Kim's Birthday

Happy 25th Birthday Kim

I took the day off for Kim's birthday. In case anyone was confused by that, I really did take the day off. Everyone at work was just as shocked.

I got up early so that I could get stuff for Kim's birthday, but it didn't work out that well due to some calls from work.

So, I got to party city as early as I possibly could while Kim had her nails done and I bought her two dozen balloons and a Cinderella balloon which is amazingly still floating. I stopped at her house and left them in her room to surprise her while she was getting her nails done. Then, I went to this other place and bought an additional two dozen. Kim called me while I was getting the second batch and was disappointed because I wasn't there yet. I told her that I was around the corner and would be there as soon as I possibly could.

Then, I showed up with the other balloons and the look on her face was funny as hell. She just looked at me and said "You bought MORE of them". Her phone rang and she went to her parents bedroom to get the phone and did a double take as she walked by her door and saw everything in there.

Kim and I were going to meet her Dad out for a birthday lunch and then were a little too distracted to pay attention to the time. Although, Michele and Bryan stopping by to give Kim her gift was funny as hell.

I know that she had a Happy Birthday, and it was great just spending the day together.

Christmas 2005

Merry Christmas Everybody

I hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas. I know that Kim and I did.

I'll be the first to admit , I was nervous as hell about our first Christmas together. I was a bit paranoid that I screwed up and didn't get the right gifts. I bought Kim a beautiful diamond shoe necklace. I went Christmas shopping with Michele a couple of weeks before because I knew she would help me find the right gift.

It's funny, we figured it out and we bought each the other the same number of gifts which I didn't expect. Kim bought me a really nice bracelet and a whole ton of Star Wars gifts and other cool stuff.

Christmas was interesting because I was over at her house for an hour or two and then Kim and I went to Dan's for Christmas dinner. (Sorry Dan that it took so long for you to meet Kim.)

Kim also got to watch my mad video game skillz as Dan and I played the new WWE PS2 game.

Maggie

My parents bought themselves and early Christmas gift.

Here's the latest edition to our family, Maggie.

This is one of the only pictures where she's actually not biting :D
















I sent the pictures to Lisa so that she could see Maggie and she gave her a nickname of Maggnadoodles. Yeah, I hated the name since the first Scotty was my dog named Molly, and she later had a puppy named Aggrivation (Aggy). I didn't want to name the dog either Molly or Aggy, so Maggie was supposed to be a decent compromise.

















The first week was REALLY rough, I wasn't sleeping that well to begin with because I was having so many problems with my teeth causing insane amounts of pain. Then, Maggie was howling at night.

Then, I had the idea to buy an alarm clock so I went running around trying to find one just so that I could try and get some sleep. If anyone EVER asks if that trick works, it does. :D
(I couldn't believe it.)

Happy Halloween and stuff...

I wanted to wish everyone out there a Happy Halloween.

On Friday, Kim and I went with Bryan and Michele to the House of Horrors and Haunted Catacombs on Dick Road and George Urban after an unfortunate incident with the Haunted Hay Ride in Hamburg. (Long story, they're stupid, the end...)

The House of Horrors was cool not too many strobe lights (woo hoo), but the Haunted Catacombs had darkness and STROBE LIGHTS in a bunch of mazes. Kim led me by the hand throughout most of the Haunted Catacombs since I could watch the strobes. :(

Last night, Kim and I went with Bryan and Michele to Doyle's Annual Fall Dance. For one of the first times I got to see Kim on the verge of being drunk. (If she actually was drunk, it didn't really seem like it.) Everyone brought an insane amount of food (good thing I watched my weight watchers points up until then.) We met up with Kim's friend Lynn and her other friends there. Lynn's Dad is part of the firehall.

After the dance, we went to the Anchor Inn on William for a little while. It was surprisingly packed in there and almost everyone inside had a costume on.

Bills / Jets Game

Yes, true believers, Kim and I went to a Bills game.

Kim bought her and Lisa the pink Bills hats to wear at the game. Bob and Lisa invited us to start tailgating on Saturday night after going to Letchworth with Michele and Bryan. (Sweetest day, and holy crap was it SWEET.) Bob and I went to Wegmans at almost two AM just to get medication for the ladies. You know you're getting old when you're buying over the counter drugs for your girlfriend.

As we were going into the game, they both decided to take a picture with a monkey. For once, the monkeys weren't Bob and I.

Letchworth State Park on Sweetest Day

Kim and I spent the day with Michele and Bryan at Letchworth State Park. We had a nice picnic lunch and then walked around in the mud at the park which was cool. Since I've never been there before, I didn't know exactly what to expect. It was really cool.

Just look at the view...


Here's me and my sweetie :D


Just look at the freakin' view, it was incredible. I couldn't believe it, I can't wait to go back, once it's a little less muddy, of course...


While it was cold and muddy, I know that Kim and I had a hell of a lot of fun on our pic-i-nic.

I had this picture setup really nice of the four of us, but the woman that was nice enough to take the picture kinda screwed-it-up. (It's still a nice picture though.)


All I can say is we're going back next year :D

Happy Birthday, Me :D

Yep, I'm getting old :D
33 years, in fact...

Kim took me to Dave and Busters (which is the coolest place ever). It's Chuck E Cheese's for Adults. Bob and Lisa and Michele and Bryan met us there to help celebrate my birthday (thanks again everybody, I had a hell of a lot of fun and it meant alot to me).

Michele and Bryan were showing Kim and I their MAD skillz with a Dance Dance Revolution clone.


Bryan and Michele from the front.


And yeah, to anyone out there who really knows me, knows how I don't like people singing Happy Birthday to me. Well, yeah, everyone decided that my feelings on that didn't matter a whole hell of a lot. (And yes, it was kinda nice of everyone to embarrass the shit out of me.)

I'm wearing the cool shirt that Kim bought me for my birthday.

Camping at Rainbow Lake

Bob and Lisa invited Kim and I to their RV for Columbus day.
In this picture, Bob (off camera) farted, Lisa's choking to death from it and his own Mom had to get the hell away. :D

Actually, the smoke (from the fire, not Bob and me having cigars) was moving in every direction and bothering everyone.

Well, no weekend of camping (and my Birthday weekend) would be complete unless I had a couple of cigars, so I here I am.


Sunday night, Bob, Lisa, Kim and I went to the "Terror in the Trees" or something like that in Springville. It was okay, but I didn't do so well with the strobe lights. I kept hiding my head in my sweater as everyone told me Scotty, strobes ahead. I think that the funniest part of that was the fact that Lisa kept telling everyone popping out of the woods that she was gonna cut them and make them bleed.

While we were going back to the campsite, I drove Bob's truck 'cause I wasn't feeling to well, so thanks to my Springville driving skillz, we went by this one house that had every single Halloween blowup lawn decoration EVER made.

Bob took Kim and Lisa's picture in front of all the stuff.

Seneca Falls Casino

Kim and I went to the Seneca Falls Casino with Bob and Lisa last night. We had an insane amount of dinner at the buffet, and I have to say some of it was great, some of it was complete shit. (Catfish = good, beer battered haddock = bad)

Since last night was the first time that I ever stepped into a casino, I didn't exactly know what to expect. My dad gave me 5 dollars to play for him and it disappeared in less than 2 minutes. After that I was really hesitant to spend any more money.

Kim hit it BIG last night, first on the Garfield slot machine where she got a total of 76 dollars and Lisa had to pull her away. Then, she asked Bob and I for help with Roulette, it was a 15 dollar minimum bid and as we were trying to place chips, I put 4 down on 19 which won. Kim won a total of 144 dollars there.

I know that we had fun last night and I'd go back if Bob and Lisa ever felt like going back.

Just a note for everyone, I am kinda sick of all the crap autoresponder posts that I've been getting, so in order to post, you have to put in a verification code. Sorry if it makes it a pain in the ass for anyone...

Labor Day

That's a day when we're all supposed to work, right..? :)

Despite the slow start to the day, Kim and I had a nice day. I stopped out at the reservation for gas and cigars. I picked up Kim and we went to Shores for dinner and ate a huge amount of good food. After dinner, we went back to our usual hangout at the Marina. I think that we had one of our best talks EVER that night.

Kim told me what she wants to do for my birthday next month. She's got reservations at Salvitore's Italian Gardens and the Garden Place hotel which I think is going to be fun. She is also planning on something big with Bryan and Michele, Bob and Lisa which is gonna be cool too. I don't know what it's going to be, but it should be a hell of a lot of fun. :)

Camping at Darien Lake (day 2)

After a huge breakfast, we left Darien Lake because Kim wasn't feeling well and I was going to see Dan and Mary.

We went back to Kim's parents and we sat and watched Ice Princes Diaries 2. (Actually, just Ice Princess, that's just my name for it.)

I went to see Dan and Mary and they bought me a Sponge Bob cake for my birthday next month. They weren't sure if they were gonna see me around my birthday next month and found the cake for me.

Camping at Darien Lake

Well, I've said it before, and I'll say it again...

I hate Darien Lake

But, the campground was nice.

Kim and I went to visit her Aunt Collen, Uncle Bob, and her cousins Jenelle (sp) and Robbie. We had a nice time just sitting and relaxing. We met up with Lynn and her cousin in the amusement park. While Kim and I were waiting for everyone, we got to sit and just talk and relax.

A day at Darien Lake wouldn't be complete without me spending a stupid amount of money on something. Today, I spent 10 bucks for a 1 liter souvenir cup (that I gave my mommy).

The BEST part of the night was the laser light show (despite what Kim says).

You might ask, why was it the best part, well Kim got to enjoy something that she really wanted to do, and I got to be there with her.

She called it my "personal hell" because of the fireworks, strobe lights and lasers. I didn't really see it that way. Could I have been anywhere else in the world, sure, I could have but then we wouldn't have been together. I know that I live with the fear of another seizure triggered by strobe lights, and the doctors have always said that it's a possibility. Kim felt bad (despite me telling her not to), but it's all part of being in a GREAT relationship. It's not about always doing what you want, it's about being with someone that you love...

Don't worry Kim, you'll be subjected to MANY things that you don't want to do ;)

I took a day off

That's right true believers, I actually took a FULL day off...

Wait, that bears repeating, a FULL day off.

Kim and I started out with a nice lunch at Fuddruckers. I had a 1 pound burger for lunch which was incredible...

We went back to have a nice walk on the breakwall, but when Kim couldn't hear me talk because of the wind, and I couldn't finish my La Gloria, we left...

We went back to Kim's parents house and just relaxed (and I watched the Simpsons) and got ready to go to the movies. We went to the Buffalo Drive In to watch the 40 Year Old Virgin and then Wedding Crashers. I met up with Chris between movies and Kim and I got to talk to Dawn and Chris.

Congratulations Dawn on your new job.

Unfortunately, I was so tired that I fell asleep almost half way into Wedding Crashers so we left. :(

Happy Birthday Michele

After working like a jackrabbit on crack all day, Kim and I met Bob and Lisa at Michele and Bryan's for Michele's Birthday Party. It was nice to see everyone and just relax for a little bit.

Michele demonstrated how much she really looks like Punky Brewster, after Kim and I gave her the DVD's. (Yes, I finally found Season 1.)

SOX and the Marina

Saturday I pretty much worked all day, but then on Sunday I decided to work from Starbucks and have a couple of nice Tazo (tm) Green Tea Frappuchinos, if I could have had a couple of cigars, it would have been better.

After work, I met Kim at the marina with a surprise (bunch of balloons with a special Disney Princess balloon). We had some ice cream, I had my usual La Gloria Cubana #6 and spent awhile relaxing and talking which is always good. Unfortunately, we didn't have a ton of time, but we made the most of it.

I love the fact that we can do something so simple and relaxing and make it special. :)

Now, I gotta get ready to finish SOX.

Fine dining and bowling

After I finally got out of work today, Kim and I met up with Bryan and Michele for dinner at the French Pub (on French Road) which was pretty good. As much as I love French Onion soup, theirs was just okay. I "tried" the New England Clam Chowder from the salad bar and then "tried" a bunch of other stuff for Kim and Bryan who opted out of the salad bar in favor of chicken wings.

I also searched the greater WNY area for Punky Brewster Season 1 for Michele's BDay gift because Kim REALLY wanted to get that for her.

I should have started this out by stating how massively sleep deprived I was from insane hours at work. After eating Kim and I went to the breakwall on the river where I almost fell asleep. We went bowling for Michele's birthday and I kicked ass in the first game (after the Diet Pepsi started flowin') and then sucked for the remaining two games.

I know that Kim and I had fun depite the fact that I was exhausted, and I slept in the next morning until I had to go to work.

Skip ahead until Sunday...

Erie County Fair 2005

Kim and I went to the Erie County Fair (I won't call it by the other name) today. We got two free tickets into the fair and free parking passes from her Aunt and Uncle which was great.

I had Gyros for one of the first times after my Uncle Bruce and Aunt Ronee's restaurant Speedy Dogs and Beef closed. (I forgot how good those were.) We also had some curly q fries which were good, but I could have made them faster myself.

Kim got to have her wine slushy and I had a La Gloria Cubana which is never bad. :)

The best part was that we decided to go on the horse and buggy ride through a small part of the grounds. While we were waiting, the driver told Kim and I that the horse's name was "maduro" which was perfect. Surprisingly enough, the horse definately had the coloring of a maduro cigar. What was even better was when I told Kim after the ride was over what the name referred to and she understood that it was all meant to be. :)

Something else which was cool was that we got to see a Kodiak bear and a couple of bear cubs at the fair. We both felt horrible watching the bears because they were way too confined. The cubs had fun playing, but the full grown Kodiak was just wandering around.

We had a good time, the rain decided to hold off until just before we left which was great. Topped it off with ice cream from Friendly's and it was a great day.

My movie

Well, Friday night Kim and I went out to the movies. We went to see "The 40 year old virgin" aka the Scott story. :)

Anyone seeing this movie think that some Hollywood producers swooped into West Seneca, had a little chat with me and flew back to Hollywood (or Vancouver) and started production of the film.

Here were the three things that I told those big shots I wanted changed...

1.) He had to ride a bike instead of a shitty Tracker.

2.) He couldn't work with computers, but other electronics were fine.

3.) He couldn't live at home with his parents.

Other than that, everything else was good to go.

I laughed so much at this movie, I still can't figure out what was funnier, the movie, or the fact that I've had some of the same conversations with my friends. Sadly, when my friends DO go to see that movie, I am never, eeeeevvvvveeeeeerrrrr going to hear the end of it. (For a day or two, then we'll all get sick of it.)

This movie was funny as hell (tm). I would definately suggest going to see it to anyone. For those of you within the Buffalo, NY area, go see it at the drive in on Harlem Road. They have a double feature with Wedding Crashers which would be great. I think that Kim and I are going to have to go see that double feature even though we've seen both movies.

Camping with the Devans (Sunday)

Well, the weather was mostly cold and rainy...
Kim and I surprised everyone by picking up Timmy Ho's for breakfast.

I attempted to smoke the Bolivar #2 which sucked as bad as the one that I gave Bob.

We got to play Scattegories which was fun and then...

We broke-it-up with some other games and then went back to visit Bob and Lisa while Lisa's Mom and Dad (Kag and Stan) were there for her brother's birthday.

Apparently, Lisa and Kim took the opportunity to make fun of Bob and I when we went to her brother outside of Sherkston. (Damn you two, that song is stuck in my head.)

Kim and I attempted to battle the stupid tent and the air mattress, gave up and decided to eat. She wasn't feeling well most of the weekend, and I'm kinda worried. I guess I'll have to stalk her with some stuff. (But, I don't think that I need anyone to drive for me.)

Camping with the Devans (Saturday night)

Saturday was a cool as hell despite starting out on the wrong foot (or leg).

Kim and I slept in the tent Friday night and I woke up probably 4 times, once yelling in pain kinda loud. My leg cramped up and it sucked. I couldn't even walk it off like when I was going to the gym all the time. I thought that it was just because of all the running around that I did Friday, but it's more likely that I was dehydrated.

Kim, Michele, Bryan and I went to visit Bob and Lisa at Sherkston during the afternoon which was cool finally getting to see them and find out how Alaska was.

Kim, Michele and Bryan decided to go swimming at the Quarry, while Lisa, Bob and I went to the waterslides which was both fun and painful.

Yes, you heard me, painful...

I haven't done anything like that in probably over 20 years, so I decided to lay down in the slide and go faster (thanks for that advice, Bob) and I smashed my elbow into my side.

My chest is still hurting from it a couple of days later. If I stretch (or sneeze, blink, whatever) my chest hurts.

After that happened, we still went down the slides a couple more times. (I wasn't gonna let a little bit of pain stop me.)

Then, we went to the quarry...

I thought what better way to surprise Kim than to swim out to see her out in the middle of the lake (without a noodle). Let's just say that was one of the dumbest ideas I've EVER had. My leg cramped up (come on, you're kidding me, I should have been fine... That would NEVER happen to me.) Yes, I am a dumbass, I'll admit it now.

The whole point to me doing it wasn't that, it was to get over being in the water. I seem to be doing well with facing my other fears this year, why not get that one out of the way as well....

And while everyone was having a good time, I was trying to get rid of the cramp. :(

Once it started to feel better, I decided to jump off the peer (again, no noodle) because everyone else was. (And yes, I would jump off a cliff if the cool kids were doing it too.)

After that we had London Broil at the cabin which was incredible. I never had that before, and it was great. We went back to Bob and Lisa's to see fireworks. (Yes, for those of you keeping track in the studio audience, I believe that's 4 times this year.)

I got to smoke the Cuban Montecristo cigar which was great and since I had my new shiny flask filled with Green Label Jack Daniels.

Just hanging out with Kim and my friends, some Jack Daniels, and a cuban cigar it was a fun night...