Time....

It's been some time since I posted, and I apologize! I have lots to blog about and plan to do so very soon! Stay tuned for lots of fun pictures!

Fireproof Finale...

Last Sunday, (I know I am a week behind), we went to our last Fireproof group meeting. I am going to miss seeing this weekly meeting. It was nice to sit and learn about relationships with our significant other and with God. We hope to meet still and just work on learning more and laughing and funny enough, we are thinking about doing Bible drills. Ya know, like teenagers and younger kids do. It sounds silly but we jokingly talked about it and did a couple drills and it was really fun. Okay, so anyways, I have some fun pictures to share.

This is the gang after the meeting enjoying strawberry shortcake and brownies. From Left: Greg and Maryanna, Sandra and Lynn, John and Mary, Kristi (me) and John.

Greg and Maryanna with a little bit of John on the side...

(this was after we tried to cook a grape in the microwave.) Sandra and Lynn... (Sandra cut her finger so she hasn't been able to play softball. I hope it is heeling so she doesn't have to keep going back to the clinic-sketchy place)

Mary and John... The sweetest couple ever... John is the slightly older version of my John-he took notes on how to 'cook' grapes and make 'big' sparklers!)
This is Greg and Maryanna's dog Libby. She loved the attention and I loved sharing some love with her and scratching those big ears...

Yay! Go team!

So our softball team isn't exactly the best in the league. BUT!!! Last night I actually hit the ball and got an RBI. I was really excited to be able to contribute to the game. All that training that John and Jeff have been helping with in practice is starting to pay off. Just had to tell everyone.

Also, updates for this coming weekend- the Strawberry Festival and Chili Cook-off are scheduled for this Saturday, Lord willing it won't rain and put a damper on the fun. I love this kind of stuff. I hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!

I'll leave you with this picture I took after the softball game last night.

A greeting from the Star City of the South...

Visit from the MIL....

MIL=Mother In Law. We are having so much fun. Ginette arrived in VA on Friday. We kicked off the fun weekend with a game of Catch Phrase! We played until 1 AM. Rachel, Ginette and I played against John and Jeff. On Saturday Ginette, Rachel and I went shopping for window treatments for my house. Ginette is very talented when it come to explaining God's word and making curtains! On Sunday we went to church and then out to lunch at Ruby's to use some coupons we saved up. After finding more curtain fabrics and rods, we headed to our cluster group meeting for the Fireproof study we are doing with our church. I truly enjoy getting to learn from Ginette. She commands a room like no other with her knowledge and spirit. (I'm not just saying all this because she is going to read this, but because I love her and want her to know we appreciate her so much.) I look forward to learning more from her, as always, and playing more Catch Phrase this week!

Here we are making eggs at the fire hall after the Fireproof cluster meeting. We put Ginette to work!

Stay tuned for more on the curtains! Yes they are on my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days! Check out my list to see what all I have been up to.

#5 Get Braces!!!

I did it. I don't have any pictures to show, as it isn't the most attractive thing to see. I am sure that there will eventually be pictures, but I'm not exactly stepping up for that photo shoot yet. It has been a very trying experience. I have braces on top and a bite plain on bottom. My upper cuspids are (were) stuck behind my lower cuspids when I bite down. The bite plain will allow my upper and lower teeth to separate for a few weeks while the upper cuspids move forward. I got them put on 1 week ago today. I can tell a TREMENDOUS difference in the position of my upper teeth. I had the tiniest of gaps between my two front teeth, and that is gone. The cuspids are moving too! It is amazing how it works.

The challenges are, that the bite plain has to be in most of the time. For the first 3 days, I only took it out to brush. I ate soup and mashed potatoes and green beans for most of my meals. It is impossible to chew with it in. I have gradually gotten to the point where I can take it out to talk on the phone at work, eat meals, and even leave it out for comfort reasons, for a little while. Wish me luck with this. My upper cuspids could crossover as soon as 2 weeks from now!!!

I have a lot more to post about later today! Happy Monday!

Hello!!!

I have been so busy the past couple weeks that I have totally neglected my blog. I hope everyone is doing well. I will hopefully get to add a couple posts tonight, to catch everyone up. Happy Wednesday to everyone!

Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog. My name is Kristi I am about to embark on a fun new experience. I will be using this blog to document my journey of: 101 things to do in 1001 days project. (Click me). I am very excited about starting my list today, on My 25Th birthday. I will have 1001 days to complete the 101 things on my list. I will coincidentally complete my tasks, on the 5 year anniversary of the day that John proposed to me. Random, I know. I am a numbers person and thought that cool. So, I will be posting my list on here later today.

In addition to posting and discussing each item I mark off the list, I will be posting fun pics that I take. Pictures of our pets, family, food, friends, and anything else I think you might enjoy. A big part of the blog will also be about my only hobby, cooking. Sad I know, I'm working on the hobby thing. I will post recipes that I try out. I will also try to link to the original recipe creator's blog so you can check out more recipes. Wish me luck on this exciting challenge!

I'll give you a couple pictures from the fall to get you started in on the fun. We went to a corn maze and fall festival with our friends, Rachel & Jeff. So there are a couple pictures of that. We also carved pumpkins together, in the garage. It was really nasty, but turned out cute. And a couple pictures from our Thanksgiving feast. Enjoy.

This is my husband John and I at one of the checkpoints in the corn maze.

This is Rachel and Jeff at a checkpoint.

This is John, me, & Jeff carving pumpkins.

This is Brinks (one of our dogs) trying to help. She wanted to climb in my lap.This is Rachel and Jeff carving their pumpkin. (note the new house being built next door, it is really pretty. And going to be ready in the spring)
These are our finished pumpkins! The one on the left is Rachel & Jeff's. Then I carved our Last name initial, F. And the last one is the one that John carved.

This is our feast at Thanksgiving and us enjoying it.