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  • You’re NOT the one (Her thoughts)

    This is an old poem (Repost). Enjoy

    PART 2 – You’re NOT the One (Her thoughts)……

    You thought you stopped loving me?
    You thought you didn’t care?
    How could you be so selfish to just sit back and stare?
    I looked into your eyes as my eyes filled up with tears,
    You stood there standing watching me drown out my fears.

    You pretended to be happy.
    You put on an act,
    You thought I couldn’t see the truth,
    You had to face the facts.

    You put up a wall; you pushed me to the floor
    I did all I could do
    I even gave you my door.
    Then one day I woke up and realized this is it.
    I didn’t want to be with you, my fate was sealed with out your kiss.

    CHORUS:
    Now you’re the one crying inside
    You’re the one that can’t let go
    You’re the one wishing for me to come back
    Wishing once again I’d be at your door.

    You pushed me way to far.
    I walked right out the door.
    I told you I loved you but I couldn’t take the pain no more.
    I asked you if you loved me.
    I gave you one last chance.
    All you did was look at me, you failed my last request.

    With silence in your eyes, you stood in disbelief.
    You didn’t say a single word, you didn’t share a peep.
    If you would have listened closely,
    You can hear my every word,
    You can hear the tears fall down
    And my heart break in a million burns.

    You didn’t think I’d leave you,
    You thought I’d always be around
    You thought you had me.
    You stood your ground.

    Well you thought wrong…
    You let me walk away
    You lost me that day.
    Now you’re left with nothing to say.

    CHORUS x 2

    xo,
    kristin nicole

    © written by: kristin nicole

  • His thoughts (You’re the one)

    (Re-post)

    His thoughts (You’re the one) Part 1:

    I thought I stopped loving you and I thought I didn’t care.
    I pushed our love aside, as you looked into my eyes.
    You cried for me and I let you down.
    I don’t know how to fix this so I almost let you drown.

    I pretended to be happy
    But you knew the real me
    You knew how to make me smile and I let you leave.

    You were my everything and I let you down.
    I let you walk away that day,
    What the fuck was I thinking when I let you get away?
    Why did I put up this wall?
    Why did I let you go?

    Chorus: I’m crying inside
    I can’t break free
    Sadness is killing me
    Please come back to me.
    I can’t let you go
    You’re my everything.

    I pushed you away until you stepped out the door.
    You said you loved me but you couldn’t take the pain no more.
    You asked me if I loved you
    If we could make it work,
    You said all there was to say
    Then you walked away…

    I stood in silence as you looked into my eyes
    I couldn’t say a word, as tears rolled down your eyes…..
    I saw I was breaking your heart.
    But I stood in disbelief
    Never thought you would really leave me!

    I can’t lose you now
    You’re all I ever had
    I thought I’d never lose you but I was wrong to think I had
    Because I still had you,
    You were mine in every way
    And when I let you walk away
    I lost you that day!
    Now I’m left with nothing to say….

    CHORUS x 2

    I can’t let you go
    You’re my everything….

    xo,
    kristin nicole

    © written by: kristin nicole

    Next Post you can read Part II – Her side….

  • I heart Food

    I <3 Food – Photo by: Google.com/images

    I heart Food

    I recently launched my  new site; AGirlsKitchen.com – I love everything about food and I have always loved to cook. I am not a ‘Real’ Chef, but I’m the Chef in my house. If you love food as much as I do, you are constantly looking at pictures and recipes to do. Of course, it’s actually rare if I have the time or energy to make most of these recipes, and sometimes it’s hard to find ingredients that go with these dishes, but I look for them anyway and when I have time I make that recipe.

    I haven’t been able to post as much as I would like but I am in the progress of trying to come up with a plan to at least post one recipe a week. If you have recipes you would like to share, I can post them as a guest recipe. So don’t be shy and email me or comment and I will get in contact with you.

    Recently I have been searching different diets like the low carb diet, which I have been on and off on for over a year, you just cut out all white carbs during the week, bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, and you implement good carbs (vegetables), legumes and meat, chicken or fish. I thought it would be harder to do but I actually enjoy eating healthier and I can feel my body having more energy than usual. Our Saturday’s are our cheat days, so we indulge and I cook all the good stuff that I am usually looking at during the week. Recently we have been looking into the Paleo life style, although it does interest me, I do not think on a personal level that I would like to implement this 100% into my diet. I love food too much, and I know not everything is healthy for you, but you only live once, and as long as you moderate what you eat and you don’t go junk food crazy, then it doesn’t hurt to indulge a little in life. When I see food I love, my mouth waters, my taste buds start jumping and I can’t help but feel like a kid in a candy store. If I go to a restaurant and love their dish, I try to think of ways to recreate it at home, and I don’t mean that I get a little excited, I mean it’s Christmas all over again. Sure I’m not a Chef, but I do think I can cook pretty damn good, and if I can make a dish where my mouth says YUM and my heart skips a beat, then I’m going all in….

    I have a few websites I would like to share with you and you should definitely check them out:

    www.kayotic.nl/blog/

    http://thenovicehousewife.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/garam-masala-tuesdays-shahi-paneer/

    http://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/

    http://nomnompaleo.com/

    Don’t forget to check out my website http://agirlskitchen.com (copy and paste link if you can’t click on it)

    Tell me what you think and what you would like to see on here. (Remember it’s a work in progress) 🙂
    Have a great day. i <3 food

    xo,

    kristin nicole

  • I had a dream with you the other day

    Dreams – Photo Found on google.com/images

    I had a dream with you the other day

    You wrapped me in your arms and said everything would be okay

    I looked into your eyes and you changed into someone new

    Now I’m feeling lost and so confused.

    You left me without a word, you didn’t say goodbye

    You left me in tears and I didn’t know why

    I loved you for reasons unsaid

    And from one moment to the next you left me for her bed.

    Another person in my life, you come and go as you please

    You don’t say a single word; you just look at me and tease

    But a part of me is happy and a part of me is sad because when,

    I looked into your eyes you changed into someone new

    Now I’m feeling lost and so confused.

    You were someone when I met you

    Then you changed into someone else

    This new you isn’t the person I fell for

    You changed for the worse, you’re lost and incomplete

    The heartache would have been faster if you would have let me be

    But you dragged my heart out; you held it in your hands

    You played with it and let it go, leaving me bewildered and alone

    I looked into your eyes as you changed into someone new

    Now I’m feeling lost and so confused.

    I hide from my shadow trying to cover the pain

    Trying to imagine a world where everything is sane.

    Then one day I found you

    I turned to you and everything felt right

    I see what I was missing

    Someone to make me feel alright

    Someone to make all the worries go away

    Someone to love me in all the right ways.

    When I look into your eyes it’s just you and me

    The person I want to be with

    The person who holds my heart

    The person who makes everything feel better when I’m falling apart

    © Written by: kristin nicole – April 2012

  • Somebody hurt me…(Unfinished)

    This poem below really is a bit of everything. I added a dream I had in there along with my Uncle passing away, so maybe it doesn’t make sense, does it have to? I haven’t really finished it either. It feels incomplete to me. But I just can’t seem to find my muse and finish it up. Maybe someone can give me some pointers or some ideas…..Well tell me what you think….

    Somebody hurt me…

    Somebody hurt me
    It happened so fast,
    When I woke up it was in my past.
    My image was blurred
    Gone from my life,
    Everything in that moment
    Disappeared with the light.
    Why do we block things from our minds that we just can’t fight?

    Everybody leaves
    No body ever stays
    Did I do something wrong, to make them all go away?

    I saw her in my dreams
    So beautiful and sweet
    I tried to save her but my body became weak.

    I tried to speak but no words came out.
    I woke up and wished for another night,
    Maybe this time I can make things right.

    Everybody leaves
    Nobody ever stays
    Did I do something wrong to make them all go away?

    I wake up with tears dripping from my eyes
    My heart aches with every tick from the clock
    Another moment as passed, another day trashed.
    With every breath I take my visions crashed.

    With every pitter patter my heart skips a beat
    With every tear drop, it bleeds.
    With every rain drop
    Horizons on its bend
    Who would have seen his fate; completely dead?

    xo,
    kristin nicole

    © Written By: kristin nicole – 2009

  • Dream Big

    Dream Big

    Dream Big

    Some people dream big, they go for what they want and they don’t stop until they get there, others dream and are disappointed by life’s outcomes and they give up hope that any dream will ever come true. If we give up on our dreams, what do we have left? Dreaming can only give us hope, hope that one day we will grow up to be what we have dreamed of since we were little, or just hope that one day we will be where we want to be when we figure out where “this dream” really is… I can’t say I have wanted to be a writer since I was little, I really didn’t start writing until I was about 15 years old. I remember sitting on my recliner at home one day and just being inspired to write a poem. Once I started writing, I couldn’t stop. Even then, I didn’t really think about becoming a writer/editor of any sort, I wrote because I loved it, I never thought in a million years it would be something I would want to do for the rest of my life, not only because it inspires me but because when I write, it’s the one thing that makes me want more.

    So I’m not exactly where I would want to be in my life right now, and no I don’t get paid for writing (at least not yet), but I do it and in some form it brings me satisfaction, knowing someone out there is reading this right now, knowing that in some ways I may have helped someone with my writing, and knowing that one day this will be my full time job (although I wouldn’t see it as a job, more of a blessing). I know what it feels like to feel like nothing is going right in life, and I know how it feels like when that door finally opens and you can see a little bit of hope peaking out, not knowing where it is going to lead, but knowing that wherever you are going is going to be where you’re supposed to be. I’m not saying dreaming is easy, life gives a lot of disappointments, but with disappointments comes strength and with strength comes the faith that dreaming big, is what will lead us to where we want to be.

    Don’t ever stop dreaming big, when we stop dreaming, we stop hoping, and when we stop hoping nothing is left but a little black hole, open your dreams to a new beginning and have faith that one day all our hard work will lead us to a new beginning, a beginning to where dreams come true…
    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • An Easy way to keeping your house clean

    That's Me… Cleaning House

    An Easy way to keeping your house clean

    Who loves chores around the house? Because I certainly don’t, but the house needs to be clean and someone’s got to do it. I opted for a maid but my wallet said no, so I have to get into gear and clean the house every week. There are different ways for everyone to keep their house clean, you just have to find the right routine that fits your schedule.

    Some people spread out their cleaning duties throughout the week.
    Monday: Clean your room and furniture
    Tuesday: Clean the office/other rooms and furniture
    Wednesday: Clean the kitchen
    Thursday: Clean the bathrooms
    Friday: Clean the floors
    Saturday: Laundry
    Sunday: RELAX

    Some people say this works, you don’t have to do it all in one day and you spread it out, making time in between all the other stuff we have to do.

    I on the other hand only spread out my cleaning schedule about 2 days.
    Thursday is my cleaning day, I’ve been doing this since I was little, my mom would always want the house cleaned before the weekend, that way you can enjoy your weekend without having to worry to clean or do laundry.
    So Thursday, I clean the entire house after work from head to toe, I make sure that whatever I’m making for dinner Thursday nights is an easy and fast dinner. That way I don’t have to worry about still having to cook after being exhausted from cleaning the house. I start with separating my laundry and I throw the first load in, then I start with the furniture in all the rooms and then I spray the bathroom and leave it to soak, after that I prepare dinner, (don’t want to clean the kitchen before cooking), in between dinner being cooked, I clean the bathrooms and continue with the laundry. After dinner is made, I clean the kitchen (minus the pots and dishes until after serving) and I clean the floors. Once dinner is ready, the house is clean and we are ready to enjoy our dinner. If I am not able to finish laundry Thursday night, I’ll try to finish laundry Friday or Saturday morning. My weekends are free and so is the rest of my week. I do it this way for a few reasons. One – I go to school on-line, work full time, and make dinner every night, I am already tired and having to clean one room a day is exhausting by just thinking about it. Thursdays are my cleaning days, I put the music on and clean away and by the weekend my house is clean, and I feel like I can relax. Having a clean house and uncluttered mess leads to a happier life.

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Don’t EVER Give Up….. Live your Dream

    Don’t allow yourself to Break…. Do something about it…..

    When someone you love is breaking and there isn’t anything you can do about it, it leaves you feeling helpless and useless. It breaks even your heart just to see them breaking. Sometimes I wish I could tell this person to wake up and smell the roses, life is too short to be miserable all the time, why are you choosing to live this way? But are they choosing to live this way? Is it a choice to be blinded by life and the changes we can’t determine in life’s path? When we hold hope to something important to us it sometimes blinds us from the truth. I’ve always said, ’the mind blinds what the heart doesn’t want to feel.’ Or does the heart blind us from what we don’t want to see. As much as we try to protect our hearts, we cannot fight the inevitable. What is meant to be is meant to be, and no matter how many wrong turns we make, you’ll end up just where you are supposed to be. We don’t see why things happen in the moments but we later discover that we had to go through them to be where we are today, to be who we are today. Everyone has regrets, it’s up to us to hold on to them or let them go, because we can’t turn back the clocks, we can’t change time and we can’t change the decisions we have made. The only thing we can do is learn from them, hope that things will get better, that deep down in the hearts of all desires our wishes, our hopes and our dreams will in fact one day come true. If we stay buried in the hopes of all things impossible you will lead a sad life. We have to lift ourselves up, find deep down what it is that will truly make us happy, and go for it. I’m not saying you won’t fail; sometimes we have to fail a few times in order to get to where we want to be. I know I’ve failed more than a few times at more than a few things. I get up and I keep pushing forward. I only hope that whoever is listening right now does the same…. Don’t let the fears of moving forward hold you down, if we don’t try to be happy, if we don’t try to do what we want in life, then we only have ourselves to blame for the sadness and tribulations we keep living over and over again. Because when life gives you lemons, you don’t just throw them away, you make lemonade. For me…. I MAKE A VODKA TONIC

    Live life to the fullest, don’t ever let anyone tell you that you CAN’T succeed and don’t ever lose faith in yourself. If you are scared of being alone, remember that no one is every alone unless they choose to be alone, and life is too short to live not knowing what you want in life, to live unhappy and unsure of yourself, because at the end of the day all we have in life are the few moments that make us look back and smile, the moments in life where you say…. I loved that day, that moment, that minute, that second of my life and today I can truly say that with all the hard times, with all the tribulations I have come across in my life, I am still pushing forward, I am still trying to discover things about myself and I am still dreaming my dreams, and one day…. I’ll be LIVING THEM.

    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • St. Patrick’s Day 2012 – Ideas on what to do

    St. Patrick’s 2012

    Any plans for St. Patty this year? Each year people get together, they go to the Pub, and they drink green beer and have fun. Corned beef hash, shepherd’s pie, cabbage and Irish beer are essentials for any authentic Irish party. Plan on staying home and having a party, you can make any of those dishes. I personally do not go out and make an authentic Irish meal, but I have thought about what I can make to at least have the color green it. I was ordered from our group’s director to bring scalloped potatoes…. Any way I can make that look IRISH? LOL
    In any event, wearing green is the key essential, and since we might be going in the pool, I’ll have to have a green towel or a green cover up for my bathing suit, if you are reading and you don’t live in Miami, well it’s practically summer here already so bathing suites are in. If you plan on going out there will be an early party at Fred B. Harnett Park in Coral Gables featuring Irish food, musical entertainment, craft vendors, kids activities and a full-service bar, Let the Irish Festival BEGIN! Party later on in the night at John Martin’s on Miracle Mile in the Gables which is always a hot spot, they usually start around 4pm to midnight on Salzedo Street with live music and in the meantime you can have traditional Irish food starting at 11:30AM in the restaurant. There are also other Irish pubs you can get to, there is Playwright Irish Pub & Restaurant which is located in Miami Beach, Finnegans on Ocean Drive, Fado Irish Pub in Mary Brickell Village and much more. You can search for different pubs in your area on Yelp.com – One of my favorite places to look up ratings and close by vicinities. You can do this in any area you are in.

    I would love to hear what festivities are going on in your area…..
    Happy St. Patrick’s everyone….
    xo,
    kristin nicole

  • Moral Code

    Moral Code

    There are many reasons why people should live by a moral code. Moral is defined as concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character. As humans we are tempted with good and evil all the time, it is our up bringing and our morals that help us decide whether or not our decisions are for the good or bad. It is natural to sometimes want something we cannot have nor do something in which we have been restricted to do, it is in what we believe in that we choose the right or wrong paths.
    Dr. Kent M. Keith wrote a book about moral and ethic codes. He believed these codes are what we should follow in order to be good. Dr. Keith started with the Do No Harm list. The list consisted of ‘Do not do to others what you would not like them to do to you.’ This saying has been around for year perhaps centuries. I believe this to be true. I believe in Karma and what you do to others can easily come back to you. If we would not like someone to do something to us it is not right to do it to someone else in return. More on the list was, do not lie, do not steal, do not cheat, do not murder etc. The other list was named ‘Do Good’, and this list consisted of, do to others what you would like them to do to you, be honest and fair, be generous, be faithful to your family and friends etc. (Kent M. Keith 2003, 2006).

    There are many moral codes in which we should follow, it does not mean that if you don’t follow them, you are evil or bad, it’s a choice and we all have to make choices in life. Personally I think we grow up learning right from wrong, but some people are not so lucky. Some people grow up thinking, that stealing is the only way to survive in the world, that selling drugs can help put food on the table. If we grow up not truly knowing right from wrong, it is our teachers and our education that should point us in the right direction.

    In life we learn right from wrong and our parents teach us how to respect ourselves, love ourselves and love others in return. We need to learn to respect ourselves and others and love ourselves and others. There are many people who do not learn to respect themselves. If we believe we are garbage we live with garbage, if we believe that we do not deserve love we will not find love. Our thoughts into the universe are so important and we need to learn how to respect and love ourselves. Children are very vulnerable and if they believe that they do not have love and respecting others is not the way to live, they will follow the wrong path.

    It is important to love ourselves and know that we deserve only the best and respect from others in return. As we get older we enter into relationships, and some people enter relationships that can become abusive. If we learn to love and respect ourselves when we see that someone is not loving us or respecting us we will know that it is no good and we will know that we deserve so much better, this will help you find the strength inside yourself to leave the relationship in which is bad for you. If we do not learn to love and respect ourselves you may think that you do not deserve better, and you can fall into an abusive relationship that can lead a life of sadness and misery.
    Everyone lives by a different moral code, codes that we design or a code by which god has given us. It is up to us to believe in what is moral and to believe in the righteous path in which we are supposed to live. Life is hard and it comes with many obstacles in which we need to take, it is only our moral codes that can guide us in the right direction.

    xo,
    kristin nicole

    References
    Clark, K., & Poortenga, A. (2003). The story of ethics: Fulfilling our human nature
    The Ten Commandements Bible list – What are the Ten Commandments? (n.a) – Retrived April 30, 2011 from http://www.the-ten-commandments.org/the-ten-commandments.html
    The Universal Moral (2003,2006)) – Retrieved April 30, 2011 from http://www.universalmoralcode.com/