And its been...Its been a little while...

Once again, the everyday busyness of our lives has left this blog neglected.

This past weekend, Josh's father and Grandmother made the trip out from Michigan to visit us. We all had an excellent time exploring Vermont at one of our favorite wineries, the best cheese factory in the world, a cider mill, and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream factory this past Friday. On Saturday, Josh, his father, Lee, and I all went down to Philadelphia to watch a Phillys baseball game! We had a great time with his father and grandmother and we can't wait to see them again!

The weekend before, Josh, Lola, and I went up to Caribou, Maine (about a 10 hour car trip, each way) to look at a movie theatre that is currently for sale. Although at this time, we are still unsure of what we are going to do, and where this will lead us in the near future, it was a nice little trip. Lola, however, is not a big fan of long car rides. She was a very happy passenger in the car until about an hour and a half into the trip. After that, she just laid in the backseat looking very depressed and she became very anti-social. She was happy to get out of the car at a rest stop in Maine, but unhappy to get back in the car. She VERY much enjoyed the hotel and going out on the hotels property the next morning. She seemed to be rather impressed by all of the scenery around her, causing her just to lay down in the middle of the parking lot so she could look around more. When it was finally time to leave, she was rather unwilling to get back in the car, prompting Josh to pick her up and toss her in the backseat. The anti-socialness started up right away for the entire ride home!

This coming weekend will be a lot of fun! We have the first annual Chiari Awareness Walk in Washington Park. Josh and I are VERY excited to be able to participate. I'm happy to announce that Faith and Jesse will be attending the walk, as well as Kristin, Casey, and Marissa are all going to try and make it up in time to walk, as well! I have also given fliers to all of my co-workers and most have them have made some generous donations! I believe a co-worker or two may even show up at the walk! Rumor has it, the Mayor of Albany is planning to attend this walk!

After the Chiari Walk, we will be attending Larkfest. Larkfest is pretty much a street festival, on Lark Street in Albany. From what I have heard, it's pretty much just a LOT of loud music, lots of food, booze and entertainment! We have pretty much agreed to attend Larkfest, for a couple of reasons. One being, if we move our cars that day, we will probably have a NICE long hike back home, since we live right off of Lark Street. Another reason being that neither of us have attended Larkfest before, and since we may be moving to Maine, this may be our first and last chance.

A couple of weeks ago, we had a visitor from Texas! Josh's good friend, Lennie, came to visit us. We had a great time showing him around Albany. hitting up happy hour, drinking Chinese wine, and hitting up some of the local hot spots! It was a great time!

Come this time next week, Josh will be back in Texas! (Lucky boy!) He has to go for two days of work, and then he will have three days to go visit friends. Boy, will Lola (ok, and me too) miss him! It's going to be so quiet at home! Atleast I know I will be able to watch the season premire of Survivor next Thursday night!

Sorry, no pictures today! Hopefully, when Josh is out of town, I will be able to update the blog, and add some pictures!

A post that is LONG overdue!

I know, I know, I haven't updated this blog of ours in almost a month! Life sure is busy and exciting in Upstate New York during the summer time! We have had a great time exploring the area and venturing out of New York and into Vermont! A few weeks ago, we took a day trip throughout Vermont to visit a couple of wineries. We also went to Ben and Jerry's, and to the Cabot Cheese headquarters! At the wineries we got to sample some local (and delicious) wines, as well as get a tour of one of them! We both found it quite interesting to learn about the wine making process! Josh now desires to learn how to brew his own beer and should be receiving a couple of books on how to do so within the next couple of days! Cabot Cheese was also another place I found very interesting! During the tour, you got to see the entire process of how the cheese was made, all the way from the milk being delivered, through the packaging phase. The best part of Cabot was the many of varieties of cheese we got to taste after the tour, as well as the $30 we spent on cheese to take home to eat! (Needless to say, it's all gone now!)

We also attended the last game of the season (and possibly ever) of the Albany Conquest, arena football. Josh and I had a great time! We also met up with my parents at the game so they could enjoy the fun with us! On a side note: Way to go catching that towel, Mom! Good job fighting those grown men for it!

Last Wednesday was my 23rd birthday and we went out to a local restaurant with a group of our friends to celebrate! On your birthday there, instead of giving you a free dessert, you get a free 60 ounce Margarita! Pictured above, is my margarita! I would like to take a moment to thank our wonderful friends for coming out to celebrate with us! We had a blast!

We have also been attending quite a few of the minor league baseball games! There are only 6 games left this season and we bought tickets to each of them! Last night, was the Minor League All-Star Game and Home Run Derby. As for the home run derby, it was rather uneventful seeing the winner only hit TWO home runs! All and all though, we had a great time at the game! The National League won 4-3, which made us very excited!

Also, Josh threw another baseball at my right eye and this time bruised it! Together, we have decided that it is time for me to retire my dream of being a pitcher for the Mets! :)

Sunday night we will be taking my parents to the Valley Cats game vs. the Brooklyn Cyclones. The Cyclones are the affiliates for the New York Mets! This is our 30th anniversary present to them, and we hope to all have a great time!

I plan on updating this blog more often that I have! It is quite difficult to recall a past month worth of activity and properly write it all out!