Friday Fill-ins, Moonlight madness away!

1. Wait! Wait, don't forget _______Friday Fill-ins, I wont______.
2. ____Brake troubles_____ followed at once by ____Muffler problems, but now the van is ready for Winter_____.
3. The trouble is ____life doesn't come with a Crystal Ball, but I'm going to try to be prepared for holidays that return every year______.
4. ___Christmas seems but isn't__________ many miles away.
5. With a faint pop ___the brake Fluid was all over the driveway___________.
6. ___The CAA tow Truck was_____ shadowy and ominous.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __taking my fixed van out to Moonlight Madness, (think Black Friday at night because Canadians are at work in the morning)___, tomorrow my plans include __having my sister visit, and bowling and maybe seeing Santa in his Parade___ and Sunday, I want to __have fun with my kids which might include them letting me play video games "with" them___!

Tuesday are Random they pop up Randomly

Yep it's Tuesday again, ever notice how it Randomly shows up in like the almost middle of the week, not quite the middle, but randomly placed, ok so no it's not showing random but I'll make it random.

Dishwasher now works much better. A Valve had to be replaced, it was a little gunked<-- (new word apparently, ADD! )up from previous 17yrs of use or so. ICK! Hard Water is not cheap.

I did some easy baking this weekend, Peanut Butter cookies those 3 ingredient kind, egg, PB, and sugar, done! bake, and done. gone!!! all goneeeeeeeeeee the boys ate them almost the minute the got in the house. They didn't leave a crumb for Hubbie. He was not amused.

Friday was not a happy day here, my son was picked on and I'm not happy about it in the least. I will be talking to the school after I cool down. For all the talk about not bullying there wasn't a lot done about it either.

Christmas is coming and I'm not ready, I keep procrastinating, I've got to start making lists so that I can DO something! at the rate I'm going I wont have anything done because I haven't started the list and then I'll leave something half started or not done.

More tea, must have more tea.


Weight loss has turned into weight gain, it has nothing to do with the cake but it might have something to do with the leftover Halloween chips. Those chips? they say 90cals per serving but I swear when I look in that bag it should say less then 90cals, cause there is no way 5 chips can be 90cals?

I've decided I'm not going to be baking this Christmas, nope not going to do it. If you want shortbreads, I'll buy you one of those pre-made cans of the stuff or go to a bake sale and have someone else do it and wrap it and tag it and seal it up with duct tape. Yep that should help. Me? Glutton? no just impulsive eater or Seefood diet.



I've going to wrap up the random, I've got nothing else to put in here, I'm boring this week, nothing big happened, no chairs were covered in snow, no kids were curling(tournament at the arena), bowling was ok, we supported them well with the purchase of chocolate bars. I spent too much time researching how they get the caramel inside. The kids did help though, they offered to eat it all for me.


Oh I went to see my son do Judo this week, he's good, and those "games" they play (warmup, and theory) would probably have me sleeping on those judo mats! where do kids get all their energy? play play play, fight fight fight, play play play, laugh, run, jump, play?? Drum Drum Drum.


I don't even have pictures to add today. There are no leaves on any of my trees, there are no deer coming to visit. I think all the gophers are asleep, all the raccoons ate all the berries on the bushes, and all the skunks are curled up under my baby barn.

BTW what keeps you all reading?

Friday Fill-ins The weekend returns

1. We need ______more Rum_______.
2. ___My boys gave me homemade cards for my Birthday______ and it made me smile.
3. If you want ____something done right you just have to do it yourself______.
4. __My new Dishwasher is failing__________ because ___it doesn't clear the table, sweep the floor, put the dishes away or make meals_________.
5. Massachusetts has a proposed 5% sales tax on elective cosmetic surgery; I think __since I live in Canada, I have no comment_______.
6. ___Happy smiling children_____ makes for a happy holiday
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __playing Wii with my middle son___, tomorrow my plans include _Bowling____ and Sunday, I want to _go watch Curling but we'll have to see how that works out kid wise____!

Randome Tuesday Thoughts, not Though

Seems at one point or another I had typed Though as a title vs thoughts, this week it's thoughts.



The Thoughts are Random, so off I go to get my badge over at Keely's and get my thoughts all Random like.




Happy Birthday to me is over. The cake was fabulous but I didn't eat it until today, also it was 1/2 a cake. we didn't buy a whole cake this year. There are only 5 of us in the house. This was a good call because well the boys don't appreciate the value of a nice chocolate and caramel covered Cheese cake with brownies. I'll post pictures too, as soon as they are off the camera.


Homework is going to kill me, it wont kill my kids but it's killing me and no it's not making anyone stronger mentally.

AJ is home today but I'm thinking his "I'm sick"was just the results of that cheese cake and his poor belly. He and cheese are not good friends at the best of times. I knew there would be consequences. I had a back up plan, lemon tarts, he ate both. Poor belly. Now I'm going to get him in the car, after I trick him into getting dressed and send him to school. He's certainly well enough to drive me nuts!


Its so funny sometimes seeing the clothes that the older boys wore at a younger age, on MJ now. Where is my Baby?

Did I mention Homework is going to kill me?

The Deer were Back on the weekend but they are down to 3 vs 4, so maybe it was a different family, or some other family is happily patting their full tummies in a house? Hunting season is on right now from what I understand. You can't shoot them in your yard. I would never shoot them because I wouldn't eat them. I was talking to the neighbours and apparently 15yrs ago before the big Highway went in here it was common to see a mom and her triplets? I wonder if my sighting in September/October was children or grandchildren of that line?

Gophers? are not nice.

Getting homemade cards from your kids is one of the bests gifts ever. The looks on their faces when they hand it to you and watching you unwrap( looseleaf over other paper) is fun.

I do not think there will be any Abandon Chair this year, so far no snow is sneaking into my neighbourhood and the chairs are on the deck. I may even get a chance to put them away in the garage?

But the cat knows what to do with abandon toddler chairs


my new dishwasher runs great, YAY!! but someone has already stained the racks with spaghetti sauce.

Happy MY Birthday (and the brother and sister)

Yep Today is my Birthday, no we're going to not focus on the people I share my day with, ME it's all about me! :P OK and My Brother and Sister, but I was here first. Yep ME !


Happy Birthday to ME!! My FB is full of Wishes, that's one plus of the site, you are never ever forgotten on your Birthday, your friend's list comes alive that day. I got my first Birthday phone call from my sister, it was on the call Display so I could pick up and say "Happy Birthday" instead of "hello" heheh. My SIL wrote on her status "Happy Birthday (Brother, Sister) and (Me). It's really fun to see your name Everywhere! It's almost like being Famous but not.

So Happy Holiday in my Family Day! My plans?
Well I'm still in pjs at 9am so that's going well.
Breakfast and tea, that's done.
I got a Card from Hubbie lastnight because it wasn't rated G for the boys to "read" haha or hear me reading, hehehe
I got a dishwasher delivered and installed by Friday into Saturday. It works! no Leaks, and the dishes come out clean vs putting them in again for another go. Yes I'm totally that kind of person. I HATE with every ounce of HATE doing dishes. I hate it so much I wont let my kids do it for fear they will grow to hate it as much as I hate it when they are older and live with Dishes STACKED for more then 24hours because they are avoiding doing dishes because they HATE them. It's that bad!
My Mom and Dad came to visit me Thursday night, they drove the 7hours from the island and then left Saturday morning to go to my other brother's house (not the Birthday brother). They were all about the Costco shopping from what I understand. It was a nice visit, they washed my dishes.
Friday night hubbie and I went out shopping without kids. FUN!There were no movies playing I Wanted to see. I could go see a movie for free today but nothing is playing. I think all the good movies are waiting for US Thankgiving Weekend. Bummer for us. They should have a GREAT ME holiday release date for Canada. ME did I mention it's all about ME (and the brother and sister? )
Tonight I'll be having Cheese cake I think, I've left the planning of that to the Hubbie (xing fingers) I'll try to remember to take a picture so it last longer.
Happy Birthday to ME (and the brother and sister)

Friday Fill-ins, Memories of Turkey...

1. The last band I saw live was ____Kim Mitchell playing in Ottawa, Ontario Canada 1996 or 7. _________.
2. What I look forward to most on Thanksgiving is __the Turkey but this year, back in October I compromised and made a Ham for my son, well no it's not the same, so last week when Turkey went on sale, I went nd bought me my Turkey! YUMMY! we had turkey dinner, then hot turkey sandwiches, then cold turkey salad Sandwiches, and finally I managed to get me some Turkey and Ranch Wrap. YUMMY Turkey!_______. (if you don't celebrate thanksgiving, insert your favorite holiday)
3. My Christmas/holiday shopping is ____not even started, I'm waiting for better prices______.
4. Thoughts of ____decorating this house now_________ fill my head.
5. I wish I could wear ______my hair short sometimes but then I'd kick myself for getting it cut________.
6. Bagpipes ___are what played when I walked down the aisle more then 14yrs ago_____.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _Spending time with my parents, they are came to visit yesterday____, tomorrow my plans include _Bowling, shopping for skipants and warm socks____ and Sunday, I want to __watch AJ curl, I think if we get our "stuff" together get to early mass, and sundayschool all accomplished on time, we can all go. We'll see how tired we are though come Sunday, what happened to that off time Weekends used to be? hmmmm___! Posted by Janet at 8:46 PM

Random Tuesday Thoughts... Brought to you by the Letter RRT

It's Tuesday, I think without RTT I'd never have very much posted here at all.
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Let me see... Halloween? went well. Boys had lots of fun. MJ quit after first street, (about 15houses), AJ came back out with me and TJ and friends, he quit at 4 more houses and a Belly ache. He had too much milk that day, and was way excited. Then TJ and Friend kept going with me, We hit about 15more houses. TJ is the only one with any treats left. The majority of treats were Chips this year. Great, they can go in lunches.

Costumes? I didn't get around to posting, will now hijack the "wife's" pics...


In the above picture, I own Alvin, Clifford, The mrs Ann of green Gables in lovely dress s/he bought herself, and the GhostRider at the end with orange bag. The extras are friends of the family. Clifford is a rerun from Ghost Rider's First Halloween in this neighbourhood. One house recognized that, because she's a teacher. Teachers love book characters. (or so I've been told)

MJ is starting school next September. I went to my first "parents only" meeting lastnight. HOLDME! my baby is going to school! I had a hard time when TJ was going but this really? yeah I'm not ready. He's ready, the most ready of all, as he will be the oldest at the start but oh boy!

Speaking of boys, Aim! it's a huge deal boys, STOP PEEING everywhere! It's going to make everyone sick.

Speaking of sick, Teachers? Stop licking your fingers when picking up papers to hand out. This happened lastnight, the coordinator for the "preschool introductions" was licking her fingers to seperate the pages. ugh! The sponge plan is no better. I got the nerve up to say "excuse me please stop licking your fingers", I then turned as red as clifford but come on people! Panic Demic going on.

Speaking of that Panic, Big advertisements telling people to go get the shot, advertise them to go get that shot, and then??? LINE UPS! people at the kid school clinics that aren't suppose to be there. I didn't even bring the kids to the germfest.


Oh And not everyone uses babysitters and has family in town. I had to sign myself up for something for Jan4th? I don't even know if I'll actually BE in the city? sometimes I feel like I'm trapped in smalltown thinking. They also wanted my neighbour's phone number? I think I had more emergency contact # when I lived in the USA? my neighbours aren't exactly helpful unless they know we have a tool to borrow or expertise on how to fix their "stuffs?" Maybe I need to go back to friendly New England?

Phones got changed over yesterday, the tech that came? he recognized our USA safety Sticker, (we left it on, we're sentimental,and weird) and says "you from (state?)"
"yeah, I LIVED there too, "
Yep he was from about 3cityblocks over!

Bowling on Saturday TJ's lanes had the highest scores, WOOOHOOOOO! and Hubbie(wife?) says TJ said this "Thanks Dad for getting me interested in Bowling". It was a good feeling! like out of all the things we may be messing up here, this is working.

Curling? yeah I know some of you are waiting... AJ went curling, they start with lessons, terms and practice, then at the end they do a match. AJ this week was the only one with a point, and then he fell on his knee! SMACK on the ice, it hurt! he didn't "cry" but he was having a bit of trouble not crying, they asked him if he wanted to quit, so he said yes and thanked them. Hubbie says he got int he car and looked at his knee, and it seemed ok. AJ then says 'I can't wait to go back next week'. WIN! again, he's totally into this sport. I think I just realized TJ forgot his Judo gear. And there's the fail. On the plus he's got acold maybe he'll just come home and rest?

OK well seems the bag was packed for today, so maybe he just forgot to bring it. The Gas companies are loving me! Trip to town again, that's 4 times this week.

Random! it's life of a mom really Random this Random that. Why is it I keep wanting to put an e on Randome? Maybe I've been reading too much french homework? do they even say the word Randome?

Halloween pumpkin? we threw that in the back yard, every day I look out there's less of it out there, I'm pretty sure the raccoons are loving it. got to keep the critter Count climbing.

OK now I'm off to go read some more Randome(<-------see) over at Keely's while I wait for TJ to call home saying "MOM I need my gear" :) OK call just in "yes mom did you say I couldn't go?" see it's my fault this time, I had said "maybe you shouldn't go in passing yesterday while he was home sick" now today he's at school. Random mom comments should be monitored, because just when you thought they weren't listening? They were!!

Friday Fill-ins, yes finally I'm posting. :)

#149

And...here we go!

1. Plans and schedules ___are key to organization around here but some days you got to fly by the seat of your pants____ .

2. I'm happy when things _work out well, and I don't have to fly by the seat of my pants or I can sit in my pj pants______ .

3. The last thing I drank was _Tea______ .

4. One of the most valuable things in my life is _love of friends and family, it doesn't get any better (cue the bunnies and rainbows)______ .

5. I like _BBQ Chicken, Diana BBQ chicken and rib sauce, Red Onions, bell peppers, black olives, shakes of red pepper flakes and some mozzerella______ on my pizza.

6. Dear November, __It's my Birthday this month and I want it to be about me this time, yes I know I'm sharing the day with my brother and sister but I don't think it's fair. It was my birthday first and I think it should be all about me. Also could you leave less snow this year? no need to get a head starts. I was really happy that you left some in those other provinces while skipping right over my house. Let's keep this up. I'll discuss Christmas snow with December. No you don't need to warn December, I'll be nice. Promise
Concerned November Baby_____ .

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to ___Getting the kids to bed early, TJ has a Bowling tornament tomorrow__, tomorrow my plans include __sleeping in, bowling is cancelled for the younger kids, darn but sleep sleep is good___ and Sunday, I want to get everyone together and presentable for mass, ready for curling !