Nov 29, 2011

Tuesday stuff....






Tired....it's been a long day.  Thankful for this cup of tea.  Drinking this and then heading to bed to relax with my magazine before sleep.....blissful sleep.

Susannah had her surgery this evening.  It went ok.  It was difficult to watch her in so much pain and discomfort, but I held her hand for the worst part while she had the injections, and I tried to chat with the Dr for her so she wouldn't feel too uncomfortable...and he kept trying to make her laugh which she wasn't keen on....he put music on though which helped her!!

Susies dad brought her a present which was nice - we kind of know that he only did that out of guilt for reading about the surgery on here last night or this morning....sigh....we're not stupid - and I can see who and when reads my blog from my tracker!! But still, she was pleased..and while he may not be paying to feed his children or give them heating for the winter like a decent Father would, she did like the perfume he gave her...because, you know - that's going to keep a roof over her head come Spring.....what a pratt he is lmao!!!

Unfortunately the anaesthetic wore off very quickly and the surgery took too long, so we didn't make it to the movies tonight to see Breaking dawn.....maybe tomorrow.  The Doctor suggested she have soft food - something like a Blizzard....so we stopped off with Laurence and had something to eat....

Apart from this evening, today was a busy day with homeschooling.  Abigail and I are taking a Mother-Daughter online class.  Today we had to prepare some interview questions for each other that we have to take with us when we go out for a meal together - we have to ask the questions over the meal and have to remember the answers for later in the course when we have to use them to prepare some art pieces and written journal pieces in the books we are creating for each other.

It's a lovely class and we have several videos to watch each week together and various assignments/ written work/ journaling/ artwork etc etc....

Sam built a log cabin today using a big bag of corks.  He proved me wrong as I didn't think they would glue together and stay stuck!!  He did a great job and even had a wood pile beside it, a fire pit with chairs around it and a door frame....next he is making a car!!!

Abby added Minecraft to my iphone and Sam added a winter zoo and Christmas zoo game to my phone and created new zoo's and he also played Lego Creationary and used the Lego Instructions app on my phone to build a car frame and he made a surfer dude from the Creationary game....

Then this afternoon they made sugar cookies and decorated them using a  snowman cookie decorating kit I bought a few weeks ago!!  They did a great job and they were DELICIOUS!!

I got quite a bit of work done - dealt with a lot of new clients/ students and updated my business books/ papers.   Figured out my banking/ bills and budget for December....planned a great deal of project work and figured out a few new class ideas.  Spoke with several clients and answered questions regarding upcoming schedules.

Oh and I've also volunteered to go in and speak to my friends class in January for an hour or so (hmmm social work students???) about parenting a child with special needs.  Which reminds me that I also owe an Email about PANDAS and it's treatments....wah!!!!  I need more hours in my day!!!!!

Oh and I surfed online for some good links to help Abby with her story writing and came across the idea above which I thought was a good one...so I'm going to try something similar with Abby...

All in all a great day but BUSY.  Now I am tired out and exhausted....I think the children want to go swimming tomorrow.  I was hoping to put them off until Thursday but they just came downstairs and asked if we were still going - so it seems they have remembered...sigh....better get some sleep so I have the energy to hit the pool!!!

Oh and if you are in England, my cousin Lynn is on the Good Morning show tomorrow (Wednesday) as she had an extreme makeover last week!!!

Yay Lynn!!!  xxx  Love you lots xxx  Congratulations xxx

End of the month tag - November


What books and/or magazines did I read this month?    I don't know that I read any books....I read some magazines that my fab friend Sharon passed on to me (thank you Sharon).  I am also reading my gorgeous Artful Blogging magazine.  I have been reading 'The Witches' to the children which took longer than planned because we have been so busy and distracted.
What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?  I watched The Family Stone, Footloose, Deck The Halls, and a few other movies with the children.  We don't have tv so no tv.  No plays until December.
What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?  Endless fun things!!  November has been another busy month and we have been blessed with a full social calendar again.  Dinners out with friends, the start of the Christmas festivities, fun homeschool clubs and field trips, parties with friends and fun sleepovers for the children....it was a good month :)
What gifts did I give and/ or receive?  I gave a few gifts in November - including gifts of my time and help....but one in particular that made me laugh was the 'Melt Away your Ex Boyfriend' candle.  :)   
What special or unusual purchases did I make?    I bought a Mother-Daughter online class from Brave Girls Club.  Abigail asked specifically if we could do this class together, which just about melted my heart.  We have such a special relationship now and this class is going to create such special keepsakes for us!!  
What illnesses or health concerns did I have?  Stomach flu that a few of us had....Sam brought it back from his Dads house (yet again - he always comes back from there sick) and passed it to Abigail and I.....poor Sam was quite sick with it :(  Abigail and I were not very sick at all with it thankfully....
What were my accomplishments this month?  Business accomplishments, personal development accomplishments, ticking a few things off my to-do list from around the house.  I felt very proud of myself this month and what I was able to accomplish despite others trying to bring me down.
What were my disappointments this month?  I remain disappointed in certain other people - but nothing changes there.....some people are just jerks lol
Anything else noteworthy to include?  The weather was kind of crazy in November...from very VERY cold.....no snow to a lot of snow, to no snow again....RAIN at the end of November....freezing rain, fog.....high winds....fires....I think Alberta has just about had it all this month!!!

Found!! A picture - and a little more of MYSELF :)


I found this old photograph in a junk store on Whyte Ave yesterday 
(The Junque Cellar) and couldn't resist snapping it up!!  I love rooting round the old junk stores and antique stores around that area!!  Another blissful thing about getting rid of my Ex lol - he HATED looking around antique fairs and made me feel so bad for wanting to go to them.  Now I get to go whenever I want to and I LOVE it and I never have to hide the fact that I LOVE it ever again!!!  And I have friends who LOVE it too!!!  :)  Bliss!!!  Woot!  I am never in short supply of someone to go with to have a root round at the Antique Mall or along Whyte :)  I don't have to go with a miserable git who is constantly checking his watch yay :)  

Yesterday I was done and had paid and it was the girls I couldn't get out of the store because they were still busy looking :)  

Anyway I think I am going to use this old photograph in an art journal page OR on a canvas somehow...I still think it is sad that peoples photographs end up in junk stores for sale.... and not treasured by loved ones....


Little piece of bliss.....





Just heavenly peace and tranquility in the pages of a magazine.  
Complete deliciousness on paper!!
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