camping

we got back from camping yesterday morning.

camp pics **titles are up**

it was a good time, but i did not sleep well on the cots in the cabin. and we froze two nights pretty good. the weather was really great though, we had 4 good beach days and 1 rainy day. we got to see a mother bear on her second to last day on earth. the park rangers shot her out of a tree 30 feet high, it took 4 shots to get her down and then one more when she was on the ground. they had gotten 4 of her 5 cubs and are going to rehabilitate them before putting them back into the wild. she was a bad mom though- she was raising hoodlum bears that break into campers cabins and eat their coolers.

i also have some old pics from july 4th and around that time.

concert

well the concert this weekend was alot of fun. first we went to eat dinner an hour and a half before the concert thinking we had plenty of time. but we went to the hard rock cafe and there was an hour and a half wait. so we had to go to another resturant, cant remember the name. atleast it wasnt the food court in the mall. the concert was cool, first they sang the chasing cars song together, and then faith sang for about an hour. then they sang another few songs together and then tim sang for about an hour. then they ended it playing a few more songs together. it was pretty good.

saturday we drove home and did some work around the house- then we went to a BBQ. ryan was suppose to be the DD, but of course we decided to stay out and get a cab home. it was pretty fun- but i was exhausted sunday. we did alittle more work around the house. and some more tonight. the basement is looking so much better with the trim up.

baby

A new baby in the family...



so cute

wedding weekend

another wedding weekend is over. tht was the last one that either ryan or i was in, so that is good. i had a very good time. we went up friday morning and ryan golfed with all the boys. i was a little hesitant about hanging out with the bride and grooms family for the day since i only know the bride. but Jeffs sisters and mother are so welcoming. it reminded me of the browns :) i had a very good time with them- we went to lunch at pizzeria unos. jeffs sister has a one month old boy. he was such a good baby i thought. there are some pictures of him in the album. friday night we went to the rehearsal dinner in a park with dinosaur bbq food...it was very familiar. :) then we went out...maybe not a good idea for the groom, as he was alittle hung over saturday- as was i...surprise surprise. the wedding wasnt until 5:30 luckily.

pics


the wedding was alot of fun, no one wanted to dance though. ryan kept trying to get people out on the dance floor but most of his fraternity brothers wouldnt dance.

This weekend we are off to cleveland to see tim mcgraw and faith hill...fun fun

pics from june

Here are a boatload of pictures from memorial day until now. Lots of pictures of the squirrels that are attacking olean right now


pics

tired

oh i have been pretty tired since the big trip this weekend, and i think knowing we have another trip this weekend to rochester doesnt help.

luckily for luanne and becky i didnt have an night terrors this weekend. actually i dont think i slept long enough straight through to dream.

so i think we are going to be moving to philly. its not official yet but ryan is leaning towards that. whooo hooo. i will have to change the title of my blog to perceptions from philadelphia, ha ha ha

something is wrong with the camera so i cant post pictures yet, but i will soon.

more dreams

well the last two night have had terrible nightmares...the kind where i freak out and try to wake Ryan to save me...but he doesn't wake up..well last night he did but the first night he just rolled over. he can sleep through alot. My first nightmare was that like 1 foot men were around our bad poking me with daggers...and last nights nightmare was a huge metal rusty crane was trying to hit us. for that one at least i got off the bed out of the way and woke Ryan up. i wonder what they all mean. any suggestions? (besides I'm crazy)


philly was very cool, we know nothing yet so i am not sure if we are moving yet. but i will be sure to update. this weekend i am off to syracuse then boston for hopes wedding....should be a good time

philly

ryan and i are in philly. checking out the area...hopefully we will move here soon. i like it alot and i am hoping that ryan will decide he likes it too. we actually are about 45 minutes north of philadelphia, so its not IN the city but its close. it was so hot today, so humid.

we watched knocked up tonight- it was frickin hilarious! definately recommend it to everyone. and just a warning its not for children.

tomorrow we are going to see the king tut exhibit in phila then we are heading home to our pups. i bet they are missing us terrible. apparently their aunt S is up flashing our neighbors though.

Portville 26 Allegany-Limestone 0

well this weekend was quite eventful.

First off ryan played in the alumni football game and they won 26-0. it was pretty sad showing on the A-L team. Ryan sent some kid off in an ambulance with a dislocated hip. I've warned him that his karma is bad right now. then we went to the always eventful post game party. we proceed to drink all the losing teams beer and then we went to a bar. we sang karoke- it was too fun because the whole bar was sing sweet caroline, and i yelled into the microphone - go red sox!! and those idiots got mad at me...little did they know they were singing the red sox song. ha ha ha

we ended up going to some guys house in the woods (way more in the woods than my house) and stayed there until 4:30! i was drinking the best wine ever too. we got a ride home with bird and went through the woods to get back to our house. it was an insane evening/morning.

needless to say i felt wonderful sunday morning. then ryan made me go to Darrins daughters 1st birthday party. i actually did have fun. but i would have loved to sleep in my bed all day long.

i didnt have to babysit last week...too bad.

wedding pics

here are the wedding pics


the weekend went off without too many problems...we all had some good laughs. luckily we caught lots of things on the video camera... i am so tired though. thank god we had today off too to recuperate. Cath, dad and becky left yesterday afternoon and after that we just sat on the couch until we went to bed. it was so nice to see all the family again. hopefully it wont take so many years in between for it to happen again.

this week ryan is preparing for the football game and i might be babysitting for our neighbors all week. should be interesting...

finally friday...finally friday

wells its not really friday but its the friday of my work week. i have tomorrow off. so exciting. its so freakin hot here today though. i hate heat.

i broke my bug tuesday night- right after i got the dumb car to idle while sitting in my driveway i took it for a drive. and i didnt bring my cellphone or anything. we i got probably 1-2 miles from my house and it just wouldnt accelerate anymore. so i pulled over and then it wouldnt start. i had to walk home. then later ryan took me back and we dragged it home. not fun.

i have to get home tonight and vaccuum again, i never thought a lab would shed more than the poms, but he does.

i was sad blake didnt win american idol. i liked him

Crazy weekend

Well I got my bug back Friday after work. It was so exciting the thought of having it back and I imagined it running like a gem. Not the case though. I picked it up and pulled out into traffic and it stalled. Then an ambulance was coming so I had to pull over again and it doesn’t idle. It just stalls. I made it home after stopping at Sprague's for some fish fry. We went to birds new house for a bon fire, picked junior up on the way. Drunk junior I should say. He sat in the back of the bug complaining of carbon monoxide poisoning, clunking noises, and that the bug made his truck feel like a Cadillac. (mind you the bug is 20 years older than his truck). It was quite humorous. Birds house is very cute.

Saturday I slaved around the house cleaning and cleaning. Let me tell you I hate cleaning. Then we went to the bottle return place to take back the bottles/cans from the bachelor party. Mental note: don’t wait over a month to return bottles. They were all moldy and disgusting. Then we went to a benefit in Olean for a kid Ryan graduated with who was in a horrific car accident. Then to a going away party for one of ryans friends who is going to Afghanistan next week.  Oh while at the benefit ryans parents were dancing…well his dad was kind of whipping his mom around and it was to music…but he flung her around and she fell, landed on her wrist and broke it! I have the whole thing on video too…

Sunday I had to work, then I was back to cleaning…while ryan golfed. So not fair.

ryan sweeps reality tv gambling

the results are in-

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

since there was no second place person ryan will just get all the money- sound ok?

here are the pics from the weekend

mid-survivor update

well i am out...sucks...but good according to becky. I wont update the final winner until tomorrow. i finally paid out the last survivor winner, hopefully it wont take as long for this winner.


emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita


Cath left today- we got so much done this weekend, all the wedding favors done, planted all the plants- then overnight some of them died. Danced at the PC...went to breakfast at spragues... i had to cover all the plants tonight because its going to be in the twenties overnight.

back to the show........

cath is out

well there are now 5 people left...hopefully Boo will keep winning immunity and i will win the money. That was pretty good that yau-man used the idol, so smart he is. I think he might deserve to win the most. I'm glad stacy is gone, i thought her and lisi were the rudest ones.

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

bug

I took my bug to the mechanic on Monday night, Tuesday I called them and they said they were just getting to look at it, but they had some guests. Apparently there were some mice in the car the got out at the mechanics. She told me they were very cute, but that they probably did a lot of damage. SOOO Wednesday I called and they had to redo a lot of the wiring ($$) and that I needed a new ignition switch ($$). Plus she said - you know the floor is rotting out right? So I have the body shop quoting me now on what it would cost to replace the floor panelling. I am going to have more $$ into this than I spent for it.

Happy Birthday Murphy!

It was Murphys first birthday on sunday....and only grammy called to wish him happy birthday...some people are so rude. i cant believe he is already 1, it seems like yesterday we got him. This week we are getting him neutered too. i cant wait for the incessant peeing to stop. i should take a picture of our backyard, he pees on every post of the fence and the grass is dead at every post.

This weekend was cinco de mayo...so fun. we went to a bbq and then went out in olean, i hadnt been out in olean in a long while.

I also had my bug (**cry...i dont have to specify which one anymore**) taken to the mechanic, i hope to have it running soon.

Cath is coming to visit this weekend to help plant my garden for the big wedding. should be a good time...hopefully the weather is going to be good this weekend.

finally

Well i was glad to see alex finally go...i was alittle nervous that they were actually going to vote for Yau-man. And with that becky is out of the game also. We stayed up for Greys last night too...i think we have a new show to watch now...it wasnt really a greys episode it was just a ploy to get you hooked into another show. Addisons show. not sure the name yet though.

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

bachelorette party

well the night was successful i suppose....i was puking the next morning so i must have had too much fun :) ***Disclaimer** never take advice from nurse sarah when you hung over...following her advice can lead to more puking **
i'll post the pictures so everyone can see the fun we had. I made $20 from becky cause she paid me to ride the bull at daisy dukes. That bar was much sleazier than the first time we went. but it was a good time.

sunday was a wash i didnt get anything done. tonight i looked all over our house for the lawn mower key...to no avail. i dont know what we are going to do but we've lost both keys.

here are some pics

sick

i've gotten a terrible cold from ryan. he had it all last week and lucky me got it this week. i cant breathe through my nose at all. it sucks.

last night i woke myself up screaming at ryan to get an imaginary spider that was apparently trying to get me. I had pulled the covers up over my head and then crawled off the bed yelling. poor ryan... i was so mad at him because he was trying to tell me there was no spider but i hadnt realized i was still in my dream.

this morning we laughed about it :)

no benadryll for me tonight

by-bye cocky pants

well they sure played a good game tonight....i can't believe they go through Yau-mans stuff next week - that is so rude i think

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

michelle is out

I am shocked that michelle got voted out...sorry nicole, oh btw i still have your winnings from last season... The previews for next week look very interesting.

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

busy monday

well today was a very busy monday- i was awoken to ryan telling me that murphy had had diarrhea in his cage last night and it was all over the office. I didn't really see how i could help much...ya know push him out of the way and clean it myself, then puke cause it was soooo gross, then he would have to clean that up too... so i stayed warm in the bed. well then ryan yelled at me. It was a great way to start your week. Poor murphy did not have a good night. I'm not sure what got him so sick.

then i took the girls to the groomer, they look so cute, their butts all trimmed short.

Tonight we had to finish cleaning the poop and give murphy a bath. I took all the easter decorations down and we cleaned the basement up a bit, and got some of the ceiling up. Lots more to do this week though for the big vistors. Cath and Mike are coming down thursday for the shower.

Lisi Goes

what a dumbass that Lisi is... my favorite part of the whole show is right after the guys find the idol and Lisi states that you have to get up real early in the morning to fool her. unfort i had Lisi....


emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

pottery

i got so many of my pots back this week, i will post a few pictures. there is one that i really like that i will use as a cereal bowl.
my class was done last week... it's kind of sad. i really enjoyed it. i still have to glaze about 5 more pots.
this week we are trying to get our basement ceiling finished, we only have one more section. i will post some of those pictures when we are all done. then this thursday we are heading up to syracuse for easter. cant wait! we have lots of shopping to do. i decided that ryan needs a nice good pair of Doc Martens. so we are going to go get him some. and we are going to the japenese rest. for sushi that becky just highlighted. looks yummy.
it has been beautiful weather here this week today it was almost 70 degrees and by tomorrow night it is suppose to snow.

survivor

Yipppeee. i'm so glad they voted rocky off, but i am not happy to hear that he is going to be on the jury. sarah is the first one voted out....


emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

weekend update

Is this not the cutest picture ever??? i had forgotten i even took it until last night when i uploaded my pictures.


Friday night ryan and i went to see the shooter. it was very good, if you like the tv show 'the unit' like we do then you will love it. its about an ex-marine who survives with nothing and also happens to go against an army who is trying to kill him.


Saturday night we went to Geneseo to see ryans cousin in a south asian play. Which he sang/danced in. He also wrote the storyline and choreographed most of it. There was only indian food served. I thought it was pretty good. Most everyone else was disgusted with the food. We videotaped the whole thing, in case anyone is interested in seeing it.


Then yesterday we did a bunch of work on the drop ceiling in the basement. Soon i will have some more pictures of the basement.

Survivor

I can't believe they didnt vote off Rocky. He is such an A*hole. I can't wait to see them kick him off.

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

st pattys day recap

so the st pattys day party went off without a hitch. well it was a pretty slow start actually. at 9 only 3 people had showed up and that was it until about 11am. Then it was kind of a romper room for a few hours. We had 5 kids here, and 4 dogs. The party party started probably at 3. By then though Jr and Ryan were very drunk. almost the drunkest i have ever seen jr.
At 7 we decided to go into olean, we went to the parkwood and ordered pizza. I swear ryan had at least a dozen pieces. needless to say i used all my flexpoints in one day.
Ryans parents decided they were leaving and we decided to save the $15 cab ride and go home. good thing cause ryan passed out on the couch immediately. All in all it was a good day. and the basement didnt get wrecked :)

Basement Update

SO we worked alot on the basement the last few days and we got the carpet- so its changed quite a bit.



i wish i could find a good before picture so you can see how different it looks

Yes the upstairs living room will be like a sitting room, we will have a tv in but it will be a smaller one. so its like a living room and a tv room.













this is the before picture- its kinda of dark, i will try and find a better one

this is the drop ceiling we put in today

Pissed

I cant believe that they snubbed syracuse out of the NCAA tournament. OH I AM SO PISSED. I was in shock when i hear that.

anyways besides that, we got soo much work done on the basement this weekend, i even helped. we primed and painted most of the walls, there is one section ryan still has to finish the drywall. we got the tile in and grouted, thanks to junior. and we ordered the carpet that will be here wednesday. The only major thing is the drop ceiling, not sure when that will be finished/started.

But we are gearing up for the big part-ee this weekend. can't wait

here are some pics of the basement


























here are my two pots glazed

survivor

no more bonus player-


emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

St Patricks Day

Is a week and a half away....i'm so excited. I have convinced ryan to dye his goatee green again. How cool is that?? Maybe i can dye linus and murphy green too.

i got two pieces back from my pottery class glazed. they are nice, i'm not super good with the glaze yet, so they arent great. But i'm working on it. I have 4 more getting fired now with glaze and two more. My goal for the class is to make something NOT lopsided.

Our dance lessons were alot of fun. there was a mix of old people and young people, but definately more on the old side. We remembered alot of the steps though, its like riding a bike. And its more fun now because we dont have a set dance and we can just play around.

working weekend

stairwell







new little room for storage







well we got alot done in the basement this weekend. we are almost ready to paint the walls, i'm hoping this week ryan will be able to. its going to be a nice room though
today we start our dance lessons too. i'm so excited.
we watched good night and good luck last night. so boring, i dont recommend it.

survivor's latest

oooh two strikes tonight...


emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

survivor belated

luckily becky didnt get voted out of BOTH pools this week. ha ha ha

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

pics

well we finally got our computer back and its working soooo fast. i'm going to post some pictures from the last few months. oh and in case anyone is wondering- i didnt update survivor cause i dont want to get a nasty gram from becky cause she hasnt seen it yet.

so dont fret this week i will update the survivor pool. and becky needs to update the amazing race one too.

this weekend was pretty uneventful, we watched our shows and click on friday night. saturday worked on the basement all day- then went to the new bar that opened in portville. the ONLY bar in portville i should add. We had dinner. it was very good food. we definately will visit there again. today is more basement work. the only problem with the basement work is i cant scrapbook while they are working. can't wait until its done.








This is the bruise from when murphy bit my leg









These are two of my creations from my pottery class




















These are some pictures of our basement, things are moving right along. hopefully we will have everything done by st pattys day.

survivor results

i cant believe they didnt vote off sylvia!!! you escaped this week cath

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

dog daze of winter

So we had quite an adventurous weekend with the dogs. First off Saturday I gave Murphy a new rawhide. Linus persisted to bark at Murphy because she wanted the rawhide. So I gave patty and Linus each a rawhide. Linus immediately ran into the living room dropping her rawhide to go after Murphy's. Well Murphy started to bite Linus, had her in his mouth. I freaked out of course. So I grabbed Murphy's collar and tried to pry Linus out of the mouth, once out of Murphy's mouth Linus went back after Murphy. Murphy then bite my leg cause it got in the way. he left a terrible bruise and a cut. He went right through my jeans. I'll post pictures as soon as my computer is fixed. Ryan then gave murphy quite a licking. I felt bad because I think I just got in the way, I don't think murphy intentionally bit me.

so that was saturday. This morning we were outside with murphy, he was running around the neighbors yard chasing a bird. Ryan was so excited. well all of the sudden I heard murphy screeching. Apparently he was looking up in the sky running, and ran right into the well pipe that sticks out about 2 feet from the ground. flipped him right over. He is not walking on his front paw even now. Ryan might have to take him to the vet tomorrow. I told ryan that it was his karma :)

survivor night!!!

oooh becky gets the first strike

emily - boo & lisi
becky - alex & jessica
cathy - stacy & sylvia
mike - mookie & yau-man
ryan - earl & liliana
carrie - cassandra & edgardo
nicole - anthony & michelle
sarah - erica & rocky
luanne - dreamz & papa smurf

bonus player - rita

pottery class

so this week i started my pottery class, its an 8 week class at the wellsville creative arts center. right near where i work. it was alot of fun. i tried atleast 4 pots and only 2 actually made it. but then i cut them in half to make sure the thickness was good. next week i should be able to keep one of them i hope. it was so fun though. the place is so cool too, its a coffee house/art place. they have lots of classes. it reminds me a bit of zopies and starbucks in one. oh and an art class. too bad no ska bass player works there. :)

no tv again this week.

we are headed to syracuse for the weekend and taking off monday so we can watch the superbowl up there. i bet grammy, grampy, and auntie b cant wait for the pom poms and the beast :)

no tv week

so this week ryan and i have sworn off two things, tv and beer. i am not allowed to watch tv and ryan is not allowed to drink beer. so far we have got alot done this week. we are trying to finish the basement and i am suppose to be helping. its hard though not watching my shows. on the weekend i can catch up though. tonight we get to watch 1 show - grey's cause our DVR can only handle two shows... so that is nice.
we are also going to bed early which i love. i wonder how long this will last. i am hoping a month. but we will see, ryan loves his beer. :)

shrimpies

i think thats how you spell it... anyways plural shrimp. thats what we won. 6 lbs of shrimp. we were lucky. i wanted some lobsta tail and filets but we didnt win that.
and its a steak and shrimp raffle, i'm sure little ol'olean isnt the only place that has them. i bet snobby manlius has them :P
overall the night was fun, we drank free beer, well i didnt since i was dd. but everyone else did. ate a lot of really good food. and won some shrimp. so we'll bring shrimp to the super bowl party this year.

so are you doing the amazing race pool becky??? i think you should.

SNOW!!!

we have over a foot of snow- it is so nice! we played last night after work with the pups in the snow and then again this morning. Linus and Murphy just love it. Patty not so much. She sits by the fence waiting to get back in. she is such a princess sometimes. we video taped the playing today. I've never seen Murphy so happy.
And Ryan got to use the plow on the 4-wheeler too. since we bought that plow i think we have only needed to use it 4 times.

Today i need to get some pictures copied and go to the grocery store. we are out of everything. tonight we are going to some raffle at the high school. should be a good time i suppose.

we saw Over the Hedge last night, i thought it was pretty good. funny. and it was only an hour which was a bonus. then we watched Ricky bobby. i thought that was good too. next netflix i have coming is breakfast at tiffanys. I'm so excited to see that one.


so everyone who is in for survior- send me your money

survivor pool

so i checked out survivor:fiji. there are 19 contestants this time. not sure how we can divide this one up. either we need 19 people and everyone gets just one person or we wait until after the first week and then draw names.
so let me know if you are in this time. (its $5)

grammar mistakes

i got an interesting email at work today, i'll post a portion of it because it really made me feel stupid...
i'll premise this with the fact that i sent him an email asking for something, and he was confused with what i wanted. so this is the third email iteration.

****Actually you were very UN-clear describing what you needed. I really enjoy doing this sort of stuff. But it is essential that you be precise in your project descriptions. Please re-read your emails for clarity and grammar mistakes. Next time you write to me, save it in drafts, then come back to it in an hour and proofread it. (I was an English major in college.) Since I work 2nd-shift, it won't get to me any sooner anyway.***

my parents are at the SU basketball game today, hopefully syracuse will win.


GO EAGLES!!!!

a long time

wow its been a while since i have updated, i cant believe i haven't got any harassing email from becky.
we are watching syriana tonight- i hope its good.
not too much is going on here in portville. my friend nicole and her husband are coming to visit for the weekend, we are having a game night at our house saturday night.
i think we are going to start trying again discipline patty and linus, get them to listen to us. murphy is well on his way to being the best listener, if only he would stop peeing on things. we went to ryans parents and he peed on their basement pole and the bed. agh.
ryan has been finishing the basement, he put up a little room for storage- it looks very nice. I'll have to take some pictures and post them. he finally finished the shed last weekend, started it in april 2005 - finished january 2007. record time :)

xmas

well christmas is over...and it left me with a stomach bug. i have not been feeling well for 3 days now. today i am doing better but everytime i eat i get a terrible stomach ache... and fill up really fast. maybe it will help the diet though :)

it was a great christmas though, i got tons of great stuff.- lots of hk. i havent used my mixer yet but tonight i might test it out. it was a jam packed weekend, we went out for ryans b-day. then saturday we got our annual pictures taken- i cant wait until we get them. then we went to the casino where i lost $40. sunday we cooked and watched/listened to football. monday was the big day- then i got sick.

work is a bit boring this week, i am the only person from my team here so its lonely. i have been getting out right at 4 though, so thats a plus. i feel a little guilty only working my 8 hours- isnt that terrible??

this weekend we are headed to SYR for NYE... cant wait, should be a good time

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Today is ryans birthday! he is 29!! so old...ha ha ha
i got him a book from kodak.com of murhpys pictures, its nice. and then a buffalo bills jersey. i told him he needed to pick a new team, one that was good. but he is stubborn and wouldnt so i got him a jersey.

everyone is coming today, i think i am ready. i had to clean off the beds that were full of presents and we put our christmas tree up wednesday night. Today ryan is picking up our new bench for the mudroom, so that should be all set for the weekend.

Tonight is a big night to go out, everyone i used to work with will be out so it should be a good time.

Does anyone have a male dog that they did not neuter??? Ours has taken to "marking his territory" all over our house. he has not peed in the house since his first week at it and now he has started this. the only thing i can think of is because he is male, esp since my girls have never done this. any help???

Final Survivor - Dont peek if you haven't seen it!!

Nicole wins!!! i cant believe ozzy didnt win, i thought he had it no problem- sucks

Alice - Billy & JP
Emily - Adam & Rebecca
Becky - Jennie & Christina
Sarah - Stephannie & Jessica
Nicole - Yul & Becky
Ryan - Candice & Ozzy
Junior - Sundra & Nathan
Carrie - Sekou & Jonathon
Mike - Brad & Parvarti
Cathy - Cao Boi & Cecilia

survivor

i cant believe they are even talking about voting off Ozzy...i think he is the best one on the show yet...

Alice - Billy & JP
Emily - Adam & Rebecca
Becky - Jennie & Christina
Sarah - Stephannie & Jessica
Nicole - Yul & Becky
Ryan - Candice & Ozzy
Junior - Sundra & Nathan
Carrie - Sekou & Jonathon
Mike - Brad & Parvarti
Cathy - Cao Boi & Cecilia

the holiday

oh i forgot, actually i didnt understand what your comment meant.

it was good, alittle slow at parts but i thought it was cute. its a good. i dont want to give a way any of the story line, but its a classic love story.
Cameron diaz i didnt think was very good in it. her acting seems very fake at times.



Toight is survivor and sunday is the finale. i cant wait. i think i am going to win.

video camera

so excited, last night we got an early christmas present when we went to ryans parents for dinner. we got a video camera!!! i've been taping all night....its a bit boring at our house but the camera sure makes it more fun. this christmas we are going to have to do some newscasts i think.

i have to make some peanut brittle tonight, hopefully i will get my 10 dozen made. this weekend i am going to a cookie exchange party and need 10 dozen. lots of work.... but when i get 10 dozen cookies it will all be worth it.

sorry carrie....

Alice - Billy & JP
Emily - Adam & Rebecca
Becky - Jennie & Christina
Sarah - Stephannie & Jessica
Nicole - Yul & Becky
Ryan - Candice & Ozzy
Junior - Sundra & Nathan
Carrie - Sekou & Jonathon
Mike - Brad & Parvarti
Cathy - Cao Boi & Cecilia

I HATE home improvement projects

Lets see...As you know Ryan likes to do home improvement projects...Lots of them at once I should add.
yesterday was a typical plan for Ryan-
get up and go to the gravel pit (which was closed) go to hardware store to get some of his supplies (not all of them) go home dig a ditch across the driveway so we cant park in the driveway. Go hunting for a few hours. get the wagon from his parents so he can use the gravel he already spread somewhere else to use in the ditch he dug. at 7pm after dinner START plumbing a new washer and dryer line in the basement. mind you to put new lines in for the washer you need to cut the main water lines. meaning NO WATER in the house. well at about 9:45pm he cant finish cause he broke a piece of pipe and needs a new one, and no stores are open. So now its 10pm and we still don't have water because he cut the lines and cant finish it.
its now 1:33pm and we still don't have water and we still cant get in and out of our driveway. junior came over to help though- so maybe something can get finished.

survivor

bu-bye candice.....


Alice - Billy & JP
Emily - Adam & Rebecca
Becky - Jennie & Christina
Sarah - Stephannie & Jessica
Nicole - Yul & Becky
Ryan - Candice & Ozzy
Junior - Sundra & Nathan
Carrie - Sekou & Jonathon
Mike - Brad & Parvarti
Cathy - Cao Boi & Cecilia

Survivor update...atlittle late

Alice - Billy & JP
Emily - Adam & Rebecca
Becky - Jennie & Christina
Sarah - Stephannie & Jessica
Nicole - Yul & Becky
Ryan - Candice & Ozzy
Junior - Sundra & Nathan
Carrie - Sekou & Jonathon
Mike - Brad & Parvarti
Cathy - Cao Boi & Cecilia

Dog adventure weekend

It was quite an adventurous weekend with the dogs. Ryan started hunting yesterday morning so it was all me with the dogs. I got to sleep in since Ryan wasn't there pestering me to get up, so I slept until 10- 10:30 and I got up and decided to take the girls into town for a walk.... I cant walk the girls and Murphy so I was going to leave him in the fence. He didn't like that idea at all though- he kept trying to escape out of the fence when I was letting the girls out. So then I remembered I hadn't fed him breakfast. So I fed him and snuck out of the fence and we left. I was about 3 houses down on our main road when I looked in the rear view mirror and there was Murphy booking after me. I pulled over and put him in the car. If he wants to go somewhere he goes!!! It was so scary though, luckily I saw him or else he would have been on the main road for atleast a half hour. He could have been killed!

back to work tomorrow though.... ryan has the whole week off- lucky. i cant wait for thanksgiving...lots of good sales.

we made some more beer tonight, emilys amber, hopefully it will be ready to taste test for christmas- becky you better have your taste test license by then.

survivor update #3

ouch...becky is ooooout

Alice - Billy & JP
Emily - Adam & Rebecca
Becky - Jennie & Christina
Sarah - Stephannie & Jessica
Nicole - Yul & Becky
Ryan - Candice & Ozzy
Junior - Sundra & Nathan
Carrie - Sekou & Jonathon
Mike - Brad & Parvarti
Cathy - Cao Boi & Cecilia

walks

i took the girls on a walk everyday this weekend, i am so proud, i havent done that in months i bet. they are such better dogs when i walk them daily. unfort. my new job is alot longer hours its seems than my last.

we went to see borat last night, i thought it was funny, but not THAT funny. it was so embarressing, i went to get popcorn with my old bag from the last time i went to the movies....and i walk into the concession area and looked at the popcorn bags on top of the counter and they changed the large bag!!! i turned around and walked back by the ticket guuy.... i was soooo embarressed! how dare they?! i still had a refill on that popcorn bag :) i saved it though, just incase they go back to the original bag. ha ha ha

today was a lazy day watching football....the bills almost won, which was good cause ryan wasnt too irrate during the game. other than that not too much happened this weekend.

survivor update #2

I don't think adam is going anywhere.....


Alice - Billy & JP
Emily - Adam & Rebecca
Becky - Jennie & Christina
Sarah - Stephannie & Jessica
Nicole - Yul & Becky
Ryan - Candice & Ozzy
Junior - Sundra & Nathan
Carrie - Sekou & Jonathon
Mike - Brad & Parvarti
Cathy - Cao Boi & Cecilia

new car!!!

so i got my new car tonight- its so cute!!

rav4

oh just a reminder- lots of people still owe me their $5 for the survivor pool...so pay up! especially if you are already eliminated....

well i went to the toyota dealer today with total intention of buying a used highlander....and well plans changed and we got a 2007 rav4!! i'm excited. the color is a dark blue very similar, probably the same as my dads scion. i should get it next week probably by wednesday. i'm a little sad to say goodbye to the bug but relieved too. so i said i would never buy a new car again- i lied i guess. i got $5400 for my bug though. i am very happy with that.

then we went to the casino and i lost $1.78, ryan lost $20. we ate at the buffet too. it was so good. they had the chocolate fountain out with rice krispies to dip in. i just love the fountain.

all in all a good day. i cant wait to get my new car...whooo hooo

Survivor Update #1

Alice - Billy & JP
Emily - Adam & Rebecca
Becky - Jennie & Christina
Sarah - Stephannie & Jessica
Nicole - Yul & Becky
Ryan - Candice & Ozzy
Junior - Sundra & Nathan
Carrie - Sekou & Jonathon
Mike - Brad & Parvarti
Cathy - Cao Boi & Cecilia

rude comment

i'm going to post this rude comment on got yesterday, since most people dont go back over a year in blogs to check on comments

___________________
Have you ever heard of animal cruelty? Someone should call the cops!

--
Posted by Anonymous to perceptions from portville at 10/29/2006 12:21:29 AM

the post is from 2005!!!

people really need to get a life

weekend over

well the weekend is over...no fun. work has been so hectic and long hours that i am not looking forward to tomorrow. its going to be this busy for months. the weekends are going to mean so much more than they did before. last week i worked 4- 12 hour days and then 8. augh.
so this weekend i got my bug back- its time to search for a new car now. turns out the dealership in PA made me pay for my water pump- then turned around and put a warranty claim on their own into VW!! scum...

we cleaned the basement today, we are going to start to finish it off. first step is to move the washer and dryer to the basement though. i took pictures of our progress, but i havent got them on the internet yet. but i did load over 100 pictures off my camera and i think 95% of them were our dogs....you can tell what exciting lives we live. i'll link them up here, incase anyone wants to see our pups.

we took family photos of the dogs halloween costumes, ryan let me buy murphy a cute coat from old navy.

it was also suggested that i start putting up an entry to state who got voted off survivor each week- so just a warning that if you dont watch it thursday nights dont check my blog friday unless you want to know who gets voted off.

cold

it was freezing here this morning- i had to scrap ice and i didnt even have my icescraper in my car yet. actually i dont have my car- i am driving ryans truck. we took my bug up to buffalo this weekend to have the water pump fixed- it is still overheating. luckily the part is under warranty so i shouldnt have to pay for it. we went to dinner at red lobster and we had to eat off paper plates and utensils because there is a water advisory in buffalo - due to the storm. and they are like on survivor where you have to boil the water for 2 mins before you can drink it. it was an experience. very good though.

then yesterday i had to come into work to help with inventory. i wanted to shoot ryan for answering the phone :)

this weekend we are going to the bills/patriots game with becky and her friend. its going to be fun!!!! i just hope not cold and rainy. last time we went to a game it was awful weather. and i swore i would never go to another game. ha ha

wedding

well this weekend was nicoles wedding. it was alot of fun. i got to see so many people i hadnt seen in years. it was decided for me that i have to plan a camping trip for everyone next summer. sooo start giving me some good dates for people. it will probably be in the lake george area since a few people have boats and that seems to be a conviant place for people to go to. it is 6 hours for us but i guess we can handle it.

here are the pics

the bug is still leaking antifreeze- and i havent got confirmation that the warranty will cover the breakdown in PA. i am hating the bug more and more. but the thought of not having it is sad too.

linnie and patty didnt complain too much about their trip to auntie B's so i think becky was civil to them. big step for her :)

garlic festival

today we went to the garlic festival today in cuba. it was nice. we got 6 garlics- all different types all locally grown. apparently the garlic in grocery stores is from china! and we got some garlic dip spices. we made the tomato garlic today it was yummy. we had steaks tonight too with cloves of garlic in it. we probably smell so good right about now.

we got alot done this weekend. alot of cleaning and home improvements, alot of the nuisance stuff that just had to get done.

i got my bug back tuesday after $1280!!! and then it stalled on thursday and overheated on my way home friday. oh and the radio doesnt work. i dont know what to do i am sooooo sick of this car.

Last night we went out to dinner and then to a bar. it was fun- alittle dead out but i had a good time and i was DD so we didnt have to get a cab.

Cant wait to hear how the beer tour went in SYR

weekend #1 in albany

this was the first weekend of 3 that i will be in albany. It was nicole's shower. Here are the pics. Nicole was a very good sport about the whole thing, i thought the dress up was a riot. Sarah BEWARE!!
I also got linus her halloween costume. it is soo cute. there are pictures in there of her too.

my bug is finally done- they haven't told me the cost yet but i am going to get it tomorrow. i can't wait. i just want my car back.

today we had to go to a funeral for one of ryans friend, who husband (27!!) just died of a heart attack. It was SOOOO SAD. i cant imagine- and they have a 1 yr old son. just cant even imagine what she is going through.

Bucky on the loose

this morning when we got up there were flares up on the road in front of our street. i thought there was an accident or something but it was a roadblock and the st troopers were checking all the cars coming through. when ryan went through town there was another block and it was backing up traffic all through town. apparently last night someone tried to break into the pharmacy and they think it was bucky. SCARY. we have to lock everything up tonight. i guess over a month ago he stole a car from portville. he lived here years ago i guess.
oh in case people didnt know the story- a guy "bucky" phillips escaped from a prison near buffalo and has been on the run since april. they suspect he killed a trooper this weekend. the trooper died sunday and he is the main suspect. crazy.

OBX RECAP

Well we made it back and it only took 16 hours to drive back. We picked up a u-haul and then picked up my bug....took it to Du Bois, PA then dropped the u-haul off. We had some directions trouble in finding the VW dealership. thank god we made it. it was quite cramped in the silverado with 6 people but not too bad.
we got home at 11:00 pm and asleep by midnight. we had to get up early to get to the dogs. they seemed to be okay at the kennel. they had some funny stories. murphy was the "blanket stealer". Every morning when they came in to the kennel murphy had taken the blankets from the cages on both sides of him. and linus was the "social" one, cause everytime they let them out linus would have to stop and visit every dog in their cage. so funny. linus and patty both have a hoarse cough, but i think its because they probably barked for a week straight. Patty has one eye that seems to be bothered. hopefully it will be better tomorrow. i have some old ointment from before that we put in her eye.
the trip was fun, i am still pretty itchy from my sunburn. i think i got some sun rash.

tonight ryan picked a huge green "zuccini" and cath informed me today that it was a pumpkin!!! you learn something new everyday. ha ha ha

OBX

we are in the outer banks this week. we have had lots of fun so far... boring is not a word that can be used so far. my bug blew up on the way down, so we had to squeeze into ryans parents truck for half of the trip. i talked to the mechanic yesterday and they said the 'motor' was bad. they are going to have another person look at it. there is only 92k miles on it so i am not happy. i have a warranty of 7 years or 100k so i might have this covered we will see.
saturday we hit 3 hours of almost deadstop traffic. sunday it was beautiful weather - we went to the beach all day. yesterday it rained alot of the morning and then becky decided to drink a couple of 20 oz chocolate martini's and just about died in the pool. nurse sarah took care of her though and she made it. Only after puking in the pool ALOT. she doesnt remember much- i have some pictures though. i will be sure to post them.

tests

those were fun tests....bert was a little off though -I am by far no neat freak- ask Ryan. but I liked that website.


getting geared up for going to Syracuse this weekend. I have been trying to walk the dogs everyday this week - cause that is the dog whisperer's biggest thing is work, discipline, then affection. and work is walking. last night we tried to do what he did with the vacuum cleaner cause I cant vacuum with patty or linus in the house cause they attack the cleaner. but it worked last night doing what he said. I'm so impressed. my dogs have hope.

These are fun!!

You Are a Lime Margarita

Realistic and grounded, you have the energy to tackle any obstacle that stands in your way. Hyper and driven, you despise lazy behavior of all kinds... especially lazy drunks too tired to dance!

What Flavor Margarita Are You?

You Are Bert

Extremely serious and a little eccentric, people find you loveable - even if you don't love them! You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

busy busy

well i have been a little busy so i havent been able to update the blog. unfort. my new job does not allow me the luxury of surfing the net and checking email all day.... i have to actually earn my pay.

we are (well ryan is) doing housework today. he got 3 truck loads of gravel to put under murphys cage and under the deck. he has been moving the gravel since about one. i have been cleaning inside.

murphy is doing good. he was 20 lbs on thursday when we took him to the vet. getting bigger everyday i think. ryan has sit and stay pretty much down. now ryan has to learn how to duck hunt since he will be training murphy to go get the ducks he has to learn to kill. funny how boys think. backwards that is. lets get a dog and train him on something you dont even do. ugh. i wish dogs could retrieve deer. since we already have the million dollars of supplies for that hobby. i need an expensive hobby. hmmm.... any ideas?

only 2 weeks to nc. i am so excited for it. this is our last weekend of rest for a while. next weekend we are going to syracuse then our trip to the OBX and then my friend is getting married on labor day. Then i go to Albany for nicoles shower...two weeks later back to albany for the bachelorette party... two weeks later the actual wedding. then rest.

monday

So the puppy has been a handful. ryans mom watched them friday and saturday night and sunday morning she was WAITING for us to come take them. he chews on alot of things, that wouldnt be so bad if linus wasnt barking, growling, and chasing him all over. i feel bad for the both of them- linus is truly bothered by him- she wont relax and poor murphy gets attacked any time he breathes wrong around linus.

work has been good- starting over though kind of sucks. i work with really nice people and i dont think it will take long but its still an adjustment period. and i seriously think i have a neon light on my head when i walk in the plant. its like these people have never been out in public before- no manners i tell you.

we watched tristan and isolde last night. it was a good movie- enertaining. this weekend was a friend of ryans wedding. i had a very good time. friday night we went to the ellicottville brewing company for the rehearsal dinner and then saturday the wedding was at the ski resort. they were suppose to get married outside but it poured all day. they got married inside and it was very nice.

yesterday i saw a black snake in the side yard, and i was in my bare feet. i was so scared. ryan was mowing the lawn and i was screaming and jumping up and down to get his attention. i finally got him to see me - he went over to the snake and tried to pick him up and the snake tried to bite him. so ryan had to kill him. i was soooo freaked out though. then i was convinced to mow the lawn and while i was mowing something moved in the grass right near where my mom had also seen a snake. so i got all freaked out again. It was only a toad - but it was horrible, i was hysterical and ryan just looked at me like i was crazy. i dont want to even step foot on the grass anymore. i read that snakes like loose dirt and tall grass. so i told ryan we are going to gravel the whole yard.

lots to report on

so there is so much to tell you about...
first off terrible news- murphy has a heart murmur. and ryan called the breeder (Gun Creek Labradors) and they dont think they are responsible for the vet bills associated with it. AND they didnt even have him see a vet before we got him. The breeder gave him his first shots. Ridiculous that they get away with that. ryan is talking with his vet and the breeder. but i think we need to threaten that we will get a lawyer and take out an ad in the paper over this.

most terrible news- i turned 28 today! god i'm old.

this weekend was the italian fest. fun fun. becky came to visit. she has all the details on her blog.

i did get tons of good stuff today though- ryan got me the cool new clogs that are everywhere, a linus doll bobble head, and margarita fixins. cath got me tons of little cakes, daisies, and a red sox sweatshirt, sarah and jr got me an old navy gift card, carrie got me the wreckers cd and a cute new hello kitty shirt that ryan would have never let me buy, hopefully becky is getting me laguna beach season 2 on dvd. :)

ok more to post later esp about the new job

2 days to go

only two more days and i am done with my current employer. whooo hoooo. i cant tell you how excited i am. tomorrow they are a having a lunch for me, i am probably going to have to say some sort of speech. but i dont want to.

murphy pee'd inside for the first time last night. and ryan took him outside in the pouring rain and thunder and lightening...hopefully he is so tramatized that he will never do it again.


The Happy Family

becky is coming to visit this weekend...it will be so fun- we are going to the drive in friday night and then to the italian festival saturday.

reunion weekend

so reunion weekend is done....finally. It was a fun but long weekend. We went to the parkwood Friday night and there was a large turnout. We partied all night. When we got home at 2:30 I passed out and Ryan had to play with Murphy for a bit, then he went to sleep for about 2 hours and then Murphy started crying so Ryan had to get up. he slept in the office next to the cage, in the doorway using my workbag as a pillow, and outside in the yard. so he didn't get much sleep, a puppy is a slot of work :) Then Saturday we had to get up early and go to a picnic. We brought Murphy and he slept alot of the day. Saturday night we went to a dinner that the average age was 70. it was good food but kind of boring. We then went out to the bars again. most of us were exhausted, so we weren't a ton of fun. We went to granny's (and they are under new ownership) and a bachelorette party came in and apparently asked the DJ to play some different music. they were playing terrible music for a Saturday night. and the owner came up to the bachelorette and told her that "we don't play n-word music here" so the party left and informed us of what he said. needless to say we pretty much finished our drinks and left. I wont be frequenting that bar again. and Ryan tries to tell me the people aren't racist here. I guess there are racist people anywhere, but come on....it was as if I was in SC again. and why a bar "service" would not give its customers what they want is beyond me. I know I am going to tell everyone I know not to go there. I hope the guy goes out of business.

I added new pictures of Murphy on the link below, so you can check him out. he hasn't had an accident yet in the house (besides the cage). I'm impressed. Tonight we took Murphy to the river behind our house and he had his first swim.

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.