Workin' hard

It's another weekend of working on the house. We're having carpet installed on Monday (yeah!!) so Marc is working on getting the floors ready upstairs. And tomorrow is more painting in the nursery for me (the trim around the windows this time). I can't wait to be able to put all the furniture in there!!!

On my break from cleaning today, I came up with the idea of having a Tet Celebration at our house. This could involve a day-trip to Chinatown in TO for decorations and an excuse to invite a few people over and try some more Vietnamese recipes. Hmmmm, could be a lot of fun! We'll have to see.

Today's quilt squares are from 2 of my friends from work, Kristi and Mike.

Workin' hard

It's another weekend of working on the house. We're having carpet installed on Monday (yeah!!) so Marc is working on getting the floors ready upstairs. And tomorrow is more painting in the nursery for me (the trim around the windows this time). I can't wait to be able to put all the furniture in there!!!

On my break from cleaning today, I came up with the idea of having a Tet Celebration at our house. This could involve a day-trip to Chinatown in TO for decorations and an excuse to invite a few people over and try some more Vietnamese recipes. Hmmmm, could be a lot of fun! We'll have to see.

Today's quilt squares are from 2 of my friends from work, Kristi and Mike.

Tagged!

I've been tagged by Kristin & Chandra! Ok, here we go....

4 jobs I’ve had:

1. receptionist @ a chiropractor's office
2. restaurant hostess (at the same restaurant Marc was a server at, and then we fell in love and lived happily ever after)
3. library clerk
4. school librarian (currently, also the best job in the world)

4 movies watched over and over:

1. You've Got Mail
2. The Family Stone
3. The Cutting Edge (thanks for reminding me about this one Jenna)
4. The Little Mermaid

4 places I’ve lived:
(sadly, I have always lived within a 10 mile radius of my current house other than the 6 months I studied abroad)

1. Kenmore, NY
2. Tonawanda, NY
3. London, England
4. Buffalo, NY

4 shows I watch:

1. The Office
2. 30 Rock
3. Survivor
4. any reality show on MTV or VH1 and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

4 places I’ve been:

1. Paris
2. Amsterdam
3. Barcelona
4. Rome

4 people who e-mail me regularly:

1. co-workers
2. Marc
3. Christa
4. Ideal Bite (daily tips about how to live green)

4 favorite things to eat:

1. anything asian (chinese, sushi, vietnamese, korean)
2. mexican (tacos for dinner tonight!)
3. chocolate
4. movie theatre popcorn

4 places I’d rather be:

1. Meeting my daughter in VN
2. Mexico
3. London
4. warm, sunny beach

4 things I look forward to this year:

1. Meeting my daughter in VN
2. Having a daughter
3. Being a mother
4. Watching Marc become a father

OK, now I get to tag Christa and Courtney (who, by the way, didn't have the baby yet). Have fun!

Tagged!

I've been tagged by Kristin & Chandra! Ok, here we go....

4 jobs I’ve had:

1. receptionist @ a chiropractor's office
2. restaurant hostess (at the same restaurant Marc was a server at, and then we fell in love and lived happily ever after)
3. library clerk
4. school librarian (currently, also the best job in the world)

4 movies watched over and over:

1. You've Got Mail
2. The Family Stone
3. The Cutting Edge (thanks for reminding me about this one Jenna)
4. The Little Mermaid

4 places I’ve lived:
(sadly, I have always lived within a 10 mile radius of my current house other than the 6 months I studied abroad)

1. Kenmore, NY
2. Tonawanda, NY
3. London, England
4. Buffalo, NY

4 shows I watch:

1. The Office
2. 30 Rock
3. Survivor
4. any reality show on MTV or VH1 and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

4 places I’ve been:

1. Paris
2. Amsterdam
3. Barcelona
4. Rome

4 people who e-mail me regularly:

1. co-workers
2. Marc
3. Christa
4. Ideal Bite (daily tips about how to live green)

4 favorite things to eat:

1. anything asian (chinese, sushi, vietnamese, korean)
2. mexican (tacos for dinner tonight!)
3. chocolate
4. movie theatre popcorn

4 places I’d rather be:

1. Meeting my daughter in VN
2. Mexico
3. London
4. warm, sunny beach

4 things I look forward to this year:

1. Meeting my daughter in VN
2. Having a daughter
3. Being a mother
4. Watching Marc become a father

OK, now I get to tag Christa and Courtney (who, by the way, didn't have the baby yet). Have fun!

Back to life

I am feeling soooo much better after one fun-filled weekend. Here's a re-cap...
Friday night not only involved sushi and beer, but we also managed to watch an unexpectedly hilarious movie - The Heartbreak Kid with Ben Stiller. Laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.

So on Saturday we headed over the border for our annual Curling tournament. Here's my team, The Hoser's. (if you're not familiar with the term "hoser", you can click here to educate yourself)

Here I am "throwing" the rock. Like a pro.

In between games, you get to go into the club house and watch everyone else make a fool out of themselves.
Speaking of making a fool of yourself - whoops!

Here's Marc and Brian calculating a strategy. And apparently it was a strategy that worked because "The Hoser's" came in first place!

And the "Ice Pirates" won the team spirit award.


But the competition doesn't end on the ice, there were still plenty of games of Jenga and Catch Phrase to be had! Here's Marc, Jeff and Mark in the middle of a very tense game...
Ooooooh.
And as if that wasn't enough fun for one weekend, I still got to go to my favorite restaurant to celebrate 2 of my friend's birthdays! Great food, drinks and company, how could you go wrong? Needless to say we had a great time!

And as I'm typing this post, I just got a phone call from my brother to tell me that Courtney is in labor again, but this time it's good news!!! I think it was more than 10 weeks ago that she went into labor the first time and she's been on bed-rest ever since. But now the baby should be big and healthy, so instead of this being a scary time, it's a very exciting time. I wonder if he'll be born tonight! I'll keep you posted!

So needless to say, I feel like I've been brought back to life and I think this is going to be a much better week...

Back to life

I am feeling soooo much better after one fun-filled weekend. Here's a re-cap...
Friday night not only involved sushi and beer, but we also managed to watch an unexpectedly hilarious movie - The Heartbreak Kid with Ben Stiller. Laughed so hard I almost peed my pants.

So on Saturday we headed over the border for our annual Curling tournament. Here's my team, The Hoser's. (if you're not familiar with the term "hoser", you can click here to educate yourself)

Here I am "throwing" the rock. Like a pro.

In between games, you get to go into the club house and watch everyone else make a fool out of themselves.
Speaking of making a fool of yourself - whoops!

Here's Marc and Brian calculating a strategy. And apparently it was a strategy that worked because "The Hoser's" came in first place!

And the "Ice Pirates" won the team spirit award.


But the competition doesn't end on the ice, there were still plenty of games of Jenga and Catch Phrase to be had! Here's Marc, Jeff and Mark in the middle of a very tense game...
Ooooooh.
And as if that wasn't enough fun for one weekend, I still got to go to my favorite restaurant to celebrate 2 of my friend's birthdays! Great food, drinks and company, how could you go wrong? Needless to say we had a great time!

And as I'm typing this post, I just got a phone call from my brother to tell me that Courtney is in labor again, but this time it's good news!!! I think it was more than 10 weeks ago that she went into labor the first time and she's been on bed-rest ever since. But now the baby should be big and healthy, so instead of this being a scary time, it's a very exciting time. I wonder if he'll be born tonight! I'll keep you posted!

So needless to say, I feel like I've been brought back to life and I think this is going to be a much better week...

TGIF

It's official. I've just had the worst week of my life. Ironically, there are a few positives to having completed the worst week of your life. #1 - My week was so miserable that I barely had a chance to dwell on the fact that this adoption is taking sooooo much longer than we anticipated and that when we started it almost 9 months ago, we honestly thought that we would be close to traveling at around this time of year. Ha! #2 - It's making this weekend look like it's going to be one of the BEST weekends ever. Here's what it entails:

Tonight I do not plan on getting off of this couch- we are ordering sushi from the joint around the corner and renting a movie. Ahhhh. I do need to be well rested for tomorrow's 2nd annual Curling tournament. Throw all of my bestest work friends and favorite family members into a Canadian curling rink and fun is sure to be had by all. I'll follow up with some intense relaxing all day Sunday. Then I'll enjoy my day off on Monday with perhaps a little shopping, and then end it with a ladies night out at my favorite restaurant - The Left Bank. TGIF.

This sweet quilt square is from one of my best friends from high school, and her family.