tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348681522024-03-07T04:27:10.568-05:00Perpetual Exhaustionhanging on by a threadgeenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-6943038667645587532012-03-09T20:20:00.003-05:002012-03-09T20:25:12.038-05:00Friday Five Have you ever been called for Jury Duty? Did you get picked? Nope i've never been called in Canada or the states.Would you try to get out of it, or would you serve and why? I think it would be interesting to actually be part of the process, but with the kids I'm not sure I'd be able toIs there any kind of trial that you don’t think you could sit as a juror? anything with murder or geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-64037933935573049952009-02-25T11:11:00.002-05:002009-02-25T11:24:26.197-05:00Right now I am reading a book called "Fall On Your Knees" by Ann-Marie MacDonald. I am over 3/4 of the way thru this book and I just want to power read thru the rest of it because the way she writes and the story has me captivated. Yet at the same time, I want to take it slowly and have it unfurl for me a little at at time. I just finished reading a revelation in the book that was like a punch ingeenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-2194868442004635972008-09-30T09:58:00.002-04:002008-09-30T10:03:06.179-04:00Burgh Baby is having an awesome contest with lots of goodies donated by lots of different bloggers. All you have to do to enter is comment on her blog post and let her know which of the goodies you would like to try to win. You can enter as many times as your fingers let you during the contest period. And if you link up to her post you can get extra entries!!While you are over there checking out geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-40349026012582734402008-09-25T10:03:00.002-04:002008-09-25T10:08:35.534-04:00Things Lucas has said lately that made me laugh....Yesterday at the bustop, there was a banana peel on the grass. Lucas pointed it out and I said how someone was bad and had left it there instead of putting it in the trash. Lucas got very serious looking and began to think, then he looked up at me and said "maybe a monkey"A few nights ago, Peter was reading one of his books after dinner. Lucas geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-41304002448032440542008-09-25T09:44:00.002-04:002008-09-25T10:02:58.675-04:00I've been tagged!! The "rules" of the game are as follows:1. Post the rules on your blog 2. Write 6 random things about yourself 3. Tag 6 people at the end of your post 4. If you're tagged, DO IT and pass on the tag Okay - six random things about myself... 1) When I was a child and growing up, there was only one job in life I KNEW that i wanted to do. When I enrolled in college there was no geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-9007276743750160602008-09-04T13:56:00.007-04:002008-09-04T14:23:53.317-04:00Well we are back to the grind...kids started school this week. Lucas is off to Kindergarten with his sisters this year. I can't believe my baby is now in real school. I did really well though...i didn't cry when i put him on the bus yesterday. I think it was because he was so excited i just was excited for him too. So far they all seem to be enjoying it. Lucas is in the same class with Juleigha geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-35194964437979201452008-07-30T11:12:00.003-04:002008-07-30T11:20:52.989-04:00 The Big Read estimates that the average person has only read 6 of the 100 greatest books ever printed. Copy and paste to your blog and play along! Bold books you've read, and italics books you love. 1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien 3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 4 The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling (have this on the shelf to read at some point)geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-18846043481030844282008-07-29T22:53:00.003-04:002008-12-08T16:29:10.625-05:00Anniversary tattoos!!We got a babysitter for a few hours so we could go out and get our new tattos. The tattoo we got is called an eternal love knot and we got it to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. Mine is on the inside of my left wrist, while Peter's is on the inside of his right.I have NEVER had a tattoo hurt when i got it, but this one had me making some faces, especially when he'd geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-7898942373953636572008-07-27T22:23:00.003-04:002008-12-08T16:29:11.286-05:00We went up north to my inlaws cottage for lunch today to celebrate my BIL's 30th birthday. While we were there I got these great pictures of the kiddos that i just needed to share.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I can not wait for tomorrow night. I have an appointment to get my 8th tattoo. This one is going to be on the back of my wrist...geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-19658410422991971772008-07-21T20:54:00.003-04:002008-12-08T16:29:11.909-05:00We went on vacation last week. We spent the first two days of our vacation at Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls. This was our first visit and we weren't disappointed. Everything was super clean, all the staff was amazingly friendly. Daynah made friends with a girl named Jillian who worked in the Cub Club, Daynah looked for her every where we went. Jillian even made Daynah a friendship bracelet geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-29922693239788127332008-07-19T15:19:00.002-04:002008-07-19T15:27:28.850-04:00I was tagged for this meme a bit ago now...figured i'd put this up for now until i can go thru the pictures from our vacation this past week and blog about Great Wolf Lodge :)1. Where is your cell phone? In my purse, in the front closet2. Your significant other? at the theatre with Daynah watching High School Musical3. Your hair? is i dunno growing...its sorta like a short shaggy bob4. Your geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-21618882463760868302008-06-24T20:08:00.004-04:002008-12-08T16:29:12.663-05:00Look at me...i'm blogging TWICE in one day!! Yeah here i go months without a single typed word and then BAM here i am going at it twice in a span of hours. After today's excitement though i just had to share.After lunch today Melyssa came up to me and wanted me to check her teeth. I've been checking for wigglers off and on for a few months, their big sister lost her first tooth before she turned geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-69051090791550217392008-06-24T12:20:00.003-04:002008-12-08T16:29:13.142-05:00Well we've spent the past few days giving daynah a new room. Actually we've probably spent the past few weeks on the new room, but those were just spent ordering her a new bed, buying some new furniture and shelves and pictures. This past Saturday Peter spent the whole day painting her room. By 1030 that night he had gotten two coats of paint on it and just needed to do some touchups on sunday geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-36728042725865544942008-05-03T20:09:00.002-04:002008-05-03T20:22:54.931-04:00So Mrs. Chicken, Mrs. Chicky and Her Bad Mother are about to become mothers – for the second time. There’s a virtual shower going on in their honour, and the lovely ladies behind it want us to share our favorite ass/advice when it comes to having kids, second kids specifically.Now for me personally i skipped over that whole going from one to two kids, because that just seemed to simple to me lol.geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-69807938118933953232008-03-02T20:47:00.003-05:002008-12-08T16:29:13.667-05:00Time just keeps getting away from me lately. And March, it seems like i have something written on each day of the month, its just insane. Not to mention the 8 days the kids have off from school this month (give me strength right now lol).Anyway..what brings me by tonight is that the girls had their rehearsal for their recital this morning. The recital is next Sunday, and the girls are super geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-37346619552119604202008-02-20T13:18:00.003-05:002008-02-20T13:35:50.106-05:00Here i was blogging everyday, and then life got in the way. Between snow days, me coming down with the flu and then the kids each having their go with the flu things have been busy around here. Also any free time i've had i've been spending upstairs in my room scrapbooking. I'm so far behind in all of my albums, but i've been able to get about 3 double page layouts down a day the past week which geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-66569977958142629202008-02-07T10:15:00.000-05:002008-12-08T16:29:14.132-05:00I would love to blog, but all my brain cells are dead. The kids had a snow day last wednesday, were sick on thursday, and had yet another snow day on friday. This brings us to this week where they had a snow day yesterday and again today. Seriously the amount of snow we have is just insane, and i hate winter. Peter had to push two cars up our street today in order for them to get out because theygeenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-14277308194501820842008-01-31T22:21:00.000-05:002008-01-31T22:24:04.660-05:00Sorry, i've got nothing today. I'm super tired. Wednesday the kids had a snow day, and today Daynah woke up puking. I sent the other three off to their respective schools only to be called at 10:30 because Melyssa had thrown up. So far its just the two of them, but i hold out little hope that the other two will be spared. Tomorrow is looking like it might be a snow day as well...they are calling geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-11794265383116198042008-01-29T13:48:00.000-05:002008-12-08T16:29:14.509-05:00Today has been a really great day. This morning after Peter left to take the girls to the bustop, i headed out to their school. It was time for their monthly awards ceremony, and while Juleigha didn't know it she was receiving an award. It's called a Dragon Power Award. Its given to students who show that they are kind to others, set a good example for others, are responsible students and geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-35062091791386910252008-01-25T23:43:00.000-05:002008-01-25T23:50:21.761-05:00I was so thrilled when bedtime rolled around tonight. It wasn't even like it was a terribly busy or awful day. But right around 5 o'clock the kids just seemed to go completely nuts and fight and get on each others nerves. If i was a drinking woman, tonight i would surely have been pounding them back lol.Okay so i really don't have anything exciting to post about tonight. My eyes are tired from geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-58704100851204125922008-01-23T22:47:00.000-05:002008-01-23T23:02:56.335-05:00~Just call me Betty Playdoh~I spent this morning at school with Juleigha and Melyssa. They will be receiving their very first report cards next week, and today was my day to come in and observe them in class and then get a chance to ask any questions i had of the teacher. The girls were thrilled to have me there with them, I got to see a sampling of their work, and from the sentences written geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-41707018059379139772008-01-22T22:10:00.000-05:002008-01-22T22:17:26.245-05:00I got the best mail today!!I've lived here in Canada for almost 10 yrs now, and the past two presidential elections I've wanted to vote, but didn't know exactly how to go about it. Back in December i was cruising around the US consulate site for information on the documents i needed to finally get around to getting the kids US birth certificates, when i came across a vote from abroad link. I geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-88640931567039369912008-01-21T22:39:00.001-05:002008-12-08T16:29:15.778-05:00So i've been going thru a bunch of stuff lately, trying to shut the door on some things that happened awhile ago. I'm trying to reconnect with some people that have previously hurt me, because I feel like if i don't I might always walk around with this jaded outlook on life, and i just don't want to feel that way anymore. Moving on though....the last time i posted i promised i would come back geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-75570697646899443312007-12-06T12:20:00.000-05:002008-12-08T16:29:16.087-05:00So we are back from our vacation...we all managed to survive. I've got a ton of stories to tell, but not today. Today i just want to whine. This week has been the worst week. The kids missed 6 days of school (should have been 8, but one day was a snow day and another was a day off anyhow). So the kids were to go to school on Monday, but instead we got a snow/ice storm so school was cancelled. geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34868152.post-28524425696610869902007-10-25T10:03:00.000-04:002008-12-08T16:29:17.040-05:00Tuesday, the girls had their very first fieldtrip. They were excited and so was I, looking forward to the fun we'd have at the pumpkin patch. I'd been watching the weather all week, praying for good weather. Just two days before the trip it was so warm here, kids were wearing shorts. Of course on the day of the trip, it becomes cold and rainy. It rained the entire time we were there, and geenalynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16950499825378242774noreply@blogger.com3