NYC

Back to reality!

Heather and Brock are gone :( we just got back from taking them to the airport just a little bit ago. I already miss them so much! We had SO MUCH FUN together. We spent our first 3 days in NYC and then drove back to Ithaca to show them our little town!

I thought initially Heather and Brock were going to want to stay in NYC LONGER then we did but they were just ready to leave that busy city as soon as we were! NYC is SO BUSY and fast and EXPENSIVE!!! We had a great time EATING and eating some more! We went to a comedy show one night that was pretty good, shopped, ate lots of food, went to ground zero, took lots of cab rides, saw the empire state building, went to a taping of Live with Regis and Kelly- and a lot more!

Our hotel was really nice! It was called The President Hotel in Times Square it had a lot of fun "president" decor and was modern and cool. We shared an awesome suite with Heather and Brock- fun times! We were LITERALLY right in Times Square so we had constant noise and people everywhere but it was fun (for just 2 nights!) we couldn't have stayed there any longer I don't think! Don't worry I "let loose" of my "eating habits" and gained like 3-4 lbs JUST in NYC! :) Back to my eating good again though!

We got back to Ithaca Friday evening and just sat down on the couch- watched 3 days of American Idol and bought a pizza :) it was great except I WAS SO SAD that my favorite singer, Alex Lambert was kicked off :( I don't even want to watch the show anymore- they should call it "popularity idol" b/c its obviously not about keeping the people with good voices anymore.

We showed Heather and Brock where T.J. works in Cornell, did a little shopping downtown, took them to a couple of our favorite restaurants, rented a couple movies, saw Shutter Island (SO GOOD- not scary!), and just HUNG OUT and had a great time with amazing friends. T.J. took Brock out to the woods a couple times with the dogs too and hopefully I can get some of the pictures Brock took b/c he got some AWESOME shots.

Troy got here to Ithaca on Sunday and he'll be here till Saturday- brother bonding time :) It makes it a little easier having him here even though Brock and Heather left b/c we aren't completely alone!

Say a little prayer for me tomorrow! I start my "new job" at the optometrist!

Ace face

I was awakened this morning by T.J. telling me Ace was hurt... THE LAST THING I WANT TO HEAR IN THE MORNING! :( But hey it did POP me right out of bed... maybe T.J. should start telling me horrible startling things every morning to get me up really fast! :) (okay KIDDING!)

Long story short Ace is fine! BUT he was very bloody! I'm not sure WHAT he got in a fight with last night but whatever it was I think punctured his little head in a couple places by his ear and it wouldn't quit bleeding until we cleaned it up. We put him in his cat crate for the morning just so he could rest and not irritate the wounds and start bleeding all over our house. This reminds me I need to go wipe down the bathroom a little more extensively b/c he was shaking blood EVERYWHERE.

P.S. Does the smell of blood not make you want to gag? That copper/metal smell was making my stomach turn this morning! Ew!!!!

Needless to say I'm thanking God that he is okay- we love our pets so much! I'm sure most of you know that Troop and Jade escaped for a day when the weather was horrible and after 5-6 hours of pure torture and me breaking down they finally made their way back home soaking wet and a little beat up- they had WAY too much fun running around all day. I think everyone was worried for our sanity if the dogs didn't make it back home- but they did! :) Love those guys.Thank you Lord for giving us sweet pets to love on and make our lives more enjoyable!!!!

and I love Boy our kitty too even though I didn't upload a picture of him ;)