New Addition to the Family

After the ALL day event- We have a new car. She is Sammy the Saturn (Vue). We love her!

Weekend Rundown

We had a great weekend:
~Friday night hanging out with my friend from high school. We had a great time just reminiscing about our high school days and how much more trouble we should have gotten into.
~Saturday went to David's and watch the State game
~Sunday watched football all day at David's again. We ate ribs that were so good. Pittsburgh has the Monday night game, so we are able to go out on Sunday :-)
~We also spent the weekend test driving a Saturn Vue. I really like the car and we are considering buying it. I am just a little apprehensive about making this commitment. I have gone a long time without a car payment....decisions, decisions.....

High School Friends

A few years ago, by accident, I received an email from a girl in our work agency. Her name was the same as the girl I went to high school with. Although, not a common name, I wasn't sure if it was the same girl. I sent one of those emails, you know, the ones that start off " I know this may be weird, but....... It was her!! We caught up with each other over email and then decided to meet for dinner. We sat for hours and just laughed. We really had a great time. We have continued to keep in touch even though we don't see each other too much. With facebook and Myspace we can at least know what is going one in each others lives. We are meeting Friday night for dinner again. I am looking forward to catching up with an old friend again.

Football and Steelers

Football season has started and I love everything about it. Today, we had the windows open with a nice cool breeze blowing through the house. I had meatballs cooking in the crockpot for our half time special and they made the house smell so good. We were looking forward to the game all day, but unfortunaltely, the Steelers lost the game. :-( We did get to use our new Steelers toy though. Every year we buy a special Steelers piece to add to our collection. This year the Steelers remote. It rocks.

Busy week

This past week was so busy for me. Work has been crazy. Tdap boosters deadline is approaching for all the 6th graders to come and get their shots. We have had lines out the door. I stayed late at work a few night this week just trying to get all the stuff done. I was exhausted.

I finally replaced the lamp that got broken in our living room. The lamps were ceramic lamps my grandparents had made many years ago. Somehow between the cat jumping and Richie grabbing her, the lamp fell and busted. I was devastated. It was in pieces and I could not throw it away. My grandparents do not do ceramics anymore and sold almost all of their stuff. I knew I could never get a replacement. So for the last 7 months, we have not had a lamp. I looked around and could not find one that I liked. I wanted something similar, but was unable to find anything. Finally, I found something close, something that I liked and could live with. YAY! So now we have 2 matching lamps after 7 months. I think I am ready to move on. haha. As you can see, the before (broken) lamp (top) and after lamp (bottom), I am a creature of habit!

Working on a Saturday should be illegal

Had a big project for work this morning. I am the new project manager, so I thought it would be best if I showed up. We were giving immunizations to about 200 sixth graders. All went well with not a lot of crying and no vomit. That makes for a good morning.

I am so glad I got gas yesterday. I went by the same gas station this morning and it was even .10 higher then on my while home from work yesterday. Crazy. I needed gas anyway and had to wait in line for about 20 minutes for gas. I hope this gas crisis ends soon. Also, hope everyone will be safe if Texas.

Closet Chaos

Last Saturday night, Richie and I heard a loud bang in our bedroom. We went running in a saw that my side of the closet had riped completely out of the wall. All my clothes were on the floor. We stood, starred at each other and then back to the clothes. I turned off the closet light and tried to shut the door. Richie then said "We going to Champps?". I said "Absolutely". So we left, ate dinner at Champps and tried to come up with a game plan. We did. We decided to take the rest of the closet apart, patch the holes, repaint the closet and baseboards and design a whole new closet. Off to Home Depot we went. I love that place. We bought new shelving, paint and all the accessories. We worked on the closet a little at a time each evening and I am happy to say- We are done. I am so excited. We have a newly designed closet with twice the storage space and a freshly painted closet. Now, I just have to reorganize my clothes....