Random Tuesday Skates, falls, skipants

Random Iced up Bedroom Window

Yes first things first.

yeah click on that get a button of your own and randomize. I think I"ve been doing this now for almost 2yrs? so maybe it's time for me to stop giving directions? I guess though the directions like a middle school writing project, results in more words on the page? So yeah ok read the words.

Speaking of Middle school. Did you know that if you have a "quiz" it's really a test but the teachers are trying not to give you test jitters.

I met MJ at the rink today, they were skating with their class, they did ok with it really. I was impressed how some 5-6yrolds can really move their butts! I'm not a very good Canadian Hockey Mom, I didn't enroll my kids in Hockey ever... (hangs head in shame)I did though watch a football Game Sunday (and 1/2 of another) with my American boys... so maybe that's progress? or maybe not.

Saturday we had a lot of snow down and I looked out and my lawn seemed to be a "Boys only Zone" two Dad's 3 of my boys, 1 older neighbour boy, and the other Dad's Son?" and only -18C so I said uh "I'll stay in and clean house, you'vegot the boys zone covered" hahah And hid in my flannel pjs with tea and toast.

The toast monster is at it again. It' keeps jumping in my mouth causing all kinds of winter insulation (read=fat) It's hard to walk when you are hiding from the winter cold! -32 today at outside the rink,which made -4C in side the rink feel almost warm. (for those keeping score -40C and -40F are the same!!) In my worse French ever "Tres F**king Brrrrrrrrr" :)


Chair? coveredmore.. wait must find camera... there is proof here somewhere

Bad mom moment there are more pics of the chair then the kids?

I think the University Rink's website has a virus, I got all kinds of warnings this morning. I guess if something happens today with all my avon orders and blogs and games then Linux will have caught a winter bug? for a change. That reminds me I NEED more tea, it's COLD in here.

Friday Fill ins Winter Accepting the Snow

1. So many of us __have what we need inside us_.

2. ___Life can surprise you__ even in hardship.

3. Those who are accepting of _others the best friends____.

4. ___The snow plow__ is waiting quietly.  (I must learn to accept this)

5. Light is in both the __window and the porch___.


6. __Winter having snow is part___ of all that is ordinary.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __watching the snow fall from the warmth of my house___, tomorrow my plans include __Shoveling out so I can get out and walk___ and Sunday, I want to __rest and relax and walk walk walk___!

for those tired of the snow... I give you... summer backyard (oh that green does look pretty)

Random Tuesday, school, baking, oh look weightloss

Hello and welcome to another Tuesday of Random sponsored/taken/pigging backing on Keely. Grab your button and get to Randomizing your Tuesday.



The hubbie has been jogging, both indoors and out. Indoors he's using the wiifitplus and the EA sports Active. I'm impressed with his efforts. I don't have that kind of confidence for the outdoor running. I've got to get my wii on today. I didn't get any done yesterday. how is it that a day of staying home? speeds by?

Well I didn't actually stay home the whole day. I went to pick up a package across town, stopped at the dental office, the post office and the grocerystore. I then got home, did some dishes, and laundry waited for boys to get off the bus. Forgot that middle boy had Judo, but he didn't so he didn't come home. It was -19C yesterday morning and -21C this morning brrrrrr! I got the homework nagged but no one moved. heheh so I made chicken pot pie from allrecipes site here ...  Chicken Pot Pie IX 
Some boys ate it all, some boys picked off the crust and one boy tried to negotiate PBand J after 1 bite.  It needed a bit of salt because I used salt free butter for the onions, and forgot to put the salt in the sauce. oops!

My friend with the cat that didn't seem to thin I should be stealing her poop? Gave me a bunt pan as a thank you for watching her cat. I'm kind of shocked, I didn't need anything that's just what friends do? I didn't say "no" I didn't want ot be rude. LOL

I've been walking again, aiming for 5nights a week, down 3lbs. (long way to go from here) I am also trying to not kill myself with that EA Sports Active. HOLY Squats batman.  Crazy. Will do it today.

(missing picture because it's just too dark, must get better setting at night)


I baked muffins today, chocolate chip. Unfortunately they are very good, and I've had 2. (they were the smallest ones in the pan)

I got a mug in the mail last week. I went over to visit Growing towards a Dream  and she just happened to be having a Vlog and give away that day. I watched (she's great in the video, confident you know) and commented. My comment got me entry #8.  Also she's in Canada so it only cost her 1 arm and leg to send it here vs US to Canada rates for all the rest of my bloggy friends contests.

Hubbie took the boys sliding this weekend. I didn't go, I was roasting chickens. The boys had a pretty good time. The battery though on the Camcorder gave out so there is no footage, I'll have to just get you to review footage from 2008? (I think)



I hope that code works again. It's from Feb 2009 actually. Brain doesn't always work when it comes to remember which days I post what, you know 2yrs ago.

Talked to my Sister today, my nephew who is almost 10months old has been working on taking his first steps. ACK!! She's comand crawling still. I think he's got a future in the army? She put me on Speaker phone and I'd say his name and he'd sigh you know that baby sigh then I'd laugh at the sign and he'd get out his big belly laugh. I'm so proud to be the auntie! Can you tell?

My boys are growing like weeds? I wish there was a way to stop all this growing up. (accept when they areacting their age and driving each other batty)


also for those waiting for Chair status... if there is such a thing.. and also there's more snow/rain mix coming tonight. This is good because then the -21C turns to only -2C you know about 30-upper 20'sF-ish

taken from the warmth of the indoors

Random Tuesday, Yippee.. I mean I miss them

So We're back to school now and first day in and it's time for Random Tuesaday., go get a button, well read here, then there and then get your random on too and link up with  --->theunmom.com

So I've got my cable back did I tell you? yeah I did ant well today I didn't even turn the thing on until I needed to know the weather. YAY! no addicted. Computer is still on YAY!

I can't even think of all the random that was in my head all weekend. You knwo those "oh must save that for Random Tuesday"

So I got on the wii again, the wii and I are not agreeing on just how much weight I gained. Yes I know it can't be "that" bad but it is! I'm working on it again. Real food back again. I had gone way off the plan there for the fall, but you and I all know that spring and shorts and bathingsuits are coming. SCARY

AJ had curling this past weekend, they moved him up to whole sheet. YAY! I guess the kid are behind the sound proof glass (or the parnets depending which way you are looking) and hubbie was up in the watching area, the coach started pointing to AJ, then to the Full Sheet and then to hubbie and next thing you know everyone is going Thumbs up! I didn't see this of course this is all second hand stories.

ohhhhh whole wheat pita pizza is done... yummy!


boom Boob Clap, oh now it makes snse why my kids are always boom boom clapping, it's government funded "get moving" thingy. cool! Now if the could work on boob boob clap I bet more people would interested?

you know what else is random?dr oz holy moving allover the subject matter... again tv on.. no no addicted

OH I finally got a calendar, only what? almost 2 weeks into the year. I used to have the ForBetterorForWorse Calandars but didn't see them this year. retirement I hear.

Garbage Day is way less easy when your hubbie is on a business trip.  He should be home tonight. I'm hoping that storm coming up the coast doesn't catch him.

oops sorry, went and ate lunch and then got off track visiting other randoms.... Better go link up so I can keep surfing...
linking... are you there?

Random Tuesday Thoughts, STill Christmas

We are still here celebrating our Christmas holidays. What? you don't like my new PJ's. I guess I should get some real clothes on? but really why? no one ever comes to visit us. Well you all do. Go on over and get a button and join in on the Random thoughts.

BTW I seriously wish the boys playing the wii would not mess with my wired connection. No excuse, they aren't even playing an online game.

SO Santa found my house and was very good to me, seems I didn't make the naughty list. YA! I got EA sports Active 2! GO ME! so I'll be trying that out soon. still new in box at the moment. hehe  The family got mario Galaxy from the inlaws. SCORE! they are playing that now and messing with my internet connections.... "you are off line" NOT!

I'm still cat sitting. I didn't get to the clearing of the neighbours drive way but someone did. I feel like poo of course because we were going to do it. I don't know who did but there will be rocks all over their lawn I'm sure. Again I feel like poo...

Her cat wrote her an email last week... let me find it...


"That woman was here again, in the house and this time? Mommy! She stole
my poop! She took it all everything and I think she put it in Daddy's
garage. So now there's more water in my dish and more food in my dish.
She stole the oranges too!!! that whole bowl of tiny oranges I was
guarding? gone! then it got stranger Mommy, she started walking around
outside. She tried to decorate the planters in the front door way,(I
know they must have blown over in all that wind and Rain Monday night)
and there were foot steps everywhere. Mommy, she tired to put an orange
flip flop in the flower holders by the front door. I sat at the door and
just watched this because this is totally crazy Mommy. Are you sure you
left me with the right person? So the flip flop is not in the flowers
now and there are more footprints in the snow all over the place and you
would think she was born yesterday because THEN, yes only then did she
see the bag tied to the front door. She stole that too Mommy. I don't
know why she took it, (when you will get that back), it was jingling, it
sounded like gold bells. It might have been shinny but she didn't show
me and I was on the other side of the door.
So off she went and the last thing she stole? the newspaper and flyers?
I was going to look at those you know mommy I wanted to get you
something for Christmas but she took them.
I'll keep watching the house mommy, it's warm inside up here, probably
not as warm as where you are with A... and Daddy but I guess it will
do.
What do you think she's going to do when she comes for her next visit? "


I couldn't not share. LOL Seriously the cat was eyeballing me when I was rescuing the flowerholders from the front door way.



There goes the connection again. So what else did I get?? oh a Mop! yes I know exactly where my "place" is when I get a MOP for Christmas.... (roll eyes, yes I asked for it, yes it's a new appliance but not a mop on a stick hehhe steamer type mop, still scared to turn it on for fear I'll break it.)


We shoveled 2 driveways lastnight, and I'm sure there will be more before the new year. Why yes that was me in my pjs shoveling, I had my boots and coat on, you weren't susposed to be eying my tinkerbells so closely. What? you don't shovel in your pjs? What is wrong with everyone...  (glitter everywhere)

Mr5 had a bad cold, holy phlegm batman! but he got it all up! really impressive, good muscles there boy...

Does anyone need any sweets? I baked, I sent out baking still no visitors... hmmmm maybe I should have gone to the island and brought my baking with me?

Turkey? yes we have turkey, 15.88lbs of Turkey were cooked for 2 adults and 3 children. 2/3 children turned their nose up in the air and ate Stocking candy instead or asked for PB toast. I refuse to cook anything but turkey because eventually they will like it. I did.

Stuffing/dressing really, turned out great. I put it in a casserole dish in the oven while I made the gravy. Yummy!

11yrolds think they are too cool for winter wear. HA! he's going to get the garbage cans now. YIKES that reminds me I should have put out the neighbours bin lastnight. MORE neighbour fail. :(

OK again what did I get? Slippers! 2 pair, gift cards for my favorite store. The parents got a new camera!Yay!

Oh Mr9 got Charades. I can't wait to play that! it's the travel version. Oh I bought myself a ring from Avon. I guess being a rep has some perks.

I guess that's all the random I can scoop up.So link up with Keely and tell us all your random get it all off your fingertips until next year...

Random Tuesday, Randomly appearing in December

I'm not sure if you've noticed but every Tuesday just Randomly  appears.  Oh wait that's not the meaning of Random is it? Want the real meaning of Random? go link up and read and write yourself some Random Tuesday posts... here...



did you click it? are you coming back?

There was homework involved in that clicking did you see? now we have to send Christmas baking. I do hope that Canada Post doesn't eat what I sent. I'm sure they will.

Did you write your Santa Letter? yeah it's a Canadian thing cause well we're Canada We OWN the North Pole. Yep I've got Proof.  Santa has a Canadian Postal Code. H0H 0H0. yep, it's true, I read it on the internet and before that in the news papers and heard it on the radio and my mom told me.

Don't listen to that Julie! she was telling some outlandish stories lastnight about Tinkerbell, Glitter, Santa, missing Bunnies and the toothfairy! DO not believe her, because Believe=Better presents!!

Speaking of Believe, I Believe I have to sell more Avon in 2011. Canadian Customers only.. ugh! I also Believe I'm going ot have to fork out $ for my own Avon Website. ugh! The thing about being self employed? you have to self fund.

Boys last week of school. At first I figured they were getting less Christmas but you know it's better this way because Christmas comes The Eve and Day, and I get more stuff done.

Baking some done, fudge? MIA! I'm pretty sure though my assets are bigger. But maybe not, I've been so go go go, I've not been eating as much, picking really, and my pants I bought first of the month, are a bit high waisted now.

Bummed a bit, some friends are visiting the island this Christmas. I wont get to see them because it's my year off from the island. It's much less rushy here. I've had 1 Holiday visitor so far, my cousin came to visit last week. We had ourselves a beer  and chatting. The boys were entertaining. How many boys does it take to test Christmas lights? 3! Two to start it, and 1 oldest to come in and boss them around while the youngest gives up on the light and resorts to tacky Flashy thingys... this needs a pick, hang on the great Googly might help...
ACK! not even on great googly... I don't even know what they are called.

If you are a child of the 60-70-90s I'm sure you've seen them.

I just randomly left and wrapped a few things. now I have to go buy more to wrap. ugh! what's fun for a under 40yrold man? cause I'm stumped.  I get so stuck on "useful" hahah.

I can't be the only person not finished right?

not to find the tape again and the pens, ugh! Darn elves never print the same...

Merry Christmas if I get too wrapped up here and don't get back before boxing day. yeah it's a holiday... hahaha Falalalalalala

Random Tuesday Posts Pretend it's Still Tuesday

Yes I know that it's 9minutes after midnight and Wednesday here in Kyootycenter but it's not yet Wednesday in Keely's world.

Happy Random Tuesday.


Today I got mail. Yep! And it wasn't a BILL!

Bill gets a lot of mail here but now it's Christmas cards and packages from friends. YAY!

Avon came today, it's been a run around the world kind of day.  Must get some returns processed and some products charged since they arrived but weren't what I ordered. oops!

No Snow today, it was 10C today, so about 50F for you who don't read C.

The Abandon chair doesn't look so abandon, I didn't take pictures but it looked more like a pool party out there.  I'm getting new neighbours so the lot behind us is causing some water to move into places that it doesn't usually live. ick!

We lost power lastnight but Thank you power supplies for keeping me online so I could listen Momspectives Blogtalk radioshow.  (yikes she's already in Wednesday even though it's Tuesday in her world. I'm so behind)

Boys had the day off today, wayyyyyyyy too much rain. Roads were washed out, people without power. We went for a drive as a family.  My hubbie is having his eyes tested. I'll bet you thought I was going to say teeth? He's got to get his prescriptions changed and exercise his eyeballs.


Snow? Remember when it used to snow in December? yeah I did last week, not this week.

Tonight I moved furniture. I think I have the tree location cleared out completely. Now to get the Tree out of it's box!


Happy Tuesday again, Link up..over there.





There is mention of baking there. I must go check it out... last week waffles this week baking... sounds domestic? Scary!

Virtual Cookie exchange-Chocolate Chip or Cranberries and White Chocolate

OK  Karen sent me a email today, full of holiday wishes and ideas! This right here is the idea. A Virtual Cookie Exchange. Here is the code for the buttons.





Now my coding skills are a bit off so I'm going to have to work on that, but in the meantime, RECIPE? right you all want the recipes?



In yesterday's Random Tuesday I was talking about Chocolate Chip cookies for My son's Curling potluck. If you've ever gotten an email from the Cookie countdown on Allrecipes? you've seen this before. It started as White Chocolate and Cranberry cookies. The recipe there asks for Brandy and if you saw me Friday night? well uh I drink Rum, and the boys they dont' drink yet. give it time, there are 8yrs to legal age for my oldest. ACK!

So here's my revised for us recipe...
Excuse the spots...
1/2 Cup Butter (I used margerine, cause that's what I had) softened
1/2 cup PACKED Brown sugar.
1/2 cup white sugar
1 Egg beaten
1 TBSP Brandy... replaced with 2TSP Vanilla
1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour(or replace 1/4 cup with whole wheat if you use them for kids lunches, then you can say YES my kids eat whole wheat cookies when the teacher asks about healthy choices)
1/2 TSP of Baking Soda (not sofa as I first typed)
1 cup Chocolate chips (ORRRRRRRRRR the 3/4 cup White chocolate chips and 1 cup dry cranberries, also yummy)


Cream the first 5 ingredients, and then add in the dry at the end. You can use a mixer but make sure it's got GOOD power. I have a tendency to ask Santa for Mixers for Christmas on about the 20th or 24th of December.....

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..

Saturday VGNO

So I thought I'd participate this week.



I'm really not having a lot of "new" thoughts lately. Life here is kids, Animals and weight loss/gains, oh and Avon. That's it! there isn't much else going on but I did today get me some "fan mail". hehe It was nice to get this message lastnight just before heading to bed.

"

Hey ..(Kyooty),

I hope you ave a great weekend!  I miss reading your posts!"

Yesterday was Hubbie's Birthday. I bought him a pie. He doesn't want Cake for his Birthdays so he likes Pie now I didn't go all "domestic" on this one. I bought the pie!! his favourite is Lemon Meringue. I did buy some Lard this week with hopes I could try to make pie crust but didn't get it done. Pies make me nervous and I know this topic has come up else where. I almost read the same post from Carmen from MomtothescreamingMasses. She though took the bull by the horns and baked the pie!

The apple Crumble? gone there is no trace of me having baked two of them this week. Well there might be on my Ass? but no sign in the pans. oops! 

I'm sure the Altar of Truth(scale for my weight watching) will not smile fondly on me this week.Also not helping AJ just baked cookies... I skipped it this Wednesday due to all the running around that seems to come with having 3 kids in two schools.

The boys are in the full swing of school.  $ forked out this month for teams and band and so on? 450.00! so far.  I'm a bit confuzzled on this one. Why is it that school band for one middle school is 50.00 but for our school band, it's 220. Both schools are in the same district? Does this not feel like there's some kind of inequality for these kids? Why would a school over there, be more fitting of only paying 50.00 and my Children's school almost 5times? that much? things that make you go hmmmm Failure in Education again Provincial Government!! And you all want me to vote for you this week? uh no!

Now on to Katy Perry. I don't think it's a big deal at all. Maybe if people got less up in arms about cleavage, I would have got less "Stink" eye when putting my children to the Breast for food? BOOBS happen people. My boys all watch the video well the oldest didn't he wasn't home when I showed it.. wait let me find him.... he's 11. 

"That was just weird... it would be good with the original song versions" hmmmmm I'm not even sure I know the original words. So there you have it 11yrold  boy? it's just weird I asked him to explain? "wrong words and elmo??"  

You also have to realize we now have 1 station that comes in with fuzzy reception as our total tv viewing. We don't see a lot of this stuff and Sesame Street is no longer part of the Canadian viewing unless you are paying for US stations or kid TV. 

If you're up for a Saturday night VGNO (Virtual Girls Night out) go on over link up to Ann's and get a button.  I've apparently used tonight as a brain dump. hhee I do that a lot here. Happy Saturday.

Random Tuesday Melting

So it's Tuesday and my calandar says it's the 31st of august! in Canada but I feel like it's the 15th of JULY!!! It's susposed to be cooling down not heating up.
I'm melting. The high for yesterday? 33C the High for Today? 33C I couldn't imagine what all those expectant mom's out there are doing in this heat? oh wait they are all probably in A/C or a pool, or Large body of water floating in the cool!! That's where I need to be.

Last night we fed the kids as quick as they could eat and headed off to the River. It was cool and refreshing and just the right temperature. We watched Seagulls invade bags of chips. It must be now ingrained in them what chips are?? or that humans have bags of stuff? one day we left a closed seal bag on a bench? they attacked it!

I'm dreaming of this...

I want this weather today, or maybe just half?




That's it for Random today, it's just too hot to be typing. I hate that I just said it's too hot?

Friday Fill-ins

And...here we go!

1. Laughter __from babies makes me giggle, those deep belly laughs, but I'll stick to borrowing other's babies___.

2. ____"Can you get..."_ are the three words that started off the last email I sent.

3. What I'm most looking forward to today is __being thursday when I wrote this, getting out for my walk tonight___.

4. ___My Hubbie being home__ puts a smile on my face.

5. Where in the world __did I put that resume I've been hiding for the last 12yrs?___

6. _Quiet time is____ just what I needed!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __the Weekend starting ___, tomorrow my plans include _Beach time with my boys before all the beach weather ends and they all have to go back to school____ and Sunday, I want to __Rest and pray___!

Friday Fill-ins I think I need another English Muffin

Thanks Janet!



1. Music __is everywhere, even in the wind___.

2. Tea and a English Muffin_____ is what I like first thing in the morning.

3. The first thing I said this morning was: __"Let mom sleep" and "yes you can eat whatever you find" oops___.

4. _Hot Dog on the BBQ at the Beach____; it's what's for dinner tonight.

5. It's all been _a wonderful summer,but I'm going to hang on until September as much as I can.____

6. ___Snacking__ is what I feel like doing right now.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __Beach Time with my boys, then a nice walk___, tomorrow my plans include _some covert toy removal (shhh!), some Groceryshopping and maybe just maybe some time for the beach and a walk____ and Sunday, I want to __Relax___!

Me? Because I'm Kyoot, or a Kyooty

Well It seems I've managed to find me some more traffic this weekend. Welcome to anyone knew that has tried to find me on Twitter. Twitter is still experiencing what they call a "known bug".  I can get all your emails requesting to follow me? but the page that I go to click "connect" it's empty! you're all hiding out there in Cyberspace. I want to connect really I do. It's not you, it's not me it's Twitter! And they know. Which isn't a help.

Anywhooooooo this weekend. I logged myself onto Twitter (from my desktop because OMG? really I don't own or use a cellphone or BB or any other of those things), to see how some of my followers/readers and bloggers I read were doing in NYC! It seemed like everyone was at the Blogher10 conference. Me?  the Canadian Blogger who is the little fish in the BIG sea? didn't go.  Some reasons?
-$, I have none. my kids seem to have some (asking me to take them to the store, I need to mow more lawns it seems, and tidy my room?)
-Shyness, well this had to be said, I'm perfectly happy to shoot the shit with you all online and connect, talk and so on but me being in a NEW place? ALONE? (yes I know some of you were there!) would take some work. I haven't been on my own ever! I went from living at home for 22yrs to well living in my new home with my Hubbie.
-My kids! I love my kids, and really even when they are trying to destroy the house and my sanity? I like being with them. I'd miss them.

So after logging in to Vicariously attend I found two things.



and This!!! BackpackingDad you have to read it to understand. But this made me feel apart of something without being "there" because There was here. I'm still here.


I hope they don't mind me snagging that pic... from Toni? at Just Stop Screaming. 

If you're here reading this, Welcome this is me!

Also that twitter? I won!!! An apron from #BHAH peoples and Apron Frenzy. YAY!!!





YAY!!!!!! now to wait by my mail box... YAY!!!

Wordless Wednesday-I miss this!

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...

Friday Fill-ins! Happy 4th of July Weekend too!

Happy 4th Of July Weekend to all my American Readers.

1. When it's quiet __I like to try to catch my breath and remember the quiet but in the end? I wonder just what they are doing that makes it quiet_________.
2. ___The kids have been home a week but part of me think it they haven't been to school ______ in what seems like a month.
3. "My heart is ___in CB"(full words), I even have a kitchen Decoration that says this_______.
4. ____When I was younger I had one of those Scholastic diaries with joke in it, and one of them went "Now June,don't_________ July".
5. In the town where I was born __there sits a Giant Fiddle on the Dock_______.
6. __His hair______ is something I really love about my _HUBBIE______.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __Friday night walk with my friend, and time with Hubbie___, tomorrow my plans include __the BEACH___ and Sunday, I want to _Hide at the Beach. I guess I wont be hiding since I just told you all. OOPS____!

Random Tuesday Thoughts, It might get Random in Here!

Welcome to Tuesday, grab a button and get to posting/reading/following/or stalking fellow Randomizers.


OK blogger bring me back my plug and play toolbar!!! Why must you continue to "fix" stuff? I'm a very routine person. I like things to stay exactly as they were, leave my stuff I know how to do alone. If someone wants to change things later? Go let them!! I don't care, I'll still read their stuffs. Too many steps make people want to leave!!

I know I'm whining and there are plenty of other things out there in the real world to whine about. Life could be worse, I know it. I've read the blogs and posts from friends, but today? I'm whining abut the little things.


Speaking of little things, remember that post about Summer? and being excited about the kids being home? yeah I'm done. Bring back school!! Two mornings in a row I woke up to "I'm hungry" well Darn it! make toast? pour cereal, raid the fridge, MOM likes sleep! Well yes mom could have gone to bed earlier knowing you were going to be up early, but MOM likes sleep! As long as you all don't burn the house down, and leave us out to the bears? make breakfast.

I think I may have to bake muffins at night, leave them out on the counter and wait for them to "miraculously" find them all by themselves?


The Bear has not been back, no new footage of his meandering through my yard, so I'm going to assume we don't have the right goodies for him to eat out there? please! I'm still walking around the hood. It's relaxing almost to walk with a friend. I will not be going alone though. Maybe if I bring the loud children, I can solve that breakfast problem? hmmmm nah I should keep them forever right? I'd miss them and have nothing to do here and nothing to write about, and have to find a REAL $$ kind of job? (eyes resume still tucked under computer parts)

BTW it was Prom Week in town here last week, check out this ride my friend's Daughter had!!! I smudged due to her not knowing I'm a blogger. shhhhh. :p

why is summer so less go go go for them? not a lot of neighbours home during the week I think. All the other Moms in the neighbour hood are working and taking their kids to daycamps, and day care. Darn!! So no one is home. No one, it's so quiet outside you'd forget it's summer.

Oh the boys did manage to make themselves a lunch on Sunday. I've got a picture, it was almost genius!

I had another "idea" I think I'll try to get TJ to write a post sometime over the summer. He's not enthusiastic as a writer, but you know?Maybe because it's a computer and the evil internet? (shhhhh!) he might go for it. maybe?

He's connecting my photo card now, hey maybe I'll hire him as an assistant?

Have you ever picked up your camera, and uploaded pics only to forget that you took picture of different things? oh the surprises I just found, or maybe the kids took some of these? (car picture found and randomily inserted up there)I'll have a few posts for this week looking at this. oh look the insert photo option is MIA. (bangs head on desk)
YAY! Found it!!

Meals by Kyootycenter! those are mini pita breads, bottled sauce with beef, turkey pepperoni slices, and mozzerella. They toasted them in the toaster oven!

Sunday they baked Peanut Butter cookies, but uh when I got home? the house smelled great, and there were only 6 left. I left them for breakfast naggings on Monday. Sureeeeeeee you can all eat cookies for Breakfast, eat up, zZZZZZZZZZZZ Momma's Zeeing!

So 11wks left now. Whatever will we do?

Summer!! YAY!!

Today was the last day of school for my boys. This was the end of Elementary School for my oldest son. I think I'm more nervous of middle School and what's to come next then he is, but for now? It's Summer.

I just received an email from a friend today. There were more sightings of a Bear or bears? This is about 3miles "through the woods" from my place. Fun times. Who invited the Bears to my summer picnics? I ask you? Why is it that my neighbour hood needs bears? My neighbourhood is a good 20-25yrs old? It's not like these are unused lands.

I'm going to have to be on my toes and outside all summer. This may call for a much longer extension for my Laptop, so I can keep my eyes on the boys. I think the bears should now go off and live in a cave/or zoo. Leave the houses and yards for the people?


I hope I'm not being a downer to everyone's VGNO! I think this may mean it's time for a drink! yes a Drink to the Bear leaving town?


I think this looks appropriate?
Big Bear recipe
serve in
Highball Glass

alcohol
2%

Scale ingredients to servings
1 oz Southern Comfort® peach liqueur
12 ozchilled Sierra Mist® soda

Recipe from Drink Mixer


I think it's time for me to go collect all my books and cushions off my porch swing and move indoors. I don't want to be sleeping out with the Bears. Go on over to Ann's and link up and find some more VGNO's. It's a great way to enjoy A Friday night in with the Girls.

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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