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...