The Original Kristabella

Kristabella | November 30, 2009

How was everyone’s Thanksgiving? Did you all enjoy your nice, long holiday weekends? I sure did. Four days is almost detrimental to everything for me – my sleep habits, my eating habits, my drinking habits, my showering habits. But I had a very relaxing four days of sleeping in, eating and not really leaving the [...]

Cuatro

Kristabella | October 12, 2009

Today is my favorite niece’s fourth birthday. I can’t believe this little girl is now four! She’s gotten so big over the years! Funny how that happens!

We got together on Saturday to help Skyler and my grandma (whose birthday is the 18th) celebrate their special days.

She took the job of blowing out the candles VERY [...]

In Which I Realize That I Am Really Not In My Twenties Anymore

Kristabella | August 2, 2009

This past Friday night was my half-sister Alix’s 21st birthday. Realizing this made me feel old. This was a girl who I babysat when she was little, when I was all of 11 years old myself, and now she’s 21 and entering her last year of college.
We started the evening with dinner here. I was [...]

I Need A Vacation From This Holiday

Kristabella | July 5, 2009

People, I’m tired. I need a vacation from a holiday weekend. I didn’t do most of things I would have liked to do on a three-day weekend, particularly a three-day weekend that followed four exhausting days in New Orleans. I didn’t sleep in once this weekend. NOT ONCE!
Things I did do:

Sit in traffic
Cursed the all-news [...]

Here Comes The Sun

Kristabella | June 14, 2009

This past Saturday my favorite niece Skyler had her first ballet recital. It was as adorable as you can imagine, watching a bunch of wee little girls dance around on stage.
Skyler is actually one of the youngest in her class. The class is for three year olds, but the cut off was September 1. And [...]