KiM kiM KiM kiM

Love Them!

2007-07-29T14:10:00.000-07:00

Aren't these cute! i found them online!! soooo adorable!

Mom and Bro RETURN!!!

2007-07-22T00:22:00.000-07:00

i have missed them so much! and it looks as though they had such a good time! (times of their lives they might say) these photos are a recap (or tribute) of their trip.....but i will have to admit, i was enjoying the peace and quiet of the whole house to myself...and the only mess made was mine...(yeah and sometimes Sean's....) but it felt good and i got a lot done! they return tomorrow and i just finished cleaning my scrapbook room to show my mom my new office. (she doesn't know i moved the computer from the family loft to my room...hee hee) we will have to see how that goes. but Sean did manage to bring all sorts of plants home from his dads nursery and my mom cant wait to see the new foliage outside her home! OK well its late, and knowing my brother, they are up early....gnite.

Relaxing...

2007-07-16T01:00:00.000-07:00

is what this weekend was. Sean drove me up to OC with him (at 6:00 am..ugggg) and dropped me off my aunt's house so i could go back to sleep. i woke up at about 9:00 and started scrapbooking! i don't think we got done until about midnight that night, with some meal breaks and a trip to the scrapbook store! i bought some cute polka dot paper, white with black dots on one side, and vice versa on the other. it was fun because we blasted my 14 year old cousins music the whole time and got "lean like a cholo" stuck in our head the whole weekend...fun times. i got some layouts done, not to say the same for Renee. i think she got two done, and i did one of the them, and the other she scrap lifted! ha ha sometimes we get those blocks! these are just a few layouts i did....sorry they are orange...not too much light in my room at night. OK well its about 1:30 am I'm off to bed...school in the morning!!!!

Co-Pilot!

2007-07-11T20:03:00.000-07:00

Look at this guy! he is always by my side these days! whether its in my bed reading the homework i dread every night, watching TV, or even in my studio (like this one...) getting comfortable right where all the action happens. he likes to SIT right on top of whatever I'm doing, if its reading he will lay on my chest, TV: he will sit on the coffee table on top of the remote, or in my scrap space, he will park his big behind right on top of my layout! i cant blame him though...i give him the best ear scratch in the world! i ♥ Cole.

Geez Luiz!

2007-07-11T19:34:00.000-07:00

i told you ive been out of it! here are the pages i got done from cropping at EA!!! always fun times! [simple, slap down pages...

but very memoriable moments!]

oh my...

2007-07-11T18:45:00.000-07:00

im so bad! i made this blog to post pictures of things that i have created and to keep up things im doing with Elemeno, but have i done ANY of that????
nope, procrastination has been the source of my tendancies lately and i hate myself for it. For example, i have had a ticket due from JANUARY, might i add, that i have still not paid for, dont worry no warrent out for my arrest, ive done the court and extension thing, but thats just it, i got an extension, i shouldnt have. i should have just PAId and that would have been done... now im down to one job,(that is going slow) and im tight. Again.
Tomorrow is exciting!!! i get to scrap ALL day with Casey! my new celeb scrapper! i rebuilt my scraproom to form an office in the closet and im loving the new space have all to myself...until my brother gets home from his trip and realizes he has to hang out with me if he wants to use the computer...ha ha. im excited girl!!! we better get stuff done tomorrow! [bring 'Friends' and i can plug in the DVD player!]

Forever and Ever!!

2007-07-10T19:58:00.000-07:00

yeah i know Angie and veronica...its been FOREVER!! sorry..just busy busy busy days!! i haven't even posted about my sweet southern Abby Lynn!! she moved back home last week...back to Texas where it will be hot as hell...right Emerson? ha ha! i am going to miss you girl!!! and i will have to book a ticket out there as soon as i get my other second job!! ha ha I'm so broke. And we HAVE HAVE HAVE to go to that new scrapbook store in Houston! "by design scrapbook boutique"... I'm so excited!!! have fun girl and be safe!

Also, i scrapped at EA on sun. and had a blast, even though there were party poopers...(and u know who you are...) but i got three layouts done... one pic, some junk on a page and BAM! ha ha but its the girls that i went for....♥

Yay for CASEY LEILANI RIVAS!!!!! I'm so proud of you!!! i know u poured your heart and soul into this contest and look where it got you! i hope you realize everything i was saying to you during the stressful times, were from the heart, and that i totally meant them, not just because you are my friend, but because you are truly talented!! so go far, dream big, and CREATE!

This is Why Tahoe is HOT!!!!

2007-07-02T19:39:00.001-07:00

two friends from the diaper era..back together again in the most beautiful place during the summer! Tahoe would never be looked at the same with out my stephie!!! LoVe yOu GiRl!!!!

NEW FOUND LOVE!

2007-07-02T19:28:00.000-07:00

Look at what i found!!!! Such a cute store i found in the brea mall, OC. its called

For Love 21 !

It is so much fun! and so CHEAP!! i couldnt believe it! please please please go and look for yourself!!

SUMMER IS HERE!!!

2007-06-24T11:41:00.001-07:00

yay!!! i couldnt wait for my favorite season to come!! fun times ahead! this pic was on the way to Vegas with our fav. river crowd! it was fun despite we never actually reached the lake, haha the boat had a power outage, due to the crazy radio and amp set-up my uncle just put in. it was fun though no matter what, just to be out in the heat!

Oh yeah...i went a little blonde...

Father's Day

2007-06-20T17:22:00.000-07:00

so the day came, the one that i had been nervous/excited/emotional/siked about for about a week! (can you see all of those emotions on my face?!) It was really cool...at first, Johanna from the Fair Crew told me i had to read my essay in front of EVERYONE! and i was super nervous because the first time i read something about Rusty, that i wrote,it was in front of a panel of 4 people, and it didn't go so good...(veronica knows what I'm talking about!) So when she announced that i didn't have to recite it, i was relieved to say the least. There were a total of 16 winners and only about 8-9 showed up! My mom, river,Rusty's mom and dad and Sean all came to honor rusty and accept his award in his memory..it was really special to me that they all came. The ceremony started at 6:00pm and we were called up third onto stage. (the first dad that was called up was 97 years old and in a wheelchair so he couldn't go on stage, but his granddaughter was crying happy tears, and that immediately made me cry...THE FIRST ONE!! (i would have definitely not been able to pull off 500 words)... then they called Rusty's name and mentioned that Kim and River are going to be accepting his award in memory, and briefly quoted my essay and stated why he was unable to attend.

Then the funniest thing happened, when all of the dads walked on stage they were honored with a medal and given a goodie bag, then were instructed to proceed to a certain side of the stage, in our case, they put the medal on River and handed me the goodie bag. Then when the announcer was in between introducing the dads, river turns to me and states(loudly...) "Kim i can keep the medal, and you can have the stinking goodie bag OK?" hahahha all the dads were laughing and i was totally cracking up...kinda of an icebreaker up there. (leave it up to river to be the one to break the ice). why do all siblings focusing on dividing up the goods immediately?! haha. All in all it was a successful day and I'm sure rusty was up there smiling down on all of us....((that makes me happy...)) i wouldn't have spent Father's Day any other way.

Surprise Excitement!

2007-06-14T00:42:00.001-07:00

OMG! i was talking business with Sean's mom, when i opened my email to find an amazing discovery...i won the Channel 10 News Contest partnered with the San Diego County Fair! I get those weekly emails prior to the fair openings and the events that will occur during the fair, i got one that caught my eye..."Nominate Your Dad as a Hero Contest"...i bypassed it, but thought about it, and when i went to sleep that night, for some reason, i dreamed that i got a call from a woman notifying me that i was a winner, and suddenly found myself on stage in front of crowd, with my Dad's story out there. I then, got the courage to write down my emotions and his story on paper. The winners were to be announced and contacted on or before June 11Th. So when the date came around i was a little bit bummed, but thought it was an accomplishment in its own to have been able to write the story down on paper, and share it to my closest peers. Then at exactly midnight, i had the opportunity to open my email one last time before bed, and discover my Dad's accomplishments and story, are going to be shared with one of San Diego's most popular news broadcasts. My immediate family, including myself receive free admission to the Fair, along with dinner with the news cast, and a celebration in honor of my Dad on the "O'Brien" stage on Father's Day. Not only am i shaking with excitement, i am hoping that his story will go off and affect someone enough to spread the dangers and be alert of our California's oldest History.

If you want to read the essay i wrote, leave me a comment and i can forward it to your email, but i cant attach a document without a web address.
(p.s. it was extremely difficult to reduce the story to less than 500 words.)

Here is the Link to an article that my mom contributed to last year shortly after the accident.

My Support System

2007-06-13T01:13:00.001-07:00

What can i say? hes always there for me, kinda goes with calling him my boyfriend thing. I love you.

Changes

2007-06-13T01:11:00.000-07:00

today was hard, really hard. Too hard to elaborate on, but lets say im going to have to be on the job hunt once again. I thought it was "the one" i know it sounds KORNY, but the scrapbooking industry is so comforting to me, and things actually felt right for once. When volleyball got old, and i fazed out of the food industry as well as all of my friends, i was getting worried on what my true passion in work really was. Ever After has taught me so much but also really hurt me. It was just kind of a put down on what felt right to me. I dont want to go too much further into anyhting, but i thought i was going to be doing the deciding on when my path would change. i guess thats life and it changes all the time, but i am now cut off from my new found passion, and it hurts, thats all today.

Favorite Oldies!!!

2007-06-07T19:14:00.000-07:00

so i have been creating a mini album of my two bestest friends in the whole world from high school! we were so much fun! sooooooooo so so so many memories that have been shared!!!! My Krystal Twin! and Olive!! shout out to my closest girls..and a few favorite memories!!

i miss you two, too much!!! i cant wait until summer!!!... :)

Riv Man #8!

2007-06-06T00:55:00.000-07:00

It was my River's Birthday and we had SO much fun! he turned 8!!! omg, i remember going to the hospital when he was in NICU for the first 12 days of his life, and now he wants to get an upgrade on his cell phone, his own computer in his room, and he CLAIMS ((cough cough)) that he as a GF!!! not in my book! haha we went to Knotts the day of his bday with his favorite cousin Brooke and Aunt REnee and i FORCED him to go on all of the big coasters! he was terrifed on Ghostrider....haha i was laughing so hard when i saw the pic at the end. i wanted to buy it SOOOO bad..hahahha i cant even explain the expression on his face! pure gut wrenching FEAR. hahah ...love ya RIv! (happy belated birthday post!)

The Funniest thing! on the way home, about 11 pm River fell asleep in the car, so when we arrived at the house, he was mad, that he didnt get the "happy birthday song" sang to him ALL day! so we put some candles my mom had in a piece of toast...his sort of 4th meal, and sang it to him at almost midnight....so memorable....haha

Miss Mai Tai!!

2007-06-04T12:24:00.000-07:00

of course Casey orders the cutest drink at the bar inside Chili's Restaurant at 10:30 pm!!! haha an even better ending to her lil birthday party!!!!

((haha ...yes that is an EA shirt... dont laugh..))

A Lil Hawaiian Birthday Girl!

2007-06-03T11:35:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to my favorite, inspiring, and way totally chill friend CASEY RIVAS!!! today is her birthday!...((even though she wont admit it!!))so just a really crazy and LOUD shoutout!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!!!!!!!! <3<3<3<3<3

San Fran Postponed

2007-06-01T14:45:00.000-07:00

wanna know why?? ha ha..ok well i was so excited about the trip!, and eager to take tons of photos!...in preparation...i wanted to do a little shopping, go to the gym, then hit the tanning salon, only, i didnt see results. ((i am an instant gratification type girl..)) so i went to another tanning salon, feeling satisfied, i went home to pack and finish some laundry. ok yea THEN it hit me, i got the chills, but my body was ON FIRE!!! yup....i got FAKE sun poisoning. yea its embarrassing... and yes, i brought the miss Casey down with me! i am so sorry girl! when we really do go to Frisco, i will do the first shift of the drive! haha...ok well wish me luck with my tomato red skin!!

First Post

2007-06-01T14:26:00.000-07:00

so this is my first post! i hope that i can keep it up this time! ha ha but we'll see how it goes!