Friday, July 11, 2008

Dropping a Hint

I found Natasha asleep like this the other night and just about fell over laughing. Perhaps she is dropping us a hint about our parenting skills.


The New Ride

My mom was in an accident a couple of months ago. There wasn't a lot of damage but enough to an older car that it was written off. My dad found this vehicle in the States and went down there last weekend to pick it up. I got to drive it part way to Sherwood Park and it is very nice. I am sure my mom will like in over the long haul.




Thursday, July 10, 2008

7jays-UPDATED

Pictures of the kittens taken about 2 weeks ago. 7jays I will take some pictures of your little guy and post them in the next couple of days. He is my favorite and seems to be the frisky one of the bunch. No problems either with him staying a while longer. Is he going to be an inside or outside cat??





Ok so I looked up Calico cats and the kittens are NOT calico. I thought calico was simply a mixture of colours but apparently it is not. Annoymous poster MOST, not all, calico cats are female. 7jays I will post pictures today so you can look and decide. SOrry for passing the wrong information.

The kittens are doing great. They are running around playing but are handled enough that they come when we call them. The other day one was following my eldest around the yard. There are 4 males and 1 female. There is a male and female of the calico ones. The male is really cute and has really distinct stripes on his legs. He reminds me of a tiger. The female doesn't have the same markings but is still damn cute. I am offering solid food but so far I have not seen them eat any of it. They are around the dogs (one is a retriever) and seem to be comfortable but hiss when they have had enough. I have pictures which I will update with but I just wanted to write something.

The kittens are 4 weeks old, roughly.

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Post Update...

This is what I want to post about...

1) Chickens
2) Garden
3) Kittens
4) My Mom
5) Pregnancy
6) Flowers
7) Dairy Queen

Now to find the time as I have had little to no motivation to do much of anything.

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Funny Commercial

This commercial makes me smile. I love how it plays on the typical car wash scene of half naked women with oversized boobs.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Me

I am a pretty plain person and this is my typical look on a summer day spent outside.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Fun Day

Yesterday we went to Edmonton. My mom had an appointment at Gimbel and needed a driver home. Uncle Daryl also had an appointment in Edmonton so we decided to make a day of it.

I got my hair cut in Camrose at 9:oo am and then I picked up my mom and girls and headed to Edmonton. We decided to meet at Kingsway Smittys for lunch. Everyone got there perfectly at the same time (around 11:15ish). We got a table and had a lovely visit. The girls shared a kids pizza meal, I had an omlette with hashbrowns, Uncle Daryl had a BLT, mom had an omlette, and Grandma had a burger and soup. Uncle Daryl also ordered a quisedilla that was shared around the table. Uncle Daryl bet Grandma the best of 4 tic tac toe games for lunch. Grandma quickly accepted but, no offense, was defeated before the first letter was wrote down. Grandma paid for lunch and we parted ways. The three "elders" ( I use that term very lightly) went to Gimbel for appointments and the girls and I were off to WEM.

When we got to WEM and we walked downstairs I thought I made a huge mistake. There were swarms of kids everywhere. Thankfully this was at 130 and the cashier said the 2200 kids there were clearing out for 2pm. The girls and I, along with Daylan and his girlfriend Kirsten, got in as a family and were on our way to water fun.

the girls and I went into the family change room to avoid the craziness of the womens only change room. There is a sign on the family room that it is to be used for families with children. We went in and I noticed a lot of adolescent boys in there. I understand the price of lockers is something kids like to share the cost of but really there are other ways. Daylan and Kirsten both changed in the appropraite change room and brought there clothes to me at which point I put in the locker.

Anyway we spent about 4.5hrs there. The new play area is just fabulous. The water is only about ankle deep so the kids can just go. Natasha absolutely loved it and after the first slide apprehension went on anything she could do by herself. Our time was spent between the new play park, the dolphin pool, and the hot tub. Natasha went in the wave pool with Daylan but tipped over and went underneath and that was it for her. I was the alligator/shark in the dolphin pool chasing them around with their laughter echoing through my head.

After the pool we went for supper in the food court. I choose a pasta place for the girls and I wasn't all that hungry so I just enjoyed a coffee. I took the girls to the candy place by the waterpark and they each picked out a small sucker. They spent about $1.00.

We were parked at different parts of the mall so the girls and I went to our vehicle and the other ladies went with Aunty Betty. We met at Aunty Bettys and then headed home. It was a long day and I was surprised the girls did not fall asleep. After we dropped my mom off at home Ashley fell asleep from their place to ours.

That was our day. The girls were so well behaved and Natasha said more than once "Thanks for such a special day."

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

F-ing Mosquitos

I have about 20 bites (maybe more) all over my body. As soon as I step outside they are on me which makes me want to stay inside. I don't want to stay inside because the weather is so nice. Not sure if I can use insect repellant with deet during pregnancy.

Ugh