1 week ago
Jul 31, 2007
First page in months.....
Here is the scrapbook page I did on Sunday.....my first page ina long time! Its ok. I showed it to Lloyd and he said 'Wow I love the bling!!' I had to laugh...he knows the term bling from when I was in the Iron Chef Scrapbooking contest ;)
I took the picture in bad light and when the glue was still wet.....all that icky white glue can't be seen any more ;)
The end results........
Abigails cookie couldn't even be lifted off the table to be photographed lol.....but they had so much fun :)
Sugar cookie decorating......
I knocked up a batch of sugar cookies this afternoon for the children to decorate.....Susie has a friend sleeping over tonight and it kept them quiet for an hour this evening :)
Sam LOVES decorating cookies...he takes the whole activity VERY seriously..... ;)
Stormy skies.....
A few pictures of the rainy skies over the last couple of days....the last two pictures are from this afternoon....
Hahaha! Guard pig.....
I just looked out of the kitchen window and there was Mr Fox......in his gorgeous red coat......skipping across the grass away from the chickens! Our free range chickens! He looked up at me through the window!! So I run to the back door and I see Charlie and the chickens racing after the fox!!!
Charlie is chasing the fox away......and the chickens are running beside Charlie as if to say 'hey Mr Fox....you met our bodyguard huh??????'
So funny! Good for Charlie - she loves her chickens!
It was a very beautiful Fox though!
Charlie is chasing the fox away......and the chickens are running beside Charlie as if to say 'hey Mr Fox....you met our bodyguard huh??????'
So funny! Good for Charlie - she loves her chickens!
It was a very beautiful Fox though!
Wonderful news!
Lloyd phoned with some GREAT news this morning...the other week we had the appraiser come round to value the property....he didn't ask any questions or have a good look round the property at all....and the value he came back with was shockingly low...we panicked! Could we really be THAT wrong about the value???? So we sent them some similar properties and also sent them a list of things we have done to the house (ie new well, new furnace, new air conditioning, new gas fireplace, new bedroom.....and a few other things...
They got back to us today to apologise - the apprasier was wrong about a LOT of things - including the fact that he said we had 5 acres! noot the 16+ acres we really have.....so basically they will be getting back to us on Friday with a new and improved appraisal :) we knew we couldn't be that wrong about the value of this place...it still needs a lot of work (new kitchen, new bathrooms...barn needs to be pulled down etc) but for the location, size of land and house we knew it had to be worth more than the amount that stupid guy said.......he was here about 10 minutes and didn't ask anything about the house at all! Duh! He was more interested in Jasper the kitten!
They got back to us today to apologise - the apprasier was wrong about a LOT of things - including the fact that he said we had 5 acres! noot the 16+ acres we really have.....so basically they will be getting back to us on Friday with a new and improved appraisal :) we knew we couldn't be that wrong about the value of this place...it still needs a lot of work (new kitchen, new bathrooms...barn needs to be pulled down etc) but for the location, size of land and house we knew it had to be worth more than the amount that stupid guy said.......he was here about 10 minutes and didn't ask anything about the house at all! Duh! He was more interested in Jasper the kitten!
Our Tuesday...
WE got up early this morning and I drove the boys into town to the bus station....they have headed to West Ed Mall for the day to use up some free passes they had...Laurie won them at Christmas and they run out TOMORROW!!! Then we ran to Sobeys, grabbed a few things, ran to carmels to pick up some books and then headed home...tidied round a bit and then at lunchtime Susies friend arrived...her Mom and brother stayed for a while - met Charlie and the chickens......then we all came in for lunch.
Since then the children have all been playing...they are dressed up in ball gowns right now and wearing the tiaras that they just created from a craft kit I bought the other day....
I have been reading my Homeschooling Horizons magazine that arrived in the mail....
It rained this morning for a little bit....more in town than here at home...but its nice and cool because of it. Tomorrow will be hot again and we are heading to the lake...
Lloyd is picking up the boys from WEM after work..they phoned to say they had arrived there fine and were off to Galaxyland for some fun!
Not much planned for this evening......hanging out outside if it stays dry....relaxing inside if its rainy....the kids can bake some cookies and decorate them I guess......
Since then the children have all been playing...they are dressed up in ball gowns right now and wearing the tiaras that they just created from a craft kit I bought the other day....
I have been reading my Homeschooling Horizons magazine that arrived in the mail....
It rained this morning for a little bit....more in town than here at home...but its nice and cool because of it. Tomorrow will be hot again and we are heading to the lake...
Lloyd is picking up the boys from WEM after work..they phoned to say they had arrived there fine and were off to Galaxyland for some fun!
Not much planned for this evening......hanging out outside if it stays dry....relaxing inside if its rainy....the kids can bake some cookies and decorate them I guess......
Jul 30, 2007
PUSH!!!!!!!!
The children TRYING to push one of the hay bales on Marys land......not as easy as it looked hehehehehehe!
Country girls........
This afternoon we walked up onto our neighbours land to take some pictures by her haybales......I think this will become an annual tradition.....we did the same last year....
Monday half over.......
I had a Doctors appt this morning to get new prescriptions....I took a book hoping to have a quiet hour in the waiting room...showed up early even and wouldn't you know it...they showed me straight in...the Doc was in in seconds and I was out within 5 minutes....
Had to wait AGES in the Pharmacy because I needed so many different tablets etc but eventually we escaped and Susie and I had lunch in Tims.....
We stopped off in Canadian Tire for school supplies (Susan your organization has pushed me into being prepared early too!) and a few other things......then ran to Walmart hoping to get a parasol for the lake..no luck at either store......
Home again.....much earlier than planned.....Laurie has a friend here and the boys are all playing baseball outside.....Susie is playing Bowls with Sam...Abigail is playing with her calculator...she desperately wanted one so I grabbed a $3 solar powered one from Walmart and she is thrilled....she's kind of in love with math!
Chris wants to go over to his friends house so I will drop him there in about 30 minutes.....
Tomorrow the boys are off to WEM for the day on the bus......together!! they have free passes to use up by Wednesday......Susies friend arrives tomorrow and is sleeping over....tomorrow we will pop to the splashpark in the afternoon and then Wednesday we will go to the lake for a few hours....I'd like to go while the weather is cooler as it is supposed to heat up again by Thursday....
Christie said she might pop over tomorrow which will be fab as I haven't seen her in like FOREVER!!!!! And I have to call Samantha back and see if she wants to meet us at the lake too......
I feel quite stressed about plans etc and I'm nto sure why......but it feels like we are crazy busy when really I don't think we are.....
I got my form back from Family Services.....so I passed the check re. being allowed to work with children......I still havent been to the police station to get my criminal record check done though.......I should do that this week....I still have not heard from my boss...or my assistant.......I still have panic moments when I think I shouldn't do the job when things are this disorganized.....but I really do want to do the job.....and Samantha says I only ahve to give 3 days notice if I hate it.....so I could quit on Thursday and not have to go back again!
So we shall see......
I should go and take Chris to his friends house.....then I think I may go for a walk up by the hay bales with the kids.....take some pictures.....
I miss Val.....I know I don't normally see her that often - once a week maybe but I am used to get emails from her, reading her blog and getting comments on my blog from her.......I miss her whle she's away on vacation....
Oh and Lloyds best friend booked his tickets...he arrives for ten days or so on September 4th.....he's very excited.....I warned him that life in a house with 5 kids can be crazy ;)
Had to wait AGES in the Pharmacy because I needed so many different tablets etc but eventually we escaped and Susie and I had lunch in Tims.....
We stopped off in Canadian Tire for school supplies (Susan your organization has pushed me into being prepared early too!) and a few other things......then ran to Walmart hoping to get a parasol for the lake..no luck at either store......
Home again.....much earlier than planned.....Laurie has a friend here and the boys are all playing baseball outside.....Susie is playing Bowls with Sam...Abigail is playing with her calculator...she desperately wanted one so I grabbed a $3 solar powered one from Walmart and she is thrilled....she's kind of in love with math!
Chris wants to go over to his friends house so I will drop him there in about 30 minutes.....
Tomorrow the boys are off to WEM for the day on the bus......together!! they have free passes to use up by Wednesday......Susies friend arrives tomorrow and is sleeping over....tomorrow we will pop to the splashpark in the afternoon and then Wednesday we will go to the lake for a few hours....I'd like to go while the weather is cooler as it is supposed to heat up again by Thursday....
Christie said she might pop over tomorrow which will be fab as I haven't seen her in like FOREVER!!!!! And I have to call Samantha back and see if she wants to meet us at the lake too......
I feel quite stressed about plans etc and I'm nto sure why......but it feels like we are crazy busy when really I don't think we are.....
I got my form back from Family Services.....so I passed the check re. being allowed to work with children......I still havent been to the police station to get my criminal record check done though.......I should do that this week....I still have not heard from my boss...or my assistant.......I still have panic moments when I think I shouldn't do the job when things are this disorganized.....but I really do want to do the job.....and Samantha says I only ahve to give 3 days notice if I hate it.....so I could quit on Thursday and not have to go back again!
So we shall see......
I should go and take Chris to his friends house.....then I think I may go for a walk up by the hay bales with the kids.....take some pictures.....
I miss Val.....I know I don't normally see her that often - once a week maybe but I am used to get emails from her, reading her blog and getting comments on my blog from her.......I miss her whle she's away on vacation....
Oh and Lloyds best friend booked his tickets...he arrives for ten days or so on September 4th.....he's very excited.....I warned him that life in a house with 5 kids can be crazy ;)
Beautiful!
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Can you imagine walking through these fields? How wonderful that would be!
Can you imagine walking through these fields? How wonderful that would be!
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