Last week was a momentus one for our little family! Wednesday was Liam's first day of kindergarten <3 I can't believe that he's already off to school, it seems like just yesterday that we brought him home from the hospital... I know, I know, how much more cliche can you get? And before I became a parent I would have totally agreed with you, but it's true... time flies by faster than you realize until some milestone comes along to remind you of how much time has passed and how little you've paid attention!
Rowan also started a new phase, he's going to a new daycare now. And he's going by himself! It's the first time in his life that he won't spend all day, everyday with his big brother. I was so concerned about how he was going to handle the big change; I talked with him about it for DAYS ahead of time, making it sound like the best daycare EVER and how lucky he was to get to go there and what a big boy he is now that he's going to daycare by himself. He was pretty stoked, he even rubbed it in Liam's face a couple of times for good measure!
So the big day comes and Rowan is going to daycare for a whole day all by himself! Liam hasn't started kindergarted just yet, he has to spend one whole day and part of three more days at the fill in babysitter's by himself. We're in the car on the way to town and Rowan starts talking about how he's so excited and he's going to play with all the new toys and tell his new "daycare lady" all about what we did on the weekend. I was feeling pretty good about preparing him and making it a seemless transition for him! That is until Liam figured out what was going on...
It turns out that I was prepping the wrong kid! Liam flipped and had a TOTAL meltdown in the back seat! He started crying and blubbering about missing his little brother and what was he going to do all day without him! I started trying to calm him down, telling him that he gets to start kindergarten the next day and it's only one day by himself at the fill in sitter... I was concerned that he was going to get Rowan going and that he wouldn't want me to leave him at the new daycare... but once again, I was WAY off base!
Rowan starts telling Liam "it's okay" and "we'll see each other after Mommy's finished work" and "we can tell each other all about our day when we are driving home tonight"! It was so cute, in the end it was Rowan that got Liam to stop crying. And when I dropped him off he had no problem walking right into the daycare and barely even let me hug and kiss him goodbye!
That night when Neil got home Rowan told him "I went to my new babysitters today and I didn't even CRY!!!" It was pretty cute ;-)
Monday, September 12, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
I just want to be left alone....
Now I'm sure that if I said those 7 words to any other mother, or woman for that matter, that she would say "okay, I get it, we'll talk later, get some rest" or something equally sympathetic.
These are the exact words that I said, repeatedly, to my husband and children last night and what did they say to me in response? I'm sure you're thinking "well, they must have understood that you were exhausted and feeling awful (what with you curled up in a ball under the covers in your bed at 6:30 in the evening) and they immediately left you alone and fended for themselves for the evening".... you're wrong, terribly terribly wrong!!
Instead, my children bombarded me with questions and demands... "we're hungry, when's Daddy coming home, why do kittens lick their bums, where's my teddy bear, etc etc etc infinity" and my husband (who I will give some credit too and say that he's usually a pretty understanding guy) "aww, you're not feeling well? are you gonna live? did you even start supper? so I had to update my cell phone today and I lost, like, 90% of my contacts! how do I fix that? can you help me get them back?"
SERIOUSLY!!! This is what I was listening too, while lying there feeling like total shit and just wanting to get some sleep! I'm usually a pretty decent mother and wife... if I feel awful I'll cook a half arsed meal for my family, you know, Kraft Dinner with chopped up wieners and some steamed broccoli. I usually wait to crawl pathetically into bed until the kids are asleep and I've have a little chat with my husband about his day. But yesterday I was so exhausted that I considered pulling over on the side of the road on my way home to have a little nap because I thought I might fall asleep driving. But then I realized that there was no way the kids would be quiet in the back seat while I got a few winks and made them sing the alphabet song until we got home to keep me from crashing into the ditch! Ask my coworkers, I almost fell asleep at my computer yesterday afternoon! I think the reason that I was so tired was that I wasn't feeling well (I may as well tell you, it's my period, I had cramps and felt nauseous all day and it always wears me out and makes me so tired I can hardly function).
I've already told you that Neil is usually a pretty understanding guy. He doesn't have a problem with me making crappy dinner for them when I feel shitty and he gets that once a month I have a couple of days where I need extra rest and down time. But I guess yesterday he forgot that he's supposed to leave me alone when I say "I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE"!! I almost threw the lamp off my bedside table at his head!
But they eventually got the message and stopped bothering me. I did get over 10 hours of sleep last night. Not completely uninterrupted, but whatever. And when I was in the shower this morning Liam came into the bathroom and informed me that he'd peed the bed. And when I went into Rowan's room to help him get dressed for the day I saw that he'd also peed the bed. So I had to do a load of laundry before I left the house this morning. But I was so well rested that I didn't give a shit!
Thanks for reading this post! I wasn't planning on using this blog to complain about things that don't bear complaining about. My life is pretty damned good compared to the lives of 90% the rest of the world. But I was just so annoyed last night that I felt the need to vent and I figured my few readers would understand and even empathize with my woes.
These are the exact words that I said, repeatedly, to my husband and children last night and what did they say to me in response? I'm sure you're thinking "well, they must have understood that you were exhausted and feeling awful (what with you curled up in a ball under the covers in your bed at 6:30 in the evening) and they immediately left you alone and fended for themselves for the evening".... you're wrong, terribly terribly wrong!!
Instead, my children bombarded me with questions and demands... "we're hungry, when's Daddy coming home, why do kittens lick their bums, where's my teddy bear, etc etc etc infinity" and my husband (who I will give some credit too and say that he's usually a pretty understanding guy) "aww, you're not feeling well? are you gonna live? did you even start supper? so I had to update my cell phone today and I lost, like, 90% of my contacts! how do I fix that? can you help me get them back?"
SERIOUSLY!!! This is what I was listening too, while lying there feeling like total shit and just wanting to get some sleep! I'm usually a pretty decent mother and wife... if I feel awful I'll cook a half arsed meal for my family, you know, Kraft Dinner with chopped up wieners and some steamed broccoli. I usually wait to crawl pathetically into bed until the kids are asleep and I've have a little chat with my husband about his day. But yesterday I was so exhausted that I considered pulling over on the side of the road on my way home to have a little nap because I thought I might fall asleep driving. But then I realized that there was no way the kids would be quiet in the back seat while I got a few winks and made them sing the alphabet song until we got home to keep me from crashing into the ditch! Ask my coworkers, I almost fell asleep at my computer yesterday afternoon! I think the reason that I was so tired was that I wasn't feeling well (I may as well tell you, it's my period, I had cramps and felt nauseous all day and it always wears me out and makes me so tired I can hardly function).
I've already told you that Neil is usually a pretty understanding guy. He doesn't have a problem with me making crappy dinner for them when I feel shitty and he gets that once a month I have a couple of days where I need extra rest and down time. But I guess yesterday he forgot that he's supposed to leave me alone when I say "I JUST WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE"!! I almost threw the lamp off my bedside table at his head!
But they eventually got the message and stopped bothering me. I did get over 10 hours of sleep last night. Not completely uninterrupted, but whatever. And when I was in the shower this morning Liam came into the bathroom and informed me that he'd peed the bed. And when I went into Rowan's room to help him get dressed for the day I saw that he'd also peed the bed. So I had to do a load of laundry before I left the house this morning. But I was so well rested that I didn't give a shit!
Thanks for reading this post! I wasn't planning on using this blog to complain about things that don't bear complaining about. My life is pretty damned good compared to the lives of 90% the rest of the world. But I was just so annoyed last night that I felt the need to vent and I figured my few readers would understand and even empathize with my woes.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Gak, I Have Yellow Fingernails!!!
But don't worry, it's not due to some weird disease or eating too many cheesies (though the latter isn't out of the realm of possibility!) It's from all of the vegetables I chopped up over the weekend for my canning!
I've got jars of pickled carrots lined up on my counter right now, with the dill and garlic it looks lovely! My best friend Andrea and I did the carrots (picked fresh from out garden that afternoon!) We even got adventurous and tried purple onion jelly.... it tastes MUCH better than it sounds! The onions were also from my garden. I planted a whole row of purple onions and I knew I was never going to go through all of them before they started to go bad (I also have a whole row of white onions that I'm trying to use up) so we thought we'd try this jelly recipe. One batch only makes 3 250ml jars, so we made 2 batches and it's very tasty. Definitely oniony but also, there's so much sugar in it (3 cups each batch) that it's pretty sweet too. Kind of a savoury taste. It will be excellent on crackers with cream cheese.
The carrots we will have to let sit for a few weeks to pickle properly before we try them, but we've both made them before and they're always tasty. Andrea and I have always enjoyed pickled foods.... pickled beans, pickled hot peppers, pickled beets, pickled cucumbers (aka pickles). So pickled carrots are a natural evolution for us!
I also got all of the zucchini, white onions, various bell peppers and jalapenos chopped up for salsa. The recipe is used almost exclusively amongst my family. We've done big "salsa making parties" where 3 or 4 of us get together and spend the weekend chopping and canning to make dozens of jars of the stuff. We always have a great time but it is difficult to co-ordinate everyone. So this year I just made myself a couple of batches... Well, it's half made. You chop everything up and let it sit for 24 hours (or 36 in my case) all mixed together with some coarse salt, which all smells delicious, by the way! Then the next day you add the tomatoes and various spices and once it's all cooked you can it. The whole process is a bit time consuming but the end result is totally worth it!! Trust me, find yourself a good recipe and stop buying shitty salsa at the store, it tastes WAY better and when you're eating it you'll enjoy it that much more knowing that it was all of your hard work and effort that went into making such a tasty treat!
I've got jars of pickled carrots lined up on my counter right now, with the dill and garlic it looks lovely! My best friend Andrea and I did the carrots (picked fresh from out garden that afternoon!) We even got adventurous and tried purple onion jelly.... it tastes MUCH better than it sounds! The onions were also from my garden. I planted a whole row of purple onions and I knew I was never going to go through all of them before they started to go bad (I also have a whole row of white onions that I'm trying to use up) so we thought we'd try this jelly recipe. One batch only makes 3 250ml jars, so we made 2 batches and it's very tasty. Definitely oniony but also, there's so much sugar in it (3 cups each batch) that it's pretty sweet too. Kind of a savoury taste. It will be excellent on crackers with cream cheese.
The carrots we will have to let sit for a few weeks to pickle properly before we try them, but we've both made them before and they're always tasty. Andrea and I have always enjoyed pickled foods.... pickled beans, pickled hot peppers, pickled beets, pickled cucumbers (aka pickles). So pickled carrots are a natural evolution for us!
I also got all of the zucchini, white onions, various bell peppers and jalapenos chopped up for salsa. The recipe is used almost exclusively amongst my family. We've done big "salsa making parties" where 3 or 4 of us get together and spend the weekend chopping and canning to make dozens of jars of the stuff. We always have a great time but it is difficult to co-ordinate everyone. So this year I just made myself a couple of batches... Well, it's half made. You chop everything up and let it sit for 24 hours (or 36 in my case) all mixed together with some coarse salt, which all smells delicious, by the way! Then the next day you add the tomatoes and various spices and once it's all cooked you can it. The whole process is a bit time consuming but the end result is totally worth it!! Trust me, find yourself a good recipe and stop buying shitty salsa at the store, it tastes WAY better and when you're eating it you'll enjoy it that much more knowing that it was all of your hard work and effort that went into making such a tasty treat!
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Movies Reviews
Umm, yeah, that's a pretty lame title, I know! But I couldn't think of anything better for this post. It's pretty self explanatory really, I've been to see a couple of movies recently and I'd like to tell you what I thought of them...
I think I mentioned that Neil and I went to see "The Change-Up" with Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds. And then the other night I went to see "Horrible Bosses" also with Jason Bateman, but alas, no Ryan Reynolds :-P But not to worry, Jason Bateman is a perfectly good reason to see a movie, he's incredibly funny and has this charm that I can't quite explain. But he does much better in an ensemble cast than headlining a movie on his own (see "Extract"). And then there's Ryan Reynolds..... sigh, what can I say about Ryan Reynolds that you don't already know...... he's hot, he's Canadian, he's tall, he's hot, he divorced Scarlet Johanssen (let's not talk about the fact that he had to marry her first), he's hot AND he's Canadian!!! (I know, I've repeated myself a couple of time, but those things bear repeating, don't you think? ;-)
So anyway, the The Change-Up was pretty good, it was a bit of an old standard... two people leading lives at the opposite ends of a particular spectrum who magically change bodies (think, "Freaky Friday") and are forced to spend a few days/weeks living out one anothers lives and both realize how good they've got it and what they need to do to change their own circumstances for the better. But somehow, adding incredibly vulgar language, some nudity (not Ryan Reynold's nudity, unfortunately) and alot of poop jokes makes the whole scheme seem brand new! Leslie Mann (aka Judd Apatow's wife) is stellar as Bateman's busy wife/mother of his 3 children and she never shies away from an ugly crying scene, which is one of the reason's I'm a fan of hers! Olivia Wilde (most notable for her rolls in sci-fi movies & TV shows) is frickin' gorgeous (and I say that in a completely hetero way, however, I can't say I'd kick her out of bed for eating cookies) and is just funny/seductive/serious enough to be a believable match for Reynolds' character. You could wait for it to come out on dvd, it's probably no better on the big screen than in the comfort of your own home, but definitely make an effort to see it at some point this year. You won't regret it! {Overall rating; /5 - Hilarity rating: 4/5}
Okay, Horrible Bosses, very funny, the kind of funny that makes your tummy muscles hurt the next day! It has a basically original script, at least I can't think of another movie with the same premise. While it's a stretch to believe that three seemingly normal guys would actually go so far as to have their intolerable bosses killed, it's still something that I think speaks to the general masses. I mean, really, who out there can honestly say that they haven't wanted to kill at least one of their bosses over the years? I can think of at least one who I used to pray would get hit by a bus on a regular basis! As far as performances go, for the most part, everyone did a pretty good job. Some stood out more than others. Such as Charlie Day, whose character is being harassed by his sex craved dentist boss (Jennifer Aniston) and is mistakenly on the registered sex offenders list so he can't quit his job (because who else would hire a sex offender but a sexual predator). This guys had me laughing so hard there were tears streaming down my face and I was clutching my stomach at more than one point. From his coked out antics to his reaction to a mostly naked Aniston he kept me howling pretty much every time he was onscreen! Jason Sudekis plays another one of the beleaguered employees whose boss, played by Colin Farrell (love the hair, btw) is a psychotic coke addict who wants only to bleed dry the company which his recently dead father so lovingly cultivated! Sudekis' character is the least likable of the three leads, he seems genial enough in the beginning of the movie but you soon see his sex starved, desperate personality that Sudekis so frequently plays. And then, of course, there's Jason Bateman! Even though he's portraying a character we've seen from him many times he's still funny and sympathetic. His boss, Kevin Spacey, is a psychotic control freak with some serious issues. He's the kind of guy that I'd wish would get hit by a bus, if you know what I mean. Then last, but certainly not least, is the ever surprising Jamie Foxx. His character's name is (and I'm not joking here) Motherfucker Jones.... seriously, and it's the absolute best story behind a name that you've ever heard! If you need a good excuse to see this movie it's Jamie Foxx, if for no other reason, rent this movie and fast forward to his scenes! I swear he'll have you peeing your pants in no time! {Overall rating: 3/5 - Hilarity rating: 5/5}
I think I mentioned that Neil and I went to see "The Change-Up" with Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds. And then the other night I went to see "Horrible Bosses" also with Jason Bateman, but alas, no Ryan Reynolds :-P But not to worry, Jason Bateman is a perfectly good reason to see a movie, he's incredibly funny and has this charm that I can't quite explain. But he does much better in an ensemble cast than headlining a movie on his own (see "Extract"). And then there's Ryan Reynolds..... sigh, what can I say about Ryan Reynolds that you don't already know...... he's hot, he's Canadian, he's tall, he's hot, he divorced Scarlet Johanssen (let's not talk about the fact that he had to marry her first), he's hot AND he's Canadian!!! (I know, I've repeated myself a couple of time, but those things bear repeating, don't you think? ;-)
So anyway, the The Change-Up was pretty good, it was a bit of an old standard... two people leading lives at the opposite ends of a particular spectrum who magically change bodies (think, "Freaky Friday") and are forced to spend a few days/weeks living out one anothers lives and both realize how good they've got it and what they need to do to change their own circumstances for the better. But somehow, adding incredibly vulgar language, some nudity (not Ryan Reynold's nudity, unfortunately) and alot of poop jokes makes the whole scheme seem brand new! Leslie Mann (aka Judd Apatow's wife) is stellar as Bateman's busy wife/mother of his 3 children and she never shies away from an ugly crying scene, which is one of the reason's I'm a fan of hers! Olivia Wilde (most notable for her rolls in sci-fi movies & TV shows) is frickin' gorgeous (and I say that in a completely hetero way, however, I can't say I'd kick her out of bed for eating cookies) and is just funny/seductive/serious enough to be a believable match for Reynolds' character. You could wait for it to come out on dvd, it's probably no better on the big screen than in the comfort of your own home, but definitely make an effort to see it at some point this year. You won't regret it! {Overall rating; /5 - Hilarity rating: 4/5}
Okay, Horrible Bosses, very funny, the kind of funny that makes your tummy muscles hurt the next day! It has a basically original script, at least I can't think of another movie with the same premise. While it's a stretch to believe that three seemingly normal guys would actually go so far as to have their intolerable bosses killed, it's still something that I think speaks to the general masses. I mean, really, who out there can honestly say that they haven't wanted to kill at least one of their bosses over the years? I can think of at least one who I used to pray would get hit by a bus on a regular basis! As far as performances go, for the most part, everyone did a pretty good job. Some stood out more than others. Such as Charlie Day, whose character is being harassed by his sex craved dentist boss (Jennifer Aniston) and is mistakenly on the registered sex offenders list so he can't quit his job (because who else would hire a sex offender but a sexual predator). This guys had me laughing so hard there were tears streaming down my face and I was clutching my stomach at more than one point. From his coked out antics to his reaction to a mostly naked Aniston he kept me howling pretty much every time he was onscreen! Jason Sudekis plays another one of the beleaguered employees whose boss, played by Colin Farrell (love the hair, btw) is a psychotic coke addict who wants only to bleed dry the company which his recently dead father so lovingly cultivated! Sudekis' character is the least likable of the three leads, he seems genial enough in the beginning of the movie but you soon see his sex starved, desperate personality that Sudekis so frequently plays. And then, of course, there's Jason Bateman! Even though he's portraying a character we've seen from him many times he's still funny and sympathetic. His boss, Kevin Spacey, is a psychotic control freak with some serious issues. He's the kind of guy that I'd wish would get hit by a bus, if you know what I mean. Then last, but certainly not least, is the ever surprising Jamie Foxx. His character's name is (and I'm not joking here) Motherfucker Jones.... seriously, and it's the absolute best story behind a name that you've ever heard! If you need a good excuse to see this movie it's Jamie Foxx, if for no other reason, rent this movie and fast forward to his scenes! I swear he'll have you peeing your pants in no time! {Overall rating: 3/5 - Hilarity rating: 5/5}
Monday, August 15, 2011
An Aside.....
What do you think of my new page design? It's just a basic background and colour scheme that Blogspot offers but I think it's a little more upbeat and makes it easier to read the text.
I also plan on experimenting with adding pictures to my posts in the future, but first I have to move all of my photos from my camera to my computer and that would require me to organize my time better, so we'll see how that goes.... wish me luck!!
I also plan on experimenting with adding pictures to my posts in the future, but first I have to move all of my photos from my camera to my computer and that would require me to organize my time better, so we'll see how that goes.... wish me luck!!
Is Summer Really Almost Over??
Wow, August 15th already :-( In my estimation that means summer is 3/4 of the way through. Usually I'm a "glass half full" kinda girl but it's hard to have a "glass quarter full" attitude when we've hardly had any sunny days and I've spent the whole summer working.
So, in a effort to bolster my mood, lets review what I've been up to since the beginning of July.......
July 1; Canada Day, parade, fireworks, day with kids an my husband and some close family friends.
July 4-15; Liam did 2 weeks of swimming lessons, every weekday from 5:30 to 6pm! It was grueling but rewarding, I could really see how much he enjoys the water and he seemed to enjoy learning from an instructor.
July 12; went to an AWESOME concert at our local events centre... The Tragically Hip headlined and The Trews opened the show. To be honest I could have done without The Hip and just enjoyed 2 1/2 hours of The Trews (who are one of my top 3 favourite bands) but it was a pretty amazing show none the less, and I think Neil even enjoyed it (which is saying quite a bit)
July 15-18; Neil went on a fishing trip on the coast with his father and a friend which meant the I was at home with the boys on my own for the whole weekend. I made an effort to keep them entertained and they were pretty well behaved. Not saying much for my weekend but worth mentioning because Neil had a great time and really needed the break from his hectic work schedule.
July 29 - Aug 1; August Long Weekend, we went to the annual family gathering at Neil's Aunt and Uncle's place. They've got a gorgeous quarter section about a two hour drive from us. We borrowed a friends camper trailer and set up camp for 3 nights. There's always lots of family and activities, the kids have a blast and Neil and I get to relax and catch up with people who we don't see on a regular basis. To those of you who are familiar with this family gathering, I have one word which sums up the experience..... BINGO!!!
Aug 2-12; Liam's next round of swimming lessons, another 2 weeks of swimming everyday after work/daycare. I have to say, Rowan does amazingly well during the half hour that Liam is in the pool. He entertains himself by playing on the bleachers and watching the swimmers. We also play patty-cake and have a little Mommy and Rowan time together, I actually really enjoy it!
Aug 7; this year was Neil and my 7th anniversary! We didn't do too much to celebrate, we never do. We took the kids to my friends house for a birthday party and she was generous enough to keep our boys for a few extra hours so that Neil and I could go see a movie and spend some time together, just the two of us. We saw "The Change-Up" with Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. It was a very entertaining movie with some VERY naughty language! I laughed my ass of, as did Neil, and I highly suggest that you check it out!
Aug 12; this was the day of our local Fall Fair Parade! The Fair itself opened up on Thursday night (I think) and the Rodeo started on Wednesday. It's a pretty big weekend for the community, we get lots of tourists coming into town to attend both the Fair and the Rodeo. There's also the Exhibition grounds where they have animals that you can go visit, this year there were llamas, alpachas (spl?), turkeys, donkeys, sheep, pigs and lots of horses! You can also go see the competition entries of home made pies, jams, etc. as well as the art, sewing and quilting shows.
So anyway, I took a couple of hours off from work and met Neil and the boys, along with Neil's parents, downtown to watch the parade. It was one of the longest parades I've ever seen in our city (and I've seen ALOT of parades here)! It was 50 minutes long and the boys collected so much candy I took it to work and sorted out all of the stuff I knew the kids wouldn't like and put it in our candy dish at the front counter.
After work I picked up the boys from daycare and took them to the pool for Liam's last swimming lesson. He has to repeat the level again, but he's doing really well and I'm pretty impressed with how his swimming abilities have advanced over the summer. Once he was finished I took the boys our to Neil's parents place for dinner and left them there for the night so that I could go spend some time with Neil at the beer gardens down at the Fair. Thank GOD for my in-laws, I seriously don't know what I'd do without them!
Neil is on the board of our local Junior B hockey team and every year they operate a food booth at the Fair/Rodeo to raise money for the coming season. So Neil has been at the booth for the entire week getting everything set up and organized as well as working in the kitchen while the booth is open for business. On Friday night I met him down there after leaving the kids with his parents. We went to the beer gardens once he was finished at the booth and spent some time visiting with friends. I got to see a couple of girls who I graduated with but haven't seen in years! It was great to catch up with them after so long.
The next morning (this was Aug 13, for those of you still keeping track of the days) Neil and I had to go into town together to get my car from the parking lot at the Fair grounds (he had driven me home the night before since I was in no condition to drive, if you get my drift). He stayed at the food booth to do some repairs and get things rolling for the first shift of the day. I ran a few errands and went to pick the kids up. The boys and I met Neil at the Fair and we did the family thing for a few hours....
The "family thing" is basically comprised of the parents spending a shit load of money so that the kids can go on a few rides and play some stupid games and eat a bunch of sugary and/or greasy food! Anyone who's taken their kids to any sort of fair in any city or town knows exactly what I'm talking about. Yet, somehow, it's all worth it to see their smiling faces on the rides and their sheer joy at winning those cheap prizes! Not to mention the 2 hour nap that you all get to have afterwards because of the sugar crash that happens once you get in the car to go home for the day!!
So, needless to day, this kids enjoyed themselves tremendously and Neil and I have blown our entertainment budget for the rest of the year (yeah, we don't really have an entertainment budget, but you were impressed for a second there, weren't you). I took the kids home and Neil stayed to work at the food booth again and didn't get home until close to 11pm.
Aug 14; so one more day of Fair/Rodeo fun..... since the kids were played out and my bank account was empty I arranged for our niece to come babysit the boys for the majority of the day. Neil was in at the food booth at around 9am and I was slated for a shift to start at 11am! I worked there from 11 to about 4:30pm! It was pretty good, not too busy and there were lots of other volunteers working, so things were moving pretty smoothly. Of course, my shift was supposed to end at 4pm but the Rodeo got out right then and things got a little crazy! I could have stayed longer but I didn't want to leave our niece with the boys for too much longer, she's already been watching them for more than 5 hours and I knew they were expecting me home for dinner, so I made my excuses and left during a brief lull in the activity.
So that gets you up to speed on the highlights of my summer so far. I guess, in retrospect, it has been a pretty eventful couple of months so far and I've got another 3 weeks to go before Liam starts kindergarten and Rowan starts at a new daycare. (That should make for a few interesting blog posts!)
3 more weeks of summer, hmmm, that's not so bad now that I look at it that way.....
So, in a effort to bolster my mood, lets review what I've been up to since the beginning of July.......
July 1; Canada Day, parade, fireworks, day with kids an my husband and some close family friends.
July 4-15; Liam did 2 weeks of swimming lessons, every weekday from 5:30 to 6pm! It was grueling but rewarding, I could really see how much he enjoys the water and he seemed to enjoy learning from an instructor.
July 12; went to an AWESOME concert at our local events centre... The Tragically Hip headlined and The Trews opened the show. To be honest I could have done without The Hip and just enjoyed 2 1/2 hours of The Trews (who are one of my top 3 favourite bands) but it was a pretty amazing show none the less, and I think Neil even enjoyed it (which is saying quite a bit)
July 15-18; Neil went on a fishing trip on the coast with his father and a friend which meant the I was at home with the boys on my own for the whole weekend. I made an effort to keep them entertained and they were pretty well behaved. Not saying much for my weekend but worth mentioning because Neil had a great time and really needed the break from his hectic work schedule.
July 29 - Aug 1; August Long Weekend, we went to the annual family gathering at Neil's Aunt and Uncle's place. They've got a gorgeous quarter section about a two hour drive from us. We borrowed a friends camper trailer and set up camp for 3 nights. There's always lots of family and activities, the kids have a blast and Neil and I get to relax and catch up with people who we don't see on a regular basis. To those of you who are familiar with this family gathering, I have one word which sums up the experience..... BINGO!!!
Aug 2-12; Liam's next round of swimming lessons, another 2 weeks of swimming everyday after work/daycare. I have to say, Rowan does amazingly well during the half hour that Liam is in the pool. He entertains himself by playing on the bleachers and watching the swimmers. We also play patty-cake and have a little Mommy and Rowan time together, I actually really enjoy it!
Aug 7; this year was Neil and my 7th anniversary! We didn't do too much to celebrate, we never do. We took the kids to my friends house for a birthday party and she was generous enough to keep our boys for a few extra hours so that Neil and I could go see a movie and spend some time together, just the two of us. We saw "The Change-Up" with Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. It was a very entertaining movie with some VERY naughty language! I laughed my ass of, as did Neil, and I highly suggest that you check it out!
Aug 12; this was the day of our local Fall Fair Parade! The Fair itself opened up on Thursday night (I think) and the Rodeo started on Wednesday. It's a pretty big weekend for the community, we get lots of tourists coming into town to attend both the Fair and the Rodeo. There's also the Exhibition grounds where they have animals that you can go visit, this year there were llamas, alpachas (spl?), turkeys, donkeys, sheep, pigs and lots of horses! You can also go see the competition entries of home made pies, jams, etc. as well as the art, sewing and quilting shows.
So anyway, I took a couple of hours off from work and met Neil and the boys, along with Neil's parents, downtown to watch the parade. It was one of the longest parades I've ever seen in our city (and I've seen ALOT of parades here)! It was 50 minutes long and the boys collected so much candy I took it to work and sorted out all of the stuff I knew the kids wouldn't like and put it in our candy dish at the front counter.
After work I picked up the boys from daycare and took them to the pool for Liam's last swimming lesson. He has to repeat the level again, but he's doing really well and I'm pretty impressed with how his swimming abilities have advanced over the summer. Once he was finished I took the boys our to Neil's parents place for dinner and left them there for the night so that I could go spend some time with Neil at the beer gardens down at the Fair. Thank GOD for my in-laws, I seriously don't know what I'd do without them!
Neil is on the board of our local Junior B hockey team and every year they operate a food booth at the Fair/Rodeo to raise money for the coming season. So Neil has been at the booth for the entire week getting everything set up and organized as well as working in the kitchen while the booth is open for business. On Friday night I met him down there after leaving the kids with his parents. We went to the beer gardens once he was finished at the booth and spent some time visiting with friends. I got to see a couple of girls who I graduated with but haven't seen in years! It was great to catch up with them after so long.
The next morning (this was Aug 13, for those of you still keeping track of the days) Neil and I had to go into town together to get my car from the parking lot at the Fair grounds (he had driven me home the night before since I was in no condition to drive, if you get my drift). He stayed at the food booth to do some repairs and get things rolling for the first shift of the day. I ran a few errands and went to pick the kids up. The boys and I met Neil at the Fair and we did the family thing for a few hours....
The "family thing" is basically comprised of the parents spending a shit load of money so that the kids can go on a few rides and play some stupid games and eat a bunch of sugary and/or greasy food! Anyone who's taken their kids to any sort of fair in any city or town knows exactly what I'm talking about. Yet, somehow, it's all worth it to see their smiling faces on the rides and their sheer joy at winning those cheap prizes! Not to mention the 2 hour nap that you all get to have afterwards because of the sugar crash that happens once you get in the car to go home for the day!!
So, needless to day, this kids enjoyed themselves tremendously and Neil and I have blown our entertainment budget for the rest of the year (yeah, we don't really have an entertainment budget, but you were impressed for a second there, weren't you). I took the kids home and Neil stayed to work at the food booth again and didn't get home until close to 11pm.
Aug 14; so one more day of Fair/Rodeo fun..... since the kids were played out and my bank account was empty I arranged for our niece to come babysit the boys for the majority of the day. Neil was in at the food booth at around 9am and I was slated for a shift to start at 11am! I worked there from 11 to about 4:30pm! It was pretty good, not too busy and there were lots of other volunteers working, so things were moving pretty smoothly. Of course, my shift was supposed to end at 4pm but the Rodeo got out right then and things got a little crazy! I could have stayed longer but I didn't want to leave our niece with the boys for too much longer, she's already been watching them for more than 5 hours and I knew they were expecting me home for dinner, so I made my excuses and left during a brief lull in the activity.
So that gets you up to speed on the highlights of my summer so far. I guess, in retrospect, it has been a pretty eventful couple of months so far and I've got another 3 weeks to go before Liam starts kindergarten and Rowan starts at a new daycare. (That should make for a few interesting blog posts!)
3 more weeks of summer, hmmm, that's not so bad now that I look at it that way.....
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday night concerts make for loooooooong Wednesdays!!
Oh man, we had such a good time last night ;) Neil and I went to see The Tragically Hip at our local event centre. While The Hip were incredible I was really there to see the opening band... The Trews! It was amazing, they sang one of my favourite songs (Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me), the cowbell kicked ASS, it was seriously one of the best concert experiences of my life!
I could tell you about dozens of Trews songs that are awesome but instead I suggest that you just check them out on youtube... you won't be disappointed and (if you don't already know who they are) you'll be surprised at how many of their songs you're already familiar with from the radio. Even better, they're Canadian, from Nova Scotia (man, NS puts out a lot of amazing bands). And, of course, The Hip are Canadian as well, it was a pure red & white night!
We sat in the stands (Neil prefers the stands to the floor) just to the side of the stage so we had a really good view. I was surprised that it wasn't a sold out concert, especially since Kiss was here last week and their tickets sold out within a couple of hours!! But it looked like everyone who was there enjoyed themselves immensely.
I have one friend in particular who is also a huge fan of The Trews and she was able to get a t-shirt signed by a couple of members of the band (I'm sooooo jealous). The guys from The Trews came down onto the floor to watch The Hip after their set and were talking with people from the audience. Unfortunately, I didn't have access to the floor (not for lack of trying, believe me) so I couldn't talk to them, I would have LOVED a picture with the lead singer!
Oh well, you can't win 'em all. If they're ever playing near here again I'll be sure to see that show and I'll leave Neil at home and get floor tickets!
I could tell you about dozens of Trews songs that are awesome but instead I suggest that you just check them out on youtube... you won't be disappointed and (if you don't already know who they are) you'll be surprised at how many of their songs you're already familiar with from the radio. Even better, they're Canadian, from Nova Scotia (man, NS puts out a lot of amazing bands). And, of course, The Hip are Canadian as well, it was a pure red & white night!
We sat in the stands (Neil prefers the stands to the floor) just to the side of the stage so we had a really good view. I was surprised that it wasn't a sold out concert, especially since Kiss was here last week and their tickets sold out within a couple of hours!! But it looked like everyone who was there enjoyed themselves immensely.
I have one friend in particular who is also a huge fan of The Trews and she was able to get a t-shirt signed by a couple of members of the band (I'm sooooo jealous). The guys from The Trews came down onto the floor to watch The Hip after their set and were talking with people from the audience. Unfortunately, I didn't have access to the floor (not for lack of trying, believe me) so I couldn't talk to them, I would have LOVED a picture with the lead singer!
Oh well, you can't win 'em all. If they're ever playing near here again I'll be sure to see that show and I'll leave Neil at home and get floor tickets!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Head Wounds & Hospitals
So the next big emergency that happened (as if dealing with a flooded basement wasn't enough) was Rowan's trip to the emergency room!
Liam and Rowan were outside playing in a trailer we've got parked in the driveway. It's a flatbed trailer with built up sides. It's empty except for the toys the boys have been loading in it. They've been pretending to fish with these heavy duty sand pails that have ropes attached to them (they've been made into stilts, you stand on the upside down bucket and hold the ropes to keep the buckets on your feet while you walk). Liam can climb in and out of the trailer easily enough but Rowan is too short and uncoordinated to get in and out on his own. Liam can boost him into the trailer but he can't get Rowan out again.
So after swimming lessons and a full day of work (for me) and daycare (for the boys) they were playing outside while I was in the kitchen making dinner (basically I told them to get outside and leave me alone so I could get dinner done faster). Neil wasn't home yet, he'd been working late the last couple of nights.
So I look out the window to check on the boys every few minutes and they're playing happily in the trailer (no doubt catching plenty of salmon). I had turned back to making dinner for less than a minute when I heard Rowan start to cry (I ignored it to begin with because one or the other of them is always crying, don't judge me, I know you do it with your kids too). Then Liam is at the door bawling and yelling for me to come help. I go to the door and ask him what's wrong and through sobs and tears he tells me Rowan is bleeding, but he wouldn't tell me where he was bleeding from or how badly.
So I calmly put my shoes on, telling Liam to calm down, and head outside to assess the damage. At this point I'm pretty sure the details are being exaggerated and it's nothing more than a scratch. However, once I get closer to Rowan I can see that it's not a scratch and there's blood everywhere! His neck and shirt are covered in blood and when I pull him out of the trailer I can see that the blood is seeping through his baseball cap and running down his head. At this point I figure I've got a serious head injury on my hands and both the boys are crying and upset so I know I've got to keep my cool and not freak out or it'll just scare them even more.
I carry Rowan into the house trying to decide if I should remove his cap to see just how bad it is, I immediately decide against this because I'm seeing visions of a chunk of his scalp peeling from his head and know I won't be able to deal with that. So I make the decision to take him to the hospital. I grab my purse and keys and load the kids into the car. I did remember to chain up the dog so she wouldn't run away or get hit on the highway, but I forgot to lock the house and turn off the oven (thankfully, it was just warming up and I hadn't actually put dinner in to cook yet)!
The whole 10 minute drive into the hospital Liam is asking if Rowan will need a needle or stitches or if he's going to die... I really just wanted to tell him to shut up because I was wondering all of that myself, but I remained calm and assured both of them that the doctors and nurses would take good care of Rowan. Surprisingly, Rowan did very well and only sniffled and whimpered a few times during the drive and when I asked him how he was feeling he said "Good" in this quiet, sweet little voice.
I had texted Neil and left him a voicemail message but I didn't know if he had his phone on him, he tends to leave it in the truck while he's working so that he doesn't get interrupted every 10 minutes. I just kept hoping that he'd get my messages soon and meet us at the hospital.
Once we arrived at the ER the nurse asked me how bad it was and I confessed that I wasn't sure because I hadn't removed the cap yet. She smiled at me and said she wouldn't have removed it either if he was her kid. But she sat him down on the gurney and had him take the cap of himself.
Once the cap was off you could see that it wasn't as bad as it looked, in fact, you couldn't even see the cut for all the hair covering it. The doctor came in almost immediately and did a cursory examination but Rowan wouldn't let anyone touch him but me and when the doctor mentioned trying to glue and bandage the cut Rowan freaked out and kept saying "I no want to Mommy, I no want to". It almost broke my heart :(
So the doctor asked the nurse to give him some kind of medication that would calm him down. It was in a syringe that she squirted up his nose (that was fight too, to keep him still and his hands away from his face so she could administer it). In less than 10 minutes he was dopey and glassy eyed and we proceeded to clean the blood from his hair and from around the cut.
It turned out that the cut was only a half and inch long and not very deep (it's true what they say, that head wounds bleed far worse than a similar cut on any other part of the body)! So in the end the doctor decided not to glue it, or even bandage it. He just instructed me to leave it for 24 hours before washing his hair so that it would have a chance to start healing itself. It was actually a pretty anticlimactic end to an otherwise terrifying situation!
Now, if Rowan ever decides to shave his head he'll have a badass scar to show off!
It turns out what happened was; Rowan wanted out of the trailer and Liam was trying to help him but they couldn't get him out. So Liam got angry and frustrated with the situation and used one of the pails I mentioned earlier to take his frustration out on his little brother. Now, we've been working with Liam to help him figure out a way to manage his anger better, but apparently all of the work we've done flew out the window and he started beating his little brother with this pail (believe me, my chest tightens and my throat chokes just thinking about it). So Rowan not only has a gash on his head but there's also 3 or 4 bruises on his back and shoulders from being hit with this heavy plastic pail.
None the less, Liam was pretty scared during that ride into the hospital. Hopefully he'll remember that next time he feels frustrated and angry, no matter what the situation. I've been talking with him daily since this happened and I've been trying to instill in him the difference between good and bad choices. He is only 4 years old and he's still dealing with his emotions in a reactionary way so I'm sure I've got a lot of work ahead of me, but he's starting school in 2 months and I don't want this kind of thing happening on the playground (obviously).
Sigh, I'm sure I'm not raising a serial killer or anything, but sometimes I wonder just what is going through that little red head!
Liam and Rowan were outside playing in a trailer we've got parked in the driveway. It's a flatbed trailer with built up sides. It's empty except for the toys the boys have been loading in it. They've been pretending to fish with these heavy duty sand pails that have ropes attached to them (they've been made into stilts, you stand on the upside down bucket and hold the ropes to keep the buckets on your feet while you walk). Liam can climb in and out of the trailer easily enough but Rowan is too short and uncoordinated to get in and out on his own. Liam can boost him into the trailer but he can't get Rowan out again.
So after swimming lessons and a full day of work (for me) and daycare (for the boys) they were playing outside while I was in the kitchen making dinner (basically I told them to get outside and leave me alone so I could get dinner done faster). Neil wasn't home yet, he'd been working late the last couple of nights.
So I look out the window to check on the boys every few minutes and they're playing happily in the trailer (no doubt catching plenty of salmon). I had turned back to making dinner for less than a minute when I heard Rowan start to cry (I ignored it to begin with because one or the other of them is always crying, don't judge me, I know you do it with your kids too). Then Liam is at the door bawling and yelling for me to come help. I go to the door and ask him what's wrong and through sobs and tears he tells me Rowan is bleeding, but he wouldn't tell me where he was bleeding from or how badly.
So I calmly put my shoes on, telling Liam to calm down, and head outside to assess the damage. At this point I'm pretty sure the details are being exaggerated and it's nothing more than a scratch. However, once I get closer to Rowan I can see that it's not a scratch and there's blood everywhere! His neck and shirt are covered in blood and when I pull him out of the trailer I can see that the blood is seeping through his baseball cap and running down his head. At this point I figure I've got a serious head injury on my hands and both the boys are crying and upset so I know I've got to keep my cool and not freak out or it'll just scare them even more.
I carry Rowan into the house trying to decide if I should remove his cap to see just how bad it is, I immediately decide against this because I'm seeing visions of a chunk of his scalp peeling from his head and know I won't be able to deal with that. So I make the decision to take him to the hospital. I grab my purse and keys and load the kids into the car. I did remember to chain up the dog so she wouldn't run away or get hit on the highway, but I forgot to lock the house and turn off the oven (thankfully, it was just warming up and I hadn't actually put dinner in to cook yet)!
The whole 10 minute drive into the hospital Liam is asking if Rowan will need a needle or stitches or if he's going to die... I really just wanted to tell him to shut up because I was wondering all of that myself, but I remained calm and assured both of them that the doctors and nurses would take good care of Rowan. Surprisingly, Rowan did very well and only sniffled and whimpered a few times during the drive and when I asked him how he was feeling he said "Good" in this quiet, sweet little voice.
I had texted Neil and left him a voicemail message but I didn't know if he had his phone on him, he tends to leave it in the truck while he's working so that he doesn't get interrupted every 10 minutes. I just kept hoping that he'd get my messages soon and meet us at the hospital.
Once we arrived at the ER the nurse asked me how bad it was and I confessed that I wasn't sure because I hadn't removed the cap yet. She smiled at me and said she wouldn't have removed it either if he was her kid. But she sat him down on the gurney and had him take the cap of himself.
Once the cap was off you could see that it wasn't as bad as it looked, in fact, you couldn't even see the cut for all the hair covering it. The doctor came in almost immediately and did a cursory examination but Rowan wouldn't let anyone touch him but me and when the doctor mentioned trying to glue and bandage the cut Rowan freaked out and kept saying "I no want to Mommy, I no want to". It almost broke my heart :(
So the doctor asked the nurse to give him some kind of medication that would calm him down. It was in a syringe that she squirted up his nose (that was fight too, to keep him still and his hands away from his face so she could administer it). In less than 10 minutes he was dopey and glassy eyed and we proceeded to clean the blood from his hair and from around the cut.
It turned out that the cut was only a half and inch long and not very deep (it's true what they say, that head wounds bleed far worse than a similar cut on any other part of the body)! So in the end the doctor decided not to glue it, or even bandage it. He just instructed me to leave it for 24 hours before washing his hair so that it would have a chance to start healing itself. It was actually a pretty anticlimactic end to an otherwise terrifying situation!
Now, if Rowan ever decides to shave his head he'll have a badass scar to show off!
It turns out what happened was; Rowan wanted out of the trailer and Liam was trying to help him but they couldn't get him out. So Liam got angry and frustrated with the situation and used one of the pails I mentioned earlier to take his frustration out on his little brother. Now, we've been working with Liam to help him figure out a way to manage his anger better, but apparently all of the work we've done flew out the window and he started beating his little brother with this pail (believe me, my chest tightens and my throat chokes just thinking about it). So Rowan not only has a gash on his head but there's also 3 or 4 bruises on his back and shoulders from being hit with this heavy plastic pail.
None the less, Liam was pretty scared during that ride into the hospital. Hopefully he'll remember that next time he feels frustrated and angry, no matter what the situation. I've been talking with him daily since this happened and I've been trying to instill in him the difference between good and bad choices. He is only 4 years old and he's still dealing with his emotions in a reactionary way so I'm sure I've got a lot of work ahead of me, but he's starting school in 2 months and I don't want this kind of thing happening on the playground (obviously).
Sigh, I'm sure I'm not raising a serial killer or anything, but sometimes I wonder just what is going through that little red head!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Ahh, the life of a Homeowner/Wife/Mother...
and not necessarily in that order!! It's absolutely amazing how life throws you those little curve balls that can totally fuck up your day...
A week and a half ago during the torrential downpour that flooded Dawson Creek and surrounding areas (hehe, I sound like a weather broadcaster) our sump pump jammed and our basement flooded!! It was pretty bad. There was anywhere from 2 to 6 inches of water throughout the whole basement. And to make matters worse, we're not the neatest or most organized of people. We had boxes (and boxes and boxes...) of stuff in the one room. Our computer room (which is also where the guns, hunting and camping gear is stored) had carpet in it which needed to be pulled up and disposed of. The laundry room and cold room got the worst of it. We lost a couple of bags of potatoes and I swear I've never done so much laundry in my life (which is probably why there was so much dirty laundry on the floor of the laundry room in the first place)!
All I can say is "Thank God for parents"!!! Mine and Neil's parents both came over to help with the initial clean up. It was a little crazy, especially with the kids running amuck. But we got plenty done that first day and we've been plugging away at it almost every day since. I tell you, it's a good thing it's summertime and all of my TV shows are in reruns or I'd have some tough choices to make!
We're still working on tearing out the walls and flooring. Everything that was in the basement has been sorted through and we've thrown out everything that was badly damaged. However, we can't move everything from the basement upstairs, we've got no room (which is why it was in the basement in the first place, I think I mentioned the storage factor). So now we're shuffling everything from one room to the next while tearing apart walls and ripping up flooring. It's a bit of a nightmare. But I suppose it needed to happen eventually and now's as good at time as any.
We've started the claim process and the insurance adjuster figures that the whole tear out and rebuild will cost approximately $25,000 - $30,000!?! So I guess that's a bonus since we'll be doing all the work ourselves, it's like cash in our pocket!
I've got other stories to tell, but I don't want to waste all of my good material on one post, so I'll wait and try to post again tomorrow!
A week and a half ago during the torrential downpour that flooded Dawson Creek and surrounding areas (hehe, I sound like a weather broadcaster) our sump pump jammed and our basement flooded!! It was pretty bad. There was anywhere from 2 to 6 inches of water throughout the whole basement. And to make matters worse, we're not the neatest or most organized of people. We had boxes (and boxes and boxes...) of stuff in the one room. Our computer room (which is also where the guns, hunting and camping gear is stored) had carpet in it which needed to be pulled up and disposed of. The laundry room and cold room got the worst of it. We lost a couple of bags of potatoes and I swear I've never done so much laundry in my life (which is probably why there was so much dirty laundry on the floor of the laundry room in the first place)!
All I can say is "Thank God for parents"!!! Mine and Neil's parents both came over to help with the initial clean up. It was a little crazy, especially with the kids running amuck. But we got plenty done that first day and we've been plugging away at it almost every day since. I tell you, it's a good thing it's summertime and all of my TV shows are in reruns or I'd have some tough choices to make!
We're still working on tearing out the walls and flooring. Everything that was in the basement has been sorted through and we've thrown out everything that was badly damaged. However, we can't move everything from the basement upstairs, we've got no room (which is why it was in the basement in the first place, I think I mentioned the storage factor). So now we're shuffling everything from one room to the next while tearing apart walls and ripping up flooring. It's a bit of a nightmare. But I suppose it needed to happen eventually and now's as good at time as any.
We've started the claim process and the insurance adjuster figures that the whole tear out and rebuild will cost approximately $25,000 - $30,000!?! So I guess that's a bonus since we'll be doing all the work ourselves, it's like cash in our pocket!
I've got other stories to tell, but I don't want to waste all of my good material on one post, so I'll wait and try to post again tomorrow!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Glad Someone is Reading!!
Hehe, I really figured that absolutely no one would have even noticed that I had started posting again!! Thank you Erica, my one and only reader ;-)
I'm sitting at work listening to the ever mundane safety meeting which in no way pertains to me and my job. It's all about the guys outside who are actually doing heavy physical work with large machinery that could actually kill or dismember them, so of course it's important that we have these meetings but really.... do I need to know how to sweep out a bin? No, I think not, there is no way that I will ever be inside one of those stinky filthy grain bins, eyck!
Umm, anyway, that was a boring paragraph, I apologize, Erica (my lonely reader), for boring you.
It's pouring rain here (I know, I know, way to make the blog more interesting... talk about the weather!!) there's some areas where they've had almost 5 inches of rain since yesterday! It's pretty incredible for this part of the country. However, I'm very greatful that this is the worst of it for us, we could be in Manitoba or Saskatchewan where people are loosing their homes and hundreds of thousand of acres of farmland are under water. I used to lament the fact that I lived somewhere that nothing ever happen! But the city has grown and now we actually have events worth attending and activities that the kids will enjoy as they grow up and, luckily, we have basically no natural disasters around here. Life is pretty simple here, but also very safe!
I promise next time I'll have something more interesting to write about... is there an award for "Most Boring Post Ever"? Because if there was I'd have nailed it with this one!!
I'm sitting at work listening to the ever mundane safety meeting which in no way pertains to me and my job. It's all about the guys outside who are actually doing heavy physical work with large machinery that could actually kill or dismember them, so of course it's important that we have these meetings but really.... do I need to know how to sweep out a bin? No, I think not, there is no way that I will ever be inside one of those stinky filthy grain bins, eyck!
Umm, anyway, that was a boring paragraph, I apologize, Erica (my lonely reader), for boring you.
It's pouring rain here (I know, I know, way to make the blog more interesting... talk about the weather!!) there's some areas where they've had almost 5 inches of rain since yesterday! It's pretty incredible for this part of the country. However, I'm very greatful that this is the worst of it for us, we could be in Manitoba or Saskatchewan where people are loosing their homes and hundreds of thousand of acres of farmland are under water. I used to lament the fact that I lived somewhere that nothing ever happen! But the city has grown and now we actually have events worth attending and activities that the kids will enjoy as they grow up and, luckily, we have basically no natural disasters around here. Life is pretty simple here, but also very safe!
I promise next time I'll have something more interesting to write about... is there an award for "Most Boring Post Ever"? Because if there was I'd have nailed it with this one!!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Oh dear...
Well, do I ever feel sheepish...
It's been 7 months since my last post?! I suppose the only excuse I have is that I'm unorganized and not very good at following through on projects that I start. I'm not saying that I'll be trying to post everyday again but I do have more time on my hands now that I've started a new job, so maybe I'll be more inclined to start blogging again.
That's right, a new job!! I left the lawyer's office and am now working at Louis Dreyfus, the grain elevator. A good friend of mine was offered a promotion but was told that she could only have it if she found herself a replacement and she thought of me. I was happy to leave the lawyer's office because of the dismal pay and complete lack of medical coverage/benefits. So thank you, Rachel, for helping me to find a job that will better fit the needs of myself and my family.
As for the family... things are GREAT!! Liam is starting school in the fall and Rowan is turning more and more into a little boy (as opposed to a baby boy) everyday. Neil's business is going very well, he'll be busy into the early winter with the jobs he has lined up now.
Hmmmmmmm, what else to say??? Boy, at this rate my blog is going to be VERY boring! Oh well, I guess if no one is reading it then there won't be anyone to know if I've posted or not!
It's been 7 months since my last post?! I suppose the only excuse I have is that I'm unorganized and not very good at following through on projects that I start. I'm not saying that I'll be trying to post everyday again but I do have more time on my hands now that I've started a new job, so maybe I'll be more inclined to start blogging again.
That's right, a new job!! I left the lawyer's office and am now working at Louis Dreyfus, the grain elevator. A good friend of mine was offered a promotion but was told that she could only have it if she found herself a replacement and she thought of me. I was happy to leave the lawyer's office because of the dismal pay and complete lack of medical coverage/benefits. So thank you, Rachel, for helping me to find a job that will better fit the needs of myself and my family.
As for the family... things are GREAT!! Liam is starting school in the fall and Rowan is turning more and more into a little boy (as opposed to a baby boy) everyday. Neil's business is going very well, he'll be busy into the early winter with the jobs he has lined up now.
Hmmmmmmm, what else to say??? Boy, at this rate my blog is going to be VERY boring! Oh well, I guess if no one is reading it then there won't be anyone to know if I've posted or not!
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