I have not blogged in 9 months!

Where. does. the. time. go?! I dont even understand where the time has gone and how I have let 9 months slip right past me without even noticing I have not updated this blog!

There is evidently far too much to catch up on ... i will try my best to sum up the past 9 months briefly.

In May I finished another semester at Rutgers and immediately began to prepare for my Semester at Sea SUmmer 2010 voyage that would be departing on June 15th, 2010.
The month of May and the beginning of June were filled with tons of mixed emotions. I was scared out of my mind to venture out on a 10 week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean without even a friend by my side to make things better. I was also trying to fit in as much time with my friends, family, and boyfriend as possible. It was the hardest thing saying "goodbye" (temporarily, of course) to my boyfriend, but after that trip, I seriously have no doubt we could get through anything.

I had no friends, no knowledge of what to expect, and I packed my life for the next 2+ months into 2 rolling duffle bags from Walmart. For such a hoarder and over-packer, I am surprised I even managed this.

I took a much needed break from KimArt, from work, school (well I actually was still taking 3 classes while on the ship), and just took a nice break from life in general.

My first stop was Spain, then I went to Italy, Greece, Croatia, Turkey, Egypt, and Morocco.
My trip was filled with indescribeable experiences and I gained a lot of knowledge that is sometimes difficult to explain as well...

I broke out of my shell, rode donkeys in Greece, rode camels in Egypt, saw the pyramids, visited the Sistine Chapel, walking the city walls of Dubrovnik - all by myself. I am confident I can do anything i set my mind to.

If you are interested in reading the details of every port, city, and country I visited, please read: http://www.kimmieatsea.tumblr.com

Ok, I dont want to bore you all with talk of my travels. i am home now (have been since August 21st), back at Rutgers for another semester, and getting back into the swing of things on Etsy.

I am also redecorating my room which is so exciting! I am painting it a light grey....my trimmings will be white and I will put bursts of color into unexpected places....just wait, you'll see ;) I plan on doing a lengthy post about my renovation, so stay tuned and thanks for reading!

xoxo
kim

Snow Day!

I wa sonly semi-productive today, made 5 sales (one of which was only posted for 6 hours, so I am very proud!!), anddddd did a whole lot of lounging around.
I can't wait until Valentine's Day :) I get to spend it with Christian and to me, that's absolutely perfect.

I saw Dear John last weekend. They should re-name it: "Let Down." Was it just me or was I the only person that got the impression that the whole movie was going to be about John & Savannah's ROMANCE - not - John loves Savannah, stays devoted to her eventhough he's in the army, then Savannah leaves him for some creepy middle aged man with a kid because she feels sorry for him because he has cancer and his wife left him and his son is autistic, then Savannah has the NERVE to try to get back with him, and then after she BROKE his heart, he gives her probably HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars to save the creepy, dying, middle aged man for like 2 extra weeks? John, puh-lease!

Anywho, I was disappointed with the movie. Don't get me wrong, I still cried A LOT but the Notebook was wayyyyyyyy better in terms of romance. Oh and there's another Nicholas Sparks movie coming out? With Miley Cyrus? Yeah, ok, try again.

I need to cut my nails. I started making jewelry. I can forsee my nails not being so pretty after this ordeal. Anywho, I sold my first ever KimArt necklace (an Alice in Wonderland white rabbit necklace) today in SIX hours! and whats even better? It's going to....CHILE!!! Oy Vey I need to get out of here to send out my orders from the past two days! Snow, snow, go away!

This post is siginificantly longer than I expected it to be. I guess when it's 1:35 AM and you're kinda tired, but kinda hungry, you type more than you think you will. Tomorrow I have a bunch of things i COULD do. But WILL I do them? We'll see. I just want it to be Chinese New Year already!! Whoot Whoot!! SO excited :D

Christian's shoveling snow right now :( Poor baby, but let me also mention he gets paid 42/hr to do this so I feel slightly jealous. But I know my baby is cold, tired, and sore now. I think it's time for you to come home babe :) I have hot tea waiting for you <3

Oh oh I forgot to mention I joined the Lab Rats Team, Indie Free Spirits Team, and the Crafting in Color team. I need badges for all ya'll! Coming soon!

xoxoxoxxoxoo
KimArt