It's a smile, it's a kiss It's a sip of wine, it's summertime

Well I'm going to point out the obvious to everyone... its summertime. Now while we have been out of school for quite some time in my own personal opinion summer TRULY begins today around 7pm. Which was the first SUNSET CONCERT of the season.  But due to an unexpected visitor, whom we'll call Chicago Buddy and her mom coming into to town for Medical School Orientation I missed the concert.  But regardless it was a great time to nom nom nom on some New Kahla and to catch up with Chicago Buddy and Chicago Mom.  They were hilarious as always.  Then I went  bowling with Gum Drop and Beiber Fever as well as some of our other friends. Team Beibler (aka us) kicked butt......like FO REAL. We're going to get hardcore and make neon sweatbands... I know be jealous. Then Friday was our friend Hilarious Girl(she is hilarious... like best description of her ever) 21st birthday! So we had a good ole fashion reunion party.. literally I hadn't seen some of these crazy kids since high school. And boy it was a hoot. Maybe there are some pictures out there too follow.. I'll look.  Anywho I'm sorry that my post was sparatic and ridiculous but I haven't had internet for like a week! But tomorrow is SUNSET again... so I will definitely update y'all!
Peace and Blessings,
kjo

Searching for Mr. Right... not just Mr. Right Now..

I mean seriously ladies I feel that all of us wonderful, signle 20 something young women are looking for Mr. Right and certainly not Mr. Right now... I found this amazing article when I was reading through Sweet, Sassy,Southern, and Classy the other day and I think that it is the perfect path for all of us to follow! Enjoy It's from the book "The Power of a Praying Woman." 

-On His Plan For Your Life-

Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone--to have a deep soul relationship with another, to be loved thoroughly and exclusively. But God, to a Christian says, "No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled and content with being loved by Me alone. I love you my child. And until you discover that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, You will not be united with another until you are united with Me... exclusive of anyone or anything else, exclusive of any other desires or longings. I want you to stop planning, stop wishing, and allow Me to give you the mostthrilling plan existing... one you can't imagine. I want you to have the best! Please allow me to bring it to you. You just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things. Keep experiencing that satisfaction knowing that I Am. Keep listening and learning the things I tell you. YOU JUST WAIT! That's all. Don't be anxious, don't worry. Don't look around at the things other's have gotten or that I have given them. Don't look at the things you think you want. You just keep looking off and away up to Me, or you'll miss what I want to show you. And then, when you're ready, I'll surprise you with a love far more wonderful than any you would ever dream. You see, until you are ready and until the one I have for you is ready (for I am working even at this very minute to have both of you ready at the same time), until you both are satisfied exclusively with Me and the life I prepared for you, you won't be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me... and thus, the perfect love. And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love. I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with Me and to enjoy materially and concretely the everlasting union of beauty and perfection and the love that I offer you with Myself. Know that I love you utterly. I am God Almighty. Believe it and be satisfied.

Peace and Blessings.
kjo

TSM kind of day.

As you all have read I am a Tri Delta and I love just about every second of it. I would describe myself as a pretty typical Greek Girl... and therefore I find myself spending a large portion of my mindless internet browsing reading things like TSM and following hilarious Panhellenic sisters on Twitter.With that being said I should mention that I don't ever take them seriously and find some of them ridiculously offensive.  The founder's of our respective organizations founded women's fraternities to empower women to be strong, independent women who can not only care for others but ultimately care for themselves on their own if necessary.  Sometimes TSM makes it appear that all sorority women are capable of is making sandwiches and being bitches.  That my dear readers is not true.  However, today I must admit I had the most stereotypical TSM day I possibly could have had. It all started when I woke up early to seize the day.
I dressed in leggings, a white vneck tee, and my Tri Delta Flip flops.  I threw my hair up in a bun and added a pearl head band and obviously added my mandatory pearl earrings (I really find no other earrings necessary). If that was not bad enough I then baked several patches of brownies to mail to my friends at sleeep away camp. I then did quite a bit of cleaning followed up by a fabulous crafternoon. A crafternoon is the 2nd best way to spend an afternoon besides laying out if you want my opinion. I'm not quite finished but when I am I will do a post because they are super cute! My mom is coming down with a cold so I volunteered to cook dinner to complete my total TSM day.  Oh and I went on an excellent jungle hike with Karli Cakes today.  Overall, I would definitely say I perfected my inner TSM for the day.

I was WAITING FOR WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND

I've been waiting for, waiting for the WEEKEND... For the badgers out there in reading land you'll know exactly what I am referencing anywho.... My weekend took a bit of a different twist than originally sort of anticipated and I ended up spending the weekend at klu's residence. We had a great weekend galavanting around STL and shopping.  It was a great weekend. We had a hilarious time love klu. More posting to come.

DIET COKE

Hey y'all,
just a quick update today.... I'm posting a link to one of my favorite blogs www.collegecandy.com and reposting an article one of their girls wrote about diet coke.... because its the bomb.com!!!! so check it out http://collegecandy.com/2011/06/10/friday-faves-diet-coke-my-one-true-love/.
Peace and Blessings,
Kjo

Little Sister and the High School Gang

Although there are about 657890 people who really influence my life I will introduce the rest of them as they make their appearances but it would be tragic for me not to finish introducing a few key people: my little and my high school gang.

Let's start with my little sister, we became Big/Lil in October 2010 and it was potentially the best day of my life.  While our relationship started off slow we eventually began spending more and more time together and quickly realizing we are so similar its scary... we are also verrrry different on a lot different things but that is one of the things I love about us.  While I am very Midwestern in my back ground Lil Sis is 10000% southern belle and she cracks me up. She is hilarious and I love her. There however are currently no appropriate photographs of us to put online.

The high school gang.  Well there is about a million things I could say about the high school gang ... and its massive so I will keep it down to the core group of girls that I still talk to the most. There is Sugar Muffin, Gum Drop, Karli Cakes, Dance Pants, Meagasaurus, Beiber Fever, and Dr. Awesome.

There are MANNNNY hilarious pictures of all the aforementioned ladies but I will refrain from displaying them as of now. but without further ado here are my introductions.

Sugar Muffin came into my life in our freshman math class and without her I really would not have met the other girls in my gang and for that I am eternally grateful. We were the best of friends throughout high school and while we did grow apart for a while I am happy to announce that we talk daily now! Love you SOOO much Sugar Muffin.

Karli Cakes: I have know this gem of a friend since Freshman year but we didn't become super close til like umm end of junior year maybe? eek I don't even know but now we spend time together like errrrry day going on epic urban jungle hikes through the neighborhood. We always have a fantastic time and we both share an obsessive love of the color pink.

Gum Drop: The story is essentially the same as Karli Cakes as they have been besties since they were 11.  They are both hilarious and I have the grandest time with them.  Gum Drop is always there for me at the drop of a hat and always makes me laugh when I'm upset.

Dance Pants- is one of my oldest friends who is a year older than me. She guided me through a lot of things in my life just like the big sister I never had... Dance Pants is hilarious and intelligent and views the world through a completely different light than me. Dance Pants is a one of a kind fire cracker whom I love dearly and although is busy and leads a very entertaining life would do anything for me at the drop of a hat.

Meagsaurus: IS the little sister I never had. She is Sugar Muffins neighbor and lets just say when Meags got to high school we quickly forgot she was 14 when we were 17ish.  But she loved every minute of it and we love her dearly.  She is GORGEOUS and AWESOME and I LOVE hanging out with Meagasaurus. We have a lot in common and she is a hoot. Oh and her mother is hilarious and just happens to be my sorority sister love that family fo sho. 

Aghhhh yes Beiber Fever is a sort of new addition to my core group.  While Beiber Fever has been best friend with Gum Drop for more years than they probably can remember we have just recently become close in the past 2 years.  She is hilarious and as blunt as I am which makes us quite the pair when we hit the local bar scene.  She also loves the Beibs and honestly I can't blame her after she made me watch the movie.

Last but not least is Dr. Awesome. has been my friend since Kindergarten. We drew each others names out of the friendship box and its been history ever since. She is going to change the world, and that ladies and maybe  a few gentlemen is the honest to God's truth.

So there is a look into my friendship history.

Peace and Blessings,

kjo

Cash Money Millionaire

As I have done yesterday with the introduction of MOH, I feel it is only appropriate to introduce my best friend from school Cash Money Millionaire (oh there IS a story don't worry) but she would rather go by K.Lu so I will be honoring her wishes and not calling her Cash Money Millionaire (even though that is her name in my phone and when she calls Turn Your Swag On plays) I guess I should mention she isn't thug or gangster but in fact just as preppy and pink loving as I am. K Lu and I met freshman year under bizarre circumstances but have been the best of friends ever since.  She is a wonderful and hilarious individual and I couldn't imagine my college life without her.  With that being said I can't wait for our senior year to begin and to be hilarious. So here is a pictorial collection of cash money and I.

Camp Counselors Dream

I have spent quite a few summers living in the woods being a baller... aka a camp counselor and well they were some of the times of my life. SO I got a little bored and decided to look up some of the essentials of being a camp counselor in case any of you were considering the greatest profession in the world out there.First lets start off with your outfit. A perfect tshirt to wear EVERYDAY is a Hanes White V-Neck tee much like this:

 they can be purchased at places like Wal-Mart and Target in a multi-packNow lets talk about the perfect sports bra... this is crucial  because its hot and gross outside all day

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perfection. Now let's talk about your bottom. Shorts are essentially and these Nike Tempo Shorts are the best:

they even have built in underwear!

It is also completely appropriate to wear a Greek tshirt if you run out of v-necks because lets get serious what other kind of tees do you own... right MOH?

 so many choices its hard to choose.

Camp appropriate footwear is hard to come by if you are not wearing Chacos on your feet and this pair is just SOOOO darn cute, I tots wish these had been out when I bought my Chacos.

Staying hydrated is an absolute must during the hot, summer, sun so a cute water bottle like this Nalgene is essential:

It is also essential to have something durable to tote your stuff around in all day but isn't too cumbersome. I have been using North Face's Roo for years but the Roo II is also worth checking out!!!!

Protecting yourself from the sun is a must so awesome shades are must!!! Big, bold, and ridiculous sunglasses always worked well for me. I was a particular fan of this style but some of my coworkers opted for the Aviator style of sunglasses because they felt more bad ass that way. Your pick.

As a counselor you will have to always be on time, which is why you will need a bad ass water proof watch. Preferably digital because you WILL become soooo exhausted that it is impossible to tell time any other way. A cute one like this would be perfect! 

I hope y'all are catching the drift that I LOVE LOVE LOVE the color pink no matter what I am doing.

And no matter how dorky it may seem a good headlamp is essential if you want to see where you are going in the dark.  And trust me you will want some light on those long night hikes to your cabin or you will have nasty scars like I do from falling over stumps and rocks.

Last but not least you will need a smile but that should be no problem to produce because you WILL be having the time of your life if camp counseloring is your thing:

I wish everyone the BEST of summer, whether you are a camp counselor past or present.... or have ever been curious!

Peace and Blessings,

kjo

Cast of Characters

I figured I should start to introduce some of the major characters in my daily life.  First I should start with MOH or Maid of Honor. She is a fantastic friend who has been around in my life for SEVEN years. We worked at summer camp together when we were younger... and now we're just the best of friends. Anyway MOH you know who you are and even though we are drastically different in just about every way... you are a huge influence on my life.
Peace and Blessings
kjo
PS here is a photo pictorial of MOH and I over the years.....

 us and all of our camp besties

show how lovin

major difference in our life

MOH and I at age 16.

weird skype picture obsession freshman year of college.

with our bestie care bear.

best photo she's ever taken.

love you MOH.

A Broad Abroad!: The best weekend of my life

A Broad Abroad!: The best weekend of my life: my edu bff ellen goes to Italy.... and I miss her and her adventures with our friends are hilarious.