This & That

i’m in webster this weekend to see the babes and S&J. T is talking so much better than last time i saw her, and she is also potty training..

what a nightmare that seems to be. she hasn’t pooped in her diaper yet, but twice now she’s just stood still and knowingly peed her pants, how gross. once was outside thank god, so i marched her over to the hose and hosed her off. she didn’t care for that too much.

something else to report is the decline of lucy’s health. she is crippled with something, arthritis maybe? it’s really quite sad the way she slowly hobbles around, i’m thinking she’ll be needing the shot soon. :(

i took some video of T doing her new “sugar dance”… i’ll try to get it on here.

this weekend cath, KW and i went to the strathmore homes tour and art on the porches event.. basically you pay $12 to walk around a street in the historic strathmore district and fawn over people’s restored historic homes. we looked at 5 different ones. they were quite gorgeous. one was even for sale for 350K.. the street that was highlighted this year was Robineau St. we had to wear these plastic booties to go into each persons home. it was quite annoying to put them on and off all blessed day. we were sweating so badly because of the heat it was kind of unbearable. the saving grace was the Gannon’s ice cream cart… that was damned good.

there were a couple artists that were really great showing their stuff. most of the rest of them were “eh”.

before we went to the tour, my work was giving away old dusty office furniture that we won’t be needing in the new building.. we got there within 5 minutes of it starting and you should have seen people running around grabbing anything and everything.. i kind of wish we had gotten there earlier and could have snagged a long banquet table. next time.. we were able to grab a plastic thing that you out under your computer chair, 2 computer chairs, a low metal bookshelf, and cath grabbed an office style mailbox. with probably 16 slots in it. it was fun…

get rid of my cable?

right now my cable bill is $112.93/ month. dropping down to just internet would cost only $50/month.

i’m kind of thinking that not having cable/dvr would force me to be more active. i could probably read more, if there was anything i absolutely had to watch i could do so online. or i could watch something at *gasp* the gym. i’d also have ample time to do some artwork.

my HD flat screen televisions would kinda go to waste though.. although if i could figure out why when i connect my comp to the TV it makes such a scary horrible noise every 15 minutes i could watch the internet through my TV.. and i think my tv would still get the basic tv channels over the air…

i don’t know.. it’s something to consider. what do you think?

miss A and little E

today is miss As 2nd birthday! i hope she has a great day! in some respects i feel like mike and i were just down in philly, eating dinner at maggianos, ordering double of everything so we could take home an entire 5 course meal… but it also feels like it was ages ago that we saw baby auds being weighed and measured by the doctor, and yvonne squealing in delight that she was a “blondie”.

i hope she enjoys her arctic water table and her kitty card. (unless i got her the piggy card, i had a hard time making a decision in the store)

then saturday SUNDAY is my foster dogs birthday. patty poo was born in 2001, and mike and cath picked her up right before september 10th, when emily flew in from germany. so she’s the ripe old age of 9 this year.

EH found these pictures of her that the breeder had sent. they called her “woodchuck”…

patty

so tiny.

and so dark.

patty - 9 years old

wow. it’s been eleven days since i’ve written. i’ve been relaxing.. i never seem to be able to catch up in my rest though. i wonder if i have sleep apnea..

lately i’ve been on a bit of a ticket buying spree. in the next month or so i am going to see brett michaels at the turning stone, bon jovi at SPAC (i have 2 extra lawn seats for this if you are interested), and cath and i are going to see daniel tosh on halloween! yay!!! he’s so crazy funny and inappropriate i can’t wait!

i’m also looking forward to one more syracuse weekend before i go to the cape for a big ole party at the patterson compound. :) patty and i are both going. she’s so excited, she’s never been to the cape before.

each night this week i’ve told myself i am going to open a bottle of wine.. and every night it’s way too late by the time i remember to open one… maybe tomorrow i will make sure to open it right when i get home from work.

i’ve been painting though. i bought some new canvases at Michaels so i’ve been inspired. this is my latest. i think it’s done…

zoe-girl