Grrrrr wind!

I've been awake since 4am! Our bedroom was full of smoke! No idea why - I assumed Lloyd had lit the fire in the workshop but he hadn't last night! So we checked the house and garage and everything and our place is fine - we couldn't see where the smoke was coming from so assume someone has a fire going and the wind outside was blowing it in this direction. The smell was so strong. We always sleep with a window open but we closed the window and the smell went. But the wind is so strong outside.

Anyway I was wide awake - so many things going through my mind......couldn't get back to sleep and before i knew it Lloyds alarm was going off so I suggested he had coffee with me. Now Laurence is awake and I can hear him having breakfast downstairs. The girls are still asleep.

Last night I went out for dinner with my friend Tess - we had a quick look around the new used book store near Scrapbook Memories, before heading to Eastside Marios (Joey Tomatoes had a 25 minute wait sadly) but thats ok because ESM's is Tess's favourite! We had a lovely evening and Tess even managed to get a head massage by some guy walking by (hahahaha)

I think I TERRIFIED Tess with my driving (and parking) skills lol and she can probably now quite see why I don't attend her crop nights lol...this is nothing new to Val of course who frequently sees my bad driving......Tess kindly offered to follow me home - and most people know how far I live away from town :) but I don't mind highway driving - its in town I hate driving!!! it's all the turning and signals and everything - the highways are easy!!! Once I hit Hwy 14 it was EASY :) you just have to keep an eye out for moose and deer then :)

Anyway, thank you Tess for a lovely evening! Lets repeat again SOON!!!

Anyone size 12 or 14 petite?

I have pants...practically brand new.....mainly Reitmans jeans.....in size 12 and 14 petite. Are they of use to anyone? I didn't wear them for very long at all........a few times only.

Free to a good home in the Edmonton area...or heading to the thrift store......

Let me know!

Crazy 8's

8 TV Shows I love to watch:

Little People Big World
So Graham Norton
sorry I don't watch much tv lol!


8 Favorite Restaurants:

Joey Tomato's Med Grill
Joeys Global
La Ronde
Ruths Chris
Wok Box
Milestones
New Asian Village
Blue plate diner

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:

The wind took my breath away
Lloyd told me I looked cute in my pj's
I read in the bath
I ate melon and strawberries while reading at MP
I took Sam to Pre-K
I cleaned the toilets
Sams shoe fell off as we walked out the door of MP
The phoneline got fixed

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:

the weekend
my new kitchen
moving away from here to somewhere friendlier
Oliver arriving
Lloyd retiring
Spring
this year ending
dinner tonight!

8 Things On My WishList:
Only Lloyd knows what is on my wishlist ;)

8 Friends I'm Tagging:
whoever wants to!

Wednesday.....

So Wednesday is here.....yesterday I was out chatting with the workmen...Denis was telling me his wife is sick. (his name is French so you don't pronounce the S) She is a migraine sufferer too and is on Maxalt like me.....she was in hospital on Friday and he had to leave early because of it.....not good :( PVC or something which is worrying but she is a nurse and was at work which is a VERY good thing as she was in the right place! So we were talking about migraines etc.......I was telling them about how I often call them all the names under the sun when I have a migraine and they are banging about outside lol! They were laughing and making jokes......It was sooo windy out yesterday 70km winds.

Sam had pre-k yesterday and while he was there I had to go and get the groceries that we couldn't get on Monday night. Stupidstore had quite a bit missing Monday night. So I ran to Costco and Save-On (because I couldn't be bothered to go far). I don't like shopping in stores I don't know though and found I was zig-zagging all around the store to find things. I bought Chris two bags of White Rabbit candies (not that he really deserves them lol) only to find out they've been recalled because of the melamine scares in China...sigh....and he's taken them to school today :( so Lloyd has texted him to tell him to quit eating them.......oops! They're his favourite candy! He won't be happy :(

Oh and when Sam walked into Pre-K yesterday the first thing he told his teacher was that he had 'moved into Moms bedroom'....OMG!!!! His teacher looked at me with a puzzled yet interested look! Lol! I laughed and told her things were chaotic at home....and then once I had settled Sam in class I did explain that my husband was STILL in the bedroom with me and that having a three year old in the room was the better choice over a moody 15 year old joining us lol - because Chris had moved into Sams room for a while during the renovations!!! Once she understood that, all was well ;) Oh and Sams other teacher has also read the Twilight books - this leads Lloyd to believe that every woman on the planet has read these books lol - but like I say, every sensible woman on the planet has read them ;) hahahahaha ;)

The girls had dance last night - Tuesday is STRESS night - dance and library (the mobile library is outside of dance classes and it used to be fine as the girls classes were at the same time but THIS year Susies class is after Abigails class so we are running backwards and forwards all evening and its annoying :( We take Abby then go to the library with Susie then come home. Susie gets ready we go and take her and get Abby, take Abby to the library and Sam, then come home. Then go back later for Susie....in between we do lunches, tidy up after dinner...do Abigails reading and anything else that needs doing......and if anyone else wants to go to the library they can....probably doesn't sound THAT stressful to most people but I don't DO stress well - and we choose NOT to do running about after activities etc so for me this is STRESS! Still the girls love it and its just once a week and they like the library too :) After that I soaked in the bath and read Eclipse and then got in bed and read while Lloyd snuggled next to me and watched Iron Man that I surprised him with yesterday.

Tonight I am out for dinner with Tess! Yay!

Phone line!

We have a phone line again :)

Pre-K Homework!

Sam with his homework from pre-k! He has to cut out and stick on a pumpkin to his calendar each day in October and then take it back to school on the last day in October. I took this picture this morning!

Horse atc's...

ATC's for a horse swap at swap-bot...

Obsessions...

So I am obsessed with the Twilight saga......I have now read Twilight, New Moon and half of Eclipse.....so in a week I have read about 1400 pages. These books are totally addictive! As well as the books I have read all the out-take chapters from the authors website including the chapters form 'Midnight Sun' that she has on her site...I have bought Breaking Dawn ready for when I finish Eclipse, so there is no break and I can start it straight away.

It seems everyone I meet has read this series. I go into cafe's and sit reading and the waitresses come over to tell me how much they loved the books....stores assistants get talking to me...people in the street will overhear something and start talking...people notice the book in my hands and comment.....EVERYONE is obsessed with the novels and the movie coming out! It's like a strange cult :)

The wonderful thing is that Lloyd wants to see the movie as much as I do!

These are great books :) If you want to read a modern Romeo and Juliet - pick them up!

Guess who!!!

This just makes me laugh out loud because its TOTALLY out of character!! But when he first put it on I didn't like it at all and it scared me and I made him take it off and put it away because Lloyd is such a sweet heart and sweet and kind man that I am not used to being scared by him in any way, so I felt very uncomfortable with him dressed like this.

He bought this to scare the children next week lol! Too funny! If he tries to scare me I'll kill him lol!

Clips...

The first one is badly recorded though....

and had to laugh at this:

You know you’re obsessed with The Twilight Series when...

1. First thing in the morning you’re thinking, “I’m the future Mrs Cullen”. (Yes, I know. A bit extreme? But some people do do so...)
2. You dream about it nearly every night (well, Edward anyway).
3. You want to go to Forks for your spring/summer break.
4. You squeal/cry/scream/laugh/whatever every time you see a silver Volvo, even if it's not your favourite car and there’s no Edward in it.
5. You cringe/smile/sigh/whatever whenever you hear/see Edward's name and it has nothing to do with Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse.
6. You find it hard to believe that vampires actually have fangs or some crazy dark side. And you believe all vampires must be inherently hot.
7. You counted down the minutes until Breaking Dawn came out.
8. You try to quote lines from the books for use in your everyday speech.
9. You are certain that your boyfriend is a vampire simply on the basis that he's sexy/shiny?/composed/whatever.
10. You start imagining scenes from the books in your head before you go to bed/school/the malls/the toilet/wherever.
11. You waste the ink of your print cartridge printing images and images of Edward.
12. You pre-ordered your copy of Breaking Dawn at some random bookshop.
13. You name your friends/enemies/whatever after characters in the series.
14. You cry because your father used Eclipse as a coaster for his drink.
15. You count down the days till Edward’s birthday 364 days before it really is (June 20th).
16. A love song comes on and you immediately think of Edward and Bella.
17. You’ve bought both audio books.
18. You create debates in class over Edward’s "perfection".
19. You relate even the weirdest/common/whichever things to the book.
20. You carry the books with you almost everywhere.
21. You almost fainted when you first saw the cover of Eclipse.
22. You’ve tried joining all Twilight fan clubs that there are.
23. You wish for Hollywood not to make a Twilight movie because it could never be as good as the book (you know you’d whoop their asses if they screw up the movie).
24. You start failing in school because either you’re reading the Twilight Series or you’re thinking about the Cullens 24/7.
25. You think you can feel Edward beside you while you're reading/dreaming/talking/walking/etc (maybe even when you’re doing nothing at all).
26. You’re talking to yourself but think you're talking to Edward.
27. You stay locked in your room until you've read it over a million times.
28. You start talking to it (the book).
29. You talk to your friends about it... even though they’ve no idea what you're talking about!
30. You ask them how you know you love the Twilight series even though they STILL don't know what you're talking about.
31. You believe that there really are vampires and werewolves among us.
32. While talking to your friends, they mention something that reminds you of Twilight, and you mutter a joke from Twilight and start laughing your head off.
33. You’ve highly considered naming your future son Edward.
34. You don't like vampire movies, because they always use vampires as the EVIL characters.
35. Whenever somebody mentions the words 'vampire' or 'werewolf', you immediately try to worm your way into the conversation just to make sure they're not insulting them.
36. You hardly ever let anyone touch your books.
37. You look at all the pale people in your classes and wonder if they're secretly vampires and wish to ask them if they can turn you into one.
38. You make a protective cover for your Twilight to ensure that you never leave your copy of Twilight when it goes with you to your friend's house.
39. You sit on the roof of your house/in your bed every night waiting for Edward to come.
40. You cry at sad parts of the book... even though you've read it just so many times.
41. You smack your brother/sister/whatever when they say Edward doesn’t exist or is a total retard. And don’t stop smacking until they say they’re sorry.
42. You've calculated your “love compatibility” with Edward.
43. You google Edward’s name to see what comes up and how many rival, clumsy girls there are…
44. You can’t make up your mind between Edward and Jacob.
45. You pretend Edward’s sitting beside to you while you're asleep.


tee hee :) Lloyd says he's too young for me....but he's older than our Grandparents!! He just LOOKS 17....so really he's like the perfect guy - isn't he???? ;) mature but LOOKS really young! hahahahaha ;)

Tell me why I don't like Mondays......

Its Monday and after a lovely three day weekend, Lloyd has gone back to work. The workmen are here banging about again. they arrived just after 8am. Don't get me wrong, they are great guys. Doing a great job. I appreciate that! Its cold out there. Here I am still in bed. Hiding. In the warm. Hiding from the noise - the mess. The chaos. But I want my home back!

So the weekend was nice. Yesterday we went out and bought the kids their Halloween costumes at Value Village. Abigail is going as a little witch. Sam is going as a dirtbike rider. Susannah is an Evil Fairy. Laurence didn't get anything but wants to be a dead Jonas Brother!!! So we'll get him a curly haired wig.....Christopher was being his usual happy cheery MISERABLE teenaged self so he refused to go and is no longer being Mr Monopoly for Halloween.

I went and got a few clothes for me (Did I mention I bought myself some SIZE SIX pants????) SIZE SIX!!!!!!!!! SIZE 6!!!! OMG!!!! I keep having to PINCH myself!!!

Last night Lloyd watched The Family Stone while I sat beside him at my writing table and painted ATC's for a while, then I got into bed and read Eclipse while he continued to watch The Family Stone (bloody depressing movie - he always puts it on and yes its a lovely movie but you know, its OUR family - it IS - its OUR family - THINK about it!!!! and then the mother DIES!!!!!! Just GREAT!!!! And Lloyd falls asleep before the end EVERY time and leaves me to watch it EVERY time and I end up crying EVERY time ALONE while he snores next to me!!!

So last night I refused to watch it with him - I painted and I read about my Edward ( and he is MY Edward ;)

And here we are - Monday - bloody Monday and Lloyd is at work again. He's phoned me twice but I still miss him :( I love three day weekends but I wish he could stay home every day :(

Lloyds answers!!! Hahhahaha I typed while he answered :)

1. Do you like blue cheese? its ok yes....its nice with branston pickle and crackers..
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? no
3. Do you own a gun? not yet
4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? not applicable
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? not even when he was going to cut my balls open!
6. What do you think of hot dogs? yeah they're ok so long as they're good quality ones!
7. Favorite Christmas Song? that would be, shit, whats his name? Frank Sinatra, The Christmas Song
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? coffee
9. Can you do push ups? one or two yes......no probably about ten or fifteen
10. What was the name of your first girlfriend? I don't know....Frank...hahahaha only joking! Parker hahahahaha no don't put that! Kim I guess was my first serious one.
11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? My wedding ring.
12. Favorite hobby? my acreage I suppose I don't get to play golf....I would like to take up mountain biking again next year...my little size six wife.....
13. Do you work with people who idolize you? no....
14. Do you have A.D.D.? nope
15. What’s one trait that you hate about yourself? my double crowns
16. Middle name? Anthony
17. Name three thoughts at this exact moment.I need the bathroom hurry up! I'm hungry, I wonder what we can watch on tv tonight...maybe The Family Stone....
18. Name three things you bought yesterday. I bought you two books.....bread...coffee...
19. Name three drinks you regularly drink. coffee, tea, milk
20. Current worry right now? global economy,
21. Current hate right now? winter
22. Favorite place to be? in bed
23. How did you bring in the New Year? asleep
24. Where would you like to go? Florida
25. Name three people who will complete this? Jane, her cronies
26. Whose answer do you want to read the most?Janes
27. What color shirt are you wearing?blue
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? don't think I ever have
29. Can you whistle? kind of
30. Favorite color(s)? yellow
31. Would you be a pirate? yes
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? none
33. Favorite girl’s name? Jane - I've always loved the name Jane
34. Favorite boy’s name? Samuel
35. What’s in your pocket right now? a canoe....
36. Last thing that made you laugh? Jane
37. Best bed sheets as a child? INcredible Hulk
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? gash in my side from falling on 6 inch nail
39. Do you love where you live? yes and no. great in summer shit in winter
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 4
41. Who is your loudest friend? Samantha
42. How many dogs do you have? two
43. Does someone have a crush on you? not that I'm aware of
44. Who is your favorite president? Obama!
45. What is your favorite book? A Beautiful Mind
46. What is your favorite candy? Aniseed Balls
47. What is your favorite sports team? Ferrari Formula One
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? dunno
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? sleeping
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? The fricking cat miaowing!!

From Coris blog!

1. Do you like blue cheese? yes....there are very few cheeses that I don't like!!! I miss Y-Fenni!!! An ale and mustard seed cheese from back home!
2. Have you ever smoked heroin? no but I worked in a heroin clinic for a while dishing out methadone to addicts and swapping dirty needles for clean. Heroin is a complete and utter waste of a persons life and the clinic was a total waste of time.
3. Do you own a gun? no unless you count paintball guns!
4. What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? never been but at Second cup I add a sugar free vanilla bean shot to my skinny latte
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? No - just stressed if Sam is with me.
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I don't eat them.
7. Favorite Christmas Song? Last Christmas by Wham
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? the coffee from my massive Rainforest Cafe mug. Lloyd makes it before he leaves for work in the morning and he leaves it by the bed for when I wake up - it stays hot until lunchtime.
9. Can you do push ups? yes.
10. What was the name of your first girlfriend/boyfriend? The first boy I kissed was Carl, the first boy I 'snogged' was Rob. (lol at the word 'snog')
11. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? my engagement ring although right now its missing two diamonds and I really should DO something about that!!!!
12. Favorite hobby? painting probably...although I'm not very good at it, its probably the 'craft' I enjoy the most.
13. Do you work with people who idolize you? I'm not sure anyone idolizes me.
14. Do you have A.D.D.? No, but I do have an obsessive addictive personality that can drive me crazy at times.
15. What’s one trait that you hate about yourself? see above lol!
16. Middle name? Emma
17. Name three thoughts at this exact moment. I'm tired, I wonder how stale the wine is thats left in the bottom of the glass, I wonder what Edward does next....(see, I'm obsessive)
18. Name three things you bought yesterday. Eclipse, Breaking Dawn (both books in the Twilight Saga) a croissant at Tim Hortons.
19. Name three drinks you regularly drink. water, coffee, white wine.
20. Current worry right now? whether to make the wrap around porch in treated cedar or in composite material - we thought we were going with the latter but have since heard bad things about it and find it rots as the filling is still wood....so we now think we're going to go with cedar which is cheaper but will need to be treated every few years :( but are we making the right decision???? I wanted grey and we can't have that with the cedar as we do NOT want paint....
21. Current hate right now? ....winter coming...
22. Favorite place to be? anywhere warm
23. How did you bring in the New Year? I can't remember!!
24. Where would you like to go? Atlantis in the Bahamas!!
25. Name three people who will complete this? No clue - Val should but might moan at me lol! Tara should ;) Rhonda should but never blogs now! Kathy? Will you take the challenge?
26. Whose answer do you want to read the most? Lloyds but he won't do it!
27. What color shirt are you wearing? black - one of my favourite tops - from Reitmans. In fact I love these tops so much that I went and got another 4 today. I live in them! I have 4 of them in black now, 3 in red and 3 in grey! So no, I am NOT wearing the same one again and again lol - I just stocked up because I love them! I also bought myself some pants in SIZE 6!!!!!! Did you read that???? size SIX!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? no - tacky!
29. Can you whistle? yes
30. Favorite color(s)? turquoise
31. Would you be a pirate? no - but I'd be a vampire ;)
32. What songs do you sing in the shower?I don't sing in the shower ;)
33. Favorite girl’s name? Jennifer
34. Favorite boy’s name? I don't think I've had one....
35. What’s in your pocket right now? nothing in my jeans pockets I'm wearing but in my jacket which is thrown on the bed behind me, I have the dvd receipt for PS I Love You which I need to return because it's faulty! Also the gloves that I bought last week.
36. Last thing that made you laugh? Sam and Abby in the car talking about the man on the moon - they were talking about how he was running on the moon and asking how long he had been up there - I said his name was Neil and he'd been up there since 1969. But Sam said NO!!! He's been up there 8 minutes!!!
37. Best bed sheets as a child?No clue but I had a little blanket that a lady knitted for me when I was a baby. I still have it now - its striped all different colours and as a child my Mom would get it out for me when I was sick as a comforter.
38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? Head injury - roller skating down a hill holding onto the back of a bike - wheels buckled and head went back and hit the tarmac. Big bump which is still there today. I still get pain from it these days 27 years later.
39. Do you love where you live? Love the acreage - house is 'getting there' - HATE Alberta, not keen on Canada - want to move SOUTH. We plan to do up the house and sell it and move to Atlanta as soon as possible.
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? 4
41. Who is your loudest friend? Samantha - by far
42. How many dogs do you have? two
43. Does someone have a crush on you? no
44. Who is your favorite president? Obama ;)
45. What is your favorite book? The Twilight Saga (can you say OBSESSED!!!!!!)
46. What is your favorite candy? I can't deal with candy any more
47. What is your favorite sports team? I don't have one
48. What song do you want played at your funeral? I don't want a funeral.
49. What were you doing 12 AM last night? Reading Eclipsed.
50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Snuggling up with my DH

I can hear Stephane Dion now!!

Lol! Lloyd and I just can't decide what to do today! We have no plan!!! We keep changing our mind about what to do and where to go! We were going to go to Fort Ed but its frosty out....then to West Ed but we're tempted to spend far too much (lol) so we're thinking Katies Crossing...or Kids Quarterz or hunting for halloween costumes........or somewhere else entirely...

We just can't decide what to do...

We have no plan......

Not that we always have a plan - or ever feel we need one...but today we feel like we need one....and we just can't decide what to do and we feel like we WANT to do something and we just don't know WHAT - and we don't want to go to the scarecrow festival.

What to do?

phone line

We have no phone line right now as the work men sliced it on Thursday when they cut the hole in the kitchen wall - not sure how long it will be out so we only have cell phones and internet right now! Contact us via email, facebook and cell phone if you need to get hold of us! Let me know if you need my cell phone number!