Eric's Farewell Party

We had a farewell party for Eric last Saturday. Had a blast!!

















We had burgers and hot dogs and a VERY well stocked bar!



















It rained all day and we weren't sure we would be able to have a bonfire. Well, around 7pm it quit and we got a fire started around 8. Then the Fire Department showed up!!! We continued the party without the fire and still had lots of fun. Right after the Fire Department left, Val started playing "We Didn't Start the Fire", "Ring of Fire", and "Come On Baby Light My Fire", and then we ended up doing the Hokey Pokey on the deck!! I'm surprised (and happy) that it didn't collapse with us all jumping around!


















Those of us who were still awake finished the night off by going to Eat N Park as the sun was coming up.

I hate tooth pain!

I'm on my last day of a seven day stretch at work... sooo ready for a day off!

I developed some tooth pain over the weekend which got really bad yesterday. I called the dentist and the soonest they could get me in was next Monday afternoon. After the night I had last night, I don't know if I'll last that long! I've been taking Excedrin Back and Body or something like that. It helps dull the pain for about 2-3 hrs and then it comes back. Last night the pain kept interrupting my sleep until I was alert enough to think about taking another pill. Then I was able to get another couple of hours of good sleep.

The dentist's daughter (small practice) said there was an opening on Thursday morning. At the time I didn't want to spend my birthday in the dentist's chair plus I have to work, but now I'm not sure if I'll last until Monday so I called them back to see if I could still get in on Thursday. Left a message so I'm hoping for a call back... what a fun way to spend my birthday... Oh well, Brian and I might have to change our dinner plans. At this point I'm not sure if I'll be able to eat anyway.

Cinco de Mayo

My dinner for Cinco de Mayo was chicken stir fried with onions, garlic, and szechwan sauce! So very Mexican!! hahaha!! Actually I would have loved to go to Chili's for Margaritas and either a bleu cheese and bacon burger (forget what they're actually called) or a Quesadilla Explosion Salad and a bunch of appetizers... making myself hungry again! My birthday is coming up next Thursday so maybe I'll choose Chili's. Brian said we could go wherever I want... If I could actually go ANYWHERE, I'd choose somewhere in the Caribbean.

2010 Pittsburgh Marathon

Val ran the Half Marathon in 2 hours 22 minutes 53 seconds. Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of her actually running this time... we'll just say "technical difficulties". It was lots of fun standing in the rain! LOL

This is Val before the race (and before it started raining).
















The start of the race with the color guard.












Random people running.














The Finish Line. It was really raining!














Val showing off her medal for completing the Half Marathon.