Jul 30, 2005

work

well its saturday and I am at work again... I cant wait until this week is over... 1 and half hours :) the supervisor that is under me was off this past week and he usually handles all of the personnel issues- well we had catastrophic machine failures this week and 7 people had to be moved off their normal jobs for 3 weeks while we make repairs and I had to be the one to coordinate it all- well most of them weren't happy campers about moving from 1st to 2nd or 3rd shifts on the weekends, sooooo it pretty much sucked. I cant wait until I get to go on vacation for a week. (which is in two weeks) we are going to boston first to see becky and then go to the red sox game. then we are going up to maine to go camping in acadia, shop in ll bean, and see my friend carrie and dan and their baby. then we are headed to vt to fill our 84,000 growlers of magic hat and see the vermont teddy bear factory. oh I cant wait.

today I am working until about 11:30 then ryan and I are going to go garage sale shopping on our way home. I hope it isn't as disappointing as the last time we went. there was a "HUGE BARN SALE" a few weeks ago and we figured would be a good sale to get tools and such for our house. well we go to it and yes it was a HUGE BARN, but it was filled with crap like: USED boxers, bags of those hair rollers you sleep in, wigs, anything you would ever want to have if you owned a bird, and just plain junk. hope these ones today are better. we saw 3 on our way to work this morning though.

Tonight we have nicole and patricks wedding, it should be a good time. I am going to wear my new seventies skirt. Its sooo cute. I am sad that I am going to miss the Hahn family reunion, its always so fun and such good food.

tomorrow we are going to go to quaker run and go to the beach. its suppose to be 82 tomorrow. how fun!

Jul 27, 2005

bee's suck

A damn bee stung me today in my morning meeting! it hurt....

Ryan and i have been looking into getting a bigger car for road trips and such cause my bug is alittle too small and ryans truck gets terrible gas mileage soooo we need an inbetween size. we have been looking at all sorts of SUV's to find something we both like. well today on the radio they were talking about toyots highland hybrid. it gets 30 mpg and its a 4x4 (for me getting out of our driveway) sooo i think this is the kind i want now. its alittle more expensive than the non-hybrid but we will get some sort of tax break by having a hybrid car. and we will get way better gas mileage. yipppeee! the only down side is the color selection is not very good. white, black, gold - all blach!! then silver or blue metallic - those would be the only 2 i would consider.

i have to go weigh in for july tonight- i am NOT looking forward to it at all. i hope to have lost 1.4 pounds that i needed to. i havent been sore from my kickboxing class yet- i'm thinking its not as effective as my other aerobics class i took. i'm very surprised how well my foot is doing now that i am exercising again.

we got a major rain storm last night- trees were down all over the place on my way to work- thank good we got some rain, my tomatos are looking dead compared to cathy's plants.

Jul 25, 2005

6th book...

I finished the sixth book on Saturday on our way to the beach- it is the saddest ending in the history of Harry Potter. I must say that I do not like the way it ended. VERY SAD!!! but I also cant wait for the next one. I so want to know how they are going to end this series.

but other than that the weekend was so much fun- Ryan and I left around 4 on Friday and drove up to Syracuse. When we got there we went shopping at Joanns and Target. I got the cutest skirt at Target and a bunch of other good stuff. They have all of their little dogs supplies on sale (well some of them) I wish I could get my dogs to go around in a little bag. :) Then we went to bed kinda early- there was no going out this weekend. I got up at 7am Saturday so we could make it to the Kohl's morning madness sale. oooh that was fun, it felt like the day after thanksgiving all over again :) I got a really nice ottoman (blue velvet) that also is a storage container. very nice. we got tons of stuff on sale, Ryan finally got his AC DC shirt he has been searching for. Cath had a 15% off coupon too which made the sales even better. Then we went home and went to Lakeview. We got there about noonish. Right when we got out of the canoes two labs came to attach me and my dogs. there was a chocolate lab puppy and a big yellow lab. They were awful cute. cath even thought so. Patty and Linus did pretty good with all the dogs and people, they only barked when dogs actually walked by.
After the beach we went to red lobster...oh it was divine :)

I guy I work with has a sister who took his golden retriever a few years ago and bred this dog and had puppies. Well today he IM'd me and asked me if i wanted to see something cool- so i went to his computer and there was a web cam of his dog having puppies! (another litter of pups) apparently his sister and her husband couldnt be home all day today so they set up a web cam on her so they could see when she was in labor and go home. It was the strangest thing ever, and this poor dogs was all alone in labor. i saw 2 or 3 puppies but she must have more.

Jul 22, 2005

Linnie Loo

This morning Linus was in rare form-
I was reading my Harry Potter this morning after Ryan left cause he woke me up at 5:30 and I don't normally get up until 6:30. First I was laying down with my book on the pillow reading and Linus walked right across the pillow and layed on the book then I sat up so she brought her basketball up on the bed and was playing with it right next to me, then she turned looked at me and threw herself against my arm- like "helllo- play with me!!!" she is never like that to me- she does it usually to patty. who hates it. :)

So Harry Potter is so good- I want to bring it to work and read it at my desk... but at the same time I don't want it to be over- such dilemmas

Jul 20, 2005

harry potter

i can't believe that dad finished it already. i am on page 300 now but i am in no rush because the sooner you finish it the longer you have to wait for the next one. but it is getting very good.

today it isnt as warm out but i am still sweating from my lunch time walk.

i'm not that sore today from kickboxing, i must not have done all 84,000 situps correctly- i have my yoga class tonight though so after that i should be okay-

i mowed our lawn last night- it had gotten very long in only a week- i was very surprised. i think i need to water our garden tonight cause its not suppose to rain very much the rest of the week. which is good though cause ryan and i are going to syracuse and we want to go to the beach. fun fun.

Jul 19, 2005

fillings

well today i went and got one cavity filled but it took so long that i have to go back to get the other one done. my tooth is starting to ache a little bit.

i just got back from my first kickboxing class at the Y and i think i am going to be sore tomorrow from it. we did 84,000 situps.

i washed my car yesterday with the new soap system that cath and mike got me- it worked so nice. and ryan got me for my birthday an easel that i can use to draw or paint and a pad of canvases. its so cool. i think i am going to start with a painting of patty and linus- or maybe a drawing- what do you think?

ryan and i went to dinner last night and we were going to go to the drive-in but we were too tired- maybe another day this week we can go.

oh cath- you forgot the chicken!

Jul 18, 2005

its my birthday!!!

I feel so old today :)

well this weekend was crazy busy... I went to work saturday morning and then to the Italian Fest for a few hours and ran home showered/changed for the wedding. Ryans parents picked me up and we went to the outdoor wedding. it thundered during the ceremony but no rain fell. it was a nice short ceremony- then we went to the reception a waited and waited and waited for the party to get back. The rain slowed down the picture taking because they had to wait out the rain in between pictures. finally at 7:45 the wedding party was announced and we were allowed to eat. will and kristina had the cutest/creative centerpieces I have ever seen. each table was a city that they had visited in europe last year when they lived in switzerland for 6 months. and they had pictures of them and a little blurb about the place. and then everyone got a little thank you card that had a picture of them corresponding to the city of the table. very cute.

well during the wedding ryan, tammy, shane and I snuck over to the Italian fest for about 45 minutes.... it was soooooo crowded there. we saw everyone and their brother though. I also got a beer from someone then turned around and some drunk kid offered me $1.50 for it. (normally only $1 anyways) so I made some money there :)

ryan and I tried to do our dance that we learned for the wedding- we can only remember parts of it. I wish we had gotten it on video...

we left the reception a little after 1 and went to grannys for a beer then we went home. I was a little tipsy. I felt the need to finish off the head tables glasses of champagne...(yeah yeah I know- atleast I didn't screech at anybody) I think it gave me a bit of a headache sunday morning.

cath and mike stopped by sunday morning to visit for a few hours, it was very nice. I gave my dad his harry potter book- I already have 100 pages read dad- better get going on it!

Jul 16, 2005

GOT IT!!!

So ryan did end up going with me to the mall- the rehearsal dinner was real low key, i think he thought he was going to be missing a rager or something. It was such a good dinner though- we had grilled zuccini (well amongst other things) - but it was the best grilled Zuccini i've ever had. i know we have grilled it on the grill but i dont know what was on these. yummy!

so anyways we got to the mall about 20 of midnight and there were around 35 poeple already in line. at exactly 12:01 they started selling them and we got out of there at 12:11. so we made very good time. i got me one, my dad one, and kristina one for her wedding present.

I've read one and a half chapters and let me say ITS GOING TO BE GOOD!!!

Jul 15, 2005

Harry Potter

tonight the new harry potter book comes out... i WAS so excited to go to it until last night when ryan basically told me he is not going with me because Will is getting married and tonight is the rehearsal dinner and he wouldn't be able to leave it to go with me. now I'm talking about 12:01 am that the book store will be selling them. so I'm not sure yet if i want to go by myself yet. i might just wait till tomorrow morning. it was just so exciting 2 years ago when me and my dad went to barnes and noble to get the 5th book. we waited like 2 hours and with luck ended up right infront of cashiers at midnight- cause noone knew where they would be passing the books out. we got like the 3rd and 4th ones sold. it was awesome.

last night we went to the casino for the buffet- it was yummy as usual. i had about 35 king crab legs. mmm mmm. then we went back to my parents cabin and had a fire, even though it was close to 80 degrees. it was fun- a giant moth tried to kill my mom and there was the cutest little boy pomeranian at the cabin next to theirs, he had a lion cut. he was pattys size. patty and linus scared him though- i think they are a little aggressive :). he didn't ever bark either, i was so jealous. yeah and with out my knowledge sarah and junior took it upon themselves to take any camping supplies we had in our house/garage without asking. ryan said they could use our sleeping bags and i guess in their speak that means "take anything you need". feels like I'm back in high school when my clothes/stuff would disappear.

we didn't get home until 11:30 last night so i am so tired today. after work i have my golf league, dad is going to come down and golf with us too. should be fun. oh i got such good birthday presents, the automatic car washer thing from Mr. Clean, pretty colored golf balls, hello kitty tattoos, and the cutest hello kitty purse. i needed a new one for summer since my big ass purple purse is a little on the warm side with its fur...

have a wonderful weekend and be sure to get your copy of harry potter!!

Jul 13, 2005

Sweltering heat

wow it is so warm here. Patti and i just went for our walk at lunch and i think my entire shirt is drenched in sweat. so gross.

Some kid was stabbed in don's friendly tavern last night (becky and luanne- where you went while you waited for the brakes to be done) and they died. wow how scary.

there have been alot of deaths here lately, a 19 yr old kid died last thursday night while speeding down a road- he flipped right over a bridge guardrail and landed upside down in a creek. I think some kid died on a motorcycle too. Blood alcohol was like .25 and he wasn’t wearing a helmet. Not so smart...

i took my yellow bug to get inspected yesterday and the check engine light is on- which with the new law they wont pass it until they fix it. soooo i have to replace the oxygen sensor which is like $175 just for the part. agh, cars suck.

Jul 12, 2005

Headache

I have been getting headaches everyday lately, I don't know why.

it is so hot and humid here today. Its going to be 90 I think again. yesterday I had to golf in the 90 degree weather- it was soooo hot and horrible. and I golfed horrible on top of that. Alice carried her clubs though which must have been worse then me pulling my cart. when I got home I went swimming at ryans parents though- that was nice.

This week is going to be very humid. has everyone seen that a tropical storm is named Emily again? Hopefully nicole and patrick can get married this weekend without any problems from Emily. Will and Kristina are getting married on saturday here in olean and I just checked the weather and there is a 40% chance of rain/thunderstorms.

This weekend was fun- ryan and I went to see batman begins friday night. It was sooooo soooo good. I loved it. I want to watch it again. I think Christian bale is the best batman of all the others. saturday we went to letchworth state park hiking. I was so worried that patty and linus wouldn't be able to make the hike, but I should have been more worried about me making it! I'm in desperate need of going back to the gym. it was a lot of fun though and the waterfalls were beautiful.

Jul 8, 2005

kittens

no nothing new with the kittens, after Linus got the one they seemed to be hiding until last night i saw them again- there are 4 kittens left. Not sure what we are going to do. Esp since we found out its a felony to kill domestic animals. Soooo we might have to turn Linus in.

Friday

So nice to only have to work 2 days this week, and not use any vacation days...

yesterday was very nice i went shopping and then swimming at the Y. My arms were so sore afterwards. i need to start going to the gym again. i'm taking a kickboxing class and then ryan and i are going to take a yoga class once a week. Last night we went walking with the dogs- they really need to get back in shape for our big hike this weekend.

Tonight we are going to see batman returns, i can't wait. then tomorrow we are going to letchworth to go hiking for the day. the forecast is a little bad but i think we are going to risk it.

Patty's eye is STILL dilated.

Jul 6, 2005

liver transplant....

well the weekend is finally over... i'm working today but then i have tomorrow off and work on friday. its pouring today so i decided to work.

the weekend was so much fun- we hung out mostly with chad and kevin because this will be the last time chad is home before he goes to Iraq- so ryan wanted to see him. i dont like knowing people that are over there. Kevin said he will probably be going back sometime next year.

we saw fireworks sunday and monday night. Oleans were better than cuba's. both finales though were pretty disappointing.

I had to take patty to the doctor again yesterday because her eye got scratched on saturday somehow and so i put drops from ryans mom in her eye- but then her looked so weird (cause the drops make the pupil dilate...but i didnt know that) so i thought patty was going blind- her eye was all dilated and looked glossed over. but it isnt, she can see... $40 later it took though.

Jul 2, 2005

party time

let the parties begin....

i think its going to be a long weekend. esp since i have monday and tuesday and MAYBE wednesday off. ryan has already left for the party he is going to help brent cook chicken... i'm not sure if i can even eat chicken today i had it saturday and then all week. i think we still have some in the fridge and i know we have tons in teh freezer thanks to cath.
oh i put my pictures up on kodak- can anyone tell me what on earth cath is doing in the pictures where she looks like she is mental challenged? i think she might be dancing but i don't remember that.
its another beautiful day here only its not muggy, it's so much nicer. i have to go walk the dogs before the party then get ready to go. i'm in no rush though i dont think i will know too many people there until 4pm anyways.

Jul 1, 2005

Canada Day!

happy Canada day!! i just love those beady eyed, flappy jaw'd people.

well its finally a new quarter, new month- so work isnt so hectic. we didnt make our 2nd quarter numbers though, not good. esp when you get blamed for it.

i finally weighed in for the month of june too and it was bad- very bad.. i had to pay for only the 3rd time in 3 years. ugh. back on track now though- counting every point. its going to be a tough weekend because we have parties to go to on saturday, sunday, and monday. it will be alot of fun though.

Last night when i left work on my way to meet ryan to go grocery shopping my green bug wouldnt start. it wouldnt even turn over. i thought maybe the battery died but all my lights came on- plus i didnt know where the battery was even located (under the back seat-i now know) So i called ryan and he came and got me (isnt he soooooo amazing?!) we went shopping then when i got home we had just gotten our AAA cards, perfect timing. so i called them and we had to go meet the tow guy at work to get the tow. when we got there my bug started! i felt so bad for making the tow guy come all that way and then the bug started. but i'm happy it started. dont know whats wrong with it. its very inconvienant when it doesnt start.

More upsetting news is that there is nothing that can be done with the 4 kittens that live in our barn and upset my Patty and Linus and probably the neighbors. Well there is but we have to do it ourselves. i called the SPCA and they have a LONG waiting list for kittens. We looked at other animal shelter places but noone touches cats really, esp wild ones. So we now have to do something... not sure what and i dont think i even want to know about it. Ryan will have to do it secretly.

Jun 30, 2005

more cavities

i'm too busy now to write much- but just incase not everyone knew- i have 2 cavities and i am getting them filled july 19th. (the day after my birthday!! just incase you havent started thinking of my present)

Jun 21, 2005

cavities

Well i went to the dentist today and i have 2!!! (call me becky) cavities. i'm so upset. i need to start flossing again.

The party on saturday was fun- drank way too much as usual and then sunday we went to ryans parents for a chicken barbecue and i was suffering so. It was very good chicken though.

Yesterday was Patty's birthday she turned 4. she hasnt gotten presents from everyone yet...but i told her they were on their way. I baked some dog treats yesterday from a kit i got to make dog biscuits and made her a P one for her birthday. She is getting so old.

Tonight i need to start cleaning for my weekend guests. and i hope to take the dogs for a walk. they havent had a walk since before my surgery.

Jun 18, 2005

um...busy??

hello i have been too busy lately to update this....

work has been very busy this week and with taking off two days to go to north carolina it was even busier.... excuse me! I dont appreciate the rude comments.

Well so update- ryan and i went to north carolina's outer banks last weekend for a little vacation. it was so much fun, our weather was perfect. We got a little burnt too but nothing terrible. The water was too cold to go swimming so i think next year when we go its going to be in August.

Other than that nothing much is going on, only work.

Today is my work summer picnic and i am working this morning and i am suppose to be helping set up for the picnic so i really neeed to get moving. I'm already 20 minutes late. Tonight we are going out for nicoles bachelorette party. It should be a good time- just hoping for no bus incidents. i will be sure my name is not mentioned... i'm probably banned from using their buses forever.

We are also getting ready for our chicken barbeque next weekend- its going to be a blast (and good food) so everyone is welcome and can invite whoever.

Jun 3, 2005

no pictures

i dont know what i am doing wrong but i cant get my pictures to show up and now i lost half of my old post. agh. i give up.

i got my stitches out yesterday but i dont think they were healed all the way cause now i have to wear a bandaid so they dont split open. and last night when i went to shower i took the band aid off and could see my stitches open. EEEWWW. so i will not take the bandaid off again. i hate this.

Tomorrow night is the big football game. i hope portville wins, it wont be any fun to have to go to a party afterwards if they lost again. actually i hope that ryan doesnt get hurt this time even more.