merry christmas!

christmas eve

i'm here in portville and emily just called me and ryan a-holes for buying too much egg nog, i asked her very nicely not to call me an a-hole on xmas eve and she barked back that she was going to take a dump on my pillow! merry christmas brown style...

all kidding aside (i'm actually not really even kidding that conversation really did happen). this trip has been jam packed. we've been busy making cheese balls, watching national lampoons christmas vacation, breaking up dog arguments, washing off my boots cause lucy decided my boots made a good toilet. we went light looking in portville. i've been reading "a long way down", we ate a turkey dinner (minus the stuffing), we've had some bloody marys and beers. we went to the casino in salamenca, i lost $50. :( i kinda wish xmas would just get here already, i have a feeling tomorrow will be pretty rushed.

i've been invited to the eD xmas party in january. i think it would super convenient if LK celebrated her bday that same weekend. :) i have had to dip into my saving almost 100% this xmas so from now until london i need to go into savings mode and cut down on my trips to boston.

i am kind of loving emily's new car. its the '07 rav-4. very roomy and powerful for a 4 cylinder. i've been thinking a lot lately about trading my car in for a more weather resistant one.

we're gearing up to play poker here, so i am going to need to move out of my new "office".

merry christmas everyone!

my last travel weekend!!

apres work, we trudge out to olean/portville and join the ladies in their ryan's birthday celebrating efforts.

last night i finished up all my wrapping and watched cath santa do hers.

today at work has been some gift exchanging! i got a couple of movie tix, some lotion and some birdseed. we are having a "bon voyage" party in about a half an hour here for brother bilo.. buffalo chicken pizza. yum.....

finally last night i slept through the night. it was a first this week. woo who.

i am going to put one of my new movie tickets to good use next weekend when i go see "children of men" rrrrrrrrrr. clive owen!!

now that the holidays are almost over i can start to obsess about my trip to england! getting so excited!!

it's crazy what you can accomplish with a night away from the computer

great strides were made last night in my mounting tasks... i purposely left my laptop in my bed, so i could get done something last night. and boy did i ever! i made one project, and was able to start AND finish the painting... wooo who!! i have a couple of spots to touch up, but its essentially done..



today we are going to a goodbye lunch for my coworker.

the bulk of what i have left to do is wrapping. i'm so excited!! such a relief that the painting is done!

why do granola bars make your jaw sore?

maybe its the peanuts in the granola bar, but omg, my jaw is out of commission.

i am starting to stress out about not having time to do anything. it was very poor planning on my part for booking away all my december weekends. i feel like i haven't had a day off in months. i might need to do my painting in portville on saturday or sunday. i have shopping still to do, and all my wrapping. :(

adding to the stress is the constant heartburn i am experiencing.. yesterday i had it from 10am straight through till 4am, which is compromising my sleep... and then yesterday cath tells me that there are going to be some 21 people at christmas.. wtf? i think i am going to drive myself and leave early. this is all too much for me. i'm cracking.

home again finnigan

we're back.. it was a much shorter drive back then there.

for now i am just going to post my pictures. i wrote a lot about the weekend in there, and i will write a highlights post tomorrow... i'm too tired from commenting on all those pics.

pics here.

another weekend another city...

i am about to take off for NYC, my roommate mike has decided to stay behind. tsk tsk.. cath and i will surely have fun! i'll take lots of pics, and remember all the stories.

have a great weekend everybody!