Nothing much

On Saturday, Stanley and I tried snowboarding for the first time. We thought we could get the "Mountains of Fun" deal for $25, only to find out you needed a coupon from Dick's or McDonald's. So we got to pay $42/ea. instead.  Stanley is a natural it seems when it comes to the board. I, on the other hand, am not.  I just kept falling a lot. Soon my wrists were hurting because I kept catching my falls with them. At this point, I got worried that I was going to really injure them and not be able to work.  I didn't even make it down the bunny slope. Fall after fall, and no one around to help...I took of my board and walked down the bunny slope (sigh).  Where was stanley to help me, you ask? On the ski lift above me as I was walking down.

Sunday....really really sore. Could barely move but I made it to church.


Yesterday, I found the lock to the dumpster in the snow behind the dumpster. YAY!!  Went to go see the Blind Side at the Cinema Saver. It was a very good movie

Today, just went to work. Came home. Went to Weis' to get marshmallows, and ended up waiting 20 minutes in the Express lane!! Once home, made rice crispy treats for stanley, read Rachael Ray magazine til Stanley came home.

My Day

My  hairdryer broke today.

I washed my queen size quilt at the laundromat.

Received a snow complaint from the town on Endicott.

I found out K-mart doesn't have rock salt, Rite Aid does.

Watched "Conspiracy Theory" that says the H1 N1 vaccine was given to cause infertility.

Now, I don't ever want to watch that show again. I just want to live in my own little world.  Sure hope I can have kids still.

Wednesday: 360

Driving to work this week has been quite a challenge. All three days so far have started out fine in Endicott, then once I hit Harford the roads get bad all the way until work. Well today I was on route 13 about 10 minutes from work, went to put my brakes on because the traffic was stopping and did a complete 360. I was so scared. I immediately thought I was going to get it from people behind me and the traffic in the oncoming lane. Thankfully, God was there. Neither the people behind me or the cars in the oncoming lane hit me.  What a miracle in my eyes.  I even had enough room to fully turn around, wave to the nice people for not hitting me and keep on my way to work. I hope that the rest of the winter doesn't follow this trend though. As I got a little further down the road, there was another in the ditch and someone trying to help them reverse out of the ditch. Then I was taking the trash out to the dumpster at work and there is a padlock on it. After unlocking it, I forgot to take it off the chain. So after I closed the lid, the lock was gone. Dug in the snow, no luck. Peeked in the dumpster, no luck. Decided to just leave it and buy a new one. Bought a new one, and then was told we need that specific lock because the garbage company has a master key to all the locks. So....someone still has to find the lock.  Can I  say....not me....? I don't want to dig through the dumpster....   It was a bad day.

Police

I walked Logan as soon as I got home from work today around 6:40 p.m. then came home and did dishes.  Stanley had his last night of English class and got out of class early. So we went out to Tully's for dinner. When we came home I took Logan for another walk. He got scared of some water trickling from a pipe took me into the HSBC parking lot. We passed through the drive thru window and then pass the teller's windows. I noticed a woman in the bank. It was 9:50 P.M. !!! I then proceeded to notice a car parked next the corner of the building that had Virginia license plates. I thought it was odd and maybe I should alert the police. I came home and told Stanley to see what he would say. I thought he would tell me not to bother the police but he thought it rather strange too. So I looked up the non-emergency line for Endicott police and called them. He wanted to know the type of car, what the woman was wearing, if she was white or black, her hair color, etc... I feel good knowing I was being attentive on my walk and that I did my good citizen act of the week, month, year...who knows...just not too often do I get to do something like this. So then I can see the bank from the spare room up stairs, I went to look to see if I could see the cops but I couldn't. Its like a cliff hanger except I don't ever get to find out what happened. I asked stanley if I could call the police back and ask but he said no. :(

A Year in Review

Stanley and I on New Year's Eve 2008 at the Silo with our family

1/24/09 Motorcycle Show in Syracuse

Our foster dog, Bentley, that we had for 3 months

March 2009 Wine Tour and still studying for boards

St. Patty's Day in NYC with Ashley and Stanley

Studying for boards. I had lots of company. :)

4/30/09 Found out I had passed National Boards. Celebrating at TGI Fridays

May 2009 Bronx Zoo with Charlye and her friend

Graduation!!

Vacation 2009 (Myrtle Beach, Charleston, Savannah, Atlanta and a little place in GA)

GOOD TIMES!

White water kayaking in NC on vacation. The water was frigid.

July 2009 Binghamton Air Show. Got to see the Blue Angels

 Labor Day 2009 Myrtle Beach

October 2009 Stoughton's Farm Corn Maze

Halloween 2009 Everyone except my brother (he's taking the picture)

Thanksgiving 2009

Logan Lorfils | A Dog Named Christmas

Logan Lorfils | A Dog Named Christmas

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What a drive home.

My ride home tonight was quite horrible but it could have been worst now that I look back.  But while I was driving I was just expecting the worst.  Left work around 5:10 pm, got on the road. About 15 minutes into my ride, my check engine light came on.

A little background info: There a town called Harford Mills. I don't think it really qualifies as a town though, more like just a hill.  This hill is my dreaded spot.  This is because you can't see what is coming over the crest of the hill until you are on the crest of it. It a "blind" hill.  So each time I drive over it, I imagine that someone will be in my lane and it will be a head on collision.

Today when I was approaching this "town", there were firetrucks, ambulance, etc. I was sitting in a small lane of traffic because it had just happened.  I turned off my radio, cracked my window to ease drop, and got my GPS ready to detour.  While my window was cracked, I heard the sound of something rustling in the leaves in the woods to the right of me.  I thought it might be a deer, so I looked, only to see a shirtless human scattering through the woods with a flashlight.  Very freaky. It made me think that it was some type of man hunt. And he was the one they were hunting.

The firefighter lady then got my attention and told me to take a left.  So off I was to putting all of my trust in the GPS to get me home.  The back roads were pitch black and very creepy. The only thing out there was some trailers.  While I was on them, I noticed that my gas was below a 1/4 of a tank.  I knew I should have filled up my tank this morning.  1/4 tank of gas is fine if you know where you are going.  Its not so reassuring if you have no clue where you are.    So as I was on this road after I noticed my gas, my imagination really took off. I thought <oh great, here I am on back roads with a check engine light and less than 1/4 tank of gas.  Watch my car is going to either break down or just run out of gas, and then I will try to call for help and have no signal because I never have signal in this "town".  Even if I get a hold of someone, I don't know where to tell them I am.  Then I will just be stranded and that strange man in the woods who is being hunted is going to come and kill me, chop me up and no one will ever find me>. So I made it onto Route 79 but still had no real bearings. I then saw a sign that said Center Lisle.  Still not sure how I got from Harford Mills to Center Lisle.

In Lisle, I got stuck behind a school bus. Please mind you, it is now 6 pm.  Why are kids just getting off the school bus at 6 pm?? The roads are dusty, the air reeks of manure, the skies are dark, and I just really want to get home.  Finally the road spits me out onto Route 26 in Maine.  At this point I'm getting a little more comfortable but still not fully orientated.  Then I pass 38b. Boy was I happy to see that. Now I had all of my directional bearings back.

So I made it home. No car broke down. Did not run out of gas. No psycho killed me (although he may still be out there in the woods).

Home Sweet Home.
I really do have quite a vivid imagination when things lend themselves to it.