I spent this Sunday with the family at Grandma's house (definitely one of my
My family, and Laura is home!!
November 21-22 I went to Notre Dame with Mike, Davis, and Shannon, for the Notre Dame vs. Syracuse game. It was actually a pretty quick trip down, despite our tire with a hole in it... Needless to say, Mike was not very happy that every 1.5 hours we had to stop for air... Yikes. If I have to spend lots of hours in a car, those 3 are some of the best people I could think of to spend it with, plus I don't get to see them nearly enough, so it was great :) 
Too bad Notre Dame lost the game in the 4th quarter. Just being on campus was amazing!!
The Stadium, and you can see touchdown Jesus in the distance!
Stadium on the way out.
The band getting ready for the team to come in. I have video of them playing a few songs, ask if you want to see!
The Basilica. 
Totally worth it :) Less than 355 days til next time!! WOOHOO!
I'm always a fan of Thanksgiving, because it is the most low-key of the holidays... At least for me... I guess when I'm the one cooking everything, I'll probably retract that statement.. But really, in my world, you wake up, check out all the ads, watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, then go to Grandma Heim's, then to Grandma Wuff's super warm house, look at some more ads, eat the skin off the turkey, pig out on everything imaginable, then slip into a food induced coma :) All in all a great day! This year, went a little different... I went out in Fairport with Mike and his friends (who are awesome*) and was sleeping by 1... Too bad, the stomach flu I had been successfully been fighting off, finally got the best of me that night... Which is why I dont understand the phenomenon of getting wasted Thanksgiving 
Eve. Who really wants to be sick and hungover when there is so much food? Anyways, missed watching the parade, since I was driving home at that time. Went to Grandma Heim's, then Grandma Wuffs, where for the first time ever we ate super early because our 29 lb. Tom the Turkey decided to cook way too fast. Too bad for
him, that he was the most beautiful looking turkey ever, because he lost his skin in about 5 minutes flat... If that. 
And the skin is GONE!
)
Here are some pictures of my living room :)
My friend Nick and I with our BIG swords after winning Male and Female Athlete of the Day at the Niagara Celtic Festival in September : ) Long day, good times! My dad and Mr. & Mrs. Meehan came out to watch the festivities! The sword is on one of my windows in my apartment... I can only imagine what my landlord thinks ; ) 
What's not to love about a man in a kilt?The manly men throwing VERRRY high. Its a cool festival because we are part of the entertainment, and they treat us good!!
And the journey back to my apartment at the end of the night... With my landlord leading the way back with his light... ; )
Meet Norman. I adopted him today at Lollypop Farm (http://www.lollypop.org/) in Fairport. : ) He is about 6 and 1/2 months old, and was just brought to the shelter yesterday. Apparently his mommy and daddy got a divorce, and he was sent packing as a result. He was a little scared when we met him this morning, but it had to do with the fact that his mom abandoned him and then one of the cats he was sharing a cage with decided to pick on him and beat him up a little this morning. He looked like he had potential to be a sweetheart, and he proved it. He slept on my lap the whole ride home : ) He's a cutie. And he came from a home where he lived and got along well with other cats, a dog, and kids! More pictures to come*
a huge double rainbow! (Mind you it was a miserable morning and afternoon, so I guess the bride and groom really deserved some rainbows for their pictures.
on a picture pitstop. And then one of my favorite buildings in Canandaigua. 2 blocks from my apartment, the Ontario County Courthouse.
No new pictures from recent now, so I'm resorting back to summer since I haven't posted any pictures online in FOREVER. Today's are from USA Track & Field Club Nationals in Olathe, Kansas this past July. Brockport Distance Project is the Club Team I compete with. We were one of, if not, the smallest club there (5 people) and we took 4th place! Not too shabby. Hopefully we'll be top 3 next year so we make a little money!! First picture: Sunset over the stadium on Day 1 of competition : ) 
The team at the end of Day 1!!
l be a long post with lots of pictures to make up for it.... It was a great weekend but my loneliness is kicking in... It hasn't even been a month in Canandaigua or 2 months since school started, and I'm already homesick and need a break. November will be wonderful, and I want it to hurry up and get here! The first weekend I'm going to go visit the little one (aka, sister Laura : ) ) at Slippery Rock in PA, where I'll get to watch her marching band performance for this year, then we'll take our 2nd annual trip to Cheeseman Farm for their haunted hayride. The second weekend in November, Mima and hopefully her sisters etc are coming for the night. The 15-16 weekend will hopefully involve lots of time in Brockport. The 21-22 weekend will be very special for my second family... And then... it's THANKSGIVING! Which means finally getting to see the whole family together, and my girls!! ahhh. I can't wait. We already have Black Friday shopping all planned.
(below) at Sonnenberg Gardens on Friday, some errands, furniture building, my first mass at my new church, dinner with the Meehans, and an attempt at the Haunted Hayride in Williamson. Note: Do not go. If you really want to go, even though it starts at dusk, arrive by 5pm, or you will neeeeeeeeeeever get on the ride. Halloween time is going on the list of why the Buffalo area is so much better than the Rochester area. No where near as many haunted attractions. Even though we didnt get on the hayride, it was great to see Davis and Shannon : ) This morning we had a softball game at 9am. Oh joy. That meant leaving at 8am. Then I shopped : ) and then came back to Canandaigua so Mima and Pops could stop and visit me on their way
back home from Corning. They are awesome. And bought a "world famous grape pie" on their way through Naples, and to be honest, grape pie is officially the first kind of fruit pie I like. Delicious!! Finished the day with a nice walk in Victor down the Auburn trail with Mike and Lily. (-->) Beautiful.
Sitting in the grass at the top of the mountain, watching people come up the lift and listening to the band that was playing down in the lodge. And below: Cooking in a pie plate... If you do not own one you should buy one. Pizzas and apple pies on the fire= DELICIOUS.
