Murphy

Murphy is the name of the new puppy. I liked charlie better (to go with Linus and Peppermint Patty) but ryan said no. he is mean sometimes.

Murphy apparently cried all day yesterday my neighbor told me. so that is not good. luckily grammy and grampy stayed over last night after the pearl party and were able to keep him company today. cath went out this morning and he was crying and shivering in his dog house. poor baby.

linus is still not liking him at all. lucy and franklin and mindy came over yesterday and all seem to be okay with him. its just linus who hates him.

puppy

well we finally got the puppy-
we picked him up last night and he cried the whole car ride home- well he cried, then puked on me, then fell asleep. he is so adorable. here is the link to the pictures. some are from our camping trip and cleveland trip this weekend.

Pics Here

he slept until about 2:30 in the morning then cried on and off all morning. ryan has night duty :)
patty seemed fine with him, sniffed him and then went on her normal way. Linus however is scared of him. her ears are down and she will bark at him when he cries. and if he makes any sudden movement she runs away. very not like her. she even went in her cage on her own last night. she has done that maybe once in her life. I'm a little concerned about her.

one week to go

one week from today we will have our new puppy. they added new pictures on the link, so check them out again. we need to start getting our house ready. we also got our new fence for him and need to put it up.
this weekend we are going camping and then going to cleveland to see wicked and the yankees/indians game. then when we get back its puppy time.

ooooh greys anatomy is soooo good. we can't stop watching it.

fiesta

so the fiesta went off without a hitch.... i'll post some pictures tonight maybe i havent even put them on my computer yet though. so it will probably be tomorrow. Our dogs are still exhausted from the excitement of the party. all the kids just loved the dogs.
yesterday after we cleaned and ate at spragues and cath and mike went camping- we sat on the couch and watched 5 episodes of greys anatomy. it is such a good show!!
tonight we are watching some more.

so my birthday is in less than a month...if anyone needs any ideas i've been thinking.
things i want for my birthday:
Laguna beach season 2
a redsox sweatshirt

vacation day

we took today off from work to try and get ready for our fiesta.

its official so i can write about it on the blog- i am quitting my job and got another one. i'm going to be working for the same company as ryan but at a different location. should be a good change for me. Less stress and more money. i'm excited. i start on july 17. they announced it at work. my boss still hasnt even said anything to me about it. strange. i'm excited though for a change.

last night we watched donnie darko, it was a bit strange, but good. i dont think i paid enough attention to it.

ok well i have to get out and get to work with ryan

pups

does everyone know its pattys b-day tomorrow? she will be 5!! i cant believe it. i think i should put some cute pictures up of the girls since there has been so much slander on the blogs about them.


wouldnt you love to wake up to this every morning?


thats my linnie

tonight there were thunder and lightening storms...so cool.

i stained the steps and the picnic table too. they are going to look very nice. i am starting to clean inside the house now. ryan still has a LONG way to go on the garage. i dont think its going to be done in time for the fiesta.

we decided to take a vacation day friday to get ready though- looks like we are going to need it. sucks to take vacation days to work around the house.

yesterday we went to ryans parents house for fathers day- they cooked chicken, it was really good. and their pool was open so i got to swim. felt so good. linus was so good with jordyn (she 2 and half) Jordyn would take the rope we tied to linus (cause she likes to run away) and walk around the yard with her. If linus went the other direction it would pull the rope right out of her hand and she would run after her going "mindy, come here." but linus never got nasty with her...patty would have.

house projects

well tonight ryan and jr did work on the garage...it took all night and they only got 3 pieces of drywall hung. its going to be a very long time until the garage is done. i however was much more productive. i painted all the trim on the outside of the house (becky you'd be so happy) and then i got our street sign all ready to post in the ground. So by the time of the chicken fiesta there will actually be a road sign.













i didnt get to "w" the dogs though. the only thing i didnt get done. it was hot though 73 when i came home. i filled their pool for them.

we have had 2 really nice weather days. i think tomorrow is going to be nice too.

tomorrow i am taking an excel class through work- hopefully i will learn a bunch.

check out below...picts of the garden are up

ANOTHER SUNDAY

the clambake was alot of fun. it was way too cold though. i wore my mittens for most of the day. i wasnt as hungover this sunday as i was last sunday, but not 100%. i HATE people who do not get hungover. stress the HATE part. we started drinking at 3:30 pm. we got home probably at midnight. today we went to the first church picnic of the summer, transfiguration picnic. i had lazy gulumpkees and pierogies... good polish food.

i took a few pictures of my garden, i will put them up on the blog soon.

i finally got tickets for wicked on ebay. i'm so excited for cleveland now. we are going july 2nd-4th. then on the 5th is the day we get murphy.

hurricane season

today is the first day of hurricane season....for those in the power business its big news.

i made a strawberry rhubarb pie yesterday, sooo good. i used phyllo dough for the crust though to cut points, i dont think i would do that again, it was too messy to eat and now its soggy.

it is pouring here...and it has been raining all day... so no gardening today. hopefully tomorrow i will be able to get them in.

The hills started last night - it looks like it is going to be a very good show.

puppy

oh they put new pictures up of the puppies... here is the link - you should check them out. but be warned you might want one if you see the pictures.

http://guncreeklabradors.com/litters/litterpics.php?LitterID=1023

hot

it is so freakin hot here....
it was like 90 i think... unbearable
we got home at 8:30 last night and put the air conditioner in the
window. it was essential. in the process we saw atleast 3 brown
spiders. i was afraid they were brown recluse spiders (deadly) we
caught one, but after checking on the internet i dont think it is.

we went to boston this weekend to move becky back to syracuse...check
out her blog to see some pictures. i will put my pictures up tomorrow
i hope.

i havent been to work in 5 days. its going to be so hard to
go back. i had leadership cattaraugus today. it was education day. we
got to tour BOCES, and they do the neatest stuff there. way more
practical learning then things learned in class rooms. i dont think
our school offered that.

hmmm what else did i need to write about...this weekend is ryans big
game...anyone in the area should go. portville is actually suppose to
win this year.

i planted today and tomorrow i am going to go buy a bunch of
flowers...so the next few days are all going to planting. actually is
suppose to rain from now until saturday atleast.

rain

it rained all day today.... not good. and it got very cold, its the
first time we have used our heat in a long time.

i have another bug update.... i was too ashamed the next day to write
about it. thursday when i went to drive my bug to work i didnt take
the garage out this time, but about 2 miles down the road i heard a
ping and then the accelerator wouldnt work. i was going down a hill
into portville so i pulled over when i could. When i pulled over i
couldnt get the out of the ignition. it was terrible. some guy
stopped and was looking at it- he said he had never seen anything
like it (the key). I still don't know whats wrong with it. I need to
call a mechanic i think. oh well i called ryan and he was already at
work, so he had to leave and come get me. so we hooked the bug up to
his truck and drove home. it was so scary, i had to drive it and i
was so afraid that i was going to go crashing into the back of ryans
truck.

hopefully this week i will figure out whats wrong with it.

we got alot done on the garage this weekend- i am going to get some
pictures up someday...maybe when its finished

new carb!!

I'm so excited!!!!!! i took my carb out of my green bug again last
night and i had ordered another carb on ebay- for parts. I learned
alot just from having a carb that was put together- and i was able to
take mine apart and i tokk a piece of it to work to have some work
done on a part - then tonight i put it all back together - which took
FOREVER, but when it was all put together i started it up and it ran
without stalling! i was so excited, i actually had to turn it off
which i hadnt had to do this year. I didnt get to drive it to see if
it will stall when i down shift but i am hoping to drive it tomorrow.
So exciting, i feel like i actually accomplished something.

ryan has found his puppy, it was born saturday. we are going to pick
him up on july 4th.

the batman

so Tuesday we had the bat man come to our house and he said we don't have that bad of a problem, they have probably been there 2 years. he put up a net with duct tape on the outside of the chimney where they are getting in. and caulked up all the holes in the attic and used expanding foam too. He thinks he plugged the hole that the bees came in through last summer. So Tuesday night we watched the bats come out of their hole and into the net. then they had to shimmy down the side of the house to get free, apparently the next morning when they came back they wouldn't be able to figure out how to get back in, so they would go find a new home. I hope it worked. this weekend Ryan has to take the net down and seal the hole. All of this cost $200. Not too bad. There isn't enough bat poop to bother cleaning, not enough to be harmful so that is good.

I drove the green beetle to work yesterday and I was
backing out of the garage and thought it would be a good idea to turn around
in the driveway.... well I misjudged the bumper and hit the garage door
frame and took off the green molding.... I also scratched the paint on my fender. I was mad. I didn't think it was big deal but when Ryan got home he did. I figured we could just nail the wood back on but apparently bob the builder says we need a new piece.

The bug stalls every time I down shift STILL, kind of embarrassing. I bought a new carb on Ebay, but it hasn't arrived yet. I was reading online at vw sites and I could have an air leak. so this weekend I need to check it out.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!! Drink lots of tequila today

bats!!!!!!

we got home tonight after taking the old bug to the ice cream place and our neighbor came running over to tell us that they just saw 5 bats fly out from between our house and chimney. Ryan couldnt believe it so we stood there for a few minutes and i finally saw 2 more fly out!! It was horrible! So then we came in and checked on the internet and apparently ryan thinks that all the mouse "poop" was really bat poop, which is very dangerous to humans. UGH its horrible!!! so ryan called the pest control guy and it is going to be quite extensive for them to be removed. why us??? last summer we had bees...and apparently bats too.

i got burnt today on the march of dimes walk. the girls made the walk no problem, i was so impressed. It was such a nice weekend. yesterday we went to home depot and got all the supplies to finish the shed and garage. so exciting. ryan starting painting the shed doors today and i got a new shelf painted and into the basement. we need to get the shed/garage finished in time for our bbq.

anyways the guy that is going to remove the bats is coming here tuesday....wish us luck

Sunday

Well its sunday night, we got alot done this weekend. Friday night we watched brokeback mountain. i liked it alot, ryan thought it was different than he had expected. but he didnt hate it. he was actually somewhat mature during the movie...i was surprised. i did think it was better than becky had made it out to be.

saturday we went to wellsville to get ryans trailer. then we got a roller from ryans grandfather so we could roll our lawn. then saturday i made a texas sheet cake for ryans moms birthday which was today. we then went out to the parkwood for a few drinks and ended up staying until midnight.

Today we cleaned up the house because we had ryans family over for his moms birthday. they are redoing their kitchen so they cant cook anything. ryan made ritzy chicken, it was very good. the texas sheet was so good. i sent most of it with people who left though. noone got less than 4 pieces. hope you liked it cath and mike.

Tuesday we have our first leadership catt session. it is my groups turn to host the session...i'm kind of nervous cause i have to doing the opening message. but atleast i will get mine over and i will be able to enjoy some of the day.

SPONSOR ME!!!

its for the babies remember....

next weekend I am going to walk with the babies on a 6 mile walk....and yes they can make it. if you would like to sponsor me please do!!!!

this is the link:

http://www.walkamerica.org/CooperOlean

sugar withdrawl

My body is revolting against me since not everything going in it is sugar.... I ate so much candy this weekend. Luckily when we got home last night Ryan ate all of the whoppers so I couldn't.

we had a very fun weekend in Syracuse, we went bowling Friday night. after two games though everyone but my dad stopped playing so I had to bowl for 7 people...in two lanes. I was pooped after another game. a girl at the bowling alley had a pink hello kitty ball!! I was so jealous. Got lots of shopping done too. we got 3 beer kits so we can make some more beer. We need to drink some of the Irish stout we made, I think we have only drank 2 bottles of it.

Last night when we got home we raked some of the stones out of our yard that the plow had pushed during the winter. I HATE that job. pisses me off so bad, b/c the plow guy doesn't have to ever rake so what does he care where he pushes the stones. I think we are going to put a little fence up for decoration so that the plow can't go so far into our yard.

for some reason I seem to have extra time at work today...I must be forgetting to do something. hmmm I'll probably find out tomorrow what it was.

shock

i cant believe they voted austin off. i was so convinced that bruce would vote for aras. i dont like that bruce. i hope they vote him off next. terry should have given him the idol before the vote. atleast he is on the jury. it was a good survivor though.

so i just found out that nicoles wedding and my friend from college are getting married on the same day....a few miles from each other. what are the chances of that?! now i have to decide which one to go to. ha ha!!! (kidding nicole)

i finally found a good enough picture of linus, i'll put it up one of these days. i am going to start painting it soon. becky the paper i have is canvas paper, does it matter what side i paint on?

no plans this weekend, kind of nice. especially when we look at our summer schedule, its going to be nuts. starting in may.

A Bug's Life

so. I decided to take the bug out for a "spin" I figured that it wont stay running in the garage because it needs to get going and moving in order to warm up. I was wrong. way wrong. I drove it down the hill and shifted into 2nd and started to turn in the culdasac. when I heard a bang and it stalled. of course I was at the bottom of the hill and couldn't get it going again. And btw ryan wasn't home to help me. so I went back to the house and got the 4-wheeler and dragged it back up to the driveway, I didn't think it all the way through though. I backed into the driveway and the bug didn't want to turn cause the wheels weren't turned. so I pulled it into the driveways bank and got into the bug to get the brake on. Somehow I finally got the bug back into the garage. I cut my hands all up on the wench and cursed the bug up and down. I definitely think the 4-wheeler was worth buying now though.... my neighbors must get a good laugh out of me.

tuesday

does anyone watch the unit? it is so good- everyone should watch it. its about this secret department in the army that goes on secret missions and basically doesnt exist. i dont understand though why we would give the general public all this info. cause all our tv shows are watched in other countries. then we wonder why we get bombed.
anyways its on tonight and i love it.

I have been trying to get my bug running for 2 days now...no luck. i got my new battery in hoping it would be the fix...knowing that it wouldnt be though. and it wasnt. maybe tomorrow i can get some help. i need to have the oil changed too but i will leave that to my mechanic.

patty had her teeth cleaned yesterday and it was only $80. i think fayetteville is trying to rip people off when they clean their dogs teeth.

sick

i'm still sick, i slept most of the day...it was so nice. we had our leadership retreat this weekend. ryan and i are both doing a leadership program for the county. there are 22 people in the program and its 10 months long. we go once every month now for 9 months. i think its going to be a great resume addition. plus i will learn lots about the area...and hopefully not be so negative about it all the time.

so not much has been going on lately. i got my carb back in the bug but i still need to do some adjustments. next saturday i can take it out on the road, as long as its not salty. i have a few things i need to buy for it, a new battery is the main thing. this bug is much easier to change the battery thank god.

patty is going in for her teeth cleaning tomorrow, i'm hoping it wont break the bank. shes had no food or water since noon. poor baby. i think i finally found a 'paintable' picture of linus. i seriously took about 140 pics to get it. she is just not photogenic like patty. half of them have her tongue sticking out. i never realized how often she does that.

st pattys day

tomorrow is such a good day. i'm so excited, i am taking a half day of vacation. ryan and I are getting out at 11, going to the Y then going to lunch and drink drink drink. i think its going to be a sloppy night. fun fun. i am bringing my beeleybop's to wear. which reminds me - becky you never wore the ones i got you in vegas! how rude........

i have been so busy at work i havent had a moment to catch up on the blog. so last weekend we went to albany for nicoles house warming party. so fun.

patty got groomed today, i had them cut her butt and legs a little shorter this time cause she sometimes gets some unmentionables on her butt hair, cause its so long. she looks a little ridiculous right now, kindof like a mindy butt- but it will grown in.

ryan tried our irish tout tonight- after he broke a bottle in the basement, agh. wasting our precious beer. it tastes pretty good, kinda like the IPA though :) tomorrow when i drink the real stuff i should be able to tell better. its been forever since i have had a guiness though.

oscars!!

tonight is the oscars, i am excited. i hope jake g wins for brokeback mountain. oh i am pissed. i read in the paper last sunday that brokeback mountain was coming to wellsville movie theater so i asked ryan if we could go on saturday and he actually said yes. so i was so excited. well yesterday he called to see what time it was showing and last thursday was its last night!! so upset. i missed my chance to see it.

it has been a very busy week for me, a guy i work with is out for 3 days and so i am doing extra work, plus its a busy time anyways. ugh. i went in today for a few hours.

ryan and i are going to bottle our latest beer- an irish stout tomorrow. hopefully it is ready by st pattys day.

more vegas

okay soooo.......

tuesday we watched the view and then shopped and went sight seeing.
we spent forever in the forum shops. lots of really high end stores
which we only window shopped but it was fun.

tuesday night we went to dinner at margaritaville and sat outside and
it was freezing. we thought drinking lots would help- but it didnt.
just got me drunk. i slept for an hour after we did sparklers off the
balcony in beckys room. then went back down to the casino to gamble
with ryan and my mom until 2 in the morning. it was fun- i won $3
that night.

overall i lost lots. wednesday night we went to see O - cirque de
soliel. it was awesome. it was a water based show.

having to go back to work friday wasnt as bad as i thought it would
be, i am pretty much caught up so that tomorrow should be back to
normal. i hope so cause i have to leave early to go to an aerobics
class. i need to get back into going to the gym. ryan gained 4.5 lbs
over our vacation, i didnt even weigh in, i was too afraid.

yesterday we brewed our irish stout beer, hopefully it will be ready
by st patricks day. and i took apart my bugs carbuerator. i am going
to put it back together today. it has been soaking in cleaning
solution all night.

oh ryan and i went to see eight below last night- it was so sad. the
huskies are so cute and reminded me of poopsie too much. the movie is
only a little sad if you havent recently had to put your husky to
sleep. if i ever get another dog it will be a husky.

home

we got home thursday night just in time for survivor.

vegas was so fun. we jammed so much stuff in. i am going to get the pictures up on the internet today and i will send them out. we got to vegas monday morning about 11. we had no problems getting there, thank god. not sure i really like the way southwest does things. cause if you are late then you would get crappy seats. or if your connecting flight was late you would get crappy seats. but it was cheap so i cant complain.

we went sightseeing at the stratosphere monday night then we went to old vegas to see this fabulous light show that cathy and becky kept talking about. we ate buffet too, i think i tried every desert there. i totally blew my diet. but anyways the light show was pretty dissappointing. it was all gambling scenes. we were so exhausted since we had been up since 3 that morning. so we went back to our casino and gambled a bit. oh we met up with my friend taryn from school too. becky had given her our tickets to the view and she told us that there were lots of seats empty that morning. soooo we decided that the next morning we would try to go see the view.

the next morning we woke up at 5:30 ish to a very loud crash followed by an alarm (like a car alarm) i thought it was a bomb... it really scared me. so anyways we find out later it was a swat team going through the window of the casino next to us. at midnight the night before a 22 yr old shot another 22 yr old in the hotel, then ran into a room and 5 hours later the swat team finally got him. crazyness.

we saw the view tuesday morning, it was so cool. the guests were rosanne barr, wolfgang puck, and the chippendales. i got lots of pictures. it was very cold though, we had to sit outside to wait to get in and then the taping was also outside. we froze.

ok ryan is insisting that i get off his computer so i will finish later....

valentines day dinner

well Ryan and I went to dinner at spragues... we waited about 40 minutes to sit down... right after we got our salads Ryan noticed an ambulance outside the window. so I look around the room looking for some commotion that prompted the ambulance...nothing. then 3 EMT guys run by our booth and go to a booth in the same row as us (so I couldn't see what was going on....luckily) Being Cathy's daughter- I rubberneck out to see whats going on. An EMT runs back out the door and it seems serious. as I peer out I see an EMT pulling an old man out of a booth and onto the ground. I couldn't watch anymore. but I did see that about 4 tables were pushed out of the way. I would have hated to be those people, having a front row seat and all.
then I hear the automated voice of a defribulator. since I just had my first aid/Defribulator training I knew what was going on. not sure if it was a good thing or not. anyways so they shocked him twice atleast. and you could feel it in the floor when they did. it was awful. not everyday some one dies right in front of you. I think they did revive him though- as they were wheeling him by our table the machine was shocking him again and then it said something like "rhythm changed...check for vitals" so we think he lived. we are going to check the papers today.

how horrible though...dont think we will forget this valentines day.

finally over

well the event at work is over... it has been looooong days. i dont like working so late. esp when i left for work at 5:45... that was yesterday of course. today i was late. and then on my way to work i was calling my mom to wish her happy birthday (her golden golden birthday) and i dumped my coffee on the pants (ankle) twice. it was horrible. i have a terrible stain on my jeans now. the day started not so good. i woke up at 6:12 (suppose to be at work at 6:30). so i took 6 minutes to get ready. Ryan was so nice to start my car, shovel a path, and warm my coffee up. so thoughtful.

well the rest of the week shouldnt be as eventful. i'm glad. we had a quiet weekend and this next weekend should be too. its ryans last weekend of classes. then he only has 1 class once a week for a few months, then he graduates. i think we'll have a party. probably combine it with our chicken fiesta. mark your calendars

super bowl sunday

this game isnt as exciting as last year. i dont even know the teams playing this year. well i know the steelers i guess, lots of people i work with like them. i always forget how close i am to PA.

i have to go into work extra early tomorrow so i wont be able to watch the whole thing. i am doing another kaizen event, only for 2 days this time. but we start at 6:30 both days. i am going to go to dunkin donuts on my way to bring in donuts for the team. do anyone see the DD now has a Latte Lite? a small only has 1 point and a medium is 2. its made with splenda and skim milk. the iced ones are 1 point more. also i dont know if you add flavor syrups if it adds points. but its way better than the normal 13 points...or something along those lines. i tried one and ithe smell of it totally reminded me of highschool when i would make espresso on the stove and choke it down with chocolate syrup.

vegas is coming soon.... two weeks tomorrow we leave. sooo excited. if anyone has been there and can recommend things to do let me know. dont worry becky i am looking for some 300 ft monument to walk to the top. hey maybe we can walk to the top of the stratosphere....

we watched two movies last night, crash and cinderella man. they were both very good. crash was disturbing, but mostly because its all true. Cinderella man was very inspiring, i was afraid it was going to have a million dollar baby ending and i would have been so pissed.... that russell crowe is good. i cant believe he didnt get any nominations for it.

pictures coming soon

My work wont let me log into my blog anymore, or see comments at work. hmm. I don't like that.

so anyways I have some really cute pictures from recently that I am going to post tonight.

work has been pretty busy. I have been here much longer everyday than I have wanted.

so yeah last week at ww I weighed in, it was not good. I weigh the most I have weighed in 3 years. not good. I have been doing extremely well this week, so hopefully it continues and I can get back to my lifetime weight...and then stay there.

veronica mars finally started showing new episodes last Wednesday. I was very happy, it is a great show. Survivor starts tomorrow, I cant wait to see the new twist play out. should be good.

goodbye earth destroyer

well last night we made the trek in the snow to niagara falls to trade in the earth destroyer for a colorado. its so nice. it has on-star and XM radio. and with verizon you can hook up your phone through the on-star system so its hands free through the radio. seems cool. I'll put pictures up of the new truck.

work is crazy lately, I have been given a few new projects that will keep me very busy.

I'm off the ww meeting- I have to weigh in this week but I am turning over a new leaf and I am going to go to the meetings every week. I think it will really help me. and I need it.

truck shopping

we bought the truck essentially on Saturday but have to go tomorrow to pick it up. we got a great deal on it though. Ryan got more than he owed on his old truck and we got them down over $5000 on the new one. our payments are going down only a little, but still down- but he has a 3 year warranty and much better mileage. and we would have had to put a bunch of $$ into his old one soon. Ryan is pretty excited...it will be his first new car. and now I can keep my bug!!

Sunday we watched all sorts of football, fun fun. and we made chili. it was so good.

check out the quotes

isnt that cool? it changes everyday. and I pick out the quotes. so dont tell me they are crappy.

wow this week has flown. tomorrow we are going up to niagara falls to buy ryan a new truck. He is getting a smaller one with much better gas mileage. so now I dont have to get a silly suv yet. this will work perfect for road trips. the only thing we will need to buy is a trailer for the 4 wheeler. but there is no rush on that. and our monthly payments are going to increase at all. maybe even decrease.

We tried a couple of the beers we made. they are very good. tomorrow we are going to stop at the beer store in buffalo too. so we can make another batch. we will have to start drinking our beer or buy more bottles.

weekend

well the weekend was good. Friday night I went to my Y and started what they call mission meltdown. its $15 and you get a t-shirt and pedometer and each week you weigh in (if you want to lose). I'm hoping it will help me get to the gym more. I have been using the treadmill we have at home quite a bit too though. I walked or went to aerobics everyday but Sunday. not that I have noticed any weight loss yet. I'm working on it.

ryan started a class so Friday night and Saturday until about 3 he is at class. I got a lot done around the house. Saturday the temperature dropped to 10 degrees. brrr. Saturday night we went over to a coworkers house for a drink before our dinner. dinner was sooo good. I got broiled scampi and ryan got a filet. and the dessert was awesome, some sort of cake with chocolate filling. it was over very quick this year since it wasnt open bar. so we went back over to the co-workers house and watch the patriots LOSE- WTF??? he has a bar in his basement (finished basement) and ryan fell in love. I will not have a bar in my house though. never.

THURSDAY

this is my first full work week in a long time. it should be Friday...

it has been in the 50s for the past few days and for 2 more. then I think we might actually get winter back. I'm afraid that my flowers are going to think its spring and come up only to be killed by the snow later in the week.

I have an awards banquet to go to this weekend. I have worked for my company for 5 years now. doesn't even seem possible.

we got our beer bottled this weekend so in 4 weeks we will be able to drink it. ryan tried alittle (its beer just not carbonated yet) and he said it tasted like beer. so that is good, our first try was a success.

ryan starts classes this weekend, he is taking a 5 week fri/sat class. then he just has one other class and he is done. then we are getting the horse (some people call them labs). cant wait.

busy busy

for some reason my friday post i emailed from work didnt post until today...hmmm. thats a first.

Anyways yesterday we went to see family stone, and i had already been warned by becky that it was a sad movie but completely forgot until the previews when i cried during the husky movie! defiantly wont be able to go to that one without a BOX of tissues. Well the movie was sooo good, but very sad. my friend nicole was at the movie too and she said at one point she was crying so hard during it she felt like she was at a funeral. i highly recommend the movie though.

then last night we did pedicures, so fun. my foot has been hurting me lately. i dont know why. it doesnt look any worse but it feels worse. i wont get it operated on again though.

Today ryan started his sunday morning football games. he was so excited it was like christmas morning- he was up at 8 am to leave at 10. i have alot of cleaning and organizing to do today.

so sore

I am so sore from my aerobics class Wednesday. I have another one tonight. I had forgotten that I was on the waiting list for one class and went to it anyways and it was really full. but there were some people in there that left in the middle of the class and came back in later....it was too much for them. so I am thinking they wont be back. I am going next week anyways. it feels good to be back at the gym. I have been eating really good this week too.

no plans for the weekend. I think we might go to the movies (btw bm did not come here this weekend, maybe next weekend). Oh on Sunday we are bottling beer I think. then in 4 weeks I will let you know how it tastes.

Thank god those silly football games are over. I have been up way too late this week. ryan was up until 1 am both Tuesday and Wednesday night. thank god Penn State won. he would have been so mad if they hadn't.

new years

well new years this year was quite fun. we went up to rochester, ny Saturday afternoon (after our 3rd christmas). we gave JS a baby carebear that giggles. you are suppose to give loud noisy gifts to other peoples children, right? thats the known rule... ha ha ha I laugh cause noone can give me them yet. it was the first time in a decade I think I have shopped in the toy aisle for someone who should actually be playing with them. she loved the baby so I was happy with our present.

so anyways we go up to rochester visit with JM and N for a couple hours then we went to the red robin restaurant. its a chain like TGIF, pretty good. terrible service though. the place wasnt even busy. then we went to RH friends apartment for the party. it was like a step back into Potsdam and at frat party. very fun though. ryan spilled red bully hill champange all over my leg. (oh side note: both bully hill champanges are nasty).

I think ryan is completely ok and maybe even excited though to move to rochester.... his friends all live there and play softball in a league and get together all the time. and where JM lives it is getting into farm land. soooo excited.....

no new years resolution this year.

I am still waiting for brokeback mountain to come to olean...i think there is a 15% it will. cross your fingers for me.

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.