going green

as most of my family knows i am all about going green...(they are way in the red zone)...well last night ryan and i made our first batch of laundry detergent...i'm going to test it out tonight. i'll let you know how it works. and if anyone is interested the recipe is on the simple dollar website. (oh yeah its alot cheaper than buying detergent too) it reminded me of making homebrew...which also reminded me we havent made a batch for probably a year- our last batch i think was our irish stout for st pattys day.

me being pregnant has helped out finances because we buy ALOT less beer...i dont think i drank THAT much...but maybe i did...or ryan is drinking less but i find that unlikely cause i feel like he drinks an awful lot.

scrapbook away...

i'm so excited this weekend i got my scrapbook area set up...well almost set up...a good start anyways. i went and got a 6 foot table and a storage organizer to be my scrapbook area. i have unpacked 3 boxes of stuff and i think i have everything. its so hard because i dont know exactly what i have so i dont know if i am missing a box. i still cant find my container of homemade cards. which is really making me mad- but atleast now i can make some new ones.


















we also painted the laundry room and moved a shelf in from the garage. it looks nice. while moving the shelf from the garage we rearranged and got my bug inside. i am soooo happy about that. it hurt me a little everytime i came home and saw my bug in the rain or snow... so now its safely in the garage. still not running though... it was about 40 degrees and sunny today. very nice. ryan and i were commenting on how we never would be doing something outside in january back in portville.

this is the fence that finally got finished.

adventurous morning

i'm currently in tennessee on business... i flew out this morning and it was awful...besides having to get up at 5:30am...i left with 1 hour to get to the airport, 1 hour to get to my gate. when i got to the first highway from my house traffic was backed up all the way to the toll booths. it took me 30 mins to get 5 miles b/c of an accident. so i got to the airport in 1:15 minutes, took 15 minutes to find a parking spot- then i went to the electronic check in- checked in, hit "0" bags to check in... went up to security line it wasnt too long so i thought for sure i'd be okay. i take my sneakers off, get some of my stuff in the bins to go through the xray machine and i hear this woman yelling "ma'am...ma'am that wont fit as a carry on you have to check that" talking to me about my suitcase. i looked at her and said i cant go back and check this or i will miss my flight. she didnt seem to care about that- so...i run back down the stairs in my socks- back to the machine i left 10 minutes before to see if it will let me add a check in luggage...and it gives me the error - cant check in within 30 minutes of departure see a ticket agent. so i finally get someone to explain that i have to rebook- that i wont make my flight. i was soooooo mad- almost in tears because i was soooooo close. so i go to tticket counter, put my sneakers back on...and rebook a later flight which isnt a direct flight and i am 3 hours later than my original plan. oh well i guess. more miles for my card. oh and i was charged $25 for that change. agh. what was worse was the lady next to me had thought her flight was at 9:20 in the am - and she was very early for it- but it actually was at 7:25 and she had missed it....

slow week

nothing very exciting has been going on here in PA- we have been resting still. i dont think we have done anything with the house since before the new years guests. last night we did sell our fridge on craigslist. we had quite the experience trying to sell that fridge. first person was a scam artist, the second person made 2 appointments and never showed and never emailed me about not showing, the third person also missed an appt and never called/emailed. we had this person coming to get it last night and we were taking bets on if they actually were going to show. luckily they did and we have some more room in the garage.
we have been very lucky buying things on craigslist though- we bought a nice crib and dresser for the babys room and a desk for our computer. i'm looking now for another desk for my scrapbooking/card making stuff. i need to get that organized- i have had to *buy* cards recently and i dont like it. :)

this weekend we are headed to syr for sarahs baby shower. murphy is so excited to go- he has never been to a baby shower before.

one more person...

we will need one more person for the survivor pool- i have 9 so far, so if anyone knows someone who wants to play...
and we will draw the names 1 fan and 1 fav for each person. winner takes all. it will be cool to see this one.

linus went to the vet on friday and she didnt think it was anything yet...but i have to keep an eye on it and if it gets bigger, redder, or discharges i will have to take her back to be sedated and a sample taken. so hopefully it heals up.

survivor

the new survivor starts feb 7th... so who is in??

can you belive they are bringing johnnny fairplay back??? ew. maybe he will poop on someone and get kicked off....

yau-man is back too...

there are 20 people so that means we can have 10 people in the pool this time


***UPDATE***

what do you think about having each person have 1 fan and 1 fave??

Linnie Loo Hoo

Linus has this weird pink mole on her lip/mouth. i'm taking her to the vet tomorrow- i'm alittle concerned- do you think it looks normal??

RENT

We took the train into the city on saturday to see RENT. we left our house with more than 45 minutes to get to the train station and we just needed to grab some lunch and get cash. we never thought we would be running to the train practically jumping on it while still moving. quite an adventure but we made it. luckily too cause it was fun not to have to worry about directions or traffic. It took alittle over an hour to get there. then we have probably 10 minute walk to the theater. it was the artsy area of town. lots of theaters and such.






















The show was very good- i had seen the movie before and I thought the show was similar but better. it was amazing what they did with such a simple set- it was background and then 2 (beer pong) tables and some metal foldup chairs. for every scene in the whole thing. i was surprised at how many children were there watching. i dont think i would have taken my children.

2008!!

i cant believe its 2008 already... new years eve was pretty laid back- besides for the cranium game that got alittle too stressful for me. some people cant just relax and have a fun game... becky, carrie, ryan and i played cards - BS and world war. it wasnt too bad being around a bunch of drunks, it was quite humorous. not like the football game was. well i should say 1 drunk - RB. at 9:45 am when she said she was on her 3rd beer i should have stopped her or atleast slowed her down. because in the 3rd "inning" there was no stopping her, it was far too late. she got soooo loud and wouldnt stop calling me (and the woman sitting in front of us) a b*tch and taking my picture (and the woman sitting in front of us). Then when we got to the truck to leave in the pouring rain she was like "i need some more beer for the ride!" when i wouldnt let her she opened a bottle of wine and preceded to try and get ryan and i to drink it. after about 30 mins she passed out...

monday we got to go see renoir at the museum of art- which was pretty cool. and we went to the irish pub for lunch.

i have done nothing but lay on the couch since all our guests left. its been very nice. and luckily tomorrow is friday again. we are going to take a train into philadelphia saturday and see "rent". i am very excited.