Last minute trip to NY

Yup! Going to NY tomorrow morning. Dad calls me this morning (7:57 to be exact) and left me a message saying he is heading out to NY in the morning and would like Karen and I to come. Dad is from NY and some of his family still lives their. My grandfather has been in and out of the hospital with a bleeding ulcer over the past few months. He also suffers from parkinsons disease. I wasn't real excited about the very last minute trip, but I don't want to regret not going. So, we're going down for a few days and coming home on Monday. I haven't been to NY to visit my family in like 8 or 10 years. I picked up some snacks for the ride. I'm bringing a book, but I doubt I'll read it because I tend to get car sick. BLAH! I'll probably bring my laptop too... ugh this is going to be such a boring ride!!!

Did somebody say Christmas?

Yeah, I said it!! I can't wait for Christmas! Just a couple more things to get and BAM I'll be done. Last year I adopted a family through the Salvation Army. And I raised some money through work to buy gifts for the family. I had a great time doing it and so this year I did the same thing. But this year instead of asking for a family of 4 I requested a family of 2. I raised about $250 last year, but it just isn't nearly enough for 4 people! Money goes FAST!!! This year I have quite a few people who are buying gifts on their own and others who are donating money. I have a short list of items the family is wishing for so it's pretty easy to get all those things plus some! The family is a Dad and his 12 year old daughter. I have about 15 people involved which I'm very excited about!!! Nothing like helping out a family in need to put someone into the Christmas spirit!!!!

Thanksgiving #2

Tim and I went to my grandparents house for our 2nd thanksgiving. We had a good time and the food was yummy. We had all the "normal" stuff like turkey, potato, sweet potato, cranberry sauce, stuffing... etc. I don't have any pic's though - I left my camera at Colleen and Rick's. O well, I have enough picture's that I haven't scrapped yet and would have just added to the pile. I just got up from a long nap (which wasn't necessary, but I did it anyway).
Tim took off to Ellsworth to jam with his friends so I got bored and decided to read a book (while laying on the couch with a blanket!) There is absolutely nothing on TV - College Football and I hate it!
I think tomorrow I'm going to tackle some more Christmas shopping. I'm just about finished and I even have it all wrapped! Wrapping is my 2nd favorite part of Christmas, my first favorite being getting the presents!
It is definitly freezing outside tonight!! The heat has kicked on non-stop!!! I'm so glad we do not have to pay for the heat!!

I made it and with time to spare!

WOW! As most of you may know Black Friday is truly insane! But the whole time you can't help, but smile at yourself and all the other crazy's standing in line at 3:50a.m.! And then you start hearing the BIG crazy's talk about coming down after dinner last night! I got to Kohl's, got what I wanted PLUS SOME! I was in line and BAM, someone decided to leave this "un-named gift" right THERE. (Not naming gift because I don't know who I'm giving it to IF ANYONE!) It's originally $150, but after sale and rebate it's $50! How could I not get it? It was sitting there staring at me. It was the HOT item you saw everyone hanging onto around the store (well, everyone from the front of the line). So, in Kohl's 4:00am out of Kohl's 4:50am and then off to hit Best Buy. Got there in time to stand in line (looked over at Toys R Us and thought you Colleen!! HOPE YOU MADE IT!!! ) Best Buy... what can I say it's the Mecca of Black Friday. People would rather pee their pants waiting in line than lose their place! I heard one guy who got there at 1:30am to get a "ticket" for some tv. I got what I wanted at Best Buy as well (again, can't say what...). I also got something I wasn't really planning on getting, but got it anyway. I swear, I can never "cut back" at Christmas time. I JUST FRIGGIN' LOVES IT!!!!
I got in and out of Best Buy with what I wanted and it was only 5:45am. I didn't really have any other places I wanted to go so I decided to just head home. Stopped at Dunkin' and got home to meet Tim just as he was getting the shower to start his day. At least I'll be on time for work for once!!

So Much TURKEY!

Tim and I have had a turkey in the freezer forEVER (almost). And we decided to finally cook it (with a little coaching from Colleen). Our freezer just isn't that large and we also have a ham in their so you know what we'll be doing in a couple of weeks (cooking our first ham!) So anyway, Monday (or was it Sunday?) I took the turkey out and have been unthawing it all week. At the time I wasn't even thinking that Thanksgiving will be just a few days away when I cook it. O well, we'll have turkey tonight, on thanksgiving and again on saturday (my grandparents are having their thanksigiving on saturday). This is actually the first time I've ever cooked a turkey. I got the bag like Colleen suggested so I'm thinking I can't frig this thing up!!! =o) Tim insisted I put the stuffing inside the turkey which I think seems a little gross considering the inside LOOKS disgusting!!! But I did it anyway, and I'm sure I'll eat it.

Not a good time

Monday I had an impacted wisdom tooth removed. I stayed awake for the process for 2 reasons, you heal quicker and it costs about $200-$300 less. I had no idea when a tooth is impacted it means they must SAW it away from the jawbone! First off, I felt absolutely NO PAIN during this procedure. But the loud saw noise was almost scary! Lucky me, (or unlucky) I have strong jaw which made this procedure more difficult. My cheek is pretty swollen. I was given Vicodin for the pain... NEVER AGAIN! I took 2 on Monday and felt fine, just tired... But Tuesday early morning I woke up NOT FEELING GOOD!! The very little I ate on monday was no longer in my body. (which could be part of the reason I got sick, I could barely eat anything!) I slept almost all day yesterday - and did not take anymore pain medication!!! Today I'm feeling better and I went to work (I'm on lunch break right now). I still look like a squirrel with 1 cheek full of acorns. I wouldn't be surprised if it bruises.

Christmas Cards!!!

I've never made my own Holiday cards before (or any cards for that matter), but I decided to do them this year. I really like making them - even more than I like scrapping!! Most of my cards are pretty simple so far. Just starting to get my feet wet with the creativity side of card making. And making the cards is getting me into the holiday spirit very quickly!! =o)

***I can't seem to figure out how to get the pictures to look better and cropped properly. ***

I'm a Board Member!!

I met with the Keep Bangor Beautiful (KBB) board this evening and I am now officially a part of the organization! For those of you who do not know KBB puts on the Bangor Garden Show every year! The Garden Show is there biggest fundraiser. I'm excited and I really think it's going to be a lot of fun. A couple of weeks ago I met with the Bangor Garden Show Preview Night Committee (or just Preview Night Committee for short). KBB has lots of committees and this is just one of them. If you're interested in getting involved you let me know!! =o)

You got some good lookin' platelet's!!

Dad, Karen and Jason are coming over tomorrow to watch the Pats vs Colts game. I made some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, bought some beer, chips, fruit and veggies and we'll probably get a couple of pizzas! Can't wait! =o) I got some laundry done today and donated blood - which I hadn't done in a year! I set a personal record 7 minutes and 20 seconds! I usually takes me about twice that, guess I got good platelet's haha! At least that's what they told me at the Red Cross! Tim's hanging out with Ben, they're making some music on his computer. I just finished up my cookies and now have begun to eat them!!! =o) Despite the weather being crappy I feel like being out and about. I'd really like to be shopping for Christmas, but I'll probably wait until my next pay check. I get paid every other Friday and this month I get paid 3 times! So it works out really well and gives me some extra money for shopping without dipping into my savings or using credit cards! Me loves shopping! Ugh... I think I ate too much raw cookie dough! Belly feels a little wiggly!!!

Boston

All I got were some shots of Boston. You'll notice the "night" shots didn't exactly work out, but I thought they were funny so I'm posting them anyway! The concert was more than awesome!!! We had such a great time. My feet were killing me because we walked there and back and I wore heels. Tim told me to wear sneakers, but sneakers just didn't go with my outfit!! Even Coco Crisp from the Red Sox was at the concert!!! =o) I really loved the size of the concert. Being in a club obviously limited the number of people attending PLUS it was a Wednesday so the club wasn't really full. Tim and I were in a perfect spot on the 2nd floor so we could look down right at the entire band. The hotel room wasn't really all that wonderful, but the balcony was pretty cool!! On our way home we stopped at IHOP in Portland - I think it's become our new favorite restaurant!! YUMMY!