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I’m bored, let’s go to the zoo!

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Heather

Bob and I woke up and felt like doing something other than going to Costco/Sam’s/the outlet mall….basically anywhere we normally spend a Sunday afternoon.

We heard there was supposed to be a really cool fair going on in Columbia, and that the zoo wasn’t far. Awesome! The kids rolled their eyes and reluctantly got ready for “family day out.”

We printed directions off Mapquest, and were on our way. It should have only taken us about an hour to get there, but somehow we missed the exit. The 1 hour ride turned into a 2 hour argument “stupid…shouldn’t have bothered…..why did we come?…..you’re a bad driver…..”

Once we got there though, we all calmed down and decided to enjoy ourselves.

cute momma kangaroo and her baby

(sweetie, putting your hand in your mouth leaving the monkey house is a bad idea…)

All and all it ended up a good day! We left the zoo and headed to the city for the fair. We got to the fair, drove by and immediately left. It was far from cool, and we were actually quite frightened by a bunch of people screaming at each other in a parking lot.

We headed over to Mellow Mushroom, one of the only places in the city open to eat on a Sunday afternoon. Good thing we LOVE their pizza, the hummus, oh and awesome BEER LIST!

After stuffing ourselves silly we headed home, but not before getting lost in the ghetto en route to the highway. Lovely. (Finished up by the “you’re a terrible driver” conversation from earlier that morning.)

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What the heck do you mean….

Posted on March 22, 2007 by Heather

Every family doesn’t get drunk on St. Patty’s day?

Only Irish FREAKS do this??

For St. Patty’s, we went to Atlanta for the Sabres game. Sabres games are SUCH a big deal in this family (um, no not to ME) that we have season tickets to the ATL Thrashers. Did I mention that they are all SABRES fans??

First things first. We check into the hotel.

Second, we hit a liquor store.

We look like a bunch of Irish Gypsies in all of our garb, and let me tell you, except for the gay man dressed like a green fairy, we were the only group to look this “excited” for the holiday. We had booze hidden on us in every which way. (yes, even Brinn has a shot glass as a necklace) Apparently, they don’t do things “our” way, so we had to hide it out in public. Wimps.

Here Tara and I pose with the world’s largest piece of SHIT.

and here is John, after hanging out with his friend, “Jack”.

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Why servers look annoyed when…

Posted on March 18, 2007 by Heather

you are in a nice restaurant with small children.

Brinn and I had a lunch date with Cassidy and Darlene while we were in ATL.

The server smiled at us, because we looked cute. But one must remember, looks can be deceiving.

He has us sit down at a table in the center of the restaurant. Great choice.

The first thing we do? Order wine. Next? Whip out the boobs.

Yep, both of us NIP, right there, in the middle of the restaurant.

Of course you get the looks. We are offensive for 3 reasons. First, we are NIP, and everyone knows you should go hide in a bathroom stall for the comfort of others. Second, we’re drinking and nursing. Third? The girls are ready for table food, and you know what that means with two 9 month olds- food fight! The floor looked like a tsunami hit our table by the time we were leaving.

Lucky for him, Dar and I know how to leave a big tip.

(tip as in, don’t be tricked by cute girls with babies and nice boobs)

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Hassles and Headaches of a Remodel Project

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Heather

Designing our kitchen was one SERIOUS headache. It took 3 months to figure out what colors to go with, so that our not so pretty kitchen cabinets didn’t look PINK. Sounds easy, almost stupid, but they are a weird color. Go too red, pink. Go yellow/green/ cream- pink. So I decided we needed to go with browns, to pull out the brown in the wood.

The easiest part was the granite. We walked into the warehouse, and it took us about 3 seconds. The woman said, “no one should decide that fast, keep looking”. Um, no. I am picky, this is what I want, now WRITE IT DOWN. I chose 3 slabs, and I chose them because they were one of a kind, beautiful and unique, with natural flaws and giant hunks of quartz in them. I was particular and specified EXACTLY where they were to go. I had to pay to upgrade to this.

And guess what….they did it wrong. WRONG. WRONGGGGGG!

Those non-English speaking fools show up and nearly set me into cardiac arrest. They hacked up my beautiful stone, they avoided the flaws (the reason I chose it in the first place) cut parts out that were supposed to be there. The island piece had a section of quartz in it the size of 2 basketballs, Gone. I CHOSE that specifically. I don’t even “see” the 1 slab I had picked out.

Does it look nice? Yes. But it’s all wrong. I felt like a kid who just had their favorite toy smashed and broken. I was so excited about this project and ended up nothing but pissed. I am so sick of people not doing things right. I’m tired of buying things that don’t work or are wrong or just screwed up!!

Motto for the day. Have low expectations, that way you’re never left disappointed.

Anyway, here are pictures.

before

after

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Happy Thanksgiving 2006!

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Heather

5 months now.

Brinn is awesome at grabbing things, especially mom’s hair! She can pick up toys and everything else she can get her tiny hands on… of course she immediately puts it/whatever/stuff into her mouth!

She has started to hang out in the exersaucer, and can sit up in the stroller now by herself. She rolled across the floor for the first time when grandma/pa/and aunt Tara came for Thanksgiving, rockin’ and rollin’ like a superstar.

Yup, she’s awesome.

I snuck her a little taste of mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving dinner, but that was pretty much it. She is finally eating a little rice cereal and bananas, and loves it!