Friday Fill-ins Vacation from Vacation

I'm back home from the Island. I figured I'd go over to Friday Fill-ins and Get back into Posting. I have more to tell about my Vacation to the Island but I need to get more batteries from my Camera and figure out how to get my Pics online. Seems it's a different kind of USB card. I will figure it out. My Card Reader doesn't like 4G.

The sun was out all morning and now there is a cloud in so I'll Friday Fill in for day. Want to join in? Go over to Friday Fill-in and get your prompts too.


And...here we go!

1. How can I __explain my Island? well it seems that Good Morning America did it for me___.





2. __So now that I'm home I'll have to catch up on yard work and___ weed __the flowerbeds. Holy Overgrown ___.

3. My hair ___is also overgrown. I must fix that too__.

4. __I had my 20yrs High School___ reunion _this weekend, I was disappointed that only 14 girls out of 103 graduates made it. I was happy to see some come home from as far away as Alberta. I would also like to congratulate one of our grads on the birth of her new baby girl. If she's reading this (hehe) this she will know who she is____.

5. My favorite summer fruits ___are peaches, blueberries and strawberries. I took the boys berry picking while we were home. OH so Juicey! Quinn's U-pick in Millville,NS has gorgeous berries and helpful staff. __.

6. __JellyFish___...what was that?

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _BBQing supper for the boys, some sun, some lawnmowing, (ok looking forward to that one might be a stretch)____, tomorrow my plans include _Playground hopping with the boys, checking the mail for my heart shaped rock again, ____ and Sunday, I want to ____REST as Sunday is meant to be about_!

Sometimes They are Working Together

I went to the kitchen just now to get another cup of tea. Tea and I are now as close as I used to be with coffee. Coffee though and my belly have  bad relationship. So I'm standing at the kitchen sink and I look out my window and I see this! It's so perfect I take a picture.  Tell me what you see in this picture? (other than the long pants and long sleeves)

WOW!

For all the arguments and blame games this is a precious moment. TJ was on the job and MJ got dressed and went out side "where are you going?"
"To help TJ"
and I heard it but I figured he'd go out and get on the swings or run around in the piles that TJ had made while cleaning up. Ahhhh today I'm a happy mommy!

Random Tuesday Thoughts,oh hello Blog

Yes I know I've been ignoring my blog. There is an invasion coming, it's not Zombies as you would be led to believe over at Keely's and by the viewing of my awesomeness Random Badge but  it's coming... in 2days. 

wait badge... plug.. wait wait there....(would it have killed me to spell check?)
 



OK so it's not the badge that's coming, that's here well there, it's the invasion!!!

INLAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (yes it does cause people to scream and run)...

Thankfully this year my excuse is "I'm working now"

yes I know I work from home and yes I know I do all my work on my computer, why yes it looks exactly like being on facebook all day but no it isn't. I'm working the AVON! it's working. Well it's probably workin because Christmas is coming but hey people want this stuff. Shock me! yep!

They want Skin so soft to decrease their bug bites and well that smell, and softness.

They want Anew creams to remove/reshape wrinkles into no more.. and wow wow wow it works. I know I'm paying myself almost to say this but people it works. My cheeks? Smooth. Maybe it's just the act of actually pampering myself (I got the stuff free that helps, that's how they hook you..) before bed but yep it works.
No we will not discuss the fact that my husband is allergic to some of the smells, we just wont buy those...

Jewelery. I'm so glad my ears didn't close over in the last 31yrs of having holes in them for earings. I know have some pretty things. I'm a girl again. Amazing. When you live in a house of boys? you have a tendency to let down your hair and uh not care so much, well maybe that is "I" that does that. "I" haven't really paid that much attention to the fluffing and looking in the mirror. Yes I looked to see I was fat yep knew that but putting in earings? unless I was goijg out of the house for an evening and uh didn't feel rushed to get out before the babysitter was starting the clock? yeah I'm a girl again.

BTW Julie over at Momspective is having surgery this week, could you all just say a little "get better soon/be safe" prayer for her? Tonsillectomies in adults aren't quite the same as they are in kids. She's going to get her ice cream /jello too but healing takes more time. You can't put make up on your tongue to rejuvenate/regenerate/repair it.

Is anyone out there doing that NaNo? for blogs this year? I think I fell off the horse right off the bat. speaking of horses?

   Zebra stars with Zee/ed This was my crazy Sunday, and wow my head was toasty warm. note the puffy cheeks? yeah a bit fat, must work on not raiding boys treats.

I only have 1 pic of boy with mask so you get that one, the rest you could see their faces. It's bad enough you just saw mine.

Wow footwear got expensive for kids? I forked out 151.00 Saturday morning for 2 pair of winter boots, and 3 pair of sneakers. The sneakers better be still in one piece come March/Aprilish. One pair of sneakers is for curling. Yep AJ is a curler again. I'm going to get better pics this year. I promise.

Ok that's all the random I have for now..

Wordless Wednesday:Alone

I am alone! did you hear that? yes that was the radio? And that? the
stove clicking for tea steeping? That? yes that is the sound of my
harddrive and my card reader. Pictures coming soon.

next up...

"I'm BORED!" <--oops did I say that?

Also principal told me to stop doing the happy dance in the hall ways.


Silence? might be Kyoot(pronounced cute if you are new here)

ps. Does anyone know why I can't get WorldlessWednesday.com not to load? too busy?

Random Tuesday Thoughts, Summer is still here

Happy Tuesday Everyone. It's me again, yes I know you were all kinds of surprised to see a post yesterday, well BAM! here comes another. It's Tuesday, YES! I remembered Garbage DAy, No, no dentist appointments. Get yourself over to Keely's grab a Badge and link up. (whisper) did you hear she's HUGE in the UK!

Hey so what's up here? Beach we got our butts in gear when the sun came back Sunday and took off or the Provincial Park. The water was a bit cooler, but refreshing and not like Northern Ocean cold, but River cool.

I have 1 boy in Day camp this week. Yep it's like daycare but I don't work, so off to daycamp he goes. We Signed him up in June. I'm hoping he likes it and sees some friends because playing with your brothers? Weeks on end? BORING!

Boy#2 is playing computer games this week with less interruption and Boy#3? heehhe he's cheering on Boy #2 without being accused of having Favourites.  Next week this will all be reversed, but Boy#3 will stay in his position as cheerer.

Having lunch now, must eat food. Can't believe how hungry I was at like 9pm lastnight wandering through the grocery store. That place is scary when  you are hungry. I managed to escape with 3 packages of Strawberries.

You know I'm totally boring today, I'm searching my brain for the Random. I think I told them all to my walking partner.

Twitter still not being friendly. I opened my tweets for a bit yesterday and that got me some followers to connect but it's frustrating. I don't need everyone on Twitter knowing when I pee, just the ones I pick, or pick me and agree!

I'm going to have to resort to pictures at this rate... let me see.. Random picture dump?  nothing... must find camera and cards, maybe something new taken by another family member?


(searching mass piles of stuff...) I wonder if I should clean this house? it's still summer though right, vacationish. Cue the Heat Bugs (cicadas)
We call them heat bugs cause you know it's hot out when you hear that BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzz


Have you ever had a conversation with someone and had to do so much "back story" that you lost the plot?

Critter Count, nothing in the back yard or front lately. Hubbie did tell me one night when I got back from walking "did you see the deer on the road infront of you?"
"uh no... I was looking behind me for the bear!" No sightings. YAY!
Raspberries and black berries are ripe now so I suspect he'll be back.

Farmer MJ is having a great year with his "candy tomatoes" That we did get a picture of.

He's harvested 37 tomatoes since they started to turn read in mid July! I'll definitely encourage this next year. That's almost 1 container I didn't have to buy and when they ripen up slowly, he doesn't eat the whole container in 1 sitting. He really loves tomatoes.

Ok since I'm rambling and totally out of random, I'll send you all over to Keely's link up, hop around the other Linked blogs and have a great Tuesday.

Random Tuesday Thoughts, Wednesday?

I woke up this morning and thought for sure it was Wednesday, I then saw the garbage in the driveway and the Random Tuesday Blog posts! so it MUST be Tuesday. If you're ever puzzled on a Tuesday, just head over to Keely's and you'll know exactly what day it is, well if it's Tuesday.Yep just clicked it myself, there she is Tuesday!




So of course I'm back from Vacation and you can tell vacation is over for sure... Laundry, yep! dishes, yep, garbage day, Cat is clingy, yep! We're home.

Critter count this Critter Count comes from the Island. The boys were at the cottage and running after bunnies with carrots because Grandpa-da said "if you catch one you can keep it" Well you never saw 5 boys and 1 girl run so fast holding carrots. Then I hear "well the bunny didn't want the carrots so I ate it" AWESOME!!! we have vegetable eating... Go Bunnies.

BBQ's are great, and you know the food taste even better when your brother is doing all the cooking. He did a wonderful job. Yummy! Chicken Burgers, hotdogs, Sausages, steak and I think I even saw some cheese on Sausages? nothing says getting fat like BBQing Every piece of Meat you can find...  Bunny was smart enough to run away from the BBQ.

Cowboy hats! are an awesome investment. I bought one for AJ for a birthday party that was a Cowboy theme, and he's been wearing it ever since. NO sunburns on his face! it's the perfect size.

Chocolate did not make an appearance in my vacation. I know right? what's a vacation without chocolate but well I made up for it in Thick Molasses cookies with cream cheese frosting, Carmel cream cheese dip and granny smith apples, Burgers, island Pizza, and there may have been a huge tray of nachos... I totally should have asked them to box half of that up. oops! TJ did give me a hand with the nachos that were not covered in Jalapenos. hehe

Tea. I did Miss my daily tea, there was tea, but I had a tendency to raid the molasses cookies instead of the tea pot, or the tea needed a partner? oops! I'm expecting a 3lb gane this week for the altar of truth.

Brothers trapped in a car for 7+hours? Can make a lot of noise and annoy the poop out of each other easily! "MOM! he's making a noise." =" Put on your mp3 and headphones and the noise will go away" "MOM! he's kicking my seat" ="so pretend it's a Rollercoaster cause here comes a HILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL" yes the island roads are a bit roller coasterish at times, complete with missing rails also known as pot holes and missing areas of pavement.

Did I mention the Island pizza? yummy!

Did I mention beaches? oh wait you need pics... hang on...oh only 110 on this card. there were 116 on the new card.
Boys on the shore one of the wonders of the world Salt Lakes.

Big Pond...isn't it!

Atlantic Ocean

And The Largest Fiddle in the World? Or so I'm told. There is another large Fiddle not far from my home here but this one is about 3 times bigger I think.
The Fiddle plays a large part in the Musical Culture of the island, as well as the Bagpipes, Guitars, Drums, and I think one night I heard the Harmonica coming from a neighbours Garage.

And what would a night out walking with the wife be? without a picture of her butt? yes this is my Kyooty  and shrinking Butt! :) Never going to trust that man with the camera...

I'll keep hunting up more pictures for another post. There was another Beach in there but we left the camera in the car, but you saw the River last summer right? Yeah you saw that? August I think last year...


Happy Random Tuesday... oh AJ survived the other Atlantic Ocean beach... like this...

I'm Back!

I've returned from my island. I'm not burned to a crisp, I'm relaxed, and I'm not melted. I may though melt today. Here it's now 24C with a forcast of 26C, ahhhhhh heat!

While on the island we visited 4 beaches, 4 playgrounds and many relatives. The boys had a great time sleeping at the inlaws overnight. We should have headed for the cottage for some alone time but all the sights and sounds were in the City. We did what real grown ups without kids do, we went shopping at the liquor store. No "mom are we done yet" "mom why is that bottle shaped different", mom What does V-o-d-k-a spell, or "Mom why are we hear, can I have some too?" it was great!!! Talked to the staff who were nice and engaging but I'm pretty sure they were surveying the customers for traces of previous liquoring up before of course liquoring up more.

Another Night we went for a walk along the Harbour Board walk and took pictures. I think there may even be a picture of me in there.

The inlaws took us out for supper one evening, it was a great deal too, the kids meals were 4.95 then 99cent desserts. I shared some of my meal with my oldest as he's technically not 10 anymore shhhhhhhhh! If he keeps growing tall I'm going to be caught soon. 11yrold do eat more then 10yrolds. ha!

Hubbie had 3 allergic reactions while on our vacation. Nothing says "excitment" and adventure like watching your hubbie start to scratch his head, his nose, his leg then his arm while driving... ugh! I noticed his reaction before he did this time. Another time someone orded a Sizzling Skillet meal and well he's allergic to mushrooms so the smell of just walking by our table. I sent him to the car for his meds. Another day it seemed to be that someone had mowed their lawn which was flourishing in Mushrooms, yummy! deadly to some whether poisonous or not.

I'm going to have to dig out the photo cards and get some pictures load up for you all.

Things I'm doing

We went to a Car show, saw about 1500 cars or so, here are some....







Then we had a Birthday.

We also went to the beach but as per the Altar of truth the past 2wks, I am up 2.2lbstotal, so we'll just wait on those pictures... until the 5th of never....

We saw this at the Car show too, definitely a genius idea, talk about eating on the go...

I also had to bite the bullet and actually cook a meal. This went ontop of rice, but it was just premade Meatballs, can of dice Tomatoes, and a can of Sweet Kernal corn, all heated in the same pan.  I used Spanish Rice for those that chose to have some. (insert eye roll) Some had the rice on a seperate plate. Please!

Also we did some of this... Pool boys in Training.

And finally there has been progress in the Tomato Plant department.

Now since it's HOT today we're off to the River to swim again. Anyone want to come with?

Random Tuesday Critter, 5K walking, wiifitplus, strawberries

you know how this random works, I've been doing it for more then a year now. I think? 

Critter count! so I'm out walking Saturday night, it had rained, and so when it stopped and the clouds started to break I took off! yep, got me out of the house and get to the 45minute point of my60minute walk and I see the mail box has a notice. Now people put up notices for all kinds of things, babysitters, lawnmowers, and missing pets. Well this notice? ?

WARNING! There has been a bear sited on (location). Last seen 8pm (it was 745pm) on June 3rd!
ok so let's do the math here. Saturday night was June 12th and yes there was possibility that MR poop in the woods had been in and got nothing to eat and gone ack to his usual areas? but you know? The thoughts of being Bear food? don't appeal to me! People/Teachers wonder why my kids have a lot of screen time? (computers?/DVDS) yeah its' because well it's not very Mama Bear of me to let them outside with the Bears? right?


So this of course brings me to the Prayer in my heart. THANK YOU GOD for bringing to this world the inventors of the Wiifitplus! A Bear will not get on your wiiboard and chase you across Wuhu Island? no you get your imaginary bike and off you go! off go the Cals. and not my losing my butt to a bear bite.

Today Mr11(from now on he's that no matter if it's not official) is off at a water slide park. He's celebrating with his classmates! and I hope having a great time.  I didn't volunteer to go help out because well, when it comes down to it? my son does better when Mom isn't there to discuss or see what he's up to.

Strawberries, oh I'm still craving those berries. I think I'm going to be costing us a fortune in Berries. I so should find me a U-pick locally and pick my own but uh Bears? ... They like strawberries too!

So I signed my butt up for a 5k Walk, it's hard to train wiht visions of Bears in your head. BEARS! ok so maybe this isn't so very random? this week? but will the Random ? here and there do? cause my mind is raising?



Oh the 'potatoes' are making progress in the back yard. I'll get me some pictures for you for next week! And we bought a mini (candy it said) tomatoe plant for Mr5, and he's watering it, and now we have 1 smallish green tomato! we just moved it over to the "bigger" planter on the step, I need to get me some Tomato cages to keep it straight I guess? There are 9 blossoms too.

Do you think Bears like ripe on the vine tomatos? I know that raccoons do. I think they have been checking on this plant nightly because i hear a lot of scratch scratch out back but never dare to turn on the light to look. Do Bears eat Racoons? This is why I'll never compost! I wonder how the turkey carcus I have out in my garbage bin is doing? It's garbage day today, all you can eat Buffet for bears.

Groceries must get out. Happy RTT! go on link up!
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Potato Potahhhto

  This is a flower I found yesterday in the woods between my house and my neighbours. I have no idea what it is. so I took some weeds out of the way and let it grow! :) anyone got any ideas? 

In other news MJ and I planted some Potato eyes, these are our results. YAY! they are staring to sprout. I had almost given up hope. I think I'm more excited then he is... shhhh!

  Or it's a dandelion that entered our raised planter box. My Dad told me over the phone that after this gets high enough, we can cover it up and grow it up more. hehe We'll see.

Random Tuesday Thoughts, Dentist so it's Tuesday

Ok so as I see by my Desktop Calandar it's Tuesday, get yourselves a Badge over at Keely's And get to some Random izing..



(forgot my badge,oops)
If you've been reading here for the last year, you've come to realize that I spend a lot of Tuesday's at the dentist. Remember readers don't let your dental care lapse!!! it could cost you a LOT of fillings, and removal of old filling and new fillings. I really now wonder how many of my teeth are actual teeth in there? Cleanings are getting easier though.

Tomorrow Mr5 gets to go to School orientation! ACK!! and a bus ride around the school. This should be "fun" LOL

I'm going to have to leave MRalmost11 nad Mr8 playing in the school yard while we do all this. I'm sure they can handle it. :P

I noticed some dresses on sale this week (and I use the word sale loosely as they are not cheap)and they have "Curve-tech". Apparently Curve-tech has built in bra with padded, underwire cups. So I have to ask. IF you need to wear a bra in your dress, isn't it safe to assume that your "girls" are big and that they don't need extra padding? really? I have the same problem everysingle year with bathing suits. If I wanted them bigger? I'd put an eye out or something. you know if someone got close.. maybe I should stop that talk now...


I've read 3 surveys this week and all of them asked what  are you currently reading? Blogs? isn't the answer they are looking for, so I'm off in search of a good book. Anyone with suggestions? Nicholas Sparks is not on my list. too much blah blah blah in the ones I've read. Action would be great, funny is good too.

Ever Been to Africa? no neither have I but Julie wants to go, go on over and give her a read, if you haven't already... Africa

yep that's me pimping her out.. she used the word not me, I have a firm belief she wont be offended at all? (If you are my family and reading? well you can just skip over the parts you don't like but click)

As for my family? really they aren't reading but I'm going to keep it simple for their future, you know for when FB takes over the world and sucks us into the "life is too social" media.

now I want a muffin, darn it but I don't want Muffin top. Altar of Truth night tomorrow, I'll sip my tea instead...

Well I think I've rambled enough, and you've heard enough. Critter count? The fox was lazing in the back yard yesterday, I got a pic but it's just her tail as she takes off. I'll try again and see if she's sunning herself. I think she leaves the kids at home so she can get some sun and a breather.

Happy Random Tuesday!!

Friday Fill-ins, the Weekend got away from me

And...here we go!










1. I just had ____Do these this week even though it's Sunday because well I like them_________.
2. __Life just_______ is.
3. The third sentence on the 7th page of the book I'm reading: __book... uh oh no! I don't have a book in motion yet, but here's one my son is reading, it's on the desks... ""Once a fine looking manor,and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around,the Riddle House was now damp, derelict and unoccupied.________.
4. _____My Hubbie________ tickles my fancy. 
5. I was walking ______lastnight and went for 80minutes, I came home with nachos and diet soda for my hubbie but ate none of it msyelf, I also wasn't hungry when I got home but was thinking about eatin a bit before I left, funny how that works________.
6. __The things my boys say at times like this one from MJ "I wonder if you will have hair like daddy, none on top?" "I hope so then it wont get in my eyes all the time" he's 5! and so positive and it ______ makes me laugh!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __we walked and watched Robin Hood___, tomorrow(saturday) my plans include __sleeping in(done) and spending time with the boys, then walking(done)___ and Sunday, I want to _Veg out more with the big and little boys, I LOVE weekends____!
Posted by Janet at 10:00 PM

Happy Tuesday

If you've been reading for about a year now, you now know that Tuesday means Random Tuesday thoughts.

Go on and get your button you know you want to join!


Quotes from Mr8, " we were talking about brains in school, yeah how Aliens eat them?" "Mom your brain is cut in 4, did you know that? and your Brain is an oval shape" hmmmm anyone starting to wonder if he's going to be a Space Doctor?

Apparently the back of your Brain is off limits until you are an adult? hmmmm starts working when you are 20? I'm pretty sure I know some 20yrolds not using that part?


Critter Count? Way down, I only saw a CAT this week, a house cat varity. I'll take a House Cat over a House Fly any day!!!

Boys have been involved in Festival work this week, I was almost having a FIT though because they need certain clothes for Certain Concerts. I'm going shopping tomorrow, yes I know last minute, for Thursday's performances.
I was hemming pants Sunday night at my keyboard here, to get a pair of pants the right length for MR10.

The leaves are really starting to bloom this week I'll have to take my Camera with me when I take mr5 out walking. He's all kinds of excited about our spring walks starting up gain. We go and look at frogs and fish and throw rocks and trees, and in the ditch to make a splash. I'd like to move his rock splashing to the HUGE puddles at the end of the driveway.hehe


I suspect Hubbie has entered the Midlife Crisis Phase, he's adding Light to the underside of his car... I can hear one of my girlfriends thanking me for snapping him up on the night they were due to meet.

There are now only 8 more weeks of school year. YAY!!! I can't wait for the beach. I may take the boys out to the provincial Park with their Remote Control Trucks in the Sand Piles some Weekend soon.

I think I just felt my face move? weirdddddddddd


Oh you know you've been sucked way too far into a FB game when you become leader ofn an alliance ranked 14, and feel all kinds of cranky when drop in score to 15.  This game is THAT sad, I am that SAD.

I've decided in order for me to live a longer healthier life that I have to go back to my weight watcher meeings. I'm going tomorrow night. WAHHHHHH someone hold my hand? I'm sure there are plenty of people at the meetings for that but oh bummer, I'm so mad at myself for letting a lot of my hard work in 2003,-2009 go to waste.

Note, just because you can get your pants on and zipped doesn't mean they fit. k!
BTW Earth Day? wht did you do? I just celebrated by dad cause well it was his birthday first. I should have bought him a tree?

Does anyone still watch TV? yeah? really? are you serious?


OK go visit Keely, get a button! Randomize!

Tuesday, and Tea got to love the tea

Random Tuesday Hits again.

Happy Tuesday to those that know what I'm talking about. If you don't know what Random Tuesday is, you'll have to go to Keely's and  read all about it.

 psttttttt i'm so ahead this week she's doesn't even have hers up, go me!




maybe it's not really Tuesday? oh that would be bad, that would mean I've had my head stuck in a online game for more then a week and 1/2 without looking up.

What? incoming attack you say.. wait wait. duck and cover. Sshhhhh you didn't see anything...


Critter count, yep, new critter in the works... I have yet to see it but there have been stories of said critter. LICE! evil ugly lice. I haven't cleaned my house so great in years! I'm eyeing the walls and baseboards and thinking they could use a scrub down? Me Scrubbing baseboards?

I cant' confirm they got in the house or on the bodies but I can't confirm they didn't so I treated 1 child out of 3. More hot water and hot dryer work today. The big plus here is the house is looking better by the day/minute. I'm getting caught up on laundry. I think I'd rather do the raccoon, deer, fox, or bear critter count from now on. Deal? yeah Deal!

I'm still babysitting on Wednesdays. It's just that easy money that keeps the little one safe while waiting for him mom to drive home from work.

Did you know that smoking sucks? yeah I know you did

Cancer sucks too, so do what you can to avoid cancer and don't smoke! don't be stupid.

I lost a family member last week to cancer, she was only 40! Cancer sucks! I had moved off the island a year after she married my cousin and didn't get to know her well, but still I miss her.

Been talking to friends online nad off about kids lunches.

Ouch!!! hard toast crumbs hurt when they are trying to go down the wrong way, cough attack!!

Oh I took the shears (do you spell it like that?) off the front window in the livingroom and now I don't want to put them up again. It's so nice nad bright. I have drapes (I know you're totally calling 70's-80's Fail on that) but they look ok and don't fully close as they aren't for function but looks?

oh back to the lunches, so I've been reading about how school lunches aren't that great but you know what? making lunches that kids will eat? at school to keep them going until you can force feed them a "real meal"? is hard too.
I have one child that has been living on either Cheese whiz (Calcium in the brand name one) for about 2/3 of the year so far. The other days he eats low sugar strawberry Jam/jelly/preserves on bread. My kids though do not know white bread. I don't use white bread for anything here, I don't even use the pretend it's white it looks white but really it's whole wheat bread either. They don't know white bread. They know the odd dinner roll or white bagel but usually I buy them in whole wheat too, because well white bread is blah, there is no flavour.

^^
that totally could have been it's own post but really would any one read it?

Being the only girl in the house means that all the princess movies are mine.

Being the only girl in the house means I've got to sit through old transformer cartoons on VHS.

my camera battery is dead, again, I never seem to remember to charge it.

5yrolds do not wake up well and are ALWAYS hungry, I need to find him some food. we're out of whole wheat flour too, (see I even bake with the stuffs)

I think we'll go for a walk today, can you all watch the house? it's clean now.

Happy Tuesday, go on grab a badge, babble away your random. DARN no waffles in the house and no flour to make more. Oh wait there's pancake mix,saved by a box of crappy pancake mix. atleast he wont starve. uh oh he's in the fridge.

Random Tuesday, it's all about ME being the Aunt

Welcome To Tuesday, go on click the button, go get one and link up to Keely's. 

Remember yesterday when I said I will never understand boys? well Boys they are Boys! My 5yrold just ran up to me hopped up on my leg with his butt in the air and FARtED!  BOY!!! I will never escape being a Mom of boys!  I Blame their Father! and the Reading of Captain Underpants (novels).

Another Boy thing just now "Mom Where's my pig?" huh~ oh piggy bank? Why? theres nothing to put in it. 


My Sister had a Baby Boy Sunday! YAY! She now has 2 boys, hehe My younger Sister says "My Rugby Team of Nephews is coming along nicely" I just laughed!

Little WDW looks exactly like his older brother, from the pictures I've seen. Poor me the Aunt, the important Aunt (not the younger sister and her dreams for Rugby domination) is not going to get to meet him until the Summer, when I again try my hand at single Parenting in the back woods of the Island.


Oh but with a bunch of boys around, maybe they should all learn to change tires? Yes I think this will be the summer or Tire Changing lessons.


My Niece is probably going to be the most excited,she's the reigning princess. She'll stay the princess! HaHA! !!

WDW didn't have a name Sunday, but now does, No they didn't name him Walt Disney World. Tempting though isn't it? 


It's raining again today. TJ is home "sick" Hubbie went to wake him for School this morning but he was coughing up a storm. I suspect he'll have Hubbie's sleeping problems. Apnea sucks!


Yesterday in Critter Counting, we were counting birds. Last Saturday we saw a Woodpecker, so I went off looking up pictures. It turns out there is 1 that is extinct and wow this guy looks like him. I'll have to invest hop off to the $ store for binoculars.

MJ is addicted to NickJr games online. He's singing the songs without the page being booted up! Right now he's trying to crack my pass word on my laptop.

You know if I died or got hit by a bus today/tomorrow any day? What would be out there in internet space without passwords? What would show up? Would anyone be here reading? Oh yes the Zombies as noted by Keely would.


So we're at the end of the grocery run here, I've got to get more tomorrow. Yesterday, the boys were due home, they are always hungry, so I made cinnamon buns. 3 boys from 5-10yrs old, ate 9/12 buns, I managed to barely save one for hubbie. Where does it go? oh then i found their school lunches from yesterday, sandwiches still in the bag. ugh!


Burn is almost back to regular color, just 4 pinker then usual and stripey. Is Stripey a word? wait spell check on Firefox says... Firefox is wrong.... and Stripey is  stripy... okay now we know. It also doesn't like ok, OK is fine and Ok is not, and okay is great. oh boy.

Darn it Boys again! will I ever escape Boys? oh but the cat is girly, she's lazing on the bed waiting for someone to come pet her, that's my girl!

(Behave)


Been reading that The Tales of the Beedle The Bard. (spin off from Harry Potter?) and it's borrrrrrrrrrring, no wonder it was only 94cents!

yawn, even I'm yawning... I guess I should just stop typing. It's been 2 days in a row, maybe I can pull off a post tomorrow too?  BTW did you know that it's a short week? Thursday AND Friday off! what happened to school?

Writer's Blog/Block?

I have no idea what to put in here. Random Tuesday's are easier then this because there doesn't have to be a topic, no ryhme or reason to write. Monday's don't make it easier.
I guess if I just start writing something, something will come to mind. I do have a question though. Are boys all easily distracted? Is it in their brain make up? My oldest has seemed to reach the age where he doesn't care about school work? Remember when they first go to school and you say "but the teacher wont like it?" that doesn't work any more. Is it that the teacher doesn't care? or is it that the kid doesn't care? There has to be an answer out there somewhere?
If I hear one more time he's "easily distracted" I'm going to lose it because I can totally see him getting sucked into a book for 2hours at a time and doing nothing but reading? Does that sound like an easily distracted person? I don't think so, if it was me? I'd be reading the book, playing FB games, running the washing machine, and then forgetting where I laid the book and why the laundry detergent went into the Sink with the dishes?

Boys! will I ever figure them out? I'm not sure but oh my sister just had a new Baby Boy this weekend, so I'm sure there will be lots of test cases before they all reach adulthood right?  I don't think I'll ever understand Boys really, I didn't when they were my brothers, or my boyfriends, or Hubbie, and now Sons?

Tuesday hits again, Spring! It's coming

Welcome back to Random Tuesday Thoughts. If you want to join in, go on over to The Unmom and get your linky!

Spring is on the way, I have no doubt. Today the high is to be 14C... ok yes I know you all want to know what that means in USA speak. It's 57.2F . YAY i'll have to get out the shorts soon. Then again... that might not be the best idea this spring. I've been sitting most of the winter. There was that good month in February when I was doing the wii every day for 3wks and thennnnnnnn I found Starfleet Extreme on FB. That game is like a full time job.
  
The puddles are jumpy, the ditches are blah but the chickedees are out. Time to buy the boys new Rubber boots.  One still wants to wear his skipants to school, while the oldest is "too old for that" well finally! it only took putting who huge holes in the knees.

St. Patrick's day is tomorrow, so far my only plans are stew for supper. I need to send out the honey do to get the list as there's no stew meat in the house. There's also no carrots, onions, or other veggies.

My van is broke, Power Steering leaked all over the driveway.  Last Easter it was my Gas tank that was leaking on the driveway, then the Tranmission fluid, then Break fluid, and now this spring we bring you power Stearing fluid?  It makes you wonder if Raccoons like to eat cars?

YAY!! the Fox family is back, they are currently 1 fat mom, I guess we'll see the pups soon, YAY! the Raccoon problem may be solved soon.., I've only seen one raccoon so far, and not since...

So we pulled out a VCR,to watch some old toons we had here and the boys say "I want to watch it rewind"... yep this is all new to them. TJ doesn't even remember the VHS years.   Today MJ is watching some old Christmas in July we watched in the late 90's. 

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Got a call last week to do some after school care for a friend. Just an hour or so once a week collect her from the bus until mom gets home from work. Last night she called and she's not too happy with the potential employer. The employer called all 12 people that applied in to "train" and then said "we'll call you when we have our 2 places picked" well what the HE double Hockey Sticks! all 6 people from Monday's Training assembled about 20 products each in 2hours, so that's 120 product completed in 2hours for "free?". It makes you wonder what kind of people are running these businesses.  I'm sure the trainees will be looking for a check soon? Labour laws got to love them! I also noticed when visiting the company website that the products aren't doing any "fairs" so it seems to me that maybe her "booming business" is slowing down? hmmmmm and she needed a quick... anyways... I guess that's random enough employment isn't it? 

(update here, She got the job!)

I think though I may resort to doing after school care here in the fall. I want to stay home here with the boys be here when the phone rings because they hit their heads, or just stay home because they are sick, and so on. I don't know how all you working Mom's do it? I know cellphones but we don't have oneof those, people we have no cable and we're watching VCR Tapes.We did have a cell before the kids were older but really, it was just another bill. We have a homephone and did you know there are still such things as payphones? yeah and phone booths! oh and answering machines/voice mail? amazing isn't it. I also don't text. So I'm not the person looking down into their lap at the stop light because I'm texting and driving.  

 

Drive your car, not your phone! 

that's enough random for today, I must go save a planet from impending doom! oh and bake some brownies with green icing. yummmmmmmmm brownies. 

 

 

My Purse or Their's?

Welcome to my blog if you've come over from else where due to this Tagolicious fun?  Karen over at If I could escape
Tagged me in this little Meme and award. which I found so much fun really who doesn't want to talk about all the interesting things that can be found in your Handbag/Purse. So here we go.

First I actually have a "newish" purse, I bought it in December to go to a party, and didn't stop using it. I don't like BIG Bags and I'm finally past the point of needing a bag to also double a diaper bag, YAY! My last purse, my hubbie bought from Sears in New England in 1999, so definitely time for a change. OK so this is what my new purse currently holds....Waiting for pictures... (sorry it's so far away but the strap was long and it really needed to be in there)


The microfilm, a menu for a local restaurant we went to last Wednesday and of course the bottle of hand sanitizer, I bought this bottle in December after I bought the purse. I didn't use much though, it's dries out my hands and up here? dried out hands don't work well.

My dentist would be proud, dental floss, 2 loonies, reciepts,(now cleaned out),a grocery list that was at the bottom of the bag, never remember where the list is when I need it.  Wallet that I love from a different purse and keep using. Pens from a friends business from 1998, pencil with Disney princesses on it from my sister in consolation for having a house of boys and knowing my purse would be full of boy stuffs, she feels for me. She knows, she's due this month with her second, I've got more boy feeling. Then there is the blush and lipstick of course. 

next we have more makeup, MJ's lipsol and MJ's (1)Mitten, "Mom can you hold this.." uh where?  and stuffed in it goes. And that cap? that's his collection, he's collecting water, and pop caps? I'm slowly throwing them away, couldn't he find another thing to collect? please?

 

Rules for the SunShine Award, it's all about the Rules right? 

~Put the logo on your side bar (ACK! I still haven't learned how to do this in 5yrs of blogging)

~Pass around to 12 Bloggers.
~Link the nominees within your post
~Let the nominees know by commenting on their blog posts
~Link to the person that linked you, it's all about the bloggy love

12 Bloggers...wow 12.... here we go
Harmzie's Way
Chez Rougie
Momtothescreamingmasses
Headlessmom
HiKooky
Infectious Chatter
Brandy <--- late entry
well it seems I can get 7. :) If 6 Others would like to chime in! come on over. :)

Grade4 Social Studies Project, Mom Assistance Required.

OK I was sitting here wondering oh wondering what you'd like to read, or what I'd like to post so here it is... ShortBreads.
AJ's School project this month was assigned with a preview in December. They asked them to include a recipe that reflected our ancestral back ground. A food that is used during holidays or special events. Christmas is a special even. They didn't have to send the food, but my boy AJ? he loves to bake with me, and show off his baking skills. He listens the most and has the most interest in doing it the way I would.  The others? they like to "improvise" or suggest other ways of doing it.

(sorry it's kind of blurry, imagine you ate it already)

This recipe comes from my Mom's Christmas cooking book (read:scribbler full of hand written recipes that she's narrated over the phone to me various times). I have this one written on the back of an envelope, that a friend Lauren sent me in 2001 for Christmas. We met as a Baby group. Our Babies? AJ and her J are now 8! so we continue to email, and get Christmas cards YAY!! and compete in the ever popular game of Lexulous on FB (I know it's a huge tangent but I do that)
The envelope is very loved, and full of splotches of fat from the butter, or even dried on Shortbread splatter, but it's perfect. I keep it inside my Christmas cook book that I also love and use the most for the holidays.
So with out further a due <---- really does it spell like that?)
"The envelope please...:
1lb of Butter (2 cups, or 454g) ah I know you are sooooooo impressed right?)
1tsp of vanilla*

1 Cup of icing sugar (confectioners sugar/powdered sugar, it all depends where you live what you call it)
2 1/2 cups of flour
1 Cup of cornstarch, (I know? who knew that those boxes with the rooster had more then 1cup in them, but they do.)
2inches of salt.
<--uncooked on tray
ok get out your huge mixer, yep the more power the better (insert toolman argh argh argh here, it's power tools for in home bakers)
Cream together the Butter, as fluffy as you can make it, keep it going... yep fluffy, creamy, whip it... whip it good..oops tangent
Then the vanilla, the 1 cup of icing sugar, keep whipping.
Now put that baby on FULL speed whip, put in the mixture of salt, cornstarch and flour about 1/2 cup at a time. Wipe down your shirt it's probablly full of flour if you put the mix in while the beaters are still spinning. when you get to about the last cup of flour mix? make sure the sides of the bowl are scraped down and everything is together, and add in the rest, wait wait wait, yep it looks like either good or crumbly, if it's gooey? you are about done, and then 1TBSP at a time-ish roll all the dough into balls. Our last batch made 57cookies. I think someone may have rolled them a bit bigger  in hopes he could get the bigger cookies for himself? maybe. Bake these at 350 for 20-25minutes. They will look done at about 18minutes and you can take them out but they will crumble. Keep watching. I suspect it's a "feel" thing. I wonder though how my ancestors did it without a 350F setting? I have seen other shortbread recipes made completely differently so I can't say these would be an original recipe, more of a work in progress? in 100+years, Im sure someone will come up with something different.
The cookies are then either thumb printed or pressed. We press them with a angel press I got from my mother one Christmas in my stocking. I love that press. We took a picture of the press, sent in the cookies in and picture of AJ mixing and pressing his cookies. He received an A+ for his work.

*I use that artificial vanilla and it's fine, and keeps longer, and no one is off swigging it, another tangent.... I had a babysitter that told me she worked in a store  as a teen and had to monitor which customers were buying how much vanilla extract, I totally sucked up that story at 12yrsold, my Mom had 5 kids, I went to school she watched the babies, yes i was responsible...just couldn't be at school and home babysitting too.

YAY for Holiday School Projects

My Son's Grade 3 Class has a project due last week. The Paper part went in Friday and the "Presentation" by the students were Today. Sunday we did our baking. OH the Baking my boy can do! I'm so very proud of him, and his ability to get just the right amount of Ginger Bread Men made for his class mates and some leftover for his brothers. He shared them wonderfully and now for your Viewing Pleasure... 

Boy + Ginger Bread Baking=Danger for Ginger Bread Men. 

Recipe from allrecipes.com called Eileen's Spicy GingerBread Men. So yummy, and if you want them a touch crisper? replace 1TBSP of the Molasses with Corn Syrup.