Sams Megatron!

Sam built this Megatron Transformer all by himself out of his bricks a couple of days ago and I was soooooo impressed that I just HAD to take a picture :) He has been building Transformers for a while now - he makes Bumblebee and Megatron and says they are him and Daddy and he plays with them for ages.........

My Tuesday.....sinks, hospital and coffee with friends

Yesterday was a busy day. Lloyd took the day off and we headed over to West Edmonton to pick up our new kitchen sinks, taps and pot filler for the new kitchen. They all look really nice and I can't wait to see them all in place! I seem to have a collection of sinks now....as we also have the new one for the downstairs bathroom which isn't in yet!

After that we had to head to the Stollery hospital which is the Childrens hospital in Edmonton at the University. there is soooo much construction going on around there so they recommended we get there early due to lack of parking. Luckily we weren't in the actual Stollery building - we were in the adult Neurology building in the Aberhart Centre and they had plenty of parking outside so we were fine :) We were there so early but they saw us straight away - good job too because the assessment took AGES!!!!! The doctor was WONDERFUL!!! OMG couldn't have hoped for anyone better with Abigail - he was fairly young but so great. They did a physical assessment as well as asking a million questions about Abigails day to day life, my history, Lloyds history, Abigails school day, home life.....just about everything!

Then we had to wait for the Consultant! We left around 2:30pm...tired!! Ran to Safeway. Lloyd wanted a burger so we ran to McD's for dinner. It was yucky. I had a hamburger and diet coke. Gave my fries to Lloyd. Yuck. Got home in time to get the kids something to eat and get Abigail to dance and then I headed into town to meet Samantha for coffee.

Samantha and I were supposed to see a movie but there wasn't a movie either of us had really wanted to see and its cheap night so it gets really busy...not my favourite night to go - in fact I HATE going cheap night - I'd rather spend the extra $5 and go on a quiet night. Anyway I kind of didn't want to go so I suggested we just meet for coffee and chat instead - thankfully Samantha agreed! So we sat in Starbucks all evening (until they kicked us out when they closed lol) and chatted and laughed the night away....then we headed back to Samanthas house and met our friend Lori and we chatted until just before midnight. It was a really nice evening.....just catching up. I think Samantha would still have preferred to go to a movie but I think Lori liked just chatting more and i know I did! But then to me a movie is ok if it's a movie you really want to see but I get together with friends to be with my friends and talk with them and you can't talk in a movie.....

I got home and everyone was asleep...Lloyd rolled over and mumbled hello and asked if I was ok....and when I woke up this morning there was a note on my cup of coffee saying he had missed me last night :) so thats nice :) He's out tomorrow night :( and tonight we have to take Abigail to party....Halloween week is a busy week!

Yes today I have a friend of Abigails coming back after school for the afternoon and then I'm taking them to a Monster Bash party at the library.....I have some Halloween crafts and games planned for after school before we go. I thought they'd enjoy that.

Tomorrow Sam has his Halloween party at Pre-K. They get to go Trick or Treating all around Millennium Place :) I might stay there with my camera and get some pictures :)

Superwoman

An old song....but it used to be a favourite of mine and something reminded me of it recently. Play it and listen to the lyrics :)

Lloyds idea of a joke!

Lloyd was holding my camera while I went to get my cup of tea this afternoon and he snapped a load of pictures of me walking back towards him....ha bloody ha! I was cursing him!!! It was freezing cold outside with a windchill of -11c!!!!! I couldn't find my lovely warm scarf so I had on Susies turquoise one and my lovely (lol) blue hat (remember Monica I said I have ONE hat that fits my big head and its blue so it doesn't go with any of my coats except my blue winter coat - well this is that very hat lol) anyway I am sooooo NOT a hat person but it was cold so I had my hat on and Susies scarf and I didn't care what I looked like because I was at home and no one sees me at home.......and then Lloyd thought it was fun to snap pictures of me ;)

Getting revenge for me taking pictures of him while he was sleeping lol!

;)

I realised this morning that Lloyd and I have been together almost 8 years....it doesn't seem possible! Its flown by! It really shocked me!! Of course when I said this to Lloyd he was quick to say that it doesn't shock him at all.......because its been eight long years of HELL!!!! ;)

OMG I married my Father lol...just the kind of thing my Dad would say - he always says about how long he's been married.....'almost fifty years...you get less than that for murder'!!!! ;)

Amber girl!!

And here is Rosies big Sister, Amber! Amber is completely different to Rosie! Hard to get a picture of! She refuses to pose for the camera. She does NOT like to play fetch. She likes to catch a scent and then run after the scent. She likes to run on and see whats around and doesn't like to walk slowly with us......where as Rosie will walk with us all the way. Amber is very slender where as Rosie is chubby.Ambers coat is silky and smooth and doesn't mat at all like Rosies. It's easy to groom and keep tidy. Amber doesn't swim.

Rosie Posie...

Today was as good a day as any to take my camera with me and the dogs! It was sunny with blue skies and the awful wind we've had the last week had finally gone! This is my Rosie girl! She carried her ball the whole way for Lloyd to throw and kick for her :) She LOVES to play fetch!

For Dianne and Dad :)

I know, I know......I haven't been taking as many pictures of the other animals....I'm sorry! I will try to do something about that! Here is a picture of Charlie that I took on Friday!

Charlie is doing good......the workmen adore her - Tim especially I think. They used to park their trucks on the side where the workshop is and she would stay over there near them...but now they have moved everything over to the side near the pond and the beehive.....so Charlie,too, has moved - and she spends her day over there with them - keeping an eye on them ;) Really though its because she likes company - she just likes to be near people! The guys think its funnny that she has followed them over!

She now has a woodburning fireplace in the workshop and yesterday two new garage doors were fitted to the workshop - so she is nice and warm and secure in there now :).

I will add more pictures of the other animals this week - remind me to take my camera on some of the dog walks this week - I tend not to because my hands get cold.

Oh and on Friday when I took my camera out, a wasp got between my hand and the camera and stung the palm of my hand and its still annoyingly sore and itchy :( there are still so many wasps everywhere :(

Our squirrel friend! Caught!!!

Susie spotted our squirrel on the porch today and called me to get the camera! I couldn't see it so came back inside only for Laurence to say it was back again! I saw it run down by the workmens trailer and all the cedar shingles! Finally - our funny little squirrel who appears every now and then and seems to be living in our side woods, is caught on camera!!! It obviously likes the bird nuts from the feeder :) We'll have to get a squirrel feeder and nuts for him now!!! :)

Sleepy.....

I was reading last night in bed but couldn't resist creeping out of bed and taking a picture of Lloyd and sam asleep snuggled up. They looked cute in the glow of my bedside lamp. Its driving me nuts having Sam in bed with us when he is almost 4 (because of Chris being in his room because of the renovations) and I will be so glad when Chris moves back to his own room and Sam can go in his own room...but there are things I will miss - and this is one of them - as well as having Sam snuggled into me in the mornings like a hot water bottle after Lloyd has gone to work!

Watercolour ATC's

These atc's are for a watercolour atc swap at swap-bot. They are both going to 1 partner so I have called them 'Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow'. This weekend I have also worked on Christmas and Winter act's for a swap I am doing with Tess and Stacey - but because they both read my blog I can't post pictures yet!!! :)

Edward Cullen swap!!

This is a package I got for being in an Edward Cullen swap at Swap-bot!! I love the note that came with it :) I couldn't agree more :)

Staceys first Artist Trading Cards.........

On Friday, Stacey - from the 'Mollys People' blog (link to right) came over for the afternoon with her children so that I could snap a few Fall pictures of them. I know I for one had a lovely afternoon of chatting, tea and hot chocolate, walking in the woods and enjoying holding Kylies teeny tiny hand!!! It makes Sams hand feel ENORMOUS!!!! You forget quite how little they are when they're two!!! 4 hours flew by!! They met Charlie the pig (Taylors face when he met her was quite a picture lol! And luckily Abigail was home from school so she had a wonderful time playing with Kylie with playdoh and painting.....

Anyway, While visiting, Stacey gave me an envelope and inside were her very FIRST ATC's!!!! I feel HONOURED to receive these!! thanks so much Stacey!!! And I especially cherish the one of Molly!!! Molly is Staceys little dog and some of you may remember that I fell in love with Molly the night of Staceys Stampin-Up party when I made the Christmas Cards - I don't normally like little dogs, but I really liked Molly who was a sweetheart!

I've only posted pictures of these two cards because I will save the others to post when I get Tess's swap cards and then I'll post al the Winter and Christmas swap atc's at the same time :)

Halloween party night.....

Tonight the girls have gone to their school Halloween party night - a week early for some strange reason. I guess because many people go trick or treating on the actual night. The children didn't have school today either so I guess that gave the school time to decorate and get organised. Laurence spent all week saying he didn't want a costume and didn't want t go because the Jr High kids said it was babyish and not worth going to. Tonight he is sulking because all his friends are going and he doesn't have a costume. So I suggest costumes we have in the costume box and he isn't interested so his friends offer him costumes and he plans to go with them and now he can't get in touch with them because it's too late.....and now he's tired from his sleepover last night and sulking because he isn't out having fun! I'd happily take him but he's too busy sulking!

We bought Abigail a purple and black witch costume because on the packet it looked so cute - but when she put it on it was awful - it looked like something a paedophile would design!!!!! OMG so she didn't wear that - instead we got the dress up box out and she wore this rapunzel dress as a 'nice witch' instead! I had no body glitter so I rubbed red stickles on their skin lol! Oh scrapbooking supplies come in handy sometimes ;) I told them if they come out in a rash they should find a bathroom and wash it off quickly lol!

Susannah is an 'Evil Fairy' and her wings have black cobwebs on them....I made her wand.....a dowel and black felt hot glued and then decorated again with stickles lol!

Lots to blog about!!

I am going to blog all out of order the next little while!!! I want to blog about Stacey and her atc's, her children, postcards, the renovations, Oliver, my Nan, Halloween.....and so its all going to be out of order lol! And none of it is in order of preference - just in order of how the pictures are coming off the camera - and that tends to be back to front lol!

Painted atc's

Here are some atc's I received in the 'painted atc' swap at Swapbot. These came from Erna in South Africa. Erna is an artist and an art teacher! She actually contacted me on Facebook! Aren't these atc's exquisite? I plan to frame them and put them on the wall as they are miniature portraits in watercolour!