Holy Ulcer Batman

Well it has been a week! First off crazy people actually jumped from a plane... we had a blast up at nessa's parent's enjoying drinking and rock band and of course the Rosendale Street Festival. Here is the after jump picture, but before the puking!


Let's See i was creative.... I did a scrapbook page.. this one happened to be a fav to do. Chronicles of a black eye...


For those of you who know, I did end up in the emergency room on tuesday with some stomach issues. Nothing major - just an ulcer, ha ha ha. an ulcer that had me doubled over in pain and throwing up for 8 hours! well it was all resolved, I need an endoscopy but i am going on nexium so hopefully it will be better! thanks to all who called, visited and checked up on me.

July 14

July 14th will forever be the day that my life changed. 2 years ago I underwent gastric bypass, and have been a completely different person in the time since... not just in looks, but in outlook and behavior. (ok maybe not soo much on the behavior but you get idea!)

I've lost 110 pounds. Even though i go back and forthe between 5 pounds it's not bad in the scheme of things. No one remembers me from 2 years ago, but i do. I remember how horrible i felt and how much i hated to shop or go out. Granted it never stopped me, but i wasn't happy about it. Now i can go into any store i want (well except for 5-7-9, but luckily i'm a little too old to shop there) and get an outfit or a shirt. It's hard pulling myself away from the larger sizes and i forget once in a while that i need the smaller size but for the first time in a long time i'm ok with where my body is. Not to mean that i don't want to look better, but i don't hate what i see now. And I've kept the weight off for a year by myself. Yes the surgery helps but making sure i watch what i eat and try to get some excercise in helps more. This will be the year...

that i lose the last 20 pounds
that i lose my arms and thighs (or at least make them smaller)
that i change where i am on the happiness scale by doing things that make me happy

Now for the shock....

Joanne's Wedding in Sept 2005


Red Hat Convention June 2008


I think the results speak for themselves

A long time!

OK - Hello!

this update is really for my friend Jamie (who i swear is the only one reading this anyway! So hi Jamie!) I've been so busy since the new job started travelling and working and commuting that i haven't kept this up so i'm going to try to do a long post about everything going on. hmmm let's see...

New Job:
I like it. It's quieter than I'm used to but I'm trying to get over that by remembering that's what i wanted. I've heard it's been rough at my old place and it actually upsets me to hear that to a degree. I went to San Francisco and Seattle last week in a whirlwind tour of the west coast but did get to spend an afternoon at Fisherman's wharf, and ate fresh crab off the street! YUM. Pictures from that at another time.

Family Updates:
Lyn graduated jr. high School and looked amazing, won the chorus award and is now away at sleepaway camp. I listen to her demo cd and realize how much i miss her!I also can't believe how quickly she's growing up... to the point that it's scary. I found a bunch of old pictures of her and plan on doing a great mini book about her growing up. I need to find a few more then maybe i"ll give it to her for her graduation. We'll see how much I can get done before she gets home.

By some miracle of god, Matthew (my brother in vegas) made dean's list. For those of you who know Matthew I'll give you a moment to stop laughing... But he really did! I'm proud of him.

Mom got a new car, nothing exciting to anyone else but me - i got her old one! and have been driving the treacherous roads to work everyday. OK they aren't treacherous but they could be.

Dating: HA! I joined match.com have been communicating with some people, nothing really super promising though. But I'm trying. It's been 5 weeks ex free, and i realize it's ridiculous to count that, or admit that i'm counting it but there you go!

Alright in other exciting travel news: I went to the red hat convention and loved every drunk night i had there! I was an inspiration to ladies everywhere. Some pictures follow... including one with my cute new dj boyfriend.

Very Jackie O right?? HA

Anywhoo I'm closing with the latest scrapbook pages i did. It's the recap of my 30th... UGH. But Meghan helped me pick the paper and she did a great job. I think i have a secret scrapper emerging! I bought a crapload of stuff at discount stores in PA over the 4th of july weekend, so I'll have a ton of new stuff to show soon (I HOPE!!).

Oh lastly for real... I have this weird obsession with boyz II men all over again.... was on bended knee not the best song ever???????

See you soon!

More Happiness Abounds, and It's been a long time!

Again, this is really why i don't hace one of these things... updating it is hard! Anyway - let's start at the beginning.... I started my new job, and i love it. It's been two weeks, things haven't blown up at the old place yet, but it's about to be financial reporting time and it's going to... I'm just waiting for the phone to ring....The commute isn't that bad, just time consuming. It's a 12 hour day no matter how i cut it. Once i come to terms with that the happier i'll be. I did discover on friday that i do hate commuting back to the city with every teenager from CT who thinks it's cool to hang outin midtown, but that's neither here nor there.

I'm also offically the happiest 30-year old in the world. NKOTB are back and i saw them at zootopia, and my cousin and i got advance tickets to the reunion tour in September. Below are pics of me with my hard worked on happy birthday jordan sign. I took Lyndsey to the show and we had amazing seats... shout out to Rol for that! What is missing is my hat that i found in my house and did wear while the kids were performing!

Oh they still look good!


Hmm let's see what else... oh yeah let's jum to this week. Sex and the City Craziness, rebound guy and a crane... sounds like an interesting time.

Ok First, i met a guy. thought he was going to be the rebound, was pretty happy with the whole situation, and of course i don't hear from him.... Granted we met on thursday and i know i won't hear from him till monday the rules and all, but i just thought we were beyond that, i mean he follwed me for pizza and then we texted till 2am, who does that???? Well maybe i know someone else who did that and that didn't work out so well either. hmpf....

Then of course the fun ended on friday morning when a very large metal object came crashing to the ground around the corner. I've never in my life seen a scene like was going on here. Balconies sheared off, it's amazing that only a few people were injured. It's very very sad, but between that and the subway construction, you cannot get around up here easily at all.

Enter last night and the fun of going to the movies with your friends, drinking waaaayyyy to much and generally just having a good time.

I think we are all caught up peeps. Haven't really had much creativity time, though i did get a scraparatus and 600 eyelets. I dare to say you'll be seeing lots of eyelets come out of me soon!

Cuteness Abounds this weekend

Well it's been areally confusing week for me...
The joy of knowing i have 3 days of work left, but saying goodbye to people I've worked with and been friends with for years. Knowing there's no way they are going to remember everything that i do, and how well i do it, but in all honesty just not caring enough to ask people if they need to go over it one more time....
I'm scared to start a new job, but looking forward to the change of pace, scenery, and people. Personally i'm confused about relationships with boys, friends, what makes them, what does it take to keep them etc... Just one of those weeks where you feel in limbo and so unsure of everything you do. (At least i have them once in a while, maybe it's just me???)

Then Joanne had a baby... my whole out look has changed looking at this baby who they waited so long and tried so hard to have. This perfect little boy who is so loved by everyone who has seen him.

See below the most perfect baby around...
William Geraghty O'Neill 6lbs 10 oz 20 Inches May 7, 2008
And mom and aunt A


A Rare awake pic


Gorgeous right????

Then I go home for the weekend. It's all so simple at my mom's house. It's all black and white, no room for error. Lyn is in that stage where she hates everything anyone who is not under the age of 14 does. I remember being like that... I found my New Kids on the Block hat and Jordan Knight doll, unimportant to anyone but me becuase I will be getting up at the butt crack of dawn on Friday to see a glimpse of them on the plaza at the today show, and i have gotten advanced tickets to their reunion tour. I loved them, I really did and having that hat on my head today reminded me, I was once 12 and a giggly girl who hated everyone above the age of 14... it's a funny cycle i guess.

I decided I would do a layout i've been planning since seeing lyn in rent since it was going to be the basis for a may challenge also so below is "A Star was Born"



Happy Mother's Day to everyone out there (no matter what you are a mommy to!)

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! (Belated)

Happy NSD! Actually it was yesterday and I have to say I had a blast... I was on scrapbook.com from 10 am to 6 pm and probably could have stayed on longer if i didn't have dinner plans! Below are some of the higlights of what i got done. I finished the flip flop album of my trip to Mexico, and did a page for a challenge. I was on super time!



Classy Girl May Sketch






Some of my favorite pages from the flip flop album... It was worth all the work in the end.

I even won one of the challenges on scrapbook.com. Can't wait to see what i win! Still have some things i need to get done which I'm going to work on this week. Though it's shaping up to be a busy one....

PS in dating news ask me about the ninja!!!

Three days is a row - don't get used to it!

Things still suck at work! But now it's becuase people don't want to take responsibility from me... I get it but seriously we are talking about a project that basically is the face of the company. UGH! Any who not my problem in t-14 days!!

Joanne is having her baby in a week. For those of you not familiar with the story, joanne is a hig-risk pregnancy and so they decided to give her a c-section early to fight off any complications. YEAH!!! Baby is coming!!!

Felt creative today so did another layout... see below the wonder that is my Red Hat Group. Love these ladies very much and here is our first pajama party. Going to the national conference with Maryanne and Pat, which should be hella fun! Ok off to BBq tonight for the return of dave and the flank steak...YUM