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...

mAniC mOndAy - dAy fOURteeN

oh monday...how i hate thee...let me count the ways...1. still don't have water 2. have to go back to work 3. do i really need to give three reasons??? i think numero uno is enough in and of itself. this IS the 21st century right? we're on day 5 of no water. landlord is supposedly doing the 'best' that he can. won't let us call a trustworthy plumber. we HAVE to use his guy. 'his guy'...the one that didn't even show up yesterday...right...that one...yay (again, insert sarcastic font here)

walked over to the neighbors to fill buckets so we could at least flush the toilet and then it started to storm. tried to get a pic of the rainbow after the storm but you can just barely make it out.

after the storm.

I REALLY NEED A NEW CAMERA! this little dark spot in the middle of the field is a fox. he darted out of the woods in our backyard and across the field into the corn. he looked really wet and really scared...though you can't tell from this pic.

the storm looked even creepier as it moved away then it did before it came. loved the clouds. all in all, besides the fact that we still don't have water, it wasn't that bad of a day. hung out with Kim, Dan, and our neighbor, Bob, for a while. Watched some NCIS until the electricity went out from the next storm that came thru and went to bed. Hope Tuesday is better...

sUndAy fUndAy - dAy tHiRteeN

woke up not as early as saturday. did not run. the alcohol consumption from the day before prohibited this. spent most of the morning trying to figure out where we were going to go for brunch and whether or not we were going by boat or by car. turns out we went by car to the clarion. brunch was not their forte by any means, but it was better then nothing.

breakfast of champions for the second day. orange juice instead of water this time, coffee, bloody mary. the bloody mary was really spicy, and not great, but it was only $2.50 so i couldn't really complain. buffet was cold...but my omelet was delish. but i ate it before i could take a pic of it.

so instead you get a picture of what was left of my home fries and my cream chipped beef...

Lennie B Lennie hides from the camera...we don't know why.

came back from brunch stuffed. decided to walk the beach. it wasn't sunny enough to lay out and we'd had enough sun from the day before. came back from the beach and decided to journey home. it took us an hour to get from OCMD to Rehobeth. next time i will take monday off and stay another day. sunday funday turned into 'sit in traffic til i want to set someone on fire and put them out with a pitchfork" day. finally got home at 9pm only to find out we still don't have water...yay (insert sarcastic font here).

cLammiN' - dAy tWeLVe

breakfast of champions. water, coffee, bloody mary.

we woke up relatively early for a saturday and went running. about a mile and a half i'd guess, though i didn't clock it. went back and enjoyed bloody mary's, water, and coffee. eventually made eggs & sausage and got ourselves ready for the boat. there was a small boat advisory so we had to stay in the bay. i was glad for this since i have a history of seasickness. no good.

got on the boat, which i was afraid of first and started out...

stopped for fuel, and then at seacrets...i should have taken a pic of this really but instead i will do my best at describing it to you. imagine the bay at seacrets...now imagine not being able to see the water because of the seriously massive amounts of intoxicated people in the water...now imagine being in that water, drinking and having to pee. do you get OUT of the water to go the restroom? i wonder... i was glad for the taxi boat. for a moment i thought we were going to have to walk into the pee and cigarette infested water...gross.

took the boat in, had some really really really good jerk chicken and bruscetta while we people watched and stared in disbelief at what some girls will do to themselves, and then got back on the boat and headed for the chowder beds.

my two favorites...smellin' LN and Johanna Banana.

heh...floating heads.

you can't see it very well...but Dan is holding three 'chowder' clams in one hand...at most i can hold two. had so much fun with the three of them. my feet hurt a little from digging in the sand for clams, but it was well worth it. pretended to fly on our way back. probably almost got tossed from the boat a few times, though i'm sure i would have felt nothing. alcohol is amazing in it's numbing abilities.

ordered enough food to feed a small militia and nearly slept thru the delivery guy. watched a movie. LN and Dan watched it with their eyes closed. they have talent. decided not to go out that night. the alcohol consumption during the day was a little absurd...wait...that's not possible.

bEAcH bOUnd - dAy eLeVeN

left for the beach around 5-5:30. traffic wasn't really that bad. made a couple of stops at the market and the liquor store. two essential stops mind you. grabbed some fresh tomatoes and nuts at Hershey's Farm market and some sweet tea RASPBERRY vodka at the wine & spirits across the street...yum...and headed out. vodka and tomatoes don't really go well together, but it's what i wanted.

got to LN and Dan's around 8:30pm. we beat them there. HA. though i was sort of driving like a maniac. we got there in one piece. that's all that matters right? the drinking started and lasted all weekend, though this is what caught my eye when we first walked in the door. i have a new found love for Red Stripe Light...yeah...i know...weird.

Lennie B Lennie and Smellin' LN. two of my favorites. 

angry little Montgomery Burns.

we drank some, tried to play a game which called for absolutely no inhibitions, can't remember what it was called, and went to bed. great start to a fantastic weekend!!

dOg dAyS - dAy tEn

slowest day of my life so far! i leave for the beach tomorrow and the clock was not on my side today... Got up early and went running. it wasn't too bad this morning. last couple mornings i didn't even bother it was so thick outside. went to work schmirk. what a drag that place is sometimes. for the most part i like the people i work with, but what i do is soooooo mundane and repetitive...get it...? i think a well trained monkey could do my job. came home, ate pizza, packed up the laundry while Bird tried to hunt down the groundhog, and headed to mom and dad's to do a load of laundry. took some pics while i was there. sat with Kim for a while. came home to find Bird and Don fixing the water/pump/leak problem and watched kaley chase flies for a while...seriously though try to envision this...82 lbs of clumsiness leaping around our small little place for A FLY... she catches 'em sometimes too! Gonna go pack for the beach and hit the sack.

ladies and gentlemen i have finally found photobucket and i'm in love. joepetie is in love with kaley. she is his girlfriend and he is her boyfriend. they make out every night. it's kinda gross actually.

dirty dog prints

my feet do strange things. i thought they looked funny.