one week to go

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

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

fiesta

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

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

vacation day

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

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

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

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

pups

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


wouldnt you love to wake up to this every morning?


thats my linnie

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

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

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

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

house projects

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













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

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

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

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

ANOTHER SUNDAY

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

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

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

hurricane season

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

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

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

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

puppy

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

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

hot

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

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

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

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

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

rain

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

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

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

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

new carb!!

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

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

the batman

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

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

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

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

bats!!!!!!

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

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

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

Sunday

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

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

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

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

SPONSOR ME!!!

its for the babies remember....

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

this is the link:

http://www.walkamerica.org/CooperOlean

sugar withdrawl

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

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

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

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

shock

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

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

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

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

A Bug's Life

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

tuesday

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

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

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

sick

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

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

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