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Happy Gobble Gobble Day!

Hey all. I have been aloof due to more hospital time and being WAY sick (again). Sorry for being a bad friend. Hopefully this adorable card will make up for it!

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HAPPPPPY BURFDAY!

HAPPY BURFDAY to me and my precious baby boy doggie Aiden. He turned 6 on Tuesday and I turned 28 today. Geez time really flies. It seriously feels like not that long ago I was having my sweet sixteen and my 21st. Also this week was my 7th anniversary of becoming a member of "The Church". Wow. I am getting OLLLLLLLLLLD!

TWILIGHT!

Be jealous......

I totally went to the premeire showing at midnight. One word- exhiliarating!

To all my bestest friends (you know who you are).....

As you all already know I am selling Mary Kay which, by the way, is super amazing. I am trying to place an order before this weekend for all of my Christmas baskets that I will be making for family and what-not. I really really really need $400 to be able to get my MK discount which is where you come in. If you would like to help me out A) I will love you forever and B) I will give you a 25% discount on anything that you order. You can either visit my website at http://www.marykay.com/cryscxfn or just give me a call and I can bring you a book. There are some really good gifts in the Limited Edition section that would be great for any teen/woman in our lives. Thanks for being my bestest friends ever! I love you all!

Awesome-O Videos

I flipping love these videos. Enjoy!

My Twilight Character is.....

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Tornadoes...

....i hate them.......

Darn you for tagging me! =)

Ok Stace! I will humor you with your little tagging game....

I tag: ANYONE WHO IS WILLING!

The rules: Link the person(s) who tagged you. Mention the rules on your blog. Share 5 things that others probably don’t know about you. Tag fellow bloggers. Visit their blogs to see what they put! Enjoy…

1. When I was born, I spent my first weeks in an oxygen tent b/c of pneumothorax in my lungs. That is why I only run if chased.

2. I have a seriously sick addiction to Law and Order of every type.

3. When I was 4, I actually went to Sunbeams even though I was Southern Baptist. (foretelling the future?)

4. I turned an extra bedroom into my closet b/c I have SOOOO many clothes.

5. By the time I was 6, I was dancing 40 hours a week! I've danced in NY, LA, Boston, Atl, Bham, and even for an Atlanta Falcons game. I was offered to work for Disney but then I wouldn't have met my eternal companion. (awwww)

My new business:

Hey guys! I am now officially a Mary Kay consultant which I am super excited about. I just created a website that tells you all about our new products, specials for the holidays, and even has a place where you give yourself an online makeover. You should definitely check it out and let me know what you think!!!

http://www.marykay.com/cryscxfn

House Update!

The seller came back yesterday with a counter-offer that was less than appetizing to us. I had prayed that if the deal was not right then Heavenly Father would close the door. Okay, so that one was slammed. My realtor had already called the builder by the time that she called me with the other information and opened another door. We are writing up plans today to build the same house (with all of our modifications) in the same subdivision for the same price. Well there ya go.... In today's market if you don't jump on a decent offer that is given to you, it is WAY too wasy for them to go somewhere else. Period end of sentence..
Granted that negotiations with purchasing land today go well, we would be moving in somewhere around Christmas instead of the original of Nov 30. Honestly that works better for our schedules anyways. Yay for Heavenly Father for being awesome!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NEW HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we made an offer on a house today and (hopefully) that means we have a NEW HOUSE!

GAK

This week in Environmental Science we were learning about each one of the biomes (tundra, rain forest, etc) and the particulars of each. Wednesday we did a lab where we made GAK which the kids loved. Basically GAK is silly putty but made with glue, water, and borax solution with coloring. Since we had been discussing how different animals were adapted to live in particular biomes, I got an insane idea. I made the students de-evolve in order to complete the lab by making them tape their opposoble thumbs down. It was so stinking hillarious to see them attempt to use the other four fingers to pour, stir, etc. Then I made them write their notes using their fingers too! Oh I am so evil but it was just priceless!!!! I am adding some pics but cropped off their faces in case any of them are in the witness protection program. (I asked if anyone was but for some reason no one would tell me hahaha)

Hello Strangers!

Hello out there to all of our stranger friends that have been left in the dark about us for the last month! These last few weeks have been totally insanely busy with us starting school, Jacob starting school, and working. It seems like I do not have enough time to breathe anymore. Hopefully things will start to settle in as we get a routine going.

Enterprise High School Update:
We are back in school going full-force minus being out one day for weather and yesterday for an electrical short across campus. Honestly I do not even remember what it is like being in a normal school setting. I am teaching only 11-12th Environmental this year and my classes are amazing. I never would have expected to wake up everyday and thoroughly look forward to getting into the classroom again. I am not helping with the cheerleaders this year (so that I can work on the wife thing) which is nice b/c I get to come home everyday at about 4:00. There is a new ETA of the new school of Summer '10 and I am just praying that I last that long.

Jacob's Update:
He is taking 18 hours at EOCC and seems to really be enjoying it thus far. Since his first class is at 7:00am (everyday) he said that he feels like he is still on his mission. Jacob is also still working at Unicel which just got bought out by Verizon. We are really hoping that the merger goes through quickly b/c we can get tuition assistance as soon as they are the owners. Yay. He also got his work schedule changed to where he no longer works until 9:00pm which I love! It is amazing getting to spend time with him everyday when he gets home at 6:00.

The Case of the Stolen Purse and Creepy Robbery Ring People:
A few days after our honeymoon, my purse was stolen out of my car along with my social security card, birth certificate, money, etc. I did not make a scene of it since I "thought" the vagabond teenagers across the street got it. Well two weeks ago I come home to 22 cop cars on my street blocking every entrance. There were a total of 53 cops (I counted) walking around with their hands on their guns and nightsticks over at that house where the "teenagers" lived. It turns out that THEY are the ones responsible for more than 60 ARMED ROBBERIES in the area that have occured over the last few months. What the heck, chicken neck?! Needles to say I was a tad unnerved by having cops scream at me to get into the hosue and lock my doors. Awesome. Well they found purses (not mine), jewelry, money, 15 large guns, and loads of drugs. Awesome again. I filed a police report after the Sherriff told me to for security purposes and so he could charge them with mine too. The kicker is that the day previous to this raid fiasco, I had gotten up the courage to go talk to them and ask them to keep a lookout for my purse that fell off car. Sherriff Sutton said that they would have immediately killed me. Awesome times three!

Soooooooo other than the normal insane happenings in the Krausz family, we are doing spectacular. Our 2 month anniversary is tomorrow which is hard to belileve. I suppose time flies when you are having fun!

<3 Crystal Krausz


ps- I changed my cell phone due to another stalker-esque issue so, email me, and I will send the new one to you.

I feel like a new woman!

As my return to school draws closer and closer, I have been pondering how the new and improved "Mrs. Krausz" should be perceived. Since I walked onto the campus two years ago, I have constantly been confused for a student. I am 27 years old and now married. The days of being seen as "cool" by high-schoolers is so over in my opinion! Granted I cannot change the fact that I do look a lot younger than my age, but I have been searching for how to form the 'new me'. Since we got back from our honeymoon, I have made a conscious effort to only go in public fully put together without wearing a t-shirt and jeans with flip flops. Do not get me wrong, I LOVE wearing those items of clothing, but it leads to confusion because I get asked what grade I am in at the high school. For a while now I have contemplated really making a drastic change to my hair, but I have always had very long hair that has (mostly) been a shade of brownish blonde. Yesterday I got the wild hair to follow Nike's motto and, "Just Do It". So I went into JC Penneys, found a picture of the style that I wanted, and never looked back. For most people my transformation is not so drastic but, for me, I now feel like the grown up woman that I have always wanted to be. Mommy, Wow!

Wedding Week Blog

The entire week of our wedding was pretty jam-packed so I suppose I should include it all:

Thursday
Jacob's mom picked me up at 5:45 in the morning to head to Atlanta. I was a tad nervous about being in a car for four hours with the future mother-in-law, but I did not want her to ride alone. Actually we ended up having an awesome bonding experience. She told me stories about when she was little, when Jacob was little, and gave me tons of advice of the do's and do not's of marriage. In all of our conversation, we were in the far left lane when we needed to be exiting. So I said "Trust me and my Nascar skills Mom." I helped her drive across four lanes of traffic and we totally made the exit! She made me proud. We made it to the temple with just enough time for me to get a dress and get in there. Jacob and his dad were following and were late b/c they stopped to go to the potty twice. We girls did not stop at all. Hrrrm now who has smaller bladders?! Anywho the temple was amazing and I did not want to leave. After that we went to the hotel, ate dinner at The Cheesecake Factory, and went to see Hancock at the movies. After the movie my dad called to tell us he was there, so we picked him up and went BACK to TCF for desert. Without a doubt the Pumpkin Cheesecake is my fav, BUT the only offer it in October. I had to settle with a Tres Leches piece that was mighty delicious.


Friday
This is the day that I enacted what I like to call "Bride Law". That meant that I was going to do whatever I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. And that's exactly how it panned out. We all ate breakfast together at the hotel then went over to the mall for a little shopping extravaganza. Since I had packed in a frenzy for our trip and honeymoon, Jacob had to buy me a few items at American Eagle to add to my poorly packed suitcase. We went back to the hotel so that the "Bride" could take her royal nap, then headed over to the airport. After making 47 and a half U-Turns we made it there and picked up Jacob's mission buddies Wolley and Farmer and our Mazda 5 rental car. Unfortunately I had to go Bridezilla on the Budget people b/c they did not tell me the truth about the logistics of the car. By this time the entire Spencer clan had made it to Atl, so we met them for my final dinner as a single gal at my favorite restaurant: Macaroni Grill (I told you Bride Law was in effect). I was really drained after stuffing my face, so I did not want to stay up all night just b/c it was the 4th of July. Jacob and his crew went downtown to watch fireworks and I went back to the hotel to take a warm bath and hang out with my Daddy.

Some Cruise Pics!

We are totally married!

Dear Everyone:

We are totally married! There are far more details to come as well as pics. Stay tuned.......

Music (again)