day 3 of 30 days of me

A picture of you and your friends

This is a couple years old...but it was my senior prom. One of the weirdest, most stressful, wonderful, happiest days of my high school life. Haha I covered the spectrum of emotions that day...crying, angry, scared, and totally happy. My classmates voted me prom queen :-).

day 2 of 30 days of me

The meaning behind your blog name.

It's not a profound story or anything. My mom and her sister had children 4 months apart. Me first and then my cousin. So we were together a lot and she couldn't say my name right. It always came out "krackle" instead of krystle. And it stuck, my dad still calls me krackle and my grandma called me that until the day she died. Some of my friends know the story and they use it too. Oddly enough, my cousin who started it all never calls me that anymore ha. So, Krackle is my nickname.

Intriguing story...i know haha.

xoxo

-krackle

Day 1 of 30 days of me

Okay, the original guidelines said a recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself...but I don't have very many pictures of just plain ol me. So, I decided to post some pics from my bff Char's wedding. She was so beautiful!

1. When I was in 2nd grade I wrote and directed a play. The cast members were my classmates and we performed it in my back yard. My dad even rigged up two big blue tarps as our stage curtain.

2. When I was little I painted an empty detergent bottle black and attached a little crank handle (it was a video camera!) Then I proceeded to follow people around the house with it "filming them".

3. I have a slight phobia of bearing children. (not raising them, just actually having them lol oh and 'slight' might be an exaggeration)

4. Until I was in 9th grade my heart's desire was to attend Ole Miss.

5. I eat my food one at a time...and if there are french fries involved they are always #1.

6. The first soundtrack I ever owned was Aladdin :-) my brother bought it for me.

7. Even though my brother is 16 years older than me, I consider him one of my best friends.

8. I absolutely love musicals my favorite of all time is Moulin Rouge followed by Sweeney Todd.

9. I play my Jack Johnson record almost every day.

10. I am totally fanatical about Elvis Presley!

11. I'm pretty much a cat person but I'm making an exception for a sweet little dog named Lillian Gaga Dinkus who is moving in with me very soon.

12. I can eat ice cream anytime...i mean after a 14 course meal I would probably still have room for some ice cream.

13. The night my grandma passed away I knitted an entire ball of yarn into a super long, messy scarf that I still wear.

14. I have always had love for Robert Downey Jr., even during the drug years.

15. I just moved into a new house in May and it is the only place I have ever lived other than my parents' home which they built together 32 years ago. :-)

I hope you enjoyed that. p.s. if you're participating in the challenge leave me a comment because I would love to get to know you better!

xoxo

Krystle

Hello optimism.

I don't even know why. Maybe I'm just really feeling the back to school spirit...but I'm just so excited about life -- all of it. My present and my future. There's just so much for me to be thankful for/happy about right now. I have the best friends, the best boyfriend, the best family, the best housemates. I love my major(s), I love my crafts. I just love life right now. 

I'm a girl so I like to change my mind and one day I might decide I'm not excited. So I want to have this post to remind me that I have lots and lots to be excited about. :-)

p.s. I'm going to be doing a blog challenge with Kellie starting tomorrow (Thursday). I'm pretty excited about it. You should join us. Go check out her blog for more details!

lllllllove

krackle

4 simple goals before 2011

So, Elsie, a little lovely that I blog stalk began a project called 4 simple goals. I'm so in! I have way more than 4 things that I need to accomplish before this year is over...but I like keeping it simple. If you want to join in on the fun check out her post with the guidelines :-).

Photo by Elsie

Beginning my junior year of college I'm not going to be ignorant and expect this semester to be any easier. I desperately want to organize my school related business so I have fewer nervous breakdowns this year :-).

Another of my ultimate goals is to find cheap ways to cook at least once or twice a week. (real meals not just grilled cheese lol) I love cooking but my income is not conducive to buying groceries. I dread the grocery store check out because my account takes overdraft charges from another account my parents manage. haha I'm not worried they'll be mad, I suppose I could be spending money on worse things right? I just don't like feeling as if I'm a huge vacuum attached to their wallet.

Simple goal number 3: to make my new house feel more like a new home. I think I can start by hanging pictures in my bedroom and hallway  I know every wall doesn't HAVE to have something on it but I have never had a nice well lit hallway before and I want to take full advantage of it :-).

My last simple goal is writing down all of the movie ideas that pop into my head. On the long drive home from Oklahoma last week I thought of so many cool ideas for both documentaries and fiction films. EXCITING :-). Perhaps I'll start carrying a sweet looking notebook with me everywhere just for those thoughts.

I can't wait to accomplish these and celebrate!!

I hope you all plan on having a fantastic week because I do :-). Excuse me while I go prepare for craft night tomorrow it will be fan-craftin-tastic. Do you like that word? I just made it up...

xoxo

Krystle

big weekend, big changes

Crazy, crazy times here. While I was visiting Mandy, my beautiful boys (boyfriend, brother, dad, and brother's friend) finally put tile down in my kitchen. OHMYGOODNESS it is so fabulous!

Seriously, appreciate your good quality floors if you have them. This whole house was nasty brown stained/textured concrete...impossible to sweep or mop or vacuum. Now I have wood and tile except in my bathrooms and their day is coming soon!

I am so happy it got done because next Monday I'm starting a small group at my house :-). It's a craft night of course. I'm excited because 1. CPC Conway is new and exciting and 2. because I'll get to craft with some of my good friends and some new friends as well. It is going to be super fun and cute.

I had an outrageous good time with Mandy and her family! We stopped at Pops on Rt. 66 and I got an orange cream soda. It was fabulous. This giant coke bottle lights up different colors at night. It's pretty cool!

*source*

We, of course, went to the movies...several times! One theater we went to in Bricktown....O.M.G. it was so spectacular. The curtains opened for the movie and they played some grand music. It felt like a real event I was in love. I tried my best to put together a panoramic view. Here it is...

ANNND this is our sweet little puppy Lillian Gaga Dinkus. Who, I will be calling various forms of the name Dinkus haha. I took a Hello Ladies bow for her to try on and guess what...she hated it. BUT, she loves taking pictures hehe. 

I can see HL doggie accessories in the near future...

Isn't she lovely. :-)

I hope you have had a lovely summer so far.

xoxo

krys

Mandy and Me.

I'm road tripping to OKC in a few hours to see my other half Mandy M. I am so excited I can't even explain it. We are going to have so much fun. This is a mini vacation for me I can't wait to be totally stress free with my bff for a few days. I also can't wait until she finally moves in with me. I can't believe we've been apart for most of the summer... I know that sounds incredibly lame of me. I can't help it that we're practically the same person and when she's not around I actually make notes in my phone of things I have to talk to her about. My quality of life will definitely improve when she gets moved in here.

lol I guess this was my tribute to Mandy M. I'll come back to blogger and try to keep it consistent...starting after I get home from the best short vacation ever :-).

xoxo

Krystle