Simple things are always the best

I read something today that really made me stop and think.

A story from an anonymous lady was, absolutely without a doubt, one of the best things I have ever read. She writes about an experience while shopping at a pretty big name store. This lady had just gotten what she needed and was walking to check out, when she noticed two girls, probably in their early twenties. Very pretty, a lot of make up and jewelry, and wearing nice clothes. The two of them had an abundant amount of items and were checking out before this lady.

This lady claims she is a very patient person, but couldn't help but get irritated while watching these girls. Apparently one of the girls claims she only got one of her pairs of shoes to make another girl jealous (wow, really?)...and the other girl was saying things like, "oh I'll only wear these things once and then find something new to wear". A little too materialistic?


Finally the two girls walked off with their bags and the lady was about to walk up to the cashier, when she overheard a young boy talking to his mother. The little boy said, "I've been saving my allowance for over two months and I can finally get them." The lady looks back and notices the boy holding a box of Adidas shoes. She claims that he's holding them, as if he just won the most important prize ever. Being a softy, the lady tells the boy's mom that they can go before her if they wanted. The little boy smiled even bigger and thanked the lady.

Apparently the two girls spent about $300 each, on things that may or may not be used more than once. Now don't get me wrong, if I spend money on clothes or shoes, I make sure to get my moneys worth. And not toss them aside once something new comes out.



No offense to those girls, or any other girls who are like that... but get off of your high horse. Money doesn't always solve everything, and really shouldn't be used to buy something to make another girl jealous or just to be worn once. How can they appreciate their items if they only wear them once? The little boy who bought his Adidas shoes will probably get so much use out of those things until they are worn out, and only spent a small fraction of what those girls did. Now HE will appreciate that and good for him. At least he didn't go to the store with an excuse just to spend (a lot of) money.



I don't see why people need to be like that? 

Take my birthday, for example, which was on the 20th of January. My mom asked me what I wanted, and I kept telling her, I didn't want anything... yet she still asked. So finally after the 50th time, I told her I would take a new clothes basket. That's it, that's all I wanted. (And I did get it, by the way). I really don't see the need to get things when I don't want them.. besides, I was perfectly fine with just spending my birthday with my amazing friends and family, which is a great gift all together.



Another thing I got, were two replies on Twitter from two amazing guys, which I didn't expect to get, but I decided to go for it anyways. Oliver and James Phelps really gave me one of those simple kinds of gifts that not only meant a lot, but also didn't cost a thing. It sounds really corny to say that, but to be honest, it's the truth. So thank you guys =)

Sometimes it's the little (and less expensive) things in life that are most memorable. :) I appreciate & cherish everything in my life right now, so much more than I did.



~Kim

I could get used to this...

Day two of blogging? I am on a roll! But I figure, either with an imaginary audience or not, I will express my thoughts whether they make sense or not =)

Just finished watching American Idol with my mom, and wow, there were some interesting people on there. The best was probably the gay guy that was hitting on Simon, then made Katy Perry say that she felt dirty. Not to mention he sang, "I touch myself" by the Divinyls, and was throwing himself all over the place in a sexual manner. haha, epic.

Now having another movie night, this time watching "sister act 2: back in the habit". I love watching the movies that I grew up on, having memorized all of the lines and songs, and thinking the movie is still just as great. Good times.

Ah, earlier today I saw a mouse outside... running out from under my neighbor's garage door. Creeped me out and made me cringe, even though the little bugger was at least 10 ft away from me... yuck. End of story.

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Okay, so I planned on finishing my blog earlier this evening. But now it's after midnight and here I am once again. Only this time, I'm blogging after drinking a few vodka & cranberries. Quite delicious and I'm doin' pretty well... well, actually, I tried playing tennis and golf on the Wii and truth is... it was quite funny.


But the even better part was winning Mario Party on nintendo 64 against my sister and her boyfriend, while drinking. good fun, it was.


So to kill more time before I need to pass out, I got bored and started looking up dream interpretations... but something else caught my eye.

Astral projection

The ability to leave ones body and travel to a higher realm. I'm not going to lie, but the thought of that actually happening is kind of interesting. Whether it's because of a near death experience, or from a simple dream. The fact that our "body" could end up somewhere else is cool. It would be weird if we ended up in some strangers dream and they woke up being all, "what the hell?" Hey, anything is possible. But, the freaky part would be if that person saw the real person from the dream. Freaky, but still kind of cool to think about. If you think about it, where do our minds really go when we're sleeping?

With that thought fresh on my mind, I am going to bed. All of this excitement will make me stay up late again and I can't be doing that =)

~Kim~

 

Shabalabadingdong

Insomnia is a pain, really. It's after 2 am and here I am, blogging. I'm starting to think that I should either make a really strong drink before wanting to go to bed or find some other tactic. Because I know for a fact that when I do eventually fall asleep, an hour or two later my phone will be beeping, no doubt telling me people are starting to tweet. That's what I get for following people outside of the US and are hours ahead. ;)


My mind can't seem to hush up at the moment... which is probably why I'm blogging at the moment. I wish there were on and off switches for things in life, especially at this hour. Good thing my ipod is charged and ready to get things back on track. Although, I should probably listen to better music... there are some songs that are simply amazing, but when they get stuck in your head, you just want it to stop after so many times of it going over and over.


Another thing that has been bothering me, is the fact that this year is already going by way too fast. It's almost February, for goodness sake. Whatever happened to the days that took their sweet old time going by, where we could ask ourselves, "Why can't this day/week/month/year be going by any faster?" I should kick myself for asking that question so many times.


Well, that seems to be enough for now. I'm going to try an attempt at getting myself relaxed enough to sleep. And hopefully pray that it doesn't snow anymore... I don't need to be slipping on anymore ice, which I swear wasn't there, but I didn't listen to my mother and of course almost fell. Typical. =)




-Kim

The trend.

I haven't written anything since February... partially because I'm not too fond of writing blogs and always seem to forget that I have it. So with that on the side, I'm here now, writing to my imaginary audience.

New movies for 2009 are looking way amazing. Two that I haven't seen, but really want to see are "The Blind Side" and "2012". But the major box office opener is "New Moon"! I had to pleasure of seeing it on Saturday (Nov. 21st) and was blown away with how they did things. Sure, it was slightly rushed and they threw a lot in with the two hour time slot, but I loved it. The ending slayed me, though... since it shouldn't have happened till Eclipse. But who cares, it makes for a great cliffhanger.


It's pretty funny how seeing a movie can trigger so many funny conversations between friends. One of my best friends and I have so many weird "werewolf" convo's almost every night, and a few spots throughout the day, as well. I cry, sometimes, till it hurts... mostly from laughing at the crazy things we end up saying. It's a good time and makes things that much better.

Alright, that is all for now. Maybe I can try to promise myself to keep coming on here a few more times... and not in say, eight months. ;)

-Kim

Why do I even bother with this?

I made this blog, hoping to get myself to keep up with it. But sadly, only a few posts and I've had this for how long now? Geesh.

Anyways, cutting to the chase. Parents divorce may be final in Mid-March. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the court date does not get pushed back any further than that. We've put up with it for too long and it's just time for it to be over.

As for more news, concerning my father... he informs me that he has someone in his life. Her name is Ashley. Apparently, he says they are very fond of each other. So much, that he wanted to take her to my cousin Tracy's wedding in May. But thankfully, he said he shrugged that idea off, seeing as this is a family affair. Not "bring your whore to a family function" type thing. BUT then, oh yes, it gets better. He tells me he asked her to come to Bayfield with him in the Summer, for the 4th of July. I was all, "oh hell NO". So I immediately told my sister, who told our mom... and we now have reservations at the Winfield, in our Condo 21, for the 4th of July weekend. The reason for the early reservation, is because Mom and Liz simply said, they don't want to miss out on any of the "fun".

I don't blame them, I'm curious to know what this girl is like and even looks like. The name Ashley just makes me think young... which obviously won't surprise me if she is. She's not the first and maybe not the last. Anyways, my Auntie's will chew her up and spit her out. They are loud, fun, can be obnoxious (lol)... so I hope this girl is ready for the blunt truth about things. Cause that's the way they will be coming!

That is all for today.

klamz

Recap of 2008

Over the course of this year, things have gone their own ways. I've had the good, the bad and the downright ugly going on. But as the saying goes: "Everything happens for a reason".

I suppose I could start with the ugly thing first. I suppose it's nothing really new. My parent's divorce is STILL going on. And it's not getting any closer to being over, which is what my mom, sister and I really want. My dad just calls it "a bad nightmare that never ends". Which I suppose is true. Anyways, that's the ugliest of news that I have.

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And now onto the best things that have happened this year!

May 2008-- New Kids on the Block announced their reunion/tour!! Who WOULDN'T be excited about that??

And because of that reunion, everything came pouring back to me. Especially how I used to be a Jordan Knight girl when I wasn't even old enough to be liking guys, haha. To the memories of listening to their tapes with my friend when we were younger, to when I followed both Jordan and Joey's solo careers. I was WAY excited. And to make it even better, Amanda kept asking me if I wanted to go to a NKOTB concert. I was really skeptical at first. How would they perform? How would they look and sound?

*Well, the two of us had originally planned to go to one concert at the time. And that one concert would have been the Minneapolis, MN concert on Oct. 21, 2008. Well, in August, I was at home doing things, when I got a text message from Amanda, saying something along the lines of "NKOTB AT MALL OF AMERICA ON AUGUST 8TH!!!!" I freaked out! But then my excitement came shooting down when I noticed I had to work on that day. Well, that's what they thought. I called in sick, :-D. Amanda and I made the trip to Minnesota the night before the big event. People could start lining up at 4AM. Well... with about 3 hours of sleep, Amanda and I got to the Mall about 4:30AM. And only a few minutes later, we were being approached by Celeste! Amanda and Celeste had been talking online and agreed to meet up at the Mall, so we all met and stayed together the whole time.
*The three of us had stayed at the mall for over 16+ hours, just to see the guys perform 3 songs and to get a quickie "HI/BYE" meet & greet. But OHH was it worth it! The performance was great (Summertime, Tonight & Single). And the M&G was amazing! I had great experiences with Joe, Jon (gorgeous in person!!), Donnie (I got my first Donnie hug from him!!!!) and Danny, of course! Jordan was iffy, but I don't blame him, lol.

And after that day, everything just got more and more crazy. At the time, Amanda and I added two more concerts to our list: October 4th in Chicago and then in Milwaukee on the 22nd of October.

Which brings me into my next great moments of 2008! The trip to Chicago, which also brought more friends along, included: Celeste and her friends, Allison and Sharla, Amanda and I. The 5 of us being crowded in Celeste's car for 2 and a half hours was definitely fun times! But on October 4th, everything just got so much better. We were all ready to go by Noon and piled into the car around 12:20 to head to the arena to scope things out. Well, long story short: security guards with evil glares, parking in Target parking lot, large group of girls, walking past Donnie Wahlberg, more girls... wait, WALKED PAST DONNIE WAHLBERG?? Indeed, Celeste and I did. But the end result was amazing and I got a great picture with him and his arm around my shoulders, ending with his hand running through my hair, rubbing my neck, him smiling and saying HI in an oh, so sexy voice. :-]]]]

**swoon**


-Kim-

It's been a while... yet again.

Lots and lots have happened the past few weeks. So many new people have been met, so many have been talked about multiple times, and five of them just so happen to make up New Kids on the Block.

That's right. Donnie Wahlberg, Jonathan Knight, Danny Wood, Joey McIntyre and Jordan Knight. I got to meet "the five brothers from beantown land" on August 8th, 2008 at Mall of America. I waited with Amanda and Celeste (a fellow blockhead!!) for over 16+ hours, sitting on the hard floors of the mall, just to see the guys perform 3 songs, and then get to meet them. At first, I was really worried we wouldn't get a laminate, which is what you needed to meet the guys. But once we finally made it to the Best Buy store, we were all happy and pre-ordered the CD, walking out of the store with our laminates =]

With a few hours before the concert starting, Celeste left the mall to go freshen up, while Amanda and I stayed at the mall to get some lunch. We decided Ruby Tuesday, which by the way, has AMAZING food. So after lunch, we decided to go walk by the rotunda, where the concert was gonna be. and HOLY CRAP. There were people already lined up and had at least 7 rows of people by the stage. We ran to the elevator and ran down to the security area. We showed them our laminates, and had them look through our purses (where the guy I had called me inspector gadget, because I had 2 cameras and my phone in there). But we finally found a good spot, about 9 rows back. A little disappointed, but heck, at least we could still see.

Well concert time came... and the guys were late. DIVAS! lol, kidding. It was supposed to start at 5:30... concert didn't start till close to 7, I believe. Which meant more sitting on the ground, or standing for the longest time. Finally the concert came and the place went WILD!! Donnie was first on stage and wow! It was all so surreal. They sang Summertime, Tonight and then Single.

So yeah, we finally get to meet them now. We waited about an hour before we even got close to the table. Of course, the line was held up when Mr. Jordan Knight had to excuse himself from the table and go to the bathroom.. that took like 10 minutes. When he got back Joey began praising him and waving his arms, lol. When we were two lines away from the table we were yelling Joey's name, and he waved to our section a few times.

Anyways, finally, we're near the stage. I told Celeste she needed to go first. Amanda volunteered to go second, leaving me last. Which meant I was going to be left at the table. Rotfl. But anyways, Jordan was first... gave me the cold shoulder... grr! But he signed my laminate and passed it to Joey. Joey signed it, and then handed it to me. Then he looked up at me, smiled and said, "HI!" I said, "HI!" back and stuck my hand out to shake his, rotfl. He shook it and I had to laugh, lmfaoo. But then, Jon turn. Omg, I could have fainted. That man is gorgeous in person. His smile, his eyes, the touch of his hand... *swoon* But of course, I came down from Jon's cloud the moment I stepped in front of Donnie. My main man. He signed my laminate and then looked at me while saying, "Hey girl." I smiled and quickly said, "I know I shouldn't, but can I have a hug?" He smiled again and leaned over the table and wrapped me in his arms. *melt* It was amazing!! I was in such a daze, that I almost walked off the stage then, forgetting Danny was last (not intentionally!!) But a security guard was in the way once I stopped at the end of the table. And before I know it, there's a head coming around the side of the guard, and it's Danny! Smiling at me as he reaches for my hand to shake, saying "thanks for coming tonight". But then Donnie tried handing me the laminate of the girl behind me, and Danny looks at him and says, "No". He smiles at me again and hands me my laminate, and I quickly said "thanks!"

So I walked off the stage and grabbed purse, with a permanent smile on my face. They officially made that day worth everything!!

And now, over a month later, I'm still on a NKOTB high! And to top it off, I will be attending three more concerts within one month! My first one is coming up in 9 days! October 4th. Amanda and I have 4 star, which means a seat within rows 11-20, which is pretty good. And we also get a necklace that glows in the dark, a bandana and something else I can't remember.

And on October 21st, Amanda and I will be attending the concert at the Xcel Energy center, regular tickets. And the next day will be the best of all! We have 5 star tickets, which means VIP pre-party with the new kids themselves! And getting seats in rows 1-10!! The pre-party gets us a photo op with the guys and facetime! =] Hopefully Amanda and I can sneak in a picture with Jonathan!

Either way, I am very excited about all of this. I can't wait and it will be very memorable.