hi, i'm k. nice to meet you.

oh hi there.

As I said in a previous post, I am now back home! Which means access to all of my goods that had been previously hibernating -- aka, all of my crafting supplies, my nerdy glasses and my red sweater that reminds me of hot chocolate and winter breezes. I've spent the morning (thinking about) unpacking, though I will be moving again after Christmas, so I don't know why I will bother, really.

In honor of my friend Grace's blog (I have mentioned her before!), I'm going to list off 10 random facts about me. She also brought over some wonderfully tasty cheesecake squares yesterday afternoon whilst dressed like a present. (Her boyfriend was dressed like a reindeer). Very adorable. Read her blog for pictures!

1. I'm an intense packrat. I love scrapbooks, boxes of memories, books, knick-knacks, all of it. My room is jam-packed full of memories and I love it that way. I can fill shelves and shelves with just things.
2. I have a bucket list. Some of things on it include: running a marathon, publishing a novel, having a garden, and learning another language (French is next!).
3. Little Women is my favourite book of all time. Jo is my literary idol. I think I love this book because, as I get older, I understand it more and more and learn new things from it. It is a book that grows as you grow, so it is always teaching me new insights and I am always understanding the characters in different and more complex ways.
4. I taught myself to knit about three years ago and then I taught myself to crochet this summer. I like being able to create things with my hands.
5. I collect frogs. No, not real life frogs, but frog figurines. I have at least 25 of them. I started when I was a little kid and I bought this tiny glass frog from a museum where my brother and I had gone on a field trip at a summer camp -- I still have it. Since then, my collection has just grown.
6. I've kept a relatively consistant journal since I was in second-grade. Back then, I was talking about the people I thought I had crushes on, stories about a black cat named Shadow and my favorite games to play with my cousins. It has changed a bit since then, though I still talk about those things sometimes. :)
7. I'm the queen of summer camp. I love being a camp counselor more than anything else in the world and I'm trying to figure out how to make that happen professionally. Ideas?
8. I like wearing these glasses (I'm wearing them in the picture above). I had to wear them for a role I had in high school and took them from the theatre. They've been mine ever since! (Sorry about that, PHS!)
9. My favorite music is very eclectic. I like a lot of everything, though my favorite stuff is acoustic or blues. (Or Lady Gaga, but you know.)
10. I've visited 8 countries so far...but I haven't even visited that many state in the U.S. As you probably could tell from the past four months, I love to travel and plan on continuing the trend. It might not be Rome, but I'm hoping to find some cool adventures around my city.

Wishing you a fabulous Christmas!
K