Gonna keep on singin' my song.....

100 things about me...

1. My mom used to feed me peanut butter, banana and alfalfa sprout sandwhiches and I love them to this day.
2. I dip my popcorn in water. Yum!
3. Sam is my husband and true love, 4 years tomorrow.
4. We went to Disney World for two weeks for our honeymoon.
5. Singing is my passion.
6. Dancing is also my passion.
7. I suck at expressing myself verbally but love to express through singing, dancing, drama, and writing.
8. I may seem shy, but I come alive when I'm on stage.
9. Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior.
10. I have gone through very intense personal emotional, mental, and physical struggle, but God has been so incredibly faithful through it all and has made me into someone stronger and wiser because of it all.
11. My husband is my encouragement and strength.
12. I am an only child.
13. I was on a local cable TV talk show when I was 7.
14. In high school I joined the diving team, and continued coming to practice even though I got cut and didn't know it. Even when everyone was given a bathing suit, and I didn't get one, I still didn't "get it" and asked for one - duh! They gave one to me and I kept coming!
15. When I was co-captain of my gymnastics team in high school, I skipped practice with the other captain and went to the mall, came back with a forged note from our Latin teacher that said we were at extra help. It turned out our coach was WITH the Latin teacher and knew we were lying.
16. Listening to my Ipod at work helps me concentrate and focus 100 million times better.
17. I love my job.
18. I am so the opposite of my mom.
19. Thinking about how awesome and nurturing my mom was with me when I was little makes me want to cry.
20. I am so like my dad.
21. After all the crap I put him through when I was a bratty teenager, he still loves me. :)
22. My parents wouldn't get me Nintendo, but I wanted it so bad I called my grandmother one morning and asked her to get it for me for, of all holidays, Easter.
23. I used to play Super Mario 3 for 12 hours straight on sunny summer days.
24. My dad threw my Nintendo in the garbage.
25. I retreived it, OF COURSE!
26. My dad got so fed up with my messy, and I mean MESSY room that he threw all my clothes out the window.
27. I am born on my dad's birthday.
28. Sarah McGlachlan's voice amazes me.
29. Christina Aguilera inspires me, no really, I'm not joking.
30. Pharmaceutical companies piss me off. Don't even get me started!
31. I started skiing when I was 3, and boarding when I was 12.
32. When I took my first snowboarding lesson (1992), one of the guys asked me why I wanted to learn to board since I was a girl.
33. My biggest fear is failure.
34. The perfect weekend includes a day and night spent in New York City!
35. I got my first tattoo last month in South Beach. No, it wasn't at Miami Ink - too expensive.
36. It is a heart within a cross within a butterfly on my hip.
37. I will eat just about anything. I LOVE food experimentation!
38. Pad Thai is my favorite dish to make. My wok gets lots of use.
39. I can see right through fake people.
40. I am someone a friend can count on.
41. One of my biggest pet peeves are people who can't commit to anything.
42. My kitties make me laugh.
43. I swear that I have a memory of when I was being born. Really I do!
44. I absolutely love shopping for clothes and accessorizing.
45. I don't have a favorite color really, but favorite color combinations.
46. Right now my favorites are pink and brown, light blue and brown, and black, red, and white.
47. My interior decorating style is modern and contemporary.
48. I am way too sensitive.
49. I love my silver VW Jetta!
50. I am a very impatient driver and never pay attention to speed limits.
51. I CANNOT stand people who drive slow, or, better, drive slow before a light and like WAIT until it turns yellow and stop way before it turns red.
52. I've never been outside the country besides Canada and the Caribbean, but want to travel the world and experience it all.
53. Another big fear of mine is speaking in front of people, ugh, horrible.
54. I am a daydreamer.
55. There are no limits to my dreams.
56. I overanalyze way too much, especially when it comes to people.
57. I love having an impact on young girls and helping them get through those oh so crazy years of life.
58. During the middle school years I wished I was black and would recite lyrics to rap songs by artists like Kris Kross and Notorious BIG.
59. Middle school was a time I wish NEVER to relive.
60. I once got an 8% on my AP Bio test in high school.
61. If I want to do something that I'm passionate about, I put absolutely everything I have into it until its as close to perfect as possible.
62. The German company I work for created the mp3 technology.
63. I think The Office is freaking hilarious.
64. I perform best with a plan.
65. I took Spanish for 9 years, my husband is from Puerto Rico, and I STILL can't speak it fluently.
66. I hide it, but really, I am sooooo corny!
67. I always need some new and exciting changes in my life. I get bored easily.
68. I believe that money definitely does not buy happiness.
69. It is through weakness, that God makes me strong.
70. I believe if it is true love, love is sure to find a way.
71. I have never spent a night in the hospital.
72. I hope I didn't just jinx myself.
73. One of the bedrooms in my house has hot-air balloon wallpaper. It is apalling.
74. We can't do anything to the walls because we are renting.
75. Hawaii is the most beatiful place I've ever visited.
76. When I was little, I'd much rather play with matchbox cars than Barbies.
77. In some ways, I can be prissy, in other ways, I am so not prissy.
78. I like to do and experience fun things. I hate sitting on the sidelines.
79. I sat on the sidelines almost my whole Senior year of Varsity softball because I sucked. I only made the team out of sympathy. We were the county champs that year, definitely not because of me.
80. If you name 10 random songs of the time, chances are I've danced/performed at least 1 of them.
81. Since I was 5, I've ALWAYS wanted to learn how to play the drums.
82. I played violin for 7 years in school. I was not all that.
83. I am now into keyboard.
84. I will dip anything into peanut butter.
85. I can get easily irritated.
86. I tried getting away with sneaking away with my best friend in high school and going to a party Sophomore year. Our parents found out and her dad picked us up from the party. Real cool and real smart.
87. I am working on taking down the walls that I tend to build in my relationships with people.
88. Whatever you do, don't call me quiet.
89. My parents are still married and in love after 30 years.
90. My grandparents just had their 60th anniversary.
91. The time spent with family is irreplacable.
92. I cherish my relationships I have with friends and family.
93. I am always looking for new relationships and friends.
94. It takes a lot for me to really open up to someone, but god, have I come a long way in that area.
95. A lot of times I really enjoy the one-on-one time with people as opposed to big groups.
96. I would not be who I am today if it wasn't for Sam.
97. I would not be who I am today if it wasn't for my parents.
98. I would not be who I am today if it wasn't for God being in my life.
99. I absolutely love life.
100. I absolutely cannot wait to see what the future holds for me.

posted by Kristen @ 6:57 PM 0 comments

Woe is me... or not

Today I learned that I can CHOOSE not to feel sorry for myself, and I can CHOOSE not to go down the depressive slumpy route. Around lunchtime at work these negative thoughts started to etch their way in my mind and I just started feeling really ugh and bla. Knowing me and what I tend to do, it could have ruined my whole day if I continued entertaining those pathetic thoughts and I could have chosen to feel mopey and sorry for myself. However, I chose to heed the advice of my husband and just get out of it already. My thoughts had no basis and were just plain stupid. I was surprised that after I had made that conscious decision, I was absolutely fine and had a really good rest of the day. I mean this is something that I always knew I could do, but its so easy to go down the pathetic route. The other way isn't as hard as I thought either, and god, it is so much better.

posted by Kristen @ 6:34 PM 0 comments

so little time

Well... It turns out that I made it to the gym two more times since the first. I actually have really been enjoying waking up at 5am, stumbling around the house in darkness, trying hard not to wake up my husband (Sam). My workouts have been light, just because I hate the got-hit-by-a-truck feeling when I don't ease myself into a workout regimen. It has been working because I am not unbearably sore.

I feel like there is just not enough time in the day. There is so much I want to do, so much I want to accomplish, so much I want to be involved in, so little time! I work a typical 8 hour day (sometimes more depending on the workload), and after work usually two to three days out of the week I am either at youth group or some kind of music practice for church service or the youth band that I am involved in. I thank God that FINALLY, because of finances, I have the opportunity to take voice lessons that I've wanted for the past 4 years, and am so thankful for that. As you know, my early mornings will consist of the gym and aerobics, but jees, lately I've really been thinking of getting into dance again. I have really been missing that feeling of creativity and expression through movement and dance. I was thinking of wanting to taking a lyrical or ballet class somewhere. Dance is something that was such a HUGE part of my life growing up and I just stopped once I got to college. My husband and I have also been talking about taking salsa lessons together and going to a "salsa night" at this local restaurant/dance club. I also wish there was more time for reading. I mean, I don't know what is coming over me! Just recently, I feel like I've changed so much. Reading is just an example. I was one of those high school students that didn't actually read the books I was supposed to read. I was lucky if I got through the cliff notes. Recently, I have had this ongoing desire to hit Borders and just sit and read about subjects that I would NEVER desire to read for pleasure, including Biology and world history... hullo!!! So as I was saying, I feel like there's just not enough time! And weekends, that's another story, usually there is something always going on with family or church or friends or some event or place we go. But I LOVE it! I LOVE being active and involved. Most of all, I love having purpose in my life!

posted by Kristen @ 5:52 AM 0 comments

Live to love

Tonight I was reminded of how much my family means to me. Every time I am around my family, especially the oldest generation, I want to do everything in my ability to let them know how much they mean to me and how much I love them, and to bless them in any way I can. I don't want to have any regrets when they're gone. I left work early today to meet my parents in NJ with my husband for dinner. Afterwards, we went to my cousins house for coffee and cake and to see my extended family that was visiting from Ohio. It really was a precious time that we shared together, full of laughter, jokes, old videos, and picture taking. In those old videos we watched a few of the older generation that are no longer with us today, but seeing those loved ones really made me value the relationships I have now, especially with the older folks.

On another note, this morning I decided to try out a nearby fitness center. I actually woke up at 5:30am so that I could get in the workout before going to work. For anyone who knows me, this is totally unlike my nature to actually wake up anywhere close to when the sun is rising. However, it felt so good to get such an early start on the day. I really want to make this a habit! I'll let you know if I follow through.... No, I WILL follow through! See, this blog is making me accountable!

posted by Kristen @ 9:26 PM 0 comments

Unwritten

So, yea.... This is my first blog. So do they call it blogger's block instead of writer's block?

My dreams are big, my spirit is free, and my future is yet unwritten......

posted by Kristen @ 2:05 PM 0 comments