today....i am old

Today I turn 39.....that sounds so old. Not sure what I expected but.....

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

it is a beautiful sunny day here but man is it ever cold. Hauled our butts up to Matthew's soccer game but it had to be cancelled due to frozen ground. Now i sit here wasting time till i have to take taryn to erin's birthday party......

Darren is attempting to hang the christmas lights but is having some issues and consequently feels the need to drag me outside every 7-8 lights to have a discussion---just put the things up already!

Here are some pictures of our snowfall last week.....

been awhile

oooops, bad blogger that's me! not really too much to tell.....renovations at a stand still, not really sure why.....kids busy=me busy...that is about it....feeling old..............................

you may want to sit down...

You may want to sit down for this one...................................i actually have a working kitchen!!! my counters came on friday and they are beautiful!! as my friend tammy says it is obsence the way i keep molesting them. so now all that is left are the little jobs-finishing up putting handles on and the crown and baseboard-knowing darren this will take a while so in the meantime i will take what i can get. I will post pics as soon as i find my camera.

The "schedule" is now in full effect with me and darren running here, taking the trolls here and there with practices and what not. I am looking forward to a quiet weekend without any games(soccer or lacrosse)---gotta like thanksgiving.

nothing much else to report.....except for the fantastic Sonja asking me to be guest DT at the wonderful sandra's Pick of the Patch. Love the kit and now that i am finished my set of 3 I can not wait to dig into it.

I have also become a project....Sharon has decided i am "frail and fragile" since my recent bone issues so has taken it upon herself to get my fat ass to the gym. She even paid for my card to guilt me into going. It is a good thing-muscles here i come! We went today and I know she took it easy on me (thanks) but I didn't do too bad.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday weekend and think of me on Monday when you are all relaxing and i am slaving away at work....atleast i get paid extra-love those stats!!!

no way............

as if having to wear a skiboot for my ankle wasn't enough, i have now broken my toe....yup i kicked matthew and broke my little toe. okay so i didn't mean to kick him. we were walking up the stairs to taryn's dance class...he stopped-i didn't. then i proceed to squeeze my sore toe into runners for soccer practice where i hobbled around.....got home took off my shoe to find this beautiful black and purple mass........
fun!

update on life

so it would appear that I have got the cold/cough that never wants to go away, 2 weeks later after our initial meeting i am still coughing up, for lack of a better descriptive word, lung butter. Not the same shade of green but slightly lighter than when i started.

The kids are back in school which is good but with that comes the neverending schedules....dance, soccer practice, field lacrosse practice, soccer games, lacrosse games, more dance, school events, birthday parties....it never seems to end.

It amazes me how year after year people put their kids into activities and then just stand back....hello people volunteer run.....if you are seriously going to come to every practice/game and then just stand there then seriously would it kill you to help out a bit. Not my team-my parents rock however in trying to deal with all the girls teams u6-u10 I have discovered that people pretty much suck.. not everyone but most.
I am not paid to do this so please do not yell at me.
Even at school ... people have the nerve to ask me who is going to do this....that....etc.....HELLO your kids go here too, why not you??????

okay ranting over, off to attack my mountain of laundry to be folded. I do have a new plan though for socks.......i have what amounts to a laundry basket full of unmatched socks which we dig through every morning to find matches...I now have decided to throw in the towel or sock if you would have it and just throw them all out!
wastefull yes but my sanity is worth more than this i have decided.
I have also discovered that Matthew, Taryn and myself are able to all wear the same socks so that is my plan buy a batch of socks we can all wear---Darren can fend for himself of course.

ooops almost forgot my adventure. Myself and some friends from work went riverrafting. So much fun-scary at times - but well worth the fun. I think i will have to do it again.

enjoy your week

here we go again....

school is starting again.......yippee on one hand but ugh on the other. Now comes the scheduling issues and the events and activitites and being pulled in 20 different directions all at once.

almost forgot

i was the layout of the day at pick of the patch for this:

and i love this layout i did

hmmmmmmmm.............................

so my life really isn't that exciting to warrent a blog i have decided but onward i go.

i am now back at work-i actually don't mind it but really think i need to start thinking of something else i can do. I don't necessarily mean l & D because I do love it (and i think i am good at it) but I am thinking I may need a little side career to keep my brain moving. I had a great idea in January to start a pre/post natal fitness business but didn't follow through gung ho and in the end someone else is now doing it in Coquitlam---i saw their ad in Starbucks--oh well, snooze you loose!

Just for intrest sake I did some research on design school-yikes 4 yrs-not sure if I am willing to go back to school that long......I need a work from home business....let me know if anyone thinks of something besides internet porn.....

my leg is doing ok, only a few shifts when it swelled but i discovered a new use for the frozen "pads" we give the ladies for their hoo's----they fit nicely in my sock and help with the swelling.

ooops almost forgot-Taryn has been published in a scrapbooking magazine-she was paid 75$ for her layout-it is with a letter from me-one which i didn't write-let's call it creative editing-if you know me you can tell right away. Have you ever heard me use the word "inspiration" - I think not...hahhahahhaa

Here are some pics of the family from my mom's 60th

bad blogger!

so it has been a while since i wrote anything......bad old me. let's see, cabinets in, oven and fridge in, waiting for counters(went with the granite) floors done.....still haven't unpacked any boxes-going with the minimalist look....

ankle has actually been feeling good, took the cast off last week and have now got the okay from dr to return to work so we will see how it goes on saturday.

Had mom's 60th bday party and now she is retired.....good friends Craig & Shauna and their kids have moved back to bc from bermuda, nice to have them back.

went to the beach today-hot hot hot- much better than the yucky rain of last week.

darren was a good husband and finished up my crafty area/room/closet for me-love it!

that is about it for now.....................

facebook

so a while ago i did the whole facebook thing and not too many people i know where there but now ....holy! there are a million people! i found my dear friend Muz(still crazy) and some old roomies(janet & autumn) and all the girls from work......it is funny how you find people you know on someone elses list that you didn't know they knew.......

house update: the cupboards are in - there were some missing pieces so they had to reorder and they will come back to install

- the floors will be finished on monday

we can move back downstairs next week woohoo! i was getting so tired of living upstairs and eating out!

off to paint now....

here are some pics from the lake on tuesday-why the need to wear goggles when not under water is a mystery to me- freak children

summer vacation is here....

well today was the first day at home for the kids on vacation....friday was the real one but we were in a border lineup going down to the Evan's trailer.....not something i enjoy, the line up that is...3 hrs basically stopped with 4 kids trapped in a minivan......
today we waited all day for the kitchen installation guys to come only to be told that there was a mix up and they are coming tomorrow instead.....
the 7-11 down the way is the only one in canada changed to a kwik-e-mart for the simpsons promo-looks cool however very busy....
this week we don't have much planned but next week the kids are in swim camp in the afternoon so i will have fun unpacking stuff into my new kitchen/house......still need a countertop though.....
that is about it for me..........

Tag-random things about me

apparently i was tagged by Anna and didn't know it until today so here goes.....

6 random/weird/quirky things about me...

1. really really really afraid of clowns
2. weigh more now than i did when i was pregnant
3. lived with guys the first 3 yrs i was in university (3,5,4)
4. am a pro at the "bump & spill" (accidently knock into someone and spill either my drink or their drink on them)
5. have never in my life eaten a peanut butter sandwhich
6. do not like bananas at all- so much so that i hate even giving them to my kids
7, love really bad tv/movies-i will watch just about anything(perhaps this explains #2)

ok that being said i tag helen and carol...

FINALLY...

the drywall guy has left my house...somehow 5 days turned into 19. It reminded me of Murphy Brown and the painter guy Elvin who lived in her house....now we need to get priming then painting as the cabinets are going to be installed next week!
then the floor guy comes back on the 9th to buff, shine etc then all we need to deal with is the counters, moldings decorating etc.
i am so sick of eating out! woohoo kitchen here i come!

a scene from csi.....

so......the 2 floor guys were here yesterday to finish up. Picture me upstairs on the phone when all of a sudden a BLOODcurdling scream--you can see where this is going- so i run down to find #1 taking #2 out the door in a rush. It would appear he met the saw and the saw won.....my new wood floor had blood all over it, the cement outside-bloody all over, the window had some spray.......anyhow long story short: it was the last piece of wood on the last day of work and now he won't be able to move his index finger.....cut through the tendon to the bone...he is a fireman working sidejobs laying floor.....poor guy......
on a good note my floor in finished except for the final buff and coat which they will do after the kitchen is installed.........

the ski boot

It has been quite some time I see...OOOOPS, bad blogger me!
Life is a bit chaotic right now, for all intents and purposes we are living upstairs.....the drywallers didn't come when they were supposed to which screwed up the kitchen and the floors so as it stands now the drywallers are still here....apparently when they say 5 days they really mean 9 and still counting....the floors are being delivered today but god knows when they can do them. All my pretty new appliances are sitting in my garage still in their boxes. My couches are outside getting wet i am sure....yep i pretty much have had enough.........
Then there is my ankle.....still wearing this lovely ski boot contraption and i am supposed to be using my crutches but i hate them so i don't. BAD patient! I am planning on bedazzling it so that may improve it......

Here are some pics of the kids

One of Taryn's dance costumes & Matthew and friends on sports day

may long weekend

you would think that the long weekend would bring about fun and frivolity.....but nope here it brings an endless stream of lacrosse games. Matthew is in a tournament so between the games and the volunteer shifts we are assigned there is not much time for anything else.

my ankle is still swollen and sore and i hobble everywhere. I went for my soccer coaching certification yesterday which was great except i had to stand on the sidelines for all the practical part which sucked and byt the end my foot was still swollen even more!!!
I go for a bone scan on friday so we will see what happens........

The house is moving oh so slowly, things weren't ready so other things had to be pushed back so still living in a mess.......

Matthew's birthday is coming up so i need to figure something out--shrek perhaps....

have a good week

this cracked me up.....too funny

WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE READY TO HAVE CHILDREN

MESS TESTS
smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Place a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer.

TOY TEST
Obtain a 55-gallon box of LEGOs (or you may substitute roofing tacks). Have a friend spread them all over the house. Put on a blindfold. Try to walk to the bathroom or kitchen. Do not scream because this would wake a child at night.

GROCERY STORE TEST
Borrow one or two small animals (goats are best) and take them with you as you shop. Always keep them in sight and pay for anything they eat or damage.

DRESSING TEST
Obtain one large, unhappy, live octopus. Stuff into a small net bag making sure that all the arms stay inside.

FEEDING TEST
Obtain a large plastic milk jug. Fill halfway with water. Suspend from the ceiling with a cord. Start the jug swinging. Try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal into the mouth of the jug, while pretending to be an airplane. Now dump the contents of the jug on the floor.

NIGHT TEST
Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and fill it with 8-12 pounds of sand. Soak it thoroughly in water. At 3:00 p.m. begin to waltz and hum with the bag until 9:00 p.m. Lay down your bag and set your alarm for 10:00 p.m. Get up, pick up your bag, and sing every song you have ever heard. Make up about a dozen moreand sing these too until 4:00 a. m. Set alarm for 5:00 a.m. Get up and make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful.

INGENUITY TEST
Take an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors and pot of paint, turn it into an alligator. Now take a toilet paper tube and turn it into an attractive Christmas candle. Use only scotch tape and a piece of foil. Last, take a milk carton, a Ping-Pong ball, and an empty box of Cocoa Puffs. Make an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower .

AUTOMOBILE TEST
Forget the BMW and buy a station wagon/minivan. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there. Get a dime. Stick it into the cassette player. Take a family size package of chocolate chip cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. There, perfect.

PHYSICAL TEST (Women)
Obtain a large bean bag chair and attach it to the front of your clothes. Leave it there for 9 months.
Now remove 10 of the beans.

PHYSICAL TEST (Men)
Go to the nearest drug store. Set your wallet on the counter. Ask the clerk to help himself. Now proceed to the nearest food store. Go to the head office and arrange for your paycheck to be directly deposited to the store. Purchase a newspaper. Go home and read it quietly for the last time.

FINAL ASSIGNMENT
Find a couple who already have a small child. Lecture them on how they can improve their discipline, patience, tolerance, toilet training and child's table manners. Suggest many ways they can improve. Emphasize to them that they should never allow their children to run wild. Enjoy this experience. It will be the last time you will have all the answers.

that gave me quite the giggle---how true.....

may already!

This year is just wizzing by!
So I have had a bit of a setback.......apparently i have screwed my ankle up, can't really walk on it. Dr sent me for xrays and it is not broken-most likely tendon or ligament. Not really sure how i did it. Went running thursday night- took a step and owwwwwwwwwwwwww hurt but it went away and by sunday felt ok to try again. A bit into the run and oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww well that was the end of that--just call me hopalong.....that's what i get for trying to be active-back to sitting on my ass i guess.....
that's about it......
talk to you later.

shocking...................

I have actually lost 5 lbs! I am assuming it is from the running since the only food thing I have changed is my vanilla lattes have become nonfat sugarfree lattes.

Canucks made it to round 2 woohoo

love this

here are some layouts i quite like of late:

the beachbum one and this one were picked for the Basic Gallery