Todays ongoing debate...

We frequently have debates going on in this household and todays is:

Is celery a womans food? I love celery but Lloyd says that is because I am a woman! He says men don't like celery......and when I think about it, I don't know any men who do like celery.....

So, is celery a womans food or are there men who love it too????????

My two oldest boys like celery but I wouldn't say they 'love' it...........

My Thursday..........

The weekend has officially started I guess, as the children are home from school and its a long weekend...4 days.......

This morning (it was snowing STILL grrrr) I took Abigail to pre-school and then went to meet Val on Hwy 21 for breakfast....I really look forward to our weekly breakfast now :) The restaurant was really quiet and I got there early so I grabbed a local freebie paper and sat with my coffee until Val arrived...the waitress said she was surprised to see me alone as normally we have a table full :) It was the first time I was CHILD FREE for breakfast :)

I had toast this morning because I really didn't fancy having anything else...but I drank a gallon of coffee I think lol! Their coffee is REALLY good.........

Val was telling me that her barn cats often have a litter around now and I said I'd be interested in a kitten......I'd like an indoor cat.....another Bailey ideally.....

Val and I chatted until a little after 11am and then I had to head home and pick up Lloyd and Sam...they had been changing the face plates on all the lightswitches from that dirty ivory colour to nice white ones.....then we raced and picked Abby up from preschool...she had been painting eggs at school today and brought 2 home with her.....

After that we had to run into town - we went to Timmys for lunch and then stopped at the pet store for some plant for Goldy the goldfish.....after that we went to Home Depot as Lloyd needed some more paint - we chose another shade of lilca for the girls bedroom too and a border so we can finally get their room done - their room is so horrible with the 80's style sports border and the old white paint and broken blue blinds........

Then finally home and we collected mail and my new Homeschooling Horizons magazine was there YAY!!! I do love that magazine so much - like I've said before, it would be great for school parents too as it is full of projects and ideas to help yuor child and also to keep them busy during school holidays with crafts, bookmaking etc etc......

Tonight Lloyd is taking the boys into town to have their hair cut.......I think I will soak in the bath with my magazine before they go and then I can sit with Sam and Abby this evening and read or colour.......

I am so hungry today - why am I so hungry??????? Off to chop some celery......I bought a big pack of celery hearts at Costco the other day and they are lovely with cream cheese and peanut butter...Mmmmmmmmm

Oh and last night we went to the Open House at the school....it was very interesting - I will blog more about it later.....but the good news is that Abigails best friend at preschool, Quinn, will be in her class :) Thats so great for her! At the moment they are estimating there will be 15 children in her class........and it will run two full days a week and then after Christmas will be two full days a week and every other Wednesday until 2pm........I love that it is full day rather than just mornings...it will suit her better and means Sam and I can do more by ourselves on those days.....

Lloyd got the phone call today! He can go in and sign his contract on Tuesday moring...then it has to be signed by the deputy minister and as soon as that is done he can start....so he may be back at work next Wednesday :( I love having him at home so much! and he is getting so many of the unfinished jobs done :) we looked at base boards today (skirting boards) YAY!!!!! I may have baseboards before too long! That would be nice - we haven't had any for so long lol!

decorating cupcakes...

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I bought a cup cake decorating kit at the weekend with my 40% off coupon and today I finally got to try it out...I have never used an icing bag before but have always wanted to make pretty cupcakes.....so this is my VERY first attempt...Abigail decorated most of them with jelly beans and the special jelly diamonds for cakes.....I decorated a few with just sprinkles....the children just got home from school.....they are digging in to the cupcakes already and are loving them :)

So now I just need to keep baking cupcakes so I can practice with the icing bag........its not easy lol! I have several different tips to try out too.........

Easter baking........

This afternoon Abigail and I did some baking for Easter....we made Spiced Easter cookies.....and Abigail cut them out and she made hearts and ducks and a few circles......they are delicious - even Lloyd loves them and hasn't stopped eating them since they cooled!!!

Abby Banana.......

math fun.....

Abigail and Sam sat at the table for a while and used the pattern math set we have.......'Busy Bugs'.......Abigail was adding with the bugs and Sam was using them to match the colours and th epatterns on the boards.......then Sam spent a while just running around with the plastic bugs :)

It is so lovely having Lloyd home this week...he has been finishing the painting around the house and catching up on unfonished jobs here...it is still snowing so we have had a lazy day at home but its been really nice :)

Are Canadian tourists damaging Antarctica?

I saw this on Scrappershaven.ca and thought it was great :)

For those not in Canada, Tim Hortons is like a drug to Canadians....Moms can't do the school run without a 'Timmys' coffee....no trip to the store is complete with a Tim Hortons break :) The drive thru coffee shops are like Starbucks in the UK - practically on every street corner :)

Emily Yeung.........

Emily Yeung was at Disney Worlds Magic Kingdom today...and then behind the scenes in the costume design department at MGM Studios.....

I want to be back at Disney World :(

Empire of the sun.......

Last night we curled up and watched Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun.....I remember when it came out in theatres....I went to see it three times in the first week! I even had to pay for my friend Nicky to go just so she would go with me - and she was bored silly lol! I just fell in love with that movie - I thought it was just amazing....

I haven't watched it for a while and Lloyd had never watched it all the way through, so we sat and wtached and he loves it too...and I still think it is one of the best movies ever made......

Funny to think that the little boy in the movie is now Batman!

My favourite scene is when the Americans are bombing the Japanese runway and Jim is running about on the rooftop yelling "B-51...Cadillac of the sky........."

Great movie :)

Oh and for the first time, we spotted Ben Stiller in it...he only has one tiny scene but it was definitely him :)

Alberta bound............

Sign said 40 miles to Canada

My truck tore across Montana
Ian Tyson sang a lonesome lullaby
And so I cranked up the radio
Cause there's just a little more to go
For I'd cross the border at that Sweet Grass sign
I'm Alberta Bound

This piece of heaven that I've found
Rocky Mountains and black fertile ground
Everything I need beneath that big blue sky
Doesn't matter where I go
This place will always be my home
Yeah I've been Alberta Bound for all my life
And I'll be Alberta Bound until I die

It's a pride that's been passed down to me
Deep as coal mines, wide as farmer's fields
Yeah, I've got independence in my veins
Maybe it's my down-home redneck roots

Or these dusty 'ol Alberta boots
But like a Chinook wind keeps coming back again

Paul Brandt-©Foothillbilly/Gianfoothillbilly-BMI/SOCAN 2003

future tv presenters.......

Yesterday the children spent HOURS playing with the boxes the groceries came in........they turned one into a tv and took turns being weather girls and news reporters...they even made buttons for the tv and a remote contril so they could switch each other off and turn the volume up! Then they made cars and boats and space ships...and this mroning Abigail came into the bedroom first thing in her space ship!!!

Ruby slipper card..............

Rhonda!!

Hi Rhonda...you are a permanent reader of the blog now so it shouldn't run out at all so just ignore any emails that say it has run out :) Let me know if you ahve any problems though.....

Also I can't change your username - you will have to do that...when you write a comment it should ask which name you want to use - so you can click 'other' and then write in the name you want to go by.....but unfortunately I can't do anything this end!

HTH :)

I loved th epicture of the Elk bridge you sent me yesterday! Thank you!

At last!

Christie will be proud of me!!! FINALLY I got a new broom lol....I know Christie was disgusted by my old broom when she looked after the house in January...the old broom even had a big gap in the middle of it so that all the bits in the centre never got caught by it anyway...well I have a new broom :)

And the winner is.......

The winner of the altered playing card contest is:




NO ONE!!!!!!!

Not one of you entered!!!! So I don't get to send a little prize to anyone!

Oh well.....I thought it would be a fun idea but I guess not!