Old

Well, folks, I'm getting old. Today is my 19th birthday. :o) I guess I could legally buy cigarettes now if I wanted to, but TRUST ME, I don't. :o) I can't stand cigarettes, anyways, we won't go there. :o) It was a pretty good birthday. Mom made this ginormous cake that we took to birthday Sunday, and they lit candles, and sang, and embarrassed the tar outta me, but it was fun. :o) Mom and dad got me this really cute Burton zip up sweater. It's a white, really nice knit sweater. I love it. :o) And Lucas got me this awesome white Burton T-shirt, with this big Burton Logo on the front of it. So cool. So, now, with my new pants, and my t-shirt, and my sweater, I am TOTALLY ready to go snowboarding! :o) Well... I guess we do need a little more snow before I can do that, but as soon as we get about another foot (we already have 6-8 inches) THEN I will be ready to go. :o) *Please send some more snow Lord!* :o) Anyways, Eleanore (the lady I babysit for) bought me a really cute new purse. I was super happy about that one. I've really needed a new one here lately, so it was all in perfect timing. :o) Jeremy Everheart got me a gift card for Barne's and Noble. I'll have to be wise, and get something really good with that. I love that store. And brother Gerth got me this book called, The Little Baptist. I just finished a book, so I'm looking forward to starting on that. :o) I'm just so thankful that I am where I am in my life, and I thank the Lord for bringing me to my church, and giving me my church family. I love them all, even the friends that I'm not as close to anymore. They're all special to me, and I know that I am where God wants me to be. And I thank him for allowing me to be on this earth for this long, and I pray I will remain here a while longer. We've had a few fatal car accidents on the roads around here recently, and it just helps you to remember how soon it could all be over. It helps to remind us to enjoy the time we have, and use it to serve the Lord, and cherish each moment, and not sweat the small stuff, and to love the people you have around you, and make sure they know it. So, I Love You all! There, now you know it, and you can't say I never told you. :o)

Alright, have a great night guys. :o)

Oh, here are a couple of pictures of my new Burton stuff. :o)

Mine is actually white, but Burton's website only showed it in green. :o)

Again, mine is white. Super Duper cute. :o)

Ok, now, I'm gonna get ready for bed. :o) Good night!

For My Friend

Since I can't tell her in person...

For All The Times

For all the times you made me laugh, thank you.

For all the times you held my hand, thank you.

For all the times you smiled at me, thank you.

For all the times you listened, thank you.

For all the times you prayed for me, thank you.

For all the times you encouraged me, thank you.

For all the times you hugged me, thank you.

For all the times you shared a part of yourself with me, thank you.

For all the times you trusted me, thank you.

For all the times you complimented me, thank you.

For all the times you said "I love you", thank you.

For all the times you thought of me, thank you.

For all the times you were there when I needed you, thank you.

For all the times you missed me, thank you.

For all the times you gave me comfort, thank you.

For all of this:

Never forget that when I smile at you, I'm saying "I love you. "

Never forget that my hand is always outstretched toward you.

Never forget that I am always here to listen to you.

Never forget that I will always stand behind you.

Never forget that you need only ask, and it's yours.

Never forget that I want to spend time with you.

Never forget that I do love you, whether I say it or not.

Never forget that I'm thinking of you.

Never forget that I am always here for you.

Never forget that I miss you too.

She knows who she is. :o)

No, I didn't write it myself, by the way. :o) I stole it from someone else, and changed it around a little.

Something Nice

Look what I found on the sour cream when I opened it for dinner tonight! :o) I thought it was kinda cute anyhow. Hope you guys agree. :o) Talk to you later.

A Good Day

SO, GUESS WHAT? I finally bought me some brand new Burton snowboarding pants! YAY!!! :o) I'm so excited. I love them. In fact, I'm wearing them even as I sit here and type. :o) I'm a dork, I know, but what can I say? I have a few pictures, but in all fairness, I will warn you ahead of time, they're horrible, and the pants look WAY better in real life. They're awesome. :o) Now I just need a new Burton hoodie and I'll be all set. :o) Anyways, here are the pictures. Enjoy.... :o)



You've gotta love the suspenders. :o) I feel like an old man. :o)


"Burton Supastar!" *sigh* if only in my dreams... :o)

Anyways, my day went pretty good today. Just glad it's Friday. :o) And it was payday (hence the pants) so that's always super nice. I guess I didn't really tell you guys on here but.... last Wednesday, October 3, I mailed in my very last truck payment!!! YAY! Oh my goodness, it felt so good to do that. My loan was for three years, but I got it paid off in 12 months. Sorry, but I'm pretty proud of myself. :o) I am a slave to debt no longer! I am financially independent! I am free from my bondage! :o) Sorry, I get a little carried away sometimes. Anyways, I think the check went through either today or yesterday (I had to mail it to Texas) so I should be receiving the title in the mail soon. It's just so good to know that I own my truck now. I never could have done it without the Lord's help though. It was only by his grace that things worked out the way they did, and that I was able to make much larger payments each month than I needed to. I am so thankful that He provided me with my income, and that nothing major ever really came up that I had to miss a payment or anything. So, anyways, that wasn't really how I wanted to share that exciting news, but there you have it. :o)

I also went and got my very first ever massage today. That was nice. I had horrible knots in my shoulders that she really worked out. It hurt pretty bad when she was doing it, but my back feels pretty good now. She even said that the pressure she was using to get those knots out was pretty intense, so I guess they were pretty bad. Anyways, I'll definitely go back to her, she was really good, really nice, and not too weird. :o) I think her name was Heidi or something like that, but I can't remember. Is that bad? :o)

So, yep. It was a good day: A paycheck, a massage, and a new pair of Burton snowpants, what more could a girl want? Well... I could think of a few things, but we won't go there. :o) It could be quite a long night if we did. :o) Ok, I'm gonna go now. You all have a fantabulous night now, ya hear? :o) Love you all! Good night,
Kassandra

BBQ

Well, here are some pictures of the BBQ that we had a Phil and Jenn's a few weeks ago, that I have been meaning to post. Sorry they're late! It was a lof of fun to just go hang out with all the church people like that. We should really do it more often.... :o) Anyways, here they are. Talk to you guys later! :o)



The Guys playin football

Strategizing... :o)



Guy talk, need I say more?


You know, fire is actually kinda pretty...


Stayin Warm

Little Baby Kimber

Eatin' Marshamllows... mmm...

Lanae` and Ashley...

Me and My Lanae` :o)

The Rock That Brought Down The Mountain...

Okay, so my truck isn't a mountain, and no, technically the rock didn't completely disable it, but I think you get the idea. :o) Anyways, here are some pictures of the rock that went into my tire. It was huge! I thought it was kinda cool anyways. :o) Dan (the guy mentioned in the previous story told of the initial tire issue) said that it looked like someone could have used it for an arrow-head back in the day. I have to say, I agree. :o) Anyways, enjoy. :o)



This was all I could see poking out of my tire when mom got home. (that's the bottom) Nice.

Kind of A Funny Story....

So, I've been having issues with tires over the past couple of days. Well, actually for the past week. Ok, lets get a little history behind this before we start. :o) About two and a half months ago, one of my tires went flat. So, for two days I aired it up, until I got my dad to look at it. He was spraying it down, trying to find where the air was leaking out, and he found several spots. The entire side wall of my tire was splitting where it joined at the top. The tire was junk, there was no going back. I was finally forced to buy new tires. (I was putting it off for as long as possible) I rode around on my older brother, Chris's spare for about a month before I finally bought the new ones. They cost me almost $500 dollars. I was so happy to have brand new tires on, and not having to worry about whether or not one of my hanging-onto-the-last-thread-of-life tires were going to blow out on me at any second or not. I once again felt completely safe in my truck, and thought that at least for a while I wouldn't have to worry about tires. I mean, once you get new tires, there's nothing to worry about with them, right? Uh yeah, wrong. My mom had to borrow my truck last weekend to go to Minto to take dad and Chris our big black sled, and hip waiters, so they could float out the ginormous moose that Chris decided to shoot in a swamp. Anyways, I didn't mind mom taking my truck. We didn't really have much choice, since she traded her truck in for a car with smaller payments. Her car is a stick, and tons of fun to drive, except the fact that it's a car. I don't like being so low to the ground, and feeling so tiny. I'm definitely a truck kind of girl. Anyways, getting off the subject here. :o) So mom took my truck out there, and on the way in, down that horrible dirt road, somewhere along the way, a huge rock stuck right into my tire. Needless to say, mom came home with the spare on, and my barely-a-month-old tire, flat, in the back of my truck. Yes, it was sad. So, I called TDS yesterday, the place I bought the tires, and told them what happened, and asked what we could do about it, because my dad said that something like that shouldn't happen to a tire so new. So, you wanna know what the guy said to me? "Well, it's not the tire's fault that the rock went through it." Uh, what? I didn't try to beat the tire to death or anything. Does it have feelings too? Good grief. The things people say sometimes. Really it cracks me up, but come on now. So then he started to tell me about the manufacturer's warranty and what it doesn't cover (rocks, nails, etc.) . Blah blah blah. So he told me to go ahead and bring it in, but at that time, I was seriously doubting that they were going to do much at all. So, I called dad, told him what the guy said, and he said, "Ok, I'll call Dan over there and talk to him about it." Dad works at Aurora Motors, and they do a lot of business with TDS, and Dan is kinda his buddy over there. Anyways, Dad called Dan, Dad called me back, said that Dan said to bring it by and he would see what he could do. (wow, too may D's in that sentence. Kind of confusing :o) ) So, I was telling Rhoni (the lady I work with, who's desk is right behind mine. we get along really good. she's super sweet) about all of this, and she was like, "Oh really? Because Dan is they guy that I'm kind of seeing right now." So, Rhoni called Dan, sweet talked him, and he came over and picked up my tire, killing two birds with one stone, because he got to see Rhoni in the process. Or more like, he was able to pick up my tire in the process of coming to see Rhoni. Either way, I don't really care. :o) He took the tire back to TDS with him, and looked at it. I guess the rock was so big that it wasn't fixable. He had to replace the tire. I originally paid $115 for it, without it being mounted and balanced. (Dad did that part for me) Dan charged me $100.00 this time, and he mounted and balanced it, and replaced the valve stem. Plus, I got free pick-up and delivery. So, yeah, it wasn't all that much off of the original price, but I got a few extras stuffed in there. :o) And my dad told me that they would pay for it, so it's all good. So the moral of the story is: Don't think you're out of the woods as far as tires go, just because they're brand-new, and make sure you have a spare, because something will happen when you least expect it. The night that mom drove out there, we had to move some furniture for Chris and Lauren's cabin, and we were debating taking the tire out, when mom found out she had to go to Minto, and she said, "We'll leave it in there, but I should be good, your tires are brand new." Well, there ya go. :o)

Wow, so this post turned out to be longer than I planed. But I guess that's ok. :o) So, I hope none of you are going through tire issues, because I know it's no fun. :o) Talk to y'all lata! :o)