Watching the sunset...

These pictures didn't come out well because I literally grabbed the camera and snapped away and none of the settings are right........but the dogs were taking turns to sit and watch the sunset so I wanted to picture it quickly......I think they are very glad to be home again after being at the kennels!

Lloyd is on his way home from work but there have been two accidents...roads are VERY slippery...and two ways home are blocked so he has to take 50th down to Ellerslie and come home that way instead......he has also hit rush hour because he has finished work late....

Good news though - he heard from an old friend.....we lost contact after we moved house last year but he got in touch today....this friend used to live in South Carolina so he wants to ask lots of questions about life in the Carolina's.........I think she lives in NY now..........Lloyd looked at jobs in Charlotte today...he says there seem to be a lot there in his line of work so thats great news......

Happy Birthday Nathalie!!!

I just want to say 'welcome to middle age' to my dear friend Nathalie......Nathalie lives in the UK and we went to school together...she is thinking of emigrating from the UK to Calgary or BC in the near future and I think that would be fab - it would be so great to meet up again after all this time!

Happy 35th Birthday Nathalie!

Thinking of you
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Gross!!!

I think pig farts can kill you........they smell so toxic they must be able to kill you...excuse me while I take a break from this room for a while......

First day...........

The children started school this morning...they were supposed to go by bus but the bus company didn't sort it out so I had to drive them in snow and freezing rain...nasty......and the driveway was covered in snow - I couldn't even see Lloyds tyre tracks...I didn't know where to turn or anything......and they hadn't told me the rules for drop off or anything so I have no idea if I parked in the wrong place or should have been so close to the buses or whatever......

The school also didn't send the supplies lists so I had no idea what to get them...we bought a few things yesterday and that will have to do until I go shopping again......

Abigail has been a little lost today without her siblings....right now she has my left arm in a sling and is bandaging me up.....has written me a prescription...her diagnosis is that I am a little bit not healthy, that I've been eating a bit too much junk and that the cure is to sleep for two days and then have another check up......soiunds good to me :)

Abby and Sam played with the playdough for a while, Abby did some of her 'schoolwork' (a Disney activity book with wordsearches etc etc) and she helped me make lunch......Sam played with his cars and garage while I packed away all his clothes from the holiday.......

I did some laundry and cleaned up after Charlie....fed the animals......cleaned the kitchen, pottered about...ordered some photographs from Disney....blogged, chatted to Mum on phone.....briefly to Dad.......spoke to the Principal, spoke to the bus driver, spoke to the school again and spoke to Lloyd SEVERAL times :)

Its been a weird day....it's gone fast but I feel like I'm waiting for something to happen......like I can't settle to anything...I miss the noise and chaos of homeschooling and I miss having the children here to talk to, to help, to 'be' with.....they're good company....................

Charlie is wandering about the place......he's happy to have us home!

Now Abigail is playing with the digital thermometer...taking temperatures under my arm and under my tongue......I haven't explained you can stick it up your bum too lol - not sure I'll teach her that yet in case she wants to try it on Sam!!!! And now she is checking my reflexes....OUCH!!!!! Hard to type witha thermometer under your arm...I think Abby is going to be a Doctor.....maybe a Greys Anatomy Doc lol....coz you know that shows real right??????? ;)

bird catcher.............

Sam was amazed by all the SEagulls at Epcot and at MGM Studios...he had a blast racing about after them all! He kept laughing out loud at them and shrieking and then when they flew off he just waved and said 'bye!'

Abigail......a little einstein..................

Abigail was so excited to meet one of the Little Einsteins...I had never even heard of them!!!!

Both her and Abigail enjoyed watching the Madagascar parade too........as you can see from the picture Universal Studios was VERY quiet that day...it was lovely!

Relaxed............

I love this picture...its a little blurred and no one is looking but it reminds me of the feeling that day...we were at MGM Studios and I was in line with Abigail to meet the Little Green Army Man from Toy Story...I looked over and saw Lloyd on the bench with his arm slung behind Susie and chatting with Sam and he just looked so relaxed and happy....content......I wanted to capture that moment!

Surfin' USA............

At Universal Studios..............

snapshots of Susie.....

The girls by Jaws...............Susie by a fountain in Universal......by an old car near the 50's diner at Universal......susie sliding out of a camera film in the Honey we Shrunk the Kids playzone........Susies wet bum after going on a water slide...........

Starbucks.........

Chris is our little coffee addict....a day does not start without a cup of java for this kid lol........so I took this picture of him worshiping Starbucks ;)

a few more....................

random snaps

A few random pics of our holiday........the kids with various characters....Shrek and Fiona (sooooo NOT Cameron Diaz!!!) Oh but Donkey was FAB....he talks to the children and is interactive...he was asking Abigail all kinds of questions......really well done - as was the Shrek 3d ride......

Scooby and Shaggy were fun and asking the girls about the rollercoasters they had been on.....Curious George the monkey was brilliant - he cuddled susie so much he lifted her off her feet!!!

Abigail of course loved meeting Dora the Explorer!

yum!

Abigail after enjoying an ice cream at MGM studios..................

10 questions answered........

I saw this on Cori's blog and thought it was good :)

) What's under your bed right now? My bed goes to the floor...so only room for a penny or two and maybe some dust ;)

2) What size shoe do you wear? 7

3) What's the last restaurant you ate at? Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney, Orlando....unless you count the bakery on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom....


4) How many siblings do you have? two sisters...one is 41 and the other is 39........I am soooooo YOUNG in comparison lol! I always wanted a big brother......I would dream that an unknown older brother would show up at school and come rescue me lol! I pictured him to be like the blonde guy from the comedy show in the UK 'Bread'...Peter someone?????

5) What side of the bed do you sleep on? on the left as you look at the bed...the right as you sleep in it.....

6) Who taught you to drive, and in what kind of car? BSM...British School of Motoring.......the first instructor I had made a pass at me and tried to slide his hand up my leg........YUCK he was old and a perve (the panty stealing kind Christie lol!) then I wanted a female instructor but none were available so the school recommended this guy who they said was lovely - they told me to try one lesson and see how comfortable I felt....well he was sooooo nice...just like Mr Bean and I passed the first time I took my test...I had been so nervous and I think he was so sure I would fail because of nerves too...when I got back and told him I had passed he was just sooooo thrilled!!! I gave him a big box of Roses chocolates as a thank you and the next day he put a congratlations card through my door with a message saying that seeing me pass was so great because I was his last client - he was moving on to another career and me passing was just a great way to end his job!

7) If you could have a different career, what would it be? I love being a stay at home Mom........I love not having to get up and go out to work.....this 'job' suits me fine :)

8) What color looks best on you? brown

9) What's your favorite board game? Boggle - not quite a 'board' game but I LOVE it and am VERY good at it :)


10) How tall are you? 4' 11 3/4 "

Six weird things about me.....

Heather from 'My Eclectic Blog' tagged me a while back.....I have to think of six things that are weird about me..........well I've read Heathers and Debbies and Daisy's...but to be honest I don't find many of the weird things weird lol! Maybe because I do some of those things so they are normal to me ;)

So I have thought and thought of weird things I do or can do.....and I've asked Lloyd too and I'm not sure I can think of 6 weird things but I will think of six 'things' lol!

1. I walk on tiptoe on all hard surfaces...automatically....my heels just lift up as soon as I go from carpet to hard floor.......Lloyd and his family were the first people to ever notice......

2. I suck my thumb while driving but automatically take it out of my mouth when I am at traffic lights........

3. I can't eat chocolate thats been refrigerated...but I CAN eat it if its been frozen!

4. I avoid the telephone as much as is humanly possible.....if I have ever phoned you then you are a privileged one ;)

5. I keep a stash of candy in my underwear drawer...atm there is a big bag of Cadbury's mini eggs in there....half empty ;) Lloyd keeps using them as bribes for Sam - despite me telling him to leave them alone ;) Normally its a bag of marshmallow bananas......I have a few a day...when I remember they are there :) sometimes it still surprises me to open my knicker drawer and find candy hidden there! It can cheer me up :)

6. My house is over-run with spiral notebooks and yet every time I see a new one I am tempted to buy it.......What can I say? I just LOVE spiral bound notebooks. And nice pens......


Oh and Debbie added an extra one so I will too (lol!)

7. I just spent two weeks at Disney World and I can't stand Mickey and Minnie Mouse!

Oh and I can pop a ping pong ball out of a certain orifice (lol) but I'm not sure I should post about that here lol!!!!!


I will think of people to tag over the next few days....going upstairs to bath Sammy with Lloyd now! Goodnight!