Have I mentioned I love music?

I love when I find new songs so enjoy. Last night on American Idol Kris Allen sang this song. I like his version even better than the original. I found this video montage of the song online. It's great! Enjoy!

I am the luckiest

I think it is so important to remember how lucky we are, no matter what. I might not even call it luck, more like blessed. Ben Folds has been able to say it the best for me lately.

Everybody knows, it sucks to grow up

Ben Folds stole the words right from my mouth.

Red Velvet

Have you ever heard of the famous Magnolia Bakery in New York City? Jess bought me the cookbook for my birthday. I decided to try the red velvet cupcakes. Here are the results...

The frosting is much different than what I usually make.

It's kind of a whipped cream texture and flavor.

And, my piping tip came out of the bag so the frosting looks interesting.

Probably the cutest cupcake helper ever even though she was covered in red.

She said, Kritsy! It looks like I'm bleeding.

(I know that is spelled wrong, that's how she says my name)

Little fingers in the red red batter.

The batter was SO red. 

I wouldn't recommend making these with small children. 

I learned that lesson the hard way.

Just what my right foot needed...

Again and again...Thanks Ben!

Create

This makes me feel a lot better about being not being super creative when it comes to crafts and such. We all have our own talents. We can all make the world a better place in our own way. 

$00.00

This has been me for the last few...months. I have been working on getting out of debt and today my credit card balance is ZERO! To some that may not be a big deal but it has been a long road and I am so happy to be on a new one.

Update

I've been a couch potato. It's true. Not by choice of course. Doctor's orders. The internet doesn't work in the room I'm residing in for now so although I've had the time, I haven't been able to blog. So, here is the update...

Every year for my birthday we go to Little America for dinner. This year we went a little early due to my surgery ON my beloved birthday. I was so excited to have Ben with us this year.

Another birthday celebration with my favorite little sister. We LOVE cupcakes so when my Aunt Diane told us about Mini's Cupcakes, our lunch destination was an easy choice. We had yummy soup and a yummy sandwich and of course...a mini cupcake! They are adorable little cakes all with their own adorable little name. We love to make and decorate cupcakes so we got/stole some great ideas. Not to brag but we can make even BETTER cupcakes. I just know we can. Maybe someday we'll open our own store.

Other than having my foot cut open in two places and had some bone chiseled away, my birthday was great. My Dad wrote me a beautiful card. Some of my good friends brought balloons and other trinkets. Jess said she's getting me a gift in New York (totally worth the wait!), and Ben gave me these beautiful flowers (he does a great job with flowers I must say!) along with a day at the spa, including a pedicure when my foot heals. I was spoiled to say the least.

Here I am on day two of the surgery. I had to have my foot elevated 18 inches above my heart for one week and my foot could not touch the ground. Talk about tricky. I'm not the best person on crutches. Even the one little stair to get to the bathroom was daunting. I'm getting pretty good now. It's been a week and I'm now allowed to walk on my foot a little bit with my crutches. What a sight to see. I was telling Jess and my friend Erin that I want to try to go to the gym to at least lift weights or something next week. They both busted up laughing. Rude. I guess the thought of me going to the gym, in a boot, and with crutches, would be quite a sight to see. I guess I better wait until at least the crutches are in retirement until May when I have my OTHER bunion foot fixed! Everyone said I wouldn't do the other foot because I would be too scared. Honestly, it hasn't been that bad. The surgery went perfectly and the pain isn't too bad. The worst part is not being able to get around. But once I'm all healed I'll have two normal feet and will be back in business! 

One final birthday celebration. My Mom, and now Jess, always makes the worlds best homemade spaghetti for my Sunday birthday dinner with my family. I guess I kind of like being treated like a princess on my birthday. What girl doesn't!?! Jess made dinner and for dessert we had Belgian waffles with ice cream, whipped cream, and homemade hot fudge. We learned this little trick on the cruise. It was to dine for! 

So that is my life in a nutshell. Thanks to my friends for coming to visit and keep me company. And THANKS to Dad and Jess for taking such good care of me. I'm a happy girl, boot and all.

birthday bunions...

happy birthday to me
thursday i get to have my left bunion
and broken bone of 6 years
fixed
yay?

are they really that bad?

baby cupcakes

for baby matthew.

ben's sister and brother in law blessed their baby on sunday. we made mini MINT cupcakes. mint chocolate shavings on top. mint chocolate morsels within. mint frosting. they were delish.