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Today I thought I would give you a little bit of a tour of my blog…
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Here at mynuttyperspective, I have four main pages: Home, About Me, Rad Photos, and Weekly Tunes. Each of them serve a different purpose and fall under a different category. Here’s a better description of what to expect when clicking on one…

Home -On the home page you can expect to find my blog posts. These are just some posts that I have written up and want to share with you. They range from a wide variety of topics and relate to my life in one way or another. I hope to share my experiences and give you a peek into my world on this page.

About Me -I can’t put my life story into every blog post, so that’s why I have created this page. I also created this page in hopes to give new followers a little bit of information about me and to make it accessible without having to go to my very first post. If you have any questions about my nutty self then this is the page to go to!

Rad Photos -Need a little bit of photography/adventure inspiration? I advise you to click on this tab. On this page you can find photos taken by yours truly. They display my point of view on the world and how I see things in my nutty head. Hopefully you can find some inspiration if you are creatively stuck and don’t know what to do next.

Weekly Tunes -This page is probably my favorite. I love music so much and love discussing it. On here I like to share one song a week; it’s usually a song that I’ve had on replay throughout that week and one that I want to share with you. Feel free to leave suggestions of songs that you think I will like. I’m always open to anything!

So there’s just a quick run down of this blog. I hope you find some of the information useful. If you haven’t browsed the rest of the pages, give it a go and let me know what you think!

Until next time…
– Peanut

Kindness

As I was on the internet the other day, I saw a picture with the quote by Plato that said, “Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” We come into contact with many
people every day. It’s important that we make sure to conduct ourselves in a manner that is not harsh or cruel. I’ve learned that you never really know what a person is going through.

© Karaline Krulish 2013

Over the past eleven months since my dad has died, I’ve taken notice how people treat you differently when they find out what situations you are going through. There were times when I would be out shopping and someone I just met would say something stupid and careless. I would respond with, “Well my dad recently died so I apologize if I’m not paying full attention.” Talk about getting a slap in the face. After the shock hits them, people usually responds with “I’m so sorry” or “I didn’t know.” From then on they would be much careful with what they would say.

I myself have learned to be more patient with people. Granted it isn’t an easy task but I try my best. One night my brother, my mom and I were at dinner at a restaurant. Our waitress was doing an awful job and it just didn’t seem like her mind was present. My mom started to criticize the situation and I told her, “Well you never know what she might be going through at home. Just like she doesn’t know what we are having to go through.” My mom looked at me with realization as to what I had said, and from that moment on she was much more careful with what she said that night.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”, whoever said that was completely wrong. Words can kill someone. People commit suicide every day because of verbal abuse. It shows the importance of our words and the pain they can cause. You never know what demons a person is dealing with in his or her mind.I make it a point to say hello to as many people as I can that walk by me every day; even just a smile can help someone.

Until next time…
– Karaline (Peanut)

Birthday in Heaven

December 22, 2013, is an important date for two reasons. It would have been my dad’s 50th birthday and it marks 11 months since my dad died. This post is going to be special as I share a bit about my dad and the legacy he left.

Meet Kenny Krulish, or as I like to call him, my dad. At work he was known as Captain Kenny, or if you were one of his students you probably called him “Captain”. Yeah, my dad was a firefighter. He basically had done and seen it all while working for St. Johns County Fire Rescue for 24 years. My dad worked in the stations running calls (in fact that’s how he spent his last few years working) but a majority of his career was teaching the new hires. One of his specialties when it came to teaching was making training videos. I guess that’s where I got my love of photography, videoing and editing came from. Don’t worry though, my dad had a life outside of his job and was quite the family man.

Disney Cruise. November 2009

When he was at home he was always in family time mode. We would either be heading off to the beach, watching football, or planning our next family vacation. My dad strived to make sure my brother and I had a childhood we would cherish the rest of our lives. He loved to go on last minute adventures with us and stopped at nothing to make sure it was epic. When we lived in a big community, during the summer my dad would invite all the neighborhood kids to come swimming at our house. We would spend all day in the pool playing games and he was right there having fun with us. Then we would all get on our golf cart and go to the park. Yeah, he was the dad with all the cool toys.

What would be our last family vacation. New York City August 2012

All of those things were great, but who was he to me? I mean a dad is supposed to be the most important person in a girl’s life, right? Well for me, he was and still is. Unfortunately I didn’t realize it till after he died, but now I recognize the value I placed on him and how much I needed him. My dad and I were like the same person; we shared so many traits and qualities. I could understand what he was thinking without him having to say anything, and he was the same with me. He always treated me like a daddy’s girl and now I know how much of one I was and still am.

Snowboarding with my dad. January 2010

As you have probably figured it out on your own, my dad was a one of kind. Today he would have been 50 years old, and I can only imagine all the jokes I would have teased him with for being so old. So I would like to dedicate this post to you Dad. Hope I am making you proud. Happy 50th birthday in Heaven.

-Love your Kare-Bear.

Creative Writing

We all, as writers, can reach a creative plateau when it comes to our writing. It’s that point when our writing doesn’t have as much passion and thought behind it like normally does. It can seem like we’ve run out of things to get our creative juices going. As writers, we use situations around us to help us write and express our thoughts. But what happens when everything around us is at a point that doesn’t evoke some kind of emotion?

A friend of mine, knowing my creative writing side, gave me a gift this year to help when I experience such situations. I find it to be very helpful when it comes to needing intriguing writing prompts. It’s a book called 642 Things to Write About by The San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. This book was put together in 24 hours and literally has 642 writing prompts in the book. There are situations I would have never even thought about to write on.

The main point of the book is to help us as writers get our creative wheels turning by providing emotion and thought provoking situations. If you don’t have something like this, I highly recommend you go out and get it. Here is a picture of what the cover of my book looks like:

 

642 Things to Write About by The San Francisco Writers’ Grotto