roses are red, school is pooh

sometimes..
if I am super lucky
(and Aryk has time)
I will come home from a likely long day
to find a super cute note!
you know..

"hey you, hope you had a great day with ______ and that ______ and ____________. I will see you later!  Love you! Aryk"

or something like that..

anyways..
I got up in the morning, 
when Aryk was already long gone off to school

and

saw a note

which immediately has me going 
"WAHooo!!"

smiling away to myself,

heart all pleased

tralala

birds chirping

fawns a prancing

or something like that. 

He makes me feel special when I get notes okay?!

and now! leaving the privacy from our own home!

into the public life of my blog

THEEEE "I think of you when I get up, and want your day to be beautiful"

LOVE NOTE:

...oh.

Roses are Red

Violets are blue

I love you Aryk

but your 'love notes' are pooh.

my happy babes

Appleeverythingmaniarama

It's been apple mania!! I have a giant apple tree in my backyard and I refuse not to use this apples as much as possible! It's unfortunate that the boyfriend is allergic to apples.. Fortunate that he is not allergic to cooked apples! :)

upside down smile ish

so...
unfortunately things in my life right now (okay.. year 2012 in general) is not being very rainbows, butterflies and unicorns (can you imagine if it were??!).. if you were wondering how many times this 'Kristen' girl can get beaten down on her luck.. well.. its hundreds of times.. involving ALL areas in her life.

(one of the reasons I started this blog in fact

 is to have me continue to look at the things in a

positive, funny light)

but.. it seems as though not many are wanting to do this whole 'hug it out and be happy' way of life... instead its lots of pushing Kristen to the ground and kicking her, leaving lots of bumps and bruises (especially on her heart)

as Kristen was telling Aryk yesterday

  "Its like if one thing in my life was going wrong it would be like one gun shot to the heart... which most people could handle just fine and end up surviving to tell the tale. But when someone gets shot more than once.. they are experiencing LOTS more blood loss, and have many spots they have to pay attention to on putting pressure on that wound, and its very difficult to 'hang in there'" 

mostly just blows at Kristen's personality is how she is taking it..

BE STRONG KRISTEN

HANG IN THERE KRISTEN

2012 IS ALMOST DONE KRISTEN

you should go travelling again Kristen..

anyways..
just when you spend a little to much time
(as in any time at all) 
sulking, and self put downs, pouting.. all those lame things..
you open your email to get a simple email from your Uncle with this photograph

and its like all these sucky things aren't that sucky anymore.. cause even though all these things SUCK and your down on your lows... someone is thinking of you... and someone is out there wanting you to smile.. without any kind of acknowledgement that you are at that current moment BEFORE the email NOT smiling. 

as a reminder.. that I always try to remind myself... WE 

(as in everybody)

have not a clue what is going on in peoples lives... 

so we must treat everyone with love and bring them happiness in their lives. 

Friendly smiles, holding doors open... it just causes peoples hearts to feel a little lighter. 
seriously.. its like hugging it out and being happy. WITHOUT frightening a random stranger that you are randomly hugging them.. 

you know.. same same but different?

Check out this great MSN video - Hero Pig Rescues Baby Goat

 Hero Pig Rescues Baby Goat

SERIOUSLY?!!! my heart is all warm an fuzzy and everything from watching this!!!
GOSH do I ever love animals :)
tralalaalalala alalaa
happy world happy world

no poo for you

yesterday I used up the end of my shampoo bottle..
today?

today I made my own shampoo

'being poo free' is what the Internet tells me

gotta admit.. I'm kinda frightened! yet nerdly excited!! (if it works)

how did I make it? and what makes this ingredients so intriguing?
well.. first off may I point out that regular shampoo is what actually messes up your hair in the first place? if your hair is dry.. or lacking moisture... oily or.. dull.. its cause of your shampoo?
as well as chemical this chemical that...

well.. after much looking like a 'odd and very suspicious' person in the grocery store (wandering up and down the toiletry isle lost and confused) I came to the conclusion that 'castile soap' doesn't exist at this particular store.
NOOOO! I already got everything! and my MAIN PURPOSE OF COMING TOO THE GROCERY STORE IS FOR MY NO POO SHAMPOO INGREDIENTS! 
so I took out my handy iPhone, and looked up SUBSTITUTES for castile soap.
good grief! I already don't know what i'm doing! I already don't know what castile soap might do to my hair.. and I'm looking for alternatives?
icarumba! 

'ivory' soap is what i ended up getting as its replacement.. Aloe smelling
- hopefully Aloe is actually IN this soap for Aloe is good for making your hair strong, think, healthy, which means moisturrrrreee!! and smoooothness! as well for aloe is used to make the 'base' of the hair cleaner, it helps so the cleaning product doesn't strip the natural oils from your hair. It is also known for treating hairloss (no I am not losing my hair) and hair growth- which might be handing for my hair is at that inbetween stage..  It is wonderful for you scalp, so goooood by dandruff, which also means goooooood bye 'Head and shoulders' shampoo THAT TESTS ON ANIMALS

I also got a can of coconut milk -> which is good for natural curls in your hair, helping PREVENT PREMATURE GREY HAIRS (apparently getting grey hairs in my late twenties should be a fear of mine) lots of same stuff as aloe... no breakage, works as a conditioner, helps your hair grow.. just think healthy hair!

annnnnd vitamin E liquid form in the pills section (at this point I realise I am watching toooooo much 'Breaking Bad' because I am starting to feel like I look like I'm gathering ingredients to make illegal drugs which is why I've been spending so much time in the grocery store just standing there... contemplating stuff..)
Vitamin E is good for decreasing sun damage to skin (I sunburn the 'part' to my head every summer.. okay pretty much everytime I go outdoors..)  when rubbing into your scalp it is good for improving circulation as well as your immune system! 

1/3 soap with aloe

1/4 coconut milk

few drops vitamin E oil..

and.. HOPEFULLY non-greasy hair... and no chemicals, and and and money saving?

Pretty much any of these vehicles are ones I love. Therefore I live this

http://radcarswithradsurfboards.tumblr.com/

cup, floor, bathroom

              Dear Aryk..

there is a cup, on the floor, in the bathroom...

why? 

cause there is one of those giant spiders... under the cup, in the floor, in the bathroom..

AND she has a babies pack on her butt..

 so she's extra giant.. annnnd... fangy,..

sooo...

why is she under the cup ..on the floor... in the bathroom??

1. couldn't kill her

2. couldn't just LEAVE her there! 

(I would have.. but I was about to take a shower)

3. I couldn't pick her up and save her either..

soooooo.... beware of the spider, in the cup, on the floor... in the bathroom.

             Love Kristen. 

OH! and she can breathe because I put her under the cup which I burned the sides of when

 i put it near the burner a few months ago..  :) yay life!

2012 top photographs

my eyes just kept seeing gorgeousness over and over and over.
I was trying to think of something to say to give a introduction to you about this website... but there isn't.
even if I did have more of a expanded vocabulary.
so
hope you enjoy it as much as I

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/06/top-50-pictures-of-the-day-for-2012/

weekend shenanigans!

a hoodlum without a hood... 

yep. thats what they'd call me!

not only am I spending my saturday evening washing pillows.

but I am washing pillows with tennis balls. 

(unused fresh out of the package.. ew gross! to otherwise!)

EH? WHAT? 
I know.. its kinda loud.. 
and sounds like someone is angry and not giving up on the door knocks.. 
BUT its not really my laundry machine... so I'm willing to see how well this works!
apparently putting it in the dryer with you pillows 'beats out' your pillows so all the moisture and yuck gets the boot with the tennis ball... I'm willing to try it! for I don't like the idea of all the bugs and stuff that march around on (or in) your pillow...

I ALSO have created things for allergy and cold season (more on that likely tomorrow)

and currently I am awaiting 'apple chips' to be ready from the oven!
(hahahah funny.. cause the timer JUST went off!)
(but don't worry... I'd stop blogging now.. but I have to take them out of the oven and then I have to turn off the oven wait a bit and then put it back in the oven! whewf! drying it out!)

the instructions say to use like normal apples... but since we have a ginormous apple tree in the backyard.. I figured now would be a perfect time to use some of them!

sooo...
you cut apples small slices...
soak the apples in apple juice (I didn't do this for I'm cheap and wanted to be cheap so I used water)
annnnd cinnamon (in the instructions it said 1tsp but I thought that was lacking so I added more)
then you let it soak 12 minutes or so... I'm lazy (and smart) so instead of cutting them and THEN soaking them... I cut and soaked at the same time.. lots of mini chop chops.. i'm sure its less time consuming for normal sized store bought apples.. 

but.. 

meh!

This is FREE!!

you have a pan.. and then a drying rack ON TOP of the pan (shocker... our oven is toooo small for the drying rack... so i'm cooking these with the oven semi open.. which is fine with me cause it smells soooooooooo wonderful!) 
cook it 20 minutes... blog
take it out
wait... (for how long? I do not know!!)
and then when its cooler.. in the oven..
you put it in for 6 or so minutes..

and POOF! you should have chips!

SOMEONE CALL THE COPS

 I AM OUT OF CONTROL!!!

martha stewart gangster version.

Today....
I sat in the alley way outside my house...

turned on the most wonderful app for music 'songza'
put on the play list for -> 
'Positive, uplifting hip hop throughout the genre's history' - It was a good day 
and listened to artists like Snoop Dog.. OutKast, Kanye West.. Ms.... Fat Booty? 

while doing what you ask?

inhaling fumes.

ew what? 

what the heck am I?

 a fum inhaling drug addict?

well..
no. of course not!

I was spray painting.

Spray painting what you ask?
well..
what was I not spray painting
 is more what you should ask..

I attacked mason jars, shoe boxes, storage boxes, picture frames, lids, old tea containers.. and... a piece of paper.

oh! and the box thing on my car that you use to open to put gas in.
I forgot that it drips..
so it dripped down the car as well..
and then I tried to clean it up.. and I decided it looked better dripped down.. 
but by now it was too late..
so I grabbed leaves and tried to clean it up...
I think i got it..but it was dark by then..



OH and!

unintentionally my hand..

which fyi doesn't come off with water, bar of soap, liquid soap, salt, vinegar, OR coffee grounds..
so...
this should be interesting..

also the landlady told me I had to bring the stuff inside.. so now it seems that the basement smells like fumes as well.. 

fascinating!

Also you might be wondering why I choose  elephant like colors..
well.. to answer that.. I didn't mean too.. and one of those colours is actually purple...

which you can tell when you are super close up..

heheHAHAHHkskahohoharsnort AH! MY EYE!!

This is Aryk..

and this is what Aryk's friend Zac's Dad (how else would one write that? thats humorous) would do.. 

what a adorable Dad like thing to do!!

I seriously cannot stop giggling, grunting, chuckling, snorting, laughing, cackling, howling, snickering... 

enjoy :) cause I sure did/do

the point is... is the thank you

I made lemon squares..
with confusion thinking for a while there.. that 
corn starch was vegetable oil..
and vegetable oil was like canola oil..
and because of vegetable oil and canola oil being alike I wondered if I could use canola oil instead of vegetable oil..
but it was not vegetable oil of which I had.. but corn starch...
with is used like a THICKENER


... good grief.
other good griefs? 
good grief there is a TON of butter and sugar in these suckers!!

anyways..
thanks to my brother for helping sort out what I do about my vegetable/canola/corn situation!
no wonder his cooking blog thats so famous!
check it! www.jeffsplate.blogspot.ca  you won't be disappointed! especially if you compared it to my efforts in the kitchen..

a low voice of.. enthusiasm?

THIS is the ever so talented 

Randy Newman! 

I was soooo lucky and fortunte to have got the chance to watch him at the

 Calgary Folk music festival this year! 

He's SOO FUNNY! and his voice is so cute!

a refresher to those who can't put a finger on WHOM Sir Randy Newman is..

he is the fella who sang "you got a friend in me" for the first Toy Story movie.

AH HA! now you are on board aren't you?

I usually am bothered by people who make videos like this.. and don't understand the point... 

and I actually am not sure as to why I did it..

but I sure didn't expect my voice to... be heard so clearly!

I know it was ment to show the whole crowd and the fun times.. but.. instead..

well.. you'll see.. (its a good song though!)

I'm only posting this because it has been requested.... and has brought people (allison, dad.. etc) lots of joy and giggles... so..  .... (I can't believe I am putting this on the internet..)

... yeup. enjoy?

late night tragedy

last night..

Aryk used my toothbrush.

HOW DISGUSTING IS THAT?!!! 

ughh I have anxiety just with the reoccurring memory of last night!

WHAT would have been a better of the three options?

1. don't brush my teeth and risk getting cavities.. OR WORSE

2. use my own toothbrush.. that is now wet.. and freshly used by a boy..

lets think about this..
he was SCRUBBING the SCUM that has been BUILT UP on his teeth all day!! and now all the stuff he scrubbed.. is NOW ON MY TOOTHBRUSH!! 

freshly.. sitting there.. 

3. use Aryk's toothbrush.. that hasn't been used since the night prior.

drat! i just thought of a 4th option that I didn't even think of last night that defiantly was the best option of all!
4. go find a stick and scrape my teeth like a caveman..

instead.. 

after a lot of self 'you can do it!' motivation..

I used Aryk's toothbrush.. :(

and cursed myself for not listening to my conscience at the grocery store the day earlier to pick up new toothbrushes... its like my subconsciousness was trying to tell me this was going to happen..

So to make us all realise how gross this really is.. (for those who think its normal if you smooth that person to share EVERYTHING.. you are WRONG) (and for those who realise that it is WRONG but don't know the reasonings behind it besides 'its gross')

I did as much google research as my germaphobia mind could take... 
and copy pasted some facts for you!

• And a toothbrush, with it's moist, bacteria-friendly environment and plenty of microbe-ready hiding spots in between its bristles, might be the home of a bacterium's dreams.

• http://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/823773/the-disgusting-truth-about-your-toothbrush

• "Your toothbrush has every advantage for SUPER FAST bacterial growth.Within a month a toothbrush will have a million or more colonising bacteria. The bacteria grows super fast because it is stored in the bathroom which is a warm humid environment; the bathroom has three constant sources of germs...the toilet (mist floats), sink, and your mouth bacteria. All these bacteria feed on your mouth tissues stored in the bristles.You might mistakenly, hope that when you rinse your toothbrush that you “clean” the bacteria off, unfortunately, the bacteria latch on and find shelter in the tiny holes of the porous toothbrush bristles. When you rinse your toothbrush twice a day you provide more moisture for them to keep growing.""But, from a health standpoint, it makes sense not to share toothbrushes, just as it makes sense not to share other personal items like towels, which can be a vector for skin infections, even bacteria that causes acne. Sure, you love your man, and we're not talking about cooties here, but when you're sharing a toothbrush, you're upping your chance of also sharing bacteria and illnesses. No thank you!"

... oh crap! I just realised after reading all of this gross information that I had not gone out yet to replace my toothbrush!! nooooooooooo!!!

what do I do NOW?!!
(other than vomit.. cause if I vomit that would be even worse for my teeth... and I also wouldn't be able to brush after..)

hugs save lives?

"The Rescuing Hug" 

(as found on Facebook)

In the first week of life this set of twins each were in their respective incubators, 

 

and one was not expected to live. 

 

A hospital nurse fought against hospital rules 

and

placed the babies in one incubator. 

When they were placed together, the healthier of the two threw an arm over her sister in a endearing embrace. 

The smaller baby's heart rate stabilized 

and her temperature rose to normal.

wondering

incase you were wondering if I had ended up wondering over to the grocery store after my last blog..

the answer is:

yes.

yes I did.

and now my back is sore I'm super tired.. and though gone for over a hour I feel as though I have bought nothing but ice-cream and granola bars for Aryk.. I'd hug it out and be happy.. but no one is here! not even the landlady OR her cats!! bed time.. no dinner.. just sleep.. or tea.. or sitting. yes.. I shall just sit now.. until something else happens..

and I would walk five hundred miles.. to be with Aryk

I came home from a long day at work.. my eyes can hardly stay open..

I don't have much thrill about coming home.. for the house will be empty. I won't see Aryk.. Aryk will be at work till midnight or so... 

I'm SUPER tired.. but I'm trying to motivate myself to possibly go grocery shopping.. or maybe continue to organize 'the dungeon' so when Aryk officially is back to school.. everything will be zen and starting out perfectly.

I walk in..

look at the kitchen table.

hmmph. no note. how lonely!

then I see a giant box on the couch.

huh? 

I figure Aryk bought something for 'the dungeon' or got more school supplies.

I turn on the light

oh.. its three boxes? and it says "which one is yours?"

huh? do I have a box full of stuff from when we moved in? whoops..

I open one shoe box

ohhh shoes!! 

it says "nope" on a little sticky note.

huh?

I open the next box

the next one?

"nuh uh"

GOOD GRIEF!!

MY BOYFRIEND BOUGHT ME SUPER CUTE SOREL BOOTS THAT ARE VERY ME! (which is strange.. because I have very particular taste that even I haven't figured out)

I'm pumped! and yet sad... for Aryk is not here for me to

 squeeze hug my excitements onto him!

WHAT A NICE GUY!!!

seriously people.. how is this guy not a keeper? 

tralala

what to do with this glee?! 

... grunt.. guess I'd feel bad now if I don't go grocery shopping..

take the long way home

went to a Canadian Football game today.. that makes sense because I am Canadian.. and I am not on vacation.

went with Aryk, Brandon and my dear lovely Allison. was super! and free! the super part was the people watching and distractions!
oh.. and of course that we are weiners.. oh whoops sorry ***winners!
no one likes to go to a live game where you are all losers and everyone drags their feet out of the stadium! talk about BLAGH!
OH!! and it was super sunny even though the clouds screamed "STORM!"
(thats a lie actually.. for clouds are silent.. so therefore they would not be screaming at any of us..)
so.. the clouds looked dark and like it was not going to beam sunshine..
but it did! and I have a sunburn on my cheeks to prove it! 
(just to be clear.. we are talking about face cheeks, not butt cheeks.)

anyways...
I was walking Allison back to her parked car location
and Aryk and Brandon got miscommunication from Kristen (no.. not because I suck at communicating! 1. because boys get distracted. 2. because it was super loud. 3. because the crowd was a hustling around us from all angles.. GO WITH THE CROWD!)
so thats what they did! they walked with the crowd!
and I?
I walked with Allison of course! (for I love her, I always have and always will. and I much to my misfortune don't get to spend much time with her! for she is a busy lady!! but I am lucky, fortunate, thankful and appreciative for the times when I DO get to spend times with her, She's just so gosh darn loveable!)
her and I said our goodbyes.. and I trekked off to the c-train.
I waited for the boys..
huh? didn't they say they would be at this station to meet me and we could venture off on the train together and then ride home in the car together? I'm confused..
I'm also known as being impatient..
and impatient I was..

saw the train.. hoped on.. and trailed off back to the community of which I live in. (ILLEGALLY!! I had a 5 dollar bill from dear Allison.. but it turns out the little train box ticket things DO NOT ACCEPT BILLS! of course they accept all other kinds of payment.. just not bills.. yeesh.. oddly enough it was NOT a 'Kristen kinda day' for there were NO cops, and I did NOT get a ticket! I did however.. panic until I was safely off the train) (I also had the door open on my toes/foot.. can't say that felt very enjoyable.. I guess thats why there is a sign with a stick man pictured on it.. for people to stay past this line)(texted/called the boys of course leaving them a message that I will be fine wondering my own soul home)



got to the station.. started my walk home..
and of course.. 



got lost..

over 45 minutes a wondering!

luckily.. I get distracted by pretty trees (okay okay.. I get distracted by everything..).. and my phone wasn't out of batteries..


so what did I do? I took pictures of course!
I also had a cat follow me.. so that also distracted me! luckily it was full of love and we had a cuddle prrr fest
so..

here they are!

p.s.. there is obviously way more photos.. but only so many I can show before I feel wacko...

p.p.s- the colors in writing are in tribute to the Calgary Stampeders.. incase you are unobservant and didn't notice.

tree and vehicle saaaame colour!

interesting fact.. I was more in love with the fence then anything.. 

I'm not sure about this one yet.. I made it grainy but I kinda liked the look all the way down the alley..

my future

So... this is hopefully what my future will look like.

KMRAS

soooo... once I feel like fiddling around with my page some more..
THEN 
I will try to find a little spot to put this..
BUT for now! I shall post it as a blogpost...


if you like..
REALLY REALLY (or even just kinda sorta..) 
like my photos that I have taken spontaneously on my iphone4S 
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its kinda cool.. I'm testing the H20's... 

(testing the waters! haha H20's! oh man.. I'm cute.)

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you don't want the advanced technology of absolute quality photographs (which yes cost more) 

but want the cheaper prints!

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and search kmras!!

yeah... kmras has kinda like turned into my photography 'nickname'

it all started with instagram and my putting my name together for my insta name..

but then I realised...

that when you say it.. it says "KMRAS!"

did you hear it?

it sounds like Cameras!

K.-Mmmmm-RAH.ssssssss

which I think is pretty neato.. because.. well... when you take photos.. its with cameras..