differences...

between sisters...
So today i was thinking how different my sister Katie and i are...

• she is preppy/cowgirlish(however that works): I am granolaish:)
• she cant live without country: I prefer a rockier or folkish sound
• she thinks my sense of humor is retarded:i think she doesnt have one
• she wont be "silly" in public: being silly in public is part of life:)
• all she has pierced is her ears:i have my nose pierced
• her friends are preppy or whatever:mine are a comglomerate of who knows what
• she has no desire to (and never has) to go to any bible school: I am on year two
• She is going for a degree in political science/government: This next fall i am goign to massage school
• she is SUPER outgoing: i am alot more introverted(she keeps telling me to break out of my shell)
• she loves to run: i think she is crazy for it
• she dyes her hair blonder:i dye mine brown
• she is 5'6"(average): i am 5'3"(short)
• She could care less about the past:it interests me and i wonder
• she is withdrawn emotionally(i guess emotionally distantish):i need to learn to control my emotions

so ya those are just some of our differences..it makes me laugh... and i guess think...how can two people growing up in the same household(well minus 4 years) be so different...what makes us who we are????

my trip to kali...

....was AMAZING...(well mostly)

So wow ya like 2 weeks ago friday i left to Kalispell to chill for like an extended weekend... I stayed with Rachel...i cant even describe how good it was to see her...my best friend! I hadnt seen her since July like the day before she left for africa... well Saturday we went to lunch at my favorite restaraunt Hu Hot... and then we stopped by famous daves to say hi to greg(havent seen him since graduation) I am not sure i can describe the awkwardness...i would say this was the "bad" part of the trip i wanted to i guess chill with my friend Greg before he left but mostly everytime i saw him it was pretty much extremely awkward..I am not sure if its cause we hadnt seen each other in awhile but mostly i think it was because i used to like him and now he has a girlfriend...well then later that afternoon i chilled with rach and sarah... sunday=church, and i forget what we did that night...lol... monday i went to lunch with matt and we looked around the mall and then picked up rachel:), i got made major fun of cuz matt and rach say i have become even more earth muffin since moving to bozeman...but hey thats who i am and i am chill with that now...didnt used to be...i have always kinda been this way but in my family is was something that i got made fun of for...so i guess in some ways i hid it...anywho tuesday... went to leap with Justin...so good to see him, and so comfortable he is like a brother to me..i love that kid..(he is like 2 years older than me but...:))... it was good to be at leap too...then tuesday night we(rach,matt,and I) went to jonathan and emily's for dinner..it was nice..the dinner (gado gado) was SOOOOOOOO good...greg stopped by to say goodbye..agian WAY awkward...Also i say with great sadness i didnt get to see my friend Jeffy!! Oh btw i saw Coco and Brandon so that was sweet..didnt expect to see them... so overall a good trip...being with the people who know the real me and love me is so comforting and fabulous...man just talking to rachel in person..dying of laughter... oh and laughing so hard at matt( he was running low on sleep:) so funny!)

Okay so ya what else is new?? For thanksgiving i am going to minnisota with my friend Demina...in case you are wondering she got out of icu sunday and then on monday got out of the hospital so she is much much better..Thank you Jesus!!!

So i was contemplating my year at BSBI and this is the conclusion i came to i would so do it agian knowing everything taht would happen i would so do it agian and i am not sure i would change anything...well i guess the times i was a jerk(sorry greg and justin)...it was very sad when rachel left but weirdly i dont think i would change that because it made me step out of her shaddow and make an effort with people and build my own relationships.. i was forced to grow..man i missed rachel and lurve her so MUCH!!

So i just decided i am going to the dominican republic june 15th-27th with dawn and one of her friends on a missions trip... I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!! Its a dream come true!

okay so my sister showed a picture of me to the girls at her work..they said we look alike but i look much older what do you think???( people also say she looks russian..NO)

Oh ya there is this new verse that i love..Zephaniah 3:17 is still my fav but this one is up there

" The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of darkness, a light has dawned." Isaiah 9:2

( Holman Christian Standard)

Its so talking about Jesus coming..wow how beautiful!

Foam Cakes...

...are funny(at least to Joni and I)...

SO i guys, what is up with yall... i always want to write something profound or just plain good, but i always write it like a letter..(pretty sure no one reads these) *tears* So ya... last night after dinner i was putting the food away and Mrs J says is that bugs on Karlina's back(i am getting the heebeejeebees writting this!) and i look back there and i see a fly and those nasty icky stink bugs.. I HATE THEM and so i jump and brush them off then Priyanke is like there is one in your hair so i am freaking out trying to get it out, while Joni is trying to tell me that there is no bug there...Evil Priyanke(kidding), so i decided i needed to get him back, well Joni last night talked to her husband wayne and he said we should do a foam cake, so we did(it looked pretty) and i asked Pri to cut it for me, he did, Joni and i thought it was really funny. Priyanke was trying to cut it nicely and be nice cuz he thought i had messed up the cake and did something wrong lol..No one else thought it was that funny, except for Joni and I... and then after dinner tonight we played basketball that was fun...

now me venting I hate it when people start talking about candidates and they have no idea what they are talking about. Like someone saying I would vote for Obama before Romney...what the crap Romney holds to our values and beliefs while Obama is the opposite o wait though he is not mormon so i guess that cancels his being for the killing of unborn children and such...grow up and use your brain people, oh ya and then said person being a strict conservative but they would vote for McCain over Romney agian do your homework, dont go around making dumb choices or stuff..RAR.. i guess i am in a crappy mood..sorry guys... MUCHO AMOR...

ps... i am learning singliese(language of Sri Lanka,its cool:))

HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS....

So i wanted to wish everyone a happy and blessed new years... and to Rachel,Jamie,Brandon,Matt,Lanna,Justin,Josh,Gred, and so importantly Dawn thank you for putting up with all my pathetic emotions and drama.. just so you know the me you have seen is not the normal me.. i have no idea what the crap has happened to me.. i am not usually emotional or dramatic at all... i guess that is something i want to change in the new year... and i have realized thanks to my dad and sister today that i am pharasitical, and the law of God is more important to me than love,grace and mercy and that is something i want to change in this new year and so i pray that with Gods help i can become more like Him and less like the world... if yall could keep me accountable that would be way too amazing.. thank you guys:)

Muchos amigos de amor,
Karlina

its nothing to be wronged....

....unless we make it something

so i saw this statement and it made me think, wow what a true statement. So much stuff wouldnt really matter but it does because we make it a big deal and you know what most of the time we are wrong and shouldnt. Now i know there are some wrong things that really matter, like wrongs agianst God,or humanity.. they are important and thus matter. But lets say someone doenst want to talk about something thats not a wrong or something to get upset by its just there personal preference or something they have chosen because of their own emotions, and who am i to get mad or say that is wrong... even if the whole thing does involve us... this was just something i was thinking about after reading that statement....

Well I was thinking about what i want to do with the rest of my life and what i do know is that i want to something to do with kids that need help... i am still looking at teaching but i want to do more ya know? I want to help kids, i want to be super involved with them and make a difference in their lives... i was thinking about social work or counseling but then i was also thinking about how emotionally involved you would have to be (which wouldnt be bad, but you could easily get hurt which i try (sometimes to hard) not to let happen to me...(part of the reason i really dont let people in sometimes... i have to trust you) and these kids would probably be hurt or something too) but i still think i am interested in that... Also i was talking to matt about the whole visiting the nursing home thing and how much i love old people and he was like have you thought about social work for older people and i thought about it for a minute and was like no.. not only would they be being mistreated but they would up and die on you.. way to much pain :( so that is my thought on my lifes future :)

Now more randomness here are some good quotes and such (by the way in case you didnt know i am a sucker for quotes

A day without laughter is a day wasted- ee cummings

I have two kinds of days happy and hysterically happy - Alan Lefferdink

I regret often that I have spoken; never that I have been silent - Anonymous

Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother - Lin Yutang

Wherever God has put you, that is your vocation. It is not what we do, but how much love we put into it. - Mother Theresa

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow - Helen Keller

Its not hard to make decisions when you know what your value are. - Anonymous

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another - Helen Keller

Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart - Mort Walker

A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love - St. Basil

The first duty of love is to listen - Anonymous

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. - Phillip Brooks

What you respect will attract you, what you dont respect will move away from you - Anonymous

So there are some quotes.. ENJOY.. i am sure there will be more to come:)

HAPPY NEW YEAR YALL