housework

finally got the "we have alot to do to our house before the baby is born" bug into ryan. This week he has been painting our bedroom- it looks so nice- i love the color its making it look very classy. he is doing one wall a night though so pictures wont be up until next week. tonight we have yard work to do instead of painting and then cath and mike are coming to visit so it will be 3/4 done when they see it. i can start decorating the walls he has finished. this weekend while ryan and mike are golfing, cath and i will be slaving in the garden. hopefully not in the rain too. it will be nice to have the outside of the house looking complete. We only have one more room to paint after the bedroom and then the spare bathroom to update and we should be ok. Besides actually finishing unpacking our stuff. i only have 51 more days till this baby is born- its crazy how fast it has gone.

Cleveland

Well this weekend was one of ryans friends wedding in cleveland. we drove to cleveland saturday morning (left at 4am!) got there in time to walk the dogs and get ready for the wedding and go. (oh dog owners- FYI red roof inn is pet friendly.) the ride actually wasnt too bad- i was expecting to be uncomfortable for the whole 7 hours but i didnt pretty good- i was actually able to sleep alittle too. ryan drove 5 of the 7 so that helped too. the wedding was a catholic ceremony and lasted a little over an hour. then we had 3 hours before the reception so we went back to the hotel walked the dogs again and i took a little nap. Then we went to the wedding which was at the brides family business- they own a catering service and a banquet center- so it was very nice. i think someone said 400 people were there. the dinner was good- but the cookies and cake were the best! by 10:30ish i was ready to go- my feet were hurting and everyone was pretty drunk so there was lots of dancing- i managed to get ryan to go home about midnight. but even then the party was still going strong. i wonder what time it ended- i bet the sun was up. because they own the place there was no time limit...

the next morning wasnt so pleasant...we got up about 9am and were on the road by 10- we had to make an unexpected stop for ryan...too much beer :) luckily him and his friends never got into the shots or liquor.

oh ryan also says next time we move its going to be to ohio- we stopped at a cvs to get some bandaids for my new shoes and he wanted to get some beer- well in ohio they sell beer, wine, liquor and champange in drug stores! he was so excited...

here are the pics from the wedding

Survivor Update #11

Survivor Update will be delayed because princess becky hasnt seen it yet...


**UPDATE**

I couldnt believe what a baby Ozzy was being about getting voted off...he should be kind of embarressed now i think. Half way through the episode i was liking Natalie- but by the end of the episode i was thinking shes a little too cocky and a little coockoo - talking about taking Jasons jugular and flossing with it.

Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

Phillies-Mets

Saturday we went to the Phillies-Mets game. We went down extra early so that we could walk around the stadium and watch the warm ups and batting practice. it was cool- it reminded me of when I was little and we would go to the syracuse chiefs games and get autographs from the baseball players. One home run from batting practice came within 100 feet of me and that was enough- scared the crap out of me. I saw where our seats for the red sox game will be- very good seats. I want to go early to that game too because then atleast i will know the players that are warming up. I dont know any mets or phillies players. It was a beautiful day too- 80 degrees and sunny.

The downside to the day was our section. We got up to our seats and it was pretty much empty- and it was 5 minutes before the game started. It soon started to fill up with Mets fans. And not just mets fans- but mets fans who had taken a bus to philly and apparently started drinking the second they got on the bus. 'obnoxious drunk new yorkers' was used about these people numerous times throughout the game. About the 3rd inning the first fight broke out. And two people were escorted out of the game. I think every inning after that the police and security were up in our section. i had some beer spilled on me...a drunk guy almost fell on me as he was passing by my seat, a drunk man was in the womens bathroom- claiming it was a 'uni-sex' bathroom. The attendants from our section were pretty rude to everyone because of the crowd i think. i had to show my ticket everytime i left and came back. People were warned that no 'cursing' was allowed- and one drunk kid behind me was told to sit down and watch the game or he would be kicked out. so the kid sat down right behind me and complained for about 30 minutes on how he couldnt stand up. How he was going to talk to that attendants manager. meanwhile this kid was slurring every word out of his mouth and when the phillies scored yelled 'its only 1 point'... so as a manager i would definately listen to what unfair treatment this kid was getting.

Pics of the day

all in all i've decided that sporting events in philly are going to be filled with drunks...

first blister of the summer

well since we have had 2 days now of 80 degree weather i officially consider it summer. yesterday i walked the poochies and got my first blister. another sign of summer. i would think by now my feet were tough enough to not get blisters but it never fails every summer i get terrible blisters. My flowers are all blooming too and we mowed the lawn already.

i think the weather down here is really different from western NY and CNY for that matter. i hope i like it. I'm not a fan of the heat heat. I actually really like winter and snow... i hate rain and unbearable heat.

This weekend we are staying at home...whoo hooo. tomorrow we are headed to philly for the Phillies-Mets baseball game. Should be a fun time. We are going early too so we can watch warm up and things like that. And we also just bought tickets for a yankees game in May. Its a mad rush to go to yankee stadium b/c its the last year. i personally have no desire to go but ryan and his parents want to. i figure since he has been to countless red sox games i shouldnt put up too much of a stink. but i am not that excited about it. the only cool part is that we are going to take a train from NJ to the city so that will be fun.

Survivor Update #10

Well they got ozzy....i didnt think they did the way they showed the vote results. i liked how they showed ozzy right before tribal council saying how jason was 'outwitted and outplayed and thats the game' and then he was! ha ha ha. i wonder if he will be so mad still by the time jury comes around. i think that cirie should win- she is the mastermind.


Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

long hours in the rav

Well this weekend i spent 14.5 hours in the car. Friday night we went to portville. good murphy story that night. ryans mom made us a quilt and was showing it to me on the bed. murphy had jumped up on the bed and was sniffing all over the quilt. i said to him "murphy this is for the baby" and he immediately lifted his leg and peed on the new baby quilt! thats what he thinks about her apparently. I was so shocked i could barely even yell at him. I screamed in disgust because he practically peed on my hand and he jumped off the bed and ran out of the room.

saturday i went up to buffalo for a shower and bachelorette party for my friend, and some shopping in between to kill time. It was a good time. i wont be able to make the wedding so i am glad i got to go to this.

sunday we went to see the baby- got a few pics of her, i took most of them on ryans camera so i dont have them. i took a video of her in her swing for auntie B. hopefully i can figure out how to post it. its very exciting...

here are the pics from the weekend.

Survivor Update #9

How great is the name of the new tribe?? Dabu...and erik getting a kick out of himself for making it up and noone else questioning it. I decided this episode I dont like Parvarti...is it only me who doesnt remember eliza trying to vote her off before?

Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

baby shower

This past weekend we headed up to f-ville for my baby shower. It was so much fun- we
played lots of fun games. i have been waiting to play the diaper game where you put melted candy bars in a diaper and you have to figure out what kind of candy bar it is ever since i saw it on girls next door. it was as fun as i thought it would be! And i got to see so many people i havent seen in forever. we got the cutest hello kitty stuff too. things i didnt even know they made. ryan was thrilled. the best though when i was showing ryan and junior a hello kitty stuffed animal that lights up and has a song- and junior states matter of factly- "thats going to scare the shit out of her" :)

Pics of the weekend

We drove home yesterday and unpacked presents and rearranged the nursery a bit. its all coming together...

oh we watched pans labyrinth last night too. that was really good, strangely gruesome at times but good- however i had no idea it was all in subtitles. ryan loves when i pick movies.

Survivor Update #8

Well becky is out now...alittle surprised they voted ami instead of erik- but i think they have a better chance with winning challenges with erik over ami- even though they go into the merge next week. I must say i have never seen such honesty in tribal councils before this season. its kind of weird. i laughed so hard at the preview for next week with eliza telling jason that his 'immunity idol' is JUST A STICK. and it was classic when james was opening the beer bottles with his teeth...and ryan said he used to do that in college with his frat brothers. oh how his mother would be so happy to know she spent her savings on his braces and he bit off beer bottles with his teeth afterwards.

Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

The bathroom is done!!!

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after

Haircuts

Here are the girls this morning:













Here are the girls this afternoon:

no survivor update

no survivor this week!!! i'm shocked...i wonder if because so many people have quit or had to leave that dont have enough episodes now. so they took a week off. oh well i watched basketball last night anyways. i just love march madness even though my team didnt make it this year. its always fun to do the brackets. alot of my teams are out already though. i think i only have 2 of the final 4 left. I think ryan wins every year out of him and i. next year...

this will be a nice quiet weekend, our last one until mid may. we have trips planned for most weekends of april and beginning of may. we are going to go see stop-loss tomorrow night i think. other than that just finishing up. we have to paint one more thing in the bathroom and then you can see pictures of it. its soooo nice now.

i forgot what a 'normal' vet visit is like. I have been going to a vet in portville for the last 2-3 years where you dont need a 'wellness' visit to get the annual shots. its like a lunch line to get shots on certain nights. just go in with 1-3 of your dogs and he gives them the shots they need, barely even noticing the dog- and poof you are done. cost is very low like $40 maybe. well we took linus to the vet last night to get all her shots and they want a poop sample, bloodwork for heartworms (which we should have been doing but anyways), her shots, and a checkup. $160!!! and we have 2 more dogs to take... i'm going to have take a loan out for our pet care.

work/rest weekend

we were suppose to tackle alot of our house projects this weekend- mainly the bathroom and the basement, maybe the garage if we got to it. but ryan came down with a terrible cold thursday so we rested alot too. i was actually more motivated than him which is very unusual. but the abthroom just needs a coat of paint and it is done. I cant wait to have a toliet paper holder again. the basement was half organized. i think i unpacked 15 boxes though. so i feel pretty accomplished.
i'll post pics of the bathroom once its done but here is the basement - the part i organized atleast.















the weather has been beautiful here- today is sunny and i dare say warm. the mud in the backyard is almost dry too.

Survivor Update #7

Surprisingly survivor was on wednesday night...making today feel more and more like a friday. poor carrie- both her people are gone not from tribal council but by their own accord or injuries. i'm glad they voted tracy and not ozzy. i wonder if ami and tracy could have pulled off the blindside ozzy. this might have been their only chance... i dont see erik actually voting for him though. other than that it was a pretty boring episode. they didnt even show the two who were on exile island.


Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

American Idol

Is anyone watching american idol this season?

i find that david archuleta is creepy and annoying...does anyone else? i dont understand why the judges LOVE him. i cant even watch the tv when he sings anymore because of that annoying thing he does when he licks his lip every 2 seconds. i told ryan last night that if he makes it to the top 10 i wouldnt go see the tour.

oooh...he is awful.

just had to see if anyone else feels the same way...ryan doesnt get it

short week

I have a short week this week- friday off. i dont think i have had good friday off before. not too much planned except for some house projects to be completed. ryans parents are coming to help too. and for easter. Atleast our guest rooms in the house havent been wasted :) when we bought the house i was thinking that it was way too big (well i still do) and that we were going to have all this room and no one would actually come visit us. but last weekend we had a bunch of people stay for st pattys day, two weeks before that my friends came to visit and now this weekend too.

here are the pics from last weekend.

St Pattys Day was fun. It sucked pretty bad not being able to have a beer though...or 15 of them like i usually do :) i guess i should look at the bright side of not having a hangover the next day. i was hoping someone would have a hangover so i could laugh at them...but i think i am the only one who gets the terrible terrible hangover.

Survivor Update #6

Finally got rid of him...I was very glad to see Chet go. what a wuss-bag though. I wish they had shown us him telling his team not to vote for Ozzy but to vote him off instead. I also liked how Jonathan had already won the million dollars in his head- but because of his injury he wouldnt be able to finish the game. hello does he know there are still 13 people in the game?? its not like he was down to the final 4 and had to leave the game. i almost thought he was going to stay in even though he could die. Its funny that James is stuck with all the girls.


Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B

another trip

well i am in tennessee again this week. i'm hoping this will be the last time before the baby is born. no issues getting to tn, and hopefully there will be no natural disasters either. i slept the whole flight- i'm afraid i might have been snoring :) but oh well. i have been snoring alot lately. i think its a pregnancy thing. atleast ryan hopes so....
















here are some pictures from the weekend we went to the st patricks day parade and we got alot of rain saturday.

Survivor Update #5

This might be a record that after only 5 episodes someone is out....actually i think carrie once might have had the first and second person voted out. but it still sucks. i was torn too- because i can not stand Joel or Chet so I wanted either one of them to go- more so chet since i had Joel but oh well. i like how a few people wrote down "truck" instead of Joel. Chet is so unbelievably useless. He can talk to chickens though. And the fans camp was such a joke- it was funny how impressed they were with the favorites- like it takes going out on survivor one time to know not to put your fire pit in the oceans tide. helllloooooo....

Anna - James & Mary
Becky - Ami & Chet
Carrie - Jonathan & Kathleen
Dad - Parvarti & Erik
Emily - Johnny Fairplay & Joel
Hope - Amanda & Tracy
Luanne - Ozzy & Jason
Mom - Eliza & Alexis
Nicole - Yau-man & Natalie
Ryan - Cirie & Mikey B