T.

I don't have any pictures of the hike but the destination I sure do!...I hope the pictures speak for themselves...

All answers starting with 'A'...except for the actor/actress, singer/ Band are 'A' surnames.

Boy's Name: ADAM

Girl's Name: ARIANNA

Colour: AQUA-MARINE BLUE

Animal: AYE-AYE

Fruit:  AVOCADO

Vegetable: ASPARAGUS

City or Country: ANTIGUA

Actor/Actress: ALBA, Jessica

Favourite Word: ANOMALY

Band/Singer: AEROSMITH

I now TAG you,

ARNA, Rukia, Rhadika, Kathryn-Solairis, Emmie and Pauline27

please tag other members.

He loves to smile and laugh, what a breath of fresh air he is...and I love watching the interaction between him and his sister.  She is so good with him, she likes to help with him whatever it is, it doesn't matter...even a poopie diaper doesn't phase her...lol!

No matter what else is going on in our lives I all I have to do is hug my kids and I always feel better. 

My daughter can always make me feel better, she never fails to bring a smile to my face...every day she says something (without intention) that makes us laugh...

I am so proud of my children...and feel so blessed to have them!  Its a privelge to be their mom, something I will never take for granted.

We finally have a date set for B's Christening that works for all involved...my sister and b-i-l will be home the last week of July for their vacation, sooooo, July 26th is the date we settled on...Our minister will be on vacation in August!

It is a relief to get that all squared away...!

Summer keeps threatening to happen, we get a few nice days and then the good weather is snatched away from us again....We do love to be outside and to especially go to the beach, but this coming summer we won't be going as much, it will be a little harder to go there as much with a baby but A. and I will go as often as possible, daddy will stay at home some days with B.

We went and bought a water park for the kiddies so A. won't miss out on her swimming time...schwimming as she calls it....Its not a real big pool but it does have a water slide, a water basketball net and a ring toss game as well. She is excited for us to get it set up and to use it....we bought a solar heating cover for it so we won't have to wait for days for the water to warm up....It is still quite chilly at night here!

Not much else so say...other than hope everyone has a great week-end!

A. was being a terrible pain in the butt yesterday morning, she was right on my heels and underfoot, full of chatter (more than usual which is A LOT).   She turned a deaf ear to me when I asked her to help with picking up her things...this was going on all morning so finally I had had enough...she was being exasperating!  So I told to stop following me and go find something to do!  I was getting frustrated, to say the least..LOL!

I guess she didn't like my tone of voice because she said to me, "Mommy did you fart yet today?"  I just looked at her and couldn't believe she asked that...(pmsl)...then she said, "You know you will feel much better if you do and you won't get flustered at me."

I laughed so much....after she said that though, I did feel much better and we did get accomplished what it was I was trying to get done...LOL!

I don't write a blog for the comments, if someone does then that is a real bonus.  I write because I have something to say at the time and wanted to share it.  I am trying to blog more often to contibute to this site but its not often I have something I think is worth sharing and I am sure everyone gets tired of reading about my kids all the time (lol)!

My little girl does have a lot to say and I am going to share the latest she has said...lol!

She was wanting to have a snack before lunch a couple of days ago so she asked her dad if she could, he said no. So A. said I will talk to mommy about it, her dad said mommy is not going to let you either.  So she went off mumbling to herself, her dad asked her what she was talking about, she said, "I am talking to myself because I know I will let me have a snack before lunch and I always listen to me."  LOL!  Kids asy the darndest things for sure.

Have a great all y'all....

T.

Maybe its just that I am here at the wrong time of day?

I do hope minti stays where it is and stays relevent....I for one would miss this site,  the people I have met and converse with here as well as the ones I hope to meet through here in the future...

This sing reflects the way I try to live my life, when I feel I cannot take another moment of crap or I am having a bad time of it for some reason, I will play this song and I am almost automatically back to living life my way...I absolutely LOVE this song....Except for one line this is exactly the way I think and what I believe....It could have been me who wrote this song...When it was first released in 1999, I was dumbfounded...LOL!  I thought someone had written my song....!

Album:

Affirmation

Artist(Band):

Savage Garden

Date: 11/09/1999

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm complete me by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your own happiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse tv evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye(Repeat 2)
Until you say goodbye
Oh no no no no no ( Repeats itself many times fading)

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I have tagged Arna and Rukia

The Beluga came into a little cove near where we live by the floating docks...I took the kids there first to see the whale and they were beside themselves....The whale was just there right in front of us.  We came home to have dinner after which my husband too the two girls back there to see the whale and he took video of them....they all had a blast!

My husband is from the Mid-West, USA and he never imagined he would ever get a chance to do something like this...Only in Canada eh....LOL!

We have lots of pictures and lots of videos....and I am so happy to have been able to share in such an experience as this with my daughter...to touch a Beluga Whale in the wild....So Cool! 

These are a couple of pictures of the Beluga....

A. with a pondering look on her face said to R....."That means you are a poor little orphan like my mommy!" 

After she chuckled R.'s eyed welled up and she hugged A.  and thanked her for making her feel better...Its the first time she was able to laugh with her mom and dad in mind since her mom died 2 years ago.

Tonight A. and I went to a baby shower for a friend of mine, I said to A. that she may be the only kid there and she said, "I don't mind if I am the only kid there because they will have cake and I L-O-V-E  L-O-V-E cake mommy."

She wasn't the only kid there but..... she did have her cake and eat it too! 

Tomorrow, we will be busy all day, that is the one day of the year when I make sure we are doing something fun and light-hearted...a day to have fun and remember my mom, celebrate her life...she was a happy and funny loving person, full of love, life and laughter.  We always we were loved...

I still miss her so much, it never seems that she has been go for so long.  I wish my two children could have known her and basked in her love...she was a wonderful person, a great mother, the best gram in the world...

When she died, a hole appeared in my life that has never been filled in since...There are times when I still cry for my mom...I still need her as much today as I ever did...I miss her so so much!

I am pasting a poem here that I wrote no long after she passed away...I still have these feeling today...19 years later!

THE ANGELS SONG

Tonight  my mother passed away I heard the angels song
Singing it was time for her to go it's time for her to say so long
Her time they said here with us would very soon to be through
I covered my ears and closed my eyes I didn't want to believe it was true
                                       ~
In my head I was chanting for all these angels to go to hell
Leave my Mother here with us let her stay another spell
I need her here with me. NO! She cannot go; I won't let her! Her I won't let
I cried, I cursed and I hurt inside she just cannot go, please oh please not yet
                                      ~
The angels kept their harmony, in my head it keep on ringing
I hated every word they sang I hated all of their angelic singing
They were singing that God in Heaven He really needed my mother
I was saying please God; please could you please just take another?
                                       ~
Then there was this one angel who whispered softly in my ear
Come with me my child there is nothing really for you to fear
She took me by my trembling hand and with her reluctantly leaving
She took me to my Mother's side so I could watched her labored breathing
                                       ~
She whispered to me do you see now she needs to come with us
She won't really be leaving you my child and you she'll always love
I turned away from my Mom I wouldn't look upon her face
I still could not comprehend that Heaven now was her place
                                       ~
The angel took me back to my bed where just I laid there and cried
I was waiting for that dreaded phone call to say my Mom had died
My sister was there with me and we heard it at the same time
A song that had came on the radio and in it there was this line
                                       ~
You are the wind beneath my wings are what the lyrics stated
It was true what the angels said so we sat there and we waited
Before too long the phone did ring saying our Mom's time wasn't long
We went quickly to the ICU I kept hearing the angels song
                                       ~
We entered her room Mom was laying there her breaths were in soft gasps
Very soon I knew that she would be drawing what would be her last
I stroked her hand and kissed her cheek, beneath my lips it was so soft and blest
I said to her in a whispered voice "It's okay Mom, I will be fine, you go and rest
                                       ~
At her side we stood my brother my sisters and me so I said a little prayer
I asked of God in my request to take my Mom to keep her safe and in His care
A gentle arm enfolded me as I began to cry, at that time I heard a soft sigh
I knew it was my Mother hugging me close to her to say to me good-bye
                                      ~
I watched so close as she drew her last breath a smile alit her lovely face
I could tell then she was at peace and in Heaven, she had found her place
She is with God this I finally understood and He needed her to be there
I was very thankful now I had my Mom for the time she was allotted here
                                       ~
I still heard the angels singing their soft voices a melody chanting in my head
But now at present is a new voice there I could hear it above the rest
Her sweet song is telling me how joyful is the Heaven that she has found
It is place that is extraordinarily peaceful and above all else God's love abounds
                                       ~
Now when I hear the angels sing to me I no longer cover my ears
I listen to what their lyrics are saying no longer on them I swear
My Mother is there with them she an angel watching over me
She is where she is needed the most and finally this I see
                                       ~~
May 01, 1990. (T.)      
 

I don't have ready access at this one because its in our office where all my husband's computer tekkie stuff is and he has a couple of computer jobs he is currently working on....that means I don't have full use of a computer until mine is once again up and running.  Mine just turned a year old...go figure huh?  Ah well, I will have to make the best of it for now... I AM SO GONNA MISS MY OWN  *CRYING*....LOL!

A. (my 4 yr old daughter) has asked if we can sleep daytime and stay up night time?  I asked her why and she said, "I want to experience what its like to be like a bat and stay up all night.  I want you and daddy to stay awake too because I don't really like it alone in the dark for too long."  I had to laugh, I didn't have  that on my list of things to do;  experiencing life as a bat...LOL!

She also designated today as INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY!  But we can celebrate it on into tomorrow because there are just so many friends in the world.  The reason she wants it as international friendship day is because her sisters and nephews live in the Continental USA (she actually said that) and her good friend DA lives in Australia so it just HAS to be international.  She has cards made for all her friends, we will be posting them asap! 

So....Happy INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY Everyone!

My little girl just loves her little brother, yesterday he was fussing si she went and got him a bottle made sure it was the correct temperature when she was satisfied that it was she fed him.  She burped him and everything...we just let her do and stayed near in case something came up she couldn't handle...It was a precious moment in time something we recorded for them to see when they are older.

Life has changed so much with the addition of the baby....99% of it is for the better...the lack of sleep that goes with this is the 1% that isn't so good though, lol.  Its all good in the long run though.

Each day is a new beginning, a new adventure waiting to happen, I am just happy to be along for the ride...

I was thinking myself so much more together than most people, I have the perfect family, two kids (a girl and a boy) a perfect husband and yes, we even have the dog. (My family is perfect but I'm not)!

My family and a very special friend are what is helping me to keep it together long enough to get things worked out...I thank God!  I have them in my life...They are the one true positive thing that keeps me going and keeps me looking forward...

I am also struggling with letting go the fact that someone other than my husband got to hold my little boy before I did...and the fact that person told everyone they know (practically) that they did hold him and has brought it up to me more than once....It hurts and maybe it hurts more than it should...I am trying to let it go and get past it..!  I don't like these feelings of resentment that I feel...normal or not, they are very hard for me to live with...they so go against who I am.

I just looked at the time...OOPS!  I am going to be late for a very important appointment unless I now break the speed limit to get there...

Before I save this I have to say a very big THANK YOU to a friend that has gone above and beyond to help me get through my current struggles...So to that person...I love you like one of my family and without you here...who knows where I will have ended up...wisdom and experience and the willingness to share and the ability to see reason...you have shown me all that and more.

Gotta run (how daft of me to not keep track of the time)....

T.

 B. is finished with his bath, he calms down happy to be out of the water and wrapped in a warm towel, he is cooing and all cute like (always cute anyways *grins*).  When he is finally all dressed, starts crying again...food momma, get on with it!  Get that for him, now he is all sweet tempered again...his usual.  

 In the meantime, my husband is peeling the vegetables to cook for dinner while keeping an eye on A. in the tub.  He is peeling carrots, turnip, potatoes and cutting up cabbage.  I tell him the cabbage has to go in the pot before the rest of the veggies.  After 20 mins to put in the carrots and turnip (I have a witness that I told him this, I was talking to my sister on the phone, she was on speaker cause I needed my two hands free). B. finishes his milk and falls asleep so I put him in his crib...I go to help out in the kitchen and to get Arianna out of the bath...Well, my husband had the the carrot, turnip and potato all in the pot at the same time, the cabbage is still just sitting on the counter.  He was planning on putting that in the pot....when?....LOL.  The pot he was using was too small, so the first thing I do is get the dinner pot out, put more water in and get the cabbage on the go, right after I took all the other vegetables out of the smaller pot and put into a bowl....had the water come to a boil in the pot he was using, the bathroom wouldn't have been the only place with water everywhere...hah hah hah!  Now I look  for the cover to the dinner pot, it was in the oven covering the roast of beef, I had to take it out of there and put it on the dinner pot.  In the meantime, we can hear Arianna in the bathroom singing and playing, (we had the bathroom door left open of course)...

 The water comes to a boil so I go to take the cover off the dinner pot without using an oven mitt (I forgot to)..OMG!!!  OW OW OW and OW!!!!!!  The handle on the cover was burning hot (after just coming out of at 425 degree oven)...Needless to say I burned my thumb, index and middle fingers...I ran to the sink to turn on the cold water to run over them...of course, wouldn't you know it, I turned  the lever to the left instead of the right...hot water on a burn...M. is getting all upset at me for doing such an inane thing, then A. lets out and uh oh...I am gonna be in trouble....B. starts to cry...my fingers are on fire...M. leaves to deal with B. and leaves me to deal with the vegetables, the burning fingers and the kid in the tub with a big mess!!!

 I leave the fingers alone for now, so what they have nasty freakin' burns with skin peeling off my index finger...I put the other vegetables in the pot, go clean up the floor in the bathroom and to wash A.'s hair.  That's when I find out that I cannot stretch in over the tub quite yet...so I decide to get in the shower with her to get this done.  I was wash her hair, rinse it, I make sure she is all washed...she gets out..I take my shower...I am washing my hair and the water turns cold, freakin, freezin' cold as in biver, shiver chattering teeth cold!!!!  I hurry up wash my hair and rinse it then get the heck out of the shower as fast as I can.  And you KNOW how fast that is.

After all that...dinner cooks just fine, all the vegetables cook just right, the meat is tender, the gravy is yummy!

 You would think that I got to sit down and enjoy a nice supper?  Not possible...The damn dog...she stole my supper off the counter as I was putting A.'s on the table...LOL! 

 I handled everything with humour, even when M. was going off at me for not paying attention to what I am doing and A.is  flooding the bathroom. I dealt with all of it and laughed at the whole thing.

 Forgot to mention that when I got in the shower I knocked down all the shampoos, the soap and a razor..knocked the safety cover off it, tell Arianna to not step on it...she does anyways...I anticipated that she would and pulled her away just as she went to step on it....the little buggers!

 I have come to the conclusion that I am not daft...its that daftness follows me around and attaches itself to me when I am not looking!!!!!     LMAO!!!