Classes

I can't believe it. I only have two classes left; three more hours. And then my final exam of course.
I've enjoyed my psychology class a lot, except for the fact that all of our marks are based on exams. When you don't test very well, you kind of wish your professor would want to look at some written work. Oh well, at least I'm well prepared for what my final exam is going to look like.
In other news Karen just found out that she is going to be able to have the full two weeks off of work so she can come home for Christmas with us! I'm super excited that she's coming; we didn't want to leave her here at the house all by herself for Christmas (that would have been quite sad).
Only 30 days until Christmas :)

I shouldn't be doing this...

...I really should be doing school.
When I started my Psychology course at TRU, I was also supposed to be taking a night course on Sociology. I ended up switching to the online version of the Sociology because the whole night class thing didn't work out so well and my prof was strange. I'm not really how else to describe him.
The whole reason that I thought the online thing would be great, is that after years and years of doing school on my own with help from my mom, I figured that I could plow through this course and be finished before the end of the semester.
Wrong.
Because I don't have to attend classes during the week, I continually put Sociology to the side and end up not doing it later.
Today I sat down to actually get some done, but distractions pulled me away once again. Do you how scatterbrained I feel right now?
So now I'm blogging, being distracted from the tasks at hand, and in a few minutes I'm going to go baby-sit for an hour or so for some friends.
Maybe when I return my brain will be here waiting for me and I'll actually get something done.

Music

Pride & Prejudice. What a delightfully wonderful movie. I could seriously just watch it over and over and over and over.... But ultimately the best part of the movie for me, is the music. I mean the rest is great too. On the other hand, the skilfully orchestrated violin and piano pieces move my soul! Seriously I love this music. I guess that's why when I saw the music book for it (advanced level, so that it isn't one of those 5-finger once for little kids) at World of Music (I can't remember what it's actually called now) I had to have it. I totally freaked out inside!

After making my purchase I sat down at my piano (well actually it's just my keyboard, but one can dream) and began playing. Although I haven't mastered any of the pieces yet, I'm really enjoying learning them and can't wait until I sound a little bit more like the soundtrack.

A trip to Kelowna

This weekend I enjoyed a wonderful time with my friend Lauren (one of the greatest girl counsellors at Sunnybrea this summer with me).
I left on Friday morning and made it to Westbank by 11 something-ish. We enjoyed a blustery walk along the lake, while we were also stopping to take pictures of almost everything with her new fancy Canon Rebel camera (which I think is named Ronald, but I can't remember for certain). Seriously, that thing can take pictures non stop; most fantastic! I'm sure we must have taken about a hundred pictures in a half-an-hour.
Afterward we ate some lunch and grabbed some flour and chocolate chips from the grocery store in order to have everything we needed for the banana muffins we wanted to make later. As it turns out, we needed sugar, not flour, for our muffins (see the rest of this story below at the *)
We spent a long time looking through Lauren's amazing photos from her trips to here and there, and then mine from Ireland. I then enjoyed watching a lovely Disney movie with her and we headed off to bed.
In the morning we made our delectable muffins. We thought we weren't going to have enough sugar to complete the batch, but no fear! Lauren's "Mummles" saved the day when she remembered that she had a box of sugar packets in her car (I guess that's what happens when you manage a coffee shop). So about a hundred sugar packets later, we had successfully created the sweet muffins.
Then we went to visit the giant new Walmart that Westbank has. Seriously, the thing is a mini mall; in some places it would actually be a big mall, but seriously, it's gigantic. After exploring the giant Walmart for a while, we then headed out to Subway for a lovely sub lunch. Taking our subs we headed over the movie theater and bought out tickets for High School Musical 3. Yes indeed I have watched all three now. I was feeling all bursting-into-song-like after that.
Later at the mall we poked around, but nether of us really wanted to shop. I guess we were basically killing time between our movie and when Lauren started work. There just doesn't seem to be anything that is interesting to me right now (actually, more like anything I can afford).
After being in Chapters for about an hour when Lauren started work, I headed back to her parents place and watched some movies and ate dinner.
When Lauren came home we hyperly enjoyed reading the strange ingredients that they put into cosmetics. Seriously "Lanalool," whats that? Or "Zazna...something a rather." Crazy!
Then this morning we scooted off to her church, Harvest Fellowship. Lauren twisted my arm and I sang on the worship team with her. Such an amazingly wonderful little church. Her dad is an amazing speaker!
Unfortunately that put an end to my time there and I had to jet back home.
So here I am, writing this long overdue blog and thinking about the fact that at 7:30 tomorrow morning I need to be in Pritchard watching little kids...

Happy Birthday Karen!

So I'm back here in the good old Loops, doing school, thinking about job options, hanging out with my roommate, sis and bro-in-law, but not with Jill because her schedule is much to busy for me :( *make sad face*
Today is Karen's 21st birthday. We've had some great fun indeed together. A lovely dinner at Kelly O'Brians started off our night. Such good food, mmmmm Potchos! Karen was even able to get that special birthday balloon from our waiter. Immediately after the balloon was slipped around her wrist, I insist, she became another person. Well actually, she was still Karen, just several years younger ;). After dinner we jetted over to the DQ to grab the lovely ice cream cake that makes any party complete. And then a quick stop to grab 21 from Video Mart (hopefully it's good, haven't watched it quite yet) before heading home.
So we're just enjoying letting the food in our stomachs settle while we wait for Brandon to get home and well crack open the cake and enjoy our movie!

I'm just not the blogger that I wish I was

I know, I know. It's been almost three months. If anyone actually is reading this anymore, a giant YIPPY because I've actually got something new up here. So since the last post was from when I was still in Ireland here's what happened a little bit after that.
I flew home on Thursday the 26th of June around 4 something and I arrived in Canada on Thursday the 26th of June around 5:30 something. My wonderful mother picked me up at the airport and we jumped into the car and drove straight up to Kamloops. After catching a few hours of sleep we ran around town getting the essentials for camp and then booked it out to Sunnybrae. It was really strange getting straight into stuff at camp without actually taking a second to readjust to life in Canada. Fortunately Mom and I arrived just in time for lunch where I was able to meet a few of the people I would be living with for the next two months. I was excited to be at camp but nervous about making a bad jet legged first impression on these people. Turns out that right after lunch we were heading off to do "Something so hard you wont know what it is until it kicks you in the face" challenge. Turns out that the challenge was to get into three groups. Wait, I know what your thinking, "how hard is it to get into three groups?" but really, it actually was. The rest of the challenge wasn't so hard after that.
We divided ourselves into three groups, one that was blindfolded, one that had no use of their arms, and another that couldn't talk. Then with one from each of the three groups we began our challenge. They also told us that if anyone in our group was caught doing what they weren't allowed to (like use their arms) then another "disability" would be added to them. First off we grabbed life jackets from the boat shed. Not hard at all you're thinking, but remember I'm lacking my arms here. And I'm trying to communicate with a team member I had never met before (my mute team member and I know each other from when my family used to live in Kamloops). So after getting life jackets we grabbed a canoe and started off on our way to Sunnybrae park. I don't know how long it took us to get there, but our blind person was in the back steering and I was trying to yell directions because our mute paddler couldn't. "Left, ooops, I mean right!" "Umm, we're kind of almost on shore maybe we should head ri..left some more." Gosh, who knew that the pressure would cause me to forget me Lefts and Rights?
Once we were up on the Sunnybrae beach the next part of our adventure began. We got to hike to the top of Sunnybrae cliffs. Once again, not too hard when you have all those things like sight, arms, a mouth to communicate with and the lack of jet leg. Actually we did not too bad at all. Our mute led the way with the blind close behind and me yelling "Rocks!", "Branch!", "LEFT!" and "Umm, don't step to the left, you'll fall to your death!" At the top we were freed of our disabilities where our leaders told us how proud they were of our efforts to work together and communicate with each other, despite our lack of communication tools.
It was at that time that we learned about the real challenge. You know, the whole time we were thinking the challenge would be to get everyone up to the top of the Sunnybrae cliffs in one piece, but instead it was for 25-35 people (not really sure of the exact number) to eat 200 hot dogs in half an hour. Yes, 200 hot dogs in half an hour. That means five to eight hot dogs each. I must admit that I did eat six and I regret that choice. However, my crazy girl Lauren wowed us all by downing eleven! That's more than the average boy there.
It was a great bonding time to be sure. It's not very often that you just meet someone and then have to watch them throw up two or three hot dogs.
(Sorry, got not pictures for ya)

Irish

Here's a list of funny things I've experienced or seen since I've been here that are somewhat if not 100% Irish...

• Clocks are on 24 hour time, like the whole 14:30 thing, but no one actually ever says it like that.
• Light switches are upside down!
  
• Dinner actually means lunch
• It's "Post" not "Mail"
• You often see door knobs in the middle of the door, but you never really use them.
• It's "Toilet" never bathroom or washroom.
• If you ask for Lemonade you end up with a Sprite.
• People will paint their house crazy colors just to stand out from the rest, especially apartments that are all in a row together because they paint to a certain point on the wall an then it changes to the next apartments color.
  
• Wacky Wollies are these hilarious sheep that make me laugh every time I see them.
• You don't walk on the sidewalk, you walk on the foot path.
  
• Nothing (house-wise) is made of wood here...it's all either stone or brick or some kind of stucco thing.
• Instead of saying "It's five thirty" they say "It's half-five." (which I actually like better!)

That's all for now...comments? ;)

Some more for ya...

Jill and I have survived one more whole week (at least) in Ireland together. Last time I left off we road a crazy bus to Galway (which I have mispronounced only a thousand times and sounded like a complete tourist to be sure). While in Galway, we stayed at this crazy big and busy hostel which have female dorms; very ducky :) Met some neat girls from Canada (Vancouver area) and enjoyed their company the first two nights.

We also took a tour of the Burren and Cliffs of Moher, which was somewhat wet, foggy and soggy. After our walking tour at the Burren Jill and I were so wet and squishy that we even took pictures of our feet to prove how wet it was. The landscape was truly stunning though.This was a sign at the cliffs warning about the dangers of falling off the edge. Our bus driver said that they loose about 5-8 people every year, some by accident, some by the wind blowing them off and others for other unfortunate reasons.

Then we jetted off to the Aran Island of Inishmore where we viewed over 450 km of stone fences and a crazy old stone fort that is built on the side of a cliff (a.k.a. danger zone!) by bike. I must warn you however that not only are Jill and I not the safest, most experienced with those contraptions. It was quite an adventure! We were on a small Irish road which could classify as a death trap or something dangerous like that. Unfortunately there are no pictures to prove our cycling. We also spent a lot of time searching for something known as "The Worm Hole" but only came up empty (twice actually). We did however see a lot of amazing waves and cliffs along the way.

After that we skipped onto the Dingle Peninsula where we got to see Fungi, the resident dolphin. Jill and I took this gorgeous walk-about along the coast line and saw Fungi's "Fungalow Bungalow." The sites were simply stunning with the vibrant green of the hills and blue sky and water! That's all for now, even though there is plenty more to speak of, but I hope that you enjoyed the few pictures that I was able to put up.
Kriss

Feeling better

Jill and I made it from Letterfrack to Galway today, even though I wasn't sure that I would survive the journey.
We are now in a hostel that is hopping full of people our age. Like Jill said, the average person in town is about 23 years old, which puts a lot of young people in the hostel too.
Since I didn't really write anything last time, I figured you might want to hear about some of the adventures that Jill and I have been having.
- I have been mistaken for an Australian by a drunk man at the bus stop
- Jill and I hiked Croagh Patrick and I nearly died going up and down. Jill however, is an amazing hiker (something like a billy goat) and totally beat me going up and down.
- We got to do laundry today, the first time since I arrived, and it's so nice to smell all pretty again!!
- Jill rode in the death seat on the bus today because it was sooo full. Basically she was right at the front with the sun blinding her and every bump sending her almost through the window.
gosh, when I get down to writing things I can't remember what I was going to say at all! Sorry all!

Letterfrack

Jill and I are in Letterfrack right now, and it must be the smallest place we have been to yet. It's a very cute little town, although I must admit that I haven't seen very much of it at all as I have been quite sick over these last few days. If you are thinking about it please pray that I would get better soon.
Unfortunately I don't really feel like writing my own words, so you'll have to see what Jill says, just click on the link on the right side of the page that says "Jill."
Maybe talk again when I feel better.

In the village that I can't pronounce without "somone" laughing at me

Jill and I have made it to Donegal now. It's a beautiful little city!
We are staying in another Independent Hostel which I am enjoying much more than the one we were in two nights ago in Derry. I unfortunately cannot post any pictures but will try hard to when I get back.
Funny story, Jill and I were in Derry waiting to get on our bus when this funny old Irish man came up beside me and began blathering on. Within two seconds I discovered he was drunk. Not only do I have a bit of a time figuring out what people are saying here, but when they are drunk it's even worse! Turns out he wanted to know if we knew how to do digital imaging to get rid of something in a picture he took. We both told him we didn't, but he asked again and again. He went on talking and asking us stuff, like where we were from. He guessed that I was from Australia and later Jill and I had a good laugh over that. The best part of the conversation though is that right near the end her informed me that if he was a year younger he would have married me. Laughing I told him, "No, I don't' think you would have." He was quite the interesting man anyways!
I've seen so much amazing stuff and when I can put pictures up I will show you the wonders of it all too!

Derry and such

Jill and I are in Derry right now. We spent last night soaking up some of the sights along the river and doing our first night in a Hostel. It's sort of strange being in this big house with a ton of people you don't know. Not really any privacy either.
Two days ago we toured the Giants Causeway and saw some awesome sights. If you don't know what the Causeway is, Google it, it will blow your mind!! We also did the Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge which was totally thrilling!
I have to run, but will hopefully update later.
Hugs to ya all, Karissa

Two days

There are only two days left of my "normal" life here in Canada. Two days and counting...(for any of you who have seen James Bond with my family you should be laughing right now. For any of you that haven't I'm sorry).
I amazingly only have a few little things left to pick up before I go. Slowly been collecting all those important little things that are vital to Jill and I's trip. Like Microfiber towels.
Let me tell you my exciting story about Microfiber towels. First of all, if you don't know what a microfiber towel is than let me explain. It's a towel, and it's made out of microfiber. :) Actually they're these great traveling towels because they take up hardly any space and they absorb water really well.
Second, they are really, really expensive. I called our pool and Valhalla only to discover if I wanted to spend $50.00 on each of them then I could obtain the perfect travel towels for Jill and I. However my mother, in all her wonder, called Fabricland, and they sell it by the bucket loads! When we showed up to look for the stuff the women helping us even offered to surge the edges of both towels for us. :D Oh happy day!
But the best part is, that they cost us about $6.00 each. WOOHOO!

Drafts

I was just checking my posts and I had four drafts that I've never published. One was just a title even, hardly worth mentioning. I guess that's me just starting away at something and then getting distracted like I so often am.
I must admit too that I do wish I was a better blogger. More dedicated, like Jill, but alas I am not. However I have decided that while in Ireland blogging (and probably Facebook) shall be my main form of communication because I will not be able to get everyone updated otherwise. So hopefully my skills at regular bloggage will increase instead of remaining a slow but steady stream.

All about Ireland

I am: going to Ireland in 8 days!
I think: that it's going to be fantastical!
I know: that Jill is awesome at planning sweet things to go and see
I want: to have enough money while I'm there
I have: so much left to do before I go
I wish: I could see it all
I hate: not being in Ireland yet, but am happy to spend time with my family
I miss: out when I'm tired
I fear: getting completely lost somewhere in Ireland or not being able to find somewhere to sleep for the night
I feel: stoked about going!
I hear: that the whether has improved and is looking more like summer!
I smell: fresh air
I crave: a great cup of coffee with Jill in Ireland :)
I wonder: what the most exciting thing will be about my trip?
I regret: not getting myself organized sooner for all the little details
I love: the fact that it's only 8 more days
I care: fully have selected what I'm going to bring with me
I always: found that if you want to fulfil a dream, you should tell God about it. He's the best at making things happen
I am not: going to be in Canada for very much longer
I believe: that my dream is coming true
I fight: the idea of being frightened by airport security
I write: to-do lists because I would forget otherwise
I listen: to Jill. She's the Ireland expert!
I need: a backpack to put all my stuff in!

SOLD!

We sold our house! Finally! Actually it wasn't even on the market that long, but when you're waiting for someone to buy, it just seems like forever. Especially when you have people coming back for second showings and then still not buying it! But the exciting thing is that we have sold our place now and when mom and dad get home we'll be looking for a place ourselves. They looked at a lot of places before they left, but didn't buy anything before leaving.
It will be nice to be moved into town. One so that Mom doesn't have to drive Korey back and forth to school everyday and two so that I can walk or ride a bike anywhere I want to go. It's exciting! Hurray! :)
Thursday night was the Tread graduation and I was thrilled to watch Joshua, Karen and Lindsay accept the honours they deserved. Here are some pictures of the night.

The graduates

Me and my Karen

Ninja girls

All graduated

The Treadettes

Blog-a-lot or Blog-a-lack

I am a blog-a-lacker. You see I suffer from lack of interesting topics that would catch my readers interest and keep them coming back to my blog to see the new and exciting things I have written. Instead you must suffer the fate of having to read of the oh-so-not-so-interestingly-so things that happen in my life.
One interesting thing that has happened lately is that my family went up to Kamloops last week and saw K&B and delightful new house!!!! They got possession of the house on Tuesday and when we walked in on Wednesday night it looked as if they had been there for ages. Kelsey claims that Brandon is a slave driver and they worked themselves silly getting the place in order. It looks great and they love the fact that they have their own place. Our visit was short and sweet, like always, but we really enjoyed being with them and helping make their new place a home.
Another interesting thing is that I've booked an appointment to get rid of my silly "N". Whoever had the brilliant idea to punish us young people with N's and L's should try having one! Goodness they're a pain in the tukos. Mine will be gone soon though, which is a relief!
Anywho, I'm in a random mood and I think I'll go do something productive for a while. Byes!

End and Start

I'm saying "good-bye" to the Best Western, the Westerly Hotel and "hello" to the start of something new.
Last Monday I handed in my resignation saying that Saturday would be my last day. So two days left and I'm free as a bird. I do like my job, sometimes, but am ready to do something different. I'm hoping to get a job working outside, doing something physically stimulating. The last thing I need is a job where I sit on my tuchis all day. I was also thinking of getting a coffee shop job part time too. I love coffee shops! Or maybe waitressing. I donno.
The cool thing about all this is that I'm not worried about getting another job. I mean if worrying were a good thing I would have lots of reasons too. I have rent to pay, a car to fill up, travel expenses, and school in the fall (which means that I will be moving [another expense]). But I'm not worried at all. I know that this is all in His hands and by worrying I'm only saying that He isn't big enough to take the drivers seat in my life.
So after the Good Friday service I'm hoping to run around dropping off resumes and maybe end up with a job :)

Can it be?!

Well folks, its official. I have a clean desk. The few things that are on it are supposed to be there. Isn't that amazing?! You should see how spotless it looks; a sight to see. The only reason it's clean however, is not because of my one day getting the urge to keep it nice and tidy, it's because we're selling our house and the real estate agent is coming today to take pictures.
I must admit that I've been hiding stuff in every crick and cranny. My suit case that I got for Christmas has a load of empty binders in it. I've put all the wrong clothes in all the wrong drawers. I hid all my yarn for making toques and such in a big box under my dress clothes that are hanging up in the closet. I guess the important part is that most people who come into my room will see it as clean. The rest of you who know me and who have seen it lately will know that there is more than meets the eye. ;)

Red

The bottom of my hair is red. Well, pinky red, but still red. Karen and I dyed our hair together last Saturday afternoon. Karen did a much better job on me that I did on her, but the end results were still awesome!
Have a look-see at the pictures below.

AHHHHH, what am I doing?
End result!
Karen loves her new hair colour so much she is singing for joy!
And that's that :)

Another messy desk day

I'm a mess maker. I'm not sure how I do so well at it, but if people paid for the messes I can make, than I wouldn't be waitressing in order to go to school in the fall.
It's not like I even think about it. I just set stuff down and move on. Then later, when I set more stuff down I notice that the pile is begining to grow. And a while after that, it seems like I've burried my life down under.
A few random items that have managed to find their way into the pile include a doodled on lesson from the Young adults group (Emmaus) that I attend, a cut out of a lovely looking moca coffee that I hope to someday incorporate into a collage, some pieces of scrap fabric that I've been wanting to sew onto my plane blue hoddie to give it some life, and a Nalgine water bottle that has been sitting on my desk for over a month waiting to be thrown out (okay, I will admit that is gross, give me a second to go chuck that one out!).
Okey dokey, back on track. Oh! exciting news! I finished my applications and have got everythign (except the money) sent off to the two colleges I've applied for. :) hurray!

Miss Rag Quilt 2008

Well folks the votes have been cast and the count is in. The winner of this years Miss Rag Quilt 2008 is... "Oh, thank you! Thank you all! It is such an honor to be chosen for this title. I have worked many hours on my quilt and know that I will enjoy it emencly. I would like to thank my sponsor, Auntie Rachel of Piece by Piece Quilts. Without her generous donation of the fantastic fabric I would not have been able to put this all together!"

And without further adue, here are some pictures of the finished project.

Pictures

In continuation with my "My Desk" series, I figured why not talk about my pictures that I have on it?

I have got three framed photos; one black and white, and two in colour. All three of them are very special to me. The first one (if they come in any particular order) is the B&W of Jill and I at Isabel Lake (or at least I think that's what lake it was). I don't even remember what year it was taken, but during one of the McQueen Lake home school camping trips Jill and I were having a brake by the water and mom snapped this shot.

My two color photos are family ones. Well technically the person in one of the photos isn't family, but my mom did the shot and spiced it up. It says, "People are just about as happy as they make up their mind to be." Abraham Lincoln. A reminder to keep on smiling and to be happy even if I have the opportunity to feel down.

Korey's Baptism. Definitely important! No, the water was not that green, but for some reason, beyond my knowledge, the digital camera capture it as such. This is at Riverbend during the last week of summer camp 2006 (as you can see, he had a lot more hair back then, hehe). It was really cool to be able to watch the baptism and to hear the testimony of his heart. Love you brother!So that ends my desk talk for now...hope you all enjoyed.

My Desk

This is my unofficial series on random stuff that's on my desk.

I have a jar in my room (more specifically, on my desk)
I guess you could call it my tip jar
Or my Ireland jar
Or my pay-for-my-cellphone-bill jar
Or my I-need-some-spare-change-quickly jar
Or my money jar.
All around it's a nice thing.
My goal originally was to put all my tips into it so that I would be saving my pay cheques for school and my tips for Ireland. I've stuck pretty well to making sure my pay cheques stay far away from being used for random stuff, but I haven't stuck to making sure my Ireland fund is being fully supported.
I think I'm rambling.
Honestly, I just knew that I needed to post something and that was the first thing I saw.
I guess I could talk about my almost empty milk glass, or the shaving cream container that came out of my stocking, or my bow tie for when I work up in banquets, or my iPod. Naw...

Jill's 20 today!

I'm so excited! Today is Jill's 20th birthday and she is living her life long dream of being in Ireland right at this moment (even though she is sleeping right now because they are eight hours ahead there). So I figured I would make a little tribute to Jill because of what a wonderful friend she is to me and for all the years we've known each other (coming up on 14 now).

To Jill:

Thank you for being my friend. As simple as that sounds, it's true. I've always loved our friendship even in it's difficult times. I remember the first day we met. Playing "hats" in my parents old Suburban on the way back to you're house. I knew it would be good times from then on. Other fond memories include playing Beanie Babies, Barbies, Littlest Pet Shop, The Yogesters, sewing clothes for our toys, tea parties, playing in my room while Kelsey and Kelsey were on the bunk bed talking and thinking how bored they must be "just talking," drinking "Sunshine," going for walks to the corner store, playing out in the forest at my house, playing music together, being in Anne of Green Gables together, trampoline time, playing cards, dreaming of Ireland, and soooooo much more.

I'm so stoked that I get to spend a month with you on the other side of the world and that we'll get to have the adventure of our lives!

Biggest hugs, Karissa

To everyone else, yes that's right, I am going to Ireland too. Jill and I are going to do some traveling and sightseeing; hopefully we'll catch a bit of the UK (or Great Britain whatever you want to call it) as well. I'm super thrilled and can't wait for May 28th to arrive.

My iPod

I got my surprise. It was an iPod shuffle that I had purchased on Boxing day (it actually was on sale even, $20.00 off!) through a friend of Korey's that works at Future Shop. I'm stoked about having music with me wherever I go now and not be having to pack that lovely big diskman around with me. Yay for music and funtastical gifts :)

Hair

I did an ooopps with my hair. I cut it...short and dyed it, orange/blond. All within about 30 hours. So now, I'm looking at my hair, hating it, and wondering when the heck I thought it would be a good idea. I might try and and dye it again in a few days. Regular blond hopefully, if it actually works that is.

So this was the first time I cut it.

And this is after cutting and dying it
Oh dear!

Yank!

I have to get my wisdom teeth pulled; three out of four! And let me tell you, it sounds like its going to be ducky. I'm doing the conscious sedation thing where they put you under, but you're still technically awake, even though you don't remember anything. After that I'll get to sleep for three days. Don't mind the being home and relaxing part, but the whole loosing my wisdomness, it saddens me. Some days I have a hard enough time being smart. How will I survive with only one smart tooth left?

For those of you who care...

...my exciting new package should be getting here soon :)

New Year, New Goals

I'll admit it, I've never made New Years resolutions before, but after reading Jill's list of them from last year I figured, why not?

- Start running/jogging. It's something I've always wanted to do and even though I started last fall, I didn't keep it up, so now I want to start again. Although I'm not sure I want to start right now when it's cold.
- Attend school in the fall. Where that is, I'm not sure yet, but as long as I get into school I would be happy.
- Travel out of the country (don't know if it will happen or not, but maybe).
- Eat less sweets. I've started to realize how addicted I've become to chocolate, candies, cookies, and all other good things that start with "C". Goodness, just talking about them makes me "hungry." You see my problem is that I'm usually not hungry when I eat them. So I want to cut back. If I eat less of them then maybe when I'm actually hungry I'll enjoy them better.
- Do two significant fasts. One from food and one from media.

Ummm I think that's all....I guess I shouldn't go too extreme on my first try at this.