unfinished projects

well we didnt finish the garage this weekend, we ran into a few snafus... Saturday morning ryan started bright and early while i slept in. about 10 am it was time for me to help steer the bug out of the garage. so the garage was pretty much empty by 11am. Thats when the painting was to start- but that was the first problem- we tried to use the spray painter ryan got for christmas- after a trip to lowe's we still couldnt get the sprayer to work- so we gave up with that and ryan started to paint with a roller. Painting wasnt finished until about 6pm. Ryan then started building his bench and got alittle done and then gave up for the day.
sunday it took all day for the bench to be built, so by sunday night we had very little done. but we were invited to a party of one of ryans coworkers so we went to that. The coworker of ryans is vietnamese but lived in cambodia most of his life. when we got there i had a corona handed to me..if only :) and then after that a steady stream of cambodian food- i ate some curry soup - the broth was very good, a little spicy but yummy. when i noticed ryan pulling things out of his mouth and putting them on his plate i decided to stick to the broth. turns out it was chicken in the soup- bones and all. and the chicken had been killed that morning at the asian grocery store nearby. too much information and freshness for me. i was "full" soon after that came out. ryan thought it was cool- he had some chicken wings after that- he said they were very good. i wouldnt know.
ryan proceeded to drink alot- so monday morning he was alittle slow getting back to work.












monday we organized as much as we could and then went to a nearby lake to take the dogs for a walk and have a picnic. the park was beyond packed though with lots of dogs - so it wasn't that relaxing...

organize

its so strange not to have a survivor update to post.. but it never fails i have a house project to report on. this weekend we are going to tackle the garage. the plan is to remove everything- paint the walls and ceiling and then unpack and organize it all back in. and all this in 2 days. we want to have monday to relax but we could always finish monday. and i am not suppose to lift heavy things- so ryan is going to be very tired by monday.

i'll be sure to post the before/after pics.

Tonight we are going to see Iron Man... after getting such rave reviews from becky i want to see it...and i have always loved RD jr too. i havent been to a movie since last year i bet. with netflix i just put them on my queue when they start advertising them in the theaters and before you know it they have been released and delivered in the mail. so much thriftier :)

Hello Kitty will rule the world!!!

proof she is on her way....

NYC

This weekend ryans parents came down to visit and go to a NY Yankees game...since the stadium is closing this year...so we paid 4X's the face value of a ticket and took 3 trains/subways to get up to the game- walked a million and 2 steps to our seats. we literally were the very last row of the stadium. the nice part about it was you could stretch your legs into the steps...but i held on the my seat the whole time- it was quite high and scary...and i only went to the bathroom once- thank god it was a quick game. i was not treking up and down those steps more than once. The game actually was alot of fun- there were no drunks that could spill beer on us either- it was literally impossible. the guy sitting in front of us had come all the way from alaska for the game. note to anyone going to yankee stadium- they dont let you bring in backpacks- we had to check our backpacks at a bar across from the stadium and put anything we wanted into a plastic bag...at the phillies stadium i could have brought rolling luggage if i wanted...
The yankees didnt win but it was an exciting game- lots of runs. i was so exhausted by the end of the day though- we did alot of walking around after the game too. i think i'm still sore.

we took the subway to the WTC and got the best view of ground zero- the subway runs/ran right into the bottom of the building. it made me realize that people were probably in there when the buildings collapsed though. scary.

here are the pics from the game

we also pretty much finished the nursery- a few more shelves and pictures to go up but 90% done...here some pics if you want to see them too.

SOLD!!

We finally only own 1 house!!! so exciting!!! our house sold today... thank god- i was starting to panic about it...thinking it would never sell. we didnt make any money on it and we put alot of money/work into it- but oh well. atleast its no longer our problem.

RIP Portville house

road trip # 84,700

This weekend was another road trip- this time we went to portville for my baby shower. It was alot of fun. I got soooo much cute stuff. I havent really gotten to really look at anything yet though- we didnt really have a lot of room to bring stuff back and ryans parents are coming down this weekend for a yankees baseball game so they are bringing our presents. so it will be like the shower all over again this weekend. :) Sunday morning we made breakfast for the mothers on mothers day. it was yummy.

here are beckys pics from the shower. luckily she got a new camera and didnt forget to bring it to the shower because I did.

Last night we got home about 7 and had to quickly plant a bunch of rose plants and other plants. We finished just in time to start watching survivor. needless to say i am very tired today at work.

Final Survivor: Fans vs Favorties Update

Well Hope should have won IF Amanda didnt choke every time she got infront of the jury- oh it was so frustrating to watch her answer questions. it was flashback to survivor china. only this time she actually had a good case and SHOULD have won. I wanted amanda or cirie to win- i didnt want parvarti to win. i dont think she was a mastermind at all. it was a bizzaro jury though. what was up with natalies question? i think she was hitting on parvarti.


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

Survivor Update #13

OMG!! I felt so bad for Erik!! it was too hard to watch when i thought he might give the necklace to Natalie...and then he did! he is so innocent and so not bitter- in his after video he wasnt even mad. i just cant get over him. I loved James reaction too- I really think Cirie should win- was it her idea for this? I couldnt remember. Anyways that was one of the best episodes...


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

Happy Birthday To Murphy!!

today is murphys 2nd birthday. I will add pictures of his birthday party tonight - but thought it would be reminiscent to put last years picture of him being tortured with a party hat...i think i have a nice hello kitty party hat for this year. i made him a special dog biscuit too.

Survivor Update #12

Two more people out...this is a record. i was sad to see James have to leave. He really is a geninuine person who you just wanted to win the money. And finally the idol has been played- that was exciting not knowing if she found- i didnt think she had the way she was playing it up so bad. Next week will be interesting- the previews were good- Oh now that we are down to the end- Nicole and Anna still need to pay. Also you can check out this link to see the videos of the people who already got voted off. Becky highly recommends them.


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

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