The ultimate cookie has been made. Let me explain. Yesterday (Monday) at work, I was talking with one of my coworkers/friends about how I really wanted cookies. I mentioned that maybe I should make some and my friend volunteered to make cookies instead. Hey, who am I to argue someone else making cookies for me to eat? Anyhow, my friend asked me what my dream cookie would be. My response: Chocolate Chips, Butterscotch Chips, Peanut Butter Chips, Oatmeal and Frosting (I later threw in bananas and pecans, but they didn't make it into the final cut...probably for the best). This morning, I arrive to work and find a plate of my dream cookies sitting on my desk. It might have been the best Tuesday ever. I now have my favoritest (Yes, that's a word in Kristispeak) cookie ever. Seriously, these things are good. My friend named the cookies--Kristi Kookies (I know, I know, original...I like to refer to the cookies as "Best-cookie-I've-ever-tasted-in-my-entire-life" but that name was just far too long for a cookie).
Anyhow, I'm willing to try future cookie submissions to see if they can beat this cookie recipe. Just contact me for cookie delivery location. :)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Not a coincidence...
I don't really believe in coincidences. I'm confident that everything happens for a reason. That being said, there's a Bible verse that consistently shows up when I start to let the little things (or even the big things, for that matter) get the best of me. Last night I was having one of "those nights." I felt extremely overwhelmed by all the little things, overwhelmed by the future, and overwhelmed by the past. I went to bed still not feeling all that great. This morning, I logged on to my iGoogle account to check my email. One of the widgets that I have on my iGoogle page is Bible Verse of the Day. Today the verse was Philippians 4:6-7. It's the verse that constantly shows up when I'm worried, overwhelmed, stressed, etc. I'm pretty sure that it's God's way of telling me "Hey Kristi. Remember me up here? Don't you worry. I've got it all taken care of. You just trust me and things will be a-ok." So that's my reminder to give it all up to Him. Although, I'm sure I'll need the reminder again sometime.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. -- Philippians 4:6-7
Just enough...
I'll admit. It's a good thing that I only need enough faith to get me through one day at a time. Because sometimes it seems hard for anything more...Figuring out the reasons and the truth seem all too difficult. Maybe I really should leave it up to God...
Tomorrow's a new day.
Tomorrow's a new day.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Race Review--Minnie Marathon
What a great day for a race! I woke up this morning right around 4:30 feeling pretty energized after only about 5 hours of sleep. I had laid out my clothes and everything I needed for the race the night before so it was okay I was in a half daze as I got ready this morning. I was out the door by 5:00 and headed for Animal Kingdom. It was probably in the mid 60s when I met up with the running group at about 5:30. We headed for the start line and the race started right on time at 6:15 this morning.
I had told myself that I wasn't going to run for time, but just to get a good work out in. The race was a 15k (9.3 miles) and the farthest I've run since the 1/2 marathon in Jacksonville in February was 8 miles. I started the race with Pam and at the first mile we saw that we were at a 10:20 and we both decided that just wasn't gonna work for us (granted, the first mile is usually the slowest because of all the people, but still...). So of course, my competitive streak came out real fast and I picked up pace and took off. I was much happier to find that the rest of my splits were either 9 mins or less. Annnnd, (drumroll please), I finished in 1:23:08 setting a 15k PR for myself by more than 3 minutes! (My previous 15k time was from September. I ran a 1:26:34). I was really excited! I remember feeling utterly and completely exhausted in September after the 15k and today I felt sooo much better. I can tell my endurance has definitely improved throughout the year.
I have been having some problems with my right knee and left hip although they weren't too bad throughout the race. I think my knee is out of place again (I know, doesn't that sound fun?), but luckily I go to the chiropracter first thing tomorrow morning so he can fix that. My hip/butt/thigh/etc. all hurt, but I'm not really sure what the cause of it is. I'm sure if I quit running it'd get better, but seriously, let's be honest, quit running? I don't think so.
Everyone in the group did really well today. I think we all ran PRs, so it was a good day all around. The course is similar to part of the marathon course. We started out at Animal Kingdom, headed down Osceola to the entrance to the sports complex, did a uturn and headed back down Osceola, up the ramp to World drive (?), took another ramp to the back entrance of the Studios and then ran through the Studios, past Yacht & Beach, and through Epcot to the finish (confused yet?). It's a fast flat course so it's pretty easy to PR.
Anyhow, I'd recommend this race, but unfortunately it's the last year for it.
Happy Running :)
I had told myself that I wasn't going to run for time, but just to get a good work out in. The race was a 15k (9.3 miles) and the farthest I've run since the 1/2 marathon in Jacksonville in February was 8 miles. I started the race with Pam and at the first mile we saw that we were at a 10:20 and we both decided that just wasn't gonna work for us (granted, the first mile is usually the slowest because of all the people, but still...). So of course, my competitive streak came out real fast and I picked up pace and took off. I was much happier to find that the rest of my splits were either 9 mins or less. Annnnd, (drumroll please), I finished in 1:23:08 setting a 15k PR for myself by more than 3 minutes! (My previous 15k time was from September. I ran a 1:26:34). I was really excited! I remember feeling utterly and completely exhausted in September after the 15k and today I felt sooo much better. I can tell my endurance has definitely improved throughout the year.
I have been having some problems with my right knee and left hip although they weren't too bad throughout the race. I think my knee is out of place again (I know, doesn't that sound fun?), but luckily I go to the chiropracter first thing tomorrow morning so he can fix that. My hip/butt/thigh/etc. all hurt, but I'm not really sure what the cause of it is. I'm sure if I quit running it'd get better, but seriously, let's be honest, quit running? I don't think so.
Everyone in the group did really well today. I think we all ran PRs, so it was a good day all around. The course is similar to part of the marathon course. We started out at Animal Kingdom, headed down Osceola to the entrance to the sports complex, did a uturn and headed back down Osceola, up the ramp to World drive (?), took another ramp to the back entrance of the Studios and then ran through the Studios, past Yacht & Beach, and through Epcot to the finish (confused yet?). It's a fast flat course so it's pretty easy to PR.
Anyhow, I'd recommend this race, but unfortunately it's the last year for it.
Happy Running :)
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Life to the fullest!
Soooo much going on in the next few months. I'm way excited!!
Tomorrow--15k, breakfast with the running group, TSM preview, and hanging out at the Studios.
Now--Fawn is moving closer to me! She'll be just a hop, skip, and a jump away...or a bike ride. Either one, really.
Tuesday--My mom gets into town. Just for the night, but I'll take it.
Next Weekend--A friend's wedding, lunch with another friend I haven't seen in a while, and the parks with a few others I haven't seen in a while. And maybe a 5k race...we'll see if I can squeeze that in too!
17th--My mom, sister, sister's friend, and sister's friend's mom (isn't that confusing?) get into town.
18th--Waterpark with the family!! I haven't been in soooo long!!!
20th--OneRepublic Concert with Matt Wertz and Dave Barnes (Secretly, this is what I'm most excited about in the upcoming weeks. Sorry mom...just kidding :)
22nd--Outrigger's Race
Memorial Day Weekend--Heading over to Sarasota area for the weekend. Hopefully doing some sailing, relaxing, shopping and all that jazz. WAY excited!!
29th--Possibly the Augustana concert
June--Hopefully Adam's coming to visit...if we can find a plane ticket that doesn't cost a kajillion dollars. I'd be way way way wayyyy excited to see him!!!
June 20th--Ginny Owens concert. Volunteering for The Mocha Club.
End of June--Possibly Austina coming to visit!!!
July---COLUMBUSSSSSSSSS. Yes, you could say I'm excited. Maybe. A teeny tiny bit.
August--KOEBEL COMES TO VISIT!! Nah, I'm not really excited about that either. Okay, maybe I am. :)
And there are many more little things thrown in there as well. Possibilities include Ingrid Michaelson concert, going to see Mamma Mia and Jesus Christ Superstar, Night of Joy, Melissa and Andrew's wedding in the fall (well, that's not a possibility that's a definite!). Hmm I don't even know what else, but I'm sure I'll find plenty to keep me busy. I'm definitely looking forward to the next few months. Between concerts and people visiting, I couldn't be happier. And work is going really really well. I'm so thankful for all God's blessed me with!
Tomorrow--15k, breakfast with the running group, TSM preview, and hanging out at the Studios.
Now--Fawn is moving closer to me! She'll be just a hop, skip, and a jump away...or a bike ride. Either one, really.
Tuesday--My mom gets into town. Just for the night, but I'll take it.
Next Weekend--A friend's wedding, lunch with another friend I haven't seen in a while, and the parks with a few others I haven't seen in a while. And maybe a 5k race...we'll see if I can squeeze that in too!
17th--My mom, sister, sister's friend, and sister's friend's mom (isn't that confusing?) get into town.
18th--Waterpark with the family!! I haven't been in soooo long!!!
20th--OneRepublic Concert with Matt Wertz and Dave Barnes (Secretly, this is what I'm most excited about in the upcoming weeks. Sorry mom...just kidding :)
22nd--Outrigger's Race
Memorial Day Weekend--Heading over to Sarasota area for the weekend. Hopefully doing some sailing, relaxing, shopping and all that jazz. WAY excited!!
29th--Possibly the Augustana concert
June--Hopefully Adam's coming to visit...if we can find a plane ticket that doesn't cost a kajillion dollars. I'd be way way way wayyyy excited to see him!!!
June 20th--Ginny Owens concert. Volunteering for The Mocha Club.
End of June--Possibly Austina coming to visit!!!
July---COLUMBUSSSSSSSSS. Yes, you could say I'm excited. Maybe. A teeny tiny bit.
August--KOEBEL COMES TO VISIT!! Nah, I'm not really excited about that either. Okay, maybe I am. :)
And there are many more little things thrown in there as well. Possibilities include Ingrid Michaelson concert, going to see Mamma Mia and Jesus Christ Superstar, Night of Joy, Melissa and Andrew's wedding in the fall (well, that's not a possibility that's a definite!). Hmm I don't even know what else, but I'm sure I'll find plenty to keep me busy. I'm definitely looking forward to the next few months. Between concerts and people visiting, I couldn't be happier. And work is going really really well. I'm so thankful for all God's blessed me with!
Strike 1, 2, and 3...But still fun!
I got to go to lunch yesterday with Matt. During lunch we were talking about how Wicked is playing at the Bob Carr right now and how you can put your name in the lottery each night to try to get a $25 ticket for the sold-out show. Today at work Matt IM'd me and we decided, what the heck, let's give it a shot. We met up with our friends Melissa and Andrew at the Bob Carr and put our names in the lottery. Unfortunately, none of us were chosen :( --Strike 1.
So at 6:15 on a Friday night Matt and I were planless. Next, we decided to head over to Universal Studios to see if we could ride the new Simpsons ride. We were confident that Universal had to be open until at least 8 on a Friday night. We drove into the parking garage to find that it closed at 6. What the heck?!? Closing at 6 on a Friday night in May?!? That just seemed absurd. But there was Strike 2.
Our creativeness for planning was running low so we decided that we would just head over to Hollywood Studios to see if Toy Story Mania was open. Matt, however, didn't have his ID with him. Luckily, I had my ID and my Silver pass with me so we went to Studios and were finally in luck--it was open until 8:30. We walked back to TSM only to find that it wasn't open. Bummer. Strike 3. Since we were already at the Studios we decided we had to ride something before we left. On our first lucky break of the day, Tower of Terror only had a 30 minute wait (which was much less) so we got to ride TOT!
After our exhausting search for Friday night entertainment, we headed over to Beaches 'n Cream to reward ourselves with ice cream. The waitress told us some interesting facts about the Kitchen Sink of ice cream there. It has a whole can of Whip Cream (A whole can?!?!?) which equals 1000 calories in itself!!! Then add all of the ice cream, syrups, and other toppings--that's probably at least 5000 calories per a sink. Annnnd, they have a Kitchen Sink challenge. If you can eat the entire thing by yourself in an hour you get it for free. Can you imagine how sick you'd have to feel afterwards? Omigosh...disgusting.
Afterwards we checked out the movie on the beach and found that High School Musical 2 was playing. We watched a few minutes but then decided we were over it. We walked some of the ice cream off around the Boardwalk and then came back to Celebration and walked a bit more of the ice cream off at Relay for Life at Lakeside.
It was quite the random night, but we did a pretty good job of finding entertainment for ourselves! Although, I'll admit, I really really really wanted to see Wicked!!! Oh well. Maybe next time. It was worth a try!
So at 6:15 on a Friday night Matt and I were planless. Next, we decided to head over to Universal Studios to see if we could ride the new Simpsons ride. We were confident that Universal had to be open until at least 8 on a Friday night. We drove into the parking garage to find that it closed at 6. What the heck?!? Closing at 6 on a Friday night in May?!? That just seemed absurd. But there was Strike 2.
Our creativeness for planning was running low so we decided that we would just head over to Hollywood Studios to see if Toy Story Mania was open. Matt, however, didn't have his ID with him. Luckily, I had my ID and my Silver pass with me so we went to Studios and were finally in luck--it was open until 8:30. We walked back to TSM only to find that it wasn't open. Bummer. Strike 3. Since we were already at the Studios we decided we had to ride something before we left. On our first lucky break of the day, Tower of Terror only had a 30 minute wait (which was much less) so we got to ride TOT!
After our exhausting search for Friday night entertainment, we headed over to Beaches 'n Cream to reward ourselves with ice cream. The waitress told us some interesting facts about the Kitchen Sink of ice cream there. It has a whole can of Whip Cream (A whole can?!?!?) which equals 1000 calories in itself!!! Then add all of the ice cream, syrups, and other toppings--that's probably at least 5000 calories per a sink. Annnnd, they have a Kitchen Sink challenge. If you can eat the entire thing by yourself in an hour you get it for free. Can you imagine how sick you'd have to feel afterwards? Omigosh...disgusting.
Afterwards we checked out the movie on the beach and found that High School Musical 2 was playing. We watched a few minutes but then decided we were over it. We walked some of the ice cream off around the Boardwalk and then came back to Celebration and walked a bit more of the ice cream off at Relay for Life at Lakeside.
It was quite the random night, but we did a pretty good job of finding entertainment for ourselves! Although, I'll admit, I really really really wanted to see Wicked!!! Oh well. Maybe next time. It was worth a try!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Happy May Day!
So I taught Adam about May Day today. Can you believe that he hadn't heard about the tradition of hodling the ends of ribbons attached to a pole and running in a circle. Yeah. I was surprised. I made him Wikipedia it. But only after he told me his explanation of what he knew of May Day. Which was this:
"it was day when the soviet union use to have big parades and show off their army and celebrate"--Adam
Haha. Quite the opposite of my knowledge of May Day. Not so light-hearted.
So, however you celebrate--army parade or pretty ribbons--Happy May Day!
(And if you were like me, you celebrated by playing with DisneyLink and becoming ridiculously frustrated today...but that's another story for another time...)
"it was day when the soviet union use to have big parades and show off their army and celebrate"--Adam
Haha. Quite the opposite of my knowledge of May Day. Not so light-hearted.
So, however you celebrate--army parade or pretty ribbons--Happy May Day!
(And if you were like me, you celebrated by playing with DisneyLink and becoming ridiculously frustrated today...but that's another story for another time...)
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