Friday Funnies - 2.15.13

It's Friday. And I am super sick. So I am going to keep this one short and sweet this week.... all I have to say is I am thankful it is the weekend and that I have such an awesome and loving husband. I woke up at 4:15am puking and suffering from every flu symptom possible so he made a store run to stock up on Sprite, saltines, soup, gatorade and bananas for me so I could spend the day recovering and resting. What a guy! This weekend looks like it might be a lazy one spent on the couch and in bed sick so hopefully this passes quickly so I don't spend the whole weekend down for the count! And hey, February is half over today so that means March is almost here and Spring is just around the corner! Now that is something worth celebrating this weekend!

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now that's just not right....

These talking twin babies are plotting something...

and I want to be in on their plan!

time for plan B

Looks like it is time for me to figure out plan B for this summer and my career path....I guess an internship just wasn't in the plan for me at this time so now I need to regroup and figure out where to go from here. Disappointed? Yes. Life ruiner? No, not by any means. But to say last night was a pretty emotional and somber night around here would be quite the under statement... I actually spent 45 minutes curled up in bed in the fetal position with Paisley by my side as I cried myself into a long nap. But, the sun always rises and where there's a will there's a way so now I am going to cut myself some slack, rethink some things and start attacking plan B.... thank goodness this week is half over!

Friday Funnies - 2.8.13

By golly, we made it. I only worked a half day today but it seemed like a full work day and then some once I got home. I think it's the stress and paranoia of this whole internship thing that has really been getting me down all week (okay so the past month) and in a serious funk. I need to snap out of it already and stop letting it consume my every thought! In good news, it is Friday and the weekend is here at least! I have a new skein of yarn and a project in mind as well...you guessed it, another scarf. I am just a tad obsessed with scarves I would say. Sorry I'm not sorry about it! We also have no weekends plans, yipeeee! I love to see our families and friends but I love a good ol' fashioned weekend long loungefest and lounge we will! 

Anyway, my Friday Funnies this week is dedicated to some crazy cats and here's some back story: All week I have been having some seriously crazy dreams and all of them are about KITTENS and CATS!!! I think that is my mind's way of telling me we need a kitty.... Quick story: I am a huge animal lover. And especially love kitties (and Paisley, of course.) And Jordan knows this because I always talk about a cat I used to have named Puddles who I rescued when he was 3 days old and I bottle fed him every 3-4 hours. He was seriously my baby! Anyway, a few weeks ago, we saw a cat across the street from where we live and as we were pulling into the driveway, I pointed it out and said, "I'm gonna catch that kitty!" To which Jordan replied with, "Okay good luck...hey, if you catch it, you can keep it!" And that was a challenge that I gladly accepted. And two minutes later, WON! I proudly walked around the corner and caught the kitty...actually, it more or less let me walk up to it, pet it and then pick it right up. Jordan just laughed and shook his head because he of course didn't think I stood a chance to catch it. Ha, I love proving him wrong! So we brought in the cat and then Paisley flipped out! I'm talking sniffing the cat like crazy and was super curious....until the cat took one swat at Paisley and scratched her right across the nose. And that was the end of our time with Kitty. Jordan said I had to take it back outside because it clearly was a house cat and had just gotten out. Like I said, the cat let me walk right up to it and pick it up plus it had super soft fluffy fur and was well fed....not a stray by any means but it was fun while it lasted. And so continues, my quest to get a kitty and now that's why I believe I am dreaming about them! 

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No seriously, you're kitten right?!

Paws up!!

patience is a....

PAIN! Not a virtue. It's a pain. Today I had my last and final interview for the internships and now it is less than a week until the official offer day. And cue every anxious and paranoid nerve in my body to be going off from now until then....and well, I am an even bigger hot emotional mess than usual! There is nothing that stresses me out more than situations that are out of my control. And waiting. Waiting and not knowing....such a terrible combo! I just have to trust it all to faith and know that things will work out. They always do. Somehow and someway.....just hoping to get a call on the 12th! Fingers crossed for good news!

half a year!

Testify To Love

By: Avalon

All the colors of the rainbowAll the voices of the windEvery dream that reaches outThat reaches out to find where love begins

Every word of every storyEvery star in every skyEvery corner of creationLives to testify

For as long as I shall liveI will testify to loveI'll be a witness in the silencesWhen words are not enoughWith every breath I takeI will give thanks to God aboveFor as long as I shall liveI will testify to love

From the mountains to the valleysFrom the rivers to the seaEvery hand that reaches outEvery hand that reaches out to offer peace

Every simple act of mercyEvery step to kingdom comeAll the hope in every heart willSpeak what love has done

For as long as I shall liveI will testify to loveI'll be a witness in the silencesWhen words are not enoughWith every breath I takeI will give thanks to God aboveFor as long as I shall liveI will testify to love

For as long as I shall liveI will testify to loveI'll be a witness in the silencesWhen words are not enoughWith every breath I takeI will give thanks to God aboveFor as long as I shall liveI will testify

For as long as I shall liveI will testify to loveI'll be a witness in the silencesWhen words are not enoughWith every breath I takeI will give thanks to God aboveFor as long as I shall liveI will testify to love
Happy 6 month wedding anniversary, Mr. E!It has been an awesome and fun half-year so far and I am excited to see where the second half takes us!You are the most supportive and loving husband, ever. I'm thankful for you everyday!All my love, KE

Dance Marathon 19: Another Year, Another Miracle.

$1,529,650.19!!!!
FOR THE KIDS!!!!


Dance Marathon is a truly inspiring, amazing, incredible and simply remarkable organization. Each year it grows bigger and gets better. This past year I have had the wonderful privilege of working at the U of I Children's Hospital as a Child Life Assistant so I have gotten to meet several of the newly diagnosed patients and families as they start their journey to battle childhood cancer and join the Dance Marathon family. It is not a journey any family and child should ever have to join but I am grateful they have DM and that I am able to be there to help support all of them and form relationships with them and be there through it all. Being reunited with my closest friends that I have met over the past six years through DM and seeing some of the bravest, strongest and most inspiring kids (and their families!) made my heart so, so happy. The atmosphere of DM gave me chills and a smile I couldn't wipe off my face. Hearing the list of names of those children who have earned their angel wings brought tears to my eyes and a sadness in my heart that I can't explain. And it made me remember why we were there and do what we do and why each year this beautiful organization gets bigger and bigger. We have to keep fighting the good fight. Day in and day out. For those kids who are still fighting. For those kids who will have to start fighting tomorrow. And for those kids who won their fight and are dancing for life in our hearts.
Make a difference and make a miracle.
Remember, it is all FOR THE KIDS.

Friday Funnies - 2.1.13

It's Friday, what what?!! And it is DM Friday at that! And a Cross Family reunion, whoop whoop! I have an internship on Monday morning at Comer Children's Hospital so we are making a big round trip home from Madison with a pit stop in Chicago and then next Wednesday, I have a phone interview with a hospital in Texas! Less than two weeks until the official offer day so I need some good laughs and family/friend time to relieve some stress and anxiety about all of that! So let's get laughing! Dance Marathon is all For The Kids so this week's Friday Funnies is dedicated to some silly (and inspiring!) kids. Hope you all have a fantastic weekend and one that is full of love and laughter!

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milk wasted!

"We can cry about it...or we can dance about it!"

I know lots of kids who are fighting cancer...LIKE A BOSS!

Pass this video on to anyone who needs some encouragement, a smile or a laugh!

And start making the world a better place and remember to dance!