Tsunami/Earthquake

If appears that our friends and family in the Philippines and Hawaii are OK. Scary stuff! It's crazy how devastating nature can be! My hearts go out to those affected and I wish there was something I could do to help...

Congratulations

Congratulations Greg and Is!

Andre and I are thinking of you today and our hearts are with you! Wishing you much happiness together. Let's Skype soon!

Hugs and Love...

Kimo and Brooke

changes

a lot of people go through them, everyone in fact, but it's how you deal with them that define you. do you cope well with change? do you accept change with open arms? Or do you kick and scream until you get your own way, wondering why time just won't stay still? i used to be less flexible when it comes to changes, but really isn't LIFE change? some changes are good like a promotion, a healthier lifestyle, new experiences, road trips, a fresh snow that covers all the winter mud. if you're not changing and growing, you're not living. and please don't expect me to always be the same because i hope to continually learn new things and keep redefining myself. it could do us all some good!

current changes:

biking daily...actually buying a bike trainer so I can bike indoors! yay birthday money!

reading everything i can get my hands on

planning a trip to Sweden in June!

babysitting - taking care of actual babies (it's a great learning experience)

making wholesome, quality food to entice our meal options.

getting up earlier to embrace the day

spending money on things that will enhance my life, like the bike trainer, yummy fresh foods, oh and coffee!

so about that blizzard

so about that blizzard...didn't venture out in it. i listened to npr allllllll day and there were so many accidents everywhere, but especially the highways. Apparently they don't plow the highways well...ever...or until it's done snowing, it's a brilliant cost-effective move, yet cripples he city because no one knows how to drive in it. i brushed 6inches off my car at 7:30am, and another 8-9inches at 7pm! I had to shovel my car out to move it across the street. so needless to say the birthday weekend surprise visit didn't happen :( my good friend was waiting for flights and each one was cancelled and my other friend said it was even bad for Syracuse! Luckily, I will be Albany bound in a month...yay!

so last night my baby took me out for a birthday dinner, anywhere you want he said! so i said sushi please! it was amazing to say the least! we also indulged in some hot sake, which was a first for me....mmmm...and homemade mocchi ... Plum House THANK YOU!

Birthday Blizzard '11

I like to call this Birthday Blizzard '11. I like dramatic. So before 8am Rochester already had 6inches of snow and we are expecting 12+. Sounds like a great time to cuddle up with a cup of hot cocoa, but I think I'll be venturing out. A few errands to run, then we'll see how good my snow tires really are!

less than a week

until my birthday. so this year I am a little passive regarding the whole thing, but it will be fun. revised plan includes a trivia night or something chill.

happy weekend.
things are looking up!

hello February

Last week we tried out a favorite store that sell specialty beer from Poland to Austria to Maine! It's called Beers of the World. The only thing that would make this store better is if it was also a bar. Currently enjoying a Session Black from Oregon, funny little bottle seems like it should contain rubbing alcohol, but it's quite good.

The Internship is going well, clients are increasing and the word is getting out! only 2 or 3 open time slots left!!! Get 'em while they're hott!

There's always more homework or housework to be doing, but tomorrow is a chill day for me, generally speaking. reading, graduate assistantship, paper writing, and maybe some housework.

Not really looking forward to my birthday this year. It's a different kind of year, already has a different feel to it. Maybe it's the new town, new life, transition, or maybe it's just the increasing number. As I like to say...I'm 25 and holding! Contemplating catching a hockey game with some close friends, or maybe a game night at the apartment? Either way, I'm diggin' the black hair and bangs! It speaks to me right now. Maybe I'm grasping onto my youth or maybe I'm just me.

update

it's been far too long and far too many things have occurred to blog about. homework is a sea of times new roman letters, size 12 font, swirling through my brain and pouring out my eyes. i have to take a break from it to let it soak in.

i miss having a paycheck, i think i've said that. i miss even looking forward to the paycheck, seemed to get me through the 2week block. now i drive and drive and gas up and nothing. my internship has started and is kickin up speed. so much so that i wonder how i will accomplish everything.

i have punk rock hair, says dre. i feel like i am wearing a wig. i don't recognize myself in storefront windows, yet the reflection is mine. i like change, but it'll take a few days to get used to bangs and black, straight hair. i call it my 29th year crisis. almost...

i wish i were still kickboxing with my trainer. i think i need to paint. i have an idea for my next piece...it'll have a johnny cash meets johnny thunder feel.

Week 1, Second Semester

Well it's been an unproductive week in manys ways, yet I somehow managed to become a NYState resident and can now say that our apartment is unpacked. This time it only took 5months vs. our never completely unpacked state of our last apartment...or 3.

This semester looks different, Classes 2 days a week, internship 2 days a week and Ski instructing 1 day a week and 10hours of grad assistant work. We will see how long I can keep this up for.

I need to create, I feel the urge, yet housework and homework call my name.

I will be productive and I will create....just not right now.

I wonder about people, friends I haven't spoken to in awhile. Are they wondering? Maybe that should be my resolution...wonder, then act.

Happy New Year from our family to yours!

Christmas Dinner with my family 2010

Photo in our apartment before Andre's Christmas Party 2010

Second semester is days, or hours away...still so much I need to do. Instead, we've been Skyping, but it's been such a nice day to Skype. Last year was so wonderful and at times so hard, yet it made us stronger. Lots of changes for everyone, yet struggles bring the ones you love closer. Life is short, love fully, life happily, laugh often...and remember to breathe.

Looking forward to the new year, but more accurately, each new day.