christmas

well christmas this year was great, i was most excited to give my presents this year because i got such ones. I gave ryan a home brew beer making kit....he was very surprised. And i gave my parents 12 new pages to their scrapbook. fun fun. i had made a page of poopsie cause cath forgot her in her christmas letter....and when i showed ryan he was like oh you really want to make her cry. well she did cry, but it only took the first page :) hee hee

i'm watching my laguna beach season 1 dvds now.... i had missed a bunch of them i realized. i got lots of goodies.

we got home last night about 8, after a full day of shopping... i slept in until 10:30 i think. it was so nice. i have tomorrow off too. this week is going to be so nice, i have to work thursday and friday half days. noone will be there friday either.

threats dont work

well my cookie party was fun. the cookie party I do here with my friends family. Her father is 1 of 12 brothers and sisters and they have adopted me into some of their family traditions. so it was my friend and all her aunts and a few cousins. but normal cookie parties work where everyone makes a cookie (8 dozen if there are 8 people) and you bring the cookies and exchange them. However this party is a little different because everyone goes to one persons house and makes the cookies together. a few people make them and bring them but only like 2 people. I brought mine this year because its very time oriented and I burnt myself bad one year. so a crowded kitchen and boiling sugar doesnt mix. I helped with all the other cookies though. and we do a ornament exchange.

that was my Sunday.... Friday night was fun we went to a xmas party and ryan actually drove. they only had blue light for light beers and I hate blue light but I suffered through with a smile :). I was really good with the eating there, didnt overindulge at all. but then we met two of my friends out at a bar and we went to the P Club, and they were having a xmas party of their own. Being a little drunk, all inihibitions flew in the wind, and I gorged on jalapeno poppers, cookies, chicken nuggets and who knows what else.... agh.

waiting

well I am waiting to leave work, but ryan and I carpooled and he is stuck at work.... its Friday and I am ready to go home. my puppies are waiting for their walk.

We have a christmas party to go to tonight, should be a good time. usually lots of work people go. the fun ones not the ones I dread.

Bad weather is coming tonight though we should get over a foot of snow. I think we got almost a foot last night. Hopefully the weather will be good on Thursday for when we drive up to syracuse.

I have to make butter crunch all day tomorrow. I am going to my cookie party on Sunday and I need to bring 8 dozen I think. oops I forgot to ask how many. I made a batch last night- it was good.

Just finishing up a few christmas presents and I think I am all done. We didnt do too bad this year as far as spending too much. I cant wait to give ryan his christmas present I think he is going to be soooo surprised.

How well do you know U.S. Geography?

this was on the amazing race- see how well you can do. I got 90%

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

alright alright

jees I've been too busy to get the pictures up on the web. but I will do it tonight. I can show everyone the new couch we got from a guy ryan works with. only $75. its a very nice couch, the only downside to it is that the family we got it from is asian and the couch smells like chinese food and becky keeps mentioning chinese food on her blog and thats what I keep craving!

the weekend was eventful. I got to drive drunk people home on Friday. very humerous. I have never seen jr so drunk. the bouncer at the bar had the same b-day as jr so they did shots of patron.... then sarah and them did one. I think they had tequila in the car too. Jr pushed sarah in the snow bank on the way to the car so she was not happy. other than that not too eventful....

Saturday we stayed in and watched all our tv shows oh and went and got our couch. Sunday we went to the bar at 1:30 and started drinking. :) strange I drank from 1:30 till about 5:30 but I really dont think I ever got drunk. a waste of all those calories. :(

weekend update

well the weekend was a lot of fun. Friday night we went to dinner with Ryan's parents then watched all the TV shows we had missed during the week. Survivor was great. I loved how pissed judd got.... "scumbags.....you're all a bunch of scumbags" I can't wait to see what he does at the jury. unbelievable how pissed he got b/c they lied to him. I wish they played the clip of him saying he will lie to anyone about anything b/c this is a game to win a million dollars.
Saturday I put up some more xmas decorations and put up the last of the lights then we went to the st bonaventure basketball game. we were suppose to meet some friends out at a bar afterwards for a drink. well they didn't even end up going out and we ended up staying out until 2 am!! it was a lot of fun though. I felt pretty crappy Sunday but not near as bad as thanksgiving day. yesterday we watched the end of the season 1 of veronica mars. I am going to start wrapping Christmas presents today I think.

Japan here I come!

I got it today too. I got it yesterday too. I love puzzles like that. my brain was actually used at work.

well I think it has poured here since 9 am...there is going to be some flooding. I was warned when I go in the parking lot to be careful because the water is close to a foot deep.

I will put my pictures up tonight. last night I was so deeply involved in veronica mars dvds. ryan and I watch 4 of them I think. shows are much fast on dvd- no commercials, it was like 40 minutes. it is a very good series if anyone is looking for one. nancy drew type. I love it.

tonight is the real world reunion, I cant wait. it looked really good- people confront lacey and her trash talking. I cant wait to see what she says about it.

whoops

guess you need the directions in english, like the forward I got had: sorry!

Click on link, and then click on the big blue circle. Use the rules below.

Apparently this is an IQ test given to job applicants in Japan:

"Everybody has to cross the river".

The following rules apply:

Only 2 persons on the raft at a time
The father can not stay with any of the daughters, without their mother's
presence
The mother can not stay with any of the sons, without their father's
presence
The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member, if The
Policeman is not there
Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft
To start click on the big blue circle on the right.
To move the people click on them.
To move the raft click on the pole on the opposite side of the river.
You do this right - you can land a job in Japan!

fun site

http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riverIQGame.swf

bad challenge news

well my update is bad...i gained .6... and it wasnt even thanksgiving week!! I dont even want to weigh in next week. I think I am going to suck it up and go weigh in today. I think they have a meeting at 10:30 am so I am going to try and make that weigh in. then I dont have to worry about it this week.

monday

so its Monday and most of our first shift is off for the "killing season". its been nice though a whole bunch of new people are working. hopefully things go smoothly this week. everytime my supervisor has been off we have had a crash.

Me and two of my friends drove 30 minutes to smethport, PA yesterday to go to a christmas store that is suppose to be fabulous. but when we got there, there were big signs saying they were quitting the business and having a sale. there was a couple outside the door looking all confused- the store were closed from yesterday till Friday for inventory and pricing changes. and they had all sorts of cute peanuts character christmas stuff. so I couldnt wait to get in. we were soooo pissed.

ryan got his deer yesterday. a 6 point. for those of you city dwellers that means there were 6 antler points. and thankfully I didnt have to see it. I did see some organ in my fridge though. hopefully ryan has eaten it by now. he has the week off.

saturday

also known as "not getting dressed day" its 5 pm and i am still in my pajamas. i got up at 9:30 and watched reunion and young and the restless, that i had DVR'd. then i started cleaning. i talked to cath for a while and rearranged the spare bedroom. so much nicer. alot more room. and i put one of the nightstands in the newly organized closet so now its like at a hotel, you can put yoru suitcase on it in the closet. then i moved on the basement (and talked to becky) i got my scrapbook/card making area pretty much cleaned. well the best i can. then i organized the basement and put stuff away. it still is a mess but i got alittle done.

i pulled out my christmas lights cause i want to get them up. i cant believe how behind i am with lights, so many people already turn theirs on!!

ryan is out today for a kill...first day of shotgun...its almost dark and he hasnt come home yet....so i dont think he killed one. he would be home early if he got one. i already told him if he kills a doe or more than one buck i would call the police. (its illegal) he must be so happy he married me :)

challenge update

So I weighed in last night at the gym and its one of those slide scales so I don't know the true accuracy, but I lost 1.2 lbs this week. so far doing good. I didn't eat all of my flex points last week so I think that is good.
I need to save all of them for the month for next week :). So that is 3.2 total, I just need 6.8 to go. I'm still not back in the ww circle yet though. so I am either going to have to weigh in wed BEFORE thanksgiving or risk it and go after thanksgiving.... hmmm. decisions decisions.

So I took Patty to the vet this week and she needs a teeth cleaning. (I guess thats whats causing her bad breath). but the vet quoted me between $215 and $530... yeah, almost going to happen. I called the two other vets in the area and I have gotten much better prices. I think I have found a new vet too. I don't need to be ripped off. Plus this cost has motivated me to start brushing linus's teeth. apparently small dogs are more prone to these teeth problems.

While I was at the vet another dog had to put to sleep. why is it my luck to always be there when this happens?? luckily it wasn't a Pomeranian this time. I felt so bad though, the people didn't have the $1000-$1500 to pay for the surgery. Little did they know it would have cost probably half that anywhere else. They didn't look like they had too much anyways, so it might not have mattered.

shelves

Today we got the shelves put up in the spare bedroom. finally. i painted them today and need one more coat on them, and hopefully tomorrow i can get all the stuff put away and organized. Yesterday we got the office all organized and clean. i can't believe how much bigger it is now. so nice. our cleaning is coming along nicely. we still have the basement to do but that won't be too much. Becky did you want to sleep down there?

Last night I went to dinner with CF and NF at the beef n barrel. It was so good, I hadn't been there in forever.


I cant wait for the Goblet of Fire this friday. we are going friday night. i cant wait. the commercials are getting me so excited.

challenge

so a friend of mine was telling me how her and two other people are doing their own "weigh in" instead of going to ww meetings. each week they weigh in and pay $5, but in may whoever has lost the most weight wins all the money. don't you think we should add money to the challenge? but we could do highest % lost? what do you guys think? money is always a good motivator I think.

JARHEAD

so Saturday we did get to see it, Oh it was soooo good. JG is so gorgeous and half naked most of the movie, all naked some of the movie. Its def. not for children. and to my surprise there were quite a few in the theater. Lots of other cuties in the movie too, including lucas black (aka Pee Jo in crazy in alabama). A very interesting fact I learned from the movie was that during the time when the lit all the oil fields on fire it actually rained oil all over. that was crazy. they showed a horse that was running in the desert completely covered in oil.

we cleaned like crazy people yesterday. I have made of list of things we have to clean before our thanksgiving guests come. and we have lots to do. I also cleaned out our garage on Saturday. well took all the stuff that goes in the basement down there. my goal is to get my green bug sideways in the garage so I can park my yellow one in there during the winter.

baby cow

last  night when we went to go to dinner and see jarhead - we were driving on our road and there were 2 cars pulled over with their hazards on right in front of the farm where all the cows are. we i almost hit 3 women and a baby cow. apparently he got loose and was in the road. it was quite a site to watch them try and  pull the cow that did not want to go where they were taking it. ryan jumped out and went to see if they were home but they werent. as ryan was coming back from the house the guy pulled in that owns them. He didnt seem too concerned, he told them to "let her go, she'll be ok" then called her like a dog. too funny.

 

 

well we went to dinner and then went to the movie. we got there 5 minutes after the movie started and there was a long line, but i didnt think anything of it. but it was SOLD OUT!!! i was so pissed. the only thing i had planned for the weekend. agh. anyways i think we are going to go back tonight and try and see it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Everyone missed Hello Kittys Birthday on Tuesday!

She is 31 this year!!!

finally Friday...

I think I have been saying that for months now.... work isnt as fun with this new job. much more stressful. I think I need to be meaner. I just got the book from carolyn (on apprentence) I should start reading it this weekend.

Tonight we are going to see jarhead (love that jake gylenhall...) I cant wait. I think it looks so good. other than that I dont have too many plans. I am going to keep working on my cards. and no becky you need to make your own.... I get my new stamps tomorrow too. they are being delivered.

ryan ordered us a plow this week, so now this winter we can plow ourselves. see now I really dont need a 4 wheel drive car. we have a 4 wheeler for that.

I'm excited this weekend I can take down all my halloween decorations and start getting my christmas ones out. I love decorating the house.

halloween

oh I forget the wonderful news, we had 2 trick-or-treaters.... it was 8:00 and I was all sad that we didnt get any....cursing where we live again...and about 8:10 the dogs went nuts and they do it all the time so I ignored them, finally ryan got up and there were our neighbors all dressed up. we have never met them before (they live near us, but not that close) then about 9 ss, ts, as all stopped by. AS was dressed up as pooh dressed as a bee. it was so cute.

I have been diligently making christmas cards all week. its so fun. I could go into business doing it. wait till you all get them, you'll love them :)

new steps

yesterday we spent all day building our steps- well fixing the broken railing. it would have cost us $500 if we wanted to do brick, so we opted for this. i even was allowed to help.

Saturday

well my week is finally over, thank god. I went to bed about 9:45 last night and slept til 7:30 this morning. I had to get up early cause I had to take the pups to get their haircut. I'll post some pictures. then I went shopping for the lasagna I am going to make tonight. oh becky I got some of that tofu crumbles you were talking about. I am going to put it in the lasagna and see if ryan notices...



then I got back and watched some tv before picking up the babies. now I think I am going to take a nap. I'm pooped. I wanted to make some christmas presents today but I don't have all the supplies. I have to go get them tomorrow.

precious portville

sorry luanne- i didnt mean to be so offensive, i'll try to be more sensitive.

um, well i finally got to a computer today, i am doing a kaizen event at work this week. should be helpful for our production. like cath said i'm the "project leader" so i have to do well or i could be fired. so anyways i wont be able to be on the computer at all during the work day- until friday. but i'll be so swamped i wont get to email. so call me instead this week.

i got the cutest hello kitty halloween basket from my mom this weekend. i'll post a picture tomorrow.

crappy - the word of the day

its so crappy out today- cold and rainy. we finally turned our heat on two days ago- but it is sooo cold in here. today i am going to go into work and then tonight i am going out cause its my friend CF's birthday. i havent been out in forever.... i am not looking forward to how crappy i am going to feel tomorrow. i want to go buy batman begins today too.




















yesterday ryan and i took the dogs on a walk and i decided we should turn up this one road where a dog attacked me before (i was alone with both patty and linus) i figured it would be okay since it was ryan and i. but right as we got near this house 2 dogs started running after us and the old man that owns them starts yelling for the dogs but they dont listen. both of them were jumping up on me- one i know bite my arm. patty was going bizerk in my arms. it was terrible. the old man meanders out finally and trys to get them. saying "they've never done this before" when one of them ran after me a year ago. anyways we finally get away and we see this big black dog coming down the road and when get near her patty goes bizerk again. (she had a very stressful walk) but the woman must have heard all the commotion with the attack cause she told us that her dog had been bite twice by those dogs. agh. but we live in east bumf- and there is no leash laws- so you cant even have the dogs tied up. pain. needless to say i will never walk up that road again.

out of the circle still

no I did not get within my lifetime goal limits, infact I gained!!! I dont know whats wrong with me. Bec- what is your contest again? I think I want to be in it too.

Did anyone watch without a trace last night? it was really good. I'm trying to cutback on my shows but it is too hard. I'll list all the shows I watch

Monday-
Laguna Beach

Tuesday-
Gilmore Girls
Real World

Wednesday-
One tree hill
Apprentence - martha
Dangerous Minds
CSI: NY

Thursday-
The OC
Reunion
Survivor
CSI
Without a Trace

Sunday-
Cold Case
Desperate Housewives

Thats 13 hours a week- I think thats too much

cpr-aed

yesterday I got 4 hours of training on CPR and AED. so now I can use one of those shocking machines just like on tv. I didn't realize how simple those things were.

I have to go to first aid training next week, agh. thats the stuff that makes me want to puke.... just the training, let alone I actually had to use it.

I have to go back to ww again tonight... I'm terrified that I have to pay AGAIN, no I am sure I am going to have to pay. what is wrong with me?! why cant I lose these few lbs like I used to be able to do?!

I also have to go to a leadership community event thing tonight. I'm going to apply to be in it for next year. its a once a month meeting thing where you are in groups with people from all different companies in olean trying to make the community better, more prosperous. I hope it doesn't go too long though cause I haven't eaten or drank since noon and I think I am going to be famished and grouchy.

crafty lady weekend

this weekend I was crafty lady... I cant go into too much detail though cause I made some presents... but Saturday morning I went to stamp camp in portville and made 3 xmas cards, a mini scrapbook, and a gift bag. then I came home and did my secret crafty job. it turned out very nice. Its something I saw when I went to letchworth state park last weekend that I said "oh I can do that" and low and behold I did! now I am going to make more to give as presents.

Friday night Ryan got my bug fixed (green). I even got to drive it today. so exciting. however I did have to listen to some of ryans drunk friends talk to me for about 15 minutes on batteries... how I need a new one even though its not dead- what a difference it is going to make, what brand I should buy, what color the writing is on the battery, which store carries which brand... the list could go on and on, but I wont torture you like I was.

Sunday I pretty much cleaned and sat on the couch and slept. our shower is now clean, I hate the hard water we have- it turns our shower curtain orange and makes me feel dirty when I get out of the shower.

finances

So becky you can finally rest at ease... ryan and i now share our
money, all in one account. this is a pain though having to change all
of my online banking accounts... agh. and i have to use up all of my
hello kitty checks. and order more!!! ryans name is going to be on a
hello kitty check, hee hee.

holes (again)....

well this sucks, i emailed to the wrong place and it didnt post.

ugh. anyways i finally finished the hole patchwork in our living room. so exciting. i'll put a picture up. cath you'd be so proud.... it only took 6 months. and i should emphasize I because i did everything, cut the dry wall, mudded it (twice), sanded it, primed it, painted it, and put the cover back on. and nothing got broken in the process... just took a while. doesnt it look nice?



i got to interview a candidate today at work, it was strange i have never interviewed anyone and they didnt give me a format or questions or anything. but i think it went ok- well since i have nothing to compare it to it went great..

green bug

So last night ryan and I tried to get the green bug going, so we pulled it out of the garage with the 4-wheeler and pushed it down the hill towards our neighbors houses and ryan put it in 2nd and it started for a second but then stalled out. I dont think he was going fast enough. it was funny though, then we had to pull it back up the hill with the 4-wheeler.... our neighbors must think we are quacks.

went to the parkwood for dinner last night, it was yummy. they do chicken wings and tenders on Tuesday nights.

Does anyone watch CSI: NY? I missed the very end of the episode and wanted to know if they fired an agent....

Car fixes

Well I dropped my car off at my garage this morning and they call me around 10 to tell me that they are having trouble getting parts and they are going to need my car for a few days. :( if only my green bug still worked... I might have to try and get it to start tonight.

anyways my cylinders are misfiring because they think its a bad coil and they can't get any parts as of yet.... once they fix that they are going to try and figure out the transmission problem. AGH. she didnt think it would cost THAT much, the parts anyways.

baseball is no fun now, I dont think I am even going to watch anymore.

car troubles

well this was a bad weekend for cars at underwood lane.

first off i went to the letchworth craft show on saturday morning. very cold and rainy out- but overall was a good time. and i got some cute stuff.

well i get home and ryan, junior and pudge are working on ryans truck, about an hour later ryan comes inside and says his truck is done - but it shakes a little at 50-60 mph. and pudge told him to live with it. (good mechanic, anyone want his number for your cars??) so jr and pudge are working on jr truck- they need a part, so they take ryans truck to olean. about 10 minutes later the phone rings and ryans drive shaft fell off while they were driving it. So ryan takes my bug (that i had just driven and it was driving perfectly fine) and goes down to bring them tools to fix it. well my bug comes back in the driveway for 2.5 seconds and then speds off. 15 minutes later i get a call from ryan asking me if my car was shaking when i drove it earlier. (it hadnt) apparently it just goes bad sometimes. so 2 hours later they get home and ryans truck is still broken. they have to wait until sunday to get a part from a store. so they go to close up the garage and my electric garage door opener wont close. agh. my conclusion for the day: dont let them anywhere near your stuff.

meanwhile my car is shaking at speeds from 0-39 and its not shifting gears. the mechanic (pudge) says its bad gas. ???

needless to say i have an appointment tomorrow with my REAL garage.

pom halloween

oh arent my babies the cutest???

yucky

oh i feel pretty sick this morning... after my wonderful day at my unmentioned job i decided to open the bottle of champange i bought on the wine tour and before i knew it i had drank the whole thing! so today i am not feeling so good.

i got to watch all but tribal council on survivor last night. what a good twist i thought.

work sucks

work sucks. This has been the worst week almost (maybe the second worst). people are just such a pain around here. not doing their own jobs because they are to busy butting their noses into everyone elses. I need a day off.

good tv is on tonight, cant wait. i had to tape dangerous minds and csi:ny last night cause i was too tired. i think i am going to cancel my netflix subscription cause i havent watched one in almost 3 weeks. its a waste of money right now. too many good shows on tv.

the stupid red sox lost again last night, i dont think they are going to make it....

fired

oh i forgot too- in our paper yesterday was a huge article about blogs and how a lot of people are being fired because of what they say on their blog.... just a warning to some people....

monday...

well it was such a nice quiet weekend for once...
i cleaned alot on saturday- the dog hair was over taking us... unfortunately i forgot to take my allegra and had a horrible allergy attack and was so exhausted the rest of saturday and alot of sunday. i got alot of cleaning done though, i was very impressed. ryan worked on the shed, it is almost all done (not done done) but the siding is done. there are still no doors... I'll send out some pictures dont worry.

i was in our office saturday cleaning when i noticed a noise coming from the attic and a watermark looking stain on the ceiling. well i sent ryan up there yesterday and its a huge bees nest in our attic. ryan sprayed them with our wasp/hornet spray but i think we need to do it again. crazy bees, seem to just love me this summer.

sucks that i had that dumb, cant move her feet, brianna

dr appt day

Well today I had to go to my yearly gyno exam...fun fun. but when I went to the doctors office the power went out like 4 minutes after I got inside. and of course with such a computer reliant place I couldn't even register. I waited like 10-15 minutes and no one knew what was going on, but apparently half of olean had power out. so the lights come on and they just hand fill out a paper because the system is still not up. so I go over to my dr's waiting area and a woman comes out of the office and was like "yeah atleast you didn't have to have your exam using flashlights" how terrible, to be in one of the dr's office (no windows) when the power went out. I am glad my appt was just 15 minutes earlier.... so then when I get back to work there is a message from my dentist saying they have an opening in the afternoon if I could make it. then they drilled on my filling that has been bothering me with out any novacaine!! it didn't hurt at all but the whole time I was wincing just incase he hit my real tooth and not the filling. not fun.

we had crazy wind this morning- when I woke up I looked out the window and it looked like you were in a car wash- the rain was that consistent and horizontal. I was afraid to let linus and patty out, thought they might get blown away...

weigh in day

yeah this past weekend was not good for my diet....i think i ate every cracker that was put in front of me, cheesey poofs at wills, garlic wings at crossroads, and a dozen beers.... oh its going to be bad tonight.

dishwasher mechanic

so last night we finally decided to tackle the dishwasher.... we have been hand-washing dishes since the 15th (and it sucks!). incase no one knew while i was gone in atlanta ryan started the dishwasher and we were out of dishwasher detergent so he put regular dish soap in. well it foamed all out the door and then wouldnt drain. well it wasnt till last night that i remembered he had put regular detergent in. but we took apart the drain hose and checked for clogs. then i said why dont we just try to run it again- thats when foam started coming out of the sides again. turns out that you just have to scoop out the suds and keep trying. mental note to ryan: do NOT use anything but dishwasher detergent.

so now our dishwasher works again!!!!

my tape for desperate housewives did not tape- i'm pretty pissed. if anyone has it on tape and it can get to me before sunday i would greatly appreciate it.

i got all my halloween decorations up last night- the house looks so cute. my neighbor loves the ghosts i put in my garden. i still have my pumpkin lights to put up on the porch but i might do that tonight. i was pouring rain most of yesterday and last night.

survivor

OK DON'T TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED ON SURVIVOR!!! I have to tape it for ryan cause he has class, so I watch the OC instead. then CSI and without a trace is on (well criminal minds was last night- VERY GOOD, I'm definitely going to be watching that show) so we don't get to watch the tape until friday night. so tonight at cath and mikes we have to watch our tape.

we are getting out of work at 3pm today and we should be on the road by 4. I'm bringing a surprise.... Hopefully people like it. (and don't worry cath, its not a puppy.... even though I think you need one)

I'm a little nervous about the wine tour now, I was thinking of all the terrible terrible experiences I have had with wine and wine tours....not to name any names- eh em nicole... so hopefully this experience is good or I think I will swear off wine forever.

getting excited...

i'm getting pretty excited for this weekend. it should be a blast, the thought of garlic chicken wings....mmm. i'm thinking i should weigh in at ww today since this weekend is going to be so horrible. only ryan and i carpooled and i made him get his haircut at lunch time so that we could go right home after work. so i dont dare ask.... i guess this just means i have to be good this weekend. probably better that way anyways.

i was just thinking of this weekend and all the gossip i heard about people. there are alot of people getting divorced and/or are cheating on their spouse. its kind of discouraging for me to think too that i was just at a wedding where the grooms mother brought her boyfriend, who is married to someone else... and today i found out they have been having this affair for 9 years. troubling. why do people bother to get married?! and why not just get divorced? why carry on for so long leading two lives? its a classic lifetime movie. only lately it seems like more the norm.

Winery Info

I went online and got a bunch of info from each winery-


Swedish Hill Vineyard (315/549-8326)-
-Well-groomed vineyards and state-of-the-art equipment characterize this winery that opened for business in 1985, producing a wide range of dry and sweet wines that include champagne, port and brandy. And the efforts have been rewarded; the vineyard has won top honors and gold medals in many national and international wine competitions. Informed tour guides take you through the wine making process with a tour of brandy and wine making facilities. On weekends from May through October, you may opt for a horse-and-wagon tour, learning about a year in the life of a grapevine, the varieties grown and how the grapes are used. Open year-round from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Swedish Hill charges $1 to sample up to eight wines; the fee is refundable with purchase.

Knapp Vineyards (607/869-9271)-
-Featuring wines that consistently win gold, silver and bronze medals in national and international competitions, this vineyard emphasizes its Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Additionally, a small production of Methode Champenoise Champagne brings depth and excitement to the vineyard's offering as does their own grappa. The vineyard itself opened for the sale of wine in 1984 and in 1992 a restaurant was added. Appropriately named The Restaurant at Knapp Vineyards, the facility offers an ever-changing menu to complement the wines. And the winery's innovation has continued; in 1995 Knapp became the first winery on the East coast to operate an Alembic Pot Still for the production of brandy. The tasting room is open April through December from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. There is a $1 tasting fee, refundable with purchase.

Hosmer (607/869-3393 or 888/467-9463)-
-Over 100 years old, a majestic barn is the site of the Hosmer tasting room. This vineyard produces a wide range of premium wines, from dry Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to the sweet Raspberry Rhapsody and Fireside Red. Plus, they're well known for their Sangria, the only one produced on the Wine Trail. There's also an extensive gift shop that offers gourmet food items, as well as wine accessories, regional specialties and personalized wine labels. From April through December, the tasting room is open Monday through Saturday from 1 0 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. A $1 tasting is charged, refundable with the purchase of a souvenir wine glass.

Lucas Vineyards (607/532-4825)-
-Cayuga Lake's oldest winery offers more than a magnificent view of Cayuga Lake. With a tugboat captain in the family, the motto of this nautical- themed winery is "Wine if by land, tug if by sea." And the award-winning wines have memorable names--Evening Tide, Captain's Belle, Harbor Moon, Tug Boat White, Dry Dock and Tug Boat Red--as well as colorful bottles and unusual labels. As a special treat, you can make arrangements for barrel tastings, too. From May through December, the tasting room is open from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday; Sunday hours are noon to 5:30 p.m. From January through April, the tasting room is open on weekends only. There is no fee to sample the wines.


Six Mile Creek Vineyard (607/272-9463)-
-Situated on historic ground containing a pre-Civil War cemetery and stagecoach stop, the vineyard produces a number of wines, including several blends that underscore its status as the only winery in Ithaca: Ithaca White, Cascadilia White and Ithaca Red. And you can sample each of them from the spectacular tasting room that overlooks the vineyards. The renovated 18th century barn, true to its original Dutch-Reformed style, is large enough to accommodate parties and receptions. The winery is open year-round from noon to 5:30 p.m. for both tastings and tours. There is a $1 tasting fee, refundable with purchase.

King Ferry Winery (315/364-5100)-
-This small vineyard, producing Treleaven wines, uses many time-honored European techniques. Enjoy an informative tasting in a relaxed setting on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake, where a free tour of the winery and a slide show (for a nominal fee) are available. The vineyard features wines for all occasions and tastes but is perhaps best-known for its award-winning Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay, Reserve Chardonnay and Chardonnay, all 1995 issues. Don't miss Oliver, either, a talkative cockatoo who will enthusiastically greet you! From April through December, the tasting room is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. In February and March, the tasting room is open on weekends only; the winery is closed in January. There is a $1 fee to taste up to 14 wines; the fee is refundable with purchase.

Long Point Winery
is located just off scenic Route 90, with a beautiful view overlooking Cayuga Lake. Winemaker Gary Barletta focuses his attention on the dry red wines such as Merlot and Syrah while Rosemary adorns the tasting room with unique gifts for all occasions. Grounds available for outdoor weddings.

laguna

laguna beach is on tonight, i just love that show. such good drama.

we had a good weekend, i'm still pretty tired though. friday night i got home about 7 and we went out to eat at spragues then watched survivor. i'm so excited that bobby jon and stephanie are back. soo since we have to add to people we decided to wait until someone is kicked off this week and then redraw the names- sound good to everyone?

saturday we went to tj and kathleens wedding at the pulaski club. it was fun then we went out to sean patricks afterwards. i was the dd so it wasnt as fun to drive around a bunch of drunks but oh well.

sunday we went to the garlic festival (1st annual!!) then watch the bills suck it up in the game... hee hee. then we went over to kevin s. house (he was in our wedding) he was home for the weekend cause him and his fiance are planning their wedding for next summer. it should be cool, they are getting married at the ski resort.

today was crazy at work, stress, stress, stress. i got alot of my catchup work done though, so that is good. tomorrow i have to go to my kickboxing class, i hope i didnt miss too much the first week.

only 5 more days till the wine tour....

finally over

Well the week is finally over... well almost... just have tomorrow morning. i hope my flight tomorrow is ok- no pukers.... i can only hope.


oh before i forget i can't watch survivor tonight so DON'T mention it to me or on your blogs. i'm watching it tomorrow night on tape.

not too much happened this week. last night we went to dinner at a mexican resturant and it was so good. we got to shop (well window shop) at little five points in atlanta and it looked like the cutest shops, but they all closed at 7pm and we didnt get there till 8:30... but they looked cool, one had emily the strange stuff and another had a huge sanrio poster in the window.

the night before we went to a seafood resturant and i got mahi mahi and tried some sushi. it was really good. i've had fun here i guess but i cant wait to go home and get some decent sleep. i keep waking up in the middle of the night thinking its morning. i'm drained. i'm going to bed tonight right after the OC. remember mums the word on survivor!!

AND YES WILL AND KRISTINA ARE GOING ON THE WINE TOUR

shopping

we went to the mall last night and it was the uppity mall i guess. there was a louis vitton store. (i dont even know how to spell it) anyways and we went in cause i wanted to see how much all of jessica simpsons luggage and dog bags really cost. nothing had prices though, cause i guess if you need to know the price you cant afford it anyways.

training is going well will write more later

plane ride

I had the flying experience from hell today.

First I almost missed my flight, I was stuck in security and had to beg people to let me cut them because they were announcing my name on the loud speaker for last boarding call. so I run from security with my laptop and belt in hand- make the flight. so I go to my seat and I am between two old men. They both stink like smoke, gross. then the guy to my right keeps fidgeting and putting his arm on the whole arm rest and putting his feet in my feet space. We all of the sudden the guy to my right take a plastic bag out of his stuff and puts it to his face and starts puking. puking, spitting, couching, gagging...for like 5 minutes. It was HORRIBLE. so I looked to the guy to my left and was like "what do we do?!?" so we got the flight attendants attention after a bit and he got out and went to the bathroom. telling me he was sorry but he has food poisoning.
WHO GETS ON A PLANE WITH FOOD POISONING AND SITS IN THE WINDOW SEAT?!

anyways I got moved to first class so this guy could have his own row. That was a nice concession, but however I think I would have rather just sat next to someone without food poisoning from the beginning.

last day of golf

Tonight is my last night of golf for the year, well maybe forever. i dont think i am going to golf in my work league next year. my current partner is moving away this winter and i just suck at it. Ryan and i are not going to do the couples league either because we can only make it half the time anyways. tonight we have a chance to win some money though. i think we should cheat to win the money. i just have to talk ryan into it. he can be so honest sometimes....

i rode my bike at lunch today and wow you must use totally different muscles to bike because i could barely make it. i was soo tired and out of breathe and my legs were all shakey when i was done. i have been very strict on my ww diet this week, hopefully it will pay off. it will be harder next week in atlanta b/c we go out to eat dinner all week and lunch usually has such good deserts. so i have to be strong.

thursday

I can't believe its thursday already- this week is flying by.

this weekend we have some good plans, we are going to go test drive the highlander, see if we like it. cause right now there is a backorder list at the dealership and if we want to get one we have to get on the list. since gas prices have gone crazy recently i bet everyone wants a good gas mileage car. then we are going to detail my bug and get some pictures of it so i can try and sell it. see if i can get more than would the dealer would give me. saturday is also the irish festival here. its so fun, we are going to go there for dinner. sunday we are going to go 4-wheeling again and maybe hit the taste of olean before the bills play on sunday. so happy that its football season again.

oh did everyone see agassi won yesterday? he was down 2 sets and he came back and won. and people said his career was over.... he is way outlasting pete sampras

i got my green bug working again, thank god. what a pain it is. for weeks it doesnt start then all of the sudden it wants to.

next week i am going to be in atlanta again, too bad there are no baseball games. they are away all week. i have to fly out at 6 am on monday which means i am going to have leave at 3:30am AGAIN. makes for a very long day.

Katrina victims

If anyone is interested in donating to the relief efforts for the katrina victims, My company is doing gift matching of $2 to every $1 donated, so your money could go alot farther if you wanted. Let me know if you want to donate and i can put it in.
Now becky i have a $500 limit....so you cant go overboard :)

labor day

I hope everyone had a lovely labor day. mine was very nice. I slept a lot of the weekend trying to get rid of my cold. I still have a lot of poison coming up when I cough but I am feeling better.

Saturday afternoon Ryan and I and his parents went on a 4 hour 4-wheeling trip. it was a lot of fun, the first time we have really ridden it far. we went all over. it was nice to see that we can go on trails and not just around the house. we found a trail that takes you to spragues!! there was a sign in the woods pointing to spragues, very cool.

we had an eventful weekend, Saturday when we went to cook our dinner in the oven it decided it did not want to heat up. we have been having trouble with it taking forever to heat up and finally it pooped out. sooo Monday we went with our trusty home depot card and bought a new stove. I cant believe how much some stoves are. They range from $350 TO $1799. CRAZY. I wanted the $350 one for obvious reasons, but we actually got one that has no holes around the burners for food to fall into. Its very nice. we now have 12 months to pay it off. :)

I cleaned my bedroom so good, I can see the top of my dresser again. I went through all my jewelry and got rid of some things, I still cant get rid of my plastic ring collection. there are some great rings in that! And I'm thinking someday if I have little girls they would just love them. So I kept my polly pocket rings and my hello kitty stamp rings. But I did get rid of a lot of junk. I'm so proud of myself.

I also got some new pictures up and reorganized my kitchen to put stuff in the basement that we got for our wedding that we STILL haven't used, like linen napkins.... I think those will be a thanksgiving use only item.

Sunday night Ryan and I went to the drive-in- we saw red eye and skeleton key. They were both really good. I would recommend both.

so overall it was a very productive weekend.

sick

i've got a cold and it just sucks.

so katrina has wiped out most of new orleans and southern mississippi, we have a plant down there where my old boss (who i did not enjoy working for) is and they are without power for atleast 2 weeks. alot of our customers got hit by katrina so this could be very good for our business, however since we had major equipment malfunctions we may not be able to provide them. its sad that we track hurricanes and get excited when they hit.

last night i went to ww and it was horrible- i knew i had done bad but it was way worse than i had imagined. i'm starting to journal adain today and i need to keep it up. i think i will start going to the meetings to listen everyweek, but not weigh in until i know i wont have to pay again... or october whichever comes first.

oh i forgot the best part of ryans and mine first anniversary... ryan had roses sent to me at work, he is so dreamy :)

more

okay well where did i leave off??
we woke up the next day and had to drive an hour back to the main land to go to walmart to get a new mattress and charcoal since we had forgotten our stove gadget to hook the propane to it. so every time we wanted to cook we had to light charcoal and then wait 45 minutes. not fun. the next day my car was really acting up (the starter didnt want to start the car). so we decided to go to the main land again and have my battery checked. we went to VIP (like autozone) and they said oh yeah its dead we can fix it- it will be about an hour wait. so we leave and walk down to the little plaza and waste an hour- walk back giving them some extra time cause we were probably gone an hour and a half and when we walk up the mechanic looking guy was like- is the bug yours? oh man i cant touch that with a mechanic, its buried. so we wasted over 3 hours to get there and wait to find out they cant do it. their mechanic had gone home for the day. so we waited till thursday when we were leaving acadia to get it fixed. it died thursday morning so we had to have another neighbor jump us. what a disaster. i am so looking forward to getting rid of the bug now.
after acadia we went to visit my friend carrie from clarkson. we got to see her new baby, he is so cute. if you have seen my pictures from our trip then you already know. we had such a good time visiting, we spent thursday night there and went out to dinner, we also went looking for moose but to no avail.

friday morning we went to burlington and toured the vt teddy bear factory and magic hat brewery. we filled 5 growlers, it was soooo good. at our hotel we were told they had an outdoor heated pool- so we decided at dusk time that we could swimming, it being heated and all. well when i jumped in it was about 50 degrees!! i would hate to see how cold an unheated pool is there.

saturday we drove back to syracuse to end our trip. we played trival pursuit and had a bbq. it was very fun except dad and i lost in trivial pursuit.

what a relief to be home though

work was crazy being gone for two weeks straight and i think it took til thursday to catch back up, then friday we had another catastrophy with one piece of equipment.


this past weekend ryan and i went to binghamton for a friends of his wedding. sunday was our one year anniversary, hard to believe its been a year already. yesterday i went to syracuse in the morning to golf with my dad in an all native tournament at the turning stone casino. it was such a nice course. i sucked terrible at golf but it was really fun otherwise. next year i think we should cheat so we can win a trophy.

New England vacation recap

Well it has been forever since i got on this! i have lots of good stories....

well we went to boston first and got to shop and tour fenway and then see the game saturday night- johnny damon wasnt even playing! very disappointed. we started drinking at 4:30 with Taryn at some billards bar. cheap drafts.... then we drank through the game (well 6 innings) then it poured so we went to the bar. kinda like when becky, ryan, tim and i went to the yankees/red sox game in NY. then we went to some bar that wouldnt let ryan wear his visor (which he ended up losing...and it was the visor he got on our honeymoon :(.... i was mad)
needless to say we were all quite intoxicated by the end of the night.
we were suppose to get on the road about 8:30am but ryan was too hung over, actually we didnt wake up until 10 am. but didnt get on the road until 1pm. we got to Freeport after 3 hours (due to horrible traffic) after 3 hours of mad dash shopping in which we still managed to spend way too much we set off for Acadia national park. we didnt get there until 10:15...and it was pouring rain. We got the tent up no problem then when we went to put the air mattress up there was no stopper to stop the air from flowing out. soooo we had to sleep on the gravel. and to top it off i had turned my headlights on so we could see to put the tent up and ended up killing my battery. so if we had even wanted to leave and go to a hotel we couldnt because my car was dead. and i had no jumper cables.
more to come...

atlanta

well it has been an extremely busy week- yesterday i was in training from 8 am -7:40 pm. with an hour lunch. and the internet here in the hotel sucks. i have to pay $9.95 a day for crappy service. ugh. i am going to be so behind in work by the time i get back.

anyways it has been fun. monday night i went to bed about 8 because i had gotten up at 3 am to get here. then tuesday night i went to the braves-giants baseball game. it was a very nice stadium.

last night i went out to dinner with RH (worked with him in sumter) he lives here in atlanta now.

tonight we are going to go to a mall i guess, if not i think i should just rest. i havent even gone in the pool yet....

ltd is coming in!!

I'm so excited, i got my first box from my ltd order. the bad thing is that everything is going to start coming in and since i am off they are going to pile up in my office while i am gone. terrible terrible timing.

oh i'm glad its friday.

some exciting news, my friends at work sent in this poem in to the radio station to win 2 hours of free Budweiser products at a local bar for them and 12 of their friends. i'll put their poem in, very creative. i just love the bud commericals real men of genius. but anyways they won! i'm not going though cause we are going to ryans parents for lasagna and i am too tired and have a big day tomorrow to try and squeeze it in tonight. but how cool that they won it?? the people on the radio sang it- it was very funny.



MR. GIVE FREE BEER TO THE DRUNKEN
Bud Light Presents Real Men of Genius
(Real Men of Genius)
Today we salute you Mr. GIVE FREE BEER TO THE DRUNKEN
(Mr. GIVE FREE BEER TO THE DRUNKEN)
There are many bars in town that want to make you pay for what you drink, but not you.
If you go bankrupt, you go having some happy freeloaders at your bar…
(Don't forget the mooches)
Sanzo Beverage is giving you the beer, Mix 101.5 is advertising you, all you have to do is smile at the cheap people taking it for free.
(You're the BEST!!)
All you can drink! What more could we ask???
(Have we told you that you’re wonderful)
So keep giving us BUDS FOR YOUR BUDS Mr. GIVE FREE BEER TO THE DRUNKEN
In fact, feel free to have it every night of the week
(GIVE FREE BEER TO THE DRUNKEN)

sweat

My air conditioner at work is still broken. they have ordered me a new one and it will be here just in time on Monday for me to be in atlanta for the week. so meanwhile i sit in my office and sweat like a pig- its lovely.

my week has been very hectic trying to get everything settled for being off for 2 weeks. i got a laptop yesterday though- very cool. i think when i have to give it back i will so want to go buy one. i think work should give me one. lots of other people have them.

so this weekend we have jammed packed way too many things for one day. saturday we have a bbq to go to at 2:30 (in which we have to bring a dish to pass) then be to a wedding at 5, with a ~1 hour drive. Then go to the big 30 football game which starts at 7, with another 1 hour drive. Not sure how long we will be at the wedding, but it could be as little as 1 hour. but i think we might be alittle late to the football game. agh- i'm tired just thinking about it.

oh happy anniversary Cath and Mike!!

hotlanta

well I am going to Atlanta next week for some work training then fly into Syracuse Friday and have Ryan drive up to pick me. I will be very glad to be out of here for two whole weeks. whoooo hoooo. going to Atlanta is going to suck though, its crazy work all week. and its going to be so hot there and I have stuff I am suppose to be doing here too. I have to cancel my dentist appt to have my other cavity. I will be out of the plant for 2 straight weeks though, that will be awesome.

i got stung by ANOTHER bee when we went to the beach on sunday. it was a perfect beach day except for that incident. patty and linus barked at every dog (surprise, surprise) but i put linus in the lake and she liked it.

Last night i went to golf after work (my work league) and i get there put my golf shoes on and open my trunk and it was empty! i had forgotten my golf clubs! what a retard. i had to share with alice- i got my usual score so i know for sure i dont need to go out and buy new clubs, cause i would still suck. i dont think i want to play next year, i'm never going to get better- nor do i care to.

work

well its saturday and I am at work again... I cant wait until this week is over... 1 and half hours :) the supervisor that is under me was off this past week and he usually handles all of the personnel issues- well we had catastrophic machine failures this week and 7 people had to be moved off their normal jobs for 3 weeks while we make repairs and I had to be the one to coordinate it all- well most of them weren't happy campers about moving from 1st to 2nd or 3rd shifts on the weekends, sooooo it pretty much sucked. I cant wait until I get to go on vacation for a week. (which is in two weeks) we are going to boston first to see becky and then go to the red sox game. then we are going up to maine to go camping in acadia, shop in ll bean, and see my friend carrie and dan and their baby. then we are headed to vt to fill our 84,000 growlers of magic hat and see the vermont teddy bear factory. oh I cant wait.

today I am working until about 11:30 then ryan and I are going to go garage sale shopping on our way home. I hope it isn't as disappointing as the last time we went. there was a "HUGE BARN SALE" a few weeks ago and we figured would be a good sale to get tools and such for our house. well we go to it and yes it was a HUGE BARN, but it was filled with crap like: USED boxers, bags of those hair rollers you sleep in, wigs, anything you would ever want to have if you owned a bird, and just plain junk. hope these ones today are better. we saw 3 on our way to work this morning though.

Tonight we have nicole and patricks wedding, it should be a good time. I am going to wear my new seventies skirt. Its sooo cute. I am sad that I am going to miss the Hahn family reunion, its always so fun and such good food.

tomorrow we are going to go to quaker run and go to the beach. its suppose to be 82 tomorrow. how fun!

bee's suck

A damn bee stung me today in my morning meeting! it hurt....

Ryan and i have been looking into getting a bigger car for road trips and such cause my bug is alittle too small and ryans truck gets terrible gas mileage soooo we need an inbetween size. we have been looking at all sorts of SUV's to find something we both like. well today on the radio they were talking about toyots highland hybrid. it gets 30 mpg and its a 4x4 (for me getting out of our driveway) sooo i think this is the kind i want now. its alittle more expensive than the non-hybrid but we will get some sort of tax break by having a hybrid car. and we will get way better gas mileage. yipppeee! the only down side is the color selection is not very good. white, black, gold - all blach!! then silver or blue metallic - those would be the only 2 i would consider.

i have to go weigh in for july tonight- i am NOT looking forward to it at all. i hope to have lost 1.4 pounds that i needed to. i havent been sore from my kickboxing class yet- i'm thinking its not as effective as my other aerobics class i took. i'm very surprised how well my foot is doing now that i am exercising again.

we got a major rain storm last night- trees were down all over the place on my way to work- thank good we got some rain, my tomatos are looking dead compared to cathy's plants.

6th book...

I finished the sixth book on Saturday on our way to the beach- it is the saddest ending in the history of Harry Potter. I must say that I do not like the way it ended. VERY SAD!!! but I also cant wait for the next one. I so want to know how they are going to end this series.

but other than that the weekend was so much fun- Ryan and I left around 4 on Friday and drove up to Syracuse. When we got there we went shopping at Joanns and Target. I got the cutest skirt at Target and a bunch of other good stuff. They have all of their little dogs supplies on sale (well some of them) I wish I could get my dogs to go around in a little bag. :) Then we went to bed kinda early- there was no going out this weekend. I got up at 7am Saturday so we could make it to the Kohl's morning madness sale. oooh that was fun, it felt like the day after thanksgiving all over again :) I got a really nice ottoman (blue velvet) that also is a storage container. very nice. we got tons of stuff on sale, Ryan finally got his AC DC shirt he has been searching for. Cath had a 15% off coupon too which made the sales even better. Then we went home and went to Lakeview. We got there about noonish. Right when we got out of the canoes two labs came to attach me and my dogs. there was a chocolate lab puppy and a big yellow lab. They were awful cute. cath even thought so. Patty and Linus did pretty good with all the dogs and people, they only barked when dogs actually walked by.
After the beach we went to red lobster...oh it was divine :)

I guy I work with has a sister who took his golden retriever a few years ago and bred this dog and had puppies. Well today he IM'd me and asked me if i wanted to see something cool- so i went to his computer and there was a web cam of his dog having puppies! (another litter of pups) apparently his sister and her husband couldnt be home all day today so they set up a web cam on her so they could see when she was in labor and go home. It was the strangest thing ever, and this poor dogs was all alone in labor. i saw 2 or 3 puppies but she must have more.

Linnie Loo

This morning Linus was in rare form-
I was reading my Harry Potter this morning after Ryan left cause he woke me up at 5:30 and I don't normally get up until 6:30. First I was laying down with my book on the pillow reading and Linus walked right across the pillow and layed on the book then I sat up so she brought her basketball up on the bed and was playing with it right next to me, then she turned looked at me and threw herself against my arm- like "helllo- play with me!!!" she is never like that to me- she does it usually to patty. who hates it. :)

So Harry Potter is so good- I want to bring it to work and read it at my desk... but at the same time I don't want it to be over- such dilemmas

harry potter

i can't believe that dad finished it already. i am on page 300 now but i am in no rush because the sooner you finish it the longer you have to wait for the next one. but it is getting very good.

today it isnt as warm out but i am still sweating from my lunch time walk.

i'm not that sore today from kickboxing, i must not have done all 84,000 situps correctly- i have my yoga class tonight though so after that i should be okay-

i mowed our lawn last night- it had gotten very long in only a week- i was very surprised. i think i need to water our garden tonight cause its not suppose to rain very much the rest of the week. which is good though cause ryan and i are going to syracuse and we want to go to the beach. fun fun.

fillings

well today i went and got one cavity filled but it took so long that i have to go back to get the other one done. my tooth is starting to ache a little bit.

i just got back from my first kickboxing class at the Y and i think i am going to be sore tomorrow from it. we did 84,000 situps.

i washed my car yesterday with the new soap system that cath and mike got me- it worked so nice. and ryan got me for my birthday an easel that i can use to draw or paint and a pad of canvases. its so cool. i think i am going to start with a painting of patty and linus- or maybe a drawing- what do you think?

ryan and i went to dinner last night and we were going to go to the drive-in but we were too tired- maybe another day this week we can go.

oh cath- you forgot the chicken!

its my birthday!!!

I feel so old today :)

well this weekend was crazy busy... I went to work saturday morning and then to the Italian Fest for a few hours and ran home showered/changed for the wedding. Ryans parents picked me up and we went to the outdoor wedding. it thundered during the ceremony but no rain fell. it was a nice short ceremony- then we went to the reception a waited and waited and waited for the party to get back. The rain slowed down the picture taking because they had to wait out the rain in between pictures. finally at 7:45 the wedding party was announced and we were allowed to eat. will and kristina had the cutest/creative centerpieces I have ever seen. each table was a city that they had visited in europe last year when they lived in switzerland for 6 months. and they had pictures of them and a little blurb about the place. and then everyone got a little thank you card that had a picture of them corresponding to the city of the table. very cute.

well during the wedding ryan, tammy, shane and I snuck over to the Italian fest for about 45 minutes.... it was soooooo crowded there. we saw everyone and their brother though. I also got a beer from someone then turned around and some drunk kid offered me $1.50 for it. (normally only $1 anyways) so I made some money there :)

ryan and I tried to do our dance that we learned for the wedding- we can only remember parts of it. I wish we had gotten it on video...

we left the reception a little after 1 and went to grannys for a beer then we went home. I was a little tipsy. I felt the need to finish off the head tables glasses of champagne...(yeah yeah I know- atleast I didn't screech at anybody) I think it gave me a bit of a headache sunday morning.

cath and mike stopped by sunday morning to visit for a few hours, it was very nice. I gave my dad his harry potter book- I already have 100 pages read dad- better get going on it!

GOT IT!!!

So ryan did end up going with me to the mall- the rehearsal dinner was real low key, i think he thought he was going to be missing a rager or something. It was such a good dinner though- we had grilled zuccini (well amongst other things) - but it was the best grilled Zuccini i've ever had. i know we have grilled it on the grill but i dont know what was on these. yummy!

so anyways we got to the mall about 20 of midnight and there were around 35 poeple already in line. at exactly 12:01 they started selling them and we got out of there at 12:11. so we made very good time. i got me one, my dad one, and kristina one for her wedding present.

I've read one and a half chapters and let me say ITS GOING TO BE GOOD!!!

Harry Potter

tonight the new harry potter book comes out... i WAS so excited to go to it until last night when ryan basically told me he is not going with me because Will is getting married and tonight is the rehearsal dinner and he wouldn't be able to leave it to go with me. now I'm talking about 12:01 am that the book store will be selling them. so I'm not sure yet if i want to go by myself yet. i might just wait till tomorrow morning. it was just so exciting 2 years ago when me and my dad went to barnes and noble to get the 5th book. we waited like 2 hours and with luck ended up right infront of cashiers at midnight- cause noone knew where they would be passing the books out. we got like the 3rd and 4th ones sold. it was awesome.

last night we went to the casino for the buffet- it was yummy as usual. i had about 35 king crab legs. mmm mmm. then we went back to my parents cabin and had a fire, even though it was close to 80 degrees. it was fun- a giant moth tried to kill my mom and there was the cutest little boy pomeranian at the cabin next to theirs, he had a lion cut. he was pattys size. patty and linus scared him though- i think they are a little aggressive :). he didn't ever bark either, i was so jealous. yeah and with out my knowledge sarah and junior took it upon themselves to take any camping supplies we had in our house/garage without asking. ryan said they could use our sleeping bags and i guess in their speak that means "take anything you need". feels like I'm back in high school when my clothes/stuff would disappear.

we didn't get home until 11:30 last night so i am so tired today. after work i have my golf league, dad is going to come down and golf with us too. should be fun. oh i got such good birthday presents, the automatic car washer thing from Mr. Clean, pretty colored golf balls, hello kitty tattoos, and the cutest hello kitty purse. i needed a new one for summer since my big ass purple purse is a little on the warm side with its fur...

have a wonderful weekend and be sure to get your copy of harry potter!!

Sweltering heat

wow it is so warm here. Patti and i just went for our walk at lunch and i think my entire shirt is drenched in sweat. so gross.

Some kid was stabbed in don's friendly tavern last night (becky and luanne- where you went while you waited for the brakes to be done) and they died. wow how scary.

there have been alot of deaths here lately, a 19 yr old kid died last thursday night while speeding down a road- he flipped right over a bridge guardrail and landed upside down in a creek. I think some kid died on a motorcycle too. Blood alcohol was like .25 and he wasn’t wearing a helmet. Not so smart...

i took my yellow bug to get inspected yesterday and the check engine light is on- which with the new law they wont pass it until they fix it. soooo i have to replace the oxygen sensor which is like $175 just for the part. agh, cars suck.

Headache

I have been getting headaches everyday lately, I don't know why.

it is so hot and humid here today. Its going to be 90 I think again. yesterday I had to golf in the 90 degree weather- it was soooo hot and horrible. and I golfed horrible on top of that. Alice carried her clubs though which must have been worse then me pulling my cart. when I got home I went swimming at ryans parents though- that was nice.

This week is going to be very humid. has everyone seen that a tropical storm is named Emily again? Hopefully nicole and patrick can get married this weekend without any problems from Emily. Will and Kristina are getting married on saturday here in olean and I just checked the weather and there is a 40% chance of rain/thunderstorms.

This weekend was fun- ryan and I went to see batman begins friday night. It was sooooo soooo good. I loved it. I want to watch it again. I think Christian bale is the best batman of all the others. saturday we went to letchworth state park hiking. I was so worried that patty and linus wouldn't be able to make the hike, but I should have been more worried about me making it! I'm in desperate need of going back to the gym. it was a lot of fun though and the waterfalls were beautiful.

kittens

no nothing new with the kittens, after Linus got the one they seemed to be hiding until last night i saw them again- there are 4 kittens left. Not sure what we are going to do. Esp since we found out its a felony to kill domestic animals. Soooo we might have to turn Linus in.

Friday

So nice to only have to work 2 days this week, and not use any vacation days...

yesterday was very nice i went shopping and then swimming at the Y. My arms were so sore afterwards. i need to start going to the gym again. i'm taking a kickboxing class and then ryan and i are going to take a yoga class once a week. Last night we went walking with the dogs- they really need to get back in shape for our big hike this weekend.

Tonight we are going to see batman returns, i can't wait. then tomorrow we are going to letchworth to go hiking for the day. the forecast is a little bad but i think we are going to risk it.

Patty's eye is STILL dilated.

liver transplant....

well the weekend is finally over... i'm working today but then i have tomorrow off and work on friday. its pouring today so i decided to work.

the weekend was so much fun- we hung out mostly with chad and kevin because this will be the last time chad is home before he goes to Iraq- so ryan wanted to see him. i dont like knowing people that are over there. Kevin said he will probably be going back sometime next year.

we saw fireworks sunday and monday night. Oleans were better than cuba's. both finales though were pretty disappointing.

I had to take patty to the doctor again yesterday because her eye got scratched on saturday somehow and so i put drops from ryans mom in her eye- but then her looked so weird (cause the drops make the pupil dilate...but i didnt know that) so i thought patty was going blind- her eye was all dilated and looked glossed over. but it isnt, she can see... $40 later it took though.

party time

let the parties begin....

i think its going to be a long weekend. esp since i have monday and tuesday and MAYBE wednesday off. ryan has already left for the party he is going to help brent cook chicken... i'm not sure if i can even eat chicken today i had it saturday and then all week. i think we still have some in the fridge and i know we have tons in teh freezer thanks to cath.
oh i put my pictures up on kodak- can anyone tell me what on earth cath is doing in the pictures where she looks like she is mental challenged? i think she might be dancing but i don't remember that.
its another beautiful day here only its not muggy, it's so much nicer. i have to go walk the dogs before the party then get ready to go. i'm in no rush though i dont think i will know too many people there until 4pm anyways.

Canada Day!

happy Canada day!! i just love those beady eyed, flappy jaw'd people.

well its finally a new quarter, new month- so work isnt so hectic. we didnt make our 2nd quarter numbers though, not good. esp when you get blamed for it.

i finally weighed in for the month of june too and it was bad- very bad.. i had to pay for only the 3rd time in 3 years. ugh. back on track now though- counting every point. its going to be a tough weekend because we have parties to go to on saturday, sunday, and monday. it will be alot of fun though.

Last night when i left work on my way to meet ryan to go grocery shopping my green bug wouldnt start. it wouldnt even turn over. i thought maybe the battery died but all my lights came on- plus i didnt know where the battery was even located (under the back seat-i now know) So i called ryan and he came and got me (isnt he soooooo amazing?!) we went shopping then when i got home we had just gotten our AAA cards, perfect timing. so i called them and we had to go meet the tow guy at work to get the tow. when we got there my bug started! i felt so bad for making the tow guy come all that way and then the bug started. but i'm happy it started. dont know whats wrong with it. its very inconvienant when it doesnt start.

More upsetting news is that there is nothing that can be done with the 4 kittens that live in our barn and upset my Patty and Linus and probably the neighbors. Well there is but we have to do it ourselves. i called the SPCA and they have a LONG waiting list for kittens. We looked at other animal shelter places but noone touches cats really, esp wild ones. So we now have to do something... not sure what and i dont think i even want to know about it. Ryan will have to do it secretly.

more cavities

i'm too busy now to write much- but just incase not everyone knew- i have 2 cavities and i am getting them filled july 19th. (the day after my birthday!! just incase you havent started thinking of my present)

cavities

Well i went to the dentist today and i have 2!!! (call me becky) cavities. i'm so upset. i need to start flossing again.

The party on saturday was fun- drank way too much as usual and then sunday we went to ryans parents for a chicken barbecue and i was suffering so. It was very good chicken though.

Yesterday was Patty's birthday she turned 4. she hasnt gotten presents from everyone yet...but i told her they were on their way. I baked some dog treats yesterday from a kit i got to make dog biscuits and made her a P one for her birthday. She is getting so old.

Tonight i need to start cleaning for my weekend guests. and i hope to take the dogs for a walk. they havent had a walk since before my surgery.

um...busy??

hello i have been too busy lately to update this....

work has been very busy this week and with taking off two days to go to north carolina it was even busier.... excuse me! I dont appreciate the rude comments.

Well so update- ryan and i went to north carolina's outer banks last weekend for a little vacation. it was so much fun, our weather was perfect. We got a little burnt too but nothing terrible. The water was too cold to go swimming so i think next year when we go its going to be in August.

Other than that nothing much is going on, only work.

Today is my work summer picnic and i am working this morning and i am suppose to be helping set up for the picnic so i really neeed to get moving. I'm already 20 minutes late. Tonight we are going out for nicoles bachelorette party. It should be a good time- just hoping for no bus incidents. i will be sure my name is not mentioned... i'm probably banned from using their buses forever.

We are also getting ready for our chicken barbeque next weekend- its going to be a blast (and good food) so everyone is welcome and can invite whoever.

no pictures

i dont know what i am doing wrong but i cant get my pictures to show up and now i lost half of my old post. agh. i give up.

i got my stitches out yesterday but i dont think they were healed all the way cause now i have to wear a bandaid so they dont split open. and last night when i went to shower i took the band aid off and could see my stitches open. EEEWWW. so i will not take the bandaid off again. i hate this.

Tomorrow night is the big football game. i hope portville wins, it wont be any fun to have to go to a party afterwards if they lost again. actually i hope that ryan doesnt get hurt this time even more.

crazy

i've been crazy busy lately at work- i can't do my blog regularly :) agh.

well the camping trip was very fun- we were lucky with the weather it only rained for a few hours. we got there friday night and pretty much just set up and sat by the camp fire. then saturday we went into the park and rode all the good rides. The viper wasnt working though, i was dissappointed since i think its my favorite. Then saturday afternoon (after we went to a bar in town to dry off and watch the yankees get embarressed by the red sox) we went back to ride the superman and when we got in line the roller coaster was starting to go up the steep hill and stopped right in the middle! well the ride never got started again and when we left the line the people were still sitting on the ride way up in the air!!! how scary. patty and linus were the hit of the campground everyone just loved them.... especially those lucky deaf people. Saturday night when they did the fireworks patty and linus were out with us by the fire and linus is VERY scared of fireworks. I felt so bad for her.

This is pattys first photo shoot. I did them myself... I tried to get linus to sit still for hers but she wouldnt. Patty just loves the camera

camping

well i am getting ready now for our first camping trip of the year. we are going to six flags darien lake so its not really camping since every site has water and electricity but still... the bad thing is its suppose to rain on saturday but its going to be 65, so thats warm atleast. i cant get my foot wet so it could turn into a problem. its only an hour and half from our house though incase i need to come home :) my foot is doing much better today though- my hop is almost gone. i think i am just afraid to put all my pressure on it. I am getting it cleaned today at the DR. i dont think i should look though because the bruises are pretty bad just on my toes and i might puke if i see my whole foot.
i have tomorrow off i'm so excited to have nothing to do but get ready for our trip. we get back sunday and i want to go get my plants and get them planted. My flower garden is already looking so good.

black toes

***Foot update*** oh last night i noticed my toes are bruising and turning black and blue!! it was so upsetting. i called my dr today and they said it was normal- and not to worry. but who wouldn't worry about black toes?!? i didn't let it go below my heart level all of yesterday once i noticed it was black.

no real bad pain, i'm still hopping pretty good though. i'm going to darien lake six flags for the weekend i hope i am alright by then.

hoppy

Well surgery is over!! Thank god. It went better than I was thinking it would- well recovery is better than I thought I guess. The actually surgery was crazy. I was so scared that they thought that had given me anesthesia and they hadn't, so I was afraid they were going to start cutting me and I would feel it. but they knew that and I was asleep and it was over before I knew it. I hate being in places they are sticking people with IV's. Oh I had to have an IV too. That was horrible cause I didn't want to move my arm once it was in, fear of sticking myself with the needle. I wasn't in any pain on Friday- just kept popping IB's and stayed off it. I'm sure cath couldn't wait to not hear "cath....Can you get..." Friday night we babysat Alyssa. She is so cute. Mental note though- don't let becky babysit children.... she does a very good darth vader impersonation with a black towel. :)
Saturday we went to the dump and becky and mom had to do everything- it was kind of funny to watch. I had to hide though when the dump attendant wanted to know where mom's tag was. she talked her way out of trouble :) after that we went to ryans parents house for a barbecue where I ate way too much.
Saturday night was the big party at the PC. We played beer pong and becky and I came in 2nd place. Then cath made her karoke debut. We sang brown eyed girl and country road by John Denver. I'm sure we were very entertaining. Thank god most people had already left.
Sunday I layed on the couch for 80% of the day. soooo nice. we watched shall we dance, dumb movie- don't waste your time. Then it was cold case season finale- which was soooooo good. and desperate housewives season finale too. Now I cant wait till next season!
all the good shows are over- this is going suck when I have no more tv to watch.

gas leak

I drove my vintage bug home from work last night, well first I had a bunch of errands to run with it. Driving through olean I only stalled twice. both times at a light. nobody honked at me this time though. its going to take alot of getting used to, driving this standard car. I don't know why anyone would LOOK for a standard car when they have automatics....

so anyways on my way home I filled the bug for the first time. I got it with half a tank of gas and used almost all of it. When I was driving home from the gas station it smelled ALOT more like gas than normal. When I pulled into the drive way Ryan came to the window and was like "EMILY, you're leaking gas all over!!" I went to the front of the bug and sure enough in a matter of seconds there was a puddle of gas and a stream still coming out the front. I thought oh no there is a hole in my gas tank! But it was just the overfill area in the gas tank- I must have overfilled it. From now on I am going to put in a half a tank at a time. Good thing I didn't have anything stored in my trunk- or it would have been covered in gasoline. I still can't believe anyone put anything valuable in a bug's trunk. It is so dirty and gross.

got the sticker!!!!

Finally got my bug back today. It rides sooo much better with new tires and ball joints. I cant wait to drive it all over town today... I have to weigh in tonight though so my exciting day might go right down the toliet when i do.

My mom is coming down tomorrow with rhubarb to make some rhubarb pies, mmm mmm. i think my second favorite. then becky and dad are coming down friday night. we are going to have a BBQ at our house saturday afternoon. the weather for the weekend looks really good highs into the 60s and 70s on sat and sunday.

Hope everyone is having a great wednesday

P.S. Cath- my bug is no jalopy!

allergies?

So yesterday i got all my tests done so that its okay to have my surgery. I got sick or allergies over the weekend, so i am crossing my fingers and popping vitamins hoping i will be 100% by friday. i get my surgery done at the hospital. They are going to admit me and give me a wristband! and my own room. Cath is coming down thursday night and we have to be at the hospital at 6:30 in the AM!! I should be home by lunch though, and i am not allowed to walk on it for 24 hours. With the few exceptions. I have to keep my big bandage on for a week without removing it and wear one of those big open shoes. Thank god i dont have to clean the wound. I HATE that.

I have to go get my pain medicine filled today. We'll have to see how alcohol and pain medicine mix :)

My bug FINALLY got worked on yesterday. for 3 days it sat at J & R's not getting fixed. I took it home for the weekend and fixed the accelerator pedal myself! first thing i have actually accomplished on the bug. And i got my license plates on. so exciting. hopefully i can pick it up today. Then cath will be able to drive me to the hospital in it :)

Thank god for caryn's big mouth

I thought for sure i was out of the game.... she is dumb- i hate these people that go on survivor and think that they are going to be told the truth by everyone. HELLOOO have you ever seen the show before? but luckily for me i am still in it. i think i have a pretty good chance of winning.

tires and ball joints

Well, my bug has been at the mechanic for a whole day now, and it is going to end up costing me about $600. Almost as much as the whole bug was... Good thing i didn't buy a more expensive one. I need new tires and new ball joints. so hopefully it will ride alot better. Oh and a new windshield but i already knew that. Hopefully by Friday i will have it back and be able to drive it over the weekend.

When my foot is unable to use the clutch i am going to rebuild the carburetor. Hopefully that goes better than the accelerator pedal.

I am getting my hair cut today for the summer, atleast 2 inches cut off and my highlights redone. Can't wait- my roots were getting alittle out of hand.

I didnt see the amazing race last night, i taped it so noone ruin it for me

inspection day

I havent written in 5 whole days....way too long according to becky.

Well exciting news... yesterday i got my plates for my bug and 10 days to get it inspected. So last night ryan and i got to take our first legal drive in it. it was so exciting. i dropped it off this morning at the inspection place. so cross your fingers it doesnt cost too much to get it inspected. I need to have the windshield replaced so i know it wont be done today. tomorrow i need to take it to the glass place.

not so exciting news... My surgery is going to be may 20. my mother is going to come take care of me on friday, good thing too because my husband is going to go to a fundraiser on friday night. even if my mom wasnt coming he said he would go. not a very good nurse. My graduation party is the next night so hopefully i will be feeling good enough to enjoy the party.

We got a lot done on the house and shed this weekend. Linus got stung by a bee on thursday night, her face blew way up. it didnt seem to bother her too much. We also let Patty and Linus meet Zoe the new rotweiller that moved in next store. She is so cute- but i'm terrifed of how big she is going to get.

We went to the Stink Fest saturday also- it was cold and rainy and i'm not sure what rocks the people crawled out from under to get there. some very scary people... it was really good food though.

Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!

today is officially margarita day.... so everyone enjoy! i actually got terrible news yesterday my cancer on my foot is REAL and i have to have it surgically removed. I'm looking at may 20 or 24th. i'm hoping it wont be until the 24th because then my graduation party on the 21st will SUCK if i just had surgery.

now june 25th has opened up for a party at our house. i'm thinking of a good theme, maybe a 70's party, any thoughts on that? or any other ideas are welcome.

i got to mow the lawn for the first time with the new lawn mower yesterday, tons of fun. it took a little over an hour which isnt bad. the grass had actually gotten pretty long. it was sooo cold though, i was in my winter gear. this morning we had a bad frost and i hope my tulips didnt die. tomorrow its suppose to get warmer and in the 70's by sunday.

Cheers!

graduate

I am an official St Bonaventure graduate as of today. I had my last class last night- granted it was step aerobics for an hour. i have a crazy professor, the last course i had with him he had us do a pilates class. ??? but anyways after our last class ryan and i went to the village green to celebrate. And carrie and ann and bird stopped by too. Bird is home from Iraq for 2 weeks.

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo - or as i like to think of it as Margarita day.

This weekend we are going to Stink fest in Bradford. its the leek festival. should be good food there.

Ya yas

Oh I forgot to tell everyone- did you know there is another ya ya book? Its called ya-yas in bloom. I'm reading it right now, when I am done anyone who wants to can borrow it. its good.

well thank you everyone who sponsored me in the march of dimes walk. it was yesterday. luckily we made it through the whole thing without any rain. and linus walked the whole thing and patty I only had to carry for a minute. I'm so proud of them. we did 5.6 miles in under 2 hours. they will definitely be able to hike with us cause we wont walk that fast when we hike.

we watched finding neverland this weekend, it was soooo sad. i had no idea it was a sad movie. a little slow to start but i liked it alot.

I start my new job today... hopefully everything goes smoothly. our corporate president and vice president are coming to visit in 2 weeks and i have to give them a tour of the plant... oh its those things that make me so nervous...

Without a Trace

Did anyone tape without a trace?!? I need it because that damn president talked for an hour and my vcr didn't go an extra hour so I missed it. How funny is this bride from georgia too? such a without a trace case!

I watched survivor last night, even though becky already ruined it for me. i'm so mad stephenie got voted off, they are so dumb. if I was her, when I was walking off to get my torch put out I would have turned around and said "F-you all you idiots, now Tom is going to win" definitely not "good luck".

I went and saw reel big fish Thursday night, the show was very good. brought back so many memories of hungry charlies :) there weren't too many people there though. I guess when the band is 6 years old and the people at st bonaventure were only 12 that the turnout wont be great. they have a new album out- i've ordered it already. they have some really funny songs on it.

I have another linus is from mars story. I bought her some tablets that are suppose to deter her from eating poop and i gave her her first pill last night. I have never had to give linus medicine before so i wasnt sure if i had to shove it down her throat like i do for patty (and buster was the same way) so i thought well shes crazy maybe she will just swallow it. so i acted like it was a treat and made her sit- then gave it to her and she just chomped away at it. loved it! hopefully it works so i dont have to get licked by poopy face anymore

Ok- well enough procrastinating I have homework to do.

MARCH OF DIMES

The walk is tomorrow morning- if you haven't sponsored me yet now is your chance! Think too that i am going to be walking in the cold and rain.... and its for the babies

Its finally friday!!

This week seemed to be forever long. Not even sure what i am doing this weekend besides homework but i'm excited to sleep in. We were going to til our garden but it suppose to be cold and rainy all weekend. maybe even snow.

My tulips are up! and i think my daffodils are coming up too. i cant wait to get my gnomes and glass ball out.

Some more work got done on the shed last night, it looks like a building now- i'll send out some more pictures this weekend.

busy week

well this has been a very busy week... i haven't been able to drive my bug since sunday! ugh. I have been ordering all the parts i need to get it on the road though- i still need to get tires. But i think i will wait till i take it to inspection before i do that. My mechanic got me a good deal on tires before so hopefully he will again.

tonight we are going to put lanolium in our bathroom and tear up the carpet. i can't wait. i HATE carpet in the bathroom.

last night on the amazing race the gay guys got eliminated. i liked them- i was hoping that dumb gretchen would get voted off. Don't you think its a lot harder to push a huge elephant when her dumb ass is sitting in it?!!?! Then later in the show she was complaining about how slow their elephant was?! they annoy me so much. It was a bad week for gay people on reality shows.... first coby got voted off surivior and now the amazing race.

it has been so nice and warm here this week, 75 yesterday and 70 today. its going to rain though and then this weekend is suppose to be cold again. like high in the 40s or 50s.

I finished another scrapbook on Monday, so i have one more on my list to do then i am taking a break for real.

Oh i heard the most upsetting news on monday, a friend of ours has a mini-dachsund and on friday it was bit by another dog in its own yard - they took it to the vet but the vet couldnt save her and she died! I have never heard of such a thing, very upsetting because i dont think my patty is much bigger than their dog. Linus on the other hand i am not worried about. how sad....

lessons

Well it's sunday and I offically own a 1974 VW beetle. We didnt get the back to our house until midnight friday night. It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get to Bellwood because we had to stop in BRadford to drop off the 4 wheeler and then we got detoured because a train had set a fire and closed a road. The best part is that when PA closes a road they dont give you a detour route and the gas stations dont sell PA maps. Luckily we still found my bug.

Well we get there and the guy has 3 bugs, my very nice condition green one and 2 other old parts looking bugs.

The bug was too long for the trailer to close so we had to take the trailer ramps off and hold the bug in with straps. It was a very stressful ride home because the whole time i was waiting for the bug to fall off the back. So we got home safely and just left it on the trailer til the next morning. Then at 9 the next morning we had to take it off the trailer and put the trailer back together to return it to ryans grandpa- it took about 30 minutes to get the car from the bottom of the street into the garage. I think i stalled about 13 times. I realized I need a little std practice before I can go in public. It doesnt help that the gas pedal is broken off and all i have to step on is a little metal piece AND that the seat wont move up and i cant reach the clutch without seating halfway up the seat. but i still love it.

Last night ryan and i decided we needed to ride it again and so i took it over to Wolf creek rd with no insurance, no registration, no inspection, no plates. not risky at all. oh and bad tires :).

it was so much fun though- i got the hang of the shifting and only stalled once. it was sooo much fun. i just love it.

1 more day....

Tomorrow i'm going to get my bug!! i have to go get the money order today, i think getting that makes it feel more official. Ryan and I are leaving here about 3 so we might make it back still in the daylight. I will take pictures of it- dont worry. i forgot too i'm going to have to get it inspected since its coming from PA. hope it passes...

last night i shoveled gravel forever because this winter the plow people put it all in our lawn. oh the troubles of owning a house. but luckily we have a 4-wheeler cause i was able to haul the gravel to the driveway. This weekend i will probably do some more. we have probably 3 more loads to do. The nieghbor kid helped me last night too. just out of nowhere he comes with a shovel. normally i cringe when i see him coming because he usually stays for hours at a time, but i was happy yesterday.

Linus has found her new sleeping spot- she sleeps under the bed hiding behind a pillow. Its so funny cause it took two times where i thought i lost her before i realized she was under the bed. Patty has never even gone under the bed - so this is something new. we have been training Patty and Linus for our hiking trips this summer, they can do about 2 miles no problem- we need to up to about 9 to hike with us though. i might need to look into a carrier for them.

finally...

well i think i finally got the pictures from this weekend (and 2 weekends ago) on Ofoto. I will send the link out to everyone today. It took 3 tries for my stupid computer to upload them. I hate my computer with a passion sometimes. Some days it works super fast and normal (like today) and then some days it is slower than death. so frustrating especially when you have time constraints and need something done.

I got my grade back on my presentation (A!!!) now i just have one case study to do on starbucks and i have a masters degree!! i should get that done probably in the next two weeks. This cinco de mayo is going to be the best one ever since i will also be celebrating never having to go back to bonas with all those stupid 5th years.

Well Happy Wednesday!!