Touch Me

Yes, I really did that to my iPod. Yes, I know I'm a dork.

Wacky Wednesday

Actually it's not been that Wacky, but I certainly feel it. For whatever reason I felt like I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. I spent all morning being bitter and crabby for no apparent reason (well maybe there were a couple, but nothing I should be upset/care about). I needed to get out of the office and eat. Sometimes I think just being inside all day is enough to drive me crazy. Mason and I went out for lunch and stopped by Best Buy on the way back to the office. I picked up the new Rascal Flatts CD, which totally made my day. Right now I'm ripping all the songs onto my new TM (Touch Me) and looking forward to the drive home, windows down, jamming to my new tunes. I'm such a geek like that...

Happy early Birthday to Me!

I bought it. I've been holding out for a new iPod ever since my Nano went on the fritz last year. I saw the Apple promo for the iPod touch and I was sold. I saw the 8 Gig model on sale last week in Columbus, but all the 16 gig models had come and gone, so I behaved myself and waited. Less than one week later and $426.93 poorer, I'm the proud owner of a 16 gig iPod Touch Me.



So far I'm pretty happy with the my purchase and after spending the last 2 hours loading it with whatever music I had on disc (poor timing as Adam's computer crashed with all my music this past weekend) and on my work computer, I'm up and running. Mason was kind enough put some movies from his iPhone on my iPod so I think I'm off to a good start.

September is flying by...

After a trip to Ohio this past Tuesday, and a hectic end to the work week, I was ready for the weekend. With plans for Friday night and Saturday I was promptly out the door at 5:00pm Friday afternoon to get a manicure and pedicure to start my weekend right.
I made it home around 6:30 with enough time to change and make myself look presentable for dinner. Adam and I drove to our friends house in Clifton and then drove together to the Ruth's Chris in Weehawkin. They had an amazing deal going on for restaurant week where you got a salad, your steak (I got a filet), a side dish and desert for $35.00. The steak was phenomenal and our waiter informed us that Eli Manning was sitting several tables away. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see him but just knowing he was several yards away is enough of a celebrity siting for me.
After dinner we headed home and being that we were so full and content we fell asleep around 11:00pm.
Saturday we got up and headed into the city with Fink and Sarah with plans to meet up with Kendra and tailgate in Central Park with the other NYC Alums. The second we stepped out of the Subway @ 86th the clouds opened up and it started to pour. We decided against going to Central Park since the rain didn't seem like it was going to let up anytime soon. Instead we made our way over to Blondies early and grabbed a table before the hordes of people arrived. We got food and drinks and the party was underway. By the time the game actually started at 3:30pm, we were at least 8 pitchers deep and excited for what turned out to be a great game. The Spartans beat the Fighting Irish and are now 4-0 for the season. This upcoming weekends game against Wisconsin will arguably be their most difficult game, but I'm hoping that we can again pull off another win. Kendra and I will meet you at Blondies...


The best looking table at Blondies :)


On Sunday, Adam and I went to Costco, Trader Joe's, did laundry and picked up around the house. I also started on "A Thousand Splendid Suns" which is turning out to be even better than Khaled Hosseini's first Novel "The Kite Runner." I'm actually looking forward to getting home and going to the park to read. Is it just me or isn't reading so much more enjoyable when you're outside?
Other than tonight it seems I have a pretty exciting week and weekend to look forward to. I'm planning on catching a movie w/ Adam tomorrow night, babysitting on Wednesday and Friday night, going into the city w/ Kendra on Saturday and going to see "Across the Universe" on Sunday. I'm pretty geeked for the week/weekend ahead and it's only Monday!

Semi-Relaxing Weekend

On Friday night I went out for a much needed drink with some friends from work. Adam and Walt ended up meeting up with us since Adam had dropped my car off at the dealership and forgot to pick it up. We made it home fairly early for a Friday night and got to bed early enough that I was up by 7:00am on Saturday.
Saturday morning we went out for Breakfast and picked up my car. I had Adam take my car in for an oil change on Friday and also to complain that when they resurfaced my routers last month it didn't seem to work as my wheel was still shaking/vibrating when I would break at high speeds. So he takes it in, and when I go to pick it up they had replaced my routers at no charge (well I guess it was kinda no charge since I had just paid $300.00 for the original work to be done). Anyways, I was happy and it looks like Adam will be taking my car in for all of its work. I really hate how service shops try to screw women!
After picking up my car we went to the mall before it got to be too packed. I picked up a couple things and we headed home to watch the MSU game. Sarah and Fink came over and we watched the Spartans win their 3rd game of the season (it was a little too close of a game, but I'm glad we pulled it off). We also watched UofM kill ND which didn't make us too happy.
Saturday night I had to babysitt and then I came home and tried to go to bed. Adam was in the city with Walt so I was up worrying about him for most of the night, but since I had a fairly relaxing day it didn't seem to effect me too much since I was up around 7:00am on Sunday.
I got a pretty early start to my day on Sunday and took the Ferry into the city to meet up with Justin and Kendra. We ended up having lunch and then heading into midtown to meet up with Justins friend Yoav. We hung out and got Mexican food for dinner. I wish I was feeling better otherwise I probably would have ate more. I think stress, being sick and other things have made me a little nauseous lately, but I'm sure that will get better with time. It ended up being a really fun day and I'm glad I decided to do something yesterday so my weekend wasn't a complete wash.
Tomorrow I'm heading to Ohio for work, but the rest of the week looks pretty open. I'm looking forward to Satruday when we're going into the city to tailgate and watch the MSU/ND game. Lets hope the Spartans can make it 4-0 this weekend...

University of Michigan

What size battery does it take to shock a Wolverine?

1-AA



Two weeks later and it still doesn't get old. Maybe it's the fact that just this past weekend Michigan lost to Oregon in it's worse loss since 1968. Either way I'm happy. Go Blow!

iPod Touch Me

For my birthday I'm going to be buying an iPod Touch as a Happy Double Dozen Bithday present for myself. Since Verizon doesn't offer the iPhone, this seems like the next best thing and ever since my nano broke over a year ago I've been holding out for something that could take its place. I'm very geeked about my new iPod and will be counting down the days until September 28th when it goes on sale.
For those of you who may be reading this and noticing that there are only 25 short days left until my Birthday (Mom, this means you), please feel free to make a cash (or check) donation to me which will be put towards my highly anticipated 16GB iPod Touch Me.

Sick

It's only the beginning of the day on Wednesday and I'm dying for it to be the weekend. I woke up at 5:00am with bad congestion that is still bothering me. I want to curl up in my bed with a good book and let the cool September breeze and sunshine in through the window. I want to fall asleep and not have to worry about emails and meetings. I want to eat grilled cheese and watch Price Is Right all morning (is that show still on now that Big Bob is retired?).
But here I sit, at work, tired and sick and wanting to be anywhere else...

Carl visits!

This past weekend one of my closest friends from high school came to visit. Carl has been Kendra and I's friend since 9th grade. He's one of the funniest people I know and my favorite Pacific Islander!
Anyways, Carl flew in Friday afternoon with his friend from K-Zoo, Marc. After getting stuck in traffic on the Tri-boro bridge on my way to LaGuardia and then getting stuck on the Major Deegan on our way back to my apartment, Carl and Marc arrived safely into NJ around 8:00pm. We picked up a couple pies and some beer and begun our weekend together at my apartment. After much deliberation about what to do that night we decided to venture into the city to kick off our weekend.
We introduced Carl to one our our favorite spots in the city, Kevin St. James (KSJ as we commonly refer to it). After grabbing some drinks there and filling our stomachs with drunk munchies we were on our way back to NJ. It was an early night for us, but we knew we had a pretty busy weekend ahead of us.
On Saturday we got ready and headed into the city again. We ate lunch at another one of our favorite places in NYC, Burritoville. There are several small Burritoville locations throughout the city and every person Kendra or I have brought there has not been disappointed. After lunch we met up with our friends Fink and Sarah at Dave and Busters. I'm not a huge fan of spending the afternoon inside playing video games but we were sweaty and gross and the air conditioning felt great. We played lots of games and Sarah and I even hit the big wheel spot for 1,000 tickets. The beers were big and decent priced, and super refreshing. They went down so smooth and it turned out to be such a fun afternoon. We spent our "winnings" on some shot glasses, pint glasses and "grillz". I ended up leaving the shot glasses and pint glasses at a bar later in the night, but Carl and Marc kept their grillz and I'm hoping they can make an excellent edition to their Halloween costumes.
After leaving Dave and Busters we headed back to Hoboken for dinner and to meet up with a couple more of our NJ friends. We were all pretty worn out but it felt good to eat. My friend Jodi met up with us. She's been in Key West all summer so it was good to catch up. Our friend Walt also met up with us. Carl and Marc were pretty tired, but they rallied and we ended up catching the last train from Hoboken back to my apartment.
On Sunday I drove Marc, Carl and Kendra out to Port Jefferson. On our way our East we stopped by one of Kendra's favorite restaurants (if you can even call it a restaurant) in Roslyn. Hummus World's menu is simple. The food is fabulous, and the traffic is never ending. There were a minumum of 15 people crammed into this small eatery at all times. They were featured in the NY Times last year and since then they've gotten many more loyal customers. I'm pretty sure you can add my name to that list!
After lunch we went to a couple wineries (see my previous post) and then grabbed dinner and desert (Ralph's Italian Ice... yum) back in Port Jefferson.
I'm pretty sure Carl had a good time visiting. It was great to catch up with an old friend and I hope he didn't mind eating and drinking his way through NY and NJ!

Below are some pics from our weekend:


Me, Carl, Kendra and Adam at KSJ


Carl, Kendra and I


Me with my "winnings"


Beer at Dave and Busters


Carl and Marc with their "grillz"


Jodi and I in Hoboken


Carl, Kendra and Marc in Hoboken


Hummus World

LI Wineries

This past weekend my friend Carl visited from Detroit. I'm not going to post about our fabulous weekend yet because I'm waiting on pics from Kendra, so be sure to stay tuned for the deets.

I would however like to rave about last night and the fun we (or maybe it was just me) had at the Long Island wineries. The LI wineries are located on the North Fork of Long Island about 2 hours east of NYC, and about 40 minutes from Kendra's apartment. Kendra is a wine club member at one of the wineries and has gotten pretty familiar with all the "pourers" at many of the nearby wineries. You can buy wine by the glass or flight and it's actually a pretty decent value. Kendra, Carl, Marc and and I ended up buying two bottles of wine which we enjoyed outside on the winery patio. The wineries even let you bring your own food to picnic with, or at Kendra's winery they serve the wine with this really good Asiago cheese.

In 3 weekends I'll be back at the wineries with my mom, Adam, Adam's family and Kendra. I hope the weather will be as enjoyable as it was last night. It was a perfect night with the perfect company and I definitely had a perfect wine buzz.

Holiday Weekends

As much as I like a day off, I don't like the workload that seems to erupt there after. It's Wednesday night after Labor Day weekend and I'm still at the office catching up @ 7:30pm. I guess the only relief I have is that it's only a 4 day week and I get to see Carl this weekend! YAY!

Bah-Sten

This weekend Adam, Kendra and I headed up to Boston to hang out with my cousin Andrea. I haven't seen Andrea in almost a year, so it was great to kick back, hang out and catch up. We ended up spending the majority of the weekend eating, drinking and relaxing. We met some of her work friends and ended up spending a lot of time with them as well. I really enjoy hanging out with my cousin and I love having a piece of my family close (4 hours is a lot closer than the rest of my family).
Below are some highlights/pictures from our weekend. I can't wait to go back to visit again!


Sam Adams Beer Tour (Sat. afternoon)


Cousins (Sat. night at the bar)


Dancing and jumping (Sat. night at the bar)


Adam with the Steinhauser girls @ Gloucester beach (Sunday)


Andrea and I at the beach


All of us at dinner Sunday night


Boston Austin, Kendra and I at Jillians (Sunday night)


Kendra and I on Newbury St (lunch Monday)


JP Licks Ice Cream after lunch - YUM!