Happy Halloween!

I have come to realize I like ALL holidays! I love to hear the music, or just decorate! The pictrue above was created by my hubby, "Thug Kim". LOL


So far I have no plans except for spending time with my little sisters tomorrow. I do not have a costume and I am bummed! Bummed enough, that I might *try* and find one on my lunch today. My home is dressed up (inside) for Halloween. I would do the outside, but we rent and I can not. Boooo! I am sitting at work and listening to a 'spooky Halloween' playlist on my iPod. LOL I can not wait to see what tomorrow brings. Then it is time to take down the Halloween decor and put up the Fall / Thanksgiving items.


I have way too many decorations for individual holidays, and I am a sucker for stores that have Holiday related merchandise. Lately as I have expanded my cooking skills and have been trying lots of new things, I find myself flipping through magazines of holiday food items. I feel like quiet the little housewife.

Day After Pics with Christine Melissa

I had the opportunity to do a fun photo shoot at the Planting Fields at Oyster Bay with my friend Christine Melissa who also has a photography blog. These are some of the pictures that we got that day.
Thanks to Christine for the fun day!

http://christinemelissaphotography.blogspot.com/

Wedding Thoughts

Coming up on our First Wedding Anniversary has made me start reminiscing about our wedding day and the process to get there.
Listening to the radio today the DJ was talking about if it is a good idea to live together or not before a couple becomes married.
-My thoughts on this is that I am so happy that we did. Although we are still working some kinks out (but then again what couple doesn't have kinks to work on! LOL), we had really adapted to each other very well before we were married. I think that it is important to know, really know and understand the person that you are making this commitment to.

When we had our 22 month engagement there were people who thought I was crazy for the details that we were putting into the wedding.
-Now finally being done with the whole process and receiving our Wedding Film from Pennylane Productions, I am so happy I didn't listen to a single word that people said. Seeing how everything came together made me so happy.

Although, I am sad that the process of getting married is over, I am so happy to say that we will soon be nearing our First Anniversary. We have had our arguments/disagreements, along the way but nothing that is not able to be fixed. I can not wait to celebrate with Greg and start working towards our second anniversary.

October Goals!

Back and ready to rock this month out!

1. Have my car transfered to my name only
2. Cut back on daily snacking.
3. Bring breakfast & lunch to work
4. Pay down vacation funds
5. get stuff to ebay.... FINALLY!

Goals...

Well it is the 16th of September and I have not posted any goals. An oversight on my part. But, I have been doing some things to keep me on the right track.
I have cut down on my late night eating and also have made up fruit and veggie bags to snack on at work. Also I am not carrying cash on me as much as possible to cut back on spending.
Greg and I have booked a small vacation at the end of November with my parents and sisters and I really need to save some money to get myself ready for that trip.

9.11.

It seems like yesterday that it was 9.11. I have such a lasting impression of that day and some of the days that followed. Here is my account of how I found out about the Terrorist Attacks on America. Being 45 minutes outside of NYC, it felt so close to home and very scary.

I worked at Wal-Mart and was just pulling into the the parking lot for work.WBLI cut into a song and said that a 'small plane' has hit one of the towers. I walked in and mentioned it to a few people as I was clocking in.
As I started my job at courtesy desk, the TV's in the store changed from the wal-mart tv (advertisements) to CNN. That is when it seemed like time stopped. Customers were glued, as were associates to the TV's. I stayed through my shift. The fire department came in what seemed like 30 minutes later took ALL of the bottled water in the store as well as batteries and flash lights. The Manager on duty wanted to take inventory of what they were taking but the other associates yelled that it didn't matter.. it seemed to us that it wasn't important what the cost of what they needed was, just that we GIVE it to them. He agreed and we piled things everywhere we could on their trucks and cars heading toward the city.
My mom had a major surgery at Good Sam in Babylon/West Islip the day before, she had some complications and was still in recovery. They moved her to a room because they were prepping for all the people that they were going to be bringing in from the towers.... :forlorn: but no one ever came.

September Goals

A week late.. but better than never! ;)

1. Brown bag lunches! (3 or 4 days a week)
2. Cook at home 4 nights a week
3. Cut down on ALL spending and track spending better
4. Clean out studio
5. Ebay and sell unwanted items (save money for vacation)
6. Switch car loan into my name only