Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!! Tim and I sat out in our driveway for a little while and handed out candy. Most of the kids were really cute. We got a few "kids" who seemed a bit too old to be trick-or-treating...but whatever. haha. We had plenty of candy to spare. Misha of course had on her costume! A pumpkin as you can see from the picture. The back of it that you can't see has a big pumpkin face on it. She was good for the most part, she really likes to bark at strangers though.


Tomorrow is the first day of November! 2008 went by fast. Soon it'll be Thanksgiving and then Christmas, and then 2009 THANK GOODNESS. I am ready for this year to be over, and for June to get here so we can go on our vacation.

Also can't wait for this coming week to be over, especially Tuesday. I am really looking forward to this election stuff coming to an end. It's exhausting...all of it; the commercials, the phone calls, the pointless polls, keeping up with all the information. I'm sure we can all agree on that regardless of who we're rooting for.

Eat lots of candy! Until next time...

xoxo

What happened to Autumn?

So did anyone else notice Fall seems to have come and gone in a matter of days? It went from summer with temps in the 80's to winter with temps in the low 40's in a matter of a couple weeks. Global warming my ass! haha.

We tried really hard to keep our heat off, since our gas and electric bills are enormous. We were trying to save some money. But yesterday our house was as cold as it was outside (below 50), and no matter how many blankets we piled on top of ourselves we froze! So we turned it on to 65. That's not too bad, right? Here's hoping we don't have a $250 gas bill this month haha.

I hope everyone has a good Halloween. We're going to sit out and hand out candy to the kiddos with Misha in her little pumpkin costume (I always call her my pumpkin, so I figured the pumpkin costume was fitting). I'll post some pics of her in the costume this weekend.
Saturday Tim and I are going to see the musical (Once On This Island) at NKU with Jane and Ward. Then on Sunday I have to be at the MVDTA Fall Convention in Dayton for most of the day. Tim will most likely be here playing his new dorky Star Wars game he just got for the Xbox 360. haha. So that's our weekend pretty much.

Love to all!!
xoxo

Life changes

I was just sitting here thinking how much life and the world around me has changed since high school. Things that used to be important then are totally not what I find important now. Friends I thought I'd have for life are now memories or acquaintances or still friends but not nearly as close as I thought we'd be. I find myself more and more saying "wow, mom and dad were right!" (please don't rub that in too much mom).

High school wasn't a blast for me. The things I found important then just seems so silly and immature to me now. I was very sheltered (as most people in Loveland are) and self involved. By the end I was excited to be heading into a theatre program at NKU, and later a dance program at Wright State. But that's all I knew. I had no other interests. In other words, everyone told me, especially my parents, that I need to have something to fall back on. I never really made myself get interested in anything else, and I should have. When I wasn't in school (I was never a really big fan of school) I was in dance classes, or rehearsing for the spring musical, or doing choir concerts. See a trend? I was never very academic haha. Little did I know at the time, I should have listened to that whole having something to fall back on thing. But I was almost out of high school. Of course I was smarter than my parents then, duh!

But everything happens for a reason. If anything would have happened any differently, I may never have met Tim or ended up living back in Cincinnati again. Who knows where I'd be otherwise. And if I didn't have to have that knee surgery, I may still be who knows where trying to make it as a dancer in that harsh performing arts world struggling to make ends meat (although this extra poundage I've gained since then I could have done without). Sometimes I think of that knee surgery as a blessing. Looking back, I definitely wasn't ready for that world I was heading into. In my heart, I know I wasn't ready. But at times I still miss it, which I think I always will. It was all I knew. And now I can just do it for fun without the pressure of having to "make it"!!!

Now the things I find important are definitely different. And time seems to go by a lot faster now than I remember when I was younger. The little things in life make me the happiest. Family things make me happy. My life with Tim and our future possibilities make me happy. Back then I thought only old people watched the News. Nothing on the news could ever be more important than Beverly Hills 90210 or Dawsons Creek or watching Titanic over and over again haha. And now we watch the news all the time! The fact that we've talked about having kids in the next year or two and having an awesome home together is far different than where I was 6 years ago. 6 years ago I didn't think I would ever have time to have kids or even meet someone and get married because of the life I was headed for...you know, that whole struggling artist thing. haha.

Everything worked out for the best. And Tim has a similar story. Both of our stories brought us together. Life is funny, and awesome, and always changing. And everything you do today decides how tomorrow will play out. It's a very complex thought...too complex for me to continue to think about at midnight. :P

I have no idea why I wrote this. Tim's away, I'm lonely and bored, and my mind started churning. Maybe I can get Tim to write in here one of these days. lol.

xoxo,
kristen

Two weeks from today...

...is the 2008 Presidential Election. Scary! I hope everyone is reading up on all the issues from every candidate you have a chance to vote on. Not just the ones running for President, but the ones in your state and local area as well.

Tuesday=House and Fringe night! And did anyone see Heroes last night?!? Holy cow batman! If you don't watch Heroes, shame shame on you.

So, my mom found out today that she's going to lose her job at AIG. Honestly, this is not a big shock given everything we've heard in the news. She has about a month left of working there and then they're closing their location down. I hope she can find a job, especially before the cost of the holiday season takes its toll on everyone. Guess all that money the federal government gave to AIG (twice) was a huge waste of money. It certainly didn't help people like my mom keep their jobs. Instead, the heads of the company wasted it on expensive lavish excursions to all these places (and if you haven't heard about this, you really need to read up on the news more). Gee, another waste of our money by the federal government, shocker!
Anyway, keep my mom in your thoughts in hopes she can find another job soon.

xoxo,
kristen

It's sweater season

I can't believe I actually bought a winter coat and some scarves and some gloves this weekend. Wow where did the summer go? It's starting to get a lot colder. Last week was the last warm week I think. It's been in the low-mid 60's for the past few days and it looks like it's just going to keep getting colder. It was in the 30's this morning when I woke up. I like the cold weather when I know it's leading up to the holidays. But once the holidays are over I'm pretty sick of it by then. I'll just never fully embrace the cold weather...I'm a summer girl all the way.

Tim's in New Jersey, and I'm bored and a little lonely. Nothing much to update on. Thursday needs to get here soon, and I'm sure it will. But as for tonight, I'll get all cozy on the couch in my pj's with the dog and watch Heroes! I need to clean and organize our closet (especially my side hahaha) and do lots of laundry. But I probably won't. :P

Anyone see Sarah Palin on SNL? I thought she was a good sport and did well. You could tell Tina Fey wanted nothing to do with her, but everything else was really funny. In case you missed it though, here's a link to the Palin Rap they did during Weekend Update. Definitely made me laugh, especially the guy in the moose costume!

xoxo,
kristen

p.s. Gas price update for those who read this from other areas. $2.43 a gallon for unleaded today!! It just keep going down, and I like it!! :)

Sweetest Day

Today is Sweetest Day. So I'm spending it with my sweetest! Tim unfortunately has to go to Jersey (again) tomorrow. I hate it when he has to leave. But I know it's for the best so he can do well at his job and everything. I just get sad... But at least my sister is here until Tuesday so I can hang out with her lots!!


xoxo,
kristen

We're lazy

We definitely don't write in here enough.
But to keep everyone updated:

Tim and I are doing well. Tim's busy with a new important project at work. And he's starting his fall MBA class at Xavier next week. So he'll be even more busy than usual soon. Classes have started at the studio for me so I've been busy teaching lots and lots of little dancers :) Misha is doing well! We took her to a Reds game recently and it was a blast! Plus they won which was an added bonus!

...And yes, she's wearing a Reds jersey!

I finally got a new car! My Malibu died tragically in May, there was no saving it. I went all summer without a car, as some of you know. Thanks to those family and friends who carpooled me places haha. So I got a 2008 Honda Civic LX. She's gorgeous! I named her Stella. She's a good car, and she gets amazing mileage. Which is even more awesome now that gas is down to $2.65 a gallon here and it keeps dropping!

I've been on a mission to lose 10-15 lbs. I never realized how much I need dance to keep me skinny! Working out at a gym or walking/running around the neighborhood just doesn't do it for me. I found my NYCB workout DVD's so I've gotta start on those. I'd like to take class every now and then but I am terrified of what I'll see in the mirror and I think that's keeping me out of the studio at the moment. I'm telling ya, staring at yourself in the mirror for almost 20 years judging yourself and having others judge you really messes with your head forever! haha. Anyway, the point is I gotta lose this extra stuff I've gained since that stupid knee surgery which caused me to stop dancing. My knee is better now, so no excuses, self!

We booked our summer 2009 vacation. June 15 we're going to Orlando for a week! A couple days at Universal Studios, then the rest of the time at Disney! I think about it every day, and I've got 241 days to wait. :P We joined the Hilton Grand Vacations Club so we'll be able to take some very nice vacations for the rest of our lives...we'll make some great memories and I can't wait! If anyone is interested in the vacation club let us know, we'll be glad to give you more info.

Life is going really well for us at the moment...as good as it can be at least. We're all healthy and happy and that's what matters most!

I seriously need to write in here more often, and I'll leave you with this incredibly adorable picture of Misha sitting on my lap in her pj's (i only had them on her for a picture, she hardly ever wears them, I promise haha).

So until next time...

xoxo,
kristen