Holidays....

Ok, its been a while since I posted anything, but we have been busy. So, I have the camera charged for Thanksgiving! We are heading up to Uncle Lenny's on Thursday morning and staying the night...then Friday is Debbie's Bday! So, we are all taking her out to dinner. Sat...not much. The family is going up to the pocono's and I will post all the pics from the week. So, I will be caught up! I want everyone who reads this post to have a safe and happy holiday! Here's some tips on how to cook a Turkey!

17 Ways To Cook A Turkey

1. Go buy a turkey
2. Take a drink of whisky
3. Put turkey in the oven
4. Take another 2 drinks of whisky
5. Set the degree at 375 ovens
6. Take 3 more whiskys of drink
7. Turk the bastey
8. Whisky another bottle of get
9. Ponder the meat thermometer
10. Glass yourself a pour of whisky
11. Bake the whisky for 4 hours
12. Take the oven out of the turkey
13. Floor the turkey up off of the pick
14. Turk the carvey
15. Get yourself another scottle of botch
16. Tet the sable and pour yourself a glass of turkey
17. Bless the dinner and pass out

My New Obsession!

OMG! These are my new Favorite thing to eat! They are called "Wheat Nuts" but they are not nuts...its an obsession that I can't shake! Only Shop Rite carries them that I know of right now...Try them!

The new Me!

I'm on a roll....well, not literally, but you know what I mean! I'm on a diet, But I don't like to call it that cause I haven't' really been not eating anything cause its bad, I like to call it "portion control". Thats the new diet of 08'. And believe me, it works! I have lost 21 pds since September 22! And I'm not doing anything extravagant. I eat my carb in the morning (cause you have all day to burn it off) and usually a salad, or even a wrap for lunch, and a nice dinner with a ton of veggies. I only eat the portion of it. Not 2 bowls of pasta like I used too, or 2nds on the chicken parm. 1 piece. thats it. And I can't believe the difference. I have failed at every single diet that there is...but this one it different cause im not looking at it as a diet, im looking at it as a changin the way i eat and it is working splendid. Try it...if ya need any advice just ask! I even feel better! Its like a whole new me...

Dana & Billy's Anniversary

Make a Smilebox postcard

Happy One Year Anniversary guys! Many more!!!! Click on each heart to see a different photo!

Exciting News!!!!

Its official! I am perm at the Township! Wooo Hooo! Finally! I have been working here as a "Vendor" so my pays have been pretty sweet since June, but now its on the books, which is even sweeter cause of all the paid holidays, days off, bene's, pension, etc. So, it all worked out, great opportunity for me and now I can retire in 25 years on the dot! Like my husband says, 55 and out! (Unless they have a early buy out then it would be sooner!) isn't government great?

It's Halloween time!!!!

He he...I manage to get this every year in a email...and still it cracks me up all the time!!!!

Sunday, October 5...

My Dad has been passed for 24 years now, and I still think of him everyday. I think of him and my mom together, and what it would have been like today. I remember little of their marriage cause I was little and you don't pay attention to those things when your 7. But I do remember my Dad on the weekends always cooking, always playing goofy, singing around while he cooked. I remember me and my mom in the car going downtown Jersey City to pick him up from work (He worked in the stock market so it was easier I guess for my mom to take him to work and not worry about parking). I remember one day (I'm dating myself here) but he used to put his shaving cream in a cup and making it all foamy and then I would take the brush and smear it all over his face before he shaved....or when I turned 7 I got up and ran in the kitchen and he was making me a big breakfast. He told me turning 7 was very magical, and told me to look at the table and my markers started moving, and I remember feeling so special that day (although now I know he used a string!) but still, its those few memories that I have that 24 years later help me get through it all. It still hurts, and I guess it always will. It hurt more recently when my Mom got sick. That was a reality check beyond reality checks...I lost my dad when I was so young, and now all I have is my Mom and she is sick...WOW! its scary, and I am learning how to deal with it. There are times where I feel like I got jiped, like how come i didn't get to have a Dad when all the rest of my friends did, and there are times where I get so angry cause I see people mistreat there Dad's and they truly don't even know how lucky they are to have them alive and being a part of their lives. I often wonder if he is looking down at me, is he proud? Is he happy for me? Did i respect my mom right, did I make it thought life so far ok? All those things go through my head all the time. But Like i said, I guess they always will. I have a letter that my dad wrote me while he was in the hospital right before he died. Its scratchy writing cause my mom told me he was really sick and he had the IV in his hand when he wrote it. When i look at that letter now, it hurts me still that my dad was in so much pain, so sick and basically he wrote me that little letter and then he passed. (OK, i thought I would have felt better to talk about it, but now i am crying!!!!)
I will take a pic and post it on here that way I can share my Dad with all who never got to know him...I will look for a clear pic to post cause our scanner doesn't work that well...

Last night...

My husband had his monthly cravings...I like to call it "His Man Period". I was sitting on the computer and he goes "I have to have Strawberry Short Cake". Now, anyone that knows my hubby knows he can't stand sweets, hates cakes, cookies, dough nuts, the whole nine yards. But once a month I find Reese's in the freezer for a few hours and all the cookies gone! So, we go over to Marazzo's and he finds the cake, and while in line, he grabs 2 Mr. Good Bar's and a bag of Reese's Peanut butter cups! So, he had his cake, and now he is satisfied. It usually lasts about a day or two! Does this happen to any body else's hubbies once a month? I swear men get their period too!

Dave and Tor...

Were playing in the backyard with those thingy's that fall off the trees...I can't remember what they are called, but if you throw them, they fly like a helicopter...weird...but they were having a blast!

All Day Long!

We tried to get both of us together in a pic, this is what we ended up with...Doesn't the one at the bottom look like I am ready to eat him? LOL!

Dave's 29th Birthday...

was yesterday. He wanted a home cooked meal, so he asked for fried chicken, twice baked potato and string beans, with of course his favorite sweet that he will only eat is brownines. So, we had us plus Debbie and Steve over for dinner. Not a pic from dinner cause it was devoured, but I did manage to get a pic of the brownies...He had a great day. Mom took us all out for lunch to Freddie's and I made the dinner (ok, while I was making dinner Mom made the brownies!) LOL!

Some more pic's from Statue/Ellis Island...

Here are some more great shots from the Weekend! Sorry for the crooked pic of me and Dave, it wouldnt' let me crop it out befrore I posted it! Oh, and the pic of the torch is the original torch that the restored and is inside the base of Lady Liberty...

Our Weekend...

Here I finally got a chance to upload the pics...I have been battling Bronchitus and a sprained ankle and have not felt up to sitting on the computer after I come home from being on the computer all day...

So, here are some pics from Friday at Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty...The name on the wall is my Grandfather's...The Peter Charyak Family. He came over from Ulich, Poland in 1923, he was 7 years old. So, in his honor we bought that spot on the wall

We finally get to see Victoria!

She finally got to come over the house the other day...and when I got home Dave had already picked her up. So, as soon as I walked in the door she wanted to help me make dinner. Again, I got one snap of a pic of the rice she was making before my battery died...she made the pork chops, the rice and the corn with little assistance from me!

Our weekend!

You would never believe it!
We went to Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty on friday. We had a great day, the skies were clear, nice breeze on the boats...it was perfect. So Sat...we decided to go to columbus market and walk around. We get out of the car and i fall on the uneven pavement. I didn't break anything to my knowledge, but my ankle was killing me. So, I hobbled around the market. Sat evening, we did dinner with Dave's Mom cause it was our one year on Sunday and she didn't make it to the wedding. So, then sunday we packed our bags and headed for Atlantic City. We booked a room at the Ramada (Cause the AC hotels were outrageous!) and we head for the boardwalk. It took longer than usual to walk it cause I was hobbling! Then Dave had to sit cause he couldn't breathe right. We get the guys on the boardwalk to push us back to Taj Mahal where we parked and he is now having a full blown Asthma Attack. (By the way, he never carries his inhalers, but his ashtam only acts up when he is sick, and my Aunt brought home a bug on tues that she was fighting). We get in the car and we had to check out of the hotel cause i thought I was going to have to take him to the ER. The refund us the money cause we were only checked in for 2 and a half hours. We drive to his Mom's cause they have the asthma machine. He barely makes it in the door! So, we go home and Monday morning we make appts for the Dr (We go to the same one) cause now I woke up with a hacking cough, and my ankle was really bad at this point. We go to the Dr and he gets another treatment, and I get checked out and now have bronchitus and need a Xray on my ankle. As I was walking out his Dr tells us she will call ahead to RWJ cause she wants him to directly go to the ER cause his breathing was so shallow and pulse ox was so low. So, I drop him at the ER, I run to get the scripts filled, get my Xray of the ankle (which is a soft tissue damage...AKA Sprained, and they tell me I would have been better off breaking my ankle cause I wouldnt' be in the pain that I am in right now) and then run back to the hospital. At that point i was only gone an hour and they only checked him in. So, they take him back, give him some steriods, a treatment and a script (4 hours later). We get home, Im miserable, my foot is killing me, we didnt' eat, he is finaly able to breathe somewhat, so we ordered dinner and had our piece of wedding cake topper that we had in the freezer from the wedding. What an adventure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, I do have some pics from Friday, and Ill take a pic of my ankle, I look like I have two of them! ! ! !