Happy Hallloween!

Horroray for Halloween.

First off, I would like to wish my sister C and her husband T a happy anniversary!

Today is one of my favorite holidays. I was lucky enough to attend college at SSC and get to see real Halloween action in the city of Salem, the city of Witches. It was such a blast going through all the haunted houses and seeing the old grave sites. Peoples costumes were so cool. I do miss it. Well, I totally wouldn't drive through it so I guess I don't miss it that much.

Anyway, how things have changed. We don't dress up nor do we get any kids for candy.

Anyone dressing up?

They're taking over

This is W, back again, and I'm now convinced people are getting dumber, computers are getting smarter, and soon people will be moronic slaves walking around doing what our PDA's and home computers tell us.

Proof of which, a woman called and told me she had a Safe Deposit Box at one of the bank's branches, but didn't know which one it was at because her GPS was broken. She didn't need directions, mind you, she didn't even know what town the branch was in.

So basically her car knows where she keeps her valuables but she doesn't. How far away from the take over do you think we are?????

What to do when there's nothing to do

Write a blog of course!

I'm at work right now but our server is down so I can't get to any of my files. Let's all say a community prayer that they let us go home. It's 66° outside and it's prime running weather. 

I just came back from Stop n' Shop. A co-worker mentioned that they were giving free flu shots. Heck, if they're free, I'll get one. Well, there weren't. $30. I don't need one that badly. The happy part of this story is that I had to go there anyways to pick up some things that we forgot to get yesterday. 

I now have to go and look busy. I could walk around the office with papers in my hand looking stressed. That'll kill 5 minutes. I think my water bottle needs to be refilled, another 5. Oooohw, now that I had that water, I'll have to use the bathroom. I won't say how long that took. 

Hmmm, what to do, what to do. . . 

Any suggestions?

All the leaves are brown

Ok, so they're not brown, they're actually beautiful right now. We had a crazy storm last night and a lot of them fell but they still plenty up on the trees.

I took these pictures about a week ago at work. I don't know of any good areas to take pictures in Franklin.

Can anyone suggest a place?

Job update part II and other items on the list

Ok, I still haven't talked to Company X. We've been playing phone tag but I'm going to guess there's still no position open. My contact left a voice mail yesterday and said that he was just checking in to see how I was doing and that I was a talented designer (I'm blushing) and he wanted to keep in touch. I guess this is the thing they call "networking" and well, if I can't get a job at Company X, I sure would appreciate the help from them to get a job at Company Z.  

In other news, we're having a realtor come over to "look at the place" on Saturday. I already told her that we don't want to use a realtor at the time but she's welcome to come over. She sounded kinda flaky so I'm not sure if this will lead to better things — e.i. selling the condo.  

Lastly, I don't like that the days are so short! Getting up at 6am for the gym isn't easy.  I can't run outside anymore, it's too cold and too dark, even at night. Treadmill running is so boring. I can't wait for Saturday, it's supposed to reach at least 50! 

That's it for now, I'll keep you posted on these things and other items on the list that I forgot to mention.

Disconnected

W back again, E hasn't had time to update the Blog so she delegated it to me. Am I the only one who doesn't have anyone to delgate stuff too? Since I'm writing this I guess the answer is Yes.

Nothing really going on with us right now. Red Sox are out of it, so my nightly entertainment is over until Spring. Celtics and Bruins don't really interest me and the Pats are one game a week.

I'm a Red Sox-aholic, and they don't have meetings for us. There should be some sort of winter support group for us. Weekly meetings to discuss offseason moves and help each other through a long winter. "Hi I'm W and and I'm a Sox-aholic, it's been 2 nights since my last Red Sox game." If the "Evil Laugh" thing doesn't work I may just have something to fall back on.

Well, have a good one people and remember — Spring Training is only 5 months away.

Wedding Bells are ringing

We just returned from E's cousin M and his lovely bride S's wedding. The ceremony was beautiful. They were brave enough to have it outside. If only they had the weather we had at our wedding. It was 50 degrees on Saturday night. On our wedding almost exactly a year before it was about 80.

They had the ceremony and reception at Catlin Gardens in Slate Hill, New York. The food and wine were delicious. The cake was really good too. I was so full but I had to try it, I'm glad I did.

Today we went to IHOP with most of the family. We had to wait some time for a table. Apparently, there isn't a lot of places for breakfast in the area. It was good to spend time with the folks I haven't seen in a while.

Here are some pictures of the evening. Enjoy!

I've been tagged

I've been "tagged" - a great way to introduced yourself to other bloggers. (eastc2west2.blogspot.com tagged my blog, so now it's my turn to tag a few other bloggers).

Here are the rules

-Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog

-Share seven facts about yourself on your blog - some random, some weird. 

-Tag seven people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs

-Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blogs.

Boy I hope I do this right.

Here are my seven random facts:

1. I can clap with one hand

2. I was born in the same city as Johnny Appleseed.

3. I love dancing to techno music even if it's just in my living room.

4. I finally mastered brushing my teeth with my left hand. To righties: try it, it's not easy.

5. I grew up wearing glasses and contacts and now because of technology I no longer need either.

6. I'm still friends with a girl I meet in kindergarten.

7. I've been skydiving.

J from Tocci.org

B from East to West

Job update

For people who don't know, I went on an interview this past August for company X. It's in Boston but it would be a good opportunity career wise. Unfortunately, I got a rejection letter. I was bummed but I just thought it was meant to be since I really didn't want to drive into Boston everyday.

A few weeks later there's a message on our machine from Company X. I'm thinking "Geez, did that new person who got the job only work there a few days and left, what kind of company is this".

Well, I called back and they said what happened was that I was way to overqualified for the position. There was however, a new position opening up in September. The HR lady said the Art Director would give me a call if the position was approved.

Since it's October, I sorta gave up thinking because the way the economy is going, the position probably didn't get approved.

Here's the cliffhanger until the next blog, they called back!!! I just have no idea why, I'll keep you posted.

Columbus Day

W back again. E is at work and left me to write the blog. It's my last day of vacation and I'm just taking it easy. I'm doing nothing but watching bad day time TV and eating left overs.

By the way I've found out that every historic event has been covered by the History Channel. While flipping around I came across "The History of Underwear." Now you have to be scraping the bottom of the "Idea Barrell" to come up with that one. Not only that but to allow it to be made and run on your station? How desperate were they?

Yeah, I watched it..... but in my defense, it was the most interesting thing on TV.

Well so long and be thankful for cotton, I've just seen what they used to have to wear.

Vacation Recap

Today is my last day of vacation. W has Monday off because of the holiday. Lucky him.

Our vacation was filled with excellent weather, great cake and wonderful company. The surprise of the week is that we actually played tennis. That's the one thing that I didn't think we'd do.

It was fun but neither one of us had played for at least 10 years. It was probably longer for me and it showed. We lost one of our tennis balls over the fence in the first 10 minutes of playing. It took almost an hour to lose the second one. We quit right after that. My forearms are still killing me. It's been three days since we played, c'mon, I'm not THAT out of shape!

One of the things I didn't accomplish over vacation was making our wedding album. Soooo procrastinating on that one. I guess I'll have to wait for my next vacation.

Overall we had an awesome, relaxing vacation. Neither one of us are looking forward to going back to work. But really, who would?

In the swing of things

W and I went golfing this morning. I haven't been in about 4 months so it was a little rough at the beginning. Anyone who's golfed with W knows that his temper can go either way. Sometimes he's like "eh, I can do better" and other times it can go like "@*!!#&". We only did nine holes so there wasn't much swearing by him. By me, on the other hand. . . did I mention I hadn't played in 4 months?

The thing I hate the most about golfing is the stress I feel at each tee. W can get mentally ready, he takes his time, sometimes there's someone still out on the green so he has to wait for them to be out of hitting range. By the time he hits his ball, it's my turn and with all that waiting there's now people behind us. The people behind us are watching me. There's no dilly dallying getting mentally ready. I have to hurry. You have to realize, I hit the ball about 3x more than the average player. The people waiting are now aware of that because I just hit my ball off the tee only to have it land 2 feet in front of me. Then I take out my 3 iron and, if the golfing gods are with me, it goes at least 100 yards. It did but into the woods.

Today's outing wasn't so bad. There were people behind us and W suggested us having them play through but I've seen that situation go poorly so I said no. They ended up being really slow so there was no stress for me.

Why do I play if I get so stressed? I love to play outside. Oh, and you burn major amount of calories, especially the way I play.

Vacation Rocks

Well, it's "W" back again. On vacation and loving it. I haven't had to wear pants yet this week...... Shorts people, get your minds out of the gutter. It's crowded in here.

Anyway, I've been doing my classes on the computer and they are going well. E and I are planning to do some golfing tomorrow. I haven't played in over a month so it should be a high scoring affair. May be the last time I get out until the spring though.

By the way no bites on my Craig's list post, don't know if it's that there's no demand or if evil villains don't do Craig's List. I'll keep you updated. W out and remember shaken not stirred.

Happy Anniversary to us!

Today is our one year wedding anniversary. We are celebrating with our cake top and a bottle of wine we got as a gift. Yup, We're hopped up on sugar with a heavy buzz. Not sure where this blog will go.

Just kidding. Well, sorta. We had some cake and it was awesome!!! Especially the frosting. So, yes, I am having a little sugar rush right now. You should see how fast I am typing.

Tonight we are going to the Cheesecake Factory. Yum! I can't wait for my favorite sandwich. W bought me a skirt so I will be wearing that. I'm assuming he'll be wearing the awesome Patriots shirt I got him. He looks so cute in it!

We can't believe it's been a whole year. It went by fast but that's probably because we were having fun. Yup, that kind of fun;)

I'm back

E told me I had to do the blog today, so W is back. "W" I feel like I belong in a James Bond film, "OO7 meet W. He's Q's assistant." What would W do?? I mean M is in command.... Q builds the cool gadgets... I'm a letter not a number so I'm not a field agent... low in the alphabet.... W would be in charge of what, refreshments???

Actually I do have a really good evil villain laugh, but I really don't have the ambition for world conquest, and no where near the patience to plan the actual villainy. Maybe I could hire myself out to evil villains who don't have good evil laughs... Dr. Asthma or Baron Monotone. That would be a good gig. Wait in the wings for the villain to do his whole evil monologue, he gives me the signal, "evil laugh", then I'm done. I get paid and I'm out of there before the hero escapes and takes everyone down. Wonder if it would pay any good. Maybe I'll put it on Craig's List.

Vacation here we come!

W and I are on vacation starting at 6pm tonight. Woo-hoo! We're not doing too much but have little things planned here and there. Mostly, W will be doing his on-line classes. To stay out of his way and not be a distraction, I made a few plans of my own. Tuesday, I'll be going up to Leominster. Wednesday, I'll be going out with U. We didn't make any definite plans so I'm just assuming there will be lunch and shopping involved. No complaints here!

W has promised that he'll play tennis with me sometime during the week. Let's see if that remains true. I bought a tennis racket this Spring and I've yet to use it. I'm also hoping to golf. I'm sure W is too. 

Oh and one thing I forgot to mention, Monday is our first year wedding anniversary. We are planning a night on the town. What town, we don't know, but it'll be at night. 

Short Days

I've been getting kinda lazy lately in the morning with my running. It's still warm out but soooo dark and I totally don't want to get out of my bed. It's scary outside when it's dark.

Though it's been pretty light out to run after work, I think yesterday was my last to do so. It wasn't super dark but I didn't wear my safety reflector vest thingy and well, I cut it short. I run on pretty busy roads and the last thing I need is to be unseen by a car.


I set my alarm 20 minutes later than normal this morning and it did just the trick. I had no problem getting up. It was still dark but no so scary.
Fall is definitely one of my favorite times of the year, the sights and smells and everything that goes with it. Well, except for the lack of sunshine.



BTW, the new sneaks are fabulous.