Sunsets!

Erie always has amazing sunsets. Here are just a few from our front yard:

Photography Class?

So. . . .

I want to take some photography classes and I am having trouble deciding on where to take them.

Erie Art Museum has classes that include beginning photography and some picture editing as well (which I really want to learn)! (about $11.25 per hour)

Erie County Tech School also has a photography class that has 9 more hours of class for only $40 more, but I'm not sure if they do photo editing. (about $8.33 per hour)

Has anyone taken any photography classes in Erie??

Art Museum or Tech School? Which do you suggest?

Nikkie's Bridal Shower!

Only two weeks late for this post . . . Nikkie had her bridal shower @ Sloppy Duck's in Erie! Here is Nikkie (she likes to be called Nicole now, but it's just so hard to change after calling her Nikkie for . . . . 16 years . . holy crap has it REALLY been THAT long?!) and her bridesmaids (Me, KC, KT, Jen - her cousin and maid-of-honor, and Mase).

Mother-of-the-Groom, Mrs. LaPaglia, Nicole (ugh, that just doesn't sound right to me), and Mommy-of-the-Bride, Mrs. Pfadt.

Our beautiful gift for Nikkie (purchased & wrapped by KC)! We got her cookie pans, a pizza pan, a pizza cutter, a grater, some other stuff I can't remember, a scale (for the irony . . good idea KC), and of course a little something sexy for her hubby-to-be!

The "silent auction" items. Us girls each did a "pail" to contribute. Mine is right on the end. The "Chef" pail.

The yummy cuppies! They had some type of cream filling! The same lady is making the cake for the wedding and that makes me happy, because they were soooo good!

Two of the skanks . . . KC & KT!

Some of Nikkie's prezzies! She got a lot of good stuff!

The yummy food! Quiche, sausage, bacon, taters, fruit, and cinnamon pastry!

Close up of the cuppies!

Matt (the soon to be hubby) and Nikkie (Nicole). They are getting married in less than a month! Can't wait for the wedding!

Water Spouts in Erie!

Water spouts on Lake Erie!
These pics were sent by my awesome brother-in-law, Bry, from people that he knows at work (sorry I don't know the name of the exact picture taker, but what awesome shots!)
These look like some scenes out of "The World is Going to End"! So scary! And this poor boater!! :-( I hope everything was ok!

Flood!

Some pictures of the flood from today.

I have no idea who took them (I'm sorry). They were sent by a friend to a friend to me.

Just so crazy that this happened. .. I feel like it was out of nowhere.

Altar Boys!

Went to see "Altar Boys" Friday night with my hubs, Mommy, Daddy, Mommy-in-Law, and Step-Diddy-in-Law!

It was at the Erie Playhouse, and this is their synopsis of the show:

In this feel-good musical, a squeaky-clean group of boys from Ohio, who met in church, are guided by the voice of God to share the Gospel through pop music. The show joins them on the last leg of their tour, poking innocent, good-natured fun at boy bands and contemporary Christian music. Join Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham for this "holy hit!"

Photo Credit

At first I wasn't too sure, but as it went on, it sucked me right in! All the boys were such great singers and stuck to their characters so well!! Even in the way they danced and walked and moved around! It definitely made me remember the days my mom and dad and I used to go to the theater all the time!! I hope we make this more of a regular thing, because it was great! :-)

House in a Garage!

Well, we got our stuff moved back . . . . . . we don't really have a house to put it all in since we are living in Shane's dad's house, and we don't want to pay for storage, so Shane's dad was gracious enough, to let us keep all our crap @ his house in his garage.
We had to lock up the kitties while the movers were there (we did bring in our living room furniture and a couple other things) . . . . they were not very happy.Shane's dad cutting the lawn! We have it made! He brings our mail to us every day, plows for us in the winter, and cuts our lawn in the summer! Maybe this isn't so bad!
So if you ever wondered what a house looks like in a garage, there you go! Hopefully soon things will work out so we can get our own place, but until then we will greatly appreciate the house, the mail to our kitchen counter, the driveway plowed, the grass cut, and the storage space!

Doctor?

Anybody know any good doctors?!


Since moving back, we have yet to still find a family doctor. My old doctor in Erie retired, and then we moved to Virginia, and now we moved back to Erie and need to find a good doctor.

So I would LOVEEEE if you could recommend a good family doctor for us?!?

Welcome to Erie . . AKA . . . Winter.

Well. My first official day of snow came today! . . . For this year . . . . although I feel like it's been FOREVER since I've actually seen snow or had snow. But it was both exciting and freeeezing! Today we tied our record temp with a low of 33 degrees! I really expected it to be lower than that, but I can't argue with Tom Atkins (I had him as a meteorology teacher in college . . . . hmm . . .I thought it had to be less than 32 degrees for it to snow?! Yikes . . . maybe I shouldn't say I had him as a teacher so I don't embarass him!!)!

Behren playing in the snow this morning . . . just racing back and forth! He loves it! Definitely his father's son!


You saw how far I have to walk at work . . . well imagine THAT in this weather (although it was definitely sleeting like crazy and windy as heck when I was walking in). . . and not to mention . . my zipper broke on my boots, so I had it safety pinned together . . . yeah . . . safety pins don't keep out 3 -4 inches of slush and rain puddled in the middle of the parking lot . . . so needless to say my sock and foot were completely soaked and freezing cold.

Thank goodness we have off tomorrow so I can find some boots that are made for Erie weather. But still . . . I'm not complaining . . . I just love being home.