Beautiful Sunsets

When I got home and pulled into a parking spot I saw the prettiest pink sky. I ran into the house, fed Bax so he wouldn't whine as I ran out the door with my camera and tripod in hand.  By the time I got outside to take pictures the sky wasn't so much pink anymore but still beautiful!

Little Update...

I went to the doctor today, partly to appease my husband and also because after 4 days of feeling terrible I wasn't getting any better.  Let me just add, I do not like to go to the doctor especially for something they can't fix.  I was pretty positive they were going to tell me it's a just a cold and not be able to do anything for me, but I took the chance and went.  And what did they say?  It's a cold.  I was happy to be right although the husband seems to disagree a little bit with the doctor (because he did go to med school and all ;)) I did get some prescriptions that have seemed to make me feel a bit better though. My nose is very congested and my stomach and back muscles hurt from all the coughing but hopefully the symptoms can be controlled a little.  I may actually get through this stupid cold after all! 

Despite not feeling well on Saturday and the first frosting attempt did NOT turn out my first cake looks cute and apparently, it tasted pretty good as well.  I have yet to try it due to this cold that has made me feel like doing absolutely NOTHING.  I ended up making a chocolate cake with a chocolate cream  cheese frosting and a whipped cream filling.  Here is a picture of the final product!

 I took this picture this morning.  I took Bax outside and the fog over the city just looked so awesome I couldn't resist!  Although, the picture didn't turn out as well as I would have liked it still looks pretty cool.

Last but not least, this picture I took completely in manual mode with my camera.  Which means I had to pick out the shutter speed, the aperture, the white balance, and the ISO.  It turned out cute and I didn't even do any editing. :)  It helps that my subject is pretty much the cutest little dog EVER though!

Cold, Cold, Go Away...

Please don't come again another day!  I now have a terribly cold that started with the same cough I had a couple weeks ago.  I absolutely hate being sick and am pretty much worthless when I'm sick.  All I want to do is lay in my bed.  I stayed home from work yesterday in the hopes that a couple days of rest would make me feel a bit better but to no avail, it did not.  I woke up this morning and felt just as crappy as I did yesterday but had to go in to work because I don't have any PTO to use.  I used what I had a couple weeks ago when I was sick and the 8 hrs I have accumulated, is now gone from staying home yesterday.

I really hope I wake up tomorrow when the slightest feeling that this cold is going away...it's times like this when I'm thankful I don't have children to have to take care of when I feel like total crap.

Ugh..

The past week and a half has been very uneventful.  I caught a stupid cold, or just a cough I guess, a couple weeks ago and it was finally starting to go away but today, I have this tickle in my throat that keeps making me cough, AGAIN!  I'm pretty much over this.

Tomorrow is Friday!  My favorite day of the week!  I love the weekends and every weekend I wish that I could stay home all the time.  I could be a stay at home wife and take care of the cutest little wiener dog.  I would be extremely ok with that!  My plan for tomorrow is another Kinect party at Paul and Lyndsays.  Should be fun.  We seem to have a lot of Kinect parties these days.  And for those that don't know what Kinect it, it's similiar to the Wii only you do everything with your body, no controllers.  I can't wait to have a house so that I can have a Kinect!

Saturday is my sister-in-laws, husbands, birthday dinner.  I offered to make a cake because we got a KitchenAid mixer for a wedding present that I'm dying to use!  I've never made a real cake before so I'm pretty excited but wish I had a little more time to work on my cake.

Wednesday night Lyndsay and I did a little shopping after work.  I had some gift cards left from Christmas that were pretty much burning a hole in my Coach wristlet.  We went to happy hour first and then did some shopping.  I haven't had much "girl" time and it was really nice to hang out with a good friend for a couple hours.

Today at work I made my first diaper cake.  It turned out really cute, if I don't say so myself.  One of the doctors we work with had twins so I put together this whole "cake" made of diapers with baby things tied to it.  I bet I could sell those and make a lot of money and then I could stay home with my wienie dog :)

Not only has the last week and a half been uneventful but my company is going through some changes.  A buyout, that is taking a really long time to go through.  I haven't been worried about keeping my job but I'm getting a little anxious about what's going to happen and I'm hoping it will all be good and I may have more opportunity to move up/around.  With that being said, I'm feeling ready to do something else with my job.  I've been doing the same job for about a year now and getting more responsibility slowly but I'm feeling ready to move up.  I keep going back and forth between sticking it out here(my boss loves me and DOES NOT want me to leave) or start really looking for jobs again.  I don't enjoy the latter and with a new job could mean a pay cut to get in a better company with more opportunity.  So many decisions to make about the future!

Now, that I've rambled on, I think it's time for bed and read some of the Girl Who Played With Fire.

Things HAVE changed...

For the first time in probably 4 years, Mike actually went grocery shopping with me.  Kind of...he didn't exactly walk the isles with me, he went to the electronics department, but he still went with me and I didn't even ask him too.  He decided we should go grocery shopping.  As we we walked out of Fred Meyer, at 9pm on a Saturday night, I realized how old we're getting.  We went grocery shopping on a Saturday night, how lame is that?  But we went together, which was kind of fun. 

Being newly married everyone always asks, "How's married life?"  And Mike and I both reply "it's the same as before."  But I realized Saturday night that it's not quite the same.  Mike is a very social person, he likes to be with his friends whenever possible.  I on the other hand am perfectly fine staying home and relaxing.  We have always done pretty much everything together but since we've been married I feel like we stick together even more.  We don't spend every weekend hanging out with friends - most weekends we relax at home or do something just the two of us.  As previously stated, I'm always ok with a weekend at home but it seems since we said I do, Mike likes to stay home a little more often now too.  Maybe it has nothing to do with getting married?  Maybe it's because he is more tired now with his job...but I'm going to go with the idea that getting married has actually changed things a little bit and I'm liking that. 

New Year, New Look on Life

Over the years I have stopped making New Year's resolutions because, lets face it, do we ever REALLY keep them?  Of course I want to lose more weight and be better with my finances but wanting and doing are two different things.  I think the start of a new year gives us an opportunity to look back on the past year and learn from our mistakes and become a better, stronger person each year.

I haven't done a lot of soul searching recently for the things I want to change this year because I think I'm just going to let things happen as they happen.  As I look back on my last year there are no big, negative things that stick out in my mind.  I really had an amazing year and feel very blessed to have the friends and family I have.  I only hope this year will give last year a run for it's money!

I found a couple quotes to start the New Year off with:

"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul."
-G.K. Chesterton


"Maybe this year...walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but potential." -Ellen Goodman

Christmas Photos

 She's so stinkin' cute!!

 Allie & Aunt Kris

 Raelyn opening her stocking

 Kris, Kevin, & Raelyn

 Siblings - Tim, Kris, Mike & Raelyn

 Mike & I with the cutest little niece EVER!

Raelyn already reading :)

A little late but here are a few pictures from Christmas with Mike's family and our little neice Raelyn's first Christmas!