Happy Halloween!!

ARTVOICE

This is my favorite Buffalo publication!! It comes out weekly and is full of articles, happenings around the city, art shows, festivals, etc! I usually find a few interesting things in each issue. Unfortunately, every time I've seen an event I would like to attend, I already have plans! And they are everywhere! The library, the liquor store and on street corners! It's quite nifty!

Now you'll all be in the know if someone asks you about ARTVOICE!

FUN FUN FUN

Whew, I have to get you guys caught up on my weekend!! Let’s start with my favorite Buffalo experience to date: O Restaurant! A fabulous sushi bar (super close to my house) with an amazing atmosphere! I went with my friend/co-worker/work-out buddy Laura and her roommate! We sipped chocolate martini’s while we waited for our three different rolls: Crab Truffle, Californian King (my fav!) and a Quesadilla one! And of course we ordered low-sodium soy sauce! ;o) It was soooo good, I can’t wait to go back!



Friday was a fun day all around! We celebrated a friend/co-worker’s birthday all day. I organized to have everyone chip in $3 to get a breakfast pizza surprise! Plus I made an ice-cream sandwich cake! YUM! After work I went to my friend Tucci’s place to help decorate for the Halloween/Derek’s Birthday Party. Then home to change to my costume and then back to party! A lot of people from work showed up again, so it was tons of fun!
Derek surprised at work!


Halloween Party!



Saturday started out with a nice breakfast at Denny’s with the roomie then off to the library for their used book sale!! I got about 7 books for only $8.50! Here’s us searching through the titles!



After using one of the computers upstairs, we went home where I prepared a grocery list for the apartment warming party and headed to the gym. And boy did I get a good workout in! Then it was off to Tops where I got a bunch of groceries, checked out and didn’t have my checkbook! HA! How embarrassing! So I had to leave my groceries at the checkout and call Wendy to drive my checkbook to me! Of course I waited outside to avoid more embarrassment!

Saturday night’s entertainment was a girl’s night with our friend Jamie! We had wine and mic ultra’s and watched movies and played Skip-bo! By the end of the night we were dying from laughter! Bedtime wasn’t until 3am, whew!



Sunday morning Wendy and I woke up, raced around to do cooking and cleaning before everyone arrived. We barely got ourselves ready before my Mom & Dad and Grandma & Grandpa showed up! They came with gifts in arms for me! I was so shocked, I didn’t expect anyone to bring anything! We had a good time hanging in the apartment and eating chili and chicken wing dip! My mom brought me the most BEAUTIFUL bouquet ever!! I couldn’t take my eyes off of them the entire time!!



What an awesome weekend!!! Thanks to everyone!!

I'm going to Florida!!

I, Jamie Zielonko, have been selected to go to Fort Lauderdale, FL to represent the Travel Division of Supplemental Health Care at a Nursing Spectrum Career Day! My responsibilities include maining a booth to inform nurses about the benefits and perks of traveling with Supplemental, and also hosting a Meet & Greet for active nurses on assignment in South Florida! I'm super pumped! I will definitely be gone Thursday, Nov. 8th. Whether or not I will stay any longer than that, I am not sure.

But I will keep everyone updated! Yay for me!!

You Kill'em, We Grill'em!

Remember the Road Kill Cafe poster Grandpa use to have in the Little House!?!? Well I found the menu online! Check it out and laugh over some of your old favorites!!

http://www.road-kill-cafe.com/roadkill.html

Weekend Mania!

Friday started off with an awesome working out and followed with the first Halloween Party of the year!! I went as an elegant Geisha, wearing a real kimono complete with real chopsticks given to me as a gift from Japan! It was a lot fun! Mostly co-workers were in attedance, but it was fun to party outside of work together. Being the newly responsible adult that I am, we left early as there is only so much standing around and playing beer pong that a girl can take!

Here is me all dressed up!



Saturday I woke up at 7a without any lucky of falling back into slumber. So I was at the gym by 9:30 to get a little cardio in, take an hour Pilates class and start my new weight routine. I am completely loving working out and find myself wanting to stay longer and longer at the gym! I've also been eating better, which makes me feel double good about my myself! Today I'm trying a HILO class for an hour, which is suppose to be basic floor areobics. The rest of the day I went to the library to use a computer, Tops to stock up on South Beach Diet worthy food and then home where I relaxed and watch IT! Which is definitely always a good watch!



Sunday was full of laundry, puttering and cooking! I made breakfast sandwiches for Wendy and I in the morning and then started a pot of Chili in my crockpot!


In the afternoon Wendy and I went together to a co-worker's son's birthday party at Chucky Cheese!! It was tons of fun as Wendy and I just ran around playing all the video games and eating pizza! hahaha! When we got home we had two friends come over to eat the delicious chili with us, drink wine and play Buzzword!! I'm happy to report my team won! WOOOHOO!! :o)

Catch Up

Whew! I have been busy this week! The breast cancer walk was excellent and very prosperous (see the post before this for details and photos!), so that is definitely a load off my shoulders! Monday I started at a brand new gym!! I've gone every day after work to Best Fitness, right down the street from my work and apartment!




The gym itself is only two weeks old! All the equipment is start of the art! They have a large areobics room with a variety of classes available. So far I've done the 30 minute abs, which was intense! And also an hour long yoga class. With my membership includes a weekly meeting with a personal trainer. So I had her set me up with some weight machines to target my abs, love handles, inner thighs and shoulders/pecs. I'm super pumped to get PUMPED! :o)


In other news:
My wonderful grandma gave me the prettiest Afircan Violet for my apartment!!



And this picture I HAVE to share with everyone! A fabulous Coleus outside the greenhouse at Watt Farms! I have a Coleus of my own, but this one is just beautiful! I hope mine gets this large and beautiful!


My fabulous mother sent me home Sunday with a nice stand up planter to hold my Coleus in for the winter! I have such a wonderful, giving family! I'm so grateful!!