Fat Girl Slim- Resolutions for the New Year

I know some people may read that title and become offended, but honestly they'll get over it. We all know that with the new year comes a variety of resolutions that people almost never seem to stick to. I am guilty of that just as much, if not more, than everyone else. Year after year I make the same resolution to get thinner, and year after year all that seems to happen is a gradual rise to the number on the scale. Until 2012.

Maybe it is all the specualtion of the world supposedly ending (although we know that the world will end when God dedcides it is going to end). But this year I've decided to make a few resolutions that I am GOING to stick to. My determination is at an all time high, and I have the privledge of having a support group of people to help me strive toward my goals. So here begins my list of life changes that are starting this year:

1- I am going to read through my Bible in a year. I have tried to accomplish this task many times. Unfortunately, I have never been able to accomplish this. I always seem to let the "busyness" of my personal life get in the way. I put busyness in quotations because there is nothing in my life that is more important than being in God's word.

2- Branching off of my previous goal, I am going to memorize scripture. Growing up as an AWANA kid I know how important it is to have God's word hidden away in your heart. Yet, with age I have lost my motivation to be constantly tucking scripture in my heart. So that is going to change.

3- I am going to get healthy. I kind of have a jumpstart on this particular goal but nonetheless, I am determined to make this happen. I am going to have a better and more healthy life. I am blessed to have people around me to encourage me and work with me in this goal evey step of the way and I am so thankful for them. Without them, I'm pretty sure that I would've already been back in a booth at Red Robin.

So now I get to challenge you. I challenge you, whoever you are to make changes this year and stick with them. Don't just talk the talk, get up and do sommething about it. Find a group of people that you can count on as an accountability group.

Here's to a new year, and a new you.

Happy New Year
-Katie :)

Thank You...

Being someone that works with kids, saying "Thank You" is something you're constantly trying to instill in their everyday routine. I am always trying to make sure those two "magic" words are said. Unfortunately I've realized I rarely use them myself. Sure when people give me things I say thank you. Then again if I didn't say thank you when expected I'd fall into the category of "rude", which isn't my goal in life. But, the things that I don't think about saying thank you to is what I should. I don't thank my parents enough, or my friends. So here is a start.....

My Momma Bear and Padre- I don't say thank you enough. You are always there for me no matter what time of day and I take that for granted every day. You deal with my attitude and you don't get on me about things. You are both so amazing.

My G-ma- I adore you!!!! I love that I can tell you anything and that you always keep me in check. I'm so grateful that when I'm in the wrong you tell me and you are always there for emotional support.

The Cassell Family- THANK YOU! You guys are soo amazing. I cannot thank you guys enough for letting me spend time there and for just hanging out. I love you all soo much! You are all such a blessing in my life, and I am so glad that I met you.

Sara Beth- my dear, I love you so much! I'm so sad that you're not in good old Lancracker anymore but, I love that no matter what time of day it is I send you a text and you're there for me. You make me realize that I deserve so much more than I was settling. I will never forget all the crazy things we've done and the summer in Santa Cruz.

Stephy- Stay Classy! I love you girlie and I am so glad that you tell me all the hard things that I need to hear. You are extremely good and keep me in check and I love that you drill the people in my life. I have no clue what I would do without you.

Stacey Ann- my sisterrrrr I love you. I cannot wait until you're here. You are one of the most amazing people I know. You are so independent and I envy that quality in you. I am so grateful that you are watching out for my best interest. I am eternally grateful.

Coley Oly O- I feel like I should type this in my Minnesota accent but I don't have enough patience for that. You're one of the strongest people I know. I love hanging out with you and I love that you give me advice. Thank you.

Linnizle- My cousin in Texas that I love with all my heart. Thank you for being someone that I can talk to. Thank you for encouraging me, and most importantly thank you for always being there. I know when we first met things were a little rough but as time has gone by I love you and I cannot imagine my life without you. I love you.

My Familia and Familia we adopted :) - you are all the most amazing people I have ever met. You are all so loving and giving and I am so blessed to have each and every one of you in my life. All of you have played a huge roll in shaping the person I have become and the person I hope to be.

Hallie and Cari- You two are completely amazing and phenominal women, and I hope that one day I am even half as awesome as you are when I grow up. I am so thankful that you two are in my life and are dedicated to teaching us how to be Godly women. I love both of you so much!!

The boys that broke me- Thank you, if not for you I would never have realized what type of man I wanted and what type of man I deserve. At the time I never felt more worthless in my entire life but, looking back I'm a much stronger person because of it. As crazy as it sounds I'm glad that it happend both of you made me turn to God and place all of my trust in Him and make sure I had my priorities straight. Which is a lesson I am so thankful that I have learned. So thank you for that....

It's been a while...

Well my dear blog friends it's been quite some time since I've written pretty much anything. Let me just tell you now, a lot has happened.

My first year of college wrapped up and let me just say that is was quite the experience. I had some really great professors this past semester.

Another key moment from life these past few months was my grandmother passing away. It took all of us by surprise and it's still a shock.

This has pretty much been my life for the past few months. College, guy drama (which is pointless) and family.

The guy drama in short was a waste of time and taught me a lot. It taught me a lot about trust and about people. I never knew that being a "sweet" person was a bad quality when it came to relationships but I was wrong. Trusting people and looking for the best in a relationship gets you no where but hurt.

Same with trying to do things on your terms and not God's. Me being the stubborn person that I am thought I knew better than God. Fortunately for me God showed me otherwise. It may have hurt a whole lot and still kind of sting but, it was for the best. I know that God's plan is by far better than any plan that I could imagine.

Which brings us to this summer...I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS SUMMER!!!!!

For one VBS is coming up and I have the privledge of being the director of 1st grade. I have absolutely no clue what I am doing but, I know that God has a plan and it's going to be an amazing week.

Summer softball is starting up and as we all know I ADORE softball! I live for the smell of the cut grass and the clay :)

And even more exciting the possibility of a Neighborhood Impact college group house. It's quite possibly the most exciting thing EVER!!!!

So this pretty much sums up everything that has been happening in my life and, what's going to be happening in my life.

Thanks for reading :)

Rainy Days..

Well, once again it's been quite some time since I've written one of these. I haven't really had much time, but considering half of the AV is under water I have PLENTY of time.

I'll start off by saying how much I adore this weather, maybe not the immenent dangers that are sure to come from all the flooding. So besides all of that, the rain is amazing. I love looking out the window and seeing all the clouds, and the smell of the wet rain on the pavement. It's the most phenominal thing ever!

Now to update what's happened in life since the last blog. I've had one of the most amazing summers of my life, and I've completed my first semester of college.

This summer I was privledged enough to live with two of the most wonderful people I've ever met, Gramma Aunt Cay and Grandpa Uncle Jerry. I LOVE them soo much! They were so much fun to live with, and they will forever be a part of my life. I also got to work at the most amazing camp EVER, Redwood Christian Park. I worked childcare for the 3 different family camps that went there. Part of the camp experience was archery, and the best strawberry pie on fridays haha. I loved all three of the different camps, but family camp 2 was definitely my favorite. I got to work with the first and second graders, and they completely stole my heart. I cried when they left, and I still have the stuff they made for me. My most prized possesion would be the beach ball I had all of them sign. It will sit on my shelf forever! Everytime I see it it makes me think of them, and all the fun I had with them. They were SO amazing. Not that the kids I work with here aren't. I love the kids here too! hahahaha

Now to move onto my college experience. The best way to describe it is complete and utter culture shock. I didn't really expect the first day to be as shocking, but it's a day I will never forget. I ended up dropping one of my classes, which made me be 3 credits under what is considered a full course load. This stressed me out quite a bit because I need health care, and every class was full for the most part. Thankfully there was a late start health class that I was able to get, and it completely worked out. Unfortunately I didn't do to well in my online classes, found out I need to be in a classroom situation. I took History of Rock 'N' Roll, and I loved it! I learned a lot, and found out early blues is pretty amazing. I also found out just how much you can accomplish on almost no sleep. And that midterms aren't all that scarry haha.

This is pretty much my life in a nutshell. You're all caught up, and now I can try and keep this thing relatively updated.

Oh and I've also decided that I want to take up photography.. haha IDK why but, I think it's a good skill to have.

Thanks for reading :)

My BFF and Sister

This is to my dear Stacey Ann.

First off, I just want to say thank you so much for being the most amazing friend I have ever had. You've been there for me through everything, and you haven't killed me yet. You have been the person that'll tell me when I'm doing something wrong, and you've made sure I've kept on a straight path with God, and that's more than anything I could've wanted from a friend. You have actually been more than a friend. You're the older sister that I never had, and you're entire family means so much to me.



Its hard for me to sit here writting this, and think that goodbye is only a few weeks away. It's hard to think that the end of high school is almost here, and you're leaving. But I'm so excited that you're doing what God wants you to. It's so awesome to see you're life going to different places, and how you're totally letting God take control. It inspires me, and encourages me beyond belief to know that I have been so blessed to have you as my friend. And I love you so much girl, and I'm only a call away, But I have a feeling that I'll be calling you way more than you'll be calling me.



SO I love you lots, and you've been such an amazing friend. Love you girlie!

It's been a while...

So life has been busy, and altogether quite dramatic. I'm sick of the drama... no joke sick of it!

My jaw- Not really drama, but it has been a really draining experience. I was hit a few weeks ago with a softball in my mouth. It wasn't a pleasant experience. Anyways, my jaw is fractured, and they have my front 4 teeth splinted together. My front tooth broke pretty much in half, so that got fixed. Kind of there was an emergency root canal, and the dentist made a fake tooth. But my other front tooth (the one that didn't break) is dying. It's turning a really nasty color. It's really obnoxious. But, I'm glad it wasn't a bigger softball injury. There are far worse things that could've happened.

Going off of the tooth story-Softball is the most dramatic experience of mylife. I've never been so stressed out. But, it's taught me a lot. To not worry about what other people expect. Do my part. Give my 100%. Because I know if I held that back from the girls on my team I would feel horrible. If I didn't do my part I would regret it, but I'm only part of the team. And I know there are girls there that give there all, and I'm close with them. Because we have the same personality traits. They play hurt, they play sick, they play when they don't want to. Because they care about the team. So that's my goal for the season. To leave everything there on the field. And only care about my part, and not hold my breath waiting for the rest of the girls to decide they should be a varsity player.

And now what most girls deal with boys... ugh I'm sure I could write a novel on this subject alone. Recently I've talked with this kid, he is a bad choice, and I know it. That's what gets me, I know he's a bad choice. I've told my friends he's a bad choice, but do I listen to myself... NO. Ya, well tonight I did, and Sara was there to witness. I'm not just gonna be the girl he goes to when he needs something. That's lame, and a waste of time. I'm not going to settle for less that what I deserve, because that never works out. But all of this has come to the next section...

That one Boy- the first guy that I was ever really open and honest with. The one that made me feel safe enough to be vulnerable. Everytime I start to talk with a guy, he always pops up. It drives me insane! I want to move on so badly, but so much of me was put into our friendship, that I don't know if I can. He will always have a piece of my heart, regardless of if he wants it or not. There will always be songs that remind me of him. And no matter how much I want to say they don't they do. Everytime I hear them it takes me back to those memories. And yes, I have to admit, I purposely put those songs on cd's because I want to remember. I want to go back, but I can't and I need to finally grasp that. I need to realize that we will never talk again other than a hello every 6 months... No matter how much it hurts. I need to let go.

Mmkay I think that's all for now.. really a lot has been going through my head.

Because there's never a dull moment right?

So I haven't written in a while, but now I have a lot to say...

Today was one of the most fun and interesting days of my life. We did a softball garage sale, and it was amazing we made 800 total. Which is amazing, and a total blessing from God. All the fun really started last night when Dani, Sara, Chels, and I decided to bake cookies and cupcakes. Somehow I managed to burn every other dozen, and it was a mess. We played rock band for a while, and we rock! Then it was decided that we would watch a movie. Dani and Sara picked Chill a scary movie... I wasn't so excited.. I'd never seen a horror film all the way through. Which I still never have, because Chill was the worst horror film ever! It was so lame, and the acting ... hahahahaha. Today started at 5:30 this morning, and if you know me you know I don't do early. But I managed to wake up (no clue how). So the rest of the girls got to the house at around 6:30. Dani bought glitter tattoos the day before, and Taryn, Dani, Sara, and I put them on. We also found stickers that said "make offer" on them, and put them on our foreheads. It was the best garage sale ever! We got super tired because we were working on like 3-4 hours of sleep. So we all fell asleep.. I fell asleep on Babushka, so half of my face is sunburnt.. Its pretty interesting. Also throughout the course of the day we decided to go check in on the JV girls, we rolled up blasting rap music, and it was so much fun! Love the JV girls they rock. After I got home I was exhausted, and I needed to get the tattoo off my neck. Slight issue, glitter tattoos are gooey, and hard to get off. I had no clue how to go about removing it, so I sat there and peeled it off. One of the most painful experiences of my life! Nevertheless, I got the tattoo off.

End of the day, all in all it was so much fun, did nothing all that important. And now I am going to bed. I'm sure once all my brain cells are functioning I'll be ready to write more of the shenanigans and events of my day! NIGHT!

-Katie