Playoffs begin!!!

GO SENS GO!!!!!

This was me last year during the playoffs. Best game I ever went to!!

FINALLY!!!

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We finally beat the Leafs last night!! Great score 8-2
GO SENS GO!!!!!

wondering

If you have a dog...I am wondering where your dog sleeps?
Thanks

We got a dog!!!!!

So after years of trying to decide if we needed a dog in our family, we have finally taken the plunge! We knew we did not want a puppy though. With the daycare I do not have time to train a dog...not did I want to. Our new dog is a 4 year old Shitzu named Fibi. She weighs a total of 8 pounds. She came from a nice family. They could not afford this years shots or getting her fixed, that is why they were selling her. She is very sweet and quiet and has a great disposition. Here are some pictures:

March Break

It is March Break for my kids this week and I took the week off as holidays. I am spending some much needed time alone with my kids. We have had a great week so far.
The week started with a huge snow storm on Saturday. I think the final count was 51 cm of snow. Needless to say we stayed in that day and the next while they plowed all the streets.
On Monday I took the kids to Cosmic Adventure. They had fun running around while I sat and read a book. Fun for all!!! We picked up Rob at work and went to Lone Star for supper!!
Today I took the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks!! It was all right...kinda corny but the kids liked it.
Tomorrow, Rob is taking the day off and is going to take the kids swimming...I am not a fan of swimming. I am going to get a pedicure instead!!
I will post later on in the week on what else we did!!

Busy weekend

Our YP band is doing an exchange with a band in Newmarket this year. This past weekend was their turn to come and visit us. It started out pretty rough for them. They left Newmarket at 3:00 pm. They soon discovered that the wipers did not work. SO they drove all the way into Toronto to get a new bus. They gave them a very ugly blue school bus. Not cool! By this time it was snowing quite a bit. They never got over 70 on the 401. At 11:00 that night they had only made it to Kingston. They made the decision to stop and hotel it. They finally got here on Sat morning! We did the canal thing and some get to know you games followed by a concert that evening. They all (our band too) did an amazing job! We were lucky enough to catch up with some family that we have not seen in years. 3 of their kids are in the band. That was really nice. We will get to catch up again when our band does the return trip in late May. Hopefully we will not have any snow issues...but at the rate we going you never know!!

clutter

I want to get rid of clutter. I am tired of "stuff" being everywhere. I think some serious spring cleaning is in order. I have been looking through the IKEA catalogue at what I can buy to help with the clutter. I am thinking of this desk for in the living room for my laptop. Then all my daycare files and stuff that I use on a daily basis can go in the drawers instead of my coffee table.

I am also thinkiing of getting these chairs for the basement. We have a big sectional couch down there taking a lot of room. This way the boys will still have something to sit on while they play games but it will not take up a lot of room. I am also thinking of this shelf to put all the game systems and games on beside the tv.

Finally I am thinking of this shelf to put downstairs beside Rob's desk for all his "stuff". Right now it is all over the desk and small table.

Now I just have to convince Rob that we need it all!!!

Proud

I am pretty proud of myself. I have ran 3 times already this week!!!

nothing exciting

*I am addicted to Scrabulous on Facebook!
*I am getting tired of snow and cold.
*I don't like income tax time.
*I watch The Biggest Loser....and I enjoy it!!
*Emily has passed 2 math tests in a row.
*Noah had a detention at school last week...YIKES!!!
*I always have too much laundry to do.
*my house needs to be painted from top to bottom.
*I wish the Ottawa Senators could win a game!
*I hope Dany Heatley comes back on Sat like predicted!
*I am starting my spring cleaning early.
*the kitchen is first to clean out
*I hope the canal opens back up so we can go this weekend.
*we have discovered a new family gmae...Blokus...it is great to play with all 4 of us!!

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!!

Merry Christmas

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!!!!!

12!!!!!

So today is Emily's 12th birthday!!! I cannot believe that I am the mother of a 12 year old. I feel so old!! She has turned into a wonderful girl and I am very proud of her! I think we are in for some interesting teen years though. She is very stubborn and can put up a good fight. But she has a wonderful heart and cares for others. She is old enough now to take the babysitting course and I think she will be great at that. She loves kids! To the left is a picture of her only a couple of days old. Below that is a picture today. For those with babies I can assure you that time really does fly. I feel like it was just yesterday she was that tiny. I miss those days...well all except the colic...I don't miss that!!
So...at 5:48 pm, I officially wish Emily a very Happy Birthday!!!! I love you!!

Tidbits

Not much is new but here are a few things going on with us:

*I have starting knitting again.
*I got $200 free stuff from my candle party.
*I am getting rid of clutter.
*my dishwasher is slowly dying.
*I am about 1/4 of the way through my Christmas shopping.
*We might be doing some renovations on the house.
*Emily's braces are feeling better and Kim said her teeth are moving already.
*Noah is growing...he has made it to size 7 pants...WOOHOO!!
*Rob is making me march in the Santa Parade on Saturday...I really don't want to :(
*I need to make a trip to IKEA.
*Both kids are in the junior band this year.
*Noah is playing horn now...he loves it.
*I have not been to a hockey game yet this year...I want to go soon!

Emily has braces

Emily has been counting the days until she got her braces on. She thought they were exciting and wonderful...then she got them on. I am not sure she loves them at all right now. She got them on yesterday and was ok at first. As the day progressed they got a little more sore. She went to bed complainign but went right to sleep. She got up this morning in agony. Her mouth was very sore. She could not eat anything...or so she said...at breakfast. Even to the point that she didn't want to chew the Advil that will help take away the pain!! :) I sent her with soup for lunch and all soft snacks. She has them on for 2 years so hopefully it will get better!!

Here she is before and after!