some stuff you may not want to know. . .

ok . . so i got a survey on myspace awhile back and since its been so time . . . here you go.

55 things about ME

1. my full name is : jessica lynn (peck) ruggles
2. i have 2 sisters. janell and jaclyn
3. one brother : jason
4. i have 3 nephews and 5 neices
5. i have been married for almost 10 years. (june 19, 1997)
6. my birthday is july 30, 1978
7. i am the oldest child in my family.
8. i married the oldest child in the family.
9. i graduated from vidor high school.
10. i was the first girl tuba player at vidor high school.
11. i played the flute, baritone and tuba.
12. i can read music.
13. i have a piano in my living room that is a catch all.
14. i would love to have someone come to my house and organize it.
15. i have a hard time finishing projects before i start another one.
16. i have good intentions, but find it hard to follow through.
17. when i was a freshmen in high school i had a crush on a senior.
18. when i was a senior in high school a freshmen had a crush on me.
19. i went on my first date when i was 16 with david ochoa. we watched the pelicon brief, ate big macs and toilet papered a house. good times!!
20. i didn't kiss a boy until my senior year.
21. i took my best friend, jessika, to prom our junior year.
22. i went to homecoming once with a guy. it was my dad sophmore year.
23. i was a band nerd and had some of my greatest high school memories on band trips.
24. it was in high school that i stopped wearing white socks and to this day i only wear colored ones.
25. i have always liked my hair.
26. i like to watch chick flicks over and over.
27. i have recently been turned on to reading.
28. i never read a book from cover to cover in school. ( cliff notes)
29. i have always been called a goofball.
30. i like to have fun with friends.
31. i love my job.
32. i love the people i work with.
33. i love being a mommy.
34. i love my husband, art.
35 i rarely use capital letters when typing.
36. i took walking for fitness for my PE credit at lamar.
37. i would love to go back to school one day and get my RN.
38. i try to get to target at least once a week, usually more. i can spend a hour in there and not buy a thing.
39. i have a favorite color, GREEN. yes, i am obsessed with it. i find myself buying things in all shades and usually mix them when dressing. i have gone so far a to get GREEN cell phone.
40. i love to chat in the internet .. . .lol i got bored one night and found a web sight that had a chat room and i went in. so now going on 2 years i have been talking to the same person. we even called each other while we were evacuated from hurricane rita.... HEY MARSHA
41. i love watching reruns of 'the nanny'.
42. i have a myspace account.
43. i have my ears pierce three times in each ear. (i only wear one pair now.)
44. i got my gallbladder taken out in 2003 and now my belly button looks like a question mark.
45. i'm not the most gracefull person. i once tried to step overthe hose at the gas station and fell.
46. i broke my foot my sophmore year jumping on a bed.
47. i wore braces for 3 1/2 years and stopped wearing my retainer. now i could use them again.
48. i'm left-handed and have a big bump on my middle finger which makes my finger nail goofy.
49. i've been to london, england.
50. would love a trip to new york.
51. i've worn glasses since the 3rd grade.
52. i would like to have plastic surgery one day, just to put stuff back where it used to be.
53. i never took home eco. in school so i haad to teah myself to use the sewing machine and i like it.
54. i like to cook, especially deserts.
55. i would love to build a house one day just the way i want it.



ok there are a few things. .

jess :-P

GoOd MaIL

yesterday i got something in the mail that was quite pleasant. my sister-in-law thought of me and sent me a little package in the mail.

she may never know how special it made me feel. it wasn't my birthday or any other holiday. it was just because. it was nice to get someting other than a bill or junk mail. thank you so much angie for thinking of me. it really means alot.
jess :-P

mine's BiGgEr than yours . . . .

ok . . its true i have fallen behind. i seem to get sidetracked and won't sit down long enough at the computer to BLOG. to say that i have been busy, sick or just plain lazy would just about sum up why i have posted in a while.
so where do you begin when it has been so long. i guess i should go back to that chickie weekend...
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the date: Dec. 8 - 10
the place: frisco, tx
the peeps: 2 blondes, 1 redhead and a grammy
the crime: shopping til we drop


this year was the first anuall chickie weekend. art's mom decided that the girls of the family were in titled to a girls weekend. so as are first place, we decided on frisco, tx. there are nice malls, at least 4 targets and 2 walmarts in the area. not to mention a HUGH IKEA.
we all decided to fly there. we had to get up very early but by 10:00 am we were all there and ready fo some serious shopping. when we did get there we got a big surprise. the weather was a bit cooler that we had planned. the temp in the rental car said 29 but it sure felt colder than that. the wind was bitter and we had to bundle up each time we got out of the car. it was quite different from the weather that usually at home.
we did manage to hit a few stores before our 3:00 check-in time at the hotel. i think on that first day we were finished shoppind by 4:30 and planning our dinner. we opted for a small lunch so we were getting pretty hungry. a friend from work suggested we try a mexican chain, uncle juleos. after making the block we found it and were pleased with the food. we all left very full.
early saturday morning we started out, making it to ikea shortly after they opened. now we didn't have to go far for that cause it was nearly in the parking lot of our hotel . . . .LOL it is much bigger than the one in houston. we walked through and spent nearly 2 hours, but there was just too much to look at. after we left we had to pick another place. i'm not really sure where we actually went next but i do think it is funny that we traveled so far to make a few stops at the local targets and walmarts. i guess it is true what they say about, sticking to what you know.
after a shop til you drop day we stuffed ourselves again on mexican food (again) and made a few mad dashes to target and walmart again.
i had a good time ladies. i'm looking forward to our next trip.

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Dec 13 BYU vs LAMAR


thats right... byu came to beaumont to play lamar. we toook the kids and joined the other byu fans and packed the house with navy blue. . . . .ok so it wasn't a packed house. but there sure were a lot of us 'mormons' there. ther was even a local celebrity there, tracy bird . . .lol

byu did give lamar a run for their money and there was even overtime, although lamar won in the end. the kids had a fun time.

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dec. 15 - williamson 3rd ward christmas party aka: LDS airlines

this year the activities commity went all out. i must say
it was quite the production.
it had a christmas around the world feel.


when we arrived at the church we waited in a 'lobby' and then had to check in and get 'passports'. we were given seat numbers and had to walk through security. then we boarded our 'plane'. ( it was actually the hall way with poster board on the walls, primary chairs, and rope lights.) the flight attendants took us to ours seats and then we were giving out safety guidelines and introduces to the pilot. the flight attendants passed out pretzels and the 'flight' was so smooth we were there in no time at all....lol. after exiting the plane we made our way around the church building stopping at different countries collecting stamps for our passports.

it was interesting learning about different christmas tradions. after making our way around the world, we returned to the usa. we shared a potluck dinner and enjoyed some good 'ol entertainment. we had a good time.

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dec. 21 - caleb's christmas party at school

this day art anda i were both off and able to enjoy caleb's christmas party. the room moms picked the theme - an ol' english christmas. therefore the treats were somewhat tradtional. there served the kids scones and 'hot tea' (which was actually waszel).

caleb's teacher made little ' crackers ' for the kids. inside was a treat and toy and a hat for them to wear. the kids traded gifts. they were 'secret santa' gift and if was fun to find out who had who. caleb's gift was from his friend garrison. they have really bonded since they were the only 2 boys in class last year.
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dec. 24 ~ 25

of course these couple of days are a complete blurr. mostly mixed together. we did the christmas thing at my parents house on christmas eve around 3 in the afternoon. we exchanged gifts and talked while snacking.

then it was off to the o'quinn's. we have been married for almost 10 years and have not missed a christmas eve yet. there is always lots of goodies to make you sick and good food. sheila cooks most of it and then begs us to take some home. we share stories from the year and exchange a few more gifts. once we have stuffed ourselves we head home. get the kiddos in bed and try to get to bed ourseves so santa can come.

christmas morning is always fun. santa has yet to dissapoint our kids. they always seem to get what they ask for. we really enjoyed it.

after gifts and breakfast we're off again. we eat at my and art's parent's houses and by the time we get home the we can't eat anymore and the house and car are trashed. . . LOL
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dec. 29 just a little operation

at about 12:30 on this day, art called me on my cell phone. i was getting to my car to leave work early to head over to grammy and poppy's. he told me not to leave he was one his way with caleb. caleb had been playing with a 'jewel' nad put it in his mouth. forgeting it was there he then took a drink. of course he swollowed it and art was gring him in. i just happend to be working with dr. hicks that day so i called back in to see if he was still there, and he was. he sadi he would take a look at caleb and decide what needed to be done.
i met caleb and art in the ER and brought caleb up to surgery to dr. hicks. he decided it would be best if we went down to radiology and have an XRAY to see if it was still there. poor caleb was in alot of pain. we spitting in a cup and white knuckling the chairs in admitting. after sitting in admitting for over 2 hours i finally had to say something. "we are checking your insurance ma'am" "i WORK here". i was pissed. then of course they were nice and got us over to xray. there we found out it was still there . the radiologist called dr. hicks who was still waiting and then it was up to surgery. dr. hicks put a scope down and pulled it out. caleb did great. wasn't scared at all and as soon as we returned he wanted to know if he could still go to grammy's house for presents.

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dec. 31 NEW YEARS EVE

this year was quite uneventful. i had to work. i only work one holiday a year and this was mine and 3 days at that. we stayed home and art took the kids outside for a few fireworks. we enjoyed chips and dip, pigs in a blanket, and cookies. bed time was before 10:00. . . pretty sad huh.
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so prtty much i have fallen behind and hope to get better with the new year . . .LOL
well see what i can do.

jess :-P

oops . . .he did it again

i can't believe it. caleb actually lost that second top tooth today. he was kinda upset about it though.
he was playing around with his pepaw today after school and pepaw actually knocked it out . . .LOL then it went missing. it was never found it was realy lost. i had caleb write the tooth fairy a note. hopefully she'll get and make a little boy happy.

i think he just got a little more cute. . .



jess :-P

it finally happened . . .

yep . . .
thats right, after much waiting and wiggling it happened this morning.



caleb, fin ally lost that top tooth. he has been wiggling that thing for a little over 2 months. while eating toast this morning before school it happened. he bit down just right and it actually just fell out. i guess it will be while for the other to fall out too... we'll just have to wait and see if it will be a 'all i want for christmas is my two front teeth' or not.



isn't he just so cute . . . .



jess :-P

what we did on our thanksgiving vacation.

it has becomee a ruggles' family tradtion to go camping during thanksgiving break. sometimes it works out that we are able to join art's parents and go out in the wilderness. ok . . . it really isn't that bad. there is a camper involved and the kiddos sleep with grammy and poppy.

caleb and baileigh love being outside. last year caleb mastered the big boy bike with no training wheels and this year baleigh ditched the tricycle. they prolly put a thousand miles on them in the few days we were there.


this year the whole family was together. on thanksgiving we actually had dinner outside in lawn chairs. you might be a redneck if . . . it was sort of a potluck dinner with several families getting together for the holiday.

after dinner, it was down to business. we brought out the newspapers and went to work planning our shopping trip for the next day. we made lists and checked them twice. after all sales ads had been studied and studied again we decided on who would go where and what time. i decided on 'best buy' , angie 'circut city' and allison 'target'. once the kids were somewhat settled and the sun went down angie, allison and i headed out so get some real rest for our busy day.

at 2:39AM my alarm went off and i hoped in the shower hopeing to get to best buy at 4:00. i was leaving vidor after fueling the van at 3:40 AM. when i got there the line was around the back side of the building. i wasn't really surprised. some of the people had been in line since 1:30 on thursday. the doors opened at 5:00 and by 5:10 i was stand ing in another line inside waiting on cameras. at 6:05 i walked away with a video camera, digital camera& mp3 player. then it was off to target to meet up with angie and allison. it was pretty busy there but shopable. we all ended up with a few things then it was off to the next place. 7:30 am we were at the mall having breakfast at chick fil a. after refueling and planning for our next stops we were at it again. by 11:00 we had shopped til we dropped and decided to call it a day. but first we needed more fuel. hummm . . . . crazy jose!!!! we ate like we skipped breakfast.

after all is said and done i think we did pretty good. we at least put a dent in the holiday shopping for 2006. thank you angie and allison for a great day. i'm looking forward to our girls weekend for more shoping til we drop.


jess :-P

something we have never done . . .

this year i decided to do something that has never been done at our house. usually the i will wait til tha firsts weekend of december to put up the christmas tree but this yeari decided to change.
i'm going back to work next week and of course the first weekend i'm back at work i'm on call. (figures right.)

so art only worked on night this week and while he was gone the kids and i put up the tree. i put the lights on it and told the kids we would wait for daddy to decorate. wednesday night could not get here fast enough. baileigh kept asking me if it was tomorrow night yet. so at 6:30 wednesday we began 'trimming' our tree.
of course we had to start with the 8 year old KIX cereal that i strung before caleb was even born. of course the dog loved the stale cereal and after everything was done i cought him nibbling from the tree . . LOL
the kids had fun finding the ornaments that had their names on them and caleb started asking where the ones from this year were. each year i let the kids pick out a new ornament for the tree and i write their name on it. that way when thhey leave and they will have oraments to put on their tree.
it didn't take long for us to get finished and soon it was time to put the star on. baileigh did it last year so it was caleb's turn.
so there you have it, one day before thanksgiving and our christmas tree is up.

jess :-P

it finally over . . .

much to our dismay . . .flag football has come to a close. really we aren't really that broken up about it. i'm really kinda glad to seee the season end. caleb and baileigh may have had a good time but i was rather grossed out by the lack or organization on our team.

well . . .i guess it all started at the first of the season when caleb missed the first 2 practices because the coach and team mom didn't call us. when the coach and team mom come from the same house you would think that they would talk to one another about when practices were going to start and maybe we should call EVERYONE and let them know. we do have an answering machine and caller ID. i thought that if was made known at the first practice that i was available to help out that i might get used. it didn't take long to realize that the team mom really didn't care and did NOTHING for the team. we asked several times if there was going to be a homecoming float and if they needed help geting things together. most of the time the team mom didn't even show up to games and practices. so the night before the homecoming parade we were called and told to meet for the parade.

so there was a little about the team mom . . . now cheermom. well first of all there were 5 cheerleaders for the team. we spent a small fortune for baileigh to do this and support her brother. not only were the practices a joke but the cheermom only made it to 4 games. at the other 4 games baileigh was the only cheerleader that even came. i must say i am very upset with VIDOR FLAG and TACKLE. i feel that there is no supervision of the team's coaches, team mothers and cheermoms. it really is a shame.

saturday was the team party . . . we have become pretty familiar with the local skating rink. my kiddos love it. they recieved trophies and hats. there once again was confusion on when, where and how much we needed to pitch in for trophies. no one seemed to have a clue not even the team mom. each kid had an assigned item to bring to the party. we brought plastic forks and 2 pizzas. of course reaminders would have been nice 'cause there were only 4 pizzas to feed 12 kids and about 10 adults. go figure. personally i hope caleb decided to play fall baseball next year and will make it a goal to look for the handbook on being a team mom to pass along.


so i know i've really been dogin' team mom. has anyone else ever been in my situation?

jess :-p