tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27109946871928293272024-02-07T22:23:05.961-05:00Jr and CarolineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-61646319697485632812010-01-10T20:56:00.004-05:002010-01-10T23:15:12.291-05:00Jr's birthday and Halloween 2009I just realized I didn't write anything about Jr's birthday and Halloween, both back in October!<br />So for Jr's birthday, I took him to the Historic Hudson Valley sites up in Sleepy Hollow. First we went on a tour of the Rockefeller Estate. It was beautiful and really interesting to learn about the Rockefellers. The first picture is of the front of the estate.<br />Then we went to a Halloween celebration in Sleepy Hollow, followed by dinner at Harvest on the Hudson. The restaurant overlooks the Hudson River, and we had a nice table by the fireplace.<br />On Halloween night, we went to the Van Cortland Manor in Croton-on-the-Hudson where they had the "Blaze" for the whole month of October. There were thousands and thousands of carved pumpkins. 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Who's part of that group?!?!<br /><br />According to <a href="http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml">www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml</a><br />here are the top resolutions. Any of these made your list? Let's see if any made my list:<br /><br />Lose weight - check<br /><br />Manage Debt - that's I good one, I don't know why I kept it out, I will add it<br /><br />Save money - I've already been doing that in '09 and will surely keep doing it in 2010<br /><br />Get a better job - don't think I need to right now, but I would surely take a promotion<br /><br />Get fit - check, kind of goes hand in hand with losing weight for me<br /><br />Get a better education - check, in the sense that I want to figure out if I want to or not!<br /><br />Drink less alcohol - don't need to<br /><br />Quit smoking - don't need to<br /><br />Reduce stress overall - I wouldn't say I'm a very stressed person so I don't really need to<br /><br />Reduce street at work - part of what I like about my job is that it's not stressful, maybe it's the management I have above me, or maybe it's the fact that I have endured unbelievable stress at my prior employer<br /><br />Take a trip - will do<br /><br />Volunteer to help others - check<br /><br />Health-e-cards for the holidays and New Year - had no idea what that meant, so I clicked on the link and they are e-card you can send people from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to encourage healthy living in the New Year, promote safe activities year -round... check it out <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/Features/Health-e-Cards/">www.cdc.gov/Features/Health-e-Cards/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-51818935729988267802010-01-01T21:55:00.006-05:002010-01-10T20:35:00.559-05:00My 10 resolutions for 2010Really do I ever keep them????<br />Anyways, they just make us feel better, so here they are<br /><br />1- Losing weight - ahah what a shocker, who doesn't have that on their list??<br /><br />2- Volunteering more - I already lead a team of dog walker at a shelter in Williamsburg once a month, but I really feel like I should do more.<br /><br />3- Start playing the guitar again - I would really love to be good at it, but like anything in life you need to be patient and practice.<br /><br />4- Cook new recipes more often - at least once a week I would like to try something new and it's not like we don't have the cookbooks to do it.<br /><br />5- Make some decisions about my career future - do I want to go back to school? when should I start my own company?...<br /><br />6- Stop buying clothes just because I have a discount or because it's on sale - that one will be really hard.<br /><br />7- Watch less TV even if Jr does - somehow I always feel like I have to watch TV when Jr does even if there are many other things I could be doing.<br /><br />8- Hang out with friends more often - shouldn't be that hard, but it often is!<br /><br />9- Update this blog more often<br /><br />10- Manage debtUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-54982357327125430472010-01-01T21:41:00.007-05:002010-01-10T20:36:13.891-05:0010 things I look forward to in 2010In no particular order (somewhat chronological order)<br /><br />1- getting my bike - Jr is bying me a bike for Christmas. I don't have it yet because the one I want only comes out in the US in Febrary, but I surely am excited to get it. Here's a picture of it. It's really cool and exactly what I want<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 191px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421968547061747026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQxrwyZ4_rzhhyphenhyphen6bU3aXHPvMp_Vp0x3kl6gifa0B2cFOHkf5skfjDYzL2qPNwKhXBxEJDYK_X0KMGZBYkHNTLpMMStrCxzpWOw7nM2LQLJgARM3kBNEVXZsBaFHKkMblQh4Q7D0BloOHv/s400/bellevillewsd_gullwhite.jpg" /><br />2- Jr getting is bonus! I would say mine, but mine won't be anything as big as his!<br />3- moving in our condo<br />4- having our own washer and dryer<br />5- BBQing in the summer on our terrace<br />6- sunbathing on our private terrace<br />7- trip to Portugal, South Africa, and France<br />8- mom and dad's 60th birthday, they are both turning 60 this year<br />9- another promotion perhaps?!?!<br />10- another happy year with Jr and our 2 pugs!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-78767462829462184632010-01-01T21:11:00.003-05:002010-01-10T20:44:22.696-05:00Top 9 of '09Now that 2009 is over, here are my 9 highlights of '09 (in chronological order)<br /><br />1- Probably the best highlight of the year and it started the year pretty well in January when Jr got hired permanantly at Wal-Mart. He had been freelancing there for about 6 months, but finally got hired as a full-time employee. That was an awesome news. For those of you who know what we had been going through for the past 2 years, know how much this meant to us.<br /><br />2- Getting tickets of the 2010 World cup in South Africa and planning the trip. Oh yeah, we never mention that! We applied for tickets to the World cup (which was a lottery) and we actually got tickets for one game. We are trying to get more tickets, but so far so good, we are going to South Africa in June. Here is a short outlook of our 2 weeks trip this summer<br />3 days in Lisbon, Portugal<br />3 days in Johannesburg, South Africa<br />2 days in Krugar Park, South Africa for a safari<br />1 more day in Johannesburg<br />6 days in Paris<br />We are so excited to go. The actual planning of the trip was not so much of a highlight but deciding to go definetely was. As you can imagine with such a big event like the World Cup, everything gets booked up pretty quickly so it was quite a nightmare trying to book everything. But it all worked out in the end, eventhough we are paying at least three times as much as we would have paid had we gone any other time of the year!<br />okay that was a long highlight!<br /><br />3- Signing the contract for our condo. Everything happened pretty quickly and it's hard to believe but that was already last April.<br /><br />4- My promotion at Macy's, but most importantly not losing my job with the merger last May. I was promoted from an assistant planner to an associate planner, now only in Active and Young Contemporary coats.<br /><br />5- The award I won at work last November for all the hard work I did all throughout the year. Everything started last January when my boss and I had to plan for the entire Missy coat world (back then, we were doing the whole thing, now the area has been split into two). So we had to plan 8 departments and build buy sheets for every programs. We planned such a great assortment for each store that all the stores are so happy with their assortment and they say it's the best it has ever been. Everybody from our manager to the chief of merchandising are very excited about coats this season. And our business was doing so good until the cold never came in November! But since the cold weather decided to show up in December we are doing great again.<br /><br />6- My sister Marie-Claude visiting me in NYC for the first time in the 8 years I lived here. (see full details below)<br /><br />7- My trip with my mom in November to Prague and Vienna. (details below)<br /><br />8- Being picked to be part of the Affinity Resource Team at work. Affinity is a new program we use at work to do our buys and plan each store. Eventually it is supposed to customize the assortment for every single of our 800+ stores based on how well each store sells a particular attribute that has been taged to each style we own. So anyway, one person for each family of business has been picked to represent and support their team. It was pretty cool to find out that it was the GMMs (General Merchandise Manager) and GPMs (General Planning Manager) that picked everyone on the team. Then at our first meeting our CMO (chief merchandise officer) and CPO (chief planning officer) told us that we were cherry picked to be part of this team because they believe we are the future leaders of the company. I thought that was pretty cool!<br />Also the team is mostly buyers and planners, but very few associate planners and associate buyers.<br /><br />9- Finally but not least, my Green Card got renewed for another 10 years, so I won't be going anywhere for now. When I first got my Green Card, it was a conditional Green Card for 2 years because Jr and I were married for less than 2 years when we applied, so after 2 years, they want to check up on you and make sure you're still married.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-69425632016297000462010-01-01T21:04:00.003-05:002010-01-10T20:45:52.104-05:00Mom's travelOther than going on trips with her 3 daughters, it seems like my mom was been out of the country more than she's been home this past year. To start back from Christmas last year, she spent<br />one month in Florida between December and January<br />one week in Vegas in April (I think)<br />then onto her trip with M-C to California for another week<br />one week in Croatia in June<br />that lead into one week in England<br />that lead into one week in Russia with Gen<br />one week in Israel in September<br />One week in Prague and Vienna with me in December<br />and then again one more month in Florida this December/January<br />You do the math, that's a lot of traveling in 12 months! Lucky her, right?<br />She said she wanted to stay home this coming summer, let's see how much of that will happen!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-12380753518574771552010-01-01T19:50:00.008-05:002010-01-01T21:04:02.437-05:00Prague and ViennaMy mom retired from teaching in June 2008 and one of her retirement project was to take all three of her daughters on a trip alone with her. First my older sister Marie-Claude chose to go to California, then my middle sister Gen chose to go to Russia, and finally my mom and I chose to go to Prague and Vienna together. We went from Thanksgiving weekend to the first week of December for a total of 10 days. We had a great time and both cities were beautiful. Prague is more medieval and Vianna is more like Paris. It was very interesting to learn the history of both cities, from the impact of the Holocaust to the Hofburg Empire, to the classical history of musician like Mozart. We experiences various entertainement in both cities. In Prague we went to the opera Carmen, which is actually a french opera but it was so hard to understand that I ended up reading the english subtitles! In Vienna we went to the Swan Lake ballet, a classical concert from the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) orchestra, considered one of the finest in the world, and finally we went to the Spanish Riding School at the Hofburg Palace to see the world famous Lipizzaner stalions perform. Everything was amazing.<br />Here are a few pictures, I tried to limit them to 20.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUf1EjANBK-b7MbqQSmzFDFEnvD6MVF9yGJjcab2JpGF7rN1pLUYJ9x3sUFy0q9Q5Axj6kOrrJaOJIKrls_pZpsGWvxeydQIeIMP3EmjpXHq4T2TNoAutH0mucmB_3vHBkv5hu2BUXKMF6/s1600-h/IMG_8721.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421950946931631106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUf1EjANBK-b7MbqQSmzFDFEnvD6MVF9yGJjcab2JpGF7rN1pLUYJ9x3sUFy0q9Q5Axj6kOrrJaOJIKrls_pZpsGWvxeydQIeIMP3EmjpXHq4T2TNoAutH0mucmB_3vHBkv5hu2BUXKMF6/s400/IMG_8721.JPG" /></a> View of Prague at night from Prague castle</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMLN_YQ_161vEbwCJpEdAaUj7YdmttczKfR-5YN3B2W5A7BkQTP_c9TpfqK3rc2NreoT662wMXmwXsktSmmJjjNQz0bwvBjJuI7LHJrbrT6tjevcRnXA0ZOBMb3gPs8ISgDM4XmlreVP2/s1600-h/IMG_8734.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421950941438845330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMLN_YQ_161vEbwCJpEdAaUj7YdmttczKfR-5YN3B2W5A7BkQTP_c9TpfqK3rc2NreoT662wMXmwXsktSmmJjjNQz0bwvBjJuI7LHJrbrT6tjevcRnXA0ZOBMb3gPs8ISgDM4XmlreVP2/s400/IMG_8734.JPG" /></a> St.Vitus's cathedral inside Prague castle<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6m8UfyKLMi3ewgj4fMTloS64wpKdVdlHLL6xVLopoX0Mn4ohJX4FFKv7PJFUzqve_hwCVl9jNtIttt7seO-Ym7qo2QB3mLbBwaIRReS_m_fZUMYn_jgo65b7EPERnKZc9Dw0jQKa8Tb8X/s1600-h/IMG_8750.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421948340629730994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6m8UfyKLMi3ewgj4fMTloS64wpKdVdlHLL6xVLopoX0Mn4ohJX4FFKv7PJFUzqve_hwCVl9jNtIttt7seO-Ym7qo2QB3mLbBwaIRReS_m_fZUMYn_jgo65b7EPERnKZc9Dw0jQKa8Tb8X/s400/IMG_8750.JPG" /></a>A view going down from Prague castle<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13GFS852EhkM4I3oY1Ro3k4_-T9K3xJtT48z1sywJaLgRM5qw1tsptUQaMmAwtAvpSkoQa_atOhb4iBDmUi_e9CceZC7IdgOCBS9dmul7Mgs7h2eu2FPPWba5I1xHB0hA244Fj9ge3H9m/s1600-h/IMG_8760.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421948336750195154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh13GFS852EhkM4I3oY1Ro3k4_-T9K3xJtT48z1sywJaLgRM5qw1tsptUQaMmAwtAvpSkoQa_atOhb4iBDmUi_e9CceZC7IdgOCBS9dmul7Mgs7h2eu2FPPWba5I1xHB0hA244Fj9ge3H9m/s400/IMG_8760.JPG" /></a>Prague castle with the famous Charles Bridge<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9F30odpAIuT4jUHWLAx3pzMGo5pNnFNchq_xFfauCtu8nQ5BE-LKamIz8bjGmSUaPeib0nxY3M14XDgvXFrS8seCKwSYYp-Yz3fGOyZMU8i8EDP-u1fu1YgjDyzEmh0zcnVbNHHlL311h/s1600-h/IMG_8774.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421948334940445234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9F30odpAIuT4jUHWLAx3pzMGo5pNnFNchq_xFfauCtu8nQ5BE-LKamIz8bjGmSUaPeib0nxY3M14XDgvXFrS8seCKwSYYp-Yz3fGOyZMU8i8EDP-u1fu1YgjDyzEmh0zcnVbNHHlL311h/s400/IMG_8774.JPG" /></a> Day view of the city from Prague Castle<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoWeumGglpuPSVkTUNnV5v9B-TFJSYJR54gMdsDfYOM2UYMttXVNgLh0WWiuzjnPiKoU_nbmAstiSVTBfAaYiEYW1KGKecfqYf7GKyNfdaA_5yFf6HI_Rbdz-FYFTk29PhZj7qbbUfaBG/s1600-h/IMG_8806.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421948331053034834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRoWeumGglpuPSVkTUNnV5v9B-TFJSYJR54gMdsDfYOM2UYMttXVNgLh0WWiuzjnPiKoU_nbmAstiSVTBfAaYiEYW1KGKecfqYf7GKyNfdaA_5yFf6HI_Rbdz-FYFTk29PhZj7qbbUfaBG/s400/IMG_8806.JPG" /></a>The famous astronomical clock in Prague<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4NEraOe1o9mUqlfav-eFhoDTiMeuT6eSbolxKGBUVeUqKSKbGwhw9qbrHmW6-yEJmHSNiroEPnHR8vSeiHPmWY-dQgNHfXjsGfsrHZUc6KUzFrtVf_nGdzhvegLcJ7ZqdTZVAJZSijqQ/s1600-h/IMG_8830.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421945110899178818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4NEraOe1o9mUqlfav-eFhoDTiMeuT6eSbolxKGBUVeUqKSKbGwhw9qbrHmW6-yEJmHSNiroEPnHR8vSeiHPmWY-dQgNHfXjsGfsrHZUc6KUzFrtVf_nGdzhvegLcJ7ZqdTZVAJZSijqQ/s400/IMG_8830.JPG" /></a>Christmas market in Prague<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJDy9t39hfGcCo__0kUFivwPhIW_KV4gQ8TugloZezdrs0zd_xqiwVfQ5iYQEGoh-T_0CmOBX62k5fCU0ZRm5BwfMGO4nHZ3MAV2POJXWIfxdVwffxTeD-0cKezSFfd57YbRBgKeY_kf8/s1600-h/IMG_8833.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421945104134754434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJDy9t39hfGcCo__0kUFivwPhIW_KV4gQ8TugloZezdrs0zd_xqiwVfQ5iYQEGoh-T_0CmOBX62k5fCU0ZRm5BwfMGO4nHZ3MAV2POJXWIfxdVwffxTeD-0cKezSFfd57YbRBgKeY_kf8/s400/IMG_8833.JPG" /></a>View of Prague from tower<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQjEvMwHUq1vleaeLvsXX1ZHaSuNk0X5_FEQZ74e7Pqs636kWoOaMBSPuem5-omqdfCI5UC7oCBQU0wGH1FZMRE5cNIgHLpZoU6iJ-MNqltW8jGGdX-twELAEHHH3cnTXhR_NIfe720Zi/s1600-h/IMG_8836.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421945100902220802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQjEvMwHUq1vleaeLvsXX1ZHaSuNk0X5_FEQZ74e7Pqs636kWoOaMBSPuem5-omqdfCI5UC7oCBQU0wGH1FZMRE5cNIgHLpZoU6iJ-MNqltW8jGGdX-twELAEHHH3cnTXhR_NIfe720Zi/s400/IMG_8836.JPG" /></a>Christmas market in Prague<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR69uDHLT37Rmuu9kIftjafWkp1lXPa17mT2C3v5WU-yPJ3drZc_Z0E9piBXqgKsNFPt-2K_ohMvBTmpTni_ZcanTN-CE6lzfTSGNieJIc3Y3oUkBeO6B9rvqIGvbMcLWxU2HTt-jsWmHj/s1600-h/IMG_8877.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421945096793825090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR69uDHLT37Rmuu9kIftjafWkp1lXPa17mT2C3v5WU-yPJ3drZc_Z0E9piBXqgKsNFPt-2K_ohMvBTmpTni_ZcanTN-CE6lzfTSGNieJIc3Y3oUkBeO6B9rvqIGvbMcLWxU2HTt-jsWmHj/s400/IMG_8877.JPG" /></a>St. Vitus's cathedral, I liked the gargoyle all around the cathedral<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNDDWS2Hk4B5Cq9IzdB2A793vEPJfgDBU_lfuHgn7wH1FEiDlnYXOQ_qUCWeMss1tcJScS9gVFNIuicC98KHZabErCI0XBiDCsWklo7Uevnh1JnMHnYeDRZO6fzEX9p_srOd8eCpL17AN/s1600-h/IMG_8892.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421943977236806530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNDDWS2Hk4B5Cq9IzdB2A793vEPJfgDBU_lfuHgn7wH1FEiDlnYXOQ_qUCWeMss1tcJScS9gVFNIuicC98KHZabErCI0XBiDCsWklo7Uevnh1JnMHnYeDRZO6fzEX9p_srOd8eCpL17AN/s400/IMG_8892.JPG" /></a>Again St. Vitus's cathedral inside Prague castle<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBBKSFB5Okkz501urCZGIwAMkIcWEnLbZZsYpirdxb4LtE3oWksApLMkyJCnozcONx-risgiTCRrjd_P-Z378Ttt3TzYcInqF6QPrXgALTn-09ouqRitgXfOSRGfId3Vult2z5quM6VEJ/s1600-h/IMG_8899.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421943972995489042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBBKSFB5Okkz501urCZGIwAMkIcWEnLbZZsYpirdxb4LtE3oWksApLMkyJCnozcONx-risgiTCRrjd_P-Z378Ttt3TzYcInqF6QPrXgALTn-09ouqRitgXfOSRGfId3Vult2z5quM6VEJ/s400/IMG_8899.JPG" /></a>Another view of Prague<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7cu5T-X_sgBWo7lpHbKfTq5bse9GTmYwT5FV3-i3JN57YAlMmWDjucqV74q1sl2Q0XGQfN4AzKUpTqYdmMIV830cFh0sHiASUq8Sawd27yLgOGQYddOT5DW5cQm8_PR_vUu70D_wN-_4/s1600-h/IMG_8927.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421943971787866658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz7cu5T-X_sgBWo7lpHbKfTq5bse9GTmYwT5FV3-i3JN57YAlMmWDjucqV74q1sl2Q0XGQfN4AzKUpTqYdmMIV830cFh0sHiASUq8Sawd27yLgOGQYddOT5DW5cQm8_PR_vUu70D_wN-_4/s400/IMG_8927.JPG" /></a>The Jewish cemetary in Prague<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7o8LL89n-swjH72_6WqPRcaFz5ehj4aeJ53jxx2YMGg4RtsCosAaAy3WyZfVseT_UpaLSCDIEUCb4XZgZL2dBgfvVw78isJqA_nIkn5_aHQT03JTdoSGAOoO_JfCQuOqVJ-xnYBI8iz0t/s1600-h/IMG_8936.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421943960583515090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7o8LL89n-swjH72_6WqPRcaFz5ehj4aeJ53jxx2YMGg4RtsCosAaAy3WyZfVseT_UpaLSCDIEUCb4XZgZL2dBgfvVw78isJqA_nIkn5_aHQT03JTdoSGAOoO_JfCQuOqVJ-xnYBI8iz0t/s400/IMG_8936.JPG" /></a>Our bedroom in Vienna, just like a Palace!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwioiRLiDl_J8LR2aicoQEy44wN8feUJd4K6aC5NCGaKhGzc1kdZEwhNXKwmPG9fPHYYH57nP7Mj4CXFRs0II8ri1QM1AbBXSORqfD3T7G8sztUqHTd5C7GREWxRlHTJx9wDf0Eq6R2urH/s1600-h/IMG_8941.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421942575782448114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwioiRLiDl_J8LR2aicoQEy44wN8feUJd4K6aC5NCGaKhGzc1kdZEwhNXKwmPG9fPHYYH57nP7Mj4CXFRs0II8ri1QM1AbBXSORqfD3T7G8sztUqHTd5C7GREWxRlHTJx9wDf0Eq6R2urH/s400/IMG_8941.JPG" /></a>Schonbrunn palace in Vienna, it's the summer residence of the Habsburg's family<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WZvS9xtQjNE9ofSWvYNcw1OzORWfOpyLmOZEkb91Bz6U82NVugmdZHkEOtbVe6R6i3RksLTI55phzIQ3q9niIKobkvVT1GL8Jvq07sdIajepMQA5g67NTcRDuvfeETS-8uwP-tDG2JBG/s1600-h/IMG_8974.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421942569859981522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WZvS9xtQjNE9ofSWvYNcw1OzORWfOpyLmOZEkb91Bz6U82NVugmdZHkEOtbVe6R6i3RksLTI55phzIQ3q9niIKobkvVT1GL8Jvq07sdIajepMQA5g67NTcRDuvfeETS-8uwP-tDG2JBG/s400/IMG_8974.JPG" /></a> Hofburg palace<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLta0VoF8w4n3JNdfo27_sebxSMZmzZjY4fRg3LlCjVbizABI_RZdytREsuM1xsfvEGXuQa0rlQtcsq1_Lw7GY3_BF69gO_JTURFhHUNsashr1OkSy9TX_sT21zVcJGjBQU4xpp3t-hBL/s1600-h/IMG_9017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421942563177526642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvLta0VoF8w4n3JNdfo27_sebxSMZmzZjY4fRg3LlCjVbizABI_RZdytREsuM1xsfvEGXuQa0rlQtcsq1_Lw7GY3_BF69gO_JTURFhHUNsashr1OkSy9TX_sT21zVcJGjBQU4xpp3t-hBL/s400/IMG_9017.JPG" /></a> One of the many Christmas market in Vienna, in front of City Hall<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWHJDxYCTaQ1kxMEG2m8Lvu2afAjo4MyV4ULnvW9_CNae8LKBICiDG2MGlUd6RkSGQuqSCWu0kGhDvNqGVQ_CjKhP7Y1ah0nDatYQjgYf_n8GT-LzaHQqegs2W0RFk7bUSig9O5VNuYjQ/s1600-h/IMG_9022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421942551246880834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXWHJDxYCTaQ1kxMEG2m8Lvu2afAjo4MyV4ULnvW9_CNae8LKBICiDG2MGlUd6RkSGQuqSCWu0kGhDvNqGVQ_CjKhP7Y1ah0nDatYQjgYf_n8GT-LzaHQqegs2W0RFk7bUSig9O5VNuYjQ/s400/IMG_9022.JPG" /></a> Stephansdom's cathedral in Vienna<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtJRwFtVHi7Ej2RkrJec8QSCRA6FvlD2yZz2CFv4vQyMxGiEjVT7mb6qNsWRddSA9ASsrlLyWDLHzhJ4iIeVXc0Cq94GRwWk9MJ8S5t-1CpnAQKEhGF7-vOyg2bwLoagqQ73YUSWrkBMu/s1600-h/IMG_9040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421941735391193378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOtJRwFtVHi7Ej2RkrJec8QSCRA6FvlD2yZz2CFv4vQyMxGiEjVT7mb6qNsWRddSA9ASsrlLyWDLHzhJ4iIeVXc0Cq94GRwWk9MJ8S5t-1CpnAQKEhGF7-vOyg2bwLoagqQ73YUSWrkBMu/s400/IMG_9040.JPG" /></a>Mozarthaus, yes it was Mozart's house<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHXY-pNob-DIy-qLZv_zn5SMDL67H5h6rPaQE-DmdwsaavhynQJtnoHWOrRvZjVQrMxg_m4S5qQ6KaU-HZ3qRz_FBKXCyGibqpFirvLqY5dZKqam84Yewjv-xn5viC_-vONkii_W7t9ZT/s1600-h/IMG_9046.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421941729326805074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiHXY-pNob-DIy-qLZv_zn5SMDL67H5h6rPaQE-DmdwsaavhynQJtnoHWOrRvZjVQrMxg_m4S5qQ6KaU-HZ3qRz_FBKXCyGibqpFirvLqY5dZKqam84Yewjv-xn5viC_-vONkii_W7t9ZT/s400/IMG_9046.JPG" /></a> Spanish Riding School inside the Horgurg Palace <div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-9584210432824945142010-01-01T19:39:00.004-05:002010-01-01T19:49:40.125-05:00Rock of Ages ROCKSLast October or November, one of our vendor at work took us out for dinner and to see the musical Rock Of Ages. It was absolutely awesome and we had so much fun. There was 6 of us, all pretty young girls and we just loved it. Our vendor had actually seen it once or twice before she took us, but she loved it so much she wanted to take us.<br />The musical is about a young rocker from the 80's that's looking for love. It's very cliche and quite vulgar. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to laugh plenty, is open to inappropriate jokes, and loves 80's rock. Not the kind of musical you want to take your parents to though!<br />Constantine from Americal Idol was the lead guy and after the show was over, my vendor and I were waiting together for our car service to show up and the actors started coming out of the theater and we were lucky enough to get our picture taken with Constantine, or I should say he took a picture of us with my Blackberry!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421936345631787762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0UdZaJNUvVoxkvBtaOd-_WDDuG8Ie61LsUSpLKAVwgowW2onIkZ3xdb2PC_XX8bCfaT95-JJxxjU0i19h2R6QQYA98Y2BbZNPthve0ygrU9WfLzZdC_qpRnPDgfhLOeqJGvS_7JLa8fZ/s400/Media+CardBlackBerrypicturesIMG00178.jpg" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-40589036333451141732010-01-01T19:17:00.003-05:002010-01-10T20:50:04.492-05:00M-C comes to NYCSo I've been living in NYC for the past 8 years (hard to believe), moved 6 times, at one point spent up to 50% of my net salary on rent, had a total of 7 rooommates in the past 8 years and yet my older sister Marie-Claude had never made it down to NYC to witness any of it... until this fall. She came to visit us in NYC for the first time in 8 years. She of course had been to NYC before, but never to crash at our place like other siblings and friends have done.<br />In November she and her new boyfriend (that I was meeting for the first time) came for a short weekend. They had a good time, and so did we, and she promised to come back more often. After all why wouldn't you if you have a place to stay for free in NYC???<br />Can't wait to have you over again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-4019569731544199092010-01-01T16:45:00.003-05:002010-01-01T17:40:28.352-05:00All about Park SlopeI've never lived in Brooklyn before and neither has Jr., but when we were looking at the different neighborhoods I fell in love with Park Slope. To some degrees I like it more than any neighborhoods in Manhattan. Park Slope is very family-oriented, all the streets are tree-lined, there is a huge park (Prospect Park) designed by the same architect that did Central Park, it's a small neighborhood with tons of mom and pop business. Honestly I could count on the fingers of my hand the number of chain businesses, everything is unique restaurants and boutiques. Park Slope, and Brooklyn as a whole, is a very "green" and hyppie neighbornood with tons of farmers markets.<br />Sounds pretty perfect to me!<br />As we discover more of Park Slope I will report my findings...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-52329205225277724082010-01-01T16:16:00.012-05:002010-01-01T16:51:29.885-05:00It's been too long again!<div align="center">Well it's been another 6 months since we've updated our blog. I'm on the computer all day at work so when I get home at night I rarely turn on the computer. But today Jr is watching 3 bowl games in a row and it's really boring!<br />We haven't been up to anything too much different since last August. No we still haven't moved in our new condo. After having been told the middle of September, then the end of November, we are now looking at April-May. We are still excited about it and are looking forward to the day we actually get to live there. Until then we are still in Queens and can't wait to move out of here! We talked about buying a condo earlier in our blog, but we didn't go into too much details about it. It's a one bedroom, one bathroom condo with a private terrace and our very own washer and dryer, I can't wait! Here are some of the rendering pictures.<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sIi-UbSLy9YNMTVncLjZ2UW18UOLcmD6F7UNOQSs7vngBW2O7eLYmOV77eEgKiG5H6K7WzP4NJGCiuhRp5BZjBfXrfQARpzzBg-IRAhZBwlLr1CvsrQnjLCg5AJhqWl9qrJ3v1T6M2Kn/s1600-h/1087708.35124210%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421888298152902898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sIi-UbSLy9YNMTVncLjZ2UW18UOLcmD6F7UNOQSs7vngBW2O7eLYmOV77eEgKiG5H6K7WzP4NJGCiuhRp5BZjBfXrfQARpzzBg-IRAhZBwlLr1CvsrQnjLCg5AJhqWl9qrJ3v1T6M2Kn/s400/1087708.35124210%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a> This is the kitchen, obviously!</p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcYK4cdGnda1qB_jFD4b0x8q4A7whNyEzHCMVsp9F3JGLI4E2tdL_IL2Of7UCd_YBUS1iaJi-jrkmn5az5n9Oal6uKHD9XvS5LeS0-25pdiWglR4y7ldXDk2Hqp91Fx1TTjfJE6UsuA5S/s1600-h/1087708_35124222.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421888229200647458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcYK4cdGnda1qB_jFD4b0x8q4A7whNyEzHCMVsp9F3JGLI4E2tdL_IL2Of7UCd_YBUS1iaJi-jrkmn5az5n9Oal6uKHD9XvS5LeS0-25pdiWglR4y7ldXDk2Hqp91Fx1TTjfJE6UsuA5S/s400/1087708_35124222.jpg" /></a> This is the living area with our private terrace of 120 sq. feet<br /></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2jG1pjMVwDV9uBE-Mi8f9ipEHU6fZiKGrf5klAJfbr1kZx7dbU7sKe32y7-R_Xt4UAZpyBrXLld8BC1tF3C-cLhpwStWXmdJ23a40x1P6W1dMKHmNpZPAPu85MyPUN0blqPSHrXqACAB/s1600-h/1087708_35124310.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421888103276048338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2jG1pjMVwDV9uBE-Mi8f9ipEHU6fZiKGrf5klAJfbr1kZx7dbU7sKe32y7-R_Xt4UAZpyBrXLld8BC1tF3C-cLhpwStWXmdJ23a40x1P6W1dMKHmNpZPAPu85MyPUN0blqPSHrXqACAB/s400/1087708_35124310.jpg" /></a>That's a picture of the whole building </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9iFEK3DUYyoKdG-CS4wr4laUIQqOAq1BKuTBpXgbcB5hpt14w1gAdRXw7eTfrSO_rS4qQ1mPepYAq1oXlgO1sgg0vU65yNHh1pnKtgMKG7s6QH10v6f833Xcbjfec0JdQph8xm5vjO_K/s1600-h/1087708_35124235.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 169px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421888027828391314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9iFEK3DUYyoKdG-CS4wr4laUIQqOAq1BKuTBpXgbcB5hpt14w1gAdRXw7eTfrSO_rS4qQ1mPepYAq1oXlgO1sgg0vU65yNHh1pnKtgMKG7s6QH10v6f833Xcbjfec0JdQph8xm5vjO_K/s400/1087708_35124235.jpg" /></a>The lobby with fireplace!! </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkvvyq8S3hygmDfayMBEHKNRjp8uTMYAv6G6XttynV-f51RRMitQQxQlyIxhtLOCJiyaVYE-CkLDk2fVLALbcWW6m2AEEd13t16c9Yt55EZ9RpJ4KFxiT0xk2ObM2uAfXeG-SPY8jbAu7/s1600-h/1087708_35124257.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 168px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421887942629876178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkvvyq8S3hygmDfayMBEHKNRjp8uTMYAv6G6XttynV-f51RRMitQQxQlyIxhtLOCJiyaVYE-CkLDk2fVLALbcWW6m2AEEd13t16c9Yt55EZ9RpJ4KFxiT0xk2ObM2uAfXeG-SPY8jbAu7/s400/1087708_35124257.jpg" /></a>The shared terrace </div><div align="center"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-12196978738771187212009-08-12T21:56:00.004-04:002009-08-12T22:07:47.807-04:00Federrer vs NiemeyerLast weekend Jr and I went to Montreal for my aunt's funeral. She passed away on Friday night of cancer. We left New York very early Saturday morning and we just came back to New York tonight.<br />Last night my sister, Marie-Claude, invited us to a tennis match in Montreal. It was the Rogers Cup tournament and her friend, Frederic Niemeyer was playing against Federrer. It was a good match, even though Federrer is #1, Niemeyer gave him a good challenge, or at least what it looked like one.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YoUwnVw2R8aAqmiTUqYn6ijyEJ5O85B1u_6ot-dnJkgAKr12ScYkkM-4ZjAoamLNQoRzZlJLsuxUueWrwCRNfKtQU3XwIWQVmzSTx1MonsODbHLK8WCGKOJ5OgizADbf5NyZxJ1-pbQg/s1600-h/IMG_8553.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369264139033621298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5YoUwnVw2R8aAqmiTUqYn6ijyEJ5O85B1u_6ot-dnJkgAKr12ScYkkM-4ZjAoamLNQoRzZlJLsuxUueWrwCRNfKtQU3XwIWQVmzSTx1MonsODbHLK8WCGKOJ5OgizADbf5NyZxJ1-pbQg/s320/IMG_8553.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVs7KtKmpEzAMlLqYlAmhFF613MHHhQWCNj35fPgrs7DYYFK09QNdgLb_pdoPsQBAo74hq10Mep-tPGuYjb2xchWq4fXTx-ehim-xCQ5grDgbwMcqIUdNwwZ8KRDKn2Fb87D51B90BCg8/s1600-h/IMG_8556.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369264134465971170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVs7KtKmpEzAMlLqYlAmhFF613MHHhQWCNj35fPgrs7DYYFK09QNdgLb_pdoPsQBAo74hq10Mep-tPGuYjb2xchWq4fXTx-ehim-xCQ5grDgbwMcqIUdNwwZ8KRDKn2Fb87D51B90BCg8/s320/IMG_8556.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDk4If2iNJGdqB_g6lEAPraCudImupdaFr5GJgAobLTLBfLe_GlhPf0gU7vyFf0As-TO9PwrPsk1AtqWtbMOjZSRiouej2sQmdqoNHR__Yx2EeOJgz-0QiNVeDB4v0eGxc3kRYFEzOUUU/s1600-h/IMG_8557.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369263294957309058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqDk4If2iNJGdqB_g6lEAPraCudImupdaFr5GJgAobLTLBfLe_GlhPf0gU7vyFf0As-TO9PwrPsk1AtqWtbMOjZSRiouej2sQmdqoNHR__Yx2EeOJgz-0QiNVeDB4v0eGxc3kRYFEzOUUU/s320/IMG_8557.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjAnEopYhkNS1tYHfoidXKSds9zTYLk08wscZpWiW0QeVJJgII_lqP1MQvQg8OpJxUH-9XlW38F05dZRzLcIZvS7T8PvRE_pq_u3LMnNeLUnpnh2SDJh2Gk59d32eKWyXJ9eztKDJdYDN/s1600-h/IMG_8563.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369263284257245842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjAnEopYhkNS1tYHfoidXKSds9zTYLk08wscZpWiW0QeVJJgII_lqP1MQvQg8OpJxUH-9XlW38F05dZRzLcIZvS7T8PvRE_pq_u3LMnNeLUnpnh2SDJh2Gk59d32eKWyXJ9eztKDJdYDN/s320/IMG_8563.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIkuxgLbktk93V2f0vYN8mmgcf506BWnobv9HiC3gMulYqm1KyMpq06DOT1ui0vXKPDo2J3cNLgfs0TDeTTEleUWERkUl51Q_FJDmyGW8M0aRnITzYylBb8nz7U1-nYwfasJrcijUWhO2/s1600-h/IMG_8566.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369263276292733986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIkuxgLbktk93V2f0vYN8mmgcf506BWnobv9HiC3gMulYqm1KyMpq06DOT1ui0vXKPDo2J3cNLgfs0TDeTTEleUWERkUl51Q_FJDmyGW8M0aRnITzYylBb8nz7U1-nYwfasJrcijUWhO2/s320/IMG_8566.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-9385861917859619402009-08-12T21:44:00.003-04:002009-08-13T19:18:12.355-04:00Vader's birthdayThe night of Vader's birthday, August 6th, I was making red velvet cupcakes for one of my co-worker's baby shower at work and I made 2 little cupcakes for Yoda and Vader to celebrate Vader's birthday. Vader was really happy, look at his face and tongue! Yoda didn't mind it too much either!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Z4XsYXx09K5AmLQaRaOipHm10O8A7ovFF0oyVqEagWmlZtuOTdZIEJBqXGrvEMcEcY21PEYPNjt_rvvgiB5JpVmAog7mv5KLEWc78jUtBziVqWegCAbb1ojSxHHOJjN3qs0IpJfPJf3M/s1600-h/IMG_8549+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369591501139340706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Z4XsYXx09K5AmLQaRaOipHm10O8A7ovFF0oyVqEagWmlZtuOTdZIEJBqXGrvEMcEcY21PEYPNjt_rvvgiB5JpVmAog7mv5KLEWc78jUtBziVqWegCAbb1ojSxHHOJjN3qs0IpJfPJf3M/s320/IMG_8549+-+Copy.JPG" /></a> <div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSHh1rmLUNoiWhPedlmcoMKCt_joWYB-mZBSUJWXG5Os_f-qB33n9Qr9SuruapLGdVu417C-OV4rjnkmxDIzeGNYfRJ7IDTWO_AJUrl42Pr6vvTx_3noW-YytwewzhHqJhjKXd5zHNQqS/s1600-h/IMG_8551.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369260526566634834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSHh1rmLUNoiWhPedlmcoMKCt_joWYB-mZBSUJWXG5Os_f-qB33n9Qr9SuruapLGdVu417C-OV4rjnkmxDIzeGNYfRJ7IDTWO_AJUrl42Pr6vvTx_3noW-YytwewzhHqJhjKXd5zHNQqS/s320/IMG_8551.JPG" /></a> </div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-20356908206443466952009-08-12T21:34:00.005-04:002009-08-12T21:43:54.881-04:00Dog picturesThe pugs in their favorite places:<br /><br />Yoda and Vader enjoying their new large Wal-Mart bed that they can share without pushing each other<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpU2A7fGyyYJm6v3q3GmTD4ATsduWxOmKeoWJsVsi0CxDcDqPkqJeUIud09Wen4eJTXGyG_whjUPTPV8i3MBE9dghvZnGFJYjcY5RkOlo-s8a9I9rI7AaM9xSXDJkJy2LMflTaKzPT6dD/s1600-h/64.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369257929546220066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpU2A7fGyyYJm6v3q3GmTD4ATsduWxOmKeoWJsVsi0CxDcDqPkqJeUIud09Wen4eJTXGyG_whjUPTPV8i3MBE9dghvZnGFJYjcY5RkOlo-s8a9I9rI7AaM9xSXDJkJy2LMflTaKzPT6dD/s320/64.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Vader in the toy basket sleeping or eating the basket, waiting for us by the door<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJUlLIx7laptic0G34TnBS_Yw3YEG0sKe2gIcuJ9r4jDBfNe0lizx0zr4N-DiDo25iNgD1A43CWcDXzj_pcuDDK7_LjE2TYVpYmeOUrvId1eE12SSYGhv1x5OZODrtLpGau1eQeEe5y-p/s1600-h/62.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369256687261572722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJUlLIx7laptic0G34TnBS_Yw3YEG0sKe2gIcuJ9r4jDBfNe0lizx0zr4N-DiDo25iNgD1A43CWcDXzj_pcuDDK7_LjE2TYVpYmeOUrvId1eE12SSYGhv1x5OZODrtLpGau1eQeEe5y-p/s320/62.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Yoda and Vader waiting for Jr to be done showering</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUm2_aTxZxXTv26PHXMzUiIS4RiP74div9GOq7LCj4uQtzcoP3UanRhnuKLtvamZ0X7SxWuN9eFtlEjU0cVZEcCwL3QeRfT0msepfPSGx4gHh_ys58miHmZ8NYQJevYqVOpbJeW_iXNmu/s1600-h/63.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369256685242395810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcUm2_aTxZxXTv26PHXMzUiIS4RiP74div9GOq7LCj4uQtzcoP3UanRhnuKLtvamZ0X7SxWuN9eFtlEjU0cVZEcCwL3QeRfT0msepfPSGx4gHh_ys58miHmZ8NYQJevYqVOpbJeW_iXNmu/s320/63.JPG" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-55445755661282704192009-08-12T21:24:00.003-04:002009-08-12T21:34:26.468-04:00BBQ in Prospect ParkA couple weekends ago we went to Prospect Park in Brooklyn to have a little bbq. I love bbq so one night that I felt like eating some, I went to Target to buy a small portable bbq and the next night we made some hamburger on the fire escape. That's New York lifestyle! So a couple weekends ago we went to Prospect Park on Saturday afternoon to have hamburger and hot dogs for lunch. It was really good. Prospect Park is the park close to where we bought our condo in Park Slope, Brooklyn. There is also a dog beach in the park, we took the pugs there and the water was really cold so I thought that Yoda would go in right away, but he was a little scared of stepping on the rocks underwater. Once they get used to it they will have lots of fun there!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LaKWiD2hnXphI1utGz1QBmZThQu1V9oNRELwV_5pcQfcrQ32WHZsc08vbp6v4U4re4kHe5YlqG01fK_qwn2WYns1XGr5mlqNVzkUq0IyKQBTFBWYVVpCxS1UEqqO2tty_NvZaJV-Mni5/s1600-h/60.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369255160742053506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4LaKWiD2hnXphI1utGz1QBmZThQu1V9oNRELwV_5pcQfcrQ32WHZsc08vbp6v4U4re4kHe5YlqG01fK_qwn2WYns1XGr5mlqNVzkUq0IyKQBTFBWYVVpCxS1UEqqO2tty_NvZaJV-Mni5/s320/60.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KxCPlV-gPM3l8n9x_SolBAtpLtRsHRJ1pXw_d8NrxdMMGFNaSsmR-M0kvfh3AvH1u2V26fADVGsQh8ZPFs1pRCpz6MZLjlNz3VMEwoqUbx2o2K-1l8k0Mu-nUfDJ126ef4n6c-nGwtc4/s1600-h/61.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369255152401389730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KxCPlV-gPM3l8n9x_SolBAtpLtRsHRJ1pXw_d8NrxdMMGFNaSsmR-M0kvfh3AvH1u2V26fADVGsQh8ZPFs1pRCpz6MZLjlNz3VMEwoqUbx2o2K-1l8k0Mu-nUfDJ126ef4n6c-nGwtc4/s320/61.JPG" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-74263543789277868982009-08-12T21:22:00.001-04:002009-08-12T21:24:34.684-04:00Mets gameMets game at the new CitiField. We went with Alyson when she was visiting in July. We ate ShakeShack for dinner mmmmmmm...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuszOybw9XWpOjvUUF6lWpL1-r9soN4bq_DPUuauJu5q4OM4iL_5EyVtv3ID3aCUIdHfVD-NrgzGuhawrT1g5wF0B4jE_EgnbbcX56OOjzM9Orzu6dgkkeRnqFQN5ZlTH16dfY3D1tfMtg/s1600-h/58.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369252932843791842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuszOybw9XWpOjvUUF6lWpL1-r9soN4bq_DPUuauJu5q4OM4iL_5EyVtv3ID3aCUIdHfVD-NrgzGuhawrT1g5wF0B4jE_EgnbbcX56OOjzM9Orzu6dgkkeRnqFQN5ZlTH16dfY3D1tfMtg/s320/58.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYBHb7RId8Fa52tAvkJC2KXAdVjO1dkKPgShyKUMVeG9fXiYXDyRSS9fwTTjv13Y67qqlKyOguwJE67BjRrdIbB2sajEc3A-KNDEv9uItg49L_6Jd4xzor0qFNEkpiB4cKhcufoJCzOZ1/s1600-h/59.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369252923457845938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYBHb7RId8Fa52tAvkJC2KXAdVjO1dkKPgShyKUMVeG9fXiYXDyRSS9fwTTjv13Y67qqlKyOguwJE67BjRrdIbB2sajEc3A-KNDEv9uItg49L_6Jd4xzor0qFNEkpiB4cKhcufoJCzOZ1/s320/59.JPG" /></a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-86501333982596734622009-08-12T20:40:00.006-04:002009-08-12T21:22:22.627-04:00July 4th weekendWow, we're almost up to date on our blog. I will make a valid effort to try to update this as soon as possible.<br /><br />For July Fourth weekend, Jr and I took a couple day off. We left New York, with the pugs, on Wednesday night June 30, for Montreal. The next day, on July 1, it was Canada day. We went to Ottawa, Canada's capital, with my friend Marie. We saw the change of guard in front of the parlement and then they had the Royal Canadian Mounted Police performed their carousel show. It was really nice, I had seen it before in Sasketchewan, but it was Jr's first time to see it. Then we listen to the little concert they had in front of the parlement.<br /><br />On Friday night we picked up Alyson at the airport, she was visiting us for a week.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLyQEnX16fleY1gURvenCq3rjQoTBAERf3QEEJgyT2sYNXlkFQKdyMm6UPnuaKT9XQ7L-HgrKFIj4lE_7Bb40aHFf5JPAQrVdo_pGQbYy6B9Ns1Gyclgt9bVvB13eLFs2Iw_-AQYQ1gA5/s1600-h/41.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369251276450309858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLyQEnX16fleY1gURvenCq3rjQoTBAERf3QEEJgyT2sYNXlkFQKdyMm6UPnuaKT9XQ7L-HgrKFIj4lE_7Bb40aHFf5JPAQrVdo_pGQbYy6B9Ns1Gyclgt9bVvB13eLFs2Iw_-AQYQ1gA5/s320/41.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34rdsvtNhruTYNKcXyn_zGUcXsBsuBNiAOIhN0djoSZKJwBKnmNeYZV_fs5emhCE7wqu_YC0UNteTCpU07vMmzB-zJyMF_k0aPp0xhNvMyzLepCeJXPv2gMrP5AA2pFzXFo_Jp4LPSqTn/s1600-h/42.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369251267415809762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34rdsvtNhruTYNKcXyn_zGUcXsBsuBNiAOIhN0djoSZKJwBKnmNeYZV_fs5emhCE7wqu_YC0UNteTCpU07vMmzB-zJyMF_k0aPp0xhNvMyzLepCeJXPv2gMrP5AA2pFzXFo_Jp4LPSqTn/s320/42.JPG" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXhM9FxuLJfh4vjFLubsdC2gD2RqNBqOT2S7PYxXkTfkLGRfEkQW2qWJn7RKn29jdfTS9spCRgApbxucJksEY8u-MyY5xezw3IKZ2FysMrEW8Tfdwo0P2Kl8hwkgp45UpMqCjOIDuzWVn/s1600-h/43.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369251252666872962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXhM9FxuLJfh4vjFLubsdC2gD2RqNBqOT2S7PYxXkTfkLGRfEkQW2qWJn7RKn29jdfTS9spCRgApbxucJksEY8u-MyY5xezw3IKZ2FysMrEW8Tfdwo0P2Kl8hwkgp45UpMqCjOIDuzWVn/s320/43.JPG" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikblgiRubgy2pVvKFGqHc-R12r5DDhyphenhyphenCTNB8cvPggfn_WSJlboJbXdPo86B4H_gu5kpEWS-CAWJpk-3XTh3l4uJyko7bUqA-pTofrbU60sEiBQ329O8L3U-C2NZGovACHeFjci7F8y5gl2/s1600-h/44.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369251247603940610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikblgiRubgy2pVvKFGqHc-R12r5DDhyphenhyphenCTNB8cvPggfn_WSJlboJbXdPo86B4H_gu5kpEWS-CAWJpk-3XTh3l4uJyko7bUqA-pTofrbU60sEiBQ329O8L3U-C2NZGovACHeFjci7F8y5gl2/s320/44.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVj8X463iQ78ZKQ0T4u3IZxtZJN3S1E5fAMq1RAGg-q5-kPUgXMMkbfd_9ZNiXYbcocvh3JKu63tr2XHQmWvtUnXVTRUBDQ7z5HAWPT3Z2SIFE-Pa-B_j9Tf4kWNW3JhxvxsU79OfZue9/s1600-h/45.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369249620851824866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVj8X463iQ78ZKQ0T4u3IZxtZJN3S1E5fAMq1RAGg-q5-kPUgXMMkbfd_9ZNiXYbcocvh3JKu63tr2XHQmWvtUnXVTRUBDQ7z5HAWPT3Z2SIFE-Pa-B_j9Tf4kWNW3JhxvxsU79OfZue9/s320/45.JPG" /></a> Jr holding the Vancouver 2010 Olympic torch<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDA9j_FAbWdVxkPLd16757E5tZUhyphenhyphenvytk8-BU9_dIDSfeubN8YcjKGYKDbZ3XVlUMbxv2TzJ-xCyXTXzrWUDgAPZ_8x-V7o8omYT8D3j8N6U0R5UAPEIvMAFdvghm6rtiYO_VcoNroL3C/s1600-h/46.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369249614273213058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDA9j_FAbWdVxkPLd16757E5tZUhyphenhyphenvytk8-BU9_dIDSfeubN8YcjKGYKDbZ3XVlUMbxv2TzJ-xCyXTXzrWUDgAPZ_8x-V7o8omYT8D3j8N6U0R5UAPEIvMAFdvghm6rtiYO_VcoNroL3C/s320/46.JPG" /></a><br />On the 4th at night I had invited a few friends over for a bbq for Independance Day in Canada! Jr and Alyson cooked everything on the bbq and I made some red velvet cupcakes. I wasn't very nice outside that night and it was quite cold so we had to eat inside but it was still fun. My friends all brought their kids so there was 7 kids!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vBWBCexnAukYsMSu08soObw5nMg_uf23ySKlzZpBZZsZg-O7lB7Tl1abg3LyzvJPSoLh_R473XY2QhSO6nu3A0TPRvpxQrviha-cm9zxs0WwXLRaX9-u14llj-HP8ivxd2gKyEGbdJ9y/s1600-h/47.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369249606767643394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vBWBCexnAukYsMSu08soObw5nMg_uf23ySKlzZpBZZsZg-O7lB7Tl1abg3LyzvJPSoLh_R473XY2QhSO6nu3A0TPRvpxQrviha-cm9zxs0WwXLRaX9-u14llj-HP8ivxd2gKyEGbdJ9y/s320/47.JPG" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenswbdSZM8pyv7oUIeE38pHhhRVm44K1_R3MQU_uDuEpmQDXCP9bJZFcbJzq05R263rK-_230k7u29Lx6HrW_cpRnXd9uHz7quvjKuFJLayoxbIeCD-cZyLH6Y297D2_k4QrmpVQkJl6_/s1600-h/48.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369245896600919298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKsp5wWZsGJZjX_1FNJna31Qoz8fTx3gekxOFdyxIG6OtDpoKe3gBB7fGa6vj9FGR3ouNNuNwWbKnRQXJ4rJBdUyurfxnI2cws4Rs6cC6lT9-qv0NqNOjufIKKi2ez4DgSBqdQc7lQlZ-/s320/56.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-11054961281864727542009-08-12T20:32:00.004-04:002009-08-12T20:40:22.366-04:00Dog parkJr and the pugs at the dog park where we used to take Yoda everyday when we lived in the financial district. It's pretty sad, but it was Vader's first time at a dog park. He behaved very good, no crazyness and most of all no bites from another dog. The first time took Yoda there when he was a puppy, he got bit by a big dog and he actually had his skin pierced on the neck. I miss that dog park, it's really nice because it's pavement so it doesn't stink and it has a little dog pool so they can get wet when they are hot. Before that we had taken them to Central Park, so it was a big day for the pugs!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Uqv851yH17pb1mKZCm9s2RbgQ2sdMRRZ_QVcc4DaAxt5kffbbfxpxL_TQu9V7kMcib6IZjXqZNtj02Bp9OCaHAr2vUb0q9SGyGhFEvSR1zVyqMLcJOB-CHoU904IeJRlGFnGZmOM2L3S/s1600-h/40.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369240207634057250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Uqv851yH17pb1mKZCm9s2RbgQ2sdMRRZ_QVcc4DaAxt5kffbbfxpxL_TQu9V7kMcib6IZjXqZNtj02Bp9OCaHAr2vUb0q9SGyGhFEvSR1zVyqMLcJOB-CHoU904IeJRlGFnGZmOM2L3S/s320/40.JPG" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-43965035798868530082009-08-12T19:53:00.003-04:002009-08-12T20:39:04.958-04:00Caroline's high school reunionLast May, I went to my 10 year high school reunion in Rigaud, outside Montreal. I went to high school there for 5 years, which is the full high school in Quebec. It was nice to see the school again and all the people I was friends. I was a little nervous at first that I wouldn't remember someone or forget someone's name, but I didn't do too bad. We watched a diaporama and a video of when we were at school, it was really funny.<br />The next day I had a few friends over at my house for brunch. I was good to be all together again.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeiJ-4Sol0z1sknet2TsTDVQ1SHAfrg3Omae7XLI0SVsGdhfUVqwxUc4-xYGqVEPXxF3PoV6531_nG2zlkVZJbmmeYmPVcQ3n7W3fqVzL6r6IPosP_BnPRk1RNVfhghcYx-SXKS5EIte0/s1600-h/36.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369230993807493890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeiJ-4Sol0z1sknet2TsTDVQ1SHAfrg3Omae7XLI0SVsGdhfUVqwxUc4-xYGqVEPXxF3PoV6531_nG2zlkVZJbmmeYmPVcQ3n7W3fqVzL6r6IPosP_BnPRk1RNVfhghcYx-SXKS5EIte0/s320/36.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxSxsuDv1JIJq3C3dS3aBw8GX8H8pfw2qDzofkszpK7wuoDeaub6o6gBb9uevKTl1u6mw4iP4I-c1TYd2KucY-kOtPEuKiOqo6WVNuQcNtE87UelTY6sUJovvFqphviEz070owKNNQae7/s1600-h/37.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369230984758225906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwxSxsuDv1JIJq3C3dS3aBw8GX8H8pfw2qDzofkszpK7wuoDeaub6o6gBb9uevKTl1u6mw4iP4I-c1TYd2KucY-kOtPEuKiOqo6WVNuQcNtE87UelTY6sUJovvFqphviEz070owKNNQae7/s320/37.JPG" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5pLQuWslnVslDbKjPfKud8NKkMaEW3JMlkzBN7LhQnzVk5i8UwyoCY6RnS9rvp3Ud9hA057_G0iD77AyibSDvqom0TBl97BuYZsjoZy87SE20Oq0Pat7sX386et2LpCmKmAJdyW8Z6lj/s1600-h/38.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369230976647727202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA5pLQuWslnVslDbKjPfKud8NKkMaEW3JMlkzBN7LhQnzVk5i8UwyoCY6RnS9rvp3Ud9hA057_G0iD77AyibSDvqom0TBl97BuYZsjoZy87SE20Oq0Pat7sX386et2LpCmKmAJdyW8Z6lj/s320/38.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcE5s66u1jfSz7UfLm0KdAhEb4f46QN5-Ae-usqcn2Ln_dGVc8ZT1mdM1ucgq263mVhm8oGN5QY5cgiJ9LMse5cEdZD0pmgmBnwKlzkAX1Nm8U-k40xNDlf-9tI6d_uUKHT4w9gNtnh3tw/s1600-h/39.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369230963858618562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcE5s66u1jfSz7UfLm0KdAhEb4f46QN5-Ae-usqcn2Ln_dGVc8ZT1mdM1ucgq263mVhm8oGN5QY5cgiJ9LMse5cEdZD0pmgmBnwKlzkAX1Nm8U-k40xNDlf-9tI6d_uUKHT4w9gNtnh3tw/s320/39.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-13425329823414774732009-08-12T19:00:00.005-04:002009-08-12T20:38:46.134-04:00EasterFor Easter weekend, my sister, Genevieve, and my friend, Marie, came to visit. We had already planned to make hats for the Easter parade on Fifth Avenue. For those who are not familiar with New York's Easter parade tradition, on Easter Sunday, on Fifth Avenue, people walk around with interesting hats that they usually made themselves. It's not really a parade, but the street is closed and people walk up and down showing or looking at everybody's hat. The day before the parade, we went to a craft store, Michael's, and we bought all kinds of stuff to make our hats. Mine was like a giant nest with small birds on it. Marie's was basket with flowers, artificial AND fresh!, and birds and buterflies. Gen's was a cowboy hat with glittered rabbit ears sticking out. We had a lot of fun making them and certainly showing them off. It really weird when we walked down the street, everybody wants to take pictures, not only of your hat, but with you. You can see that Jr is not on the pictures, that's not because he didn't want us to take pictures of him, that's because he didn't want to make a hat and come with us!<br />On Easter morning, Gen made us all brunch, it was really good.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznvcPmIDI1mBgtKM81xhY-JES8BlMhSJDeg3jk57mucGy_uz_QB1tJs4SVvQec-p-T3Hc4hYl9DjaSmYtzy9d4qamkPEuQWbtZ4oTQ3L5hNsmIzoFXqurRrZTSOWnaKL-Pq_13XZJHVpt/s1600-h/31.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369228853785067202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznvcPmIDI1mBgtKM81xhY-JES8BlMhSJDeg3jk57mucGy_uz_QB1tJs4SVvQec-p-T3Hc4hYl9DjaSmYtzy9d4qamkPEuQWbtZ4oTQ3L5hNsmIzoFXqurRrZTSOWnaKL-Pq_13XZJHVpt/s320/31.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFzuats-u1I8fLc0SvmgS2fUbioF4Suro8BTgun2UfPPvp2PkMTuxNOA4TJfrsC3cuDza3_yd4afHabBcpg-aJWNB_1zpXbzPENuAEgViIvQEHcClLlzz7v5HJufSRKd5MX0njjWJWn0Z/s1600-h/32.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369228844941837938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFzuats-u1I8fLc0SvmgS2fUbioF4Suro8BTgun2UfPPvp2PkMTuxNOA4TJfrsC3cuDza3_yd4afHabBcpg-aJWNB_1zpXbzPENuAEgViIvQEHcClLlzz7v5HJufSRKd5MX0njjWJWn0Z/s320/32.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1UO1i08xc-BVf4S-c-7O9W4zFB4WzYf4I9SJhtoPvCfYjC-8uU7aDOeNjV6PJP8zwpBmhQ4ks5B46KwoQMca2dFgdoUi78-wZgGz9Fhf0f6uPBGi0w3maK17WAaUl_w7zgnyE8t3C6d0/s1600-h/33.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369221256332695938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1UO1i08xc-BVf4S-c-7O9W4zFB4WzYf4I9SJhtoPvCfYjC-8uU7aDOeNjV6PJP8zwpBmhQ4ks5B46KwoQMca2dFgdoUi78-wZgGz9Fhf0f6uPBGi0w3maK17WAaUl_w7zgnyE8t3C6d0/s320/33.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOHYAt-GxVu0FILXLBOBK0pK8Pf5cpDjreniliiV_Ve1rQZ8RcuAYuYWGKDfovpymSS9O9hNy-s0rvuW1-6O2gRhDcoJdp75B03F9UdJLgsuNANmq3PFTigh5LZQXOUA4CnfklnJ9Ca5O/s1600-h/34.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369221249041389778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFOHYAt-GxVu0FILXLBOBK0pK8Pf5cpDjreniliiV_Ve1rQZ8RcuAYuYWGKDfovpymSS9O9hNy-s0rvuW1-6O2gRhDcoJdp75B03F9UdJLgsuNANmq3PFTigh5LZQXOUA4CnfklnJ9Ca5O/s320/34.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8V2Tt3dDPcJweJrgoSzqkwJfBaziHyLtvYo64YJXbNFtcYtCVgFTkstG5fBqK_EKl8uhYmJl5eLYdJQa41oTijmaMWXr65p27fNFj3C8RiJ7I4Q2XYpG6KZsq9nxO6WjO9JgPrbacY-k/s1600-h/35.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369221237059043442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8V2Tt3dDPcJweJrgoSzqkwJfBaziHyLtvYo64YJXbNFtcYtCVgFTkstG5fBqK_EKl8uhYmJl5eLYdJQa41oTijmaMWXr65p27fNFj3C8RiJ7I4Q2XYpG6KZsq9nxO6WjO9JgPrbacY-k/s320/35.JPG" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-25041192995793250782009-08-12T18:37:00.003-04:002009-08-12T19:00:20.613-04:00Cherry Blossoms in Washington D.C.In April we went to Washington D.C. to see the cherry blossoms. It was BEAUTIFUL. I been wanting to go for many years and this year we decided to go. I had been to Washington D.C. once before about 15 years ago, but it was Jr. first time. We didn't go inside anywhere because as you can see from the pictures we brought our pugs with us; we can't go anywhere without them! We stayed in a Motel 6 about 5 minutes from the Capitol because that's one place we knew take dogs! We left on Saturday morning hoping to get there around noon but we were stuck in rediculous traffic all the way there. Instead of taking us 4 hours it took us about 6 or 7 hours. When we got there in the afternoon, we checked in a the motel and we parked near the capitol and we walked from there all the way to the end of the mall where the most of the cherry blossoms were and the Jefferson memorial was. Then we walked all the way back to the car, by then it was night already. On our way back to the motel we stopped at a Thai restaurant and got some take-out to take back to the motel. The next day, we drove and parked near the White House and we walked around the grounds there for a little bit and we had Cosi for lunch on a picnic table right outside the White House. I mention Cosi because that's when my severe addiction started! Since then I can't get enough of it, whenever I can, I get it for lunch at work. I love their turkey and brie sandwich and their signature salad, mmmmm.Anyway, after lunch we left and drove back to New York. It was a short trip and we stayed outside for most of it but it was fun and a change from the New York scenery.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-UhnigQxMI5KDrt8tcZdj5YBY61Y4Yf3Vcmw_4xazSBMEWNMHSmKe0WYhx59O3DQmBDKUM8fWZxs1j8_Igbva3yl-OFpZBC79YjtU1oTB3sGMAvaf_9TMHlaOg3Hz811lo_qCEM-5H-P/s1600-h/23.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369215275108714610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-UhnigQxMI5KDrt8tcZdj5YBY61Y4Yf3Vcmw_4xazSBMEWNMHSmKe0WYhx59O3DQmBDKUM8fWZxs1j8_Igbva3yl-OFpZBC79YjtU1oTB3sGMAvaf_9TMHlaOg3Hz811lo_qCEM-5H-P/s320/23.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eSs3dGNru3rUO4LztecCtxwWwx1N3hVrumYxbqygxxc3iTRSseUJJ9e-R2uDhMkxkI53RqOfPc63icBSvkKILIlKSYelpB36shoIIoYgZbjIBZtdJYyXNixOJgSxhyphenhyphencxokLl_G2wPp-Y/s1600-h/24.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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On Christmas Eve, my mom prepared a Christmas Eve little meal at midnight the same way my grand -mother used to do when my mom was little. Then on Christmas day we did a gift exchange, that was my idea, we all bought a $5 gift for everyone else and when we opened the gifts we had to guess how had bought it for us. It was a lot of fun, and it would have been even better if my dad didn't send my mom to buy his gifts for him!<br />On my birthday we went to a hockey game, the Canadiens were playing against the Florida Panthers and of course they beat them. It was pretty fun because at least half of the arena was people from Quebec.<br />On New Year's Eve we went to Miami for dinner at Joes' Stone Crab and we actually waited 3 hours for a table. Not that they told us it was going to be 3 hours annd it ended up being an hour and a half, we actually waited THREE hours!! It wasn't such a big deal because we wanted to watched the fireworks that set off from the ocean on the beach so we would have had to wait for that anyway, but by the time we sat down and we finished dinner we rushed to the beach and we pretty much missed the whole thing. We still had fun afterwards, everyone was partying in the street on Ocean Drive.<br />Then on New Years day we went to the Orange Bowl at the Miami Dolphins stadium. I suggested that we tailgate before the game, since we, Canadians, are not big football fans and we never experienced this tailgating thing! So my parents bought a small protable grill and we brought hot dogs and all kinds of tailgating foods. We were with a few family friends and we all had a lot of fun. The game however wasn't really exciting and the stadium was barely half full.<br />Other than that we did the usual in Florida, beach, shop and eat out.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4geEDsQCXrWiy8icadFJsTP5xUPc1_m0457uvbGhydDXLYXz66vbSct1Tf_LtkuiaAGgsNXIBs5CUq4kbtZfBKKumHp_XR3QfrbXU9NCqmdMizX6wV8VVkItyDj0c8D5VBcOu68bJ2lZ/s1600-h/Tailgate+for+the+Orange+Bowl.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367039686964604194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT4geEDsQCXrWiy8icadFJsTP5xUPc1_m0457uvbGhydDXLYXz66vbSct1Tf_LtkuiaAGgsNXIBs5CUq4kbtZfBKKumHp_XR3QfrbXU9NCqmdMizX6wV8VVkItyDj0c8D5VBcOu68bJ2lZ/s320/Tailgate+for+the+Orange+Bowl.jpg" /></a> <div></div><div>Tailgate party at the Orange Bowl</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YzAlBMlDssPzj2CQXm_ft_Xt4RHTYVgWvqCD6XvpAsKxCjGr7sJkQM20sy5gwR6Nvd6KXico1NdmRdhf4U0etHXCyPFFdj5eCP97wfGqbscE4v5BTcMh8XBisUJgmzZP68DnNxk2NpZa/s1600-h/14.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367027662811264210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YzAlBMlDssPzj2CQXm_ft_Xt4RHTYVgWvqCD6XvpAsKxCjGr7sJkQM20sy5gwR6Nvd6KXico1NdmRdhf4U0etHXCyPFFdj5eCP97wfGqbscE4v5BTcMh8XBisUJgmzZP68DnNxk2NpZa/s320/14.JPG" /></a> We always get a picture of the tree at Rockefeller Center<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKdAuZk8-fPLkAuPreAofMSUMSlwZGDQaGw0d3wrKqWucihSm98OPucOEhklhISpneGvJhP9ptlRLAScIFk0RbyJjOqLq3PGmiq73rdhbtwjOJTLndqFIxdjMmAlIvDIEFBCZqDrXuE-g/s1600-h/15.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367027655267039218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidKdAuZk8-fPLkAuPreAofMSUMSlwZGDQaGw0d3wrKqWucihSm98OPucOEhklhISpneGvJhP9ptlRLAScIFk0RbyJjOqLq3PGmiq73rdhbtwjOJTLndqFIxdjMmAlIvDIEFBCZqDrXuE-g/s320/15.JPG" /></a> The beach...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdyZoYTNe3V6AcUrngFZULy0M7UxsMc7t_gYVJ2UdubNAfU9e_EbqeNwUgBGXa-s8js_7sYUFhMNHqNrpMPIJUg5jgG-hSCcZGFaAf7nBWbJh32jFYH26Fk8pcs1pHzZ6omF0IkA975Cn/s1600-h/16.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367026451184532802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdyZoYTNe3V6AcUrngFZULy0M7UxsMc7t_gYVJ2UdubNAfU9e_EbqeNwUgBGXa-s8js_7sYUFhMNHqNrpMPIJUg5jgG-hSCcZGFaAf7nBWbJh32jFYH26Fk8pcs1pHzZ6omF0IkA975Cn/s320/16.JPG" /></a> Yoda and Vader in their "dog park", made by my parents, in Florida<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFesgQ25qylahIQ-Cs5IqWAA_VLUTgVP1qRphw6EfdbutHNhiN2PLkWUuJIe29GpBwql4avMSiekNkn18G6Hiu2DcKsY6zJgkrcA9spqBKvgFfyPOWkcDUkiOMGmoU5edoY_ouV7CnIWXX/s1600-h/17.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367026444287359714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFesgQ25qylahIQ-Cs5IqWAA_VLUTgVP1qRphw6EfdbutHNhiN2PLkWUuJIe29GpBwql4avMSiekNkn18G6Hiu2DcKsY6zJgkrcA9spqBKvgFfyPOWkcDUkiOMGmoU5edoY_ouV7CnIWXX/s320/17.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5mrFsMWLp17eTC8H_0SHyVdomum3BOYD95Uc-KEdkm7xSeXfzHnm0kUNr3b6NtXoNCs4z4O8WO60m_wkyz8xfA9GdPw3aVdRgd7nNIsnU1dINkKcQLgqR-r_-5BJQv03t84VZN7ad22Z/s1600-h/18.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367026434585398146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5mrFsMWLp17eTC8H_0SHyVdomum3BOYD95Uc-KEdkm7xSeXfzHnm0kUNr3b6NtXoNCs4z4O8WO60m_wkyz8xfA9GdPw3aVdRgd7nNIsnU1dINkKcQLgqR-r_-5BJQv03t84VZN7ad22Z/s320/18.JPG" /></a> The Canadians playing against the Florida Panthers on my birthday!</div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2o6EiPRj-ASO4XohyphenhyphenLH7MIi1egn4MHLZ0tHoFoYICu5sEzGLqN-UvvXRow-RTn7VPpDnA9DHeh-usQyjCgDKoL80CVVnhhu8CM2egfWU6uJnPnWsX7hbv179QaDJI05yWFcatkgEnUMd/s1600-h/19.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367025925982123954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2o6EiPRj-ASO4XohyphenhyphenLH7MIi1egn4MHLZ0tHoFoYICu5sEzGLqN-UvvXRow-RTn7VPpDnA9DHeh-usQyjCgDKoL80CVVnhhu8CM2egfWU6uJnPnWsX7hbv179QaDJI05yWFcatkgEnUMd/s320/19.JPG" /></a> All the "quebequers" cellebrating after the Montreal Canadians won the hockey game<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_jojoyA7JnP3QmYJno4VqdHL5DYI-3K7A_KxuyG5y8g-UHr-Q2bpIKZ6iogItb1x_YmUXZqwXJzgzQHK2uhGvH4RIyTVNL8yVbCVzgxOJziDWFwvNfEkFfYnzF-K8UXcXeTArPQCsHku/s1600-h/20.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367025921948561506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_jojoyA7JnP3QmYJno4VqdHL5DYI-3K7A_KxuyG5y8g-UHr-Q2bpIKZ6iogItb1x_YmUXZqwXJzgzQHK2uhGvH4RIyTVNL8yVbCVzgxOJziDWFwvNfEkFfYnzF-K8UXcXeTArPQCsHku/s320/20.JPG" /></a> The Orange Bowl at the Miami Dolphins Stadium<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBvt_eWUeyjlsdvbn9iTD-xZvP8KZx80KRjoG_I-bzufut9tv_WTWcfjJzZjEXY4Fml3SVgNHXOnYttmilbwMbKaYzztETaGYOxLD9N5MVdwg6abGNNkU4yUV6dZ-WXSRu_izoz8o5N8i/s1600-h/21.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366658366193408386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBvt_eWUeyjlsdvbn9iTD-xZvP8KZx80KRjoG_I-bzufut9tv_WTWcfjJzZjEXY4Fml3SVgNHXOnYttmilbwMbKaYzztETaGYOxLD9N5MVdwg6abGNNkU4yUV6dZ-WXSRu_izoz8o5N8i/s320/21.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrddD21v_SApBece6lPw5niyQzI-LmSsv-eohw0sjGcdzjne27Pu5XqmBe5lf0bgM93h2oH-iy5Sh9HcKoUtkw3RnLd7Mi1VcaFqFFYz2Waup15ZTOLFUOAdQ43RYhlHHr4R0n14_WO-v9/s1600-h/22.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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Working at Macy's I can participate in any of the positions available in the parade, baloon handler, clown, float escort, costumer... and marshall, which is what I was doing. I was a marshall for the parade and Jr was my recruit, so in other words my assistant! We were responsible to make sure the parade went smoothly between our 10 blocks of responsibility. If the parade was slowing down we had to tell people to speed up, if it was going to fast we had to tell them to slow down, if somebody got injured we had to help them and many more very important tasks!!! It was a lot of fun and luckyly nothing big happened in our section.<br />Alyson and Helen watched the parade from the Grandstands and Ron was hanging out with the pugs back at our apartment.<br />After the parade we cooked a traditional Thanksgiving day meal, which actually made me sick, I threw up during the night and I didn't want to call in sick the Friday after Thanksgiving because I though that it would look too fake so I went to work, but my manager could tell I was sick just looking at me, so I went back home!<br />On the Saturday we went to the outlet mall at Woodburry Common and went a little too crazy, it was hard to resist all those "black Saturday" specials.<br />Overall we had a great weekend and we hope it can be repeated this year.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAu4Jpzikyzs9IFxwXOXfulnPRRAcgnl417Bzi-Vbhwxxue2u8oUt8_gMs1r2zRiCGHyihJLtnI3uG_-9SOzrz_3f_h_CXzgGY-zJi47OpMmsd0gzhQAcCs-JOnl5Q04oP0XczLjjhkmu/s1600-h/8.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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Once a year we are supposed to go on a retreat for a few days. I've been in my forum for about 3 years, but that was the first one we did. We went to a house we rented for one night in Pennsylvania. We had a lot of fun even though it was short and we didn't get to go to exotic places like our parents' forum retreats! We haven't decided where we're going to go this year, but we are thinking of maybe going at some point around January or February. Here are some pictures of our night.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDH-w017DPDpmfTDA852FWkwqMk_0gKHbocVAvt-AWTHWftiiWgLW4vEKWDN0LotLIFT46qdoJQkX6tDzi5eWBsAp-TaX9nOU-o8mMvdkaAoTC1VBdff5d5HEyJuGhBgmu5bytuiTihWYn/s1600-h/6.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366621600453224914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDH-w017DPDpmfTDA852FWkwqMk_0gKHbocVAvt-AWTHWftiiWgLW4vEKWDN0LotLIFT46qdoJQkX6tDzi5eWBsAp-TaX9nOU-o8mMvdkaAoTC1VBdff5d5HEyJuGhBgmu5bytuiTihWYn/s320/6.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickiSekZKZqSL5eytwZwwfeuqnd41nOLw0l7Y3pW8ldDG7T8davVTvHSxRtLfVavhyIEXNzdqynrsq0GLjYGHILn1S0cTN_mplCZsTe_SmpvPPNEtd3cofgrwLi7TH8nkZQw1a7I0ZIoIM/s1600-h/7.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366621156797764690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickiSekZKZqSL5eytwZwwfeuqnd41nOLw0l7Y3pW8ldDG7T8davVTvHSxRtLfVavhyIEXNzdqynrsq0GLjYGHILn1S0cTN_mplCZsTe_SmpvPPNEtd3cofgrwLi7TH8nkZQw1a7I0ZIoIM/s320/7.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEej01bg-_rl_VsWmOIH05cwMk0Gwke8rfxdziWYrJ1J1W_gAhbJ_8JvJ4u1y7UiX60rPJDSzDTZKvdgG_RIokaC1VYmM_utkdoJHdtK49eoWoLIfxGNbxL5h_QIvMb3Wq3aBufNldo-a/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366621142859025074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEej01bg-_rl_VsWmOIH05cwMk0Gwke8rfxdziWYrJ1J1W_gAhbJ_8JvJ4u1y7UiX60rPJDSzDTZKvdgG_RIokaC1VYmM_utkdoJHdtK49eoWoLIfxGNbxL5h_QIvMb3Wq3aBufNldo-a/s320/5.JPG" /></a> </div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QC8fUul-itV1gPIr5oKQu1Z2KjcDJYyhBXA7IwkcCAx2AltMprpcggNlfPLm1L4asgfWGGENqB7OiMwk5XKs5MYs4ZmChSoYsZoc_hEKFAO9nIqE0BUbrXuWEjpvjGDuCuyR54iG9F29/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366621135361509410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7QC8fUul-itV1gPIr5oKQu1Z2KjcDJYyhBXA7IwkcCAx2AltMprpcggNlfPLm1L4asgfWGGENqB7OiMwk5XKs5MYs4ZmChSoYsZoc_hEKFAO9nIqE0BUbrXuWEjpvjGDuCuyR54iG9F29/s320/4.JPG" /></a></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2710994687192829327.post-73465667326067890332009-08-05T18:37:00.003-04:002009-08-05T18:57:56.739-04:00One Year later...Well it has been almost a year since we last updated this thing so I think that it is time to do so. We have pictures that will show things that we have been up to since then. Other than that it is basically the same Jr and I go to work and then take care of the dogs when we get home. I am still working at Macy's as an associate planner in womens coats and Jr is working at Wal-mart as a boy's designer for the brand Faded Glory. Life is good in our careers right now. I guess the big news is that Jr and I are in the process of buying a condo in Brooklyn, NY (its not as scary as it sounds and no, it's not the Bronx) We are just waiting for the building to finish construction before we can close on the condo and move in. We are really excited and can't wait to have a place that is all ours. Other than that life is good and things are going really well for us. So since last year, after we went to Philly, here's what we've been up to...our first set of photos is from last fall in september when Alyson came to visit and we took the dogs up to the Adirondaks to go hiking and pick some apples.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYW0nCGfvPuQXORyADWtxiEAp8EU9JZo1SJ4EdOUHA8_XR-Fvq1PCVEFjqG4s-4HtArH2ZqpiMHrHEIfICV-yavwFunloZeATmGDkMd-ljfid_ypTSu1K0pdOcW2VLc7jOheb5dVYvVfp/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366615756798056690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYW0nCGfvPuQXORyADWtxiEAp8EU9JZo1SJ4EdOUHA8_XR-Fvq1PCVEFjqG4s-4HtArH2ZqpiMHrHEIfICV-yavwFunloZeATmGDkMd-ljfid_ypTSu1K0pdOcW2VLc7jOheb5dVYvVfp/s320/3.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzJMMYH40J39MAdVNkUCcBpUOJNZcurtUfODo19yHXI45KEYUPYtIIQM1SkRmS3t-f-8-JRPVfCmBo_4rFz_Z7RKVk7xudqq83-EzKnMkGmtNcWgdrv4y-UyUQiH7rI5elkNcds_EdwzH/s1600-h/2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366615750351966002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzJMMYH40J39MAdVNkUCcBpUOJNZcurtUfODo19yHXI45KEYUPYtIIQM1SkRmS3t-f-8-JRPVfCmBo_4rFz_Z7RKVk7xudqq83-EzKnMkGmtNcWgdrv4y-UyUQiH7rI5elkNcds_EdwzH/s320/2.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1APQQ9XeRPpQlIFqESjhgMbyr8oarCOYuuFfSRcqla2n-37g_MGNIpF5v7j6pzblq95bwVJI0hkyBXgwW2k-Y0frpdTF1J6gwmEX80kcjYsDlImFbZt7uNXfCQaOeSI3CTKkHbvTHPQe/s1600-h/1.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366615742364546418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1APQQ9XeRPpQlIFqESjhgMbyr8oarCOYuuFfSRcqla2n-37g_MGNIpF5v7j6pzblq95bwVJI0hkyBXgwW2k-Y0frpdTF1J6gwmEX80kcjYsDlImFbZt7uNXfCQaOeSI3CTKkHbvTHPQe/s320/1.JPG" /></a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1