A few quick pictures from last night and today... I took katherine and kolleen to the Reformation Festival last night. It was pretty col, definitely gets better every year. And they got WAY too much candy for their good- and my moms!


Then today, Kris and I went to the 5th- in mom and dad's seats....where we like to be, right up in front. It was halarious actually, they had the stage set up so that it had a front part that came out right to our seats practically. And one actor, spit, BAD. We were leaning back in our seats, as he spat upon us!!! We were laughing pretty hard. I'm pretty sure that throughout the play, we laughed harder than anyone else there- ESPECIALLY through the first duet of the "Prince Charmings"Oh my goodness!
The second part wasn't either of our favorite, but it was still very good- the first half was the best as far as we were concerned. It was WONDERFUL! Now I am going to run and meet Morg at the mall...so farewell to you- I love you! (I can say that, since I believe I know everyone who reads this blog- and I know that I love you." And one last thought to leave you with- fairytales do come true :)

I had two midterms today- they didn't feel real great, but I am praying I'll be surprised with a good grade. I intended to come home and take a nap, but because there is a conversation going on out in the family room- I couldn't at first, and then I just decided I'd rather do some homework- check email- update the template of my blog ;) Then I found this photographer and started going through his portfolio- a lot of GREAT pictures...a few strange ones too.

Tonight is reformation fest- tomorrow kris and i are going to see Into the Woods- I am SOOO excited! So, you should be seeing some pics from each of those soon. Here a few I just found on Jen Staab's flicker account. They are kinda fun and I don't get many pics with these two friends, so I thought I would post them. :) The ones of Daniela and I is from one night at homegroup. The pic of Riss and I is from the Luaw (how do you spell that?) at family camp.

I have yet to wear a flower in my hair...but I'm enjoying San Francisco nonetheless.

The actual work end has been pretty tough- pretty much EVERYTHING going wrong, but its all been fixable, its just taken some effort (a LOT of effort). Well- most of its been fixable, but the things that haven't been, are also no one's fault so- oh well. :) Its really been entertaining actually- how much every little thing actually can go wrong....I'm giggling about it now. Like this morning- going to send my homework assignment in (which has to be in by 9:30am, or else it goes down to half credit)- and low and behold, the hotel is upgrading their server and their internet is "temporarily down"--- I was stressing a bit then, but once again, there was nothing I could do but wait and pray that it came up in time- and it did- JUST in time...I got my assignment in with about 5 minutes to spare, lol.

Don't let all these problems fool you though, I have had some fun time- not yesterday, but the day before....my manager treated me to a pedicure to thank me for all my hardwork. They were GREAT! Not your average pedicure- they were at a really nice spa- the pedicure we got was called the "mojito"- cute pun of words. They soaked our feet in hot lemon and mint baths (with both, fresh, floating around)- then they scrubbed our feet and calves (OUCH! I had JUST shaved that morning!), we had headphones and sat and watched girly tv shows (I'm not big on tv shows, but it was still fun), and drank mojitos (mine was virgin, ;) and still, it was very good! Maybe I will be trying a real one in a few months??). We also did a little wandering and shopping that day- then went to a great restaurant that night- one of kathryn's favorites in San Fran. It was called 50 Hyde 15- small, personal, AMAZING! A great day.

border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124668731547822594" />Yesterday, I spent the day at the conference center getting everythign ready, then headed back to my hotel, and spent the entire night working on Logic homework :(

This morning was a mad rush back and forth between the conference center and my hotel- managing both the final setups for our booth and meeting rooms- as well as my own schoolwork! AND, in the end, it all work out. :) Jason, says that 90% of what we worry about never happens....so stop worrying....I'm getting a litle better at taking this advice. I think that its easier for me to laugh at things, when I know others are freaking out about them instead....it takes that off my shoulders ;)

Now, I am off for the day (finally!!), and I am trying to decide whether to wander around the shops right here (our hotel is in shopping central!), or take a nap- I am very tired....but figure it will be getting dark in a few hours, so I better go see some things now...I'll have homework again tomorrow, and tomorrow night is our team dinner.

So I am off....

Thought of the day: REALLY skinny guys, should not wear SKINNY jeans.

My weekend in photos:

I took Abby and Will to Sean's firehouse for Bellevue Fire Department's open house day.....they really liked it! And so did I! :)
I loved how the tire was as big as Will!
I also gave in and finally bought the new Sparks book- and I read about 100 pages in it Saturday night- but I haven't read any more this week since I have been sooooo busy! Saturday, after the firestation, I went to work at the coffee shop, then I went to the Ruffs to babysit till late- so that was the day. :)


Right now, I am at Kahilis, studying away (well, except for this short distraction- and my phone call with Kim :) But every good student needs a break here and there) NOT that I have been a good student- I have been a really bad one this week, and I am pretty upset with myself. It has been mostly due to how much I have had to do for work though- and then homework getting put off and then missing class to get homework done in time. YEAH- BAD!

So, now I am going to go back to studying, in effort to make myself a better student again.

LOVE YOU ALL

Has it really been 10 days since my last post? Well, here are the updates from this short span of time:
I'm blonde again- well, the brown roots are finally disguised.
I have a midterm friday.
I leave Saturday morning for CTIA in San Francisco..I will be gone close to a week :)
I have 2 midterms next Friday now! (Kind of a bummer that I will be in San Fracisco-studying!
I have not been a good student in my Logic and Archaeology classes- especially my Logic class- that is where I am right now...not paying attention.

Kristin Hale cut and colored my hair last night, and I had a blast over there hanging out with her and her roommate. My hair looks good too, which is a definite plus :)

Ty and I started studying for our upcoming Archaeology exam, last night.

Tonight, I will hopefully be meeting up with a friend who used to work with me, to catch up over coffee. I am VERY excited...if it doesn't work out for tonight, that will be good too thoughm because then I can study during that time instead. So either way, tonight will be a good night.

Work has been so ridiculously crazy, I've almost cried the last couple days. This morning on my bus ride, I was soaking. Yes- I was "soaking" on the bus. I turned on my ipod, and closed my eyes- surprisingly, this does not illicit as much attention as one would think, because unlike all the other college students on the bus with their eyes closed, I am not REALLY sleeping, so I am not quite as fun to stare at...I am not snoring, or twitching, or falling on my neighbor's shoulder....well, I am sometimes lipsincing, and I know my face is displaying a number of expressions while my eyes are closed- BUT, the truth is, if people ARE staring, my eyes ARE closed, so I don't know any better, and I can go on, "Soaking on the bus."

But to my point, I played this one song by Adie Camp, over and over...the words were something like, "When my strength fades...Your strength remains...When I am weak, your strength is complete...perfectly, everything I need" Yeah, let me tell you, it was definitely life for me this morning. It was a struggle to calm my spirit, silence my soul, and just REST in His presence on that crowded bus. Its a good practice. The last few days I have felt this constant anxiety, and struggle going on inside me- work really is driving me to my end, and with midterms coming and barely having any time to prepare-yeah. So, finding peace, repenting for anxiety and taking it all on myself, and just choosing to TRUST Him to take care of it all, and rest in the midst of this mayhem- that's the place I am looking for. I have found it some, I think I began to find it more last night, and even more this morning.

Today, in about 5 minutes, I am about to go on my first "Treasure Hunt" and I am pretty excited! We are going to do it here on the campus!

Alright, love you all.

I have internet at home again! YESSSSSSSS! This means I will likely blog more often. Or at least, I will put a bit more effort in some of them. We had a post-encounter meeting this morning, and Tong made us another soaking CD- I was SO happy! There were a number of songs they played on the encounter that I loved- and they didn't make it on to the first CD...plus I have been replaying the first CD over and over, so I was real grateful for another one to set into the cycle. :)

So a man at church, who is realtively new from City Church, gave my parents a prophetic word today. I had to leave right when P. Norm finished speaking (I had to make it to work), but apparently he prophesied over mom, dad, the twins, and he gave them a word for me too. It was incredible! The things he said, he could not have known. I for one, was not even there, and mom said she didn't even know the things he was saying about me were true- but he said to them, "This isn't anything new to her. She already knows she is called to broken children." I don't know it all really, I have only heard bits and pieces, and I don't know it word for word, but when my mom called me on the phone and started telling me some of the thign she said, and I started laughing, she was like, "Really?" It lined up with a number of prophetic words I have been given. It's crazy! I've been inspired (and I can't remember if this is what inspired me, but I think I was thinking about this before too actually) to create a book of rememberence- a memorial of the words and promises God has given me, with the verbal prophetic words and the images he's shown me, I guess I will finally be writing my 'identity journal.' I'd even like to include a couple literary characters who most speak to my heart, and I believe I'm called to be like.

Well, I haven't been able to hear the whole prophetic word in detail, but I have heard most of it in pieces now I believe. Pretty exciting! I guess he wants to speak to me too, and tell me. Cool!

On another note, which I am tempted to mention on a very sad note, but immediately felt adjusted- because it's God's mercy that He is revealing this to me, and I am SO grateful....God has been showing me a lot of pride in me...A LOT. At first, I thought it was just a little, a little jealousy and judgementalism....the last 3 days, He's been showing me more and more of it in me, and I've been continually repenting and repenting. This morning, I wrote 'humility' on my wrist, as a reminder, and as a prayer. Well, today was certainly the greatest unveiling yet. I went to the Women's Meeting tonight, and lo and behold, what was Mrs. Marcy speaking on? PRIDE. Yep, I cried through I good deal of it. She simply read portions from this book she's been dwelling in. It lists out 30 fruits/signs of pride- oh my word! A number of the things I have been frusterated with in myself- were listed out as fruits of pride- INCLUDING FRUSTRATION. Ironic, a? No, I know frustration with my own sin is good, it's the only good frusteration I've got, however, the easily frusterated with my dad, and my mom, and my sister, and my cousins- not SO good. And I have been becoming more and more impatient, and even though I see it and hate it, I keep facing, as with some anger, jealousy. UGH. :( There were a BUNCH of things she read, and as she did, a memory would come right into my mind, from the past couple weeks and a few more tears would come. It wasn't just the sad type of tears, it's the real painful ones fro your heart, because you realize how evil you are, and you want so badly for Him to change you and make you like Him...loving, humble, pure, patient, meek, forgiving, encouraging.

I want so deeply to be humble, more than I think I have ever wanted to be humble. It's no longer about just being "humble" for the sake of being 'humble.' It's the realization, that God dwells with the humble, and His glory cannot co-reside with pride. I'm realizing that the qualities I want to be, are the fruits of humility- especially patience and graciousness- I really have been praying that God would make me patient and gracious- now I see it's humility that i really want, and these will follow. I don't like that when I am asked to help around the house, I can be irritable, I will help, but lately I've done it with the attitude of an 8-year-old! What is that?! It's pride. OH MY GOSH!

My prayer tonight, was, and is, God, go deep, go all the way, and make me humble. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCY ON ME!!! Root out this pride that's so deep in me- and posture me in humility. Open my eyes to see You, and really realize that without You, I am lost.

Goodnight, and I love you.............you can pray for God to deal with my pride :)
Wow, that's not a prayer request I give everyday ;)

OH work, oh work. You know what's wonderful though? It is pretty quiet in the office. It has been a stressful week at work- and at school, sorting out classes and books and finances. We have our big conference for work coming up in a few weeks, and that means we are hitting the deadlines this week and next, so it has been busy. Sadly, I woke up with a cold Monday morning too, so to say the least, I have been relying on the Lord's grace, and looking forward to the weekend! ;)

Tonight I have no homework! WOOHOO! I have things due Monday, but I'm going to put them off from tonight. Tonight, I am working, then going to homegroup, and then hopefully catching up with Elise somewhere. This, I am definitely looking forward to- though I am thinking perhaps we should just go home, put on our pajamas and cuddle up in my bed and chat...no environment better for sharing the matters of your heart with your best friends. Well..it would be a bit better if there was Ben & Jerrys involved, huh morg? Though, I don't think I'd be a fan of people eating ben & jerrys in my bed. Actually, Ben & Jerrys is typically more of the "after-lots-of-sharing-matters-of-the-heart" refuge anyway. It's the, 'lets not talk at all and recover for a moment,' or 'let's just laugh at anything' type of companion. Oh, ice cream. :)

Can you tell that i am wanting a quick mental break right now? Writing about the many medicinal purposes of ice cream. haha. The sudden quiet of the office is actually making me tired, which is NOT good. You see, when I get tired, I fall asleep. I can be watching a movie, reading a book (especially those last two!), sitting at my desk at work (as I am now), on the bus, riding in a car (passenger), eating spaghetti (okay, I was like 5!), sitting on the stairs, laying in the yard, sitting at work at the coffee stand...pretty much anywhere I am not standing, I can fall asleep (yes- I fell alseep on the toilet at work a couple weeks ago! ), come to think of it, I have even fallen asleep a few times standing up (Italy!). It is terrible, I know. And once I am asleep, i can remain in this partial sleep state, even while carrying on conversations (which I will not recall later), being led up the stairs by the hand, etc. I am not always a heavy sleeper though, I can also wake up to my bedroom door opening and someone stepping inside. It really doesn't make much sense.

All that to say, be careful that if I answer your question at a sleepover, that I really am conscious.

Kris, I think, enjoys asking me things when I am in this half-sleeping state. She likes waking me up and watching me as I interact with the world around me in deep confusion. "Wait- why? What did you ask? I don't understand." Much in the same way, my dad liked leading me up to bed when i was little, and leaving me with one foot on each step. My mom and sisters would come watch too, as I stood there, asleep. Eventually, I'd just sit down right there and continue sleeping.

Where are all these stories coming from? Oh yeah, i was saying the office is quiet and I am growing tired. Well, I have affectively woken myself up with these stories.

Goodness, sometimes I wish I could video tape my office, just so I could truly convey how ridiculous people here can be- it is SO entertaining. I love it. I love awkward people! Some guy just walking around the office barefoot, another reportedly peeing in a bottle, the man whose accent and lisp are so thick I would never had known his name except for the invention of email....it's beautiful. And it keeps life so entertaining. There are far more subtle things too, but I am not sure others would laugh at them.


What to have for dinner....I think Jamba. I wonder how many of you are wondering right now why you read this? Hmmm. Why do you? ;) I suppose it is only because you love me. Well, because I love you, I will stop wasting your time by writing about old stories, and what I'd like to eat for dinner.

I love you all!

So my class schedule is set! Woohoo! I had the most wonderful weekend at the Encounter Retreat! Tonight is the sharing time. I woke up this morning with a nasty head cold, and maybe something more. Luckily my boss was heading out early, so she just told me to skip work and go rest at home. Thank you JESUS! I slept over 9 hours last night, and then for another 2 or 3 today!

Now, I need to go get all caught up on this past weekends homework!

Love you guys, pray my cold goes away please.
Kati

I had a dream last night, I went to get my hair cut and the hairdresser cut all my hair off...it was like Roman Holiday short, and it was dark brown again. I was crying at first because I was so shocked by it- but then I sorta liked it. Then, I woke up. I've been wanting to recolor my hair, probably just go back to brown (that was the plan initially), so maybe thats why I had the dream..but hmm, maybe I am supposed to cut it all off? God will probably need to show me that pretty clearly- it would be fun though. :) > come to think of it, it looked like Kim Walker's did when she was here for the Womens Conference...hmmm, maybe I'll pray about this. :)

I am working a little late today, I need to get some hours in. Having a budget is good for me, because this year I know how many hours I need to work each week which provides personal accountability. Last year, I didn't have much to do at work (my 'manager' wasn't very good at utilizing me), and so I would end up leaving early almost every day because I felt I was wasting my time. So, I'd work like 7 hours some weeks! This year, not only do I have a wonderful manager who definitely utilizes me (!), but I also know exactly how many hours my budget is based on, so I have to hit that as a minimum.


Today our company was celebrating a new stage in our 'development' - so we went out on a boat cruise for a few hours around Seattle, it was really quite wonderful. And it didn't rain, which was great! I'm surprised how tired it left me though-- all of us, infact. The office is pretty much empty- everyone cleared out as soon as we got back.

Speaking of the office....it's the season premier tonight! I've heard it was at nine, and I've heard it's at eight. I will need to be working on homework tonight, but I might have to multi-task ;) I know, that's not very good study skills... Well, who knows, maybe it's at eight and in that case I'll miss it anyways.

I need to get back to working on my press release...see many of you tonight. And those I won't-- I LOVE YOU TONS!
(Post Scriptum. the pictures are just random pictures I took with my phone this morning on campus. I was walking by the fountain on the way to a class and was struck by the beauty all around me. i love walking around the campus, i am so blessed to be able to attend classes there. and i was so happy, i took a picture to show you- you can see a beautiful part of the campus behind me.)

Kim and Jason- I cannot wait for your visit!

So, lots of fun news!

Yesterday I bought a car! It's a black 2001 Nissan Pathfinder, and I love it!!! We'll have to name it. I'll add a picture tomorrow...

I also started classes today, that's why I haven't had time to update my blog. Work is crazy, I have several press releases that I need to write pretty much today and tomorrow! I also really need to write my SLT paper (which is already late!), I already have homework, and I am going on the encounter retreat this weekend!

I am so excited about life right now, I love how things are happening...but today I really began to feel "busy." I know I have so been riding on the Lords grace these last few weeks- and I'm sure there is even more grace now as things are picking up even more...I just need to choose to stay at peace, and trusting Him to take care of it all.

I am taking Archaeology (with Tyson!) and Philosophy- Logic (with Kyle!), and I was taking Italian 201 (second year) but I decided today I am going to drop the class and try to find an 8:30 class if at all possible. As of now, I am not getting to work until 2pm, and that is rough!

Well, I will be up early to work on those press releases, and to do my Logic homework, so I'd best be off to bed. I love you all- be encouraged, God is wanting to bless us, I really do believe that!

Goodnight!
(PS, Kim and Jason bought a house, and it's amazing, but she made me promise not to talk about it before her...so I'm not. :)

Also, I just had a wonderful time out to coffee with Kris, Elise, Jeff, Rob, Kevin, and Ben...I'm glad I went :)

Goodnight, really. Have awesome dreams! Prophetic dreams!

School starts in 2 days! I haven't purchased any of my books yet, I am hoping to just buy them after class on Wednesday. :) That's what I end up having to do for the winter and spring quarter anyways- and I have learned from the past year that I change my classes half of the time. So yes, I will buy them on Wednesday.

Today, I am at work. I really do love getting up early and getting going on the day. It's only noon- there are many summer days when I would have just been getting up. But not these days, I have already worked almost 6 hours- and visited morgan at work. Which reminds me: Morgan looks very good in a green apron...if anyone who is reading this happens to be wondering. You can pass that information along as well ;) heehee. No really, and she prepared the best toasted chonga bagel I've ever had. I was only sad her shift manager (I'm assuming thats who she was) made me my drink instead of morgan. I will just have to come by again soon to experience that work of art. (And by that phrase I do not mean it the way some people do when they say "he's a real work of art" as a critique, but rather I mean that morgan is an ar-tiste and all things she does, become a work of art. I know I am over the top- lol!)


But yes, it has been a good day. As I was driving along Lakeview Road, towards Caroline Point, I really wanted to pull over and just sit beside the water and watch the sun come up....it had only just begun to and it already looked so spectacular! Now, I just walked by the window, and saw the skies, clear blue. I know when I walk outside it will be crisp and fresh- autumn is already here! I love leaving my window open during the fall- letting my room fill up with the changing air. I love to drive with my car window open- (and a coat on!) letting the wind chase past my cheeks, leaving them chilled. I love taking walks every chance I get, under the changing leaves, drinking a mocha, talking with a friend. I especially love spending time with my dad in the autumn- school approaching- shopping for new pens, taking walks, going on drives, life changing again.

I love autumn!

Today is officially Talk Like A Pirate Day. My inbox at work this morning was full of yesterday afternoon's preparation for it...including a url for how to find your pirate name. Here is mine:

My pirate name is:

Dirty Charity Rackham

You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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Hello my wonderful family and friends!

My blogging is already slowing, but that's okay, because so has your comments, and so I conclude that we are all becoming more busy with the fall season approaching. Todays rain was wonderful! I loved it- I went outside this morning and realized that I could put on some jeans and a sweater and be perfectly fitted for the weather :)

I ALSO realized that I could not pop the hood of my little blue smurf (aka- the prelude), so I couldn't fill the oil. NOT such a happy problem on a Sunday morning. I had a few revelation this morning- I couldn't fill the oil, I had forgotten to accept my student loan last night, and I still hadn't gotten the final information online for Elise and mine's special surprise day today. I also didn't have THAT much time. So, if you noticed my wet hair at church- that's why. I gave people who commented, the short answer- "it was coffee or blow dry, and I decided coffee." Really, that dilemma was caused by the three other surprises this morning, and they left me NEEDING a mocha! ;)
It all worked out wonderfuly- it turned out, I knowing myself better than I realize, had actually told myself that the loan had to be accepted by the 15th, a day early of the real deadline (the 16th- today!). I accepted my loan immediately this morning, then mom and dad said I could take mom's car to church and then out for Elise and mine's date. I grabbed the information online real quick, jumped in teh shower and was off- stopped at my espresso stand, and was at church with plenty of time to find a great seat, enjoy my coffee, and hug a BUNCH of people I love. It was a good morning.

Then, Elise and I had a great time! That's all the info I'm giving ;)

Yesterday I had CCK 301 in the morning, and then had to leave early--- so I could go see Lonestar Love at the 5th with Kris and my parents- then we went out to dinner. It was fun day! I ended up really enjoying the play..and dinner was fun, just getting to be together. Kris and I got stuck at the parking garage exit for about 20 minutes because the attendent really didn't know what he was doing. Then, he tried having Kris and I leaving without giving us back her debit card! You'll enjoy the series of photos taken while waiting at the said parking garage exit. :)

I went out on the Morrill's boat yesterday with Aime, Mr. Morrill, James (Phillips) and Jared. It was SO much fun, but today- even my fingers are sore. It is difficult for me to use the muscles in my hands, so this is about all this blog will be. We went intertubing (which I didn't do well at staying on) and then wakeboarding- which was SUCH a blast! I'm bummed the summer suddenly seems over. Except, I love autumn, so I wont be too sad. I am certain this season has many wonderful things in store.

Love you all.

Saturday night I was at RC Prayer- short for Revival Culture Prayer. There was a pretty big group for what I usually see there (but I have not been there the last couple months)- probably 15 people or so. Congregation prayer was amazing before it, and it shot us right in to a truly holy place. I Loved it- can I say it again?

So, I wont go through the whole night, but at one point, we all split up and I was laying on the floor, between rows- looking down one of the rows under the chairs- and it was like a cave (all the lights were off)..and the Lord told me a story. It was INCREDIBLE and through part of it, He would tell me something, and then the song in the backround would say almost the same thing. Like part of the story, the girl learns the language she's hearing, and I said "no, she can't not understand the language and then learn it" and then the song sang about learning the language of heaven- OUT OF NO WHERE! It was awesome- and I am really inspired to write this story. The last couple weeks I have been listening more and more for stories in my times with the Lord, and He's been giving me more and more- this was the most of a story He has ever told me! It was very cool, and I look forward to writing. :)

Other GREAT news- my sister and brother-in-law bought a house!! I have yet to see pictures- but Kim said it's awesome! It was built in the 1920s, and has been completely redone inside. They have a little work to do, as would be expected, but it sounds like they can feel at home here pretty immediately- and thats a feeling I know Kim especially has been looking forward to.

Hmm, what else? I start school in a little over 2 weeks! I need to take care of a few matters before then.

I am at work- trying to write a case study about a project I know very little about- and I am really struggling. What to do. What to do.

Well, the first thing to do would be publish and close this blog I suppose. Love you all!

This one goes out to Jason.

So, I think most of you who read my blog, on occasion read my sister's...when she writes. ;) So you are all caught up on how Jason's writing is going- or I have told you and thus you know. It's only a matter of time until his songs begin to get cut- I'm not just saying this because he is my brother-in-law and it's my duty ("lets talk about your duties" hehe). He really is very talented- and I REALLY would like a number of his songs to get cut, for my own selfish reason of being able t have a finished version of them to listen to and enjoy- to be able to switch on the radio and hear, "I Can't" "That's How I'd Do It" "Right Where We Belong" "You Should Have Been in Love" or "She Dreams With Me"....

I decided to write this because Kris was telling me how badly she missed him a couple days ago- and I told her, I had just had one of those days too. So, we miss you Jason and love you- even though you don't read this blog, Kim will tell you about it, andperhaps you might scan the pictures, as you call "catching up" lol.

Life is exciting right now- and I have a sense that there are about to be a lot of BIG exciting changes coming your way, Kim and Jason.

I love you BOTH (or BOLTH) and I am looking forward to Thanksgiving!


(doesn't this look like Jaosn- look at the name on top too!)

21 days. Exactly 3 weeks until I am walking through the Quad and down the steps of Red Square. I wish the MCs still had a group of people doing outreach there, it would be nice to see their faces scattered through those crowds. I am excited that Braden and Pierce will both be at the U this year! Where are the girls though? :)

I am excited for classes to start, even though I know I will be tired of them rather quickly and wishing it were already over. I love school- I LOVED highschool and junior high- especially literature and english classes, and Mr. Whelham was such a good science teacher, that I enjoyed those too, even though I have no special affection for the subject. Last year I would get excited for each of my classes, and then depressed as I re-discovered that it was nothing like highschool- not because it's harder. But because my instructors were all outspoken feminists-humanists-depresidents ;) who made us read perverted topics and discuss our own "thoguhts" on it, which usually made me want to silence at least half the class as they said a lot of words- but really made absolutely no reasonable point! They already know what they want to say, and it doesn't matter if that's what the author meant or not! Sorry, I'm getting worked up.


I love studying, I really do. I love fall, when the rain is falling outside the window, and I am sitting at a desk (or coffee shop table!!), warm drink beside my notebook, and I am highlighting in a book whose binding is still crisp and hard to bend. I love taking notes on lined paper. AND NOW, I love typing on those inspiring white keys. I love putting on a jacket (and my thermal underwear on under my jeans) - grabbing my backpack and walking around the campus from class to class (with a bagel and a coffee!). I love buying new pens and notebooks (not that I need any this year- I overstocked on them last year because I was too excited!). I love school supplies shopping!

Yes, now you can see why writing would be my ideal destiny, even if for no other reason than a lifetime of holding new pens over fresh white paper, and opening my beautiful mac, and trusting it to hold my stories like a pure vause. :) IF for no other reason, but THERE ARE other reasons- like passions, and dreams, and calling. ;)

Yes, school is coming, and ever so quickly. I am ready for fall all the sudden, and good thing too, since it is here quite suddenly! Actually, today is supposed to be rather pretty and warm. I've been working in the coffee shop the past few afternoons, and I keep dressing for fall, and then roasting in there because it's so muggy! The weather looks ugly, but it's still warm! Not to mention, there are so many machines in that little room, and they all give off imense heat- it's hot! If it's going to get dark and rainy- it needs to get crisp- that's how we do it here, remember Seattle??


This last weekend was the first Labor Day weekend in years that us Kelly Girls didn't go to the Ellensburg Rodeo- which is terribly sad to me! I was actually glad that I was working quite a bit- because it kept me from being tooo sad. It just didn't make sense for Kim to fly down for it this year- since I was just there, and her and Jason will be coming for Thanksgiving. Still, it's sad to let a tradition go! :(

I'm leaving work in 3 minutes (to go to the other job- woohoo ;) I just wanted to post real quick. I like that I knew that was you kaylee, before I saw the post with your name below. It made me smile to be right.

I can't believe school is back in session! I only have like 3 weeks left myself- goodness!! Anyways, i really do need to go- Love you.

I LOVE comments! Rachel- I LOVE that you left a comment. I know you read my blog, and you are in my mind as I write, so always feel free to comment! I didn't know English was your thing, that so cool! I'll definitely be posting as I return to classes.

I am writing from the McCuen computer- Ash, I should have left my pajamas and tooth brush here this weekend! (You just walked right behind me- you are pretty stink'n cute, but I won't tell anyone!)

About two days ago I was sitting on the floor saying "I hate being a girl" (mostly kidding, lol- I was in pain!) Tonight, I love being a girl! I don't know all that occurs at guys sleepevers, but from what I know it involves odors, video games, and sometimes concussions. I used to have a little block, in my strip to the left, which said "The truth about girls: We are never too old for sleepovers." Oh, its too true. I love these girls, so I am gonna get off the computer and go enjoy the movie with ya'all. (Ash- I think our dance rocked- Chris might think so toon-- embar-assing!!)

Another, randon quick post.

You know something I love, especially in girls. I love it when someone knows they have something special- or do somethign special- a talent, a gift, anything that would be admirable to others, and they don't feel they need to tell everyone. I'm not referring to talents which should be used to bless, encourage, or help others (I think our talents in that sense are usually given to us to bless others). I'm struggling to explain this. I guess I mean more of a possession, or a cool habit- and the person keeps it to themself, and perhaps a chosen few, until the time to reveal it (if that time ever comes). I really love it. I admire girls especially who can do this, I think for two reasons. One, we tend to be the ones who feel we need to display all our "greatness" or "uniqueness"- especially when we're young. Second, I think women espcially were created in such a way, as to be "hidden"- they should be sought out. I guess it is sort of true, women are mysteries- or should be, but too often aren't today. And mysterious enough that perhaps people don't recognize the mystery until they stop and take some time to look again, or a few more times.

This is becoming more than I intended it to be. It all sprung because I just thought of something a friend told me recently- which completely stunned me- not just because it was very cool what she actually said, but that I had never known it, and know that few others do too. When a girl, or I guess woman (I am still not used to using this term, obviously), has something that makes her special in one way or another, and treasures it enough to keep it hidden- I cannot help but respect her and mark her maturity.

Too often, I tell myself not to tell people something neat about myself or my life, but then I run around and toss it from person to person- so excited, and probably arogant and insecure. I definitely want to grow up more in this, and become more of the mature woman, who 'hides these things in her heart.' It's such a challenge sometimes though, finding how to do this, while also remaining vulnerable and open. I guess it really comes down to WHO you tell, and why. Believe it or not, I tend to keep too much to myself- not bad things (well, sometimes), just most deep things....so I've been learning to share those things in confidence.

I am learning more and more the value of being known by a few, rather than just knowing many. I'll take a close, faithful few over a bunch of 'fun buddies' any day, and I'll trust them with my secrets.

Oh my word, so after you watch the Michael Buble video on my blog (below), watch a few of the other ones it gives you the option of watching...like "brickbreaker" and "sign language"- they are little bips of him talking or being interviewed and you'll see a taste of his personality and you'll like him even more- guaranteed. That's all- I just saw that and watched the other ones it pops up and thought they were great.

Morgan- you are in- though next time, I am going to hopefully have more notice when the tickets will be going on sale, and I am going to collect money before I buy the tickets...that way I can pick up more for people. Also- I am going to join his fan club before hand so I can buy them during the presale so we can get better seats! That's my strategy. :) Of course, God could just happen to make us run into each other one morning at Starbucks, and we could become the bestest of friends, and that would be cool too...as long as he lets me bring along my friends to the show.

It's 7am, I've been at work almost an hour, and there is not one other person in the office, at least on the first floor. I love coming in when no one else is here- my manager will probably arrive soon, and one of our designers, but besides that our office is full of late-comers. They will roll in between 8 and 10, most around 10. It's supposed to be in the 80s today! That's why I came in early- I need to make sure I put in some good hours, since I took a week off with my dad, and I'm hoping to be out of here between noon and two or so. Perhaps I'll work from home, aka my backyard. :)

Anything else good to share?? Hmm. School starts in a little less than a month for me. I am taking Archaeology, Italian 201, and Logic. I really cannot remember a full sentence in Italian, so second year level is probably going to rock me....but I really want to learn the language, well enough to speak it fluently, if not perfectly. I also would really like to study abroad this spring quarter, in Italy! If not this year, then next, when Ashley, Mackie, Morgan, Ramah, Jordyn....ALL of those great girls are in their Junior year and will travel there! It would be pretty awesome to be able to meet up with them all...especially if I'd been living there for a few weeks already, and I could speak the language quite well. We'd have fun, wouldn't we?

Mom, Dad, and the twins get home today...another reason why I'd like to get out of the office early today- I'd prefer to clean up the house better...theres a few dishes in the sink, Kris and mine's laundry are clean, but unfolded on the couch....I'd love to vacuum. I actually really do love to vacuum- strange thing about me I thought I'd share. When I was about 4, my mom would take out the middle piece and make the vacuum bar/handle short enough that I could walk around and vacuum....she would have to go behind me later, since a four year old isn't the best vacuumer (especially when the vacuum is bigger than she is!)....but by 7 I bet I was pretty good. My mom taught me to vacuum like I was coloring. Anyways, strange thing about me, I like to clean (if I know it will stay clean a little while!) and I especially like to vacuum. There you have it.

Goodness I'm tired. I think I have this weekend off, which is cool! Anything going on this weekend that I have forgotten about?? Tonight is Thursday- homegroup! I keep remembering, and forgetting, and remembering....it's kind of exciting that way- I just better be at the "remembering" end around 6 tonight.

Buble was amazing!

I don't have any pictures to post...not yet at least, but WOW! The man is talented, far more than I realized. I expected to hear him sing all his great songs, and to really enjoy it...but I was not expecting the show he put on, or to fall quite so in love with him! Elise, Tyson, Rob and I have been looking forward to this since June! We all four walked away bigger fans than before- and we were pretty big fans before. His personality and sense of humor were great- he was so much more down to earth and realistic, and funny then I expected. Like 1/3 of the audience (seriously- a bunch!) was his family members- his mom and dad were in the front row. Turns out, though he was born in Canada, he was raised here near Seattle...so he put on quite a special show. People were going crazy- and they kinda of allowed it- like several girls got up and walked to the stage and handed him things or asked to take a picture with him- and he let them- he didn't seem to love it- but he didn't make anyone stop it! And he ran down to his family and picked up his little cousins- gave the little girl a kiss...hugged his aunts and uncles, ran all over seeing his family in the middle of the conert! The show went till after 11, when it was scheduled to end at 10, so I am curious if we got something a little extra since it was such a special night for him. I think who he was might have come out a little more since he had so much support from all his family there....let me tell ya, he was great!

He was really smooth, like the man can dance! At the start of one dance he tap danced- just a few seconds- but you could tell he was good. He did an Elvis cover too- he said he wanted to prove to people he was a MAN, not some sissy "nice guy." It was pretty entertaining...he was all "This isn't how I wanted it to be. I wanted to be a hockey player...I'm MIKE Buble! All these journalists in the States are all, "He's such a nice guy. He loves his grandpa..." But I'm not, I'm a 'bada$$', I am!" Which was just so funny, 'cus everything about him is so nice and old'fashioned charm. He kept building this whole "Man" thing up and he had all the men shouting "Yeah" with him...then he finally blasted out the "Manliest song ever".....It's fun to stay at the YMCA....no joke! He had all his band sining along with the motions and all....not to mention all the men in the audience too! It was quite the entertainment! The audience was dying in laughter.

It was such a great show- I will definitely be seeing him again next time! If you like his music- you will LOVE his concert- and you'll love him more after! Even the songs, I only kinda liked from his albums, I loved when he sang them live.

I have a couple hours left until I have to head home, and I am praying we can get down to the beach in time for me to have a little time there! I am still such a kid- 8 o'clock....wide awake. Everyone was asleep and I had showered, put on my swimsuit, spent time with the Lord and eaten. Now all are up, but it's drawing near quickly to noon, and that's really the LATEST I should leave. I'm tempted to push it and stay longer, but then I'll get caught in traffic and end up having to go to the concert in my swimsuit and shorts ;)

I like the feeling of being on the road- I think, honestly, I'm not sick of it yet..I'm ready to pack up again and hit the road (though this time I'll be alone, and heading home). The only change I would make is I'd make stops along the way at beaches for a few hours here and there...that would be really fun.

Cannon Beach


I'm so very tired, I don't feel like blogging much, but I don't want to skip all these fun things from today. We made it from Eureka to Cannon Beach! It is beautiful- yes- I found our vacation spot for spring break morgy moo. It's so nice- and you can build bonfires at night on the beach- you'd love it!

After driving most of the day, with only a couple quick stops, Dad and I met mom, Katherine, and Kolleen in Canyon Beach at 5:59...this is important because I called that we would be there at 6pm...one minute later, which according to Dad makes me incorrect, but I continue to point out that it was far closer than any of his estimates...be it luck, or whatever please you, I was right ;)

The girls and I split off for dinner so mom and dad could have a little time alone. Us girls ate on the beach at "Moe's" and then waited down in the sand for mom and dad to meet up with us at dusk. We built a fire on the beach and roasted marshmallows and smores and laughed. It was good to have time to just be with my family...away from responsibilities for a moment...I just wish Kim, Jason, and Kris could have been there too....hopefully next summer.

I even sang a little, "Oh, the horse put his foot, put his foot on the ground...." but Dad closed that one off real quick.

I didn't get much sleep last night, at ALL...thus my lazy eye is very evident in a few of these pictures. :( But today was a very picturesque drive up the coast...we've driven close to 2000 miles the last 5 days! Tomorrow I am hoping to spend a couple hours on the beach, and then I've got to make it home for the Michael Buble concert- woooohooooo!

I am both sad, and happy (since my boo-tey is so very done with riding in a car) that the jist of Dad and mine's road trip is over. We drove a LOT of miles in those few days, but it was certainly a fun ride, we had a blast with Jerry and Sherry, and we had a good time getting there together. I also will not miss listening to the mullet worship artists of the wonderful 1990's...oh Fire and Ice, goodbye until next time. ;)

Getting home, it will be finally back to work, and working as much as possible until school starts..