Samuel by the Christmas tree admiring the 'balls'.........
all Christmas long he would point to the Christmas tree and say 'ball!'.....
1 week ago
Jan 2, 2007
Oh Christmas tree............
Samuel by the Christmas tree admiring the 'balls'.........
all Christmas long he would point to the Christmas tree and say 'ball!'.....
Mum
So My Dad phoned yesterday to say that my Mum had been taken to hospital on New Years Eve by ambulance...with pains in her stomach and difficulty breathing......today I had an update from my Dad who seems to have been left doing all the phoning around......but anyway yes the update is that Mum has Acute Pancreatitis which you can read about at:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/pancreatitis/index.htm
This is common in alcoholics which is funny because my Mum doesn't drink.
I phoned the hospital and left a message at reception....the children made lots of get well cards to send and we sent flowers.....apart from that there isn't really anything I can do because I'm the other side of the Atlantic.....which isn't easy.....especially when it drives me nuts that the Dr's don't explain even the basics to patients and their loved ones - like what the drip in Mums hand is for.......
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/pancreatitis/index.htm
This is common in alcoholics which is funny because my Mum doesn't drink.
I phoned the hospital and left a message at reception....the children made lots of get well cards to send and we sent flowers.....apart from that there isn't really anything I can do because I'm the other side of the Atlantic.....which isn't easy.....especially when it drives me nuts that the Dr's don't explain even the basics to patients and their loved ones - like what the drip in Mums hand is for.......
Long time no see.......
Its been a while since I blogged.....I should get caught up!
Its now 2007 and I haven't written about our Christmas or anything. So I plan to catch up now :)
Lloyds parents spent Christmas with us - they were ill for much of the first week which was a shame considering they were here only 10 days so that was a big bite out of their holiday - but we still managed to do a few of the things we had planned.....and we gave them a taste of Christmas in Canada.
I was spoiled for Christmas this year - Lloyd was very naughty as it was supposed to be a 'cheap' Christmas because of our Florida trip! Christmas Eve night and Christmas day were lovely! Sam, Abigail and Susannah had bad colds and coughs which was a shame but they managed to enjoy the day anyway. It was wonderful to finally tell the children that we are off to Florida for a holiday :) They were very excited. Boxing Day (my parents 47th wedding anniversary!) Lloyd and I went for a wlak around here with his parents to take some photographs, and then we drove over to Elk Island Park and saw two porcupines (my favourite animal here!)
Terry and Chris flew home on the 28th which left a few days at home with Lloyd before he went back to work (today!) And I awoke to a mug of coffee and a little note saying how much he would miss me today :) Love you Lloyd!
So the next few posts will be lots of pictures and lots of catching up stuff.....starting with a not so good start to New Year!
Its now 2007 and I haven't written about our Christmas or anything. So I plan to catch up now :)
Lloyds parents spent Christmas with us - they were ill for much of the first week which was a shame considering they were here only 10 days so that was a big bite out of their holiday - but we still managed to do a few of the things we had planned.....and we gave them a taste of Christmas in Canada.
I was spoiled for Christmas this year - Lloyd was very naughty as it was supposed to be a 'cheap' Christmas because of our Florida trip! Christmas Eve night and Christmas day were lovely! Sam, Abigail and Susannah had bad colds and coughs which was a shame but they managed to enjoy the day anyway. It was wonderful to finally tell the children that we are off to Florida for a holiday :) They were very excited. Boxing Day (my parents 47th wedding anniversary!) Lloyd and I went for a wlak around here with his parents to take some photographs, and then we drove over to Elk Island Park and saw two porcupines (my favourite animal here!)
Terry and Chris flew home on the 28th which left a few days at home with Lloyd before he went back to work (today!) And I awoke to a mug of coffee and a little note saying how much he would miss me today :) Love you Lloyd!
So the next few posts will be lots of pictures and lots of catching up stuff.....starting with a not so good start to New Year!
Dec 17, 2006
Playing with cars
One of Sams favourite things to do is play on the floor with his cars and trucks and motorbikes!
Fun with a cereal packet!
Sam had endless fun this morning playing with an empty Cheerios packet! It finally broke so he then tried folding it up around himself to make a little car type thing :)
Snowy driveway
Here is our driveway this morning when Lloyd had used the quad to clear it :) it looks really pretty!
Dec 15, 2006
a thoughtful blogger :)
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Dec 14, 2006
Its not often...
Lloyd doesn't go out very often at all...I don't recall the last time really. Last week was his office night out for Christmas - but he was home by 7pm!!! Tonight is the IBM clients CHristmas party/ buffet type thing.......well he is here now but Emailing me constantly! He says its 'ok' but he says he won't be long!!!! Its funny that we prefer to be together and even though our daily evening routine can be boring and dull, its what we like and we don't like change lol! So even though it isn't often that one of us will go out without the other, we don't actually like it very much! I suggested he drink and then stay over at his friends downtown but he said he'd hate that - he wants to come home! Lol! Boring couple that we are - it makes me happy :)
Its been quite a day!
I didn't fall asleep until almost 3am this morning and was awake again at 4:30 and then asleep for a while and then Lloyd woke me with coffee at 8am.....It was not a good night - no idea why I didn't sleep well :(
This morning we had an appt with the Principal at a school we are considering for the children......the meeting went really well and we thought the school was wonderful! Its a Catholic school but its ok that we are not Catholic - we just had to sign forms to say the children can participate in religious activities.....which is fine with me......
The class sizes are really small - only 8 in the kindy class this year - and that will be the grade 1 class next year! 8!!!
So the children will start in February....they are excited and want to start after Christmas but we had to make excuses as to why they can't!!! I have to say that I am really happy with this decision......a lot happiuer than I thought I would be - seeing the school really helped and it it is just soooo different to the local school thankfully!
After the school meeting we said goodbye to Lloyd and he drove off to work and we headed into town......we went to Chapters and bought a few things and then found some gifts for my MIL and then we grabbed a few groceries in Safeway for lunch and headed home.....we got home around 1pm after checking the mail box and finding 3 big parcels for us and letters for Susie and Abby from Santa!!!!
Chris and Laurie got started on the workbooks they chose in Chapters - grade 8 math and grade 6 math and LA.....
Susannah sat and read her American Girl magazine.
Abigail played doctors ALL afternoon and is STILL playing!!! I gave her a first aid kit that was out of date and she has had a fab time - I have been bandaged up, had my arms wiped with antiseptic wipes and then been given injections and x-rays.....she has put band aids on and she even got the red paint out and made blood for the bandages........and she learnt the word haemoglobin!!!
Laurie had his head bandaged and I wore a sling - on my head as well as my arm!!! :)
It was fun!
Lloyd is at the IBM clients Christmas party tonight so we had supper early and then I put Abigail and Sam in the bath together......I wrapped a few gifts
Now they are all playing and relaxing before bed.....
Tomorrow we start operation clean sweep.......my In-laws arrive on Saturday so we have to declutter and clean the house!!!! :) Although with workmen here all week the dust levels are high so it seems a little pointless anyway lol!
This morning we had an appt with the Principal at a school we are considering for the children......the meeting went really well and we thought the school was wonderful! Its a Catholic school but its ok that we are not Catholic - we just had to sign forms to say the children can participate in religious activities.....which is fine with me......
The class sizes are really small - only 8 in the kindy class this year - and that will be the grade 1 class next year! 8!!!
So the children will start in February....they are excited and want to start after Christmas but we had to make excuses as to why they can't!!! I have to say that I am really happy with this decision......a lot happiuer than I thought I would be - seeing the school really helped and it it is just soooo different to the local school thankfully!
After the school meeting we said goodbye to Lloyd and he drove off to work and we headed into town......we went to Chapters and bought a few things and then found some gifts for my MIL and then we grabbed a few groceries in Safeway for lunch and headed home.....we got home around 1pm after checking the mail box and finding 3 big parcels for us and letters for Susie and Abby from Santa!!!!
Chris and Laurie got started on the workbooks they chose in Chapters - grade 8 math and grade 6 math and LA.....
Susannah sat and read her American Girl magazine.
Abigail played doctors ALL afternoon and is STILL playing!!! I gave her a first aid kit that was out of date and she has had a fab time - I have been bandaged up, had my arms wiped with antiseptic wipes and then been given injections and x-rays.....she has put band aids on and she even got the red paint out and made blood for the bandages........and she learnt the word haemoglobin!!!
Laurie had his head bandaged and I wore a sling - on my head as well as my arm!!! :)
It was fun!
Lloyd is at the IBM clients Christmas party tonight so we had supper early and then I put Abigail and Sam in the bath together......I wrapped a few gifts
Now they are all playing and relaxing before bed.....
Tomorrow we start operation clean sweep.......my In-laws arrive on Saturday so we have to declutter and clean the house!!!! :) Although with workmen here all week the dust levels are high so it seems a little pointless anyway lol!
Dec 13, 2006
still not commenting
I am still not able to comment on other blogs - why???????? And its not just blogger blogs either :( Susan I can't seem to post on yours either...and some blogs I can't even get to - it comes up with a google error page instead :(
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