Just run inside to share the news!
I have my first mosquito bite of the year!!!
The bastards are back! And they are BIG!!!!
3 days ago
Apr 28, 2008
Egghead updates!!!!
Here are our eggheads now that they are grown and ready to be 'trimmed'!!!!!
Remember all you need is cress seeds, cotton wool, water and an empty egg shell!
Susies free book!
Susannah and her free book - she got this today because her Hannah Montana book wasn't in stock :)
What a difference a day makes :)
So - it was a crappy day yesterday - great day today :) still in pain but my I didn't let it get to me today :)
Lloyd took the day off of work and that cheered me up as always :)
The guys came to do some work here - it was the air conditioning guys that were here today so we now have the air conditioning unit moved out of the way for the new addition.
Lloyd phoned the Provincial Apiarist and got me registered with him. And he did some other phoning round for me (I have this aversion to phone calls lol)
We took Abigail to her drama class and then went to get some lunch. Got back from lunch and sat outside Festival PLace chatting with Sandy, one of the other homeschooling Moms and her DH (I'm assuming anyway lol) We were chatting about leaving Alberta and where to go and how...which seems to be a major topic amongst Albertans wherever you go these days.
Then we went to get my permit for my beehive. So I am all legal for the next year :)
Then we went to Costco and got groceries.
Then we drove to Millwoods and picked up the butterfly larvae that we ordered ages ago ready to study butterfly lifecycles. Very cool - and you can see pictures over on our homeschooling blog!
Came home and checked mail and found a gorgeous card from the wonderful Kendra over at Scrappers Haven! Inside was the cutest embellishment abou pigs ready to use ona layout about Charlie :) Thank you so much Kendra!
I switched on the computer and got the best news - Kendra won her group in the Iron Chef contest this week :) Congratulations Kendra! Thats wonderful - and well deserved because your pieces this time were amazing!!!! That altered notebook was WOW!!!!!!
I was having such a funny conversation with a guy on my beekeeping forum last night - a guy in Texas was saying how my house looks like something from a Stephen King novel hahahahahahha!!! I thought that was hilarious :) He posted pictures of himself barbecuing and adding a certain kind of fuel to the bbq from his butt OMG you would never guess the things they discuss on a beekeeping forum! But then I guess you ahve to be slightly insance to want to keep bees hahahahahaha!!
Came home and then Lloyd went to get Chris from his drama rehearsal. I unloaded the groceries and tidied everything away and cleaned up the kitchen etc etc....threw in some laundry and all the boring stuff.....read up on the butterflies....
Lloyd just bbq'ed a pizza for the kids and is now doing a steak for me. The children are playing outside and eating ice creams as it is 19c outside!!!! :) so glad the good weather is back :)
Susie is very happy today. They have run out of her book from the book order so have reordered it - so they gave her a FREE High School Musical book to apologise!!!! - so she is happy - and she got yet another birthday party invite for next weekend. swimming in town. So she is happy.
OMG Lloyd is cooking potatoes on the bbq and it smells like Palmers chippy back home - I want fish and chips from the chippy!!! The REAL chippy not the fake stuff they sell here that they THINK tastes like British fish and chips but really doesn't lol.... I want the smell and the taste and the feel and OMG I can smell it and I want to taste it!!! Lol!
Which is funny because when I lived there I probably only went once a year! I don't think I ever went when I lived in Scotland! I guess when you know you CAN'T have it it's always different lol!
Still Lloyds spuds on the bbq smell GORGEOUS :) and the steak :) MMmmmmm nice bit of cows bum :) or whatever bit of cow it is :) we always tell the kids its cow bum lol!
Lloyd spoils me :) I sit here blogging and he brings me chocolate milk, plonks it in front of me and says 'drink this'! Then he goes back to cooking my dinner :) I wish he stayed home every day :) I love having him home :) Poor guy would probably die of exhaustion if he stayed home lol! He probably goes to work for the rest ;)
I love you Lloyd!!! I'll make you a nice cup of tea later baby :)
Laptop time...
A is doing really well on the computer right now. She is still enjoying webkinz but is enjoying a game called pony love right now.
I love the picture above where her brother is helping her with a game :)
Our butterflies arrived!
Today we went to collect our butterfly larvae - we are going to study life cycles this Spring - not just butterflies but the bees in our very own beehive (you can see those on our bee blog via our profile if you like). We ordered a butterfly lifecycle kit and today was the day we went to collect them!!
The larvae are the teeny tiniest caterpillars we have ever seen!!!! They came with food for us to feed them. We will photograph their journey from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly and post it here for you to enjoy :)
Our butterflies are Painted Ladies :)
Apr 27, 2008
........oh
........just to add to my miserable post below!
One thing I DID do today!
I tried on all the clothes in my closet - the clothes that I have kept for years but couldn't wear because they were too small!
Well I decided to try them all on because I know I've lost weight from being on these tablets - although I have not been able to weigh myself as I have no scales - I have had to go and buy new clothes as my others were too big - and my new ones are now quite loose too. So I thought I'd try on my old clothes :)
And ones that were WAY too small for me now fit comfortably :)
So now there is nothing in my closet that doesn't fit(well apart from the things that are now too big and I have now thrown out lol) :) This is a wonderful feeling :) It has been YEARS since this has happened!
Someone on Scrappers Haven (Thanks Vintage Girl) reminded me that they will weigh me at my doctors annual medical in June, so I am not going to buy scales after all - and will wait until June and get weighed then and just enjoy the fact that my clothes fit nicely and I am a nice size at last!
I'm still a bit over weight of course - still not at the goal weight WW had set for me (I think that was 118 lbs) but at this rate and losing about 1lb a week with a few weeks off for the occasional lapse, which is a safe loss, I should be there by Labour Day weekend!!!! Although to be honest I think I'm looking to be more around 12lb - 130lb!!! I think thats more realistic at my age and frame :)
One thing I DID do today!
I tried on all the clothes in my closet - the clothes that I have kept for years but couldn't wear because they were too small!
Well I decided to try them all on because I know I've lost weight from being on these tablets - although I have not been able to weigh myself as I have no scales - I have had to go and buy new clothes as my others were too big - and my new ones are now quite loose too. So I thought I'd try on my old clothes :)
And ones that were WAY too small for me now fit comfortably :)
So now there is nothing in my closet that doesn't fit(well apart from the things that are now too big and I have now thrown out lol) :) This is a wonderful feeling :) It has been YEARS since this has happened!
Someone on Scrappers Haven (Thanks Vintage Girl) reminded me that they will weigh me at my doctors annual medical in June, so I am not going to buy scales after all - and will wait until June and get weighed then and just enjoy the fact that my clothes fit nicely and I am a nice size at last!
I'm still a bit over weight of course - still not at the goal weight WW had set for me (I think that was 118 lbs) but at this rate and losing about 1lb a week with a few weeks off for the occasional lapse, which is a safe loss, I should be there by Labour Day weekend!!!! Although to be honest I think I'm looking to be more around 12lb - 130lb!!! I think thats more realistic at my age and frame :)
Tired.....
I am tired of this pain. I can't do anything with this pain. I can't take the tylenol 3's and we haven't bought the Advil extra srengths as we forgot. I will get some tomorrow. So I am just suffering through and to be honest it HURTS :( It hurts to breath it hurts to move. It is AGONY to sneeze or cough. It hurts to laugh. It hurts to shout. It hurts to soak in the bath it hurts do anything. It makes my back ache from having to sit so still.
Did I say it hurts?
So I can't paint my hive. I can't do anything outside. I can't do anything :(
So today I haven't done much of anything but sat on the porch watching Lloyd potter about and checked out Scrappers Haven and my bee forums and the occasional blog.
I did get my letters written and delivered to all my neighbours (thank you Laurie) informing them that I am getting bees.
Lloyd went to Home Depot and got a load of supplies for the new vegetable garden - fencing and raised beds, for the new hummingbird feeders and for my hives.
Our friend Jeff came over to get his boat and Jetski that we have been storing for him all winter. Chris's friend came over to get something.....
The kids took the dogs for a long walk - I didn't go.
Charlie has done nothing but sleep - but she is a little like a sun dial and she sleeps in different parts of the yard moving as the sun moves - a few yards at a time :) it's kind of funny to watch :)
And I have done nothing but rest - and sulk - and ache.
Lloyd keeps offering to go into town - he offered to drive me in and go to the scrapbook store too but I'm just not in the mood and I wouldn't let him go into town just for tablets when I'm in town tomorrow anyway.....I should have just let him go but I just didn't see the point.....so I sulked instead :( silly really :(
And its been very boring and painful and tomorrow when I am in town during Abigails drama class, I have to run to the county hall and get my beekeeping permit AND go and buy Advil extra strength!!!!! :)
Tomorrow night I promise to be a little happier :)
Did I say it hurts?
So I can't paint my hive. I can't do anything outside. I can't do anything :(
So today I haven't done much of anything but sat on the porch watching Lloyd potter about and checked out Scrappers Haven and my bee forums and the occasional blog.
I did get my letters written and delivered to all my neighbours (thank you Laurie) informing them that I am getting bees.
Lloyd went to Home Depot and got a load of supplies for the new vegetable garden - fencing and raised beds, for the new hummingbird feeders and for my hives.
Our friend Jeff came over to get his boat and Jetski that we have been storing for him all winter. Chris's friend came over to get something.....
The kids took the dogs for a long walk - I didn't go.
Charlie has done nothing but sleep - but she is a little like a sun dial and she sleeps in different parts of the yard moving as the sun moves - a few yards at a time :) it's kind of funny to watch :)
And I have done nothing but rest - and sulk - and ache.
Lloyd keeps offering to go into town - he offered to drive me in and go to the scrapbook store too but I'm just not in the mood and I wouldn't let him go into town just for tablets when I'm in town tomorrow anyway.....I should have just let him go but I just didn't see the point.....so I sulked instead :( silly really :(
And its been very boring and painful and tomorrow when I am in town during Abigails drama class, I have to run to the county hall and get my beekeeping permit AND go and buy Advil extra strength!!!!! :)
Tomorrow night I promise to be a little happier :)
I'm loving this right now...
Ok how have I NEVER heard of this guy until last night?????? how???? HOW??????? And you can tell how old this song is just by how old Dakota is in the video....
this guy was on Graham Nortons show last night and we just thought he was sooooo great on the show that we've been listening to him on youtube today and I think I'm going to pick up his cds this week if I can find them.....
what a talent! Rufus Wainwright. He sings such a variety of songs too....a real mix of styles! I love it!
Apr 26, 2008
I blame Susan!
Ever since Susan introduced us all to the wonders of Bento and I stupidly intorduced the idea to my children, they have hinted that they think they would be a wonderful thing to take to school to impress their friends with and I might actually win points against Supermom!!! OMG!!! wow can you imagine!!!???? - have I mentioned Supermom before????? Hmmmm remind me to tell you about her one day ;)
Anyway, every few days I go through my bookmarked links of bento sites and get more ideas for lunches and think about it but still have yet to do it - but I think maybe this week I will hunt down some Bento boxes online and order them and SHOCK the children one day :) lol!
www.flickr.com/groups/396900@N24/pool/
lunchinabox.net/links/
But I won't be doing this every day or even once a week lol - I mean...who has the time????? lol! Maybe supermom hahahahaha! And I am NOT her!!!!
Do they do this in the UK now?????? Any of you over there know????? Any of you Moms send your children to school with these lunches????? Pretty cool for a special occasion aren't they?
I think it was Susans Daughter that found them!!! I had never heard of them before! Maybe I will make them more when I have a nice kitchen rather than a hell hole that is falling apart - that I don't even like going in......that I try to avoid at all costs.....
Anyway, every few days I go through my bookmarked links of bento sites and get more ideas for lunches and think about it but still have yet to do it - but I think maybe this week I will hunt down some Bento boxes online and order them and SHOCK the children one day :) lol!
www.flickr.com/groups/396900@N24/pool/
lunchinabox.net/links/
But I won't be doing this every day or even once a week lol - I mean...who has the time????? lol! Maybe supermom hahahahaha! And I am NOT her!!!!
Do they do this in the UK now?????? Any of you over there know????? Any of you Moms send your children to school with these lunches????? Pretty cool for a special occasion aren't they?
I think it was Susans Daughter that found them!!! I had never heard of them before! Maybe I will make them more when I have a nice kitchen rather than a hell hole that is falling apart - that I don't even like going in......that I try to avoid at all costs.....
Pinocchio!
Today we went to see Chris in the dress rehearsal performance of Pinocchio - they invited families with young children to watch - and we could have taken Sam, but we decided to go and watch with Abigail instead, and we left Sam at home!
The show was WONDERFUL!!!! OMG It was soooo impressive!!!! they have worked soooo hard on it :) This week they start performing in front of their school and then they perform in front of the parants and in front of other schools in the area :)
Just wonderful :)
Saturday goings-on!
We ran into town this morning for some groceries - trying to make do until we head to Costco on Monday.
On the way home we ran to Callingwood Cove or whatever it's called to get Susannah from the birthday sleepover party she went to from school yesterday! She had fun - they all looked very tired! We headed home and then I set to work with Chris to sort out his wig and make up for his play! Then I drove him to school and he is now at school getting ready for his play this afternoon - first of about 5 performances I think over the next two weeks.
We are going to watch this afternoons performance.
Tonight I am invited to the first of a Stampers 12 get together that I'm taking part in - it's at Tess's house in Edmonton and I'm really hoping to get there! Tess is doing a class I think :) It sounds like fun and I have met almost everyone that is going so it sounds like fun! I have stopped taking the tylenol 3's but we forgot to pick up the Advil (duh!!) so I have no painkillers! So I will see how I feel after Chris's play! I can always stop off on my way out I guess!
I bought the new WW magazine on Thursday and there is a recipe in if for these wraps so I bought the ingredients this morning and we made them for lunch - I thought the kids would love them in their school lunches - its 1 soft tortilla spread with hummus and then filled with coleslaw mix (ie diced up white and red cabbage and carrot). I bought the red pepper hummus from Sobeys as it's a little less fat and yummier! Anyway these wraps are GORGEOUS!!!! I bought the wholewheat wraps and the size I bought works out to 2 points for the entire wrap!!! Not bad for a big sandwich for lunch :) Very filling and nutritious!!!
I don't count points or anything in fact I'm not dieting as such as I have absolutely NO appetite with these tablets but I like WW magazine and the recipes and exercise part and am still hoping to lose some weight for summer with these tablets - but thought I'd post about the recipe because I know quite a few of my blog readers are doing WW right now! The recipe in the magazine says 1 point for a mini tortilla but I couldn't find the mini fat free tortillas in Sobeys and found the large wholewheat ones to be more filling and nutritious anyway!
Work starts outside on the new kitchen this week - moving the air conditioning unit - gas lines etc etc.....they have marked out where the kitchen will end with posts etc and it looks huge and weird from the posts but hard to picture in my head because it will be a walk-out so where the posts are will actually be kind of 'upstairs' and where the deck will be. All very weird and strange and odd for me to think about. The workmen were here for ages on Thursday and that was annoying so what on earth I will be like when they are here EVERY day I have no idea :( STRESSED is an understatement. The gas guy was laughing at how stressed I looked and was saying about how much mud there was going to be everywhere and how I was going to have to get used to having mud everywhere. I must have looked a bit upset!!!! :(
For some reason I had this picture in my head that the front of our property would stay all nice and neat and lovely looking and all the mess and mud and building work would stay all contained at the back. But now the gas lines have to be dug at the front......which does upset me...but then Lloyd said - well you do realise the trucks are going to have to drive up the driveway and across the front lawn anyway????? The front is going to look a mess anyway too!!! Well no, I hadn't thought of that to be honest. I was expecting the front to be our private little quiet and clean area for the summer away from the noise and mess. Thank Gawd we are getting the rough mower for the tractor - I think I will get Lloyd to cut the grass up on the side field up towards Marys land - then we can just picnic up there and play up there and try and forget all the mess and noise by the house. Or maybe I will just sit down by my bees and listen to their hum and meditate on that.
On the way home we ran to Callingwood Cove or whatever it's called to get Susannah from the birthday sleepover party she went to from school yesterday! She had fun - they all looked very tired! We headed home and then I set to work with Chris to sort out his wig and make up for his play! Then I drove him to school and he is now at school getting ready for his play this afternoon - first of about 5 performances I think over the next two weeks.
We are going to watch this afternoons performance.
Tonight I am invited to the first of a Stampers 12 get together that I'm taking part in - it's at Tess's house in Edmonton and I'm really hoping to get there! Tess is doing a class I think :) It sounds like fun and I have met almost everyone that is going so it sounds like fun! I have stopped taking the tylenol 3's but we forgot to pick up the Advil (duh!!) so I have no painkillers! So I will see how I feel after Chris's play! I can always stop off on my way out I guess!
I bought the new WW magazine on Thursday and there is a recipe in if for these wraps so I bought the ingredients this morning and we made them for lunch - I thought the kids would love them in their school lunches - its 1 soft tortilla spread with hummus and then filled with coleslaw mix (ie diced up white and red cabbage and carrot). I bought the red pepper hummus from Sobeys as it's a little less fat and yummier! Anyway these wraps are GORGEOUS!!!! I bought the wholewheat wraps and the size I bought works out to 2 points for the entire wrap!!! Not bad for a big sandwich for lunch :) Very filling and nutritious!!!
I don't count points or anything in fact I'm not dieting as such as I have absolutely NO appetite with these tablets but I like WW magazine and the recipes and exercise part and am still hoping to lose some weight for summer with these tablets - but thought I'd post about the recipe because I know quite a few of my blog readers are doing WW right now! The recipe in the magazine says 1 point for a mini tortilla but I couldn't find the mini fat free tortillas in Sobeys and found the large wholewheat ones to be more filling and nutritious anyway!
Work starts outside on the new kitchen this week - moving the air conditioning unit - gas lines etc etc.....they have marked out where the kitchen will end with posts etc and it looks huge and weird from the posts but hard to picture in my head because it will be a walk-out so where the posts are will actually be kind of 'upstairs' and where the deck will be. All very weird and strange and odd for me to think about. The workmen were here for ages on Thursday and that was annoying so what on earth I will be like when they are here EVERY day I have no idea :( STRESSED is an understatement. The gas guy was laughing at how stressed I looked and was saying about how much mud there was going to be everywhere and how I was going to have to get used to having mud everywhere. I must have looked a bit upset!!!! :(
For some reason I had this picture in my head that the front of our property would stay all nice and neat and lovely looking and all the mess and mud and building work would stay all contained at the back. But now the gas lines have to be dug at the front......which does upset me...but then Lloyd said - well you do realise the trucks are going to have to drive up the driveway and across the front lawn anyway????? The front is going to look a mess anyway too!!! Well no, I hadn't thought of that to be honest. I was expecting the front to be our private little quiet and clean area for the summer away from the noise and mess. Thank Gawd we are getting the rough mower for the tractor - I think I will get Lloyd to cut the grass up on the side field up towards Marys land - then we can just picnic up there and play up there and try and forget all the mess and noise by the house. Or maybe I will just sit down by my bees and listen to their hum and meditate on that.
Apr 25, 2008
Monica tagged me!
Monica tagged me WEEKS ago and I wrote this out weeks ago too but in my notebook! I just forgot to add it here :)
So here you go :)
7 more weird and wonderful things about little old me :)
1. I love 'Mom pants' - as in high rise jeans. I know they aren't in style really and you shouldn't wear them and really you should wear low hung jeans that come to the belly button or slightly below but to be honest I HATE those and when I wear them I am constantly trying t pull them up! I LOVE high waisted jeans but they are so hard to find but Reitmans do them in petite too :) so I almost ONLY buy my jeans there now - in their BASIC FIT and I love them because I don't spend my life tugging up my waist band and I don't feel like my underwear is constantly on show and I don't have my flesh hanging out for all to see when I bend over or stretch up - I'm sorry but low rise jeans are NOT flattering for over thirties and they are NOT comfortable. I don't care what you say!
2. Although I wear high rise jeans, I only wear thong underwear during the day - I do not go out in anything else. I can not bear to see knicker/ underwear lines on people. I think it looks awful. And no I don't find it uncomfortable (most of the time at least. Occasionally it drives me nuts but most days I don't notice it. Thong underwear under low rise jeans is awful - but then again seeing any underwear under low rise jeans is awful - I really don't like low rise jeans - unless you are VERY skinny low rise jeans look terrible!
3. I shave my legs EVERY day. For me. No other reason. I LOVE the feeling of just shaved legs. I hate the feeling of stubble or hairy legs so I shave every day all year round. I can't imagine not shaving my legs for days on end and being that hairy. YUCK :(
4. ON the subject of hairiness, I can't stand hairy men. Eeeeeeew!!!!! I just am sooooo NOT attracted to hairy men at all. I can't stand hairy chests - or beards or moustaches, arms or hands....YUCK!!!! Can't deal with any of that! And hairy backs!!! EWWWWWW!!!
NO THANK YOU!!!!! My first husband was not hairy at all thankfully and then quite by chance Lloyd wasn't either PHEW! how lucky that was because I don't even remember asking him if he was or not!
5. I hate the protective covers that come on books. I have to remove them and I often throw them away. I know thats the wrong thing to do but I just don't like them! I know they are there to protect the book but they annoy me.
6. As soon as I get a new magazine I turn to the back page and I flick through it from back to front. I tend to read all my magazines from back to front first just flicking through and reading little bits and then I will read through it properly from cover to cover from the front to back. Then I decide if it is worth keeping or not and if not it goes in a bag ready to pass along to a friend.
7. None of my drawers and cupboards contain what you think they will contain. None of my kitchen cupboards contain kitchen things - they all contain kids craft supplies. All my bedroom drawers are filled with ringbound notebooks and craft supplies for me and the rest are filled with business papers for Lloyd or rtactor/ boat/ dirtbike brochures (lol guy stuff) but nothing bedroomy! I don't really have anything kitcheny in my kitchen or bedroomy in my bedroomy and I often wonder what other people keep in their bedrooms! lol!
Ok thats me done :)
So here you go :)
7 more weird and wonderful things about little old me :)
1. I love 'Mom pants' - as in high rise jeans. I know they aren't in style really and you shouldn't wear them and really you should wear low hung jeans that come to the belly button or slightly below but to be honest I HATE those and when I wear them I am constantly trying t pull them up! I LOVE high waisted jeans but they are so hard to find but Reitmans do them in petite too :) so I almost ONLY buy my jeans there now - in their BASIC FIT and I love them because I don't spend my life tugging up my waist band and I don't feel like my underwear is constantly on show and I don't have my flesh hanging out for all to see when I bend over or stretch up - I'm sorry but low rise jeans are NOT flattering for over thirties and they are NOT comfortable. I don't care what you say!
2. Although I wear high rise jeans, I only wear thong underwear during the day - I do not go out in anything else. I can not bear to see knicker/ underwear lines on people. I think it looks awful. And no I don't find it uncomfortable (most of the time at least. Occasionally it drives me nuts but most days I don't notice it. Thong underwear under low rise jeans is awful - but then again seeing any underwear under low rise jeans is awful - I really don't like low rise jeans - unless you are VERY skinny low rise jeans look terrible!
3. I shave my legs EVERY day. For me. No other reason. I LOVE the feeling of just shaved legs. I hate the feeling of stubble or hairy legs so I shave every day all year round. I can't imagine not shaving my legs for days on end and being that hairy. YUCK :(
4. ON the subject of hairiness, I can't stand hairy men. Eeeeeeew!!!!! I just am sooooo NOT attracted to hairy men at all. I can't stand hairy chests - or beards or moustaches, arms or hands....YUCK!!!! Can't deal with any of that! And hairy backs!!! EWWWWWW!!!
NO THANK YOU!!!!! My first husband was not hairy at all thankfully and then quite by chance Lloyd wasn't either PHEW! how lucky that was because I don't even remember asking him if he was or not!
5. I hate the protective covers that come on books. I have to remove them and I often throw them away. I know thats the wrong thing to do but I just don't like them! I know they are there to protect the book but they annoy me.
6. As soon as I get a new magazine I turn to the back page and I flick through it from back to front. I tend to read all my magazines from back to front first just flicking through and reading little bits and then I will read through it properly from cover to cover from the front to back. Then I decide if it is worth keeping or not and if not it goes in a bag ready to pass along to a friend.
7. None of my drawers and cupboards contain what you think they will contain. None of my kitchen cupboards contain kitchen things - they all contain kids craft supplies. All my bedroom drawers are filled with ringbound notebooks and craft supplies for me and the rest are filled with business papers for Lloyd or rtactor/ boat/ dirtbike brochures (lol guy stuff) but nothing bedroomy! I don't really have anything kitcheny in my kitchen or bedroomy in my bedroomy and I often wonder what other people keep in their bedrooms! lol!
Ok thats me done :)
World Vision and rising food costs..
Val was telling me about this yesterday at breakfast. Vals Daughter took part in a fast in aid of World Vision a coupe of weeks ago at school, and as I am sure you are aware, our family and our company, sponsors two children through World Vision. A little girl named Margori in Peru, and a little girl name Malle in Mali, West Africa.
On Wednesday I spent some time packaging up another set of letters ready to go off to our girls. We send them stickers and a pictures, letters and other bits and pieces. We are only allowed to send things that are flat - so bookmarks and stickers etc. I'm just about to order a book for each of them in Spanish and French (their languages....but we are limited to what we can send them...but I LOVE writing to them and the children all help choosing things to send and writing letters and drawing pictures.
I know that our sponsor children will continue to receive food and aid from us but their communities may not do as well through this difficult time. While people in this country complain about the cost of gas and food prices here while they sip their Timmys and munch their junk food (picture me rolling my eyes please why don't you) I hope they take the time to appreciate everything they have in their lives that many don't have. I count myself extremely fortunate to be in the position that I am in. I am so very VERY lucky to have all that I have in my life...from the very small things in life to gas guzzling truck outside, from my 5 healthy, happy children to the fact we are having a huge addition built soon, from our vacations on airplanes to our walks on our own land with our pot bellied pig and my bees soon to arrive. I am so very very lucky. But most of all I feel very grateful to be in a position to be able to now help two families in other countries - not just by sponsoring them monthly but by the purchase of gifts such as goats and other animals for their villages and communities and through other projects through World Vision.
When we first signed up with World Vision I wasn't too sure about them. They are a Christian organisation and we are not Christian. I was concerned they might push their beliefs on us or on the children in their programs. I have been very impressed so far! In fact Malle in Mali is Muslim and we have been asked to be respectful of her religious beliefs!!!! I am so impressed with that!!! How great is that? That just goes to show how open minded World Vision is in their programs!
Anyway, I wanted to post a couple of links to news stories about the problems World Vision is facing at the moment. If you are in the position where you can afford to sponsor a child then I wholeheartedly recommend doing so - I know our family has gained so much from welcoming Margori and Malle into our hearts :)
www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/04/23/worldvision-cut.html?ref=rss
www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080423/world_vision_AM_080423/20080423?hub=TopStories&s_name=
www.worldvision.ca
On Wednesday I spent some time packaging up another set of letters ready to go off to our girls. We send them stickers and a pictures, letters and other bits and pieces. We are only allowed to send things that are flat - so bookmarks and stickers etc. I'm just about to order a book for each of them in Spanish and French (their languages....but we are limited to what we can send them...but I LOVE writing to them and the children all help choosing things to send and writing letters and drawing pictures.
I know that our sponsor children will continue to receive food and aid from us but their communities may not do as well through this difficult time. While people in this country complain about the cost of gas and food prices here while they sip their Timmys and munch their junk food (picture me rolling my eyes please why don't you) I hope they take the time to appreciate everything they have in their lives that many don't have. I count myself extremely fortunate to be in the position that I am in. I am so very VERY lucky to have all that I have in my life...from the very small things in life to gas guzzling truck outside, from my 5 healthy, happy children to the fact we are having a huge addition built soon, from our vacations on airplanes to our walks on our own land with our pot bellied pig and my bees soon to arrive. I am so very very lucky. But most of all I feel very grateful to be in a position to be able to now help two families in other countries - not just by sponsoring them monthly but by the purchase of gifts such as goats and other animals for their villages and communities and through other projects through World Vision.
When we first signed up with World Vision I wasn't too sure about them. They are a Christian organisation and we are not Christian. I was concerned they might push their beliefs on us or on the children in their programs. I have been very impressed so far! In fact Malle in Mali is Muslim and we have been asked to be respectful of her religious beliefs!!!! I am so impressed with that!!! How great is that? That just goes to show how open minded World Vision is in their programs!
Anyway, I wanted to post a couple of links to news stories about the problems World Vision is facing at the moment. If you are in the position where you can afford to sponsor a child then I wholeheartedly recommend doing so - I know our family has gained so much from welcoming Margori and Malle into our hearts :)
www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/04/23/worldvision-cut.html?ref=rss
www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080423/world_vision_AM_080423/20080423?hub=TopStories&s_name=
www.worldvision.ca
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