Here's some pics of Master Yoda..... adopted June 2009 from TAHS

These two pics were taken today of Yoda..... cat in the box except this one he popped his head through the lid and did eventually climb out lol....


Yoda likes to snuggle up and sleep.....

Here Yoda snuggles up to Palmer with Leia in the background

Yoda loves Palmer, but they are not gay okay!!

Its the flash not evil glowing eyes but it is a cool photo capture

Yoda loves to snuggle and cuddle

Jess and Yoda


Here's a cute pic of Leia snuggled up in my blanket

Pictures are Online Finally!

Preliminary pictures from Miss Greater Cleveland/Cuyahoga County, North Coast, WCO/Lima Square Fair/ Maumee Valley/AAC/FT and Northwestern Ohio 2010 are uploaded on my blog. See right side under 2010 prelim photos for links to photos.

GO ROCKETS & GO BUCKEYES

Well my two favorite teams rallied this weekend. UT beat Eastern Michigan at our last home game for the year. Go Rockets!! This Friday in Bowling Green UT will take on rivals BGSU.... Go Rockets!!

AND.....OSU Buckeyes beat UofM Wolverines 21-10 Go Bucks!!

Miss Northwestern Ohio Results

Introduction

On stage question

Talent -Interpretative dance to Unchained Melody

Talent dedicated to the Military and in Memory of my granpa Robert Nelson Sr, WWII Veteran

Me and my lil sis, Hannah during Evening Gown


EVENING GOWN COMPETITION....

Awards tme

me, 3rd RU


Top 5 - me, 3rd RU, Emily Pheils 1st RU, Miss NWO 2010 Alyssa Waldman, 2rd RU Alyssa Phillips and 4th RU Samantha Hartings

me and my lil sis Hannah

me and my host mom Tricia Speiser

my mom, me and Grandma and Doc

My Family, my mom, Uncle Steve, Aunt Becky, my cousin Korri, me, my host mom Tricia Speiser and my Grandma and Doc


What a Great Day at Miss Northwestern Ohio pageant. A Special Thank you to my HOST mom Tricia Speiser and family for making me feel at home away from home. To my lil Sis Hannah...thanks for being so sweet and you were so beautiful on stage. We made a great team!

Congrats to all the winners:

Miss NWO 2010 - Alyssa Waldman - also Interview and Talent Winner

1st RU - Emily Pheils
2nd RU - Alyssa Phillips
3rd RU - ME.....yay!!!
4th RU - Samantha Hartings

Some pics to follow later!!

Judges:

Bonnie McGraw? - from Henry Co. has Interview experience and some instrumental knowledge
Mayor Bob Armstrong
Peggy Snyder? - from Henry Co. also and has Theatre background and affiliation with the Defiance Players
Melissa Hoyne? Miss Lake Festival ED
Andrew Schultz - director of Music at Defiance College
Amy (LeMaster) Mock - former Miss Northwestern Ohio 1986

Miss Northwestern Ohio Saturday....

Miss NWO is Saturday at 730 pm at Defiance Auditorium.

10 Girls are competing for the title of Miss NWO

#1 Kelsey Buettner talent: Piano
#2 withdrawn
#3 Macy Weatherhead talent Dance
#4 Emily Pheils talent - Vocal
#5 Samantha Hartings talent - Jazz Dance
#6 Jessica talent - Interpretative Dance
#7 withdrawn
#8 Lluvia Martinez - talent - Vocal
#9 Haley Piper - talent - Lyrical Dance
#10 Alyssa Waldman - talent - Vocal
#11 ALyssa Phillips - talent - Sign Language
#12 Christina Drake - talent - Vocal

MY CMN Goal is REACHED

Thanks to my recent sponsor(s) that have helped me reach my CMN Goal of $400.00 I am so excited that I have made that goal! Its one goal I have successfully accomplished and on to the next goal of winning the local title that will put me on the Miss Ohio stage next June. So wish me luck!!


Thanks to my new sponsor Sheree Silcox for her generous donation to CMN and for reaching my CMN GOAL!!!


<3 Jess

NEW WINNERS- MISS Maumee Valley, All-American City and Fallen Timbers

New WInners tonite:

Miss Maumee Valley - Kristy Moneysmith
Miss All-American City - Becky Minger Also Talent and Interview Winner
Miss Fallen Timbers - Courtney Monk

1st RU Emily Pheils
2nd RU Whitney Fricke

Miss MV OT - Sophie Carter
Miss AAC OT - Sarah Eash

Costume Winner - Whitney Fricke

Congrats!!

Here's some highlighted pics of me.....

me in swimsuit competition

Debut of my new talent- Interpretative dance to Unchained Melody dedicated to millitary and in memory of my grandpa

Evening Gown competition


On stage question

Thanks to my New SPONSOR

A great big Thank you and HUG to my big brother for sponsoring me for CMN.... I am so close to my goal and I am so excited. I only need $35.00 more to reach my goal.... This is so Amazing! Thanks to all my family and friends for believing in me.

New Sponsor:
Thanks to Chris Bauer, my Big brother

<3 Jess

MORE SPONSORS

Thanks to another Sponsor for the Children's Miracle Network......and the Toledo Area Humane Society with a generous gift to both. I appreciate it very much for your support of me competing in the Miss Ohio Scholarship Program and also for sponsoring my Platform P.E.T.S. - Promoting Education, Training and Safety of Pets. - My Paws for Pets Campaign.....Dog $ Days!!!

William & Alison Blondheim ( my Cousins)

Thanks to everyone supporting me right now.... this is fantastic!! I am so excited for Miss Maumee Valley this Saturday! I promise I will do my best to bring the crown home for all of you!!!

<3 Jess

^^^^^^^^^^^More Sponsors^^^^^^^^^^

Again Thanks to my recent SPONSORS..... I really aprreciate your help

Aunt Marlene and Uncle Fran - also sponsored my Platform P.E.T.S. with a generous donation.
Grandma & Doc Engle

My BFF - Sarah Scrozynski

and proceeds from all who participated in the Hair cut special through Artistic Creations and Miss Ritchie Go.....

Still need to reach my goal of $400.00 so thanks to those who have donated and its close I think I need $95.00 still so if you are able to help I would appreciate it very much. Every little bit helps.

Miss Maumee Valley is only 6 days away and I am so excited to be competing again this year. Looking forward to a great day with great Directors. Wish me luck!! I love to hear from all my friends and family.

<3 Jess

^^^^^^^^^ SPONSORS ^^^^^^^^^^ To the rescue!!

As another preliminary rapidly approaches I find myself trying to get sponsors again to cover the required CMN fee so I can compete. I feel like I am begging, which I absolutely hate, but hopeful that family, friends and business's will be generous and help me to reach my goal of going to the Miss Ohio stage next June. I wish that raising the CMN fee wasn't such a struggle. I could use a little less stress in my life right now than worrying about rather I can raise the money to compete. I find campaigning for my platform is a lot easier to raise money than getting donations for CMN. WHy? CMN is a valid charity and people donate to charities all the time, so why is it hard to get a donation to CMN through my donation page. You can only ask family, friends or business's so many times before you feel like your harassing them. :((( not fun!! I tried a different approach by asking for $1 donations from everyone I know. Donating more than $1 is appreciated, but hopeful that the average person could at least afford $1 and donate that $1 toward CMN and/or my Platform cause as well. Hopefully donating dollars is more affordable for everyone rather than asking for large amounts. At this point, any amount is greatly appreciated.

I guess it could be worse, but why not make it easier on the contestants? Its not enough that we have to pay for clothing, gowns and accessories, swimsuits, interview suits, and talent preparations with lessons ie costumes, photography plus traveling expenses. Sometimes its not just a one-time expense but multiple expense until you get the right combination of items...... Who can afford to purchase a new gown every prelim?? Most contestants are probably like me, a POOR College student!! But as robotic as it seems we strive to get the perfect combination of clothing and coaching to win that prelim title for fulfilling the DREAM of going to MISS OHIO and then starting all over again preparing and the insanity goes on and on.... lol Thank goodness for sponsors that support us and help us to achieve our Dreams!! Dreams can be so costly without any guarantee of ever being fulfilled But without our DREAM what do we have?? Its what DREAMS are made of that keep us moving forward in life. We Dream of being Miss Ohio/America, We Dream of being College Graduates, we DREAM of having a stable career, we DREAM of getting married to that perfect man, we Dream of having a beautiful home and raising a Family, we DREAM of having a happy Life right? We DREAM, and DREAM and DREAM!!!!!! We have to DREAM then all we can do is work hard to achieve and Hope that all our hard work pays off in the end and our DREAMS come true!!

So Again, I want to take this time to thank all my previous sponsors listed on the sidebar. Plus a NEW Thank You to the donations I have received today from my Aunt Marlene and Uncle Fran who have supported me every year (Third time for Miss Maumee Valley/Northwestern Ohio) since I have started competing. Also THANKS to my grandma and Doc for their donation today. I really appreciate your sponsorship and hope you can come to see me compete at one of the upcoming prelims that I am planning to do. Your SUPPORT means the world to me! :))

++++ YAY!!!! Heather Waterman - New Miss Clayland

Congrats to the new Miss Clayland - Heather Waterman
winning Ray King Talent and Interview Award

1st RU - Kristy Moneysmith
2nd RU - Sherry El Sakr

Community Service Scholarship Winner - Danielle Henry

Contestants: Heather Waterman, Kristy Moneysmith, Sherry El Sakr, Danielle Henry, Ashley Bowman and Samantha Hartings

CONGRATS NEW MISS PORTSMOUTH

Congrats to the new Miss Portsmouth Anna Reis

1st RU Nicole Iezzi-Blessing

Well.... things can go real Good and then goooo real bad!! BLAH!!!

Well I have been super busy since the UT vs OSU game. The night before the game we spent the evening in Cleveland at Crocker Park. The Cheesecake Factory was awesome... all the P-lows (Piccolo's and Flutes) enjoyed an evening shopping and then eating out together. On Saturday, we lost the game as most of you know by now. I wasn't as much disappointed in losing the game to OSU as I was at how the OSU fans treated us. Being an OSU Buckeye fan myself I was really disappointed in the way OSU fans talked to us and heckled our UT Band. Now granted I know we aren't as good as OSU's Marching Band because they are awesome but we don't pretend to be better, either. I have seen them perform before this game at a concert at Stranahan Theatre in Toledo. and was so excited to see them perform on the field the day of the game for the first time ever in person. Its just awesome!!! FYI, majority of UT's fans and band members are OSU fans as well. My mom wore UT Rockets shirt because I asked her to to support the Rockets which she did but she also wore a buckeyes necklace and wore the flashing OSU sunglasses I bought her too!

But the fans that were around the UT Band that day, told us that we sucked, to just shut up and sit there and not play. That we should pack it in and go home now because we are losers who can't make a good sound, etc ....... and the list goes on. It was very offensive and rude to be heckled that badly by a group of people loyal to OSU. Unknown to them just because we go to UT doesn't mean that we aren't supportive of our Buckeyes too! To be truthful here guys, we were treated better by University of Michigan Wolverine fans last year and UT Rockets beat them. That says a lot!! As a Ohioan I was very ashamed of my fellow Ohioans that day for the way they acted. When you sit there and say we are from O-H-I-O.... well so am I. Toledo is in Ohio too! I am a Buckeye too! So if any Ohio State fans read this please consider how you talk and treat the opposing teams. Its okay to be loyal and even have a rivalry with the opposing teams but lets be competitive with character and class and not with the low class mentality that we received during the game.

Now.... then after the game, the UT Marching Band made a guest appearance at Lakewood High School Marching Show and that was a lot of fun, even though we were all tired. It was nice having parents of HS band members say how awesome we were and that we are good roll models for HS students. It kind of made up for the mean things earlier in the day. Yea... Sarah Eash I was at your home town school and didn't know it until afterwards, but it was really nice and we were met with kindness and support from all the fans. Thanks!!

Since then, I have been working, going to school Mon-Fri and trying to get ready to compete again coming up. I had received a personal invitation to rush for greek week and after my interview I did receive a bid for Kappa Kappa Psi. Yay!!! I am so excited to be a part of it. Its something I never thought I would ever do.... didn't think I was the Sorority type girl lol. I guess there's a first time for everything. But.... just the beginning for me.

I was to walk for the Race for the Cure in honor of my second mom, Kathy Sroczynski, my best friends mom who passed away Miss Ohio night June 20, 2009 from Cancer. I had to work late the night before or early am and didn't get to do the walk which I was so disappointed but my heart and spirit was with Kathy's family and friends who did. I am one of Kathy's Krusaders even if its in thought and spirit.

What's new?? I find myself without any wheels.....the transmission in my car just went out so now we are gonna rebuild it and if that doesn't work then I will have to get a new car. Sucks being without a car for now. I love my car and so upset its broken!!

Well lots going on this weekend..... Miss Portsmouth is Saturday, so good luck to all competing, have a fun day!! Then on Sunday is forum for Miss Northwestern Ohio in Defiance. I will be working tonite and then I have then weekend off to try to catch up on everything I am behind on.... so have a great fall weekend!! Until my next update God Bless!! <3 Jess

WEEKEND..... yay!!!

I am so excited for this weekend..... we are leaving tomorrow afternoon for Cleveland. We (The UT Rocket Marching Band) will be staying at a hotel in Crocker Park area and spending the evening in Crocker Park shopping and dinner. Then Saturday is the BIG game at the Cleveland Browns Stadium between U of Toledo Rockets and Ohio State Buckeyes, which begins at 12 noon. Then later we will be traveling to Lakewood High School for a performance at their band show! It will be a great weekend... check back later for pics and update on my weekend.

Random photos from prelims

me at Miss Mansfield with my celeb date.....


These pics are from Miss Maple City.....
me and Alicia Hugyhe

me and Ashley Miller

me and Miss Ohio 2007 Roberta Camp

me and Ashley Warholic

me and Heather Wells

me and Emily Pheils

me and Ashleigh Lemon

Miss Maple City Contestants: Stephanie Rogers, Ashleigh Lemon, Courtney Monk, me Emily Pheils, Ashley Miller, Jen Ciccone and Ashley Warholic

Courtney Monk, Me and Ashleigh Lemon

Congratulations to Ellen Bryan

Congrats Ellen on winning the new Miss Miami Valley local this weekend in Dayton.

Congratulations Becky

Congrats Becky on making Top 11 at Sweetheart pageant this weekend!!

Good Luck

Good Luck to Becky Minger who is competing at Sweetheart pageant this weekend and also to the contestants competing in the Miss Miami Valley today.

BACK TO SCHOOL .....

BACK TO SCHOOL........

Well the past couple of weeks has been eventful, as I have been working almost everyday up until this week. Band Camp has started and I am there from dawn to dusk. I didn't think I missed it that much until we were all together again at camp and it rejuvenated my spirit of love for band and music. I am playing the Piccolo again this year. We have 4 returning from last year and 8 new Freshman and incoming upperclassmen new to UT RMB. Our first home game is 9/11 against Colorado and will be televised on ESPN so watch us if you can or see you at the game ROCKET fans!!

My bbf Kate, has started Chemo this week and I am so worried about her. If anyone wants please say an extra prayer for her healing and strength. My other BFF, Sarah is doing fair after the passing of her mom, Kathy. Kathy passed away the day of Miss Ohio finals. Kathy was also a good friend of my moms and she was like a second mom to me. So, I dedicated my talent song to Kathy at Miss WCO and that same night, Sarah and her family were at Crystal Lake in Michigan where they laid Kathy to rest in her final resting place. What a wonderful tribute to a great lady who is dearly loved and missed. :(

It's hard to believe that classes start Monday. I have the usual Biology and Chemistry. I am also taking an English class, Intro to Jazz (elective) and Marching Band = full load. I will continue working part time at my job even though it will only be a couple days a week. I have classes Mon-Fri.

I am working on things for competition to improve and have started a new work-out program. I know about the bashing of me and my mom on the voy board and we don't really care what people have to say. We realize that I will be criticized for something, no matter what I do right or wrong and mom will be bashed for defending me. What is most important is how I feel about myself and my accomplishments. Which I feel really good about things in my life right now and the improvements I have accomplished. I have dropped another size in my jeans and I am ecstatic, my hard work has been paying off since this is 2 sizes since the first of the year.

It has been my dream to be Miss Ohio, from the first time I met a Miss Ohio, Ellen Pasturzak, when I was 5 years old and I got my picture taken with her. I have been preparing my whole life for this, from kiddie pageants to modeling classes, voice lessons, dance classes, endless photo sessions, mock interview sessions and practicing smiling. It is my goal to be Miss Ohio and I am working hard to improve myself to achieve this goal. If it doesn't happen and I never become Miss Ohio it will not be because I didn't try or give my best each time, but because I believe God has a different plan for me. At Miss WCO, KayLani Rae Rafko-Wilson made that point in one of her many inspirational talks and it hit so close to home. I believe that to be true in everyday life no matter what goal you try to achieve. There are other benefits to being involved in the MAO program such as scholarship money, interview experience, working with charities, raising money and promoting something you believe in, keeping healthy and physical fit, getting to look like a Princess at times and the wonderful people I have met so far and new friendships I have made. That all = Priceless!!!!

Hope to see you all soon! God Bless!!

<3 Jess

Pics of me from recent Prelims

From Miss Greater Cleveland/Miss Cuyahoga County Prelim view photos at :
http://www.farrophotography.com/shoppingcart/sessionproofing.php?action=login

I am in the following photos: 022, 094, 218, 220, 223, 347, 350, 467, 473, 475, 490, 491, 492, 496, 497, 499, 506, 507, 509, 512, 513, 518, 551, 556, 558, 561, 563, 564, 566, 568

For Miss West Central Ohio/Miss Lima Square Fair view photos at:
http://roarkstudios.com/wco/

I am in the following photos: DSC 5, 6, 7, 26, 27, 87, 88, 89, 90, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 314, 315, 354, 355, 356, 375, 404, 405

I will try to post my photos soon... that mom took, which includes from Miss North Coast and Miss Ohio 2009.

<3 Jess

Congrats to the winners......

Friday night two more young ladies win local titles securing a spot at Miss Ohio next June.

Congratulations to the winners:

Miss Lima Square Fair - Shannon O'Neill
& Talent & Interview winner

1st RU - Kristy Moneysmith & SS Winner

Miss West Central Ohio - Katie Bowen
& Interview Winner

1st RU - Stephanie Spitnale & Talent Winner

2nd RU - Katie Ulrich & People's Choice

3rd RU - Courtney Monk

SS Winner - Devon Stansbury

I was excited as I got to meet and talk with Miss America 1988 - Kay Lani Rae Rafko. She's so awesome and an inspiring person to be around... Got pics will add when I can.