Feeling crappy

I have caught this terrible cold. I feel horrible. I haven't had a cold like this for a long time! I even took the day off work. I never take time off just because I am not feeling well. But I just couldn't deal with the kids today feeling the way that I do.
Anyway...I am going to make a tea for my sore throat.
Have a good day!

My Birthday

It was my birthday yesterday and I turned 34. I must admit I am not really enjoying getting older. I had a bit of a cry on New Years this year because my baby will be in the double digits this year (10) and Emily will be a teenager all in one year. Makes me feel old!!
Anyway...my birthday was like any day really. Life goes on even with a birthday. There was still homework and reading and practicing to get done. Rob did bring home Lone Star takeout for dinner. It was delicious!! We had chocolate fondue instead of cake for dessert. YUM!! We watched American Idol all together and then put the kids to bed. It was a great day.
Rob got me new running shoes for my birthday. I have started running again and needed a better pair. I am also getting new kitchen dishes. My old ones are looking a little worn. They are white and about 8 years old. They are yellowing a little and just look old. Time for new ones.
Anyway...good times all around!!

We won!!!

The game last night was pretty good. I have seen more exciting games but it was still good to watch. We were winning 2-0 going into the third and Buffalo tied it up near the end. We went into overtime and then a shootout. Thanks to Mike Fisher and Dean McAmmond we won the shoot out to win the game!!! It was my first time watching the shootout live. I have to say it is pretty stressful!!
GO SENS GO!!!

GO SENS GO

One of the daycare parents gave me hockey tickets for Christmas. The game is tonight. I am very excited!! We are playing Buffalo...should be a good game!!
GO SENS GO!!

January

I find January a very blah month...it doesn't help that today is very foggy and rainy. It was 10 degrees today. Crazy. Last week was -33.
On another note I was very impressed with my husbands gifts for me this Christmas. First I got jewelery. The only jewelery that I have gotten is my wedding rings. I had left some strong hints that I wanted jewelery and he came through. I got a gold necklace with 3 diamonds. It is from the past, present, future collection. It is beautiful. He gave me earrings that match but they are really not my style so we took those back and we ordered my family ring. It is something that I have wanted for awhile but he didn't want to pick one for me. It will be in in about 3 weeks. I can't wait. He also gave me a Sens jersey (that I also had to return due to a hole in it...they did not have anymore so I got a new Sens sweatshirt instead) and a Dany Heatly hat. These were from Emily. Noah gave me choc brown slipper crocs. I love them!!
Anyway...he did pretty well considering he went shopping the Sat before Christmas!!!

New Years Resolutions

I was going through my journal the other night and came across my resolutions from last year. I am embarrassed to say that I did not follow through on very many of them. But I am going to try again his year. This is my list:

1. pray more often
2. try and pay off some debt
3. start running again...I want to run the 10 km in May???
4. take the kids on a trip...possibly Disney??
5. see a chiropractor for my back
6. stop yelling at my kids as much as I do

Here's to hoping!!

Good Holidays

We had a really great Christmas this year. I have posted some pictures on facebook if you are interested. We spent Christmas Eve at Mom and Dad's again this year. We had a yummy spaghetti dinner after church and then the kids opened their traditional jammies. Christmas morning was fun but a little overwhelming. The kids got too much this stuff this year. We are going to do something about that next year!! We went sledding in the afternoon and had a blast. The walk up the hill almost killed me though...I need to get in better shape!! The turkey dinner was amazing and we ended the day very full!!
On Boxing Day my Aunt Dorothy loves going shopping. We hit Best Buy at 8:30 in the morning and then some other stores after a quick brunch back at home. Some good buys were found by all!!
Ian and Lauren came home alter that week and we have spent some goof times with them. Noah has enjoyed beating Ian on the Wii!! and Emily has enjoyed singing Karaoke with Ian and Lauren. We will all miss them when they head back to Winnipeg!
Anyway...it was back to work today but felt that I had a nice relaxing holiday spent with family. I hope all of yours was great too!!