The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful...

First snow in Old Forge, NY this week! In case you didn't know this is my 2nd home in the winter - Guy and I are there pretty much all winter Snowmobiling and partying it up!

So earlier in the week we had the first snow and rumor has it that we got about 14 inches! Crazy! Unfortunatly this time of year the weather and temp is unpredictable so it probably won't last - the real snow and cold probably won't come until later in November. But seeing this snow made me want to dive head first into winter - Run up to Old Forge and build a snowman! I am totally getting restless with fall and I am ready to breathe in that crisp cold mountain air and have that crunchy snow under my feet! Plus I am getting a new sled this year and I am tricking it out with the pink and black style - I can't wait to see it finished!

So my snowmobilers out there - can we go riding yet????????

xoxo - Mellycup.

Vote for Jimmy Buffett - put a real pirate in office!

Ok with election day only 1 week away here it is - my political blog. (Totally my opinion, if you don't agree, sorry).

So voting, yes I am planning on voting next week but seriously I am not anxiously running to the polls. This year I have found making a solid decision about a candidate has been a true struggle. For starters for the last few months all they have been doing is ragging on each other and not really getting to the issues. When they debate they just mud sling and when they campaign they just spit out what seems to be a bunch of false promises. BUT what politician doesn't?

Guy and I had a discussion about this yesterday in the car and here is what came out of it: I am not sure if it does matter if you vote - its not like the President or a Presidential Candidate is really going to listen to one little voice or even a group of voices. Everything that is done in Washington is voted on a by a group of people who are also just trying to win your vote. Guy summed it up perfectly, he said basically we have to vote for the candidate who is going to rip us off less.

With that being said - I am hugely against the war in Iraq, I fully support our troops but I don't support why they are over there - we have spent so much money, currently about 566 billion dollars...all this over Oil and putting money in the wrong peoples pockets. With that money we could have possibly solved our dependency on oil and developed more alternative methods! Not to mention we are still paying outrageous amounts of money for gas and home fuel oil.

My other gripe is that we are in Iraq rebuilding/fixing and after 5 and 1/2+ years nothing seems to have changed except we have over 4,000 dead soldiers. My problem is our country - we need things to be solved here first. The news is filled with tragedy, people dying, people going on killing sprees, kidnappings, homeless, hungry, people without insurance, foreclosures, the unemployment rate is high....the list goes on. HELLO governement it seems to me we need to Rebuild America, restore the economy and jobs, fight crime, get universal healthcare....Sorry Iraq, but we should come first. Its the same with the Wall Street bail out - it could be years before that trickles down to help the hardworking average American.

All in all I am just really frustrated with the state of our country and I am worried that no matter who we vote for it could be a long haul before we see any forward motion. So in closing, yes I am planning to vote next week, even though I am highly skeptical of both candidates.
Maybe I will write in a vote for Jimmy Buffett!

xoxo - Mellycup.

It's fricken freezing in here Mr. Bigglesworth!

Wow did it get cold fast- so weird, I guess we were spoiled by a long Indian summer, but now we are have been thrown right into colder days. If it was a little less damp it would be great. However I am excited about winter coming - cold days yay! Yes a true snowmobiler at heart.

Have you noticed the abundance of pine cones???? Well I heard that a lot of pine cones means a snowy cold winter! Which will be great for Old Forge and I don't really mind it here in CT either. Sorry to all you weather foofoos who don't like the snow - hey its pretty and its better than rain!

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow - I know! I am getting ahead of myself! I am excited!!

Bust out your mittens, scarfs and hats - stay warm!

xoxo - Mellycup.

Zim zimma, who got the keys to my bimmer....

My car - yes I LOVE my car - from the moment I first got behind then wheel and headed for home I knew it was love.

So last summer (2007) I got my BMW and like I said it was and still is love, it drives awesome, handles like a pro, its a whip. Maybe that has something to do with twin turbos. This is my first what I would call "nice" car and it really is a dream. It's all wheel drive - perfect for driving up to Old Forge in the winter, the maintaince package is awesome - it covers oil changes, wipers, brake pads etc - plus they give you a BMW loaner when you are in for service. So all in all I have not a thing to complain about.

Except about what everyone else thinks....in the last few weeks I have noticed some rather snide remarks about my car. Most of the time I get a sarcastic nice car but then the other day I saw a mailman who I knew from my former job and he says to me "Oh business must be good!" implying that in these tough times I am driving a nice car so things are good for me. Hello newflash - I got the car over a year ago and we weren't in an "economic crisis" then and I would have never gotten the car if the payments were an issue. So okay Guy and I can afford a nice car - I'm not trying to flaunt it, I am just driving my car.

Then at dinner the other night, I leaned over to my friend and said I hope we never become yuppies referring to the table across the way and he then said, "I thought you became one when you got your BMW. " - I was like WTF and he then said he was kidding -I told him this was going in my blog anyway. Even you are judging me TL.

In closing - no I am not a yuppy, yes I love my BMW, its a nice car but I am not driving a freakin Bently for God's sake! I just want to cruise around and be happy without the judgement. But whatever.

It's just one if those days when you don't wanna wake up...

Arggg sometimes you just have one of those days where you just want to stay snuggled up in bed. Today I am feeling like that – I woke up around 8am, still feeling tired and seeing the gray day outside my window was not motivating me at all. But since I had to be in New Canaan for 10, I got up and got moving. I finished straightening up my house, tossed a chicken in the Crockpot and then proceeded to get ready for work. As usual I was torn as to what to wear because A: I hate dressing up and B: I need to lose weight and I am unhappy with myself currently. But I begrudgingly got dressed, next was hair and makeup – well of course my hair was not cooperating as expected. I could already see my day was not going my way and I was really considering hopping back into bed with my Lucky pups, which I really wanted to do – because he was looking so cute and snuggly! No I didn’t give up – I pressed on – and I managed to get my hair looking okay.

Fast forward 10 minutes and I am getting ready to walk out the door and I decide to be ambitious a take the leaf out of my kitchen table and move it back downstairs. Well in my haste, my necklace got caught between the table leaf and the table and broke – DAMN this is not good! Oh well – run upstairs, get a new necklace and I am off. So I arrive in New Canaan and I am thinking - I’d really love a latte – oh but I only have a dollar in my purse, so that is not happening….yes and to add to my annoyance – I totally forgot my apple snack and now I have nothing to eat mid-day.

So my head is just not in a good place today – I know these are petty things, but sometimes it just seems that they all happen at once. I think this gray day out is really enhancing the whole situation and I wanted to vent a little. Maybe the rest of the day will improve. Hey at least I know that chicken will be awesome tonight!

Xoxo – Mellycup.

Everything should be platinum...

Teenagers! I cannot believe that my sweet little niece/god-daughter is 13 today!!!! I feel like just yesterday she was born, its hard to believe that she is officially a teenager! Now I am really feeling old!

So my dear Rachel - I hope you are having a wonderful birthday and that your festivities today and this weekend rock! You are one of my most favorite people. I am truly blessed to have you in my life, you are my mini-best friend and I love spending time with you. Never forget how special you are and how many people love you. You have really grown up over the last few years into a beautiful young woman and I am truly amazed at how smart and talented you are. Never forget you are always welcome to hangout with Uncle Guy and I. You know that you and I make the best personal shoppers for Guy!

In closing - Always dream big - enjoy being 13 and your last year ruling the school as an 8th grader! I can't believe you are going to McMahon next year!!! Where does the time go!?!

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY RACHEL!!

xoxo - ChaCha (Mellycup)

Why does it say paper jam? When there is no paper jam!!!

Wow, I can't believe October is almost half over - its so crazy! Not much going on with me currently - had the day off yesterday which was really nice - except that I went to the dentist and had a crown put in at 9am, so there was no sleeping in and my face was numb for 2 hours! But I did get to catch up on some things around the house, and I finally did my filing.

I have had a huge pile of things that needed to be filed and I have been ignoring it for about 2 months, but I have a really good excuse. Our filing system in this house sucks - we use these file crates from staples and between the personal files and guy's business files, I have to shuffle between 4 crates and as the year progresses on they get heavier and heavier! BUT on Sunday my prayers were answered - Guy and I finally got real file cabinets!!! Yes, the tall metal kind - and I am so excited. I know what you are thinking - how can you be excited about filing cabinets - but believe me this is great. It will save me time, I will definitely file papers more often and I now have more drawers so I will be even more organized! After we set them up I got my filing done in no time flat!

Fast forward to today...I was back at the office in New Canaan with the new trainee, so far all that is going good - but I am kind of hoping the next 3.5 weeks fly and I can get back to Melissa time! Plus we are rapidly approaching the holidays and I have to get all my plans going!

That's all the news for today - xoxo -Mellycup.

If we weren’t all crazy, we would go insane!

Today I inform you that I didn’t get the job, as you may or may not know I have been working as a part-time temp for the last few weeks in New Canaan and I had submitted my resume for the permanent part-time position, but the cards were not in my favor. I am completely fine with all of this because the originally proposed hours had changed and it was a 5 day a week job, which I was not interested in doing. Am I bummed, yes a little, because we all know that a little extra $ right now would be a good thing, but… I am staying on for the next 3 weeks and they want to me be a special projects person in the future, so that is good. I will get to stash some extra cash away for now and then I can have flexibility with the whole special projects position. So all in all, I am cool with it. AND I am so excited b/c in 3 weeks I get to sleep in and get my free time back! It’s been quite an adjustment going from not really working to being in an office 4-5 days a week, plus I hate dressing up. Maybe I’ll finally have time to work on those guitar chords – my poor neglected guitar!

On a lighter note – my very sweet husband took me on a date last night. He knew I was stressing about the job, working, life etc and he left me a sweet card and invitation to go on a fun date! Well he knows the way to this girl’s heart! Last night we went to Mohegan Sun and had dinner at the newly opened MARGARITAVILLE!!! (Yes I am a huge JB fan/Parrothead!). We had a blast – the new restaurant is awesome – we heard all my fav Buffett tunes, we sipped on some boat drinks & margaritas and I even got a rubber duck balloon animal! After dinner we played roulette for an hour and half, and we both came away from the table up –so I must say it was a great casino night for us. G3 – thank you for being so awesome and always surprising me when I need it most, I love you with all my heart!

Xoxo – Mellycup.

Wild horses couldn’t Drag me away…or could they???

Back to real life after spending a long weekend in Old Forge, New York, in the heart of the Adirondacks. Guy and I have been going for years, mostly snowmobiling in the winter, but in the past few years we are expanding our visits to other seasons. And this past weekend was the annual “leaf peep” trip. We got a free weekend at the lake house we rented last winter and so we had a bunch of guests this year, which was awesome!

So Friday we started the party out on the dock drinking some wine & beers, just trying to keep warm, then we had dinner at Daikers on 4th Lake and ended the evening with our final round of drinks at the Red Dog on South Shore.

Saturday – here was the plan: breakfast, then the girls were off for a horseback ride tour and rounding out the day with trip up to the top of McCauley Mountain and a hike down, followed by dinner at Frankies.

Well after breakfast things did not go as smooth. So we 7 girls saddled up and headed out on the horseback riding tour, and at the beginning everything was fine, the horses were just getting munchy out on the trail and they were trying to trot a little but all in all it was smooth…until we went into the woods… Well for some reason a few of the horses decided they wanted to pick up speed, and Ashly’s horse wanted to try a high jump over a log, which promptly tossed Ashly to the ground. Now we all stop to make sure she is okay – which she was, (Ash you’re a trooper!!). So we start to move on, except now Rachel (my 13 year old niece) is completely hysterical and upset and does not want to go any further, so we stop again and try to convince her the only way to get the ride over with is to get on the horses and go. So now Rachel is tied up to the guide’s horse and everything seems ok, she is still crying a little and everyone is on edge. All of a sudden we hear all this screaming from the group behind us and a horse comes barreling through the woods. At this point, my horse takes off and kicks Jeanette’s horse which then makes her horse take off running. And when I say take off I mean galloping at top speed though dense woods, so I get thrown off my horse and roll out of the way just in time to avoid being trampled by Whit’s horse who also joined the pack (She had jumped off before it took off). And then Jeanette gets thrown off her horse. So now there are 4 horses gone and the rest of us are just freaking out and trying to make sure everyone is okay. (which we were, just a little banged up). Well to conclude the horror horse ride story – only 2 of our group members ended up riding back and the rest of us walked part way and got a ride. In the end everyone was okay, just really shaken up and those of us who were thrown from our horses were very sore.

Once we had a stiff drink and a shower, we had some lunch and then we took the chairlift up to the top of McCauley Mountain (36 degrees at the top) and hiked down – the foliage was amazing! Then we capped the night off with some dinner at Frankies and beer pong back at the house.

All in all the weekend was a blast but I just felt like I needed to blog and get the horse horror story out. I know in my lifetime I will never get on a horse again! The funny part is that I did the exact same horse tour last year and it was completely fine and the horses were totally chill. Well I am thankful that I am okay and everyone else is as well. And to all my OF leaf peepers – I had a blast last weekend and I can’t wait for our next OF weekend! (Think SNOW!!!)

Xoxo – Mellycup.

Check yourself, before you wreck yourself!

My mom would like me to post this correction for my blog from September 17th - my correct weight at birth was: 6lbs, 6 1/2 oz.

Thanks Mom!

Don't waste good lip gloss.

This is random but I feel like it would make good blog material - its girl related so sorry guys. But seriously what is the deal with lip gloss -why is it so damn sticky?!? When it comes to make up, I always wear eye makeup but never lipstick. I think I look weird with it on, sometimes I try to wear lip gloss because its not as "intense" as lipstick but I always have issues. Now of course being a Sephora addict I own probably 5 or 6 lip glosses but do I ever wear them - nope hardly ever. Last week I attempted to wear some to the wedding but immediately got frustrated and wiped it off. So here is my beef - yes its nice to have shiny lips but lip gloss is too damn sticky! Every time I wear it my hair always flies in my face and gets stuck to my lips which is uber annoying. Plus I feel like I have goo on my lips and it feels weird. So ladies if you have any tips on how to successfully wear lip gloss let me know - or am I just supposed to ride it out for the sake of beauty?

xoxo - Mellycup.