty place.

This is a concave house in the same outdoor art place as the awesome tree but when you are standing in front of it it looks very 2-point.
It is a very cool piece.






















On to the Museum of natural history!! That place is SO COOL!!!! Again, I will narrate pictures:

 Museum of Natural History. I love the Columns on this building. They are beautiful.(see below)

 GIANT ELEPHANT!<3

 blurry phone pic of mom and sister in front of a large crystal.

 his story is below.

 Look at the very last sentence in this description. THERE IS A GRAMMAR ERROR!!!!! IN A HISTORICAL MUSEUM!!!!!!! AND I FOUND IT!! I laughed so stinkin hard.

 We were standing in front of this awesome monkey and Gina says "Look Mom, That's me!!!" It was SO FUNNY!!!!! I died. Mom did not find it amusing. Ha!

 The original Smithsonian Museum.

After that we headed back to the car and to our next destination. Gina and I have never been to DC, but  there is one place that we wanted to see more than all the museums put together. We could have spent all day here. I will write another post on our next destination because we got some amazing pictures of the Washington, DC Latter-day Saint Temple. It is SO Beautiful. 

The Day didn't end there. It was my beautiful sister Gina's birthday and we hadn't eaten dinner yet. Gina wanted Italian food so we put it in the GPS to see what was around us.It brought us to this super amazing place called Manoli Canoli. It is this super cute AMAZING Italian/ Greek restaurant in Chevy Chase, MD. I ordered a barbecue chicken pizza because that is one of my favorites (I usually get it with pineapple, but this was an Italian restaurant). It turned out to be the best pizza I have ever eaten in my life! It as so good!!! I would eat 10 more. Before we left they brought out a canoli with a candle in it for Gina's birthday. :) It was so sweet. It tasted amazing. I really enjoyed that place.

Happy Birthday Gina!

And to All:
Remember who you are. Go and visit the temple. Take a spontaneous vacation, even if it is just to the couch for a nap. Try a little harder. Be a little better. Stand a little taller.
Jasmine With A Cape

Woman of My Own Heart

Hello. I have come to blog about a certain pet peeve of mine. The idea for this post came from A) The downward spiral of American grammar, and B) A quite old, recently stalked, blog post. 

This afternoon, I went out to a Chinese restaurant, and in the booth beside ours sat two black ladies. Their conversation was fine, but contained phrases like "They was going to do that." or "Why was you looking like that?" (there grammer be messed all kinds of up. I can talk more smarter then them. [The mistakes in the previous sentences are completely intentional for emphasis.]) It is not like our society has been raised without the proper schooling or educational opportunities. Words and phrases like funner, more better, them is, gots, etc. DO NOT EXIST!!!!! They are poor "I wish I could be an actual word/phrase" substitutes for proper English and the sad users of these phrases should go talk to a smart second grader who can speak correctly. Now, In saying this, I do not mean to be rude or to offend anyone. I occasionally slip up, but if I do not correct myself I will beat myself up about it. 

I almost want to be an English teacher so I can throw things at people who can't speak. :)

I mean really... How hard is it to know the difference between their, there, and they're, and to, too, and two. It is not hard at all.. They teach you that in 2nd grade.

Another Idk if you could really call it a pet peeve... maybe an aggrivation? NO! Annoyance is the word I am looking for.. is Chewing Gum!

I feel very strongly about this, and you can laugh at me if you must. I just think it is so unattractive seeing someone chew gum! There is absolutely no purpose to it. It is a dumb addiction that social norm has instilled in small children. Chewing gum is basically chewing flavored rubbery saliva! It is the dumbest thing that has ever been invented. I think I stopped chewing gum when I was 11 or 12 and the last time I even came close to chewing a piece I almost threw up. not kidding. I just see no point. It is seriously gross to me. I hope you were amused because I am not. :)

More randomness: I realized something in writing this. My emotions never seem to be expressed how I want them to be. I feel like I just sound rude and arrogant. That isn't how I want to come off. That happens to me a lot. I think something one way but say it in a completely different way that I'm not sure about. I don't know what to do about that. It's weird.

Other news: I ate 6 Twix bars, a piece of chocolate cake, and 2 chocolate chunk granola bars today. and a BUNCH of Chinese food. Yes I am a fatty. I am currently 10 lbs heavier than before I left for EFY, after I lost 10lbs. Gina wants to have a Biggest Loser contest with me :) haha. We shall see about that.

Remember who you are. Chocolate is your friend...unless you are allergic, then I apologize. You are so wonderful. :) Thanks for reading my random sporadic thoughts.

<3 Jasmine With A Cape