ack me, i get sooooo angry when the blogs i follow don't update every single day, and here i am turning into the weekly blogger! Ack me!
Okay things are crazy here, the snow is beautiful but making for a bit of a challenge in getting our christmas dinner off and running. Today Karen came over and we primed/made the stuffing dish to bake tommorow, the candied sherry sweet potats, and the desser of strawberry delight! YUMMY, such fun, especially when we didn't know if she would make it out here. thank goodness they plowed our lot and driveway so everything's good. In other awesome news, my ring is ready. For those following at home a little monkey who lives with me misplaced my beautiful engagement ring in augus, we looked into our insurance policy and we are covered for a new one so it has been in the works since sept and is ready! And i can't wait to see it, IF i get to see it! Jer took the car to work in hopes to be able to drive out there to vancouver and get it for me as we can't go tommorow because we are hosting christmas dins and then they are closed for 2 weeks after! Jer being the sweetest pie in the world thinks i should really have my ring for christmas! So keep those fingers crossed!
Hmmmmm what else, shopping done, sisters both made it in from TO and Calgary, so happy to see them, Jess's wonderful boyfriend Dave who has a 4 by 4 truck came and took cole and i to safeway yesterday since after digging my car out best i could during 45 minutes of coldness and it still wouldnt' go. I needed groceries for christmas dins and just regular life! so we are all set thanks dave!
We finished off the drama classes so I get a bit of a break until Jan, have two more singing events with ROCA, tonight is one of my faves... we get pulled in a haywagon through the streets of steveston whilst singing carols for the santa parade! Cole will be there with his buddy dawson and auntie caitlin and uncle paul and his dad too!
Now i must vacumn and clean the house before everyone gets here tommorow!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Wintersong
What a gorgeous monday. The snow lay there so fresh and crisp and the sun poured in our living room like nobody's buisness and i thought, this isn't calgary girl you gotta soak this shiz up! So out we went, bundled in our winter best. Cole and I walked the city today. We started out on the Dyke... breathtaking, snapped a few pics here and there, and chatted about the snow and the snow mans....made our way to the park, were one of two kids playing there, hit up the library, the thrift shop (my favorite store ever!) and then got a call on the cell from Adele and D to head over for lunch, so we walked another 40 to their home... had a wonderful lunch the boys chased each other around and played and then we walked the 30 minute walk home. It felt soooo good. To be outside in the lovley crisp winter air, and out in the sun too! What a great monday! Looking forward to a lovely week to come...
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday Morning
Today I knew we had to get out. The Sun was a calling us, and our playdate plans were busy vomiting everywhere so I decided the park was CRUCIAL today.
I remember packing up for a walk with newborn Cole as being somewhat okay, a little challenging, but all in all fairly easy. I figured it could only get easier, what with a little one who can actually walk and crawl into his own buggy, who can tell me what he needs ( when he feels like it) and how can even put on his own boots on the right feet!
Not today
Today, I knew coffee was imperitive to my well being as a mom. So I started boiling the water and attempted to grind the beans when the whinning and whinging and "mommy comes" started.... someone NEEDED to be read to and needed it now. I started the get ready to go routine at 8:30am after breakfast, all I had to do was make coffee, pack snacks, change a diaper and put Cole into playclothes, get my contacts in, get me into regular clothes and outta pjs and oh make the bed (it's a neurosis i have, making sure the bed is made) well I'll put it to you this way, we got out the door at 10:09...PEOPLE that is an hour and 39 minutes later! Ack me.... I do wonder about how long it will take when we have a newbie and a cole to get ready which bring me to my next topic of discussion...
Whilst playing at the park, Cole and I ran into an old friend and her two twin gals, we played and tried to chat as much as possible, then decided to head over to mcdonalds for some coffee and fries. Whilst there, we saw a hot looking mommy ( def of the mummi variety) with two 3 year old twin boys, a 15 month old girl and a belly that says I am due very soon. Upon my friend asking her how she does it, she responded " I always say if depends on the husband, mine is awesome we probably will end up with another to make it 5. To this In my head I thought okay great you can do it emotionally and physically but you must be loaded or make a billion dollars or both if you can afford 5.... and then, and then my friends she finished of her story of how great her husband is with and he's also a letter carrier so he can be home at 1 or 2 in the afternoon which is a great help.
Now I think letter carriers are awesome, I thought about looking into it for when cole is in school, but how my dears do you raise a family of possibly 7 on a letter carrier salary, to be fair she also works part time in the evenings but dude that still probably only equals what jer makes so HOW oh How in heavens name do they do it...
that was monday... wonder what thought provoking questions tuesday will bring! Ha!
I remember packing up for a walk with newborn Cole as being somewhat okay, a little challenging, but all in all fairly easy. I figured it could only get easier, what with a little one who can actually walk and crawl into his own buggy, who can tell me what he needs ( when he feels like it) and how can even put on his own boots on the right feet!
Not today
Today, I knew coffee was imperitive to my well being as a mom. So I started boiling the water and attempted to grind the beans when the whinning and whinging and "mommy comes" started.... someone NEEDED to be read to and needed it now. I started the get ready to go routine at 8:30am after breakfast, all I had to do was make coffee, pack snacks, change a diaper and put Cole into playclothes, get my contacts in, get me into regular clothes and outta pjs and oh make the bed (it's a neurosis i have, making sure the bed is made) well I'll put it to you this way, we got out the door at 10:09...PEOPLE that is an hour and 39 minutes later! Ack me.... I do wonder about how long it will take when we have a newbie and a cole to get ready which bring me to my next topic of discussion...
Whilst playing at the park, Cole and I ran into an old friend and her two twin gals, we played and tried to chat as much as possible, then decided to head over to mcdonalds for some coffee and fries. Whilst there, we saw a hot looking mommy ( def of the mummi variety) with two 3 year old twin boys, a 15 month old girl and a belly that says I am due very soon. Upon my friend asking her how she does it, she responded " I always say if depends on the husband, mine is awesome we probably will end up with another to make it 5. To this In my head I thought okay great you can do it emotionally and physically but you must be loaded or make a billion dollars or both if you can afford 5.... and then, and then my friends she finished of her story of how great her husband is with and he's also a letter carrier so he can be home at 1 or 2 in the afternoon which is a great help.
Now I think letter carriers are awesome, I thought about looking into it for when cole is in school, but how my dears do you raise a family of possibly 7 on a letter carrier salary, to be fair she also works part time in the evenings but dude that still probably only equals what jer makes so HOW oh How in heavens name do they do it...
that was monday... wonder what thought provoking questions tuesday will bring! Ha!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
What a weekend.....
One - Trip to the Dentist to have my broken tooth fixed
Two - fairly relaxing evenings, one in bed by 9 the other watching Into the wild into the late hours of the evening but well well worth it!
Three- cups of coffee total
Four - tacos consumed!
Five - Pictures i managed to download and shops visited whilst walking in steveston!
Six - Dinning room chairs recovered by moi!
Seven - Loads of laundry a record for our home!
Eight - times we had to watch the christmas train go round while Cole clapped to the crazy music!
Nine - Hours straight that Cole FINALLY slept through on Saturday night
Ten - i can't think of any ten's!
it's 9:17 and i am sooooooooooo hitting the hay.....
One - Trip to the Dentist to have my broken tooth fixed
Two - fairly relaxing evenings, one in bed by 9 the other watching Into the wild into the late hours of the evening but well well worth it!
Three- cups of coffee total
Four - tacos consumed!
Five - Pictures i managed to download and shops visited whilst walking in steveston!
Six - Dinning room chairs recovered by moi!
Seven - Loads of laundry a record for our home!
Eight - times we had to watch the christmas train go round while Cole clapped to the crazy music!
Nine - Hours straight that Cole FINALLY slept through on Saturday night
Ten - i can't think of any ten's!
it's 9:17 and i am sooooooooooo hitting the hay.....
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