Hey There,
this week is a busy week and will remain a busy week till next week arrives, Yesterday I was called into work, Then I was out with Karla and Oscar, I arrived home at 2 pm today that is why I am writing this blog now then I go back to work tonight I work tomorrow night, then I go and see Karla and her family after work, Then I work Thursday night but hang out with Hannah during the day on thursday, then I work friday! then I will have saturday sunday monday tuesday wednesday thursday off i hope all is well with you guys and that you are looking forward to the new year one more day of 2008 then we go into 2009 I love you all enjoy your new years eve be safe!

Happy New Year Ahead of time!

hey Everyone!
Well I hope you had a most enjoyable christmas I know that mine was not the best but it was great cause I was able to spend time with my family. And my brothers friend who is like family, Well I am going to be working crazy hours this week coming up and then going to be not working hardly any hours the week after to the end of June which really sucks. So what has gone on in my life. Well I worked Friday and saturday and I had today off then I work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday! That is 7 days out of 8! I hope all is well I hope that you all have a wonderful New Years! I am going to my best friend Karla's place to spend New Years Eve with my awesome spanish Family! I think of her family as my family.
My Dad broke his ankle on friday night which is not cool, he did not do a crazy break like when my mom broke her ankle but he did break it. I think his is probably more a fracture then an actual break cause he said it does not hurt to walk on it when he had to drive home and drive his truck back to the yard! Yes he was working when it happened he slipped on some ice even going slow and easy didn't help the situation!
I hope all is well with you, on other exciting and yet sad news! Hannah is leaving January 6th to go back to her mission in Provo Utah spanish speaking. I am excited in one way that she is going because I know in a year she will be back but then in another way I am sad because I will feel lost and alone without her! I hope that she will have a good rest of her mission in provo!
Well I hope all is well with you Until next time
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND ALL THE BEST IN 2009!

What a post not about me!!!!

Tuesday December 23rd 2008......

Well This post is going to be extremely odd its going to be nothing about me today! I am writing this current Blog on My Best Friend Karla, Well I went over to her sister's House Monday and spent the entire afternoon and evening with her and Oscar and 3 of her friends, her little Niece and Nephew and her sister and brother in law.

Now being in a house full of spanish people I would like to know what they are talking about sometimes when they are laughing and I feel like I don't have any clue what they are laughing about. Or when She prays in Spanish that I might Understand what she is saying. ( anyways that is not the point to this blog)

The Point of this blog is to tell you about how wonderful and truly blessed I am to have such a wonderful friend in her! She and I have been friends almost since I started going to YSA it was not a pow your my friend it took alot of talking and getting to know each other, she has been the sweetest friend! She has listened to every complaint and never judged me for the things that I do or have done! She has shown me a great deal of compassion she has been an ear when I just have needed an ear and have put up with me and all my annoying habits and the times when I have aggrivated her!

She has been a very understanding friend and been a wonderful example to me! She and Oscar will be married in March! and even though right now it seems strange when we talk cause I feel our lives have gone in completely in different directions I am still grateful for the times when she is home and the times when we get to hang out!
One of the fondest moments as of late that I can say that I have had with Karla was when she came home for thanksgiving bringing oscar with her and on the monday she told Oscar that she was going to go out for an hour with Me Just us time! That is right we had girls time! That is when I felt like I was an important part of Karla's life I know that she has told me many times that I am but that was what made me feel loved.

I am in some ways very excited to be able to see my best friend be happy! But I know that once she gets married that it will change our relationship as friends that we will not talk as often as we do now.
I know that she will always be my friend we have been through thick and thin, she was very supportive to me when my grandfather died in October 07 she listened to me and helped me through my grief. I am always thankful to my heavenly father for the wonderful friends he has given me and especially the friends like Karla.
Thank you Karla for being so supportive of me, thank you for being my friend for showing me the greatest amount of compassion to me! Thank you for making me feel special that day that we just went out and had an hour of US time! That made me feel words cannot describe the feelings that I felt that day.
I hope that in the months to come and in the Years to pass we can Still remain the friends that we are today! You are a wonderful friend and I am so grateful for you in my life!
Love ya lots Karla

Sunday, What a day! I had to receive a blessing at church today! Thank goodness for the Guys that hold the priesthood and are able to give that blessing to us Relief Society and other members of the congregation. Anyways I needed a blessing because my ankle started bothering me at church, and Unable to put my pressure on it without it hurting. I was going to get up and go to church at 9:30 this morning wih Ola and Josh but When I awoke at 8:45 I was still too tired and rolled over and went back to sleep so that meaning That I had to go to YSA at 1. But I have learnt that we are changing times and will be going to church at 11:15 starting January 4th and that London 1st ward the ward I have been kind of going to will be starting church at 11:30 Ugh!
Well, Also after Running around doing so visiting Teaching dropping off presents and stuff to our people we visit teach and running laura lee home! I ran over and gave Karla, Her christmas presents, They are nothing fancy but I am very happy that she liked them and especially the one that I made! After doing that I arrived home and took a Nap!! That is right how often do I say I get to take a nap usually running around busy going here or there or doing this or that I do not get the chance to have a nap but Today I did and it was a great Nap!

I haven't had to work on sunday nights so I have had some time to relax sunday nights, although relaxing will become a little more easy as I look for a full time job I will be working Fridays and every other Hong Kong night that is right the late shift! I'm going to try and see if I can get the girl that I am doing it with convinced to do the saturday one's so that I will be available to do YSA stuff Saturday nights (ie Temple trips, other YSA activities and Most of all Friend's birthday's I have) I have planned that I would work all the hong Kong's that happy on the friday night leaving her to work the saturday night one's and giving me saturday nights off.
Don't Worry Karla, Your Wedding does not fall on a Friday of Hong Kong and I have already booked it off!

What else can I write about its what 3 days till christmas since its after midnight! But just so everyone knows my family will not be celebrating the opening of christmas presents till January but I will be still celebrating christmas but with my family and with Just eating turkey dinner and we will even be graced with the presence of my brother's friend Joe! Since he does not have anywhere to go this christmas my family invited him to come join our family for 2 days!

Since I have to be back for work on boxing day I will only get to spend the 24 and the 25th with my family! and all the animals that come with it. I am not excited to spend 2 days in the snow in the city of brantford although I am excited to see my family! Speaking of Which I think we have enough snow and MOTHER NATURE you can stop dropping it anytime now! I walked to the YSA activity on friday and think that is why my ankle started to give me a hard time at church!
anyways that is all for this blog no beautiful pictures or awesome video's but I will be sure to post some when I take more but until then!

Have a very merry christmas may god bless you and your loved one's at this time of year!

nothing to say again just blabbing

I decided today's post would be in a different colour and it would be bolded. Anyways I had to run out today so I finally decided to dig out the car and clean it off. It was probably a longer process then I would usually like but so work it after my over hour walk to our YSA activity I seemed to enjoy my car that much more. The snowbanks where dreadful walking in and I won't walk on the road. Dangerous! Anyways Work was cancelled last night so that was the highlight of yesterdays day.
Karla was not able to make it yesterday as I guess Toronto got worse snow then we did. We are not out of the woods yet we are suppose to unseemingly get more of this white stuff tomorrow. Great! I don't Want anymore! lets just say I was so tired when I got home from our YSA cookie Exchange that I went straight to sleep and got up around 12 which is pretty good I haven't slept that long in a long time.
I have had alot of chance to see what the real meaning of christmas is all about besides another time of year for consumers to make big amounts of money off us!
I am just preparing to get ready to go to work and I should continue to
do so or I will never get it completed getting ready for work and then I will be late as I have to be at work in an hour!!! ugh! anyways I hope all is well, I hope wherever you are going this christmas season you arrive there safely and you have a wonderful time with your family and friends. I love you all
MERRY CHRISTMAS..... AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I cannot believe that 2009 is almost upon us.
until next time.

SNOW SNOW GO AWAY COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY!!!!

SNOW SNOW GO AWAY COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY!!!!

Well What can I post about today, Its a really snowy and cold day here in London today probably over night we have double our snow and just in time for Christmas great! Well the exciting thing about today is that I do not have to work So I am totally excited for that. So on Monday we went Christmas Caroling then we went to Brother and Sister Smith's house for hot chocolate and some just hanging out time. We had a good time caroling and Watching people make this awesome Christmas Rap. Well All of this snow has brought on some interesting turn of Events that I will not have to work tonight! I know what are the chances of that happening Right! But I am thankful to the snow even though I think its kind of dumb for such a season that it snowed tonight so that I didn't have to work!(and even though sometimes I lived where the climate was warm all year long)
So Tonight I am going to go and participate in a YSA activity. I am going to Attend our Christmas cookie Exchange/Tobogganing night! I am totally pumped although I have no snow clothes to play in the awesome snow.


Christmas Rap That some of The YSA made up!!!! Which I am in Just sitting on the couch with Sister Faye Smith and Tigh! Aaron did such an amazing job of composing this on the spot.

I am Also Excited because Karla is Suppose to arrive home this weekend for 2 whole weeks, That is going to be something I am going to enjoy her being home since she hasn't been home and I have seen her since her Engagement in October on Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada Not American Thanksgiving!
Well for those of you who don't know who Karla is I shall amuse you with a picture of my best friend. This picture is a picture of our first trip to Montreal together! So I am thoroughly anticipating her visit with Oscar her man and her 3 friends which she is bringing with her! I hope the weather will cooperate and let her get home.
I am currently going over to visit her sunday night but if weather cooperates she will arrive in London tonight which means I may make a visit over to her tonight instead. Yes that means digging out my car which I refuse to do or take the bus which I could do.
Speaking of buses they have put the price up on the bus rides $2.75 what an expensive ride for something that costs money for gas but with the current economy crisis the gas prices are down. so bus prices should not be on the Rise!!! Geesh! But None the Less I am excited to see my best friend whether I have to take the bus and spend that $2.75 it would so be worth it. ( I love you enough to take the bus for my refusal to clean out the car)
I hope those that had snow days from school or from work or from whatever you have enjoyed this blast from mother nature! I still am going to blame Las Vegas for sending us their snow no matter where or who it hit first So LAS VEGAS take back your snow and don't ever send us the snow that you get again. Geesh just cause you live warm and get a snow storm which closes all your schools and makes you guys panic doesn't mean we as Canadians want your snow we deal with enough of it during the winter!
Well that is all for this blog I hope you enjoy our video! I know I loved it! Well Until next post stay safe and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Friday December 12th

Its a cold or cooler Canada day today and I had a wonderful chat with a great friend last night at around 2:30 or so we talked about my feelings and how I have been feeling and she and her husband are saving me a seat in there wonderful ward on sunday! how I am excited to see them! They have always been the nicest of people to me and have always treated me with high respect and in turn I treat them the same.

So I will be up at 8:00 to go to church for 9:30 then will come home at 12:30 and spend the rest of the day resting since I don't have to work that night it will be great and a different change for me. I will be going to church at a different ward and in a different building then I would if I went to church with YSA!

I am grateful for Ola! She really just sat last night and listened gave advice where needed and was just an ear when needed to! Ola and Josh are great examples to me! Josh was my home teacher and was a wonderful home teacher at that! he always was concerned how I was doing and how my famiy was. Ola has always been a good friend, she has given me hugs when I just needed a hug! I have always felt comfortable talking to both her and Josh! They have always been wonderful people. I am sad that they aren't in YSA now being married and all but I am grateful that they still remain in London and that I can go and see them at there new ward anytime which means travelling to the other side of the city and going to a different building but its all worth it.

I couldn't sleep and after talking to Ola last night I was quite able to fall asleep, it was nice she helped me feel able to finally go to sleep just from talking with me. Thank you Ola for the wonderful friend that you are! you are a terrific friend!

Well what else can I say its 13 days till christmas! this time of year makes me sad! I really miss my grandparents even more at this time of year! Because The Atkinson side of the family would always get together and we would play cards and different things like that after my grandma died in 2002 we stopped doing christmas together. But christmas has become exceptionally harder since My grandpa died on October 10 2007, I have found this past year extremely difficult and find the coping part the hardest! Working at the Racetrack has made me miss him that much more.
But I deal with it I hope all is well at your end until next time!!!

The last few days

Well, I have had a couple days where my sense of what I have been feeling has gone away. I was able to see a sister Missionary that is pretty awesome She served here for 4.5 months before training in Kitchener another sister. Sister Hofer spent 3 days in London this week and I was able to see her today it was nice. I was over visiting hannah and her and Sister Kulbeth came over to Hannah's.

I also received a christmas card from Sister Fischer and Sister Cain as did hannah so we decided that because they sent us some pictures in our christmas card that we would do the same in sending them some pictures but only in a letter.
It was fun we spent most of the time being all goofy, and trying to make the pictures fun and entertaining we even made them a sign.
so here we are outside hannah's house with our awesome sign that we made for sister cain and sister fischer, We hope they enjoy our awesome pictures that we sent them! Well what else has gone on! I have been working lots and am looking forward to calling Keri Powell Next wednesday! It will be great to talk to her again before christmas and hopefully by next week she will have received my christmas card. I hope all is well with you guys! Know that I love you all so much and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and A even better New Year! Things have been a struggle but I am slowly starting to feel better, Its been nice being able to talk to some of my friends about my feelings and getting what they feel out of it. I really have been trying to apply the things my friends have told me into it.
I have a confession, there is this guy at work! he drives me crazy he has been after me for a date for almost 5 years now he is way older and has kids and stuff, I am always like NO I don't want to well tonight he asked me for my phone number and I am like NO!! Why doesn't he get the fact I am not interested!!! GET OVER IT

I want to say how grateful I am for Hannah! She has really been an awesome friend and I know that she has been sad having to be home on her medical leave from her mission but I have really enjoyed the time that she has been home! it has made us become better friends, I love her family and I love spending time at her house. The time that she has been home has gone by really fast and she will be soon leaving to return back to her mission! How I will miss her but I know that she will be an even more amazing missionary the she already was because she has amazing dedication! She is also an awesome friend! She is one of those friends that I know that I can be crazy with and never feel judged! We have an amazing friendship and I know that I am going to miss her when she leaves to go back but I know that she has an amazing year ahead of her and that she is going to bless people's lives in the way that she has blessed mine! Thank you for being such a wonderful friend hannah you have really blessed and touched my life. I love you hannah!!!
that is all till next time Love you all

Elder Joseph B Wirthlin

I have been watching the funeral of our beloved Apostle Joseph B Wirthlin and its made me come to realize how much I truly love him and will miss him. I know that he is with his beloved wife Elisa and that he is looking down on all of us. It has made me realize there are many more aspects of life then we sometimes see, Elder Wirthlin has inspired me to become a better person just through his wonderful example to me. His divine testimony of Jesus Christ, and his willingness to give and give and give and look for nothing in return. and how he would always be so willing to look and share the gospel with those willing to listen and too answer people's questions. I know that he is with our beloved prophets of olden times and that he is teaching those in the spirit world that will listen. I am grateful to the Lord for the wonderful servants that he has given us past and present.

I am so grateful for all the things given to me for life for this beautiful world for the plants and the animals. I hope all is well with you I love you so very very much,Keep up the good work In the gospel, I love you all
and until Next Time
Crystal

nothing to say

Where should I start today's blog...
After having a brief conversation with my one friend last night I sat down and prayed for a while last night. On the things that I have been searching out, On What I should do where I should go. I remain confident and hopeful that he will answer my pray Just how and when is the question that remains to be seen.
I struggling with what I should do with myself with my life, so I hope all is well and that you are doing well my fellow reader or readers. I hope all is well, that school and life and if your married that all things are well. I love you all and until next time.

What is going on with Me

Hello My fellow friends
I have been having some crazy things happen to me, I have spent a lot of time praying for guidance and help over the last while then I have in a long time. I have been crying a lot while I pray too. I am confused on many aspects of my life right now, Like what I should do about certain situations or what I shouldn't do. And its been driving me crazy that I find myself looking to the lord for help with what I should do and what I should be or not being doing. I know a lot of my relationships have changed with my friends because they are all getting married and beginning families while I struggle with whether or not I should or ever want to get married.
While I am also struggling with my desire to go and serve a 18 month mission while knowing full well that I cannot afford to pay for it or have the money that it in tails for me to even go on one. And that has brought a lot of negativity to my life right now.
Then there is my family who haven't been to church in a long time who are currently in the process of moving for the 2nd time in a year and they have the greatest blessings that the Lord could ever provide them, My dad with a great new job and a wonderful new place to live. Yet I wonder if they even care that the Lord has helped them get all of this.
I pray at night that they will regain a testimony of the gospel and will be grateful for all the wonderful things that they have that they will see that I love them and want to be able to one day live with them again. While I find myself more and more alone and feel like I have no friends right now my one friend provided me with a wonderful reminder that maybe right now I know what Jesus went through when people turned their backs on him and he had no friends but he provided the greatest love to all of us through his atoning sacrifice.
I am grateful for Jesus Christ, He is a wonderful example to me of the wonderful ministry he did on this earth for all the people that he healed and taught for the wonderful example that he is too me. For his undying love for me and for the fact that he died on the cross for my sins. That is something that has been a wonderful comfort in my life.
One of the scriptures that I love the most is Alma 7:11-13 where it says

And he shall go forth suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.

And he will take upon him death that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities .

Now the spirit knoweth all things, nevertheless the son of god suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance and now behold this is the testimony which is in me.


Then there is a friend that doesn't realize how truly remarkable of a family this friend has, This friend has told me of many things that has made it difficult for them to get along with their family but I want them to know that the things as of recent that this friends family has done for mine has made me feel a greater admiration for their family. The sacrifice that they have given into helping my family has blessed not only my life but my families life too.

I want you to know that at times in life family is all that you have to rely on, and it's our family that shows us there greatest dedication to us.Whether through the good times or the bad they stick behind us. the things that make us upset by them or make us quick to anger of our family is because of the adversary. I have not always had the greatest relationship with my family, but you know something I know when I need them they are there for me.The things that I may say may hurt you but in some cases I think you are being really childish in running away from your family and not drawing nearer unto them. I know your parents have a great deal of respect and love for you. They have tried to do their best in giving you a life and giving you things that you maybe have taken for granted. I just want you to know that you are my friend and I care for you but I also want you to realize that you have a wonderful family and if I had a family like yours I would want to be with them as much as I could and not away from them.

I hope all is well with my friends, I love you all whether far or close, and during this hard time in my life I want you to know that I am always there for you. if you need advice or just a ear from me I am and always will be there for you. Continue to be a great example to me and until next time.
Crystal