19 Books From Your Childhood That You Probably Forgot About

I know as we get older we tend to stop reading as much. Maybe it's because we aren't in school anymore and therefore aren't forced to or maybe it's because we claim we don't have time anymore. Either way, we were forced to read books as children so here are some throwback books from your childhood that may or may not make you feel a little nostalgic. 

Junie B. Jones

The Teacher from the Black Lagoon

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Rainbow Fish

Goodnight Moon

Corduroy

Love You Forever

Where's Spot?

The Magic Treehouse

Captain Underpants

The Giving Tree

Wayside School

Charlotte's Web

The Berenstain Bears 

Matilda

Danny and the Dinosaur

Olive, the Other Reindeer

Runaway Ralph

XOXO 

Jess

Always Stay Humble and Kind

There are many songs that we can learn lessons from, but one of the most recent is Tim McGraw's latest from his album Damn Country Music. The song "Humble and Kind" (listen here) is one of my favorites because it shows the values that Tim McGraw holds and personally ones that I think everyone should try to have for themselves. Here are just a few of the lyrics that I think we should all follow.

Go to church 'cause your momma says to
Visit grandpa every chance that you can 

Hold the door, say please, say thank you
Don't steal, don't cheat, and don't lie

Let yourself feel the pride but
Always stay humble and kind

Bitterness keeps you from flying'

Know the difference between sleeping with someone
And sleeping with someone you love
"I love you" ain't no pick up line

When you get where you're goin
Don't forget turn back around
And help the next one in line

I mean c'mon how hard are those?! I know personally I was raised like that, but for some people it might be a totally foreign concept to have some manners. This was just my little rant slash advice given time. Hope you all learned something or at least got a new song to enjoy. 

XOXO 
Jessica 

A Letter To My Old Best Friend

Dear ________,

How have you been? According to your snapchat stories, it seems like you've been enjoying your time at college. I hate that we used to tell each other everything and now we all we know is what we post on social media.

I just want to let you know I'm thankful for those years that we spent together as friends. Thank you for being there during all those stupid high school crushes and being there to dance with me during the slow songs at the high school dances when neither of us had dates. And those late night McDonalds runs because we just wanted ice cream in the middle of the night. And all those inside jokes that we would try to explain to people, but they wouldn't find them funny. Or even when we started to like someone the other wouldn't know so we would Facebook stalk them together.

And thank you to your family for being my second family. When we would decide randomly that we wanted to have a sleepover at like 9pm, and I'd come over and they'd already be asleep but then we would wake up in the morning to the smell of breakfast cooking.

I won't lie and say I don't miss you sometimes. I do. But we aren't friends anymore for reasons, whatever they may be, I don't hold a grudge against you.

And to your new friends: please appreciate her because she deserves a friend as good as she was to me over the years. She'll do anything for you, but don't take advantage of that. Be kind and just know, that if you do her wrong, you're doing me wrong and I'll get you for that. I'm still very protective because even though we may not be as close anymore, we were at one time and that means something.

We had so many good memories together, and I'm thankful for them all. Just because we aren't friends anymore, doesn't mean I wish we never were. I'm so glad I was able to have a friend as good as you for those years. Just because we aren't close anymore, doesn't mean I don't wish you well. I hope you are doing awesome and I hope all your classes are going fantastic, and that someday you will get everything we ever dreamed about.

Best Wishes,
Your Friend

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Happy Blogging,

Jessica Casey

Christmas Wishlist

So 'tis the season and I know some people don't like it when other start to talk about Christmas before Thanksgiving but Turkey day is tomorrow so it's close enough, get over it. If you're like me, then thinking of Christmas presents that you want is quite hard anytime when you actually need to. Ask me what I want any other time of the year and I could give you an answer in the blink of an eye, but anywhere near my birthday or Christmas I would probably tell you socks (which, don't get me wrong, is a great present). But I racked my brain and came up with this list:

Beauty Blender

Curling Iron

Chunky Infinity Scarf

Uggs

Anything Monogrammed

Anything Monogrammed

Anything Monogrammed

Statement Necklaces

Headphones 

Flannels 

North Face Jacket

Riding Boots

Laptop Case

Camo Blanket

So that there is a few of the main things that I have come up with so far. If you want the links to these items or want to keep up with the other things I am adding on to my wish list then you can follow my Pinterest account here and look at the board here.

Happy Blogging ,

Jessica Casey

Country Concerts

I don't know if you live anywhere like where I live, but everyone here is into country concerts (myself included). Country music is my favorite kind of music but also they are some of the best entertainers out there.

My first time going to a country concert was this Tim McGraw this May. I went with my friends Stephanie and Rachel and with Steph's family. It was such a good concert. We even got to meet Cassidee Pope who was one of the opening acts.

My next concert was Toby Keith which we still went with Stephanie's parents but in a different car. And that was a really good concert. Because Toby Keith is just a redneck girl's favorite singer. 

Third, we went to Dierks Bentley and that was probably my favorite concert. And that was just such a good concert, he had three opening acts and man were they good. I love Dierks Bentley. This was the first concert where we didn't actually sit by ourselves and watch the show. We actually interacted with people and I drove us and it was just a good time beside the fact that we barely got there on time because of traffic and my shoes broke when we first got there so I had to go barefoot the whole time. 

Next was Miranda Lambert. Now this was an experience. We went with a bunch of guys that we weren't really close with at the time. I mean we had hung out a few times before but other than that, we didn't really know each other. This is also the first concert we drank at. And wow was it fun. I like didn't feel it at first but I had a buzz for sure because I could talk to anyone that night lol. But that was a good concert except for when my friend had to use the bathroom and I missed my favorite song. 

And the most recent one was Keith Urban. Now that one was also an adventure.  We went with Jesus (who I met for the first time that night) and Carlos (my sort of ex). Once again, we were drinking and I kind of wanted to make Carlos mad sooo liiiike me being my smart self started taking to random guys and spent a majority of the concert with a 22 year old named Curtis. And by the time I was done dancing (and making out with lol) him I kept apologizing to Carlos even though I really had no reason to. Then Carlos proceeds to kiss my best friend. LOL. So needless to say Jesus and I are friends now and me and Carlos are not. 

Anyway, I hope this puts things into perspective if you're thinking about going to a country concert or any kind of concert. Learn from my mistakes and maybe don't drink at country concerts. LOL JK where's the fun in that?

Happy Blogging,

Jessica Casey

Latino music will change your mood

I have always been someone who accepts all different kinds of music and listens and appreciates it. Whether it had been Screamo or Country music, I loved it all. But despite all that there was one kind of music that I couldn't get into. Latino or Spanish music. I guess a part of me didn't like the fact that I couldn't understand what it was saying or ... I actually really don't know what was stopping me because all my friends would play it and I just didn't like it.  Well thank goodness I finally opened my mind and tonight I finally learned to like it. Not only do I like it, it could very easily be my new favorite type of music.

Spanish music just puts you in a great mood. You could not possibly listen to spanish music and be in a bad mood. I mean unless you listen to a sad one, but I can't understand any of it so it's all happy music to me.

So I figured I would recommend a few of my new found favorites so that maybe you could listen to them and there's a chance you will start to appreciate it like I now do. And if you already were a lover of Latino music then these will no doubt be old news to you because they are very mainstream and classics so don't hate please.

• Gasolina -Daddy Yankee
• Limbo - Daddy Yankee
• Bailamos - Enrique Iglesias
• Bailando - Enrique Iglesias
• Zumba - Don Omar
• Danza Kuduro - Don Omar
• Adrenalina - Wisin
• Que Viva la Vida - Wisin

So those are just a few of my new found favorites so listen and enjoy.

Happy Blogging,

Jessica Casey