Foamy Soap

As I stood in M-diddy's bathroom tonight washing my hands...I had a revelation. Our society has become soooo incredibly LAZY! Why? Foaming Soap

Foaming Soap is a new invention to our modern day bathrooms. According to one site:
People are getting excited about foaming soaps. They find the smooth, creamy feel very appealing and enjoy the convenience and total luxury of having their soap pre-lathered before washing.

It's not just a fad...
it's the future!


Wow...the future...is foaming soap!!

What will be next people??? Automatic toilet paper...A spray soap that mists your whole body for complete sanitation???

I guess I shall just have to wonder and wait...

To LOGOS05 I Go.....on 3.5 hours of sleep...

Christmas

Christmas was enjoyable this year. Before opening presents my dad read thru the Luke 2 version of Jesus's birth. I then re-took the whole family through it explaining some background and keywords(thanks to my mentor). It was a good way to start of the day. After opening many gifts(all of which I enjoy!) we ate brunch and then my grandparents came over. We ate dinner with them, and then I went to another Christmas party. It was fun to play game with many friends. The day overall went very well. But the thing that I enjoyed most about it, was that I kept thinking about how amazing Jesus's birth must have been to all the oppressed people. I can not even imagine what a joyful day that must have been for those people. Jesus, thank you for coming to this earth as a man!!

From Confusion to SURPRISE!!!

Last night my parents threw me a surprise graduation party!! They got me to believe that their homegroup was having a game night and I could invite one person. So, I invited Kate. Little did i know that most of my friends would happen to be "in the neighborhood" and show up to this "game night". And this is how it all went...

I was sitting in the dining room and I saw Whitney, Benji, and Lindsey walking up to my house. I let them in and they said they were at Borders and wanted to stop and say hey. So my mom asked them to stay for a while. Then the Patrick, Chelsea, and Gabriella showed up and said they were out looking at light's and thought they'd stop and say hey. At this point i was confused. Why would all of these people just randomly happen to show up at my house, when I already had something planned, and then why were they all invited to stay?? I sat back down to eat, and next thing I know...Annie and Aaron are at my door. This just pushed me over the edge. I opened the door and said, "What are you doing here?? Did someone call you to come here?? What is going on?!?!?!?" And I ran upstairs to my room. Gabriella was jumping on my bed, and I called Nicole to see if she knew what was up. She didn't answer so I left her a message that went a little something like this, "NICOLE, I AM HAVING THE WEIRDEST NIGHT EVER!!! CALL ME BACK!!!! SOMETHING IS GOING ON OVER HERE!!!" And with that I walked downstairs and there was everyone saying, SURPRISE, HAPPY GRADUATION!!!! And then it clicked and I knew exactly what was going on.

Mom and dad, you got me good once again!! Thank you for the party. It was a lot of fun. And to those of you who couldn't make it, don't worry...that was just a pre-graduation party...my prepared grad. party will be sometime this spring:)

{A Review of Today}

I took two finals which I did very well on.
Said goodbye to all my friends from school(I'll see them in may at the senior picnic)
Went out to lunch with my dad at San Fransisco Oven:garlic chicken parmasean pizza :)
Went to church w/Andrew and Jamie to help send some mail out to ppl about Gender Wars!
Participated in Jenn's school of music(today I asked about vabrato)
Went Christmas shopping w/Jamie
Talked to laurel about random things including poetry for a while
And now I am going to bed!!

I am very excited that my high school days are over! They were fun while they were here but..I guess all I can say is...Welcome to the real world Krista!!

Today is the day the Lord has made..let us rejoice and be glad in it!!!

Peace my friends

Today is the DAY!!!!!!!!

I did it!!!! Today was my LAST day of high school forever!!! I graduated early and currently I can hardly contain my excitment!! I'm just in one of those mood where I don't think anything could bring me down!! My last two finals went very well today, and I'll admit it was a little weird saying bye to my friends, but hey, I'm sure i'll see them again!! Today is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To open or Not to open???

I walked into the people's house that I babysit at, for the last time today and what did I find on the counter??? A present with my name on it. Part of me said...oohh a present!! And the other part of me said oohhh crap. you see I wasn't sure whether to open it or not. I weighed on it for a few moments and thought I had better wait until the mom comes home. But then the question is will I need to open it in front of her(which could potentially cause an awkward situation) or can I just take it out to my car and open it as I'm pulling away? Or of coarse I could wait until I get home to see what's inside it, but I'm not so sure I want to wait that long. And then I think, now does this require that I get them one??

So here I am on my last time of babysitting. The boys are in their rooms because they got in a huge fight yesterday and are therefore being punished, and I am sitting on the computer attempting to get my act together for an upcoming mentoring session...oh right, I need to get back to that...Matthew Christmas Story HERE I COME!!!!!

It's finally here!!!

Creative Christmas begins tonight...well kinda. The shows are thursday thru saturday but the rehersals at the MARK begin tonight!! I'm so excited to be able to be a part of the show this year. I'm excited to see it all come together. I'm just excited that I have the opportunity to help reach out to the quad cities. SO, if you don't have your tickets GET THEM!! And if you do, see ya at the show!!!

Snow Snow and More Snow!!!

I love it when it snows. I love sitting around our fireplace and just watching it fall. I think I could sit for hours and just enjoy each unique snowflake as it falls to the ground adding to the pile of other snowflakes before it. I love going sledding. My grandma used to live on this farm and it had a GREAT sledding hill!! As a child I remember taking the long journey up the hill, but once I got on that sled and rode down the hill, it was all worth it and I would do it again and again and again. My brother and I used to sled on that hill for hours...it was a blast. I am looking forward to hopefully going sledding this year with my friends and family. So, if anybody's up for sledding...let me know:)

Patience is the Key

Have you ever decided to knit a scarf and you begin unraveling the yarn, but it just keeps getting knotted up? This was my dilemma last night. I was hanging out with a friend and she decided to finish knitting a scarf for her mom for Christmas. She dubbed me the "yarn unravelor" and so I went to work.

At first it seemed easy. The yarn came out smoothly and easily, but as I pulled more and more it got harder and harder to unravel the yarn. Now this wasn't just normal yarn, it was that fluffy kind. So all the little fluffs got stuck together creating knots. So, I sat quietly as my hands went to work to get the knots out. Now this was a true test of my patience. I could have given up so easily and just said, "just do this yourself, its not my gift to my mom!" But I didn't. I unknotted knot after knot until finally, she completed the scarf. But you know what, I couldn't have undone the knots as well, if I wouldn't of had the help of my scissors. They just made the process so much easier. And in the end it turned out so soft and beautiful!!

This situation reminds me of my life at times. Sometimes life seems great!! Everything is smooth and unraveling quite well and then before I know it, a huge knot stares me in the face. At this point I can either choose to get angry and run from it, or patiently fix the knot. And if I choose to take my "Knott" to Jesus (scissors), it is fixed so much easier. But for some reason I don't always do this. I know I can always use the scissors but sometimes I think I can do it on my own time and with my own strength.

All that to say, I'm just reminded to cast ALL my cares upon Jesus (whether good or bad) and he will take care of me. And in the end, the product (my life) will be softer and more beautiful than I could ever imagine!!!