Grama would be SOOOO happy!!!

My friend Marc is hilarious......and these are is just one example of that...make sure you use the bathroom before you watch...cause i just about wet my pants when i saw this!!!

Welcome Adelaide!!!!!

6lbs 5oz Adelaide Garvey

Welcome little one....you are perfect, you will fit in just fine!

Are we there yet?....now?...how about now?....now?

I'm done with this semester on thursday night...IT CAN'T COME FAST ENOUGH!!!!!

I saw this on a friends site today and it made life so much better! It helps that it's one of my fav christmas songs...

sorry mom...don't worry i still hold a special place in my heart for some Kenny and Dolly.

Hello Marzipan, this is....something funny

Dan and i were attempting to decorate his house this weekend for the holidays. As i was arranging some holiday towels in his bathroom the conversation went something like this:

Dan: Where are you going to put those?

Me: On the towel rack...

Dan: To use?

Me: Yes, whats the point of having towels in the bathroom if you are not going to use them?

Dan: OK.

Me: If i am going to buy a set of towels i'm going to get use out of them, if i want something pretty to put on the wall i will buy a picture.

Dan: Wow, these towels stink.

Me: Oops...no that was me. I farted.

It may not seem as funny to all of you but i lost my sh*t laughing. Whoever doesn't think farting is funny needs to do some reassessment in life. I didn't mean to do it...and when it happened i didn't even smell it...i thought i was in the clear. Apparently not. Dan is such a good boy...he followed suit and we laughed our faces off. I might be the worst girlfriend ever. :)

I should have blamed it on the towels.

Merry Almost-Xmas-Hump Day!!

It is that time of year!!!!!! We spent last Saturday facing the freezing temps in order to pick the perfect x-mas tree. It was so much better than last year when we were all in short sleeves cuting down x-mas trees in 60 degree weather. This year was much more appropriate. There are a few things i need to point out though.....Remember last year?

Wow....things change quick!!!!!!

Ok now that we have determined that Maeve grows at "ludicrous" speed...lets get back to the tree. I picked out a steller one for the Lancaster Apt. Lou and I got to decorating it last night...and impressively we barely fought. The final product came out pretty darn adorable if i do say so myself. Don't ya think?

Oh....PLEASE don't forget about this....super important we all don't burn our houses down for the sake of forgetting to water the x-mas tree a couple of times. Happy Early X-mas!!!!!!!!

Because it's hilarious

Oh my mother mary.....can this really happen?!?!?!? And holy hell it's funny if it can!!!!

Just one of them days

Did you ever have one of those days where you just can't tell your head from your butt. I'm having one of those days. It started when i took the wrong way to work this morning...even though i have been making the same trip every single day for the past 4 months. I then decided to leave work today without my coat on....i may be one to wear flip flops everyday of the year but it's damn cold...how did i forget my coat?! I then went to school to do some tutoring and fell asleep in the lounge and missed it...no big shakes no one was expecting me...i was just going to show up and see if anyone needed help...but still...seriously?! I found out i have a crazy semester coming up this spring and it is really going to screw me up schedule-wise and financially. Needless to say i'm not having the best of days. So here i am sitting in one of the nice, new (new to me) Canisius lounges trying to concentrate on some homework. It's not working...wanna know why? I wanna be here. Doing this. Yeah yeah....i know i know....i moved home...i'm working towards a great stable career in a field i love. But that does not take away the fact that i def miss the crap out of working with the birdies...why can't i have the best of both worlds?! There HAS to be a local population of deaf or hard of hearing oiled wildlife that need me, right? And they are right here in WNY, right? Yeah i didn't think so....so yeah...it's that kinda day. I think this funk comes from the fact that i hate school...i will get through it because i want the end result but please bear with me...i think i am going to be complaining some more before i have accomplished my goal next spring....oh, may of 2009 how i long to be near you.

Things can only get better from here though....my favorite back to back holidays are coming up and i'm ecstatic! I also have someone in my life this year that will make the holidays even funner...yeah i said it...FUNNER! My breaks from school are coming up i can catch up on my TV and induldge in the plethera of cookies these upcoming holidays will provide. ok kids be good and holla at your girl.....have a great turkey day!!!!!

Gobble Gobble!

Happy (early) Halloweenie!!!!

HIII!!!!!!!

I know it's been a loooooong time. No excuses...let's get right down to business here. I love October. I do. For many many reasons.

Let me just list a few for you.

• It's usually when the cold weather starts to roll in (sweater weather and get out that down comforter!)
• The leaves start to change and i think it's the most beautiful thing ever (we all know i love me some nature)
• Apple cider and pumpkin picking (all while wearing my sweater and admiring the changing leaves)
• Pumpkin carving and seed eating (there is something to be said for a food that serves a decorative purpose and a source of nourishment)
• Apple picking, fresh apple pie and apple crisp (the picking part is optional...i will accept "picking" the apples from Wegmans, as long as the other stuff is fresh made i'm happy)
• MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! (it's the 18th...this thursday...just an FYI, i have a wishlist if anyone is stuck for ideas )
  
  So thats just a few to get everyone a little excited about the wonderfulness that is October. Dan and I in reference to my 4th bullet picked pumkins and did some mean carving over the weekend. My pumpkin paled in comparison to the Dan's when it came to size but i made up for it with creativity. We aren't as crafty as you all may think, we actually went online and printed out some stencils to make templates on our pumpkins so we looked all skilled at pumpkin carving. Being than Dan's pumpkin was of the larger variety i had to draw his template to scale right on his pumpkin because the stencil would just not look right if done at the smaller size....
  

Dan's before picture, it's hard to tell but it's a haunted house...

Here are the finished products....Dan's got the haunted house thing goin on and I (surprise, surprise) choose an owl. I think we did pretty well....don't you?

Dan got fancy with the exposure on his camera and made it look like the whole pumpkin was glowing...weeeeeeeee!

and then he brought on the spookiness and did this...pretty cool huh? Don't judge we were having fun!

Anywho...all in all i love me some October and kinda don't want it to end. I hope all is well with everyone, and hopefully i will blog more efficently from now on. :)

Happy Bird-Turd Week to MEEEE!!!!

(i love my birthday)

I'm sorry...what?

Thing one:

Casey Kasem is straight...

Thing two:

Casey Kasem is married...

Thing three...

Casey Kasem is married to this.....

WHOA!!!!!

Thats all i got today...Happy Monday!!

Ps...i'm blogging in class...God Bless this wireless campus!

In the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Blog

Forgive me bloggers for i have sinned...it has been 2 weeks since my last blog. Work, school, school, work...and some more school. I know it's not much of an excuse but i'm dying over here. I haven't felt anything that has struck my fancy that was blog worthy until today. I saw this picture of Paris Hilton and said to myself....self, why does this pic look so familiar...

....and then it hit me.....

I'm sorry i couldn't help myself...a little funny though, isn't it?

Alright thats all i got for now...hopefully i will feel more inspired soon.

Merry Hump Day!!!!!

Sheer Brilliance

Yep...i love it. Thats all. :)

On another note...check out this site. Bizarre American Holidays. Who knows if this is real or not...but damn it's funny. I'll have you know that my birthday is 'No beard day'. So get ready those of you with beards in my life. I expect clean faces come October 18th!!!! If you are just too attached to your facial hair...it's ok....you can never go wrong with a kick ass gift.

oh yeah....i almost forgot...

MERRY HUMP DAY!!!!!

Don't judge me

If you don't think these are the cutest/funniest thing ever, there is something wrong with you!

Puppy Whistle - The top video clips of the week are here



Singing Cat - More free videos are here

"Happiness is Lake Erie"

I have a thing for funny t-shirts...i'm not sure if you knew this...but it's true. This specific one has caught my eye recently and i NEED it. I'm usually an avid Threadless consumer but Snorg is really stepping it up these days. Oh the choices!!!!!!!!! It is about time i rotate out some oldies from my wardrobe, and bring in some fresh material. This one is a definite. :) If only Amazon could work other websites into their wishlist option i would be one happy camper come borthdays and x-mas. Yep i just typed 'borthdays', i'm not changing it...it's funny.

Have a good one!!!!!!

Merry Hump day!

You can take the girl away from the birds but you can't take the birds away from the girl!!!

GREAT story and video about an Eagle that came into Tri-State.

Nice work guys...keep it up!!!! I miss the crap out of everyone!!!!

Gettin the heck outta Dodge...er...Delaware

Okey Dokey

Well it's Tuesday. Not just any Tuesday. It's the Tuesday before the Friday that i have to be ready to move my life back home to good 'ole Buffalo. As some of you may know I am an experienced mover. And by experienced i mean i have moved about 15 times since i was 18. Oh bessie! One would think that at this point i would have this whole packing/organizing thing down. Oh how wrong you are! I hate packing...i despise packing. Finding the right box and wrapping things carefully and playing Jenga with the moving truck and making all the pieces fit. BLECH! I much prefer the unpack. I enjoy finding new homes for things and opening boxes like it's christmas. Needless to say, my packing is not as on schedule as I had hoped but it will all be done. I work very well under packing pressure and man, is the pressure on!

This is what I wish i could do. Not necessarily the boat part but the moving the whole house part. It would make everything soooooooooo much easier!

I know this is what my house should look like at this point......

but this is what it feels like at the moment.

I have complete faith that everything will go smoothly. The move is happening this weekend whether i like it or not. I'm bringing in an out of state expert team to help me complete the final step of this moving process. This is a team of professionals. They single handedly moved across NY state, unpacked, pack back up and brought it all back the very next week later. If thats not talent i don't know what is!!! So i put in my request a long time ago and I was lucky enough to be able to book them just in time for the big move.

Ladies and gentlemen....i present to you....

TEAM GARVEY!!!!!!!!

What is a team without its captain? I'm bringing in Mike Garvey to lead this team of professionals. His resume was pretty impressive I would be a fool not to trust this mans expertise in this field. His management strategy and impressive list of higher education degrees made him a perfect choice to run this show.

Second in command we have Louis Garvey. Lou was an obvious choice for the team. With his incredible strength and brilliant moving truck maneuverability, he is a valuable assest to this project.

Lisa Garvey is the usual 3rd part to this team. Unfortunatly due to some health concerns, she will be unable to do any of the heavy work that she is used to. She will play the role of cheerleader and ice-tea maker. If all goes well, we might be able to get a Swiffer in her hands unless the dust-bunnies get too rowdy. In that case, she will need to stick to the ice-tea.

And last.....but CERTAINLY not least, we have Katie "chainsaw" Battaglia. She may not be a Garvey but she in an incredibly imortant part of this team. She will hang up her chaps and helmet for the day and put on her weight belt and pick up the slack that Lisa will be unable to attend to. She anticipates a smooth move and wishes her team all the luck in their current challenge.

So there you have it kids. Wish us luck, and i don't think i am going to have time to write before the game begins on friday. So peace out for now and I'll see you when i get home. B-lo Style!

Spider-Pig!

I don't really have a huge need to see this movie...but I will go because of this part! I am hysterical everytime i watch it. :)

Please pass the Aquanet...

You how sometimes you wake up in the morning with the WIERDEST songs in your head. Well today was one of those mornings. I woke up with...wait for it...the "Mr. Bucket" theme song in my head. Most of you are probably not familiar with this song but it is a late 80's early 90's game that had the most ridiculous theme song on its commercial. I felt i needed to blog it today so everyone can suffer with me and have this song stuck in their head. As i was searching for this video i came across some other 80's classic commercials that i felt we all should have a chuckle over. Let us not forget that at the time these aired...everything in these 30 second spots were totally normal...hair, clothes, slang, etc. Enjoy, and just try to not get one of these songs stuck in your head...for..daaaays!

Birth of a Hummingbird

This is freaking amazing (well to me anyway). Be sure to click on NEXT PAGE at the bottom of each page; there are 5 pages in all. A lady found a hummingbird nest and got pictures all the way from the egg to leaving the nest. Took 24 days from birth to flight. This is something that is sooooooooo rare to document, enjoy your chance to be one of the few who will ever get to see it first hand.

I know i know....bird-nerd to the rescue post...but seriously, i bet you will think this is cool too. The last pic is my fav...getting to see how big the nest actually is. AMAZONG!!! (yep i just mis-typed amazOng...and i'm not going to fix it...i love these pictures that much!)

Hummer Nest

Merry Almost Hump Day

When i was little and it was around christmas time i would wait and wait and wait for the JCPenny catalog to arrive. I woud RUN into the living room with my little strips of scrap paper and turn directly to the toy section and begin to bookmark everything i "needed" that year. I thought it was ridiculous that i would have to write a list for santa when I had already marked all my necessities in the catalog. Why couldn't i just send him the catalog, it would be double my work to rewrite everything. Nonsense.

Needless to say I grew out of the JCPenny catalog bookmarking and making lists for Santa. Not because i didn't want to do it anymore but becuase i was too "old" for such things. I am happy to say that I am now older and wiser and have discovered the most brilliant thing ever. I owe this discovery to my fabulous brother-in-law Mikey. He introduced me to the wish list feature on Amazon.com.

So if anyone gets stumped in buying me the coolest gift ever...i got you covered. :)

Oh and in-case you recently crashed your hard drive like i did (twice) i turn 27 in 100 days. Oh and did i mention that i will be in town for this one for the first time in god only knows how long. :) WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Delayed Meme

I was tagged by my dear friend Michael Walline a while ago and i am finally getting to it. It was really hard to think of 8 things about you that most people don't know or that you don't want them to know. So this is me giving it a shot.

• When i was 8ish and in Brownies, i learned the alphabet in Sign language. I was obsessed with it. I would finger spell everything...ALL THE TIME. I would try to be descrete, and keep my hands at my side or in my lap. When my mother finally noticed that my fingers were constantly moving in odd ways, she told me i looked like i had some sort of a disorder! I'm not going to lie i still do it...but i'm much better at hiding it!

• My mom is a Physical Therapist. When i was little i would bring ALL of my dolls and stuffed animals out and instead of playing house or some similar childs imaginary game...i would do physical therapy on them and help them "walk". I was a special kid. :)

• I have always wanted to be a dancer! It facinates me and i think it is the most incredible thing for people to move in such a beautiful way.

• I usually only drive with my left hand and i shove my other hand under my right leg. Don't ask why...i just do. But as it turns out i have worn a spot out in my dirvers seat from sitting on my right hand all this time.

• My least favorite word in the whole wide world is "underpants". I hate saying it, hearing it, and typing it. It's the worst!!!!

• I hate gum. Never liked it. I used to gag when i was little and people were chewing it around me. I'm much better now but i still hate it. I much prefer an altoid.

• I have physically moved 13 times since i was 17 yrs old. This entails moving to a new place to live with all my crap! This does not include my upcoming move back to b-lo. OY!

• I am a very tactile person. I touch everything. When i go to a clothing store i touch everything and it drives my sister nuts! I can't help it I want to know what everything feels like. I don't think this is a disorder. :)

Cant' deny the scientific evidence

I'm super excited for this movie..it's looks great! Not to mention the footage of the penguins is form a spill we were involved in a few years ago. Good stuff!

The 11th Hour

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Happy Bird-Turd SCHMOO!!!!!

You were the cutest damn peanut ever!!!!!!!!

Don't worry..you still ARE!!!!! 1 whole year later! I can't believe it!

I miss the ba-jesus out of you!!!!! See you soon!!!!!

Catching up

So i'm back in the office and ready to tell you about my trip to Cali. We had a blast. There was some work thrown in there but as you see from the pictures, we had a good time.

This was the view from the deck of the hotel.....The weather was like this EVERYDAY!

We got to stay in a fancy dancy hotel.....feather beds and all

Sarah kicked things off by kissing the sea lion for good luck...not that we needed it

This is the vew from the top deck at the hotel....did i mention it was beautiful

Yes that is Betty White and no i did not get her autograph or thank her for being a friend. She was the guest speaker that kicked off the conference. She is about 195 and the cutest damn thing EVER!!!!! She left right after she spoke not giving me the chance to tackle her and get a better picture.

We had a great opportunity to go to the Monterey Bay Aquarium after hours and enjoy a strolling banquet. There was incredible food and you got to tour the aquarium at your leisure without the crowds. So cool!!!! OH and no this is not a seagull....this is an Albatross! The closest i will ever be to this UBER cool bird!

Another great view of the Bay

Some really great flowers....just for you Dad.

More flowers

This is the before pic of Sarah and I. This was before we shoved off and went on a boat trip with some researchers to do some night capture of Seabirds. I say this is the before picture, because shortly after this our boat was navigating 15ft ocean swells....I'm working on getting the video of us experiencing these huge ass waves. It's hilarious!!!!

This last picture was on the flight back to DE. As we were flying over Utah or some similar state that falls between California and Texas i looked out the window and saw this...i don't know about you but i think the name of this town should be "Pie Chart Town". If anyone knows what these actually are...don't tell me....i would like to remain calling this place "Pie chart town".

From beginning to end we had a great trip!!!!

Happy Birthday ANNIE!!!!! (yesterday)

Anna!!!!!! Remember when it was your birthday yesterday....well needless to say this girl got a little distracted with some oily bird situations....this post WAS in the making...that i do swear to!

Anywho....what a better way to celebrate than to draw out the celebration as long as we can. I know you're all for that!!!!

I thought i would put together a little photo journal of some of your best moments. Well best moments on film that is....god knows there are sooooooooooo many more!!!

Remember when we wore pink dresses?

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Remember how cute our shoes were...

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Embarrassing Lisa couldn't be any easier!

Remember when Mahooch tipped over all the chairs that morning?

We were all drunk...but Kim's really the only one that is showing it (for once)

Roomies!!!! Make Room for one more soon!!!!!

Who's pretty?!!?

Member how Drunk Lisa was....we LOVE drunk Lisa!

Adam made you cover up...cause you looked naked in the pic....

SUPER BIRD!

I love me some Patty and Jim (the shirtless wonder)

No questions..

Why are we so pale?

I have no words for this picture...

And last but not least...one of the cutest damn babies i have ever seen!!!!! Happy Birthday ANNA!!!!! I will be around for the next one!!!!!!! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!