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My awesome mother-in-law sent me a package last week with supplies to make a Halloween wreath. She must have been thinking about how much Eric loves candy corn and how much I love crafts because this wreath has the best of both worlds! If you like it, I'd be more than happy to tell you how to make one of your own!

You'd be surprised at how long it takes to glue the candy corn onto the wreath. Luckily, I am still in my last week of freedom before work so I got started right away. After many hours, here is the finished product:

When Eric saw a picture with only the candy corn, he wasn't too impressed. He thought the wreath needed a little something extra to make it complete. We went to the store and found this little bear. I think he is the cutest little thing (his outfit says BOO)!

I'm glad I got to do this project because our Halloween decor is a little meager. We don't have a door hanger yet, so for now our new wreath has a home on our fireplace.

Changes

It's true. I finally got a job. Though, it seems kind of weird to say FINALLY. I had only been looking for a few weeks.

Here's how it went:

1. Monday: I contacted our ward's employment specialist and he told me about a couple jobs at the company he works for.

2. Tuesday: I e-mailed him my resume so he could send it to the right people.

3. Friday (the following week): I interviewed for 3 hours (they like to get all the interviews done in one day).

4. Monday: I got a job offer.

5. Tuesday: I accepted the job offer.

I'm a firm believer in things happening the way they are supposed to happen. I had interviewed at other "crap" jobs and just wanted them for the sake of getting a job. This was the only job that I was actually excited about and thought would be a good fit for me. I know that we are so blessed for having this opportunity. Everything worked out so perfectly, there was no way I could have turned down the job.

Starting this Monday I will officially be working my first "big girl job." I will be working for Cerner--an IT and Healthcare company. Yes, I get an actual salary! And yes, I will be getting benefits!!

For 12 weeks I will be part of a training program. Six of those weeks will be in a classroom setting and the rest will be spent working on a company project. At the end of the training program, I will be placed based on what jobs become available along with my skills and interests. If there isn't a good match at the time, I will be put on another 5 week project and then get placed after that.

I am getting really excited about working again and making something of myself. I've had a little too much of the home these past couple months. I'm a little nervous, but I'll finally be at a job where I can use my brain. THANK GOODNESS!

As for some other changes, I dyed my hair all by myself last week. Eric was a great assistant by cleaning up my splatters :) The good news is, it looks pretty dang good. All for 5 bucks!! Gotta love being on a budget!

And in a couple of weeks Eric and I will be moving! We will be happy to say goodbye to this apartment. We like the space, but not our surroundings. No more neighbor who walks outside our window everyday to puke. No more rap music thudding below our bedroom. No more Mexican kids calling out the name Eric all the time. As much fun as all that is...it's time to move on.

Better After

After our friend, Sara, introduced me to this blog, Eric and I were inspired. We went to the thrift store right away and found a ton of chairs for $5 each. The store was about to close so we made a split second decision and bought this chair:

The chair wasn't very cute when we bought it, but Eric and I saw definite potential. We wanted the makeover to be colorful in order to brighten up our living room. We had always thrown around the idea of buying a purple chair to spice up the room, so we stuck to that initial idea.

After a trip to the fabric and craft store, and a little TLC, this is now what our thrift store chair looks like:

We think it turned out awesome and we are happy with the outcome!!

PuMpKiN sEaSoN

I had been looking forward to October for weeks so Eric and I could do some fun and festive dates! With a little reminder from the parentals (thanks for the Halloween package!!), I decided it was time to carve pumpkins, even if they'll be rotten by the time Halloween comes.

I made sure to take the traditional Walker pumpkin carving picture.

Our pumpkins weren't too gutsy.

Our friends, Karrie and Austin, came over to carve with us. It was great to hang out with people other than Eric (not that I don't love him).

Eric is obsessed with holidays. I love seeing how excited he gets with holiday activities!! He's like a little boy on Christmas morning :)

These are the finished products.

Eric's pumpkin--Mario. He found a picture on the internet and then carved it without any pattern.

My pumpkin. I was very proud of myself because this is the first pumpkin I've ever carved that isn't a face. I may have accidentally cut the whole web out, but it just made it easier to carve in the end! Luckily it fit back on my pumpkin :)

Austin's pumpkin--Lebron James. I have no idea how this pumpkin turned out so great! You probably won't see anyone more focused than Austin was at carving this lol.

Karrie's pumpkin. She started off writing "BOO" and then ran into the same issue I did (the whole thing coming out). Good thing you can't go wrong with the traditional pumpkin face!

Our front door is too lit up so we had to put the pumpkins on our back deck. I love passing by them, even if we are the only ones who can see them!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

KC Royals

On September 27th, Eric and I were able to go to a Kansas City Royals game against the Minnesota Twins. Eric got free tickets from his friend from school. Now I'm no baseball fanatic, but I do know that the Royals aren't a great team. So it came as a shock when they beat the Twins (the number one team in their division) 10-8. The close score made the game pretty bearable to watch for so long!

The baseball stadium was actually really pretty! Anytime there was a good play, water would shoot out of fountains. We even got to witness a Royals player hit his first home run in the Major Leagues!!

It was fun to go out and do something outside of the house. Slowly but surely we are hitting all the sites in Kansas.