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Seneca Lake Wine Tour!

November 2008 - Wine Tour

Crack Berry

Hi my name is Beth and I'm addicted to my blackberry.

Its been about 2-3 weeks since I've started...Even now I'm posting this from my bed because I woke before my alarm and I got bored!!

Yesterday the same thing happened and Sey-dog woke up from my keyboard typing!

I wish I could stop myself, but my world has changed completely! I can't imagine a time when I didn't have internet at my finger tips. I don't mind sitting anywhere waiting. I sat in the dentist office waiting room checking email and facebook!

Which brings me to my next addiction: Hi my name is Beth and I'm addicted to Facebook. I think its all the notifications that keep me going but if I ever don't have FB activity I get sad. Hehehe

Anyway I think its time for me to check FB so I better go ;-) Thankgoodness we are going on a wine tourwith friends today so I can't crackberry it up because I'll get carsick.

OK...gotta run. I just woke seydog with my typing. LOL!!

Marley and Me!

My mom and I went to the movies last night and saw a preview for Marley and Me! This is supposed to be the cutest book ever. (I haven't read it myself, because Seymen read it and told me that the ending is really really sad, and I can't bring myself to read that especially about a dog...) But anyway, they are making this into a movie! Coming out Christmas Day. It looks hilarious. I still can't stop laughing, after seeing the preview. And of course the book cover Marley and the movie Marley look just like the Peak-n-ator!

http://www.marleyandmemovie.com/

PINK Blackberry Curve

I finally broke down and did it. I'm now the proud owner of the pink blackberry curve! The only downside I've found so far is that there's no where for me to hang my ever present cell phone charms! :-(

My First Purse

This is a purse, knitted and then felted.

Thuan's Moving Day!

October 2008 Thuan's Moving Day

My First Hat

So I was impatient because the hat class isn't until November. So I went online and from a video learned how to knit my first hat. Here's a picture of my lovely hat model Patooty, showcasing the red knit hat front and back :-)

Knitting Beginner!

So Kris and I have started taking knitting classes together. Here is the product of my knitting for beginners class.

This week we started the "Knit a felt purse" class today. Stay tuned for pics of that finished product in two weeks!

Chillin' with Benji

The result of chillin' with Ben tonight...a little iPhone app he and Joe wrote:

Speciak K - Red Berries Challenge!

So I've decided to take the Special K - (Red Berries) Challenge...I'm supposed to lose 1 jeans size by the end of 2 weeks. I've started my challenge today.

The only thing that I wonder is if they made consessions for people that work out at the gym while on the Special K challenge, and if those people are allowed to have 2 bowls of ceral ;-) because I get MIGHTTTYYYY hungry when I work out!! (Maybe THAT's why I haven't lost anything from spinning ;-) hehehe) But eitherway, I'm having myself 2 bowls of ceral on my spinning/workout days! hehehe

Anyway, wish me luck on the challenege.

Turkey Pictures Posted

Finally! All the turkey pictures are posted! :-D

Çeşme

Hey! Back from the best vacation ever, in Çeşme! Here's some pics!

View from Hotel Room in Ilıca:

Waterfront in Çeşme:

On our first full day in Çeşme, Seymen and I did an all day boat cruise. THe agenda is basically lay out in the sun on a sailboat, anchor in beautiful coves, swim, eat lunch, move to another cove, sunbathe, swim, and then finally go home at 5:30PM.

Here is the boat next to ours (I didn't get a picture of ours. The boat next to us held probably 10 people. Our boat could hold up to 30, so it was a bit larger)

Sailing on the boat:

One of the Coves we swam in:

Another boat, one of the Party Boats showing their Turkish Pride ;-)

On the recommendation of Seymen's cousin, on our 2nd full day, we tried the "Aqua Beach". There was a thermal pool, and access to the Sea. We swam in both.

For our last night in Çeşme, Seymen and I reserved a table at this wonderful homestyle restuarant at the Waterfront. We had a delicious, leisurely dinner and then walked the main streets souvenir shopping.

Cumalikizik

Today we went to a 600 Year Old Ottoman Village, named "Cumalıkızık" where we walked around and then ate lunch in someone's house where they make this specific dish called: "gözleme". It's basically dough with (we chose) potatoe inside. Of course it's absolutely delicious...and of course had a cup of tea to wash it down with :-)

Merhaba! (From Turkey)

I've made it to Turkey! After 12 hours of sleep, I am feeling a bit more normal again. I took some sleepy tourist pictures yesterday as we made our way to Bursa.

Topkapi Palace:

Mavi Cami (Blue Mosque) From the Ferry

Hours in Turkey: 5
Cups of Tea: 3

Day 1 Official Tea Count: 7

Accident Prone

So it's been proven...I'm totally, 100%, accident prone. This past Sunday, we were planning to have a "work in the office" day. But by the time we were able to actually implement this plan, it was afternoon. So we pushed through, and later in the afternoon a friend of mine stopped by...Unfortunately, we took so long with her that we were late for dinner with a stop at Wegmans that needed to be made before heading out...

So, smart one that I am, decided to leave my friend here, and drive over to Wegmans really quick to pick up our stuff, giving them time finish up. Well I jumped in my car (in a hurry of course), open the garage, threw my car into reverse, and lightly tapped the gas pedel.

CRASH...My car ran into something. I stopped the car and looked behind me....Sue's car was driving itself backwards in my driveway!!!

I jumped out of the car and ran for it, thinking (unreasonably so) that I could stop the car from rolling! When I reached it, I realized I was going to get run over and I needed to get out of the way so I jumped to saftey, right on top of my neighbors lawn ornament, and just sat watching Sue car hit the fence and her rearview mirror pop off.

Well...omitting all the gory details, Sue and I are STILLL friends...She was the most gracious person about me running straight into her car...And luckily her car damage wasn't that bad...My car damage on the otherhand was worse, but still fixable...

Anyway, I took a picture of the site of the accident...You can clearly see where Sue's poor little car ran over the garden flowers right into the fence.