Happy (Belated) Christmas!

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Originally uploaded by Jessie Murphy (2).

Happy Belated Christmas, & Happy Birthday Dad (today!)!!! :)

BJ and I got home last night from our trip to Granger to visit with my family for Christmas. :) We had a great visit! I'm excited to start using my new skis!

BJ surprised me with an awesome digital camera on Christmas Eve, and so I'm learning about manual photography (f-stop, shutter speed, all that stuff). I've been practicing all morning, and starting to get the hang of it.

Besides the blessings of the holiday, we also received great news from my sister Kristen - she and Ken are officially engaged. We're all so happy for them both!

- Jessie

Office Party Picts

Ever wonder what a Xavier office party looks like...? I'm sure not, but here's some photos just in case. I'm looking so excited during the team game (which we WON). That's Tina hiding behind me. :) - Jessie

Four Days 'Till Christmas!

It's only four days until Christmas! This year BJ and I will be spending Christmas Eve morning with BJ's mom, Maria, and Carl, and then heading to South Bend for the weekend. Im so excited to see everyone! :) I have all next week off, which is going to be so nice. I only wish that BJ could have the week off as well.

Tonight BJ and I will be having the high school youth group over for a Christmas party. I'm looking forward to a good game of around-the-world ping pong. :)

- Jessie

Being Married

I guess I'm still getting used to all the changes that come along with being married. Yesterday at our department Christmas party we were all asked to break up into teams based on your last name: A-F, G-L, M-R, S-Z.

I jumped right over to the S-Z team, and it took a few minutes to realize that I was in the wrong group! 25 years of being at the back of the alpabet has had its affect on me. :)

Wizards of Winter

BJ saw on the news last night that the house in the video posted below ("Wizards of Winter"), is actually in Cincinnati (News Article View Video). Pretty crazy! :) It's amazing how quickly this video has spread around the internet.

Video Links

Just thought I'd share these crazy / funny videos! :)

Octopus Eats Shark
Funny Cats
Works Too Hard
Numa Numa
The Wizards of Winter
Pinch His What?!
Sign Language (a little bad, but really funny)

Boy, I wish we were back in Jamaica!

Jamaica - At 'Jerk' Restaurant
Originally uploaded by Jessie Murphy.

Wouldn't it be nice.... :) It's officially winter (ok, not officially, but it certainly feels like it), which has me longing for warmer weather and a long beach.

At least we'll probably have a white Christmas! :)

Winter Storms-a-Comin!

The big snow storm that's coming is scaring the whole city - hopefully we won't be snowed in tomorrow! We'll just have to wait and see if everything shuts down...

- Jessie

Another Long Day...

Well, it's definately Monday... and a long one at that. I had a meeting this morning at 10:00am, so I came into work this morning at 9:30, and I'll be here tonight until 9:00.

This weekend was really nice. Roger and Lana Callahan (from Purdue Christian Campus House) came to our church to give an update on what's going on with their ministry. It was great to visit with Roger and Lana, although it made BJ and I miss Purdue. :(

Also, I know that BJ would want me to mention how great the Bengals are doing. One more win this weekend against the Steelers! Who day indeed! :)

Updated website

I've updated BJ and I's site with some new family photos... www.bjandjessie.com.

BJ's New Job

Hi everyone!

Well, BJ’s just finished his first week of work with Medco (mail order). While he’s still in the training stage, we’re both really optimistic that this will be a much better fit for him. We’re so happy that he has something that will be hopefully less stressful, and with better hours. He won’t have to work any more weekends or late nights. :)