So on Monday night around 10pm Costello calls Abbott..................hey Abbott....do you have electric.....ummmmmm.....I was sleeping I dunno.....Abbott gets up and says "well we have some electric but not all electric." Hey Abbott should I turn on and off the main curcuit breaker switch....I dunno....I guess if you want too......(learned you should never do this) Hey Abbott it did not work.....Ok Costello I guess we have to call an electrician.....hey Abbott I do not have off until Friday (even though the eletric has effected the boiler, the hot water heater, the refridge. and Friday is 3 days a way.
A woman's work is never done.....she must step in on even the simple issues. Of course no one can take off ever for issue. Tuesday morning 8am called an electrician, called LIPA and got to the root of the problem. The tree was fraying the electric wires to the house. Electric was back on and running by 10:30am. Electrician comes and I decide to get an estimate to upgrade our electric up to code......2-3k this will cost Abbott and Costello...now if one of them took off maybe it wouldn't have cost them so much....HA!
Sometimes I call them Frick and Frack, Laurel and Hardy or Abbott and Costello.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
X marks the spot
Tomorrow is the big day when they come in and rip up my driveway and walkway. The previous owners of my home were not too bright and decided to put a driveway/walkway on top of the Septic Tank.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Centro Vasco vs El Quijote
Hands down "El Quijote" wins. I was shocked sitting at the bar to be told that you are not allowed to order an appetizer while you wait, even though they told us it was a 20 minute wait that turned into a 1 hour wait. Also funny thing was I started to talk to two other couples at the bar and they had been coming to Centro Vasco for years and they never heard of El Quijote?!?! I told them they should try it....hmmmmm maybe they should hire me to drum up business for them!
We decided to go to Centro Vasco so my husband could experience a large lobster (they are known for this) We shared a 5 lb lobster which was good, but nothing like our experience of the daily double at El Quijote. 
Many many moons ago I dined at Centro Vasco while they brought a 28 lb lobster around to show, the thing was huge. Here is a 25 lb casualty hanging above the bar.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Walked a Million Miles!! Love NYC!!!
Had a great weekend at the "Indigo Chelsea" hotel on 28th between 6 & 7th. We arrived on Friday night late around 9pm. We drove in because of our doggie "Shannon"
We have been bringing her along for two reasons our vet we use to board her at went up to 40.00 a day. And they count by the day not by 24 hour period! What a rip off. So if we drop her off Friday and pick her up on Monday (no pick ups allowed on Mondays) That is 160.00 added on to a vacation away?!?!?!? SICK!! So I find hotels in NYC that are Pet Friendly and free for Pets to stay. And we are loving "Indigo Chelsea!"
This time we parked on
the street so sweeeeeeeet no extra charges for doggie or parking. It is not as easy as it use to be to park in NYC they now have these complicated signs that are so confusing when you read them with double meanings. I even called the number on the sign "311" and they didn't understand it either when I read it to them!
The hotel is in the Flower district which brought up many old memories for me. I use to live on 23rd street between 7 & 8th and I would walk to work on 32nd and 5th. So I walked through the flower district many a time. Chelsea has many new of these 3 Star type properties. One thing I really liked about the "Hotel Indigo Chelsea" was the room had hardwood floors. That is so much more sanitary to me than carpets. Carpets in hotels to me are pretty darn disgusting. The people that worked at the "Indigo Chelsea" hotel were friendly and nice. Everyone loved our doggie "Little Lassie" is her new nickname through out the city.
We woke up early the next day to get ready and start our day of breakfast meeting my buddy Peter. (by the way he is a few years older than this picture now)
And Peter and "Little Lassie" got along really well. (maybe it is because they both only eat Gluten Free diets?)
We ate at one of my all time favorites in NYC - "The Empire Diner"
Ok so "Little Lassie" is really not use to walking much. She walks from our house to the corner and that is about it. She is a typical Long Islander that would go to the store down the block in her car instead of walking. We start off walking 28th and 7th to 23rd and 10th.....she gets to rest when we all eat breakfast and Empire Diner (beautiful day to eat outside at the Empire Dinner with the doggie at our feets)
After a yummy breakfast my buddy Peter decides he will be the doggie babysitter so "Little Lassie" does not have to sit in a boring hotel lonely. (hmmmmm now I have a Pet Sitter! Ha!) So we walk to our first appointment from 23rd and 10th to 42nd and 11th. Not bad.....Peter and doggie get to rest. We look at the furnished apartments at Silver Towers to compare if we took unfurnished. Not impressed at all with that option. The other apartments are nicer with great views of either the Hudson or Empire state building. Finished up early headed down to the Hudson. Got the doggie in her first adult dog park experience. (she went to a doggie park once before when a puppy) funny thing is she could care less about socializing. Also why is there always one dog in the dog parks that is a bully or wants to rape all the other dogs. It is an interesting past time to just watch all these dogs running around. Meanwhile my dog just hung out under the chair we were sitting on taking it all in too.
So now we head from there walking up along the Hudson to 54th and 10th. We stop to see apartments at the Archstone W. 54th. NOT impressed. No views yucky facilities.....Silver Towers still look so much better.
Oh nooooooooooooo guess what..............we now have to walk from 54th and 10th to 28th and 6th!! And the "Little Lassie" refuses to drink water! I mean I have already downed 3 bottles of water on this nice sunny day in NYC....we get to about 32nd and 9th and now the dog looks like she is about to pass out. I felt soooooooooooooo bad. She did make it back. I right away put a bowl of water out, the poor thing tries to get to it but looks like she was downing tequila shots all day and staggersto the water dish. Poor "Little Lassie" She drinks and drinks and drinks. And the collapses to sleep.
Even I, the one who can never ever naps, passed out for 2 hours for a nap before our evening out in NYC.
We have been bringing her along for two reasons our vet we use to board her at went up to 40.00 a day. And they count by the day not by 24 hour period! What a rip off. So if we drop her off Friday and pick her up on Monday (no pick ups allowed on Mondays) That is 160.00 added on to a vacation away?!?!?!? SICK!! So I find hotels in NYC that are Pet Friendly and free for Pets to stay. And we are loving "Indigo Chelsea!"
This time we parked on
the street so sweeeeeeeet no extra charges for doggie or parking. It is not as easy as it use to be to park in NYC they now have these complicated signs that are so confusing when you read them with double meanings. I even called the number on the sign "311" and they didn't understand it either when I read it to them!The hotel is in the Flower district which brought up many old memories for me. I use to live on 23rd street between 7 & 8th and I would walk to work on 32nd and 5th. So I walked through the flower district many a time. Chelsea has many new of these 3 Star type properties. One thing I really liked about the "Hotel Indigo Chelsea" was the room had hardwood floors. That is so much more sanitary to me than carpets. Carpets in hotels to me are pretty darn disgusting. The people that worked at the "Indigo Chelsea" hotel were friendly and nice. Everyone loved our doggie "Little Lassie" is her new nickname through out the city.
We woke up early the next day to get ready and start our day of breakfast meeting my buddy Peter. (by the way he is a few years older than this picture now)
And Peter and "Little Lassie" got along really well. (maybe it is because they both only eat Gluten Free diets?)
We ate at one of my all time favorites in NYC - "The Empire Diner"
Ok so "Little Lassie" is really not use to walking much. She walks from our house to the corner and that is about it. She is a typical Long Islander that would go to the store down the block in her car instead of walking. We start off walking 28th and 7th to 23rd and 10th.....she gets to rest when we all eat breakfast and Empire Diner (beautiful day to eat outside at the Empire Dinner with the doggie at our feets)
After a yummy breakfast my buddy Peter decides he will be the doggie babysitter so "Little Lassie" does not have to sit in a boring hotel lonely. (hmmmmm now I have a Pet Sitter! Ha!) So we walk to our first appointment from 23rd and 10th to 42nd and 11th. Not bad.....Peter and doggie get to rest. We look at the furnished apartments at Silver Towers to compare if we took unfurnished. Not impressed at all with that option. The other apartments are nicer with great views of either the Hudson or Empire state building. Finished up early headed down to the Hudson. Got the doggie in her first adult dog park experience. (she went to a doggie park once before when a puppy) funny thing is she could care less about socializing. Also why is there always one dog in the dog parks that is a bully or wants to rape all the other dogs. It is an interesting past time to just watch all these dogs running around. Meanwhile my dog just hung out under the chair we were sitting on taking it all in too.
So now we head from there walking up along the Hudson to 54th and 10th. We stop to see apartments at the Archstone W. 54th. NOT impressed. No views yucky facilities.....Silver Towers still look so much better.
Oh nooooooooooooo guess what..............we now have to walk from 54th and 10th to 28th and 6th!! And the "Little Lassie" refuses to drink water! I mean I have already downed 3 bottles of water on this nice sunny day in NYC....we get to about 32nd and 9th and now the dog looks like she is about to pass out. I felt soooooooooooooo bad. She did make it back. I right away put a bowl of water out, the poor thing tries to get to it but looks like she was downing tequila shots all day and staggersto the water dish. Poor "Little Lassie" She drinks and drinks and drinks. And the collapses to sleep.
Even I, the one who can never ever naps, passed out for 2 hours for a nap before our evening out in NYC.
Monday, March 08, 2010
Springtime & home updating
Well the weather is sunny and nice and it is only the second week of March. Maybe just maybe we will have an early spring to make up for the early winter we had with a snowstorm in early December. Winter usually doesn't bother me, but I have to say I am so "OVER" this winter.
The month of March is all about the home. First we are updating our Master bedroom's bathroom. "Bath fitters" will be coming in to re-do the shower (yay no more tile in the shower!) and a new sink and toilet will be coming the following week. Last I need to have the tile on the wall re-grouted but I am failing at finding someone to do this. That will be the final touch.
After the bathroom is finished....I will have to battle the cesspool. We have no real understanding of this area and believe we have been getting ripped off from cesspool companies. So I will be dealing with a third company to see what they say. I can not wait for the day I move back to the city so I never have to worry and this type of "crap" (literally) anymore!
Below are the before pictures of the bathroom...........
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