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12.31.08

Movies I Want to See

Posted in Life, Little joys at 10:28 am by Krissie

Slumdog Millionaire

Benjamin Button

Marley and Me

Rachel Getting Married - I somehow missed this when it was in the theatres.

The Dark Knight - I know, I know - you can’t believe I haven’t seen it yet.  I’m sure it’s an incredible movie, it’s just that disturbing movies are hard for me, and I’ve been debating if it’s worth it.  I have finally decided that I will tolerate and deal with the disturbing, darkness of it and how it affects me, cause I think that it’s likely an incredible movie.

Seven Pounds

Australia

And just to through in a totally pointless fluff movie, that I’m sure only a female will find funny, Bride Wars.

I’m sure there are others, but off the top of my head, this is the list.  Have you seen any of them?  Were they good?

12.30.08

The Loot

Posted in Life, Family, Life, Little joys at 11:33 am by Krissie

Christmas was great!

One of the best things about it was being able to spend so much time at my mom’s house, and not be overcome with cat allergies.  Now I still had some issues, but it was so much better than it usually is.  Thanks mom, for making the effort to de-cat hair your house for me.  It worked!

So here is what I got:

  • A paper-source desk calendar
  • Money (cause that’s what my dad always gets me): with it I bought, a new purse, a paper-source wall calendar, a new shower curtain liner, and shower curtain hooks, a wall shelf for my bedroom.  The rest of the money, I put in the bank - yeah me!
  • A nice string of pearls.  My step-mom got them for me on one of her trips to China this past year - China has great pearls, and they are much less expensive over there.  I don’t know if they were technically a Christmas present, or a just because present, as they gave them to me in the car on the way to dinner, and not when we were unwrapping presents.  But I like them just the same.
  • Some Bath and Body Works Oil to Cream Body Wash
  • Nice Knives - a pairing knife and a bread knife
  • Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand - my mom got a copy for everybody, she’s a little over excited about the book - which is typical of my mother (love you, mom!).  I don’t know that I’ll ever read it, but who knows.
  • A purse sized calendar, that my mom put together for me.  I’m excited to start using it on Jan. 1.  Gonna be tracking my spending in it mostly.  I had been wanting one, and my SIL actually got a paper-source one for me - which I returned for the desk calendar once I opened my mom’s version.
  • A paper/card making supply rolling organizer.  This is one of those presents that I didn’t ask for, but my mom thought to get me anyway.  My mom usually does pretty good at picking a specific gift for me, even when I haven’t asked for it.  It’s usually something, I’ll really enjoy, just hadn’t thought of it myself.  

I think that’s it, but I may have missed something.  Mostly, I just enjoyed spending time with my family, both at my mom’s house, and the weekend before Christmas when my dad and Lynn were here.  I really enjoy spending time with my family, cooking, going to dinner, playing games, and just hearing stories of what’s going on with each other.

One funny thing - even though I listed off several things that I got, I actually didn’t open very much.  Apparently my mom was sorting everyones presents into boxes by person receiving them.  Instead of a box, she just put all of my gifts in my organizer.  My step-dad started helping with the wrapping, and after awhile asked her where the rest of my gifts were.  She explained that she’d put them in the organizer, which come to find out, he’d already wrapped, so I just opened one thing, with everything else in it.

I hope your Christmas was glorious!

12.24.08

Merry Christmas!

Posted in Spiritual Matters, Advent at 5:15 pm by Krissie

This year the words to O Come, O Come, Emmanuel have been sinking into my heart. What powerful words. Who of us hasn’t lived “who mourns in lonely exile here”, and who doesn’t want Christ to come, be with us, and pay our ransom.

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

12.21.08

Most Googled Words and Resulting Blog Changes

Posted in Blogs/My Blog, Life, Dating & Singleness at 10:39 pm by Krissie

So, by far the words/phrases searched for the most often to get to this blog are about being single and 30.  Ever since I started writing more specifically about singleness back in September, my site traffic has gone up.

As a result, I’ve made 2 main changes to my blog:

  1. I’ve added some “singles” features.  There is a new page on being single, and I’m encouraging everyone to check it out, and if you are single to leave your information, so others who find themselves in the same boat can check you out, and realize that even though it feels like it sometimes, we aren’t alone in the world.  Others exist who experience the same things as we do.  I’ve also auto expanded my Life category on my sidebar so that the link to the “Dating & Singleness” subcategory is more prominent.
     
    I’ve also added two more feeds: one for the Dating & Singleness Catagory only, and one for the comments on the Being Single Page.
     
  2. I’ve added some hopefully undetected spam squashing features.  You shouldn’t notice them, but let me know if something seems different for you, or isn’t working.  I’m hoping this will do the trick, if not then I’ll add a captcha to my comment form.

Let me know what you think, and if there are any other things you think would be of value.  I’d love to create even more community here.

BTW, the 2nd most searched for phrase is “starbucks senseo” which links here, and 3rd is “decorating with aluminum foil” which links here or here.

12.16.08

We’re on Yahoo!

Posted in Life as a Designer at 11:17 am by Krissie

Check out this article on yahoo.  It links to this value calculator that we made for Sprint.  So if you ever wonder what I do all day, now you know.

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