I love these moments

I love these moments.

Having family sitting on the couches, telling stories, making each other laugh, eating good food, and just enjoying each other.

My Granny is visiting at the moment, Uncle Chris and Aunty Tammy (and of course sleeping Max) came for supper. Nachos mmmm.......

My Uncle's fishing stories, Max making noise and being hyper (love that cutie pie!), Granny being tired and talking with her eyes closed.

I love these moments.

~Keren

Hope

Wow, I don't know where to start.

My life is crazy, upside down.

I'm waiting for things to happen

I'm trying to get my feet back on the ground,

I'm trying to find the ground actually.

I'm tired of my life

But I still love it.

I love and miss people

I wish others would disappear off the face of the earth.

I want to scream

I want to laugh

I want to cry

I want to run away.

I wish the computer was more like my Blackberry

But I want my Blackberry to be different.

My tongue is sharp,

Because I am upset.

I feel lonely

But I'm surrounded by people.

I love school

But I hate the work.

I have things to do

But they never get done.

I feel like promises are empty.

I'm confused, alone, afraid, frustrated and just plain angry.

All.the.time.

But in the midst of this pain and loneliness, there is a glimmer of Hope. Hope starts with a gentle tapping on the door to my heart, then a knocking, the a full out banging, then it tries to open the door, realizes it's locked, and bashes it down to reveal itself and bring me out of the dark little corner of self pity once again. And there is Hope.

I need to answer the door to Hope once more.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

Romans 8:28

~Keren

5 mintute smoothie!

I made this this morning for my younger brother and I, and it was fantastic!!!!

I have a Herbalife chocolate shake every morning, and to break the routine today, I spiced it up a bit :)

The best things about this are its healthy, very quick and easy, and it tastes just like a Kuai smoothie!

Usually its just 2 scoops of powder and ml of milk, but I made this for two people, instead of one. So if you're not going to spread the love, halve the recipe.

• 1 tray of ice
• 3Tbsp peanut butter (I used chocolate chip peanut butter, but any PB will do)
• 3Tbsp of chocolate shake powder (it can be another brand, it doesn't have to be Herbalife, or you could use hot chocolate, milo, or nesquick powder, it would be less healthy, but it would taste great!)
• 500ml milk
• 1 banana (i hate banana, so I didn't add this, but for those of you who do, it will taste fantastic!)

First put the tray of ice into your blender and crush it. Then all you have to do is throw in everything else, and crank it up! So easy! Decant into glasses, serve, and enjoy!

So simple, but so delicious! makes a great breakfast, or a healthy snack alternative!

I don't know about you, but I love Kuai smoothies! My favourite is their Peanut butter bomb, which tastes just like this! I will definitely do this again :)

~Keren

Catch up time is needed!!!!

OK, I know I haven't posted in FOREVER, but I really don't feel like it today, I will put new stuff on soon though. I will just tell you what I did today. I woke up this morning feeling still very tired after I spent a long time last night trying not to shiver and not puke after Josh's awesome party (will post about that soon). Then I went with Mom to a craft market at Little Stream in Constantia to sell some beaded jewelry. After selling a whole load of just about nothing all morning, my Mom asked my Dad to come pick me up. After that have just been chilling and putting off everything I will eventually have to do :)

Have an awesome school-filled week ;)

~Keren

P.S. I have pins and needles in my feet, don't you hate that????

Shock

You know those newspaper headlines on the lamp posts that are meant to catch your eye? I always read them when we drive, it gives me something to think about. What I read on the way to Karate earlier, shocked me. It said 'Schoolboy stabbed to death on station'. But that's not what shocked me, what shocked me was that when I read it, it didn't shock me! How can we live in a world that is so twisted that when a schoolboy gets stabbed to death, I don't even care! How can we (OK, me) be so desensitised that when we see something like that, I just pass it by? How come I never stopped to think how that child's family might feel, and send a prayer their way? I will tell you why, it's because these things happen so often, that after a while we just stop caring. But that is not right! Think, what would Jesus do? It might sound cheesy, I know, but really what would He do? He would help the family in any way He could, the least I could do is pray for them. Anyway, I thought I should just share this. It really opened my eyes :)

~Keren