True Confessions

~ A Tragic Day ~

Im urging everyone to please pray for my family in England. My brother in law Robert, passed away last night in a horrible car accident. He was only 19. He made it to the hospital and a few hours later went. Please pray for his dad (Darren's dad) Dave, his wife Jan and there other son David. I spoke with Jan briefly before he passed and I didn't even know what to say, I mean what can you really say? Please pray for Darren as well. Everyone has taken it very hard. Death is always hard, but when a life taken so unexpectedly without any goodbyes I think its even harder. Darren is going to try and fly out this weekend, we are just waiting on a call back from the surgeon to get the ok from him.

Robert was such an amazing young man. Him and his brother David! I remember when I met him for the first time he was so polite, funny, just a good all around guy! Everyone loved Rob! He was a little flirt and he knew it. I can only pray he is in a better place now.

We miss you Robert and love you very much!

(Robert is on the top right, above his mother Jan)

~First Day Back~

God is already testing me on Goal #7 (see previous post)

Not even two minutes after publishing my blog last night about my goals for 2009 I spill a whole bag of cat food EVERYWHERE in my laundry room! Took a long time to clean up too because the pieces are so small and half of the bag went under my dryer! Do you think the big guy upstairs is already putting my patience to the test?!?...Yes! 

Today was my first day back at work after a three week vacation, which was wonderful and relaxing. If I thought my patience was tested last night, oh boy, I didn't know what was coming to me today! To put it lightly I work with two very difficult assistance. Im an assistant as well in the classroom, there are 4 of us total. The two older women I work with drive me up the wall. I can't really go into details but everyday is a struggle for me! A BIG struggle. Today was the worst of them all. God really needs to work on my patience level because I didn't have any today! #7 is going to be a hard one for this year, but im going to persevere!

On a side note, I cooked fish tonight for the first time ever and it turned out great. It was Tilapia and was very yummy and I plan on cooking it again! Oh, and I just discovered that I DO like cooked spinach, not just raw, who would have guessed!

Until Then,

Cheers,

Kristin

~My Goals for 2009 (in no particular order except for #1)~

I wasn't doing to make a list this year. I didn't feel the need and I didn't have any goals, but as the year as gone on all these things have been weighing on my heart so strongly that I really think God is challenging me to better myself in many ways. I am actually going to print this and put it up in my house so remind myself of these goals that I am going to work on this year. I know im not perfect and I know that I might not meet every goal, but I am going to try my hardest. And I believe that when you share your goals with people the help hold you accountable. Here is to 2009!

1. Continue to strengthen and deepin my relationship with Jesus.

2. Be a better wife for my husband.

3. Cook more

4. Lose 50 pounds by the beginning of summer school

5. Read my Bible more

6. Stay in contact with my friends more than I have in the past and be a better friend

7. Have more patience

8. Be better with money

9. Go back to college in the fall

10. Not worry about what other people think of me

11. Learn to forgive more

12. Let the past be the past

13. Start saving for a down payment on a house

14. Get a car/motorcycle for Darren

15. Read 10 books by the end of the year

16. Be more active with singing

17. Serve the homeless for Thanksgiving

18. Walk hand in hand with my husband

19. Run in a marathon

20. Trust in God for everything

~One Reason Why I Like Facebook~

One reason why I like Facebook is that is brings people together very easily, especially old high school friends. I recently got in contact with an old friend from my alma-mater. We have emailed back and forth for a little over a week. My best friend Natalie (who I also went to high school with) got in contact with her and invited us all out to dinner to catch up.

To be honest, I was nervous. I knew this girl Lauren was going to be great because she was at school. I knew we would get along fine. I honestly had a flashback to how I looked in high school to how I look now and I thought, "Ohmygosh, im going to be that girl at the reunion who people say, look how fat she turned out!" Hair, makeup and clothes wise, I am much better in that department, but weight wise, not so much.

Well, I regardless of my fears, we had am amazing time. We met up at Los Toros for dinner and couldn't stop talking the whole time. It was a lot of fun, and really neat to know that even after 10 years, a whole decade we really are so much the same people we were in high school just a little older and wiser. It made me excited for my 10 year reunion which should be this year. I can't believe its been 10 years since I graduated from LAB! Crazy! But I definitely need to get my but in gear and start getting healthy. Its such a battle for me. But I was watching Oprah today and was really motivated, haha, seriously! So even though I didn't make any new years resolutions when that clocked hit midnight, I do have one now, actually a few!

  

Anyway, tonight was a great night filled with good food, good conversation, laughter and some down to earth girly time! It was great! I am blessed with wonderful friends and people in my life. Can't wait to see what is next in store for this year!

Until Then,

Cheers,

Kristin

~Happy New Years~

Happy New Year everyone! I pray you all had a wonderful, relaxing and safe holiday! This year we had my sister and her boyfriend over for some 7 Layer Dip, Margaritas, a little too much Tequila and a really fun game of Mexican Train. We had a blast and it was the perfect way to ring in the new year!

 

 

This year has been the most challenging year of my life to date, but I know that God has great things in store for this next year! I am excited to see where he takes us and we are both excited to follow his lead.

Here is to the closing chapter of 2008 and the beginning of great things to come for 2009!

Cheers,

Kristin