Oscarisms

I am a very sleepy person today. The pain that I have had for over a week that blew my shoulder and arm off of the pain scale, just will not ease up. It hurts to lie down, it hurts to sit up, work is impossible, pain killers are not helping. I can barely move my right arm. And it was so hard to sleep last night. SO today I am so sleepy. I also have pins and needles in my right arm and hand today. So not fun. Good news though it warmed up enough so that it could snow more. Hear the sarcasm. I got tagged last night. I got home and in my mail box was a little tag with a quote on it and a comment about being tagged and passing on a good deed. I thought it was so neat. I had never heard of it before. I also actually did a little scrapping last night. WIth my shoulder and arm out of commission I had a very hard time with it. But there was a contest on SJ to lift a person that I admire so much. I could not let it go by without doing a lift, and ended up doing two. Love Mo's

I called my husband last night and those were the first words out of my mouth. Nope he says they are still icicles so they haven't fallen off yet. It is bitterly cold here. The province has been under a wind advisory warning for a couple of days now. It has been around -40 for since Sunday. Cold COLD COLD. My darling husband has the unfortunate job of working outside in it. He may have coveralls on, but man it must exhaust him and tire him out with the cold. I feel for him. And next week when it warms up, he starts his enforced holidays. Not good timing. Daughter was sick again last night in the middle of the night. She also informed me last night that she is no longer going to eat meat. Where does a six year old get this. She told hubby and me that on the weekend and we were like yeah right. But she insisted again last night no meat. Her reading assignment last night was on natural disasters. As we were talking about them I was telling her the things I have experience

His doctor appointment was yesterday. What a day for it. Close to a blizzard. Cold, -40 wind chill, snowing, blowing and miserable. Just a great time to drag a little one around in. NOT. He is still at 20% for both his height and weight on the charts. Perfectly porportionate as the doctor put it. She is concerned about him not doing any of the diary foods. and maybe vitamin D deficiient. So we will experiement with some rice milk, and oatmeal milk. I never knew that one existed. He does have exema. It is sever. Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize. His coloring is a little wonky. So she shipped us up to the hospital for blood work and pee check. Much easier to do now that he is potty trained than when he wasn't. He thought it was great fun peeing in the cup Mommy was holding. Lets just say, mommy really needed to wash her hands. Nurse had a terrible time getting blood out of him. Poor little guy had me in tears. Then a sponge bob sticker made it all Okay. She thin

Tell what would cause this: Watching Shrek, Shrek 2, Toy story, Toystory 2, Finding Nemo, 12 Dancing princesses, and Meet the Fockers? a) You are a Mom b) it is so dang cold out that only an idiot would stick their nose outside c) your neck and arm and back are in so much pain you can't move d) all of the above . . . . . . Well if you picked D you are the winner. It is cold here, I hurt so bad, I am a Mom so all of the above applies. Daughter went to a almost sleepover birthday party friday night. Considering she is not a evening kid she did very well. Then skating saturday morning, and a birthday right after. This one was at the Hot Pot Studio. A pottery place where you paint and decorate raw pottery. She loved this. Saturday night though she was puking all over. Got the rug on the way to the bathroom and somehow missed the toilet and got all around it. Now I can barely move my right arm and here I am trying to clean up in that tight area around a toilet not fun. By sunda

This is not for the faint of heart. I am cuddled in bed sleeping. I hear a sound. But you know you are not sure if you really heard it or if you dreamed it kind of sound. Then I wonder if one of the kids is up. So I am laying there wondering. Then I feel a real real cold draft hit me. Now it is winter up here, so cold drafts are cold drafts, meaning some air from outside is coming inside. Even with my bedroom door closed I could really feel it. I am still half asleep probably. You know that area between thinking clearly and not thinking clearly. Well the thought crossed my mind that maybe one of the kids was sleepwalking and left the door open. Not a good thought. So I roll over in bed to face the outside edge. That is the side of the room that the window is on. WIth the little bit of light in the room I could see the curtains billowing like they were caught in a breeze. Now my heart is pounding. I know the window was not open and the curtains should not be moving. I a

What do I talk about today? mmmmm I wonder. Thursday is Thanksgiving in the States, Canada already had ours in October. Nothing going on in my world that day. Alexis has every single Friday off of school for the whole month of December. It is cold here -22 celcius. actually -15 with a windchill bringing it to -22. Both kids were brrr it is cold mom. Supposed to snow for the rest of the week, have not seen it yet.

Altered projects were the item of value at my house on the weekend. I painted, and papered, and mod-podged till I was painted and sticky and so proud of my work. I will have to take pics and post. I also did more Christmas cards, first time I have ever done homemade ones. I am quite proud of myself. Saturday was the first time I think Alexis has actually had fun skating since lessons started a month ago. I think the fear from the stitches she got last year really held her back. But she was out there just a giving it on Saturday. My Mom then took son and daughter to the Santa Claus parade on Saturday. The kids liked it and Santa gave them cookies. I had some much needed time to me. I actually cooked. me. I actually cooked. I made a chili recipe that Ruthann posted and it turned out great. I was bragging I actually got away without burning something. Hubby starts laughing at me. No you didn't. Well I didn't burn any food. I turned on the wrong burner and burned up

Ten years ago today the world lost a great man. A man that my own little son is named after. Austin as a young boy came accross on a packette ship with his Mom and Dad and older brother and younger twin siblings from Sweden. He talked about the rough seas, the crowding, the lack of hygiene. The little girl twin died during the crossing and he could remember his Dad having to drop her overboard as there were no other choices. He didn't remember coming west. Just the boat crossing and then being in Calgary and then the trip out to the area that his parents homesteaded. Ending up in deep in a Alberta winter with nothing but a trunk and the remainder of the family. Sadly within a year his older brother Ralph would die of a mosquito bite. That just left Austin and the remaining twin. It was hard. It had to have been hard. They didn't speak English, they had nothing but the land and the promise of posperity. Austin grew up into a fine young man. He worked on the Grand Trunke railroad

I really am. Do I have a case of Mommy envy? Am I overreacting? I am not sure. But I do know I am worried. My little boy was three at the end of July. At that time he weighed in at about 28 pounds. He is hardly on any of the charts for height or weight. He has a history of not gaining and of losing weight. He is such a little guy. You can see every vertebrae in his back and every rib. He went in to get his flu shot on Saturday and he is only 26.5 pounds now. That means he has lost again. Things that worry me: His coloring that has been always dark is kinda yellowed some. He is cold all the time. Always wants layers of clothes on. I cannot get him to eat at home. He has stopped eating much at daycare. Like a quarter of a piece of toast, a spoon of lunch, that kind of not eating much. He will have one swallow of milk and say his tummy is all full. He self weaned from breastmilk the day after his third birthday. He is has asthma and allergies. He has a rash all around his mo

It is cold, snowy and miserable and windy. I hurt so dang much. My muscles do not do well in the cold wind. Driving in these conditions do nothing for the state of mind either. I got to pass an accident today on an icy hill that involved two school buses two cars and a guard rail. Not much to inspire confidence in other drivers out there. I hope all the kids are Okay. Shook up no doubt but hopefully Okay. My home town is situated in a river valley. You cannot go anywhere without having to go up or down hills. North South East West gotta do hills. That is of course where the accident was on a hill. I am still driving the van rather than the Suzuki Sidekick 4 x 4 cause he haven't got new tires for it yet, and I think the new van with new tires is better than the 4 x 4 with bad tires. KWIM? My countertop microwave died last week, the built in one had died in July. SO I bought a new built in one, but DH did not get it installed. He actually had the nerve not even to ta

A two minute silence is observed at 11am on 11th day of the 11th month because this is when the Great War, or World War 1, came to end in 1918. Now this anniversary is used to remember all the people who've died in wars since World War 1. Lest we Forget

My daughter colored these two pictures and then I cried on them. We were talking about her school. They had the children make a wreath and then they layed them at a cross during school assembly and the were able to talk about family members that were in the war. I am so glad they are teaching the little ones this early. I am glad it is not politically incorrect to do so. My grandfather went into the war an underaged red headed kid and came out a grey haired old man. I have had uncles serve in wars, and an Aunt, and my mother in law had her brothers serve in the war. It is something we cannot forget. My heart goes out to those soldiers that are currently fighting in wars. They are doing a job and I support them all the way. John McCrae: In Flanders Fields (1915) Canadian poet John McCrae was a medical officer in both the Boer War and World War I. A year into the latter war he published in Punch magazine, on December 8, 1915, the sole work by which he would be remembered. This poem comme

This test is supposed to tell you what you weigh, instead it told me what my goal weight was. Strange You Should Weigh 165 You Should Weigh 165 If you weigh less than this, you either have a fast metabolism or are about to gain weight.If you weigh more than this, you may be losing a few pounds soon! How Much Do You Weigh?

Why do they always think they have to "solve" the issue? Why can't they just listen and say "oh, honey I am sorry you had a bad day". Makes no sense to me, they talk to us and don't expect us to fix it, so why can't it go the other way.

I hurt, I am tired, I hurt, I am tired. same ole blah blah blah.

I saw on Jes's blog that she didn't want to make homemade Christmas cards cause not everyone appreciates the time and energy and talent to make them. I kind of think the same way so I always buy cards. BUT, I was thinking last night and figured that maybe 16 people that really appreciate them could do an exchange of cards. That way all Christmas season you would be getting mail. I struggle very much during the holiday season and I know it would make my day to recieve mail like that. If you are interested check out the Scrapjazz Proboard site under general sway items and sign up.

It's Friday. Can you tell I am excited it is Friday. No clue why my weekend is jam packed but at least it is a different kind of stress. DH gets to work all weekend. Daughters final swim lesson is on Saturday. She then only has skating lessons. I hate it when they overlap by a couple of weeks. I need to do laundry so so bad. I am supposed to be cropping on Saturday night and sunday afternoon. It is already paid for I hate not to take advantage of it. But with DH working who knows if he will be around in time for me to go. Hiring a babysitter is not a possibility. More snow overnight. And more forecasted. Called some pals at scrapjazz last night, Lori, Jes, Cheri, Jim, and Christy. It was nice to talk to the ones that were around. I need more phone numbers though. I don't have many. Let me know yours by PM if you ever want a call. Lots of laughter and smiles the last 24 hours. Not sure why, but it is like a light switch being flicked. Maybe my body has adjusted to

These are some prompts from the Journalling Jar at Creating Keepsakes Magazine. Thought they were "interesting" Whom do you admire most? People that are straight up. Tell it like it is. No games. Who reminds you of yourself? unfortunately my daughter Are you most like your mother or your father? god I hope neither Whom do you idolize? don't think idolization is a good thing What makes you roll your eyes? people who are obviously trying to please rather than honest What do you wish you could take back? trying to express my views on religion What scares you? fire, bats, dieing before my children are old enough to look after themselves What is the most vivid memory from your childhood? being raped When do you tell little white lies? to make people feel better When are you the most satisfied with yourself? in bed at night When are your feelings of love for your significant other strongest? when he is gone Where do you keep your purse, bag or briefcase at night? on the kitc

Dexter put this up and I took it, not fully sure what it means but it made me think. http://www.commongood.org/worldview_quiz.htm Worldview Quiz ResultsYour rating regarding science/non-science: 2 Your rating regarding values & humankind: -1 Your position on the worldview spectrum: (-1,2) Science Extermination(of the human lineagein the natural world) Progress(for the human lineage) Non-science Science/non-science: The position on the vertical axis indicates your view about 'how the world works'. The range of positions along this axis is from 10 (most focused on science) to -10 (most supernatural/superstitious). A position near the middle (from top to bottom) indicates a basis in science with an openness to non-science. Values & humankind: The position on the horizontal axis indicates the value one places on the human lineage in the natural world. This is based on the answers to questions about values (these questions are outside the realm of science). A high rating mea

1. 55 days till Christmas day 2. Halloween is over 3. Thanksgiving is over 4. Baseball is done 5. Nascar is almost over 6. the year is almost over, not long until 2007 Boy did it go fast