Here's a pic taken by my loving husband a few days ago. Hallie & I were napping on the couch during the Bills game..... notice that I'm wearing my new Christmas present- a Snuggie! Hallie obviously loves it just as much as I do!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
It's a Christmas miracle!
My prayers were answered today. It's either a Christmas or a Festivus miracle..... I'll leave you to decide which one:
Welcome back my Kuwaiti friend!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
WLD 2009
Thanksgiving is a holiday full of family, fun, food, & football. This Thanksgiving was Peter's first in years that he spent in Western NY. He was ready to experience my favorite holiday! It didn't start out great since I was an old lady & didn't want to go out partying the night before Thanksgiving. I've tried to explain to Peter that it is the biggest party night of the year, but since I fell asleep on the couch before midnight, I'm pretty sure he's not buying it.
Thanksgiving day we traveled out to Buffalo for dinner with my mom's side of the family at my grandfathers. Then we visited with Peter's mom for a bit, and then had dessert with my dad's side at my aunt's house. It was the first Thanksgiving without my Nana, so things were different, but we still had a wonderful time visiting with family.
Eight years ago I began the tradition of going to the Worlds Largest Disco the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Peter came along this year. He's heard all the stories of discos past & I think he was ready to experience one himself. He was quite the trooper hanging out with a bunch of crazy girls all night long.....
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Go Kuwaitis!
This past weekend, along with other things (such as buying a hot tub! & going to my friend, Heather's baby shower in Buffalo!), Peter & I attended and participated in a tournament of sorts.....
Me & Peter...taken by us, of course
Tribute to the Bills' former 3rd string quarterback
It was also a celebration for Heidi's birthday.....
Cookie cake baked by KJ, and decorated by Peter & I
And, of course it's not a party without the fur coat....
Heidi modeling the famous fur coat
....I guess it's not much of a coat anymore!
Monday, November 23, 2009
What a handy husband I have...
Friday night my husband & I were heading out for dinner. He walked into the garage and opened his car door when I heard him say something along the lines of, "Huh!" Well, I don't really remember what he said, but my first assumption was that he hit my car with his car door. But oh, no, not the case! He had dropped his keys down a grate that lies conveniently between our cars in the garage. My first instinct was to go back into the house, however I rarely bring along my keys when Peter's driving. Luckily my husband was very calm, collected & prepared. His fishing gear is in the garage, so he busted it out & started fishing for some keys.....
Monday, November 9, 2009
Family Visit
This past weekend my parents & aunt came for a visit to see our new home & have dinner. My aunt, as always, insisted on a picture.
The happy Miller family
Monday, November 2, 2009
Halloween Weekend
Friday night we went to "Zombie Power Hour!" Here's some pictures from about halfway into the power hour. As you can see, some of us were more in character than others!
We didn't have time to pull costumes together, so we dressed "in the spirit of Halloween" instead!
Peter striking a pose
Some zombie dancing
Saturday night, despite being exhausted, we made ourselves head on over to Lux for some Halloween fun. I made Peter take some pictures of me & Muffin in our matching costumes!
Me & Muff (she's wearing a pink jersey in case you can't tell)
Due to our inability to sell our Bills tickets this week, we (ie Peter) decided we should go to the game... at least I got to see Nicole!
Me, Peter & one of my favorite former co-workers
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Trip to Vermont
This past weekend Peter & headed over to Vermont for a get together celebrating Lauren & Barrett's birthdays. Our initial plan was to rough it & sleep outdoors in a tent, but the weather was pretty lousy & there was a bed available to us, so how could we refuse the warmth of the indoors?!
Mike, KJ, Carlos, Ian & I
Leslye entertaining us with one of her stories
We had planned on going for a hike on Saturday, but due to inclement weather we had to revert to our backup plan. This plan included:
Stop #1. Dakin Farm where we were able to sample various cheeses, sausages, chutneys, other dips & things with maple.... I don't like maple flavored anything, so I stayed away from those. There we purchased smoked cheese with onion (very good!) & smoked chicken sausage w/apple. I had been wary of apple in my sausage, but it was actually quite tasty.
Stop #2. Lincoln Peak Vineyard were the boys enjoyed a wine tasting while the girls looked on. Here Peter purchased a bottle of Frontenac. (I have a rule about buying a bottle of wine whenever we have a tasting at a Vineyard.) He says it's good. We'll see.
Stop #3. Otter Creek Brewery is a place we had actually been to before. We visited there while in Vermont for Lauren & Barrett's wedding over 3 years ago. I'd recommend the Copper Ale which is what we drank for most of the weekend. I also enjoyed the Winter Ale which is Rasberry Brown, 'cause of course all you have to do is throw some raspberry in a beer & I'll enjoy it. I brought some of that home as well as a couple of bottles of the Pumpkin Ale. I would probably only drink one of the Pumpkin Ales before getting sick of it, but it was a nice change of pace.
So, that was our weekend, along with lots of games, a bonfire, wii & just hanging out. Lots of fun with friends & strangers!
KJ & Peter can't get enough of "Ba-cawk!"
My blog is now officially "caught up!" Chicky, Chicky, woof, woof!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Around the South Wedge
Peter & I have been exploring our new neighborhood & we've been encouraging others to do the same. Since we couldn't participate in Around the World this year we decided to host the first annual Around the South Wedge party! (We live in the area of Rochester know as The South Wedge. Feel free to click on the link to learn more about it!) So, what better way to show off our neighborhood then to do a little pub crawl! We started off at our house with desserts & continued on to Tap & Mallet, The Keg, Lux, and finally Caverly's. Fun was had by all! Luckily I captured some moments of the night on my Blackberry!
Not a cute pic of us, but see how we match?!
Cheeseburger shots: Let's just say the best part of these shots is the tequila- that's how gross they are. I stayed away!
Shot #1: Tequila. Shot #2: Bloody Mary Mix. Shot #3: Pickle Juice. Ewwww!
You can write on the wall in the bathroom, so I did.
Me & my cousin at the end of a long night
Monday, October 26, 2009
Muffin's Fun Fall Day!
Taking in the scenery
Trotting down the sidewalk
Soaking up the sun while rolling in the leaves
Taking a glimpse of what will soon be Peter's garden
Guarding the entrance to our new house...there's no way you're getting her outside!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
More September!
Almost caught up....
The weekend following our wedding reception was the Third Annual Around the World Party. As always, fun was had by all!
Nothing like a little bratwurst in Germany
I made him pose like this in England
Peter's Party Foul
On our way to Mexico
The sombrero!
Daring to try to Czech cuisine
Newlyweds holding hands on their way to Belgium
Mmmmmm. Belgian waffles!
Once again we purchased season tickets to the Bills. Perhaps not our proudest investment, but don't we look like we're having fun?!
We also had time for a little driveway campfire at our new house!
Mmmmm, s'mores!
Evan requested his water in a glass like Peter was drinking out of.... lucky for him we have some classy plastic wine glasses!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
September 2009 (Part 2) - Wedding Reception
Our wedding party (aka reception) was held at the Pearl Street Grill & Brewery in Buffalo, NY on Saturday, September 5th, 2009. Oh, what fun!
I was less than impressed with our photographer & have yet to receive my disk of pictures from her (she's got swine flu or something), so I've stolen these pics from various people...
In our formal gear
Me & Peter with Gramps
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