Frustrations in a small community...............

I am still feeling ill :( sick and tired literally :( but I'm kind of getting used to it and keeping going :( didn't have much chance to stop today.......

So tonight we HAD to go to the local community hall and renew our league membership and then register the girls for dance.................so while I was there I saw they had Girl Guides...Susie would LOVE to go to Girl Guides/ Brownies or whatever......so I go and ask them when it is.......its EXACTLY the same day and time as the dance classes!!! This is such a small community you would think they would have more sense than to run both the girls activities on the same day at the same TIME!!!!! Duh!!!! So I said we have dance and they sigh and say what a shame and that lots of families say the same thing............... DUH!!!!!! So I ask if they have this problem every year or if this is just this year and they say EVERY YEAR!!!!!! ...................DUH!!!!!! so I ask them why they do that and they look at me and say 'Its the day that works for us' But it doesn't %*&%#%$# work for the girls who want to go to Brownies you DORKS!!!!!!!

And you know what....ALL the girls and families were over at the dance class registration signing up for dance classes and NONE were signing up for Girl Guides..... I felt like yelling over at them 'Hows that workin' for ya????????'

DORKS!!!!!

So then I wanted to sign up for Yoga......an hour each Wednesday in the local community hall....Susie and I were going to go together..........................well they want $10 a WEEK for a little local community league yoga class......I think thats INSANE!!! Its not friggin' Yoga For Today' Studios. So no Yoga and no Girl Guides....but the girls start dance again in two weeks which they will love!

I was glad to get home.

Oh but I did ask about volunteering to do the community league newsletter for the year.........so maybe I will do that.

Slime................................

After I had shown everyone how to make the slime, and had made some for a few of the little ones, the children then took turns to come to the table and make their own slime..................

As well as slime making at the homeschool group, there was also a ball game going on, gopher watching, toad catching, tree climbing, kiss-chasing, cookie eating, coffee drinking, chatting, flower picking (and decorating hair with said flowers) and generally playing and doing.....................

It was nice to see so many people there....we had fun!

Susannah poses for the camera............

Susannah asked if I would take pictures of her in her glittery dress with her new hair do............so I did......I should set up my Nikon though as these were with the panasonic.............

A letter to Kotex..............

My friend Christie sent this to me this afternoon and I thought it was hilarious! I swear this letter could have been written by me ;)




Dear Kotex:

I recently noticed that the peel-off strip of my pantiliner had a bunch of
"Kotex Tips for Life" on it. Annoying advice such as:

* Staying active during your period can relieve cramps.
* Avoiding caffeine may help reduce cramps and headaches.
* Drink 6-8 glasses of water a day to keep you hydrated and feeling fresh.
* Try Kotex blah blah blah other products...

Obviously the individual behind this was someone who has never possessed a
functioning set of ovaries. Go ahead and tell a menstruating woman that
drinking 6-8 glasses of water will help keep her feeling fresh. Like we need
more fluid inside our bloated bodies from hell... but go ahead... I
triple-dog-friggin-dare-ya... See what happens and report back. I'll wait.

While you're at it, dump out the coffee at work and remove the chocolate
from the vending machine. I garan-friggin-tee that the first responders will
be females who just ovulated.

Staying active will relieve headaches & cramps...well guess what, the only
activities that interest me are eating..sleeping..bitching.. or crying for
no apparent reason... and oh... does ripping someone's head off count as a
friggin' activity?????

Look, females don't need or want tips for living on their feminine hygiene
products. Younger girls are already hearing "helpful" crap like that from
elderly relatives. Veteran females have concocted their own recipes for
survival, many containing alcohol & barbituates.

Printing out crappy advice while sneaking in ads for the brand that was
already purchased is just plain annoying, not to mention rude, and is enough
to send a consumers running to the Always brand.

It's not a fun time, but DO NOT try to cheer us up by adding smiley faces or
bunnies or flowery cutesy crap to your products or packaging. Put the crap
in a plain brown wrapper so we can throw it in our carts discreetly and have
it blend in among the wine and beer.

There is nothing more annoying than having a blinding pink package
announcing your uterine state to everyone in the store. Why don't ya just
add an in-store microphone to the dang package to announce that... Helloooo,
another female in the store is on the rag!!!!!


P.S.

How about adding a free sample of Pamprin & maybe a shot of Bourbon to your
packages instead!!!

New haircuts..........................

Today has been a busy day and it didn't help that I am still feeling sick and have an upset stomach............we were up early and drove Chris to work at the museum.....then we headed to the homeschool group.......I had no choice but to go today.....as much as I wanted to be home in bed because I felt ill, it was my day to do the activity....so I couldn't very well not show up...........
I had to get into town to take Chris anyway and Susie had a hair appt so I figured I'd just get through it.........

Normally it would have been easy but today soooo many people came to the group....which is wonderful but was overpowering when you don't feel 100%.

So I set up the tables for the activity and once everyone was rounded up we started making slime......I put the instructions on the table for anyone who wanted to take it home and try it there or learn in more detail about polymers/ gels..................I thought it would make a lot more mess than it did actually.........

The kids had a great morning there although Abigail was totally unsociable to poor Axel..............he is just the sweetest thing but I think my Daughter likes to play hard to get! She talks about him constantly at home but for some reason refuses to play with him nicely when she sees him....................

After HS group we headed to the mall .......I ran into a lady I used to go to a Moms group with...but I was in a rush so couldn't stop and talk......Susie had an appt at 12:30 to have her hair cut. So we went into Regis to see Erin (fab hairdresser...have I mentioned her before????? Lol yes of course I have!!!! Go see her...she's a total blast and a great stylist!) and because they were quiet in there they were able to fit in Laurie too....so Laurie and Susie both have new hair cuts.......they cut a LOT off of Susies hair but its done so nicely and I think she looks beautiful.....Erin and I were teasing her about shaving her head but Susie wasn't keen (lol)

So after the haircuts we went to the food court and bought lunch.....Susie went off and ordered chinese....she always orders chopsticks and a fortune cookie too..............and the rest of us had taco's....................some homeschool friends of ours were also eating lunch there and I chatted with their boys for a while.....they are great boys.....such great sense of humours!!!! The boy had been telling me about eraning money a while back and spending it on Yu Gi Oh cards and I had told him that was a waste of money...he remembered!!! He was telling me he HAD bought the cards and was enjoying them and I tld him that was a great thing but that next time maybe he should buy me a present with the money instead (lol) to which he just laughed!!! They were telling us about Calgary Zoo and we were comparing it to Edmonton Zoo...............

What next? After lunch we headed to the stores to buy some birthdays gifts for a party the boys are going to on Saturday.....bowling! They're looking forward to that................then we ran into Safeway for some salad.......then back to the car and home...via the mail box.....yay it was a good mail day....Chris recieved a big package from the Japanese Consulate...that was FAST!!! He will be thrilled when he gets home from work......

I got the confirmation letters for the workshops at the Telus World of Science...............and the new issue of Homeschooling Horizons magazine (yay!!!)

Now we are home........I still feel so ill and just not right :( but we HAVE to head out to register for dance tonight because its the last registration night.................apart from that though I plan to soak in the bath and read my magazine......but for now I have to head out and walk the dogs...my poor girls have been alone all day.........sick or not they still need to be walked....................