tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110685422011-11-27T18:27:49.033-05:00<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>rbnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11068542.post-45490640951294082942009-08-09T22:31:00.001-04:002009-08-09T22:32:55.881-04:00

the time has come... i've finally set up a blog on my own domain. :) yay!so update your favorites or bookmarks, or let me know if i need you to email you the address (HEKD)http://www.brownshu.comsee you on the other site.

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i have a million things to update... cause i love lists, i'll write one.1. SNL tickets. it's august.. time to email into the lottery. this is the only month they accept emails for free tickets... email all your contact info to this address.. and you can only submit once.. snltickets@nbc.com. even if you have no intents on going, enter and give me the tickets if you get them! 2. VA Beach next

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tomorrow my house guests come to town. i could not be more excited. we've got all kinds of fun things planned, dinner tomorrow night, a baseball game & tailgate, pizza making party, then the reunion/camping up at sandy pond.. it's going to be an exciting next 9 days!this weekend however i was able to steal away to new england.. and apparently so did the rest of the driving world. traffic was

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i have today off!! wooo who! i feel like i haven't had a day off in a long time. :) today i am driving to visit an old friend who lives near my favorite NH town, portsmouth. i have nothing but great memories of portsmouth. tomorrow morning i drive down through boston and pick up miss NYC and we head down to the cape for a relaxing stay on lower hog pond, the new addition to the KD family will be

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this is my skype alter ego.

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really barb grogan? are people really going to be able to contact you at www.barbgrogan@aol.com?! what kind of address is that? the people making your sign didn't point out to you that it was wrong as hell?here are my pics from july so far. there are a bunch in the beginning that you might have seen already.

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today has been nice... i have been free forming it.. waking up when i wanted to, finished up my laundry, shopped real quick for a mortar and pestle. i also found that the "Price Stabber" on midler carries my ortega salsa verde. i bought up three jars.i've been thinking about pizza since last week when cath ordered some and didn't bring me a piece... i am very tempted to order some myself.the

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i am looking forward to not having anything much planned this weekend. i have some things i need to get done:1. mow lawn. i am THAT neighbor, the one with the white trash lawn bringing down the property value of the street. i can't help it though, i found i HATE mowing the lawn. no wonder it's a boys chore... 2. laundry. i couldn't really do laundry last weekend for obvious reasons. 3. sleep in.

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i just felt like declaring that. i think it's because i can't believe how easy it is to manipulate my new hosting account, and i am LOVING tweetdeck for my desktop. that program is really quite awesome, if any of you tweet and follow people with any regularity, this is a must have.i also enjoy that some of the madmen characters are starting to follow me because i started following betty draper. :

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so after last nights debacle, the city was supposed to come to my house between 8-10am. at 730, i hear patty barking her fool head off... they were early, and i was in bed. i jumped out of bed, threw some clothes on, limped my way to the door and was greeted by three men. one wanted to see the water standing in my basement. i led him downstairs to the dried up bit of TP and shit in my utility

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ugh...mike and i just snaked a bunch of drains with his 30' snake and didn't get much accomplished. in fact, we might have made it worse. it smelled like sewage in the basement this morning when i went down to get BreeD a yinyer-ale and i found out this afternoon it was because there was some standing sewage water on top of the drain in the utility room in the basement. mike and i snaked that

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i like having visitors to my house, because it usually means i have most of the day sunday to myself. i get to see and visit, and still relax.. this is the life!BreeD and MK came to visit for a wedding they were going to. we had a couple of really late nights. what was most thrilling to learn is that they are seriously considering moving to this area to buy a house. :) woo who! how great would

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wow. i've been such a bad blogger.. i have been mighty distracted and busy, but that is no excuse..this is what i have to report....1. my new site, www.cnydigested.com is up and running... i've converted over all the restaurant review posts and comments.. i also set up a twitter feed for it.. so follow me! @cnydigested2. i switched to firefox, i couldn't take IE crashing on me with vista any

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i had my lesson on open source CMSs tonight with bilo.. i'm so encouraged/excited to get started on a blog...i'm going to start by separating out my restaurant reviews to this new domain i set up called cnydigested.com. it'll probably be a little while till i get it up and running.. but i am totally psyched. :)i see some really long nights in my immediate future. :)

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as you can see by the previous post, i was very productive this weekend. i am most enjoying watching the 2nd season of madmen.. i can totally see why it's received so many awards - it's worth them all. i also see why people fall all over jon hamm as don draper... he's fantastical! there is a new character this season called bobbie barrett, she's the wife of a comedian, when i just hear her

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i have so many things to do and little to nothing to do this weekend, so hopefully i will be productive and get some stuff done.my weekend action items.email relevant parties about camping at the reunionget an oil changedo laundrymake chicken with dill pesto cream sauce over gluten free pastapick uppost hundreds of pictures i've takenput away my suitcase from last weekdo a ppt about my chicago

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Today was CSA delivery day!! we got such great things! asparagus, green kale, mizuna greens, romaine lettuce, spring mix lettuce, daikon radish, red radish, garlic scapes, green spinach, cilantro, green broccoli, cauliflower, dill, basil, sugar snap peas and lemon balm i think.i think i am going to bring some lemon balm with me to work tomorrow and put it in my water, like a watery virgin mojito.

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as my time in PA comes to an end here are some things i am going to miss, and not miss. things i am going to miss...E,R&AH. obviouslythe sooo cute stone housesmy spacious temporary cubewhole foods/trader joesthe funny noises the cash registers make at the wawa and the general niceness of the cashiers therehaving dinner made & someone to share it with each nightradio 104.5 - no djs, just music

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i'm in pa and having a good time so far. yesterday morning we went to a couple of my favorite store that i don't have in syracuse. whole foods and trader joes. whole foods has the BEST recyclable bags. i will surely go back and buy at least one more. they are colorful, tall, plastic on the outside and cloth-y on the inside.. truly spectacular. i've had great success at not eating wheat, and

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we got our first email from the farm tonight sharing what they anticipate will be in our boxes this week.. sounds good. i'm really excited about the greens...In your boxes you will find asparagus, collards, purple broccoli, arugula greens, spinach, green or red lettuce, shallot greens, and a bunch of radishes. In addition to that, Deluxe shareholders will receive mizuna greens, mint, extra

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i went to the greek festival tonight with my former roommates. it was very rainy, but we took good advantage of mikes heart condition and parked in a handicapped spot right next to the church. there seemed to be more greek people there then usual.. maybe because it's the first night? i am glad i decided to drive down to PA tomorrow morning instead of after work tonight. driving in constant rain

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so today marks one week from when i stopped eating wheat. it's been much easier than i imagined... i've not had diarrhea like experiences since i stopped eating wheat. this is probably going to be TMI, but i kind of forgot what it was like to have regular bowel movements. it's pretty awesome, actually. i am sure over this past week i consumed some trace amounts of wheat(flour), but i had none of

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i look forward to seeing emails from Apple in my inbox. they are usually so well designed. i love the roundy edges on things, i like that they usually use black as a background color, and it makes their colorful products pop. i love the reflections, and i love that their products are by themselves, not as a part of a background photo. apple knows that i have an iPod touch, so my emails are

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this weekend BDK and MK are coming to stay at my house. they have appointments in the 'cuse this weekend. i'll be glad to see them in between their obligations.tonight i went to S&PFs house for dinner. little K is sooo cute. her hair is so curly.. she also says all kinds of words.. she points out all kinds of things and says their names, she says animal sounds, she blows kisses, crosses her

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since the adam carolla radio show went off the air, i've been somewhat of a podcast junkie.. i can't get enough, i'm always open for suggestions. i currently subscribe to 27 free podcasts. i'll tell you about my favorites.The adam carolla podcastupdate frequency: 1 time daily, m-flength: 1 hour on averagesubject: everything and anything...language: crude at times, definitely curse words.listener

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i started watching madmen tonight.. i didn't think i was going to like it... (even though john hamm is a total hottie) because the first few scenes really made me mad. the men are sexist pigs.. the women are either housewives or secretaries.. there is one line where one secretary is showing the other to her desk, and tells her not to be worried about all the "technology" (meaning the typewriter),

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this long weekend has been much needed. i feel so much more caught up, so nice.here are the pics i took this weekend...we had typical bbq food.. and jr made some delicious brownies... sooo good.

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i love long weekends. i've reduced my dvr from 83% to 6%. there should be some sort of award for that. :) i opted for wine instead of dinner tonight. in my old age i can have one or the other.i slimmed down pattys mohawk a little bit tonight. i couldn't imagine doing the whole thing.. it was well worth the $45 i paid the groomer.yesterday and today i've been playing with teags.. she is so cute.

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everyone loves lists... so here goes my accomplishments this weekend.1. dishes (wash and put away)2. four loads of laundry (clean and put away)3. attended a post secret art show opening4. took patty to get her fetching haircut5. vacummed and washed rugs6. pulled out upwards of 50 hedges from the perimeter of my front lawn7. filled in about a third of the holes with dirt.8. grass seeded9.

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patty got her hair did yesterday.. she's my little punk dog now...before...after.. isn't she cute.there are more pics here.

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my work has an art show every year, and i won 2 awards... one for best drawing for my mother and crying baby drawing... and that drawing also won the peoples choice award... shich is like the best of show...almost more importantly i had another drawing selected to go into a show later in the year at the Everson...so exciting!!mother and child - best drawing, and peoples choice winner...biker -

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but... i kinda feel like you guys are crappy amazing race watchers cause noone even mentioned it to me, and the winner didn't even know she had won...amanda and kris - hope - paidcara and jamie - emily - paidbrad and victoria -dan - paidchristie and jodi - ryan - paidlakisha and jennifer - mikelinda and steve - cathymargie and luke - cathymark michael - mikemel and mike - rebecca - paidtammy and

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here are the pics from HEKds shower. i didn't have time to title them yet. so check back again someday for titles.. or comment your own...http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLanding.action?c=dultmwy.1dgqowou&x=1&y=-bpwc8d&localeid=en_US

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ugh.. i was just watching patty carry a mini bone around completely uneaten looking for somewhere to hide it. i don't know which hiding spot she took it from.. but i noticed that she somehow has gotten her butt fur full of poop. i think i am going to be sick. in other patty news, she woke me up this morning by barking her fool head off at 445am.. that better have been an isolated incident,

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so i am back from chicago.. it is so much nicer than i remember from when i was there in 1999.. i guess 10 years will do that. i'll start by saying the food was amazing, KH and JT took us to some gems.. the food and ambiance at nearly ever place was outstanding...i've detailed some of these places in my pics....i was also able to stop by foodlife for my lunch on friday. it was overwhelmingly

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my hotel is pretty nice.. it's old and established... i went to dinner last night with UP, KH & J. we went to a local rib joint.. i got the veggie sloppy joe.. but had one of Js ribs, it was actually delicious. tonight we are trying our hand at the publican. and i realized that i can see the water town from my hotel, so i will surely go to the foodlife for lunch. oh, and we drove by 2nd city on

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i'm in the airport... i love when they have free wifi.i am on my way to chicago.. there is a well dressed british man ordering some fries and a soda from the bartender in the bar i'm waiting in.MB has awoken and it fine.. he will most likely go home tomorrow.. i have a two day conference and then i will be frolicking around chicago with KH, her bf and UP.. woo who. fun times. i sold my drawing..

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*sigh* i had grandiose plans for tonight, sort mail, pack, laundry, file papers, plant tulips... but i'm afraid it's not all going to get done..MB had his ablasion procedure today and it went well. however he is not breathing as good on his own afterwards, so they want to keep him intubated and mildly sedated until tomorrow morning.. we will know more tomorrow morning... say prayers...i did

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it's been almost a week since i updated. i'm getting as bad as SH and HEKD.speaking of HEKD, she is having a baby shower this weekend... i keep hearing how formal it's going to be. we'll see.. oh shoot, i didn't grab the address. :( HEKD, can you email it to me? i have my tomtom here at my desk.we are supposed to go out sat night. should be a good time. :)next week with be pretty crazy for me i

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just a short list of all the great things i accomplished today. 1. vaccuumed.2. leaf blew the driveway to get rid of the tree buds. 3. tons of laundry4. ran the dishwasher5. shopped and bought an air conditioner, and a lawn mower.6. mowed the lawn. it was damn hard. its self propelled, but i think it's the "athelete's version". i haven't run so hard since the timed mile in high school.7. i have

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this is how crazy i looked when my hair came out of the braids. :) insanity.

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so many things to do on my half day off tonight..1. walk p-head2. go grocery shopping3. layout drawing4. eat dinner5. LOST @ 9hmm. i felt like there was more this morning....

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i'm trying to reduce my waiting RSS feeds down to zero, and this post from MIB caught my eye...My Daughter's Constant Freakoutshere is an excerpt.. i laughed out loud multiple times.. :)Today’s incident occurred when my five-year-old daughter, whom I will call Her Shittiness, broke the propeller off a cheap paper airplane with which she was playing. This lit the fuse which soon exploded the bomb,

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it's good to be back.. i've resisted looking at any of my work emails.. i am going to hold out until tomorrow. i picked up p-head today. cath was more than happy to get rid of her, and she was SOOOO happy to see me. i'm mostly caught up on all the shows that i missed this week.. 'cept a couple that my stupid dvr didn't record, biggest loser, and SNL. wtf.i'm doing my laundry and procrastinating

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this is te hibachi dinner we ate wednesday night. we shared the grill with some very friendly british people. one in particular, "james" is very friendly. somehow i have picked up a GI disease. it's not very plesant. esp when i am wearing a bathing suit most of the day. in addition to the disentary i drank way too much on wed night at the hibachi and afterwards and threw up in my room. it was so

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this was the beach at the ruins at tulum.this is the 6 of us at the ruins.today we went to see the ruins at tulum. i was not as impressed with these ruins as i was with the ones at chichen itza. but there was WAY more shade with these.. and we were just 6 people, so we had the guide to ourselves. after the ruins, we went to a cenote called Dos Ojos and snorkled with carlos and angel. it was

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we are off to dinner.. and i can't stop eating my easter present.here is a pic of em doing a flaming sot the waiter brought to her because it was her b-day. lol.

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so i made it.. transferring in philly was terrible, but none the less i made it. KT and i met up at customs just like planned, then we bought 2 pina coladas and some pringles from the bar right outside the airport and it cost us $23. we got hosed. KT thinks she left her jacket in the shuttle bus that took us form the airport. hopefully she can get it back. E&R just happened to be walking in the

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the K's were so gracious to allow me to tag along on their eater celebration this yeat. it was a good time. we went to church in the morning and i was shocked that there were so few people there.. at catholic church on easter, its standing room only.. i even took communion. only they all kneel around the alter, while the minister (a gay woman in this instance) comes around gives everyone the

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so i am finally free form obligations and ready to party down! i am glad i have a few hours to myself this morning too.. too bad i prepared a bowl of low mein noodles, sesame tofu and rice (leftover from last nights dinner) and promptly spilled it down my leg and onto the cream colored rug!! yay. i need to wash these rugs again. :( i'm thinking white is not a good color for me. i think i am

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i'm not going to lie and say the last couple of weeks haven't been stressful. i don't know if its the carrot of vacation dangling in front of me or what, but why are the week/weeks leading up to a vacation always so stressful? maybe its the planning, the lack of time to make plans, the thinking about all the work that will be waiting for me when i get back, family medical issues, or maybe it's

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i've been such a slacker with these posts.. i'm horrible. so i'm striking the 2 teams that have been voted off since i last posted.amanda and kris - hope - paidcara and jamie - emily - paidbrad and victoria -dan - paidchristie and jodi - ryan - paidlakisha and jennifer - mikelinda and steve - cathymargie and luke - cathymark and michael - mikemel and mike - rebecca - paidtammy and victor - amanda

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my refrigerator and freezer are so cold that things keep a really long time in it, but often my ice cream sandwiches and bagels take so long to defrost.. so i've discovered if i cut my ice cream sandwich into little slivers it thaws much quicker and it so tasty and fun to eat!here are a couple of pics of my dinner tonight. you can garner more of an idea of how to make the lettuce wraps.. here are

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this past weekend i went to pa, it was a lot of fun. towing the trailer was not though. it was empty and bulky. i bought the IKEA shelf i had my eye on. and tonight batman and i put it together (crazy easy) and we even hung it on the shelf wall. cross your fingers that it will not fall down. we made potato soup tonight (kinda burned it) and i made some lettuce wraps. sooo good. we also created a

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i'm glad i went to the NKOTB concert yesterday.. here are my thoughts in no particular orderi was disapointed that not many people were decked out in old new kids attire. at the same time, the people that brought OLD tour books with them. really?! did you expect to get them signed or something.it was really the donnie, jordan, joe show.. danny and jonathan were just really crappy back up

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i am looking back at the bloggo and realizing that i am way overdue for a state of the union rambling... here goes. i'll try to do this in chronological order.new kids on the blockthis thursday night KW and i are turning back the sands of time and going to see the new kids when they come to syracuse. i am a little bit afraid of the kind of fans we are going to see. i'll be sure to bring my camera

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so this weekend i was quite ill.. i was a slave to the bathroom from saturday evening through monday. :( i don't wish it on anyone. i hope that noone i came in contact with comes down with it.friday night i went to caths for some cola beef and i shot a couple videos of teags..youtube is acting up right now, otherwise i'd put them in this post..S&JH used friday night as an opportunity to catch up

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too bad there wasn't a pic of phil in his underwear demostrating the underpants run.amanda and kris - hope - paidcara and jamie - emily - paidbrad and victoria -dan - paidchristie and jodi - ryan - paidlakisha and jennifer - mikelinda and steve - cathymargie and luke - cathymark michael - mikemel and mike - rebecca - paidtammy and victor - amanda - paidryan squeaked by this week. i think that

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so i was driving to batmans house yesterday and i hear a popping-ish sound and think, what did i just hit? then i think, did the wine i have in my trunk just explode? then my dashboard tire pressure light comes on and dings... then i realize that i am starting to get a flat tire.. i am less than 3 miles from batmans house, so i call him and tell him i am going to try to make it.. he said not to..

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i have a new dishwasher people.. :) it works great.. but i found out that my dishwasher and shower share the same hot water. :( oh well, that is why the dishwasher has the 2-3-4 hour delay button. i'll have to use it. the best part is that it has this little piece that filps down and hold my wine glasses in place. and you all know how important that is for me. :)today was cleaning day.. i

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tomorrow i'm having my new dishwasher installed (pics to come).. i'm excited cause i've been washing all my dishes by hand up until now as my current dishwasher. it's not too bad, because its mostly just me dirtying dishes, and i kind of like washing dishes by hand... also tomorrow batman is making me dinner.. homemade mac and cheese. he loves to make dinner.. it's cute.this past weekend in

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amanda and kris - hope - paidcara and jamie - emily - paidbrad and victoria -dan - paidchristie and jodi - ryan - paidlakisha and jennifer - mikelinda and steve - cathymargie and luke - cathymark michael - mikemel and mike - rebeccatammy and victor - amanda - paidthe guy in the pic at the top of the page was so creepy. i love that the sweet trustworthy mom and her deaf son Uturn amanda and kris

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things i can't wait to do once i get my new computer...1. download itunes2. make sure my ipod has the latest software3. switch up my current songs...4. download all my podcasts - adam carolla, bill simmons, NPRs Fresh Air, ricky gervais' latest5. buy all the songs i've been earmarking as "need to buy" with my b-day itunes gift cards.things i need to do in general...1. visit the babies.. i saw the

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This review has been moved to my ALL NEW www.CNYDigested.com blog..http://www.cnydigested.com/2009/03/the-black-olive-syracuse/please update your bookmarks!

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i put my ipod on random and wrote out the first few words from 10 different songs... can you name that tune/artist?1. tonight it's very clear, as we're both lying here,2. her face is a map of the world, is a map of the world3. six'o'clock already i was just in the middle of a dream4. and the river shall open for the rightous, and the river shall open for the rightous,5. girl you're looking fine

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i had some leftover stale bread in my cupboard yesterday.. so batman and i decided to make french onion soup. it was goooood... the cheese on top was a mixture of mozzarella and guyrere..LOST confused me so bad last night. i am going to need to rewatch..

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yay.. KW and i are going to see the new kids. i feel weird being so excited about it.. but they were on jimmy kimmel last night and they sang one of their old songs and it brought me back... i'd be crazy not to go see them when they are in my town. shiiiiiiit.this weekend i (well, mostly batman) installed and moved my smoke detectors.. so now i don't have one right outside my bathroom that goes

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sorry for the delay...amanda and kris - hope - paidcara and jamie - emily - paidbrad and victoria -dan - paidchristie and jodi - ryan - paidlakisha and jennifer - mikelinda and steve - cathymargie and luke - cathymark michael - mikemel and mike - rebeccatammy and victor - amandai think i indicated who has paid.. if that is incorrect, let me know and i will correct that..i was so pleased to see

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i made cola beef this week, and its sooo good. its another crockpot specialty that a trained monkey could make...i have a few meals worth of leftovers.. soo good. email me if you want the recipe. i like this better than the pulled pork.that same night, batman came over and suprised me with a rug shampooer.. this is the result.. check out all the straight lines... my OCD loved that.i was going to

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i'm too tired to write out a blog, but here are the pics from the weekend. i hope LK posts hers too, cause hers are much more comprehensive from the 1st night when i got so drunk...pictures

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i missed amazing race last night due to my recent social happenings... i promise to watch and update tonight after i walk P-Head. say a prayer she doesn't pee on my rug again.. i have to download and upload my photos and do a writeup of the weekend. i've been getting lots of questions about it..so. update coming about the following..adam carollapartysewagetv - or lack there of

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last night batman came over and made me dinner. he bought me a bottle of wine from the winery near his house and had gone shopping for, and pre-made all the food.. we had pitas with beef and lettuce, sour cream, sort of like gyros with beef strips. he also made salad and brought some peaches. it was so nice to have dinner made for me. the best part was after dinner when he helped me clean the

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if you have a 7lb dog, can it pull a 20 foot 1/8 coated cable? i think so... i need more people in my camp.. i have 2 no's so far.this weekend batman and i bought and installed a run for p-head, what a romantic 3rd date.

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i was just catching up on my internet stuff and saw that michael ian black was just in utica at hamilton college. i am ao mad that i missed it.. he wrote a very humorous blog post about utica. i suggest anyone familiar with the area read it. :) friday night my pulled pork made with a bottle of sam adams white ale was delicious. i have enough left over too for at least 1-2 sandwiches.. DB liked it

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as i'm sure everyone is aware saturday is valentines day.. not my favorite holiday, i've only ever spent 2 v-days in my whole life with different boyfriends. so of course i agreed to visit and have dinner with MK and her friend in auburn on the 14th weeks ago.. well, the date i had last sunday went exceptionally well and saturday would be the perfect day to have another proper date.. :( so he and

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My birthday is in 9 days and this year the celebrating is starting early!! SBH took this week off and is coming to town tomorrow to take me to the movies.. we are also meeting for lunch so that she and cath can see my new house/furniture. Woo who!!I’ve also purchased a couple of gifts for myself..I’ve been buying storypeople prints for my friends for many years now.. and I’ve never bought one for

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today i am going to see coraline in 3D.. woo who! i hope it's good. how can it be bad, it's directed by the same guy that directed nitemare before xmas.. and who doesn't love movies in 3D?i'm so happy that the warmness and sun is melting my treacherous driveway ice. i can see blacktop almost the whole length of the driveway. i've pretty much got the basement where i want it.. i might change some

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i put on SNL last night while i uploaded my pics from the weekend.. omg.. steve martin is great, there were a lot of funny sketches.. my favorite being NY Governor David Paterson. anyone else realize that fred armisen is quickly becoming all the relevant news figures... obama, paterson, bernie madoff. i heart fred armisen.we went to a cape bar called "the british beer company". it was a nicely

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when i went to get my mail i noticed that the deadbolt was not locked.. and the handle lock was locked but the door wasn't shut tight enough for it to catch. so essentially my front door was unlocked and could have been just pushed open feasibly all day.. it's possible that i didn't lock the deadbolt and didn't close the door tightly after yesterdays mail retrieving, but that doesn't seem like me

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leave your mean comments..it's the spirit...

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i'm tired this morning.. yesterday was productive, but not long enough. i put up a length of rope light under the bar but had to go out and buy 2 more lengths, so jenny B will be able to see when she is bartending next month.i picked up the house and vacuumed then headed out to KFs 1st birthday party.. good thing i cleaned before i left the house cause my guest TM was early! i was not even home

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i finally booked my room for cancun.. unfortunately my roommate backed out, so i will be rooming by myself. could be fun, could be lonely and depressing. we'll see in April i guess. the woman told me however that if anyone decides they want to go i can still add them to my reservation, so if you have a passport... and are suddenly finding yourself with a change of heart or some extra tax refund

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If you don't have something mean to say, don't say it all. Only mean comments allowed. Let it out.. you know you have it in you.

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i had a very productive weekend.. i don't want to calculate how much money i spent though. it started friday when i met mike and cath after work for some TV buying.. i ended up buying two tvs.. one 40 inch sony bravia and one smaller one for the basement, it's something in the 30" range. the sales people at bestbuy must not work on commission, our sales girl was not friendly at all.. she acted

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tonight i am going shopping for TVs with my old roommates. i think i am going to get one for my living room, (preferably a SONY in the 40-46" size) and then something in the 30"s for the basement... i am not as concerned with the brand downstairs.afterwards we are going to tokyo seoul for some filet and lobster on the hibachi!! wooooot! when i went there for work it was exquisite! i just

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is it sad that i look forward to a day when i only work 1 job? i have come to love wednesdays. tonight i pick up a tv i am buying from someone on CL.. its a 17" LCD flat screen. i am thinking it will be best in either my bedroom or in the back room for the treadmill... we'll have to see when i get it home.yesterday i finally met with a lawyer about my speeding ticket. it turns out that it wasn't

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until now i have never been the sole inhabitant at my address. i've always had roommates, their pets, parents, etc. i was not really sure how i was going to like living on my own, with noone to come home to, noone to assume the "robber" is going to kill first, noone else possibly responsible for the strange noises.. but i must admit it's kind of great. i can leave my shoes in the middle of the

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i asked the city for 2 blue bins and they delivered 3! wooot! so exciting, now i can get my recycle on. i am also impressed that they took all my trash from last week. it was a ton. so i texted the 1st crappy snow plow and asked where my money was!! he texted me back to say he was going to give me a full refund next week. he better!!i'm still ill... i took a benadryl and nyquil last night and

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i was so pleasantly surprised on wed when i went home from work to see that my driveway was meticulously plowed.. and he had of course done the sidewalk and walk way.. and i was still able to get into the garage. i was also impressed to see him later in the night stopping by to hand shovel out the end where the city plows had pushed snow into the end of my driveway. this 2nd plow guy is great!! i

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i need to book my Mexico trip who is going to be my roommate? if you want to fly out of philly with me i will share my travel companion pass with you.. as of today the week at the resort cost $480 for arrive Monday - leave Saturday. that price doesn't include airfare.i stayed up wayyyy too late last night. but... i put together my new shelf with only one piece in backwards... and reformatted my

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after a somewhat rocky xmas, i'm ready to really start really living in my new place! this past weekend i managed to purchase a bedroom set, and secure a spare mattress for my upstairs bedroom. i also found some book cases after looking at a few big furniture chains and other stores. i found the ones i liked the most at target.. shockingly..i set up my printer and its way more printer than i need

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1. i fired the old plow guy and got a new one. thanks SLI for referring him to me. he costs more, but if his work is any bit a good as he did it last night, then he's worth it. now i just hope that the first plow guy sends me my refund. 2. i was able to buy and wrap everything i needed to last night. phew!!! i'm totally prepared for gift exchanging.3. i'm sure EBH will have more to say about

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click for a bigger versionvery interesting visitor to my blog this afternoon.... and what is more interesting is the post they clicked on/searched for.

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a number of you have already asked me for my new address.. but if you still need/want it, email me rebecca at brownshu dot com.since i moved this past saturday mere hours after a huge snow storm rolled through CNY, i was scrambling on friday to secure someone to plow my driveway... i was referred to a guy who does residential plowing.. he said he could plow me out the whole season (including

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it just occurred to me the other day that i have no presents for anyone (besides my 1 secret santa person). i guess that is the point of picking names right? nothing for the babies even.. but i argue that the babies will never remember what they got, nor will their little fingers be able to open the wrapping paper anyway.. maybe i can get everyone bags of chips from my work cafeteria, seeing as

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on the way to rochester on saturday this woman cop pulled me over for going 81. but she "cut me a break" and only gave me a ticket for going 80. :( what a sweetheart. mike and i had a good laugh in the car while she was writing the ticket, thinking about asking her to take a pic with mike.here are the pics i took of SHs new house. i got quite a bit moved in today.. my kitchen is completely in..

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it's sat evening and i have had the night to myself since about 6. granted, i had a 2 hour drive, but it was alone time! woot.. i spent most of my day assisting SBH move yet again. i should have my own room in her house by now.. it was good to see though that she's changed her moving style from "bag it up, throw it out" to "kinda box it, and keep it". her new house is cute.. i took a lot of

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last weekend was a gluttonous weekend of cookie making. these are some of the things i learned.these babies don't know the difference between cookies and ornamentscarolyn and al drink 4 gallons of skim milk a WEEK. 4 gallons!!! good god. i don't think i use that much water in my showers in a week.carolyn has some baking supplies from the turn of the century... does parchment paper from the 40's

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