tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71014032670451259742024-03-20T20:27:01.803-07:00Kalia's Bella VitaKaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-85198669193349367962012-08-12T20:05:00.000-07:002012-08-12T20:05:09.646-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2012 Summer Olympics</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now I know that it has been a long time since I have made a post, but I never want to forget these past 16 days.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted to take the moments that have stood out to me over this time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With a take on the history of Great Britain, 007, and her Majesty the Queen sky diving into Olympic stadium, I would have to say that my favorite was Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) playing Chariots of Fire with the London Symphony.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In no particular order.....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This is Sally Pearson (the blonde in the middle)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She is one amazing woman... This girl made hurdles look easy, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She moved like there was nothing in her way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When she got to the end and waited for the results I have to say when she let out a cry of joy it was a beautiful moment!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Ok I have to say it because for real... ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mr. Michael Phelps is not just a star in the water but I think he may be half dolphin!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This was the first upset. With Christine Sinclair's hat trick this team was on fire. These Canadian girls worked so hard and I am sad to say that after poor reffing these girls lost. This could have made these girls sour and cold and it could have effected the next game they had to play</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But that's not the Canadian way. We may say we're Sorry but we will still bring it on!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And little Diana Matheson placing her foot in the right place at the right time shooting that winning goal. Canada won bronze like gold medalist! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He had the goal of making it to top 10. And after beating so many personal bests this young man was able to place a top 5 position. I am cheering for him to make it to 2016 in Rio and showing us what he can do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He was amazing to watch!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With 4 gold medals, and both Canadian & US passports; </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">this Colorado native Missy Franklin (who's parents hail from Canada)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is going to be a big time STAR!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You guessed it trampoline. this is every child's dream, I thought when they announced it coming up that it was a joke, but this girl showed me! Way to bounce Rosie - you made me proud to be a Canadian!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was a games to remember and it ended with a fun closing ceremonies that included the Spice Girls I have to say that I am going to miss coming home from work and watching these games. Its been a good 16 days!</span></div>Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-9737372021367711112012-03-29T01:00:00.000-07:002012-03-29T01:00:19.812-07:00Goodness I did it again<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Well hello there world!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I am learning that this blogging world is HARD to keep up with - and I should have little to no excuse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">So I will start on my tail of woe...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">January I was struck with a bad case of pneumonia and was placed on antibiotics - this continued on into February.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Just in time for my 29th birthday I had 2 teeth that decided to quit on me. (I am my fathers daughter) and I had to be put on another bunch of antibiotics to set me up for 2 root canals.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Whew! With that out of the way I was set for 2012 ready to be full of everything healthy and wonderful.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">But alas my body was not ready for that and another 2 teeth wanted in on the root canal fun - therefore another bunch of antibiotics. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The day of the dental work was the beginning of what I would now like to call "the beginning of the belt line".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">So.... who knew that antibiotics could be REALLY bad for you?!? The prescription I was given by the dentist did not leave my body and formed a bacteria that grows in the gut and started to take over the intestine right on into the bowel. So long story short I have an infection that has covered my whole middle section. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Now I have to say a few things - because I have dedicated this blog to all things beautiful (and that is anything but...) I am very blessed!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Blessing #1: I had a dear friend Cindy that was with me at the dentist and stayed with me that night as "the beginning of the belt line" started (my insides wanted to be on the outside) and came - even though she was so tired - to the hospital with me at the end of the next day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Blessing #2: I learned that the nicest nurse seem to all work together. And after feeling like I had been intimate with more doctors than I would every like to say (not of my choosing) I needed some caring nurses that were kind!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Blessing #3: I went into the hospital with 1 thing and came out with 2. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">How does that happen you may ask? Well let me tell you - I had an ultrasound and as they were checking out my left side (the side I had all the pain) they took a peek at my right side and found that I have a cyst on my right ovary (about the size of an orange). Now you may ask, how is this a blessing? to that I would say that I am sure that I would have gone through life - in pain - without getting that checked. So it is a blessing indeed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Blessing #4: As my stay was coming to a close an older gentleman was placed in my room, I learned that he had had the hiccups for almost 2 weeks. This is in no way a blessing for him, but what I learned was that I was willing to have issues in "The belt line" just as long as I don't have the hiccups.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">So after all of that I have been walking around like an 80yr. old and have been in so much pain.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The week following my little hospital stay I was placed on bed rest and the week after that I was again placed on bed rest. I am not sure where I will be in a week - but I am hopeful that there is no where to go but up from here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I hope that I will be able to start moving soon and that I will be able to introduce food back into my life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Until that time I will just (in the words of my dearly departed Dad) Try to Keep on Keep'n on.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Oh and Blessing #5: I have been blessed with such a loving family and group of friends I have had amazing people that have picked me up from the hospital, made meals, called, and sent well wishes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I am a lucky girl who is very blessed!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">xo</span></div>Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-3722597263412967952012-02-12T21:21:00.000-08:002012-02-12T21:21:36.356-08:00Oh Me Oh My a LONG time has gone By!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Well the hustle and bustle of the last 3 months took me off to a land of little sleep and lots of work.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I have so many things I would like to share about what has gone on over the past 3 months but I feel like these memories are a bit fuzzy.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Let me start with the wonderful world of Christmas (or I should say Christmas parties that took up most of my November and December)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I love what I do but I can say with firm conviction that in the months of November, December, and July (Stampede in Calgary is ridiculously busy)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I have to say that this really made me feel like I was a BIG part of this Christmas tradition and I felt so much love for the people that I made things for.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">In the Larsen clan we do a gift exchange by drawing names. My Big brother D had my name this year. I have to say I did not expect much because I knew that he was working away and would not be able to do much shopping. I had put a coat on hold that I loved and told him about it – but he told me that he was not going to be in town so I forgot all about it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Christmas day came and to my surprise I opened my gift and there it was! I have to say that my dear sweet big brother mad me cry. I had forgotten all about this coat and I felt so much LOVE. Christmas is not about the gifts but the thought behind them and I have to say I loved every bit of Christmas 2011 because of that fact.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">xo</span></span></div>Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-72603894377289755992011-11-02T17:36:00.000-07:002011-11-02T17:36:29.656-07:00Say Whaaat?!?! It’s November already?<div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I know, I know I have not been doing very well on this blogging stuff but I promise you its been for good reason. October was anything but a slow month for lil ol’ me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Because of that this is going to be a FULL post of beautiful things that I have been a part of.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First off I was able to work on a Vintage table design that I JUST LOVE! I have to say that it all started when a client wanted pictures with coral linen and aqua napkins. We did our minds ever take off..... I know Some may look at this and think tacky. But I would have to say I feel it was classic.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The first weekend of October was a full one; filled with both General Conference (I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and we have 2 general meetings a year where the leaders of our church speak to us), and a bridal shower for my dear friend who was getting married at the end of the month (I don’t have the shower pictures yet). <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As the month went on I was so lucky to have been a part of, and witness the marriages of not 1 but 2 of my best friends to their perspective eternal companions.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The first was on Thanksgiving weekend and I was able to do their wedding decor and we did a beautiful ‘Anthropologie’ themed wedding.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The brides grandparents had many items in their home and there was a few months of garage sale-ing that happened so that we could have a variety of tea cups and well really anything and everything that seemed old but had not lost it’s beauty. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As a guest you would get the vintage feeling right from the start by typing your msg to the Bride and Groom on a TYPEWRITER!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I want to thank Mark Derry from Mark Derry Photography & Cindy Russell who both captured some STUNNING photo’s.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is a glimpse into Carter & Maegan Bishop’s wedding - I love these 2 and it makes me so happy that my dear friend Carter found such an amazing woman in Maegan. I am so thankful that I was able to do what I love doing for 2 people I love. I had fun putting this together and I just hope they loved it every bit as much as I did.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></div><span style="color: #666666;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The next few weeks seemed like a blur. Anyone who knows me well knows that I have a tendensy to injur myself. And I did just that! </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At the end of the C&M wedding I slipped (while cleaning up) on some water and tore 3 ligaments in my ankle along with giving myself a concussion </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(its not a party until someone gets hurt)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> Well I guess that just helped to remind me that I should not try to attempt to be super woman - it'll never happen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;">Anyways, I</span> did have one more VERY important wedding to do... And that was the wedding of one of my Very BEST friends - Whitney!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What can I say about Whits? Well........</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Whitney is a Beautiful woman and when I say beautiful I really mean it. She is STUNNING to look at, but more to it when you get to know her you see the beauty that is inside. I am so blessed to have her as one of my BEST. She married the best man for her... Luke is bar none one of the funniest and most outstanding men alive. He has a laugh that makes you want to laugh along with him and he is friends with EVERYONE!</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> He make my Whit giggle and he follows along in the giggle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I feel so blessed to have been able to be a part of their day and I love them both anf wish them the very very best!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgbeITlJFj_KzcOJHkZS51XLbTSRHRHA02cKBduiDz_IL7Ll13o6hsqN1srfrwQFrLwsTaFeTgFaH__OcThaJMpUvEDkc5sGf3ppe6UrDQQVcO7Rf2Q-6kZCmEiXGwxhFXXkUxl8yfmb0/s1600/Luke+and+Whits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgbeITlJFj_KzcOJHkZS51XLbTSRHRHA02cKBduiDz_IL7Ll13o6hsqN1srfrwQFrLwsTaFeTgFaH__OcThaJMpUvEDkc5sGf3ppe6UrDQQVcO7Rf2Q-6kZCmEiXGwxhFXXkUxl8yfmb0/s1600/Luke+and+Whits.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(I dont have pics yet but I do have a snapshot of the 2 of them on their </span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">wedding day)</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div>Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-80178772773395324082011-10-05T15:28:00.000-07:002011-11-07T14:22:18.582-08:00To My Big Brother<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">On this Day 31 years ago...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">There are a few things to note that happened on October 5<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>, 1980 <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For starters </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*the Formal opening of the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Meditation hall of Zenshin Temple in </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"> Riverdale Bronx happened<br />
*for those sports fans out there the Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">*the yearly Inflation Rate in the USA was <em><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">13.58% </span></em><br />
*the average cost of new house was <span class="calender1"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">$68,700.00 </span></span><br />
*the average Income per year was at <span class="calender1"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">$19,500.00</span></span><br />
*the average Monthly Rent was <span class="calender1"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">$300.00 </span></span><br />
*the cost of a gallon of Gas was <span class="calender1"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">$1.19 </span></span><br />
*the average cost of a new car was<span class="calender1"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">$7,200.00</span></span><br />
*and Men's Casual Shirt was <span class="calender1"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">$14.00</span></span><span class="calender1"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="calender1"><span lang="EN" style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">*American Actor Ronald Reagan was US President</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span class="st1"><span style="color: #444444;">*Pierre Trudeau was the Canadian Prime Minister for the 2nd time<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">*and Paul Thomas (a musician for the band Good Charlotte was born October 5, 1980</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwEX5KjXTRQFySs1CgFguVNBUWV0z2zZxsFwTt94KJ2kowu6WtDCCd9Aije-KM9adKRbl9nRze-WWYfGJaRSw4Q5U_mzBLCow8LkzLqmKVP8Nibd8pZ2KfV-qa2Lem0wG7XOYQAezOMwy/s1600/My+Big+Brother.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #444444;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijwEX5KjXTRQFySs1CgFguVNBUWV0z2zZxsFwTt94KJ2kowu6WtDCCd9Aije-KM9adKRbl9nRze-WWYfGJaRSw4Q5U_mzBLCow8LkzLqmKVP8Nibd8pZ2KfV-qa2Lem0wG7XOYQAezOMwy/s1600/My+Big+Brother.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But most notably for me was the birth of</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">my Big Brother on this the 5<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> day of October 1980.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p> </o:p>As a small child my brother was my look out, my protector, and my best friend.</span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> He was my parent’s reminder that I was around; he was the one who taught me that fog was a lazy cloud, and that there were only 2 languages in the world </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(English and Spanish).</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> He showed me how to bake a cake without a recipe, and taught me how </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to play </span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">with </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">GI Joes, and transformers, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">and a great game of hide and seek.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As a not so small child he was the one who made me walk on the other side of the road he would let me know when I had crossed the line </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">(in the back seat of the car) </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">and the only time we would really do anything together was when we would play balloon volleyball in my parents bedroom, or got the neighbourhood kids together for the ‘Neighbourhood Olympics’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"></span></div><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As a teenager I remember when the flip happened and we became friends again – </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I was 14 years old and we were at WEM in McDonalds and he shared a drink </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">we were now friends once more.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But as an adult he has turned into one of my BEST FRIENDS. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When he is sad or hurt, I’m sad and hurt. I</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"> cry tears of joy when beautiful moments happen in his life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He married the most amazing person and together they go </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">through life lifting each other.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">I am so blessed to have him as a Big brother. I know that we have our fights and that we didn’t always get along. But I also know that we will always have each other and that he is looking out for me as much as I am for him (if not more).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Happy Birthday to my Dear Brother you have so much to offer the world and you need to always remember that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Never forget that you have God given talents </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*You have a gift with children and you have little spirits </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">that can’t wait to meet you!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> (I know CG3 is pumped to come down)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*You have a gift for seeing things in new ways and a thirst for knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*You play soccer like you were born in Chile</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*You play basketball like you grew up in the Bronx </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">*Really any sport you try, you excel in.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*Now that Blockbuster has gone bust – not even Netflicks can keep up with </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #444444;"> your extensive movie collection<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">*You love your family and I know that you want what best for us all.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"> <o:p> </o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Never forget to have faith in the Lord, and that when you follow his commandments he will bless you here on earth and through the eternities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">We are all blessed to have you and we love you!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p> </o:p>Happy Birthday D!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #444444;">Love your lil sis Kali xo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-42024838741698926632011-09-29T23:27:00.000-07:002011-09-29T23:27:37.703-07:00September, September... Oh where have you gone?<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ok so I started off with a BANG and stopped just as fast as I started. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This month has been one to remember.... or not!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To be honest I don't remember much about this busy month as it has flown by.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But this month started off with so much to remember. I took some NEEDED days off to try and learn what R & R really is.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> But I couldn't start that right away... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I took the first day to work on a few things for a Friends wedding that helping with.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Oct I have 2 of my very best friends get married - one at the beginning of the month </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and one at the end)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So with the help of the Groom (my dear Friend Carter) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and a Brides maid (another VERY close friend Cindy)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We made String Balls....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ0EvHGZNk6f-MXi5_xAQHE8A9tGjUroMPvNSCZ52xQZTb0H7S91aNKi8l_CyRMhZgtRw9aJvhvJcXh17mjIA4wUYNzxHzHyelZUSW2yGsqONBHO79k3dferIqaeu4NfT3Fdg_Qg9Zhfo/s1600/String+Balls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ0EvHGZNk6f-MXi5_xAQHE8A9tGjUroMPvNSCZ52xQZTb0H7S91aNKi8l_CyRMhZgtRw9aJvhvJcXh17mjIA4wUYNzxHzHyelZUSW2yGsqONBHO79k3dferIqaeu4NfT3Fdg_Qg9Zhfo/s320/String+Balls.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was a late night but I have to say I am so Excited to see them in full use!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But in the midst of this crafting I was invited to the Josh Groban concert. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now lets talk about lucky.... I was 2nd row from the front (on the side) and I fell in LOVE!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I know, I know your going to think with Josh - don't get me wrong he lived up to all I had heard </span>(Shhhhhhh.... I wasn't a fan prior to the concert - that was a mistake, I know!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But the one I fell for was his Percussionist - Oh golly that man was pure talent!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIbKuzDV-rebQ4g3AW5TxDopRBJa6pv4Uq6q_ZfzoW9tDmettitrebVrLaL5fIE7HZ0AvVGmG7AZtLx8sOtFWhX6aoPjjBE4cB3io7JRmPe4XFf6V_eCB4LLYP7IF3ewJUjpD72r5wzb8/s1600/Josh.bin" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIbKuzDV-rebQ4g3AW5TxDopRBJa6pv4Uq6q_ZfzoW9tDmettitrebVrLaL5fIE7HZ0AvVGmG7AZtLx8sOtFWhX6aoPjjBE4cB3io7JRmPe4XFf6V_eCB4LLYP7IF3ewJUjpD72r5wzb8/s320/Josh.bin" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next night I had a Sleep over with my beautiful niece and nephew and We had a </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">TON-of-FUN! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">late night run to Mac's, </span>endless games on Wii, a late night movie, and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hamburgers for breakfast</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think that this was a dream come true - and not just for me.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now after this weekend of Fun I went back to work and the beautiful surprise I had when I got there was an offer to go to the Cirque du Soleil performance of 'Ovo'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81ZQkcxrrkUtk-UQxZzbBHEBUgfPdU9Im0ONwmsaHlFV6HfMkyfq7AFdr20sJ26dGb-erMZq8yQLzQFkA2oTn6_w2EtYYQ_KEMJ_IGKT-2RoGC_D22ngtHJF-Js0aOP8MhwK6cgPzpKFQ/s1600/cirque_du_soleil_OVO_acrosport2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81ZQkcxrrkUtk-UQxZzbBHEBUgfPdU9Im0ONwmsaHlFV6HfMkyfq7AFdr20sJ26dGb-erMZq8yQLzQFkA2oTn6_w2EtYYQ_KEMJ_IGKT-2RoGC_D22ngtHJF-Js0aOP8MhwK6cgPzpKFQ/s320/cirque_du_soleil_OVO_acrosport2.jpg" width="252" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wish I could say the words "I can do that" and mean it... But it may take me a few months to get there.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next few weeks is filled with Work, work, work...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also was able to hear some wonderful talks at a Relief Society Conference one that really helped remind me to love and be grateful for the here and now. There is no use hoping and wishing for things I don't have - when all I need to be grateful for is what I do.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This month coming up is an exciting one. I start with General Conference... I am so exciting for this! I also am doing a shower for my Bestie Whitney. It's a busy weekend but it'll be SO good!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And After that its a month of celebrating Weddings, Birthdays, and Thanksgiving!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am so blessed and so grateful for this BEAUTIFUL life of mine.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What more can I ask for?</span></div>Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-64199464030182390102011-08-31T22:20:00.000-07:002011-09-04T00:23:15.681-07:00Summertime and the liven' is easy......<div style="text-align: center;">"Fish are Jumpin' and the cotton is high"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> These words are the start of a beautiful lullaby my mom used to sing to me every night as she helped me on my way to sleep. It has a lovely "blues" melody and worked like magic to help me drift off.<br />
I still feel warm and tingly and a tad bit sleepy when I hear that tune. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But it does make me think about Summertime. You know I'm really not a summer girl, you wont see me baking in the sun or hiking, or really anything to outdoorsy, not in the summer. You see; I'm sadly allergic to the sun and because of that I get a lovely speckled rash whenever I am near the suns rays,<br />
as well I burn like a tree in a forest fire.<br />
(maybe not the best analogue, but it's true) </div><div style="text-align: center;">So with all of this as I'm sure you can understand - I am not in love with summer. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
But what I can appreciate about<br />
summer is it's beauty - the blue skies and green grass.<br />
(I appreciate it mostly from an air conditioned office/car/basement suite)<br />
I also love the fact that it is the middle man between my two favorite seasons<br />
<i>Spring </i>and <i>Autumn. </i></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I love the Spring and the rain it brings, the thunderstorm light shows and those showers that help bring Summers green leaves and grass to life, the puddles, rain jackets, gumboots and fun umbrellas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUPFlInQCkMan0oQ2dmx3DsYiqBUr14_u5WVLCvOo3N-2Vx6J6bXUJCOUjTMKdheoV_irUwuNGrVp6xpPBtINeNrCz4zqP3WCZwNYsy0dNYuEtT6-SAW2bX5_lxjp-uoH4F682BK3PoWK/s1600/Kalia+Rain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRUPFlInQCkMan0oQ2dmx3DsYiqBUr14_u5WVLCvOo3N-2Vx6J6bXUJCOUjTMKdheoV_irUwuNGrVp6xpPBtINeNrCz4zqP3WCZwNYsy0dNYuEtT6-SAW2bX5_lxjp-uoH4F682BK3PoWK/s320/Kalia+Rain.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But <i>Autumn.... </i>Oh how I love the <i>Autumn</i>, I feel like everything good is in the <i>Autumn</i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> General Conference (okay, okay so that's in the Spring too), Thanks Giving, Halloween, feeling the weather change from warm to a crisp/cool breeze, I love when the leaves start to fall and I can hear/feel the <i>crunch</i> under my feet, and most of all I love their colours; beautiful oranges, rich reds and burgundies</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Ooooo I just <i>LOVE</i> the <i>Autumn</i>.<br />
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So why the song about Summertime when I am sharing<br />
words of affirmation to my 'season of love' <i>Autumn?</i><br />
Well it's because I am not one for taking vacations. I take time off from work yes,<br />
but I generally do so that I can assist in the planning of friends weddings,<br />
or other organized events.<br />
Growing up - Summertime is when you went on Summer Vacation.<br />
The song lyrics are "Summertime and the liven' is easy" unfortunately in the Event industry I would say it's anything but.... We have Weddings, Stampede,<br />
and then a few more Weddings.<br />
I feel blessed to learn and grow and share my creativity/organizational skills in all of it, but I have learned that I need this in moderation.<br />
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So I have taken an extended long weekend. I'm excited for my non-planned/planned Vacation. I do have one day (Thursday) dedicated to weddings<br />
(I am helping two very close friends with their planning)<br />
so as of Friday I am a free bird.<br />
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The picture below is to show me in my dream of<br />
beautiful beaches and a sun kissed glow.<br />
Maybe (when all is said and done) the Lord will allow me one day's rest<br />
to lay on a beach feel the white sand under my toes and soak it all up.<br />
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Until then I will spend my time off with those I love<br />
Family, Friends, and a good book or two.<br />
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Oh what a life I get to live.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">xo</div><br />
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</div>Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-10270618791058847892011-08-30T14:45:00.000-07:002011-08-30T19:37:27.785-07:00I'm a little bit Country, I'm a little bit..Ooo La La<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alright so now it's time to show just one of the things that I have been creating. </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am a lucky girl that I am able to work with people of like mind and we can bat off one another for inspiration. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This table design is just that! It is a sample table that a co-worker and I </span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">put together </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">last minute a few weeks ago. </span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And I <strike>like it</strike> </span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strike>love it </strike></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">LOVE it A LOT!</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I like to call it 'Country Chic'. I am a big fan of burlap, but I also am drawn to all things sparkly. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So when I have the opportunity to put the 2 together I jump at it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WQ6RQZ1Lse8UW7mx0nh87-_Dcgg5MzKQCjc-0LRpPJhBBdhaqfxxzH_SLaisq_dynK2ze7NONyYXrujbF6-DIuy3SrNmhzsYEdZ2iP4LHPZ-26pe8WGkWUrgkWFH30fnZKGQWdPEQvi3/s1600/CowCameleonTable2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WQ6RQZ1Lse8UW7mx0nh87-_Dcgg5MzKQCjc-0LRpPJhBBdhaqfxxzH_SLaisq_dynK2ze7NONyYXrujbF6-DIuy3SrNmhzsYEdZ2iP4LHPZ-26pe8WGkWUrgkWFH30fnZKGQWdPEQvi3/s320/CowCameleonTable2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGSMQta7WwU6vS85TwWwO5_aKABW-Z1yC9ulaD_kH7a1l4aaxR0ThWuJEHQT-GMOKc7J88jci7xxBbuVpi80wXj6OJWAxQaxK2Wxj5_z938UrVnKe5zy0X3WEEuCZATs6uJHc9yLKvtb5/s1600/CowCameleonTable.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGSMQta7WwU6vS85TwWwO5_aKABW-Z1yC9ulaD_kH7a1l4aaxR0ThWuJEHQT-GMOKc7J88jci7xxBbuVpi80wXj6OJWAxQaxK2Wxj5_z938UrVnKe5zy0X3WEEuCZATs6uJHc9yLKvtb5/s320/CowCameleonTable.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbD3VxsOJzSDOqoGtZEAiCu_FFJvcxWGHE8e-RpjYsZ8nkrm3x7a0VtbyIFhSTO-GTfZRBF3znUcuZOaIRUcB79_5Mde-CpRKwLaTCFW9XmHNFiRcM377f03NDgRQfeL1hf7Nca5FZBdt/s1600/CowCameleonTable3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbD3VxsOJzSDOqoGtZEAiCu_FFJvcxWGHE8e-RpjYsZ8nkrm3x7a0VtbyIFhSTO-GTfZRBF3znUcuZOaIRUcB79_5Mde-CpRKwLaTCFW9XmHNFiRcM377f03NDgRQfeL1hf7Nca5FZBdt/s320/CowCameleonTable3.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In this next picture you can see my most Fav chairs that have the best chair covers on them.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now I am in no way saying I want these covers to one day </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">make an appearance at my wedding, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">but I would LOVE to use them at a 'Dallas' themed Stampede party. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxyg8YgLGTy936G-itNlL3L8acOzexfl5lM3vfJLc7b0D9Z0TEAjWvWFnCr5xqpK1tKwWBOEgobLBmzBrtbYMZldhgJcaEEFjkIOE9ZnX1hMmChM44cf-m0GF6Y_vBD8DKz-amX_u9he4/s1600/CameleonCowCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxyg8YgLGTy936G-itNlL3L8acOzexfl5lM3vfJLc7b0D9Z0TEAjWvWFnCr5xqpK1tKwWBOEgobLBmzBrtbYMZldhgJcaEEFjkIOE9ZnX1hMmChM44cf-m0GF6Y_vBD8DKz-amX_u9he4/s320/CameleonCowCover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am also such a lucky girl that I am able to also work with a fantastic photographer.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(These pictures are hers)</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alleisha Whalen of 'White Owl Photography' is just starting out on her own </span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">but goodness is she ever </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">a TALENT!</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She has taught me bits and peices about photography and will even allow me to get behind the lens.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How lucky am I?</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So this is one of the things that has kept me busy. I have to say that I know that I am blessed with talents and I want to use them as much as I can. I am also blessed to be surrounded by people that have talent bursting from them.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh what a world we live in. If you just look for it you can find it in everyone. We all have talents but some are just hiding them under bushels but not I... No Sir, like that old saying says ‘when my day comes and I return back to the Lord and he asks “where is all your talent?” I can say “I don’t have any left, for I used it all up” I am no where near that point I have so far to go but I’m taking it one day at a time and having so much fun in the process.</span> </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">xo</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div>Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7101403267045125974.post-73810477028184064002011-08-29T15:33:00.000-07:002011-09-02T12:34:59.453-07:00This is going to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship<div style="text-align: center;">I started this blog as a way of keeping a journal. I procrastinated </div><div style="text-align: center;">(as oft I do with things I don’t know how to do/work) </div><div style="text-align: center;">to start this up for I would say 8 months. <span style="font-size: 78%;">I struggle with change</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;">But here I am on my way to what I like to call ‘fear of change’ Freedom. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let’s start at the beginning (I hear its a very good place to start).... </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am Kalia Larsen. I’m 28 year old living in the great metropolis that is Calgary.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I have been here for coming on 6 years and while I love many parts of it I often think that the winds are trying to move me on. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I have been working in the Event industry for most of 5 years and I love it very much I feel so blessed that I have found a job that I fit in and that fits me so well. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I named this blog ‘Kalia’s Bella Vita’ because I wanted to focus on all the beautiful blessings in my life. I know that not everything will be sweet to taste<br />
but I want to try my very best to taste the sweet over the sour.<br />
I also have many dreams of being able to speak another language, and Italian would be a beautifully fun one to start with.<br />
So with 'Bella' meaning 'Beautiful' & 'Vita' meaning 'Life'<br />
I thought "this is where to begin". </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">So 'Kalia’s Bella Vita' is a dedication to all things that happen in my life that will help to mold it into what I will one day (if not today) look at as a ‘beautiful life’. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>xo Kaliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684048425476438320noreply@blogger.com0