Jinxy Cat

Ahhh, lunatic that I am...we got ANOTHER kitten. In early August, after my eye appointment, I sashayed into the pet store and made solid eye contact with a little darling of a kitten for a good 30 seconds. Afterwards, I met Brandon for dinner at Smokey Bones (our favorite!!) and told him that I loved that little cat that looked into my soul and I should've got it. He thought I was kidding and responded, "Go ahead." ...he should know better.

After dinner, I went straight back to the pet store and picked that sweet little bundle up. Her name is Jinx and she is all black with the tiniest white patch (looks like a bow tie) on her neck.

Lola, of course, was not impressed by our new addition.

But, as time as passed, Lola and Jinx have come to love each other. Lulu is nicer now and kind of just likes to leave people alone (what a teenager!) Jinx on the other hand has come into her own and showed as that she is truly a maniac. She wants to copy Lola in everything she does (drinking out of the fish tank, eating out of the same bowl, playing with Lulu's bouncy mouse- her favorite toy). They really make us laugh all the time and are so silly. Even though two cats (both crazy and bad) are a little much, they seem to suit us perfectly.

Beer Olympics- July Kindness

Haven't posted in forever and I need to give attention where attention is due:


On July 11th, Brandon and I organized the first annual Studer's Invitational Beer Olympics, hosted at my parent's house in Johnstown, PA (thanks!). It was quite the hilarious, messy, obnoxious success. We had players, observers, refs (mom!), and substitutes (thank God!) As it was our first try at organizing a day long drinking extravanganza; I believe we overshot what was manageable for games. We were able to be flexible and take some much needed unscheduled breaks and lots of snacking to make it through the whole day.


We raised over $170 dollars to donate to Make-A-Wish foundation and had a lot of fun all the while. Teams were chosen at random (pull from a hat) and each designed their team name and logo (hooray for adults loving face and hair paint!) Needless to say, as the day went on, team spirit grew exponentially.

Games included (but not limited to): The Anchorman, Dingbat Relay, Beer Bong Races, Flip Cup, the Monkey Chug, and 100 cup Beer Pong. It was quite obvious as we neared mid-day that substitute teammates were needed. Luckily, we had some late participants show up and even our dads stepped up to the challenge of celebrity participants to give some other team members a chance to sit out and regroup (i.e. EAT and drink massive amounts of water).


In the end, it was Team Whiskas to pull out the day's victory and will have their names engraved on the "Studer Cup" (aka Das Boot). Our Team "Baby Bump" members (observers only-geez, what kind of people do you think we are!) were in charge of selecting MVPs for a variety of different awards, including: Loud Mouth, Smack Talk, MVD, Pukin' Rally, and the Shark. By the end of the day, we were all pretty exhausted, extremely giddy and happy, and glad to have participated in such a fun day to raise money for such a great cause. Thanks to everyone who helped and participated. Next year should be even bigger!!

Summah Lovin.

Sunny skies and suntan lines here in Erie. We are loving the spring/summer/fall weather, I guess we'll just have to deal with the winter! haha. All has been going really well for us. We are still both working hard, but making time for each other and others too.

We planned a Surprise 50th birthday party for Brandon's mom in May. She was so surprised and we had a great turn-out. I couldn't believe how easy it was to get her to the location; she really had no idea. It was so great to see her face when she realized everyone was there for her! Then, she and I went to NYC for a weekend in June (from her husband) and got her hair done at Devachan (the amazing curly-girl salon). It was so much fun! (i miss nyc!)

We had my family stay the weekend for Kyle's graduation party. B, Dad, and Jordan all went fishing (duh) on Sunday and caught catfish. Brandon couldn't resist bringing home the monster of a catfish he caught. Everytime my parents are here, B is bringing things home to chop up on the back patio. Geez! He was so proud of the 15 lbs. of nasty. Eww!

We are in the midst of planning the Beer Olympics (coming up on July 11) and we will be donating goods to the food bank for our June kindness. The summer has been great so far. I am planning a date for tonight to have a picnic dinner at Beach 1 (Presque Isle) because they have free concerts on Wednesday nights. I really love that Erie has so many opportunites to do organized fun things in the summer! I'll post pics after our picnic/concert date tonight!!