Happy Thanksgiving

This year we encountered something neither of us had experienced before...we were not in Horseheads to celebrate a holiday with our families. Due to Teresa having to work early Friday morning, we were unable to make the trip back home for Thanksgiving, so we did Thanksgiving for Two here in Buffalo.

The day started out early...Dennis had signed up for the historic Delaware Avenue YMCA Turkey Trot 8K (5 miles). This year was the 111th consecutive running of this event, making it the oldest continually running footrace in North America (even older than the Boston Marathon). The weather was perfect for running...clear, sunny skies and temps in the upper 30s, low 40s at race time. Dennis hasn't been running as much lately with work and the cold weather so no records would be broken today. He did alright running 42:33 minutes, placing 1463 out of 7583 runners.

While Dennis was out running Teresa was home starting to make Thanksgiving for Two. With neither of us ever making a Thanksgiving dinner, we really did not know what to expect... But this was lunch.


We went shopping for all the trimmings.. 1/2 a turkey breast (prepared in a crockpot), pumpkin pie, rolls, cranberry sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes and even green beans. All day the house smelled awesome and was a big tease because we were not sitting down to eat until 6pm. Teresa really out did herself with the preparation of this meal. The biggest problem that she had was keeping Dennis out of the turkey while it was cooking.



Once everything was prepared, it was about time to carve the Turkey, err...the Turkey Breast. Dennis has never carved a Turkey, usually it already has been craved and ready to be put down, but there is a first time for everything..



Now that the Turkey Breast has been carved, all the food has been prepared, the table has been set...there is only one thing left to do...EAT UP!!

On this day we find we have a lot to be thankful for..through ups and downs we are thankful for our strong families and supportive friends that help us get through the best of times and the worse of times of this past year, we are thankful for the new life we have started with each other, we are thankful for the having jobs that help provide the roof and food we have a daily basis...But most of all we are thankful for having all of you in our lives.


Here's to all of you, Happy Thanksgiving!

Where are we....?

I am sure some of you are wondering why we have not posted anything on our blog lately. Maybe no one is even following our blog. For those that are looking periodically at the blog we thank you and apologize for the lack of updates. We really do not have any excuse. Work has been extremely busy for both us. Teresa's schedule is jammed everyday seeing patients. Dennis has recently started his new position at work and is finding it to be more involved with daily decisions than his past position. So the time we both get home, we are to beat to even think about jumping on a computer.

As we have become pretty settled into married life, we are finding the change to be pretty good. We may have dated for a long time, but living together is a whole different ballgame. So far, we seem to be doing pretty well. Of course there are those small habits that we need to adjust to of the other, i.e., Teresa leaving drinking glasses here and there or Dennis being OCD about picking up. But all in all, we seem to compromise and make it work.

We are pretty much done unpacking and settling the new pad and will be posting some pictures of our place in the very near future.

Dennis and Teresa's 4th Annual Halloween Party

Once again we held our Annual Halloween Party, but it almost did not take place this year. I was supposed to go to a Notre Dame/Navy game this day. But due to lacking vacation time and work functions that I could not miss, I was unable to attend the game. However, we did have a good time with great costumes as always.

I was Richard Simmons. Don't I look ready to "Sweat to the Oldies?" Check out those legs!















Teresa was Paris Hilton...complete with her Bitch in her Louis Vuitton bag. This year's winner of the best costume, and first two time winner, was Greg Thurber. Here he is pictured with Teresa waiting for a Physical Challenge.

The guys

If you couldn't tell, Teresa posted the first, well the second blog entry. My attempt when I set this up last week was pretty weak. I was tired and cranky. Most of know that those are two factors that prohibit me from doing anything with much effort.
As I was reading Teresa's post about the wedding, I noticed that she failed to mention what me and my crew where doing the morning of the wedding. So allow me to recap......At the conclusion of the rehearsal dinner we all decided it would be a good idea to make sure we lived everyone minute of my wedding weekend to its fullest. A few of us decided we were a little thirsty and my buddy Brian Bordon, who was back home from Seattle, had patiently been waiting to visit some local watering holes. We went to Corning and shot some billiards and threw a few cold drinks down, but nothing crazy since I promised my soon-to-be wife that I would not be hungover for our big day.
On Saturday morning, we all met at Old Country Buffet for a breakfast and some last bachelor moments. Well, for all of you that don't know us, we are always up for a challenge. As nine of us waltzed into OCB ready to "eat the hell" of the place, they escorted use to the secluded dining area that was separate from the rest of the dining area. I think they were terrified that we were going to eat them out of house and home, well we came close.
After spending a nice two hours at OCB, it was getting closer to wedding time (about three hours), but it is Saturday....It is Saturday in October....There is college football on and it is the MLB Playoff season.

Notre Dame was playing in the afternoon and the Yanks were playing a do or die game in the early evening. So we all headed back to my house...No not to get ready, but to catch some of the early football games. So while the girls were frantically applying make-up and getting their hair done, us guys were more concerned if there was more beer in the fridge and how he made that play.

But we are guys and we do not need more then 15 minutes to get ready for any event, no matter the importance.

And yes...I wore my Retro XI Air Jordan's (at the reception).