About Gib

 As promised, our first actual posts are here!!!! In order for our readers to better get to know us, we decided to do biographies! And in order to really get the truth, the nitty-gritty, the bad and the good and the really good (because we all know when you write about yourself you try not to boast), Gib took care of telling all about Gab and I (Gab) filled everyone in on Gib! We hope you enjoy reading about our lives, particularly what our best friend thinks of us, and we really hope you enjoy our blog! We plan to post bi-weekly; that's FOUR posts a week about home, garden, fashion, and food, what we find and what we (as 22 year olds) think we know about it all :) Enjoy!

And now...About my Gib:

Elegant and ever-so steady, Gib is a rock to many and in various areas of life. As an older sister to Alex “Boo”, she has shown understanding and much patience in a relationship where disagreements are plentiful, and rather extreme, but love is never-doubted and never-ending. After the divorce of her mother and father when she was a child, Gib developed an interesting demeanor of dependence of her mom and sister yet also a strong independence, which has made her the amazing Christian woman she is today. Gib’s support system throughout her life is one with which to be reckoned. From Grandma Sara to Aunt Patti to Mama Karen, strong females run in Gib’s blood. Those females are supported by their leading male roles; strong-silent Pawpaw Richard and wild-child Uncle Ronnie. With that said it is only natural for Gib’s Physical Eduaction Teacher Prince Charming to provide the same amount of support. While Nick and Gib have their disagreements, as do many newlyweds, their loyalty to one another is as crystal as Cinderella’s glass slipper. Jesserella and NickCharming (actual nick-names for each other), who have just relocated from home-town Rock Hill, SC to Chesterfield, SC, were married on January 8th, 2011 where they danced to “So This Love” from Disney’s Cinderella, not a joke. The couple is proud parents of Princeton and Berkeley, their two and one year old toy poodles. Before Chesterfield and before taking the Jolly surname (yes, upon marriage she also inherited the required love for Christmas, which she already possessed through her enjoyment of raiding Hobby Lobby’s July Christmas extravaganza) Gib pursued a higher education degree at Clemson and Winthrop Universities and York Technical College. Although she has been indecisive regarding a chosen career path, Gib does not lack strong work-ethic or passion in the things she does, required or chosen. Of the chosen things, shared with me, is being extremely frugal! As a dynamic-duo, we enjoy scouting out great finds on sales racks, thrift stores, yard-sales and consignment shops throughout the state. Most finds result in manipulation to add our own sweet touch and coordinate with other things in our lives. Of the two, Gib keeps me down to earth and on an appropriate level of conservatism. She is my accountability partner and guides me to the right words, which majority of the time relate to His word. Although 200 miles lie between her home and mine, there is rarely a day that we don’t talk and we never apart in heart, I know corny and cliché, but true.