random post :)

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

Today I saw this quote and loved it.  And then while watching tv tonight I saw American Idol on tv.  Never been much of an American Idol fan although when I live in the apt my lovely roommate religiously watched it.  Both the quote and tv show have reminded me of her today.  Looking forward to seeing her and the rest of the girls in September in San Francisco...yes I am counting down the months already!

 It seems like so long ago that Kevin and I decided that we were going to spend Easter in Kentucky this year.  Okay it really was a long time ago... 3 months to be exact!  We are going to be spending Easter with wonderful family in Kentucky and then spending 2 days in Nashville, TN before we fly back home.  The last time I flew was not the greatest experience and I had some anxiety while on the plane to & from Miami.  I would like to blame it on lots of things going on last summer and was experiencing just temporary anxiety due to stress.  haha Kevin would of course exagerate the story and act like I bruised his arm from how tight I was holding it....NOT the case at all :)  I do though still have anxiety over things beyond my control and no I am not medicated (maybe i should do that...haha) but I am hoping and praying for smooth flying come Thursday evening. 

F'real shakes...straight out of sheetz.  Atleast thats where I think you can buy f'real shakes.  Regardless the whole point of this picture is that it reminds me of living with B at the apt.  Meg and her would walk to sheetz to get a f'real shake or they would all walk to Rita's (kevin included) .  I am of course always opted out of getting anything...i would just love it if Freeze King was still open.  Tonight would be the perfect evening to go to freeze king after dinner. 

Back to the picture which made me think of B, Meghan & Jenn which is the whole reason for the post because I miss them lots :)  (is it september yet...bring it on San Fran,CA)

Random

I figured while I am sitting here uploading pictures off my camera I should blog and maybe even post a few pictures. 

Last night we went to my brother's ceremony for boyscouts.  He got First Class!  We are so proud of him and his hard work with boyscouts. 

trying to take a picture with these boys isnt always the easiest task

Stud Finder

no words are needed...

Don't let him trick you...he didnt think of using the stud finder on me.  When I went to take a picture Kristy & Mom said I needed to get in the picture too. 

Off to Boston we go...

Nike Indoor Nationals to watch Kyle do big things :) 

And hit up a few tourist spots as well. 

m.i.a

I have been m.i.a from the blogging world for the past few weeks.  Okay not completely missing because of course I have been reading your posts but have not caught you up on our lives recently. 

Often times when I read Blonnie's post I get the motivation to do one as well.  And it just so happens that she blogged today...so you can guess what made me decided to blog :)  I love that girl!  She is just an awesome friend even though we are a bajillion miles apart I can always count on her <3  

I am usually the person who checks the weather during the winter months with hopes of snow in the forecast but not after the last 2 big storms.  I check the weather all the time still but instead hoping to see warm enough weather to continue to melt this snow away.  Thankfully that continues to happen and from the upcoming forecast will continue.  Kevin & I are hoping to plant some bulbs we bought a few weeks ago.  Of course, I think Kevin is more excited about going out to get some tools for our spring/summer projects tomorrow evening. 

I have always wanted to be able to travel more often and to places that I have never been to before and well thanks to Kyle's amazing times from the track meet this past weekend we are headed to Boston in a week in a half!  Kyle and a few others from the track team Kevin coaches qualified for Nike Indoor Track Nationals this year.  We are looking forward to a fun weekend in Boston with the family. 

How did a year fly by so quickly?! 

Happy 22nd Birthday Jenn

&
Happy 25th Birthday Meghan!

Can't wait to celebrate with you all :)

Love according to Mister Rogers

"Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and ou can't compare two things to see if they're "equally infinite."  Infinity just is, and that's the way I think love is, too."

Dreaming...

As I have been stuck inside for the past week because of this crazy snow I have begun to get quite the case of cabin fever!  My cure...dreaming about spring & summer :)

I love seeing the tulips pop through the ground!  Although there maybe snow still on the ground when the tulips start to bloom it is one of the beginning signs that spring is on the way!

I love to go to the different carnivals in Frederick throughout the summer.  I love going and walking around right as the sun is going down so that all the ride lights are on and to see ....

Thats right, fireworks!  Most of the carnivals have fireworks one night and then Baker Park has fireworks on the 4th of July.

I am hoping to go strawberry picking this summer at a local orchard but regardless strawberries are one of my favorite fruits to eat!

Fireflies are a sure sign of summertime! 

Just in case you were wondering(yes i did the math!)...

1month 10days till spring

& 

4months 10days till summer

Round One ...Check! Now time for Round two..

Yep you read it correct and know what I'm talking about...MORE SNOW!
I still can't believe that 30 inches fell over the weekend but trust me I have been out in it shoveling my heart out.  Lets first re-live the first storm.  Everything started out Friday just as I had hoped for the schools went on time and just let out at noon as well as the Y closing at 2.  Even Geico let some of their employees leave early :) All of this was in anticipation for the storm to come.  All 80+ parents had been called some multiple times early in the morning on friday to make sure they knew what time they HAD to pick up their child.  At one of my sites all of the children were gone by one o'clock...of course this was not the site I was at!  So at the site I was at 2pm came and went, 3pm came and went...finally at 3:45 our last child was picked up and we could finally leave and get excited about this BIG winter storm coming! 
The snow fell and it was beautiful! 
Saturday was a lazy day for the most part.  When I woke up from a nap of Saturday afternoon I smelled something funny.  Kevin said he didnt smell anything.  So I just ignored it, well tried to.  Throughout the afternoon I continued to catch the weird smell more and more...and each time I asked Kevin if he smelled it he said no so I was beginning to think maybe I was crazy!  Finally after dinner I could no longer ignore the smell and began to research what a natural gas leak smelled like...and no it does not smell like gasoline!  natural gas is odorless so the gas companies scent it with some weird m word that I can't remember.  After some research I called my Dad and asked him what I should do and he told me to go down stairs and look at something on the furnace and the smell was overwhelming in the basement!  I knew at that point I need to call the gas co.  Needless to say the gas company said they would be out but I needed to get ventilation into the basement.  I explained to the man on the phone from the Gas Co. that it is an underground basement and could not open the windows and his response was "there has to some way to get in ventilation until the workers show up".  Off we went trying to clear off our cellar doors that had atleast a 4 foot drift on top of it.  Kevin got the thing cleared off pretty quickly!  Workers show up and he instructs Kevin to go find the pipe on the outside of the house that lets out the steam from the furnace.  What?!  Is this man crazy...how is he going to find a white pipe in the midst of 30 inches of snow?! But Kevin went out and found it and cleared the snow away.  The worker continued to use his handheld gas checker ( i'm sure it has a name but you get the point) and beep beep beep beep we had a gas leak!  I wasn't crazy afterall :)  They were able to fix it right then and we were fine. 

Big Snow Storm round two expected to start this afternoon!
Here is what the news stations are telling you to do in preparation for round 2 with an expected 15plus inches of more snow to fall.  Possible fresh snow totals up to 20 inches!  Lets do the math, thats a total of 50 inches that could be in our front yards by the end of tomorrow! 
"As you prepare for the next round" ...

make sure you have the following;
batteries
flashlights
battery powered radio
food you can eat without cooking

make sure to do the following around the house;
clear off trees and big bushes that may break/fall
continue to clear off the streets, sidewalks & cars
knock off any drifted snow from roofs & decks to avoid these things from collapsing