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Susannahs cross...

Susannah made this cross at school recently...it is made from used matches.....I think its gorgeous and so it will be displayed here somewhere...which will be quite odd considering I am an athiest!

Laurence went ona retreat today in Sherwood Park......the retreat was entitled 'Spiritual Superheroes' and was about comparing Jesus to superman etc.....he said they did a lot of praying ;)

Fat piggy!!!

Charlie squashed into Cairo the cats bed this afternoon....she was determined to get comfy but as you can see, she has a huge arse and it doesn't look good squashed into a small bed ;)

So......

I just realised that I use the word 'So' a LOT to start new sentences.....

So, what should I do about that?????

Monday afternoon.....

sometimes I struggle to think of an interesting title for a post lol!

So its Monday afternoon - the kids will be home in a little while....Dan is still downtown I'm assuming so he'll come back with Lloyd later..

Today has been a blur....so sleepy yet I can't remember for the life of me if I took my meds yesterday - so Lloyd just ran to the drugstore and bought me one of those little boxes for old people - they have 7 little boxes with the days of the week labelled on the top and you put your tablets for each day in each box so you KNOW if you've taken them or not..

OMG I am soooooooo OLD!!! And now Lloyd is going to continually take the piss out of me for being old and forgetful......he never lets me forget that I put my purse in the fridge - and my shoes and stuff like that.....and now this :( Last year he bought me some vitamins for over 50's!!!!!!!!!

So I feel as though I have done nothing today...but what HAVE I done? Showered and dressed.....dressed Sam.....washed kitchen floor, cleaned kitchen, donw two loads of laundry, vacuumed main floor, made a cottage pie for dinner tonight, set Sam and Abby up with colouring and a craft at the table...made breakfast for us all...washed a sink full of dishes....fed Charlie the pig and the dogs....blogged several times, phoned my sister (Daniels Mom Clare) and chatted to her and my other Nephews Oliver (15) and Isaac (5)

I've also chatted on Scrappershaven and checked out the blogs I read....I was hoping to read about Cheeriosbabble's trip to Toronto but she hasn't updated yet.....

Tonight we are all going for a walk again and as its so nice out we may have a fire and then have Smores for dessert - we couldn't last night because it rained...

So yep another ramble about my day....I think I need to add some piccies so tonight I will take the camera when we go for a walk....

Oh and I found out that Charlie hates carrots.....I gave her a ton of food earlier including some bananas and carrots that wweren't looking great - they had gone past the stage the kids like them - so she gulped back her bananas as always but left the carrots.....

She really is such a lovely pig - if you are standing outside chatting she will just walk up to you and stand so close she is touching your leg - it must be a comfort thing...she is so sociable!

In appreciation of a fab friend!!!

I have this amazing friend named Samantha....she was Abigails preschool teacher a few years back and I recognised her Manchester accent so we got chatting - turns out our Sons played soccer together too and she was actually from the same small part of Stockport that I had lived.....

Anyway...we stayed in touch and she is amazing...she has this endless energy (although sometimes I think she only keeps going because if she stopped for a while she would collapse!!!!) and is always volunteering and she helps run preschool activities and all kinds of things around here......this week she is starting a new preschool drop-in group here where I live!!!! Yay!!

I am rambling but Lloyd had remembered that Sams DH works in the music business.....something to do with sound systems but we weren't sure what....we wondered if he had heard of the college that Dan was thinking of studying at (where his interview is today) So I emailed and asked and if he had any suggestions for other courses in the area....

Well Sam phoned last night said that if Dan wanted a job with her DH's company then he could probably start straight away! They NEED enthusiastic young people willing to learn from the bottom and work hard....turns out that her DH is an audio engineer - they set up the sound systems for many of the festivals and concerts in the area - the big events - and they do sound systems for restaurants and stores etc as well and this is EXACTLY what Dan wants to study and work in!!!

So Sams wonderful Husband said that he would check to see if he is working away this week, and if not then Dan can go and spend a day with him to see if its what he wants to do - and he should take his resume!!!!!!!

So Samantha and Ian - not that you read this blog but THANK YOU - you have no idea what that opportunity would mean for Dan!!!

Monday morning...

I was supposed to drive Susannah to school today but it was a really bad night...I don't think I took my tablet last night...and I was awake until 3am :( I woke up as Lloyd was leaving and kissed him goodbye......Lloyd phoned at 7:15am and I mumbled hello...he called again at 8am and I was shocked that Susie had left with the boys and it was too late to drive her.......I fell back to sleep....Sam was also asleep with me......Lloyd phoned at 9am and 9:45 am and Sam and I were still sleeping.......

Now its 10:20am and I am slowly waking up.....not quite the Monday morning I had planned.....

Dan did better than me - he set his alarm for 5:30am and actually got up!!! He went into Edmonton with lloyd for the day....he has an interview at DEV Studios this morning and will then spend the rest of the afternoon downtown strolling around and visiting touristy things.....maybe walking in the river valley or sat somewhere reading a magazine...he says he is 'Shit-scared' lol but he's surviving!

He got into Edmonton by 7am and then went up to the 28th floor with Lloyd to Lloyds office...he enjoyed the view from there and Lloyd printed off a colour map of the city for him and pointed places out from the window....then Lloyd left him at Second Cup getting coffee.....and when he went down a little later Dan had gone...

Dan says he walked around the mall and sat in there before the stores opened...he said it was full of homeless people sat on the benches so he sat on the last free chair lol...he went to the bathroom and found a man in there stripped to the waist washing himself....I think Dan was puzzled by this!!!!!

He got chatting to someone anyway because someone recommended he visited the Citadel...I explained where City Hall was and the Winspear and the temporary art gallery on Jasper....oh and I explained where tourist info is......and how to get to the river valley....he can get the bus back to Sherwood Park after his interview if he wants but he says he may stay downtown and wait for Lloyd......I think thats great - I know how scared he is but I think he is enjoying pushing himself into these new experiences on his own - he's never really done anything on his own and I think this will be REALLY good for him and his confidence!!

the next post is about Dan too!