more like etc...

BOO!

2011-10-15T12:38:00.000-04:00

scared ya didn't i? ;)

miss me?

lots going on these days - but nothing TOO exciting...

thing 2 lost her '2 front teeth'
{she was home sick with a flu bug this week, so she looks kinda funky in this pic}

This art work totally cracked me up!
the bottom is a bit hard to see, it says:
"Don pick your nose"

I can't tell you HOW impressed I am, that my child is being taught these valuable lessons in school!
too bad this isn't taught to drivers while at red lights!

to some people this hair might look messy, or unruly...
but I *LOVE* her hair!!!
of course I'm bias, but wish I was so pretty!

I am so proud of this little munchkin!

she's a spark again this year, and is doing swimmer 1 and doing her best!

thing 1... he is in cubs this year, and I'm going to look into getting him involved in music.

He is clearly uninterested in sports of any kind - even tho' it eats me up inside.
I want him to at LEAST try stuff - then he will know if he likes it or not.
he just says everything is stupid. {sigh}

he would make a kickass football player, he's totally built for it.

other news...

this Thursday I'm going to another house concert, this time I'm going to see a group called

the once check them out!! I can't wait! :)

Also have some big anniversary plans coming up!

another night with Séan McCann & the Committed

november 3rd in Toronto

mr. h and I were married 6 years after our first date on the same day as our first date.

see, told ya nothing that interesting to say :P

I've been crocheting a fair bit lately, as well as attempting to spend time with mr. h

{even tho' he watches the WORSE shows & movies EVER made!}

just sayin'

also been trying to keep on top of this crazy house!

Life is good these days.

2011-10-05T21:13:00.000-04:00

sometimes there are days that i just want to pretend that what i have to say is actually read.

you know the people in your life, that make you feel on top of the world? do you have any of those?
i have a few. oddly enough i can't see any of them without paying out a wad of money {deep sigh} not to mention they don't even know either. or care...

i need to focus on the realities of my life...

left to right: Kelly Russell, me and Séan McCann

Séan and the Committed played Sept. 30th in Buffalo

...and as much as I *WISH* i could spend WAY more time listening to these guys sing and play, and share their stories, reality is I can't.

I need to embrace the fun times we did spend together - Friday afternoon the hubs and I head to Buffalo. We had dinner at the Olive Garden - I've been wanting to do that with him for a VERY LONG time... I wish we would have had more time to relax and enjoy our time. But we shuttled off to meet up with our friends that we were also going to the show. We were right up there at the front of the line, and my pure joy and happiness slowed right down... when the security guy told me I couldn't bring my camera in :(
once we were let in, I found a bit of happiness in the form of liquid in a cup with ice ;)
I got a front right and center seat and couldn't wipe the smile off my face no matter what... Séan, Kelly and Craig donned the stage and they made incredible music and sang harmoniously.
my ears and eyes were in heaven :)
I knew the ice was having an effect on me as at one point I really felt like I was dreaming and I most definitely did NOT want to wake up! ;)
After the encore we made our way out in hopes to catch hugs, autographs and chats with the guys. As luck would have it, Séan & Kelly came out to meet and greet their fans. I am unsure why Craig didn't come out - I was hoping to get one of his cd's but there weren't any to buy.
Before long the guys were off to settle up their business and we were invited to join them at the bar - hello??? pardon me?
can you say DREAM COME TRUE??? what can I say? when I am in the right company, and have consumed the right amount of ice {grin} I like to have a GOOD time!
We headed off to the bar - lord knows I needed more ice ;)
Kim, Brenda, my new friends Molly & John and Steve & I, were joined by Séan, Kelly and Johnny. At one point, I had my husband on my left talking to Kelly about home brew, and Séan McCann on my right taking his shoe off to show us he was gellin' {LOL}
I got a hug so big from him, i wondered if he passed out ;)

oh the fun i had! time flew by and we closed the bar... watched our staggering friends head for the hotel {across the street} and we headed for home.

I haven't had THAT much fun in a VERY long time! :)

thanks to my hubs for letting me out to play.

bizzare!

2011-09-27T20:09:00.000-04:00

my kid is a quack! I swear it.
i would give my left arm when I was a kid to be part of any organized sport / activity. I took karate for 8 years and I did have my go at t'ball for 1 summer... other than that, it was school related or neighbourhood kid organized.

well here's the low down - so my kid is NOT interested in pretty much anything...
he is in cubs, he REALLY likes it. But whenever we have encouraged or offered an actual sport, he isn't interested one.single.bit! it seems completely bizarre to me.

I decided to sign both the kids up for swimming. Today was their first class...
thing 1 fussed about it so much I was beginning to lose my cool, I took a few minutes to regroup and decided to attempt to talk to him about it - maybe he had a "just" reason for not wanting to? Nope. his reason, "i just don't want to" ... I told him it was important to know how to swim, b/c you never know
when or if you will ever be in a situation that requires the knowledge of what to do right?
he said, "I'll just never put myself in that situation". I wanted to bash my head {and his} into a wall.
When it was time to go, I told him there was no choice. It was what he is doing and that was that. He climbed to the top bunk and said "you have to make me"... talk about fuel on the fire. After I calmed down, I asked him to come and have a talk. He had absolutely NO good reason for not wanting to go, and I couldn't talk him into it. I dropped a choice word and he knew the camel's back was BROKEN!

he moved VERY quickly and got into the truck however, he kept his distance from me and continually reminded me for a solid 10 minutes {the time it takes to get there} that he was no way, no how going to swim.
Upon walking into the place I stopped at the desk and the look of pyscho-mom must have been on my face, as I'm sure the chick at the desk had her finger on the 911 speed dial button {grin} I told her that my son was giving me a hard time and was refusing to go to swimming lessons - she looked at him and asked why he didn't want to go - his reply, "I just don't want to". Ya, as if she had the magical power to make him go - duh!!! -

I'm so done. done. done!

what happened to boys that want to play hockey? football? soccer? am I from another planet?

when you ask him what he wants to do... his reply: to play the church organ.

shrug... the odd part, our church sings a cappella

not sure where it's at...

2011-09-26T22:10:00.002-04:00

i haven't felt much like blogging lately- generally i have a lot of "oh, I should blog that" moments but as of lately I really just have NOT been feelin' it...

i haven't had any urge to craft either...

i've been having a LOT of bad headaches - migraines included.

i'm happy to say that i'm back to my dance-fitness classes and i am positive i am the LEAST co-ordinated person... it's way fun - and to know i'm doing something good for ME only makes it all the better.

my kids are starting swimming lessons tomorrow - they kinda don't even know about it, is that bad? ;)

sleep & advil are calling...

off the wall

2011-09-15T10:31:00.001-04:00

I'm feeling sorta off the wall'ish - I think I am catching a bug. I also think it's because my kids are back in school, b/c they seem to have had it first. There are just some things I wish they wouldn't share!

there are things that need to be done around here and all I want to do is take a nap.
I have a white board and every so often I'll make myself a list of stuff that I need to do & want to do, I find gratification in marking stuff off as DONE! well today I made my list ... there are a couple of things that I MUST get done today and before 2:30

but.all.i.want.to.do.is.sleep....

maybe just a quick nap is all i need? I've had caffiene and it just isn't cutting it.

on a side note: the boy's room is SO close to ready for move in, it will definitely be this weekend! ;)

yay!!!

just stuff

2011-09-11T19:58:00.002-04:00

I haven't been able to find my battery charger for quite a while...

good news is I found it! :)

bad news I've missed a lot of the progress in the "green-room"

I found these pics of a quicky rainfall we had - the weird part is that it came on while it was sunny, and left just as fast as it came on. Definitely a "SUN-SHOWER" ;)

I felt compelled to get out there and take pics of the water bouncing off our pool water.

I made these back to school cupcake toppers

aren't they cute?

Here is the green room! :) this was a few hours ago

this was a few minutes ago :)

you can see that we didn't go with "John Deere" green

it does look really good tho! :)

and that window has never been so clean.

mr. h and Jack's back

witty title usually goes here

2011-09-10T23:18:00.004-04:00

***warning: the following post is random, VERY random!

sometimes I find myself in deep random thought - like right now...
I enjoy surfing the net. I like to listen to music usually with headphones on so i am less distracted
most of the time it's Séan McCann, Great Big Sea, Jeremy Fisher and then there are times I find myself longing for other tunes like earlier I jammin' to some Bob Marley ...

One day not long ago while I was at the grocery store, I happened to see somebody that looked like a famous actor - i forget who it was, and I didn't even care at that moment if it was or wasn't whoever he looked like.. as i pushed the cart around looking for the stuff we needed... i got to thinking, I really am not the type of person that is usually phased by celebrities. I mean they are just people right? they have a talent {or not - but think they do!} and they get paid and are probably overjoyed that we "regulars" enjoy them... but imagine if somebody like mr. h for example had papparazzi and fans following him all over the job sites?

this was the first night I met Jeremy & Séan

when mr. h and I went to see them on tour in the spring here in the Hammer

I remember in the spring my friend Tina and I were in London to see Séan & the JFish and as we were being lead away from the front entrance, I saw the Séan & Jeremy walking up the street towards us. I remember thinking - how come THEY get to use the door that we couldn't? I also remember feeling giddy and happy b/c I know they are MAD talented and I was there to see them, hear them and hoping to get the chance to shmooze with them after the show! ;)

This is the shmoozing after the show... lol.

this was the last night of their tour and the drinketh-runneth ;)

I have seen Jeremy 3 times now and he is the most down to earth, easy going and eccentric guy. Each time I have talked to him it is like he's an old pal... even tho' each time I bet a dollar he doesn't even know we've met before - nor do i expect him to! ;) each time I say, "HEY!! REMEMBER ME???" he always answers "uh, yah!?" but it's completely obvious he's stunned and then we share the laugh... :)

I'm excited to be counting down to see Séan and the Committed - 20 more sleeps! I am definitely phased by Séan and Jeremy :) I have thought, if I ever seen them at the grocery store or any other random place, would I have the courtesy to just smile say hi and keep going? or would I follow them around on purpose seeing what they buy/eat? -well what would you do?
I think I'd definitely have to say "HI! REMEMBER ME???" lol ;) I wouldn't follow them, but I would secretly want to! some of my friends tease me and call me a stalker.. I'm totally not a stalker, I just happened to find the voices that make me happy and they belong to a couple of really great guys!

mr. h, Jeremy Fisher, and I at the labor day house concert in Burlington ON

if you haven't had the chance to see either of them live - you REALLY SHOULD!!!
Jeremy is on a tour right now!
check out his Tumblr site and you can follow him on facebook/twitter etc.

Séan & the Committed are also going to be on tour starting September 26th until October 8th
That's 13 nights in a row! I am hoping to see if we can't make the arrangements to go to the last show in White River Junction, Vermont a long weekend would make for a FABULOUS fall getaway! I will be at the Buffalo show for sure and I totally can't wait!!!!
They are having a contest too! check it all out...

there are about a million ok, maybe only a dozen, tiny bugs on the ceiling and they are the kind that don't last very long - then they drop dead and fall onto my laptop.

well i'm running out of random and my neck is hurting, headphones are making my ears hot.

cheers!

2011-09-09T23:59:00.000-04:00

21 days ... I have to wait 21 more days til I FINALLY get to see The Committed!

and saying I can't wait, is 100% an understatement :)

wanna a peek at what I'm so addicted to?

{crank it up!}

I had been looking forward to this week ALL SUMMER!

the week that the kids went back to school in case you only just showed up...

it's not that I'm not a fan of my kids, I totally adore them, but well, after day in and day out of

hearing "I'm bored, I have nothing to do" and hearing them whining, fighting and screaming not only at me but each other too! it just gets old FAST.

{at least teachers get to go home everynight}

I do admit this has been BY FAR the best summer we've had yet.

so where was i going with all this? honestly I have no freakin' idea.

oh, ya! I remember...

so I was expecting to do breakfast with my momma chicks on tuesday

then work on cards - neither happened.

~~mr. h~~ our toilet decided to leak. So I had to help pick up the toilet -

have you ever picked up a toilet? i bet i'm a minority

those suckers are HEAVY!

after that was fixed I had to get groceries, and deal with uniforms, b/c

why would I do that BEFORE school started? {eyeroll}

the chick at the uniform store that I won't give the pleasure of mentioning, was a complete snob!

I told her I was so disgusted that I didn't even want to shop there.

the short version-I got my way and left feeling like I held the upper hand.

I spent Wednesday working on cards for class that night.

before I even relized that it was first week back to school it was already their 3rd day..

and like true fashion they officially have their first LATE stamp in their agenda

anyway my mother in law came in and we got thing 1's new bedroom painted with the first coat.

then she came again today - and we got a 2nd coat on.
We took off and sought and got the goods for the bday girl's party.

I'm EXHAUSTED!

and sure can't wait to get back to laying around watching soaps and eating bonbons ;)

{as mr. h says}

hope you have a great weekend!

it's card night!

2011-09-07T14:36:00.002-04:00

Donna and I are having a sneak peek class at the new Holiday Mini this evening...

one of the cards we're making... {and yes my "Merry Christmas" is crooked} ugh...

The other card I'm only sharing a peek at! ;)

-and the fall colours in this paper collection are YUMMALICIOUS!

on another note - the weather sucks today, and i am feeling like climbing into my great big bed!

i want to be happy, but...

2011-09-05T20:41:00.000-04:00

i have a migraine. AGAIN! this is becoming ridiculous.

it seems like every day it hits me :(
i feel like Ralphy McMalfee
and i do not like it one bit.

this evening mr. h and i went on a DATE!
for REAL. we joked at first b/c it started out with drive-thru mcCrap for supper on our way to a house concert with none other than Jeremy Fisher! :D

I still haven't found my camera's battery charger {BOOOOO!!} and therefore I didn't have a camera for any pics this evening.

I did pick up another cd that i didn't have and the JFish signed it for me :)

I should be super duper happy pappy right now due to tomorrow's big day of BACK TO SCHOOL - but I really just want to cut off my own head and grow a new one.
{deep sigh}

i think i still have pants to hem, the lights are starting to hurt so i'm typing this with my eyes closed...
wonder how many erroers it will have? ;)
-k i just peeked, doing pretty good!

kay well... night.

labor day weekend

2011-09-04T23:06:00.003-04:00

Wow! another headache ... there's a surprise! {eyeroll}

I've been reminded...

2011-09-03T12:58:00.000-04:00

a week? an ENTIRE WEEK... and I haven't blogged. I've thought about blogging, but then get side tracked - it's VERY EASY to get side tracked these days ;) lol

heard of Pinterest? ...need I say more? {grin}

not to mention I have also been working on some crocheting projects - I am still hoping to get my etsy shop up and full of goodies - but until I have at least 10 things to post I'm not going to 'announce' it.

I really am also taking the time to enjoy mr. h and our offspring especially before the big happy dance day. {Sept. 6} is BACK TO SCHOOL day here...
{sorry teacher friends, but momma can't send them away at the end of the day!}

the D-man's bedroom is coming along very well and I do forsee him being all set up in there potentially by the end of this week - if we can get my father in law in here to help out a bit more this week. Just need to sand walls, then I can primer, paint and then the floor can be laid, bunkbeds set up, wardrobe figured out and then smaller details - ceiling fan, shade, curtain, desk...
I'll definitely be taking a trip to Ikea in the VERY near future

I feel almost weird that I don't have anything more fun & exciting to talk about. Each day has had something going on... did I mention I got to go to GREAT BIG SEA's final concert of the Safe Upon the Shore tour? it was fun to go with my mom :)

I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing "Séan McCann and the Committed" at end of the month!!!!

6 years ago today, thing 2 had reached 40 weeks in utero.
and in 3 more days she's going to be starting grade 1!
crazy how time just vanishes like that.

have a great weekend! :D

saturday stuff

2011-08-27T10:14:00.003-04:00

Saturdays they are second best day of my week. Fridays have always been my fav.

I was born on a Friday, maybe that's why? i think it also hold mystery...

today I woke up with a headache

I'm not sure I even want to know what's worse than headaches... :(

they really SUCK!

It better be GONE soon I have a GREAT BIG DATE tonight!

with these guys!

{photo credit: Kim Hix} ;)

CAN'T WAIT! :D

thankful

2011-08-25T15:48:00.002-04:00

Last night was about as close as i want to EVER get to being in tornado weather activity!

The kiddo's and I were at a friend's house and had decided that we should venture home {we definitely should have left earlier} or have stayed put!
As we were leaving (it was dark out) you could see the sky lighting up in the distance and it seemed... harmless enough to head home. I had heard there were tornado watches in the area- but then saw they were posted for ALL of southern Ontario - I figured the odds of it being that dynamic wasn't that likely... so on we went.

As we approached our option to take the lesser travelled highway, I chose to take the more travelled {and faster speed limit} highway. The lightening show was absolutely petrifying at moments - and i tried to get pics but then decided to pay better attention to driving instead handing the camera over to the kids - who were trembling and whining in the backseat. Little did we know the worse was ahead of us... we finally reached the ramp that would lead us home and I kicked'er down... 'dropped the hammer'... seemed like the other cars were driving slower than normal but I figured the sooner I could get us home the better off we'd be!

About 10 minutes down the road - I started to see less lightening and a lot more rain :( that really makes the roads hard to see, especially in the dark. With the help of the headlights of the oncoming traffic I could see the trees on both sides blowing like crazy... I tried to keep a radio station on that was local but all I kept getting was music. go figure, MUSIC on the radio ~ a rather odd concept eh? ;)

I was getting pretty nervous as the debris was getting bigger and tree branches started flying at us while we were doing a buck thirty - i slowed a little since the kids were now bawling and freaking out, I started having a panic attack. I wanted to talk to mr. h, he usually has a calming effect on me and he was at home base, unfortunately we were down to 9 mins. on our truck phone so I called onstar to add time and the poor guy - he must have wondered WTH was going on... he kept saying "it's going to be ok mrs. h, i'll get you connected to mr. h and well get you home" we were scared - it must have been obvious! we got disconnected and i decided 'the dude talking to me over the phone was powerless to get us home safely' ...so I prayed. I asked God to take over as the pilot and please just get us home safe and sound, and He did. :) as silly as a non-believer might see it, I felt a calm peace within me. (even tho' the shell still had a hard time catching her breath!) we finally got more mins. added and got to talk to mr. h - in hind sight I should have known the brown bottles would be in competition with us. {deep sigh} it saddened me that I didn't even say anything about it, and D-man brought it up :(

so at the end of the day we all thanked God for getting us home safely, we all ate ketchup chips {even AFTER brushing teeth} and after we settled we all slept peacefully in our own beds safe and sound :)

If you are thankful - let someone know!

oh glorious sunshine

2011-08-23T10:32:00.004-04:00

waking up to the perfect weather, the sun is shining, breeze coming through our open windows and it's only 21.5 celcius in the house - what's not to feel good about?

i'm putting in few minutes of thought while the kids are playing 'bus' in their room

I'm about 97% sure it will end abruptly with one not paying their fare and getting kicked off the bus! or maybe it will be due to the sudden 'no animal' policy... lambs just don't ride busses!

pearl is chatting her head off, I'll see if i can capture on my phone she is such a smarty she shuts right up when she see's the camera {which I NEED TO RETURN to Julie!}

looking forward to busting out of the city today :D

{photo credit W Burris}

another goal

2011-08-22T22:09:00.004-04:00

it's a bitty one, but still it's making me wonky...

i thought being a crochet pattern tester sounded like a fun idea {and don't get me wrong, it is kinda neat} however - it seems whenever I *THINK* that I have time for such nonsense... it ALWAYS backfires on me ....so, I am going to finish this project so I can move forward!

We made slight progress with the boy... I cut back on tv but he looks to me for entertainment. He also knows that mr. h and i are beside ourselves not knowing what to do. Mr. H and I went to the dr. today he had to have his surgical dressing changed and I just had to renew perscriptions - we also made a family-talk appt. {sans the girl} we really just need to figure out what's what with thing 1.

so I feel pretty confident about today. And the next couple days are planned out so hopefully i won't have to make multiple flavours of jello, milkshakes, and slurpee's....

the weather has been AMAZING!

kiddo's and I went for a walk today it was awesomesauce :)

I have been in an excercise slump lately and this weather just might be the trick to pull me out of it! {i hope}

a turning point

2011-08-22T09:33:00.003-04:00

i know it's early to decide if we are TRULY at a turning point, but since it's where *I* am right now and I like to try to stay as positive as I can... I'm going to run with it!

So this morning i was shocked when mr. h told thing 1 that we are considering counselling b/c we just don't know what else to do to get him to understand that we mean business!

Last night was CRAZY!

this morning {so far} thing 2 is now making my skin crawl and thing 1 is listening and obeying...

i think they are tag teaming.

**Michelle, thanks for your comment~ I have gained a touch of control here this morning. no tv, no dsi, no nadda! :) we'll see how long I last...

just a quick note

2011-08-21T23:23:00.003-04:00

i am losing my mind!

i swear i am feeling alone in the world of raising a 9+ year old boy.

this kid just ain't right!

if you can relate please, PLEASE leave me a comment - i feel like i'm failing BIG time.

it seems like no matter what i do i just can't get it right.

i give him attention, my time, he's completely spoiled {in my opinion} not so much with 'stuff' but with getting away with walking all over me. Whenever I ask him to do stuff to help out, he simply looks the other way and says no..

no.

WHAT? no?

ARGH!!!!

I decided tv, computer & video time was going to start being earned...

he laughed.

he laughs when I ask him what it's going to take to get him to understand that I'm not joking.

i've come very close to smacking but it doesn't seem like it would do any good

i think it's due to a MAJOR lack of respect.

suggestions GREATLY appreciated.

the boy is 9...

he's only nine.

i'm doomed!

next summer - boot camp!

proud of myself!

2011-08-18T18:17:00.008-04:00

well it looks like making a "public list" really worked! I got a lot accomplished...

I'll just show a couple of the befores... {blush}

I didn't take a pic of the range 'before', I kinda forgot... I am feeling pretty good about getting the kitchen orderly! :D I also got the main floor all vacuumed, tidied the front entry, 2 loads of wash on the go, supper is almost ready and I just feel at peace to sit and crochet this evening knowing that I did more than sit on my lazy depressed ass all day!

thanks for being the umphff I needed!

might try this again sometime.

time for a list

2011-08-18T13:29:00.008-04:00

I think it's time for a public service announcement:

{just too bad the people that NEED to hear this or read it don't}

I am making a list. I need to get stuff done b/c apparently the people that live here in this house with me, aren't bothered NEAR as much as I am by the turmoil that we live in. Maybe if I have a publicly posted "LIST" of what's to do, it will encourage me to live up to getting it done! Lists that I have made thus far have just added to the random piles of papers and other junk!

do you make lists? how does it work for you? I like short term gratifying things on my list - like empty the dishwasher for example that way I can feel some sort of accomplishment...

have i mentioned I'm a procrastinator? have I also mentioned that I don't write near the things that are on my mind on my blog anymore? I probably shouldn't even be rambling as much as I have...

want to know another random Jenism? i go to the grocery store to escape being here in our house. I don't exactly like grocery shopping... but it's an acceptable reason to not be here. {and a confession? -might as well spill it... i have on more than one occasion, wanted to sit down while in said grocery store and just not leave}

so that list...

empty dishwasher
sort and clear off kitchen island
vacuum
dust
sort and declutter front closet
remove tote and junk in it from LR
reorganize food pantry
bring stamping/crafty stuff to basement
hide behind couch, er, i mean clear out whatever is hiding behind the couch
laundry -bedding
declutter bedroom closet of mr.h's 2039485720934572 shirts
remove excessive clothing from our room
take a load to the re-use store
clear the stairs, landing and the bottom of the stairs
escape... {sigh}

while 2 VERY able children either watch me, or make more mess.

Today when I asked my 9 year old son to bring the trash & recycle bins back from the roadside, he bluntly replied, "no, I don't want to." I thought to myself, Huh? did he just say that? I wouldn't likely be here to type today had I spoke to my parents that way. I am not even mean. I am rather accommodating - "hey D-man, on the next commercial would you please ...... ? I'd appreciate it" you can imagine how it deflates me to have him be so rude to me. and it's EVERYDAY over and over and over...

stay tuned to see the progress - I might even embarass myself with before and after pics.

back to reality

2011-08-16T10:56:00.003-04:00

i guess the joke was on me...

here I was excited {if not bragging} that I had the BEST EVER summer all lined up and now here I am wondering what the heck?

the kids got out of school the end of June and we scheduled our vacation mid July til the end.
Once we returned hubs had to work for 5 days and then was off for scheduled shoulder repair surgery. today is 7 days post surgery and today he is gone back to work. {his choice}

i mean don't get me wrong, I am EXTREMELY thankful & happy that he is recovering so well and quick! but there is a part of me that is disappointed that he isn't home with us. i was REALLY hoping he would be off for the rest of august. {sigh}

guess he couldn't stand being in the house eh? seems amusing to me, as i have to be here everyday ALL day.long. it's a wreck! it's messy. it's depressing. and if i was him i'd probably want out of here too!

yesterday i went through the monkey's room and removed 1 black trash bag of 'junk' and 1 that is donatable. it was a good feeling but I'm getting sick of cleaning that freakin' room! i want the rest of the house to get organized... only problem is we're living in 2 rooms and I HAVE RUN OUT OF PAITIENCE! there is no where to put stuff away... {very deep, long, sad SIGH}

so how bout some happy?

Monkey #2 can ride her bike!!!!

it's pretty exciting. :D we are very proud of her.

AND...

the laundry is under control :)

long trailer park boys did it when I couldn't

2011-08-10T09:20:00.008-04:00

let's see how far I get.

**added after - turned out longer than I thought it would** ;)

I don't even know where to begin each day blending into the next lately...

so before school got out, I was feeling the anticipation of what I was going to do with the rugrats all summer, but I knew we had a vacation booked so I was covered for 2 weeks. Upon our return the hubs had to work 4 days off the weekend and then Monday past, then went in for surgery yesterday. He had to have a tear fixed in his shoulder. I am the first to admit, I was NOT cut out to be a nurse. I don't mind helping people, I find pleasure in making people happy and {LOVE} to make people laugh. it's what i do. I certainly don't mind fetching stuff and helping the hubs out right now - but it's KiLLing me that he is lacking his personality :( the only smile I have gotten out of him has been fake and only b/c I BEGGED him to. I know he's in pain... he has even said the SUPER DUPER meds aren't helping much :( however, adding an advil he says did help a bit.

it really sucks when your hero~guy is in this mode.

fast forward ... not the best of sleep obviously. but we can nap.

this morning we were up just before 6am {two days in a row of 6am is inhumane in my world}
I decided it was a gorgeous cool morning to bake! yup, I complain when it's hot and I crank on the oven when it's perfectly cool. Fruit medley bran muffins hot and fresh from the oven...mmm...
hubs was hungry... ordinarily he makes breakfast "weekend breakfast" you know the kind that consists of more than cereal and toast.

So it was up to me {gulp!} not only is he loopy,

he's also the KING of all kings in the indecisive department on a good day ~needless to say I.WAS.DOOMED.

it went like this

me: what do you feel like

hubs: not sure

me: cereal? toast? bacon? eggs? sausage? pancakes? french toast?
hubs: whatever

me: ok, want pancakes?
hubs: cereal is fine
me: really? ok

hubs: well if you want to make pancakes...

me: ok pancakes! want sausage?

hubs: {insert look of confusion} sausage? just sausage? I don't just want sausage..

me: {insert look of SHOOT.me.NOW!}

did you really think I was just going to make sausage? I mean really? I'll give ya sausage BEN DOVER! :P {I expected at least half a snarly grin - and got NADA} sigh...

hubs: well if you make pancakes I'll eat them

me: DEEP sigh...

I finally drank my second cup of hardly even luke warm coffee, shut my mouth and made the dang ol' pancakes & sausage {did I mention he started telling me how to make the batter while I was already pouring it into the pan?}

while I was flippin' flapjacks, I heard it!

I heard him LAUGH!

I was in shock O.O

while I've been trying and trying even beggin for a smile -

the frickin' TRAILER PARK BOYS made him laugh out loud...

he seems to be resting comfortably right now,

maybe I should grab some shut eye too before he wakes up ;)

argh me blogger

2011-08-09T18:02:00.002-04:00

i want to blog but pearl is hogging all of my attention.

including my left hand-arm ;)

maybe later ...

who am i kidding? {pictures}

2011-08-03T20:13:00.029-04:00

ok, here we are!

i resized a couple...

here we are on the 3 hour tour...

St. John NB to Digby NS

Thing 2 found a super cool moth

the ferry from afar - in the fog

Orion was the hit of the week! thing 2 absolutely

without a doubt {ADORES} cats ~ it's totally all she wants.

She has even tried to plot the disappearance of Jack to be able to have a cat!
this lovely feline is 14 years old!

This was my favourite out-building of Aunt P's.

this was at sunset

first night of beach walking

Cornwallis

3rd day of beach walking

saw a seal & many birds, including this bald eagle

not sure if it's young or old...

This was night 2 of beach combing

dubbed "Lauren's beach"

we VERY literally got STUCK in the mud.

at some points almost leaving our shoes behind

20+ year old swing at aunt P's

got a work out!

you should always look before you smell ;)

went down the Digby neck to Brier Island

saw a lot of lighthouses, these are a couple of them

this was on the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton island

I could be mistaken, however, i do believe this is

Mackenzie mountain...

Moose warning...

{we didn't see any}

This was almost a 360 degree turn on the trail.

This was Miss Anne Marie comin' round the mountain

now we're on PEI and this was our cottage

secluded and tranquil :)

first night cloudy sunset on cavendish beach

truly magnificent!

we returned the next day for sun & fun :)

this bugger flew in the window while we were driving.

I *knew* I wasn't imagining it!

dumb thing.

i thought this looked super cool!

not ready yet

2011-08-03T19:18:00.003-04:00

I'm still here - I have logged on to blogger a few times now and just stare at the white space... thought maybe one of these times I'd muster up the words to share with you our vacation. Whenever I stop to think about it, a {BIG} smile covers my face :D

I LOVE PEI!! :D

I would move there in a heartbeat.

I am hoping that we'll have our own trailer and return every year...

I want to upload pics to share, but there are *SO* many, literally over a thousand, and I have NO desire to resize them {I know I suck} so until I have that urge I guess you'll just have to wait.

...til next time ~cheers!

short 'n sweet

2011-08-01T14:04:00.001-04:00

we're home.

we're tired.

we're enjoying a VERY lazy day.

blogging from Cape Breton

2011-07-25T20:43:00.002-04:00

Yes, here I am!

Sitting outside our room on my laptop blogging ... I {love} Cape Breton :)

I don't love my children so much right now. They are crazier than bed bugs right now.

I'm enjoying a wonderful cool evening, listening to the AMAZING voice of Séan McCann, and unwinding with a perfect mixture in my glass ;)

Traffic is INSANELY loud but I just don't care :P

We had a fantastic week visiting with my hubs Aunt did a good lot of beach combing... lots of great finds.

I swear we are going to get kicked outta this place - CraZy!

I had to upload my card of 1160 pics (8gb) but only once so far ~ tomorrow we're doing the cabot trail and the next adventure takes us to PEI.

I have a lot of thoughts going through my head - if I was a song writer or something bet ya I'd have something worth remembering... however, as a stay at home mom that can barely keep it together at times ~ not too many people give a rats hiney what i have to say... catch my wave?

I sp'ose since this IS *my* blog I could write whatever i want... but I'll spare you.

did i mention we have been at my dh's aunt's house since sunday past? and did I mention...

SHE DOESN'T HAVE TELEVISION? it was weird to be so cut off from the world - we could have surfed the net I suppose, but she has dino-dial-up and it was S.L.O.W.E.R than anything you could imagine.

did I also mention that I'm sitting here in CAPE BRETON??? ahhh.... so relaxing I LOVE the maritimes! If I could fly any time and anywhere I wanted I'd move somewhere down here in a HEARTBEAT!

tomorrow is the day!

2011-07-14T21:54:00.002-04:00

we're almost all packed up ~ note I said almost... we are last minute people apparently.

the kids are ready and in bed sawing logs... I'm grabbing a shower and going to hit the hay myself.

I'm anxious :)

passports - check

camera - check

batteries - check

drinks/snacks - check

clothes - check

we're ready to go ;) LoL

not sure I'll log on to post so if I don't see ya wouldn't wanna be ya! ;)

day 8?

2011-07-13T21:27:00.001-04:00

following the 'who gives a flip what day it is' mentality... 8? maybe? whatever!

Today started out rather hairy around these parts - I slept like CRAP last night. No idea what but I think it's b/c I get too hot in the night, wake up from REM sleep to never return. Today 2am do you know what it's like to run the house with an upcoming vacation? on 4 hours sleep? then to have one of the aliens mutate into a giant whiny spoiled brat?

ugh! it was one heck of a morning.

...Until...

We went to visit grandma. Not just any grandma but MY GRANDMA! the most amazing, patient, loving and sweet woman in my life. I asked her, while we were there, how on earth she managed 11 (yes, that is NOT a typo, I said 11 = ELEVEN!) children. She pointed her finger and said "outside!" puzzled b/c her words are becoming a bit scrambled these days, I asked "outside? what do you mean? she replied in her acadien accent,

"when dey were big enough I trew dem outside, and lock de door!"

well, GLORY BE! I couldn't believe my ears!!!

The mutant fell to the floor in a laughing fit - It was pretty funny

{transporting my thoughts into the future, if my grand kids ever asked me I'd probably reply, "happy pills, wiser's and a lot of blogging!"}

back to reality... so ya, it was pretty awesomesauce to hear my gram tell me this.

Once we got back home, I decided NOT to ask for help, however... I told the kids what needed to be done, and they could choose to help, but there was no tv, no computer and no video game consoles. So their choice :) they weren't too thrilled and I was NOT the BEST MOM EVER...

but it's better they learn the truth right? {grin}

After a round of more complaining and whining they realized I wasn't kidding, and wasn't budging on my decision... so slowly they started to help out.

VERY little but it was a bit less than I had to do ;)

Tomorrow is left for packing... I think I'm going to miss Pearl and Jack!

hot summer day

2011-07-12T22:01:00.002-04:00

I've lost track of what 'day' it is. I know it's Tuesday how's that!? ;)

Today was BUSY! Jack got a haircut - the poor little fella was scared out of his wits :( but he looks so cute now :) and smells SO much better! {except his farts -GAG- they're GROSS!}

Took thing 1 to the dr. Steve is convinced there's something wrong with the poor kid. I keep saying he probably has allergies - low and behold we sat and waited for E.V.E.R! {an hour} then another 1/2 hour with the dr. man alive I was worse than the kids... STIR.CRAZY!

we were even late to pick up the Jackster... so we bought him a nice big stinky... AH HA! bet that's where the farts are stemming from! yuck - maybe that bone will disappear

(I don't think he likes it anyway) ~grin~

Didn't know what to make for supper. Kids had chicken nuggets in the *gasp* OVEN! yes, I did!! I turned the OVEN on and not just any sissy 350 but a whopping 400 degrees! I'm telling you the bananas they are the ones that told me to do it... seriously, they did. They were perfectly over riped for delicious banana bread so I baked up 2 loaves and SO tastey :)

We had bacon wrapped steak on the bbq & baked po's. yum.

Then I did probably the craziest thing I've done so far this summer. I met up with Amanda {who might claim to be my friend, but she's really sent to torture me by Jillian Michael's} We worked out til sweat poured out of pores I didn't know existed! how gross!!!

my LEGS were sweating. EW! EW! EW! :P

my head felt like it was going to pop right straight off!!

pure craziness I tell ya. ;)

so I did what every smart momma would do

came home and jumped right into the pool clothes and all!

yup, i did! ;)

I'm pretty sure my kids thing I'm either INSANE or the coolest mom ever now.

Tomorrow is a bit less crazy - i laundry, house tidy up {oh the kids are gonna *love* me ~eyeroll} visit my grandma, start the packing... joy. joy. joy.

you're jealous aren't ya? ;)

day... ?

2011-07-11T22:16:00.002-04:00

so it's day 6 in my world, however it's the 11th of July.

Today thing 2 and I had our bi-annual dentist appt. she rocked it as usual. And even tho' I didn't have any cavities, I do have a super sensitive tooth that wigs me out EVERY TIME. I had to get 3 applications of some really gross stuff that's to help with any possible infection in my gums {bleh!} it's just now starting to hurt less... ugh.

this evening we had card class only 3 people came :( we were expecting 8. Seemed odd...

Donna has her cards posted here on her blog if you want a peek YellowDogGreetings

I'm feeling sleepy tonight. The kids and I had a pretty good day ~ even tho' thing 2 was NOT happy with me today... b/c I wouldn't buy her something {eye roll}

4 more sleeps! :)

weekend update with jen

2011-07-11T10:13:00.007-04:00

another recap {although I find weekends don't really count, b/c I'm not single parenting} ;)

So Saturday I was rewarded BIG TIME!! :D dh took thing 1 & thing 2 out to the farm with him. But not before making a Saturday morning breakfast ;) My chariot arrived, and Donna and I had a much needed chicks day! First stop scrapbook store, next stop, Michael's craft store, then we went for lunch at Kelsey's. Next a quick stop for some Tim Horton's liquid and frozen gold and we went for mani/pedi's. I don't usually get more than 1 pedi per summer, but I really like the chair, maybe they'd just let me come and sit in the chair. ya think? ;) I've also been wanting to get fake nails for a while now, but with my android smartphone it's hard enough to tap the screen ;)
needless to say I opted out... and went with shellac polish instead and it's AMAZING! there is not a single chip/mark nothing!! Suppose to help with strengthening and growing your nails.

Sunday thing 1 and I got up and took off yard saling with my dad... it was HOT. Tons of sales, didn't find much tho.

So today... dentist appt. and card class this evening.

We're doing Christmas in July.

These are 2 of mine... ;)

oops! {day 4 & 5 so far}

2011-07-08T17:14:00.010-04:00

I ended up getting home too late to give a care to post last night.

so here's day 4's summary 1 day late.

Daws went for a ride with papa Louie, Ally went to a friend's house for a play date

and I got to sit in PEACE & QUIET!

it.was.BLISS.

good thing too, b/c last night Donna and I had our new catty preview card night.

These are the 2 cards and 'surprise' project that I offered.

The cards look better in real life ;)

and the flower is perfect to apply to a headband, barrette, or even a pin to put on a shirt or whatever. I got the pattern and instructions here Pink Paper Peppermints

this card I used the 5 newest in colors from Stampin' Up!

calypso coral, island indigo, pool party, wisteria wonder & lucky limeade

the stamp set is called Delicate Doilies and the phrase is a hostess set

from the summer mini forget the name.

this is the Flirtatious fabric

this card is using the Cherish Friendship set

it was an OK day.

~*~*~*~*~*~~*~

moving forward!

Day 5

{so far}

We met up with my dad for breakfast @ Wimpy's and the only thing not deep fried was the toast and the plate it all came out on! it was nasty. Dawson {LOVED} it!

Ally was cranky mcCrankerson!

After breaky the kiddo's and I headed over to W*mart

{and for the record I do NOT like that place} however...
when you have children and you want one stop shopping sometimes it's just gotta be.

SO... I plunked my list into my super awesomesauce Android tucked my fliers in my shopping bag and on we went...

We got tide for $3.49 each for 32 loads !!! :D

-price matched for $4.99 each and used a $3 off coupon when you buy 2

{reg. price at walmart was i think around $10 each}

Also got snuggle at a roll back price of $3.97 and

had a $1 off coupon so $2.97 for 60 loads

The kids weren't *too* bad today and our pool is at 78*F

so far it's all good - when the mr. gets home it will all be even better! ;)

happy friday!! :D

i knew it!

2011-07-06T20:37:00.004-04:00

Day 3... I knew it was too good to be true to last!

I woke up with a headache - the day pretty much went downhill from there. I had 2 priorities today. design and prep for cards tomorrow night, and take care of strawberries - well the kids had to choose today to scream, whine, and act like complete goons! needless to say part of me was annoyed but another part of me was sorta relieved that they seemed 'normal' as the past 2 days were so wonderful I knew things ~had~ to fall apart soon! ;)

we didn't do much today. I did get the last 2 flats of berries, washed & hulled, made a batch of jam {4 batch in total -not including the grape jelly} am trying to work on cards, and made red rice for supper. I am totally wanting to fall into a slump on the floor.

hoping for a good day tomorrow!

this guy keeps me going and he's wearing the washer necklace i made!!! :D

I am stupidly giddy about it ;)

Séan McCann on BalconyTV

mom of the year

2011-07-05T22:15:00.003-04:00

Day 2 of summer vacation...

{for the record, blogger decided to be a pain in the rump so I decided to keep it plain}

We had another great day! Started out kinda slow'ish we really like to loaf around in the mornings. We have been working on a puzzle on and off most of the day. We ended up sneaking off for pizza hut lunch buffet for lunch which was SO bad and good. It was fun tho :D We hit up a sally ann store that was right next door and scored a mitt full of books yay! for cheap. We dropped by the scrapbook store and the kids ended up with a handful of little bookmark tassel things for a nickel - Dawson has an idea to make a bunch of bookmarks to sell with the proceeds going to the family of the recently killed policeman Garret Styles. I'm unsure if he will follow through with this but if he does I will keep you all posted. I guess it's a sign that we have the news on a lot at our house - however oddly enough I seem to know nothing about the Casey Anthony trial that is all over facebook {?}

so once we got back home, we were back at the puzzle, and just putting around the house. Not doing a blessed thing I should have been doing. We dressed every single build a bear in clothing - I am sure there are over a dozen in our house. insanity. We were starting to get hot and we weren't really doing much so we closed up the house when it finally reached 27.4 degrees celcius with a lot of humidity and put the a/c on. We decided to go jump in the pool to cool off quicker. It was 24*C and man it felt GOOD!

Daddy-O read a couple books this evening to the kids and they were off to bed a lot later than usual at 9:30 - i just saw Daws resurface about 10pm complaining still that he's not feeling well.

I'm holding off til Thursday to call the dr.

Very good day

Tomorrow i MUST work on cards! ;)

excuse the mess

2011-07-04T23:50:00.001-04:00

...note to self, bad idea to redesign blog at nearly midnight - I'll work on fixing it tomorrow ;)

new challenge

2011-07-04T22:58:00.003-04:00

I'm going to challenge myself to blog everyday of this summer,

even if it's just what we did or didn't do :)

Today was officially day 1 of summer vacay with the kiddo's. The hubs went back to work and we were on our own. We kicked the day off slow, with cartoon watching, internet surfing, crappy cereal eating, Clue Jr. playing, fruit eating, and laundry doing. We did have a few *must do* things on the list including a trip to the foot clinic to have my orthodics looked at. I wasn't even that embarrassed to tell them i hardly ever wear them! -it's just WAY too darn hot to wear shoes! {grin} while we were there I thought it would be a good idea to have a chiro adjustment too. (shared office space) We were there for over an hour!!! my kids were GOLDEN! I told them over and over how happy I was with them and how proud I was of them -high fives included :) on our way home we stopped off at Fabricland - got what I needed and continued to Walmart... bought more than needed {as usual} and again they were awesome! I was so happy :) Not a whine, not a melt down, nothing - just good.

I waited long enough for the husband to buy a new knob for the bathroom door and finally I decided to just get it, then after thinking for a micro-milli-second about him installing it, figured I could do it and had it done less than 15 minutes and before he got home from work - Dawson is VERY impressed with my knob changing abilities :)

This evening they've been giving me a run for my money it's after 11pm and I can still hear Dawson coughing... he seems to have picked up a sore throat AGAIN! I refuse to call the dr. AGAIN! until at LEAST day 3-4 b/c this is just crazy. He just finished antibiotics for strep less than 10 days ago~ probably needs tonsils removed. (just sayin')

tomorrow's agenda is low key. I need to work on cards, so I'm hoping it's a day of pool, star wars and petshops :) with some company for lunch. ~for the record, we aren't going to consume our company, just enjoy having lunch with her :)

blah blah blah

2011-07-02T21:27:00.016-04:00

why when there are flies in the house, they must fly all around you? they have the ENTIRE house!!! as soon as I got the swatter {poof!} they disappear. darn things...

Yesterday on a whim, we went to see the TiCats play Winnipeg. My friend Donna had 2 extra tickets and since my dad said he'd watch the kiddo's we got to go!

Football is SO much better in person than on tv ;)

Today was a wonderful day! :)

I spent the day swimming with the kids (Jack even fell/jumped in 2-3 times too!), we chatted, we played, I vacuumed, I tidied, I organized... I grocery shopped we had a BBQ chicken & salad.

It was a perfect Saturday :)

don't trust these two!

when they say "we won't splash you" -they don't really mean it! ;)

it's Canada day...

2011-07-01T12:57:00.002-04:00

Canada Day

-sleep in, stay in jammies, eat brunch, jump on beds, loaf around, work on renovations, bbq and duh!!! DRINK BEER!

that's what Canada is at about at our house.

However we did decorate ~ thanks to Dawson :)

HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Cheers!

today the new Stampin' Up! catalogue is live and available to see and order from!!

if you are interested in having a peek...

CLICK HERE

wall of tired

2011-06-28T19:33:00.005-04:00

so I sent in a video snip of our insanity {aka renovations} and we'll see if anything comes of it. Please Bryan Baeumler PLEASE! {deep sigh} this needs to be overwith already... I mentioned to the husband about this insane plea and low and behold he finally found time and urgencey to pick up the tools again! as of 11pm last night D-man's new room has a door hung, and as I type the hammer is pounding away at something to do with said door. All the while our genius Allycat is hovering over daddy acting as a foreman along with a million questions and suggestions (from where I am it's awesome and hella funny!!) ;)

here's a couple of the strawberry jam, we polished off one jar in no time! ;)

(the grape jelly is still cooling off...)

and here's the cookies :)

I'm completely fatigued today. I found myself napping on the couch today on and off for over an hour! o.O I also made a double batch of supper yummy oatmeal-banana-chocolate chip cookies, a batch of grape jelly as well as whipped up sausage & po's for supper. Last night I was able to get 3 batches of jam made. I still have 2 flats of berries to deal with. I just want to get the whole school thing over with... {gah} tomorrow is my last official "me" day and I'm going to enjoy it to the max! possibly enjoying a pedicure ~ if I feel like it.

right now it's barely 8pm and i want to climb into my bed... is that so wrong?

unusual evening of events

2011-06-23T22:07:00.003-04:00

i cannot express how much i {LOVE} spontaneity!

it's code for me. ;)

this evening we rushed out the door just before 8pm and headed to W*mart {gawd how i HATE that place!} but we had to return some crap and buy some other crap and it's cheap there.

as we arrived we noticed a commotion of people near the entry standing around a cab -my first reaction was really people? arguing over a cab? we laughed and continued on our way the girl and i went to return crap the boys went to buy more crap... after we were inside there was something sort of "off" feeling {I can't explain it any other way}

manager's and employees were going in and out of the men's room, then the police were involved too... we figured maybe somebody stole stuff...

After we met back up, and were at the checkout I jokingly said to the lady "meeting in the men's room tonight?" she looked stunned and sorta freaked. She informed us that a woman had beaten the crap out of her child IN THE MEN'S ROOM! :(
I felt sick to my stomach. After we went back outside we realized that the people and the cab were the ones that were able to get the license of the woman's vehicle... yes, she and the child got away!

Steve tried to make light of my feelings, by suggesting that perhaps it was blown out of proportion, as we know that there are days that I myself want to hang my darlings by their toenails... but to do it??? and at W*mart??? that's just NUTS! :( I bet that boy ran into the men's room in fear of his mom and hoping she wouldn't follow him in there!

we left.

I felt more love for my own little rugrats - but that passed after a few minutes ;) {grin}

our next stop was suppose to be the mall - but better than the mall was what was in the parking lot of the mall! CAMPING TRAILERS! if we find one, I'll have somewhere sane to go while the house is being renovated! ;) and YES I will lock myself INSIDE.

tomorrow's agenda involves pd day - breakfast with pops, trip to the mall for a new android and hopefully the movies and/or some strawberry pickin' {just for pictures and fun - the real pickin' is on monday!} ;)

wedding pictures

2011-06-21T10:22:00.017-04:00

June 18, 2011

my mom's wedding

my beautiful children with their grandma

cermony/vows

the reception was at the Bridgewater golf & country club.
it was a beautiful day.

doesn't my sister look pretty?

I {LOVE} the way this turned out!!
my nephew does NOT like have his picture taken...
I think he was getting use to it by the end of the day.

These are my favourite moments to capture at a wedding.

kids being Kids! love it!

our little family :)

it's SUMMER!!!!!

2011-06-21T09:25:00.002-04:00

happy solstice!!!
The past little while has been crappy around here and I'd just like to say that I'm glad it seems to have past {finger's crossed} it's sh*tty to only have crappy things to say. let's see how many days I can not complain! ;) {any bets?} lol

today is a GORGEOUS day! the sun is shining and it's not too hot in our house.

hey so far so good...

I made seafood lasagna last night it turned out AMAZING! Steve said even "if ever I was to cry over a comfort food THIS would be it! it kick's Gordon Ramsey's a$$" totally made me feel good :) lol

I think Allycat and I are going to pick strawberries ... at some point

oh ya I also made muffins last night too - that are SO good! they're a bran base with apple, carrot and craisins. the recipe is on the back of the bag of Red Mill -flaxseed meal. {I omitted the nuts and switched out craisins for the raisins}

did I mention my mom got married the other day? ya she did. I'll post pics in a seperate post below ;)

clarity

2011-06-20T11:34:00.002-04:00

there aren't too many things these days that I feel too clear on. There are things that are obvious, things that are SMACK IN THE FACE obvious, but there are a lot of things that I really just don't 'get'. Like why I have the desire to want to write about stuff that really doesn't matter to a single person on this planet - but I know darn well there are people reading it. {grin}

I hold a LOT back, simply b/c I am too chicken to know what would happen if I didn't. I wish that life came with directions, that were more obvious {and no offence to those that believe that the Bible is our black & white map to life - to me, it's ENTIRELY way more confusing than trying to muddle through life}

Yesterday was NOT a good day... I spent some time home alone cleaning & tidying, I am very ready to unload a crapload of JUNK from this house. It's downright embarassing!

Went to the dr. this a.m for my knee - looks like I'll be spending the summer doing physio.

guess take my daydreaming self off to get groceries {yay} ...eyeroll...

kinda annoyed...

2011-06-19T22:10:00.003-04:00

"but it's father's day"

on mother's day the kid's chose to go to my in laws for the weekend. that's just how much they give a rat's ass to spend time with me ~ we see each other EVERY DAY! so it wasn't a big deal and I wasn't bothered by the lack of their presence. Steve has forever said that mother/father's day is a "hallmark holiday" and thinks it sounds like a convincing excuse to get out of making a day special. For the past 9 years I have made each and every Father's Day special for Steve. However this year I decided to return the gratitude that I received on Mother's day. Yup! I did it! I slept in, I let him make coffee & breakfast as usual, after all, "just another day" right? :P

He chose to spend the day at our friend's house, they sat around all day drinking beer and doing nothing. {if I had to give credit, he did think that it was wise to walk home rather than drive}

I kept telling myself "it IS father's day" but really? what's the excuse all the other days???

There is SO much to do around this flippin' house it's ridiculous. I'm beyond done with what to say to family and friends that continue to ask if it's done, or how it's coming along... I have used up every bit of witty and humor that I can come up with. It's exhausting.

I don't even have any funny left in me today - hopefully the rage will leave me before I wake up in the morning.. or so help you if you have to cross paths with me! ;)

remember when..

2011-06-15T11:51:00.005-04:00

Remember when I use to make stuff and show it on my blog?

ya, that was fun. it's not much but i wanted to share a couple cards :)

this one is for our vintage class this evening I am working on the other design and

Donna - Yellow Dog Greetings has the other's on her blog for tonight too!

this one we made a while ago

they're both sort of vintage'y I like that look ;)

thanks for stopping by.

2011-06-11T18:29:00.001-04:00

what gives?

I feel tired. my eyes are burning tired...

my kid has to be the most EXTREME human on earth!

when he walks he STOMPS his heels so hard that I swear he's going to go through the floor.

when he talks, he has to talk LOUD and at the HIGHEST possible sound his voice can make.

when he moves he has to RUN

when he's hungry it's never (EVER) just, you know, "hungry" but he's STARVING

when he needs to go, ya know... he always has to "go" BADLY

he's exhausting just to watch.

I'm feeling really drained. I want to be creative and just feels like I'm spinning my wheels in wet mud!

it's true!

2011-06-08T17:45:00.002-04:00

yup, it's true - I {LOVE} couponing!!!!

today was my best day yet! - I really want to keep track of the money that I have "saved" the problem tho' is that I don't actually come home with money in my pocket. I generally just use it on something else... so let's be on with it. Today, I had a shirt to return that didn't fit ds, while at the same store, I often will have a gander at the grocery section b/c they will often have deals on stuff. Low and behold, I scored!!! :D {dh and I are totally addicted to cream in our coffee - it's one thing we are total snobs about} so it was on sale for $1.97/L I had 4 coupons for $1 off each I paid only .97 cents each!! :D I had another coupon that was to buy 2 bags of Tostito's and get a free jar of salsa - but the deal doesn't stop there, the Tostito's were on sale too!!! $1.99 each so I saved about $2 on chips and then another $3 on the salsa!! :D total savings at that store $9 SCORE!

I ran out of time at the 'actual' grocery store but I did go to a store that does price matching. I, with my flyers in hand, grabbed up a few things that we needed and managed to get Hellman's mayonaise for $1.99 (after a price match and $1 coupon) yay! :) I got a few other price matches too, .95cents/lb vs. $1.27/lb for green peppers, (either way is robbery)

so all in all - happy coupon day! :D

I was SO UBER excited to find this INSANELY AWESOME recipe for slushies!!! :D

**also known as SMUSHIES if you are my diva daughter**

I didn't tell the kids {I wanted to surprise them}

I'm pretty sure that *I* was more excited then they were,

which only proves one thing...

they like the adventure of going to get a slushy, more than the actual treat itself.

I however, am in LOVE!

it was SO good!!!! I want to marry it. ;)

I'm getting my hair done right now by the diva herself...

I LOVE getting my hair done. it makes me feel weak and relaxed..

i should be making supper.

i have the creative itch SO bad right now!

can't wait for my new space to be done and set up!

it's a tuesday...

2011-06-07T15:53:00.004-04:00

...but not just any tuesday,

today is this guy's 1st birthday!

he's a pretty smart little guy too!

Happy Birthday Jack :)

Thought I'd update that yesterday turned out ok after school -nobody had to be punished for being cranky! ;) it was the same old crap this morning again... I'm thinking it's partially the weather and that it's SO bright out when it's their bedtime that D'man has a hard time falling asleep even tho' the room is cooled perfectly & they have darkening blinds. I guess a part of me is looking forward to not having to wake them up for school pretty soon.

woah!

2011-06-06T09:49:00.002-04:00

What a whirlwind!

{majority was goodness!} ;) we spent this weekend at what felt like home away from home!
I {LOVE} having friends that make you feel so welcome it makes my heart feel warm and my eyes well up! Saturday we went to our friends house, stayed over and just felt SO relaxed and it was awesome! ~thanks again Tina & Phil~ ;)

After we left them, our kiddo's were so pooped out they just wanted to go home to bed! but it was my father-in-law's 65th yesterday (the big party was last weekend) so we went and had cake and ice-cream and a short visit...

When we got home, I carried my sleeping beauty up to her bed, and we both konked right out. I vaguely recall dh asking me if I was going to sleep there all night - I thought I got up but apparently I must have been dreaming b/c minutes later he returned to almost drag me to our bed! {grin} We were all SO tired this morning, if it was up to me I would have let them sleep in and be late for school. But dh woke us all up.. cranky and all! >.<

The D-meister was came in 1st place this morning with a victory that surpassed us ALL in the crabby department! He even REFUSED to eat his breakfast! o.O

anyway - it's all going to be better by the end of the day or everyone is going to bed! ;)

I'm VERY thankful to have this day to myself - I have laundry on the go and a parrot on my head right now. going to get my new orthodics today... maybe some new laundry hampers too!

even tho' it's monday try to think of at least ONE good thing to be thankful for

-for me it's school! ;)

reply

2011-06-03T11:28:00.002-04:00

I wish there was a "magic" reply button so that it was easy to answer questions on here...

Tina - I think it depends on the child. For example - I personally would choose NOT to bring my darling 5 1/2 year old daughter b/c she needs assistance (even tho' I think she could totally do it) I think it's mostly just one of those things that if the kids are young, disruptive, and loud it makes for a crappy evening out. However, if they are able to do the projects they are very welcome :)

(if you are specifically referring to your girls -they'd be totally welcome!)

It's a gorgeous day and I have a headache :( I waited too long to eat...

what the???

2011-06-02T15:31:00.004-04:00

the weather has changed so drastically over the past week it's crazy! today feels like a 'REAL' spring day... it started out fairly cool this a.m. By the time we went to pick up after school, it was reasonably warm for a spring day. I've felt really tired all day. I've been struggling {again} in the cooking department - argh... I think I'm really looking forward to routine in september.

Tonight I think we'll have chicken... maybe... *yawn*

I had an enjoyable card night last night. after the initial stress of figuring out what my cards were going to be. I REALLY can't wait for this house to be done - so I can have my creative space back! I miss not being able to have my stuff all at my fingertips. I should post a picture of our basement >.< you would be afraid - LITERALLY - VERY afraid!

I got the list yesterday of all the retiring Stampin' Up! products both (click to see) accessories and (click to see) stamps. It seems rather extensive! if there's anything you want I'll be submitting an oder June 20th.

I look forward to my preorder that will also hold the brand spankin' new 2011-2012 catalog in it!!! :D the one thing that I'm MOST excited about is the new "IN-Colours".
In the past they were only "in" for a year, now they are keeping the current "in-colours" for another year as well as introducing 5 more!!!! then next year the currents will be retired and these upcoming will continue for another year as well as another set of new ones etc. cool eh? ;)

As a demonstrator I get insider info and there is going to be changes (imo- for the better) for hostesses!!!

It's crossed my mine (on more than 1 occassion) to vamp up my Stampin' Up! business to be more but until the house reno's are complete - I really just can't do anything here at my house.

The next classes that Donna and I are doing will be held at her workplace if you are interested please let me know! :) the next date is Wednesday June 15th - theme is Vintage cards.

wow

2011-05-30T22:17:00.002-04:00

I didn't think it was humanly possible to excercise twice in one day - but I am {barely} walking proof! ;) I am COOKED! if my body parts could talk they'd say "STOP IT NOW!" lol

Not to brag but dh is running me a bath! O.O for real! first time for everything I guess ;)

I had a fun day with my friend Tina :) we always have fun even :)

my arms are so jellified right now i am having a hard time typing... i suck.

tomorrow spa pedicure! ;)

grocery shopping

2011-05-29T19:40:00.002-04:00

I have a brag! ;)

I've been watching extreme couponing - and as a Canadian household, trust me we are envious of our American neighbours {well in the shopping department anyway}

I have been trying to conquer the idea/concept of saving money when and where I can. As a single income family {by choice} the more in our pocket the better! ;)

so I started watching for and collecting coupons - I also have been keeping an eye on which store has a better deal on products that we use. Instead of driving from one store to another to save 5-10 cents per pound on something, I started to bring the flyers with me and asking for them to price match. Only problem with this is we don't always get our flyers.

Today I looked up which store had the most deals on the things we needed the most of, and headed off. I only had 2 coupons one for a $1 off of 1/2 & 1/2 cream, and other said it was for FREE banana's {up to 2lbs or $1.69} so I carefully weighed out EXACTLY 2lbs of banana's and when I wen to the check out- I watched the price and one bunch was $1.62 and the other $1.46 that's $3.08 for banana's - I figured I'd get the $1.69 bunch for the discount -but the punk at the check out only took off the $1.46 bunch...I'm such a wimp at being a bitch {sigh}

Now onto the part of the deals for the day that made me happy...

I bought 10 meals worth of meat! After calculating the cost of each serving I will be feeding our family for $1.08 per serving!!! and I'm not talking hotdogs and spam either! ;)

I was happy :)

we have creepiness in our kitchen, our ceiling fan and light turn on and off by itself. We joke and say it's a ghost - but really it's probably some other randomness

{sigh} well, the kiddo's are beckoning me to their bedside for tuck ins ;)

let's be real

2011-05-26T10:51:00.003-04:00

some days I just feel lazy.

i want to do nothing.

i want to go nowhere.

i just want to be loafy.

today is one of those days. i know it is 110% b/c of the state of our house, I even found myself looking up houses to move to :P

i thought my allergies were starting {and they probably are} but I am positive I have a head cold now too at least it's trying to settle in... i keep putting up the no vacancy sign tho ;)

i think chicken pot pie is on the menu for supper

well, hello there sunshine

2011-05-21T18:43:00.002-04:00

It seems like we haven't seen the sun in a long time.

Sure it pokes out now and again, but I mean it's been a LONG time since we've had a full fledged day of SUN with heat and stuff... it felt good.

had another AWESOME time last night - it was the last night of the tour that Séan McCann and Jeremy Fisher have been on for the past {apparently 11 days} seems like it wasn't long ago that I was thinking the show was SO FAR in the future, and just like that it's over.

Today we said good bye to our aunt Shirley. It was a sad and happy day - all depends on whether you were thinking of her or ourselves. It was VERY hard to sing - our church sings accapella and it's pretty hard when you are stuffed up and full of cries...

I am exhausted - and that's an understatement. I'm not use to staying up til 2:30am then being woke by the dog at 6am and on with the day by 9am...

tomorrow I'll be back to my usual rambles ;)

what to say

2011-05-20T13:16:00.002-04:00

first - it's friday, it's sunny, the temps are t'shirt and shorts worthy and it's a long weekend!

I have my favourite voice singing {via cd - no i didn't kidnap him!} ;) altho', hmm... nah, too much work. I'm WAY too lazy for that. I found a victim to drag out with me this evening, actually, I'm pretty sure we'll have SO.MUCH.FUN! I really hope to get better pics tonight - the ones I have are pretty sweet, but I'm greedy and want MORE :D

I need to get some good pics taken of my crochet handy work for etsy - ya I started an etsy shop.

I really should get it fixed up - and in operation!

well... til i have more thoughts to share, go forth my friends, and don't feed the bears! ;)

alien child

2011-05-19T19:45:00.003-04:00

it's not too often i write about my kid being good - probably should do it more often... b/c tooting about them being good really only encourages the growth of my own ego ;) LoL

Anyway - today after school, the weather finally, FINALLY let up a bit the temperature was going to change, my migraine told me so - and after sleeping the afternoon away I woke up feeling a bit d'uh~ but no pain. yay!! We still hadn't emptied the compost and woodchips out of the back of the truck and it's been a WEEK! so I got started and next thing you know D-man was right out there like a dirty shirt (and pants, and hands and shoes) shovelling and helping me :D I figured he would probably only last a few pail fulls but he shocked me and had energy to keep going long after *I* had, had enough. We finished up and left just enough compost for mr. jen to reseed the lawn in the crappy area's that are determined NOT to grow anything more than grubs and weeds.

While we were "gardening" I thanked my boy for being so eager to help me out, b/c I REALLY appreciated it. He said he enjoyed doing this sort of "work"and that he would do it without pay. I was giggling on the inside, b/c I had no intentions on paying him anyway {lol} He told me he'd like to help people do their gardening as a volunteer. I think my eyes nearly popped out of my head! this is the boy who wants $20 to take out the garbage! After that shocker, he asked what was for supper - CRAP! supper! before I could even think of a good answer, he offered to pay for pizza ... ok - who is this alien and where is my son? ;)

As I type there is a whiney cling on yanking on me that does not want to go to bed. {sigh}

kids... aren't they grand?

what a night!

2011-05-18T10:31:00.015-04:00

First off, I want to express the sadness our family feels for the loss of our Aunt Shirley. Steve's mom's only sister passed away last night. We are thankful tho' and rest assured that she suffers no longer and is at peace with her creator. RIP aunt Shirley, you will be missed!

I find it difficult to follow up such a somber subject with the fact that last night I had, THE.BEST.NIGHT.EVER.

Séan singing The Reply {the ballad of John & Mary}

Jeremy and Séan singing Simple Song ~encore performance~

Jeremy
so you know EVERYONE has a favourite singer right? well last night I got to sit in the front row, got to meet, chat with, get a hug, get pictures taken with, and autographs too - MY FAVOURITE singer! I was on a cloud - I felt like a the smile on my face was 3 miles wide!

Really? do I have to explain? ;)

Every son of a sailor needs a Sailor hat no? ;)
in the bag, is a personalized washer necklace for his wife - it has their boys names on it.

He said I about made him cry.
I bet he can't wait to get home for a rest!

of course I had to snag a pic with Jeremy too!!
Also picked up his new Flood cd and got it autographed :)

They are playing again tonight & tomorrow in Toronto - but Friday is their last show on this tour, they'll be in London. I'm REALLY hoping to go it was fun, but I think if I was with the girls it could be even MORE fun ;)

really.

2011-05-16T10:23:00.005-04:00

i was thinking to myself, i really think a computer of some kind needs to be invented for in the shower. i get flooded with idea's while in the shower, and it's like magic how you shut the water off and they are all forgotten - and they were GOOD idea's too! {sigh} wonder if I just go stand there a while with a pen and paper, water off of course, if they'd come back to me? ;)

so it's monday! kiddo's are at school and altho' i have a gajillion things to do, i find my self wanting to write/type - i really need to get my thoughts together -bet i could write a book. {not that anyone would read it, but it would be their loss} lol

i'm looking forward to tomorrow going with a bestie Donna to see my favorite singer.

I am totally not the 'starstruck' type - at all - I could be standing shoulder to shoulder with some VERY famous people and either A. not even know it, B. could care less, or C. both

-what can i say it's just the way i roll.

however.

IF it's somebody who has impressed me whether it be via art, song, or laughter I totally want to meet them! I hope he has time to have pictures with and autographs. We have front row table 2 and i bet i'll be grinning the entire time ear to ear :D

happy

2011-05-15T14:30:00.003-04:00

i don't generally write about being "happy" too often... so prepare yourself!

friday we took off to watch the D-man participate in cross-country. i wasn't too sure about how the day was going to go, I had a lingering headache that I KNEW was only determined to worsen as the weather progressed. thankfully the rain held off and my shoulders were kissed ;)

D placed 3 spots better than last year ~I'm very proud of him :)

saturday the hubster went off in search of the city's 'compost for a twoonie' deal and scored free woodchips to go with it! :D {apparently in the past the city has raised over $40,000 for the food bank} I went to the Women's Show to help out in the DanceIT booth - looks like the fall classes will be full! good stuff! ;) I even got a "headgasm" massage by a firefighter ;) I was incredibly embarassed. {I'm all talk} LOL ~thanks Amanda ;)

I had a slight freak out - thought i lost my cellphone, left it at home... {whew}

so I got home, and there was a txt from Donna to go out for a double date - I figured mr. jen would totally NOT go for this -but he came through!!!! I couldn't believe my EARS! I figured for sure it would be too late... but it wasn't and we went and it was SO MUCH FUN!!!!!

minus the part where mr. jen {with WAY too much beer in his belly} babbled and babbled!!! and he just doesn't get the hints to Ferme la bouche!!! {sigh} whatever we still had a super great evening! :D

sunday nothin' doin' - it's rainy and crappy out :P

tomorrow I plan to get the house organized {AGAIN!}

so there ya have it - nothing like an impromptu night out with friends to boost the 'happy in my heart' :)

summing it up

2011-05-12T12:21:00.000-04:00

for days now, no wait more like weeks! I have been slacking in feeling motivation for house cleaning. I know, a real shocker! :P - I find it insanely difficult to even BE in this house, let alone clean it. The people that reside here with me, have pretty much ZERO in the give-a-care department for helping out. I decided to just let it all roll to see who would cave first. I'm shocked to announce it wasn't me!!!! it wasn't the husband either tho' which really shouldn't shock me, I think he could happily reside in a DUMPSTER! {ew} it was the D-man!!! I am pretty sure it was partially due to the fact that he was running out of school uniforms that he finally started to do the wash. I must say he's pretty good at it too! ;) lol -he had a good teacher!

the way I see it, {at the rate I'm going...} the house might be tidy & clean in 80-90 years.

80-90 is a common number that A throws out at me when she has to wait for something.

So far the living-dining-kitchen is vaccuumed. that's about as far as I've gotten so far.

I suck. in actuality it doesn't look like I've done a flippin' thing!

I really want to bag up a LOT of sh!t and just get it out of here! Clothing is a LARGE amount of said "sh!t" - I bet we could dress villages, with the amount of clothes that we don't need/use in this house. pathetic. problem with bagging up clothing is the husband is a hoarder and thinks he can use 'said clothing' for rags {eyeroll} I'm getting no where fast today.

I feel like baking now - mmmbaking... drooling...

who needs a clean house when you can bake?

I think more of these are required before any further cleaning nonsense!

a day

2011-05-06T11:29:00.002-04:00

i'm having a day.

the kind that you just want to start over -

the kind that you know isn't going to 'go right' no matter how hard you try or no matter what you do.

I'd love to just sit on a mountain with waves of ocean crashing below, on a perfect sunny {but not hot or humid} day. Peace. Quiet and completely stress free.

Instead I sit here looking around a house that is in COMPLETE upheaval. There isn't a single room that looks comforting, clean or welcoming. It's incredibly disappointing - depressing.

I laugh. a LOT! I crack jokes. a LOT! but the realness of it is it effin' sucks! I want to run away far, far away.

sounds like I might see my mom tonight - even if it's just for a tea :) hopefully it works out.

mother's day this weekend - no plans. what else is new?

I need to find some adrenaline or something...

May!

2011-05-04T09:53:00.004-04:00

Isn't it crazy how when a new month starts, it seems like you wonder where previous month disappeared to? man, I can't believe it's MAY - already?

I want to give a shout of congratulations out to my friend Ann and T on the birth of their sweet bundle of boy!!! :D you are going to be an awesome momma Ann {MUCH LOVE & HUGS}
I'm usually only a tweet away ;) if you need/want me :D

On May 2nd I worked the election for the first time it wasn't a great experience, wasn't TERRIBLE, but I can't say I'd do it again.

Last night was mother son night at cubs - the D man helped make and serve supper to me and it wasn't too bad - i was surprised {or STARVING} ...it was either the sketti & meatbulbs or my left arm ;)

guess i'd better get out in the sun for a bit - need my vitamin D

i know... i KNOW!

2011-04-28T22:25:00.002-04:00

I realize that I haven't blogged in a while - but I've been busy, and I haven't had a lot to really share about. ok, I'm lying but whatever! :P

maybe I'll post more soon, but still same old crap for the most part.

Are you ready for the big wedding?

I'm totally getting up at 3am to do my make up and hair - just not sure if I should wear it up or down? I don't want to insult the bride ;) I think my wedding gown should still fit - it's been almost 11 1/2 years but I think my weight has shifted ;) might be bigger in some places!
I'm totally going barefoot tho. I think it is a great idea... speaking of barefoot I learned online this week there's totally a REAL thing called barefoot running - and there's ACTUAL marathon's that people do BAREFOOT!?! tell me that's not crazy!

ya so whatever...

4 days - can I handle it?

2011-04-21T21:18:00.002-04:00

This weekend is definitely going to be a test - the weather is suppose to suck! :( I have to be in close proximity to both offspring AND the husband - God help me! {snort}

wonder if the movies are open tomorrow? probably not eh?

well wish me luck.

stay tuned to see what the Easter bunny leaves at our house ;)

{snicker}

have a great weekend!

stupid weekend.

2011-04-17T18:01:00.004-04:00

this weekend has been pretty much a whirlwind. Friday a super mega migraine woke me up. I kid you not - I thought I was dying. I had one Wednesday that I managed to fight through even tho' I wanted to vomit and sleep - I managed to hold off til the husband got home. Took a nap and felt sort of ok, but light headed and VERY tired. Went to bed and was asleep by 10. Woke up Thursday and felt fine - whew! went to DANCEiT felt a bit worse than the past 2 classes but figured whatever... showered and vegged til going to bed - that's when at about 5 am I was awakened by severe head pain. light/noise forget it! but as it goes around here there's no rest for the wicked... so I continued on with the routine. Fighting every moment... by days end the man was walking in the door and I was headed for bed! I am trying to nail down all my actions, food and drink consumption, the weather - and hopefully I'll be able to get the dr.'s to assist me in figuring something out b/c this is SO not "normal". whatever - today I woke up sorta ok - still not headache free, but I get to the point of if it's not feeling like death than it's not too bad.

Super unhappy with the husband - all I think I want is his attention {and for him to quit drinking so f'n much!} trying to think of happier times... it shouldn't be this difficult.

whatever.

so after Jillian Michael's raving about K-Swiss Tubes - I HAD to check them out. they are MORE amazing than you can imagine!!! I HAD TO OWN THEM! and the price wasn't too bad. A similar brand that rhymes with BeeRok has a VERY similar shoe that was $120. I didn't even try them on due to the price... I tried on many various brands and styles and am very happy with my K-Swiss Tubes :D I picked the brightest pair they had...

Lime GREEN!

they are like wearing slippers.. and I am the QUEEN of picky for runners.

just sayin' ;)

hello SUNSHINE!

2011-04-14T15:27:00.003-04:00

it's finally a beautiful day here, still a bit on the cooler side in the shade but still feels ok sitting outside {where I am right now} with the dog learning to stay on the front porch while the kids play on the driveway {mean, ya kinda} :P

so how's the water consumption going? so far I am holding steady at 4-5 cups a day. I've been consistant on the apple a day too! I haven't been so successful on the healthy choices and limiting the amount of food I want yet - but all in due time :)

Tonight is danceIT - and I really want to get out before class to get some new shoes - my feet aren't loving my shoes anymore.

oh ya! and since when did it become ok? cool? fashionable? to wear track pants? I mean for real. So I'm glad some people have the "I don't really care what people think, but seriously TRACK PANTS??? and even worse PYJAMA pants! REALLY? in public? I recall being in highschool and thinking that people that wore track pants {other than in gym class} were losers! yup, you read it LOO-ZER! and pyjama pants? Here's a clue, do the flippin' WASH!

k my hands are officially freezing cold to the point of typing right involves a crapload of backspace!

not much else worth saying right now - hope you have a good night :)

part duex

2011-04-12T15:58:00.005-04:00

so i told you that i also had more to say...

aside from being tired, I am SO excited to announce I found a kick-ass website that keeps me lazy!!! how cool is that??? I just have to take the time to remember what I've eaten and log in to record it! yay!!! I never remember to write down stuff, but this website makes it *SO* stinkin' easy!! and let's face it I like easy ;) are you dying for the link yet? k - here ya go!

it helps you to keep track of portions, CONSUMING WATER! ~AMANDA!!! {grin} it also calculates how much excercise you do and GET THIS!!! doing laundry burns calories!!!!!
I KNOW!?! right? HELLO??? awesome!?! groceries too!!! oh ya, the site...

did I mention you can keep track of your water consumption? I'm at 4 cups already today! I figured out a great little trick - for me- I HATE cold water, even when we go out for supper I ask for no or little ice - if it's too cold i won't drink it. So, I use the same glass and know where the "magic" line is ;) and when I am done the first glass I refill and leave it readily accessible on the counter that way when I am "bored" and wondering around the kitchen island I will see it and remember to drink! and it will be the perfect room temperature!

right, to the site!!!

EVERYDAY HEALTH

now don't go and get all freaky about the calorie thing, just remember to journal your food/drink and excercise and you will eventually start to change your habits on *THINKING* before you consume. ;) trust me! one of the most valuable things my dietician told me was that a habit takes 30 days to create! so I figured it also takes 30 days to break!

anyone a chip chomper? I *HEART* chips!

I'm not afraid to admit it. I crave them...

i decided to simply NOT keep them in the house.

first I started with only having tostito's {you know white corn chips}

and now we're down to none. I use to buy 3 bags of chips, plus the corn chips.

now - I skip that isle {unless it's my MUST have} week! ;)

Today I tried a new snack food they're called Veggie Straws.

they are pretty good. Taste, texture, and not too bad on the nutritional value part too!

Next time you want some chips -look for these instead!

{I got them at W-mart but I know that Costco has them too!}

Let me know what you think!

and we're going to start a new challenge at our house, want to join?

the kids and I are horrible about eating enough fruit - we are going to start eating 1 apple EVERYDAY no matter what,

BUT in addition to that, we're also going to try to ADD a second piece of fruit as well!

wanna join us?

{feel free to comment} or if you'd rather email me! :)

jenthehoover@gmail.com

how YOU doin'?

2011-04-12T10:11:00.003-04:00

time for a mini b!tchfest! -so my house, let's face it, it's not the taj-mahal SURPRISE! i know, i know, you are all flaberghast and I'll give you a minute while that bit of news sets in. ;) {grin}

K, so this morning my bratty little kid is feeling MUCH better than yesterday,

how I can tell you ask?

-she's whiney, annoying me and jumping around the living like I love *so* much. However, surprise, she's not the reason for the b!tchfest this a.m - You may ask is it because I woke up this a.m after danceIT last night unable to move? and you'd be wrong again! ;o) {ok, for the record, I do have some tender muscles but oh, the burn reminds me of the efforts that I'm putting in! and it's going to be TOTALLY worth it!}

So what? what could it possibly be that has me cranky?

well...

If you guessed that it could be THIS DINO-BIRD-BEAST! YOU would be the winner!

Let's face it, I don't ~LOVE~ cleaning. I especially don't love cleaning when the other 3 humans that live here could give a rip less and would happily live in a barn! {not that I'm knocking barns!!} but just sayin'...

So this a.m I got the recycling & trash all out, dusted, cleaned/changed the bird cages and vacuumed the "LDK" {livingroom, diningarea, kitchen} as it's all pretty much one big connected space now. Finally decided to sit down and tweet, facebook, blog, etc. I reheated my coffee {i know GROSS!} but whatever. Logged onto my lifeline - and the DINO-BIRD-BEAST decided to shred the clean paper and proceed to throw it all out onto the floor, dusty bird feathers included.

{sigh} good thing the LDK keeps everything so accessible - yanked the vacuum out and started all over again!

I plan to blog more b/c I have some good stuff to talk about too, but I'm not in the mood right now! :P

accountability

2011-04-08T14:41:00.003-04:00

I am going to try again.

try to be more accountable for my health and well being.

if I don't do who will!?

I am going to keep a food journal and I'm going to keep it handy
I'm going to drink LOTS more water and keep track of it to make sure!
walking the extra mile, ok, I don't know exactly how far I'll get but on the days the kiddo's are in school I'm going to get out and walk after dropping them off.
snacks - going to limit to nothing past 8pm and anything after supper is going to be limited
more excercise - I'm joining DanceIT! :D I'm super excited to feel and look awesome!

I can't really put this off any longer - with the good weather around the corner, that only means that good LOCAL food will be easier (and possibly cheaper) to find!

anyone want to join me? we can do our own weigh in and measuring - {don't have to share the numbers} just only do it once a week. ;)

come on let's be accountable to our SELVES! :D

we're TOTaLLy worth it!

is this for real?

2011-04-06T19:21:00.002-04:00

i could be dreaming.

{and if I am, DO NOT wake me up!} ;)

Today my inlaws came to hang out with me... fil has been helping Steve-aroni when he can with the house... {GAH!} mil helped me with organizing and pitching a BUNCHA-JUNK! I had 1 bag already full and we filled a second {even bigger} bag today - as well as a few smaller bags of stuff.

the front entry doesn't look like a death trap anymore {wooot wooooot!!} we also sorted a stack of crap on the {makeshift} island. It makes me feel like I can ACTUALLY relax without guilt! YAY!!

so the short version - i'm going to park my ass on the couch watch Republic of Doyle and probably go to bed! ~even tho' I really want to eat warm homemade cookies til I puke

I seriously need to get more excercise - walking to the school and back 8 times today totally doesn't count.

low energy

2011-04-05T20:36:00.004-04:00

I don't want to complain, but our house is a MESS!

I'm talking DISASTER - I made the kids watch Hoarders the other night, and told them our house isn't far off :P
I've told them numerous times that if our house ever caught fire - their room is a hazzard! I didn't mean to scare them, but I've tried every trick/method I could think of ~it didn't work either... back to the drawRing board!

Throw in that our basement is compleeeeeetely out of commission, our 'old' kitchen that is turning into D-mans new room is also out of commission right now. There is literally NO WHERE to go or put a single freakin' thing in this house! O.O

I feel SO embarassed whenever people come over :(

I know everyone says "we come to see you not your house" - but seriously...

This is INSANE!

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

it's a monday...

2011-03-28T09:10:00.003-04:00

DEEP SIGH!

it's monday. normally for me that would be fine and dandy, but today the girl is home {save me!} she does have a birthday party to attend this evening and 2 days in a row back in school tho' so I'll survive ;)

backing up for a minute to Saturday.

we spent the day celebrating D-man's 9th birthday!! :D Started out going for breakfast, getting a new furnace, bowling with friends, and watching movies with our friends. I didn't get very good pictures...

i'm feeling trapped lately. my mind wants to do so many wonderful things, including exercise, meditate, and please people. however, it seems like there are mixed wires, b/c i just can't seem to function - there is too much funk blocking my path.

the renovations are so out of control right now - i want to get a wrecking ball and go nuts! my husband, doesn't seem to mind living in COMPLETE AND UTTER CHAOS! which I really don't understand. It makes me want to sleep, hide, run away, anything but be here. I feel like there isn't a lot I can do to help, so for the most part I've been trying to stay out of the way. Even when there is something I can do, he b!tches at me for not doing it right - rather than taking the second to explain his madness.

{DEEPER SIGH}

seriously? yep.

OMG!

2011-03-25T19:42:00.003-04:00

ok, so like my FAVORITE male singer is totally doing a {sorta solo} tour, and guess what?!

Donna totally scored us FRONT ROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D I owe her LARGE!!!!!!!!

~I can't wait... I'm beyond excited.

please vote!!! ~daily~

2011-03-21T17:35:00.002-04:00

I entered Jack into a cutest pet contest...

if you wouldn't mind voting for him, we'd appreciate it! :)

Jack and I would LOVE for you to vote!!! :D

it's one of THOSE days

2011-03-20T13:12:00.002-04:00

you know the ones.

~you sleep like crap, wake up a dozen times just to look at the clock

~are awakened before you are ready

~coffee in a travel mug that doesn't taste perfect

~see a guy swerving in traffic only to pull up alongside him and see he's taking his last puff off a joint

~getting cut off in traffic by somebody who proceeds to do the same speed or less than the guy he was already behind

~coming home to the same messy house {sigh}

~wanting 1 cup of GOOD hot coffee and there's only 1/2 a cup left and it needs to be nuked.

i'm tired. and cranky.

but let's get happy!

I only have 1/4 of a headache.

the husband {growl} is making lunch

the son had fun at cub camp and stayed the entire weekend.

tomorrow is back to school {WAHOO!!}

I figured out some computer software that was making me mental yesterday!

my children...

2011-03-17T11:32:00.001-04:00

I've determined that it is in fact true that my kids are demons!

not kidding.

they are creatures that have been sent to earth, to me specifically, to make me think that *I* am insane - however, the truth is THEY ARE EVIL!

they laugh when I tell them they need to put THEIR toys away, scream and yell at me when I tell them it's time to make THEIR beds, get dressed, and they whine and cry at me when I ask that they help with THEIR laundry!

however, they stomp their feet, slam doors, scream, yell and cry if I don't do what THEY want when THEY want it.

when did this happen?

I am beginning to wonder if I really should believe in demon possession! or alien mind and body control abduction!

my hubby is pretty paitient, but I think he's even realizing {finally} that they are heathen!

....sigh....

now, where's that wooden spoon! ;)

oops!

2011-03-13T20:08:00.002-04:00

i guess with the title of the next post I should explain!

so with my kiddo's away, I didn't see them yesterday and I got home too late to talk to them...

today I spoke to my darling Allycat {she's 5} this was our conversation:

A: "i miss you mom"

J: "aww, i miss you too sweetie, did you know what yesterday was?"

A: "umm, umm... your birthday?"

J: "Yup!"

A: "mommm, I forget what you look like"

J: [wanting to bust out laughing hysterically, but refrains from doing so] "well I don't look any different from the other day!"

A: "how old are you now?"

J: [without thinking] "how old do you think I am?"

A: "ummmmm, 59? mommmmm, are you older than grandma?"

J: [doesn't hold back the laughter] "um, no!"

If I look this good at 59 I'll be RAWKin' it! ;)

35, 59.... whatever :P

2011-03-13T19:52:00.003-04:00

my father in law has been helping dh with the reno's last week, and on Friday the kiddo's started their spring break, so they went home with papa. I got to spend my birthday with some of my family that get together weekly for breakfast - then Steve wasn't feeling well, so Donna kidnapped me {of course with a bit of arm twisting} ;) lol we ended up in Buffalo for the afternoon/evening we had TONS OF FUN! I convinced myself to splurge and got....

yay!!! and it's aqua! :D

{wish it was more teal-but who's being picky?}

I GOT A CRICUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All I want to do is SCRAPBOOK! lol

and of course ALL my stuff is totally packed up :(

Tonight I made a super delicious supper:

Capellini Pomadoro with cheesey garlic bread and white zinfendel

it was SO AMAZINGLY YUMMY!!

of course i have a stupid wine headache - only had 1 glass.

anyway... looking forward to visiting with my mom tomorrow.

Thanks to EVERYONE for all the wonderful birthday wishes! :D

tomorrow is the day

2011-03-11T13:55:00.003-05:00

my big fat 35th birthday...

no idea what I'll spend the day doing,

altho' I can think of a MILLION

secret things I'd like to do! ;)

just another day

2011-03-09T13:28:00.003-05:00

Nothing really up today... it's been rainy and sorta dreary, spurts of snow, and mini ice pellets, just crappy!

I had to get my license and health card renewed so I went and took care of that today. Picked up a few groceries on my way home - I have {ANOTHER} headache :( I know why, but there really isn't anything more that I can do to aid it. While I was at the grocery store this old fart was YELLING at the lady he was with - at first I assumed it was his wife {and it likely was} but for her sake I hope it wasn't. He was mad b/c he couldn't find her in the store - what a jerk! they looked to be in their 70's? why do people think they have the right to do that to somebody else? regardless of age or gender? to be humiliated like that is just horrible! :(

My hubby has been seriously busting a move on the house - I'm VERY happy to talk about and configure what we're going to do to the spaces that we're fixing up! Right now the plan is to move our laundry appliances into the furnace room, so we can fix up the {current} laundry room to be a second bathroom!!!! :D yay!!! how exciting would it be to not have to be rushed off the crapper!

quicky

2011-03-07T23:33:00.002-05:00

i'm super tired, but realized i haven't updated in a couple days! ;)

We've been busy with deleting a kitchen! yay!!! we emptied out the old kitchen and ripped it all down {found some prizes hiding under the old cupboards}

tonight i spent the evening with my friend Donna stampin' and card making, it was a very welcoming evening!!!

I haven't seen it yet, but I heard my 'darling' son, decided to take it upon himself to cut.his.hair!

-I so want to cry! :( {sigh}

anyway...goodnight!

TGIF! {bird pic - warning!} ;)

2011-03-04T08:58:00.003-05:00

if you know me well at all, you should know that I *LIVE* for Fridays!!

I have NO idea why {so don't ask}

I think it seems like a day for fun, and frivolity!! <--WOAH!

where did THAT word come from!?! O.o

I haven't mentioned a certain feathery friend in a while...

{WARNING: bird lovers and haters - picture of my african grey "Pearl"}

she has been making me so frustrated. I love her to feathers and dust! but she will NOT and I mean *WILL NOT!* let her feathers grow! She has a clean bill of health - but I think she must secretly be reading my mind and as a typical youngster, deliberately disobeying me! We have been learning more and more about each other, I have been able to read her signs MUCH better when she wants attention but without being touched, and vice versa. Before she'd just chomp me! and can you SEE THAT HOOK? *yeeeouch!*

April 17th, Pearl will be turning 4 this year!!

day 3 of me

2011-03-03T19:00:00.000-05:00

today I spent the day playing with my friend's Cricut!!!!

it was SO MUCH FUN!!!! O.O I want one

I also jumped on her treadmill for a bit

I steadily increased until I reached a slow jog

I was able to burn 56 calories in like 10 minutes!!!

I want one of these now too!!!

dear husband,

you can blame Lynn

the countdown

2011-03-02T11:06:00.000-05:00

I was wondering when you do a countdown, to a specific date how do YOU do it?

because upon thinking of a 'countdown' my mind automatically thinks counting backwards, 10. 9. 8. etc
for some reason I got to thinking, {and that in itself is rather frightening!} ;) maybe it's suppose to be the other way? like the calendar? today is day 2 or is it day 10?

Yesterday for myself, I spent an hour and a bit excercising with the new wii just dance 2!
it wasn't hard core, but I kept my heartrate up, sweated to the point of needing a shower before picking the kids up from school, started to feel my endorphins kicking in and man it felt GREAT!

so far today - I went to the dr. to get some test results. Survey says: there's nothing wrong that a bit more fiber and excercise won't fix! ;) yay!!
while I was waiting for the dr. I could overhear other staff talking about smoothies, and I've never really been a 'smoothy' kinda gal... but I thought, m'eh, why not give it a try. If I hate it, live and learn! ;) so on my way home, I picked up some yogurt, strawberries and a few other necessities of the house. Now to find the blender and give it a shot.

I've been working on some crocheting for my friend Donna - I'm hoping to finish the little freak for her today :) maybe I'll even take pics?

i have a headache - i freakin' HATE headaches! they suck the life out of me.

tonight on the menu: chicken pot pie Hoover style - it's not what you might think ;) it's actually a stew with homemade noodles.

12 days of birthday

2011-02-28T10:54:00.002-05:00

I'm not sure why but I've always liked celebrating my birthday - weird? maybe...

I think I'm going to have a 12 days of birthday countdown! lol why not?

I've been feeling entirely low lately {and altho' I think I know why, I'm going to keep it to myself}

So in hopes to cure this sh!tty feeling, I'm going to attempt to do something for ME everyday for the next 12 days that I have left of being 34.

Sounds fair doesn't it? ;)

happy Friday!

2011-02-25T09:03:00.008-05:00

like my new spectacles? :D

i don't have them yet, but hopefully soon. {march 1st}

{I'm tired of squinting!} >.<

So there was some major hype about the potential of a snow day today for the kids...

It makes me laugh, mostly b/c the teachers are going to be dealing with some *VERY* unhappy students today! They should know better by now not to say anything too soon!

It seems to happen all too often.

It seems that the news is ALWAYS on our tv, and it's not even like we're watching it. Something that REALLY irritates me, is that there are so many things that could make the news, but it seems there are too many people that only want bad news. What about the positive stuff that happens, no, not that some Beaver-dude met Gretzky, but what about things that go on in the community?

just a thought... how about finding out about the clubs that go on? what about LOCAL sporting events? Too many people jump to the negative too quickly, WAY too often.

oh, and another thing that drives me CRAZY, is that they are always saying:

"[insert name] is IN HOSPITAL" aren't they, in THE? hospital?

~just sayin'~ :P

I went on a field trip with my son's class last week, took a few pics...

here are my top favorites :)

~*~*~HappY fRiDaY!~*~*~*

Feb 22

2011-02-22T21:20:00.002-05:00

Don't ya just LOVE your kids? {provided of course you have them} Mine are great!

they are kind, considerate of others, have manners and are quite courteous...

of course, this is what people tell me. I have yet to witness such lies...

I had picked up my son a couple of books that I thought would peek interest in a nearly 9 year old boy... titles which include: Slime Time, the day EVERYTHING tasted like broccoli, and George's Marvelous Medicine. Do you know what my "kind, considerate and courteous" son said to me?

{with a MEGA DISAPPROVAL look on his face}

"mom, I don't like reading novel books! I thought you knew that!"

I think once I dug myself up from the 4 feet of dirt he kicked on me, I couldn't believe how rude this punk is! {gah!} I wanted to cram those books down his rotten neck!

aren't kids great? {eye roll}

shopping for glasses

2011-02-17T16:09:00.003-05:00

yikes!

who knew there were SO MANY OPTIONS!?! and genius me, to think bringing a 5 year was a good idea?!?! ~she actually was really good! :) I even let her try a pair on she wants momma to have purple or bright pink ones... good think she's not picking for me!

I'm thinking of checking out the mall... so far the place that I had the eye exam wants around $200-$250 for 1 pair, Haakim wants $300 for 2 pair {but one pair cannot be sunglasses} that would be an additional $75... and Sears wants $409.99 for 2 pair 1 of which can be sunglasses.

my head is spinning! our insurance only offers $200 maximum every 2 years, and the exam is not covered at all it put me back $85. Eyes are expensive! 8)

the man is working late again - another 'after hours' meeting... {gah!} I HATE it when he works late....bonus tho' he is off tomorrow :) yay!!

now... dare I attempt to shop with BOTH kids this evening? at the MALL?

I think I'm getting hives just thinking about it!

as if...

2011-02-16T13:57:00.003-05:00

ok, so it's not a BIG one - not one that ends with a *ZERO* but in 24 days I'm turning 35!

THIRTY FIVE!!! I remember when I was little my nana use to tell me she was 35 {she would have really been like closer to 70} but I had NO idea when I was only like 5!

I had to have a physical this week {BLEH!} why doesn't somebody invent an exteme contraption for men to need a similar procedure? huh? :P {snicker} along with such an event, I knew I needed an eye exam - it's been WELL over 5 years and whaddya know... i need glasses. I can't really say that I'm surprised. I'm squinting as I type :P LoL

I have SO much to do I really shouldn't be sitting here...

love day

2011-02-14T11:28:00.003-05:00

"happy valentine's day" he said,

"you want me to move the truck don't you?" i asked.

"yup!" was his reply.

~ain't life grand? :P lol

last night I spent from 8pm {after i got the kids ready for bed} until 11:3o pm baking and cleaning up the kitchen. I made {fake} red velvet cupcakes for the kids to share at school.

(fake in a sense that i just added red food dye to the chocolate fudge cake mix)

so today I took D to the dr. his eyes are all red even tho' he says they don't really bother him, it bothers ME to look at them! we were in and out in 10 minutes!! that is amazing and awesome :)

i have to go back this afternoon for an appointment for me {yay! ~not!}

Feb something?

2011-02-11T11:08:00.002-05:00

you know it was brought to my attention just now {from my inner voice no less} that's it's probably a good thing that my hubster has no interest in reading my blog - or if he does it's unknown to me...

i feel like being random lately.

I'm infamous at random ;) I have inner voices, we all do, i don't care who you are, YOU HAVE AN INNER VOICE! I just happen to listen to mine sometimes, and I know my husband does too, mostly because I'll catch him nodding his head as if he's in agreement with something, but nobody is talking to him. at times he'll look completely engulfed in his own world - it's HIGHLY entertaining {grin}

we don't really talk much - is that really a bad thing? sometimes it bugs me, but then when he does start talking i really wish he'd have more interesting things to say.

it's snowing here. again. the sun is shining but there are flurries in the frigid air.

not sure what i feel like doing today ~ i probably should clean the house {sigh} bleh, I think that I'm going to ask for a cleaning lady, maybe for mother's day. even tho' my birthday comes first, don't you think a one time cleaning lady would be the PERFECT mother's day gift?

right now i just don't know where to begin, i seriously lack motivation.

i'm looking forward to this weekend. the kiddo's are suppose to be heading out to my inlaws. i'm not getting too hopeful tho', it never fails... something will end up kiboshing the plans.

i probably should eat something... and i need to get new boots - i HATE my boots.

told ya.

~RAN.dom~

Feb 7

2011-02-07T12:21:00.002-05:00

A day to myself... and what do I do?

so far I went and had tea with a couple friends, came home, shovelled.

Played with the dogs {we're dog sitting} Jack is in heaven! ;) lol

her name is Ruby :)

then I did a load of laundry and wasted the rest of the time thus far both starring out the window, at the wall and the computer monitor. I just don't feel like I have the energy today to do anything!

{sigh} there is plenty to do though.

I use to tidy the house all up on mondays, but today I'm thinking it should be NAPday!

more to feb. 5th

2011-02-05T20:07:00.001-05:00

just have to appologize for the following post - i was having issues this evening and there are MEGA gaps in the next post. Sorry bout that!

Feb. 5th

2011-02-05T19:01:00.012-05:00

~As promised... more pictures this month~

Keeping the theme of things that I love...

**COOKIES!** the biscotti finally arrived!!! 14 days!

Who couldn't love this!??!

Any time that we get 1/2 the amount of snow they call for and

that hubby shovels is good with me :)

I came home one night after teaching card class with Donna

and my hubby had made dessert!

Some decorations that the girl and I made this week.

so on with the story...

well he did it! D went with his cub-pack to a sleep over night ops last night at the heritage warplane museum. We were positive we'd have gotten a call in the night - I even spent the night on the couch, just incase... I knew that as soon as I was all comfortable in my bed the phone would ring. The problem with sleeping on our couch - it's seriously uncomfortable. I woke up feeling like my head was being beaten like a drum. It's still hovering...

I.HATE.headaches.

they suck the life right out of me.

Today we were suppose to attend my neice's 10th birthday - it's hard to believe it's been 10 years since I held that sweet little baby girl for the first time. We ended up missing, the noise from my own 2 rugrats was enough to nearly do me in - let alone my sister's 4 and then the other guests that were there...

I'm looking forward to monday - yup. M-O-N-D-A-Y! darling A has been home with me "mom'ing" my face off for 6 consecutive days NON STOP! It's time for her to go back to SCHOOL! for the good of ALL of our health ;)

it's FEBRUARY!

2011-02-01T08:37:00.004-05:00

know what that means?
-duh, it means January is OVER what did ya think it meant? ;)

My sweet little girl just shared my first *love* story for this month of ~love~

A: "mom" {for the record she says MOM about 230489150932875 times a day, er make that per hour} so where was i? oh ya! "MOM"

J: "what?"

A: "um, you know when i go to school and i'm gone all day?"

J: {smiling -LARGE! ;) then snaps back to reality} "yes"

A: "well how about if I kiss your hand before I go, and then when you miss me you can put my kiss on your cheek"

J: {with heart melting and feelings of guilt for being happy 5 seconds earlier} "awww, that would be so sweet! did you think of that?"

A: "no it was in a book"

;)

so this month I'm going to try to share stories that touch me in a happy~love way :D

also be prepared I'm also going to step up my pictures too!

~find something in your day that you *love* even if you LOVE to hate something! ;)

Jan 27th

2011-01-27T16:05:00.002-05:00

This month is flying by!!! I can't say I'm going to blog as much in Feb. mostly likely not daily.

Throughout the day SO many things happen and I think - 'gotta blog that' and when I finally get the chance I have no memory of what on earth it was that was so "mind blowing"

I made cookies today.... the chocolate chip variety. You'd probably think that chocolate chip cookies are all the same, and for the most part I would tend to agree. However my poor sister can't seem to bake chocolate chip cookies to save her life! ;) {sorry Amie} they are clumps of brick I tell ya... break a tooth on those bad boys! I found a recipe online {found here} that is very similar to what I 'usually' make... melting the butter was nothing new to me :P
If I was a nice sister... I'd take some over to her ;) Too bad I'm not that nice eh? {snort}
~don't be bashing me, i might! :P {might even print out the recipe for her too} would that be adding insult to injury?

Tonight for supper I'm making poached salmon with hollandaise sauce, probably boiled potato's with it. maybe BLT salad? not sure yet.

Jan 26

2011-01-26T16:10:00.002-05:00

still no biscotti! I'm beginning to wonder if they smelled the package and ate it! :(

I am battling a weather induced headache - it bites...

I went to the second hand shop today - found a pair of brand new oven mitts with long arms

I've been toying with the idea to decorate for {Love} day... not sure if I will but thinking on it anyway. if I do, I'll share pics

I'm having a SCENTSY party this Friday - want anything? I can ship it to you ;)

this is Margot January's warmer of the month...

Jan 24

2011-01-24T13:49:00.003-05:00

ever notice when you are waiting for something the time goes SO SLOW???
my bff made and sent me BISCOTTI!!!! and it should be here today... like NOW!
I can't wait... :D

I am trying {unsuccessfully} to get her to put together a recipe book! She is an AMAZING cook!! and photographer!! therefore a perfect reason to put together a cookbook right?
maybe if I start a campaign she'd give in and DO IT! ;)
I even suggested a pdf version - therefore people can buy it and download and nobody has to deal with shipping etc.

not much else going on here... usual monday crap laundry, grocery shopping, tidying, blah, blah, blah...

at least we're all feeling better!!! YAH!!! :D