Random Tuesday "does she still blog?"

Yes I do. I'm home from Vacation from my Vacation and today I managed to find some pics on my camera cards, and Do some Random bloghopping.


It's Random Tuesdsay.
As with most Random Tuesdays in my life there was Dentist stuff going on. My wake up call was from the dentist office today. (pppstt eventually? kids sleep in and it's the phone that wakes you on a summers morning, true story)
I changed the appointment for September. Once the boys are back in school, it's like a Spa treatment for your teeth. (once you get 16 things repaired, replaced and reangled)

So what do I have out of all those pics?

So you all know how much I love my Island? well this is just 1 beach we visited while there.  I took this pic from the parking lot. This beach btw is for sale. True.  The land for the parking is owned by a church, they are selling off assets. So if you want beach front? This is a Lake

We left this beach and went to this beach... River Front beach (use your imagination for a bit)
Darn that beach has a person in it. I'll have to hijack someone else's camera card and get a better pic. Hubbie's phone might have something braver. :P

After that beach I(same day) took the kids and hubbie to the Ocean Beach. See on my island? the choices are endless. Three Beaches in 1 day? sure we can.


While on vacation it rained about 60% of the days, so one night at the cottage? I made s'mores... in the oven! yep, too wet for a fire,  too mosquitoey for being out in the evening after the rainfall so oven it was.

I wish I had taken a picture? next year...

I also had my High School Reunion on the last weekend on the island. We had a graduating class of 103, in the 105h year of the schools being, out of a potential 115 grads.  14 ladies showed up 20yrs later to converse, play with our kids and study the island wildlife.

This is the look off from Route 4 on my Island. Largest Salt Water Lakes in the world that I know of...  If you read Friday Fill-ins on Friday the 5th? Go visit it's beautiful.   I know it's not very "random"' but when you pack 3 boys in a van for a 12 day visit to an island? it's Random. If your husband shows up on his own 4 days into the visit cause he missed you all? then it's really gets random.

Happy Random Tuesday Readers, if you want to join the hop/ rebellion? go see Stacy, she'll get you a sign.

Random Tuesday on the Fly

So happy belated Canada Day, how did you spend it? Did you celebrate even if you were in the USA? no? Ok well Happy Belated 4th of July? How did you spend that one? no didn't? you were in Canada? ah I see...

So on with the Random...




Come on join the Rebellion. The unmom is still on a break. (anyone else notice just how long this Break is going on?) Stacy of course has it covered.

Julie is also in on the rebellion, She's working and blogging. SEEEEEE Keely? hehe


I'm next. I have to find me some work. Anyone got a job they want to hand me? Or buy more AvON? hint hint. Today is order day for me.


Today the boys are playing with the camera. I have some Canada Day pics and some 4th of July pics on my Camera, but someone (not the kids or me) Drained the battery. Oh it also wasn't the cat that did it...


Friday we Celebrated, we went out to a midway, got some midway food, and I think I actually saw a girl I used to work with in Ottawa. It took me about 4hours to remember where I knew her from.

The Midway was a mix of Fun and interesting. I enjoyed the people watching. The kids enjoyed the rides. I didn't get on any. I saw how they were put together.

My flower gardens are coming up Fabulous this year. I did some selective cutting back this year. I took out the Edge Hog and Zipped and Zapped down those spots that weren't quite as nice last year. I also put some boys to work this spring removing the dead from last year. Wow the difference.

The food of the weekend? was a bit overboard. There was a Cheesecake involved. I had to mention that because Julie says she's never had Cheese cake. This one of those "easy" recipes that I have been making since I was 12.

1 1/2 cup Graham Crumbs,
1/4 cup icing sugar
1/4 cup melted Butter/margerine. SMoosh it down after it's all mixed and wet into the pan, this is your crust (9X13pan)

next step Mix up Dream Whip with the blender, 1 package,
1 8oz pack of cream cheese,
1/2cup icing sugar (you can use less if you want it less sweet)

Whip all that together.

Top layer, Can of Cherry Pie Filling spread all out. Done~ put it in the fridge with foil cover until you need it. I usually make it 8-12ish hours in advance. Oh also Don't forget to grease the pan. I forgot this, it was a bit hard to lift out.


Oh and we also did fireworks Friday night. We drove to another town to see theirs, and saw our town's 12minute version on the way home.



Sunday we hit the beach for the first time this season. Great weather and I mostly did the people watching, snack wrangling and holding down of the blanket. The kids and Hubbie got in the River. (yeah cold) My ankles were the early warning sign to stay out of the water. All boys survived. YAY!! also Locals? Stop swearing and smoking around kids. It's not healthy for anyone. And your vulgar rendition of "Oh Lord it's hard to Be Humble..." was plain stupid. Also Alcohol not allowed on the beach. It says on the sign. Why must everyone think the rules are for everyone else?

Monday... work as usual. We did light up some Sparklers last night for the older boys benefit. They are my American Made children.

Friday Fill-ins, Happy Father's Day Weekend Dads!!

1. One of my favorite birthday presents was __a telephone when I was 12. I really really really wanted it, and YAY! I got it for my own bedroom___.

2. __I went to the store didn't get my strawberries, because the man was putting them away at 9pm. If I can't see them? I can't buy them___, it was as simple as that. (pssssssst that's for you Atlantic Superstore! I'll buy them at Sobeys, Thanks Sobeys for restocking your shelves this week vs unstocking)

3. The moon ___last night was beautiful it was so pretty to see shining through all the spring/ish full leafy trees__.

4. _My summer plans____ includes _a lot of unplanned flying by the seat of my pants plans____.

5. I was tempted by _turning around today, I had started walking with a friend, and she had to go rescue her sick girlie from school. I kept her youngest with me so she'd have to come back and after some tea and coffee, and maybe a Timbit (shhh! for the kids) we went again. Off we went with 1 large Dog, one sick almost 12yrold, one 5yrold and one 3yrold and a wagon. We are determined. Summer mornings are much better after a walk. I do hope the cool morning trend will last for most of the summer. I did not see the bear yet. (tip toes, hide the picnic baskets)____.

6. _Trying new foods, going to the Beach, Grilling, walking through the cool wooded paths in the local parks___ are some of the things I like to do on vacation.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _my almost12yrold getting better, it's been a long week of fever and chills and and empty belly. He's perking up though, next trick ice cream laced with antibiotics,shhhh!____, tomorrow my plans include __Rainy Saturday according to the forecast so I'll try to get some of the basement tidied, and some Avon brochures Sorted,___ and Sunday, I want to __Spend Father's Day with my hubbie and calling My Dad and FIL! Happy Father's Day Weekend to all the Dads___!

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?

Sun, Summer, Cars, Boys and Filling in the Blanks!

And...here we go!
go on over and get a badge, and some fill in. :)


1. Layers of _clouds will create a huge Thermal Blanket for the city creating SMUG and Humidex numbers to rise, yes even here in Canada____.

2. _Because it's so hot here and humid I have no____ insight.

3. I'd be willing to bet __that my boys will race me into the water at the beach tomorrow, because Mommy is a bit of a wuss, but I'll get there___.

4. __Dog? a cat holding a squirrel in her mouth and bringing it home to Mommy(neighbour)___ scares the dog.

5. I'm fond of _Ice Cream cake, so today I'm going to buy one for Sunday, hehe.____

6. _I really hope I don't eat____ too much!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __getting the van packed up and ready for ___, tomorrow my plans include __Going to an Antique Car Show and the Beach at the ocean ___ and Sunday, I want to _Celebrate my oldest Son, 11 on the 11th, his magic Birthday____!

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.

Friday Fill-ins! Summer Vacation, Here we ARE!

And...here we go!



1. On vacation, I like __to take off to the island. It calls me? I go__________.
2. ___Nothing measures when it comes to cooling off like being______ in the ocean.
3. One of my favorite vacation spots __the Island. You just can't find that kind of beauty and hominess anywhere else, but maybe that's because I grew up there. You might not crave it the same________.
4. ___I have no idea when there will be the next__________ full moon.
5. Up, up and away ____off we are soaring into the life of a a Mom to a middle school kid. The boys got their reportcards yesterday, and today they are partying with their classmates and teachers. It totally flew by, I wonder if summer will fly by so quickly? Part of me hope so__________.
6. Bananas ___are the perfect food, but sometimes I grave candy bananas_____.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _My kids FIRST Friday of summer____, tomorrow my plans include __My kids First Saturday of  summer, we may get to the beach___ and Sunday, I want to _Relax on my kids first Sunday of Summer____! (I may be over this by Monday or Tuesday?)

Friday Fill-ins June is in the air

really, just move around that rain drop...

Go on over to Friday Fill-ins and get yourself some Blanks to fill in. :)
 


1. ____The Island_________ is my favorite place to travel to.
2. When I think about my childhood, I often remember ___chasing fireflies at my grandmother's house with my cousins, and I want that for my kids, so off to the island we go this Summer_____.
3. ___My hubbie_______ makes for a good friend.
4. The wind in the trees, the rain on my skin, _____definitely still sprig here________.
5. ___I have a date tonight and it's___________ is so exciting!
6. My best friend knows ___that I will love him forever, and I tell him almost everything. Shhhhhh! no I didn't ask for cash back_____.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to ___my date night__, tomorrow my plans include __more yard work and time with the boys___ and Sunday, I want to __Relax and get a good long walk in too___!

Friday Fill-ins! Labour Day weekend is here!

And...here we go!



1. I feel _excited about our new car____.

2. _The labour Day weekend__________ is always fun.

3. Right now, I can hear these things: _____the Radio playing 80's music, the ceiling fan, the breeze in the back yard, the keyboard keys,_hubbie complaining about all the things I left on the bed when he's trying to get in it,____.

4. ____School starts Tuesday_______ and I'm glad _____because everyone here really needs to get back to routine, and some other goals I have to complete which will work better with routine______.

5. The last time I ____was at goal was June 2004_______ was ______pregnant____.

6. ______Enjoy time with your family and friends_____ this Labor day weekend.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __Spending time with my family___, tomorrow my plans include __More time with the family, ___ and Sunday, I want to __enjoy some corn and sports with the boys and my families___!

It's Friday it's Friday, YAY! it's Friday Fill-ins

Good morning, yep I'm in a great mood today. I woke up at 8am buttttttt I got to go to sleep. So now I've worked all summer to get the boys to learn to sleep in and now in less the 2wks, we'll have to get up at 635am. If you're in the neighbourhood, just ignore the repeated demands for children to get out of bed, get their breakfast eaten, get dressed, wash their hands, and faces and brush teeth, and leave the cat alone and get out there to that bus cause mommy wants to go back to bed. :) uh just saying... WOW! I can't believe how fast summer is gone. Sorry I haven't been posting much this week, been trying to keep up on the kids. One of my goals was to get AJ to drive a 2wheeler. I think last night I may have hit some genius. Our neighbours were home for a bit before taking off for more vacationing and so the older boys were doing rides around the block. AJ wanted to go too, at first I said "no" thinking he wont keep up with this tiny bike and training wheels(it's set up for MJ now) but off he went! they waited for him a bit and really for Brother's at the end of summer? that's pretty good. Ok so for all of you waiting for Friday Fill-ins.

And...here we go!

1. He was a ___trying very hard to keep up and really did a great job. I'm proud of his efforts. maybe he'll want to go enough and some bigger kid peer pressure will help out and he'll drive soon__.

2. _______Labour Day weekend and BBQs, and squeezing those last trips in to the beach____ is what I look forward to most this time of year.

3. My best friend (s)_____is having a baby!!! I'm waiting and waiting and I'm sure they're going just as shack whacky too so I'm going to keep my mouth shut until the babies show up____.

4. ______I try repeated_____ to be honest with you.(while keeping my mouth shut too)

5. Appearances can be ____the only think you've got going for you but if you've got it all looking good on the outside you can hide quite a bit, it's all about the distraction, yes I'll distract you with these long run on sentences_______.(did it work?)


6. The last person I gave a hug to was _____TJ! he was frozen at the time, he went swimming in a pool that we went to yesterday and forgot his 'spare shirt" so when he got out he's only wrapped in a damp towel, so I hugged him(shhhhh 10yrold dont' like hugs much, and he's reading what I type, and giggled, love him bunches, will have to keep him)______.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _Getting the boys hairs cut, all millions of them, they all have a shaggy, don't get your neck burned cut almost similar to the 80's mullet but not getting there because the mom wont let them look like Dad from the 90's and 00's!____, tomorrow my plans include __go picnicing at the playgrounds in pants, brrrrrr cold again. ___ and Sunday, I want to ___enjoy the day and see what comes along, we might get packpacks ready for school, but we'll see__!

Random Tuesday, 14yrs feels like 3 maybe 4

Tdoay is Tuesday and with Tuesday comes Random Tuesday Thoughts. Don't have a clue what I'm talking about? you're new? YAY! for new. OK click this...and you'll find Keely and more random thoughters.


Today is my Anniversary, yes 14yrs ago today on a Friday evening, I got married. Old fashion I know but I did it before having kids? Yeah I know like when does that happen, 14yrs ago yeah people still did that on the island. Oh and I married the guy with the mullet. haha. I'm not posting that pic.

The boys are definitely ready for school. They are going shack Whacky, I still haven't gone shopping though for school supplies. I just don't want to let go of sleeping in until 9am! 635is too early to start the day.

Well I definitely have a gopher in my back yard, I was out to get my bike, and I walked into teh back yard by the mini barn and there on my back lawn is a gopher. It looked at me? Stopped munching on the clover, and while keeping it's eyes on me took off under my deck, turned to look at me again while darting for the tree. yep Darn gophers. Now were is that bear when I need him?


Hurricane Bill? yeah he could blow out candles up here in my neighbourhood but not in Nova Scotia, they lost some power.

I don't know what i'll be doing tonight but we have a babysitter, YAY!!! There was talking of going to play tennis? Romance abounds, and yet I think it's not a totally bad idea.

Poor MJ got sun burned last Thursday, it's still healing, he's so fair it's not good at all. The older boys went to a water park on Saturday and had a blast with dad. I stayed home with MJ, he was pretty happy to have me to himself. I'm liking this idea, totally screamed Go back to school

well I guess that's all the random I can come up with this week. Have a great Tuesday all.

Friday Fill-ins, the Beach is still calling

1. When will __I ever get over the over protectiveness, even after the older boys spent the night out, I worry about the next night___?

(or when will I remember everything that should have gone into this post, first I forgot the 1. then I forgot the badge link, ack, maybe I'm getting old? no couldn't be that)


2. _Can't remember really what____ was the last good book I read or movie I saw or tv show I watched.

3. Everything has its beauty but __the beach is the most beautiful place ever___.

4. __Hamburgers and potato salad___ is what I had for dinner.

5. I'd like your ___son to stop having a screaming fit at the age of 4, dear, because well this is rediculous. The school will never take him next year if he keeps this up and I would totally agree with them, but I'd rather they keep him in the day time, eventually__.

6. ____The Beach, of course, it's calling, its going to reach 31C today or about 87ish but then the humid ex will be 37 or 98.9F, for those playing at home in the US. The beach definitely,_ is where I want to be right now.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _the beach, was there any doubt? ____, tomorrow my plans include _the beach but in the ocean, I can't wait for the salt water and playing with the boys____ and Sunday, I want to enjoy the day in some way with the boys I like the best____!

RTT August and summer and only 28days left

RTT, yep that's today Random Tuesday Thoughts, I'm sure you've seen if all over the blogosphere cause well it's popular, have you seen that list!! Keely's site?
So go on over there pick up a badge, start randomizing and then when your don't, slap your link onto her comments/ linky thingy and finally read some other random thoughts. Tuesdays aren't Tuesday's without some random. Cool she's got naked in there this week... wait it's Casey that's naked and running to the potty? great now I know where my child get his "can't go to a different potty" from; he's been reading my blogs?



you know it's great to see when someone goes on vacation and asks someone else to fill in that they DO it! Remember that Hubbie Random Tuesday that didn't? I'm still wondering what exactly he'd say.


Well the beach was great and warm but when the beach is warm everyone and the parasites want to swim too, ick! so they are advising you to towel off quick as you get out. PASS! This maybe why Aj has a bit of a spot on him, he had a cut, put a sticky bandagey thing on it and I guess the water got stuck in there because the spot where the sticky was is now red, I'm treating with neosporin for now. The cut part healed, the sticky trapped water part didn't. ugh!

Probably wouldn't be a good idea to swim there naked, see I fit in now;got that done.

Maybe the ocean is called for, might be time to hit the ocean beach. Some nice salt water to stay a float on.

The boys got a tent for grading from my parents, we picked it up on the island, and now we're missing a pole I called and they can either send the pole with a guy that commutes a lot from there or not. I said don't worry about it, I'm not outdoorsy enough to go all silly about it, they wouldn't last out there by the crop circle for more then an hour tops! ha!

Sleepless nights, then again maybe it would get AJ to sleep earlier if I told him he couldn't have the tent night if he didn't go to bed in it? He's been getting up and dragging out bed time. He's that child that tries every single trick in the book to get things his way. It doesn't matter that I don't change my mind or that he doesn't get his way, he's still going to keep trying. Isn't that Kyoot? no!

We haven't seen any critters lately, nope no sign of them? Maybe they are busy bunking down for the winter? it is August? I'm noticing it's a tad cooler at night, the leaves on my first flowering tree of the year are 1/2 gone,Wahhhhh!

28days! (not that I'm counting) until the boys are back in school and I enter my last year of having a preschool kid home. ACK! I may have to solve this.

Abandon Chair was having a bit of a time out this week.


So when discussing cars with some of my commenters, Ashlee, clued me into this gem, her car? has a "anti-hit me shield". She had suggested this after the previous suggestion to put all the kids in the 3rd row of seats. I like this idea so much that now 3rd row of seats is a keeper feature. Maybe an invisibility cloak would be handy too?

Right now we have TJ back there in the 3rd row in my van, with his lovely puke bucket, paper towels, fridge and pillow for when the gravol kicks in. I wonder if the others would like to join him, and I'll stow all the stuff in the middle. Well we've also added a Journey to the list of "maybes?". We had a Magnum home but there is no 3rd row and the battery is in the back with the spare tire. I liked the spare tire inside the car, much better, no need to Beat the poop out of the car to get it to drop down when changing your tire at the side of an abandon road. For some reason I gravitate to dodge, I don't know why, I didn't grow up in a dodge home, I grew up in a GM home.

Ford didn't show up but I hear from the Headless mom's that they've done some work on their cars and their assembly. There is a huge ford Dealership here so I may take the boys for a drive. Field Trip?

When I was on the island I found it very useful for 2 adults and 4 kids to travel. TJ got to keep the youngest child company and was the most helpful for that. Maybe I should just add more kids so I have to have a bigger car?

It got quiet here? wow they all have their noses stuck in a book? Maybe they are all ready for school to start? hehe hhaha YAY~!


Today i'm removing tape from the painting that was done on the weekend. I love how well "let's paint" worked. I did 3/20 pieces of chair rail and 1 foot long of baseboard.


Words I'd like removed from my kids vocabulary... stupid, idiot, and moron!

oh and what kind of critter is this?



found this in google. This is not a daddy Long Legs, I'm still stumped!
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/daddylonglegs.html

The Ride to the Island

Warning this may be boring for some but I thought I'd write this down now incase some day I or they wont remember. I did it! really I did it! we left here at 1047am on the 25th and we arrived at the Cottage (an hour from the home where I grew up) at 6pm!

Hubbie is a great packer so I left the packing of the van to him while I piled more stuff into the pile to go into the van. I had 3 fears for this trip.

1. Bored kids, that they would be so bored with the trip down that they would start the "he's touching me, he's hitting me, he's looking at me... etc.." and I'd have to start the "If I hear one more complaint I'm pulling this car over and we wont go to the cottage, you wont get a vaccation and we'll go back home and watch paint dry" I didn't have to say that out loud once! I thought about it maybe twice, but they were not bored.
The boys brought a DSi- great for taking picture of other people's business, cars, trucks, trailers, transfer trucks going too fast, or pulling out in front of the mom when they shouldn't,and cool cars that go faster then mom's Van! They brought a V-tech laptop for MJ, he played game after game after game. AJ brought his ds (I think santa has ot do an upgrade on this now) and he played Mario continually. My only complaint is that his eye balls will wander off when he's done playing... oops. They also brought a laptop that Hubbie found while dumpster diving and fixed up. He cleaned it and made it run and put a map program onto it that doesn't need internet. He loved it! They could find all the roads that Mom was suppose to use and what was down the roads Mom didn't take.

2. Worry #2, was three boys and one mom going to the bathrooms. TJ is 10 that didn't bother me so much "go in there come out here and wait, don't move from that spot until I come and get you!" but I had to have faith that AJ could follow the same rules? ACK! that worried me. AJ always takes longer in the bathroom. I do not ever want to know why, really it should be a simple procedure. GO in, business, flush, wash hands lots,dry hands and leave?? no it's not for some reason. I then take MJ with me to the ladies, because well we still have that poo problem. It's not as disastrous as the Easter Weekend Trip though,(if you haven't read, it's like the 4th Random Thought from here...) well he did it! yep. We stopped our first pit stop 1.45hours from here, no need to "go" mini rest stops all around, back in the van. Next Stop was 3.5hours from here, we stop they all get out plan goes as is. Every one in and meet me here at the Pringles when you are done! excellent. MJ says in passing "I have a belly ache" I say "maybe it's that 1/2 lb of grapes you ate?, but we just let it go. only 3hours t the cottage. Away we go...
We had poo success on Sunday at the cottage. oh the excitement

3. My other worry is gas fill up! You can't leave kids in cars to go pay for your gas like our parents did, it's just too dangerous. You never know which idiot, especially the closer to the island you get, will have a cigarette* in his mouth while pumping the gas, or which kid will put the car into drive, or whatever so it's all about dragging 3 boys into the gas station to pay. At Stop 2 I notice there is a "full serve" sign,hmmmmmmm, maybe I should stop and get gas here? but wait the car is already pointed to the road to the island and I can make it ot he station before the causeway so I didn't. I got back on the highway and kept going. I get to the Place I want to stop and I stop it's self serve, so I ready my mind for the dragging in of 3 kids and then I see "pay up front, orrrrrrrr pay at the pump" ohhhhh pay at the pump you say? WOOOOOHOOOOOO! yep jobs done. Gas paid, me back in the van almost giddy and off we go. Over the Causeway, then to the Island.


So the 3 big fears didn't seem to be a problem. The rest of the trip going well We stop in the last"biggish" grocery store before the cottage to get milk and I buy a box of store brand Drumsticks, 4 pack, they all eat them and me and I sit in the car eying the government store, but didn't go in. It was there, I figured I was too tired to stop so we didn't. TJ was in charge of handing out the drinks and snacks. We didn't stop any where ot eat, he just kept sending the snacks forward.
I pull into the driveway of the cottage at 6pm and all is well. Van looked like this next morning complete with bunny looking to eat my tires?




I get my van unpacked enough for the cottage and get ourselves settled. ohhhhhhhh the tired! The boys enjoyed their grandparents(there to meet us) and had a great night. I think the adults fell asleep before the kids though. MJ slept in my bed and upside down with his head by the fridge. (Fridge lives in the bedroom off the kitchen due to repairs in the rebuilding of the porch)

So that's the big drive I had my brain convinced was impossible without Hubbie and I did it! Now I could do it again, I could I know that part is accomplish-able(new word). A new Car would be nice though.


*cigarettes -so something the boys aren't used to seeing that much, it became a cause for discussion, "oh look they are smoking", is now like the dirty phrase of the generation, remember when it was "oh they are kissing, ewwwwwww"

Random Tuesday Thoughts, Trip update, Boys, Run Run Run, HASAY too!

Ok I'm back, did you miss me last week? I missed me last week, I missed Hubbie doing a post too, he said he 'might' but he didn't. Darn! But my kitchen looks way awesome, all that fresh paint!
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OK so I'm back, I went on the 25th in my PACKED van of me and 3 boys and headed for the island. Yep made it we left the driveway at 1047am and arrived in the driveway of the "cottage" (read:shack/lightly assembled bungalow/house in the middle of a mosquito and black fly ranch), at 6pm! This is documented by my mom in the log. My legs are healing in time for the next bite crop.

Log? Why?? I'm not even sure why the log is there, but it does contain some information on things like oh why the vacuum spits out more dust then it sucks up. You know "stuff"

The boys loved it! they chased Bunnies, they put up a tent, and a canopy, and one was up on staging and putting siding on the side of the place.

They also were used to fill in a septic hole. You know cause boys want to play in dirt, and run and play balance games on a 1 axle trailer. You've really got to let go of some of your reservations about what they can and can't do.

Today I've got Trooper's Santa Maria in my head. I could use me some "too much today" but it's only noon yet.




The boys saw a snake. You know this isn't so random... Okay let's throw some Random. I'm FAT! yep I've gained a bit of poundage and ate a LOT of food I don't ordinarily eat. I had my Pizza fix. Oh yummy! I can't ever get pizza like that anywhere. The BEST, the boys don't understand, because they didn't grow up there. If you looked at their plates though both times we had it? they ate it! more then they eat here. TJ ate 2 slices!!!


Just made the boys lemonade for breakfast,with some granola bars, honey roasted peanuts and chocolate chip cookies, it might be time to get some groceries here. I have to feed them since there is no one else here to cook. I miss that part of vacation. My dad makes AWESOME bacon and eggs. *did I mention I am fat?


The Captain didn't join me on the Saturday I arrived, he didn't get packed (no open bottles on the road) and then when I got to the closest "government store"(yes that's a term, but it's local to the cottage island) I didn't want to drag 3 boys in with me, it kind of doesn't look right there. Here? no one would bat an eye but there it's only been in the last 10yrs since kids are allowed to accompany their parents into lounges or Liquor Stores so the eyebrows are still primed for "OMG she's taking kids in there?" ACK!

AJ's allergies were a mess on the island, poor boy was snoring heavily, I bought him some allergy stuff, so he could sleep without coughing and hacking up a lung. No he doesn't have the flu!

I am getting a lot of spam over the last 2wks! WTH? I've never gotten this much before, now I've got people wanting me to date, you to find my perfect match, join the military and be a nurse, oh get a loan, and a re-mortgage my mortgage? oh and send them lots of money!

Watched a bit of TV, that cottage gets better reception on antenna then my TV here? no digital boxes needed there? 2 channels in English!

I got to see 2 high school friends, one at wally world on her date night and another at the beach! I saw her sister first, she lives at the beach all summer, and then my friend came to meet us. I"m BUMMED I didn't fit more local to there friends in.

MJ pooped! yep he pooped at the cottage about 6times the first day, then we got to my parents house and he'd get his bag of potty seat and stool and take off for the bathroom when necessary. we did forget said bag of supplies a few times so he'd wait it out. "I have a belly ache" is now code for "we're going back to Grandmas so you can poop!" Oh the way home yesterday, he left some poop in a Toilet at a gas station! Freedom! now to get rid of that seat and stool?

Oh surprise of the week? Hubbie hopped on a bus on Friday and joined me on the island! his parents were very happy, I was happy too, very happy. We went out for a date Saturday night. We ended up at wally world, and watching fireworks from our car. So boring, you lose the kids for 5hours and suddenly you have no idea what to do with yourselves.


BTW if you drive too long on a blown tire? it will bend the rim of your wheel. Just saying.



I didn't know I had blown the tire on that LONG dirt road but I did, 1.75hours later someone came by. I asked if they ahd a phone? yes they handed over their phone. NO SIGNAL! so you know what's the point in having a cellphone I say? it wouldn't have helped at all here. So My mom was with me at the time she comes out of the van to meet the car of people, and it I'm looking at her like I know her, she sees my mom and it's CLICK! "Hi (mom's name HA! thought you'd hear you?)" And she woman in car says "you don't remember me do you?" well no, sorry my brain is on the 3 boys I've got sitting in my van who have eaten all the food they could find in the fridge/cooler, and bags of snacks from the beach runs, and drinks too. Turns out she's the woman that made my prom gown in the VERY early 90's. Her Hubbie got out and tried to do what I was doing, which was get the spare off from under the van. It didn't happen so mom and AJ went with these people in their van and went to the cottage (3km from the site of the evil tire problem) and got my dad. Dad and another cottage neighbour came out and with the aid of some minimal tools a trip back to the cottage for a hacksaw, and some borrowed tools from a woodshed I found somewhere close...(details withheld...LOL,but uh people if you have a cottage and you've locked it up, don't leave your bucksaw and Ax in the open woodshed... just saying

They got the spare to come down. OK so that's great. My emergency brake line snapped when I put it on so they could jack it up more, and get the spare on. I DO have pics of the tire. Must upload today.

Lot of road work going on on the island. Stopped to watch these creatures. Well we didn't stop on purpose... the guy with the sign insisted we stop.



So for HASAY activity log? let me see. went to the beach 4 times and chased my kids around for 10days, cleaned the cottage, helped put up siding, chased bunnies with the kids. Bought a fruit tray once, found strawberries on sale for 1.67, pizza had veggies on it, put up tents and disassembled tents,packed van, took the boys to a few playgrounds to use up energy, borrowed my mom's bike to chase my kids on bikes too. My dad has 3 bike at his house. I fell into bed every single night and slept until about 9am. Oh did I mention turning that thing for an hour trying to get the van to let go of the tire? Oh lifting the sub Hubbie has in the back of my van 5 times,lifted dead tire into the back of my van, moving rocks behind wheels to van wouldn't roll over people, throwing rocks back into the woods, racing heart from hearing a coyote howl to the left of my parked car. Chasing boys that were trying to run around the van? yeah action filled week of adventure but I ate too, so uh maybe it wont even out? Ice cream cools you off, pizza doesn't require cooking and heating up the house, but I think the ice cream will be what did me in. I'll do a bonus next Monday with some Measurements.

Oh Sorry The Hubbie didn't do a RTT, I thought that would have been funny! OK so if you aren't bored yet and have got this far and want to do your own random Tuesday Thoughts post, get yourself a button over at Keely and get to posting.

This is getting way long so I'll save the beach pictures for later in the week.

Friday Fill-ins Being the Adult, Not a chicken

And...here we go!



1. __Driving with 3 boys, and I will be repeating "it___ is not the end of the world".

2. Sitting here, listening to the sound of rain falling, I __am going to be suffering for SAD in the summer too this year. The sun is not shining enough for summer, and the leaves are about 1/4 changed on my trees, yes I know it's summer___.

3. ___Island Pizza,is in my memory and i can't wait to get some because__ tastes so good!

4. Sometimes, putting others first is _key to happiness, it's giving and receiving___.

5. __My Island__ is breathtaking, really.

6. Well, maybe there is __enough nerve in me to do this along. I've never driven anywhere being the pilot of the car let alone with the 3 boys. I'm sure it's worth it, I just have to get it done. Nervous? YES! I don't know how other people do this__. (yeah it's the only think on my mind after tomorrow I'll have done it!)

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __packing up the van so it's all done by morning___, tomorrow my plans include _driving 7hours to my destination with the boys and not freaking out or chickening out, no I will not chicken out. I'm the grown up right? yes please? I'm the grown up. ____ and Sunday, I want to _relax! on the deck of the cottage with Captain Morgan his friend diet coke and my parents to be the adults and watch my kids, wait I'm susposed to be the adult.__and relax knowing the kids are spending quality time with their grand parents, and sleeping safely in their sleeping bags. yeah that's it__!