Fabulous Weekend

We had a productive and really fun weekend ...


On Friday we bought a DVD burner which is pretty exciting stuff ... at least for David and I ...


On Saturday we went to my parents house with Sharon, Steve, Andrew, Jason, Jenny and Eliana and had a birthday party for Jenny and an anniversary party for Jason and Jenny ... we really had a great time ... my mom made lasagna and we had the funniest cake ... my mom got a carrot cake and for some reason when she opened the box it looked like the cake had exploded ... it was fine at the store but it was in a bunch of pieces ... so my mom stuck a votive candle in the center for Jenny to blow out ... it was pretty funny ...


Today David and I took a trip to Target ... which we won't have to travel so far soon ... [in March there will be a new one right down the street from our house] ... so we went to Target to do a little shopping and ours is a 2 story Target ... there is actually an escalator for the shopping cart ... it is a pretty cool set up but years ago when my mom and I were there we put a cart on that has something on the bottom that actually fell off and jammed the system ... my mom walked away laughing her ass off and I had to stand there and wait for someone to unjam the thing ... today about half way up the cart made a loud sound just one time and David said, "Is that what it sounded like when it happened to you?" ... I told him it didn't really make any noise and then all of a sudden the cart was stuck and making the loudest most obnoxious sound ... it was crazy ... and we both just started laughing ... they had to shut the escalator off ... some guy had to slide down from the top and he couldn't get the cart unjammed ... and it wasn't because I had something on the bottom ... the system just jammed ... so he started pushing it back down all the while making this huge racket ... drawing attention from everyone who was shopping for school supplies at the top of the escalator ... a crowd started to form and a woman walked by and said, "To be honest with you I am so glad that is your cart rather than mine" ... eventually they got the system to work again and we finally got our stuff but it sure was funny ...


tonight we went to the local Silver Diner for their car show ... some of the most beautiful cars from the 40's, 50's and 60's ... we took some great photos and I'll download them soon ... there really were some fantastic cars ... we walked around for a long time checking out cars and taking pictures and then had dinner at the diner ... it was a great evening and really a fun weekend ...


and now it is time to kick back ... watch some TV and get ready for a new week of work ... :)

Gonna try again ...

Gonna try again ...


Well I have added the quit meter once again ... and yet again I am trying to quit smoking ... this time it must work because I want to get pregnant and have a baby ... I really hoped that would help David quit as well ... the thought that it is for someone else rather than himself ... but so far that isn't helping him out ... he didn't even last 10 minutes this morning ... I'm not sure how he is going to do it ...


for me ... most of the day I haven't thought about it ... right after lunch it was kinda tough ... and right now while typing this it is a little hard so I am not going to say anymore ... :)

no sleep for the bat freaked

no sleep for the bat freaked


Well of the 5 hours I laid down to try and sleep I didn't get any that was restful ... I kept dreaming of bats [something from the first time that had finally gone away] ... my dream last night was that I had to call Animal Control again because David's bathroom was filled with bats ... that just in the tub alone they caught 11 of them ...


when friday afternoon rolled around i was so looking forward to the weekend ... now i realize it has just sucked big time between cramps and bats and no food in the house and having a creative block when it comes to Jean's scrapbook ...

bats ... bats ... bats ...

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Well ... we've got 'em again ... god damn motherfucking son of a bitch disgusting wreched disgusting fucking bats ...


i was working on a scrapbook ... already having a shitty crampy day and getting nothing accomplished when i kept hearing this banging in the dining room ... i was thinking it was our fucked up french neighbors banging on the floor/ceiling until it got louder ... when i stood up and looked in the dining room i saw the above bat just in that position and Kramer trying to jump for it ...


I ran back to tell David ... the two of us chased Kramer into the bedroom and shut the door ... I called animal control and they said they would send someone as soon as possible ...


so we had to just sit in the bedroom and wait ...


but then i thought, "hummm good scrapbook page lets go take a picture" ...


David went through the kitchen, grabbed the camera and took a picture while I stood in the living room watching the bat to make sure it didn't fly away ...


we got the picture and headed back to the bedroom ...


after about half an hour david thought he should go out and make sure the bat was still hanging from our blind ... it was taking him forever and i began to get a bit concerned when he came back in and said the bat was no longer on the blind ... but he thinks it is on the floor under one of the chairs ...


he thinks ...


what the fuck ...


we turned on Naked Gun 2 1/2 and waited ...


eventually animal control called they were at the front door ... i buzzed them in and we headed back out into the unknown ...


David answered the door on his way back through the kitchen as i followed ... he told her that it wasn't hanging from the blind anymore but he thought it was on the floor ...


she threw a net over it and kinda giggled it around and said "I think its dead" ... I told her that i heard the cat banging around when i found the bat but i didn't know if he had gotten a hold of him ...


she kept shaking the bat in her net and said "I really think he is dead ... i can't believe he is this asleep ... do you have any idea if the cat got him?" ...


but I really didn't know ... i can only guess that kramer got a hold of him at some point ... there was a lot of noise going on ...


I was talking to my mom while we waited for animal control ... i have no desire to live here anymore and she doesn't understand why ... i hadn't even relaxed from when this happened last year ... i can hear them in the trees all the time ... and in the last month two have swooped into the patio and back out ... but another one in the fucking house is just too much for me ... i would leave tonight if i could ...

bats bats bats ... FUCKING bats ...

bats bats bats ... FUCKING bats ...

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Well ... we've got 'em again ... god damn motherfucking son of a bitch disgusting fucking bats ...


i was working on a scrapbook ... already having a shitty crampy day and getting nothing accomplished when i kept hearing this banging in the dining room ... i was thinking it was our fucked up french neighbors banging on the floor/ceiling until it got louder ... when i stood up and looked in the dining room i saw the above bat just in that position and Kramer trying to jump for it ...


I ran back to tell David ... the two of us chased Kramer into the bedroom and shut the door ... I called animal control and they said they would send someone as soon as possible ...


so we had to just sit in the bedroom and wait ...


but then i thought, "hummm good scrapbook page lets go take a picture" ...


David went through the kitchen, grabbed the camera and took a picture while I stood in the living room watching the bat to make sure it didn't fly away ...


we got the picture and headed back to the bedroom ...


after about half an hour david thought he should go out and make sure the bat was still hanging from our blind ... it was taking him forever and i began to get a bit concerned when he came back in and said the bat was no longer on the blind ... but he thinks it is on the floor under one of the chairs ...


he thinks ...


what the fuck ...


we turned on Naked Gun 2 1/2 and waited ...


eventually animal control called they were at the front door ... i buzzed them in and we headed back out into the unknown ...


David answered the door on his way back through the kitchen as i followed ... he told her that it wasn't hanging from the blind anymore but he thought it was on the floor ...


she threw a net over it and kinda giggled it around and said "I think its dead" ... I told her that i heard the cat banging around when i found the bat but i didn't know if he had gotten a hold of him ...


she kept shaking the bat in her net and said "I really think he is dead ... i can't believe he is this asleep ... do you have any idea if the cat got him?" ...


but I really didn't know ... i can only guess that kramer got a hold of him at some point ... there was a lot of noise going on ...


I was talking to my mom while we waited for animal control ... i have no desire to live here anymore and she doesn't understand why ... i hadn't even relaxed from when this happened last year ... i can hear them in the trees all the time ... and in the last month two have swooped into the patio and back out ... but another one in the fucking house is just too much for me ... i would leave tonight if i could ...

Opening Ceremony

Tonight we went to my parents house and watched the opening ceremony for the 2004 Olympic Games ... the beginning was absolutely beautiful ... and seeing all the athletes walk in was fantastic ... although at times they did resemble a group of flight attendants ...


David and I curled up in the recliner and shared a blanket ... it was nice hanging out with everyone and watching it on the big screen with HDTV

Addition to the family

In July we also had another big event occur ... David's brother Kevin and his wife Yadira welcomed a 10.5 pound, 22 inches long son into the world. Julius Ceasar was born on July 29th. We haven't met him yet because they live in New York but maybe one day soon ... :)

13 going on 30

13 Going on 30


Last night we went to my parents house and Jason, Jenny, Eliana, David, my parents and I watched "13 Going on 30" ... I loved it ... we all loved it actually ... fantastic movie ... and even our dozers [Jenny, David and my dad either get up or fall asleep during movies] all stayed awake ...


Ellie is becomming such a doll ... she is happier ... cries less ... and has started making noises like she is talking ... i am looking so forward to having a baby ... i wish we were already trying ... but there is a plan in place for a reason and I gotta stick to it ...


David and I have totally gotten into our respective projects ... I have been scrapbooking like crazy and David is building a model car ... it is kinda fun that we each have something to work on while at home ...


well we are off to breakfast ... hummm sunday morning at the diner ... how great is that!! :)

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper


I am fucking in love with the new Staples commercial with Alice Cooper ... I was cracking up last night when I saw it for the first time ...


Staples does make the best "back to school" commercials ... :)

Support your Candidate

Support your Candidate


If you support George W. Bush, please drive with your headlights on during the day on Friday.


If you support John Kerry, please drive with your headlights off that night.



Thank you

I have an addiction

I have an addiction ...


... it is called scrapbooking ... ya know I thought it would be a nice hobby to take up after the wedding ... ya know put together a book of wedding stuff ... one of honeymoon stuff ... then I realized Jenny's birthday is coming up and I know she loves scrapbooks but doesn't want to work on them ... so I could put one together of her beautiful baby ... then I asked Kris to send me all of her photos [they are just in a big box] and that I would put them into albums for her and sort them all out ... they came yesterday and as I looked through them I kept thinking, "Oh these would look great in a scrapbook" ... started pulling out the good ones and wound up staying up so late last night scanning those ... her birthday is on Wednesday so I figured if I could get this finished by Tuesday I could overnight it to her ...


In the last week as I have come up with these many projects I have spent more money than we have at A.C. Moore buying scrapbooking stuff ... and I haven't even touched the surface of all that I could have ... every day driving home I think, "oh I pass right by A.C. Moore ... maybe I should see if they have ..." ... you can fill that blank in with anything scrapbook-y ...


I will say it is the most productive "project" I have yet to undertake ... there is an end result that has purpose ... lots of my artwork from the past is either hanging on our bedroom wall or stacked up on the shelf in the closet ... some of them are nice but most just take up space ... and I do find cutting paper very relaxing ...


It has also given me a new thing to do while goofing off at work ... there are about a million and a half websites on scrapbooking so I can read articles and get ideas ... but I am obsessed ... I guess when I try and quit smoking again [for the umpteenth time] this is a good project to work on ... which was another of my goals ... and I guess when I do finally get pregnant it is also something good to work on ... but I am spending so much time on it that I haven't even picked up my baby books to read ...


I guess I just can't do anything half assed ... hahahaaaaa ...

Scrapbook crazy

OK so I was totally sick today ... I called in sick this morning really early cause I hadn't felt well all night but about an hour later the other girl in my office called out [she wasn't actually sick cause when she called she had said she was on her treadmill and thinks she got overheated] but whatever ... I couldn't leave my boss there alone ... and I had a feeling there were a couple of things that had to get done today so I put on my clothes that were closest to pajamas and headed to work ...


I was right there were a couple of things that just had to get done today so I am glad I was there ... but all day my boss kept telling me that I didn't look well and I felt hot and that I should go home ... I kept telling her I wasn't working hard ... that I was mostly goofing off but that I wanted to get the important things done ...


So on the way home I just was feeling "ick" so I thought to perk myself up I would stop at A.C. Moore and check out their scrapbook stuff ... well holy shit I would up spending about $80 on the stuff ... crazy ... that did include 2 books ... one I hope to use for wedding pictures and one for honeymoon pictures ... but my lord that is a crazy amount of money to spend on scrapbook shit ... although everything I got was pretty damn great ... and I need a project ... so in the end I do believe it is all worth it ...


See we need to quit smoking ... [I know that is a regular thing that I write but this time I have to] ... we want to start trying to make a baby in November ... and I know that I should quit for at minimum 3 month before getting pregnant ... today was supposed to be the day but I just wasn't up for it ... I'm going to give it a week ... David on the other hand ... I don't know if he can quit ... he spends so much time in the car going from job to job ... on the stupid beltway in hella traffic ... if I were in his shoes I don't know if I could quit either ... the hardest times for me are when I am in the car and right after I eat ... so I am going to tell him that I don't expect him to quit smoking ... especially if he isn't mentally ready but there will be some ground rules ... [I am going to sound like our bitchy frenchy upstairs neighbors but ... if once I am preggers and the smell makes me totally sick he will have to go downstairs to smoke ... or just stay out on the balcony all night ... and that if the smell makes me sick he will have to sleep on the couch ... I am sure he will agree to these ... cause basically the only other choice is for me to throw up on him ... hahahahaaa and I know he would hate that one ...


well I am going to go check out all the goodies I purchased this evening ... my god I am a bit sick to my stomach right now at how much I spent ... I guess that is good motivation to quit ... I can put the money towards the massive amounts of scrapbooking shit there is out there ... not that wanting a baby isn't a good enough reason ... :)

July of our first year

Besides getting married we went on a fabulous honeymoon ... we left on Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Sea from Baltimore Harbor and went to Freeport, Bahamas ... Key West, Florida ... Coco Cay, Bahamas and Port Canavral, Florida ... it was an excellent week ...


On July 31st we hosted our first dinner party ... Jason, Jenny, Eliana, Steven, Sharon and Andrew were all in attendance ... David went so over the top with the food it was breathtaking ... he impresses me every day ... the plate presentation was super and all the food was sooooo good ... it really was a fantastic evening and it was so fun having everyone's kids here ...


I would say our first month of marriage was great ... it didn't feel that different in the beginning but everyone kept telling us we look so happy ... and that we are what people wanted to see in a new married couple ... it is nice to hear those things because I am totally happy being married ...

Idea behind this blog ...

July 4, 2004 David and I got married ... it has so far been the happiest day of my life ... I'm so excited to be his wife that I am already working on his first anniversary gift ... since the first anniversary gift is supposed to be paper I am going to make him a scrap book with a page for each month of our first year of marriage ... so I am going to use this blog to keep track of the fun, interesting, hard, exciting and challenging things we go through this year so when July rolls around next year I can fill a book to remind us of this first year ...