Voice-Mail or Next Club Hit?

So needless to say I have time on my hands. My sister sent me an awesome voice-mail a year ago and I keep re-saving it. But it is time to let it go. So to commemorate this amazing voice-mail I set it to song. Nothing fancy but it touches the heart. Send me an amazing voice-mail and you could be the next voice-mail song.

Where in the World is Kristy @?

If you didn't know that I'm back in Indiana....you need to get on it.

Y2cookbook

But one of my absolute favorite things to do when I am home is to go on a treasure hunts through my mom’s things, and on my last exploration I found a most interesting book and in light of the new decade, I would like to shed some light on my findings.

The book is called "Y2K Kitchen: Jump start your personal contingency plan storms, power failures, Y2K" by Sally Strackbein, preparing the Average Joe for the tragedies he may face in the year 2000 and how to combat dilemmas like massive power outages and well…the end of the world with helpful can recipes and alternative cooking methods. This book suggest how to talk about Y2K and gather momentum in your community especially your neighborhood by doing things like writing a newsletter or set-up a public meeting.

This book also features such gems as “The Great Electrical Tape Failure” where all electrical tape lost its stickiness and a chapter about why you shouldn’t believe the optimists.

Below I have included the recipe for Beanie Spammie

1 can of spam

1 large can or 2 smal cans f Bushes or B&M Baked Beans

Cut the Spam into ½ inch cubes. Brown Spam in Skillet until golden Brown. Add beans and simmer for 5 minutes.

Ah Y2K Bliss!

I remember when I was in middle school and my mom was preparing for Y2K. She bought enough nonperishable food and water to last us a week and a generator. Midnight came with our flashlights in hand and nothing happened. Although this book may come across as nutty the basic concept of this book is be prepared for the worst but hope for the best. Is this a concept that we should carry over into every aspect of our lives? It certainly beats the philosophy I’ve been living by, be prepared for the best and hope for the best.

People I like with little to no eyebrows

Some eyebrows are easy to get ride of ...some not so easy

Kristen after denist

I went to the dentist.

The Twin Song

I miss my twin sister. The day before I left for California we recorded this improv song. I took this video that I filmed all over Europe and made it into a movie that could make any grown man cry....or just me.

This is Carly's and I favorite thing to do. Just sit around and sing while she plays guitar.

Love ya twin.....and also Lauren (big sis)...and family in general...and everyone else...that I know!

In the spirit of missing people

I found this amazing picture from my teammates wedding. Here we have an Eastern Green sandwich with Jon, Megan the bride and Harry.
And in the spirit of missing everyone terribly, I decided to upload a video of the good times. LOve you guys!

My Little Bro

Look how handsome my little bro is

Eat your hearts out teenie-boppers!

I watch this SNL clip and thought of him...because his name is Thomas.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/102971/saturday-night-live-new-secretary

Sittin' on the Couch

I found this e-mail that I sent to my self a few months ago.

April 9, 2009

If love is in the air, I’m breathing in deep.

I overheard this awesome one-sided conversation of a girl on a phone in Starbucks

“Hey!”

“What? I sound like a dude?”

“Thanks jerk!”

“Did you see that I have deleted you as a friend on facebook?”

“Well, I did!”

“Because you deleted everything that I write on your wall.”

“What do you mean I’m a Negative Nancy?”

Communication has changed since I graduated high school. I remember spending tons of money and time sending out invitation and now all I have to do is create a facebook group. Wow! Facebook has made me a coward when it comes to communication. I barely have to make an effort.

I’m a girl who is sitting alone in a coffee shop smiling completely at ease with the dismal future drawing closer . Some people may call it ignorance. I call it trust.

Bear Attack

Last night I hardly got any sleep. I kept rolling around and thinking about this one thing....this one ultra creepy thing. I kept thinking out scenario of how I could efffectively scare my friends by dressing up in a bear costume and sneaking up on people. Not like a life-like bear, just your regular teddy bear. For an hour and a half I just sat there wanting to stop but I couldn't. How weird is that?

Brave Heart

Need a reason to throw off your constraints? I know I do.

 

"Given the proper combination of elements, dreams become spewing blowtorches of fuel, of oxygen and fire. The flame is constant and hot, paralyzing even in the warmth of its seduction. They have the power to ruin lives. Or to make a life unforgettably and without measure, extraordinary”

-Tammy Dooley author of the blog “Solo Road Trip”

 

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” — 1994 Inaugural Speech of Nelson Mandela

 

 

“Gonna change the world someday but you wonder where to start. Filling up the vacant spaces just being who you are. I know you’ve got it in you. There is nothing that you can’t do. Step out it’s a wide wide world. Don’t back down little girl”

-The Daylights

 

“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow.” –Mary Anne Radmacher

Possibilities

The great philosopher Brittney Spears once said, “I’m not a girl, not yet a women.”

 

So I am a woman…for obvious reasons.

 

I’m old enough to vote

Check (although I haven’t)

 

I’m on my own

Check(-ish)

 

I have a job

Check

 

I make adult decisions

Check(-ish)

 

Post-grad and all, I’ve been introduced to the harsh world of reality with responsibility and possibility. I like to plan things out. Some people may not think of me as a planner, but I am constantly thinking of things like what will I do, how much will that cost, what do I need, how am I going to get it, how can I make this work. The questions and lists keep piling up until I just think of casting my dreams to the side, which leads me to avoid decision-making. I forget to take things a day at a time and find myself avoiding the long road ahead.

 

And I was thinking maybe the key to being a good adult …is to be more like a child. I know, I know, I’m not crazy. I’m not thinking of moving back in with my parents to relive the glory days or what-not but we can all learn something from children. They don’t hold back from dreaming or trusting. They are completely themselves. The world is full of possibilities and potential. They just dive right into the sea of life without any fear.

 

I know that this fear of failure is holding me back but I’ve just decided that I’m not going to let that happen.

 

No, I’m not going to read a self help book or 10 Steps to Success, but I have to acknowledge that fear of failure is a lack of faith and will only cause more failure. I don’t want to look back on my time here in California and think that I wasted any time lollygagging around where there is life and experiences to be had, potential to be met, and lessons to be learned. So I am going to go on towards Jesus, trusting that He has the best in store for me and He never fails. As long as I am regularly exposed to His radical love, I will be in the right place.

 

Won’t you join me in this race by saying no to fear and yes to dreams?

 

Mucho amour!

 

 

“being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” Phil 1:6

P.S. I typed "endless possibilities" into the google image search engine and this is an image that showed up.

The "Cultivated" Laugh

So I have come to the realization that laughing can be even more satisfying when you stick your tongue out while you do it. It just oozes sophistication. My Jelly Belly buddies (the crew) have helped me to realize this. It also kinda helps if you tilt your head back as well. So next time you are in a fit of uncontrollable laughter, stick your tongue out and embrace a well-bred, refined and cosmopolitan level of snickering. Trust me....I live in California.

I am takin' back to the old days when I hear this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPSEg_4kIo8

before things like future plans, bills, and responsibility. It makes me laugh with my tongue out.

Good to Me

Diggin' this song at the moment called "Good to Me"

This guy does this song justice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIvqwvgfoE0 

lyrics:

I cry out

For Your hand of mercy to heal me
I am weak
I need Your love to free me
Oh Lord,  my rock
My strength in weakness
Come rescue me,  oh Lord

You are my hope
Your promise never fails me
And my desire
Is to follow You forever

For You are good, for You are good
For You are good to me

A Whole New World

Three months out of college and I'm already getting antsy about leaving my student days behind me. Seventeen years of schooling really ingrains learning into your system. I have just started taking TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) classes online, so I can have the skills and tools to teach English overseas to whoever is interested. GO MOTHER TONGUE! Being a student again is fun! I have a tutor and everything. Go school!