I like to go out on dates with my friends.  The kinds of dates where you eat food that you know you totally should not be doing if you want to weigh any type of respectable amount.  The kind where there is lots of laughing and babbling on about not much at all.  I do that with my friend Jen.  And we go to fun places that are named things like The Chocolate Pizza Company.  And we get these types of fun shirts.

Brandon <3′s me, you know he does.

We also get to go on play dates with our littles.  Jen’s little, her niece Lea, prefers Brandon over Erik though.

There was also this really amazing sunset going on the night we played.  I don’t have any idea who’s house this is – so if it’s yours, oh so sorry.  Don’t shoot me.

We all had fun at the park.  Even me.  Ha.

Now Emma had fun without us the day before.  I’m a really overprotective kitty owner, so poor Emma doesn’t get to go outside.  She begrudges me a little, and I feel bad, but still won’t budge.  Brandon talked me into letting her out on our porch upstairs since she couldn’t go anywhere but it was still outside.  Well, she went somewhere.

Erik came out in his underwear to see the commotion.  I wish I had his fear-less personality sometimes.

As we won’t obviously won’t be living here forever, here’s an image so you can enjoy our view too, even after we’ve gone.

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I downloaded this awesome new app today called Colorsplash. It allows you to take the color out of certain parts of your pics. Very cool.

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I loveeeeeee these shoes.

I’m really liking Aldo.

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I think this is kind of funny.

(like always click on the title to go to the link)

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I’m kind of obsessed with hot air balloon pictures.  We went to the Spiedie Fest last weekend, and I took 8000 hot air balloon pictures.  Our boy wasn’t so fond of the hot part of the hot air balloon.  After the balloon that was 10 feet away from us took off, he decided he liked the hot air balloon thing again.

We are ultra serious.

I haven’t edited a single one and they were all taken with manual focus.  Oy.

Feel free to steal any.  They make good backgrounds.

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Today I had an excuse to act wild. I clasped my hands together, put them near my chin, slapped a smile on my face, and proceeded to bounce. Yes my friends I was jumping up and down like a kid on Christmas. And let me tell you, it was better than Christmas baby.

At around 2 p.m. Brandon decided to do a coffee run so we could avoid that Mommy Daddy nap time that we seem to think is mandatory lately (I still argue that it is). Around 10 minutes after he leaves the house phone rings. At first I thought it was the lady at the stable calling to confirm our reservation for our riding on Saturday. Then I remembered she only had my cell number. I sat there and contemplated letting the voicemail get it so I could finish my paper. Well curiosity won out over being a good student (c’mon you know it would happen to you too). When I got up to check the caller i.d. it was a number that I had never seen. Well, curiosity won again and I answered (damn you brain for having thoughts of people calling to tell you your name came up in the lottery). There was a nice lady on the line telling me her name and asking for Patti Finton. I couldn’t even fathom a guess at what her name was because I forgot immediately when I heard what she said next.

So let me give you a little background here. Kidding kidding I hate suspense too.

She was calling to let me know that I was chosen to receive the scholarship for the honorary society for part time students at SU. I almost fell out of my chair. This means that it pays for my entire fall semester. And this is on top of the university scholarships I already have. She was also calling to let me know there will a brunch in October at Drumlins, the country club in Syracuse, and that the lady that donated the money for my scholarship would like to meet me. I have to also give a speech, but hey, whatever.

I’m not the bragging type, but holy holy holy hell.

Patti is a happy girl.

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Well as I have eluded to last weekend being an interesting weekend, that’s to say the least.  We had 7 dogs here that we were watching, as well as the chicks and the cats.  So pretty much our entire life was consumed with animals.  Honestly, we enjoyed it.  No, we wouldn’t want to do it every weekend, but yes, they were fun.  And pretty freaking cute.

Erik loves Lizzy.  Okay well maybe it’s me.  Okay maybe it’s everyone.  She is the best little dog ever.  She is the sweetest dog in the whole wide world.  She also makes the cutest little squeaking noises when you cuddle her.  Everyone wants to snuggle her up.

I would keep her if I could.  I suppose being the puppy sitter is sufficient.  : )

The old man.  We like the old man.

We also pretended that we were cool and had a life and went to the Spiedie Fest in Binghamton on Saturday.  We love to pretend.  We pretend like once every few months.

I really like to pretend when we go to the Speidie Fest because I gotta tell you, I love fried dough.  Fried dough is like my caviar.  It’s a special treat to get it and is really expensive (in retrospect, it’s a piece of dough for 5 bucks).  And this year I got the boys hooked on it too.  And that’s how it should be.  Everyone should be hooked on fried dough.  There should be stores solely dedicated to fried dough.  Just imagine.  Then I’d be really fat.  But I would be fat and happy.

He cleans up nice.  Even with his scabs.  ; )

I will do another post tomorrow entirely dedicated to the balloons.  There are so many pictures and I can’t just choose a few – I love them all.  Such a beautiful sight.

I’m off to drown myself in last-week-of-school homework.  I hate this week.

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I will get some good posts up. I promise promise promise. It’s my last week of summer classes (hallelujah!) so it’s kind if rough right now. Here’s some balloonies to cheer everyone up – including me.

Oh and my new phone shall arrive tomorrow so I will be rocking the iPhone 4 thankyouverymuch!

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Here are some pictures to tide you over. It’s a zoo here. We have 7 dogs, 2 cats, and 26 chicks.

So, yea, we are a little busy.

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Well, I don’t have any pictures to share right now.  So I figured I’d do something a little different.  Not as exciting I’m sure, but still a post.

So, my name is Patti Finton.  I was born and raised in the great state of Alabama.  I have a big family who knows the true meaning of togetherness.  I was raised on a farm and I know the meaning of a hard days work.

Yea, kidding.

Okay, so there is some truth in between all of that…maybe…I guess…  My name is Patti Finton.  I was born and raised…well, okay I was born in Cortland, NY and I was raised, well, everywhere.  I lived in Sempronius, NY, then Clearwater, FL, then moved back to Homer, NY, then again to Cortland, NY.  I ended up staying in Cortland through most of my college career.  When college was over I ended up moving to the great town of Oneonta.  I lived there for two years (okay no it’s not great).  I then moved back to FL but this time to New Port Richey.  I stayed there for awhile and that was where Erik was born – then we moved back up to the grand ole’ state of NY.  We lived in Binghamton for awhile, then we sold our house and now live on Song Lake in Tully.

That’s my life.  The epitome of it all.  That’s all she wrote, folks.

Yea, kidding.

Kind of.  : )

I do come from a very large family.  My dad had 6 half/step siblings, and my mom had 5 siblings.  My dad really never got along with his family, with the exception of one sister, my Aunt Pinky.  So I guess we are what you would call estranged from my father’s family.  We never talk to them, especially since my father passed away (oh, and my dad passed away in February of 2009).  My mom wasn’t really close with her family either – so even though I do have a huge family, I don’t really.  So that whole togetherness is not how you would define my family.  My dad’s family is all in Florida, some of my mom’s is here in NY.  So, my family is my boys.

And I have the most amazing family ever, thankyousomuch.

I never used to be a dog person, but they are so much a part of my life now that you can’t define me without bringing them up.  I love my pups, and they love me.  The devotion they give me is, awesome.

Sometimes I think too much and believe that I’m not interesting.  I’m an ultra perfectionist as well.  There, now you know some of my downfalls.

On the other hand, I give all of myself in everything I do.  And I promise you, I know how to love.  And love we do.

I think that writing can be therapeutic.  I also think that laying in bed with your husband can be too, so sometimes one wins over the other.

And the better one is going to win right now.

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