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Flashback Friday: Sequoia and the Burnt Colt Vista

August 5, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday 2 Comments

Flashback Friday is where I post some writing of a little snipet of my life as a younger me. Here's another vacation story with a journal entry to match. I have to warn you, this is by far my most inaccurate memory to date. I only recently found out that my version of this story ... Read More »

 Posted on: August 5, 2011 5:34 am By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: Funny, True Story, Writing
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Flashback Friday: The Vacation of Monsters and Stinky Places

July 29, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday 1 Comment

Flashback Friday is where I post a little snipet of my life as a younger me. We went on a lot of vacations when I was a child. This is the first one that I remember. It was in 1991 when I was 7 years old. The Yellowstone fire I refer to is the one ... Read More »

 Posted on: July 29, 2011 5:54 am By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: Funny, True Story, Writing
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Flashback Friday: It’s Just My Imagination

July 15, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday 1 Comment

Flashback Friday is where I post some writing of my life as a younger me. This is a church activity as I remember it. It's Wednesday and I'm going hiking with the youth in my church as an activity. I'm Mormon and we call our youth groups Young Mens and Young Womens. I can't be much ... Read More »

 Posted on: July 15, 2011 6:34 pm By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: Funny, True Story, Writing
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Flashback Friday: Fizzy Lifting Drinks

July 8, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday Leave a Comment

This is what happened after my Civil War in 3rd Period English as I remember it. So after my own personal civil war, I decided to avoid a situation like that at all costs by missing school. A lot of it. At the barest rumblings of trouble, I would stay home. It worked for a while ... Read More »

 Posted on: July 8, 2011 5:07 am By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: Funny, True Story, Writing
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Flashback Friday: The Pop-Tart Wrapper

June 24, 2011 By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday Leave a Comment

The urban legend of the Pop-Tart wrapper as I remember it. Please feel free to leave editing and spelling errors I missed in the comments.  Or, if you participated in this story and would like to tell your side of it, you are free to do that, too:) I'm hiking up the mountains with my aunt, ... Read More »

 Posted on: June 24, 2011 7:28 am By Jessica Filed Under: Flashback Friday | Tagged With: Funny, True Story, Writing
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