One more thing

love all
olivia

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So i wont be on the comp at all tomoro so just wanted to wish everybody a very
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope all is doing well
love all

olivia <3

Vacation's all i ever wanted!

So winter break has started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited, I have done all my xmas shopping it is just a matter of wrapping it =]

I got mom and dad snowglobes that you can put pictures inside of and i got some pics of the family that they like and have to cut them to size still, its really cute, and i also got this really cute glass thing that says love and it sits on a mirror and says i love you always!

Of course i am working this break

I LOVE MY JOB SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

The people are awesome and everything about it is really cool and fun

I worked today 6-230 and i was constantly busy until about 215 i love staying busy and rushing and having a million things to do and that basically descriebd my day!

Other than that i work monday and tuesday but im off wed, thurs, and fri. Friday im going to Busch gardens (an amusement park)

Other than that just hanging out with friends

I got into Santa Fe community college!!!!!!! which is in gainseville its near UF
other than that i havent heard back from UF

And i have been looking for scholarships so if anybody knows any good websites HOLLA! lol

Umm, so ya.. I wish it snowed in Florida!

And almost all of my bruises from the car accident are gone, im surprised they lasted this long, my friend is in a rental, and she's sueing the lady cause insurance only offered like 3000 i think and she wants a little more for whatever her new car is gonna be, the one she totaled which she bought 2 days before the accident was 4000 so i think its fair
The insurance companies have benen calling me like crazy! they keep asking if im fine and if i have seen any medical professional, and i keep saying NO!! lol



ok well im gonna peace out so ill ttyl

love all
olivia

Let it snow!

Hello cousins!

We got a nice storm on Friday. It snowed all day and left us with about 8 inches. It is snowing again today too. They say 4-8 inches but it doesn't seem like we are going to get that.

Daniel has had a stomach flu since very early yesterday morning so we have all just been hanging out. I baked cookies and I want to wrap gifts but have not figured out how to do it without Daniel finding me. Right now, I am watching A Christmas Story. Did you know that the kid that played Ralphie is now a director and often has small roles in the films he directs? He is in Elf, The Break Up and in Four Christmases. He directed (or maybe produced?) all of them.

How is everyone?

Susan--how are you feeling?

Sarah--what have you been up to when you are not caring for Susan?

Bernadette--that website is very nice. Coleman passed away early Saturday morning and the words his father left on the site are extremely moving.

Olivia--how is winter break?

Kristy--are you still running? I need to start doing something...all the cookies I ate are not helping me maintain my weight!

Mark--where are ya?

Well, if anyone wants to send me a Christmas gift...I guess I'd just like some tinker toys...lol..

Love,
Tricia

Winter Storm

How did all the locals fare in the storm? I chose not to drive into work today because 1) the weather and 2) i had little to do today work-related since the students are gone for the break. NU finally closed at 1:30, but I am guessing many did not drive in due to the road conditions. All the Niagara County schools except for Lew-Port closed early this morning, so I figured if they were all closed, it was not a good idea to drive! Plus, Bob was not working today because he was giving a presentation 10 minutes away so we go to spend the rest of the day together, and its his bday, so that was nice. Only 2 ppl showed up for his presentation anyway, so they ended up postponing it until April and briefly spoke about his company to the two poor souls that came.

Tricia and Jenn- how is your weather there?

Tricia- what a nice blog for Coleman. So many people have visited that sight! I hope he improves.

Well, we are considering going out to eat for Bob's bday since the snow stopped. gotta run!

Bernadette

If you get a minute...

I am posting a link to a blog. The guy mentioned, Coleman, is a friend of my friends. He was serving in Iraq when he became sick and it doesn't look too good for him. He can use some prayers if you have the time.

http://www.rootingforcoleman.blogspot.com/

I don't mean to be a downer but there isn't much else to do to help him.

Thanks,
Tricia

PS--I hope you are all doing well!

Do No Harm

is part of the hippocratic oath. That is ridiculous. My dad used the same one as me and went in around 20 minutes to closing and got right in and out. The one you went to sounds like they closed early and did not want to admit it. I would file a complaint with the BBB, or the medical board if you know the doctor's name. Do you have any others around you?

I am, thankfully, feeling much better. I still have a slight residual cough and a runny nose at times, but otherwise back to the gym and back to normal!

Has anyone else heard of "Feed it Forward" through restuarant.com. It is a great way to give gifts to people who you otherwise wouldn't or could not afford to. Its free! Check it out at www.restaurant.com/FeedItForward I have given to 9 people so far :)

Not much going on at work. The students are done and for the most part, out of the dorms (they kick em out on the 13th) except for the live in RA staff and the students that live in the apartments, and some of the athletes. So I have on average one appointment a day and sometimes a meeting here and there. Our work Christmas party is tomorrow afternoon so we all get together to eat, drink (alcohol too), and be merry. And it is during work hours! Friday our department along with the one next to us (we're close like that) are having our own Christmas potluck. I am making the same meatballs I made for thanksgiving, for those of you who were there. Nice and easy! I work next monday and tuesday too, then have off until the 5th. Not bad. Bob will have off some of the same days as me,which is nice.

Josh and I are going for sushi tonight. we have serioulsy been planning to go now for a year i think, or at least since he got his job at lowes, which was last february. we are finally going tonight! I got a $50 gc for $25 for O reestaurant through one of the local radio stations, which is a sweet deal. I can eat A LOT of sushi, so we will have no problem spending $50! Bob does not like it so it is nice to go with someone who likes it. Last time Bob went to that restuarant he ordered one of the only non-sushi menu items- a cooked whole tilapia fish, which did not fill him up, so then he ordered tempura.... lol...

ok, back to work. Happy almost Christmas to all.

Bernadette

Hello to all!

Hi everyone!

How are you all doing? Ready for Christmas? 10 days left! I am just about done. The kids are done but I still have to get something for my parents. I have a few ideas but I don't know for sure yet. Oh, the doggies are done too! Of course Santa brings them a present too.

Good morning Susan and Sarah! How is the patient? How is the caregiver? Sarah--I told Daniel that you said hello and he said to tell you "Merry Christmas and Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Christmas". He said to tell you too, that "it is almost summer time". So there you go!

Bernadette-how are you feeling? Here's a story for you...I am starting to feel better (thanks to the large doses of Vitamin C, I believe) but I still get tired pretty easy. So, yesterday I was out and I went to stop at this CareWorks place that is similar to what you went to when you were sick. The sign says they are open until four and it was 3:35-3:40. The sign also says to sign in but I can't find anywhere to sign in so I just sit down and wait. I can hear people talking behind the door. Well, after a little while, I know on the door and the doctor comes out and I tell her that I don't see where I am supposed to sign in so I just wanted them to know I was waiting. She said "Oh, I'm sorry but we see our last patient at 3:45 and its 3:48 right now." I said "well, I have been sitting out here for about 5 or 10 minutes." She said to me "that is not possible because I was just out here 5 minutes ago." I just looked at her and said "forget it" and I walked away. I was so pissed! Don't doctors take an oath to treat people? Apparently not if its after 3:45! Bah humbug to her!

Anywho, we took the boys to see Santa on Friday. Andrew wanted nothing to do with him. Daniel was really scared at first too but I got him to talk to Santa and then he warmed right up. He got his picture taken but Andrew did not get in it. It came out cute though.

Ok, well that is all for now! Talk to you soon.

Tricia

Rain drops keep fallin on my head

lol its rainy and sunny in florida today

about the acciedent the driver of the other car was ok too im assuming
my friend, the driver, said that she was told that she wasnt drunk or anything like we assumed from her being such an idiot, but now she owes a lot of money and maybe her insurance will cover it cause the accident was 100% her fault, and we were told we were lucky we didnt swerve even more than we did cause our car could have flipped. i counted my bruises today lol i have 9 and some scratches they're all sore but getting better =]

anyways so i transferred to a different petsmart and ive been working at this one for about a week and i LOVE it lol all the people are awesome and funny and cool and i really like it there.

anyways today is my day off so im applying for scholarships and maybe a school or two

talk to everybody later


loveall
olivia

ps. tricia- the tattoo was my first and it didnt hurt, and hopefully im getting another one soon =]

still on the couch...

hello all! well its just me and susan and cooper again. we are going out to lunch with jeff today, so susan is excited to get out of the house! yesterday i took her to the doctor to get her soft cast taken off and the actual cast put on. and also we stopped at grams for a few hours too!

olivia- we are so happy that you and your friends are ok! was the other driver ok too? how are school and work going?

kristy- so glad that you are back on the blog! its nice to have new posts to read! how was ur budweiser party? anything else going on?

lauren- where are you? we are supposed to be blogging back and forth together!... hope everything is well! tell alex we say hola! lol

where is the pa crew? how is everyone doing there. tricia- tell daniel i say hi! and give him a hug from me, i miss you guys! (andrew too, of course!) jenn- give the girls a hug and kiss from me as well! how is school going for mia?

well thats about all we have!
love and miss you all!
sarah and susan! (aka susarella!!!)

Hello All

Glad to hear susan is doing alright!!!

Bernadette that is awesome about the walk there is one in the clearwater area too in November I think, but I just thought the overnight one sounded like it could be fun for all of us to do together and I guess it is 20 miles and goes all through New York City, so I thought it would be cool. We will see though I am still not sure when it is.

Well I am getting ready to go Amber some friends and I are going to Tampa Stadium for a Budweiser party to watch the Monday night game, so I will talk to you all soon.

Love and Miss you,
Kristy

Accidentally...

So yesterday was Next Big Thing which is a concert held by a local radio station that has around 15 to 20 bands performing annually, this year they had bands like Shinedown, Flogging Molly, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Flobots, Shiny Toy Guns, 3oh!3, and a lot more. and i always get Pit tickets which is like where you can crowdsurf and mosh and stuff and its an all day event, about 13 hours, and starts at 10am. So after about 13 hours of moshing and crowdsurfing and having one of the greatest nights ever lol me and my three friends that went in the same car as me left at about 1130pm. It was one of my friends car and first on the way home we stopped and she filled up her gas tank and then we went to taco bell because we were starvingggg. and by now its midnight and we're in the very right hand lane and literally out of nowhere a lady pulls right in front of us when we were going 50 miles an hour (the speed limit) and we had about 10 feet to brake and we swerved almost completely in the next lane but we still hit her at about 40 miles an hour, quite the impact i might say, right on the lady's driver side door. It all happened so fast but basically we hurried out of the car after i told 2 of my friends to not freak out and just unlock their doors cause our car was smoking. so we got out and i went to check on the other drvier and told my friend who was driving not to come and when i went to her passenger side door were she was flung she was unconscious which scared the crap out of me. But anyway me and my three friends are fine with just a little cuts and bruises and my friends new car totally totaled, she got it on friday. and so far they think the lady that we hit was either drunk or had passed out and let her foot off the brake. so mom and dad came to pick me up and i had to fill out a few thing and we went home which took us about 30 minutes and got back at 2am and i took a shower and had some tea and ended up going to bed at like 3am THEN 2 hours later i woke up to go to school Ugh and i worked 3-10. so i cant wait to go to bed tonight, which i think right now im gonna go take my shower and go to bed


love all
olivia

just sitting around on the couch....

good morning everyone! well its me, cooper and susan here now.... susan is doing ok. she is in alot of pain, until she gives in and takes her pills, (she doesnt like to take them unless she has too.) she gets a little goofy when she does. on wed we get to take a trip to the doctor to get susan a cast, so we will have more of an update on her condition then. (how long she will be off of work (yay!) and stuff like that.) and unfortunatly, susan is on the couch i normally sit on in the mornings while i enjoy my coffee but it hasnt been too bad, shes very entertaining.

well other than that, we dont have much going on here....
love and miss you all!
sarah

Still sick

Hi everyone. Almost everyone at my office is sick. Blah. I went to an immediate care yesterday morning because I was not getting any better and no longer thought I had just a cold. It is like an ER but for non-life threatening conditions. So much better than waiting in my doc's office for 3 hours, plus, the centers are open til 10pm on weekdays and 8pm on weekends. So I was in and out in a little over an hour and came out with a diagnosis (Bronchitis) and an antiobiotic script. So hopefully I am on the mend...

Kristy- there are Out of Darkness Walks all over the nation. I had posted on the blog all about it and did one here in September. It was a day walk and the Buffalo area had the most walkers in WNY! I invited all the cousins to do it but only my parents, Uncle David, and Grace came. Oh well, maybe next year. The overnight one sounds neat. I purchase materials for use at work from American foundation for suicide prevention. It is a great organization.

I am almost done with my christmas shopping...yay! How is everyone else coming along?

We went out and got our tree yesterday. It is a tall (probably 9 feet) blue spruce and smells amazing! Bob and I will decorate it tonight. His parents got a similar one.

This is my last busy week at work until mid-January. It is finals week so I anticipate we might be extra busy with students not coping well with grades and academic pressure and going home for the holidays. So many go home to dysfuctional families... I don't blame them for not wanting to go.

Well, I should go and do something productive (not that blogging isn't productive) before my client arrives. I hope everyone is doing well and is healthy!

Bernadette

So happy...

...to see so many posts here!!!

Hi everyone!!

Susan--how are you? How did the surgery go? Everything ok? I hope you are feeling ok.

Kristy--congrats to your team! They have a good coach. ;-)

Bernadette--how are you feeling? I have the exact same thing as you and so did both of my kids, and my mom, Mike and Mia too! Guess it really is going around.

Olivia--that was you with the tattoo! I really like it. Did it hurt much? Was it your first tattoo?

Sarah--are you taking good care of Susan? Is she hogging the couch in the mornings when you are trying to have coffee? lol... :-)

Today I am working from home. The boys are at school and Dave is working overtime so I am here getting caught up on my work. My goal is get everything corrected as well as to post a few things on ebay that I want to sell. If I get that done, then I want to make peanut butter cookies (the ones with the hershey kisses on them...I must say I make the best ones! lol...)

Did I tell you I have a home office now? We moved Andrew into Daniel's room and then converted his room into my office. I have a nice desk and a chair and my computers. His room also has a big bookshelf built into the wall so I have all my stuff there. I am much more organized and I can get work done in peace and quiet even if the boys and Dave are downstairs. But, we just did all this about 2 weeks ago and last night Andrew learned to climb out of his crib. So now we have to get him a bed. We were hoping to wait another 6 months or so because we wanted to get them bunk beds but they are not ready for that yet. I guess we'll have to buy another toddler bed for Andrew until they are big enough for bunk beds and this way we can save up a little too.

That's about all here. I hope you all have a good weekend. Do you have snow? We haven't had any here except a few flurries and a dusting. I wish it would snow so I could be more in the spirit of Christmas. Dave said I must sick because I don't want to put our tree up yet. Usually I start asking to put it up in July!

Bye for now!
Love ya's,
Tricia

OMG!!! I'M BACK

Hey all it's me Kristy, yes I know some of you are thinking Who? but yes I am still here!!! lol!! Well not much to say but I am glad to be back on the Blog, oh I updated the photo on our profile so it is a picture of all of us!!! I want to let everyone know about something I have been researching and think would be awesome for us all to do together. It is called The Out Of The Darkness Overnight Walk, it is affiliated with the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention. It is held once a year in Seattle and New York City. I am waiting for an email back from the organization, so when I get all the info I will update you. The 2008 walk was in June, so I hope this year's is around the same time. Well not much else to say, oh my Basketball teams last game is tomorrow and if we win our record will be 9-3 to end the season, not bad for a bunch of soccer and volleyball players!!! :-)

Well I am going to say goodbye for now and I love and Miss you all,

Kristy

Hello!

Hi everyone!! How's it going? Pretty good here, it's my last day at work for a month...I am a little sad because I really like my co-workers and will probably miss them, but hopefully laying on the couch all day will help me get over that! haha

So Lauren did go back to Colombia on Saturday. She had a layover in Miami for like 6 hours, which ironically Katy was there visiting her boyfriend's family for Thanksgiving. So Katy and Chris picked Lauren up at the airport for a few hours to hang out!

Hahah Bern that is so funny about Bob's niece, thinking you resembled a black person....know what else? Lauren's nephews on her other side call her Uncle Lauren....that's funny you get called Uncle as well!

Alright, well back to finish up work, I have to pack up my desk and get all of my away messages ready.

Love you,
Susan

Howdy cousins

Hi all.

I am at work on my lunch break eating soup, which I almost never eat but I am sick so it helps my throat feel better. My boss is cute- he told me to take care of myself and stay home, but it is the last week of classes so it may be the last time I meet with my clients until next semester unless they come in next week which is finals (so a lot cancel because they are so stressed), so it is a bad week to be sick in this business. I left an hour early yesterday and will today, but will see all my scheduled clients. If I felt worse I would stay home but right now I have a dry cough, sore throat, a bit achy, and a runny nose/sneezing. Could be worse. One of my clients cancelled today because he had been throwing up all night. That would be worse!

Anyway... the pics of Uncle David's wedding are beautiful. I was all set to order a bunch until i realized the cheapest (4 by 6) costs $10 each! Forget it.

So, where is Lauren now? I read in Sarah's post that she went back, so I am assuming Colombia, but there was mention of Katy? Did she have a layover in Tampa?

How was everyone's thanksgiving. I was happy that Bob and I had dinner at G'mas then dessert at his family's. I like the food at G'mas better, of course. His little cousin who is usually very active laid on the couch with a headache the whole time that I was there. Later we found out she has strep (spelling?) throat. I hope that is not what I have.

So cute story- little Annaleha (now 3.5 years but cognitive functions at a year earlier) was watching a show with a Black choir and she looks at the one soloist that they did a close up on and said- Uncle Det!! (which is what she calls me) So she thinks I resemble a Black person- too cute. I had just washed my hair and it was curly and a bit unruly, so I could see the resemblance. Bob's family thought it was hysterical. She calls me uncle Det because, I think, she is so used to saying Uncle Bob and knows we go together so naturally, I would be Uncle too. Another funny story- I went to the bathroom during dinner Sunday and she tries to follow me in and open the door (lucky I had locked it) and screamed "BERNADETTE!" So sometimes, she gets my name right. She has an obsession of shutting herself in a room such as the bathroom and turning off the light (brave kid) and knocking on the door. Don't think she understands yet what the rest of us use the bathroom for :)

Anyway, got to finish my lunch and get back to work.

Hope this finds everyone healthy, happy, and loved.

Bernadette

good morning cousins!

well here i am, hanging out with cooper, drinking some coffe and watching tv...it really is the perfect morning! well life with me has been pretty boring, just alot of working...

how was everyones thanksgiving??? mine was good! i had to cut it short tho, cuz i had to be to work by 345am on black friday! so i tried to go to sleep early, but ended up not being able to fall asleep anyways... black friday at my store was not so bad, didnt mind it at all! did everybody hear about the poor employee at the walmart in manhattan... its sad how people can act towards others. or the two fathers who shot each other at toys r us in front of their wives and children. absolutley rididculous!

olivia- i like the new tatoo! good for you! what did aunt donna say?

lauren- where r u? we r supposed to be blogging together! lol i hope ur trip back was wonderful! did u get to hang out with katy? we miss you!

well uncle dave wanted me to let you all know that you can view the pics from the wedding online. the website is www.saksphotography.com -go to view and order. and then to the nov 8th date it says Lacanilao & Peters. the password to get in is - saks30

well i hope everyone is doing well! love and miss you all!
sarah