The Farleys in New York

Hello all.... I am sitting in the Newark Airport waiting for my flight and I thought that I would post pictures from when Ryan visited. We had a blast! The first pictures I've posted are from our Sopranos tour that we did. It was so fun! The other half are of the city. On Saturday night we saw Avenue Q on Broadway. It was hilarious! Imagine Seasame Street for Adults meets Rent. I laughed until I cried. I highly recomend it.

The hospital where "A Beautiful Mind" was shot The Resturant where the last scene of the Sopranos was shot
This is obviously the booth where the last scene was shot. They let all 40 of us take turns and sit in it and take a picture. Tony also ate onion rings in that scene and they had onion rings waiting for us.
Our booth shot
The Famous Bada Bing strip club. Yes, we went it! It was apart of the tour!!!
Alright, this is for Ryan. Only Soprano's fans would know what this means. This is behind the Bada Bing where "Ralphie" killed his stripper girlfriend "Tracie". He beat her head in on this guardrail. Nice picture, right?

Look at this narrow hotel!! Seriously two rooms wide! In the city. "Vito" came to our tour and signed autographs
Of course we had to get a picture
Great shot of the skyline from our tour bus
The pizza place that is in the opening credits of the show
Ryan had two things he wanted to do. The Sopranos tour and eat at Papaya Dog. Anthony Bourdain from the Travel channel featured both of them on his show.

I'm really second guessing this place

He loved his sauerkraut dogs but the papaya shake, not so much.
One of our only shots in the city together
The Famous Naked Cowboy, in Times Square
Me in front of the church by the World Trade Center memorial
The foggy city. 8 million people come in and out everyday! Hard to believe isn't?

The Countdown Begins......

This morning I took my final test and did my role play certification. I passed both!! So the countdown has begun. 24 hours from now I will be on a plane on my way home! I can't wait to see you all. See you soon!

Happy Birthday to my sister!

Just wanted to wish a BIG Happy Birthday to my sister Sami! I am so proud of you. Hope you had a wonderful day. Sending warm fuzzies from East Brunswick, New Jersey!

New York , New York

This past Friday Renee and I spent the weekend in the Big Apple. She was kind enough to fly in and keep me company during my long stint here on the east coast. We saw Wicked on Broadway on Friday night. Best one I have EVER seen!! Stephanie J. Block who plays Elphaba (the Wicked Witch) was identical to Idina Menzel's version who was the original Elphaba and the one on the CD. I loved being able to see it with Renee since it was her first time. We both cried several times throughout the show. After the show the weather was horrible. It was raining and snowing at the same time. We were both starving and walked to the closest place we could find. Good old Ray's Pizza. It seems like everytime I travel to NY the only place I eat is Ray's and Fluffy's which we ate there a couple of times too! Needless to say we arrived at Ray's drenched and Renee was in pain since she decided to wear 8 inch heels to walk through the city. (She paid for that the next morning.) We ate and then ran to our hotel. The next day we did some sightseeing. It was great to see her. She is the funniest friend I have. We laughed until 2 in the morning Friday night. I am sooo sad I only took about 7 pictures the whole weekend. Thanks Renee I love you and already miss you like crazy lady!

Wicked!!!!

Alright, so I had to post this. Renee looked like a total Jewish (she's very Italian)New Yorker and I had to capture the shot. Kicky necklace Ren!

Me super excited to go to the WTC. I love this picture because I saw three women over the age of 80 wearing my hat. Obviously I am ahead of the times....The church directly in front of the World Trade Center. Everything around the blast was totally demolished. This church had trees and debree all around it and the church didn't have a scratch on it. Talk about God's grace! It was an amazing sight to see all of the signs and tributes they had to all of the lost victims. The front yard of the church facing the WTC

This beam was found in the yard of the church. It was in the shape of a cross. They left it there for a long time and then moved it to a church near by. It was nice to be with Renee seeing all of this. She and I were together on September 11th at college. We remember that day perfectly.

This was very moving. Above in the cross beams of the cross were notes that people had written for the loved ones they had lost.

Greetings from New Bruswick, New Jersey

I just ate lunch and went up to my classroom to type a message. I did have internet in my room but since there are so many of us we have drained the network and the internet is not working on my floor! I took another test this morning and I'm proud to say I scored a 100%. One more test to go next week and I'm out of here! We all just found out that the next training group coming up in 2 weeks is only staying for 2 weeks instead of 3. So we are the last group to have to endure the 3 week long pergitory. It's getting better day by day. On Friday night I started coughing a little and by Sunday it turned into a chronic cough. Finally on Tuesday my trainer told me I HAD to see a doctor because it was very apparent that I was very sick. I took a cab to see the doctor and he gave me some type of decongestant and it's helped a little. My cough has subsided but I still feel tired. Hopefully by the weekend I will feel better. We'll my group is starting to come in so I will sign off for now. Love to you all!

Update.......

Just took a 50 question exam that was pure HELL!!!!!! I passed! Just wanted to let you all know! Update more tonight!

The First 24 hrs.......

We'll I've been here for 24 hours now. Truly more like 35. It seems like eternity already. I was so homesick within the first 2 hours I was here. It was ridiculous. I have decided that I am a homebody. Some people are happy to be away from their loved ones I on the other hand am not! I want to be home, with my husband, my cats, my family, my friends. Today was a little better than yesterday but still it's a little rough. The days are soooo long. They fill your brain so full that you feel you might fall over from all the crap thats in there. This companys training is a lot different from my previous one. Since I am a total creature of habit I am having trouble adjusting!! Oh well tomorrow is a new day isn't? Some exciting news is that Katie and Bronson are finding out tomorrow whether they are having a boy or girl. They are totally set that they are having a boy. I'll swing the other way for the girl vote! I'll post tomorrow night once I find out the news! Send some good energy my way! I'm needing it. Wish I could all have you here with me. It would be so much easier. Good night from New Jersey........

So long, farwell........

Tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. I am flying off to New Jersey for 3 weeks! Yes, 3 WEEKS! I am really dreading the trip and the dreaded training that will go along with it. But, I have to be positive right???? The highlight of my upcoming week is that my wonderful college buddy Renee is flying in to see me and spend the weekend in New York with me. Friday night we are seeing Wicked on Broadway!!! This will make my 5th time but first ever on Broadway. She's nuts about Wicked too but has never seen it! So I'm so happy I get to sit right next to her during her first time seeing it. The next weekend my Ry is coming and well spend the weekend in the Big Apple. Hopefully the weather will be nice. We'll send me well wishes and warm fuzzies while I'm gone. Hopefully I still get to post throughout the week if my computer will allow. Until then I bid you farewell........

Valentines Party

Last night we all went to a Valentines party. We danced once! The music wasn't really our era. But the highlight of the night was watching the other couples dance. Boy, they knew how to cut a rug. It was pretty entertaining!

Me and my valentine The Miles Family
Giles and Miranda
Nate and Tobey
Looks like salmon right? No it's Ryan's steak. YUCK!!!!!!
sorry to leave you on that disgusting picture!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

Happy Valentines to all of my Blogger Family! Hope your day is filled with warm fuzzies and a lot of chocolate!!!

I made this pop up card for Ryan for Valentines Day. It is hilarious but it was really fun to make. It took a couple of rough drafts before I got it totally right.

It says, "Our Love is......"

" Perfect to a tee." Get it? Golf Tee?? Ha ha I kill me! When you open it the arms move up and down and we hug. Cute, huh?
I made him take it to work this morning and put it on his desk!
These are the mini banana bread loaves I made for all my Valentines

I made all of these super cute tags to tie around them

This one is my favorite. "BEE Mine". Opps! I just realized

as I look at the tag, I forgot the extra E in Bee! Finished Product!

My beautiful Sista's

My sister's and I went out to celebrate Jessie's birthday.

I can't believe how grown up they are!

Chicken Pot Pie

I was searching through recipes and found Chicken Pot Pie. I thought wow that looks hard. But I tried it anyway. It turned out to the best pot pie we have ever had!!! Ryan told me to take a picture and post it. Here it is......

The Grammy Party

We had everyone over to watch the Grammy's and the Beach Wedding show. The party picked up when Tina Turner and Beyonce came on stage. We had a huge dance party here are the hightlights.

Preston doing handstands, Caden rolling around

Dancing to Rolling on the River........

Sophia's finale pose

Vance looking on in amazement on their energy!

Vance with his favorite toy!!!! The remote control!

HE IS HOME!!!

I just had to post this right now!!!

Tonight Ryan and I went to his great aunt's 93rd Birthday. We came home and Ryan said "Shh... do you hear that?" I said "WHAT!!" He went outside and there in our humane trap we had caught Litttle Kitty. HE CAME HOME!!!!! I'm so thankful. I thanked GOD so many times. My family is complete again. By God's grace he came home. I can't even begin to describe how thankful and amazed I am. I had told people that by now I had given up. He has come home so skinny and hungry. But he is getting all the food and loving he can possibly stand. Thank you so much for all of your kind words and prayers. My family is finally complete again. I will sleep a full night for the first time in 2 weeks tonight. God is sooooo good. Good night.........

Sunday morning soooo happy

Finally able to get some rest

Wedding Show on WE

Hello all. First, thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments. No, he has not come home. I am heartbroken to say the least.

Second, the wedding we went to in September in California will be aired the WE channel on Sunday February 10 at 10:00 PM ET. It is called "Beach Weddings". I'm pretty sure that we will see Ryan and Nate on there a couple of times! The couples name is Jenna and Cam. Tune in!

Monday, February 11, 1:00 AM ET
Monday, February 11, 4:00 AM ET
Monday, February 11, 8:00 PM ET
Tuesday, February 12, 3:00 AM ET
Tuesday, February 12, 5:00 PM ET
Thursday, February 14, 7:00 PM ET
Friday, February 15, 9:00 PM ET
Saturday, February 16, 3:00 AM ET
Saturday, February 16, 5:00 PM ET
Sunday, February 17, 11:00 PM ET
Monday, February 18, 2:00 AM ET