Hurricane Irene

In the aftermath of the hurricane, many residents of East Hanover experienced power outages and flooding.  Luckily for us, we had power.  But the Passaic River has really overflooded.  I took some photos of the back of Castle Ridge, where we live.  There must be 6 feet of water in the back, because it is generally on open field with a downslope, all covered with water.  Luckily, its not near where we live in the complex, but scary to say the least.

Good twitter story

Leave it to my dear friend Toni to start off with this tweet: "Having long cellphone conversations in work bathroom is foul & gross ... worse would b 2 have convo, in stall, barefoot" and then continue on a stroy with me about a particular incident.  Blondes definately do have more fun.  Enjoy...

• tonigannon: @EOZ324 thank u! true story: in '05, i overheard some1 in bathroom @ wedding. Pooping loudly, while having phone sex w/ man NOT her hubby.
• EOZ324: @tonigannon ... I think my ear drums would have exploded
• tonigannon: @EOZ324 i VOM'd a lil. at 1st,thought she was phonesexingw/ hubby till i went out & saw hubby at bar, talking to friends, no phone in sight.
• EOZ324: @tonigannon ... aw, if the poop wasn't involved I may have liked her
• tonigannon: @EOZ324 &THEN she walked out, still on phone, hung up, kissed hubby on cheek. He asked what took her so long. that's when i took a shot.
• EOZ324: @tonigannon ... there is nothing like a dame, nothing in the world #southpacific
• tonigannon: @EOZ324 gets better. she was a stripper who left hubby 4 man she told every1 was her BROTHER. They moved back 2 Brazil w/ 1/2 of hub's $$$.
• EOZ324: @tonigannon I am glad there was a happy ending #strippersrule

Tripping to New Bern

Mary Ann, Rob and I are traveling down to New Bern NC for our friend's mother's funeral tomorrow.  So far it has been a pleasant trip. We just had lunch in Laurel MD and are now contnuing on ....

Plans for renovation

So we are looking to renovate our master bathroom.  We took this 4 minute video of what we are looking to accomplish and send it off to some contractors.  Kind of silly, but I found it to be funny - I mean who lets the public in our such an intimite part of the house?  Of course, Mark had to be behind the camera as I gave the tour.

So this is how it is

On the night before my birthday, the weather has been insane, and it is expected to continue tomorrow of course ... plus the fact that we lost Elizabeth Taylor today.  Rest in peace dear Lizzie.

Definitely 'winning'

Just a video blog recap of the last week for me, in case you haven't been following all the posts on facebook or twitter.  I am really celebrating a lot of the good things in life and taking a cue from Charlie Sheen.

Extremely grateful

A lot of good things are coming into play for me.  I really do have so much to be thankful, especially now finding out about my progress on my weight .... AND about the job I started last week.  Yes! You are reading correct - finally I am back working again, and it feels incredible.  Thanks to everyone who supported me and sent me words of encouragement throughout the last year.