Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. ~Antoine Rivarol

Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it. ~Albert Smith

monday

Monday is a lame way to spend 1/7 of your life. ~Author Unknown

this(above) is how i felt this morning when i woke up....for more reasons than one.
So i decided to focus on my to-do list today. this is it:

1) start diet....(so far so good)
2) start working out .....(so far NOT so good haha)
3) Stop procrastinating
4) Go to DMV....(this has been pushed until tomorrow...please ignore #3)
5) sharpen my new colored pencils
6) work....grrrrrr
7) say "NO" to Teddy about 1 million and one times
8) fill in my bff's on some of my recent gossip
9) write my letter to Santa !!! want to make sure it gets there early
10) hang off the Tappan Zee Bridge on a rope ladder....what? there is already someone doing that??? DAMN!!!! im always too late and second best!!! hahaha

Happy Monday to all my friends!!!!

some pics of Teddy.... :)

a PERFECT ending to a less than perfect week/month.....watermelon martini and a black orchid martini....these were the first 2 of MANY!!!!! Having such a great time with great friends and the food here is not too bad either. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! thank you for taking me out of my cave and cheering me up....

happy dance

couple clips that close to the Happy Dance i am doing now.. We have power!!! woo hoo....






Stay warm to anyone that doesn't have power!!!

brrrrrrrrrrr

(this is me hahahaha)

REPORTS FROM THE ARCTIC.....
Ok ok...not exactly the arctic but it sure feels like that when you are sleeping in a house with no electric or heat. On sat around 4p we lost power and as of today, Tues at 2:22pm we still dont have it back. In fact they are not sure when we should get it back. So I am in a library now for heat, internet access, a power plug to charge my phone and for some human contact, even if it IS only a half smile to the person sitting across me at the table. In this time with no electric I have had to do the following this to get by or to just amuse myself....hope you enjoy them :

1. I had to sleep with 2 sweatshirts, 2 pairs of socks, sweatpants all under 3 thick blankets and I topped it off with a lovely camouflage fleece hat. I was totally prepared for the cold temperatures and for any lone deers that might trample through my bedroom hahah

2. I had to heat water so i could wash my hair and body. The warm water was a lovely contrast from the ice cold water that was running from faucet. It was so lovely in fact that i totally forgot the fact that I standing in front of my kitchen window in my 'unmentionables' for the whole world to see....oh well...

3. I fought for the one lone electrical plug left at Barnes and noble. Myself and 100 other people witout power had invaded the unprepared book store and proceeded to suck them dry of all their power. Charging our laptops, cell phones, ipads, ipods and I even saw one person charging their electric toothbrush...REALLY? (i think to myself as I plug in and see the battery light brighten before my eyes....ahhhhhhhhhh I GOT THE POWER!!!!

4.We have eaten at every fast food joint in the area that has power. Right now i am actually craving a nice healthy salad since i am sooooo sick of fast food. What will tonights meal be??? well i can tell you it will NOT be Mcdonalds. They have hung a sign that they are out of food. OUT OF FOOD???? OMG the world is ending hahaha

5. I have read some of my book by candlelight, Listened to my iPod, stared at the flickering candles for 2 hours straight, i have taken a countless number of pictures of my puppy curled against me for heat and I have eaten way too much left over Halloween candy.
and that was just LAST night...i swear i will go insane tonight for sure haha....

All of that being said, I am keeping hope that we will get power soon and I am grateful to have a home with blankets, a non electric stove so we can at least still make soup and hot tea and mostly I am grateful have this nice warm library right down... God Bless you library System and your free wifi :)

Feast of San Gennaro

I recently went to the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy in NYC. If you are not from the NY area then I should explain that the Feast is an 11 day street fair held every year in honor of the Patron Saint San Gennaro where they have vendors selling everything from Sausage and pepper to seafood to pastries. If you are not from the area but are planning a trip the the city then try and schedule it around the feast so you can enjoy it...if you ARE from the NY area and have never been there, then shame on you haha... The pictures below are some of the food we had and the sights we saw. FYI the food shown was not all consumed by me....in fact one of the guys ate 14 different items...(i dont even know how he ate it all :) ..I hope you enjoy it!!!!

Sausage and peppers...yum :)

roasted corn

Cheers!!

im a rebel...im crossing haha

my beer :)

Angelos Clams

micheles Raspberry torte

We saw Big Pussy from the Sopranos and he was yelling at me ..."hey heres a nice Italian girl" (he was joking since I am very Irish looking with redhair haha)

put angelo to work since we ran out of money hahaha