Sam peeling potatoes for Daddy at dinner time - he did a great job but took about half an hour to peel one potato :)
4 hours ago
Nov 22, 2008
Start 'em young........
Sam peeling potatoes for Daddy at dinner time - he did a great job but took about half an hour to peel one potato :)
Queen of hearts...she made some tarts....
Abigail is feeling fed up at the moment so I wanted to spend some time just with her, so today we made jam tarts together. We made two different kinds together - some we made in ready made frozen pastry shells, and some we made in proper pastry! She loved having to roll the pastry out and cut the circles out...and she liked being able to make a HUGE jam pasty at the end that she got to eat herself! I liked the ease of standing beside her and just filling pastry shells while she was busy!!! :) You can see her big pasty on the rack and a mixture of the jam tarts in the picture above :) I must admit that her jam tarts taste MUCH better!!!
Feeling crafty :)
Today I managed to get all of my ATC's done for the swaps I'm in at the moment! I did all my nature swap ATC's and the one for my Frog Swap! All ready to send off! I can't add the pictures of the nature swap because they are for people who read my blog - so you will have to wait to see them, but I'm really happy with them :) I've started work on the New Year atc's for the swap I'm organizing too!
Then I worked on a little album I'm making of my family. It's been a while since I worked on a mini album. I didn't get much done but I've made a start.
I spent a while cutting up lots of card stock in size for future atc's too - I find this makes it a much faster job to make them when I need to do them - and I made quite a few up in watercolour cardstock as I love painting atc's.
It was windy out today again - the last couple of months have been so windy here - still very little snow or rain but soooo much wind! The rest of the country seems to have had a lot of snow so I have no idea why it keeps missing us, but thats fine with me! But this wind - WOW!!!!! It was nice to snuggle up and stay home and just craft!!!
Twilight - possible spoilers - but Stacey knows already lol!
I had a wonderful evening - going was soooooo much fun! We got there two hours early and the line up was quite long already - full of teenaged girls with nothing better to do but the atmosphere was sooo much fun!!! It was BUZZING!!!
I thought the movie was disappointing - there were some really good parts in it and it COULD have been really good - but it was runied by some VERY bad acting and some VERY CHEESY parts - OMG the part where Bella walks into the classroom by the fan....the whole theatre was laughing hysterically at how cheesy it was - and when the Doc walks in - it was so bad it was like a bad American soap opera!!! the worst kind - why they had to keep doing those terrible slow camera moves into Edwards eyes - it just made everyone in the theatre laugh when you weren't supposed to!
But it was such a fun evening! I really enjoyed going and there were parts of the movie that I really enjoyed - it's 50% great and 50% really corny!!!! It was great going to one of the first showings and everyone there being so excited to see it - most of the teens were dressed in Twilight gear and many of them had their books with them - and there were lots of screams when it first started - and lots of laughs at the funny cheesy bits the atmosphere MADE the night I had a great time!
The movie imo is NOTHING like the book....even things like the kitchen in Bellas house is nothing like the kitchen in my mind.....and Jasper...OMG!!! The only thing they had right to me was Alice's voice!! It's a shame they didn't go with a different director.....with these wonderful books they could have done so much more.
Lol thats jmho anyway
After the movie Lloyd and I went to Milestones for dinner and Lloyd said even our waiter looked like Edward - too funny! It was such a fun evening - Lloyd was a real sport to put up with waiting in line with all those teenaged girls - he was practically the only guy!!!! Luckily we got great seats near the back and by the aisle - perfect!!! I had my coffee for the movie too :) Dinner was yummy and the movie and atmosphere was fun! So the movie wasn't great but my evening was! :) I had a blast - Thank you Lloyd! YOU are all the Edward I need :)
I thought the movie was disappointing - there were some really good parts in it and it COULD have been really good - but it was runied by some VERY bad acting and some VERY CHEESY parts - OMG the part where Bella walks into the classroom by the fan....the whole theatre was laughing hysterically at how cheesy it was - and when the Doc walks in - it was so bad it was like a bad American soap opera!!! the worst kind - why they had to keep doing those terrible slow camera moves into Edwards eyes - it just made everyone in the theatre laugh when you weren't supposed to!
But it was such a fun evening! I really enjoyed going and there were parts of the movie that I really enjoyed - it's 50% great and 50% really corny!!!! It was great going to one of the first showings and everyone there being so excited to see it - most of the teens were dressed in Twilight gear and many of them had their books with them - and there were lots of screams when it first started - and lots of laughs at the funny cheesy bits the atmosphere MADE the night I had a great time!
The movie imo is NOTHING like the book....even things like the kitchen in Bellas house is nothing like the kitchen in my mind.....and Jasper...OMG!!! The only thing they had right to me was Alice's voice!! It's a shame they didn't go with a different director.....with these wonderful books they could have done so much more.
Lol thats jmho anyway
After the movie Lloyd and I went to Milestones for dinner and Lloyd said even our waiter looked like Edward - too funny! It was such a fun evening - Lloyd was a real sport to put up with waiting in line with all those teenaged girls - he was practically the only guy!!!! Luckily we got great seats near the back and by the aisle - perfect!!! I had my coffee for the movie too :) Dinner was yummy and the movie and atmosphere was fun! So the movie wasn't great but my evening was! :) I had a blast - Thank you Lloyd! YOU are all the Edward I need :)
Nov 21, 2008
Eeeeeewwwww!!
I just had to sign Susannahs school math test and it smells REALLY bad of cigarette smoke :( She wrote the test yesterday....so do the teachers smoke in the staff room still these days or does her teacher smoke THAT much at home while he marks papers???? For it to smell so strongly STILL???
I figured they wouldn't be allowed to smoke in the staff room these days - it can't be allowed right - here in Alberta???? So it must be at home while marking the papers?
I figured they wouldn't be allowed to smoke in the staff room these days - it can't be allowed right - here in Alberta???? So it must be at home while marking the papers?
Come and by my IMMEDIATE neighbour!!!
www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=7750935
Our neighbours are selling - these are the people who used to live in our house!! They then built a house up in the top part of the land and sold off the major part of the land (where we are) and moved to their house that they are now selling. Their kids are grown up now and they have Grandchildren and I guess they no longer need their acreage..the boys will be sorry to lose their dog sitting job!
I have to say though that I have NO idea where this 'riding arena' is supposed to be...because I'm looking out of my window now and I can't see a 'riding arena' hahahaha um is that realtor speak for 'overgrown field with pretty white fence around it???? He's selling the place himself so I assume thats why he's used those terms....
Anyway I hope we get nice neighbours because they've been very good neighbours really. It's a shame it isn't one of the other neighbours - we want one of our other neighbours to sell - so we can buy the land - but these are the wrong neighbours because their land isn't really worth us buying.
Come and be my neighbour :)
Our neighbours are selling - these are the people who used to live in our house!! They then built a house up in the top part of the land and sold off the major part of the land (where we are) and moved to their house that they are now selling. Their kids are grown up now and they have Grandchildren and I guess they no longer need their acreage..the boys will be sorry to lose their dog sitting job!
I have to say though that I have NO idea where this 'riding arena' is supposed to be...because I'm looking out of my window now and I can't see a 'riding arena' hahahaha um is that realtor speak for 'overgrown field with pretty white fence around it???? He's selling the place himself so I assume thats why he's used those terms....
Anyway I hope we get nice neighbours because they've been very good neighbours really. It's a shame it isn't one of the other neighbours - we want one of our other neighbours to sell - so we can buy the land - but these are the wrong neighbours because their land isn't really worth us buying.
Come and be my neighbour :)
Tara update.....
Please continue to keep Tara and her Daughter in your thoughts - they remain in hospital and Taras last update at 3am this morning was not good. 'K' remains in pain and vomiting. She has an NG tube (a tube that goes via the nose and throat into the stomach for nutrition normally but could be being used for an alternative reason) and IV and if this doesn't help will require surgery. Tara hasn't slept for 24 hours and was already sleep deprived prior to this because of nightmares due to the fire.
This is all so unfair with all they have been through. They really need a break!
This is all so unfair with all they have been through. They really need a break!
Blown away.....
Being blown around by the wind yesterday at Millennium Place reminded me of the scene from Unfaithful where Diane Lane is blown about in Soho, New York City by the strong winds until she falls into Olivier Martinez and hurts her knee. It put me in the mood to watch the movie, so last night Lloyd and I snuggled up and watched Unfaithful while the wind continued to blow around our little house outside.
This morning the winds have died down and we are left with a dusting of snow and hazardous roads coated in freezing rain. There seem to be endless road accidents this morning in Edmonton. Lloyd drove Chris into the transit centre this morning and picked up coffee at Timmys before coming home - he's not working today (Yay). I'm having my hair cut at lunchtime and then this afternoon we are off to see TWILIGHT at the movies :) WOOHOO the day has finally arrived :)
This morning the winds have died down and we are left with a dusting of snow and hazardous roads coated in freezing rain. There seem to be endless road accidents this morning in Edmonton. Lloyd drove Chris into the transit centre this morning and picked up coffee at Timmys before coming home - he's not working today (Yay). I'm having my hair cut at lunchtime and then this afternoon we are off to see TWILIGHT at the movies :) WOOHOO the day has finally arrived :)
Meteor over Edmonton yesterday!!!
Lloyd and Chris saw a flash over Edmonton on their way home form work yesterday. Chris came in and told me that they had heard on the radio that it was a suspected meteor!! So we put the tv on and sure enough they were saying it was a suspected meteor over Edmonton but they have no idea where it had landed and it had been seen in the sky all across Alberta and as far away as Saskatchewan!! Luckily some people caught it on camera but we didn't see these until this morning! Cool huh? Lloyd and Chris were lucky enough to see a little bit of history! :) I'm impressed but Lloyd isn't! I think it's very X-File-ish but of course Lloyd is all depressing and pessimistic (I tend to be Tiggerish and he is all Eeyore-ish lol) and he says it's more like Armageddon!!! hahahahaha)
My little Paddington Bear...
I've decided Samuel is Paddington Bear reincarnated!!! His favourite sandwich is a marmalade sandwich (which he is eating right this very second for breakfast) and he also LOVES cocoa to drink.
I think I'm going to have to find a Paddington Bear book for him for Christmas that mentions marmalade sandwiches and cocoa!!!
I think I'm going to have to find a Paddington Bear book for him for Christmas that mentions marmalade sandwiches and cocoa!!!
Nov 20, 2008
Thursday
Sam and Susannah are better now - luckily their stomach flu/ bug didn't last very long. 24hr thing was all it was and no one else in the house has picked it up so far YAY!!! Touch wood no one will I HOPE!!! We worked out that they picked up this bug in Kidz Quarterz on Sunday....they were the only two to really play in the indoor playground and less than 48 hours later both were ill. Seems to be the only thing connecting them both.
Last night Lloyd and I went out for date night. We headed backto A Taste of India. we've been there three or four times and ALWAYS had the same table - too funny! It's now known as our 'usual table' haha :) We had the buffet again because it's REALLY good - they didn't have my favourite dessert this time but they DID have the other dessert that I love which is just as good - Gulab Jamun!!! Mmmm which I had with their amazing creamy custard that they sprinkled with pistachio's. The beef Vindaloo was REALLY good - but over here they don't make Vindaloo hot like they do in the UK....it's so funny - I could never eat a Vindaloo back home as its the hottest curry EVER for me lol but here it's more of a medium curry and its lovely! It was a lovely evening...just sat chatting together....but I must admit that my mind kept returning to the thought of Tara and her Daughter....in the hospital...and all their family has been through lately :(
Today I had a few things I HAD to get done this morning but I ended up running late (as usual) and had to do a couple of them this afternoon instead. Never mind. Sam had Pre-K this afternoon and it was his 'Show and Tell' day too - he took his Wall-E to show everyone. Today they learned about Owls and learned to write the letter Oo!!! We got a letter to say they are having a skating party for his last day of school in a couple of weeks and parents get to go! That will be fun!
I was supposed to have dinner out with Val tonight...but she cancelled on me (Poo on her to use one of her quotes hahahaha imagine putting family FIRST!!!!!! lol) so instead I get to snuggle up with my amazing husband and stay in the warm which is no bad thing because my poor truck was getting blown across the highway LITERALLY today - oh boy those winds were strong - Sam and I turned the corner at Millennium Place and literally got blown across the sidewalk!!! It was so funny!! And sooooo cold!!! I had to cling on to Sam so tight or he would have been blown over!
Lloyd is off of work tomorrow YAY!!! I am having my hair cut and then I get to go and see MY EDWARD!!!! Yay Twilight is in theatres TONIGHT and we have tickets for tomorrow night :) OMG OMG OMG I am sooooo excited :) so so so excited :)
If you haven't read the book WHY ON EARTH NOT??????????
Last night Lloyd and I went out for date night. We headed backto A Taste of India. we've been there three or four times and ALWAYS had the same table - too funny! It's now known as our 'usual table' haha :) We had the buffet again because it's REALLY good - they didn't have my favourite dessert this time but they DID have the other dessert that I love which is just as good - Gulab Jamun!!! Mmmm which I had with their amazing creamy custard that they sprinkled with pistachio's. The beef Vindaloo was REALLY good - but over here they don't make Vindaloo hot like they do in the UK....it's so funny - I could never eat a Vindaloo back home as its the hottest curry EVER for me lol but here it's more of a medium curry and its lovely! It was a lovely evening...just sat chatting together....but I must admit that my mind kept returning to the thought of Tara and her Daughter....in the hospital...and all their family has been through lately :(
Today I had a few things I HAD to get done this morning but I ended up running late (as usual) and had to do a couple of them this afternoon instead. Never mind. Sam had Pre-K this afternoon and it was his 'Show and Tell' day too - he took his Wall-E to show everyone. Today they learned about Owls and learned to write the letter Oo!!! We got a letter to say they are having a skating party for his last day of school in a couple of weeks and parents get to go! That will be fun!
I was supposed to have dinner out with Val tonight...but she cancelled on me (Poo on her to use one of her quotes hahahaha imagine putting family FIRST!!!!!! lol) so instead I get to snuggle up with my amazing husband and stay in the warm which is no bad thing because my poor truck was getting blown across the highway LITERALLY today - oh boy those winds were strong - Sam and I turned the corner at Millennium Place and literally got blown across the sidewalk!!! It was so funny!! And sooooo cold!!! I had to cling on to Sam so tight or he would have been blown over!
Lloyd is off of work tomorrow YAY!!! I am having my hair cut and then I get to go and see MY EDWARD!!!! Yay Twilight is in theatres TONIGHT and we have tickets for tomorrow night :) OMG OMG OMG I am sooooo excited :) so so so excited :)
If you haven't read the book WHY ON EARTH NOT??????????
In my thoughts....
As if they haven't been through enough, Tara from www.cfmommy.blogspot.com who just weeks ago lost her home and all it's contents to a housefire, has spent the last day or so going back and forth to the Stollery Childrens Hospital at the U of A, with her Daughter. As many of you know, her Daughter has Cystic Fibrosis. 'K' had stomach flu and was vomiting and had terrible stomach pains and was rushed in with a bowel obstruction. She was given IV meds that seemed to help and was allowed home but last night became ill again and went back in. I believe this morning she is back in again on Doctors advice!!
This family has been through SOOOOOOOOOOO much this year - endless hospital stays, the house fire and now this.....please keep them in your thoughts as I'm not sure how much more they can take. If you have time please drop by Tara's blog and leave a few words of support! I know those words mean a lot to Tara when she has time to read them!
This family has been through SOOOOOOOOOOO much this year - endless hospital stays, the house fire and now this.....please keep them in your thoughts as I'm not sure how much more they can take. If you have time please drop by Tara's blog and leave a few words of support! I know those words mean a lot to Tara when she has time to read them!
A Sam-ism...
This morning Sam came up to me and said:
"Mom I'm scared, I think real Goblets are going to get me"!!!
"Mom I'm scared, I think real Goblets are going to get me"!!!
Quote of the day!!!
"Whatever you give a woman, she will make greater. If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So, if you give her any crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit.”
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