stuff about me

RED

1. Closest red thing to you: poppy from Remembrance day
2. Last thing to make you angry: stupid payphone at Glen Allen Rec
3. Do you have a temper: yes!
4. Are you a fan of romance: yes

ORANGE

1. Closest orange thing to you: rechargeable sony battery
2. Do you like to burn things:
no3. Dress up for Halloween: no
4. Are you usually a warm-hearted person: yes
5. Do you have anything against redheaded people: yes - something from my past lol
6. Are you usually full of energy: some days I am, some days I'm not....

YELLOW

1.Closet yellow thing: duplo brick
2. The happiest time[s] of your life: the whole of 2005
3. Favorite holiday: Christmas
4. Are you a coward: no
5. Do you burn or tan: both

GREEN

1. Closest green thing to you?: duplo block
2. Do you care about the environment: YES
3. Are you jealous of anyone right now: no
4. Are you a lucky person: yes and constantly grateful for that.
5. Do you always want what you cant have: no
6. Do you like being outdoors: yes
7. Are you Irish: not at all but I've been to Ireland!

BLUE

1. Closest blue thing to you : pen
2. Are you good at calming people down: yes
3. Do you like the sea: yes - I miss it terribly - can't wait until January!!
4. What was the last thing that made you cry: The Lake House
5. Are you a logical thinker: no not really - I lack patience!
6. Can you sleep easily: sometimes

PURPLE

1. Last purple thing you saw: my 12x12 paper holder
2. Like being treated to expensive things: I like being treated to ANYTHING...cost doesn't matter!
3. Do you like mysterious things: yes
4. Favorite type of chocolate: skim
5. Ever met anyone in royalty: yes...well, I've seen them but not been introduced ;)
6. Are you creative: yes

PINK

1. Closest pink thing to you: a file folder
2. Do you like sweet things: yes
3. Like play-fighting:with DH ;)
4. Are you sensitive: sometimes - depends on time of the month
5. Do you like music: yes but I also like peace

WHITE

1. Closest white thing to you: math u see manipulatives
2. Would you say youre innocent: no
3. Good at keeping the peace: sometimes
4. How do you imagine your wedding: vegas with DH probably ;)
5. Do you like to play in the snow: yes
6. Are you afraid of going to the doctors or dentist: DENTIST...not Doc

BLACK

1. Closest black thing to you: keyboard
2. Ever enjoy hurting people: NO
3. Are you sophisticated or silly: neither
4. Would you like to go to space: yes - would love to see Earth from up there!
5. Do you have a lot of secrets: no
6. What is your favorite color: turquoise
7. Does the color you wear affect your mood: no but the clothes I wear do!

Veggies

I love vegetables......ALL vegetables......I was just out in the kitchen chopping veggies with Susannah and I just HAD to take a picture.......aren't the colours of vegetables so bright and vibrant and gorgeous? How can anyone think vegetables are boring and dull or horrid???

So anyway here are my veggies from tonights dinner...ready to go into the rice when its almost ready.................We are having my special savoury brown rice with the garlic veggie balls from Costco!!! Yum!!!! We cook the veggieballs in a sweet and sour sauce.....

The vegetables on tonights menu are broccoli, carrots, yellow and orange peppers and grape tomato's..................I may get some corn out too............

I love the smell of brown rice cooking.................mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

So what vegetables are on the menu for you tonight???????

my new friend.....

He looked so cold out there on his own....and if we can have a pig in the house then we can piggin well have a snowman too! He can just cuddle up with Ken and I tonight and watch tv :)

mmmmmmmm

Mmmm nothing like a hot cup of INSTANT coffee to warm you on a winters afternoon....

..........is there Rod???????????????

the raisin hunt

I know its in here somewhere............Lloyd dropped a raisin in here and I'm hungry and my cupboards are bare...................

Yikes!!

If thats how big the batteries how #*%$# big is the vibrator??????

sleepyhead

I am so sleepy!!! Someone slap me!!!! I know its because of lack of sleep last night but I still feel as though its been a waste of a day. I can't wait for Lloyd to come home.......

On the subject of husbands....sometimes I can't believe the things people post on websites about their husbands......the personal things!!!! Yesterday my chin hit the floor when I read a certain post.......I told Lloyd about it last night and he couldn't quite believe someone would post that either!!!!

Chris finishes work soon and then Lloyd will be picking him up and coming home.......

I soaked in the bath for a while earlier.........Laurie and Susie watched Click but are not allowed to tell me anything about it....Lloyd and I are watching it tonight! They did say it was funny and sad though!

I have a photo shoot tomorrow...the client coming sounds so excited which is lovely!

I work well and am motivated when I am under pressure from a deadline....the house is a total tip right now, but tomorrow morning I will clean it from top to bottom because I HAVE to :)

This week has been a bit of a flop 'schoolwork' wise.....and now nothing will be done until Wednesday next week...we really do need to DO something!!! But there just always seems to be more insteresting fun stuff to do.......or days like today when we accomplish NOTHING.......

I am feeling blah right now.....this week has been very blah.......hmmm Susan are the blahs catching????????

Pella windows

Someone (was it Kathy??????) asked about Pella windows.....Pella are the company we are going with for our new windows...we have looked at many different companies but we love the quality and workmanship that comes with Pella windows...

http://www.pella.com/products/windows_patiodoors/Detail.asppath=/products/windows/doublehung/designer

This (above link) is the style we are having throughout the house...

http://www.pella.com/products/windows_patiodoors/BowBayDetail.asp?path=/products/windows/bow

This (above) is the bay window which will have a deep window seat and will overlook the pond/ sledding hill.

Not sure about the bathroom window but it will be large and level with the top of the bath so you can soak in the bath and look out of the window!

I like that Pella does the retractable insect screens.....and I love their between the glass window 'fashions'.....we will need that on certain windows because the sun hits certain places during the day......

Anyway the website tells you all about their windows, how they are made etc etc.......

Our windows right now are really ugly and VERY draughty..they are the original ones from when the house was built and desperately need replacing........as does the furnace.....kitchen....bathrooms.....

Lloyd jokes that this place should be named the 'money pit'....... ;)

Date night NOT!!!

We haven't had a decent date night in weeks :(

Last night we had to take Rosie and Amber to the vets (note to self - NEVER book both dogs in the same night again!!!) Amber had to have her injections and Rosie had to have her stitches out. It was chaos. Amber is a crazy girl...totally hyperactive...needs to be on ritalin!!!! Rosie was fine thankfully!

Our vet is wonderful and always remembers Amber and teases her for being so crazy......

We picked up Sams passport from the post office last night......so funny seeing a Canadian passport! Its black :) My little Canadian has his very own Canadian passport!

We went to Tims for supper (woohoo big spenders huh???) and the British woman who served us was a miserable cow...and then they got my order wrong :(

Then we went to Blockbusters to buy The Lake House on dvd....but ended up buying 'Click' instead.

Then I made DH drive to the mall so I could run in to Hallmark.....there was something I wanted to get....I looked awful as I hadn't touched my hair since we went swimming and I was covered in dog hair from holding Amber at the vets etc .........and of course I get a PM today from someone that said they saw me but didn't get a chance to say hi!!!! Of course this person is stunning and always looks so glam!!! TYPICAL!!!!!! Can you tell I had a fun evening??????

I came home and as I had had a migraine since mid afternoon I took Imitrex and went straight to bed.

Glad the day was done.......hoping today would be better!

Roll on Friday :)

And yes I can kind of laugh at my crappy days now........but I was NOT laughing earlier!!!

What a morning!!!!

I have been in a bad mood since yesterday afternoon...no idea why but don't pick a fight with me today - ok??????

This morning has been the morning from hell! We did not sleep well. I went to bed at 9pm last night with a migraine and some Imitrex........woke up a few hours later and could hear the pig banging her pen....that finally stopped and then all I could hear was drip drip drip outside...the snow was melting on the roof and dripping somewhere grrrrrr......then the winds started and boy were they strong...hurricane conditions in BC that tore down trees and a building...not quite that bad here but very strong and they were whipping around the house...I thought the windows were going to blow in...the meshy things all got sucked out.......Abigail came into our room scared by the winds and this morning I found Laurie in Abigails bed as he had had nightmares about Tornadoes......so very little sleep was had by anyone...except Sam who slept all night..

TYPICAL!!!

So this morning I was awake at 7:30am and woke the kids up as they had to take all the garbage down to the road.....we can't put it out the night before because animals will rip into it....and the box only holds a few bags....

Well getting them to do that was a real hassle in itself......

Finally we were ready to leave at 9:50am - we already knew Chris would be late for work. Sam started crying on the way into town...we had no soothers with us grrrrr...so we dropped CHris at work and then ran around to a house to drop off a cheque for some cookie dough we are ordering.......got lost in the subdivision(my fault) - the directions I wrote down were - head towards showhomes go straight across traffic circle, turn left house on right..........

Well there are two roads that go towards different showhomes and both have traffic circles...needless to say I went to the wrong one.....all this time Sam is still screaming :(

The roads in the subdivision were like sheets of ice...OMG they were awful....I always thought rural roads would be worse but no way..our roads are fine in comparison!

Anyway we finally find the house and leave the cheque and I decide it is futile to wiat in town for my appt at the bank with Sam screaming....so we head to Shoppers and buy some soothers (which Sam then throws on the floor because he is in such a bad mood he is beyong soothing!! So my cell phone is dead...I run into Glen Allen rec to use the payphone....I have never used a Canadian payphone before and can't figure it out...finally put my money in, dial the number and it says 'this is a long distance number, you can use your credit card or charge the call' WHY??? WHY????? So I give up and go back to the car...sam is still screaming...seems like there is no reason though...just bad mood.

I plug in my cell phone into the car and finally get a signal.....can't get hold of Lloyd...and it won't let me leave a message...he finally calls me back...I tell him to cancel my bank appt and I am going home!

Came home.....Sam is now happy in front of Treehouse and I have drowned my sorrows in a cup of coffee and far too many pieces of peanut butter on toast (and a twix but we won't mention that!!)

The morning is officially over now THANKFULLY................

My poor baby

Poor Lloyd had such a bad day yesterday.......what with falling and hurting his leg and losing his blackberry etc etc....

Then we were sat havinga cup of tea and some Lassy Mogs cookies in the evening and he drops a raisin in his tea......he gives me this sad sad look (kinda jokingly) and says 'I am having such a bad day and now I dropped a raisin in my tea!!! Can it get much worse???)

I think he was glad to get the day over with...we were asleep in bed by 10pm and his day seems to be going much better today!!! :)

vets

Lol - our vets just called to say Amber is due to ahyve her vaccinations from the 19th.........would we like to book her in???? Well uh yeah...she already has an appointment - for TONIGHT!!!! :) lol...

Blackberry..........................

Lloyd just phoned........he went into Rogers to buy a new blackberry because he lost his yesterday.....well some very kind soul had handed it in!!!!! He went in and asked yesterday but no use so he cancelled all his services through it - but not until I had emailed the blackberry his number asking for someone to call it if they got it etc etc....

Anyway it is scratched from where he dropped it...maybe a car went over it lol....but it works and is fine so thats wonderful :) and saves us $500 for a new one :)

There are good people in this world :)

Millennium fun...................

The kids having a blast at MP today..................

Swimming with five............

This morning we drove into town (roads were in really good shape despite all that snow!!) and we went to Millennium Place for a few hours...we went swimming and this time we ALL went......it was actually the first time I have taken all five swimmingt by myself...we normally put Sam in the babysitting service...................but it was ok.....he LOVED it of course and as you can see by the above pics, he was tired after all that splashing around in the water.....

After an hour or so I took Abigail and Sam out and we went in the indoor playground...Susie stayed in the pool with her brothers for a bit longer...then they joined us in the playground for a while before we headed out of MP.

After MP we went to the mall and got some lunch, then did a bit of shopping in Safeway and then went to the library......................and then it started to snow so we finished off at the library and headed home......

Amber has her vaccinations tonight and Rosie has to go and have her stitches out...so a trek to the vets is in order.................the roads were clear but VERY slushy coming home because it got up to 4c today.......I used a LOT of washer fluid on my car windows on the way home................I am sure the roads will freeze badly tonight :( thats not good but I did see a lot of gritters/ sanders out today....so hopefully it won't be too bad.....

I have a bit of a headache but tylenol seems to be helping thankfully....