Francis had a semi big day today, I say semi because he got a power nap between car drives. :)  And we got home, he asked for his milk (I know I should not be giving him the bottle but he went back on it when he was sick and I have decided the week that we are in Jamaica my sister in-law can have the pleasure of taking it from him. SHe is more then happy to help.)  Anyway he asked for another I said go back to bed and I'll bring you one, (in the hopes that his waiting will put him to sleep, and it actually worked.. Yipppee....

We went to the dealership today to pick up my car.  Well not my car as we brought my mother in-laws car, she was picking up hers, and we did all the paper work there, so while she sold her car, got new plates for mine she gave me the keys to my new car and away we went..  Francis made me sit in the car for an hour playing, we were in the garage, so I programed a few things which was cool, still need to figure out how to program the garage door opener before the batteries go flat on the hand held remote. Francis had a lot of fun running around the dealerships but was very upset when we did not buy him a model car that was believe it or not priced at $100.00.

Then he got so upset when I took him out of the car, that when I told him I'll take his car seat out of papa's car and put it in HIS car (as he calls it) and we will go for a drive he was so excited... We went to my in-laws to pick up the second set of keys. Oh how lovely it was to finally have a CD player.. :). Anyway car drives like a dream, and as long as I look after it, it will continue to do so until I drive it into the ground...  I am told the car is his though.. :)

So he slept a little on the drive to and a little from the dealerships, but then was awake for the drive to and from Papi's so when we got home he was zonked...   Papi's house is huge, and he just loves running around it, so he just kept running and running, and of course papi loves to give him chocolate. It was funny because papi offered chocolate to Francis with out asking me (which I don't mind really) but mami said "it's a bit late to be offering chocolate.  I said it was to late because Francis had heard the magic word and was running to papi just incase mami talked him out of giving it.. So he got a bit of chocolate too.. :) 

Anyway that was my day... :)

I got half an hour sleep this morning when Francis wanted to watch some cartoons.. Of course I feel asleep but thankfully hubby got up and did the breakfast thing.. He had no idea how long I had been there for and brought me a cup of coffee. Which was lovely but it would have been nice if he waited just a bit longer...

I went out shopping today, and found an ugly but nice pair of bathers.  A beautiful dress which only cost me $27 for for my friends wedding (but it has pink) and every one in the dressing room said the pink was better then the blue. I had to agree with them. I just hope that when I do my hair on Saturday the color of my hair does not off set the dress.. :)

And I got some tops also for a bargain.. :)

Last but not least tomorrow I will have wheels of my own again, so excited. I will be able to drive Francis to places now, can't wait for the ducks to come back as he loves to feed them..

every one is still sleeping...
I just set the fire alarm off down in the basement (which of course turns on the other three through the house) due to the humidity of the shower.. You see when our basement bathroom was built some one did not put a fan it. ( Don't think it is in the right place to get exhaust outside anyway).

I left the bathroom door open so I could hear the baby monitor just in case Francis woke..

I set the alarm off and even the dog did not wake.. I mean the dog whom wakes at the very first noise that comes out of my sons room before 6am even if it is just a fart... And my hubby who complains about my alarm in the morning yet won't wake up to his six.. :)

I just don't get it...

And I can't sleep...

Francis will be up soon anyway knowing him.. Then again being that I have not slept yet he will probably wake up later.. AHHHHHH

I hate it when I can't sleep...

I was just reading a blog from Cathbusymum and she met up with a friend that she had not seen for a long time and used the words "Small world isn't it."

Well it made me think.. Yeah this world is a rather small place when you think about it.

I had a friend who was back packing around the world and she was sitting in a bar in England and gave me a call to tell me she was drinking with a guy that knew my dad... You see he said he was from a place called Colraine (SP?).

Anyway they were chatting and he said that he came from a small town and really it is a small town and he said to my friend you probably would not know it. When he said it she of course knew of it because she knew that it was where my parents lived there... Yep small world..

But what is stranger. I talk to Toosh on a regular basis and she was telling me where she was from. And I said is that some where near Colraine (SP?) and sure enough her step dad and mine know each other as they are both cops. I think her step dad is retired now, but yeah still small world isn't it...

Anyway just though I'd share that...

What do I have in my stash of photos??? Here is one that makes me proud...

MY DADDY.... :) I don't actually call him daddy but this is a photo of my dad when he ran with the Olympic Torch in 2000. He was actually in charge of the Harley's that road around with the runners. Any way dad got lucky someone pulled out and they asked him if he'd like to run with it.. So of course he could not say no to that.... IT was also the time that I got married.. Poor dad could only get two weeks off but he gave up two weeks of the Olympic torch Relay to come see us get married.... :) Anyway here is my dad...

And here are a couple of nice ones I just like taken over 10 years ago now, my parents went and stayed down on the beach at Rosebud I think it was, and I went to join them for a weekend....

Well what can I say.. I am stupid..

I won a vacation today.. 7 days & 7 nights blah blah blah Universal studios.. All I had to do was pay $250 for the administration fees.  I asked the guy what the catch was and he said that was all.  The vacation was worth more then that... But me always the ever so cautious passed it up...  I had entered a competition but I enter so much stuff on the internet I really need to start remembering what it was I entered,( Something to do with using my VISA card, and he had my secret e-mail address (the only one that does not get junk mail)  while I can still not remember I not sure if I did the wrong thing in passing it up.. The guy actually questioned me when I said and I really did say this, "Thank you very much but please give it to someone more deserving."

You see I passed it up because we were having a three way conversation and hubby was on the other line, and I don't know about you guys, but well I find my hubby to be extremely cautious. While I have said to myself that I am not going to think about what I passed up a vacation with the works, for only $250.00 I will blame it on the hubby and now feel much better about it..  Still I meant what I said about more deserving.  Not saying I don't deserve it but I am sure there are people out there who would love to take the opportunity to pay only $250 for a 7 day 7 night vacation to Florida..   Anyway back to what I was saying about the hubby.. He hung up half way between the conversation you saw his face was not interested which is why I told the guy to pass it to someone else.   But of course only after I told the hubby that I have actually started entering things on the off chance that I may win something he said "It would have been cheaper for me when I go down in July". He is taking Camille that way as a kind of finish to Grade Six and the fact that she has improved in her schooling like you would not believe. And every year he promised if you do well we will go to Disney...  Anyway it has taken 4 years but finally she has done so well that we are very very proud of her... 

But by then it was of course to late to accept the winning trip... :)  I really can't complain though...  As Jamaica is coming up in less then three weeks, and I get to pick up my new car on Monday.. We were going to wait until later in the year to buy it but we got such a bargain for this car that there was just no way, and I mean no way that we or anyone else for that matter would be able to pass up the offer...   So while I am slightly disappointed in not taking up the offer on the trip it is only because I actually won something and refused it, not because I wanted to go but because I won something... :)  But the disappointment is over taken by the fact that I will have another set of wheels in the driveway soon.   Mind you it won't fit unless i get out there tomorrow and shovel all the snow and I have to put it in the garage so I will have to clean that out too.   SEE MARG, I will know the pleasure of shoveling... :)

Hubby and Cam are going to Disney for the Construction Vacation (two weeks off where it seems that the whole of Quebec is closed).  I told hubby when we decided to sell my other car to go to Jamaica that I would prefer to actually stay at home with Francis.  Sure he would love it, and I'd have fun too, but a different kind of fun, you know the mum fun that gets to run around and make sure that the youngest does not run off into the crowd because he thought he saw mickey mouse, and the kind of fun where you have to wait for the others to get off a ride so that you can all go and have lunch.   I think we will go back in a few years when Francis is old enough to really appreciate it and even remember it.   That is one thing that upsets me about our trip to Australia, while we all had fun he won't remember it and god knows when we will get the chance to take him back...

So in saying all that, how can I get upset about passing up on a Vacation that I won when I seem to be so spoiled.. Trip to Jamaica, new car (second hand), trip to Australia three years ago (we have only just finished paying that one off), new earrings because I lost one of the other ones I loved so dearly, a new puppy...   I hope the person who does get the trip I passed up is very deserving of it...  :)

Well easter was here and gone.. No chocolates for me.. Hubby did buy me some but my step daughter had a friend come and stay for the weekend. 

So I gave her mine so she did not feel left out..  And you know what they did not even share.. Bah humbug.. :)

My 21st birthday party was a blast...  So I thought I'd show you a couple of photos I had found while searching for other photos...

The first one is a shot taken from a windmill.. This is not all the tents as not every one had arrived yet..  The second is just a few tents as well.

Dad cooked up a huge BBQ, and the next morning did bacon and egg sandwiches for every one.. One of my friends mothers brought up some B B Berocca and sun screen the next morning for every one.. Very thoughtful it was, as a lot of people needed it...  A friend offered their block of land for the occasion.. It was a hell of a lot of fun.

I forgot to mention the other night that the deer got seperated from one...   One deer ran into my sister in-laws yard and I don't know where it went after that, the other three deer got chased very slowly by another car. 

Anyway the deer that went to my sister in-laws came back last night, and spent half the night sitting on a pile of snow that sits in front of the house across the street... While the deer was on my sister in-laws yard I tried ever so hard to get the right setting for a photo at night so the flash would not reflect off the windows, but that did not work and when the dog had finally decided to go sleep I tried opening the door and taking photos, but the flash kept reflecting off yet more snow.... GRRRR I even tried with out the flash to no avail.... It looks like I have been out taking photos of big foot...

Anyway it did happen..  As my father always says "No photo no proof." His funny way of saying I did not swig milk from the container...  

I hope they all got back together this morning.. I really hope so.

Well the morning started out ok, I managed not to stress to much until I realized that waking the husband up was hard... I told him the night before I was going to wake him at 7am, and I wanted to be out of the house by at least 8.15am. Well He got out of bed at 7.50am and thankfully we were out of the house by 8.20am. We had to be there by 8.30am.  The hospital is not that far away so we got there five minutes early...

Francis enjoyed walking in there until he saw that we were walking towards a bed to sit on, then he realized that there were white coats every where and he started to get upset.. Thankfully I slipped a few trains into his bag before we left and the minute I gave him those he calmed down.

When it came time for him to go under, he screamed of course because a strange man was taking him away and mummy and daddy could not come with him.. Oh how hard that was.

Would you believe I actually told the nurse that he will not be happy not seeing us there and he will give them trouble when he wakes up... Hubby looks at me as did the nurse, and hubby says "Jess I am sure this is not the first time they will have to deal with something like that..". So ok I felt a little stupid, but hey my son was going in for an op and I knew he was not going to happy and well hey i can say silly things if I want.

There was a girl about 13 I'd say who was in a bed next to Francis and my god she was sooooo rude to her mum it was just horrible to listen to.. I wanted to say a word to the mother just to give her support and say you know I won't tell any one if you want to slap her around a bit.. I really really could not believe that a little girl of that age would talk to her mother like that. I would never have dreamed it. Not once did she say please. And after her opp (she had her adenoids out) she was even worse (understandable) but she was even giving the doctors hell.. Oh how satisfied I was when the doc mentioned they were going to give her a, what is it you know the tablet thing up the butt to stop the pain?? Anyway I am glad I got to hear the doc say that...  That will teach her for being so rude.. Not once did she say please when she asked her mum to do something.. And her mum just did it.. Hmmmmm

Anyway Francis is enjoying our bed, which had to be completely changed yesterday due to his vomiting on the bed..  Red, grrrrrrr my poor little guy... They are my favorite sheets too...

Yep for those who want to know, it is all Jelly and ice cream and juice for a few days, tomorrow I'll be able to give him milk again...  They even said fizzy drinks with out the fizz.  We brought some baby food for tomorrow too.. I wonder if he'll eat it...

He is not to much into the jelly, or the pudding but I think it is just because he was not ready to eat.. But I bet you when I get out the ice cream he is going to be happy...  I just hope that I will be able to ween him off it.. Sad part  is he may not be able to have chocolate on sunday... I hope he can...

He has been asking for toast and sandwiches and it breaks my heart I can't give it to him... Poor little guy....

He is doing fine though just feeling sorry for himself...

Chat later xxxx

If this works...

This is my son getting upset with me... I told him he can't have his mickey mouse.. He is not being nice... THen as his back is to me I say... "look at me, don't laugh". You see him pause for a second and I know he is smiling.

When my son is faking a tantrum "Don't laugh" always works.... :)

I was on my way to bed, when I thought I'd stop and do some dishes and make up some Jelly just in case the little man was allowed to have some when he got home. (I always find stuff to do on the way to bed).

Anyway the dog starts barking madly at the window... Hubby starts yelling "Stop barking". I go to see what all the fuss is about, then I start yelling at the hubby to look out the window...

Four Deer were walking up the road.. :) Of course I could not get the right camera setting in time to take photos. BUMMER.....  It was cool..

I texted my sister and told her and said it was better then her ducks.. She said is it better then our Kangaroo's.. I had to admit I would have enjoyed that... :)   But I said, you see Kangaroos all the time, you have big padocks out near your place.. I live in the suburbs... :) I wish Francis was up for that.. But alas he was not... OH well...

Thank you every one for your suggestions....   While the DS playstation thing or nintendo (think it is nintendo) would be fun, Francis had a go at his sisters once and lets just say we took it away pretty quick... :)  He likes those kind of things but not for a very long time and is rather rough with them, and I would be surprised if it lasted long enough to leave the hospital. :)

So hubby brought him some thomas the tank engine tracks and a few trains to go along with it, as Francis is also thomas mad at the moment.  While I suggested something for the hospital hubby said this will be fine..  So I figure at least he will have something to play with at home.. He might not be up to much at the hospital anyway, and from what they tell me I don't think we will be in there for long..

He goes in at 8.30am and comes out just after lunch... All I hope is that with any luck the poor kid will be able to eat chocolate with every one on Sunday.. OH how sad if he can't.. I may even have to forgo my chocolate in sympathy...

Doc says it should take at least three days for him to feel better, so who knows we might get lucky.. If doc says it is ok he will wake up to a Big Rig Easter egg at the end of his bed....  (just like my mum used to do). Hubby thinks I am crazy because he had never heard of the easter bunny leaving eggs at the end of the bed until I showed up...

Also something else he never did as a kid was get a pillow case to use as a santa sock... COME ON.. I always had a pillow case, and always tried to find the biggest one... :)  Of course when I found out that my mother was santa's helper I started looking for the smaller ones until my sister was old enough to understand why santa would not come visit me any more... :)

Anyway thanks again for the suggestions. THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE WINS....

Ok can anyone tell me how long they keep bill stubs for... You know you get your bill in the mail, and that little bit that tells you what your paying for????

I have them dating back since well before I was married with Hubby. And I don't really think we need to keep phone bills from 1999..... GRRRR My filing thing is over paperlated.. And really need an empty.. But hubby insists I file it... THink I may just throw out a few years... :)

Ok Francis goes into hosptial Wednesday morning to have his tonsills out...  So what do I get him for when he wakes up???

Hubby says a DVD.. Which is great but not sure if I want to take the DVD player to the hospital. But will still buy him a new movie because I don't think Francis will be up and running about when we get home...

But I mean something that will really take his mind off the pain he may be in..  Cars he has tons off..  Puzzles he is not to interested in.. Books well they only last a little while before he gets tired of them after one read. He will read again but later if you know what I mean..
AHHH Stuck I need the ultimate "So sorry you had to go through that but you won't remember down the track," kind of gift.. Any suggestions?????

I noticed people are loving this youtube as am I. But I also noticed not a lot of family vids.. Unless of course I am missing them.. :) Anyway here are a couple of my home favorites... :)

This one is so funny.... Ok my mum brought the spider man that you throw at the wall and he kinda crawls/falls down... Anyway I am telling Francis to get it for me, but he is refusing to because it is disgusting.... You will hear him tell me so (degu not spelt that way but it sounds like degu).

This last one is once a year my folks hold a bonfire (non fire season and they take all year to build it with all the dead wood around the place... It went from a few people in the begining... And their last one was their 5th I believe and there was about 30 people... :)

This was taken when we went to the Biodome in Montreal the year 2007, when my friend Andrea from Australia came to visit.. She came to visit for Francis's first birthday and for his second. Sadly she has chosen another destination for this May, but you can't blame her really being that well there are more places to visit in the world.. But I am very lucky to say she came to visit twice.. None of my other friends have... :)

I love this picture...

I had the most horrible feeling today...

Has anyone ever had the feeling of being a horrible mother then with in seconds have that feeling change into wanting to rip someones throat out... Now I am an extremely passive person. In fact i would say way to passive in this case even in the defence of my child but that was all I cared about for that moment. And had I have tried to utter words in French I would have looked like a rabid wolf, with a speach impediment....  Needless to say both my son and I were in tears by the time we got home...  A quick chat to the hubby, who took my anger, yet tried to teach me to be less passive, and a phone call to mum made me feel much better....

Ok here it goes..

It all started with a chocolate easter egg.  WHY THE HELL CAN'T THEY WAIT UNTIL THE WEEKEND... :)

My son decided he wanted that chocolate bunny with the bell. So he decided he was going stomp his feet, scream at the top of his lungs then drop to the floor in the hopes that mum would give in...   I just stood there waiting making sure he was not in the way of anyone and once a minute I would ask if he was finished while I spoke to people passing offering condolences (Excuse what ever spelling mistakes there are).  I had people saying I know that feeling. So I was actually giggling because people were telling me they know how it is. 

Then finally we get to the check out after about 10 minutes..  Off goes Francis back to the rabit to start all over again.. I go grab him bring him back to the check out and down he goes behind me screaming "I want I want I want... Now there was another check out behind me. I made sure no one was coming looked around, turned to pay the lady no more then a second, I look back to check on Francis and there is a lady with her hands scrunched around the corner of his winter jacket..  Francis's scream pitch turned to terror as I went into shit I am a bad mum for leaving him there even for a second, and as i am thinking this I am moving towards the woman to get her off my son. IN no more then a second (If not less) before I could grab her hand off my kid she lets go and Francis already upset hits his head on the floor.. The woman gets up and it was not before I swore in fact I said "F**K you hit his head on the floor" (in French) and had Francis in my arms that the woman said to Francis "Oh what happen did you hit your head" Then she saw just how upset he was, and she started to say sorry to him he almost hit her, and I almost moved him closer so he could connect... But like I said I am way to passive and was almost in tears. She could not in fact you could see she was refusing to make eye contact with me... I lost all ability to speak French, and the only english words that would come out of my mouth would have my Nana turning in her grave...

The way she had her hands on my sons coat was the way you see in the movies a copper grabs a bad guy before he throws him to the wall to get information... 

What pisses me off, is that every one around me could see what was happing, could see that he was my kid, so why in the hell could she have not waited the second for me to grab him myself or just say "hey lady move your bad ass kid". First thoughts I had was she is showing me I am a bad mother, hey wait her hands are on my kid go for the throat...
God sometimes I really wish I could speak French with out any mistakes and I would have told her where could have stuck that ham she brought....  But she was so fast to get out of there...  As I was on my way out almost in tears, a sweet lady asked me if I was ok. I said I was, and we got to talking about her grand daughter... I said this was only the second time Francis has chucked a fit like that and both times it was over chocolate...

The first time did not last long because a man got down to talk to Francis and asked if he wanted a doctor or an ambulance...  This man did not touch my child, and my son was up and in my arms acting like an angle in seconds..

God grant me the gift to be more aggressive when needed... I soo needed to tell that lady where to stick her ham...

Ok I have spots.. Not sure if I mentioned it before.. They have been arriving slowly over the past week, itching every now and then just to let me know they are there.. So far they go from the neck and over my back and torso.. They are ugly little things and my father in-law yesterday nick named me Cheeta...

What is it... I go to the doc office this morning. Wait four hours to be told, "There will be more spots but don't worry they will be gone in 6 to 12 weeks... There is nothing you can do except get some cream to stop the itching...

EXCUSE ME.... 6 to 12 weeks. I go to Jamaica in 4..... And to top it off I'll be in wedding photos.. AHHHHHHHHHHH

I am not happy, not happy at all..

I guess on the bright side, they are not catching (the spots are not anyway), they should not appear on my face, and it should clear up the pimples, so what about the rest of my body., and a good dose of UV should help.. Well there will be plenty of that in Jamaica...

But I am not going to want to get any massages while I am there, i mean who is going to want to massage a woman who looks like she is contagous.. GRRRRRRR And yet I won't be.. GRRRRRRRr

Hubby looks on the brighter side of things and said "Instead of buying yourself a new swim suit honey why not just buy a wet suit... GRRRRRRR

What I have is Pityriasis Rosea The spots are not contagous but what they hell was the virus I got to get the spots? I don't know. I don't remember being sick other then having a cold....

I am sorry I am going into self pity here for a second--- WHy on why does this have to happen just before i go away on vacation for a friends wedding where it will be hot and skin will be exposed... I am going to look horrible.. It is suposed to be a romantic holiday for my friends wedding and also for the honey moon my hubby and I never had, and to get away from all the bloody stresses here of druged up in-laws and early mornings... I mean really come on please someone take my spots..

Ok I am over it now. Not much I can do about it except go out and find some really nice thin clear clothing for the vacation you know like those nice things you can wear over top of your bathers that are kind of see through but not to much..

In the end SHIT HAPPENS....

Ok I have mentioned the game rock band before.. Here is someone who has gone so far as to record his every move. And if ever you get the chance to play you will know this guy is good.. I usually pick up the mic.. But on occasions when I feel that my voice is not doing it's job i play the drums...

So this is what rock band is about.. And I have to tell you it is pretty good exercise as well... :)

Easter was the only time of year that my parents ever let my sister and I have chocolate for Breakfast, for two reasons..
One because it was Easter, and the bigger reason was that the Easter bunny would leave the eggs on the end of our bed for us so when we woke in the morning there was the chocolate at the end of our bed.. How could any child resist...

My child Francis Hudini has masterd the art of getting out of bed with out waking the house ( strangely enough this morning that meant the dog too.) Anyway I woke up this morning thinking how strange it was for Francis to still be asleep as we put the clocks forward so he should have been up fairly early.. I went to his room and alas he was not there. I don't know how he gets over the baby gate with out waking me. (It is there these days to stop the dog from getting in and chewing his toys.)

I start to panic a little because I can't hear any noise... Then I go down the stairs, dog still quite. I see my son sitting at the dining table face covered in Chocolate... He had found a chocolate egg that I had stashed in the cupboard... Of course I had to stash it in a cupboard with out a child lock... :) He was soooo happy. Big smiles and everything.. He was so proud of his find. How could I get upset that he was eating chocolate. So I pretended it was Easter morning and reminded myself next time to put the chocolate in the child safe cupboards...

Tonight I am setting up a spiderman alarm at the door so that when he wakes up and passes that I will hear the words " Hey my spidey sense is tingling." He got it as a gift from Nana for CHristmas but keeps taking off the spiderman and just plays with that.. It is somewhat annoying because every time you walk past it the dam thing goes off. So I will get the hubby to set it up before he comes to bed....

Now I don't always claim to love or hate the snow, but about the same time every year I really get sick of it. Which is around this time.  I get really tired of snow suits, hats gloves, the scarf, and the bloody big boots...  But there are days when I do infact love it..

I have not seen this much snow in the 8 years that I have lived here...

This little Youtube film is of my folks place when I went back to visit.. Not as lush and green as Janice and Steves place, but I think it gives my parents the same feeling that Janice and Steve must get for their place.... These are the sounds I miss the most. I love waking in the morning at my folks... This was taken in December 2006 around the time of the bush fires.. Note how smokey it is....

You can't see their house it is hiding behind the trees.. But you should be able to see the end of the train carriage which they bought and attatched by decking to their house and is now their bedroom...

You will note that the A frame of the swings (put away for winter) have already said bye bye... And the trees that line our property are about to say bye bye too..Not a very good photo because I had to turn the flash off  because of the reflection on the window, then fix it up because it just came out black.. But I am not going out side to take a photo.. Not right now.. :)

I opened the back door to take a photo and this is what I got.....

If anything lives in the garden shed they won't be coming out for awhile... These photos were only take half hour ago..

Yep clocks go forward here in the morning.. Which means I should get to bed early.. Francis will be up at 5am...

I have to laugh though, poor Camille has been staying with us for a week as she has had been on holidays and well Francis finds waking her instead of me more fun.. Poor girl..  Francis would eventually give up trying to get her out of bed then come see me.  But there were two mornings where she woke up with him and did the whole big sister breakfast with him, played cars and all.. I got to sleep in until about 7.30am until the dog started barking because poor Camille could not handle the dogs rough play and Francis at the same time..

Also this afternoon I took a nap at the same time as Francis as I was feeling a bit under the weather, and instead of waking me up when Francis did she let me sleep until 5pm....  I could not believe I was that tired... Oh well totally screwed up my sleep plan for tonight. But it was wonderful...

The winds are whipping up such a storm here it is amazing… You can’t tell the difference between falling snow and just snow being pushed around by the wind.

Although I know it is falling because it just keeps piling up.  Oh what fun it will be tomorrow when I send the hubby out to shovel…

Thanks for the warning.  You are better then the weather man.

 And every time we look out the back window we see another cedar tree go under... If any one was living in the garden shed they would be stuck there and soon to be with out any light as the windows are almost covered. 

 I think I might get cabin fever. J Although I let the dog out before the snow got to high on the balcony and had a sudden urge to go outside and make a snow man. The snow is perfect for it.  And if it were not for the winds I might have done it too…

 Mind you I might have sunk down so far as not to be found until spring…

And there is more to come.

I can’t believe people are actually outside shoveling now... I watch the neighbors shovel and wonder what is the point, the point is to give me a good laugh because each time they throw a shovel of snow over their shoulder the snow just blows right back at them. 

I can only see two houses down the street.  I am sure there was more this morning... Hoping they will still be there in the morning...

Thanks again for the weather warning…

Love Jess xxxx

19th of March... Finally a date when Francis has his tonsills out..  At 8.30am and he should be out just after lunch feeling oh so sorry for himself and extremely pissed at his mum. But that is ok, because in this case I believe ICE CREAM will buy me love.

Also our trip to Jamaica is booked.. 11th of April until the 18th. Oh how happy I am to finally have a date for that. And before the Vacation too. I was so worried that they will overlap.. 

Murray (the puppy) is also booked in for his vacation. I feel kind of bad though because this is the third time we have used this Kennel. It is a fantastic place and they really love your dog.  When Jack was there he even got a christmas present. Anyway the reason I feel bad is because each time we have been there we have had a different dog.

First was Rocky whom we could not keep because I was scared of what he would be like with Francis around. He was a good dog, but oh so jealous of our cat  and agressive towards other dogs, I just would not risk it.  As you all know Jack went missing.   And well now we have Murray... The lady is going to think I am a dog killer or something...  Anyway I know this lady loves dogs so this is where he is going to go.  I know he will be well looked after while we are away...

Well that is some good news for today. Yipppeee I love good news..

Oh well unfortunatly there is a bit of bad news.. Cam's mum rang this morning to inform us that her cat had died...  She does not seem to upset. I feel sorry for Cam, here she has lost two dogs and a cat, with her mum about three dogs and five cats.... 

Now I love surprises as much as the next person...  Loved it when my hubby and sister organized six months in advance that she was coming....  But the hubby new about that one..

Now last night I get an e-mail from someone who seems to know somewhat about me, and I have no idea who she is...

The heading of the e-mail said surprise coming to visit...  I found it in my junk mail but curiosity got the better of me so I took a look.

Anyway it says she met me when I worked in Sydney at a chicken shop. And has been looking foward to catching up ever since she found out that I knew someone in Wangarrata. Then she mentions one of my Aunts.. Whom if she knew would also know my parents are there as well..

The thing is it is not her she says is coming to visit me. This person is coming to Montreal but says she has people to stay with.  But said she we have mutual friends whom she has been sworn to secrecy about their identity because they want to surprise me...   And to be warned they are planing to bunk at my house for a few weeks....

Now also this person said that my sister gave her my address...  Which is strange because when I was in Sydney my sister was still at school and never came to visit me alone when I lived in Sydney. OR did she?? Can't remember will have to ask that. I am having a flash back maybe she did. But I can't imagine my parents would have let her come alone.. Will have to look into that.   

Anyway I don't mind going to meet this person as she says she has people to stay with as she will be teaching here for awhile and I am curious as to who she is and I can go meet her in Montreal... Now as for these other people, I don't mind surprises but if they plan on staying at our house for a few weeks they will get a surprise of their own because a few weeks takes planing and my hubby has no idea what I am talking about when I mentioned it to him. Plus we have our vacation coming soon so they may arrive when we are not here...  

Both my sister and my Aunt have no idea who she is so that makes it even more interesting..  OH well I'll have to wait for her reply to my e-mail.. I did tell her to tell the surprise visitors that we may not be here when they come and they really should give advaced warning if planing on staying for a few weeks because they will have to find altinate accomidation.. A couple of days surprise is on thing but a few weeks....   That is different.

Mind you I remember back in the old days I'd have no worries having some one crash at my place unannounced for a few weeks, but I was not married and had no kids, and trusted a little more easier... As I have no idea who this person is, and she has already told me she is not suposed to tell me someone is coming and has, well it is just sus... Now if only I could figure out who she is...  She says she met me in Sydney andby the way she discribed it, at the time I was there it was possible...

Oh well I guess I'll have to wait and see....

Ok normally I would not put something up like this.. But I have just cut my sons hair and feel I have ruined his life for the next three days until it grows in some more, but at least he can see... :)

So here is one of my bad hair days at school....

WHICH ONE AM I????????

The dorky looking one right here with the funny hair cut... (I have my hair tied back... And think I look like a boy... :)

Camille is with us for a week because she is off school, so yesterday she went to work with Papa, which was ok for one day but you would not want to spend the full week with him, as he works in a house where there is nothing but a desk and a phone and a computer.. Ok the computer is great if papa does not need it..

So I managed to get the day off today and I kept Francis home with me. I was given the option of letting him go to day care, but i  said no we'll keep him home with us and he can go on Thursday and Friday giving Cam and I two full days alone together as it has been such a long time since it has been just us girls.

So I gave in and pulled out the playdough against my better judgement, and while Francis threw that around, Cam and I made jewlery...  We made and cooked up some beads, and now we both have pretty necklaces.. That I have to wear for at least a week while she is here. It itches and is not my color but I feel pretty and she is happy that I am wearing it.. :)

Also when Francis is not here we are going to break out the game Rockband and tour the world together... YEAH.. It will be fun spending some us time, I wonder if I wil get a chance to clean the house...

This morning she woke up with Francis which was nice and i actually got to stay in bed until 9am I would have been able to stay longer, but I could hear the dog screaming to be let out of his cage.. Cam let him out for a pee, and then had to put him back because for some reason he likes to play rough with Camille and she does not like that. His teeth hurt.> So maybe Cam and I could work on a little bit of training while it is just the two of us so that he won't attack her so much...

Anyway all in all it was a nice day finished off with a visit from  Grandma...

How do you offer words of encouragement to someone who has cancer? To someone who has an illness that will either take their life or take a long time to recover from? How do you give words of encouragement to someone who has just lost a member of the family? How do you give words of encouragement to someone who has a drug addicted sister in-law that goes missing for days, and when she does return looks like she is on deaths door, and when you say goodbye to her you always wonder if it is for the last time.

How do I offer words of encouragement to these people and really say it like I mean it and not because it is part of a Minti Competition?

The truth is I can’t just pick one person over another. I read so many troubles and triumphs of this website that sometimes just by reading they are actually giving me words of encouragement. And even those whom don’t share the same issues as me.

By coming here we all ask for encouragement for our parenting and sometimes not our parenting and even if we don’t realize it some time or another we have put our hearts into a bit of advice or a blog. No matter what our troubles are regardless if they will be with us forever or for a short time it does not mean that our feelings are any different as we go through these things. We all feel something, maybe not all at the same time but something…

What words of encouragement can I give to one person??? I don’t have any for just one person..

But for every one I would like to say, No matter what the troubles, No matter what the feelings, there is always someone who can connect with you, understand you and even help you, maybe just by lending an ear to talk, or a shoulder to cry, and maybe even the solution to your troubles. But it is up to you to find it. It maybe hard, but some of you have found that by coming to Minti you have people who know what you are going though, people who are more then willing to swap numbers any time you need that ear, and yes even meet up.. There is also another world out side of Minti and I am sure there are lots of people there too. Don't be afraid to look, don't be afraid to ask, don't be afraid to talk, and don't be afraid to cry. Crying can be healthy.

Now I am not sure how encouraging those words are to you all, but I know for me that I share my issues with my husband at this point in time because it is my sister in-law that keeps going missing due to her drug addiction. But I have also spoken to Marg about these things and just having her listen to me go on and sometimes repeat the same thing; helps lift a little weight off my shoulders.

To all of you I thank you..

In the words of Garth Brooks “Some of gods greatest gifts are unanswered Prays.”

It is cold, and more snow is on its way. Or so the weather people say...

Francis is feeling much better.  I am stressed today. No real reason other then the dog chewed my stitching on the new sofa, still plays with his teeth, and Francis did not want to take a nap.. Now that is not a bad thing except for the fact that he and dog had me up real early this morning and I would have loved to have taken a nap..

Also I believe the toilet over flowed. I say this because there is water down one side of the walls in the basement, and water all over the floor upstairs...

Now what upsets me about this is I know Cam saw it because I had her wash basket in there,  and she took clothes out of the wash basket that I know I put in there and put them back on the floor.. Now tell me, would you not go and tell someone there was water every where if for one, your clothes were wet and you know they were clean because they were folded in your wash basket all nice, and two you would have stood in it to get to the wash basket.. GRRRRR

Then you go upstairs to use the toilet up there which has a broken flusher after we have said many times not to...
AHHH kids you gotta love em...