Lazy blogger post

So I have been pretty lazy about updating the blog lately...
One of the reasons is because I thought we would really look like losers if I kept putting pics of the dog and nothing else (although, honestly I do spend a lot of time thinking she is the best dog in the world!)
Second reason is I'm lazy...it's freakin hot here and when Gabe and I get home we put on skimpy clothes (I'll post those pics of Gabe soon) and hope someone will bring us dinner~ we even ate Mc'dees last week. (those not from NYC- fast food isn't as common here bc it's not a convenience thing like stopping by after work in our car).

I went to Cuttyhunk this past weekend (where my brother Andy got married, near Martha's Vineyard) to see my nephew, sister-in law, and her folks. It was an amazing weekend! We ate lots of good food, spent the day on the water, played in the sand, made a campfire and had smores...etc, etc. Gabe wasn't with us so that was sad but I am really glad I went! It was a five hour bus ride and then an hour ferry ride- definitely worth it! It's nice to have family a bit closer:)

I have a million pictures bc Oliver is so darn cute but I'll only post a few here!

Party it up...

So tonight when we left our friends party one of the guys yelled to me:
"Take good care of Gabe, he's precious cargo"

Is something wrong with this picture?


Here are some pictures of the gang....Thanks to the Kims who hosted! We had a really fun night~

Waterfalls...

We have a few man made waterfalls here in NYC- Gabe and I saw a few of them last weekend while on our walk across the Brooklyn Bridge- they are cool, but not anything amazing...

Here is some info I found online:

New York City will host an exciting art exhibit featuring spectacular man-made waterfalls 90 to 120 feet (27 to 37 meters). They will be softly lit at night and available for everyone to see. There will be 4 falls total.

The New York City Waterfalls will be constructed using building elements that are ubiquitous throughout New York: scaffolding is the backbone of the structures, and pumps will bring water from the East River to the top; the water then falls from heights of 90 to 120 feet back into the river. Fish and aquatic life are protected by filtering the water through intake pools suspended in the river. To build the Waterfalls, Public Art Fund has partnered with Tishman Construction Corporation and has engaged a team of design, engineering and construction professionals.

Here are a few pics that we took:


I think the most shocking thing I read was this quote:
The city is expecting tourism revenues to increase by $55 Million due to this $15 million exhibition




So this project cost $15 million- totally nuts, and do we really think people are going to come to the city just to see these?

Haircut....

Here are a few pics of Dakota with her new hairdo~
Didn't get any really good ones but these will have to do for now:)
I love long weekends!! I have Thursday and Friday off, I always get a little anxious about planning things bc I feel like I don't want to stay in my pj's for 4 days straight but i also don't want to be running around going from one thing to the next...We'll see what happens!

Check out the new furniture....still need to clean to post actual aptartment photos....

IBS- this is a gross nasty post-warning

I feel comfortable blogging about this because my blog is only visited by friends and family, but for those who don't know....I have major stomach issue's- always have, unfortunately always will.

If you want me to stop at that: stop reading this post~ if I offend or if any of you say afterwards why would she share this gross story, you shouldn't have read it...fair warning!

Last night Gabe and I went into the city to have dinner with my cousin Chuckie who was here with a group of kids and chaperone's from the school where he teaches. When Gabe and I got off of the train it was pouring...When we got to the restaurant we were soaked- I was actually squeezing water out of my pants. We had a nice Italian meal, and then went to get some dessert and coffee. My stomach started feeling funny but I am on some amazing meds for my spastic colon and haven't had major issue's in a long time (my gastro doctor is one of my best friends, bc in a weird way he has allowed me to go places without worrying about the stomach aches that I have grown accustomed too)

Chuckie and another chaperone had to be back in China town so they only walked half of the Brooklyn bridge with us....
See picture of happy us below:



Then we split ways...we headed towards home, but my stomach was really acting up!
For the rest of our journey across the bridge I was in pain. A LOT of PAIN. I was praying and swearing (sorry folks) praying and swearing....I kept saying keep it in, keep it in, please god take it back to my belly and away from my butt. I was very close to going in my pants (this is where the readers who think I am crazy or gross should stop reading).

What do you do when you are walking across the bridge and are having muscle spasms that you can't control and are about to make you go right there? Pray and swear, pray and swear....I made Gabe talk to me to keep my mind off of it but he said he was just praying the whole time (and I am sure swearing too:) He was so good to me, but there was nothing he could do at this point. I was also saying- squeeze the cheeks please don't come out, please don't come out...

After we walked a mile across we had to walk about another to find a spot to go (the park looked very nice but I think I was to scared to actually stop there. So as we passed a building that I saw people in (security guards). We just went in and begged for a bathroom- I was almost in tears, sweating bullets- they escorted us to the 2nd floor bathrooms. Come to find out we were in a Morgan Stanley office building....such nice nice guys that let us in. Gabe got to know the guard well as they spoke for a good 30 minutes.

After that we went to find a train to get home quickly...but the R train wasn't running and by this time it started up again so I ran into the Marriott...30 minutes later we were running to a train, 15 minutes later I was home...and still feeling so very sick!

We are just super thankful that I made it home...what a stressful experience. Calling Doc Adler in the morning!

Ms. Dakota's at the groomers

So we dropped Ms. d off a few hours ago to get her haircut....kind of sad bc she is super soft dog but i think that when it grows back in it may be a bit wirey! It's also storming right now so I am sure she is doubly terrified! Funny how hard it is to leave her with strangers (and yes we know- she's just a dog)

Here are some last pics of the girl with her puppy hair:)

Meg with dakota~


Gabe with the babe...


And the whole family....

And the verdict is....

So today I went back to work, felt really weird bc after two weeks you form new routines.

Yesterday at around 3 the judge called us in and said thanks for everything....go home! After 5 days of deliberating and 3 notes to the judge saying we couldn't agree, they classified the trial as a mis-trial.

It was a super sad case, it was a murder case were someone was stabbed three times and the police did an awful job at collecting evidence, interviews, dna, etc....I would rather tell you about it then write it in detail, so just ask:) One of these days I will write something up on some of the other jurors- what characters we all are! Each juror definitely has a role....
Any guesses on mine?

I was the feisty one who kept us on track....surely ticking people off along the way.
Felt good to be back at L'Oreal!