I Love Halloween

We take Halloween very SERIOUS at my job!

my homemade Cheshire cat
our mad hatter

Alice

Queen of Hearts

Our whole group

I worked really hard on my costume this year.

HOWEVER.................................... We didn't win for best group.....we didn't win for anything.

IT won for best group this year and i do have to say that is one fine Mystery Machine

Weekend get-a-way

Last weekend the Boyfriend and i went to the Poconos. We went for my friends wedding and were able, thanks to her parents timeshare, to stay in a nice condo for the whole weekend for.....$50!!! AWESOME

our condo we shared with another friend

the view from our room


Shawnnee Inn, site of the wedding

Jeremy and I at the wedding

Pam, Julie and I

us by the waterfall

the cool stone bridge to the waterfall.

Just a little down

I've been sad lately. And I'm not sure how to put that on paper.....or a blog. I've been missing my Dad a lot lately. A LOT. I've tried to write a blog to express my feelings. Actually I just wrote a long blog but deleted it ALL. I cry in the car while driving to work. I cry in the car while driving home. I cry in the shower. I cry all the time. Sometimes it just comes out of no where. Sometimes it's because I'm looking at a picture or thinking of a memory.

Maybe it's the upcoming holidays. I don't know. I'm just tired of being sad.

What IN the WORLD

I live in Pennsylvania. I'm considered "East Coast" but I'm not along the coast. the largest body of water to me is the Susquehanna River.

So why? Why? Why? Are we dealing with HURRICANE damage. WHY?

We have no ceiling in our bathroom......no insulation....can't use it..........and of course we are in the middle of a cold spell! AWESOME

The BF has had a MILD leak in the master bath for awhile........since forever......and once I moved in he finally called a roofer to fix the leak. Which is another run around story. no sooner had we had the "original" leak fixed. BAMN!!! Hurricane Ignorant IRENE. And suddenly the little leak we had fixed was back FULL throttle. After much debating the BF called his insurance company to look at the damage.

But since everybody within 100 billion miles of us was also calling it took over a week for them to get someone out to look at the issue. At which point the small leak we had contained to a small area had.........expanded. Soon water was leaking inside the wall down tot he first floor and dripping out of the archway (directly under neath). So Insurance guy shows up on Tuesday, says "we will give you X amount to fix all the drywall and fix the shingles on the roof, as we had a pile to show him that blew off. Ok Great.

WEDNESDAY (the very next day) we get roughly 6 inches of rain. 6 inches....mass flooding. Mass LEAKING. Suddenly the ceiling is leaking in about 6 places. it's leaking downstairs through the walls, the water is traveling through the ceiling and making water marks out into the bedroom. the water is pouring in around the trim at the windows on the first floor (directly under the majority of the leak upstairs). After much yelling and arguing about the POS house he bought, we hear BAMN!!! And this is what we find...only slightly messier.

So now we are again waiting for the insurance company to come out and let us know if they will us any more money. We've had three different roofers out and all 3 said "A whole new roof" is what we need. It rained no stop for 3 days. 3 days of dripping, bucket dumping, and the nasty smell of wet drywall, insulation, and just disgusted. If you know the smell you could pick up the strong stench of HATRED. We had the roof tarped to try and stop the leaking....it helped but it still leaks

oh and the insurance lady told the BF when he called the second time it was OUR JOB to make sure the damage didn't get worst. OK. Thanks.

6 months

It's been six months. I can't even believe it. One day it feels like just yesterday we were planning a funeral, and the next it feels like it's been FOREVER. I felt better, I thought i was doing better.....but lately. I don't know. I don't know if it's the summer and the fact that we spent so much time at my parents house in the summer, that it just doesn't feel right this summer without my dad. Or maybe it's the fact that things are happening and i just really wish he was here. He never got to see Jeremy's house, where I'm now living. He never got to see Sarah swim in the pool or see Kanyon's new Mohawk.

I've spent some time recently going through the old photos at my mom's house. I want to make copies for my brother and I and get all the photos saved onto disks. It's pretty hard. So many memories. So many good times. So many tears from just looking at them. My plan is to make a few photo books for my family of all the old pictures so we'll have them forever. Here are just a few of the ones I've found so far.

Dad and I goofing off

on his motorcycle, which my brother is fixing up

I love this photo, he was on his bike


my parents- so young

George and Dad

Dad and I at Easter