Impatiens-The flowers not the noun

The last few days I have been planting impatiens for Charlie's mom. There was A LOT of them. It took me about 6 hours total but I split it up in a few days. Kathy was telling me they grow really well here in New York and you see them a lot. Well needless to say after hours of gardening and having time to ponder I started to think that it was sort of ironic that the flower grows so well in an environment FULL of impatient people. I have determined it is in the air you breathe here on the East Coast. I even find myself much more anxious and impatient at times [especially driving :]. I believe it all melds with the whole "quick pace" that you hear a lot of people talk about. Everything is quicker, snappier, in-and-out type of thing going on here which = impatience.

Anyway I think the flowers look great. I have done some gardening before but it was mostly potting type of stuff or little plants nothing like...landscaping! It was a lot of work but I really enjoy being able to see the colorful results. I am excited to see them when they start blossoming!

Now for the visuals..

You didn't think I would write all that and not put pictures up did you?!?!

Dingmans Fairy, PA

Our friend Kyle has a house in Pennsylvania. I am sure most of you have heard about us going to visit. This last weekend we had a pretty large group so it was a lot of fun, lots of different stuff going on. We did a lot of boat rides, fishing, attempted canoeing and played many games. I almost forgot to mention hula-hooping. A few of the girls that were up are really good and into it, needless to say they produced a lot of action shots [especially of me] hooping! Here are a few pictures. I know my mom was dying to see some! :D On Friday there was 7 of us. 3 boys and 4 girls. Saturday night we were joined by another lady and 5 boys. Maybe I should say men...naaa I'll just say boys.

One of the girls that was up there is really good with hair [actually two of them], last time we were there she cut my hair for me and this time she was on a fish tail braiding fit! I just loved how she did it and I wish I could get my hair to look like that by myself!

Groupon.com

GROUPON.COM

Slowly becoming a new favorite website of mine. I wanted to share my findings. For about 12 hours they sell a one deal at a time coupon of all sorts. It goes by the city in which you live. There are coupons for clothing stores, restaurants, yoga&fitness classes, and anything else your little heart can think of! I have already boughten two coupons! I paid 20$ and received a 50$ gift certificate for a trendy clothing store here and today I bought another one for a bar& grill [paid 20$ got 50$ worth]! I am really excited about this website.

CHECK IT OUT!

Bat Mobile has arrived.

The Bat Mobile has safely landed and been picked up! Bat Mobile= the name I gave my car.

Charlie and I drove to Linden, NJ today to pick it up! It got here in less then a week of when we dropped it off. I was able to track the vehicle the whole time, there were no scratches or anything of that nature, I got a great price AND IT WAS SO DANG EASY!!! If anyone is thinking of doing that i would HIGHLY recommend it- www.DAS.com- It could not have gone more smoothly and I couldn't be happier. I had heard some horror stories about fellow friends who have shipped their car but this was GREAT. I was so thrilled. It made up for the gridlock traffic from literally when we got on the freeway in New Jersey until we got off the freeway in Farmingdale. Our travel time there was about an hour and 45 minutes and on the way back it was three and a half hours.

It's like having a [big] piece of home with me :)

Place of Sleep

Here are a few pictures of the pups on the bed. We have all of our stuff in Jess's room so I don't want to say "my" room but while Jess is vacant were keeping it occupied :D Just a visual for you guys to see.

And this pretty much sums it up..

Safe Arrival

Yesterday morning Charlie and I took off for New York! We were flying from San Diego to Baltimore and then connecting to Islip. Due to some wind our flight was a little delayed so we were a little late for our connecting flight but luckily we and our five bags made it. Luckily since we were flying Southwest we were each allowed to check two bags for free! That just left Charlie's surf bag which set us back about 50$. Not too shabby. We arrived with only ten minute delay and were greeted by Josh and Katie at the airport. Once we got back Charlie was smothered by Johnson and Izzy. They were both so excited it was pretty funny. Charlie was sitting on the couch and Johnson was literally on two legs putting his paws on him for a good ten minutes. I think Charlie was just as excited to see Johnson :D

After we got back around midnight C & I decided to do a diner run since we had not eaten all day and started to talk about how good it would be to get on our flight...Sure enough we got it!

Today we had some delicious pizza pie with chicken parm! Mmmm we have been craving it for a while now! We even got to play a little tennis and take the pups out for a stroll.

Tomorrow Charlie is starting work! It seems like not very long ago that we were here. At least Charlie only has to work a week before we go on our vacation to the Williams lake house in Texas!! Both are excited for that!

Just an update for everyone

Quick Smile

I realize the cheesy-ness involved in these photos but in light of my dogs recent surgery, my love for sequence and charlie I thought these were some pretty amusing photos. If I am ever feeling down, I glance at these and can't help but laugh& smile. Thats what counts right?? 8-D