BELLS, BOWS, and BOOZE!

Kara and I found enough friends to host an ugly Christmas sweater party on Friday, which was a success!  We had roughly 30 peeps all cozied in our festive condo. We had quite the crew: ranging from dodgeball friends, Five Points neighbors, gym friends, co-workers (and boss), and randoms. We figured out if our PT careers take a turn for the worst we have party planning to fall back on.  The night was relatively a blur, as we started drinking wine, jello shots, and chocolate vodka a tad too early and not wanting to stop until 3am.  Drinking games were played, romance was in the air (thanks to our mistletoe), and the photos are priceless, some of which had to be deleted. Not to mention, I rocked a onesie...thats right, they make them for adults, although I had a permanent wedgie. Friday night was a blast, but Saturday not so much! We were pretty much wasted space on Saturday! Blame it on the alcohol! I popped multiple Ibuprofens throughout the day and had almost 13 hrs of sleep Saturday night…needless to say I can’t hang like I used to.  Cathy Hester if you are reading this, we are sorry.  If something is broken please bill it to our company, CompHealth. Thanks again for letting us stay in your condo and we promise we won’t throw any parties until next yearJ  Today was once again uneventful.  We were productive this morning and went to Church with our friend Steph.  We figured we better pray hard for everything that took place on Friday night.  One more work week and then time to head back to Ohio! We are both excited to spend the holidays with family and friends.  Merry Christmas and talk to you all next year!

Mama Poling is in the house!

Sarah's mama came to visit us the weekend of December 17-19!  She is a Delaware first timer, well was, and she loved it.  The Poling ladies did alot of shopping, froze their feet off in order to step in the ocean, and ate some delicious seafood.  Sarah took her mom to Ocean City, Maryland to see a bunch of Christmas lights and get in the holiday spirit.  Mrs. Poling might just be Mrs. Claus though because she is all about Christmas!  She brought us a frosty that senses motion and sings loud tunes, don't worry we put it in the bathroom above the toilet to freak everyone out.  She also packed a variety of Christmas decorations including antlers and a christmas tree headband.  She is a wonderful lady and hopefully the Poling's and Gintert's will be visiting each state we move too!

I also began my duty as dog/house sitter for my coworker.  I know what you are all thinking, someone trusts you with their house and animal?  The answer is yes and I didn't burn the place down.  Dakota is an 11 year old black lab and we bonded.  Dogs are awesome but I'm not responsible enough to have one.  It's below freezing outside and Dakota wanted to run around the town.  Then she realized I had a weak spot for her puppy dog eyes and she pretty much got a treat for breathing. Sarah and I are starting our second round of housesitting the day after Christmas for another coworker.  If this whole PT thing falls through, looks like we have a second career!

New York, New York!

Ohhh where to begin??? Well Sarah and I have been slacking on the blog, but stop crying because today is the day you have all been waiting for.  Below are the juicy details from the last 3 weeks of the lives of Kara & Sarah.

December 10-12:  THE BIG APPLE

Sarah and I made a road trip up to NYC for some fun in the big city.  We stayed with my friend Sean, who is a baller and lives right in the heart of Manhattan.  It took us about 3 hours to drive to Jersey, with a stop on the way to get booze for Sean and his roomies (obvious thank you gift for dudes).  It dawned on me on the car ride up that we would have to carry the 30 pack of bud light and the bottle of Jameson along with 2 duffle bags and a bookbag.  Yes, we overpacked, but remember NYC is the fashion capital of the United States so we had to bring some cool gear.  After parking our car somewhere in Jersey, the journey to find our way to NYC on foot began.  People were pretty friendly (probably because they wanted our liquor stash) and we made it to the PATH train to go across to NYC.  We arrived in NYC and found our tour guide for the weekend.  I forgot to mention that Sean is currently a gimp due to a foot surgery (injury sustained in a hockey game, ha well that’s the story he told his work but the real story is slightly different and involves alcohol), anyway, so being on crutches in NYC is a big bummer.  We met Sean’s awesome roomies and we hit up a couple of bars near his apartment.  Men in the big apple dress really well with scarves and sweaters and well it took me a little while to get used to it because I felt like they were all gay, but hey whatever floats your boat.  Drinks were expensive and I’m glad I’m not an alcoholic, but the bars were really swanky, decorated for Christmas and large & in charge.  Saturday morning, Sarah and I awoke and were ready to explore the greatest city on earth.  We left Sean’s place at 9 am and did not return until 5 pm.  Sean may have been overserved the night before and due to his gimp status, did not make the excursion.  We made our way to Times Square, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, Macy’s, picked up a few items at Prada, Guicci, and Harry Winston’s, and stopped in at MSG to chat with Spike Lee.  Things we loved about NYC:  shopping (you can find affordable stuff), street performers, people watching, every type of food you can imagine, street meat on every corner, starbucks (Sarah is an addict and she was in heaven), and the beautiful Christmas decorations.  Saturday night we went to a birthday party for one of Sean’s friends and we showed NYC how the Midwest rolls.  People kept saying “you girls aren’t from the east coast are you?”  I was in a dance off with a man in camo and Sarah almost got in a fight with some girl with reindeer antlers (she was a whackjob and Sarah would have jacked her up).  Anyway, no one got arrested and sometime around 3 am we made it back to the apartment.  Sunday brunch is the big ‘to-do’ in NYC so we followed along and did that, which was delicious.  We found our car and made our way back to the big Del later that day.  Things that we didn’t like about NYC: pigeons, taxes (Taxfree Delaware looks better everyday), high prices on everything, the wind/cold, traffic, and crazy cab drivers that made me fear for my life.  Overall, NYC is a blast to visit, neither of us plan to live there anytime soon, but everyone needs to visit.  Thank you to Sean and his roomies for letting us crash for the weekend J