Friday

The kids are home today - well the younger 4 anyway - Chris has school today because his school comes under a different schoolboard now - he's under Edmonton schools and the younger ones are Elk Island Catholic.....This didn't work out so well last night when one of Chris's friends had a birthday party last night and Chris had to be picked up early because for him it was a school night - he of course had decided he was taking today off of school and was sleeping over - Uh NO!!!!! Sorry Chris!!! So we picked him up at 11pm which is quite generous in my mind at 15 years old on a school night considering he has to get up at 5:30am to leave with Lloyd at 6am for school!!

He was fine though and all went well and to be honest I was more than happy when I found out that the stupid parents (Yes it was Supermom again) had let their Son have a party at the playground in the middle of the village (instead of their acreage) on a Thursday evening with a firepit with kids from 14 years of age - 20 years of age from 8pm until probably midnight or later - close to a lake with alcohol and fire UNSUPERVISED. How considerate knowing there were kids and families living right next to that park and people who have to go to work the next day. And the birthday boy left at 11pm but many gate crashers stayed after 11pm to annoy all the neighbours - I am so glad Chris left before the 11pm noise curfew as I am sure the police were probably called before long.

Don't the parents THINK???? Why didn't they have it at home on their acreage where they could control noise and gate crashers and safety and alcohol etc etc???????? STUPID......

Today I picked up some friends of the children and we drove down to a swimming pool Val had recommended in Leduc - Leduc County schools were open today so I knew the pool would be nice and quiet! Millennium Place pool in Sherwood Park is now open again and refurbished and all the schools are closed today so I knew the pool would be crazy busy today - so we avoided that place today - Sam hates it there when its busy. Blackgold pool was so lovely and quiet and we had a great time! Stayed for lunch and then headed home. The children are here playing and then I will run them home. Then Lloyd and I are going out for a couple of hours tonight.

This weekend is very busy and I am so tired I am kind of wishing it wasn't so busy - I really need a break. We were planning on getting to the homes and interiors show as we still have a few things we need to get chosen for the kitchen, but we can't even fit that in now :( I don't think we will have much time to do anything this weekend. Just rush around - not the kind of weekend I like at all and after a busy week like I have had I am not looking forward to it at all :( My diary for next week is already filling up and I just want life to slow down :(

The workmen say they will knock down the wall of the kitchen in the next two weeks - so just after Thanksgiving I will not have a kitchen! I guess that is when the stress will really begin! Yikes! I am trying to decide whether to put Sam into preK after Christmas or not - he loves it but I am not sure I want to do all the rushing about through those wintery months or start again after Easter. I'm thinking of giving it a break until after Easter.