One from the archives

A new week ahead of us. Who knows what it will bring. Yesterday was spent gutting the office, cleaning it and re-organizing it. It looks great. Happy with the results. Also finished watching "Charade" with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant. So happy to be able to share my love of old movies with the boys. They really love them as well and so the 3 of us cuddled up on the couch and watched it. We really enjoyed it. Love me some Cary Grant!

Craig was glued to the TV watching the Canada vs USA game and I came up for the last period to watch with him. What a great game. A nail biter. Was so thrilled to see our Canadian Boys Win! So exciting. I can just imagine all of our family watching the game as well. It was great to watch them celebrating on the ice. Loved it.

Does March 1st mean winter is over? We have been so blessed this winter. I don't even know if I would call it winter. We have only had to shovel twice. I am hoping that Spring is on its way.

Today it is back to school and work. Thank god the Olympics are now over. My stats at work have been sucking because I was watching the Olympics between calls!

Busy weekend ahead. Bowling tomorrow, work for me and a sleepover party for Kaedo. He is going to his friend's birthday and staying the night. His bag is already packed! Sterling is hoping to have a friend over and I'm sure the Olympics will be watched. What are you up to this weekend?

weigh in wednesday

Must we??? I am only because Craig mentioned his weight to me so I feel honor bound to write this. I am at my before holidays weight, so that is good. That doesn't mean much, to be honest. I'm still huge.
Food has always been my crutch. I don't know why that is. I don't know if I have told this story before but here goes - I remember one time we were travelling (mom, dad, me and Jessica) and I was reading all the billboards and after a while of doing this my mom asked me if I noticed I was only reading the food billboards. Who would have known that my obsession with food back then would lead to this?
On our recent holiday I was reminded of this memory as I read billboards to Craig. I had to consciously force myself to read out gas prices and "Risque Cafe - truckers welcome". (Georgia, the land of pecans, peaches and porn).
The worst part of all of this is that while I can now comfortably wear my wedding ring again, there are no visible signs of loss. I am thinking of Avery's birthday coming up and all the family and friends that will be there and man does that freak me out. It is all on me, for sure. In my ramped up mind all I can think of is the conversations of the other guests on their way home. "Man, is she fat". Yes, yes, I am.
OK - pity party over.

Just for laughs - check out this blog http://dontevenreply.com. This guy goes onto Craig's list and Kijiji and responds to ads that are listed. You will laugh your head off. Craig was laughing so hard no sound was coming out.

Week 22

Week 22? My oh my. And they only get cuter. Kaedo is wearing a toque today. Probably only the second or third time this winter. We have had such great weather. I've been loving it. We had some snow yesterday but not much. The kids wore their runners to school today. Not too much going on here. The boys are back into the swing of school, Craig and I back into the swing of work and now we are anxiously awaiting our next holiday to Alberta in July. We plan to be there to celebrate Avery's 1st birthday. Looking so forward to that. The boys will then spend a couple of weeks being spoiled rotten by their grandparents then they will come home and spend the rest of the summer hanging out here. I know it is still a ways away but those who know me know I am a planner.
Look for a guest post coming up later this week from the oh so hilarious Jessica. You will laugh your head off.
Have a great Tuesday.

the last of it

I could go on forever with our Disney pics (I only took 500+)but I think this is the last of them that I will post. These are from the fireworks show at the Magic Kingdom. We didn't get to see Tinkerbell slid down the guide wire from the castle but it was still awesome.

We spent two days at the Animal Kingdom and had a lot of fun. It kind of reminded us of a big zoo, but it was very nice. We really loved the safari and many of these pictures are from that. I was amazed at how many different animals they had. It was really quite something.

I can't remember what these are called but we were told that their horns will grow to 6 feet in length. Oh My!

This woman was all walking through the park. The first time I saw her I thought it was a tree. Creeped me out. She looked really cool on my second glance. She was on these tall stilts and was probably 10 feet high.

Bird sitting on a hippo

Saw a great bird show - twice! It was funny and amazing

Inside the Tree of Life - the centerpiece of the park. The "woodwork" is amazing

Magical

A sign of things to come? Sterling the astronaut?

Kaedo and Craig getting soaked on the Kali River Rapids

Ariba Ariba!

Craig trying out a Segway

Tampon vending machines. Love it!

Coke it It!

Waiting for the "Extreme Stunt Show"

First car? I think not!

Poor Andy Griffith

Cuties

Having a snooze on the way down

Nachos, anyone?

Some random pix of the trip. Will post more in the next couple of days.