tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52412670179817922002012-02-11T02:49:27.309-05:00Random Thoughts of an opinionated mouthSommernoreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-22305348737011822102009-08-27T21:37:00.002-04:002009-08-27T21:42:22.631-04:00

Today is a year since my life changed forever. I was laid off after 14 years.Im happier now, but it did take a while to a) find a job b) get back into a groove C) and realize i would have never left if not pushed.So i go to work everyday, knwing that idont have to deal with office politics, and more often than not, one of the guys brings in some Brooklyn bagels.. nothing better than that. I laugh

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-38267673850114041092009-05-15T20:38:00.006-04:002009-05-15T20:55:11.909-04:00

Here is the poem we put on the back of my fathers prayer card. It touches me so much. When I first read it, at the funeral parlor, the same day of his death, it made me SOB. It still makes me cry but for different reasons. I feel as if he is actually saying these words to me. Thats who he was to me. The one who helped me see a different way to everything. He would use words in the right sense to

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-77861757747000669372009-05-03T21:33:00.001-04:002009-05-03T21:34:54.677-04:00

I have one poem for you that I ran across while doing my thank yous and wanted to share it with you.Love all whom you hold dearPrecious is the time you shareDo not wait for tomorrowFor tomorrow may not be...

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-60968967482630123802009-04-21T13:32:00.005-04:002009-05-15T20:56:47.026-04:00

Daddy, I will miss you so much. You were the most amazing man I have ever known! No man will ever compare to you. The things you did, the people you met, the stories you told were just incredible.You loved life. You loved to cook, and garden and fish. You loved to help people and loved being around people. You went through so many difficult things in your life its amazing you were still such an 

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-64736741067612772152009-04-03T21:23:00.003-04:002009-04-03T21:38:23.938-04:00

OK ok so i havent been the best blogger around, i ve been slacking.. but for good reasons.First there was finishing up painting the dining room, then there was the purging of the basement junk, then there was my daughters 2nd birthday, then there was an interview and some return phone calls here and there, then there was zumba class every thursday and then i started my new job, then my husbands

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-68490094332138753392009-01-19T20:36:00.002-05:002009-01-19T20:37:37.985-05:00

Somewhere deep inside me, I know that im destined for big things. Maybe no Broadway, or the top of the billboards, but something that fits me, my style and personality. Right now, in the midst of finding a new job, or a job at all..lol, im trying to find that big thing. Something that will make me happy. A friendly, hard working, company that rocks the socks off of people. I want something in my

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-82965881457830481162009-01-03T13:14:00.004-05:002009-01-09T12:44:44.046-05:00

Two of the things i hate are now OVER. Buying gifts, and hosting a party. :)Both of which I had to do this Holiday season.The gifts were pretty easy this year. No one really wanted anything, and no one really had any money to spend on frivolous gifts that people wont use. So it all worked out.Then after xmas, i decided i didnt want to stay home and sleep during the ball drop like i did last year.

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-12637205033787340272008-12-23T12:29:00.002-05:002008-12-23T12:39:46.485-05:00

Time has not been my friend lately, with the holidays here. How did i ever do all this housework, take care of the kid, cook and still have time to work and shop for the holidays? I dont know.So the holidays are a time of family and friends and giving not receiving. Also, i was reminded, as i past a baptist church the other day, Its a not a holiday, but a celebration of the birth of Jesus. Yeah

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-49895725988381813872008-11-29T21:51:00.003-05:002008-11-29T22:12:32.809-05:00

So now that im sorta passed the anger stage. Im now trying to figure out what to do with myself career-wise.Ive never had the chance, as most people do, in college, to have tons of time to think about what I want to do. So in between my daughters tantrums, and being a house wife (oh joy) i try and think about what i really would like to do.Would i like to, just get a job that pays well, that is

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-33659739380447513122008-11-23T00:05:00.002-05:002008-11-23T00:09:55.218-05:00

Ya know what I hate? Biters!BITE-Rs  (for those that cant imagine how to say that word)It means a copy cat. You are a biter.Im just late-night-venting over something i read on another blog that i frequent, that links to another blog that is linked from their blog, to ANOTHER blog, with a story that all started with MY IDEA!..LOLRAH!BITERS!

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-46359094212989533062008-11-11T21:36:00.005-05:002008-11-11T21:48:15.897-05:00

So I just got home from having dinner with my two lovely NJ girlfriends. We were talking about hang over remedies and I mentioned that mine is a chocolate egg cream.To my complete amazement, they have never tried, or heard of an egg cream before. They asked, what IS it? Why is it called an egg cream if it doesn't have eggs..lolI wondered how they have never heard of it, since almost every diner

Sommernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-85447196700452099352008-11-05T22:57:00.003-05:002008-11-06T20:01:01.610-05:00

My generation has spoken. They want something different in a president.The First black, no half black, president was elected. This is a historical time. Im so proud of our country.Lets hope, that this will not only, change the government and economy, etc, but that it maybe, maybe gets those right wing, racist people, who just keep reliving their great great grandparents lives to think, hey maybe

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-47886276974587890882008-10-29T13:03:00.005-04:002008-10-29T13:21:03.319-04:00

VoteThat should be on everyones mind this week! I have a few things I want to say.If youre not voting, because you dont like either candidates, at least vote for the lesser of two evils. Especially as a woman, we fought to have the right to vote in this country, and its my duty as an american woman to vote!I am very excited for this Tuesday. I havent been more excited for an election than I am

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-74135627651175462802008-10-20T21:22:00.004-04:002008-10-20T21:33:19.766-04:00

Anger is one word to describe how I have been feeling.Should I feel angry? Most say no, let it go. But, in a way, I think I need to feel it. Get it out and move on. I have been saying no, be positive, things happen for a reason. While I do believe things, do ultimately happen for a reason, Im stuck with the practicality of life problems weighing down my positive thoughts.The economy is awful,

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-43375192480384818112008-09-26T20:21:00.002-04:002008-09-26T20:34:53.010-04:00

I love scars. I mean I dont love for people to have them cause you know it was something hard they went through, but they definitely give you character. If I could I would ask everyone I see with a visible scar, how they got them.Myself, I have a lot. I was a tom boy and my knees tell that story, as well as my elbows and even my face.The face story? Well, when I first started working full time in

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-49647525399355271852008-09-22T20:56:00.002-04:002008-09-22T21:11:04.669-04:00

The hardest job ever on this planet is a stay-at-home-mother.I only have one child, and its killing me. Dont get me wrong, I LOVE my daughter with ALL my heart and soul, but having no breaks, day in and day out is tough. The tiny patience i do have, it literally GONE by 4 o'clock, and i have one of the "good" kids. Or so other mothers say she is.Making 3 meals a day, plus snacks, dealing with

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-40899835936185270792008-09-11T08:49:00.003-04:002008-09-11T08:54:15.947-04:00

I woke up at about 840 and for some reason put on 1010 wins instead of z100. I heard a small plane had hit the World trade, they didn't think anything of it. I looked out my window (i lived in Brooklyn at the time) and saw a HUGE gapping hole in one of the towers and thought to myself... Yeah they could fix that right???? Total denial.I called my boss and just said hey i dont think im gonna come

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-3776309574448236762008-09-03T20:36:00.004-04:002008-09-04T06:52:16.525-04:00

So after months of feeling the pressure at work, of them nit picking at every little thing, I was let go. JOY!Not really.Im mean i know i was looking for something else, but i didnt want it to go like this. I wanted to leave on my terms, good terms. It was an awful day, last Thursday. After hearing from a friend, and coworker that they laid off 12 people on Wednesday,  and i was off that day, i

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-28635039879836750702008-08-22T13:42:00.003-04:002008-08-22T14:14:29.577-04:00

That is the one word that i think of when i talk about Brooklyn. Im proud im from brooklyn. I grew up there, my husband grew up there, Both our families grew up there, and most of our really good friends are from there.Im proud of everything it is, was, and will be. Im proud of the diversity, culture, arts and especially the food.So when I hear big names like Heath Ledger and the Real World

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-16004151969952171212008-08-19T10:06:00.005-04:002008-08-19T13:13:41.895-04:00

Another birthday for me. Im getting up there. I had a wonderful day with my family at the Bronx Zoo It was such a beautiful day. We saw my favorite animals, lemurs, and Lily had a ball! After that we went to my favorite Burger joint Jackson Hole, ate a huge burger, and lily had her first taste of a new york Egg Cream! She hates fizzy drinks,, but loved the egg cream. Thats my girl!Every year on

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-51301033651355634092008-08-15T08:53:00.005-04:002008-08-15T09:15:14.096-04:00

So there was a news article on the elevator TV thingy yesterday, how in the year 2042 minorities will become the majority population. Isnt that great? Im not being facetious either. I, myself am mixed up of german, irish, polish and lithuanian. ( Yup LITH-U-AN-IAN, LOL) Yes that is still considered "caucasian", but Im mixed. My husband, is half black half polish. My daughter, my poor daughter, is

Sommernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-24454196236866028712008-08-06T09:35:00.006-04:002008-08-06T09:52:40.974-04:00

Ok so I haven't posted in a while cause the one thing that was on my mind I really didn't want to get into, Politics. But after seeing a certain video I had to!I think there should be an age limit on who runs for the presidency. There are ages limits for everything, except positions in office. Which to me, seem most crucial. And there is an age limit in order to RUN for presidency which is

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-38241493861704664492008-07-23T08:55:00.003-04:002008-07-23T09:13:49.097-04:00

I love talking philosophy. How we got here, why we are here, the reality of the reality, if we can ever be fully happy? I have always thought about things in a different light then what teachers and books tell us, even what religion tells us to believe. I have made up my own theories and I stand by them. Everyday I continue to elaborate on the basic theories I have come up with. Sometimes I talk

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-34366794573971562402008-07-07T09:09:00.005-04:002008-07-07T15:32:34.254-04:00

For 31 years now, i can count on one hand how many times i have missed watching the Macys Fireworks in person. When I was really young, my father happened to know the guy in the lumber yards right on the East river. Only a few blocks from where we lived. We would climb the huge piles of lumber and sit there and watch the fireworks. I cant remember a more amazing time as a kid. I still try to 

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-14202120674391597852008-07-02T14:34:00.008-04:002008-07-02T15:17:56.951-04:00

Yesterday, a bunch of coworkers and I headed over to see the installation "Playing the Building." My coworker, and friend, actually happens to write a blog for Creative Time, in addition to his own blog, Heart as Arena and thats how we got our special invitation."Creative Time presents Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by renowned artist David

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-10779219419141124552008-06-30T10:26:00.004-04:002008-07-01T22:39:37.354-04:00

So i came across this featured blog called NYC donut report. First thing that came to mind was PETER PAN DONUTS (in the voice of homer simpson). So i had to write them and tell them about Greenpoints Famous donuts and of course, the Paczki (Punchki, polish donuts).So I'd like to share their report about my hometown and the donuts i grew up on, and still go back to, to satisfy my sweet tooth.http

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-61721980447811096422008-06-26T11:39:00.005-04:002008-06-26T11:52:15.285-04:00

When you visit a busy city like NY, where millions of people live and work, on a very small island, PLEASE think about where you stand to take pics, talk about where to go next, stop to tie your shoe, or stare straight up into the sky. I understand, youre not from NY, and are not used to the hustle and bustle. But the truth is WE WILL MOW YOU DOWN. I dont want you to get hurt, none of us NY'ers

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-85579395496705348372008-06-23T12:36:00.003-04:002008-06-23T13:42:24.643-04:00

This past Saturday was the the annual Coney Island Mermaid parade."Founded in 1983 by Coney Island USA, the Mermaid Parade celebrates the sand, sea, salt air and the beginning of summer. Participants dress in hand-made costumes as mermaids, Neptunes, various sea creatures, and the occasional wandering lighthouse. Each year, a celebrity King Neptune and Queen Mermaid rule over the proceedings,

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-71595326097323878012008-06-18T11:31:00.006-04:002008-06-18T12:05:15.082-04:00

I have been so overwhelmed with work, home, baby ..etc that i swear i have no recognition anymore of which day is which. The whole month of June has been one BIG blur. Between all the things i NEED to get done, and all the things i want to get done, i'm lost.We have been trying to get things done around the house to make the house livable. And constant working, and the constant commuting with a

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-32689868890801738052008-06-12T15:46:00.002-04:002008-06-12T15:50:14.057-04:00

My father has made it another year!The big 6-8! He never thought he would make it there, and after the scare in January, neither did I. My mother took him to get his birthday gift from us, a flat screen tv, and then she is taking him out to a lobster dinner. I saw him the previous weekend and will see him this weekend for fathers day.Happy Birthday Dad, I LOVE you!

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-77565888258870820752008-06-12T09:45:00.002-04:002008-06-12T09:49:50.491-04:00

Days like today really lift my overall spirit, and it lasts for weeks. Its gorgeous, sunny, low humidity and warm out. No coat needed, no umbrella needed, just me and my sandals and sunglasses. The sun and warm weather just do something to me. Like spiritually and emotionally warms me up inside. Im a sweeter, more friendlier person during a great day. And it carries on into the next few days. I

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-15347586682874741682008-06-06T10:28:00.004-04:002008-06-06T10:33:49.109-04:00

Have you ever noticed, when you go to a fancy coffee shop and use their supplied sugar packets you almost have to use double then you normally would use at home? Well i do!Im tired of getting the looks about how many sugars i put in my large coffee every morning. ( 8 packets)I took one packet home and poured it into my measuring spoon. What came out was only equal to a half of teaspoon. So, my 8

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-74392675625396523032008-05-16T15:57:00.003-04:002008-05-16T16:21:20.263-04:00

On my way back from getting my hair done on Steinway St, I saw something that really made me go, "THIS is why i LOVE NY!"I got on the R train and sat across from a young caucasian girl, about 3-4 years old, and her caretaker, an asian woman.What was so wonderful was that they were talking to each other in Chinese! To think that this girl has already learned two languages, one of which is a very

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-56885281398519328312008-05-14T09:23:00.004-04:002008-05-14T16:48:35.264-04:00

The saying goes, You can take the girl out of Brooklyn, but you cant take the Brooklyn out of the girl.I have found this to be so true with myself. I still walk with my Game face on, and I still believe in personal space and still curse like a truck driver when need be.So when i saw This Clip of Sue Simmons, dropping the F bomb on Live TV, I couldnt stop laughing. She is an animated TV news

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-3655909448444860002008-05-05T14:30:00.003-04:002008-05-05T15:08:16.042-04:00

I just learned this weekend that The Roxy was closed in March 2007. Very SAD news! I think i kinda remember hearing it on the news, last march, but I cant say for sure, since I was in my own fog of PPD. I had gone to the Roxy about 6 years ago with my friend for Wednesday night Roller Disco night. OMG What a FUN NIGHT. Not only is it an older crowd but they served drinks too! and the best part,

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-11400847978308188442008-05-02T10:25:00.003-04:002008-05-02T10:26:28.492-04:00

This sums it up for me.

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-84748772217943714612008-04-29T09:31:00.002-04:002008-04-29T09:39:27.055-04:00

I cant stop thinking about Greenpoint. I miss it soo much. I miss seeing the NYC skyline, everyday as i walk through the house from room to room. I miss the noise of the trucks and buses and car radios passing down my block. I miss WALKING to places, to grab a bite to eat, to shop to do errands. I miss the food! I miss the people, the diverse and artistic crowds. I miss, sadly, sidewalks.I dont

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-26674721692762527222008-04-22T08:55:00.002-04:002008-04-22T09:22:15.641-04:00

Today is Earth Day. One of my favorite days. Why? Cause it brings awareness to everyone that we need to take care of our beautiful earth and not waste. Its a day to celebrate the beauty that is around us all the time.Earth day was started in 1970, and in 1990 the celebration went global. The celebrations were to help bring focus to the way we live, and not be wasteful. I really think that should

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-69161107902505517432008-04-17T11:35:00.002-04:002008-04-17T11:40:06.228-04:00

With the chicken Pox!!!!!LOL I never had them and i had to get the shot today. Not happy about infecting myself on purpose. But whatever, i needed to get it just incase. They say if you get them when you're older, it become very serious. So here i sit, with a blue clues band-aid on my arm, thinking about how my poor little white blood cells are running to the scene to help protect me.Go white

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-53397813008214962662008-04-15T10:00:00.002-04:002008-04-15T10:06:40.750-04:00

I know this,, but it doesnt help me at all to move to jersey.Yesterday, i had to go give blood, to get things checked out. The place i had to go to was 15 min from my house. So i write down the directions and then follow them until something goes wrong. It told me bear right on the fork when there was no fork.. lolSo i said ok.. its on 18 , i can find 18. I find route 18...and start looking for

Sommernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-9440837191156905712008-04-11T09:59:00.002-04:002008-04-11T10:10:33.084-04:00

As the years start to fly by so fast, and seem to go faster and faster every year, i think back on the simpler times. Times of just having a carefree life. Not thinking about so many responsibilities, time for YOURSELF, time to spend with friends. How did it become so complicated?As the years start to fly by, we add more and more things to the mix, making life more and more complicated. Truth is,

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-32812861807508789932008-04-07T11:21:00.002-04:002008-04-07T11:27:17.288-04:00

So friday, was my photoshop test... I ROCKED it :) I think i did so well! I triple checked all my work and even finished early. I hope im not being too confident on how I did.They will probably look at it this week and get back to me about some more info. But this has been a very slow going process since Feb.On another note, my mother lost her job ( she works in the same business as I do) due to

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-38114680184573485992008-04-03T10:35:00.002-04:002008-04-03T10:40:58.165-04:00

Seriously is the new WhatevaaaaaLOL I use this word WAY too much. And then i noticed it being used on television. Then i noticed.... everyone uses it..LOLIts funny, how it can work for any situation, and any emotion. I love it...seriously. :)

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-8792281499691484362008-03-31T13:27:00.003-04:002008-03-31T13:33:56.963-04:00

i Love to tell my friends how i feel about them. I believe in telling everyone in your life, that is special to you, why you love them. I dont need a special day, or activity to say it. I just say it when i think of it.Maybe my friends think its too much, or maybe they dont. I never really asked. I dont see a problem with sharing why i love them. I just want them to know that i cherish them, for

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-67606562433903283512008-03-26T09:34:00.002-04:002008-03-26T09:45:12.997-04:00

OK.. i really dont know what i want to say about this but i just need to write something about it.For 13 years i have worked at a publishing company and loved it for almost 10 years. The last few years it has gone bad. Very bad. I hardly learn anything anymore and hardly do anything creative anymore. And on top of it all, they make us punch in.. like we are untrust worthy people. Disgusting.

Sommernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-18153601635910995302008-03-24T09:14:00.003-04:002008-03-24T09:53:54.508-04:00

I finally trusted someone enough to cut and highlight my hair in Jersey.It came out pretty good. I still feel like im missing something by not going back to steinway for my hair. I mean i have been going there since i was 15. I got my first rachel, hair cut there..LOLI got the recommendation from a friend and i love that the salon is close. Little by little i make my transition over to Jersey.

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-68259112042293091282008-03-14T15:50:00.003-04:002008-03-18T10:27:15.566-04:00

Saw the cutest onsie in Kohls last weekend.. It read"You know you wanna be me"AS much as i loved it.. i refuse to put sarcastic sayings on my daughters chest. Until she has a voice to say whether she likes that or not. Yeah thats just me. I dont even like team jerseys, i want her to say.. yeah i like the mets.. i want to wear that.. not before.Whatever.. but i just LOVE the saying :)

Sommernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-87245693164279091192008-03-07T12:22:00.004-05:002008-03-07T12:34:24.253-05:00

I was going to leave this subject alone until yesterday. I was out getting lunch when a woman next to me said to the guy behind the counter that she would like lettuce on her sandwich. So he puts its on for her.. but then realizes that its another persons sandwich.. he wraps it up and gives it to the other person, as the women watches and says nothing. (dont know if that person wanted lettuce or

Sommernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-13532320159432764832008-03-04T09:07:00.004-05:002008-03-04T09:13:48.180-05:00

Well here are some pro pictures taken by a very talented friend, of lily on her birthday (since i havent uploaded mine yet)

Sommernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-26298268605654159702008-02-29T08:53:00.003-05:002008-02-29T08:54:42.100-05:00

Well well, lots of hits yesterday,, but no comments. I think we may have some chickens on our hands,, or maybe have nothing to say? Nothing that you believe in?

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-74007907067044278872008-02-27T15:26:00.003-05:002008-02-27T15:34:53.658-05:00

So i have a question for all my repeat customers.What is your opinion of this and past generation?Meaning, the 60s was the sexual revolution and a time of anti-war and anti segregation.What im getting at is.. I feel the generations are so self involved, nothing of the world matters to them any more. I come from Generation X, we got nothing accomplished as a generation.This generation now is all

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-70173343473332643092008-02-26T09:13:00.002-05:002008-02-26T09:22:08.441-05:00

And we are all still alive and HAPPY! ..lolLily turned 1 this weekend and we had her 1st birthday party at home. We invited about 40 people and about 10 kids. It was a circus, But filled with warm, friendly, loving faces. I always fret about house parties. Lets face it im really not the hosting type of girl.. Im the party guest. So when its time for me to host a party, i get so overwhelmed that i

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-17792128874052120382008-02-21T12:53:00.002-05:002008-02-22T14:54:43.391-05:00

Buying ORGANIC, doesnt necessarily make you GREEN!Buying LOCAL organic, helps you go green.Just think about things, Every action has a reaction

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-13541445294930391272008-02-19T15:41:00.004-05:002008-02-19T20:09:36.139-05:00

That was the feeling i had in my dream during a late afternoon nap.I had dreamt that i was prego, about 5-6 months. I was at a party and someone offered me a drink, but then said oh no.. not for you and looked at my belly. So i look down and there it is.. Another prego belly of mine. I know this is bad, but i was soo upset in my dream, and i just kept saying to myself. How did i let this happen

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-40739054854984574222008-02-15T09:04:00.002-05:002008-02-15T15:08:54.535-05:00

Lily started walking this week. Yesterday she was walking from one end of the room to another! Seriously, when its the good times.... it goes so fast...and when its bad times... it seems to go so slow.I cant believe My little baby is now a walker :) I just had to share!

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-79686871183207718402008-02-14T09:26:00.003-05:002008-02-14T12:36:17.673-05:00

Happy Valentines Day everyone!Walking to work this morning it was a parade of red roses. Now, you know the person who sent those roses paid through the nose for them. Ah well.. too bad soo sad, as i always say. It's a sweet gesture. Even in my days, i have gotten roses for valentines day, at work. But the red roses, maybe its just me.. but cant these guys think of something a little different?? I

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-37944905577053355192008-02-12T16:45:00.000-05:002008-02-12T16:52:23.791-05:00

Did you know, that sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture used to extract info from criminals?YUP.These days, as Lilys first birthday becomes closer, i think of those moments before, during and after birth.Maybe im a wuss, but, the not sleeping... did me in. Then i come to find out that its a form of torture?! Excellent! Cause i would have told any one, anything they wanted to hear to get

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-69823331902742276732008-02-08T10:29:00.000-05:002008-02-08T11:00:17.186-05:00

After a meeting with Columbia and two very seriously smart drs at Columbia, the prognosis is either, a) since my father has no other problems in his body they rather not mess with his organs and b) if he does start to become worse (they will monitor him closely) they might do a transplant.Now even tho my father is in perfect health, no surgeries, no ailments, other then his bad heart, its still

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-2479582094124448052008-02-05T09:02:00.000-05:002008-02-05T13:24:44.160-05:00

Today is the Giants Ticker Tape parade.What an amazing site to see. Its 9 am and people are already lined up, cheering for their team. The beautiful police horses are trotting down Broadway, and cars, UPS trucks, and every kind of car you can imagine, are all honking their horns getting all the fans geared up. Its pretty amazing. I said that already. Its just one of those things that New york has

Sommernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-43592029542739642132008-02-04T12:58:00.001-05:002008-02-04T12:58:58.513-05:00

My mom just called to tell me, my father has an appointment to meet with drs at Columbia Thursday. I will be going. Hopefully get some good news.

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-58629285416022484112008-02-04T09:45:00.000-05:002008-02-04T12:57:59.513-05:00

Wow this weekend was pretty good. Busy and good.We went to Greenpoint this weekend, for lilys friends first birthday party. On the way home, we decided to stop in and see my dad. He was More then elated to see her. He loves that kid so much, i think its incredible. We only stayed for maybe a half hour cause, Lily was exhausted from the party and it was already 6 pm. As soon as we put her in her

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-66379360358587287192008-01-30T09:46:00.000-05:002008-01-30T09:52:50.462-05:00

OK well nothing really to talk about. My mom got all of the records and dropped them off at columbia. Now we just wait for them to call her for an appointment to talk.Its pretty scary to know that my dad is so sick and he is home not being observed. He got out of the house the other day and im sure it did him a world of good, to smell the fresh air of Greenpoint..LOL ( if anyone knows, or lives

Sommernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-91484766413106836382008-01-24T10:31:00.000-05:002008-01-24T10:47:16.173-05:00

When the hell are they going to be finished fixing the BQE? Seriously.. its almost 7 years now this has been going on.. everytime i drive into brooklyn i take the BQE and as soon as you get off the verrazano bridge.. and you go around that curve.. BOOM. Dead stop. For years now! Ugh im so tired of the traffic there!An update on my dad.. They cant do anything for him.. so they really sent him home

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-53784842306034075142008-01-23T09:28:00.000-05:002008-01-23T12:02:30.703-05:00

What on earth did i just write? Heart transplant... on a 68 year old man? Yup thats right.After being in St francis, for a few days and a plethora of tests, the consensus is... is that his heart is too damaged pretty much everywhere for anything to be done to help him. Besides a transplant.A transplant on a 68 year old man. Doctors say it is possible. The drs advised us to call columbia and find

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-24838109287803385152008-01-18T09:18:00.000-05:002008-01-18T09:25:16.499-05:00

After a lengthy debate with the doctors at NYU, and an MRI of his head, lol my dad has been moved to the best heart hospital. Its all the way out on Long Island. They hospital was great with setting everything up with NYU, getting records, the ambulance etc to get him to transfer. So thats good. Actually Thats very good! Im sooo optimistic.. Even tho this is the second part of his recovery, i

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-45996142311147958002008-01-16T10:56:00.000-05:002008-01-16T11:00:10.925-05:00

My father was moved out of ICU yesterday. Thank god. BUt still not out of the fog. The second leg of this battle is now they want to put a pacemaker in and he doesn't want it. He thinks he can just go home and go back to his normal routine, and so does my mother. I dont think they realized how close he was to dying. Im going to visit him today to talk some sense into him. We'll see how it

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-51485269507093619382008-01-14T09:18:00.000-05:002008-01-14T10:21:31.798-05:00

So i got very scared on Friday and pushed my denial out of the way and went to see my father in the hospital. He was talking and acting normally. Although the nurses and doctors called him a "very sick man" Which i tried to believe wasnt true again. When he was sleeping, i would watch his entire body convulse in ways to compensate for the bad heart. Drs told me sometime this weekend that when he

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-84997497526326156352008-01-11T12:40:00.000-05:002008-01-11T12:48:46.186-05:00

So ive had a few great months and here comes the bad. I feel it.Yesterday, a friends dog died, another friends wife was diagnosed with cancer and my dad went to the hospital.Today, my car broke down while i had the baby. Luckily, i wasnt stalled in a bad spot. So my father, he has congestive heart failure, had a heart attack at 37 and is 68 years old. He hasnt been able to breathe the last few

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-56148600768365143922008-01-10T09:24:00.000-05:002008-01-10T10:09:09.544-05:00

OK i have been pretty busy this week but i did go to the dr on Monday. He ordered X-rays. They came out great. Nothing is fractured, or misplaced. So mainly the dr thinks that i just bruised some muscles and they are tight. So whats my treatment? Therapeutic massage 2-3 times a week. HA! and some stretches at home and lifting some weights. Not so bad if i do say..LOL It feels wonderful! Its just

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-79715275130379123672008-01-03T09:26:00.001-05:002008-01-03T09:36:16.815-05:00

This is something that has been on my mind for some time now.There is NO book of rules for life, having a baby or marriage. Do you know why?Well, my theory, (I have lots of silly theories) Is that life can be whatever you want it to be. So you dont need a set of rules. Why would anyone want to do the same thing?You CAN do things differently, even if your peers arent! Even if they all want the

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-75106816172053991832008-01-02T08:49:00.000-05:002008-01-02T09:13:24.427-05:00

Well, this has been the best and the hardest year over all.Best of things of the year?I was blessed with a gorgeous, happy, baby girl! And being a mother has been the toughest thing i have experienced, and there are some things that I can compare it to, severity wise. I guess, i truly wasnt ready for the sacrifices that motherhood came with. I had NO clue. People tried to tell me, but what could

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-15319405735299240362007-12-26T09:11:00.001-05:002007-12-27T08:28:32.612-05:00

The World is just all f*cked up.

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-62282711169590063202007-12-20T15:53:00.000-05:002007-12-20T23:42:26.219-05:00

So what does a brooklyn girl do when she is given a gift from Tiffany?She returns it! LOLI had gotten a huge glass bowl with a molded bamboo pattern on it. (yeah, lovely in person as it is in your imagination..lol) It must have weighed about 20lbs. I got it as a gift from my company for my 10 year anniversary. It really wasnt the best thing i could have gotten as a gift. So i decided i would walk

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-36827113446205052092007-12-17T11:38:00.000-05:002007-12-17T11:40:00.353-05:00

The History of Tawking the tawk

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-47290573831434939762007-12-14T09:54:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:47:15.191-05:00

When did the world become SO petty? Where did everyones thick skin go? Why does everyone care what others think? How does anyone live their lives like that?And let me contradict myself at the same time. I understand how being hyper-senstive to everything people do, and say, can help start to CHANGE things.. but im just soo freaking sick of it. It has gotten too far! Its like walking on eggshells.

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-58866650503682725032007-12-12T15:19:00.000-05:002007-12-12T15:23:07.842-05:00

This is such a NY thing. Have you ever been walking down the street, weaving in and out, passing by people, and notice someone walking towards you that looks familiar? You want to stop them and say hi, how are you? But you're scared cause they have their "Game Face" on?LOLOK Backtrack. Now The NY game face is different from other talked about game faces. The NY Game Face is the face NY'rs make

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-9059148365766634962007-12-11T09:19:00.000-05:002007-12-11T12:39:17.116-05:00

So who ever thought up wish lists?I want to run over to them pick them up and give them the biggest hug and kiss ever! Christmas has always been a stressful time of year, for me. I HATE it! I LOATHE it! The running from store to store, trying to decide if someone will like the gift you're getting them, if they have one already, or if they will just smile and nod and then return it the next

Sommernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-803634102547573752007-12-06T21:50:00.000-05:002007-12-06T21:52:38.967-05:00

Santa Dress... 10 dollars.Picture with Santa... 20 dollars.100 photo cards from snapfish... 40 dollars.Sending out your daughters first holiday card,Priceless

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-77807835186691524482007-12-03T13:41:00.000-05:002007-12-03T14:07:03.209-05:00

So we took Lily to see Santa Claus for the first time yesterday at the mall. It worked out great. The night before, it had snowed just enough to cover, and I guess it deterred everyone from going Christmas shopping. YAY!After sitting in the car for 20 min, Lily finally woke up and was ready to go. When we found the "North Pole", Santa was on break. ( hey, he needs to relax too! Smiling is hard

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-75829981371713872182007-11-29T13:51:00.000-05:002007-11-29T13:59:16.557-05:00

OK double post day1.This morning, almost got hit by flying rats ( aka NY pigeons). They flew so close to my face after being startled by some loud noise.. that i felt the air of their wings on my face. Gave the WTF face (What the F*CK) and maybe even screeched like a 3 year old girl.2. Had to give the lady behind me on line at the coffee shop the WTF face, cause she was standing ON TOP OF me.3.

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-82257485582930699642007-11-29T10:16:00.000-05:002007-11-29T10:29:33.729-05:00

The Rockefeller Tree has finally bit the bullet and switched over to energy-saving lights!This year they decided to "go green", remember I had said, it the new thing to be...lol well with 5 miles of wire and over 30,000 bulbs lit for over a month, it will def help save energy!What an amazing idea? ...LOL They should have done this years ago! ::Insert Applause Here::

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-62582065888531140252007-11-27T13:39:00.000-05:002007-11-27T13:40:16.927-05:00

So one thing that im passionate about, is being “Green”. Now, its seems as tho this is the new black for the season… the new it thing to be, but for me I have always had an interest in it. I think I went to my first earth day fair when I was 13.This year my husband has decided to use LED Christmas lights. “They save tons of energy” He knows how to get me… So we went and got several boxes of these

Sommernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241267017981792200.post-79867865745043757032007-11-21T12:40:00.001-05:002007-11-21T13:00:51.532-05:00

Im 30 years old and have grown up, in my opinion, the best place on earth - Brooklyn. But not just Brooklyn... specifically Greenpoint. A small, charming neighborhood. Its a blink of an eye away from everywhere, NYC, LI, even NJ. But I have not always lived there. I was born in Long Island, moved to Florida when I was one, stayed there for a few years, then moved to Brooklyn. Actually grew up in

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