Wow...

How time does fly! I haven't updated my blog in a while, although for the record I at least started on a post, it just didn't wanna turn out the way I wanted it to. Oh well.

How was y'all's Christmas? I had a pretty good one in spite of being sick! The gifts were all good, but I'm not gonna brag all about what I got. Besides that's not what Christmas is about.

I just wanted to log in, tell y'all that I'm alive, and doing well. I hope y'all had a lovely Christmas and that all is well!

And please pray for my Grandma! Her bones are frail and she a few days ago she fell and broke her hip, she had surgery yesterday, and today is her birthday, so all has been rough for her.

God bless!

~Katie

It's Christmas Time!

December is my favorite month of the year. I even like the weather. Yeah, I know, it's weird, but I really like cold weather better than hot weather.
Anyway, Christmas is my favorite part of December, although my birthday is awesome too... lol.
We've already pretty much finished decorating, we're only adding things here and there now. Even some of the gifts are wrapped and under the nativity. Although, I haven't gotten gifts for my parents yet. They are so hard to shop for!
Did you know that this shall be one of my last two Christmases as a kid? Kinda weird, thinking of that fact that before I know it I'll be an adult... I should be graduated by then and hopefully I'll have a job.
I got sidetracked, sorry. Let's focus on this Christmas, shall we? Hehe. We may be going to see a movie on Christmas Eve. Kinda different... Usually we just have a nice day together as a family and eat a yummy dinner and then go out and look at the lights, see who can find the most nativities, and we "shoot" the reindeer. ;-) Could be fun though! And we'll still do the other stuff.

What is your favorite Christmas song? Mine is "Mary Did You Know" the version by Kutless

And I was going to post something to this affect, but my older brother beat me to it.

I love, love, love this time of year!

God bless!
And Merry Christmas!
~Katie K.

Well, I'm 16

My birthday was this past Thursday. It was actually a pretty good day, though I hadn't really expected much, considering the fact that I got my big present over a month ago, and it was epic! I got a bunch of happy birthday messages, and phone calls and whatever. I think everyone and their great Aunt Sally must've wished me a happy birthday on Facebook! Thanks everyone! Was really nice and appreciated! :-D
My birthday desert was not exactly the classic cake, but I've never been one much for tradition in that sort of thing. lol. Had the awesomest brownies on the planet topped with cheesecake. Mmmm... It was heavenly! And I had Rotel cheese nachos for dinner. Also really good, but I was getting over a gum infection, so it was a bit hard to eat.
When I got my gifts, Wildchild was very impatient about me opening them. lol. "Open them! Open them!" he demanded. He's so cute.
I got an amp for my guitar. It was no surprise because I knew I was getting it, I'm the one who found it in the first place... It was awesome getting it though! I absolutely LOVE it! :D It make Spirit Storm (my guitar) sound sooo cool! I also got a journal and a guitar shaped pen. Gonna use the journal to put my songs in. I need someplace good to keep them. The notebook they've been in is getting full, and it's ugly. lol. And I also got a little sterling silver necklace with the "Rock Star" engraved on it. It's very simple, but kinda cool. I like it. :)
I spent my birthday feeling happy and enjoying myself. Thank you to everyone who helped to make it a good birthday! I feel so blessed by you all! :D

Now I just wonder what the year I'm sixteen will be like? I guess I'm gonna find out!

God bless!
Katie K.

Ah, Just Lovely

I don't know about you, but I do believe I had a simply amazing Thanksgiving. We got the hardest of the cooking done the day before, so we got things done pretty quickly on Thanksgiving day. We watched the parade, it's a tradition, but it was boring... And the singers weren't very good, but oh well. It's a tradition, and I enjoy it for some strange reason. lol. We had the feast ready by two, so we ate then. It was really good! I like the candied sweet potatoes and the corn casserole best... YUM! Especially the candied sweet potatoes.
After eating, some people went to watch football, others played a board game. I was feeling rather restless so neither held any appeal to me, I took the camera out and took a lot of pictures outside of the lovely, but cold day. I should've worn gloves because my fingers got quite numb before I finally went inside. lol. There were so many lovely things to capture! And I was having fun playing around with angles, so precious few pictures came out very well. :-P Though there was a picture that a blue heron (I think it was a blue heron, I didn't get a very good look at it.) flew right into. That was cool. I hadn't expected it, but it made the picture so much cooler! I like blue herons...
Anyway, we just kind of snacked and hung out and had a lovely day for the rest of Thanksgiving. We played Life. I'd never played before, but it was fun. Even though I came in last... I started out really strong, got my dream career, had the best salary, got married, bought a lovely log cabin, but then I lost my awesome salary and got a terrible one, had a mid-life crisis and became an athlete, got a slightly better salary with that, but it was too late, everything had already fallen apart for me... I retired to a poor life. Best part of my life was my husband and three sons. Haha. Glad that was just a game and not my real life! I'd HATE to be an athlete. Wonder what my real life as an adult will be? I'll be 18 in almost exactly two years...

We've started decorating for Christmas. Gotta say I love, love doing that! Everything starts to look so lovely... :-) Not to mention it means that I get the awesomest birthday decorations. ;-)
Tis truly starting to feel like Christmastime! Cooler weather, lights, Christmas music, etc. It really is my favorite time of year. Just lovely... :)

God bless,
And merry Christmas everyone!
~Katie K.

Do PLEASE Pray!

Hey everyone, I have some dear friends in need of prayer.
Recently my friend Kindy's cousin died, so please be praying for Kindy and her family and certainly her cousin's family.
Yesterday, yes, on Thanksgiving, the grandfather of my two friends, Lula and Willow passed away, so please be praying for all of them!
And lastly, two of the siblings of my best friend, Anna are badly sick. Her 8 year-old sister has bad pneumonia, and her 3 year-old brother has a rash and scarlet fever! And there are colds going around the entire family...

Ah, do please, please, please be praying for my friends!

God bless!
~Katie

Why Lyric Sheets Are Important. :-P

If you hear a song with lyrics like this:

"I am not what you see, oh no,
Not much more than a sleeve I, I wish to be,
'Cause I am not what you see,
Not much more a sleeve I should be,
Nothing more, a sleeve I will be."

You might wanna find out if you're hearing it right... Because that happened to me several years ago when that song was still pretty new. I found out that it was really:

"I am not what you see, oh no,
Not much more than a slave I, I wish to be
'Cause I am not what you see,
Not much more a slave I should be,
Nothing more, a slave I will be."
(From "Not What You See" by Kutless)

Oh! Yeah, NOW it makes sense... :-P

Then not long ago, my mom and I were listening to the radio and we thought we heard:

"I put my faith in me alone,
I put my hope in God alone."

O_O Wow. I'm so glad we were wrong! It was actually:

"I put my faith in the unknown,
I put my hope in God alone."
(From "Believe" by The Letter Black.)

Whew, okay much better, because I was worried about that band... And our radio station. :-P I just feel bad because when I made that mistake, I also went and ranted about it on Google Buzz. So, a lot of people now think that there really was a song with such disturbing lyrics... *Facepalm* My most sincere apologies to The Letter Black!

Another one from the radio...

"Go get your chauffeur,
And we'll take it deeper,
To bury the castle,
Bury the castle."

You know, oddly I was able to make some sense out of that... Don't ask though, I'm not sure I could explain. :-P It was actually:

"Go get your shovel,
And we'll dig a deep hole,
To bury the castle,
Bury the castle."
(From "Brick By Boring Brick" by Paramore.)

Which still doesn't make much sense unless you know the song...

There are some classic mistakes that a lot of you already know, because I've posted them on older blogs:

"Come in adjust this terrifying comb,
A paradox in me."

Which was really:

"Come images that terrify and calm,
A paradox in me."
(From "Passion" by Kutless.)

I've always thought that was one of the most hilarious mistakes I ever made... And then there's this great one my brother made:

"How can I be quiet now,
When I'm believing I'm a woman?"

Ha, yeah I was shocked when he told me that that was what he was hearing! I was quick to correct him:

"How can I be quiet now,
When I believe it and I want it?"
(From "Loud" by Kutless.)



So, have any of y'all gotten the lyrics in a song horrible wrong? If so, I'd love to know some of them! I find it hilarious to know the mistakes people (including myself!) make. However these days I usually look at lyrics when I hear a song for the first time, so I no longer make so many mistakes. :-P

God bless!
~Katie K.

Of Randomness, Rap Music, Food, and Stuff

Well, here I am, posting once more. I'm hungry. I'm considering another cup of coffee. I'm hungry. I'm listening to "No Plan B" by Manafest. I've given up on the idea that I don't like rap. I like Manafest, he's good. So, I like exceptional rap. Like Manafest and Toby Mac. I still prefer rap with singing though. I'm hungry.

I think it's wrong to be deceptive to get people interested, and then shove God in their faces in attempt to convert them to Christ. Which is why I don't listen to Flyleaf...

Still listening to "No Plan B", but I may change to a different song soon.

I'm loving fall. The weather is nice, and I've been able to start wearing my leather jacket. I love that jacket. (Now I'm listening to "Avalanche" by Manafest.) Yesterday my mom baked up a cinnamon bread that tasted just like fall. I hadn't known that food could taste like a season, but that bread did. It is yummy. Maybe I'll snag a slice. I'm hungry.

I'm thinking of making a new template for my blog. I know what you're thinking, "But you just made that template!" But I'm already a bit bored with it, and I'm kinda wanting something wintery. So, do you like this template for now, or do you think I should make another? (Be honest!)

Oh, and on Sunday I'm gonna go see my cousin, who is a bride-to-be. She's wanting to get all of the bridesmaids (I'm gonna be her bridesmaid.) and such together to meet and get on the same page. Sounds fun to me. I look forward to meeting the other bridesmaids. I just hope that at nearly 16 I'm not gonna be the youngest there. :-P


Well, that was random, but it was a post! Hope it made sense, I just typed it up in a hurry. :-P

God bless, y'all!
~Katie K.

Now I'm listening to "Every Time You Run" also by Manafest.

So, I Decided To Be A Thief.

Well, steal a tag anyway... ;-) Been like forever since I did one and I haven't got much to post anyway. So, here is a tag.
Edit: I forgot to mention that the person I stole the tag from is the lovely Samarah!

8 books I've read recently:
Um. Books. I don't really remember at the moment, I've been mostly re-reading lately. Been kinda bored with books lately, I need something new and good to read.

8 Songs or Albums I listen to all the time:
1. Everything by Kutless except the album "Strong Tower". That is my least favorite by them, though I still really like most of it!
2. "Welcome To The Masquerade" (Album) by Thousand Foot Krutch.
3. "Forgiven", "One Day Too Late" and "Comatose" by Skillet.
4. "Impossible" by Manafest: featuring Trevor McNevan.
5. "The Words I Would Say" by Sidewalk Prophets.
6. "Dear X (You Don't Own Me)" by Disciple.
7. When I'm on the computer I listen to all of the TFK stuff that we don't own that I love.
8. Um, after that it's various.


8 Things I love:
1. My amazing Savior.
2. My parents and siblings.
3. My friends.
4. Music! (Especially Christian rock.)
5. Google Buzz and blogs. They're so helpful in finding friends and sharing ideas.
6. Walks in the morning on a cool fall day.
7. Miracles.
8. Chocolate and coffee. ;-)


8 Things I've learned this year:
1. To always trust in God, no matter what. Even when things seem hopeless, He can surprise us!
2. That I love Thousand Foot Krutch, even though I'd always been told that they weren't very good.
3. That I just can't be an author right now.
4. I love to sing.
5. More and more each year I keep learning about how awesome God is.
6. I want nothing more than to serve God.
7. I don't like Facebook.
8. And I've learned many other things too.


8 new recipes I want to try and make by the end of the year:
1. Something chocolate.
2. Something yummy.
3. Something chocolate.
4. Something YUMMY!
5. Something sweet.
6. Something hearty.
7. Something chocolate.
8. Something yummy.


8 Favorite online hangouts:
1. Google Buzz and G-mail chat.
2. The blog world.
3. I do Facebook, but I do not love it.
4. Inklings.
5. Chatango chat. (Beware, it's not a great thing unless you have good add blocking.)
6. There really aren't very many "hangouts".
7......
8......


8 Projects I need to work on:
1. My relationship with God. (Always. Can't slack off on that.)
2. Finding a way to earn money.
3. Getting myself onto a better schedule.
4. My relationships with family.
5. Myself. (I'm still so far from perfect. I know I never will be perfect, but I'm gonna try to get as close as possible!)
6. School...
7. Singing.
8. Learning electric guitar and keyboard. (My stupid keyboard randomly died on me, and I need new strings for my guitar. :-P)


8 people I think should do this tag:
If you wanna do it, then be my quest!

God bless y'all!
~Katie K.

Wow. Can You Belive This? I Can't.... I Clapped So Hard I Bruised My Hand!

Okay, on Thursday I got the best birthday present I have ever received. (It was an early present, my birthday isn't until December 2nd.) I got to see my favorite band live! KUTLESS!!! (I also saw Above The Golden State and Sidewalk Prophets!!) First though, I got to go meet them! :-D They were signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans at a nearby bookstore, so my mom took me and a couple of my brothers. Sidewalk Prophets was also there. They set up and did a mini acoustic concert before they and Kutless got around and signed autographs. It was all very laid back. I found out there that i actually really like Sidewalk Prophets. And they were so nice, and passionate and fun! While Sidewalk Prophets was performing, I was standing like right next to/right behind Jon Micah (lead singer for Kutless) and his adorable son, Caleb. And in the aisle ahead of us, the other members of Kutless (Except Lucky, he wasn't there at all for some reason...) were there. And they were having a lot of fun singing along with Sidewalk Prophets.
After Sidewalk Prophets finished their little mini concert, both bands set up to sign autographs. While waiting in line, I smiled and waved at Caleb. He smiled and waved back. HE WAS SO CUTE! Too bad I can't take the little guy home. lol.
So I got myself autographs from both Kutless and Sidewalk Prophets. I also got autographs for some friends. The ones for friends I had done on some cool papers, each had a cross and a verse on it. James, (Guitarist for Kutless.) had apparently been reading one of those verses that morning! Then we got pictures!

(Note, all pictures are unedited. And decided to post in the opposite order in which they were taken... Hmmm. :-P)

Me and Flash with Sidewalk Prophets! (Notice the lead singer is wearing a Batman shirt? lol)

Me and Flash with Kutless!

Me with Kutless!
See Caleb waving off to the side? Isn't he just adorable?

Sidewalk Prophets performing their mini acoustic concert!

.Their drummer. It's like the only picture of him that came out all that day!

Okay, so now onto the concert! My actual present. IT WAS AMAZING!!!
Daddy and I got there a few minutes before the doors were opened for the people to come in, so we ended up at first getting front row seats. Then we had to wait like 45 minutes for the concert to begin. There were some stereos playing music at least, so at least there were sounds other than a bunch of strangers chatting away. I recognized some of it, I heard some Disciple, Sanctus Real and then one of like five songs that I like by FM Static.
Finally, Above The Golden State came out. Fun, but definitely an opening performance. The most fun with them came when they sang "I'll Fly Away" (You've been living under a rock if you never heard that song!) and got everyone one singing.

"And when I die, hallelujah, by and bye, I'll fly away." :-D

Oh, and I spotted Lucky and Nick from Kutless playing bass guitar and guitar for them. Couldn't help but wonder if they lost members maybe?? While Above The Golden State was playing, Daddy had gotten up to get a better angle on some pictures, and I had strayed a few steps away from our seats for a better view. An elderly couple took our seats. (I'm sure they had no idea that those seats were ours!) Daddy and I just kind of overlooked it and moved into the "mosh pit". (Very civilized mosh pit!)

Lead singer for Above The Golden State

Lucky from Kutless playing bass for Above The Golden State

Unfortunately none of the pics of their drummer came out... So you can just stare at their lead singer. lol

Nick from Kutless playing guitar for Above The Golden State

Then came Sidewalk Prophets. I'm thinking I really, really must've gotten a poor sampling of their music before, because they were anything but boring. They may not have exactly been a rock band, but they were so passionate and the music was really good. And the lyrics! Ah, amazing. In fact, they put on such a good/fun/passionate show that I was actually thinking that Kutless was gonna have to put on their very best to beat that performance. o.O lol. When they sang, "You Love Me Anyway", they had this really touching video playing. I nearly cried. It was beautiful... And "The Words I Would Say" was awesome! (Look that song up! Seriously!) And at one point, I don't remember what song was going on at the time, but Dave, the lead singer, met my eyes. I think he was probably having a moment of, "Hey, I remember her! I shook her hand and signed her jeans! Hi!" lol. Or maybe he didn't remember me and was just randomly looking me in the eyes. :-P

Me really enjoying Sidewalk Prophets.

I love this picture. When I took it I was really hoping it'd come out, and it did! They were having so much fun up there. They were fun to watch.

This one is almost as fun as the last. That guitarist over to the side looks like he's about to fall over...

They were so passionate... :-)

He's a good guitarist.

After Sidewalk Prophets left the stage, Jon Micah from Kutless came out and talked about Compassion International. (Which is a really good child sponsorship organization.) He had with him a packet on a little boy from Africa, he struggled a bit to pronounce the kid's first name then said, "I'm not even gonna try to pronounce his last name. Can we just call him Billy?" Everyone laughed, but I think I'll forever remember that kid as Billy! lol.
Then we waiting about fifteen minutes for Kutless to come out and put on their show. A very boring fifteen minutes of standing around doing nothing...
And then we heard church bells! And a choir! lol. It was pre-recorded stuff, it would be hard to do those things live. Then Kutless ran out onto stage and the concert began with "It Is Well". And it was amazing live!! Actually, everything was amazing! They started it out with a set of worship songs, mostly off of their newest album and then did an acoustic set, starting with "Sea Of Faces". The acoustic set was great, I had no idea "Sea Of Faces" sounded so good acoustic! My only disappointment with that was that right as they were about to sing the bridge, like one of my favorite parts out of any of their songs ever, they switched to a song I had no idea they even did! "Mighty To Save". It was good though, a very good version of "Mighty To Save". And then a bit after the acoustic set, they picked it up with "To Know That You're Alive." The video for it was playing in the background. I remember they also played "The Feeling" instead of "Tonight". I don't think I could possibly forget their performance of "Pride Away". First off they riled us up and seriously got us jumping. (I was afraid that Daddy would have an asthma attack from all of that jumping!) The jumping was fun, but um, I don't recommend wearing high heals to a concert... At the point in the song where there would have been a rap segment, they kind of paused the song, and Jon Micah introduced Jeff and Jeff did a drum solo. Jeff doesn't like loud cheering for his drum solos, no, loud isn't good enough, it must be deafening. After finishing one piece, he'll sit there and look at us, kind of disappointed, and put his hand behind his ear as though he couldn't hear us. Once satisfied at our volume, he gets this big grin, nods and starts beating those drums again. Once he's done, we're expected to be louder! Ha. It was fun. Then Jon Micah introduced Lucky (His name is actually Dave Leutkenhoelter, Lucky is just his nickname.) and Lucky joined Jeff in playing, then James was introduced. (Great guitarist!!) and then Nick, and finally Jon Micah introduced himself. And then they got back to "Pride Away", which was actually a bit startling, because I had forgotten the song. lol. Did you know that when they song, Jon Micah tells you to jump by singing, "Jump, jump, jump!"? They really have a unique way of getting their fans jumping! :-D And then I don't remember if it was before or after "Pride Away" was over, they started trying to get a drummer from the crowd to come up on stage with them to play Jeff's drums. (At first I misheard and thought he was saying "jumper", not "drummer." lol. Concerts can be so loud it's hard to hear what they're saying.) A guy came up on stage, but before he could go over to the drums, Jon Micah stopped him and was like, "Hey, not only are we gonna let you play Jeff's drums, but you can also play James' guitar!" James was handing over the guitar and the guy looked near panic. lol. He still took the guitar and pretended to play, ha! He ended up not getting to play the drums, but he got Jeff's drumsticks, which was cool enough!
Really, like I said, the entire concert was awesome, but I think that the best part was right before they sang "Remember Me" and then when they did sing it. It was amazing, I think Jon Micah is as good a preacher as singer! He really has the ability to make it sink it just exactly what Jesus, our God, did for us filthy, sinful lowlifes... Made it sink in just how much He loves us, it was amazing. And then when he sang "Remember Me", the song seemed even more powerful than it had before, and I already loved that song. I think I love it more now... Although, it kind of stole some of the thunder from "What Faith Can Do", which they played right after it.

Jon Micah talking about Compassion International. He and his wife have been sponsoring a girl for about ten years, and he recently got to meet her. He talked about that experience. Said he hadn't expected to come out of that feeling like he had an adopted daughter.

"IT IS WEEEEEELLL, WITH MY SOUL!!" :-D

Hey, all of them are at least "sort of" in this pic! :-D

The lights were kewl.

That's my Daddy. I loved how he was getting into the music so much. :-D

That's Jeff during the acoustic set. I couldn't tell what he was playing through all of those heads. Bummer...

Acoustic set. I love their guitars.

Having the time of my life!

I like this pic for some reason...

Drum solo! He's such an amaaaaazing drummer!

Beat them drum, Jeff! That's some talent you got there, dude!

Lucky's so cool. I wish I could've gotten his autograph!

Daddy got this pic. I think it might be the awesomest picture from the entire concert!

Why is it so hard to get a good picture of Nick?

He never broke a sweat! How does he do that? Everyone else was all sweaty and exhausted, but he looked like he could have kept going for a few more hours... Oh well, that's what you get when you've got an athlete for a favorite singer. All his energy made me feel like a lazy slug. I think I'm gonna start working out... ;-)




It'd go into more detail, but this post is taking forever and a half to write, and I haven't had much time on the computer the past few days to finish it, so here y'all go! If you get a chance to see Kutless in concert, I highly, highly recommend going!!!

God bless!
~Katie K.

VERY EXCITING POST COMING SOON!!!!

At least, exciting to me... Can anyone tell that I'm excited??? I MET KUTLESS!!!! (And Sidewalk Prophets!!) I got autographs from both bands and I got pictures taken with both bands. And I tell you, Caleb, Jon Micah's (Lead singer for Kutless) son was so, so, sooooo cute! He waved and smiled back at me. Too bad I couldn't get his autograph.... ;)

I'm going to Kutless' concert tonight. (Sidewalk Prophets and Above The Golden State will be there too.) Then tomorrow I should have lots of pictures and the whole story! I bet you're just dying to know why I was standing next to Jon Micah for more than ten minutes.... :-D

God bless!
~Katie K.

How Do You Name A Random Post Like This?

The bird is squawking, the weather is warm, my dad and little brother are eating granola and I'm sitting here typing and trying to think of something that won't bore all of my readers to tears.

I went to that craft Bazaar with my mom today, it was fun as always. My mom so obviously has the baby on her mind all the time. Our biggest finds of the day were baby items. Though, I must confess they were adorable baby items. :-)

Oh, and I talked to one of my best friends on the phone today! Though, I didn't talk to her nearly as long as my older brother, Adam, did. Her being his girlfriend and everything.... :-P She lives in Indiana and us in Texas, she our only forms of communication are through internet and phone.

And well, I'm just so psyched about the concert it's all I want to talk about and it's all I can do not to talk about it, lol. I haven't even gone yet! Augh. I'm planning like crazy, I even know what I'm gonna wear. I just gotta wait two weeks! :-P

Oh yeah! I joined Facebook. It's kinda weird...


God bless y'all!
~Katie K.

Just To Put Up A Post...

Well, I haven't really got much to say, but I felt the need to post, so here's a post! A very boring, meaningless post. FUN! Er, well maybe not so much... The good news is that I AM working on a much, much deeper post, but I may not post it until my blog obtains a larger following.

Some bad news is that my headphones died today. I am very unhappy about this because I love music and now I have to wait until Friday for new ones.

Some more good news: It's official, I'm going to the Kutless concert! :-D YAY! I'm sooo excited!

On that note, I shall say farewell until next time!
God bless!
~Katie

Fall Is Here!

Fall is my favorite time of year. The cooler weather, (I love wearing jackets, especially my leather one.) the beautiful colors, the millions of birds, (long as they don't fly right over my head!) the smell of the wind, the taste of the air, decorating, Thanksgiving, and then in late fall, my birthday. Ah, yes. What's not to love about fall? So, I'm very glad that this wonderful season is finally here! I'll probably be taking lots of walks to the park and probably be taking lots of pictures.

We've already started decorating. You'll be seeing leaves and pumpkins and candles and all kinds of nice things popping up around our house. We'll be getting our big scarecrow, Del, out of the garage and onto the porch soon. Which In not too long the house will start smelling like yummy stuff Momma and I baked!

Saturday after next Momma and I are going the annual craft bazaar. There will be mostly Thanksgivingish and Christmasy stuff, but there will be other stuff too. I love going, it's amazing to see the beautiful and amazing stuff that people make. It's also cool to bring some of that stuff home.

And on October 21st, I might get to go to a Kutless concert!

I'll be sure to update soon and let y'all know how things are going.

God bless!
~Katie K.

My Wild (But GOOD) Summer!

Well, now that I've finished my template, gotten all of my pages up and completed and somehow managed not to scream my lungs out in frustration over getting this thing set up, I think it's time I put up a real blog post.

I've actually been blogging for about two years, this is my latest blog. HSB was mean to me when they got their upgrades. Like so many other people, I left HSB! Their upgrades were more like downgrades.
Anyhow, I took a break from blogging for the summer, now I'm back with much to tell. Some of you may know me, some of you may not. I go by Katie, and if there's anymore you want to know about me, please view my "About Me" page.

Okay now, as for how my summer went, it was insane. Mostly good, but insane nonetheless. Ah, where oh where to begin?

Well, I've gotten serious about songwriting, and I've given up story writing for now. Might come back to it in a few years. Dunno. I'm teaching myself to sing and I've decided to take up learning music theory and teach myself keyboard.
We found out that Momma is pregnant earlier this summer. And then after awhile Momma started acting like she was having a miscarriage and for two miserable days, we thought that the baby was dead. However, God kinda let me know (Didn't speak to me, just kinda let me know) that Momma needed to go to the Hospital. Not sure why He chose to tell me, but I got my dad to take her and we found out that this baby is alive! You have no idea how wonderful it is to find out that someone you love is alive when you thought they were dead. It was amazing, a miracle really. The baby's nickname is Boo.

In late August we were given free tickets to our local water park. Since my mom is pregnant and couldn't go, I invited my best friend, Anna, (who lives in Oklahoma.) to come on down and take my mom's ticket and spend the day with me. Amazingly, her parents agreed and the two of us had a blast together! Though, I hurt my leg on one ride. The ride was terrifying, so the hurt leg wasn't even worth it. :-P Anna almost liked the ride though. *Shakes head* There were mostly fun rides though, there was this one ride with duel person inner-tubes that made you first go down, then up, then back down. That one was tons of fun. Anna and I rode it twice. And who knows how many times we went down the slides... (They also had the option of duel inner-tubes, which we mostly used.) We also spent a lot of time in the wave pool, which I found relaxing, and we went speedily around the lazy river. Ah yes, that was a great day, and though we came out horribly sunburned, (we lost our sun block...) it was totally worth it to spend the day with Anna! (Love ya, girl!)

Another thing that happened this summer was that we got hit by a tropical depression, which brought lots of flooding, though not nearly as much as in other areas.

One of the best parts of this summer though has been that I've been getting closer to God and learning so much.

Yes, summer of 2010 was wild, but good, and now it's gone. However, I don't think things will be slowing down. With my mom being pregnant, the holidays on the way, my birthday just around the corner, a baby due in February, me being bridesmaid in my cousin's wedding, learning to drive, etc, I don't think things could slow down. lol

So, how was your summer?

God Bless!
~Katie K.

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~Katie K.