Where you all at?

Post, post, post...especially our foreign friend Becs.

I hate coming up with a title

J-Dog: model by day, JOGE'n by night. I am excited for both of your upcoming adventures. You should probably blog to us while on your date...just a suggestion. Maybe afterwards show him your moves on the pole.

K-baby: I GET TO SEE YOU FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY!!!!!!!!! San Fran babbbbyyyyy.

Katiecraig: See you tomorrow. We will celebrate Guinness Day with love and pride. Can't wait.

JOGE: I need more deets from you...I think we all do :) I am going to miss you mucho!!

-So I bought myself a new comp, MacBook PrizzyPro. I pretty much chopped off my volleyball arm, and left it at the Apple store in exchange for my computer. It's hard to type with one hand. The exciting thing though, is that I finally have a built-in video...I am getting with the current day. So Becs, I better see yo ass on skype soon. Are there conference skype sessions? That would be primin.

-I had dinner with Stephen and it went surprisingly wonderful. Fun, no romantic vibe, no talk of love/opposite sex/us. It was awesome!

-I get to play volleyball in less than 3 weeks!!!!

-My little 7th graders: 1 asked how many times you can touch the ball and another asked how many people play at one time. You non-volliers would get an A on this, if it was a quiz.

-My fat cat Lucy has something in her leg that clicks every time she walks, so I can hear her coming when I am at rest.

-Oh and nbd, I finished another book. Jenna, watch out.

Let's figure out a skype conf call...I love and miss you all!

most ridiculous item(s) of the day (title courtsey of the o'reilly factor)

1. in a meeting, mr murdock (the owner of dole) was looking through the layout of the book. here is how the conversation went.
mr murdock (looking through the fitness section): "...and look at these models doing the exercise steps, they aren't pretty. she's (referring to me) much prettier than they are. we should have her be the exercise model.
jag (my direct boss): "so you want pictures of her exercising in the book"
mr. murdock: "yes, would you like to do that?"
me: um, sure, mr. murdock, if that's really what you want.

so the photo shoot of me exercising will take place on thursday. so awk.

2. on sunday, i have a date. with dana's cousin's roommate. who met me for like an hour and asked dana for my number and actually called me and asked me out. so i figured i should at least reward such initiative. should be an interesting time.

love you all miss you all.

PRAY PLEASE

Hi Loves,

If you think about it shoot a prayer up for me tonight...I am uber uber sick like I havent been in a long time (Julie, think my flu episode junior year where I couldn't move). I know it sounds ridiculous, but I may have H1N1, which wouldnt be a huge deal, but it has a ton of implications for me regarding accutane, so please pray that it is just the regular flu. And pray for healing as my Julie poo is coming this weekend and I want to be alive and well for her! :)

Thanks Girls, Love you So much!

Karissa

To my Lovelies

WOW....WHAT a blessing to spend the evening with you all on Sunday. I love you guys all so so much and was so grateful to be reminded of the joy I feel when I am around you!

I just have a quick prayer request! I emailed my boss from Grossman Burn Foundation (I have been writing grants for them intermittently to pick up some extra cash) asking her if I could up my hours to 20-25 hours per week. I am unsure if they have the money to do this, but please pray that they do, because I need it! Haha, I really want a job that I can do in conjunction with studying, applying to schools, writing personal statements, etc. I've been able to gradually increase my pay with them, so I would be able to make the most money from them rather than getting minimum wage at some random place. Please pray that they are able to see the quality of my work and find the money to increase my hours!

Thanks girlies, love you all!

Karissa

currently listiening to "lucky man" by the verve...so good, download it

so I've talked to most of you on the phone (jules, i promise i'll call you back. we suck at keeping in touch...or calling back) and it's good to be back, but since I'm leaving very, very soon I'm not getting too attached to life here.

I've been running around like a crazy person getting things in order for my visa, writing thank you notes, babysitting (need the extra cash), packing, shopping for warm clothes (not gonna complain about new clothes haha), seeing family, friends, and working a bit for my old boss again. yeah...so life is busy, I definitely dove head first back in the swing of things.

I'm about to go on a rant, just to warn you...and I'm going to be really honest with you all, you've never heard me talk like this because I tend to keep my feelings about the opposite sex behind a thick brick wall...I miss Jesse. I went on this trip for the children, to help wherever I was needed...Zanzibar was an added bonus so I had no idea what to expect but we had an amazing time. So after it's all said and done I think he is amazing and I like him so much...but we haven't talked since we've been back, except for a few texts, which he has not even responded to the one I sent him Thursday night telling him I officially got the job, which kind of makes me wonder. I know he's busy, I am too, but good grief. so yeah...I'm actually letting myself feel something instead of locking it up and telling myself it's not the right time and that it could never work. I don't even know if he has ANY feelings that way...so yeah. Please keep me in your prayers that I can rely on my strength (that would be God) and move past it....because it's not like he's some tool that I should stay far away from, he's an incredible guy. uggg. any advice on that I should do? Here's what I'm thinking...I have to fly out of New York City to Paris because it's way cheaper, and hopefully I'll get to see him before I leave even if it's only for 5 minutes. and I'm gonna tell him in some sort of Grace Kelly straight out of Hollywood way (and by that I mean I'll screw it up, I'm no "grace" in any sense of the word) that I like him (just to get it out there) but that I'm not expecting anything and I know that it's terrible timing...but that timing is a lame excuse to not live your life and that I'd like to give it a shot. if he's down. yeah. that's my grand, extremely lame plan. tell me what you think....

I seriously hope this blog is as secure as we think it is because I would hate for anybody else to read this haha.

Jenna, I don't care whether you're about to join the right wing conspiracy, as long as you are passionate about it and you put your heart and soul into it...I may want to fly to LA to ring you neck occasionally, but I will always love your conservative self. You know, once my life settles down and I am into the swing of things in Paris I'm going to devote some time to really figuring out where I stand on some issues, who knows I may be more conservative than I'd like to admit. I'm proud of you, no matter what!

Karissa, just got an email from puges saying that she had an awesome time with you in Paris and that you found our favorite thrift stores over  by the pompidou. I am SO excited to be there and I hope you had a wonderful time at my new home :) Tell Barbs and Palphers I say hello!

Kcraig, enjoy senior year. I saw Lauren's pics online and it made my heart smile. Live it up! 

Julie I will talk to you soon. I swear. miss you a ton though and am so glad the boot is off!!

over and out. Love and miss you all.

so my boss and i have been having issues coming up with clandestine meeting spots to discuss the book during the workday. until last week.

our end of the day meetings are now held in Dole's gym on stationary bikes for 45 mins. mind you this is before our 1 hour fitness class.

my life is a joke.

Who knew...

That after working for 3 months I would quit and skip off to europe...

So wednesday night...

I'm leaving on a jet plane for my beautiful london town...

Then Paris...

Then Provence....

mmmm


I love adventures.

I'm SORRY/dead tired

This is all thats left of the smiling katie craig after only day 2 of NSO. this thing is killer. 

I forgot Karissa's birthday (i win worst friend award). 

my feet are throbbing

& i have a fake tattoo that wont come off on my upper thigh.

happier note: younger dildine is a freshman...he is just like todd & will be freaking awesome for sporting events!

p.s. for just so you all know. nothing is happening between jdizzle & i.  I basically told him how i felt, just so i could get it off my chest. it was such a relief. & while he told me he was content with being single and didn't have feelings like that for me anymore...i was surprisingly at peace and thankful for his straightforward answer.  Its super nice to have that door shut and me be OK with it =)  

my foray into the vast right wing conspiracy

so i am pretty sure becs and maybe katie just threw up a little bit at that title, but nevertheless, i have a semi-interesting life development.

for those of you who don't know, my boss at Dole is a former speechwriter for President Bush (41) and has worked in various government organizations such as the National Commission for Economic Growth and Tax Reform and the Cato Institute. clearly she's a Republican. she sat me down recently and let me know that she has decided to write a book about politics (topic is confidential) and she has asked me to be her Lead Research Contributor. naturally, i didn't hesitate to accept. so basically i just wanted to let you all know because i am super excited!!!!!!!!!!!! it's such an incredible topic and i have never been so passionate about being involved in something.

not sure what this means in terms of my ultimate life path, but, hey God knows and that's enough for me right now.

in other news, i painted an accent wall in my room purple. and got Mastering the Art of French Cooking in the mail today. it looks beautiful in my cookbook section of my library.

jules. i am proud of you for reading books!!!! and will make bouef bourgiogne for you anytime. just say the word, baby. how's your leg???? still broke???

katie craig-your pictures are too precious for words. i want to see you asap.

becs-i hope africa and jesse steele are treating you nicely. it seems you will have a significant amount of reading upon your return in terms of this blog. hopefully you will also write us a novel sized entry of your adventures

karissa- i know i said this via phone and gchat but yay for you being courageous and stepping out in faith!! God is going to do such amazing things through this time of diligent study and through you going to law school. also, i am seeing you in 18ish days!!! are you doing anything fun for the big 2-2 this weekend?????

ok i love you all sooo much. i wish we could all be cuddled on the couch at 263 drinking wine (jenna and karissa), rum and cokes (katie and jules(maybe)), and Andre (becs) watching what i like about you. my current roommates do not appreciate the creative genuis of amanda bynes. its heart wrenching.

love,

jen

3 posts in a row...what a LOSER

Yep, thats me.

Dear Diary,

Today I quit my job, pretty much on a whim that I want to go to Law school. I sure hope that this was the right decision. If not, I am basically hosed.

Love Always and Forever,
Karissa

PRAYER NEEDED

Hi loves,

please please please pray for me at like 4:30 tomorrow. I am quitting my job and absolutely terrified of what my boss' reaction will be. I am feeling really spiritually attacked and feel like satan is putting a lot of doubts in my mind, so please pray that I have peace with all my decisions i am making.


Love you girls!

Just so you all know...

Its friday night.
I'm home.
Studying for the LSAT.
AND watching Legally Blonde hoping it will inspire me.

Sometimes I wish outsiders could see the things that are posted/said on this blog. It has been quite a joy to read about all of your lives...the funny stuff, jobs, decision making, men, burned crotches....you all never cease to amaze me.
So, I have 18 days left in the boot!!!! Please pray for healing, as there is a chance, if it's not healed by then, that I will have to wear the boot/cast for longer. The time in the ol boot has gone by surprisingly fast and I am so pleased with this. As of now I have read 2 whole books in about 3 weeks...I know, Jenna, you're thinking 'I read 2 just last night.' But for us slow readers slash non-readers, this is a big accomplishment. I know Karissa has read it, but if you haven't read the Francene Rivers series...haha I can't think of the name of the series. But I just read A Voice in the Wind, and am still perturbed, in a good way. Bomb.com. Starting book 3 now! Yes!
What else is new....my sister is having a rough time now, so if you all could keep her in your prayers. Without going into too much detail, she may be moving at the end of the month, DC, Boulder, or God knows where. There has been major family conflict/drama all revolving around Rachel and her life. And what sucks is that I am stuck in the middle. I am loyal to my sister and the things she tells me in confidence and then there are my parents and their opinions. It's messy!
KATIECRAIG is coming to visit me Saturday!!!!!!!!!!!! I am very excited. Katie, I am very excited.
Karissa, once I can walk on my own without the help of two metal poles, I will fly my hiney up to see you. I want to soooo bad. Also, we ARE going somewhere together in December...oh wait, will you not be doing all your travleing now cuz the L Sizzat? We will chat.
Jenna, seriously, lets make beef bouifoishdfisdjhf together (idk how to spell that). It looked so damn good, and I think that's what we should do.
Becs, youre my hero. Damn us for not talking. We will just have more to chat about when you get home!
I am off to see the g-ma tomorrow. My mom and I are going for her b-day. Wooooo woooooo, youuuuuuu arrrrrre gooooooooodddd!
Love and miss you all!!!!!!!!!!

FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE. (laugh)

this new discovery of uploading pics to the blog may or may not be abusing my privileges...oops.

Not to sound like a broken record...

I came on here to write a little Karissa update and Jenna had beat me to the "grad school" punch! Probably because her and I g-chatted about it today.

Its fun g-chatting, it keeps me sane at a job that otherwise makes me want to cause myself physical pain. Its like a little dose of schiedermayer sarcasm whenever I need a pick me up! SIDE NOTE: Funny story with one of my roommates. Jenna, she will absolutely hate you. The first day she moved in (she's sweet as a peach on a hot summer day, and katie craigs childhood friend) she told us that she doesn't think sarcasm is funny because she didn't grow up around that or teasing....uhhh.... I am probably the least funny person she knows! Ha, its been funny trying to learn how to communicate with someone who grew up so differently than me (hello! Ralph Hurst is my father...)

Anyways, I almost quit my job today (good thing I had the self control to not lose it). I have been struggling with it for a while. I enjoy what I am doing, but I am at a standstill and don't feel like I am moving forward at all. That is my least favorite feeling, feeling like I am not doing something that is furthering me in my career/walk with God etc. I am not treated well at all, yelled at for no reason, made to feel stupid, treated as a scapegoat for mistakes and mismanagement by my boss (by her boss). Today was my breaking point when I got yelled at by the executive director for not doing a project, which would be fair....except that my boss forgot to give me said project and did not stand up for me when the ED started going ballistic. Needless to say, I have come to dislike heaidng to work each day... I like to think of myself as an intelligent person, but when I am there they make me out to be an incompetent neophyte. It's rough.

So I have been praying a lot about what the Lord has for me...business school? NO. Development economics like I always planned? I dont think so. The Lord has placed a burden on my heart for people in the world who have no voice...and, well, I have a pretty loud one, so I think I am supposed to use it. I say this with trepidation, but I really feel the Lord guiding my heart towards law school....yes, law school. I mean, it sounds intimidating to me and scary, but I truly feel like I have the skills and personality to do it. I want to go to a school that specialized in international law and then hopefully be a legal counsel for IJM or another organization/ government organization that deals with international crimes and disputes. I mean, lets be real, I love to argue, I love to read, I loved business law and thinking like a lawyer....

I really feel like the Lord is guiding me through this door and I would ask for your guys' prayers as I make some tough decisions in the coming weeks. I am going to ask my job if I can reduce my hours to 3 or 4 days a week so I will have time to study for the LSAT in december...lets just say that I need to do REALLY well on it to get into a good school. If they say no, I think I am going to quit and get a job at a coffee shop or restaurant so that I have time to study.

This is a scary road for me, so prayers are appreciated! Jen you are in my prayers daily as I certainly know what you are going through! Its super tough discerning the Lord's will, especially when it is something as HUGE as picking a graduate program...its a huge sacrifice to make in terms of your time and money.

Julie, Katie, Jen...please come visit, I miss you all so much (today I was really homesick...I think because normally we would all be heading back to school soon). Virgin America has $99 round trip ticktes on sale right now, so I might try and head home for a weekend soon, maybe in late september!

Beccs, I love you more than you know and I am praying for you every day that the Lord gives you strength and a sense of purpose while you are there.

I love you guys so much and miss you so so so so much. What I wouldnt give for a bottle of andre and the 4 of you in my living room right now!

XOXO,
Karissa

i'm a slacker

sorry its been several weeks since my last post. i'm the worst.

anyways, i miss you all so much. i think now that i am getting settled at work and trying to figure out my next step, i really miss having the guidance and support of you lovely ladies.

so what have i been up to? i went to dana's mom's wedding which was my first jewish wedding on the 2nd and had such a blast. aside from the fact that i inadvertently almost broke a huge jewish cardinal sin. so at this wedding i am being introduced to a bunch of dana's family and i go to shake hands with her male cousin. he looks at me and says, "no". awkward. apparently orthodox jews are not allowed to touch any women that is not A) their mother B) their wife. like no physical contact. dana of course sits by and allows it to happen. so i offended several jews that evening. awesome.

basically though, the majority of my time has been taken up by pondering my future. i know, i'm nuts, but my boss and i had a chat last week and she mentioned that she thinks i should go into politics, specifically nutrition policy making. So that is something i am wrestling with now. where can i be used? what does God have for me and how can i best use my gifts to glorify Him? i have been mulling over going back to school to either get my masters in nutritional science and become a registered dietician or getting my master in public health with an emphasis on nutritional science. so basically i am wrestling with many options at this point. so prayers for guidance would be much appreciated.

another thing i am hoping for prayers for is i have been realy convicted about the forms of entertainment i choose and how i am letting my mind be filled with music, movies, tv and (gasp) books that are not necessarily edifying. i am praying a lot about what specifically i need to cut out and taking it in small steps. I am trying to be a lot more diligent in making sure my actions are glorifying to God and i think entertainment is an area which i didn't even realize i struggled with but thankfully the amazing women in my Bible study brought it to light. so just pray that i make wise decisions with how i spend my time.

in lighter news, there is a girl in my bible study who is literally katiecraig's twin except much shorter. it makes me miss you a lot, little katie and i can't wait to see you. i'll make you food whenever you want.

also i wish you all had been on the phone to hear karissa post burning her vadge. it was so sad (but kind of funny). hope that's all been cleared out.

becs i hope you are loving your time in tanzania. i am so glad you followed God's call. you are amazing and adventurous and i wish had that spirit sometimes.

jules, lets hang out.

karissa, i'll see you in a mere 24 days.

love you all so much.

hi

i miss you ..kisses for all!

from one vagina challenged woman to another....

lovelies,

Karissa, I died laughing at your post. That is something that would only happen to you (and Jenna too, Katie and I just got off the phone and she reminded me about your 22 bday Jen and how you peed all over the back of Eli....great memories), although I can relate to the vagina issues...I've never had ice down there though. hopefully never will. although sex might just be enough of a battle for the vag that ice may in fact be necessary. Ok enough information there...

umm, I'm leaving for Tanzania MONDAY, which is technically tomorrow, except I haven't slept yet, so we'll say I have one more day. AHHHH. hence the reason I am not sleeping yet and it's almost 1am...I keep thinking and making lists, and for like 30 minutes today I could not find my passport and almost freaked out. everything is dandy now, I found it. I'm SO excited, I can't contain myself. Your prayers for safety and for God to give me a servant heart and to work big time while I'm there are greatly appreciated!

Kariss, I'm so proud of you for listening to God's voice and for taking some time to rest. You do need to take care of yourself every now and then chica! Jenna, I hope your apartment has found some peace and that there are no more maintenance problems and that things are better with the roomies....not everyone can have roommates as good we 263 :) Katie, it was wonderful hearing your voice again a few minutes ago and I am so excited for your senior year! You should make a photodocumentary about it...so we can live vicariously through you. Julie...ultimate communication fail. I hear that you are gimping about, but I did see some sweet vegas pics, which prompted me to browse through our secret vegas pics and miss you even more. I'm calling you before I leave, end of story.

Well...I'll for sure talk to you all when I get back, because I'll have a few weeks before Paris. No job, no nothing. Just a pure leap of faith...so as if I haven't asked for your prayers enough, pray that God will begin to open doors for me, as I'm sure He already has/is. I'm going to Paris one way or another. Scary, but exciting. I'm going with the wind for awhile.

Love you all so much! I'm sure I'll have lots of good stories for you when I get back!!

I HOPE YOUR VAGINA IS FEELING BETTER

Karissaaaa.. that might be the funniest thing i've heard all summer! 

yesterday i went hiking with my bro & dad in yosemite..it was amazing..everyone needs to go there please! (pics on facebook)

i'm off to Pebble Beach for my last weekend with the fam! should be fun. i leave for Socal next friday...i would be much happier knowing i was returning with you guys to 263, but alas, life goes on and i will miss you every time i drive by the stinks...in fact i miss you every single day. 

i can't wait until i actually have stuff happening in my life to BLOG about. i'll keep you all in the loop with pepp stuff. 

love, katiecraig

The day I became Jenna Schiedermayer

This is not even a lie. My roommate Liz was shocked and appalled at the chaos I caused within 1 hour. Jenna called me for a phone date tonight and when she called I informed her I would have to call her back due to the fact that I was currently trying to nurse a 3rd degree burn I incurred...on my vag. Yes. My vag.

We have no couches currently because my bro took mine and our other roommate is moving in this weekend and she has all the family room furniture. So my other roomie Liz (there are lots of them, this I know is true)...and I are watching a movie and I boil some water for tea. As soon as I bring the tea in the family room and sit on the floor, I dump and entire mug of boiling water on my crotch...yes, my crotch. The next 25 minutes was marked by me sitting in just my undies and icing my vag...all the while my roommate is dying with laughter....THEN to make things worse (there is already a chance I will not be able to have children after this fiasco)...my friend Sol decides to "drop by" and pick some stuff up at our apartment....he asks Liz where I am and she tells him I burnt my crotch really bad and locked myself in the bathroom with Ice. Great. Laughter ensued. I called Jenna back while I finished the icing process (she can attest to the pain I caused myself).....

You would think that would be enough JSchied OG to get me through at least this month. But no....I walk back to the family room (in my undies still with ice on my crotch) to rejoin my roommate and literally kick an entire glass of red wine across the family room all over our brand new carpet. Great. 2 hours later (home remedies, wine away, carpet cleaner, etc) I have reduced the color to just a hint of pink and now I am going to bed. Here's to knowing that tomorrow cannot be any worse than today.

Cheers.

Sometimes you just need a day off....

Hello my lovelies....

It is currently a dreary, wet, cold monday morning in San Francisco. I'm curled up with my down comforter and sipping some tea. I thought I would post something here on our little blog to let you guys in on my life a little bit.

Natalie Horne came to visit me this weekend and just left early this morning. I cannot tell you how good it was to have a little piece of pepperdine here with me. Sometimes I forget how much college meant to me and how much we all grew up there....I got nostalgic. But more to come on nat's trip later.

Why, might you ask, is workaholic Karissa sitting at home on a monday morning? Well, I have not really had a day where I work less than 10 hours in the last 7 weeks, so I was burnt out. I didn't stop to recognize that I was burnt out until last night. I went to bed at 10:00 with the intention of getting up at 6, going to breakfast with Nat, and sending her on her way to the airport before heading off to another day of work. That was the plan. I tossed and turned all night....literally only slept from 5am-6am. Misery. The whole night I was literally wrestling with the Lord. I swear I could hear His voice saying "Look at me, listen to me, obey me, REST Karissa!" I tried to focus on the Lord and allow myself to rest in Him and spend the night catching up with Him, which I have NOT been making time for. I couldn't do it. My mind races, my heart pounds, I am a stress ball. As you all know I only know one way and that is "go go go." You've all seen the unhealthy repercussions of that in the past, but this was the first time I have seen it reflected in my walk with the Lord. Literally, my mind was racing to the point that I could not get a prayer out. It was ridiculous. I remember at one point speaking out loud "you want me to rest, fine, im trying to rest and you are not letting me" which was followed by my attempts to find peace and rest on my own. ON MY OWN. Tea, warm milk, friends episodes, reading my bible, using EVERY method I knew to bring sleep upon myself. And there it was....the perfect example of the way I live my life. Hearing and feeling the Lord's presence in my life, and yet still using my own brute force to accomplish what I claim His will is for me. I think by rest the Lord meant, "lay down your head, relax, be with me, listen to me, sit still, know that I am here, acknowledge my presence, and do nothing more... nothing more." Why is that literally the hardest thing for me to do? So I decided to call in for a personal day today at work.... I got up at 6 and had breakfast and tea at my fave restaurant in my neighborhood with Nat and she said, "Karissa, it sounds like you just need a day off....just relax today and enjoy God's presence."

So that is what today is.... just for me to learn a little bit about sitting still (I know you are all probably laughing at the image of me trying to mellow out, relax, sit still, etc.) But I am gonna try. I am gonna get groceries, go to yoga class and run at the gym, and spend time with my journal which has been sadly deserted ever since I started working.

Now that I recognize that this is an issue for me I am understanding that there were so many people telling me to relax in my life (you all, just to name a few) that I didn' t listen to. Being up here and meeting new people and new friends and near strangers noting that I seem to be the most high stress person they know has opened my eyes a little. There is this boy (who I am thinking you will all hear more about in the weeks and months to come...) and we have gotten really close and saturday night had an andre and pizza party on my living room floor. He said something that hurt a little coming from someone I still feel as though doesn't know me super well.... "Karissa, if I am going to be honest, you are always moving at 100mph, its hard to keep up"... oh. ouch. I didn't realize people noticed this from the outside...I thought it was just a weird internal quirk that my closest friends laughed about every now and then and embraced me for. I did not think it was a character trait that stuck out like a sore thumb.

Anyways, you guys probably knew all this, but I wanted to share with you what God is doing in my life and what I am learning, and if you could pray for me in this struggle I would really appreciate it. I am trying really hard to change the unhealthy side of this and channel it into a gift that the Lord can use.

I love you all and hope your day is as wonderfully restful as mine.

xo,
k-ris

i'm cursed

soooo steph and i came home today to find our bathroom flooded. reminiscent of the Great Flood in 263. however instead of leaking into gary's apartment, it leaked into the garage onto someone's car. so naturally i had visions of julie sitting on the toilet with the mop singing "row, row, row your boat". partially because steph and i practically had to do the same thing.

but unlike desta, our landlord sent someone immediately and it will be fixed within the hour.

hope you all get a nice laugh at my expense.

culinary adventures

i made nachos today. i put pineapple, tomatoes, black beans, peppers and onion. and they are the most delicious nachos i've ever had. but its not the same without you all.

miss you all more than you know.

colour..

This color option opens up a whole new world in blogging for me. 

STOP me now.

this might get out of CONTROL!

LOVEEEEEE, 

KATIE

Katherine Anne Craig

I CAN CHANGE THE FONT >>> OMG!

sooo cool. 

ok. and i digress

Karissa, i'm sooo happy that you are staying busy/loving friends/life in SF! Liz said she is enjoying having you as a roomie, but looking forward to spending more time with yoU! and those mash-up things sound grand...right up my alley.

jenna bean, 

yah for santa monica. I C-A-N-N-O-T wait to see you more often.

becs. hearing your voice the other day made me smile so big! i love that your life is so fun right now and you are getting to travel and go where the wind takes you =) 

Julie (handi-crapper...as bob craig calls them) 

you will soon be back to good, but until then, i'm excited to hear about all your outings and adventures with the BOOT! yesss. and ps. i'm going to see you in about 2 weeks...yes way. 

FONT CHANGE.

nothing much is new in the wainwright compound. we are expecting an addition any day now from my cousin matt & his wife jannette. 

-last night papa wainwright semi-hit on the hostess while we were out at dinner...i had to tell him to stop winking at her when her mother came in to dine. 

-i killed 50 flies in my house today because my genius brother leaves the doors open.

-i just finished THE SHACK... bomb.com

-I'm starting this book called "do you think i'm beautiful" by angela thomas, i've heard its similar to captivating

-my bro and i visited gpa & gma craig today...they made us root beer floats and then talked to us about how horrible US public transit is compared to Europe. My papa especially liked how you can "walk right off the train" with out going down stairs or anything...( i tried to explain to him that most rapid transits in the US are like this) he didn't believe me. 

-gracie is staring at me right now

&

this reminded me of you ladies..

"I always thank my Go as i remember you in my prayers because i hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the Saints." philemon 4-5

love,

KC

My b

Definition according to urban dictionary:

Mashup:

Musical genre. Involves cutting and pasting samples and loops from two or more popular tracks to form a new track, often forming a suprisingly catchy new tune. Not as complex as remixed music. There are a number of bedroom djs who create moderate quality mashups. The more different the genres of the source tunes, the more effective the mashup.

Its like girltalk...theres this warehouse in SOMA that puts on a rave of all mashup music every other saturday night...the one I went to was a tribute to Michael Jackson....it was bliss.

"warehouse mach-up rave"

Can us non-city folks please have a definition of this? I just can't picture my little Karissy-poo at a rave...

Also, Ed sucks. Reid should have won. Watching the Bach was NOT the same without all of you...although Jenna and I did get to watch it together. Be jealous.

Karissa, so proud you joined a gym. Your physical fitness test will be with me next time I see you.

I am going to Vegas this weekend. The one and only T.Kupper has hooked us up with a 5 bedroom suite. 13 peeps in Vegas. I'm on crutches. This could be a disaster.

ED WONNN

And I was clearly very happy, but what I wouldn't give to be sitting with you all drinking Andre and crying/screaming at the TV.... miss trashy TV night like whoa....it'll never be the same.

Missing you all lots and lots tonight.

I'm a little overdue on a 2-6-3 post....

Dearest Women who I love so much,

Where to start? I miss you all so much! I can't beieve we graduated like 3 months ago! I feel like time has flown by! Life in the city moves so fast. I am busy working allll day and usually have extra work at night or some other activity I have committed to...Needless to say I am tired a lot, but I love that I am busy and never has a second to be bored or lonely in this huge city.

I am loving the friends I have made here. I feel like I am in a college community still, but with older people and no classes....the best! I wish that you all could meet my friends because I know you would love them all. I am loving my apartment, my roommates, my job, mu church, and the adventures I feel like I go on daily. There is always somewhere to explore and something new to do and for that reason I love this city. The downside? I think there has only been 4 days since I have moved here that I can wear a dress or summer clothes....its been in the mid to low 50's this past week...SO cold. But you know me, I love the fog and rain so I am happy as a clam for the most part. I have had so much fun going out to different places every weekend and exploring all the fun divebars, warehouse mash-up raves, rooftop terraces, gay bars and theme parties the city has to offer. I cannnnnot wait for you all to come visit and experience the bliss that is san fran nightlife...its so different than anything I have ever seen. Love. It.

In other news I am planning three trips with some friends here that I am super excited about!! My friends Sol, Pat, Courtney, and Christa and I are planning trips to Lanai, New York and Asia! I am super excited and lovin it that the people I have met here share my passion for adventure and seeing the world. I didn't think I would meet people that love traveling as much as Pepperdine Kids, but apparently they do exist.

My job is going great and I've started to hang out with work people a lot which is super fun! In sadder news, my boss is an absolute crazy woman and more intense than any individual I have ever met (including me)... I get yelled at pretty much every day, so it is pretty funny at this point.

OOO...Julie, this is for you...I know you never thought this would happen but I joined a GYM!! Im gonna be so buff and Im gonna work on my pancakes so i can play with you over christmas break. I plan on being ready for the olympic team.

Well, I think thats all I can think of for now and my bed time is rapidly approaching, but I love youall so so much and will write more later to tell you all about what God is doing in my life and what I am learning each and every say.

All my love,
Karissa

Broooken broooken brooooken

I am broken. I'm sure you all know by now...I am in a boot and on crutches for 6 weeks.
I went to Denver this past weekend, and got myself wheelchair assistance. I didn't wait a second for secuirty. Although, I did feel mentally challanged as everyone watched me. I'll be back in action in no time!

katiecraig/random post

some things i've found out this summer/done:

skin will actually melt to leather car seats

cool whip gives me intestinal problems

i'm not a baby person ( i thought i was)

i want to be cremated when i die

i accidentally planned my wedding

don't talk to old men named arthur at the pool

i've been extremely happy this summer, while being extremely poor

i still can't drink tequila or vodka (thank you PURE)

i still CAN drink rum & coke (hallelujah)

currently my hair has not been washed since saturday..oops

i COOK myself breakfast every morning

i'm giving blood on wednesday, free food.

thats all the random stuff i can think of now!

i'm sure they'll be more

peace out adult homies!

love,

katie craig

Just making up for lost time...

I'm savoring this internet. If anyone ever wants to go to Disneyland, or more importantly come visit me...please do. If we don't go to Disneyland, we can listen to their fireworks every evening at 9:35pm EVERY night!!!

1st Blog EVER

I don't have internet, so I am at a coffee bean in ghetto Anaslime. Hope I make it through the blog posting.
Jk, BUT today I got my car washed and as I waited for my car, the most wonderful of couples came to the gas station. The lady probably weighed 17 lbs. And the man dropped his bong as he approached the am/pm store. He probably had the munchies.
Michael Jackson died, did you guys hear about that?! Sad. I was outside his hospital room when it happened, ok I was outside the hospital. Close enough. As sad as this sounds, that is probably the highlight of my life after 263. My life is boring. Who goes to Coffee Bean at 3 pm?? Oh ya, people without real jobs (me). But I like my non-real job a lot. Minus the fact that I want to rip my foot off (it hurts), and that I make no money (hear hear Karissa!). I play, I workout, I go to the beach/pool, hang out...I'm dating a Hawaiian boy, that's a new ethnicity for me. A little spice.
I'm going to Denver next weekend for my last SAAC meeting ever. Hooray. Then the weekend after I'm going to Vegas...a SAAC reunion with some oldies from the group. And ours truly, Tyler Kupper will be there. Staying in a 5 bedroom suite, NBD. Oh ya, for free. Then sometime after that going to see Karissa. Anyone want to go for her bday weekend???? I'm going!!!
I'll get a little sappy now...I miss you all dearly. I really do cherish the unique friendships I have made with each of you. It's not easy to find friends like you. I have made some goodies here, some funny peeps. And some lezzys (I'm less of a homophob now).
I'll end on that note. Love and miss you all!!!

the pinnacle of my klutziness

today at work, i was leaving one of my bosses (Ben's) office and i tripped over my chair and proceeded to land knee first on the marble floor. they had to call in the trainer to come check out my knee. i have to wear an ace bandage and i kind of hobble. its unfortunate.

this is katie

so my sister is in DC right now for a leadership conference for the Alexander Graham Bell association.  Its for deaf kids like her. 

on the DO NOT FORGET list.. they put....alarm clock. 

thought you might get a little chuckle out of that like we did. 

hi wonderful friends,

i love and miss you all so much however the exciting amount of blogging this week has been so refreshing. it is so wonderful to hear how God has been working and changing in each of your lives. i am so proud of all of you and am so blessed to be called your friends.

karissa-way to makes us all proud and not be a pansy. i guess its a lot harder to chicken out when you don't have the Jack's Deli option. i'm sad i can't be with you this weekend. :( stupid security deposits, speeding tickets and rent. BUT i will be there on September 5th, October 3rd and November 11 (for Cal games but still!) also you must be so happy that Ed came back last night, i was devastated at the loss of jesse. while my heart truly lies with kiptyn (and reid in a weird way), i loved jesse as well. there was some anger down at nicole's last night. had you been at ralph and barbs, you probably could have hears the screams.

katiecraig-i suck and haven't sent your pants yet...i swear once this stupid move is done they will be sent to you i promise. but on a happier note, you have no idea how happy i am to hear all the cool spiritual stuff that's happening with you. it has been amazing to watch you grow these past 2 years, and i am so glad you are finding satisfaction in the Lord's presence. honestly, nothing has brought more joy to my heart this week than to hear you say that. i am excited for when you live closer to me! i know santa monica is far, but i can feed you. healthy food which i am so proud you are eating.

becs-first off, call me back. secondly, i'm so excited for you and all of your exciting adventures! i am glad the internship has been rewarding and fun! it is excellent to actually be doing real work as hard and as long as the days seem to be sometimes. and Tanzania! so much fun! i know that God is going to use you. i love how you are so willing to go to far off lands to use your gifts. God has blessed you with such a fearlessness. know that i am praying a lot for the whole Paris situation and i firmly believe that He will work it all out. waiiiit, also jesse? as in jesse steele? as in what is happening there? CALL ME BACK!

jules-rooms, post one of these days. also, nicole and i want to come visit you soon!

as for me, honestly, i have had a pretty rough week. In between work (which i still love so much despite the fact that my boss is completely nuts), packing and life, one of my friends from high school who i went through a whole lot with committed suicide last monday. i hadn't seen her in a few years, and it just makes it all the harder. but i have already seen such good come of it in terms of repairing some broken relationships and watching how amazing the Body of Christ is during a tragedy. Watching the way that this family has been cared for and loved by their friends was so inspiring and it made me so thankful to have a community of girls that i love and who i know love me.

but on to happier things, i am moving!!! we have the most perfect apartment in Santa Monica. its in a little neighborhood area AND because the previous tenants had lived there for 35 years, we get all new EVERYTHING. paint, granite counters, light fixtures, sinks, toilets and for a really unreal price. i am so excited to be settled there as of saturday and just really start investing in friends, church and of course, work.

something i have really been pondering recently in my quiet times is the idea of a Sabbath. it's the 4th commandment, but yet it seems to be the most ignored. i have decided to commit my Sundays completely to the Lord and to rest. i think being in the working world has finally made me see how important that Sabbath is for our wellness and to just reconnect with the Lord. i remembering reading that commandment and the notes in my study about it and wondering when was the last time i took an entire day and did nothing but enjoy God's presence. no errands, no obsessive cleaning, nothing. i was really convicted to make it a priority and i am really going to try hard. pray that i keep following God's will in that situation.

i love you guys so much and this week has really made me praise the Lord that I have such amazing, grounded, loving friends like all of you. i hope we can all have playtime soon.

Another late night...

First of all, I can't believe I started this thing and haven't written anything in it yet. Second, it's exactly 3:33am in Texas and I still can't sleep...this has been quite a pattern lately.

Wow. We're so grown up. Karissa, I hope the new jobs, but especially the fellowship, are going well. Just don't run yourself in to the ground. I'll pray that God provides the money for rent/life, He always does, but trust me, I understand. Part of the reason I can't sleep. And I'm SO proud that you gave blood! I thought of you a few weeks ago, long story short, I was sitting next to my cousin on a boat and a rope sliced through both hands down to the bone. Blood EVERYWHERE. When I was sitting in the emergency room with her, I thought, wow Karissa would be dying right now. And it made me miss you, lots. But seriously, I'm so proud of you!

Jenna. Big girl job. Almost new apartment (I actually don't know that for sure, but I've done some facebook stalking and it looks that way!) New church. I'm so excited for you! I do miss your baking/cooking LOTS. My mom and Robert are on a diet where they have cereal for dinner to help them lose weight. downside for me? I get to cook my own meals. Which are never as good as yours, no matter how much sweat and blood I pour in to them. argh.

Katie Craig. We suck at keeping in touch, but one of these days it'll happen and I'll get to hear your voice. Umm, like I said major facebook stalking (I can't sleep, what do you expect?!) and patrick freaking o'connor....what is he doing? are y'all talking? what? ANYWAY. I am so proud of your growth this summer (with God AND your boobs! whooo hoo!!) And of course you're blowing all those merced students out of the water, they're competing with the champion of creativity. keep making me proud.

Julie: WRITE SOMETHING. i miss you. joge.

So. Life for me lately consists of my job and working out. that's all I do during the week. I work 50 hours a week and then I workout for an hour and a half every day. mostly because I just want to see how in shape I can get, just for kicks. I like the internship, I'm learning a lot, and I actually get to do real work (like create an ad campaign, for example. pretty sweet) BUT I know for sure I won't ever work for a big national company some day...I prefer small companies.

I dyed my hair. It's now a darkish/reddish brown. I think I like it. But you know me and hair color...still trying to find the right one haah. 

The au pair agency now has all my paperwork and is working to find me a family. This process has been expensive, but if it works out, it'll be SO worth it...PLEASE pray that I get placed with a family. It's hard waiting and trusting that God has something out there for me. I'm just trying to take the first step and take that risk of doing something out of the ordinary, which right now looks stupid to everyone else (for example, my father. He and Steve would be besties. Super conservative. Hates France. yadda yadda). So yeah...prayers are great. God is good.

I bought my plane ticket to Tanzania last week. 42 days! I leave August 10th, get back the 29th and could possibly be leaving for Paris as soon as September 5th. AAAAH. Crazy. Anyway, I'm so excited for Tanzania...spending a few days in Kenya to see the little girls that I stayed with last time....and to pick up Jesse. Who will then spend a little time with me in Tanzania. And then we're spending about a week on Zanzibar, an island about an hour and a half off the coast. Staying in a hut. With no door. On the beach. Same room. WHAT? it could either be really great. or really awkward. we'll see. I'll chat with y'all about that when we talk via the phone. I'll leave it at that for now....OH. and it's 2 flights. each about 11 hours long. I HATE flying, especially by myself. and one of them is on the same kind of plane that the air france one was...so pray that I'm safe. both in the air and from somali pirates/malaria and other diseases/etc AND that the orphanage will be a blessing to the kids there.

So yeah...that's basically it. I really look forward to the weekends now, which I'm sure you can all relate to...I haven't had a dull one yet. Ashley Cheda came a few weeks ago, which was great, otherwise I hang out with the girls I grew up with or my family. Dallas is actually a great city, I'd move here someday. but that's a big maybe. who knows. Can't guarantee it, but I'm gonna try to fly with the other girls to Paris from LA, so hopefully I'll be there for a few days in early Sept and get to see y'all. Karissa, get your butt down there if I'm there. I promise I'll come to san fran someday!

OK, i'm gonna try to get some shut eye so I'm not a total waste tomorrow. I love you girls so much and wish I could just pop over to 263 and eat some cracker/caramel goodness, drink some vino, and see your beautiful faces.

love love love,

Becs

THE LAST POST WAS KATIECRAIG (I'M STILL COMPUTER CHALLENGED)

New lifestyle

its kinda crazy. but with time and dedication i have been able to effectively change a few aspects of my life...

1. i wake up before 7 am every day (its actually wonderful and the only time in merced that it is not freaking 104 degrees out)

2. i eat like a jenna & karissa now, really healthy..i'm not sure what has happened to me.

3. i have not drank in forever (besides when i saw julie...haha we had a date and got a lil tips together)

4. i've had a lot of time to reflect on my life and the past year.  I have found so much peace in comparison with the end of the semester (guy wise), i was all over the place...God has really allowed me to be content with not having a guy to depend on or constantly contact in my life!!  and i'm reading Captivating again!

so 4 things..not that many..but big for me. oh also, i'm a small C now. yessssssssssssss

I love you all and miss your faces dearly...becs, i miss your hair as well...i love looking at it..so mesmerizing.  

I'm really bad at structuring these blogs. i'll work on that!

oh classes are going well. i'm blowing the drawing 1 students out of the water...not to brag or anything =)

talk to you soonnnn my little ladies

I am the champion my friends...

I did it.

I got blood drawn. I caused a scene at the lab due to blacking out and nearly vommiting....panic attacking...sweating off 3 pounds of water weight. Dear me....a SCENE. I had to be taken to a private room with a table...they gave me juice.... my friend is a nurse for pediatric ER and she took me and helped me, but when I was done and recovered laughed for an hour straight and said her 7 year olds are far braver than me. Whatever.

But, I did it. Thought you all would be proud.

Love and miss you...I start my 70 hour work week on wednesday! Can't wait.

SURPRISEEEEEEEEE

I am officially employeddddddddd!! WOOO God is so good! It is exactly what I want to be doing and it will open doors to any career I could possibly want!!

So here is the deal:

I got a 6 month fellowship at a non profit called Net Impact (read more about it at netimpact.org)...it merges my love for non profits, business, and economics in ways I could never have dreamed. I will be working with all the keynote speakers at the annual conference...this years is teh CEO of GE, which is HUGE. Apparently everyone who has had this job has gone on into incredible jobs after, so that is really exciting!! The office is this cute trendy loft in SOMA, with a bunch of cute (and educated) hipsters that work there! Right up my alley!

The downside? It only pays a stipend of $600/month which isnt even enough to cover my rent. The job is 40-50 hours per week and I will be working at my old job 20 hours a week doing freelance grant writing to make extra money. ALSO, I picked up a consulting job for about 10 ours a week...ergo....I will be working 80 hours a week for the next 6 months just so I can pay rent. Sweet. Please pray that God provides because I literally am SO stressed about money, but truly feel that this is the job that God has for me right now.

Anyways, just wanted to fill you guys in!! Thank you for all your prayers and encouragement over the last month! Love you all!!

xoxo,
Karissa

I just thought you all should know...

that I peed at the Other Room without getting locked in the bathroom. great success.

KATIE

i still don't know how to make an account for myself...so i'm using becs.

anyways. Jenna! i'm so excited that you are loving your job..that is awesome.  Karissa, i just gave blood the other day..you will do awesome and you won't DIE..promise. I'm expecting a call from becca tonight and i'm sooo excited. 

with me:  i've been hanging around..with the grandparents (both sets) and cleaning..making lists etc.  I've been going to the gym everyday with my dad and i'm doing the stair climber for 15-20 minutes...talk about killer..that ish is HARD! It's real fun to see people from highschool while you're sweating gallons and smell...NOT.  (i just realized that i type how i speak..all slangy and whatnot) i should fix that.  

i still have not found my lululemon pants..i'm bummed. i must have left them at school =( so if anyone sees them around.

oh i officially have no money. thats fun. and my mom is going to pitch a fit about me going down to malibu this week..boo her. oh well. 

if anyone is in the mood for movies..i've watched these this summer and approve for your viewing:  wolverine, bedtime stories, hotel for dogs & taken. 

i'm going to yosemite on tuesday with my dad..which i'm uber excited about,, yah! i'll take pics and post them up here somehow. 

ps. my parents have been impressed with my "cooking" skills..which are pretty slim to non in comparison to you guys..but still..i learned from the best..i have to say i miss jenna's cooking =)

FUNNY: i saw this car that looked like a dinosaur..no joke..so i said that aloud and my sister thought i said it was Diane Sawyers car and was all "where..where?..dave and i got a good laugh out of that. 

love you and miss you all!

Katherine Anne

I am actually awake after 11 p.m. so therefore I will blog

Hello my beautiful friends,

I miss you all you so very much (and am excited that I get to see little Rissy Roo tomorrow)! This week has been a complete whirlwind for me. I started at the Dole Nutrition Institute on Monday and have completely fallen in love with my work. It is so exciting to be doing something I am passionate about and getting to read and research articles about food all day long. My department runs free fitnesses classes after work that I have started attended and let me tell you they are pretty much kicking my butt.

And get this, it's actually the non-profit sector of Dole. Who would have ever thought I'd be working at a non-profit? Tis funny the way God works sometimes...

However my boss terrifies me. In a cool, I respect you so much that I can't help but fear you. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Harvard, was a former speechwriter for George H W Bush and might be the smartest, toughest person I have ever worked for.

My sister "graduated" from 8th grade this week so that is probably the biggest news in my personal life. it's a very weird feeling to have her in high school. My cute little baby is growing up. :(

Other than that, I have just been settling into work, hanging out with Dana and trying to figure out what church I want to start investing in.

Hope you all are well. Other people need to blog besides Karissa cause I want to know what is going on with you all.

love,

Jenna

death.

well this is 3 posts in a row for me, but hey i'm unemployed it makes sense. Here is the reason for the post: I am having blood drawn 3 weeks from today. FML. Its finally happening. I am prepared though, my friend who is a nurse is stealing tourniquets, etc from her hospital so we can do run throughs minus the needle so that I am ready for the big day....I am so pathetic, but at least im stepping up to the plate this time....which is more than I can say for Becca....cough....stretching...cough. JK, love you girl!

You guys fail at posting.

Work on it.

I think I understand this?

Where is Jenna when you need her? This setting crap up on my own is lame. ANYWAYS, Wow. Sorry I haven't posted any updates...I believe after I do, that means that Julie is the only one to not complete a post. Tisk. Tisk. Well, my life has changed quite a bit since peppy-d. Its crazy to think that only a month has gone by. I am all settled in my precious little apartment, our two other roommates move in next week, so that is super exciting. Initially, it was super hard to adjust to not having you all around, or at least people that don't compare, but pass the time. Now that I have been here a month I have meet so many people that are so interesting and fun to spend time with. It has been tough not having you guys here with me, not having people to constantly support me, but it has been a really trying and growing experience that I'm so thankful for. So, what have I been up to? I went to hawaii with ralph and barbs for an impromptu holiday, Ive been going on like 3 interviews a week and have two job offers, but am still holding out for the one I really want at an incredible non profit consulting firm! If I get this job I would have lots of chance to travel for work to LA so that would be so fun to see katie, jen, and julie semi-regularly. Please pray that this job works out, it is so perfect, I just pray that God opens that door. If I don't get the job as operations coordinator at taproot, I will most likely be taking a job at a big insurance company called Amwins (my pride just wont let me say yes to the job at my dads company...I'm a little stubborn :)..) Besides the boring work stuff, life in san fran is pure bliss and everything I had hoped for. So many fun adventures in the bay area! So many fun bars, restaurants, cafes, music, parties, ahh never a dull moment. Beccs, there are two french bakeries/restaurants I already have planned to take you to, you will LOVE them. I've made a ton of friends through my church here which I adore and am so blessed to be a part of. Two of my new best friends are random neighbor boys I met at my bus stop, turn out they live across the street from us and one of them is a christian and has started coming to church with us. They are such a blessing to me and I am so excited to have some solid guys friends already. So there is summary thus far....the next two weeks could potentially be crazy. I have weddings for the next two weekends in a row, one up here this weekend and one down in SD next weekend, but on the way to San Diego I am stopping in LA for Thomas' commissioning, which I am so excited for! Throughout the last month I have learned a few things, the most important being trusting in the Lord's provision and learning to fall in love with Him in a totally new way... I re read Francis' Chan's book "Crazy Love" and it literally touched me in a totally new way this time around, I would highly suggest it to you all, its incredible! I'm sure Jen would tell you the same. And last but definitely not least I have two trips I'm currently planning....One is to merced to see katie craig this summer ( SO EXCITED!) and the other I thought I would mention because Becs will LOVE it...A road trip through the deep south with our friend Courtney who is from Georgia and went to school in South Carolina...Christa and I are SO excited because we are really going to get to experience the south!! Wooo, ain't nothin better than fried chicken and a fountain coke y'all!! OK, wow, this is a super long post, but I just wanted to catch you all up to where I am at!! I miss you guys so much and hope I get to see you soon!! Love love love to you all, you are always in my prayers!!

Karissa

sorry sorry sorry. i fail as posting. i know. and im going to post and uber long one later today and i have pictures from a certain special night that lives in all our memories and truly honors the blog. love you all!!!

because i can tell that my lack of blogging is breaking katiecraig's heart

hi loves of my life,

i miss you all so dearly. things have been kind of crazy over here. i am actually starting work at the Dole Nutrition Institute on June 1st! i had to go shopping for real adult clothes today so that was an experience...i'm also moving back to Malibu with Stephani next weekend so i am super excited about that too!

other than that, nothing too exciting, i just miss you all.

robert pattinson is not hotter than zac. not at all.

EVERYBODY IS FAILING AT BLOGGING/happy memorial day =)

this is katie...i still can't figure out how to get my own thing. but i did put all my pictures and music on my external hard drive by myself..Jenna you would be proud. 

i was saddened...deeply saddened when i went to go look at the blog and discovered no new posts my any of my loved ones =(   

SO...i'll go first.

i went to go buy a new bra the other day..and i had to buy a C! (im very excited) and thats basically the highlight of my summer so far...oh yah and i bought a Edward poster (twilight) damn..it's better than the zac poster.

smiles & love,

katie

testing 1, 2, 3

did it work?

fail

my brother & i went to see wolverine (very cool movie) the other night at 9:30.  when it was over we were walking out and david saw an old very & quickly exchanged hellos. the friend asked david what movie he saw, and david told him. then david politely asked him the same question. to which the friend replied "oh i'm seeing that chick flick about girlfriends with matthew mcconaughey...you should take your girl to see it" as he points at me. he thought my i was my brothers girlfriend. fail fail fail.

Just kidding, I guess I didn't figure this post thing out! Ha ha.. Sorry ladies! I love you all as well, but I posted the last post for the wrong lovely group of ladies. I pray for you all that you are doing well, enjoying summer and job searching or whatever it is you may be up to! My best to you all!

~Ashley

Hello my dear best friends!

I really have no excuse for not blogging yet... I guess the only one I can think of is that I am computer illiterate and can't figure out how to blog! Ha, but I guess I don't have that excuse because I just figured it out!

Last week I relaxed, slept a ton, and kind of embarrassed about this but I was surprised to find out that I love the Twilight series! I'm starting the third book today and will probably finish this and the last one before my cruise next week!!

About that, I can't wait to go to ...CANADA?? what? Like Shayla's cruise plans our Mexican cruise was rerouted to Vancouver Canada and Victoria British Colombia! I am really excited, actually. It will certainly be a blast with the Baker family. They are always a good time.

I just got back last night from my Gram's ranch in Platina near Redding... Matt and my gparents and I road ATV's and swam and rode horses! I love it there, I wish you all could experience the joy of this 14,750 acres of adventure! You would love it.

Unfortunately, all the things I have been doing to keep myself busy has not distracted me enough from missing you all...I don't even know that I properly said goodbye to most of you. Sorry about that. I guess it's just because I refuse to let it be a goodbye. I know I will see you again! (at least I hope I know..) No, I will. I will be back in Malibu in June for the summer session living with my parent's from last summer, the Fitzpatricks! It won't be the same without you in my bed Linds... :(

Please come visit if you ever are in the Malibu area! After that who knows where I'll be.
Becs I'm calling you about Africa soon..

I love you all and miss you somethin' aweful!

Prayers for you all as you figure out your life. :)

~Ashley

ooops.

I now realize that some of that previous post did not make sense. I blame it on the fact that it's 4:47am texas time....wish I could sleep...

We always talked about it...now it's fo real!

Beautiful ladies...

Since we all know that none of us can sit in front of a TV without our laptops and now we don't have the excuse (ok, really Karissa doesn't have an excuse, who else really did homework?) we definitely don't have an excuse not to keep in touch....ta daaaa: the secret blog!!

I love you girls. I can't wait to hear updates, joys, complaints, ramblings on life in the big scary real world (or senior year for Katie, which can be equally frightening)

Love,

becs