F. R. I. D. A. Y.

       SO an old friend Erin Gandy left me a comment on one of these older HF4F posts and said she missed them!!!! SO HERE YOU go little lady!!!!    5 HIGHLIGHTS of MY WEEK below:   1. It is finally F. R. I. D. A. Y. 2. PRiMe kicked off  this week. #seesters #cuties ;)   3. THE MIX at Fellowship Church kicked off this week and IT WAS OFF THA CHAIN!! They had some fellow FT WORTH folks in the house! Rappin', Hip Hop, Crazy fun times! If you missed it this week, there is always next week!!!!! Better show up!   4. I started the 24 Day Challenge by Advocare - check it out! I am only on day 3 and I am noticing positive changes!!!!  5. Manicure. OPI. Alpine Snow. Win. (wasn't quite sure how I would feel about this color BUT I must say it's totally growing on me ;)!)      Hope everyone has an awesome weekend! I plan too ;) I am seeing a few of my old besties for dinner this evening as well as C.H.U.R.C.H & P.R.I.M.E on Sunday! :D I will even squeeze in a new workout or two!   -KB

HIGH 5 fo FRIDAY!

    ^^As always linkin' up with Lauren for H54F!^^
Friday, Friday, Friday.... you are always the highlight of my week, never a damper! So thankful for you ;)  1. FIG (flavour influence groups) - even though it was our last one for the Fall - it was so great, encouraging, reminding us ladies that the Lord's timing is perfect and we will not get to experience the fullness and abundance of God if we rely on ourselves and try to fulfill our own desire/goals! When facing obstacles/trials we have to hold on to our faith and not give up! Hebrews 12:1-3 ; Ephesians 3:20-21

^"20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, ²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." - Ephesians 3:20-21

This is one of my favorite verses! It's a perfect display of Christ's love for us, and He is the ultimate provider.




2.  Spice Tea. - Family Recipe - always love drinking it when it's cold outside. :)

3. This past Sunday - my sweet friend Jannehla was baptized! #lifechange was made! AMEN - so happy for you Jannehla.



4. WEEKEND. I get to hang out with some friends that I first met in June of this year when I began taking my prereq's for PA School - it's one friends birthday and we are invited to share in her celebration! Also I will get to see some friends from high school tonight that I hardly ever see & some friends from college!!!! It will be filled with relationships! Of course to add to the excitement - THEMIX & PRIME are this weekend and ****SPECIAL**** PRIME EVENT :D SKATETOWN on Sunday night!!! COME IF YOU CAN :) All the info is below! If you need a ride - let me know.





5. Today at my work, we are having our annual Administrative Thanksgiving Luncheon - except this time we are being different and having a "PIZZA THANKSGIVING" - excited. I love pizza. (well anything Italian for that matter)
PS. My friend Candace is amazing I went from dark roots ombre - back to blonde last Friday! I love my hair!   

What are your highlights (see what I did there, haha) for the week?! - Share them below!!! or link up with Lauren!!!

XOXO,
Kristi Brooke

~H54F~10/26/12

So here we are again Friday, nice of you to visit! :) ....

This week there have been some fun things going on, so here is my 5 highlights of the week & as always Linkin' up with Lauren!

1.) Wednesday night was the Bring Your Best: Chili Cook-off! It was Flavour VS. Men of the House! My sister entered and won first place for Wild Card #1! White Chicken Chili. It was SO yummy! 

2.) On top of it being the Chili cook-off we got to spend some sweet time in our groups! It grew this week!!!! We got to meet some new faces:)... and I only have a picture of some of the members. (which was pictured last week - yes i know) & Shout Out to my sweet friend Kristin Doty - She baked some yummy goodness and let me have one! (I think it was a brownie - but whatever it was, was GUUD) #canihavemoreplease

3.) I got some trendy boots in the mail this week! :) #excited to wear them

4.) LOVING the cooler weather :) 

5.) I only have a month and a 1/2 left of my CHEMISTRY class! I'm jumping for joy... kinda... 

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!!! I am SO ready for this weekend... :) The MIX and Prime are here :D except I will not get to participate in Prime they moved it to after the 11:30 service and I volunteer from 1-5 the 2nd and 4th Sundays out of the month! BUT YOU should go! & I'll get to go next week!! Prayers needed, I have lots of homework due next week, a test, quiz and lab. The Lord is my strength. 

XOXO,  KB

high five for friday

Good morning lovies! :) 

"it's Friday, Friday, evvvvverbody loves Friday! TGIF, Friday! Wahooooo"

That was me doing my Friday dance/singsong voice! lol Hope everyone's day has started off on the right foot! However, mine did not..... I woke up an hour late, was only about 15 minutes late to work, thankful for a boss that doesn't really care what time I get in if I let her know & my other two boss' (CFO & AVP) are out of the office! #score --- Moving on!

 So this week was a little rough, okay let's be honest just Thursday, as in yesterday. I had my first lab test/quiz/experiment, what could go wrong?! HA. never ask that question. I was stressed out because I had to have goggles for lab but I had yet to buy them, so the procrastinator in me waits until the day of to buy them before class. I usually leave work around 4:40pm to head to school -- frantically worrying if there would be any goggles left (yes, I worry about things I can't control) I got there about 5:20pm and there were TONS of goggles left, WHEW dodged that bullet. Okay, so I'm thinking I'm all good and prepared for class - so I go to change clothes, because you have to wear certain clothes to Chemistry Lab - whoknew - after I change clothes I'm finally chilled out and I can go wait for class to begin (this is about 5:30). I'm sitting there thinking and I realize we are having a quiz and lab over measurement today so I will need my calculator, well I dig through my purse and my bag and its NO WHERE to be found! I die - my face is burning, I'm getting anxious - my stomach gets this sick feeling. I'm thinking greaaaat way to begin your first grades in this class by being unprepared. So we get through lecture -- all the while I am not really paying any attention because I'm so nervous about the quiz and I'm in a rather foul mood, just because I'm very hard on myself. We take a break in between lecture/lab and when we returned for lab it was time to take the quiz; to my surprise Dr. Peterson had a stack of calculators waiting for us if anyone needed one. WOW, can I just say that the Lord always, always, always takes care of us even if we are doubtful or scared or worried or whatever the case may be and we I have got to learn this! I mean really I could have trusted the Lord to take care of it and saved myself a lot of worry, etc. Thanks for the lesson, I'm going to try my best to remember this the next time I get stressed out, scared, worried! (and really all of that wasn't THAT big of a deal - I just made it more of a big deal than it was - yes I know no need to point that out. Ha.)

 On to my High Five For Friday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :) & as always linkin' up with Lauren at From My Grey Desk!

1.) My new AbundantLife Day Book - 365 Blessings to begin your day. It's very refreshing, I bought it at the Source book store at my church a month ago! I love it! 

2.) New Earring from Etsy - LOVE THEM. I want more! (mine have gold backs) I've worn them 28394723874X okay more like 6X already.

3.) Okay - so first pair of TOMS & they are pretty amazing as well. 

4.) Getting to spend time with my sister last weekend! She never gets time off and she got time off last weekend and it was just really special! Happy we got a fun-filled family weekend! :) 

5.) I am obsessed with Vitamin Water ZERO - GLOW, Lemonade and there are others.... Try it out if you haven't! (not I'm not getting paid to say this)

Happy Friday and Happy Weekend to everyone! Hope its a blessed one and you are able to find joy in the things you already have! PS. isn't the weather fabulous -- welcome fall :)

XO, 
KBT

HighFiveForFriday

So friends, we made it to Friday again! (whew, can I be honest for a moment and tell you how horrible my day was today!) I am thankful it is the weekend, however just wait.... the end of my class is on Thursday which I am ecstatic about but I have a test Monday, Tuesday & final Thursday. . . . . pause for a moment of pity. . . okay so don't feel too bad positive note they are all only over 2 chapters a piece, #fingerscrossedidowell.


Hate to say that it was a struggle to find 5 things great about my week. . . . but lets be honest, you can ALWAYS find something to be happy or positive about. So without further ado here are my top 5 things of the week:

1.) Cherries - who knew I liked them, my whole life up until now I would not eat ANYTHING cherry flavored, well my sweet dad gave me a bag of real cherries and they were so guuud. Yes I said "guuud".

After graduating HS we took a trip to Europe - boy how interesting that trip was!

About two years ago, Christmas 2010 - I think, uh oh my memory is getting bad.

2.) Meet Samantha Schwartz Kupiec a.k.a. Sammie

We have been besties since the 5th grade (latter part of the year lol) She has always had a big impact on my life and never ceases to provide excellent advice, and of course to just make me feel better! There was no exception this week for that, God has blessed me with your beautiful frienship and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world! Thank ya, babes I love ya! xo (P.S. It's this pretty little thangs birthday August 9th - so shout out Happy Early Birthday!)

3.) Counting down the days, hours, minutes until my AP2 Class is done. I'm not sure if I was drugged before signing up for this class or what, it has totally owned me - prayers I can pull off an A! - otherwise, don't tell anyone but I will take it over if I make anything less.

4.) I bought this precious little gem a while ago and have only worn it out in public twice! Both times I have received RAVE reviews ;) Thanks VC. (Vince Camuto if you're not in the know ;)) Wore it to work on Thursday of this week and it didn't disappoint.

It's Friday, I'm in love!

IT'S FRIDAY ALREADY! this week felt like it flew by! (is it just me?) & I am so glad it did, it was an EXTREMELY stressful week.

annnnnd it's that time again...... you know ;) HIGH 5 for FRIDAY! I stole this cute idea from The Masseys Blog but I think she got it originally from Lauren over at From My Grey Desk! Go link up and tell everyone what your top 5 things of the week are! :) Yes... GO!

Anywhoo... without further ado, here are my top 5.

1. I have a little bit of an obsession with Michael Kors - watches! Okay, lets be honest - with everything MK. I own three MK watches (silver, cream&gold ceramic tones, & a gold) I love wearing them everywhere! I am craving a black or a brown one.

Here are some that are on my wish list:

 Okay, sorry thats enough, the ring was just added for some flavor, and lets be honest I've been eyeing it too!

2. Zumba class this week at 24 Hour Fitness in the VR was on FIRE! ;) I think it is my favorite work out besides, Nike Training Club and Boxing Boot Camp. Jason Wallace teaches at the VR location on Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30pm and Saturdays from 11:30-12:30pm if you have not tried it, it is a MUST! He also has his own studio too if you don't have a 24 HR membership - but you could always come as a guest! I was having a rough week but I went to this class and I got a lot of stress & tension out!

3. This verse was a must read for me this week and the Lord knew it too. It's been rough going back to school with a full time job. I salute the people that do it that have children or a husband or are single parents, or just a full time job, etc. I don't know how y'all do it! I am ALWAYS exhausted and don't have time for anything.... so this verse is challenging but it definitely is so true & I got it off of SheReadsTruth

 4. My favorite season is Autumn otherwise known as fall but I think the word Autumn flows prettier off the tongue - (okay, sometimes I go back in forth between autumn/winter/summer/spring - I just like all of them but for different lengths of time, forgive me) BUT right now Autumn is my favorite. SO with that being said, I canNOT wait for the fashion, coats, jackets, boots, etc. I'm already dreaming of my fantasy wardrobe. Here is a little peek of my fantasy Autumn wardrobe:

MK trench coat - to die!

                                                  

Oversized sweaters with leggings/booties,

yes please! & the hats!! ohhh, keep 'em coming! ;)

 

  

 

  

   

 

You guessed it more MK, I absolutely love his handbags - ha I would have all MK in my closet if I could! I really like Marc Jacobs as well! ;)

5. Count down until AP2 is finished - ONLY TWO more weeks until my class is over. I will be having some good sleeps after that! & hopefully sneak in a little socializing before my next class begins! Can you tell I'm a bit excited? Also, I will hopefully get to organizing/decorating my apartment!!!!

 

Hope you all enjoy your weekend. I do not have anything planned other than studying, studying, maybe a Zumba workout, more Studying and did I mention Studying?!

If you have any prayer requests, shoot me an email or comment and I will def write it down and send it up! ;)

XOXO,

High Five 4 Friday :)

Well, Happy Friday my friends! Can I just say how #thankful I am that I made it to FRIDAY, for a second there I wasn't sure I was going too.

It is that time again, HF4F and I discovered this lovely idea from another blogger From My Grey Desk please check her out & link up! :)

this week....

1. I created a new station on my pandora! Francesca Battistelli - which b. t. w. I am LOVING. 

2. #SheReadsTruth is an amazing site....Check it out!!

3. I was slacking on my fabulous trainers but I have now decided to "dust myself off and try again" so thanks to my trainers Karina and Katrina for your inspirational tweets, if you want to get in on the action check out there site.

4. Speaking of "Tweets" - I have joined the twitter world again and you can find me here! ;)

5. Channeling my inner SJP and wearing pearls today! I absolutely cherish pearls, they always make me feel classy.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! I will be studying my hiney off!! & might squeeze in a Zumba workout in there and will be volunteering a Children's Medical Center in Dallas. If you don't know about that hospital they make such a difference in people's lives! #giveback

XOXO,

New Beginning's

Welcome to my new and improved blog!
I want to get better at keeping up with this, I love reading everyone's blogs and think "I can do this".

First off, HAPPY FRIDAY!! :)

Hope you all are enjoying the day! this will be my FIRST High Five For Friday post! I am so excited, here I go...

1. This week I only had to work Tuesday - Friday, it was such a long week and I could not wait for today BUT after coming back from vacation I am very thankful to have a J.O.B and I know the experience I gain from here will be very helpful in obtaining the career that I want some day SOON! ;)

2. I found out I made an "A" in my first prerequisite class Anatomy and Physiology I. I literally jumped up and down with joy! PRAISE THE LORD. (if you knew how stressed out I had been, you would know just how hard I had worked - no social life for a month but BEYOND thankful!!) BTW if you didn't know I am in the process of finishing up my prerequisites to apply for the Physician's Assistant Program, most likely only to the programs in Texas - haven't quite made my mind up about that yet.

 3. SO I am going to cheat a little, since I haven't done this before and use something from last week. I received the most beautiful flowers from this one guy I dig on the day of my final for my class and it was such a sweet surprise.

4. My computer has been broken for about 8 months and my boss' husband is an IT guy (aka computer genius) and I never thought to ask if he could look at it, well my dad and I had planned to go computer shopping on Wednesday of this week - I happened to mention it in conversation at lunch (not even thinking) and she immediately asked if she could have her husband check it out for me!! She said if I brought it to her Thursday, he could most likely have it fixed and back to me by Friday! (SUCH A BLESSING TO HEAR. - you have no idea) I just moved into an apartment, have a ton of additional bills that come with that, on top of my other bills! He was able to FIX IT!!! A God thing!

5.  Extremely thankful for my parents because they have just done so much for me as of late and - hello ALL MY LIFE! :D I love you guys!