camping

well i am getting ready now for our first camping trip of the year. we are going to six flags darien lake so its not really camping since every site has water and electricity but still... the bad thing is its suppose to rain on saturday but its going to be 65, so thats warm atleast. i cant get my foot wet so it could turn into a problem. its only an hour and half from our house though incase i need to come home :) my foot is doing much better today though- my hop is almost gone. i think i am just afraid to put all my pressure on it. I am getting it cleaned today at the DR. i dont think i should look though because the bruises are pretty bad just on my toes and i might puke if i see my whole foot.
i have tomorrow off i'm so excited to have nothing to do but get ready for our trip. we get back sunday and i want to go get my plants and get them planted. My flower garden is already looking so good.

black toes

***Foot update*** oh last night i noticed my toes are bruising and turning black and blue!! it was so upsetting. i called my dr today and they said it was normal- and not to worry. but who wouldn't worry about black toes?!? i didn't let it go below my heart level all of yesterday once i noticed it was black.

no real bad pain, i'm still hopping pretty good though. i'm going to darien lake six flags for the weekend i hope i am alright by then.

hoppy

Well surgery is over!! Thank god. It went better than I was thinking it would- well recovery is better than I thought I guess. The actually surgery was crazy. I was so scared that they thought that had given me anesthesia and they hadn't, so I was afraid they were going to start cutting me and I would feel it. but they knew that and I was asleep and it was over before I knew it. I hate being in places they are sticking people with IV's. Oh I had to have an IV too. That was horrible cause I didn't want to move my arm once it was in, fear of sticking myself with the needle. I wasn't in any pain on Friday- just kept popping IB's and stayed off it. I'm sure cath couldn't wait to not hear "cath....Can you get..." Friday night we babysat Alyssa. She is so cute. Mental note though- don't let becky babysit children.... she does a very good darth vader impersonation with a black towel. :)
Saturday we went to the dump and becky and mom had to do everything- it was kind of funny to watch. I had to hide though when the dump attendant wanted to know where mom's tag was. she talked her way out of trouble :) after that we went to ryans parents house for a barbecue where I ate way too much.
Saturday night was the big party at the PC. We played beer pong and becky and I came in 2nd place. Then cath made her karoke debut. We sang brown eyed girl and country road by John Denver. I'm sure we were very entertaining. Thank god most people had already left.
Sunday I layed on the couch for 80% of the day. soooo nice. we watched shall we dance, dumb movie- don't waste your time. Then it was cold case season finale- which was soooooo good. and desperate housewives season finale too. Now I cant wait till next season!
all the good shows are over- this is going suck when I have no more tv to watch.

gas leak

I drove my vintage bug home from work last night, well first I had a bunch of errands to run with it. Driving through olean I only stalled twice. both times at a light. nobody honked at me this time though. its going to take alot of getting used to, driving this standard car. I don't know why anyone would LOOK for a standard car when they have automatics....

so anyways on my way home I filled the bug for the first time. I got it with half a tank of gas and used almost all of it. When I was driving home from the gas station it smelled ALOT more like gas than normal. When I pulled into the drive way Ryan came to the window and was like "EMILY, you're leaking gas all over!!" I went to the front of the bug and sure enough in a matter of seconds there was a puddle of gas and a stream still coming out the front. I thought oh no there is a hole in my gas tank! But it was just the overfill area in the gas tank- I must have overfilled it. From now on I am going to put in a half a tank at a time. Good thing I didn't have anything stored in my trunk- or it would have been covered in gasoline. I still can't believe anyone put anything valuable in a bug's trunk. It is so dirty and gross.

got the sticker!!!!

Finally got my bug back today. It rides sooo much better with new tires and ball joints. I cant wait to drive it all over town today... I have to weigh in tonight though so my exciting day might go right down the toliet when i do.

My mom is coming down tomorrow with rhubarb to make some rhubarb pies, mmm mmm. i think my second favorite. then becky and dad are coming down friday night. we are going to have a BBQ at our house saturday afternoon. the weather for the weekend looks really good highs into the 60s and 70s on sat and sunday.

Hope everyone is having a great wednesday

P.S. Cath- my bug is no jalopy!

allergies?

So yesterday i got all my tests done so that its okay to have my surgery. I got sick or allergies over the weekend, so i am crossing my fingers and popping vitamins hoping i will be 100% by friday. i get my surgery done at the hospital. They are going to admit me and give me a wristband! and my own room. Cath is coming down thursday night and we have to be at the hospital at 6:30 in the AM!! I should be home by lunch though, and i am not allowed to walk on it for 24 hours. With the few exceptions. I have to keep my big bandage on for a week without removing it and wear one of those big open shoes. Thank god i dont have to clean the wound. I HATE that.

I have to go get my pain medicine filled today. We'll have to see how alcohol and pain medicine mix :)

My bug FINALLY got worked on yesterday. for 3 days it sat at J & R's not getting fixed. I took it home for the weekend and fixed the accelerator pedal myself! first thing i have actually accomplished on the bug. And i got my license plates on. so exciting. hopefully i can pick it up today. Then cath will be able to drive me to the hospital in it :)

Thank god for caryn's big mouth

I thought for sure i was out of the game.... she is dumb- i hate these people that go on survivor and think that they are going to be told the truth by everyone. HELLOOO have you ever seen the show before? but luckily for me i am still in it. i think i have a pretty good chance of winning.

tires and ball joints

Well, my bug has been at the mechanic for a whole day now, and it is going to end up costing me about $600. Almost as much as the whole bug was... Good thing i didn't buy a more expensive one. I need new tires and new ball joints. so hopefully it will ride alot better. Oh and a new windshield but i already knew that. Hopefully by Friday i will have it back and be able to drive it over the weekend.

When my foot is unable to use the clutch i am going to rebuild the carburetor. Hopefully that goes better than the accelerator pedal.

I am getting my hair cut today for the summer, atleast 2 inches cut off and my highlights redone. Can't wait- my roots were getting alittle out of hand.

I didnt see the amazing race last night, i taped it so noone ruin it for me

inspection day

I havent written in 5 whole days....way too long according to becky.

Well exciting news... yesterday i got my plates for my bug and 10 days to get it inspected. So last night ryan and i got to take our first legal drive in it. it was so exciting. i dropped it off this morning at the inspection place. so cross your fingers it doesnt cost too much to get it inspected. I need to have the windshield replaced so i know it wont be done today. tomorrow i need to take it to the glass place.

not so exciting news... My surgery is going to be may 20. my mother is going to come take care of me on friday, good thing too because my husband is going to go to a fundraiser on friday night. even if my mom wasnt coming he said he would go. not a very good nurse. My graduation party is the next night so hopefully i will be feeling good enough to enjoy the party.

We got a lot done on the house and shed this weekend. Linus got stung by a bee on thursday night, her face blew way up. it didnt seem to bother her too much. We also let Patty and Linus meet Zoe the new rotweiller that moved in next store. She is so cute- but i'm terrifed of how big she is going to get.

We went to the Stink Fest saturday also- it was cold and rainy and i'm not sure what rocks the people crawled out from under to get there. some very scary people... it was really good food though.

Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!

today is officially margarita day.... so everyone enjoy! i actually got terrible news yesterday my cancer on my foot is REAL and i have to have it surgically removed. I'm looking at may 20 or 24th. i'm hoping it wont be until the 24th because then my graduation party on the 21st will SUCK if i just had surgery.

now june 25th has opened up for a party at our house. i'm thinking of a good theme, maybe a 70's party, any thoughts on that? or any other ideas are welcome.

i got to mow the lawn for the first time with the new lawn mower yesterday, tons of fun. it took a little over an hour which isnt bad. the grass had actually gotten pretty long. it was sooo cold though, i was in my winter gear. this morning we had a bad frost and i hope my tulips didnt die. tomorrow its suppose to get warmer and in the 70's by sunday.

Cheers!

graduate

I am an official St Bonaventure graduate as of today. I had my last class last night- granted it was step aerobics for an hour. i have a crazy professor, the last course i had with him he had us do a pilates class. ??? but anyways after our last class ryan and i went to the village green to celebrate. And carrie and ann and bird stopped by too. Bird is home from Iraq for 2 weeks.

Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo - or as i like to think of it as Margarita day.

This weekend we are going to Stink fest in Bradford. its the leek festival. should be good food there.

Ya yas

Oh I forgot to tell everyone- did you know there is another ya ya book? Its called ya-yas in bloom. I'm reading it right now, when I am done anyone who wants to can borrow it. its good.

well thank you everyone who sponsored me in the march of dimes walk. it was yesterday. luckily we made it through the whole thing without any rain. and linus walked the whole thing and patty I only had to carry for a minute. I'm so proud of them. we did 5.6 miles in under 2 hours. they will definitely be able to hike with us cause we wont walk that fast when we hike.

we watched finding neverland this weekend, it was soooo sad. i had no idea it was a sad movie. a little slow to start but i liked it alot.

I start my new job today... hopefully everything goes smoothly. our corporate president and vice president are coming to visit in 2 weeks and i have to give them a tour of the plant... oh its those things that make me so nervous...

Without a Trace

Did anyone tape without a trace?!? I need it because that damn president talked for an hour and my vcr didn't go an extra hour so I missed it. How funny is this bride from georgia too? such a without a trace case!

I watched survivor last night, even though becky already ruined it for me. i'm so mad stephenie got voted off, they are so dumb. if I was her, when I was walking off to get my torch put out I would have turned around and said "F-you all you idiots, now Tom is going to win" definitely not "good luck".

I went and saw reel big fish Thursday night, the show was very good. brought back so many memories of hungry charlies :) there weren't too many people there though. I guess when the band is 6 years old and the people at st bonaventure were only 12 that the turnout wont be great. they have a new album out- i've ordered it already. they have some really funny songs on it.

I have another linus is from mars story. I bought her some tablets that are suppose to deter her from eating poop and i gave her her first pill last night. I have never had to give linus medicine before so i wasnt sure if i had to shove it down her throat like i do for patty (and buster was the same way) so i thought well shes crazy maybe she will just swallow it. so i acted like it was a treat and made her sit- then gave it to her and she just chomped away at it. loved it! hopefully it works so i dont have to get licked by poopy face anymore

Ok- well enough procrastinating I have homework to do.

MARCH OF DIMES

The walk is tomorrow morning- if you haven't sponsored me yet now is your chance! Think too that i am going to be walking in the cold and rain.... and its for the babies

Its finally friday!!

This week seemed to be forever long. Not even sure what i am doing this weekend besides homework but i'm excited to sleep in. We were going to til our garden but it suppose to be cold and rainy all weekend. maybe even snow.

My tulips are up! and i think my daffodils are coming up too. i cant wait to get my gnomes and glass ball out.

Some more work got done on the shed last night, it looks like a building now- i'll send out some more pictures this weekend.

busy week

well this has been a very busy week... i haven't been able to drive my bug since sunday! ugh. I have been ordering all the parts i need to get it on the road though- i still need to get tires. But i think i will wait till i take it to inspection before i do that. My mechanic got me a good deal on tires before so hopefully he will again.

tonight we are going to put lanolium in our bathroom and tear up the carpet. i can't wait. i HATE carpet in the bathroom.

last night on the amazing race the gay guys got eliminated. i liked them- i was hoping that dumb gretchen would get voted off. Don't you think its a lot harder to push a huge elephant when her dumb ass is sitting in it?!!?! Then later in the show she was complaining about how slow their elephant was?! they annoy me so much. It was a bad week for gay people on reality shows.... first coby got voted off surivior and now the amazing race.

it has been so nice and warm here this week, 75 yesterday and 70 today. its going to rain though and then this weekend is suppose to be cold again. like high in the 40s or 50s.

I finished another scrapbook on Monday, so i have one more on my list to do then i am taking a break for real.

Oh i heard the most upsetting news on monday, a friend of ours has a mini-dachsund and on friday it was bit by another dog in its own yard - they took it to the vet but the vet couldnt save her and she died! I have never heard of such a thing, very upsetting because i dont think my patty is much bigger than their dog. Linus on the other hand i am not worried about. how sad....

lessons

Well it's sunday and I offically own a 1974 VW beetle. We didnt get the back to our house until midnight friday night. It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get to Bellwood because we had to stop in BRadford to drop off the 4 wheeler and then we got detoured because a train had set a fire and closed a road. The best part is that when PA closes a road they dont give you a detour route and the gas stations dont sell PA maps. Luckily we still found my bug.

Well we get there and the guy has 3 bugs, my very nice condition green one and 2 other old parts looking bugs.

The bug was too long for the trailer to close so we had to take the trailer ramps off and hold the bug in with straps. It was a very stressful ride home because the whole time i was waiting for the bug to fall off the back. So we got home safely and just left it on the trailer til the next morning. Then at 9 the next morning we had to take it off the trailer and put the trailer back together to return it to ryans grandpa- it took about 30 minutes to get the car from the bottom of the street into the garage. I think i stalled about 13 times. I realized I need a little std practice before I can go in public. It doesnt help that the gas pedal is broken off and all i have to step on is a little metal piece AND that the seat wont move up and i cant reach the clutch without seating halfway up the seat. but i still love it.

Last night ryan and i decided we needed to ride it again and so i took it over to Wolf creek rd with no insurance, no registration, no inspection, no plates. not risky at all. oh and bad tires :).

it was so much fun though- i got the hang of the shifting and only stalled once. it was sooo much fun. i just love it.

1 more day....

Tomorrow i'm going to get my bug!! i have to go get the money order today, i think getting that makes it feel more official. Ryan and I are leaving here about 3 so we might make it back still in the daylight. I will take pictures of it- dont worry. i forgot too i'm going to have to get it inspected since its coming from PA. hope it passes...

last night i shoveled gravel forever because this winter the plow people put it all in our lawn. oh the troubles of owning a house. but luckily we have a 4-wheeler cause i was able to haul the gravel to the driveway. This weekend i will probably do some more. we have probably 3 more loads to do. The nieghbor kid helped me last night too. just out of nowhere he comes with a shovel. normally i cringe when i see him coming because he usually stays for hours at a time, but i was happy yesterday.

Linus has found her new sleeping spot- she sleeps under the bed hiding behind a pillow. Its so funny cause it took two times where i thought i lost her before i realized she was under the bed. Patty has never even gone under the bed - so this is something new. we have been training Patty and Linus for our hiking trips this summer, they can do about 2 miles no problem- we need to up to about 9 to hike with us though. i might need to look into a carrier for them.

finally...

well i think i finally got the pictures from this weekend (and 2 weekends ago) on Ofoto. I will send the link out to everyone today. It took 3 tries for my stupid computer to upload them. I hate my computer with a passion sometimes. Some days it works super fast and normal (like today) and then some days it is slower than death. so frustrating especially when you have time constraints and need something done.

I got my grade back on my presentation (A!!!) now i just have one case study to do on starbucks and i have a masters degree!! i should get that done probably in the next two weeks. This cinco de mayo is going to be the best one ever since i will also be celebrating never having to go back to bonas with all those stupid 5th years.

Well Happy Wednesday!!

Leeking

Today, another beautiful sunny day, Ryan and I went digging for leeks in ryans parents neighbors woods. It was crazy, we drove into the woods on our four wheeler and all of these little green sprouts are leeks. The woods smelled sooo good. We picked a big 5 gallon bucket full. we still have to clean them up. But last night Aunt Kathy dropped by and gave us some she had picked, so we already have leek dip made.

yesterday all the poles for the MONSTER shed got put in, i had no idea it was going to be so big. i'll put some pictures up on OFOTO so everyone can see them. Then i went to see fever pitch with carrie and nicole. It was a very good movie. I recommend it highly- oops hope you don't read this becky before you go see it.

we are going to spragues now for dinner, its ryans granpa's 1 year anniversary. Crazy thats it been a year already, seems like yesterday. :)