Friday's News

Friday already. My has the week moved quickly.

It seems it was filled with appointments and pick ups and drop offs. Always something that needed doing, whether it was a trip to the doctor, a visit to the dollar store or a quick pop into Costco.

While Spring has yet to arrive, and Winter does seem to be gone, we are in the midst of a "Sprin-ter" storm with freezing rain, little bits of hail, blasts of wind, LOUD thunder and very close lightning. It has not been a great week. I think a lower mood comes with the "bluesy" weather and I am struggling to maintain a positive facade. I have returned to some weekly sessions that were very much missing in my life as of late, and have an appointment with my doctor later in the month for a much needed review.

On the bright side, I got a call from the Orthopedic Surgeon this morning and they have provided us with a spot for April 25. It is right in the heart of downtown T.O., so we will take the GO and make a day of it. We have spent much of the day getting more x-rays done, calling for copies of MRI images, and making sure we have everything that is necessary.

Tomorrow Kaedo is heading to my aunt's house for an afternoon of meal prep. She is going to give him some cooking lessons, and I think they have decided to make chinese food. They are going to scour some books, make their shopping list and then plan the meal they will make for our family and my aunt and uncle. He is very much looking forward to it.

Craig will be playing football tomorrow in this soggy wet mess. We may have to have him get naked on the front porch before coming in the house! Ha! If only my house were that clean that I thought it was necessary!

My gramma is slowly passing away right now. Her body has given up but her mind just isn't quite ready to. My mom has spent a lot of time with her this week and is returning to be with her Sunday/Monday. It is so very hard, or so I found it to be, when I stayed with my other gramma last year. It is hard to watch, and even harder to feel it is time for them to pass. While I will never speak for someone else on this topic, I found that as much as I loved my gramma and wanted to be with her, she had no quality of life. It was time for her to pass and during the last couple of days of her life I spoke with her often, telling her it was OK to let go. I don't know if she heard me, but eventually she did 'let go'.  Finally she was at peace, reunited with her son, an her mother and siblings and God. To her, going to Heaven was paramount, and I know that if there is a Heaven, she is there.

This weekend will find us singing to a very special someone - very loudly, because she is deaf, you know - just ask the boys! It will also find the boys volunteering on Sunday night, Kaedo and I working on some homework and a trip to Princess Auto (not me - the three men in my life). We may have failed to mention that to Craig.

Lastly (I really thought I had nothing to say - go figure), a very special CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! to my sweet niece E on her GOLD and 1st place in her musical theater sing and dance today!!!! First competition of the season and she is already kicking ass and taking names later! We are so proud of you honey! Way to GO!!!

Still Laughing My Ass Off!

This morning Sterling and I had the following text conversation. I laughed so hard, it made my day. I am not changing any of the spelling, so beware of typos!

Sterling: I riped my unders in gym

Me: Hahahahahahahahaha!

Sterling: Ya i had to be fast when i was changing

Me: I bet. That's hilarious.

Sterling: Ya its pretty breezy down there   (sidenote - this is the funniest thing I`ve ever heard)

Me: Maybe you should start going commando to get used to it.

Sterling: No thanks

Me: I'm sorry, but this is so funny. I'm still laughing.

Sterling: lol its not comfertable

Me: No, but it sure is funny!

Sterling: I know its hillariouse

Week 28

Awww, isn't Ketchup cute?
Sorry we are late this week. Another computer glitch, but I think we've got it under control now. The picture was taken on time, though.

Off to have supper with the fam. Have a great evening.

Did You Know?

This one's for you mom.

Did you Know?

1. My eyebrows always look like they are trying to fly off my face.

2. I rub my feet together in bed to get to sleep.

3. I would rather juggle carrying too many groceries to my car than take a plastic grocery bag at the grocery store.

4. While I know "everyone's doing it", I still feel guilty when I ask Sterling to download a movie for me I can't find anywhere else.

5. I probably own 26537 journals and have only written on the first page of each one.

6. I still write my grocery/To do lists on paper, not my phone or Playbook.

7. I will drive out of my way to go through a drive-thru teller.

8. I can't stand the feeling of frosted or 'jelly' glasses - yuck - shiveries!

9. I love golf - but only the first 6 holes!

10. I love to be by myself but find I am lonely when I go to the theater alone.

Now That's How You Do It!

Sterling Photoshopped this cool picture!

The boys spent a lot of last weekend taking pictures, doing tricks and having fun. I had the honor of taking the 10 pictures it took to capture Kaedo jumping over Sterling. I was laughing so hard that I kept taking it too late. The only thing I could think to tell Sterling was "don't let him knock your teeth out".

Craig starts his football league this weekend. I think he is excited. No more of this straight 10am though. Now he'll have to be at the field by 8:15am some mornings. Yuck. I will still be tucked in bed.

The boys are outside right now with L taking pictures and having fun. Craig is home and my book is calling me.  More pictures later this weekend!

Yikes!

Today my oldest has gone to the BIG CITY to spend the day with 80 other 9th graders seeing a hockey game, walking through Chinatown, St.Lawrence Market and the CN.Tower. No big deal, right? Wrong! I'm a wreck! This is the first time he has gone without us and trust me, in high school there isn't the parental supervision you see in elementary. Even though they may need it more. LOL.

He was so excited this morning. I hope it turns out to be as wonderful a day as he is hoping for.

I know I have recently spoken about my anger with the peanuts situation, and so today I am extremely aware that he will be placed in many situations - hockey game vendors selling bags of peanuts, peanuts being thrown around, Chinatown - but I just have to hope that he will be vigilant and aware and take care of himself.

So today I have a stomach ache, one that will remain until I pick him up. This just reminds me that in 8 months he'll be driving. Oh god!

week 27

Well, what a fuster cluck, as Sterling would say. Late last week our computer decided it no longer wanted to work. We have been without it for about 5 days and you really do not realize how much you come to depend on it. As such, the blog did not get the attention it so rightly deserved. Right now I am using Kaedo's computer to post this.  Added to all that, our internet and cable went down yesterday afternoon, not giving me the opportunity to post this photo on its appropriate day. The boys tell me that the cable and internet came back on-line at about midnight (yes, they were still up - no school today).

Short week for the boys and Sterling has an extra special field trip on Wednesday. He is going to a semi-pro (NHL farm team) hockey game, a visit to Chinatown, and tour around the base of the CN.Tower and a whole day with 80 of his fellow 9th graders. They have a really cool geography project to do with regard to their trip as well.

Kaedo is doing great and spent some time outside with Sterling over the weekend doing tricks on his scooter while Sterling took the pictures. Some of the shots are amazing and I am going to get Keado to go through them with me this week and tell me the names of the stunts. We had a blast taking one of the pictures in particular. I'll leave it to you to guess which one.

Our computer is still dead, but thanks to Craig we are slowly able to remove the content (pictures, video, documents) and save them to a new hard drive before he resets the computer to factory settings.