I was cold...It took a while for us to thaw and get back to room temp 

Kiss for the poster dude 

Everyone was still all smiles on the way home 

Jen-naay 

Only the outer edges of the pool had frozen over, so we couldn't slide across this time 

There's so many more where this came from 

The girls 

The clown & Jenn 

Christy, me, Laura, Abbey, Michele and Ellie in front of Emily's future house 

Laura Bush was adopted as a Nikitczuk for the weekend. She survived quite well for the 72 hours she was with us

We picked the coldest day of the weekend to go to DC...it was below freezing out and we were coooooold 

oivey 

We had to eat on the go...notice how no one's going in the same direction 

Abbey's art of Amanda 

If this is art then my room belongs in the art museum too

This was cool - the little ring was spinning and created light swirls across all the walls 

Everyone was tired from trying to get the art 

Anytime someone touched those wires an alarm went off - they seemed to go off an awful lot when we were in the room... 

Hanger art 

We got bored and had to entertain ourselves somehow...here's my (almost red) hair

heh 

Becky and Laura on the train to DC 

Gobble gobble

Thanksgiving was spent in Maryland (you can't break the tradition) at my cousin's house. It was mayhem, as usual. We (as in my siblings and the Siwak's, my cousins) did get upgraded to the 'almost adult' table, instead of having to sit at the kid's table, which was a nice change :) The old people even trusted us enough to give us real goblets instead of the plastic ones. And we got these ginormous butcher knives to use instead of puny steak knives - that might not have been a smart idea, since Laura almost poked Kevin's eye out.

The friday after most of the cousins went to DC to see the sites. Someone (umm, not quite sure who, for serious) thought it'd be a great idea to go to the modern art museum with the young'uns, and needless to say that was quite an experience, attempting to explain the art in a 'good' way to 12 year olds. We came awfully close to getting kicked out, and I'm surprised they even let us stay as long as we did.

Happy turkey day

Thanksgiving break was awesome! I had so much fun with everyone, especially the part when we got stuck at the train station in freezing weather. As soon as I sort through all the pictures I'll post some up. There's going to be a lot of them, so be ready!!

more doctor stories

So I went to the eye doctor yesterday (yes, it is health week for me), and the guy rendered me blind for 24 hours. Seriously, he put those drops in that dilate your pupils and make your eye go nuckin futs. I could only clearly see things that were 10 feet away (and I had to drive home by the way - that was a fun trip). I was seriously handicapped the rest of the day, which was not cool at all. My focusing abilities were shot - I know now what it feels like to have far-sighted vision...I couldn't see a thing that was right in front of me. That had to be the most frustrating thing -- I tried for a good minute to focus on a book in front of me and just couldn't do it. He did give me these uber cool sunglasses to wear in case the light got too bright, but unfortunately it didn't and I couldn't wear them. I did get to catch up on tv, cuz the couch was conveniently 10 feet away from the television set and that was about all I could do. The doc didn't see anything wrong with my eyes, and my vision has returned to normal, so it's all good.

This has to be one of my favorite pictures ever 

Drool before beauty

I've got a love-hate relationship going on with my dentist. I love that the guy knows how to get my teeth squeaky clean and I love him when he tells me I've got no cavities, but why does he have to make me drool all over the place? I felt so helpless and retarded while he was doing his thing as slobber dribbled out of my mouth. And the guy's blind to it, he doesn't seem to notice that there's a pool forming on the floor by his feet. Goodness gracious.

yipppeeeee!!

I GOT INTO MED SCHOOL!!! Yeyhooo!!! I'm gonna be a doctor!! well, technically it'll be dr dr. And I might get to live in the city! This calls for a celebration!!

Go back..waaaaay back

I got this from Mina - ah, the good ol' 90's

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Lets go back into the days

Before Sidekicks & Ipods
Before Playstation2 or X-BOX
Before the 5 hours of homework you put off every night...
When you rented VHS taps.. not DVDs
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing...
When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie...
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our WALKMANS!!!

***Way back...

Tag
Power Wheels
Hide-N-Go Seek at dusk!
Red light, Green light!
Heads up 7 up!
Playing kickball & dodgeball until your porch light came on.
Hopskotch!
Slip-n-Slides
Tree Houses
Mother May I?
Red Rover
Four square
Hula Hoops
the annoying nano pets and furbys
Playing Street Hockey with the neighborhood friends
Running through the sprinklers
Happy Meals where u chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car
Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car


***Wait...

....Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons in your PJ's still wrapped up in your Garfield comforter...
...Hey Arnold, Doug, RUGRATS!
The ORIGINAL Power Rangers!

Or what about...

The Secret Life of Alex Mac!
Ren and Stimpy
Double Dare!!!
Rocko's Modern Life!
AAAHH!! Real Monsters!!!
Wild & Crazy Kids!
Clarissa explains it all!
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK!
The Original 'All That' Cast Members!
Kenan and Kel!!! lol (who loves orange soda)
Who could forget Snick?! & Nick at Nite! with Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, facts of life & I LOVE LUCY!!!
Where every1 wanted to be in love after watching THE WONDER YEARS!

***Not finished yet...

Kool-Aid was the drink of choice
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips
When Christmas time was the most EXCITING time of the year!
When getting high was swinging on the swingset
When $5 seemed like a million, and another dollar a Miracle.
When you begged to go to McDonalds, for dinner...EVERYDAY.
When Toys r Us overuled the "mall"

***Go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-moe"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery....
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Nobody was cooler than Dad
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the fair...
When playing nintendo was the hardest thing ever.
When ninja turtles ruled the world

Ahhh the seaweed...I bumped my head trying to get under there 

We're underwater!!