Doesn't smell like roses

I was just about to post about how much I love our new house, and how great it is to be in a single detached home instead of a duplex. Then I was letting meeker out (we just flew her here on Monday), and the neighbour had his window open and he let out a HUGE fart. Come on.......at least it's not the smell of Pot wafting in like at our last place, but hmmmm, if I am actually able to smell his gas........ewww.
Hopefully we'll be done painting soon and I can post some pictures.

Boxes have kicked my ass!

This move I resolved to leave no box unpacked in storage until the next move....and I have almost met that challenge. The only problem is that all the stuff from the boxes is spread out in the basement and garage waiting for a home. I am so ready to call it quits, I just want everything nice and organized. Anyone want to come organize my house? Or paint? We managed to get the kids rooms painted (with help from Patrick's Papa) and the paint is drying on the walls of the family room as I type (no more orange...hooray).  I was starting to get a headache from staring at those bright walls all day.  Now we just need to do EVERY other room in the house and we're done!!

Seriously though, I think we'll like it here.  People who come to the door actually notice my Baby Asleep sign and knock lightly....not that this is why I think we'll ike it, but it shows that people are considerate here.  Ha.....listen to me......Next week I'll be complaining about those darn kids partying down the street.

Ta Ta for now

One for all the Dads

So the exhaustion blunder...or otherwise known as the "what the f*** were you thinking Patrick” escapade. All you parents out there had better take a seat, and the soon to be’s take very careful notes. We were in Thunder Bay after an eight hour drive, having left Winnipeg at 4am. I was driving round and round the block trying to find parking close to my uncle’s restaurant and was completely having a nervous breakdown. I stopped in front, told Patrick to take over, and said I’ll take Quinten and meet you inside. About 10 min. later I was sitting in the back room with Q and my aunt, when Patrick comes waltzing in with a big goofy smile.....which abruptly turned into a look of horror I can’t even describe. He gasped, literally gasped, like you hear in the movies, and took off at a full run. Took me a second to realize that he didn’t have Alia with him. She was back in the car sleeping away totally oblivious. Moral of the story is that, yes, it can happen to you, and that there is a point to my much made fun of routine I go through when leaving anywhere.....OK two kids, a diaper bag, shoes, pants...we’re good to go.

What a surprise!!

Hey there......guess what. It’s turning out not so bad. The kids are doing really well, it seems that Alia knows how to sleep after all (in the car anyway). The trick is that we leave our hotel at 4am, transferring the kids to their car seats as carefully as possible so as not to wake them (ya right). They end up sleeping till about 8am (WOW). By the time they wake up we have already put in 4 hours of driving. We have been stopping by about 1pm and enjoying an afternoon of swimming or playing at the park. This wacky schedule leave us friekin’ exhausted, but it is all about the kids, isn’t it? And what’s a bit of exhaustion compared to the other option, which is listening to the kids shrieking for four hours straight. I’ll try to update again tomorrow as I have a funny exhausted parenting blunder to report. Hey, it wasn’t my oops this time!

Scrappin' Sunday

We are so busy right now with the move starting in 2 days! Seriously panicking right about now! Anyone got any Valium?

I altered a couple of clipboards for our cross county car ride, to hold the multitude of paperwork we have to keep handy. It was fun to do, but took longer than I thought as they needed a couple of layers of paint and mod podge and sealant.



A layout. I wish I had torn the paper across the bottom, it looks not quite right to me, but I love the general idea.

In Shock

I am in Shock, and I know I'll jinx it by talking about it, but did I mention I'm in Shock! Alia has been napping for 2h and 15m! This is a record folks. Some nights she doesn't even sleep this long of a shot (yes I know...it's crazy). Maybe she's turning over a new leaf, maybe this is the start of getting my sanity back? Maybe it just a fluke? Whatever it is I'm enjoying it!

Crazy Alia

Why are you looking at me like that Mom....did I do something wrong?

Macaroni Monday

My friend Jodi's son Zach eating............you guessed it Mac&Cheese! What a cutie!

Scrappin' Sunday

I am really excited because I've decided once and for all what I am going to do for ME. I have been throwing around different ideas since Quinten was born as to types of jobs to do from home. I am committed to being here at home for my family, but find that I miss being "out" in the world. Can you believe I was at one point thinking of writing a book, just so that I could go out and promote it! So here it goes...since it's a scrappin' sunday, and scrapbooking is my passion, I am going to become a Close to my Heart Consultant. Of course with the move coming up, it's not like I'm starting tomorrow, but soon (maybe September) I'll hopefully be settled enough to start.

This is the card we made at the Close to my Heart home gathering I was at this afternoon. The consultant Vanessa was just great and a big reason I decided to do this now is because I could see myself motivated and inspired by her.



Here's a layout I did a couple of months ago, but I had the picture on the 'puter so thought I'd post it. The flowers are made out of scraps and homemade photo corners...which I highly recommend not bothering to make out of a thin type paper like the green mulberry paper I used (can you say Pain In The Ass). The stems were done on a sewing machine.

It's raining primer

Everyone seems to be enjoying the pictures of the decor of the current owners of our new house so I'll post a couple more. There is only one person so far who likes the colors (you know who you are), and she is too chicken to post here......chicken noises...how do you write chicken noises...brawk crawk?






Just to clarify, I am not adverse to color, I just prefer a bit here and there, not a house full of all the colors of the rainbow.

Prime me a river

Yesterday I was at a playdate and was trying to explain just how badly the previous owners of our new house had it decorated. There are no words to describe the awful color combinations and I could tell my pals were doubting it could be as bad as I described...so here goes.





Most of the other rooms are just as "colorful", but these two are the ones I am most looking forward to priming a couple of times before attempting to paint.

Macaroni Monday

I've been negligent with the Mac Mondays. Part of the reason is that nobody sends me pictures :( I have a few stockpiled now, so expect some serious Macaroni action for awhile. Love that ooey gooey goodness. Rest assured that although you may not see him in action, Quinten is still enjoying his M&C (sometimes on more than just Mondays .....shhhh don't tell anyone)!




I don't know how to tell you all this, but Lauren is a Macaroni slaughterer. She made hers with Spelt pasta, soy cheese and almond milk. Mmm sounds good......NOT. Poor Lauren, food sensitivities and all, she's a good sport!

Scrappin' Sunday

Back from my hiatus on facebook. Sheesh, I am thinking of a way to do both. Maybe a facebook Friday? For now I'll worry about today. Today is Scrappin' Sunday. Can you tell I like to rhyme. Last night I went scrappin' at Gill's. Jen and Allison were there as well as a Close to my Heart rep. named Jacqui. Of course I "had" to look at all her goods, and flip through the catalogue, and now I want one of everything. I guess everyone has their "thing" that they want to spend money on. At least mine is not drugs or alcohol. Red wine, possibly, but at least I drink the cheap stuff!
I would post the page I did last night, but I haven't taken a picture of it yet, and I want to go outside and play with my kids, so I'll quickly post a card I did a couple of months ago, and next week for Scrappin' Sunday I'll post my newer stuff.



I came across this photo of the cake I made for Quin's 2nd B-day. It really has nothing to do with Scrapbooking, but oh well, it's a crafty type thing.

Facebook

Oh I am so screwed. I just signed up on Facebook and discovered that everyone I've ever known is on there. It will take me years to get in touch and talk to all the people I'm finding! Like I have that kind of time, and do I really want to be reminded of my past? Oh boy but am I ever excited to see what everyone has been doing! I hear that Harriet has given some people this blog address so hey.....where are you? Leave me comments here or look for me now on Facebook!
Oh so screwed.