Finally a change!

Well after two and a half years of sitting at a desk Mon-Fri in a poorly lit room, I finally get some outdoor time!

This week I started observation on the drilling of a water well. This is also the first time that I've be on a project that also directly corresponds to something that I studied in college. I have been having to work more hours than usual, but it is still a welcome change.

Home Owner

Well Carlos and I are now officially homeowners! (well mostly)

We had the closing for our home on Friday evening. We were not informed until the closing that the owner before the previous owner still needs to sign a quitclaim deed. So... as soon as that gets done then we will be officially homeowners!

The rest of our weekend went well. We played games with some friends on Friday after the closing.

Oh yeah! So this is sort of embarrasing... we barely finished writing out and sending thank you cards on Saturday for our wedding gifts. I figure better late than never... right???

The rest of the weekend consisted of workouts (running, step aerobics, and Tai Chi), laundry, and relaxing with my sweety!

Oct-Jan updates

So... what all has happened since the we went camping back in September '09?

Plenty to keep me busy. One of my friends and I decided to have a Halloween party. It went really well. Carlos and I went as Indians. He was actually Native American, and I went as an actual Indian.

Now that Carlos and I are married, we are at that point where we will be juggling the families during the holidays. This year we spent Thanksgiving with Carlos' family in Albuquerque. Then we spent Christmas with my family in Carlsbad. The holidays were, of course, very wonderful!

This past weekend I worked a retreat (it is called a Chrysalis Journey). It was very tiring, but very wonderful as well. It is always rewarding to work these weekends, although I do return home more than exhausted. Luckily I was able to take an extra day off of work to recover!

Well, that covers most of the larger events. Once again... hopefully I will update this more often in order to provide more insight into the Life of Amber.

Camping

Well we had a fun weekend camping. My parents, sister, Carlos and his mom all went, as well as two dogs: Sheba & Lola. We had a bit more rain than we had hoped for, but everything went really well. We had some great food and good times. In the evenings we were surrounded by skunks, which made for some excitement. Carlos, Liz, and I walked around Lake Roberts and had the pleasure of witnessing a snake eat a frog. The wildlife in the area was plentiful, which we really enjoyed.

Wow!

Well as I kind of implied in my last blog, over nine months ago, I’ve never really done well at keeping people up to date through my blogs. So… here is an abridged update of the past nine months. In January, Carlos and I decided to get married. Woo Hoo! So… from then until July was a lot of wedding planning. In June, I went on a family vacation with my parents, siblings, and Carlos. It was loads of fun (except for the part where I got sick on vacation and had to stay at the hotel on one of the days). Anyways…So July came, Carlos and I got married. We had friends that came into town from Germany. So we spent the week before and the week after the wedding showing them more of our wonderful state. Then we went on our honeymoon. For our honeymoon we went on a Caribbean cruise from Tampa to the Caymans and Cozumel.

Since we’ve been back I’ve pretty much just been getting back into my normal routine after the hectic months that had transpired before the honeymoon. This weekend Carlos and I are going camping with the fam!

It's About Time

Well I figured it was about time that I write a blog. I have had this account on blogspot for who knows how long, and I have yet to write a blog here.

So what's new in my life? Well after weeks of rehearsals and some performances of a musical at my church I finally have a bit of time on my hand... or so it should seem. There's so much to catch up on, such as decorating for Christmas. It turns out that putting up a Christmas tree by yourself isn't as easy as one would think. Until last night I have always had one or more people helping me. The fact that I can only reach 3/4 up the tree didn't exactly help. I actually still haven't finished. Luckily I will have help Thursday!