Not quite sure where to start...

seeing as it has been about 4 months since my last post. Who would of known that when I entered the "blogging" world it would be so hard for me to keep up with it and update it a bit more often. I guess it just takes a bit more discipline.

Here's a sneak peak at what has gone on in the last few months:

-quit an old job

-started a new job

-moved out of my mom's house

-rented an apartment on the shore

-have a great roommate (he is currently glaring at me as he is sitting beside me, lol)

-chopped my hair off twice

-started a crappy medication

Got the opportunity to get away last weekend before my bday to Seattle to play tourist, seeing as I haven't been down there to really scope things out. It was nice to get away and just do a whole lot of nothing. Checked out Pike market, Space needle and lots of shopping (despite Ryne's moaning and groaning)...got some pretty cool shots of Pike market which i hope to scrap in the next week or so (there are more pics posted on my FB).

Time ticking by

Wow, it has been awhile since i have posted anything. I was told the other day that i better get around to updating, so here i am! Don't even know where to start with everything that has happened...hmmmmmmmmmmm!

Well i guess i can start by saying that i graduated! It's about time that i close one chapter and open another. Feels so good to be "officially" done and say that i have those letters behind my name, BKin, lol! It was a good day surrounded by awesome people! Dear friend and the amazing photographer, Jon graced me with this presence and his wonderful camera (which my mother was thankful for)!

Had an eventful road trip about 2 weeks ago down to Californina. Tagged along as "crew" for a group of runners (boyfriend and his friends) to the Western States Endurance Run. These crazy boys decided to run 100 miles and attempt to do it in sub- 24 hours. Got to experience the good ol' American TARGET, Lake Tahoe, Reno and Mount Shasta. It was an amazing adventure and I look forward to another opportunity again in 6 weeks!

Gone for good...

Ok, I know this is odd to post on here and probably no one really cares, but I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. This is what I did this afternoon and it was long over due! My scissors met my good ol' credit card...

This should of been done a long time ago, however this little piece of plastic always felt like my "security blanket" and it was always there for those "what if" situations...it slowly started to not be used for those emergency situations that we all claim to have one for! So i made the decision to get rid of it for good! One step closer to doing things on my own i guess you could say...my plan is to move out in sept. so maybe this will be one step closer to that happening, lol!

Sunny days!!!

These days it seems that everyday that we have sunshine I have to work...except for yesterday!!! So excited to wake up to sunshine yesterday that i took full advantage of it! My dear dear friend Gozo (aka. Lindsey Joy) is leaving me :( in the summer (i know it's still a ways away) for law school and with both our busy sched. we never get to see each other. So we took my camera down to a trail near my house and just walked for hours and took random silly and somewhat strange photos. Like I said they are random...

One more exam on Monday then I can say i'm officially done!!! Can't wait! Congrats again to Jenn and Jim on the birth of baby Angelo....absolutely gorgeous baby!

Home and an adventure begins

Been home from Edmonton a little over 24 hours and still don't think I have completley recovered. Got sent there for the Managers meeting last week....overwhelming and educational at the same time. Met some really great people, had some good laughs and learned lots. Now the task begins of coaching and managing a great team. I look forward to it and am also a little timid. Have lots of great ideas for the store and my team, just hope I can do it!

Took my camera to Edmotnon with intention of taking a few pics...however this is the only one i took from my hotel room :) There is actually still snow on the ground and the river is frozen!

Hit me this morning that I am done school on Wednesday...and I mean done done! Except for final exams i am done my undergrad. Just need to balance these last few weeks with studying and trying to work 40 hours a week! Feels kinda strange that I won't be going back in September but look forward to what the year will bring. Will start the process of applying for my Masters at the end of the summer!

Completely Overwhelmed

It's 8:34 pm and I'm on my fourth cup of coffee/tea for the day and trying desperatly to stay awake for a few more hours....however all my body wants to do is SLEEP...

Have to admit that this is the week from hell! Only wish there were more hours in the day to get it all done. Have two midterms (which happen to be HUGE) on Wednesday followed by a HUGE research paper due on Thursday which has not been started and probably won't until Wednesday nite after my exam (sigh). Looks like another all nighter will be required. Feeling completely bogged down and drained, starting to get sick and trying to still get my runs in (at least that is somewhat of a stress relief). Can't wait until friday comes :) , however still have a ways to go!

Proving them wrong

One of the things that I want to accomplish this year was a half marathon and hopefully a full marathon. The last few weeks since I started a new round of medication and injections all I hear from my Doctors and family is to NOT do this and how I shouldn't be running long distances. Apparently I am suppose to "listen to my disease." All I want to do is be successful at something while trying to prove to everyone else around me that i'm like everyone else and can do this! It's frustrating to be considered an outsider and all I want is to be "normal" (if there is such a thing). I want to be seen as a runner, someone who is successful and determined.

A Resolution

I promised myself that one of my news year's resolutions or "things" I was going to pay more attention to was updating my blog more regularly and not 3 months at a time :) So far I haven't fulfilled that promise, seeing as it is the third week of January.....but I figure now is better than not at all....

Last weekend I got to experience the teachings of an absolutley amazing and talented women, ALI Edwards! She truly is one of a kind and gives the best hugs ever! Lots of laughs with great people and "creative opportunities" were had :)


More to come...I promise!

When it rains, it pours!

WOW! It's been a while since i have been on here and actually written something...need to find the time to update this more often....and that brings me to this...

I happen to accept two job opportunities this weekend, brining me to working almost 7 days a week and going to school full time. Excited and apprehensive about it, but looking forward to it. Start working here this week:

which i'm excited about...gives the opportunity to spruce up my wardrobe and work with some great people...and the following week i get to start here:

There is a new location opening up in Burnaby on Nov. 15th, but in the mean time i get to work at the Coq. store. Very excited to teach and be apart of the training clinics and Running club...can't wait to put my Kinesiology to use :)

I'm also in the process of setting up a buisness....(i know i'm crazy) but i got the opportunity to sell my cards in a great shop in New West so I thought i would give it a try. Totally over whelmed with it, but looking forward to it. So if anyone has any great ideas on a name for my company, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated (seeing as I am a little busy and pre- occupied)

Also, a BIG congrats to Jenn (and of course Jim) for her recent amazing news!

Back to the grind

I would of thought just having left school that starting again 3 weeks later would be easy, but it's not. This will be day #2 of what may be a long three and half months...so i'm gonna need to find some sort of "method" to make this semester go by a little easier. Didn't really feel like much of a summer, besides the weather :)

Had some time to play with some stuff before i started school (seeing as i may not get much time to do this stuff)...got to play with some new basic grey in a color that i wouldn't normally scrap with, PINK (but i just had to for Shannon).

A little birdie...

...told me that it was time to post some of my LO's. My goal is to try (key work here is TRY) and use up some of this ridicuouls stash before I buy any of the new stuff that is out there, but it's hard and very tempting...until next time, this is what I've had in the working....

And I'm DONE :)

Well at least for now....running on ONE whole hour of sleep...silly me always leaves the HUGE papers for the night before they are due, so its my own fault! Have some time to breathe until I start in 3 weeks or so, but i'll by enjoying while I can.

Totally spur of the moment (well I had been "thinking" of it for a while) but I got my nosed pierced today...have to say it didn't feel so hot, but i'm told to give it a couple of days until the throbbing stops.

Just read my dear friend Jenn's blog and can relate to the over whelming and embarrassing amount of "stock pile" I have here or scrapping stuff that NEEDS to be used. So now that I have some time on my hands I can put some it to use. Ive been told to post some of my LO's so I promise I will :)

A sigh of relief

I can breathe a momentary sigh of relief until next week! Finished one more semester of my darn undergrad (which seems to be taking forever) today. Excited, overwhelmed, exhausted and frustrated all at once...have a big week of studying and writing papers ahead of me then i can really breathe relief after next Wednesday. Looking forward to a few weeks of somewhat "freedom" until i start again and hopefully for my LAST semester, but who knows.

Speaking of school...i'm looking forward to a "little chat" with one of my favorite professors next week to some future direction for the rest of my life. Never really took into consideration (well i knew it would come to this point sooner or later) that i might have to figure out what i want to do with the rest of my life. Totally completley overwhelmed and frustrated with it all, feel very lost in the whole process. I need one of those "EUREKA" moments to come to me and make it all clear or someone just point me in the right direction and tell me to go for it :)

Making Progress

I'm slowly making progress on this silly thing...little by little! Don't hesitate to fire any suggestions or constructive feedback my way.

Got Ali's new AMAZING book today...can't put the darn thing down.

This is short and sweet...feeling a little inspired right now and gonna put it on paper before I forget :)

Well it's a start

Well I finally dived into to the "blogging world"... lets just see if I can keep it up :)

You would think I would have lots to post on here for my first time, but i'm stuck! Oh well, it can be random...

Went to the most gorgeous wedding on the weekend and managed to make this a few hours before I went. Really happy the way it turned out! If anyone is in need for a wedding guestbook you know where to find me :)