August 30, 2010 - dAy tWEntY-eiGHt

monday scumday...here we are again. why do monday's always have to ruin perfectly good weekends? even my car was a piece of crap this morning...

woke up late regardless. i was just kinda worthless...kinda like monday is for me. so i didn't take too many pics. i've come to this conclusion that life...at least my life...is full of patterns that i allow to repeat. i'm constantly doing the same things day in and day out. it's really starting to get old. this week, i've decided that i will finally go and get my license updated to reflect my new name, and then start applying for school. i need some change in a desperate way. ...i also need to update my passport with my new name, but am procrastinating this to the max...

my grandmother's quilt. it doesn't matter how bad my day is. i always have this...

August 29, 2010 - dAy tWEnTy-sEvEN

sunday funday. and that is exactly what it was! got up nice and late. didn't run this morning. knees felt like they were gonna fall off any moment. did some more laundry and then went down to the car show at ruffini's. lots of fun, lots of beer, lots of people.

just a couple of my faves and the Jeff Washington Band. good times.

we got good and liguored up and then went to mom and dad's for dinner. honestly, i can't remember what we ate...is that terrible? oh well...after dinner met up with Don and then headed out to honeybrook to Kirk's house. drank some more beer (or at least Bird did...i had to drive and didn't want to be hungover for work on monday). good people, good fire, and then some pretty cool fireworks.

went home relatively early. Bird stayed to hang out with friends. i can't hang. i'm lame like that sometimes. sleep calls to me...

August 28, 2010 - dAy tWEnTy-siX

i think i'm starting to confuse myself with numbering. gonna have to work on how to stay ahead of myself. i was doing well in the beginning...but then my laziness set in. i take the pictures everyday, and then i get home and the idea of jumping back on the computer after having been on one all day long kinda turns me off. so sorry if you would like to follow this on a regular basis...it appears i will always be a master procrastinator. but at least i know i'm good at that.

saturday was a really long day. good day, but long just the same. got up and went for a run. not sure why. seems i'll need to make another trip to the orthopedic surg. soon. cortisone and another shot of synvisc (sp?) hopefully. that worked for a good 6 months last time. we'll see. i keep thinking that if i just keep running the pain will go away...to no avail of course. not logical in my thinking at all really. it's just what i keep telling myself. i like to run. and this hinders my mood.

came home from my run and cleaned house some. not the whole house...i had already done that some earlier in the week. straightened, did some laundry, and walked up to Nathaniel & Sara's to 'help' Bird and Nathaniel cut wood. turns out they didn't need me. so i took some pics and then went and got more beer.

view from my walk to Nathaniel & Sara's. Mr. Linch cuttin' hay. it really is pretty here.

anywho, chased some chickens around with Lydia, Dylan, Anna, and Boogaloo (Alice)...

 turns out Nathaniel & Sara ended up with some nasty roosters so Sara's brother Jason and Bird took care of them...

this is what happens to roosters that try to eat children and chase neighbors off... i wasn't there to see it and i'll spare all the gory details they passed on to me. not a pleasant thing slaughtering chickens...but then...they weren't very nice roosters.

August 27, 2010 - dAy tWeNty-fiVE

chiday! i definitely ate WAY too much chinese for lunch on friday. surprise surprise. then it gave me heartburn. definitely did not like that. didn't do much friday night. went to ruffini's for hh with Kim and met Tommy, Don, and Jay for a drink. Jay decided to venture down the road with us and we headed off to Jen and Charlie's for quoits. we don't see Jay too much anymore, so that was nice.

he is my little devil, but i love him. sometimes Bird even let's him chew on deer antlers. otherwise we just save them...not sure why...cause the dogs LOVE them...anyone know how to stop that green-eye-thing from happening in dogs and cats while photographing? it's really annoying. gonna have to google it i suppose.

we didn't stay up too late on Friday. we had a long day planned for saturday.

August 26, 2010 - dAy tWeNtY-foUR

thursdays. quoit night, usually. we were going to stay home, but we decided to go to my parents for quoits and dinner. we had spaghetti...i cannot figure out how i have such a love for something so easy to prepare... anywho, dinner was great. Bird and Dad only made their way through one game before dinner. after dinner Nathaniel came down followed shortly by Sara, Frederick, Lydia, Anna-banana, & Boogaloo Boogs (Alice). they brought cookies and this always makes me happy =+) we were soon joined by Aunt Linda and Uncle Tom and the night turned into a little family party short a couple hundred people that is.

Uncle Tom told some of his unforgettable jokes while mom and Aunt LInda looked through the wedding pics. (btw...i love all of the pics and am having trouble deciding which ones to order...gonna need my girls i think, cause i don't think Bird cares). never played more quoits. somehow it just wasn't one of those nights. friday we will play again at Charlie and Jen's. we have an obsession it seems, and i'm not sure it's a healthy one, but we're having fun anyway! played with the kids for a while and ate way to many cookies. it appears i've gone from making a beer baby to making a cookie baby... oh well. you only live once right?

mom's butterfly bush. i love this thing...and there's always butterflies on it!

tomatoe love. cannot wait to be sick of tomatoes!...wait...i don't think that's possible...

oh Harold

good 'ole Boogaloo Boogs (Alice)

seriously...she asked me to take this pic! lol...and poses just so and waits...and then..."LET ME SEE IT, LET ME SEE IT"...then..."oh"...and then..."NOW TAKE IT LIKE THIS CC, TAKE ONE LIKE THIS!...CC!...CC!...CC!...TAKE ONE LIKE THIS CC!!!"...i love her

hahahahahahaha...omg

funny how this pic turned out. Nathaniel lifted Alice above his head and i tried to snap the silhouette from the spotlight and this is what i got...kinda looks like he's trying to grab an angel...hmmm

our night ended with Alice learning to climb up Nathaniel and flip herself over. jellies, apparently, are very slippery shoes though and she needed a little help from Frederick. what a great day.

Wednesday August 25, 2010 - dAy tWeNtY-tHrEE

i have a serious craving for tomatoes and cucumbers on a regular basis. not sure why. just love the juicy little buggers. i actually took this pic on day twenty-two, but forgot to upload it. it's a nice one too so i thought i'd share. mom made this with dinner tuesday night. all out of the garden. there's something very satisfying about growing something from seed.

anywho...wednesday is our new quoit night at Craig and Johanna's. fun times, fun times. their dog nesta is a hoot to say the least. she 'cracked out'-as i call it, last night on several occasions. by this i mean she ran herself in circles with her tail tucked up as tight as is possible. and when i say run...i really mean runs sprints. might be one of the funniest things ever. Johanna made brownies and we (Johanna, Jen, Emma, & i) ate, drank beer and watched the boys (Craig, Bird, Charlie, & Brady, Johnny) try to beat eachother without actually physically beating eachother. i played my guitar for a while and then Nicole came. we talked for a while and made some fun jokes about the accidental use of a horse tranquilizer called rompum. oh Nicole... all in all a really fun night. i love my people =)

yum...what is it about chocolate? i think she put crack in these actually.

G & D...and so i learn

tUesdAy - dAy tWeNty-tWo

tuesday schmoozday...at least it's not monday. and all hail the water gods!!! we have running water. it's a god damned miracle. came home from work and immediately cleaned my bathroom! heh...only me. i was actually excited to clean. met Bird at ruffini's for a drink and then had dinner at my parents...we eat there a lot don't we? it had never really occurred to me 'til i started this blogging thing...hmmm. took some pictures for my boss today. vitabru-our embroidery company is going to be in a magazine and they needed pics...these are the machines that i listen to alllllllllll day long. i've been there so long now though i barely notice them anymore. when i start dreaming about them i'll be nervous.

i would have included more but the other pictures included the staff...not sure how much they would enjoy being a part of my blog though. course...i guess they're going to be in a magazine...

i like these machines. sometimes i just go back and watch them sow...i'm a little strange. i'm not afraid to admit it. there's something soothing about 8 sowing machines going at once in perfect rhythm.

mOndAy - dAy tWeNtY-oNe

i officially loath monday's...are they ever good? i think monday should be our sunday...that way we could hate tuesday for a while and leave monday alone. the thing is...i can't find anything good about monday. the word monday makes me cringe...

went to mom and dad's after work. watched the second Boondock Saints. LOVED it even more than the first! "i'll tell you why. it's because i am so fucking smart that i make smart people feel like they are retarded". might be my most favorite movie line of all time...a must see.

got my new makeup today. YAY! love it. 120 colors here i come...my face just exploded the freakin' rainbow. so here...i'll share my color wealth...

so fun...

you name a shade...i've got it...or the means to mix it. i have a new found love for my makeup and it's the only good thing i could find about this particular monday...

sUndAy fUndAy - dAy twEntY

wow...twenty days of blogging...it seems like a long time to me. this morning i thought about what it's gonna feel like when i hit 3-digit numbers. heh...i'll probably be sick of it...nah...probably not. great...now i'm indecisive in my blog.

didn't wake up 'til about 12pm due to the late hours of the night before. had so much fun. just kept replaying the night over and over again. Bird went to work and i went to hang out with Kim. took the dogs with me and we all laid on the couch downstairs and watched Boondock Saints. LOVED it! "we're just like 7-eleven. we're not always in business, but we're always open". stayed for dinner and then went to the farm to go fishing.

love to watch Bird fish...

then it got dark. we stood around and listened to Nathaniel tell chicken and rooster stories for a while. they have 6 'chickens'...turns out 3 of them were roosters. the biggest thinks he's hot stuff...we just make fun of him. and it's a lot of fun believe you me...but then, Nathaniel does tell some pretty funny stories.

sAtuRdAy - dAy NiNeteeN

saturdays are strange days. woke up relatively early and went for a run. came home and decided to clean. Bird helped. went to the neighbors to get hot water to mop the floor. that was kind of a pain. i'm over it. went to mom and dad's to take showers and then headed out to phoenixville to hang with Steve, Lauren, Niki, and Tim. had dinner-most delicious mac 'n' cheese EVER! Lauren is my new favorite cook! ...and then she brought out dessert. i totally peed a little it was SO good. pots du creme. i need this recipe. it was to die for. i never took pictures of dinner, though i should have. now it's in my belly. too late... We walked in to town and went to molly maguires and had a blast. Bird talked the band into letting me go up and sing one. bobby magee never lets me down. it was so much fun. sorta got lost on the way home, but made it safely anyway at about 3:30am!! holy super tired batman! but it was well worth it!

the grapes that are now in my belly...yum

fRidAy - dAy eigHtEEn

friday...thank god for fridays. i wish everyday felt as good as friday. i've been really behind on my blogs. my goal is to catch up today on the last 5 days and then be on top and ahead of the game. we shall see...after all...i am a master procrastinator.

came home from work and went to dinner at the beaver creek tavern. wasn't impressed. we don't go there for the food...we go there for the booz...and the open mic on tuesdays of course. we left there and went to ruffini's to hang out with Don and Vern. had a couple beers, went home, probably stayed at mom and dad's but i can't remember...too long ago. this is what happens when you don't keep up with your blog... =(

i was lazy friday i do remember that. the only pics i got were the ones i took of myself on the way to ruffini's. not sure how i feel about these pics...

this one kinda creeps me out. it's the reflection in the sideview obviously, but i feel like it looks like i'm in the driver's seat driving, and yet both hands are on the camera...

cHursdAy - dAy sEvENtEEn

chursdays are my favorite!!!!! it's my way of saying it's chinese for lunch. it was also thirsty thursday at my parents. woke up there AGAIN. went to work AGAIN. stopped at Beth's to help her cut her kitties nails...one of these times i will take my camera and get their portraits...pretty pretty cats! went to mom's for dinner and to visit with Pam who was in from oHIo. she's a fun lady. really like her! watched Bird, Johnny, Dad, & Craig play quoits and went to bed relatively early. not very eventful, but fun just the same.  i think our dogs are enjoying the freedom one experiences while at my parents...

i have a new found obsession with photographing beer...not sure why...

mama's dog Harry Plopper...plays as hard as he possibly can and then throws himself in the baby pool...strange little bug, that Harold.

wHacKi wEdNeSdAy - dAy siXtEEn

i love wednesdays. not sure why. woke up late and went to mom and dad's to take a shower since we still don't have water. took a shower and went to work schmirk. that part kinda sucked i guess. "Life sucks...you're either working, or stuck at home watching daytime tv"- Uncle Tom. love my family! did not feel so well from the night before...waaaaay to much alcohol...

i make it big. then you can see how big my love for cherries is! so hungover today i was a waste of life...only took one pic...spent the night at mom and dad's. much easier then waking up and trying to find water to give to the dogs and to flush the toilet...notice the order of my priorities...my house stinks. i need water to clean it...sigh

tUesdAy jAms - dAy fiftEEn

tuesday...i like tuesdays. mostly because it means it's not monday anymore. every other tuesday is open mic with my cousin Tommy at the beaver creek tavern. fun times even though i drank way too much. had a lot of new people show up this week. i only sang two since nicole was sick... =(

Dan, Kyle's friend and fellow band member. he played a plethora of instruments. but my fave is the harmonica. plus i really like his reflection in the table...

mama and Eric, Eric and mama

my kimusabi...

apple doesn't fall far...

Tommy played a couple new ones. love to watch him play.

it took so long to load the first video...that i gave up...i think i'll post them later...