more vegas

okay soooo.......

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

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

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

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

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

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

home

we got home thursday night just in time for survivor.

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

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

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

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

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

valentines day dinner

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

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

finally over

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

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

super bowl sunday

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

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

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

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

pictures coming soon

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

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

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

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

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

goodbye earth destroyer

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

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

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

truck shopping

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

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

check out the quotes

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

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

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

weekend

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

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

THURSDAY

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

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

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

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

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

busy busy

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

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

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

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

so sore

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

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

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

new years

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

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

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

no new years resolution this year.

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

christmas

well christmas this year was great, i was most excited to give my presents this year because i got such ones. I gave ryan a home brew beer making kit....he was very surprised. And i gave my parents 12 new pages to their scrapbook. fun fun. i had made a page of poopsie cause cath forgot her in her christmas letter....and when i showed ryan he was like oh you really want to make her cry. well she did cry, but it only took the first page :) hee hee

i'm watching my laguna beach season 1 dvds now.... i had missed a bunch of them i realized. i got lots of goodies.

we got home last night about 8, after a full day of shopping... i slept in until 10:30 i think. it was so nice. i have tomorrow off too. this week is going to be so nice, i have to work thursday and friday half days. noone will be there friday either.

threats dont work

well my cookie party was fun. the cookie party I do here with my friends family. Her father is 1 of 12 brothers and sisters and they have adopted me into some of their family traditions. so it was my friend and all her aunts and a few cousins. but normal cookie parties work where everyone makes a cookie (8 dozen if there are 8 people) and you bring the cookies and exchange them. However this party is a little different because everyone goes to one persons house and makes the cookies together. a few people make them and bring them but only like 2 people. I brought mine this year because its very time oriented and I burnt myself bad one year. so a crowded kitchen and boiling sugar doesnt mix. I helped with all the other cookies though. and we do a ornament exchange.

that was my Sunday.... Friday night was fun we went to a xmas party and ryan actually drove. they only had blue light for light beers and I hate blue light but I suffered through with a smile :). I was really good with the eating there, didnt overindulge at all. but then we met two of my friends out at a bar and we went to the P Club, and they were having a xmas party of their own. Being a little drunk, all inihibitions flew in the wind, and I gorged on jalapeno poppers, cookies, chicken nuggets and who knows what else.... agh.

waiting

well I am waiting to leave work, but ryan and I carpooled and he is stuck at work.... its Friday and I am ready to go home. my puppies are waiting for their walk.

We have a christmas party to go to tonight, should be a good time. usually lots of work people go. the fun ones not the ones I dread.

Bad weather is coming tonight though we should get over a foot of snow. I think we got almost a foot last night. Hopefully the weather will be good on Thursday for when we drive up to syracuse.

I have to make butter crunch all day tomorrow. I am going to my cookie party on Sunday and I need to bring 8 dozen I think. oops I forgot to ask how many. I made a batch last night- it was good.

Just finishing up a few christmas presents and I think I am all done. We didnt do too bad this year as far as spending too much. I cant wait to give ryan his christmas present I think he is going to be soooo surprised.

How well do you know U.S. Geography?

this was on the amazing race- see how well you can do. I got 90%

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

alright alright

jees I've been too busy to get the pictures up on the web. but I will do it tonight. I can show everyone the new couch we got from a guy ryan works with. only $75. its a very nice couch, the only downside to it is that the family we got it from is asian and the couch smells like chinese food and becky keeps mentioning chinese food on her blog and thats what I keep craving!

the weekend was eventful. I got to drive drunk people home on Friday. very humerous. I have never seen jr so drunk. the bouncer at the bar had the same b-day as jr so they did shots of patron.... then sarah and them did one. I think they had tequila in the car too. Jr pushed sarah in the snow bank on the way to the car so she was not happy. other than that not too eventful....

Saturday we stayed in and watched all our tv shows oh and went and got our couch. Sunday we went to the bar at 1:30 and started drinking. :) strange I drank from 1:30 till about 5:30 but I really dont think I ever got drunk. a waste of all those calories. :(

weekend update

well the weekend was a lot of fun. Friday night we went to dinner with Ryan's parents then watched all the TV shows we had missed during the week. Survivor was great. I loved how pissed judd got.... "scumbags.....you're all a bunch of scumbags" I can't wait to see what he does at the jury. unbelievable how pissed he got b/c they lied to him. I wish they played the clip of him saying he will lie to anyone about anything b/c this is a game to win a million dollars.
Saturday I put up some more xmas decorations and put up the last of the lights then we went to the st bonaventure basketball game. we were suppose to meet some friends out at a bar afterwards for a drink. well they didn't even end up going out and we ended up staying out until 2 am!! it was a lot of fun though. I felt pretty crappy Sunday but not near as bad as thanksgiving day. yesterday we watched the end of the season 1 of veronica mars. I am going to start wrapping Christmas presents today I think.