God Bless America!

What a beautiful country we have. Most people just take it for granted - but I am trying hard not to. We have had a very successful day today... from Arkansas... TOAD SUCK PARK none the less... to Santa Rosa New Mexico - we're flying. So I will put a few pictures up and leave it at that. I miss you all and keep checkin out out blogs - we will post more in the future.

christine

Who said Fruth wasn't the bomb?!?!

Got Fruth?!?!? Well apparently West Virginia does!!! Aren't you jealous?

We went to the Mothman museum... if you want info on that check out woody's.. umm i mean murphy's or mitch's blog... :) lol

I won't ruin it for him




Enjoy the videos that we made.... :) Stay tuned. Perhaps there will be more to come tomorrow or the next day.

Destination Texas tonight... :) Miss you all!!!!!
xoxo Christine

Pictures from last week...

Picnic Time!

So Sean and I went to Perinton Park yesterday for some good picnic food and fun :) We played some bocci ball and chased the kids around. Renee brought Louie along and he was just too cute to not get a picture of :) Enjoy!

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Fat... not PHAT.... ness

I am honestly sick of watching people at work. It makes me want to diet. Today I was sitting at lunch with all of the kids and one of my not-so-slim co-workers breaks out with this huge lunch. I mean - I could have had half and been stuffed! What is up with people and these unhealthy habits? My other co-worker always tries to shove food down my face and if I say "no thanks..." She responds with "c'mon - you can stand to gain a few pounds"... YEA if I want to become FAT LIKE YOU!!?!?!?!? Seriously - always bringing me cookies and pie and cake - it's just tooooo much. It bothers me when it gets pushed onto me. I don't think I'm a toothpick - I happen to be the size I am because I watch what I eat... and I don't mean watch it go in my mouth. The worst part - summer is upon us and all of my co-workers will be wearing thinner clothing and it will make me want to vomit. UGH I can't stand it! I am honestly to the point where I want to tell people to stop making themselves fatter... it's disgusting! Last time I checked a 200 lb woman is not sexy or hot.... just my friendly opinion though :)

On the pod....

So for all of you iPodder's out there I have some nifty information for you all. So if you have a file that is on your iPod but NOT on your library within iTunes - you can not simply drag the file from your iPod directly into your library and then have it back on your computer's hard drive... I guess Mac had to prevent that from happening so people wouldn't go and take their iPods to other people's computer and just drag and drop the files into another computer - therefore creating a copy. BUT there is a second way.... if you go into My computer (pc users, that is) and click on the iPod... then within Tools click on the box that allows you to view hidden files... then a folder will appear and that has all of your music. you can drag those into your computer and into your library. the ONLY problem with that is that each file is not named by song or artist - but by some arbitrary method with four letters. i.e. AFZY. So you can't just go find the one song you wanted as easily - but it CAN be done :)
There may be an even easier way but this way works for me :)

That's it for now.. how's everyone's weekend going? BEAUTIFUL - i say! :)

BORDOM at it's finest..

You know you're bored at work when.... you're sitting at the computer on-line and you're not supposed to be and you're blogging.
Today is way too slow for me. I'm so ready for my vacation it isn't funny.

I made a slideshow of Marisa's visit...

Marisa has come and gone.... what a nice vacation :)

Marisa arrived in Buffalo on Wednesday afternoon and I just dropped her off at the beautiful hour of 6:50AM.... EEK! I'm actually so freakin awake - it's very amazing. I am NEVER this awake at 8:30 in the morning - especially after only getting a 4 hour nap. It was well worth it. Thanks to everyone for coming out on Saturday night. Too bad Marisa and I could only make it until 1am. I felt fine and then all of a sudden it hit me - I was far past my limit and even though the bartenders must have given me tons of water ... i remember at least 3 glasses I downed... it wasn't enough - or it was just too late. Anyway, Marisa had a great time and thanks to everyone for making sure she got the true "Rochester" experience... she even finished most of her garbage plate and I had half!?!?!?!?! Damn girl!

Oh Mr. Sun... Sun.... Mr. Golden Sun...... PLEASE SHINE DOWN ON ME!!!!!!!!!!

:) Alright that might be a little cheesey and very 4-year old-ish but I don't give a damn :)

I loved yesterday.. every single freaking moment of it! Well .... I should remove the whole work portion of it... but besides that I loved it. It hit about 80 at one point yesterday!! Today isn't too cold either :) I'm not complaining. The weather better be good when Marisa gets here. There's SO much to show her. anyways... hope everyone's having a great weekend.

Christine

Life :)

So I thought I'd post a picture of my handsome husband... I love both of these pictures. Things are going alright here. The spring-like weather is HERE! I'm SO excited that the trees will soon be filled with leaves again. The warmth that I felt today was so reassuring that winter is out and spring is IN! I miss warm weather and it's just around the bend... this Friday is supposed to be about 60!!! I think that's freakin' awesome! Marisa comes in one week and I still haven't fine tuned what we're going to do. I'll get on that... before Wednesday :)
That's all. I guess I wanted to just leave a post. I feel like I have been in my own world and not online so much lately. How's life outside the DeChalais apartment?!?!?!?

Craziness in Cornhill!

So this past Friday when sean and I were leaving to go out I saw a car manual (I first thought it was a cd case) and just kinda looked at it and walked on to Sean's car. When we got home that night I went to take p-nut out and found all these cd's and papers outside where I normally take her. I picked them up and took them all inside. I found this time sheet for this guy that works at the ARC of Monroe. I had a feeling that it was his stuff and that he'd had his car broken into. So I emailed some HR person at the ARC and it turns out that this guy DID get his car broken into. Once he gets ahold of me I will give him the few cd's that I have and his car's manual. Loads more got stolen than this but at least he got SOME of it back. How sad is it that some person did this? It brings back all the memories I have of when this happened to Sean. This is the 3rd time I've known of someone's car getting broken into since we moved into this lovely "diverse" neighborhood. Why do these people do this? What makes them think that it is okay to take someone's personal belongings?!?!!? WHY?!?! It just seems so sad that this keeps happening. Know what I say? NO ONE SHOULD LIVE IN THIS SHITTY PART OF THE CITY! That's what I say. I'm very bitter at all of the ghetto trash that I see on the streets. Both the white and black trash of this city make me sick. They walk across the street wherever they want, walking slow - I mind you... and then when they are in MY way because they're not on a cross walk and I don't stop for them ... (I just slow down so I don't hurt them) then I am the bad guy here. Manners people.... MANNERS. I was taught them a long time ago and I wish other people would learn them. Imagine what a beautiful world this place would be if we all had better manners (me included)! Sorry ... I am just pissed off that this has happened again. This is why every day I just take everything out of my car. There is nothing of value in there... Even my cd face to my player gets taken out every time I am parked at home. How great is it that I feel SO SAFE in my own neighborhood. It's bull.

Doh!

Well I hope someone out there is experience a wonderful Monday. Today was long and stressful at work - but the kids were adorable and made it a little better. The one little guy who used to bite me keeps hugging me now and I'd rather that be his way of showing affection... :)
So today is quite grey and a little foggy too - I got home and hadn't heard lightning since I left for work and as soon as I got outside with p-nut the thunder started again - I hope she's not afraid of going outside again - we went through that already and that was NOT fun.
I hope everyone enjoys this lovely picture of Homer Simpson! It'll put a smile on everyone's fact that sees it!

Think Pink!

So my old template I guess had some work to be done on it and failed me so I've given up for now and went with the boring template. I thought I'd be daring and unlike my normal self and go with pink. I figured I could use a little girlying up :)
hope everyone had a great weekend! Check out Sean's site to see the awesome pictures of the fog we saw in Jamestown. When my dad e-mails me the pictures from this weekend I'll post a few. Alex is getting BIG!
Christine

Happy Friday to ME! :) (and you too!)

Hello world! I am SO happy that today is Friday. I just wanted everyone to know that. I hope everyone has an awesome weekend- wherever you may be :)
Christine

Gretta's a little sick

So for all of the people out there who do not know Gretta, she's my car :) I know it's an old lady name but I like it and I guess it just fits my car...
Gretta had some troubles today and I had to have her taken to the doc. Prognosis looks good. :) I was on my way to my last house for a meeting and my brakes started to feel odd. I gave Sean a call and let him know something was weird and that I might need help later - but didn't really think that I WOULD need help. (better to be safe than sorry...) So after my meeting I got in my car and the Emergency brake light was still on even though the brake was NOT on... I called my dad and he seemed to think the light on the dashboard was just malfuntioning. A minute or two after I got off the phone with my dad the brakes went on my car. I was lucky there was no traffic.. I was on Dewey ave and it was 4:30.... not a quiet street. So I was driving slow to begin with and happened to be near Will's friend's house so I went there and that's the end of the story.... for now.
If anyone wants to send get well cards to Gretta send them to me or to Farrel's Garage :) Hopefully they'll fix the brake line, which we suspect is why the hydrolics went and I couldn't brake, and then she'll be ready to go.
Keep her in your prayers, please :)

Christine

p.s. no pity cards for Gretta... she needs no sympathy - just to be cheered up :)

Blog off, Blog on!

Hi all! So I guess I haven't posted in a LONG time... almost a month. I guess since the weather turned bitter cold I've been in blog-hybernation. It's been nice but I guess I should come out and say I'm sorry for depriving you all with my wonderful pictures and stories. :P

Nothing too pressing going on. I learned the line dance to Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" last Tuesday and it was pretty exciting. Now will I remember it when we go next? - and that's IF they play it ;)


I think that's all of the fun things going on that I can think of - oh yea --- P-nut is sick still... I have to feed her a special diet :( I hope to God that she gets better soon. I had to bathe her in the shower today because she had crap all over her body. Disgusting!

Hope all is well with everyone :)

The Things I Do to Fatten Up Sean :)

So I made Sean a Peanut Butter Cup cheesecake.. thought I'd share my pictures with the world. This thing tastes as good as the Cheesecake Factory! :) I have over half in the freezer so we'll be enjoying this for a LONG time...

Blame it on the dot matrix printers :)

So yes, my thoughts lately have been negative. I feel so angry inside. Angry at the world for not giving me the answers that should come from inside... yet I keep looking at the world and blaming it. I just want to figure out what the hell I want to do career wise and JUST GO FOR IT. Sounds easy - right? I've been on college's websites and looking at programs and what kinds of jobs they lead to, to see if they can help point me in the right direction. Remember in high school when you took the stupid test that printed out on the dot matrix printer what jobs you'd be good at ?!?! They told me to be an accountant. HA! I SUCK ASS at math...
lol
I think they also suggested a musian or psychologist... no wonder there are so many students in psych programs around the world - the stupid dot matrix printer told them to! So that is my conclusion.. that's where my anger is... towards the damn printer.

Anyway - I'm keeping my feet on the ground but I feel like I keep stumbling. I wish things would clear up and I could go get what I want... once I figure it out getting it is the easy part. I'm good at that part. My indecisivness has reached a maximum and I am actually sick of it. I want to know. I need a bright light and God to come walking out from it and say "Christine... go do ____" or something. I told Sean tonight to pick a profession and I'd do it.. because I just feel so lost. I know I'll get by. Doesn't this ever end?

My job still sucks. Now talk around work is that someone's pay was cut because of budget concerns within the company... not because of performance. What bull shit. Who the hell cuts pay because of something they fucked up?!?! It's so rediculous. I have to look at all the admin people not vomit on them... it's hard. I know this sounds aweful but remember this blog is for venting.. so thigns are a little better than this. I love the kids I get to work with. One of them they just pulled me from so they can put me on two new kids that are new to the agency... I already miss her and stopped by today to give her new aide some tips. I wish I could bring each of these kids with me as I move along... kinda like Briana. Man I still miss her :(.

So I'll sit at the computer and listen to our iPod music (which rocks!) and search for an answer...

So I thought I posted... but I guess not.

Sorry - things have been busy around here and I haven't been on this much. I thought I posted a picture I had taken but apparently it's not on here - not sure what happened with that.

Work absolutely sucks right now. I actually could care less about the company I work for. I feel like everything they stand for is bullshit. Non-profit my ass. That's why the owners both have nice cars and don't seem to be financially struggling like the rest of the people who work for them. Great - they founded the joint - but share the wealth! The parents are outraged because the agency let go a social worker, music therapist and now a admin. assistant... who's next?!?! Could it be me?!?! I honestly would be happy at this point. Less stress on my back. I would rather work at Taco Bell. At least I'd have good lunches :) lol
Seriously though. If they don't cover their butts and start talking to the families and being open about why they are letting people go - they will have a lot of families pulling out of the agency and it's going to go down FAST. Then everyone will be out of a job and I will laugh at them... ha ha ha in THEIR face.
This week started out like crap and hasn't gotten much better. Yesterday was my day from hell. Nothing could go right yesterday. I'm surprised I didn't burn dinner. My doctor sucks ass and I'm getting a new one. I'm sick of my pill-pushing physician... Some people just like to get better and be better without taking 50 pills a day. Today would have been better except for the fact that everyone at work has a knot in their stomach and it just rubs off on you after a while.
I'm looking forward to things getting better. I enjoy days that makes me smile... dont' you?

Ohhhhhh moving... how i love theeee

So my dad sent me an email with this picture. This is Sean and me the day we left for California on June 1st 2003!!! I actually don't miss moving my crap around - but the excitement of something new and the adventure of driving across America - now that was fun... Except when we hit that nasty ice storm and I thought I was going to get into an accident - I could have lived without that one. So take note people - just because it is JUNE doesn't mean ice storms are eliminated from your trip... the rockies are not friendly at times.
:)

This actually reminds me of Hannah - who we're going to miss VERY much.... Good luck to you in NYC. Make the best of every moment you have because now is the time to live it up without any strings attached. Life is good...

The Number 1 song on my birthday was....

So according to this website,
1-What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers was number one pop song in America and Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkel was number 1 in UK! ...and here are the number one songs for my birthdays up to last year :)

2 yrs old.-Another Brick In The Wall (part ll) - Pink Floyd
3-I Love Rock ‘n Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
4-Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
5-Footloose - Kenny Loggins
6-One More Night - Phil Collins
7-Rock Me Amadeus - Falc
8-Knew You Were Waiting - Aretha Franklin and George Michael
9-Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean
10-She Drives Me Crazy - The Fine Young Cannibals
11-I'll Be Your Everthing - Tommy Page
12-I’ve Been Thinking About You - Londonbeat
13-Save The Best To Last - Vanessa Williams
14-Informer - Snow
15-Bump N Grind - R Kelly
16-This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
17-Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
18-Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy featuring Mase
19-All My Life - K-Ci & Jojo
20-No Scrubs - TLC
21-Maria Maria - Santana
22-Butterfly - Crazytown
23-Ain’t It Funny - Jennifer Lopez
24-In Da Club - 50 Cent
25-Yeah - Usher feat Lil Jon and Ludacris




Want to know what YOUR song was on your birthday? go here...

New Years craziness

What an awesome new years we had! I think everyone will agree it was very MEMORABLE :) lol

Nikolai's birthdday party - he's eating his very delicious birthday cake - it was a chocolate rum or something like that cake. :)...and vanilla bean ice cream! YUM

Look at us... what a sexy couple we make!....this is before the drunkenness set in :)

Later on......Noooooo we're not drunk!
Hmmmm..... :) Hot guys, very hot!

My New Year's Resolution

So I've decided that I do not have a resolution this year. They're too long winded for me... Let's face it. Most of us come up with these profound ideas and then after a few weeks they're just ideas and haven't been materialized. So I'm just going to keep on truckin' and just do the overall always trying to improve my life kinda resolution.

Does anyone have a resolution this year? I'm just interested. I am not saying they're a bad thing - they're just pointless if there is no follow through...

by the way

HAPPY NEW YEAR :)

Brrrrrr it's cold in here!

Alright - this is a picture of what my apartment FEELS like right now. If I ever think being an eskimo is cool and living in an igloo is humane - SHOOT ME! Seriously - our heat had to be turned off yesterday because some major problem with our heating source. Basically we were all given a space heater from our landlord and told he was fixing it as fast as possible and that it might be a few days. So hopefully it'll go faster than expected. Right now our bedroom is the ONLY warm room. BRRRRRRRRRRR!

Christmas time is HERE!!! :)

Sean and I put up the Christmas tree :) I love palm trees and when we saw this in a store in California I knew we had to have it. So now we have it up again this year spreading our Christmas joy with a little spirit of California :) The last picture I really like because the palm tree is reflecting in the window... hope you all are getting in the festive spirit of Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS :)

Something very cool.. an internet time capsule!

So I saw this link on my email's website today and I thought I'd try it out. I highly recommend you all do the same. It's pretty neat! So remember making the time capsule that you bury into the earth? Yea if I did one when I was little it's burried at my parent's old house... I probably will never find it. So I thought it would be really fun if I tried this internet one because it's electronic and hopefully will work. Forbes teamed up with Yahoo to make this happen. Go to:

http://forbes.codefix.net/capsule/

to check it out... Let me know if you do one.... I did! I'm getting it back in 5 years :-P

It's almost turkey time!!! ...or Tofu if you're a veggie person

So I just wanted to wish everyone a happy early thanksgiving. What are you all thankful for? I'm thankful for my husband :), family and friends. I'm also thankful that today was the first day of snow.. and NOT a month ago. I'm thankful for global warming because maybe I'll get my wish someday and there will be no more snow :). I'm thankful that I live in America. I'm thankful I can go to other countries if I decide I am no longer into the America thing. I'm thankful for P-Nut. I'm thankful that the sun never fails me... even when I can't see it I know it's there! I'm thankful I have a roof over my head. I'm thankful I have the freedom to persue happiness. I'm thankful for garbage plates (2 days in a row baby!!!) I'm thankful for The Roost and Snuffy's ;) I'm thankful I've only gotten bitten ONCE since I started working at my job in May. and last but not least.. I'm thankful you took the time to read my lovely blog!

Yummmmmm I love cake!

I decided that eating our wedding cake (the top part) on our anniversary seemed silly. Yea - let's FREEZE a cake for a year and then eat it. I'm SURE it will taste DELICIOUS! HA!
So we have been eating it slowly since last week. It tastes delicious! :)

Sunday Stroll... :)

So this weekend Sean and I decided to check out the fall colors. Here are a my attempts at being a photographer. We had a blast with the leaves :)

Doesn't Sean look hot in this picture?? :)

Cobbs Hill :) The picture doesn't really do justice.. the colors were amazing!

This is in Penfield... we were looking for a place to get some "hilly" photos ...

This tree was very unique. Sean got a really awesome close-up of it too... you can check it out in his blog :)

Taco Bell Rocks!!!!

So I just want to tell the world that my lovely husband got me Taco Bell for dinner tonight, as a surprise!!! :) Now, to some of you that could mean something not so nice or negative but this is better than bringing me much else - I LOVE TACO BELL! Why don't more people love it as much as I do - I have no clue. I guess not everyone gets it.. it's the best stuff on earth! :)
That's all.. just wanted to share with you all how much I love this stuff! ...and SEAN ROCKS :)

OUCH!!!

DAMN! I forgot how much freakin tetanus shot's hurt! Today I got pricked 3 times... BY A NURSE (you sick-o!)... Tetanus, PPD, and blood test to see if I'm anemic (FOR THE TRILLIONTH TIME I AM NOT ANEMIC). Anyway the Tetanus didn't hurt as much as the PPD when it happened... now the Tetanus hurts the worst and that's the only one of the 3 that didn't bruise. I know... wahhh wahhhh I'm a big baby but I don't care. It freakin' hurt and my whole left arm feels like it's out of commission for the next few days.

On a brighter note my doctor, despite hearing about all of my medical concerns, says I'm in great health. Always a good feeling :).

What are everyone's plans for the weekend?!?! I think we're going to a corn maze here - the biggest one in the world. It better not suck!

Oh Briana :)

So tonight I got a chance to catch up with one of the families I used to work with in California. It was great! I even got a chance to say hi to Briana - she laughed and got all excited when she heard my voice. I can't wait til I get to see her again. She's such an amazing girl! Hearing about what families with any kids with special needs go through just breaks my heart. I wish that there were more programs out there for kids - especially the ones that over 5 years old... it's like once they turn 5 the support services drop and it's like - hey parents... good luck! And then that's it. Anyway this is my rant and I don't expect anything to change because of the time I'm putting into it but atleast I'm just letting my "steam" out. I just love these kids so much and wish the best for them all. ...and I miss them!

That's all. Hope everyone had a good week and tomorrow's the end of it. I'm looking forward to another break from work. I love weekends. Do you think that you don't love them as much when you're older? Are they just another day? Or do they still hold precidence over weekdays? I'm just curious.

Hump day is here!

Alright - so positive thought - it's already halfway through the week and I just started working yesterday! I just found out that I DO get paid for sleeping in and sitting on my butt on Monday!! HURRAY!! Sorry.. I had to get that out. So anyway - this weekend we're supposed to see our Mr. Sun, we'll see ... I'm hoping for a glimpse. But, we were blessed with more than our fair share of sunny days this summer so no complaints. I'll wait patiently (for now!) :) Anyway hope everyone is having a good week. :)

Par-tay!

Alright - some people think we're crazy or old folks gone wild... I tend to think of us as twenty-somethings having the time of our lives. I think that it is very important to stay young at heart and go and have fun with your friends. We had SUCH a great time tonight. Kelly - thanks so much for making the trip out to spend an hour with us. We love having you up here!!! The music at Snuffy's.. common everyone - back me up - SALT N PEPPAHHHHH! YEA baby! We had a blast. Amanda - remember the videos?!?! DARE I mention the videos?!?!? I can imagine strangers reading this thinking sick sick thoughts. Too bad they're all very very tame and just funny... How about the Egyptian Magician?!?! LOL. Good times. I'll never ever let those memories fade - and if they begin to, I've got plenty of video to back them up. Not to mention the phone calls and trips to Bill's house after midnight. Yea- who would have thought anyone would order J-town's red raider's socks with red white and blue (insert bad accent throughout this whole thing) ...not to mention they were USED AND DIRTY! I'm happy Zach or Charlie never knew we took their socks for some guy and gave them to him after midnight. LOL Alright rants must stop. Anyway the reason for this post is to remind everyone that staying young at heart and going out and really having so much fun that you don't want the night to end - that's a good sign.

Tonight I honestly was saddened when I found out it was 1:41... only19 minutes til the bar closed. Not that I wanted to drink more - cause I had already stopped - but I just wanted to keep hanging out, keep dancing and just keep smiling. So tomorrow night, any takers?!?!? :) I'm sure we'll be at our regular joint. No Roost tomorrow I'm thinking - I think I need a break, plus their doing the same dance and what's the point of learning it twice, DUH I learn it after one lesson!! LOL.
Hope everyone else had as much fun as me.

Christine

p.s. Street meat outside of Pita Pit - pretty good - more spicy than Mr. V's but it did the trick. Sean wouldn't know - he was passed out and smushed his in the car, then proceeded to go into the bathroom and lean on the curtain and it FELL DOWN!?!? Normally it's me this drunk - so I'm very amused. :)

Buzz off!!!

So Sean and I had a BLAST at Disneyland.. haha! :) I know we look funny but I don't care. I wanted to shre our photos with everyone. We went and talked with Stitch too! I miss the palm trees!

Mr. & Mrs. DeChalais!

It's official!!! We're back from our honeymoon. I didn't want to leave San Diego - big surprise, right?!?!? :)

It's nice to be back with friends and family though.. can't wait to see all of the pictures taken. If you want to check out our pictures taken by the photographer it's online, click here.

The pictures are not downloadable, but can be ordered through the website :) The last picture of us on the beetle is my absolute FAVORITE!

Thank you to EVERYONE who made our day so special and full of great memories. Love you all!

Last week of freedom... :)

So this past weekend I had a blast :) Kristen and Mike - thanks for going out to The Roost with me, as always I love it :) I'm apparently getting in touch with my inner country line dancing self!

That's about it... 2 1/2 more days of work then wedding preparations til Friday morning... the craziness has begun!

Dark Water and random thoughts

So today we went to see Dark Water at the dollar theatre. I love the dollar theatre... yay for $1.50 movies! So anyway it was a pretty good movie - a little sappy at the end but good overall.

Today was a beautiful day.. it was a little crisp for me - I like to be able to wear shorts and be comfy but I'm not going to complain. It was sunny with a clear sky. I hope in two weeks it is the same! :) If not - the day will still happen either way.

Last night I went to the roost again.. GUILTY! :) I had a blast. I met Kristen and Mike out for some lessons and then Kelly and the wedding party came later. We got a few dances with Kelly before some drama happened.. but oh well! Atleast you came for a little while kelly.. i had fun! :) Then we met up at Snuf's for some more drama. I love it! :) I think Kristen now things my life is constant drama, which I find mildly amusing. So tonight we're having a few people over.. should be fun.

He said "sure"!!!!

So I had a few friends over tonight to pop the big question to Sean tonight. I thought I'd turn the tables a little bit and propose to him too... it sounds better than it happened - i didn't get down on one knee like William thought I should, but it's all good. He was surprised and said "sure" so I guess I am excited :)

I love you Seaner!

A honky tonk night out on the town...

Me and Buster cuddling at Ellen and Cristo's place :)














Me (red) and Kristen (green) dancing - notice how my legs don't match everyone elses and Kristen's do! We had a great time though.









Random old man doing funny dances the entire night!


So last night Ellen, Kristen, Mike (her roommate), Bari, Megan (a neighbor) and her two friends all gathered at The Roost for some good ol' times! It's line dancing place here in Rochester. It's amazing how many people now how to line dance. Now I'm not talking about the electric slide.. this stuff is hard!! The steps change and are confusing and they go on for 24 counts! EEEK! I dragged Kristen out on the floor a lot and we laughed so much my cheeks started to hurt! I just tried to follow other people's lead and learn the dances. Sometimes I ALMOST got it and then the song ended! What the heck?!?! Anyway we had a great time out. Sean had his bachelor party and when I saw him today he looks great! (although he's a little hurtin' from the bull!!!)

I miss you guys!...and a nutty story ;)

This is Marisa on the left and Kaila on the right. I miss you guys!! Pics like this make me miss California and all of the people out there that I met. Sometimes I wish the world was just a little smaller...

On a positive note I made a friend today - well.. we'll see if I made a friend. I was running with P-nut when we crossed paths with a girl and her chihauhua.. named Cha-chi I believe :)
Anyway - the first time I was on the other side of the road and P-nut literally was trying to drag me towards her and the dog - she wanted to smell it and all that doggy stuff but I kept running. I normally wait to see if an owner is interested in having their dog socialize with P-nut.. sometimes they're a little apprehensive and I'd rather just run than have them be like "sorry..m y dog is not very social or whatever" The next time we ran into them we were on the same side of hte road and P-nut ran up to her dog and you'd think the two were going to go at it in front of us. P-nut either likes the dog or really doesn't like it - normally there's no middle ground for her. Anyway we got to talking and this girl seems like she needs a friend. Her boyfriend is in Cleveland and she's here and in med school... stressful. I don't know. I invited her to come out with some girls that are hopefully up for going to The Roost on Saturday night. If she emails me then maybe I made another friend :) Anyway it was nice to meet her - she seems cool. Making friends is one of my favorite things to do... the reality of it is though that it doesn't really happen that often the older you get... it is weird like that. Remember in high school when you had a lot of friends? Not like that anymore. Even in college it was easy to make friends. Now in the "real world" it's not realistic.. don't you think they should make THAT part of growing up more realistic so it isn't a real bummer when you leave school and it's totally not the same?!?! Alright enough about that. Yay for another beautiful day! I am LOVING it! Does this summer REALLY have to end? Can't it go on indefinitiely? Oh wait - I had that and I traded it in... I guess I can't complain. Cest la vie!

Off to J-town again....

So today I'm doing my second trial run for my hair for the wedding and tomorrow is a family reunion. We'll see how it goes. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Important information that you need to know about cars! (...seriously)

So I guess I don't know as much about cars as I THOUGHT I did.. either that or my commen sense escaped me for a while today. My mind has been on a nother planet - I should say first before I go any further. So today was probably the peak of my stress.. not sure it can get worse and if it can I hope it doesn't.

I was driving today and I kept thinking about how I need to get my oil changed. Then I drove after work to go pick up Diana's dress so I can get it to her. I remember how I have some oil in my trunk and have the brilliant idea that I should put it in my car so that my engine doesn't die. Good thinking - RIGHT?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! would be the correct answer right here.

So my engine was hot. First BIG RED WARNING THAT THIS ISN'T A GOOD IDEA. But I proceed. So I pour the oil into the hole where it's supposed to go, thinking that I'm doing good for my car. You know - making sure that there's oil in it so that the engine doesn't seize. Man - I was SO wrong. So first came the smoke. Then came flames. I ran in the car, grabbed everything valuable and called 911. You know - when I'm freaking out because my car is on fire and they ask where I am ... I CAN'T FREAKING REMEMBER. So I tried my best to spit out where I was and within 1-2 minutes the fire people were there. Go figure by the time they get there my car is no longer on fire. The flames basically stayed put... just on the engine in the back where the oil had spilled. So lesson #1... invest in the little tunnel cup things to avoid spills.. Lesson #2... when the engine is hot don't pour oil into it - it might start on fire. Lesson #3... Change your oil on time and you won't have to have any problems like I had. What a nice start to my weekend. Things will get better. :)


...I wouldn't mind a beer right now

Mosh pits

Okay. You know you're old when............ you think mosh pits are so stupid. I guess it's official. I'm getting lame. I just don't see the point in it. Little boys who have like 2 pubes on their body and still squeek occasionally when they talk are looking around at eachother to see if it's cool to push the person next to you. Then when they get the okay they all just start pushing eachother around. HOW FREAKING LAME! Sorry... I just went to a concert tonight and I was so disappointed with the behavior. I don't know - it just seems stupid to push eachother around. Why not just all make a big circle and dance together. GOSH I sound so much like a freakin' hippie. I hate that. Can't deny my inner hippie... as sean would say ;)

So vendetta red SUCKS. The bassist or one of the guitarists (sean and will help me out with this one) I saw before they went on. He walked by and I commented on how he looked like a girl from the back with his hair. I couldn't even see his face the whole time because the hair was in the way. He looked like cousin it from the addams family. What the heck!?!?! And the lead singer looked like Mr. Big! LOL. So I think Bayside is pretty good for a new band. Check em out. I give them 1 thumb up. At least their songs didn't all sound the same. The dude from Vendetta Red always would kinda sing low and then all of a sudden when the chorus broke out he sang the SAME note. It got old fast. Sean and I just kinda looked at eachother. I think they sound better produced..... but I've never heard them on the radio so I can't confirm that. Anyway ... it was nice to go out and support live music. Thanks again, Will... he took us to the show. Way to splurge on the .94 cents!!!

Jesus on food

Alright. Not sure who heard about this. But there was this woman who was frying her Pierogies on Palm Sunday when she flipped one over and saw the face of Jesus burned into it! So first they put it in the freezer to keep it and didn't know what to do with it. So the lady decided to sell it on Ebay... to see how much it would cost?!?!!? It sold for $1,775 to Golden Palace Casino! What does a casino want with a piece of food with Jesus burned into it?!! How freakin' weird is that. The lady seemed pretty genuine and didn't really know what else to do with the piece of food. They couldn't eat it because they're felt it was a little odd to eat something with Jesus' face on it. I can understand that. And they couldn't just throw it away... so why not make almost 2 grand on it!!! Anyway I just wanted everyone to hear about this ... I linked the picture to the eBay website in case u all want to see it for real. It's already over.. the auction that is!

Great weather and attitudes

So first off... what a kick ass summer we have had so far. Can I get an AMEN?!?! I love the sun :)

Anyway - I just wanted to make note that I'm happy. That's all :) Life is grand. I've started to run/jog every day... for the most part I've been doing it every day. It's really for myself :)... I think it's a good idea to keep a good physique and the only way to do that is to be in shape and exercise. I do a little stretching and exercises after too... sit -ups hopefully will be showing some progress in a month or so. It's sparked by a lot of things. I'm getting to the point where I realize that if I do not work out that I'm not going to stay the same size. My metabolism has slowed down a tiny bit and I want to look good. So... instead of talk a lot about it (well except to Sean :) ) I'm doing something about it! I just wanted to say this because it goes into the whole happy thing. I feel so much better about myself and about life in general when I exercise. All the happy juices/seratonin stuff is doin its thang. If anyone out there is feeling like life just needs a boost - go for a walk or something. You'd be surprised what it will do for you.
..for me it'll hopefully help me look hotter than I will already look on our wedding day!

... speaking of which - that's only 32 days away! EEEEEK! ;)

(don't worry Sean .. that's a good EEEEEK!)

Where the heck did these people come from?!?!

What happened to just a personal blog to rant and rave and keep in touch with friends. First my e-mail gets loaded with spam. And you have to have pop-up blocker on your web browser if you don't want to be annoyed with announcements/advertisements. NOW they're leaving replys on our BLOGS?!?! WHAT THE F@#$@!!!!!
I'm sorry but I'm so pissed off and I know it's stupid but thats the whole problem.

I will NEVER become that. EVER. I hate ads. I think they're for businesses that suck and need some information to be popping in front of your face all of the time so that you are hearing about them. It's obvious that they don't have what it takes.

Anyway - hope everyone is having a nice week. :)

Bats, Mr V's will KILL me and 9am drive time

Yes - those all pertain to me. First the BATS!!! So apparently because of this weather we have BATS in our house. Will and I were walking out of my apartment into the hallway when a bat was swarming above us. I screamed and it might have been scared and left the building - I'm not sure. If I sleep tonight I'll be lucky. I'm so afraid it made it's way into our apartment because the hole between the floor and the door are wide enough for those tiny things. How fun - sleeping with bats. I feel ghetto!

Second. Anyone hear that Mr. V's cheeseburgers can ACTUALLY kill you? Just ask Sean. He'll tell you all about that. I think Will and I almost literally pissed our pants because sean was so serious about the matter. He got so trashed (not sure how that happened) on little alcohol and even puked his brains out. I was trying to help and offered some y ummy mr. v's and he refused and said if he ate it IT WOULD KILL HIM! LOL. Sean - just too funny sometimes :)

Lastly 9 am.. that's the latest we can leave tomorrow. It's after 3am. Ick.
Good night.

p.s. had a good time tonight everyone - including my fellow friends who i called :)

Damnit Janet!!!

Sooooooo.. work this week has been slightly frustrating and because I'm chicken to say something to the person that is most bothering me - i'm going to rant about it now. So just don't read my post if you don't want to hear complaining :)



This girl i work with is really annoying me and it's getting to the point where I wonder if I need to just go request to not be on her teams anymore. It's so obvious that she has SOME problem with me.. what I did still boggles my mind. I'm not sure if it's because I'm not from her state (Mass.), I moved from California where ABA (what I do at work) is slightly different so my methodology isn't 100% the same as my company's.... or maybe she is a lesbian like I think she is and she feels like I'm judging her. OR she just plain out doesn't like me.
So she writes a note to me and my co-worker (I mind you it's written in a MEAN script.... like her normal writting isn't like the way she wrote it). It basically complained that she has to spend 10 minutes EVERY day fixing up mistakes me and my co-worker make in the book... WHICH i have to say, yes we make mistakes occasionally - but that is part of HER job, and something that is normally fixed at the CONSULT. But even if it weren't the case - the things we forget to write down are so miniscule... it's annoying! No one except her highness (yea right) is as anal about this stuff. Actually the more I work with this person - the less I care about the paperwork. I spend my time looking at the clock wondering when the hell i can leave. I am even thinking of taking the note straight to the owner and telling her I think this person needs to be talked to. It's just so RUDE to leave such a note! And the way she corrects me and my co-worker when we do something wrong is just SO FREAKING WRONG. It's like she's making us feel like shit when she does it. I like constructive criticizm... everyone needs it. But we don't need the kind that makes you feel bad and like they're better than you!
Plus I think she's taken a disliking to my co-worker because my co-worker spends time working with me! So anyone who has an association with me is officially onher shit list.

And get this - so yesterday we had our weekly meeting with one of the kids. The 3rd therapist on the case is not in town this week so wasn't supposed to be at the meeting. I get there first - go in and am playing with the kid, waiting for my SO FUN co-worker to come, and the one who was apparently on vacation this week (something I forgot about). So my SO FUN co-worker shows up and goes into the room to start the meeting... thing is I think she's just hanging out in there with the mom waiting for our 3rd co-worker who WASNT FREAKING COMING. I'm playing with the kid having fun and after a few minutes I go in the other room and the mom and co-worker kinda just look at me and the meeting papers are sitting on the table. I said something about how the 3rd person hadn't shown up and my SO FUN co-worker says so VERY kindly "She's not coming. She's on vacation." And I said "why didn't you come get me" And her and the mom didn't have an answer. They said they were just waiting for me. WHAT THE FREAKING HECK!?!?!?!? Shouldn't they have said.. hey christine,... the other one isn't coming, let's start the meeting." THEN the meeting only takes 30 minutes so we have to sit for 30 minutes and just talk because our meeting is an hour. GOSH!
So I'm happy to say I will do everything in my power to not work with her EVER again. What a bitch. There are places for these people. The sad part - she was one of my favorites when I started with the company. She does great work with the kids. But she's shit to me if she can't treat her co-workers with an ounce of respect.

That's enough venting for the day. I'm really not that upset - but I was going to get that way if I didn't just let it out. I know I should go tell the SO FUN co-worker that it's getting old and to just grow up and treat me with respect - but I can't. I'm a pussy! :P

Friday night...

So this weekend turned out to be loads of fun. All of the girls got a SUV Escalade limo for me and we went out for a night on the town. Of course, Kim had to throw something funny in - so she took us all to Show World first. It was funny - my cousin picked up porn dvd and all of a sudden a whole bunch fell down. The girls just over all I think had a good time walking around. :) Then we went to Coyote Joes, Karma/Barfly and ended the night at Liquid. Man - it flew by SO fast!! We got started a little late but it was fun. I'll post the picture of the entire group in front of the limo as soon as I get ahold of it. This is me at the end of the night... it was obvious that as the night progressed I got more and more drunk..
The best part - when I got home I was still walking with no assistance. We get back and I see Will standing outside of Sean's car.... Sean's in the passenger seat PASSED OUT! LOL. So he was more trashed than me. I tend to like to get drunk but remember my night... it was like Sean went out for his bachelor party - he was SO drunk. (Thus the pictures on Kelly's blog) :)
So thank you to all of the girls who attended - and a special thanks to Diana and Melissa for travelling from afar to be there!

Let's hope this isn't me later tonight or tomorrow morning!!

Okay, So tonight is the bachelorette party... and it is going to rock. BUT It is my desire that I do not vomit tonight or tomorrow from this partying. Let's see what happens. Isn't this picture just wonderful? Makes me want to get a garbage plate :)

YUM!!!!

The weekend is almost over!!

It feels like this weekend was nice and long - which makes me very very happy! I've really had a good time. Friday we all got a little carried away with the drinking - Kelly and Will were trashed at like 8 at night! That was funny watching Will stumble down the stairs! Then Kelly rode the bull at Daisy Dukes. It was just crazy!... in a good way.
Yesterday was fun too. I spent a whole 3 hours on straightening my hair and then after 3 hours when it was only half way done I decided to quit and sprayed water all over my hair and it instantly went back curly. Ugh. Oh well. I went to a bachelorette party with Kelly and that was fun too! Soho East... where all of the bad dancers go! Oh my gosh - seriously bad dancers! It was fun to watch though. Then the drama that some of the girls brought along was funny to watch too! Kelly, maybe this is why you don't have a lot of friends that are girls - if that was what I hung out with all of the time I think I'd never be around them - I just can't associate with that. But they were alright. The drama could have been left out of the night and I wouldn't have cared. Oh - and what was up with those guys at Soho East? There were all of these guys dressed up like they were from the late 70's early 80's! Strange.
And then there's today - it's beautiful and sunny... AGAIN! I think it's basically been sunny every day for a few months. Let's hope that this weather carries over into the middle of September! Keep your fingers crossed.
That's all for now.
Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!

Frustration inc.

:-P! A BIG one of those!! So I guess I deserve this in some sick and twisted way... a co-worker was late today. So because I'm not certified I can't officially work until a co-worker is with me that is certified and because my co-worker was late, I had to stay an extra 10 minutes at work. This would normally not bother me, but I REALLY needed to be somewhere at 3:15 today. It's a little tough to make it to the animal hospital when I am in Wayne county, have to travel home, and then to the animal hospital. SO i had to cancel the appointment and they have nothing available for another week! So now our dog has to just suck it up and deal for ANOTHER FREAKIN' WEEK! I'm just frustrated because she got hurt last weekend and I'm not sure that the extremely long nails are helping her cause... they might be the root of the problem. But now I have to wait til God knows when to take her in. They're only open during normal business hours and my hours NEVER work with them. I'm so pissed off I could break a window! I don't know why this pisses me off so much, I guess I just REALLY wanted to get this over with. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Busy bee = me (& and Sean too!)

Well I made it back to Rochester after a crazy and fun weekend in J-town. I had my second fitting for my dress and trial hair-do run on Saturday and then helped get things ready for the bridal shower that my sister and lynn threw for me today. Then when I couldn't help anymore I sat outside and enjoyed the weather and Alexander's cuteness. He's almost 9 months old now!!! I should post some pictures of him. I think my dad got a great shot of us this weekend. Anyway - I'm exhausted. I never thought I'd have a problem with people watching me, but today was a little overwhelming. I had almost 50 people watching me open presents and every move I made. The best part - there will be over 3 times that many people at out wedding and here I am nervous with 50 people!! I guess it's a nice practice for me to get used to having eyes on me. After a while I wanted someone else to get some attention so I had Sean's neices help me open presents! That worked, somewhat. The shower went great though - more presents than I know what to do with right now! We sure would like a house about now - because then MAYBE we'd be able to fit everything.
Well it's after 1 and i'm ready to sleep for 17 hours. Good night!

Hot Hot Heat! :P

First I thought I'd share with everyone Sean and Will watching Queer Eye for the Straight Guy!
Sorry the picture isn't the best - but you all get the point :) Will came over last night for a little taco night :) They were SOOOO good! Sean did a super duper awesome job. (lol)

Man is it HOT here! I tried to take The Nut for a walk down by the river and I had to carry her back from the river because she was too hot and just kept laying in the shade and looking at me. Poor thing - she's just trying to deal with this heat. Funny - a Cali dog can't handle the heat! HA!! Well - most of you just don't realize how cold it is, especially in Pacifica.
Anyway - I'm back to working my normal job. Overall I like it. There's this girl I work with and I have this feeling that she doesn't like me. I'm trying to figure her out. She's so much more friendly to my co-workers than she is to me. I've never really had this happen like this before. She's a very normal person - well maybe not. but oh well. I'm not losing sleep or crying over it! :)

Wedding plans are coming along nicely. Hope everyone has September 17th set aside - PAR---TAYYYY!
The cake and wedding music are the only big to-do's left. Can't wait til I say "I'm finished!!!" It'll be fun though - unless a certain someone doesn't show up...but I have faith he won't disappoint me - he's stuck with me for GOOD! ;)

That's about all that's going on for now. How's everyone else doing?

Back in J-town

Well I'm back in the hometown for the week... took "The Nut" back with me... thought if I took her she'd be less likely to freak out because the fireworks by our apartment would scare her. Turns out I was way wrong... down here on the lake neighbors have been setting off fireworks since I got here at 9:30 and it's 11pm now. Sooooo there goes my theory! She's so scared - poor thing.

Mike, Lynn and 'Zander were here tonight... he's such a cute little baby!!! He must have given me 10 kisses or more! I don't mind that kind of slobber ;)

That's about all that's going on here. How was everyone's 4th of July? I'd love to hear...

ciao!
Christine

p.s. I still miss you seaner!