unfinished projects

well we didnt finish the garage this weekend, we ran into a few snafus... Saturday morning ryan started bright and early while i slept in. about 10 am it was time for me to help steer the bug out of the garage. so the garage was pretty much empty by 11am. Thats when the painting was to start- but that was the first problem- we tried to use the spray painter ryan got for christmas- after a trip to lowe's we still couldnt get the sprayer to work- so we gave up with that and ryan started to paint with a roller. Painting wasnt finished until about 6pm. Ryan then started building his bench and got alittle done and then gave up for the day.
sunday it took all day for the bench to be built, so by sunday night we had very little done. but we were invited to a party of one of ryans coworkers so we went to that. The coworker of ryans is vietnamese but lived in cambodia most of his life. when we got there i had a corona handed to me..if only :) and then after that a steady stream of cambodian food- i ate some curry soup - the broth was very good, a little spicy but yummy. when i noticed ryan pulling things out of his mouth and putting them on his plate i decided to stick to the broth. turns out it was chicken in the soup- bones and all. and the chicken had been killed that morning at the asian grocery store nearby. too much information and freshness for me. i was "full" soon after that came out. ryan thought it was cool- he had some chicken wings after that- he said they were very good. i wouldnt know.
ryan proceeded to drink alot- so monday morning he was alittle slow getting back to work.












monday we organized as much as we could and then went to a nearby lake to take the dogs for a walk and have a picnic. the park was beyond packed though with lots of dogs - so it wasn't that relaxing...

organize

its so strange not to have a survivor update to post.. but it never fails i have a house project to report on. this weekend we are going to tackle the garage. the plan is to remove everything- paint the walls and ceiling and then unpack and organize it all back in. and all this in 2 days. we want to have monday to relax but we could always finish monday. and i am not suppose to lift heavy things- so ryan is going to be very tired by monday.

i'll be sure to post the before/after pics.

Tonight we are going to see Iron Man... after getting such rave reviews from becky i want to see it...and i have always loved RD jr too. i havent been to a movie since last year i bet. with netflix i just put them on my queue when they start advertising them in the theaters and before you know it they have been released and delivered in the mail. so much thriftier :)

Hello Kitty will rule the world!!!

proof she is on her way....

NYC

This weekend ryans parents came down to visit and go to a NY Yankees game...since the stadium is closing this year...so we paid 4X's the face value of a ticket and took 3 trains/subways to get up to the game- walked a million and 2 steps to our seats. we literally were the very last row of the stadium. the nice part about it was you could stretch your legs into the steps...but i held on the my seat the whole time- it was quite high and scary...and i only went to the bathroom once- thank god it was a quick game. i was not treking up and down those steps more than once. The game actually was alot of fun- there were no drunks that could spill beer on us either- it was literally impossible. the guy sitting in front of us had come all the way from alaska for the game. note to anyone going to yankee stadium- they dont let you bring in backpacks- we had to check our backpacks at a bar across from the stadium and put anything we wanted into a plastic bag...at the phillies stadium i could have brought rolling luggage if i wanted...
The yankees didnt win but it was an exciting game- lots of runs. i was so exhausted by the end of the day though- we did alot of walking around after the game too. i think i'm still sore.

we took the subway to the WTC and got the best view of ground zero- the subway runs/ran right into the bottom of the building. it made me realize that people were probably in there when the buildings collapsed though. scary.

here are the pics from the game

we also pretty much finished the nursery- a few more shelves and pictures to go up but 90% done...here some pics if you want to see them too.

SOLD!!

We finally only own 1 house!!! so exciting!!! our house sold today... thank god- i was starting to panic about it...thinking it would never sell. we didnt make any money on it and we put alot of money/work into it- but oh well. atleast its no longer our problem.

RIP Portville house

road trip # 84,700

This weekend was another road trip- this time we went to portville for my baby shower. It was alot of fun. I got soooo much cute stuff. I havent really gotten to really look at anything yet though- we didnt really have a lot of room to bring stuff back and ryans parents are coming down this weekend for a yankees baseball game so they are bringing our presents. so it will be like the shower all over again this weekend. :) Sunday morning we made breakfast for the mothers on mothers day. it was yummy.

here are beckys pics from the shower. luckily she got a new camera and didnt forget to bring it to the shower because I did.

Last night we got home about 7 and had to quickly plant a bunch of rose plants and other plants. We finished just in time to start watching survivor. needless to say i am very tired today at work.

Final Survivor: Fans vs Favorties Update

Well Hope should have won IF Amanda didnt choke every time she got infront of the jury- oh it was so frustrating to watch her answer questions. it was flashback to survivor china. only this time she actually had a good case and SHOULD have won. I wanted amanda or cirie to win- i didnt want parvarti to win. i dont think she was a mastermind at all. it was a bizzaro jury though. what was up with natalies question? i think she was hitting on parvarti.


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

Survivor Update #13

OMG!! I felt so bad for Erik!! it was too hard to watch when i thought he might give the necklace to Natalie...and then he did! he is so innocent and so not bitter- in his after video he wasnt even mad. i just cant get over him. I loved James reaction too- I really think Cirie should win- was it her idea for this? I couldnt remember. Anyways that was one of the best episodes...


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

Happy Birthday To Murphy!!

today is murphys 2nd birthday. I will add pictures of his birthday party tonight - but thought it would be reminiscent to put last years picture of him being tortured with a party hat...i think i have a nice hello kitty party hat for this year. i made him a special dog biscuit too.

Survivor Update #12

Two more people out...this is a record. i was sad to see James have to leave. He really is a geninuine person who you just wanted to win the money. And finally the idol has been played- that was exciting not knowing if she found- i didnt think she had the way she was playing it up so bad. Next week will be interesting- the previews were good- Oh now that we are down to the end- Nicole and Anna still need to pay. Also you can check out this link to see the videos of the people who already got voted off. Becky highly recommends them.


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