Katrina

Wow, can you believe this hurricane?? It's amazing out how much damage there is. Our family is in a little bit of distress, so please pray for us. We have not heard from my uncle and aunt since Mon. morning b-4 the hurricane came in and power was lost. My uncle lives on the Tchefuncte River and it floods even when they have bad storms. Please pray that their house is not completely flooded and that their boat is not damaged. His boat means alot to him and I hope that it is ok. I think that would just be not good at all. I appreciate the prayers and I know they do too.

Thank you.
Kimberly

Car Racin'

Oh wow, if you didn't go last night to the races, you missed it a great time!!!! This was my first time to go out to amateur car racing. We were out in Greenville, TX and we had 7 in our group last night. There was literally mud-slinging around and dust in your eyes, but I just blinked and kept watching and cheering on my cars. Well, not MY cars, but as my friends and I sat there, we would pick a car and cheer for it.
Story from last night: We were sitting there and there hadn't been any wrecks yet, but next thing we know...........a car flips and catches on fire. They are saying over the speakers to stay away from the car, but they don't, some men fly out there b/c the driver hasn't come out yet. I was a little worried b/c he hadn't come out yet, but then he came a scurrying out of the car........YEAH, he was ok. I'm sure he was in a little bit of shock once he flipped and it caught on fire. It took a while for them to get the fire out and they kept saying, please stay back in case it blows up. Well, it didn't blow up, and they finally got the fire put out. It was great, especially since the driver was Ok.
2nd Story f/ last night: There were 2 cars that hit and one spun out and smacked into another car. I think the radiator (correct Les?) blew and water came spewing out. He was MAD. He took his gloves and helmet off. He had the guy that spun him out stop and I am pretty sure he was yelling at him. That was cool!!!
We could see the lightening in the background just flickering across the background..........so pretty........
We left when some of the girls were getting tired, but I wanted to stay till it was over, but that's ok, at least I got a couple more hours of sleep b-4 going to church today.
Talking of church, I need to go and get ready for church.

Till my next post.......Kim

Urgent Prayer Needed

Please go and look at this site: http://prayforbj.blogspot.com/ It is very important that prayer goes out for this young man. He is in great need of the healing hand of our Lord to touch his fragile body. Satan definitely attacks those who bring glory to the Lord. He never wants to see us succeed in our relationship with God.

Our relationship with our Creator is a never-ending process. With all that you have, go to Him, He wants us to rely on Him for everything!!

If you want to know more about having a relationship with Christ, please contact me on here.

God Bless You (Dios te Bendiga),

Kimberly

About Me!!!!

1. Name as it appears on birth certificate: Kimberly Marie Johnson
2. Nicknames: Kim, KK, Kimmie, Kiki, Kimbo
3. Place of Birth: Dallas, TX
4. Favorite food: Seafood & Mexican (I like LOTS of different types)
5. Ever been to Africa: No, maybe some day.
6. Love someone so much it hurts: Yes, but that's the past. :)
7. Been in a car accident: Yes.
8. Croutons or bacon bits: Bacon Bits
9. Favorite day of the week: Saturday!!!!
10. Favorite restaurant: Friday's, if I have to pick.
11. Favorite sport to watch: Ice Hockey & Soccer
12. Favorite College Football Team: Um........Boomer Sooners
13. Favorite drink for summer: Slushees (watermelon)
14. Favorite ice cream: Cookies and Cream
15. Favorite fast food restaurant: Sonic, Chick-fil-A, Taco Delight, Taco Cabana (I'm not too picky)
16. What Color is your bedroom carpet: Beige-ish
17. How many times did you fail your driver's test: None, YEAH
18. From whom did you get your last e-mail: A lady going on a project of mine. (work)
19. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card: Old Navy and Payless
20. What do you do most often when you are bored: Sit on my porch if I'm at my apartment.
21. What time is Bedtime: usually between 10:30 and 11:30 PM during the week and whatever time on the weekends.
22. Favorite TV shows: Dance 360, CSI Miami, Law & Order. (I don't watch TV much, only about 3 hours a week)
23. Last person/s you went to dinner with: Valerie Campisi
24. Ford or Chevy: Do I have to say???? Ford of course. :)
25. What are you listening to right now: 96.7 The Twister
26. What is your favorite color: Purple
27. Lake, ocean or river: I like them all, do I have to choose?? Beach, I like the sand and waves!!!!!
28. How many tattoos/piercings do you have: No tattoos, but 2 piercings in each ear.
29. Have you ever run out of gas: No, but very close, right Val?? haha
30. Where are you currently writing this: I'm at work right now.

Hey Bonnie,
I took this from your site. :) For those of you who would like to check Bonnie's blog it is: www.dashadra.blogspot.com

For those of you who read this, answer a few questions for me. That will be entertaining. :)

Bible Brain Twister

Way to jump start your brain. 

 

 

Bible Brain Twister By John Kezer

I once made a remark about the hidden books of the Bible. It was a lulu,kept people looking so hard for facts, and for others it was a revelation. Some were in a jam, especially since the names of the books are not capitalized, but the truth finally struck home to numbers of readers. To others, it was a real job. We want it to be a most fascinating few moments for you. Yes, there will be some really easy ones to spot. Others may require judges to help them. I will quickly admit it usually takes a minister to find one of the 17, and there will be loud lamentations when it is found. A little lady says she brews a cup of tea so she can concentrate better. See how well you can compete. Relax now, for there really are the names of 17 books of the Bible in these sentences.

One preacher found 16 books in 20 minutes. It took him three weeks to find the seventeenth one.

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Fishin'

Kodiak's 1st adventure in a boat was last night. She did really good. Once we got the boat stopped, guess who hopped in???? Yep you guessed it.......Kodiak! Oh how she loves to swim. She cried one time when I got her paw stuck in the back, but I put her back in the water and tried again. She did get in the water about 3-4 times, don't remember exactly. She did swim out with Les and she kept her eye on him to make sure that he was ok. Tiff and I just sat out on the boat. It never failed though, as soon as Kodiak got in the boat, she would go where Tiff was and would shake off on her, but the diameter of the water that came off Kodiak was actually like 5 feet, so, Tiff and I got to feel the water without getting in.

She did get scared 1 time and she was shaking some when Les got the boat moving pretty quick. Which her and I almost flew off the front of the boat........how funny that would have been. I probably would have held onto her as we flew through the air, but we did make it!! YEAH, no falling off.

The fish weren't biting at all last night, but the moon was great! Les, Tiffany, and I had good conversation and just relaxed under the moonlight. You can't beat that at all. We enjoyed the cool breeze and watched the moon slowly skate in space as it reflected off the water. The temperature last night could not have been more perfect and the weather conditions too.

It was nice to be able to enjoy God's creation and slow down and take the time to REALLY enjoy it. Thank you God for your creation!

T-storms

WOW, talk about thunderstorms yesterday. We had a gully-washer yesterday in the DFW metroplex. Kristy (a great friend of mine), Aurora (her puppy), Caleb (my nephew), Kodiak (my doggy) and myself were going to go to Lake Lavon and go swimming with the dogs and Caleb. It had been raining at my parents house and we decided to try and go out there anyway. You never know where the storms a hittin and where it's not. So, we took a chance. We got out there and to our surprise, the sky started turning greenish and there were MANY low hangin clouds. It started looking pretty threatening. So, we decide that we're not going to stay. Caleb starts crying b/c he really wants to swim. How disappointing that is to a 4 yr. old. I am driving and we are on Lucas Rd. and I can't even see the road b/c it's raining SOOOO hard. We go to Sonic and we get out there and eat sundaes (that made Caleb's day). He kept saying," I'm sorry it's raining." He is sooo sweet.

The lights almost went out at Sonic 3-4x, so, it was definitely severe storms yesterday. The sky was soo dark blue and black.

I get to my apartment later with Caleb and stunned in amazement, it has not rained a drop there. HELLO!!!

So, Caleb and I go and check the mail and it's lightening pretty bad at this point. I put him to sleep around 9:30 pm and I take Kodiak outside for one last time till morning and it's POURING! YEAH, it's raining.

I opened up the door the porch and opened the windows. It was great falling asleep to the rain as it fell outside.

Anyways, that was the adventure for yesterday!

I wonder what is in store for today....always an adventure!

Ciao,
Kimberly

Bonham Rodeo

I might have shaken off the country in me before, but now I realize just how great it is. Nothing beats a good ole rodeo out in the country and enjoying the cool air with your cowboy hat on. :) I was at the Bonham Rodeo on Friday night and boy did we have a ton of fun!!! (I knew there was country in me more than I knew) Thanks to Les and Brian who drove their broncos/blazers up there. We had 11 people go. There was all kinds of things going on. From bull-riding to tricks on horses to calf-ropin'. It was soo much fun. I really enjoy being in the "cowboy" scene, but just never had anyone to do it with. When's our next rodeo?? It is soo relaxed and easy going, doesn't that sound like me??? Yes, I've even been told that I am the most easy-going person ever, I don't know about that, but it explains a little bit about me. Isn't that what the blog pages are for???? haha

After the rodeo we went into OK and crossed the Red River, I saw a shooting star and the sky was gorgeous!!! I would go back up there just for the stars anyday. I got to drive Les's bronco down in to an old creek bed (still had water in it, but rock bottom). It was GREAT!! I loved doing that, there's a first time for everything, that's for sure. I've never done that, but that was so much fun. Thanks Les for letting me drive!!!

I have been around horses quite a bit, more when I was younger. I have rounded up cattle on horseback in MT, now that's an adventure too. I have fixed barb wire fences and many other things, but I have learned that you only fix barb wire fences when you have gloves on, it is sharp!!! I love to be a horse, it is so relaxing. When I was 15, I wanted a horse instead of a car, how cool is that. But, I didn't get it. My car did have a lot of "horse power" though. hahaha

Anyways, tonight we went downtown Dallas tonight, WOW, what a trip. We definitely needed more guys for the event tonight. We got on the DART with these crazy girls who make like 4-5 calls on Brian's phone and they were totally rude when he wanted his phone back. They took all of Erin's gum, how rude, not even saying thank you. All 5-6 girls wanted gum. They were not nice at all. They probably called their pimp from Brian's phone.......haha j/k

We had a good time downtown. We ate at Hoffbrau Steakhouse, we were there almost 2 hours, service was VERY slow. We finally got out of there and went to the Market. There was live music, artists, etc. I just love it down there, so many interesting things going on!!!!! I used to go downtown and dance, but haven't been down in a while. I would say it's been a good 3 years or so. Kind of slowed my dancing scene down too, but we still kicked up our heels in Fort Worth (when I lived there this last year) at City Streets and Billy Bob's (the LARGEST honky tonk in the world!!) www.billybobs.com (I think) check it out, it's definitely fun when there is a good group of friends and no ones afraid to dance, that sounds like fun.........anyone up to going???????

Well, I am signing off and going to bed b-4 my laptop battery goes out.

Later!!!

Kimberly

Rodeo

Hello!!! I am sorry that it's been over a month since I last updated.

Let's see, I am loving my job and I have now been there for a little over 3 wks. It's great! I am getting it down and really enjoying it.

Last night I went to the rodeo with my Sunday school class and we had so much fun. Before that we went and ate at Trail Dust. We went down the slide MANY times and had a blast. You can't beat that big ole slide in there!!!

No one got hurt at the rodeo, so, that's was cool. I cringe a few times when I thought that a guy who was bull ridin was gonna get hurt, but they didn't. YEAH!

In 2 more days, Kodiak is going to be 1 yr. and 5 mo. old. She is so sweet and just growing up like a perfect doggy. She is the best companion I could ask for at this time in my life. She gets to go to "Doggy Daycare" during the day. My parents want to watch her while I'm at work (they're retired). So, I drop her off on my way to work and then pick her up on my way home.

Oh, last weekend a friend of mine got married. It was a sweet wedding. We (bridesmaids) wore black gowns that were so pretty! They were strapless and VERY cute. Good job Christy!!!!!
The bump on the back of my head (from the ponytail) is almost gone, but gosh, that sure did hurt! The lady who fixed my hair got it too tight and I was in pain all day long w/o relief. I have never experienced a 12 hr. headache before, I have a much greater respect for those who suffer from migraines. OUCH!!!

Anyways, I need to get ready for church and head out. Have a great day all!

Love ya!

YEAH!

I am happy to announce that I was offered the job. I am soo excited. I will begin soon and start learning the new position. I give all the praise to God b/c He gave the job to me. He literally put the job into my lap and I just took the initiative and followed the path that was laid ahead of me. Thanks to the many prayers that were lifted up for me. Thank you God, you're so faithful.
If you have any questions, let me know!

Kimberly

p.s. I am in MD right now w/ my nephew and new niece. We're having a good time loving on them. In fact, Caleb is coming home with us on Mon. How fun is that?!

Dream Job

Is God amazing or what? He has literally placed this option into my lap. I have always wanted to work for a missions group. My mom and I "happen" to go and eat lunch at this new place in Allen the other day on my lunch break. We were sitting there and this lady came up and told my mom," you probably don't remember me." My mom did remember her, it was my brother's pre-school teacher when he was 3 or 4 yrs. old. We asked her what she was doing and she was talking about how she is a project coordinator for medical mission trips. I asked her if there were any openings or what. She told me that they were looking for someone, but that they were getting ready to close that done and decide. She told me to send my resume in ASAP and gave me the web page, etc. That evening when I got home, I looked up the web site and found the person she told me about. I left him a message stating m passion for missions, etc.
The next day at work, I checked my e-mail and the man had responded. He asked for my resume and asked if I would be able to meet on a short notice. I e-mailed him back and attached my resume and told him that I could meet at lunch time b/c I had an hour lunch. He wrote back and said he would like to do it that day. So, at lunch, I went and met with him. I really pray that this is a job for me! I would be coordinating mission projects. It is soo awesome! I e-mailed him today (no phone number) and asked if they had made their decision b/c he had said it would be a few days b-4 they knew. They had already narrowed the pool of applicants to 3 people, but he added me in too. He e-mailed me back and said that they would be making the decision on Wed. So, please pray for me and direction in my life. It's not everyday that your true dream job comes along. I'll find out Wed., what lies in my destiny. Thanks for the prayers in advance!

Kimberly

Loving It!

Ok, I am going to start this over, I pushed a wrong button. It's not going to be as long, but oh well, at least you can know what's going on my "Kimberly's World" at last. I liked the last version better, but wrong buttons sometimes find my fingers, especially when I am tired.
I haven't had time to write anything, so, I feel bad. I am enjoying my new job. I rejoined my home church, gosh, that felt good. I am now beginning to get plugged in. I know that I am exactly where God wants me to be. I have such a peace at where I am in my life. I wonder what is going to come next?
I have started reading this book that's called, The No-Brainer's Guide to what Christians believe." It's very interesting.
Kodiak is doing well and adjusting to the new place, very nicely. She stays at my parents house during the day. She gets soo excited when I drop her off, but she's very excited when I pick her up too. Her tail is just a waggin' and she barks. She is soo sweet.
I absolutely love my new apt. It's so nice to go to sleep listening to my chimes and not police sirens and ambulances. I love that! I feel safe and that's comforting.
We have a new singles minister at my church. He seems to be very cool. I really like how he teaches too. He took the place of Dom, our former minister. I think he is really going to grow our group in an awesome way. He is really funny and great to be around. His name is John Gibson.
Other than that, not much else is happening. I am just continuing to adjust to life back in the Dallas area. Of course, that doesn't take long. I love change! Life would be too boring w/o change in my life. Of course, we all know that I have TONS of energy and need to focus it somewhere.
I'll try to write more later!

Signing off,
Kimberly

All Moved!

Hello, well, I have completely moved and settled in for the most part. I want to say thank you to my mom for helping me b/c w/o her, it wouldn't have gone as smoothly as it did! Thank You Mom, I love you!
Thank you is in order to Sammie and Lindy who waited for the movers on the McKinney end after they left my mom and I in Fort Worth. Thank you!
I'm sorry dad you couldn't help, but it was very important for you to be with grandma. My grandma had a pace maker put in on Tues., but during the procedure, they punctured her lung a little bit.

Well, it ended up collapsing and they put in a chest tube...OUCH. She is doing better now and she seems to think she might get to go home tomorrow. We'll see, that's for sure. She's been in the hospital for 10 days now.

The movers were only about 45 min. late, so, not bad at all! YEAH, thanks Nick and Billy.

The whole moving process with the movers only lasted about 3 1/2 - 4 hrs. Not too shabby. I am so glad that it's all over.

We were able to get through every box in the same day. On Wed., we put up curtains and things like that.

I have officially started my new job. The first day was a little rough b/c there was so much to learn. I was bushed when I got home.........thanks for supper mom.

Today (2nd day) was not bad at all. I was busy pretty much all day except when we as a staff would take a break and chit chat some. Overall, I have had a good 2 days and I look forward to Mon. I think I'll like my job once I get it down. They said that in a month, I'll be doing just fine, so, I'll be glad when that month marker is here.

I am really excited, tomorrow morning at my new apt., they are having a brunch for Mother's Day. They are having someone come out to make omelets! YUMMY. My mom is going to come and eat "brunch" with me. Then we're going to go out and go grocery shopping. All I have in my refigerator is milk and some soft drinks. I can't survive on that......(c:

I am going to end for now, but I did want to update on me.

GBY!

Bubble Wrap

Totally, how fun is bubble wrap! Here is a web page that you can actually pop bubble wrap. Don't spend all day popping. But worth a few min. out of a busy day! ENJOY!!

http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml

Mayfest 2

That was sooo much fun last night at Mayfest!!!!!! I want to go back next year if possible. Definitely worth the 7 bucks to get in. Plus, it supports a good effort in cleaning up Fort Worth.
We started off by parking at TCU and realized we were at the wrong stadium. Did I ever mention that they seem to have a hundred stadiums? Well, they do....(c:
We ask the security and he tells us where to go, but he seemed a little confused himself. He started over about 3 times before he got completely done explaining himself. Oh well.
Well, we parked in a tiny spot (not made for an explorere) and we were happy. We waited for the bus to come for about 30 min. or so. Got on the bus and road to Trinity Park.
We got there and there was a huge line to leave! (take a hint)
There were a few things we wanted to do for sure. There was a parrot show at 6 p.m. (way cool, just didn't get the man's jokes). We watched the bike stunt show at 7 p.m. (sorry Sam for you falling down and getting hurt) Sam was one of the bike stunters (is that a word?). He went to do a trick and he landed wrong and fell off his bike and he got hurt....OUCH! I hope he's ok today. They said he had only been bike riding like this for 4 years and only been doing tricks for 4 days........WOW, brave guy!
After the bike stunt, we went and saw the Jet Ski Stunt show. Boy howdy, that was fun! It was pretty cool. Julie and I sat there and kept typing in funny inside joke greetings on each others phones.......that was hillarious! (Julie, I still have mine saying Jack-a-lackn) hahaha I laught at the thought........(c:
After that, we ran for a few more min. to beat the crowd of folks heading for the bus lines.....LONG!
We waited for about 30 min. or so......not too bad.
We of course had to eat while we were there. So, we both love mexican food. We had Nacho Supremes! YUMMY. And we both had a thing of cookies and cream Dippin' Dots. We had a blast and the weather was PERFECT for it!
We got back to my apt. and she had never seen Without a Paddle (one of my fav. movies). We tried to escape from being seeing by my neighbor and got inside ASAP. SUCCESS at last!
We watched it and laughed through that too.

So, needless to say, it was VERY eventful. I'm ending for now, but till the next post.........2 more days and counting till I move!

CIAO

Happy Birthday Beth!

I just wanted to write a post and tell Beth HAPPY B'DAY. Tonight will be fun at Bennigan's. If anyone reads this and wants to come, it's around 8 p.m. tonight! See ya there.

May Fest

Wow, I am so excited. I am going to May Fest this afternoon when I get off work. I am at work right now and kind of feeling tired. I didn't go to sleep till after 11:30 p.m. Nothing is happen' at work at the current moment, so, it's VERY quiet and slow. Oh well, I will survive as I look towards the excitement that this afternoon holds for me.
I will write more later, I'm sure.

For now...CIAO

Prayer Request

Hi everyone, please pray for my grandma.  She is in ICU today.  Her heart was beating awkwardly and they tried to get it to pump correctly today, but her heart stopped in the process.  The dr.'s got it started back and they are thinking about putting a pacemaker in place.  They aren't really sure how long she'll live at this point, so, I think they're waiting to see how she'll do.  She hasn't done what the dr.'s have told her and she won't buy food that is good for her.  I'm not saying it's her fault, but she hasn't exactly helped the situation either. 

 

I thank you for the prayers and I'll keep the updates coming.

 

Love,

Kimberly

 

p.s. those of you who heard about new niece, she is doing very well!  She's at home and gaining weight.

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Grillin' Out!

Last night was so much fun. My best friend (Julie) and her dog (Cassie) came out from North Arlington to see me. We started off our adventure by going to Trinity Trails (Bellaire/Hulen St.). We were there for about 2 hrs. We went to one side of the trails and let the dogs swim. Cassie was a little hesitant at first, but I took my shoes off and took her in with me. She started having fun after she got used to the H2O. After that, we went to the other side of the trail and let Kodiak run free. There were alot of other dogs on that side and Cassie got to run free too. They had SOO much fun. Of course, all of a sudden, the 2 hrs. past very quickly. We were really hungry and still hadn't got the grill going. So, we left the park and came back. I got the grill goin' and Julie got the Guacomole dip done. We grilled chicken and hot dogs. IT was soooo very good.

After we ate, we ate Spiderman popsicles! YUMMY. We also watched the movie Tuck Everlasting. That's a different movie, but not too bad. It was kind of funny.

Anyways, that's all for now. Julie, I had a LOT of fun last night. Love you girl.

Job

Praise the Lord!

I heard from the company that I interviewed with last Fri. that I officially did get the job. He had called me on Fri. night to offer me the position. I took it of course. He told me that he was going to quickly check my references and he would call me Mon. or Tues. Well, guess what, I just got off the phone with him and my references were great! They all spoke very highly of me.

The great thing about the new job is that I get health insurance. I really had to find a job that would offer that b/c now that I am going to be taking a break from school, I won't have insurance anymore. Needless to say, God answered my prayers.

I'll tell you though, I was very broken last week when my mom and I were praying together. I did not know what God wanted me to do and then I found the job in the paper, applied, and got the job. He had to really take me to a low point before He showed me what to do next.

I am soo excited about moving. I'll be close to all my long time friends and my family. My best friend is moving out to Frisco (about 20 min. away from me) in the middle of May, right after I move. I am moving (as of right now) on May 3rd.

Well, that is all for now, I need to go and get ready for the day.

God Bless You!!



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