housework

finally got the "we have alot to do to our house before the baby is born" bug into ryan. This week he has been painting our bedroom- it looks so nice- i love the color its making it look very classy. he is doing one wall a night though so pictures wont be up until next week. tonight we have yard work to do instead of painting and then cath and mike are coming to visit so it will be 3/4 done when they see it. i can start decorating the walls he has finished. this weekend while ryan and mike are golfing, cath and i will be slaving in the garden. hopefully not in the rain too. it will be nice to have the outside of the house looking complete. We only have one more room to paint after the bedroom and then the spare bathroom to update and we should be ok. Besides actually finishing unpacking our stuff. i only have 51 more days till this baby is born- its crazy how fast it has gone.

Cleveland

Well this weekend was one of ryans friends wedding in cleveland. we drove to cleveland saturday morning (left at 4am!) got there in time to walk the dogs and get ready for the wedding and go. (oh dog owners- FYI red roof inn is pet friendly.) the ride actually wasnt too bad- i was expecting to be uncomfortable for the whole 7 hours but i didnt pretty good- i was actually able to sleep alittle too. ryan drove 5 of the 7 so that helped too. the wedding was a catholic ceremony and lasted a little over an hour. then we had 3 hours before the reception so we went back to the hotel walked the dogs again and i took a little nap. Then we went to the wedding which was at the brides family business- they own a catering service and a banquet center- so it was very nice. i think someone said 400 people were there. the dinner was good- but the cookies and cake were the best! by 10:30ish i was ready to go- my feet were hurting and everyone was pretty drunk so there was lots of dancing- i managed to get ryan to go home about midnight. but even then the party was still going strong. i wonder what time it ended- i bet the sun was up. because they own the place there was no time limit...

the next morning wasnt so pleasant...we got up about 9am and were on the road by 10- we had to make an unexpected stop for ryan...too much beer :) luckily him and his friends never got into the shots or liquor.

oh ryan also says next time we move its going to be to ohio- we stopped at a cvs to get some bandaids for my new shoes and he wanted to get some beer- well in ohio they sell beer, wine, liquor and champange in drug stores! he was so excited...

here are the pics from the wedding

Survivor Update #11

Survivor Update will be delayed because princess becky hasnt seen it yet...


**UPDATE**

I couldnt believe what a baby Ozzy was being about getting voted off...he should be kind of embarressed now i think. Half way through the episode i was liking Natalie- but by the end of the episode i was thinking shes a little too cocky and a little coockoo - talking about taking Jasons jugular and flossing with it.

Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

Phillies-Mets

Saturday we went to the Phillies-Mets game. We went down extra early so that we could walk around the stadium and watch the warm ups and batting practice. it was cool- it reminded me of when I was little and we would go to the syracuse chiefs games and get autographs from the baseball players. One home run from batting practice came within 100 feet of me and that was enough- scared the crap out of me. I saw where our seats for the red sox game will be- very good seats. I want to go early to that game too because then atleast i will know the players that are warming up. I dont know any mets or phillies players. It was a beautiful day too- 80 degrees and sunny.

The downside to the day was our section. We got up to our seats and it was pretty much empty- and it was 5 minutes before the game started. It soon started to fill up with Mets fans. And not just mets fans- but mets fans who had taken a bus to philly and apparently started drinking the second they got on the bus. 'obnoxious drunk new yorkers' was used about these people numerous times throughout the game. About the 3rd inning the first fight broke out. And two people were escorted out of the game. I think every inning after that the police and security were up in our section. i had some beer spilled on me...a drunk guy almost fell on me as he was passing by my seat, a drunk man was in the womens bathroom- claiming it was a 'uni-sex' bathroom. The attendants from our section were pretty rude to everyone because of the crowd i think. i had to show my ticket everytime i left and came back. People were warned that no 'cursing' was allowed- and one drunk kid behind me was told to sit down and watch the game or he would be kicked out. so the kid sat down right behind me and complained for about 30 minutes on how he couldnt stand up. How he was going to talk to that attendants manager. meanwhile this kid was slurring every word out of his mouth and when the phillies scored yelled 'its only 1 point'... so as a manager i would definately listen to what unfair treatment this kid was getting.

Pics of the day

all in all i've decided that sporting events in philly are going to be filled with drunks...

first blister of the summer

well since we have had 2 days now of 80 degree weather i officially consider it summer. yesterday i walked the poochies and got my first blister. another sign of summer. i would think by now my feet were tough enough to not get blisters but it never fails every summer i get terrible blisters. My flowers are all blooming too and we mowed the lawn already.

i think the weather down here is really different from western NY and CNY for that matter. i hope i like it. I'm not a fan of the heat heat. I actually really like winter and snow... i hate rain and unbearable heat.

This weekend we are staying at home...whoo hooo. tomorrow we are headed to philly for the Phillies-Mets baseball game. Should be a fun time. We are going early too so we can watch warm up and things like that. And we also just bought tickets for a yankees game in May. Its a mad rush to go to yankee stadium b/c its the last year. i personally have no desire to go but ryan and his parents want to. i figure since he has been to countless red sox games i shouldnt put up too much of a stink. but i am not that excited about it. the only cool part is that we are going to take a train from NJ to the city so that will be fun.

Survivor Update #10

Well they got ozzy....i didnt think they did the way they showed the vote results. i liked how they showed ozzy right before tribal council saying how jason was 'outwitted and outplayed and thats the game' and then he was! ha ha ha. i wonder if he will be so mad still by the time jury comes around. i think that cirie should win- she is the mastermind.


Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

long hours in the rav

Well this weekend i spent 14.5 hours in the car. Friday night we went to portville. good murphy story that night. ryans mom made us a quilt and was showing it to me on the bed. murphy had jumped up on the bed and was sniffing all over the quilt. i said to him "murphy this is for the baby" and he immediately lifted his leg and peed on the new baby quilt! thats what he thinks about her apparently. I was so shocked i could barely even yell at him. I screamed in disgust because he practically peed on my hand and he jumped off the bed and ran out of the room.

saturday i went up to buffalo for a shower and bachelorette party for my friend, and some shopping in between to kill time. It was a good time. i wont be able to make the wedding so i am glad i got to go to this.

sunday we went to see the baby- got a few pics of her, i took most of them on ryans camera so i dont have them. i took a video of her in her swing for auntie B. hopefully i can figure out how to post it. its very exciting...

here are the pics from the weekend.

Survivor Update #9

How great is the name of the new tribe?? Dabu...and erik getting a kick out of himself for making it up and noone else questioning it. I decided this episode I dont like Parvarti...is it only me who doesnt remember eliza trying to vote her off before?

Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

baby shower

This past weekend we headed up to f-ville for my baby shower. It was so much fun- we
played lots of fun games. i have been waiting to play the diaper game where you put melted candy bars in a diaper and you have to figure out what kind of candy bar it is ever since i saw it on girls next door. it was as fun as i thought it would be! And i got to see so many people i havent seen in forever. we got the cutest hello kitty stuff too. things i didnt even know they made. ryan was thrilled. the best though when i was showing ryan and junior a hello kitty stuffed animal that lights up and has a song- and junior states matter of factly- "thats going to scare the shit out of her" :)

Pics of the weekend

We drove home yesterday and unpacked presents and rearranged the nursery a bit. its all coming together...

oh we watched pans labyrinth last night too. that was really good, strangely gruesome at times but good- however i had no idea it was all in subtitles. ryan loves when i pick movies.

Survivor Update #8

Well becky is out now...alittle surprised they voted ami instead of erik- but i think they have a better chance with winning challenges with erik over ami- even though they go into the merge next week. I must say i have never seen such honesty in tribal councils before this season. its kind of weird. i laughed so hard at the preview for next week with eliza telling jason that his 'immunity idol' is JUST A STICK. and it was classic when james was opening the beer bottles with his teeth...and ryan said he used to do that in college with his frat brothers. oh how his mother would be so happy to know she spent her savings on his braces and he bit off beer bottles with his teeth afterwards.

Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B