True Religion

Hello all! I've finally found a brand of jeans I'm happy with. True Religion!! I haven't bought a pair of jeans in over a year and was dreading trying to find a comfy pair. It was time. My old faithfuls had begun to unravel. Anyway when I find something good I like to tell the world about it. I sometimes become a walking advertisement. This time I'm going to get it out of my system by blogging about them. There. Done. Now I can move on!

Things have been going well even though times are tough. There is always hope and joy in the air when one has an open heart for Him. Tom is still suffering from a shoulder injury which occurred in the beginning of last summer. He's in treatment for it and hopefully will be recovering within the next couple of months. He hasn't been able to pick up Tim since then and I know he misses lifting him and anything else for that matter. He also injured his knees in January and hasn't been able to walk for more than a few minutes at a time. He's in treatment for that as well and is on the road to recovery. On top of those two things he just caught the bug I had. Yeesh talk about when it rains it pours. I'm sure I'll have some happy news to report next time I blog regarding my sweet husband. Thank the Lord these injuries are not permenant!

As for me things are looking steadily up as usual. Since we've been consistently going to church I decided to join the woman's bible study. I love it. I've met more interesting, honest, down to earth women and am excited to be befriended by them. I love to have more buddies to enjoy the coast with and hear their different points of vew on life, love, etc. I really love digging into the Bible and being asked questions that really make me think. I am becoming more familiar and closer to it and hope someday to know parts by heart as I did when I was a child having to recite at chapel. It's important to have scriptures to draw from when difficulties arise. Fighting to put self aside and feeling the relief that comes with letting go. News flash we are not the ones in control here thank goodness! When people try to control others and their thoughts or situations in their lives what a mess comes of it all. Massive waste of time and energies. I could write a book on this one people!! If you know me and know who I'm talking about please remember to pray for it! Anyway I got off track there back to writing about the bible study... I look forward to that every week. I also am enjoying Tim's swim lessons. He is having lots of fun with the kids and I'm having a great time chatting with new people (we had to switch from the class we normally attend so I could go to the study). It's fun to find out what different people make up our community.

Let's see besides that we've gone to the Zoo with my mom's class and had a great time! I went to the LA Gift show with my little Mom. It was fun. I always always always have a great time with my Mom! She is the best girlfriend I've got (although I love all you other ladies madly as well!!) (: I went to Anthology this last Friday night with my girl Katie. We went and saw Fiction Family. Incredible show. Best I've been to yet!!! So fun! Oh and that reminds me I got to go to another show where he played at a local venue. Very small crowd (it was a last minute benefit show, great cause) so no one really knew about it except locals. It was fantastic! Ok, moving on... Last night was my brother's 31st birthday party. Rachel made an incredible meal (she's a great cook) and we enjoyed being with our extended family. The kids have soo much fun together running around jumping on Tom and Grandpa. I know there's tons more but my mind is growing weary. Uhmmm oh and I'll write one more thing. A company has asked to sell my silhouettes!!!! I'm ecstatic! I'm not even advertising or selling anything right at the moment since Tom's been injured. It all came about by word of mouth. Luckily, I have enough stock to be able to keep up for now. I am more than thrilled at the response I've received from the public regarding my work. So far so good!!! I'll keep you updated (:

Kristina