My Sweet Life

Still have a car...

2009-10-04T00:25:00.002-06:00

it's not fixed yet, but still working, lol! Well, Sean is super excited today, he shot his Elk and hauled it out to peace river to get it butchered. Like a kid in a candy store how happy he gets. Too cute!

Damian's driving lessons are going just fine so fine, the trees move outta the way for him I guess he-he. Jasmine is down at Gramma's working in her restaurant to help out for a while and is enjoying it so far but getting homesick. Plan to get down there by the end of the month so she can get a fix of Tanaya & myself to tide her over a bit longer. Poor kid, hope she can handle being away for a year for school in the spring, we will see I guess. Damian says school still sucks and work still makes him money so not much change there, lol. Tanaya baby is growing like a weed. She is still trying to finish breaking in her first two molars, and is thinking long and hard about walking but no go yet.

I am still plugging away at the paper work, (oh, I have more now as some little bastards decided to break into our shed 'cause I didn't have enough to do oy!) and shopping til I drop, lol, amazing how much of that your "allowed" to do when you lose everything HA! Seriously, not as much fun as you'd think, not to mention that you'd think a girl would drop a few with all the hiking up & down and in & around the stores... but NO! not a drop GRRR! whatever.

House is coming along very well. they got the windows and doors installed Wednesday and are on days off right now. The siding guy is about a third done as of Friday and the insulators will be starting this week. It's coming. Matt (the builder) still says we are 2 weeks ahead of schedule (the move in date is Dec 18th) so fingers crossed things continue fairly smooth so I can maybe get back in a week early, maybe? Please? Ok, seriously just do it. LMAO (they never listen to me)

Hope you and yours are well! TTYL

Driver's Ed...

2009-08-22T08:59:00.002-06:00

As some of you might know, I have been teaching my kid to drive for the past year and a half. She was almost there, just needed to get in driver's ed and she'd been on her own. Whoohoo! Kid with a driver's!
Then she got cocky. Started thinking she knew it all and didn't have to listen to me anymore. I'm sorry....who's car is this?!

So, I'm leaving to get Damian from work one afternoon and Jasmine asks if she can drive. I figure sure, haven't let her drive much the last week or so. So off we go to climb in the car and she starts backing out. Now, there is a tree on the corner of the driveway and a fence along the other side. I see the driver side front end is super close to the tree and figure OK, she'll back out straight to get past it before turning the wheel. WRONG! She starts turning the wheel and I start telling her with only a slight edge to my voice to stop. She doesn't listen. I raise my voice with a tinge of panic, STOOP!! She looks at me like I've grown 3 heads rolls her eyes at my drama and continues. The bumper catches, I start yelling FREAKIN" STOP! She doesn't, and as I continue to now scream at her, she keeps backing out and proceeds to rip the entire front end off me car. I am now totally flippin' on her and she (if you can believe it) is still driving! She is now completely backed onto the road and is putting it in drive to go forward. I am losing it. I mean seriously!! Can't you hear? Can't you see?!!! Look at my effing car!!She finally stops after she hit the gas to go forward and I practically came unglued. That's all I need, for her to now drive over the front end and ruin something underneath.
I get, I go stand in front of my car and stare. I am quiet. Jasmine is still in the car going "Mom, what are you doing? Can we go? I am in the middle of the road ya know!" (I shit you not. that is what she said) I say "Um mm, Jasmine you hit the tree. You wrecked the car" Calmly I might add. She says yeah right, and still thinks we're going, lol.

Point to story, dad isn't as calm as me. My logic was, it is done now, no point in continuing to get upset. His logic, WTF!!? enough said.

Cost of repairs: $2700
Time til Jasmine can drive my car again: Never (according to dad)
Lesson for Jas to learn: trees cost money, she has to pay the repairs

And guess what? Damian got his learner's last week. Now I have to teach him. He had his first lesson the other day, and I feel sorry for him. I am a little nervous for the car....lmao. He'll survive I am sure, but will the car?! Mama needs a drink!

Sweet Sophia

2009-08-22T08:55:00.002-06:00

My beautiful niece Sophia Grace passed away May 1st, 2009. Our thoughts are still with my brother and his family. She will always be missed, never forgotten.

No comments please.

you would't believe our luck....

2009-08-22T08:05:00.005-06:00

Sorry I have been MIA for a while, you seriously can not fathom how freakin' crazy it has been!!

Lets start at the beginning.....

April 6th, I was having a chill day and decided to watch Twilight again that I had just bought. Tanaya was playing in her bounce chair, hubby was on a week trip to fort nelson for work and the other two were at school. So I'm munching away on my healthy lunch of nachos, and watching Bella and Edward fly through the trees when my neighbor opens my back door and starting yelling my house is on fire. She comes racing in and grabs the baby (no trust man, lmao) and runs back out of the house. I'm yelling at her "Did u call 911?" she says no so I grab the phone and start calling as I run outside to see what the fire is. There on my back deck is a small fire burning up the corner wall about 3 or 4 feet. I get the dogs out and then tell the 911 lady (who will not shut up and get off the phone) that I can put this out and go back in the house to get some buckets of water. She starts arguing with me to get the hell out what do I think I'm doing (loose translation, lol). So here I am standing in my back foyer telling her that I can get it out and her fighting back. Then the fire started coming through the walls into the bathroom right where I was standing so then she starts freaking out and I'm still wanting water. As I keep trying to explain to her, this is a log home with 30 years of oil on it. If I don't get it out it's gone. Finally I get out of the house, because well, now it is too big and I can't get it out and she is really starting to annoy me so back out I go. Within 3 minutes or so, the entire back of house is in flames and then boom!! Gas lines explode and the fire blows out all the windows on the back side and enters the house. Meanwhile, I am giving the 911 lady shit because now I will have no house and if she just would've shut up I might of had this out. Dammit!
Now don't get me wrong, I didn't really care about the house over human safety but I had time to save both if she just would've SHUT UP! Mental note..hang up next time.
Cause of fire wasn't investigated but my guess was that a hot ash blew out of butt can and landed on something just perfect. It had been about 1.5 - 2 hours since my last cigarette.
Then if you can believe it, the RCMP and fire men start looking at me like I'm daft because the keys to all the vechile's are in the house and they want to move the cars so they don't explode. Um mm, sorry? I guess it is silly to keep your unused keys in the house, lol. The freakin' 911 lady kept me busy arguing that I didn't even get shoes on my feet or nothing 'cause I was putting it out. Oh well.
Four and a half hours & 4 fire trucks later, the fire was out. and the house was still standing minus a roof but was a goner. Only the fact that it was solid log was what kept it standing. It looked alot like that left piece in your fire pit. The front still looked untouched on the outside though, which was funny. The one pic up top is our neighbors garage, their truck was scorched and melted and siding melted off their house & garage. Sean's one Quad also totally melted and had to be almost completely redone. they offered to write it off but I said no as they never give you enough to get the same one and with the house I figured we had enough tot replace.

I will continue the Bainbridge saga later, Tanaya is awake and vocal....

TTYS!!

I give up....

2009-04-04T08:34:00.003-06:00

we are never going to catch a break around here for lands sakes!!

The dryer died.

It seems like every time we make a plan and get ready to set it in motion (holidays next week and new doors after) something else breaks around here and we are set back. Getting tired of this...so Sean & I are off today to look at dryers. I told him we can not live without one for long (not enough places to hang clothes around here, lol).

So my coffee is being restricted this morning so we can get to it, lol, hope he doesn't regret that *snicker snicker*

TTYL

March news

2009-03-29T09:38:00.004-06:00

Well, March is almost over and I have slacked hard core in the posts, lol. Shock! Hers a little catch up....
Damian had his 14th birthday on the first. We just did a family thing and will be having' a paintball party for him in May when its warmer. He is still working hard st the Esso. He recently ticked off the mother bear so his going to be spending some "quality" time with me for a few weeks, lmao (I almost feel sorry for him, snicker snicker).

Jasmine is still excited about grad this spring. She';s still deciding is she's going to safe grad or dry grad...no meetings for me until she makes up her mind (too bad eh?! lol). She got her hours cut at Fields due to the economy so she's only getting about 5 hrs a week, I told her to just quit and concentrate on studying for exams soon. So far she's sticking' it out hoping for more.

Little miss Tanaya has 2 teeth now and is sitting with support. We had some issues with her tummy getting used to solids so now she has a regular diet of prunes, poor kid, yuk! She's still bald, and at her 6 mth check up mid March, she was 15 lbs and about 28" long. Growing like a weed...oh the fun we have buying summer clothes, Love it!!

Sean & I are still putzing. I am still working hard on my DT projects and he is all about getting ready for the big back packing trip Damian & him are going on next summer (gave him more to shop for on EBay, lol). We are going to Edmonton soon for a little holiday over Easter break. It will be awesome to see my bro & family. They are moving into a new house so we get to see the new place as well (& pregnant Ann, hehee).

The only other news I have to share is the loss of my dear friend Rae-Lyn. She passed away on March 2nd and she will be missed dearly. It has made it a rough month but time makes everything easier to bear. Take care friend.

Well, my DT meeting is starting, so long for now, tc all.

February Calendar Challenge PIT

2009-02-06T10:37:00.002-07:00

OK, I finally got another challenge done and on time to boot! LOL

This is a self portrait my daughter took of herself and I thought it was perfect for this challenge. TFL!

Anniversary..Really?!

2009-01-30T07:58:00.003-07:00

Well, yesterday I woke up to 2 dozen pink and white roses on the table for me. The card said it was our anniversary...I had thought maybe it might of been but who knows these things for sure? I got him nothing, lol. Plan on going to town today and getting him a card at least, maybe a gift we will see.

Well, the rest of my day will be spent tidying up and getting ready for Stacey & family to show up in the morning. They are coming for a visit (it's only been forever, lol) so Jasmine gets to spend part of her day cleaning her room to give it over, lol. There is no school here today as the back roads are all ice. She just had 2 weeks off, went to school yesterday finally, now no buses groan!! Damian has a CSW day so no school for him today anyways.

I can not believe it is 8:05 and Tanaya baby is still sleeping!! Off to get more coffee and enjoy!

Long time no chat....

2009-01-28T06:50:00.003-07:00

January has ticked by and I have been TRYING to get some order in my chaos, lol. We finally got our mat leave benefits last week so that was a load off. I just got my new DT kit Friday and am making cards this month, am a little nervous as I am not the best card maker...but I love a challenge...heehe...I'm pretty sure I do anyway ROFLMAO! I am still waiting on the fridge guy to fix my damn fridge (ROAR!) but, deep breathes, he's supposed to be here today to check it all out. If he tells me another two weeks to get the parts and come back then he better be wearing a fire proof suit 'cause my dragon is coming out man! This is ridiculous! I've now had a broken fridge for 21 days and counting.

Tanaya is growing like a weed, she has started playing shy a bit here and there. Really didn't like the Sears photographers, lol, but we managed one smile for a pic. We started her on a bit of real food, she's tried pablum, pears and is currently trying carrots. so far so good, although most still ends up on her bib, lol.

Jasmine is still working, and now has her prom dress. She just nagged and nagged until I finally took her in again and then she found a simple black dress at Pennington's and a slightly fancier dress at Sears but that one is a goal dress (if she loses enough otherwise it's the simple one) now she talking about hair and nails, lol. Girls!

Damian is still enjoying basketball. They had their first tournament last week and did very well. Their jerseys finally came in, thank goodness, it was just sad to see them at their first game...masking tape on their backs to mark the numbers. Sad, seriously..lol. Still working but need to tell his boss that he goes to school and simply isn't allowed to work more than 2 maybe 3 times a week. Hear me roar!!! lol

Have a great day all!

Clear Challenge PIT

2009-01-22T07:02:00.004-07:00

OK, here is my LO using a clear background for the PIT challenge this week. Had a hard time gettign a good picture of this but I'll try again later when I find the tacky tape to try a window.

Jan 15th Resolution Challenge PIT Blog

2009-01-15T00:01:00.003-07:00

Here is my LO for level II PIT BOM challenge. I sparkled it up with glimmer mist all over background page, glitter on my chipboard heart & rhinestones scattered around. I had lots fun doing this and look forward to the motivation the PIT girls are sending us weekly. Off to get working on more scrapppin'!

The holidays are over...

2008-12-27T11:16:00.005-07:00

and how tired I am now, lol. We were all spoiled as usual, Sean got hordes of hunting goodies and he got me the car starter I have wanted for ever. Now Tanaya baby & I can have a warm car all the time, lol! The kids got lots of goodies as well, with their big gifts being Rock band PS2 and a PS3 for the family. The rock band guitar didn't work though so we are taking it back, but they picked up Guitar hero III Legends of rock on sale at best buy boxing day and a mic. We will go in next week for them to spend the rest of their gift certificates and pick up the wireless PS3 drum set and then good to go. Jasmine is singing and strumming as we talk, lmao. I keep thinking its Tanaya crying and she laughs at me. Damian & Jasmine are back at work today but off at 4 so if I want at that PS3 system I have a small window of time, lol, or I will lose out. I think Gramma Faye might beat me too it though while I'm blogging, rofl.

Well, we went in yesterday and swapped Gramma's. Karen came out on the 23rd and we took her home when we picked up mom. Had a short visit with Heather & Kim at Burger King and then off to Costco. Mom got some chocolates (stupid cheap now, mental note) and I grabbed a few groceries and some flash drives. They had them on coupon, so I got a 3 pk of 2GB each for &20, sweet!

I then kicked Sean's ass at the farmer's game last night and then we watched Get Smart with kids before they hit the sack due to work. We are just chillin' today with mom and Tanaya is telling her stories. Tanaya got some wicked cool toys for Xmas, an awesome mobile from gramma Faye and Auntie Heather & Grandpa MacDonald chipped in for an awesome high chair for Tanaya so that was sweet! the kids gave her their presents early and they tied for the awesome sibling award. Jasmine got her a swing and Damian got her a bounce chair.

Today I am trying (I stress Trying) to tidy up and chill. Time to upload pics (I'm also including a pic of Tanaya Baby in the wicked hot dress Uncle Devry, Ann & Sheridan got her for a welcome gift) and I will TTYL peeps! Happy Holidays!

December 1st is here!

2008-12-01T10:24:00.002-07:00

Well, it is officially December people! Time to get crunching, lol! I spent the weekend cleaning and wrapping in readiness for the Christmas decorations to go up today. Yippee! Still arguing over when to get the tree (we always get a real one) I say now, he says later, lol! So I will compromise and say this weekend, lmao. But, on the bright side, wrapping is done minus 3 and my shopping is about 2/3 done so yay!! Plan to finish most this Friday and get the shipping ones shipped. Did a recipe swap with PIT store and am looking forward to receiving my set and drooling over all the beautiful creations.
Tanaya is 11 weeks old today and talking up a storm (in baby talk lol). She is more interactive now and smiles when you talk to her and tries to imitate the sounds we make. It is too cute! Going to get her weighed today, she is probably 12 lbs I am guessing.
Damian is still working hard and he made the "B" basketball team so YAY Damian!!! Don't have a schedule yet so we will see how often he is playing around with the team, lol.
Jasmine is getting alot more hours at work with the Christmas hours now. She is at a stand still on her diet currently, hoping to get past that crutch soon. But, she isn't gaining and that is a bonus. Her class ring came in and she is showing off her bling lol! A friend in cosmo dyed her hair last week and she gets the streaks in this week. Will take a pic and share the cool do.
Hunting season is over now and Sean has about 8 months to plan the next one, lol. Now he is mine again to order about, heehee.
I am just trying to get ready for Xmas as I said. Plan to make my butter tarts this week and hopefully more. Working on DT layouts, slow but steady (Tanaya doesn't like to let me scrap much, lol).

She's pissed gotta go!

PS> I was corrected on the number of days til Christmas. So I will start over....it is 24 days from today, lol.

TTYL

10 weeks old today!

2008-11-24T07:30:00.003-07:00

Well, things are starting to get stressful around here (did you realize it is only 25 days until Christmas people! Yikes!!) as I try to start getting ready for Christmas. Yes, that's right...I said START! Hence the stress and freakin' out. I have been trying to shop like a maniac and am a little upset that other people have realized that it is time to shop as well....I usually don't have this problem until December, lol, but the stores here are INSANE!!! I am also having the "We are out of that" problem dammit! Hope every one's shopping goes better than mine currently is, lmao. Started the baking yesterday, got the first batch of Quiches done (have to do another as I guess you can't make them on a weekend and expect them to all hit the freezer, lol). Plan on making my fudge or butter tarts this week as well, not sure which yet. Cookies and more Quiche are next week, and that might be all, we will see. Kinda hard to bake some days as Tanaya is a time stealing monster, lol. Have the kids pictures all cut, dated and ready for me to start my cards. The ones to England have to be mailed like yesterday (the 2nd actually, lol) and the few announcements I did are still not complete, lol. Whatever.

Sean didn't get any other animals as of yet but has 1 week left of the season so we will see. He is still sooo hoping for an Elk. He is off to Fort Nelson tomorrow for work and it's an overnighter (I KNOW! You're thinking "What?!" Yep, I get a night to myself again after like 3 years. Whatever will I do?! Probably fall asleep, lol. What a waste)

Damian is trying out for the Basketball team at school today (I think) and is hoping to get on. He really likes Basketball and I've been encouraging him to try for the school teams since Grade 7. He doesn't play alot outside of school though so we will see. Still working and liking it.

Jasmine is getting more and more excited for grad by the day (what the hell am I in fir come March let alone May?! ROFLMAO) which we have just been informed is the last weekend in May (28th I think). Her school ring showed up in the mail Friday so she is slightly distracted by the bling right now, lol. Her friend in Cosmetology at school is highlighting her hair today so she will have a smashing new do after school, will try and get her to pose for a picture and show it off. Her boss told her that they have 3 late night shopping events for Christmas at the store and she is scheduled to work 2 of them. She looked at me and said " Sure hope I can stay awake Mom, you know I usually fall asleep before then." She has to work until 11 pm, lmao. Funny girl. Her and I are going in after school Thursday for her to start her Christmas shopping.

Tanaya is doing well. Has big trouble falling asleep on her own still, but had a couple really good naps yesterday thank goodness. No one likes a crabby over tired baby, lol, and most days for the last few weeks she needs help getting to sleep even for a nap (then wakes up after like 15 - 20 minutes and is crabby. Grr.) Her check up with the doctor last week was great. They all just keeping trying to swell my head with how beautiful she is and I just say Thank you and roll my eyes on the inside (I am sure they say that to everyone, lol). First set of shots was the day after and man was she pissed! Screamed blue murder for 7 minutes straight. Although, it might have been better if the nurse hadn't paused after the first 2 waiting for her to calm down before the third....I think that was a mistake, oh yes. A big one. LOL She weighed 11 lbs 3 oz, and has now outgrown all her newborn stuff....but still doesn't fit most of the 3 month stuff, lol. She is getting better at head control but still can't hold it up for too long at once. And she still smiles alot....that is it. That is the sum of what she can do, lol. Oh! I forgot. She can coo. OK. That's it, lol.

Well, I better get to crackin'. I have to get my third recipe done for the swap (need to mail them today) and have a scrap class tonight with a girlfriend. Figured a night out might be nice. Oh, and some scrap friends of mine just bought the local scrap store. Here's to wishing them the best of luck!! Can't wait to see what cool ideas they come up with.

TTYL

Bagged a deer

2008-11-12T08:15:00.005-07:00

Sean & Damian had an awesome day yesterday. They got a big drop tine! Sean shot a nice 6x5 (which would have been bigger has it had two broken tines. They also said it had a large scar on its back which made them wonder what it had done.) It sure made their day, except Sean also found out yesterday he needs a new battery for his quad, lol. It was dead and wouldn't take a charge, so they had to take the deer out themselves, lol. Freakin' quads. I really hate them sometimes. Grr! Anyhow, he is taking it into the butcher today and ordering his sausage, then heading out again with his friend Stu to hunt again (still has tag for Elk). They had hoped Damian could have got his deer as well yesterday but it wasn't to be. Mom is secretly thankful as the butch bills for sausage get quite large (and I only kinda sorts like deer sausage, depends on the butcher). Well, off to phone butchers! Have a great day everyone.

8 weeks now

2008-11-12T07:44:00.003-07:00

Time is flying so fast. Tanaya is 8 weeks old now and getting so big (or at least to me). We just got her weighed Monday and she is 10 lbs 13 oz., 22 1/4 inches long and her head is 40.2 cm. We are now starting to outgrown the odd clothing item and have pulled out all the 3 month outfits (although most of them are still quite big on her). She is colic according to the doctor but since finding that out I have switched back to decaf coffee (except the first pot let's be real people!) and we pretty much burp her 24/7 and it seems to help alot (colic is a build up of gas they can't expel). I still have to hold her pretty much all the time or she cries but the non stop screaming some have to deal with rarely happens, Thank goodness! Otherwise a really smiley baby,
Jasmine is getting excited about grad. Had fun trying on gowns on the weekend and has been ogling them on the websites ever since. We are putting off buying one just yet because a: it's bloody Christmas people! & b: she is doing awesome on her diet and has dropped 30 lbs already! We have great hopes that she will drop at least another 30 lbs before graduation so we need to wait on the dress (they tell us they can't be altered down whole sizes).
Damian is still working and loves the money, although lately has been spending most of his checks so his savings is at a standstill, lol. Got his first report card and did OK, but he still got the "You can do better, you're smarter than this
" lecture LOL! He could though, there were still a few uncompleted assignments that affected his grade, little bugger. So he has until next report to complete ALL assignments to the relative best of his abilities or he may not be allowed to keep his job. He definitely wont be allowed to work as many hours.
Sean & I aren't as exciting. When you get old there is just less of that, LMAO! Sean is on holidays this week and is enjoying hunting when weather permits. I am trying to work on some scrapbooking recipes for a swap I joined (tough at time s with only one arm, lol). I applied & got on the PIT DT, so I am super pumped about that! Stacey tells me I will get my first kit on Friday but she is a wee bit slow at the nailing so I may have to kick her ass, ROFL! I am wanting to play man!! BTW, the pic included her is one Sean took. He claims that is "quality" time with us, watching us sleep when we are supposed to be awake visiting, lol! Poor guy. OK, that's all my excitement that I can share for now.

TTYL

I'm awake!

2008-10-29T10:58:00.003-06:00

So sorry for the delay in updating, still spend alot of my day in a tired haze, lol. But hey, my house stays fairly clean and so do I (thank goodness eh? lol) so that shows improvement for Tanaya and I. She even let me sleep for 5 hours IN A ROW last night! Whoohoo!! She is sitting beside me now cooing away. Yep we are "talking" now, started about 4 days ago and is seriously too funny (you'd swear there was real words in there) and the smiles started consistently about the same time (although we are all still arguing aver who got the first real smile, lol. Between you and me....I did. LMAO) The kids and I took her down on Monday, her 6 week mark, and got her weighed and measured. Tanaya is now a whooping 9 lbs 11 oz and 22 inches long. Such a big girl! She is almost big enough now to have officially outgrown her first clothing items, lol. What a milestone!! She still occasionally has bad "gas" days and gets a little needy, lol, but overall she is an awesome baby and very happy (I fluked out for the third time, lol) although at this exact moment she is trying to tell me to hurry the heck up as she is hungry!(Too bad her voice is so tiny, she's easy to ignore. JK!)

Jasmine is still working about 10 hours a week and having a blast helping me with Tanaya (thank god! The novelty wore off a bit for the boys...it's called Fable 2 for Xbox 360 and it seems to win out, lol!) Jasmine also scored us a wicked deal when she called me from school 2 days ago to say they were selling off their old laptops and could I bring her some money. Selfish kid...what about me?! lol So we ended up getting laptops for the computer junkies here (all but Sean) for $40 each!!! They are Apple iBooks and so far, that's all I know lol. Bro...where are you? I need help, LMAO!

Damian is till working at Esso and loving the paychecks although he is starting to get a wee bit tired of working so much (he asked me to talk to his boss and get her to understand to cut his hours a wee bit). He just bought himself an XBox 360 and some games as his first big purchase, good for him (saves me money AND I get to play it, ROFL What a good kid.) He is looking forward to his first year of "tricking", with a pile of rules though (can't let them have to much fun,heheh) and I will probably end up with a house full of boys again this weekend...seems to be a trend.

Well, she is getting ticked...

TTYL!

Tanaya Newborn Slideshow

2008-09-27T12:03:00.003-06:00

Welcome Tanaya!!

2008-09-27T11:20:00.003-06:00

Well we finally did it! Had our baby that is, lol. Tanaya Josephine was born Monday September 15th at 11:38 pm. She weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 20 inches. Labour was labour and she has all her fingers and toes (and they are straight so Daddy is happy, lol). Tanaya is a week old in this picture.

We got home on the Wednesday and have been trying to get into a routine ever since. Now that I have been to town way to much for kids appointments and for others to meet up and see her, I am done, lol. SO TIRED (but then isn't every "new" mom?) need sleep....flj.....OH! Sorry. drifted off there, lmao! She wakes up at night anywhere from every hour to every 4, and sleeps during the day anywhere from 2 to 4 so its coming. She is almost two weeks old now and is really a good baby. She doesn't cry just to cry and likes to stay awake and check stuff out for up to an hour at times.

The kids like her (but why wouldn't they, lol) and give her some attention before moving on each day with their lives (Jasmine does hover a bit, especially in the mornings before school just waiting for a squawk as an excuse to pick her up, lol). Tanaya doesn't keep them up much as they are now in the basement and cant hear her so they still get lots of sleep, lmao!

Sean did awesome, he came in with me and got to go through it all, hee hee hee (I can be difficult ya know ROFLMAO!) He was home with us the first week but had to go back to work this past Monday. He is adjusting so so (he seems tired...not sure why) and is wishing the weather would co-operate more as he'd like more time hunting, lol.

OK, that's all for now.....will upload some pics...hopefully now...if Tanaya doesn't wake up.

TTYL

Girls rule!

2008-08-24T08:59:00.002-06:00

The boys are gone for their annual bow hunting trip and will not return until Aug. 31st. Us girls get to watch chick flicks, play games, read and basically just pamper ourselves! After all the work Jasmine and I have been doing to get the house in order I think we deserve it (not to mention that I am due anytime after September 3rd...which is 10 days!!!)
I still plan on finishing the scrap room, worked on it more last night...and now that the boys are gone, I emptied a lot of it into the hallway to give more space to work, lol.
Baby has started dropping (not friggin' far enough!) so at least that SHOULD mean I won't go 3 weeks over due like I did with Jasmine, thank gosh. For a joke with a friend I was measuring my circumference and was 52" around my largest point last week. Now I am 49", already dieting and haven't had the kid yet LMAO! (BTW, that was a 4'4" person that could wrap around my waist lol!)
Still no girl name, which is driving Jasmine bonkers 'cause she obviously wants a girl and we don't have a name?! LOL I won't post the boy name in case we change our mind, but we do have one of those, lol! Jasmine picked up a few more baby things (she likes to shop at work) and we got it all put away (please, please, PLEASE no more washcloths peeps! I think I have like 30!)
Anyways, I am wasting valuable Canasta time here so.....TTYL!

It's a freakin' nightmare!

2008-08-18T15:54:00.007-06:00

Well we've got all the rooms finished (or as much as is being done for now) and have moved everything from here to there and back again, lol. Most of the scrubbing, washing and organizing is all done as well, thank god! All I have left is a wee bit in the office, one storeroom and (gulp!) my scraproom. I am not sure I can talk about it....it is that bad! I have already spent 4 hours or so in it and who can tell? Not me that's for sure! As you can see from the pic's, it is anyone's nightmare. Seriously don't know what the heck I am supposed to do there!! Anyways, it will get done. I am off to upload pictures of the rest of the house (we all know its about me first, LMAO!).

Almost a new house....

2008-08-11T16:56:00.002-06:00

or it will seem like it in a few more days, lol. We've been cleaning and moving furniture like mad men the past few days. All the painting is finished and we've moved the kids to the basement (where they belong HA HA!) but they just had a chance to start setting up their rooms today. Well, Damian just got started, Jasmine wasn't here. Sean & I busted a move yesterday for about 14 hours setting up the downstairs and cleaning carpets upstairs. We have baby's furniture in place (yes, all three kids now have rooms, lol) and I have spent all day today (almost 6 hours of it anyways, man I am EXHAUSTED!!!) moving everything out of my "old" scrap room into what will be my new scrap room (yes, another one ROFLMAO!). Then Sean can clean the carpet in the old one and it will transform into our new Media room, whoohoo! No more fighting every time one of us wants to play a video game or whatever.

Today is also my sweetie's birthday (he's 36 years old today, heehee...what a geezer! LOL) so I have a wonderful meal of his faves planned and made him a carrot cake with cream cheese icing (his fave) for dessert. Supper is a bit behind schedule though as I had to run in to pick up Jasmine (she's back from holidays now) and there is construction everywhere so that took almost 2 hours. (I hate bloody construction Argh!)

No labour yet (not for lack of trying, lol, I have been working my ass off and nothing dammit!) so it looks like I will still be waiting up to another 4 weeks. Ah well, what does one do?! (Seriously?!!!! What DOES one do!!!!)

My GF Alanna & her hubby Alan are home now. They named their little guy Allister. Haven't got to see him yet...didn't make it there the other day. Hoping to go out this week if all goes well with my work here. Don't have a lot of days left that I will go that far from my hospital so I had better go soon, lol.

Well, that's all for now. TTYL

Reno's are coming along

2008-08-05T12:19:00.004-06:00

Well, we have been busy beavers this past few days. All the mudding, sanding and such is now done. Sean worked his butt off painting yesterday and finished Damian's walls and has the priming done in Jasmine's room (hers is a bit more complex as it is multi colored, lol). I am off to the Doctor's this afternoon and then am picking up more paint so we can hopefully get this done! ( Starting to get excited, a wee little bit as we hit the home stretch)
Jasmine seems to be having a good time camping with her grandparents and her Dad, step mom & sisters done near Kelowna. She did mention that the mosquitoes have been glad of her company, lol. When will she learn to use bug spray?!
Damian has now worked two shifts and seems to be enjoying it but is definitely VERY tired when he gets home, lol. His job is very go go go so far. He is getting excited for his new room as well. (He obviously doesn't realize how much work there will be here for him moving stuff around when we are done, LMAO!)

My GF Alana had her baby last night! A bouncing baby boy!! I am going to try and pop in to see her this afternoon when I am in town. Last update I had, they hadn't decided on a name yet, maybe this afternoon?

Off to get ready. Ciao for now!! :)

A little bit more..

2008-07-30T10:30:00.004-06:00

Things are moving along slowly but surely. Sean finished up the storage rooms on the weekend and his friend Darcy showed up last night to help Sean with the mudding so he is here now getting that done for us. (Almost ready for paint, cross fingers that it gets done by the end of weekend so I don't have to kill my hubby due to over stressed hormones!)
Baby is still trying to make my life difficult (although that's what kids are for right?), I know have started having more breathing issues and feel extremely crappy everytime time I ....oh right pretty much do anything LOL!
Jasmine left yesturday to head down to Kelowna to see her other family. She should be a gorgeous color when she returns on August 10th (she is lucky enough to tan deeply & easily).
Damian is getting excited to start his new job Friday (and possibly get out of some reno work, lol!)
I am about to start packing my scrap stuff but have a few projects I need to finish up first. My Thank you cards are just about done (goal of 30 am changing it to 26 so I can be done, lmao!) and then I have one gift to make before packing.

That's all folks! TTYS!

2008-07-24T13:15:00.000-06:00

Alright let's try this picture thing, lol.

http://s68.photobucket.com/albums/i27/iam2gd/2008/First%20blog%20slideshow%20July/?albumview=slideshow

July 24th 2008

2008-07-24T11:16:00.000-06:00

I am hoping that by creating this blog I will be better able to keep everyone in the know (yes, I realize I am a slacker lol). Better grab a drink first and a comfy chair.... here goes!
Well, we are almost (I use this term loosely) ready for our new addition. Sean has all the drywall up in the 2 bedrooms he built and is getting ready for his friend Darcy to come and help him tape & mud. I am getting antsy as I feel the clock ticking ever so quickly and there seems so much to do.
I am also very excited of course to move everything around and get my new scrap room set up (I know, how many scraprooms is one girl supposed to get LMAO!)........ and baby's room as well of course! (Almost forgot how this all started, haha!)
We are about 33 weeks along now and I am done with this pregnant stuff. Between the cankles, constant tiredness and the queasy that never goes away, I am willing to stop now. It's really too bad that isn't an option, darn it!
Jasmine is getting ready to head off to Kelowna to see Brian, Toni & the girls. She's currently working part time (with casual hours) at Field's here in town. She seems to enjoy her job, seems pretty easy. She & I are still bickering about the paint colors for her new room (I am pretty sure I will win but she may be scarred for life....therapy works wonders I hear) and is looking forward to grade 12. We have already started looking into Cosmotology schools for next fall (assuming that doesnt change, lol).
Damian is about to start his first job (sniff sniff, my babies are getting old...Oh yeah! I get a new one! :) It's all good.) as a gas attendent at the local Esso. He seems pretty happy about it (he really likes money) and is looking forward to his first day August 1st. As far as school for him, same old...he will go, doesn't want to, has no choice, lol!
Sean is getting all pumped about his hunting season creeping up on us. Planning their Bow hunting trip for end of August with Damian already (he does have to finish the basement though before he is "allowed" to go, lol). Still working hard (or so he says) at Pepsi in the service department. He is on call alot which sometimes makes me grouchy 'cause he can't go anywhere, but everyone's holidays are almost over then that will change thank goodness.
OK, now the important stuff....me! (Notice how nice I was to put them first? LMAO!) I haven't been up to much but I have been trying to scrap ny brains out as everyone keep stelling me I wont get to for quite a while after baby. Seens as how the baby wouldn't co-operate to let us know the sex, I decided to make a baby's first year calendar for a boy and a girl to be safe. I did them up as double page spreads so after they could be a first year album, and I finally got them done thank goodness. Took me about a month each! I also have gotten done some of Christmas scrapping gifts, including the calendars I make for people, and am currently getting Thank you cards for after baby done ahead of time. I know, I am told what a freak I am....but we all already knew that didn't we?! I still have a list of other projects I am trying to get done before baby, but I'm not stressing yet....I will still be pregnant forever at this time, LOL.
I have almost every annoying syptom you can get with this one (I wonder if we will get along after? Hmmm..) Insane water retention, a foot the size of my butt, skin conditions, tiredness that never has gone away, upset stomach 24/7, heartburn, a stomach the size of that Beaver on main, and the list goes on....but soon the cure will come, lol. We are expecting anytime after September 3rd (Doc wants to add a week since I can't tell him the exact date of conception, but seriously, you expect me to know that?!)
Well that's all for now. TTYS!