Is it just me??

Or is the new background and font color hard to read? It's a lovely color, I just can't read much of the posts.... =(

Christmas is Coming!

I wonder, will we do a "show and tell" again this year?

I hope so because this is my first entry:

My nativity is all set and ready for me to get in the Christmas mood. Now, if only I can figure out how to make the other things appear magically, one at a time, out of the closet.

Oh, well, I guess Darrell will be busy helping me out this week. :)

email

hey yall. figured i would post my new email address here. it is phillinj@ddg94.navy.mil.
and good job kyle.

hi all

well since i didnt get a chance to tell everyone at aunt kathys i guess i will post it here so everyone is informed. i have chose the oath of sobriety. i have talked about this with only a few of you. so i went to my first of many many more aa meetings lastnight with grandpa joe and it was great it opened my eyes to what i was missing. i also got a medallion for 24 hours sober. i went to the meeting with an open mind and an open heart. i hope everyone will have an open heart for my decision. prayers are very welcome as well. as i tell you of this i will tell you what made my decision as well. i just feel that over the last couple of years my drinking is getting the best of me and it has gotten me into some trouble that you all know about but i want this for me and any support is very helpful. i have had long talks with my dad and grandpa about this and they both think its a very good idea for me to take charge of this problem before it gets any worse and i end up getting hurt and/or hurting people that i love. i guess thats it for now i will keep my mind and spirit open to god to help me through this struggle. i love you all and god bless

O-ight

Well, first thing, happy thanksgiving. It's been a pretty good day, aye? Good food, hang out with family(not as much of the family as usual, but still good). It's around nap time, innit? Turkey'll do that to you. I'm not really sure where I'm going with this post. Well, first thing, a quick update on what's changed in life since the last post. Anji gave me a chance to convince her to talk to me again, and I think she'll forgive me, but she just needs a bit of time to think about things. Uh... I haven't finished that one test yet for school, which has been bugging mom. But, I'll get to it. Aaaand, other than that, I only have to say happy thanksgiving.

hi to all the nuts

hi all and happy thanksgiving i do have some news but not much. i will be at aunt cathys for thanksgiving so i will fill you all in there ok im sorry for this but its something i want to say in person. i love you all from kyle

so...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!

long time running

well i see everyone else has been posting, and i figured i would give my update.
i have gotten to my boat, and are currently underway. ummm......things are going good here, me and colen are still good, and that makes me happy. and i will try to post more often if i can. Oh.....and by the way, this is my mailing address





GM2 Nathan J Phillips
CG Division
USS Nitze(DDG-94)
FPO AE 09579-1200

make sure you use all 9 digits in the zip code

LOOK AT ALL THE POSTS!!!

I'm soo excited to read about everyone's lives and what has been happening!! So I guess I will fill you all in about my life!!!


Josh and I are moving back into mom and dads house. It was something that was tossed in the air a few to many times, but josh gave the final word last night and so we're already almost all moved in. (I don't take long to get out of a crappy situation haha) We decided to make this decision when josh argued with his brother about heat. We haven't had heat or hot water for the past couple weeks, and when you can see your own breath in the living room, something has to change. So I am thrilled, not that josh got in a fight with his brother, but that we can stay in a nice toasty home filled with lots of love from family and toasty showers! =)


I also got hired at Valley Vista, the rehab I applied to a few weeks ago. It is only as needed, but when I went to fill out my background check and drug screening papers, the director just HAD to meet me and he said that there are a couple people that will be leaving soon, and then he will hire me full time. I am soooooo excited (although when I first got the call I called mom crying my eyes out because I wanted to work full time but didn't get it) to start working there, the stafff that I have met are just wonderful, and I know I will be able to contribute alot to the place. SO thank you very much for everyone who snuck in a prayer for me I am so thrilled it came true! =)


see everyone at thanksgiving!

YAY!

I'm so glad people are posting again! It's very exciting, especially for someone who has a lot of time on their hands (like little ol' jobless me). Actually, not so jobless me anymore. I have my Macy's training tomorrow from 9am-6pm. And then, guess what?! I'm driving up to Vermont for Thanksgiving!!!! WEEEE!!!! I wasn't sure what I was going to do because I figured I would have to work the day after, which I probably will, but won't know until tomorrow. Either way, I am going to get there. My housemate Dan is coming with me so the late night driving won't be so scary and lonely. So that will be nice. Hopefully I won't have to work at 5am Friday, but even if I do it will be worth it to get up to Vermont to see family, and of course for an amazing meal! I will miss those of you who won't be there, but for those who will, I can't wait to see you! YAYAYAYAY!

Blog revival?!

Well, the Phillips family is certainly doing their part, and Jenn threw a little something in the mix, so I thought I'd post too. I have a feeling a lot of people have been reading, but haven't had the time to post.

There isn't a whole lot going in my neck of the woods. Casey is gearing up for finals in his to master's classes, so when he's not at work, he's studying or writing papers or complaining about the latter two things. He's done really well so far in his classes and we hope he continues to do well. Even though he's already complaining about school, once it's over it will be totally worth it... unfortunately it won't be over for like two more years. Ugh. It's going to be even worse in spring when he's working like 12 hours a day for tax season plus two classes a week- one of which is on a Saturday. I do not envy him, but I'll remain supportive... I can't wait for it to be over so I can move closer to all of you!

Work has been dreadfully slow for me, but I still really enjoy where I work. The people here definitely make up for the fact that this job is boring and less than stimulating for me. I'm hoping to supplement my boring days with creative projects- one of my friends told me I need another wedding to plan. Hmm, can someone help me out with that? :)

I cannot wait to see those of you that will be at Thanksgiving and I'll be missing those who won't be there! Let's hope these last few posts from everyone start a blog revival so we can know better what's going on in the world of the nuts!

Sorry It's Been A While

I've just had a lot going on, and it isn't very good. First off, Anji broke up with me, has a new boyfriend, and, after a recent arguement, never wants to talk to me again. The thing we argued about is how I have a new girlfriend even though I was upset about her and her boyfriend a few days ago. But, I tried to help them out and all that.. But, you don't really want to hear about this, and I don't really want to talk about it until she starts talking to me again.. Soooo, Kitty Harbor was interesting today. A cat had to go to the vet to get it's shots and everything, but the wrong cat was sent. The cat'll be fine, appearently, but the one that was supposed to go will need a new appointment.
School is going well. I just got my last test back from Psychology, and I got a 100, so I might be running into a few hundred bucks soon(:P)
I have decided on the college I want to go to. It's a close one, QVCC. It has a bunch of classes I want to take, and I already picked them out. Really, it's just business, philosophy, and political classes.
Oh, and I decided on the job I want, too, in order to pay for the businesses and the music. I've been thinking about *Drum roll*(This is gonna shock you.. And if it doesn't, it should lol) being a cop. It pays well when you're not getting shot at. The only problem is the whole part where I need to start working out again. But, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Other than all that, my life is pretty much the same as always. So, I'll post again when stuff changes.

so, a quick update...

well, work is going, but that's about it. i'm trying to keep up, but failing, i owe my boss a few tools due to my loosing them in all the running around. we're doing 3-5 calls a day, each lasting up to 3 hours. it's alot of hard work, and at times, i want to just give up. but i'm sticking to it, and giving up my social life for work. i see Erin when i have time, which is most mornings if she's working, cause i need a warm beverage... (she works at DnD on the way...) i haven't talked to most of my friends in a long time because i don't havve time. and i'm not saving any money. my list of bills is too long...and although gas is inexpensive ( I saw 1.83 today!!!), it's still costly to drive 60 miles a day for work....

Erin and I celebrated our one year on the 15th, and are still very happy. we celebrated by going to the aquarium, dinner, and the movies. the aquarium had visitors, several belugas, and some pacific white sided dolphins... she chose dinner, we went to chilis. and we then went to see madagascar 2. which was funny.

as mom stated below, i am enjoying hunting season, but need to find more time for sleep. it didn't help that on friday, dad, brian and i went camping before hunting saturday morning. it's not easy to sleep when it's sixteen degrees outside. also, the mystery animal that sniffed at dad's feet put a slight dent on the sleep for a bit, as did the hunting coyotes that came so close that dad nearly grabbed a gun and woke brian and i in the small amount of time that we did sleep. all in all it was a fun night, we heard some interesting things, such as a fisher cat, the coyotes, deer, and a second mystery animal between 4:30 and 5 in the morning.

although i would love to continue on my update, this is one of my few chances to catch some sleep, so i must go and get it before it's too late.... who know's if i'll get called in th middle of the night....

What happened when the dog sneezed on logans face

Actually, he just has pink eye, poor thing =( Just had to share his first.....medical issue...???

He will be healed by thanksgiving.

Wishing Mom & Scott

A very happy anniversary!

Wow, where have the past 24 years gone?

I always manage to forget on the actual day if Thanksgiving comes after the 23rd. In my mind, the day of your wedding is the day after Thanksgiving. Yikes. Would I be way off this year! In any case, I was thinking about you, and if our phone hadn't died, I would have called.

I hope your day was filled with blessings.
Love, Cindy :)

Phillips Family Update

Well, here is the latest:




Darrell is enjoying his semi-retirement. Actually, we all enjoy having him home. There is a sense of "normal" around here, well sort of. :)



Cindy is having some time off, not for good behavior. :( I have a ventral hernia in my stomach area, which means surgery is likely. YUCK! There is only so much TV to watch...



Nate left for the Persian Gulf. I have not heard more than that. Colen moved to a safer region of her country, but her family still resides near the terrorists.



DJ is enjoying hunting season, but with his work schedule, needs more sleep.



Brian is doing well with school. He checked out the youth center this week and decided, like many of us, he does not "get" his peers.


Ruth is getting along well in school. We have been practicing how to find something nice to say about the person we don't like, and how that can change relationships.


Bobby, Chrissy, and the girls are all doing well, too. We are heading to their house for Turkey day, and looking forward to it!

Oh, and Grandpa is getting ready to go out and start cutting trees in the next few weeks.

That is our update, what about yours?

Phillies

Hey--So, for one thing I am sad that no one has posted in a long time. Also, here is a movie of the videos I took when the Phillies won the World Series. Just a very small taste of how crazy it was.

Dear sister (Karen to the rest of you nuts),

You cannot give me websites to look at when I am bored and have nothing better to do because currently, that describes my job. I could share so many cuteoverload photos that made me "awww" and laugh out loud (yes, at work- I'm the crazy secretary lady), but this one made me laugh out loud... over and over again... every time I look at it.

HAHAHAHA!

Love, Christie

Hope everyone has smiled today! :)

Research Subject? Carriage Driver?

I knew when I moved to a new city that I would have some fun experiences and Philadelphia has not let me down. Especially when it comes to discovering the many ways you can make money. You all know about my adventures with the MRIs and now that I have finished, I will be getting $400 and the chance to do other research trials and make some more cash. I told many of you that I had a job at Target when I saw you in Connecticut, but as it turns out some stuff happened that prevented them from getting my drug test results in time, which means they rescinded the job offer. Needless to say, that freaked me out a little, since I finally felt like I was getting somewhere.

^Superfluous adorable picture to make my post look more interesting.

Well, this was Friday and I decided to go for a walk to work out my frustrations and it just so happens that I live just a couple blocks from some horse stables where one of the Philadelphia carriage companies runs out of. I go there all the time and think that I would love to have a job there just so I could play with the horses, so I went in to see if I could just do a stable hand sort of thing, but they didn't have any openings. They did have openings for carriage drivers though and apparently you don't need any experience, they train you completely and so I applied and they said that I should come in to ride along with someone for a day to see if it was something I really want to do. So I did and it was great. Except that it was freezing and I did not dress warmly enough. But it was really fun being around the horses and I even got to drive the carriage around the block. How awesome would that be??! Well, it would be awesome but the pay is commission and business is not very good during the winter, so I'm afraid it wouldn't be stable enough financially at this point.

Again, has nothing to do with my post, but HELLO, can you stop giggling? Because I couldn't.

I would go for it if it were my only prospect but it just so happens that Sunday night I got an e-mail from Macy's asking me to set up an interview time. I had applied there a while ago online so I set up an interview for Tuesday. There were six other people there and we had a group interview, which was weird, but we all got hired! So yeah, I have a full time job in the Better Sportswear department at Macy's. I don't know what better sportswear is, or if I just misunderstood what they were telling me, but I'm pretty excited. It's only seasonal and ends in January unless I do really well, then they could offer me the job permanently. Unfortunately, it also means that I might have trouble getting home for the holidays, but I'll figure that out when the time comes. It also only pays $7.50 an hour, which is not enough to pay all my bills, what with college loans and all that, but it's a good start. I may just end up getting a waitress or hosting job for two or three nights a week to supplement my income a little. But anyway, that is my exciting news of the week.

P.S. If you are wondering where I got those pictures from and want to waste away time and annoy everyone around you with constants AAAWWWWs and 'OH MY GODs' in squeaky voices, go to cuteoverload.com. You're welcome.

hi all

ok i know this is going to shock everyone. i was just reading through and i figure i should at least say hi to everybody. nothing new here just getting the house buttoned up for the winter and so far its coming to quickly already. but any way i will try better to keep it touch with all of u ok. love kyle

Halloween and such

ELLO ALL! Well... I know it was my job to post on the blog about our halloween events....but Moms memory stick for her computer is to huge to fit into my laptop...and I forgot to bring it with me back to the house to try to upload it here...so I promise I will next time I'm out.

I'll give you a run down of the costume attire-

Joshua was Daffy Duck! He told me mom and sam we could vote on what he would wear....and we all yelled the duck costume. he wasn't very thrilled about wearing the orange tights...but he looked so cute anyways. he said the costume showed off the best part of his bod (his legs--minds out of the gutter!) haha.
nathan was a wizard with a painted on beard. (when I wore this costume in like sixth grade I was supposed to be the pope. haha)
sam let me paint her face like a devil which included horns stuck to her forehead that sort of resembled nips. they didn't stay on very good, but she was cute anways!
mom was a pirate who let me paint an eye patch on her and she wore a bandana.
Moms friend was Sarah Palin with a cardboard cut out of mccain stuck to her shoulder (her name is leee aannnnneee but i don't know how to spell it haha)
and i was a frog. i bought this aweful frog mask from newbury but didn't choose to wear anything else that would resemble a frog. but i was a smoking frog. i bought one of those really long stick things you where you put your cigarette on the end of it. but i only bought it so i could smoke with my mask on even though i didn't attempt it because i would suffocate from the lack of ventilation.
logan was a pumkin with a candy corn hat, and his first halloween he was pretty cranky but we enjoyed his company anyways.
nana wore her pumkin earrings and a happy halloween sweater. we tried to get her to lay down on our driveway so we could outline her body in chalk but she didn't want anything to do with that.

so all and all it was a blast and we had a lovely visit from gramma and aunt kathy. i'll post pictures soon i promise! haha

oh, and not to write a novel, but i also am currently trying to get a job at valley vista which is a rehabilitation center in bradford, vt. so everyone please pray that i get this job because i really want it! i would be working with people staying at the center and talking about recovery and such. i don't really know much about the position other than taht because i actually haven't even called them yet but i sent an e-mail and mailed them my resume. talk to everyone soon!

Crazy Times in Philadelphia!

Ok, so like a million things have happened in the past week, but I don't want to go on and on so I'll try to keep it short and sweet but include everything that has been going on. So here goes.

NUMBER ONE!
Phillies win the World Series!!!!

Last Wednesday the Phillies won the World Series for the first time in 28 years and needless to say, the city went CRAZY. We all (me, nester, kyle, kyle, and dan) went into Center City to celebrate and it was out of control.

We're excited!

Those pictures and the video give a vague idea of what it was like, but basically the streets were completely packed and the noise was constant. Then Friday was the parade, which we sort of saw and was similar in terms of people in the streets.

So that was the World Series.
click here to see the rest of my pictures
AND THEN

NUMBER TWO!
Halloween!!!

Some of Kyle's friends had a Halloween party at their house so we went to that. It was fun. Of course, I put off planning my costume so I ended up with pregnant zombie and then decided to put on this costume I got from the circus and wore that. I was any combination of pregnant zombie alien/circus performer/ziggy stardust/MIA/80's skier

These guys are hard to explain if you don't know the joke, but basically we add 'bro' into anything, which just means that stereotypical frat guy sort of thing. So Kyle was Rambro and Nester was Squantbro.

We talked about how for Halloween a lot of people just get away with being 'sexy' anything, so Dan went as sexy Olenick (a friend of ours) who was at the party dressed as a bag of leaves.

NUMBER THREE
MRIs

Today I finished the research study I was doing. I had to go in two days and it went like this: They take blood. I go in the MRI for half an hour then come out. Then I take the pill (either the actual medication or a placebo) and then go in for another half hour. Then I wait two hours and go in again. This time I did a short memory activity to stimulate the brain and stuff. It was pretty cool, but I'm kind of glad it's over. It's really hard to lay that still for so long in a tiny place.

Well, that doesn't seem like a million things, but it seemed like a million. But also Dan's brother Aidan got here Saturday so we've been entertaining him. And Tuesday I volunteered for a couple of hours with the Obama campaign, just going around making sure people had voted. And then we watched the election on tv and stayed out until the wee hours of the morning celebrating.

President-elect Barack Obama in Philadelphia last month.

YAY! I POSTED! AND IT'S A NOVEL!! Hope you all enjoyed. I think I got all of it...

Hey, I posted

But not here....

Sorry :)

We went to Mystic Village to start, and finished at Uncle Bill's. It is the only time I go over there, and it was nice to catch up with everyone. Ruth had company going from door to door. Not that she needed it. She talked to each and every person that handed her a treat. :)

Darrell and Wally

The Joker- Nate

And last, but not least:

Bindi Erwin: "Don't you just love his eyebrows?"

Brian dressed up in Goth and headed out with Anji before I had a chance to snap his picture. DJ went from work to Erin's, so I guess he was a plumber. I just sat back and enjoyed my $4.00 coffee from the Village Beanery.

Halloween Howling

Where the heck is everybody?? HUH???

Jenn? You have photos of Josh in tights??

Karen? The Phillies? A Unitard??

Christie? Chipmunk face??

Ruth E et al? We'd brace ourselves for your Halloween photos, even if they are a little scary!

I hope everyone had a fun Halloween weekend--pudding and all!