How was your weekend?

Happy Monday?!?! Well I have never been a Fan, I’ll tell you that. The having to wake up so early after sleeping in on the weekend, the fact that I have to get ready for work and not stay in bed sleeping. The list can go on. But I’m thinking POSITIVE. Today will be a great day! =)

So on another note, how was your weekend?

I know many people got surprised by flowers on Friday, almost a little pre-valentine gift. I know I was one of those people. I was surprised with a basket of pink Roses and Lilly’s. Lilly’s are my favorite, I was surprised when I saw them and so happy. Friday I had a quiz to do, so we didn’t do much. I was also exhausted from the whole week. Saturday morning we met up with my parents, sister, brother, sister in-law, & nephews for a wonderful breakfast. After breakfast we went home to relax before going out to dinner at night. We went to Brasanova. Great steak, great Margarita with Patron and great company! The night was perfect! I won’t go into details about the night ;)

Sunday I left my boyfriend at home and went on a girls day adventure to the Coconut Grove Arts Festival. It was perfect weather, other years it’s so hot and sweaty, but this year, just perfect! We ate, ate, and ate. The art this year was spectacular. It’s amazing the talented people we have all over the world. There were sculptures I haven’t seen in the Arts Festival, and wax figures that were so real, people were passing them by, thinking it was a real person. The music was great. The people in the audience, not so great. I couldn’t believe the boring people that live in Miami. The people singing were yelling, “IS EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME”! And I can hear a little fly pass by my ear. My family and a few people around us after about the 2nd or 3rd time of the poor guy repeating himself started clapping and yelling. A little after that a few more people got their spirits up. Now I wasn’t around in the 70 & 80′s, but my aunt, says those were the best times. People would go crazy and just have so much fun. I remember the 90′s when I was young and used to go with my aunt it was still similar. People with their blankets and the place was packed. It was still a wonderful outcome. A lot of people and a lot of children. This year they even had more activity for the children. Wonderful day to end my weekend. Afterward I went home, and relaxed with my boyfriend.

How was your weekend? What did you get for Valentines? Share your stories….

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Drag-racing cars fatally strike 2 pedestrians

Happy Friday? For some of us it isn’t. Last night in the early mornings in Lauderdale, Florida 2 cars were Drag-racing. They hit 2 pedestrians, leaving them in the street and killing them. A man in a nearby 7-11 said they were going so fast he didn’t even get to see the cars, he just heard the engines, the crash and then they were gone.

They found one light colored Porsche between the 595 and I95. The other vehicle is still in investigation, as to how it looked and what model. They are saying both cars were a light pale color. I truly hope they find the 2 people who did this. I just can’t comprehend how someone can do something so harsh. Now the family of the 2 un-identified victims have to suffer for someone elses actions. Every time I open up the news in the morning all I hear is fatal accidents, or someone killing someone. It’s sad that we don’t hear the good things, that are happening in the world.

Lets brighten up our days. If you have any stories that consist of good, and happiness, share them with me.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

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Any Plans for Valentine’s Weekend?

Happy "V" Day
Do you have any plans for Valentine’s Weekend?

Perhaps a romantic dinner at home with your significant other. Or are you going out to dinner this year? Perhaps a romantic walk on the beach, a concert at the Deering Estate, or just some fun in the sun during the day, the beach or the coconut grove art festival. If you don’t live in Miami, what are your plans?

Every year Valentine’s comes and it’s made a big deal by marketers, to buy flowers, and candy and gifts. Some people like to take vacations to celebrate their love. This year we are lucky that it lands on a Saturday. The last two years with my boyfriend Valentine has landed during the week, so we celebrated at home with a nice dinner, candles and wine. This year however, it’s on a Saturday and I don’t know about you, but I want to do something, go somewhere.

People think the economy is doing bad, and it is. However people have to eat, and people are still going out and enjoying themselves, especially on Valentine’s day. My boyfriend called Flemmings to make reservations, we have been wanting to go for a while, so we figured why not on “V” day. Well they were already booked and this was last week. They only had a 5:00pm and a 10:15pm reservation, I figured we can snack on something in the house around 7 to hold us over and we would take the 10:15 but then we weren’t sure if wanted to do that or not. I told him to either make the 10:15 reservations, or call Shibui (Our favorite Sushi restaurant) and make reservations there or surprise me. I don’t care where we go, as long as it’s with him and NOT at home! I don’t know if he finally made reservations or what we are going to do, but I’m sure it will be wonderful either way.

Some people are going to the Coconut Grove Art Festival on “V” Day. I definitely want to go, but since my boyfriend has to work on his project Wheresmypet.com I’m going to go enjoy Sunday with my mom and aunt, while we eat, eat and eat and walk around! ;)

Share your “V” Day ideas….I would love to hear from you. Add some Romance to your "V" Day

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Man runs out of gas after robbing gas station

Is this a joke? No it’s not. A 23-year-old man by the name of David Eric Hampton robbed a gas station in Charlotte County Florida. He robbed the gas station with a 12 inch blade. After robbing the gas station a witness followed him out of the gas station and called 911.

Soon after a newspaper carrier came to tell Police, that the car they were describing ran out of gas nearby. The police headed over and caught the guy. He later was released on bail for $10,500.00.

This is one of those stories you hear about in Stupid News…. Didn’t you check the gas first before deciding to rob a place. And if anything you could have put gas first then robbed the place. I can’t believe they let him out on bail though, but hopefully he’ll be back behind bars soon. He’s only 23 years old and he’s already throwing away his life. He needs something to wake him up, get on the right track.

~Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. ~Jawaharal Nehru

XO,
Kristin Nicole

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Statewide Amber Alert For Missing Fla. Girl

I just caught this report about a Statewide Amber Alert for a missing 5 year old from Hermit’s Cove in Satsuma, Florida. Haleigh Ann-Marie Cummings was last seen at 10:00 p.m. Monday.

Local news states that Haleigh is around 3 feet tall, has blond hair, brown eyes, and weighs about 39 pounds. She was wearing a pink shirt and her underwear when she was last seen.

Below is a picture of Haleigh:

Haleigh Cummings 5 years old missing (Amber Alert)

Haleigh Cummings 5 years old missing (Amber Alert)

If you see Haleigh, you are urged to call the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office at 386-329-0808, or call 911. You can also see the link Here.

There isn’t much to say about a situation like this, just simply that it SUCKS! It makes me so upset to see these Amber Alerts, to know that some asshole as taken another child. I pray for the safety of Haleigh and for her family to stay strong through this horrible ordeal.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

Nine-year-old writes hit iPhone app

Hello Tuesday Morning….

Today I have decided to talk about something different, other than what bad stuff is happening in the world. I found this article on Yahoo.com. It’s about a 9 year old boy who writes a hit iPhone App. Yes you heard right! 9 YEARS OLD!!! He designed a game for the iphone that you can draw with your fingers, like the Etch-A-Sketch-style. It’s called Doodle Kids, and it had about 4,000 downloads in 2 weeks. I read that you can even shake your phone so that the drawing fades away, just like the Etch-A-Sketch. His name: Lim Ding Wen. He is from Singapore and knows up to six programming languages. Now imagine if at 9 he came up with this game just for his sister because she likes to draw, what will he accomplish by the time he’s 20?!?!?

It’s amazing to me how some children are so smart, talented, different. Good different. How many of you can say you can come up with a game like this for the iPhone? And how old are you? I just find it absolutely amazing, this kid is going to go places.

Amazing children sometimes grow up to be brilliant!

XO,
Kristin Nicole

If you want to read the link I found click Here.

Palm Beach County looking for Man behind sex attacks & robberies

West Palm Beach County Police are looking for a man that is behind some robberies and sexual attacks just this past weekend. He has assaulted a women at the gas station 3 days prior, but the most recent attack was this past Saturday. The man went to get a massage and there he sexually assaulted the women with a gun and robbed the place. He assaulted a woman at the gas station and also made one women drive her to her home, where he tied and assaulted her then robbed her. The sketch below is what the man should look like. PBSO says the man possibly drives a blue and white truck.

Anyone who may be able to identify the assailant is asked to contact PBSO Detective Weissman at (561) 644-7263 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS.

West Palm Beach Sexual assualt offender and Robbery

West Palm Beach Sexual assualt offender and Robbery

It saddens me to hear stories like this. Even as we are putting gas in our cars, we have to be extra aware of what is lurking around us. Luckily all these women are okay physically, but they will have to endure this emotional pain for the rest of their lives. Being sexually assaulted has to leave wounds that no one can every take a way. Fear is one of the worst feelings a human being can have. To live this way is not a way to live. I do believe however, that there are ways to overcome this fear, ways to keep living. Life is to precious to have fears take over.

I have been wanting to take some self defense courses, I think women all over should take classes like this. It will help those who have had trauma, over come some of their fears, and those who have not experienced such horrible violence, it will help them to prevent such crimes upon them. If anyone has a place they go to in Miami please let me know.

Live life, don’t let fears take over the little time we have in this world.

XO,
Kristin Nicole

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Should we be Thin or “Curvey”?

A lot of people are now talking about Jessica Simpson. She is now a size 12, she’s over weight, she is getting fat. There are rumors that they are even saying that some fashion designers won’t be sending her free things anymore, because they don’t want her wearing their clothes looking like this. I can’t believe this. Well yes I can! The glamor, the fame, Society, they have been telling us for years that looking “thin” is what’s in and if your not, you aren’t good enough, pretty enough etc, etc….. this is why we have 10 year olds worrying about how they look. This is why we have women who are bulimic, or anorexic, and don’t be fooled some men feel this way too.

I totally agree with what Ashley Simpson had said last week: ‘Women come in different shapes, sizes and forms. Just because you are a celebrity, there shouldn’t be a different standard.

Jessica Simpson Size 12 (still looking good)

Jessica Simpson Size 12 (Still looking Good)

‘How can we expect teenage girls to love and respect themselves in an environment where we criticize a size 2 figure?’

That question stands out to me so much. Seriously, think about it. So right now according to “standards” I’m over weight, and I have a little tiny pudg. OMG, am I obese? NO! Yes I can exercise a little more, eat a little healthier, but I look good right.

Okay so I have to admit, it’s not the media who’s gotten to me, it’s society. All these women go out there and get all these plastic surgeries to look so good, have the best bodies, and well I’m just a regular girl. How can I compete right? I don’t believe in diets though haha, I think we only live once, and we should enjoy the pleasures of food. One pleasure I love oh so very much! You have to balance though. During the week I try my best to eat a healthy breakfast and lunch and small snacks in between. Dinner I try my best to eat healthy too, sometimes I don’t always cook, so I can’t control the menu, but I try not to eat any fried food. i try to exercise 3 times a week. And once in a while when I’m in the mood, I have that chocolate chip cookie. My bowl of pasta. I can’t help it I LOVE FOOD, especially Pasta! YUMMMMMM

Okay back to the subject. I am sure many women out there feel like me, but I understand that sometimes you feel almost as if you are the only one in the world out there that feels this way. How can someone understand what I’m going through? I’ve been there before. Feeling as if you aren’t pretty enough, good enough. You have to sit back, look in the mirror and tell yourself, no matter how funny it may sound. No ones’ looking, it’s just you in the mirror, and repeat: “I AM BEAUTIFUL”, “I AM BEAUTIFUL”. Don’t stop until you truly start believing it. Everyone is beautiful. Sure I don’t look like that super model in Victoria Secret. Do I wish I looked like her. MMMMM Sometimes. Am I ever going to look like her? No. So why keep wishing. I am me. I am beautiful.

Look within yourself, and once you see who you truly are, you will love yourself, you’ll love everything about what makes you, YOU!

XO,
Kristin Nicole

If you want to read the article on Jessica Simpson Please click Here.

Online Sexual Predators (Myspace, etc.)


“Sexual Predators Are Sneaking Around Online
Caution: Online Sexual Predators Pose As Kids”
- This is what is posted on line on CBS4 news.

They say that about 90,000 sex offenders have been found and removed from the Web site MySpace. This is about 40,000 more than the amount they had previously encountered. They say the owner of MySpace, the news corporation and the two U.S. attorney generals came to an agreement Tuesday. Last year MySpace gave them the authority to push forward, to make sure that their site was a little bit more safer than before.

The site, if you have noticed has features, such as if you go to search for friends, you can’t search for anyone younger than 18. This at least helps band sexual predators from searching children under 18.

Unfortunately, sexual predators sometimes find ways to find younger children. They pretend to be your age, fake picture, and they tell you what you want to hear. This applies to both boys and girls. You need to be careful if you are on these sites.

I have a 15 year old sister who just recently got myspace. It’s scary to think that there are so many weirdos out there. You have to make sure your myspace account is private, that when searching for you, they can’t just find you by your first and last name. Put in a fake name. If the person wants you to add them as a friend, they have to know your email address, this at least insures that the person knows you. If you do happen to come across a friendship that you don’t know, delete it, because it can be someone posing as young boy or girl your age, just trying to manipulate you into getting to know them.

Be careful, Be cautious and always Trust that if you have a bad feeling, go with it!

XO,
Kristin Nicole

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Mannequin with BIG BOOBS! Not kidding….

Ok, so I’m window shopping at Sunset Place, Miami Florida with my friend “Z”, and we go into this store look around and walk out when I look at the window I see this mannequin with huge boobs, and I couldn’t believe my eyes. I actually walked away, went into a Aldo shoe store right next door, got out of the shoe store and I just had to take this picture. A mannequin with big boobs, WTH!?!. So what does this tell our future our young children? We need fake boobs to fit into these dresses/ to look good? I thought it was funny more than anything. I told my boyfriend that now I’ll have to get big fake boobs in order to fit into these kind of clothes. So there goes my house fund! LOL

So here is the picture…

WOW, Can you believe this

Hot Mannequin in the window of a department store next to Aldo Shoes

Enjoy Men & Women too! ;)

XO,
Kristin Nicole