Autumn

It's the first day of fall and all I am thinking about is how beautiful it is this time of year in Indiana. I haven't been to Indiana in a few years, but I grew up with parents who made me really appreciate fall and spring. I grew up loving the the change of colors and the birth of new flowers and trees.



In Albuquerque, I don't feel as if it is the same...at all. It is much to brown for me. But, I am learning to appreciate different things. For one, we thankfully do not get nearly as much snow! Also, the balloon festival is huge and a wonderful time to be with others. Today is the first day of fall, and the high is 65 degrees. The windows are open (have been for a week and a half now) and I turned off all the fans today because it is so nice and cool. It isn't going to stay this way, but I am enjoying it.

Fondant

On Saturday, September 12, 2009, I got to play around with some fondant. I was super excited to have my friend teach me. We made 2 small 6 in cakes so we could both have one. I made a 4 layer cake and after it was really hard to frost my cake, my friend made a 2 layer cake. I didn't get pictures of my friends, but they both turned out so CUTE!




The piping on the frosting was a little crooked on purpose. The fondant did a little cracking and because our iron was at David's work, I couldn't steam the cracks out. So I did piping over the big cracks so you could see it. Also, the cake was super yummy!

CALIFORNIA!

This past week for Labor Day we went to California for Labor Day. We had a ton of fun! We did a lot of relaxing and catching up with David's family. It was nice to be away with David for a week with no job in the way! It was spur of the moment type of thing, and those are usually the best. We did a lot with David's family. We met David's dad for lunch one day, went out to dinner a couple of times. We went to the state fair with some of David's and mine friends. (I forgot my camera that day, so I'm waiting on getting them from my friend)
The next day David's family and us went to Country in the Park. That was a lot of FUN! We saw, Trailer Park, One Flew South (amazing band), Julianne Hough, Little Big Town, and then also Billy Ray Cyrus (we left when Billy came on). It was an amazing afternoon and we got lots of sun and saw some amazing people perform.



David & his dad



David and I

It was just a great and relaxing vacation!

Life of Unemployment

Life has been good for that past week and a half. Last Tuesday was my last day at my job, and my life has become so much nicer and easier to handle! Wednesday, the first day off, I went swimming...in the middle of the day! I don't remember seeing sunshine for so long! I've been shopping during the day, going out to eat (once) and sleeping in until 8! My life is great and I'm loving the time off. I haven't started looking for a new job, but I'm not super concerned. I'm still trying to figure out what my new adventure will be. I will not be a paralegal assistant for a foreclosing law firm and I will not be a travel agent for the government. Now that I have that out of the way, my options are wide open!

A Family Thing

Today, David comes home! YAY! So, I have been trying to waste time as the day seems to drag when he comes in at 9:05, oh wait, it is delayed...only 15 minutes but still! So, I went to work today, the morning went a lot faster than I thought it would. Then I decided I didn't want to sit in the kitchen for an hour on my lunch so i would go to target. That's my favorite place to go to on lunch if I don't have a date with any of my girlfriends or I don't want to sit in the lunch room.

So, I'm at Target walking around and I decided to update my facebook. I wrote on it

Krissie is walking around Target on my lunch.

Not to long after that, my oldest and 3rd oldest sister are both writing, so am I!

Now, if that isn't a family thing to go waste lunch at Target, because I know more of you do, then I don't know what is!

Stella

My dog Stella, is a little interesting. She has funny habits, such as, she use to go outside and immediately she turns around real fast to make sure you close the door behind her. She howls at you as you walk up the stairs and she really misses David while he is gone.

Well this weekend, she has started a new habit. As soon as she goes outside and you close the door, she scratches it because she doesn't want you to close it. So I let her in, and she does it inside also. She just wants the door open so she can come in and out as she pleases. Well, I'm not letting her do that as it would run up the air conditioning bill with it being in the high 90's outside everyday.

SHE'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!

Ticket

Just wanted to let everyone know I bought my plane ticket for Denver for the family reunion! Can't wait to see everyone and have a long long weekend of relaxing!