Yesterday was Squirt's Birthday. Today we had a birthday dinner for her, the only problem was, ...she was too sick to partake. She just lay shivering, covered in blankets on the couch. I'm still a Mom, and my heart breaks when I see my kids suffering in whatever way, & being an RN, I also worry about her possibly having H1N1. I realize I'm over reacting just a tad. That being said, I still cried after they left. Hope you are feeling better soon Kirsten, then you can enjoy the ribs...they were yummy. And of course there is ice cream cake waiting in our freezer.
I love you!!

P.S. Saturday night we took the grandkids to "Where the Wild Things are" very loosely based on the children's book. I think it was quite over their heads, but they had a good time. Wouldn't you have a good time if you had popcorn, pop, & smarties and got to stay up late. OK maybe the stay up late part is only for kids. Anyway we had fun with the them, & now I'm going to bed - no it's not late, but I'm exhausted.
Have a great week.

Me bad!!

What do you do when you find out you have said something that offended someone in the past, but you don't recall saying it, and you are appalled that you did (if you did)?

I feel like a terrible person, and I can't believe that I said what I said. I love this person, & think she is a beautiful young woman. I find out that I may have destroyed her self esteem in one flippant comment. For all I know this person doesn't remember the comment but maybe it's festering inside her.

I'm consumed with trying to figure out what to do to make things better.

Any suggestions out there?

Wired & awake!!

Got home last night from work & settled down @ midnight to watch my pre-recorded shows.

1:30 am I decide I better make a card for the baby shower that I can't go to because I'm working.

2:30 am- I'm very tired & decide to call it a night. I crawl into bed, snuggle under my duvet &......nothing!

3:00 am still awake- in my head I'm planning grocery list for Thanksgiving dinner

3:30am still awake & still planning dinner in my head. Randy is snoring beside me, I give him a nudge to roll over, & ....

Next thing I know it is 07:00am, Randy is saying goodbye & the dogs are nestled in their kennels.

08:00am the dogs are yelping to get out of the kennels - only to play I'm sure. I yell at them to be quiet, don't they know I'm trying to sleep?

09:20am- I can no longer put off the inevitable & get up to let the dogs out of their kennels, ....indeed all they want to do is play.

I yawned all the way through my manicure appointment- not sure how I'm going to survive the evening at work. I guess I just might be needing a diet coke tonight...on second thought maybe I better not cause I had one last night...could that be the cause of my demise?

I realized that with my last post I did not include a pic of the newly weds. Not too many on my camera but here is a nice one.

Have a great day!

Fall is here!!

It seems like forever ago that summer was here.

The beginning of Sept we celebrated the marriage of our youngest son Devin to his sweetheart Liz. (we think she is a sweetheart too). The wedding took place in Toronto @ the U of Toronto Faculty club. It was a lovely wedding and they seem so in love & very happy.

Randy & I spent some time doing the touristy things in Toronto & then drove down to Niagara Falls for a couple of days. We stayed at a bed & breakfast owned by a retired nurse that I worked with & his partner. It was wonderful & the food was delish. I highly recommend it. It's called "The Greystone Manor". Neither Randy or I had ever seen the falls in person, so we were quite enthralled with it all. I have a kajillion pictures just of the Falls, let alone anything else.

Well now with fall here, I think I can clean my golf clubs & tuck them away til the spring (unless we have a chance to go for a winter golf holiday- but I think you need money for that). I do like fall especially all the colours, the crisp air, the crunch under your feet etc.(wish we could have been in Ontario for their red coloured leaves). Does anyone remember (years ago)the wonderful tart crisp apples that the Kiwanis club sold at the malls, and door to door. I don't think I have had such good apples since. It makes me drool thinking about it.

As we approach Thanksgiving, I hope you all have a chance to reflect on those things for which you are grateful, and for all that God has provided.

100 strokes!!

Woohoo!! I shot 100 in 18 holes of golf!!!. Now I know to those of you who are seasoned golfers, this might not seem like a big deal. But to me who usually hits 115-120 (or more), this is fantastic. I was smokin'!! Well a bit hot anyway, but I'm so happy with that score. Of course it will be followed by my worst game ever - that's the way it is with golf. I tend to rationalize that score away though- the course had no trees, it wasn't a difficult course, etc etc. Randy said it was a challenging course, but when I don't have to try & hit from around a tree, it has to be easier. See there I go...!

This week we are off to Toronto for Devin's wedding. We are also going to take a few days & check out Niagara Falls. My Mom & Dad went there on their honeymoon. I have seen it from the air but only in pictures otherwise. It will be nice to have the whole family together (except for Taylor & Quinten- will miss you guys, have fun with Grandma) Looking forward to great time with family,wedding, vacationing etc.

Ta ta for now!

Fireworks

Last night we took Taylor & Quinten to Global Fest. Brrrrrrr!!! We had made sure the kids had jackets, long sleeves, long pants etc., plus we had a sleeping bag, but we were still cold (initially anyway) After scarfing down a huge bag of popcorn, & a large bag of Cotton candy, the fireworks (by Mexico) began. The kids were enthralled. What really amazed me was how Taylor kept asking how it was done, "How do they get that in the sky?" etc. As an adult I just accept somethings just for what they are, without question. So I was at a bit of a loss in trying to explain it to her. I finally told her to ask her Dad. Aren't they experts on everything? That is until you start school, then your parents don't know anything.

Anyway , the fireworks were phenomonal, and inspite of the cold it was a great night. We might go back for the finale on Saturday. (Kirsten, hope the kids slept in this morning for you)

My dress for the wedding is done (as in, the altering is finished), & now I have to go find jewellry for it. It's hard to believe that Devin will be married in less than 2 weeks. Where has our summer gone? I'm tired of working the whole summer, it's just flown by. I need to be independantly wealthy, so that I can go golfing, hiking, traveling, whenever & wherever I want.

(insert heavy sigh!!!)

Have a great week & enjoy the last of summer holidays. Soon it will be back to school for many of you, & different routines for all of us. Maybe we will have an excellent Indian Summer (is that even politically correct?)

(Here's a couple of dog & grandkid pics)

Wednesday Tidbits

I thought I should blog but I'm feeling a bit stupid, & non-creative. I was recently reading a new blogger talk about how she didn't want to blog about her mundane life & so she blogs with humour. I wish that could be me. I do feel as if my life is very mundane. Oh I could talk about MY poop stories as my darling daughter does, but you don't want me to go there. I can't blog about work anyway (that could be for very interesting blogging though).

Indy is keeping us on our toes with his culinary habits. A few weeks ago he ate half a batch of cookies, then a few days later, a big chunk of prime rib roast left over from my birthday dinner. The cookies were my fault, and after Randy reprimanded me for leaving them where Indy could reach them, he left the Prime rib out on the counter. Needless to say he had to hang his head in shame (& regret as it was yummy prime rib)

I wondered who ever named it "Pink Eye", cause mine is way more than pink. It should be called "Bright Red eye". I'm having a hard time getting rid of this thing. I've thrown out all my eye make-up, and bought brand new stuff. It cost a small fortune. And I'm never satisfied with what I end up with. Does any one else have a hard time finding the right foundation? I can never find the right colour. Maybe I'm just too vain. By the way going shopping for make-up when your eyes are very red & wearing no make-up is not a good self-esteem booster. I felt extremely old & very ugly. (OK my kids can refrain from commenting on the old part).

This is a very lazy day, but I should go get some housework done.

Have a great Wednesday.

PS How do you put in those green highlighted links in your blogs?