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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Azithromycin
Joe wanted a blog, so I will blog. However I just got back from the doctors, and don't even get me started on how I think 98% of them just lie to me because they all tell me different things always, and all give me different drugs and I really don't think any of them know what they're doing. Well normally if I get bronchitis or a viral thing they tell me just to take mucinex d, maybe tylonal or something, but there's nothing that they can do. Well today they've decided that I have the flu. And seriously - this case of the flu really feels the same as any other viral infection I've had. However now there is medicine to give me to make me think I'm feeling better and that they've done something. Not to mention the fact that as per usual, they forced me into taking a pregnacy test (negative) and chest x-rays (which I still don't have the results to, but I'm guessing they'll be negative). So how much money do you think I had to pump into the crazy medical system today? I don't even wanna know.
On a lighter note. Jayme (a friend of mike through Mike) is in Jamaica right now. And we have other friends leaving tomorrow, and she gets married on Saturday. So that is delightful for them, and I wish them the best of luck. It makes me look back on the wonderful things that were our trip. I can't believe that's already 6 months ago, and that last year on good friday Mike proposed to me, and all the different things that have changed this last year. So in the spirit of Joe's lists I've tried to think of a good one. And I think I'm going to try and list some goals for myself.
1) to get out of debt.. some say its impossible. however mike chianese just did it. and my parents are always debt free - so obviously it is possible!
2) to loose weight... the never ending, always haunting goal... however not to be skinny, but to be healthy! maybe even do that crazy marathon that shawn wants to do some day.
3) to build up complete productions so much, that i can have that as my main job.
4) to travel more. now i cant do this right now because 1 & 3 need to be a little more fullfilled, but eventually I'd love to be able to travel a lot. and see more of the world and just take the time to discover as well as relax.
5) love myself. yeah it's nerdy, but its something that needs to be done always.
So thats what I've got. Lately I've really noticed how much I appreciate Mike. Like I can't explain why really, beside the obvious reasons, and he hasn't gone above and beyond in any way lately - but he really is just simply amazing. I admire him so much, and yet he really knows just what to say lately to make me love him even more. I think the best trait that you can find in a spouse, is someone that will make you find the best in yourself. Someone that you can be with and think that you can conquer the world. And I don't know what in him makes me feel like that, but he does. So yeah, I'm just being annoyingly cheesy so I'll stop now. And really after all this Alana stuff, and everything else going on, people seem to think I've gotten all godly, but I guarentee that that is not the case. However I think that I am taking things in a new perspective... trying to better myself or something. Life is like a box of chocolates...
On a lighter note. Jayme (a friend of mike through Mike) is in Jamaica right now. And we have other friends leaving tomorrow, and she gets married on Saturday. So that is delightful for them, and I wish them the best of luck. It makes me look back on the wonderful things that were our trip. I can't believe that's already 6 months ago, and that last year on good friday Mike proposed to me, and all the different things that have changed this last year. So in the spirit of Joe's lists I've tried to think of a good one. And I think I'm going to try and list some goals for myself.
1) to get out of debt.. some say its impossible. however mike chianese just did it. and my parents are always debt free - so obviously it is possible!
2) to loose weight... the never ending, always haunting goal... however not to be skinny, but to be healthy! maybe even do that crazy marathon that shawn wants to do some day.
3) to build up complete productions so much, that i can have that as my main job.
4) to travel more. now i cant do this right now because 1 & 3 need to be a little more fullfilled, but eventually I'd love to be able to travel a lot. and see more of the world and just take the time to discover as well as relax.
5) love myself. yeah it's nerdy, but its something that needs to be done always.
So thats what I've got. Lately I've really noticed how much I appreciate Mike. Like I can't explain why really, beside the obvious reasons, and he hasn't gone above and beyond in any way lately - but he really is just simply amazing. I admire him so much, and yet he really knows just what to say lately to make me love him even more. I think the best trait that you can find in a spouse, is someone that will make you find the best in yourself. Someone that you can be with and think that you can conquer the world. And I don't know what in him makes me feel like that, but he does. So yeah, I'm just being annoyingly cheesy so I'll stop now. And really after all this Alana stuff, and everything else going on, people seem to think I've gotten all godly, but I guarentee that that is not the case. However I think that I am taking things in a new perspective... trying to better myself or something. Life is like a box of chocolates...
Alana and her Mommy 2/25/08.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
girl power
ok then. i still can't believe that dana has another baby. yet she does. making yet another 'neman' female for the world. I don't really have anything of importance to post about, I just felt like I should post. I've been sick the last couple of days, which is never exciting. Got a flu bug of some sort, but I think I'm on the mend now.
I hear that Erin is coming to town dec 23-29th which makes me super happy, although i know she will be gone like the whole time to go up to her grandmas house, so thats no good.
December 30th I have plans to go bridesmaid dress shopping with heather and the ladies. How quickly that wedding is going to sneak up on me. Sigh. Our little heather is growing up so fast.
that was from our wonderful day at oprah. I so wish I could go to samoa with Shawn, but oh well.. what can I do? hm. no really? what can i? debt sucks!! as does having a job... must get more vacation days!!!This weekend I'll be videotaping yet another wedding in attempts to create more revenue for the ol complete productions. The 'new berlin west 97' 10 year reunion video is wrapping up. Should be finished tonight, so those will be available for a very small purchase (to cover costs).. possibly by tomorrow!
Tonight Jesi and I are going to a stress yoga /stretching class or something of the sort. I'm excited. I do enjoy that type of stuff.
oh my. I see I lost MISERABLY in fantasy football last week. putting me down to 5th place. harsh. But Mike is in 9th. so at least I'm still beating him - thats all that matters, right? ;)
Thanksgiving is next week. Mike will be going up north hunting with his dad. I'm going to uncle steves the day of, then on saturday i'll go up north - since I still have to work on friday (boo). And thats about all of my updates.
Monday, October 29, 2007
sleepless in seattle
I have just returned from my weekend in Seattle. I went to visit Suzy Tobin and Geoff Kizer. Alicia few in from San Deigo. I left right from work on Friday night. I hadn't even looked at my ticket, and noticed on the way to the airport that I had a layover in Minnesota. And it was 2.5 hours long. Well I arrived at the airport about 12 minutes before departure, so I was in a bit of a hurry, but once I landed I gave my cousin Sandy a text. She just happened to be free and conveniently located to the airport and she came and picked me up and we hit up a local bar in St. Paul for dinner and a drink. It was possibly the best layover ever. I had good food and drink, and we got to laugh at some halloween costumes and lost in a game of darts and then she took me back, I checked back in through security and got back to the gate right on time for boarding.
I arrived in Seattle approx 11:30 western (I don't know if that's even what its called) time. So thats 1:30 Waukesha time (I prefer to make my own time, rather then have cst). But I had slept a bit on the plane, and I was so happy to be with Alicia and Suzy so we went over to Geoff and Suzy's place and then we went out for a lovely dinner across the street from Geoffs place at the bistro or something of the sort.. That place is seriously magnificent. He lives right in downtown, near the aquarium I guess you could say, and he's got a super sweet condo with unbelievable views of the city as well as overlooking the puget sound and the mountains and the ferrys. Simply spectacular. As well as the sunsets and rises are just unbelievable. Definitely up there as one of the most awesome things I've ever seen as far as nature views.
ok. so while I'm thinking about that. For Joe - I'll make a quick top 5 most wonderful scenic views I've ever seen.
6. central park
5. niagra falls
4.dunns river falls
3.seattle from geoffs house
2.paris et nuit
1.jamaica / the ocean from the kayak
jamaica still wins my heart. just because I seriously remember that moment with kressin and the utter joy that I was in because I was in jamaica with so many people that I love and the ocean looked so blue you couldnt help but be in complete bliss.
And apparently I just have a thing for water like scenery. Mt rushmore shouldve probably made it up there, but what can I say - it's just not as amazing to me as its more man made. although paris is too, its just so beautiful that its acceptable to me.
Anyways. Back to my recap. We had a wondeful time that night. It was my first time meeting Geoff Kizer and he was even more remarkable as everyone had raved he was. Simply a joy. So we partied well until the morning. Somewhere after 5am in this foreign western time I simply passed out on the couch, really with no recollection of it happening. But as far as me staying up late... I don't even remember the last time I stayed so late and even better, it wasn't like the constant - I'm just trying to stay awake as long as possible, the time just flew because drunken singing is just delightful.
The next day we slept a while, then got ready for the kaiser/tobin halloween party. Costumes mandatory. Suzy, Alicia and I were going for the 80s rock/air band look, and some how in our costume hunt ended up migrating to Jem dolls instead. We found some wonderful wigs, and we ended up having random wig swaps that made for even more interesting costumes of the evening. It was a wonderful night. Our fav costume was 'dick in the box'. But I think our favorite drunken person of the night was Austin Powers. Who was a great dancer to madonna living like a prayer, and yet still had the middle name of danger.
Sunday we woke up early to attack that Princess Cake. Sometimes you just need to buy a birthday cake because its huge and has disney princesses. But you can't share it with the party, or alicia would be very upset ;)
We veg'd out that day. Recovery was definitely necessary. We watched lots of great mtv and vh1 shows as well as some heros marathon. And joe-I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that I believe I've gotten hooked to that now.
Well we took off for the airport around 7 that night for alicia's 8:45 flight. But mine wasn't until 11:15, but I didn't want to make Suzy drive us there twice in like 2 hours, so I just went early. I stayed with Alicia until her flight left. And then I wondered through the seattle stores. That airport is quiet nice, even with the annoying shuttles. Then I had a 4 hour flight to cincinnati that was on the planes with the tvs in the chairs. Its a sweet plane that I do love. I'm a fan of any plane that lets me watch the cosby show. But then I landed in that damn cincinnati airport. Where you get to take a nice bus to your concourse (sarcasm in that statement). It was about 3:30am western time. I could barely move or function, but I stumbled over to my gate. I was all excited to lay down on a couchie type thing and sleep. But there was nothing. Not a bench. Not a big chair. Just stupid little plastic chairs each with arm rests so that you couldn't lay down at all. So I found a corner behind the phone booths (because seriously, who uses those?) and laid on my bags and slept. I awoke around 5ish when the annoying inter com lady was announcing delays. My tiny hopper plane got delayed about 20 min. Finally I arrived home about 10am waukesha time and made it home.
I attempted to take a nap today, but the dog wouldn't have much of that so about 2pm that was over. and currently now it's Packer time. and that's my story. Thank you so much Suzy, Geoff & Alicia for a wonderful weekend of goodness.
side note: my boss and i have an obsession with useless travel gifts. its always our goal to find the best ones. i like the game. its been good. i buy no souvenirs for anyone except him. but he allows me to go on these trips, so i suppose that is only fair. but anyways. i bought him climbers soap. made in washington. specifically for climbing. you can use it with any water. completely biodegradable. and it rather smells like a$$. now my boss chooses to never move or be active at all. hes very against any activity what-so ever. so i gave him this gift and he is very much in love. good times.
I arrived in Seattle approx 11:30 western (I don't know if that's even what its called) time. So thats 1:30 Waukesha time (I prefer to make my own time, rather then have cst). But I had slept a bit on the plane, and I was so happy to be with Alicia and Suzy so we went over to Geoff and Suzy's place and then we went out for a lovely dinner across the street from Geoffs place at the bistro or something of the sort.. That place is seriously magnificent. He lives right in downtown, near the aquarium I guess you could say, and he's got a super sweet condo with unbelievable views of the city as well as overlooking the puget sound and the mountains and the ferrys. Simply spectacular. As well as the sunsets and rises are just unbelievable. Definitely up there as one of the most awesome things I've ever seen as far as nature views.
ok. so while I'm thinking about that. For Joe - I'll make a quick top 5 most wonderful scenic views I've ever seen.
6. central park
5. niagra falls
4.dunns river falls
3.seattle from geoffs house
2.paris et nuit
1.jamaica / the ocean from the kayak
jamaica still wins my heart. just because I seriously remember that moment with kressin and the utter joy that I was in because I was in jamaica with so many people that I love and the ocean looked so blue you couldnt help but be in complete bliss.
And apparently I just have a thing for water like scenery. Mt rushmore shouldve probably made it up there, but what can I say - it's just not as amazing to me as its more man made. although paris is too, its just so beautiful that its acceptable to me.
Anyways. Back to my recap. We had a wondeful time that night. It was my first time meeting Geoff Kizer and he was even more remarkable as everyone had raved he was. Simply a joy. So we partied well until the morning. Somewhere after 5am in this foreign western time I simply passed out on the couch, really with no recollection of it happening. But as far as me staying up late... I don't even remember the last time I stayed so late and even better, it wasn't like the constant - I'm just trying to stay awake as long as possible, the time just flew because drunken singing is just delightful.
The next day we slept a while, then got ready for the kaiser/tobin halloween party. Costumes mandatory. Suzy, Alicia and I were going for the 80s rock/air band look, and some how in our costume hunt ended up migrating to Jem dolls instead. We found some wonderful wigs, and we ended up having random wig swaps that made for even more interesting costumes of the evening. It was a wonderful night. Our fav costume was 'dick in the box'. But I think our favorite drunken person of the night was Austin Powers. Who was a great dancer to madonna living like a prayer, and yet still had the middle name of danger.
Sunday we woke up early to attack that Princess Cake. Sometimes you just need to buy a birthday cake because its huge and has disney princesses. But you can't share it with the party, or alicia would be very upset ;)
We veg'd out that day. Recovery was definitely necessary. We watched lots of great mtv and vh1 shows as well as some heros marathon. And joe-I'm sure you'll be happy to hear that I believe I've gotten hooked to that now.
Well we took off for the airport around 7 that night for alicia's 8:45 flight. But mine wasn't until 11:15, but I didn't want to make Suzy drive us there twice in like 2 hours, so I just went early. I stayed with Alicia until her flight left. And then I wondered through the seattle stores. That airport is quiet nice, even with the annoying shuttles. Then I had a 4 hour flight to cincinnati that was on the planes with the tvs in the chairs. Its a sweet plane that I do love. I'm a fan of any plane that lets me watch the cosby show. But then I landed in that damn cincinnati airport. Where you get to take a nice bus to your concourse (sarcasm in that statement). It was about 3:30am western time. I could barely move or function, but I stumbled over to my gate. I was all excited to lay down on a couchie type thing and sleep. But there was nothing. Not a bench. Not a big chair. Just stupid little plastic chairs each with arm rests so that you couldn't lay down at all. So I found a corner behind the phone booths (because seriously, who uses those?) and laid on my bags and slept. I awoke around 5ish when the annoying inter com lady was announcing delays. My tiny hopper plane got delayed about 20 min. Finally I arrived home about 10am waukesha time and made it home.
I attempted to take a nap today, but the dog wouldn't have much of that so about 2pm that was over. and currently now it's Packer time. and that's my story. Thank you so much Suzy, Geoff & Alicia for a wonderful weekend of goodness.
side note: my boss and i have an obsession with useless travel gifts. its always our goal to find the best ones. i like the game. its been good. i buy no souvenirs for anyone except him. but he allows me to go on these trips, so i suppose that is only fair. but anyways. i bought him climbers soap. made in washington. specifically for climbing. you can use it with any water. completely biodegradable. and it rather smells like a$$. now my boss chooses to never move or be active at all. hes very against any activity what-so ever. so i gave him this gift and he is very much in love. good times.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
honk
This story is blog worthy. I may be in the middle of posting my Jamaican trip, but this just needs to go up while it's freshly in my mind.
So Monday night Shawn and Charlie pick me up to take Charlie to her play practice downtown. We start driving down the express way and while we're passing the ridge I see a rainbow and point it out. Shawn says to Charlie that grandma would definitely think that's a sign for Joe - and it was amazing that it looked like it was coming right out of the ridge! Well then the horn starts honking on the excursion. A little honk here, a long one here. But all random honks. And then it's getting longer honks and looooooonger LOUD honks. Shawn is getting real scared and Charlie and I are laughing our butts off. I mention that this seems very joe like as well. Since he loves to honk his horn at people and pretend he didn't do it and laugh his head off when I look at the people. No one really understands his honking business. But he does it always. So I definitely think he's somehow haunting us. Now the windshield wiper fluid is squirting randomly and the wipers are going. It's currently poring rain. So Shawn calls Chad. and the conversation goes something like this - shawn says, "Chad I HOOOOOOONK caHOOOOONK geHOOOOOOOOOOOONK carHOOOOOOOOOOONK stHOOOOOOONK. " and chad says "SHAWN I CANT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING YOURE STAYING" Finally he figures out what is happening and tells her to turn off the car. Maybe the panic is freaking out. So we pull over along side the express way. She turns off the car. Presses the panic button a hole bunch of times. Then she starts again - and there is silence. YAY we seem to be good. We start talking again suddenly the HONKS start sneaking in again. Gradually at first, then longer and louder. Dana calls, not wanting to meet us out for dinner. but with the continuous honking she can't hear a word shawn is saying and gives up and says FINE ill go. Now we're on 894 heading to 94, and traffic is slow and massive. Shawn says - should I go home? I say no, just keep going. So we keep going - attempting to ignore the honking and the angry looks from everyone around us. Now we're on 94. STUCK in very slow moving traffic with a continuous HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK that never ends. We're in the left lane so can't pull over or turn off the car. Charlie is laughin so hard she says "I'm gonna pee my pants". She also comments on each person going by "they just looked at us" "that guys looking the wrong way" "ooooh that guy is giving us a mean look" laughing hysterically. Shawn is getting really nervous and freaked out. Driving in this poring rain with HOOOOOOONK occurring while in stop and go traffic. She's trying to get Charlie to stop, but Charlie insists that it's just to funny!!! I told her "Haven't you ever played the honking game with joe? You pretend that it's not us! Everyone look around and find out where that honking is coming from. Look around now! " We do this, while the windows are tinted so no one can see in anyways, but it makes us feel better and laugh more. Charlie is STILL laughing her head off. Shawn says - "aren't you going to be embarrassed when we pull up to your play practice with all your friends there with this honking?" She says "NO ITS SO FUNNY they will laugh there heads off." We're just pulling off into down town and hit the stop light. Shawn quick turns off the car. It goes HOOOOOOOOOoooreopppphhhhewtogfdgnnkkkkkskss. and dies. She restarts the car, no honking.... We drive past where dana is and try to honk - nothing. The horn has died. The windshield sprayers and wipers are still going occasionally. But that awful loud never ending honk has subsided. And that is the end of the honk. Charlie says "this is the best trip to Milwaukee EVER".
So Monday night Shawn and Charlie pick me up to take Charlie to her play practice downtown. We start driving down the express way and while we're passing the ridge I see a rainbow and point it out. Shawn says to Charlie that grandma would definitely think that's a sign for Joe - and it was amazing that it looked like it was coming right out of the ridge! Well then the horn starts honking on the excursion. A little honk here, a long one here. But all random honks. And then it's getting longer honks and looooooonger LOUD honks. Shawn is getting real scared and Charlie and I are laughing our butts off. I mention that this seems very joe like as well. Since he loves to honk his horn at people and pretend he didn't do it and laugh his head off when I look at the people. No one really understands his honking business. But he does it always. So I definitely think he's somehow haunting us. Now the windshield wiper fluid is squirting randomly and the wipers are going. It's currently poring rain. So Shawn calls Chad. and the conversation goes something like this - shawn says, "Chad I HOOOOOOONK caHOOOOONK geHOOOOOOOOOOOONK carHOOOOOOOOOOONK stHOOOOOOONK. " and chad says "SHAWN I CANT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING YOURE STAYING" Finally he figures out what is happening and tells her to turn off the car. Maybe the panic is freaking out. So we pull over along side the express way. She turns off the car. Presses the panic button a hole bunch of times. Then she starts again - and there is silence. YAY we seem to be good. We start talking again suddenly the HONKS start sneaking in again. Gradually at first, then longer and louder. Dana calls, not wanting to meet us out for dinner. but with the continuous honking she can't hear a word shawn is saying and gives up and says FINE ill go. Now we're on 894 heading to 94, and traffic is slow and massive. Shawn says - should I go home? I say no, just keep going. So we keep going - attempting to ignore the honking and the angry looks from everyone around us. Now we're on 94. STUCK in very slow moving traffic with a continuous HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK that never ends. We're in the left lane so can't pull over or turn off the car. Charlie is laughin so hard she says "I'm gonna pee my pants". She also comments on each person going by "they just looked at us" "that guys looking the wrong way" "ooooh that guy is giving us a mean look" laughing hysterically. Shawn is getting really nervous and freaked out. Driving in this poring rain with HOOOOOOONK occurring while in stop and go traffic. She's trying to get Charlie to stop, but Charlie insists that it's just to funny!!! I told her "Haven't you ever played the honking game with joe? You pretend that it's not us! Everyone look around and find out where that honking is coming from. Look around now! " We do this, while the windows are tinted so no one can see in anyways, but it makes us feel better and laugh more. Charlie is STILL laughing her head off. Shawn says - "aren't you going to be embarrassed when we pull up to your play practice with all your friends there with this honking?" She says "NO ITS SO FUNNY they will laugh there heads off." We're just pulling off into down town and hit the stop light. Shawn quick turns off the car. It goes HOOOOOOOOOoooreopppphhhhewtogfdgnnkkkkkskss. and dies. She restarts the car, no honking.... We drive past where dana is and try to honk - nothing. The horn has died. The windshield sprayers and wipers are still going occasionally. But that awful loud never ending honk has subsided. And that is the end of the honk. Charlie says "this is the best trip to Milwaukee EVER".
Friday, October 5, 2007
Day 4 - in da club
Day 4 - Sept 9th, 2007
We did some snorkeling inland. Did I forget to mention the first day Erin, Brian, Alicia and I stepped in the ocean, Erin stepped on a sea urchin. She got it good. Apparently the beach there SUCKS for swimming. But for snorkeling its good times. Colleen & I did some water aerobics with Peg in the morning. Then me and the girls went snorkeling off the boat. It was really delightfully magical. We saw lots of fish, and jellyfish. Nothing really amazing. But it was really neat to be out there in the middle of the ocean swimming with the fish. But in our little beach area I went snorkeling with the guys. It was much scarier. We saw a sting ray and I was scared for my crockadile hunter life. We saw eels and swordfish. Millions of sea urchins. It was hard work to swim above those and not accidently hit them when you're only in 2 feet of water. Eventually I had enough, but the guys kept going. They saw lobster and an octypus.
Dinner was the the Japanese restaurant tonight. Another reservations only place. We had the entire restaurant to ourselves since we had all the reservations. Everyone loved this place much better then the french, just because it was a wild and crazy time...
Afterwards we hit up the 'club'.
Day 3 (con) The Wedding
Day 3 - Sept 8th, 2007
The Wedding
Dad and I cried like babies when we walked down the isle.
We had a cake reception and then went to the french restaurant for a fabulously elegant dinner.
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