Headlines Today:

"March Monster"

"In like a lion, out like a lamb."

"Storm buries Long Island"

These people apparently listen to the news and were prepared for today. If I wasn't able to get out today, I would have been wishing I lived in one of their houses!Someone gave up and left their car to the side of the road.

I noticed people walking in the roads today and I was like, why are these people walking on icy roads?!!! Well, when I realized the sidewalks were mounds of snow, it began to make sense to me.

It was my day off and I had a lot to do, so yes, I ventured out. The headlines are a bit dramatic, but it was quite the record storm. Long Island was forecast for 10-14". More than the blanket of snowfall we are used to here!

... Oh how I wish I had my snowboard today, or someone to play in the snow with, to get some enjoyment out of it. I'd take my snowboard to the beach if I had to... :( Sad day.

It's no JoKe when I say...

we had to go through these guys upon entering the movie theater tonight...

and that we went to the Jonas Brothers in 3D (in support of Jess, but I won't lie when I say it was fun!)And no joke that we were the oldest ones in there without kids. But to our saving grace, I don't think the Jonas Brothers were thought highly of in the part of the hood we were in, if ya know what I mean, so there were only about ten of us in the whole theater!

Lastly, it is not a joke that a hot black dude asked us how "Street Fighters" was as we walked out. I turned and showed him my 3D glasses in my hand and said, "Oh, you mean the Jonas Brothers?!!" He was caught a little off guard I believe, and as we walked away he said, "Don't worry, I think you're cool still!" Ha ha... Awesome!

a Day with the City Girls

We started the day off going in and out of the shops of Canal Street... mainly to get out of the wind knocking us over.

Since we were so close, we had to hit up our fav steam bun place in Chinatown for breakfast?

J's choice for lunch was Grays Papaya... Hot Dogs! Yes, we shared the recession special! One dollar off the combo- 2 dogs and a drink- totaling $4.45. This pic will go in the recession history books!We walked around the Columbus Circle exquisitely dazzling mall. I dreamt about the day I will be able to afford buying the elegant clothing displayed in the windows.We made our way down to one of the nicest Whole Foods. We satisfied our sweet tooth by snagging some free samples of cookies.This is one of about the 7 pictures we tried to take of us and the temple. I gave up with getting one that actually worked.Where else is a better place to see, "Confessions of a Shopaholic," than in NYC itself. This movie made me want to become a shopaholic rather than the contrary. I day dreamed even more of buying dazzling fashionable clothes... And why not, finish our day with food! I have been seriously craving some southwestern Mexican food and I had a free burrito card at Chipotle! It was close by, so off we went. I know you are wondering if I am getting larger by the amount of food consumption. Answer= yes. But hey, I'm livin it up in NY!

A fabulous, fun filled day... And if you are wondering if we always where the same clothes... the answer is no! Problem is it's always so cold are cutely planned outfits are covered by the same ole jackets! Soon enough it will be spring.

if it takes 2 hours to get to church... eNtErTaIn (yourselves and others on board)!

So it's the never ending saga of the adventures to church. It is all because every weekend, there is a new closure, where they are doing maintenence on some section, which causes quite the detours and long rides... but ya know, J and I came here for an adventure! And we are sure getting it! (I don't know why I blackmailed myself by posting the second picture, but hey, we all know I get crazy at times! It's no secret.)

the end of frederick... and some more

For the entertaining story of the end of frederick, please check out this site. It's my roomy, Jess's blog. It was a long, late night, but quite the show non the less. It took place about 2am... Frederick's brother was also caught sometime after the time of 430am. Wow. Hopefully our mouse stories are done!

Visitors Welcome!

My sister Melanie and her fam came to visit this weekend. It was loads of fun! Yes, we can fit 8 people in our closet corridors... and we could fit even more! We did a lot in the few days they were here. Here are some of the highlights.

Family room camp outs every night! Valentines Day celebration. This is my lil niece Lucy. I received precious valentines in a mailbox from the kiddos. Melanie gave us all these yummy chocolates. The Jorgs made that day rock.

On our way for city fun... On the ferry to see the statue of liberty.lady liberty herself Times Square

Melanie buying a tiny bag of nuts for 3 dollars... pricey, but yummy! Caleb and Lucy lovin it up.
Outside of the bi-lingual branch on Sunday.
Jess and the crazy bread hungry seagulls. Jess was giving her bread tosses everything she had!Me and meine schwester at the beach... and by that I mean sister!
Jess and the kiddosMovie time!!!

My NY groupies... on their way out. :( Thanks for visiting you guys. It meant a lot to me and brightened my spirits!

the crazy seagull feeding episode, as well as the fun times with kids at the train station.

Special Delivery!

1. Come home from work
2. See a package when I walk in
3. Open package
4. Squeal
5. Eat 2 of my mom's specialty cookies immediately (Box still on my lap, phone in hand calling mom)
6. Work out
7. Finish workout
8. Eat 2 more cookies
9. oops!
10. Lovin today!
11. Thanks mom! I love you!

We'll call him Frederick...

So today... I hear clankity clank clank in the silverware drawer in the kitchen... I stop what I am doing and put my ear against the drawer... there truly was a dance party going on in there. So, I hold in my breathe in fear of what I may discover, open the drawer and see a tail dissappear into the back. I gasp. Close the drawer. Gain composure and bravery to reopen the drawer (I was alone during this moment). I open it slowly... no critter in sight, but plenty of lovely droppings!! Sick oh sick... on the silverware. I return to my studies. Then I hear clankity clank clank again. I dash over to the drawer and kick it... shaking the counter and hopefully scaring the mousy mouse mouse away for forever! I have a nasty clean up job to do and now I have to invest in some mouse killing armor in case Frederick decides to make another appearance... I think the dollar menus will be servicing me until I gain trust in my silverware that it contains no more crappy nastiness poopness on it!
the crack in the door where Frederick will be making his way to visit...Jess tonight!!! :)

The weekly adventure of going to church

Each Sunday, getting to church can be a process... I usually arrive at a train station to discover a weekend closure which means you have to take the shuttle bus that makes a ton more stops than a subway! So you go on this bus for forever, transfer onto the subway when available, then take it into the city. Luckily, the church is close to the subway station, making the at least 1 hr and 1/2 trek a little bit shorter! It's just always a surprise because you never know if the station will be open or closed... I wonder what this Sunday's surpise will be...

This has really tested my faith to see if I'm actually going to go on these detours or turn around and go home. The latter has crossed my mind a plethra of times, especially when the detour took 2 and 1/2 hours, thus missing the first hour of church... oops.

It really is an adventure. And it really is something new... both of which I was looking for in coming out here!

cousins visit!!!

So I was way excited when my cousin, Lynette, called and said she wanted to meet up with me for dinner when her and her husband Ron, along with their son Michael, wife Jenna, and their kiddos, came to NYC.

J and I took off after I got home... late from work... got stuck in rush hour traffic... got to the train station way late... subway took what seemed like forever to get to where we needed!

Long story short... we made it to dinner as it was time for them to leave dinner to make it to their broadway show! Oh dear... we felt bad! I was so excited that I still got to see them despite the forces against us and we ended up getting in a nice chat as we walked them towards where their show was.

J and I ate the leftover pizza and then hit up Serendipity's for dessert... we had the classic, Frozen Hot Chocolate! Yum! Except it for sure gave me a tummy ache the rest of the night! Oops... oh well, it was worth it!