Painting eggs on Easter Day is always so much fun :) Even Daddy joins in the fun :)
3 days ago
Mar 23, 2008
Egg hunt......
This afternoon we had an egg hunt outside.....I haven't sorted many of the pictures though.......we're going to have another egg hunt tomorrow....we normally do two - one on Easter Sunday and one on Easter Monday (in England the Monday is a Bank Holiday so its the traditional holiday for us) and it means the chocolate and the fun gets spread out longer. The children had fun hunting for eggs this afternoon today though - one of the good things about havng so much land is having plenty of space to hide colourful eggs :)
Susan tagged me!
Susan from 'Its my Blog' (click on the link to the right to check out her fabby blog!) tagged me - I have to think of ten weird habits or facts about me. Then I have to tag five people - so basically if you read my blog and have a blog and haven't done this tag then YOU ARE TAGGED - so do this tag or start a blog and do this tag :)
Ok here are my ten things:
1. I buy lipsticks now and then....and I sometimes even put lipstick on if we are going out somewhere special...I may even make it to the end of our driveway with the lipstick still on...but then I will have to take out a kleenex and WIPE THAT YUCKY STUFF OFF because I HATE the feel of lipstick...I hate lip gloss and lip balm too. I even hate it when Sam and Abby put lip balm on and then come and kiss me....they love to do ths - they put fruity lip balm on and then come to give me a big kiss and you just can't say no to that can you?????? but it's yucky because I hate that yucky coated feeling on my lips and I have to wipe it off straight away. But I still occasionally buy lipstick. And for some reason always in almost the very same colour. This horrid kind of cappuccino colour......
2. I love bubble baths - I use about half a bottle of bubble bath in one bath. I get through a LOT of bubble bath - I throw in half a bottle of bubble bath and I even add shampoo and liquid soap to the mix too.....The bubbles are often pouring over the sides by the time I get in....I love it...I just love bubbles. Half way through I tend to pour in more bubble bath when I add more hot water. I don't have baths to get clean - I shower to get clean - baths are for relaxing and they just aren't the same without bubbles - so even with Lush products I add bubble bath to make more bubbles...
Sam loves sharing a bath with me because he practically disappears under the bubbles :)
3. I have a thing about spiral bound notebooks.....I have a drawer full of them. I find them hard to resist. Lloyd knows this and often surprises me with them from work. Staples is like spiral bound notebook heaven....so is Zellers at back-to-school time! The problem is that I rarely use them...I use the little ones but the big ones I rarely use because I don't like to spoil them. So I have this huge drawer full that I will use 'one day' but that day never seems to arrive.......they don't even have to be pretty or have special covers....but some of the ones Lloyd gets at work have these plastic pockets in the back that you can put things in - and wow those just make me go crazy :)
4. I can pop a ping pong ball out of my you-know-what :)
5. I quite like going to Home Depot now and then - sometimes they have interesting things to look at - but today I realised that six times in one week is JUST TOO MUCH and I very nearly LOST IT!!!!!! In the UK they have craft sections in Home Decor stores - they need to do that here - I could have been looking round the scrapbooking section while Lloyd was picking plumbing supplies!
6. My Venus is unaspected in my birth chart. This means:
7. I have an addictive personality I'm sure. I love drugs. I love sleeping tablets - that woozy feeling when they start to kick in.....like alcohol before you start to feel ill. I am obsessional about things before I get bored too. I avoid commitment because I know I get bored easily. I love the obsessional part but once I get over that stage I know I will get bored very easily and won't be interested in the slightest. The only way to keep my interest is if the results are instantaneous. I guess thats why Lloyd and my blog have survived the test of time lol! Sometimes a fresh way of looking at something revives an old interest.....or I have to be cajoled into it...or the change of season pushes me into seeing it with new eyes again....
8. I don't see the point of the parents evenings at school/ meet the teacher nights or whatever they call them here. I think they are a waste of time. I hate them. Its this week and I probably won't bother going and the teachers will probably think we are shitty parents - in fact I KNOW they have asked my Son why we don't go (he told her I was scared I'd be struck by lightening when I walk in the door because I'm Atheist) I think schools suck to be honest. Most teachers piss me off. There have been very few of my childrens teachers that I have actually liked. Most of them have had attitude that I just couldn't STAND!!!!!
9. I make lists about everything...but not shopping lists. I very rarely make shopping lists - and when I do I forget to take them. But I do make lists about things I want to do - plans I have for Summer, letters I want to write to people, things I want to blog, crafts to do with the children, books to read, facts to remember, questions to answer, websites to check out.......
10. I am not very good at remembering things. I am terribly unorganized - hopeless to be honest! I really should have a calendar or diary..but I'm not organized enough to have one! But I am VERY good at remembering to put the enzymes down the toilet each week for the septic system :) and a good job too because Lloyd would NEVER remember :) He never remembers to de-clog the salt from the distiller!!! I am the enzyme Queen :) But yuck - enzymes smell like fish :(
Ok here are my ten things:
1. I buy lipsticks now and then....and I sometimes even put lipstick on if we are going out somewhere special...I may even make it to the end of our driveway with the lipstick still on...but then I will have to take out a kleenex and WIPE THAT YUCKY STUFF OFF because I HATE the feel of lipstick...I hate lip gloss and lip balm too. I even hate it when Sam and Abby put lip balm on and then come and kiss me....they love to do ths - they put fruity lip balm on and then come to give me a big kiss and you just can't say no to that can you?????? but it's yucky because I hate that yucky coated feeling on my lips and I have to wipe it off straight away. But I still occasionally buy lipstick. And for some reason always in almost the very same colour. This horrid kind of cappuccino colour......
2. I love bubble baths - I use about half a bottle of bubble bath in one bath. I get through a LOT of bubble bath - I throw in half a bottle of bubble bath and I even add shampoo and liquid soap to the mix too.....The bubbles are often pouring over the sides by the time I get in....I love it...I just love bubbles. Half way through I tend to pour in more bubble bath when I add more hot water. I don't have baths to get clean - I shower to get clean - baths are for relaxing and they just aren't the same without bubbles - so even with Lush products I add bubble bath to make more bubbles...
Sam loves sharing a bath with me because he practically disappears under the bubbles :)
3. I have a thing about spiral bound notebooks.....I have a drawer full of them. I find them hard to resist. Lloyd knows this and often surprises me with them from work. Staples is like spiral bound notebook heaven....so is Zellers at back-to-school time! The problem is that I rarely use them...I use the little ones but the big ones I rarely use because I don't like to spoil them. So I have this huge drawer full that I will use 'one day' but that day never seems to arrive.......they don't even have to be pretty or have special covers....but some of the ones Lloyd gets at work have these plastic pockets in the back that you can put things in - and wow those just make me go crazy :)
4. I can pop a ping pong ball out of my you-know-what :)
5. I quite like going to Home Depot now and then - sometimes they have interesting things to look at - but today I realised that six times in one week is JUST TOO MUCH and I very nearly LOST IT!!!!!! In the UK they have craft sections in Home Decor stores - they need to do that here - I could have been looking round the scrapbooking section while Lloyd was picking plumbing supplies!
6. My Venus is unaspected in my birth chart. This means:
You are cheerful, prepossessing, and primarily attuned to that which is pure, lovely, and of good report. You possess a childlike artlessness and naturalness, not because you are naive about what life is "really like," but because you have an uncompromising determination to enjoy yourself and to keep your spirits high, come what may. You know in your heart that life's rewards and pleasures are right there for the taking; you don't put a morass of complications (like feelings of guilt, shame, or lack of worth) in the path of your desires, but rather reach out unabashedly to take whatever you want from life without any need for coyness or pretense. You are open to receive from others (rather than impelled by a need to grab from them, as aspected Venus is) because you are moved by a genuine playfulness. You don't bog yourself down in tricky power manipulations since your only interest in other people is to feel good. If something isn't fun, or can't be made to be fun, then you don't much bother with it.
7. I have an addictive personality I'm sure. I love drugs. I love sleeping tablets - that woozy feeling when they start to kick in.....like alcohol before you start to feel ill. I am obsessional about things before I get bored too. I avoid commitment because I know I get bored easily. I love the obsessional part but once I get over that stage I know I will get bored very easily and won't be interested in the slightest. The only way to keep my interest is if the results are instantaneous. I guess thats why Lloyd and my blog have survived the test of time lol! Sometimes a fresh way of looking at something revives an old interest.....or I have to be cajoled into it...or the change of season pushes me into seeing it with new eyes again....
8. I don't see the point of the parents evenings at school/ meet the teacher nights or whatever they call them here. I think they are a waste of time. I hate them. Its this week and I probably won't bother going and the teachers will probably think we are shitty parents - in fact I KNOW they have asked my Son why we don't go (he told her I was scared I'd be struck by lightening when I walk in the door because I'm Atheist) I think schools suck to be honest. Most teachers piss me off. There have been very few of my childrens teachers that I have actually liked. Most of them have had attitude that I just couldn't STAND!!!!!
9. I make lists about everything...but not shopping lists. I very rarely make shopping lists - and when I do I forget to take them. But I do make lists about things I want to do - plans I have for Summer, letters I want to write to people, things I want to blog, crafts to do with the children, books to read, facts to remember, questions to answer, websites to check out.......
10. I am not very good at remembering things. I am terribly unorganized - hopeless to be honest! I really should have a calendar or diary..but I'm not organized enough to have one! But I am VERY good at remembering to put the enzymes down the toilet each week for the septic system :) and a good job too because Lloyd would NEVER remember :) He never remembers to de-clog the salt from the distiller!!! I am the enzyme Queen :) But yuck - enzymes smell like fish :(
Mar 22, 2008
When the bees arrive.....
This is kind of neat to watch as it shows what happens when your package of bees arrives....how to get them into the hive and how to settle your Queen...
Anyway...I thought some of you might be interested to see what happens and what is involved....
Lloyd is still keen for me to get my hive this year but I'm not sure.....I think he may call them on Tuesday to see if we still have time to order them this year......I guess I really should get my act together and go chat up my neighbours - I have to notify all neighbours whose land touches mine and tell them I'm going to have a hive......I'm sure they won't mind unless they have a bee allergy in the family.....I know Mary is an avid gardener so perhaps she will be thrilled to have bees to help her plants....everyone else though I'm not so sure. I plan to print out some facts on bees to let them now what bees are really like - so many people get the confused with wasps.....I need to get a permit from the county too and need to register with Alberta but that can be done with the people we're ordering from so thats easy.....apart from that we just order......
Hhhmmmmm what to do...what to do??????
Easter Saturday
Thursday night Susannah slept at her friend Melissa's house. Friday night Laurie slept at his friends house in town....he sleeps there a lot. We picked him up at lunchtime today. Then this afternoon Chris's friends Andrew and Emma called and asked if he wanted to head into town and sleep over tonight. TONIGHT!!!!!! WAH!!!! So for the first time EVER he won't be here for the early morning Easter egg hunt this year :(
Sigh :( He says he's growing up and I have to face it :( sigh.......
But I told him we'll pick him up late morning and in the afternoon we're going to have a proper egg hunt outside with the plastic eggs....I said I thought it was too wet but Lloyd says we can stick our welly boots on and go for it - so we're going to fill some plastic eggs tonight and hide them tomorrow in the back field and woods and if we get muddy we get muddy :) it comes from having an early Easter :)
This morning Lloyd and I went into town to pick Laurie up from his sleepover - Lloyd went to Home depot - he has renovated the downstairs bathroom this week - ripped out the shower and is putting in a new wash basin...has put in a new toilet and is putting in a new mirror, painting etc etc and we are putting linoleum throughout the mudroom, repainting etc etc and putting doors on the cupboards etc - we don't liek the terracotta tiles - they just aren't ideal in the mudroom even though you'd think they would be.
While he was in HD he dropped me at Superstore to get a few groceries for tomorrow - fresh vegetables etc I bought myself a new swimsuit as my old one is too big (woohoo) I was disappointed in the clothes in there though - I didn't really like anything they had.....I did find a new garbage can for the downstairs washroom though - in the 'seafoam' colour to match the new handtowels I got for in there. I'm going to paint the walls a 'sand' colour and all the accessories are going to be a watery turquoisey colour.....the toilet, sink and mirror/ cabinet are all white.
Came home and made chocolate crispy 'nests' with mini eggs in them.....the children had a pack of 'peeps' each (marshmallow chicks) I made some mini sausage rolls and a big rhubarb crumble for tonight (which is NOT like a 'crisp')
The girls have made some shrinky-dinks which we baked in the oven and they made into necklaces :) Lloyd was very impressed - I can't believe he never made those as a child - poor deprived child!
Sprite Zero is DISGUSTING!!!!!! I'm going to have to add a LOT of wine to it to make it taste good! Sigh.......
The well out by the vegetable garden is working again - this time last week it was still frozen - now the hose is working which is great because the dogs are back in their run and this means the hose can be used to fill their water tubs.
Our giant pumpkins need to repotted again! They are taking over our house!!!! It's worrying! They are HUGE!!!!
I think we are watching American Gangster or whatever it's called tonight! Lloyd had it for his birthday and we still haven't watched it! His new favourite movie is Enchanted and we've watched it three times already this week :) He's such a girl :) I love that he loves that movie :) I think he was disappointed that Giselle doesn't speak like a Disney princess in real life. I tried to talk like one for him for a day - I lasted all of five minutes...it's hard to swear in a sweet voice. I can say 'Oh my' until the cows come home but then 'fuck' slips out and it kind of spoils the effect. I think Lloyds dream woman would dress like Giselle and talk like her too. I fail miserably BUT at least I don't clean the toilet with his tooth brush either! And I think singing to him constantly would piss him off after a couple of days :)
Only two days left with Lloyd at home :( Oh my :(
Sigh :( He says he's growing up and I have to face it :( sigh.......
But I told him we'll pick him up late morning and in the afternoon we're going to have a proper egg hunt outside with the plastic eggs....I said I thought it was too wet but Lloyd says we can stick our welly boots on and go for it - so we're going to fill some plastic eggs tonight and hide them tomorrow in the back field and woods and if we get muddy we get muddy :) it comes from having an early Easter :)
This morning Lloyd and I went into town to pick Laurie up from his sleepover - Lloyd went to Home depot - he has renovated the downstairs bathroom this week - ripped out the shower and is putting in a new wash basin...has put in a new toilet and is putting in a new mirror, painting etc etc and we are putting linoleum throughout the mudroom, repainting etc etc and putting doors on the cupboards etc - we don't liek the terracotta tiles - they just aren't ideal in the mudroom even though you'd think they would be.
While he was in HD he dropped me at Superstore to get a few groceries for tomorrow - fresh vegetables etc I bought myself a new swimsuit as my old one is too big (woohoo) I was disappointed in the clothes in there though - I didn't really like anything they had.....I did find a new garbage can for the downstairs washroom though - in the 'seafoam' colour to match the new handtowels I got for in there. I'm going to paint the walls a 'sand' colour and all the accessories are going to be a watery turquoisey colour.....the toilet, sink and mirror/ cabinet are all white.
Came home and made chocolate crispy 'nests' with mini eggs in them.....the children had a pack of 'peeps' each (marshmallow chicks) I made some mini sausage rolls and a big rhubarb crumble for tonight (which is NOT like a 'crisp')
The girls have made some shrinky-dinks which we baked in the oven and they made into necklaces :) Lloyd was very impressed - I can't believe he never made those as a child - poor deprived child!
Sprite Zero is DISGUSTING!!!!!! I'm going to have to add a LOT of wine to it to make it taste good! Sigh.......
The well out by the vegetable garden is working again - this time last week it was still frozen - now the hose is working which is great because the dogs are back in their run and this means the hose can be used to fill their water tubs.
Our giant pumpkins need to repotted again! They are taking over our house!!!! It's worrying! They are HUGE!!!!
I think we are watching American Gangster or whatever it's called tonight! Lloyd had it for his birthday and we still haven't watched it! His new favourite movie is Enchanted and we've watched it three times already this week :) He's such a girl :) I love that he loves that movie :) I think he was disappointed that Giselle doesn't speak like a Disney princess in real life. I tried to talk like one for him for a day - I lasted all of five minutes...it's hard to swear in a sweet voice. I can say 'Oh my' until the cows come home but then 'fuck' slips out and it kind of spoils the effect. I think Lloyds dream woman would dress like Giselle and talk like her too. I fail miserably BUT at least I don't clean the toilet with his tooth brush either! And I think singing to him constantly would piss him off after a couple of days :)
Only two days left with Lloyd at home :( Oh my :(
Love According To John
Cheryl - The children all enjoyed seeing Love According to John this week. They saw Thursdays performance! They all recognised a few people but weren't sure where from until I said where you were from ;) Susie said she recognised the person bathing Jesus' feet (??)
It sounds as though it was an amazing performance!
Chocolate nests
Mmmmmmm chocolate nests for Easter! The girls were busy making Easter nests today :) Yummy!
Bee book
Since Bee Movie was released, and since we are all a little obsessed with bees in this house generally, I thought I'd recommend this book! Although Bee Movie is a wonderful book, it is VERY inaccurate where bee's are concerned. If you would like your children to learn about bees and know the correct information, then this book (and the tv show that goes with the book) is a wonderful place to start!
Easter blooms..
Lloyd brought me home some tiny Narcissus today....as an Easter treat. I really miss all the Daffodils from back home - this time of year - in fact normally for weeks by now, gardens have been filled with Daffodils and Crocuses...and Snowdrops....
Here there is nothing.
So it's a real treat to have these teeny tiny signs of Springtime on my kitchen window for Easter :)
unfinished project...
Here is the box I'm working on.....using tissue squares and modpodge (which Lloyd calls fudgepudge....I was inspired by the cupcakes on 'mindless musings' blog.....
I have another layer to do and then I'll embellish the end result.....
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