16 Apr 2012 Leave a Comment
in Emma, Travel, Vacations, Work
So I have pretty much been neglecting my blog for quite some time now. Oops. Busy times though, sometimes make it hard to be able to just sit down, relax and type type away.
Our little lady is 15 months old already. Where has the time gone?? It still doesn’t seem possible that we already have a 15 month old on our hands. She is amazing, amazing really doesn’t even come close to describing her actually. She is walking all over the place now and boy is she proud of herself! Ha. She seriously is pure entertainment. She makes us laugh everyday! She is so quick to learn new things and is so chatty already. I love hearing her chat away. She repeats everything these days so we definitely have to be careful what we say around her! 
Our little smarty pants!!!
Our St. Maartin trip is only two weeks away and I am sooooooooo nervous! This is Emma’s first flight and I am really hoping she handles it well. We plan on bringing a lot of her favorite things to entertain her and something for her to drink or chew on, for take off to help with her ears. Since she is so nosy and has to see everything and say hi to everyone, I am hoping that the fact that its something new for her will be enough to entertain her and keep her happy for the flight. I of course am nervous about our luggage getting lost on the way there since we seem to have bad luck when it comes to that. But I got us a fantastic deal on some new luggage on Overstock since we really only have smaller carry on sizes. It was a 4 piece set, originally 199.99, it was on sale for 79.99, i had a coupon, plus some overstock rewards dollars. I ended up only paying 48.99 for a 4 piece set. 2 large sizes, one carry on size and one toiletry size. Such a great deal and its really nice. So at least we will have a lot of room for all three of us to pack them full haha. It is so exciting to be traveling to some place I have never been before. Scott has been a few times, so he knows the territory. The resort reserved a highchair and crib for the condo for us, so that’s awesome! A few less things to worry about having to pack or figure out. I know Emma is going to LOVE the beach and the ocean. All new experiences for her! I just love watching her try something new.
Hoping also for some really great news for my dad and I, business related, while we are away. Hoping to come back to a new challenge! 
We so have this coming, so I am really hoping it works out!
All for now. I will try to be better about updating on a more regular basis Thanks all! Hope all is well with all of my readers!
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2 More Days…
12 Jan 2012 1 Comment
in Baby, Cars, Emma, Snow, Work
…Until Emma’s Big day!!! I am so excited!! I am so glad the weekend is almost here. This has been a really busy and tiring week.
Woke up to snow this morning, which I love. But I very much did not love getting stuck on the hill in my development. How totally embarrassing to get stuck in the snow in your OWN development. And to top it off I totally cried thinking what the heck am I going to do now, stuck sideways on this hill. I could only hope a plow truck (that was still absent as of that moment) didn’t come charging up the hill and slam into me. I finally broke down and called Scott to come rescue me. Once my wonderful hubby got me off of the packed crazy snowy hill, I dropped Emma off at school and finally got moving to work. The drive was slow, main roads were clear but side roads were still a mess. Better late than never.
Some super great news!!! My friend Ali,had her baby Tuesday night. A boy, Maxwell Keene, 7 pounds 12 ounces. He is super cute. Full head of dark adorable hair. Baby and mommy are both doing great!! Congrats to Ali and Alex. I can’t wait to visit and meet Baby Maxwell!
In Diet land, week two and I am still going strong with my plan!! I am feeling great and I can already notice clothes fitting better and overall feeling better about myself. I have set a goal of May 1st. We are taking a trip to St. Martin the first week of May and boy would it be nice to wear a bathing suit and feel someone ok about it! I think a goal of almost 5 months is totally doable and If I stay this determined and have the right mind set, I am hoping it won’t be a problem. But for now I am staying positive and focused!! I am just so thankful the holidays are over. That truly is the time of bad eating lol.
I am hoping some of this snow sticks around for the weekend so I can FINALLY put Emma in her snowsuit and let her play in the snow. I can’t believe its January and this is our first actual big snow storm. And it wasn’t even that big. Definitely not what us upstate New Yorkers are use to that’s for sure. I am very excited to see Emma’s reaction to the snow though. Pulling her around in a sled is going to be so much fun. My dad always had a blast pulling us around when we were kids. Fun to think back to being a kid, when it snowed so much over night. We would wake up to a winter wonderful and couldn’t get our snowsuits and boots on fast enough. We stayed out almost all day building snow forts and sledding until we were exhausted. Those were the good days!! We haven’t had much of a winter so far this year. I always love those saturday or sundays when we get a huge snow storm. We get to stay in our jammies all day, make grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch and just watch the snow fall. As much as I hate driving in it, it is pretty to just watch it come down!
Thats all for now. Back to work on this snowy day!
30 weeks!! Only 10 more to go! YIKES!!
03 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
I can not even believe I only have ten weeks to go until Emma is here. Where did the time go? I remember in the beginning thinking, “wow I have nine months to be pregnant, it will seem like forever, I will have so much time to get things done” Yeah not so much. It has flown by. I feel like we still have so much to get done!! More cleaning, more prepping, more getting the house up to par for her arrival. I feel like I have been such a slacker. I come home from work and am just so tired. All I want to do is get my pjs on and crawl under a blanket on the sofa.
So weekends are really the only time we can get stuff done. So from this point on we really have to buckle down and get everything set and ready!! Her room is pretty much done. It looks so great!!! I can not wait to see her sleeping in her awesome crib. I find myself going in there now just to check out how great her room looks and how excited I am for her to be here!!! In a lot of ways I feel really ready but at the same time i’m scared to death. Will I be able to do this? Will I be a good mother? Will she and I get into a good routine?? Scotty of course tells me over and over that everything will be great and we will be awesome parents and work through whatever comes our way. I know he is right but it is still nerve-wracking. I think once the shower is over I will feel more prepared for her and once we have our birthing class I will feel better about the whole process.
Just blows my mind that less than two months from now she will be here, she will be ours, we will be holding her and staring at her in awe that she’s really our girl. It is just amazing to think how time has flown by. How about ten years ago I use to say how I never wanted kids and now I can not wait for our girl to be here!! To have a family. Scotty is going to be such an amazing father to. I am so excited to see Emma have her daddy wrapped around her little finger! I just sometimes can’t believe how lucky we are. Now if i could only get past the scared to death of the delivery part lol.
On a different note. Work has been very busy thank goodness. We had maybe the worst September and October that we have ever had and now it is finally picking up. I hate worrying when we have little or no work. I always feel so much better when there’s money in the bank here and cars filling up the shop!!! Makes for happier and smoother week!!! I am just hoping we have a great winter to and that we continue to stay busy!!!
Thanksgiving will be here before we know it and I am really excited to see everyone in Scott’s family in PA. It will be a great time! And of course since I am a Christmas freak, I can not wait for that to be here!! A lot of people think Emma will be a Christmas baby and come early but we shall see!!! So far she’s doing great, kicking and moving around all day everyday!! I keep saying how if she’s this active outside the womb, we are in trouble! heehee
What breathtaking looks like!!!
27 Mar 2008 Leave a Comment
in Chaos, Twilight/Rob, Work
(thanks Mae for this awesome pic of Rob on the set!! What would us twilighters do without your movie spying efforts)
I realize my Twilight/Robert Pattinson obsession has perhaps crossed me over to the dark side, but whatever. I don’t see falling deep into reading a series of books as a bad thing. Perhaps oogling Rob pics on the forums all day makes me a borderline groupie, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a little celebrity crush.
Another not so good day today!! Had a mini breakdown. I just hate when everything piles up. The best way to describe this is , its like a game of jenga. The stack is crazy high, insanely high and just when you think you couldn’t possible pile anymore on, one more gets rested on the tippy top and suddenly it all comes crashing down. You think you’ve managed to teeter and balance it precisely right and them crashhhhhhhhhhhhh. That’s how today felt. And for some reason I just feel its only going to get worse. I know I know, be positive. But it gets hard to keep everything in. Once in a while it has to boil over.
Back to reality, meaning work.
How cool is this!!!
20 Mar 2008 Leave a Comment
in Work
We are restoring a 1951 chevy at the shop for a customer. We recently put it up on the Rotisserie my dad built. I took some pics today. It looks so cool up in the air like this. So much easier to work on to. The guys are doing such a great job on it already!
Monday came to fast!
13 Aug 2007 Leave a Comment
in Work
My favorite feeling in the world is coming home friday night knowing that I dont have to get up the next day for work. I long for that feeling all week and when I walk in my door , after another stressful hectic friday, I actually take a deep breath and sigh with relief that im finally here and I can relax and not have to worry about anything until monday!
The weekend of course flew by, but luckily we got to sleep in, hang with family at the picnic, and get some riding in. And its always great to be able to spend all weekend with Scott since he works night hours all week so we dont see each other.
Lately, I dont know what my problem is. When I hear my alarm go off, I want to cry. I hate getting up so damn early, and even when I try to go to bed early, I still wake up exhausted. I need to get back into the gym morning routine. I totally slipped away from that. It was a great plan. I would get up around 5:15, head to the gym, work out for an hour in the cardio-theater room, and come home and shower and head to work. I always felt so energized afterwards. I dont know what happened to me, why I let that go to hell. I just am so tired lately that all I can think about is sleep!
Another joyful monday here. Im hoping the guy who wants to buy our place comes here with an offer today! That would be such good news!!!!
Week is half over!
08 Aug 2007 Leave a Comment
in Work
What a week already! My only excitement for this week so far is getting some riding in, and finding a song Ive been looking to download. Other than that, so far its been nothing but a drag. Bad news after more bad news! I hate weeks when nothing seems to go right. At least tomorrow night I have something to look forward to. Scott’s firehouse throws a dinner cruise on lake george every year. Its a great time, food, open bar, out on the lake, and fireworks.
This weekend is my cousins picnic so as long as the weather holds out, that will be fun! And if its going to be a nice day all day, we are all taking the bikes there! The only downfall to riding the bikes to a party is looking like crap when you finally get there and rip off your helmet and jacket and are a sweaty ball of mess! Not so attractive! Oh well, ill rock it anyways!
So not into being at work today. My bed was so comfy this morn, I didnt want to get out of it. I need a full days sleep. I think i need to start going to bed at a decent hour. This midnight stuff just isnt cutting it. But its tough because I want to stay awake to be able to see Scott when he gets home from work. For me anyways, staying up to see him is definitely worth it!!! Back to work!
I hate this day!
07 Aug 2007 Leave a Comment
in Work
This is what I have to say to all annoying customers!!
Drama central
13 Apr 2007 Leave a Comment
in Work
You’d think that working in an autobody collision shop would be drama free. Not even close! One day its a cool fun place to work where everyone is happy and working like busy bees and the next day the guys are whining that 15 year old high school girls. Its insane. You would think that a place like this is where manly men work, where you wouldnt have to worrying about day to day drama or concern. But in all my retail experience, I think this place is the worst.
After dodging another close call crappy week, the week has ended ok so far. (I say so far because its only 9 am on friday) Usually Fridays are my fear days! Its the Day where parts come in wrong, cars dont make it out cause of some stupid small reason, and money sometimes is tight. There use to be fridays where I wanted to walk into on coming traffic. But I haven’t had one of those days in a while. Im hoping today doesn’t turn into that day! ugh
I’m looking forward to the weekend though. Not seeing Scott all weekend is still taking a toll on us I think. I love that we have weekends together but not seeing him for 5 days straight seems like an eternity. Im sure it will get easier and if he gets this promotion where hes working monday through friday 6-2, that would totally rule! But for right now I feel like when I finally get to see him, i blurt out an hours worth of jibber jabber about everything that went on in my week. We talk during the day a few times briefly but its not really occasions when I feel like talking his ear off and I’m sure he doesnt really want to hear it. By the time he comes home at night, im in bed and totally beat where all I want to do is sleep, only to get up yet again at 6:30 am for another fun filled day. (note the sarcasm there) I just keep telling myself that once nice weather finally sets in, and I can look out the window at my new bike, i’ll snap out of this crappy mood I feel like I can’t shake. I can normally deal with a couple crappy things happening at one time , but lately it seems like when one ends , another begins and quite frankly, its exhausting. Each day blends into the next and I find myself walking into my office everyday, feeling like I never left. Spring time weather usually snaps me out of my funk, and taking a nice long first cruise of the season on the bike is my ultimate stress reliever. But seeing how theres still snow on the ground ,no bike in my driveway, and i’m still wearing a scarf for christ sake, it doesn’t look like Im going to be able to enjoy that destresser anytime soon. In time!
TGIF to everyone. Weekends can never come soon enough for me.
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