September 7, 2008
· Filed under The girl, a day in the life, pics of me
Between the bad weather, plans, and (most of all) me being pregnant and lazy this summer, we have done few of the fun summer outtings we usually do. Last week the girl broke down crying that this had been the worst summer of her life (Not sure if she meant it. She will say a day she does not get ice cream for dessert is the worst day of her life even if she actually had an awesome day until that very moment) and I felt guilty, so yesterday we madeit out to Ontario Place. It was a bit cold for the water park which we skipped (she has done lots of water play this summer) but it was still a great day for it, not too hot and not too busy. Here are some pictures of our day:
Beaver Tail (my favorite-the girl fed hers to the birds. Shameful waste of fried dough!)
Bumper Boats
A car ride with daddy
Thise ride is like drop-zone for kids…the girl freaked out when it started and I had to have it stopped so she could get off (she takes after me, clearly!).
Drivin’ and slidin’
Some pics with me (please pretend to not notice that I get more chins by the day)
August 31, 2008
· Filed under a day in the life, cosmetics, shopping
I have been having some cosmetic organization issues for a while now:
1) They are all thrown in a drawer in my bathroom. Not good. It is impossible to find what I need when I need it.
2) Often the man or the girl are in the bathroom when I want to do my make-up. Even though there is another bathroom upstairs, I can never use it as there is not a big enough drawer to store my make-up. The closets in my bedroom are also mirrored, and I often end up doing it there, but it is a pain as I have to keep running back to the bathroom to get what I need.
Today I found the solution:
Isn’t it awesome? All my stuff is organized, and I can use it in any room I want. It’ll also be great for bring my cosmetics when I travel, or when I want to bring them to a friend to do her make-up (which I don’t do often, but do on occasion and hope to do more of).
Squeee!!!
P.S. It is by Caboodles and I got it at Wal-mart for about 40$. They have some smaller ones and different styles as well.
August 29, 2008
· Filed under a day in the life
The man discovered these two little sweeties curled up asleep in the almost empty garbage bin (in the garage) this morning. They are so cute and tiny!!! He wanted to simply leave them there, but I am pretty sure having garbage dumped on them would kill them. I released them into a nearby field. I wonder, however, where mommy is…
August 29, 2008
· Filed under The girl, a day in the life, decorating
Last Week
Now
Of course we still have some work to do, such as adding some wall decorations (but what goes with fuzzy turquoise and black zebra stripes?) and getting a new non-Princess lamp, but all in all the girl is happy with it. The cat as well. As for me, I think it looks kinda like a Bordello.
The baby’s room will be the same colour, but about 2-3 shades lighter. Wer got one too many cans for the girl’s room, so it makes sense to just lighten it and use it.
P.S. When I sneeze, pee comes out. I felt like I needed to share that.
August 27, 2008
· Filed under a day in the life
When people who don’t need to use handicapped doors? This is a pet peeve of mine, but it seems such a common occurrencee, I wonder if anyone else even notices or cares.
I have no issued with doors being used by those that are no handicapped-such as those pushing strollers, or carrying about 700 bags, or holding hands with a couple kids, or someone who is elderly.
But when able bodies, free handed people use these doors, it really bugs me. It just seems so…lazy. Besides that, I am sure the doors use electricity that should really be conserved. Also, the often then proceed to push the door anyways, since it open too slowly for their liking.
I guess it is part of my lazyness pet-peeve in general. People that leave their cars at the curbs of stores where they are not meant to be parked to avoid walking in a parking lot, or fight for the close spots at the mall or library. My local library has 4 non-handicapped spots on the handicapped row. The way people fight over these spots, you’d think the were paved with gold.
I am fat, pregnant, lazy and have a 5 year old clinging to me at least half the time…but I can manage to actually walk in a parking lot or push a door open manually. That’s all I am sayin’
I feel better now.
August 13, 2008
· Filed under a day in the life, about the blogger, food, shopping, update
I have not been saying much and I guess you all could use some updates:
1) C at Life on Manatoulin awarded me the Brilliant Blogger award! Thanx C. Muah! I pass it along to Shipoopi (I don’t know where I found him, but he is too funny and has adorable twins!), D’rae, Karen Meg, John Mayer, Dreaming up Daisy, and Cori.
Here are the ‘rules’ for this award
-Once an award is received, these are the rules:
-Put the logo on your blog.
-Be sure to add the link from the person that sent it to you!
-Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
-Be sure to add those links to your blog too!
-Oh, and leave a message on their blogs so they know they are nominated! (I am not doing this. If you don’t make it to my blog, you don’t really deserve the award!)
2) I am loving Chiro. I have been going twice a week for about 3 weeks now, and changed to a Chiro who is closer to home who specializes in pregnancy. I am not headache (who could be in this weather) but am doing much better. I also notice much less back and neck pain since I started. I always though Chiro was BS…now I am re-thinking it! Besides helping me to feel better, it is also very relaxing! This is my last week at twice a week, next week I graduate to once a week!
3) We went to Buffalo on Sunday. It was a whirl-wind trip involving 4 hours of driving and about 4 hours actually spent in Buffalo. The man has long wanted to try The Cheescake Factory, and so we did. We had pasta, pizza and Banana Cream…da da da da…cheesecake. It was quite yummy, but nowhere I would drive 2 hours for again anytime soon. We also hit Target, where I have never been but have heard raved about. Eh. It is like a neater cleaner Wal-Mart. I did like the maternity and kids clothing lines alright…but since summer is almost over it was not a good time to shop as the summer stuff is all pretty picked over and we don’t need it anyways, and the fall stuff is barely in stock. I know a lot of people live for Cross-Border shopping, but not me. I love to shop, but don’t feel like we are lacking in cute and affordable things in Canada at all…and I get to avoid the drives and the hassle. For the few American things I really want, there is always Ebay. I did enjoy picking up some handsoaps at B&BW though!
Eh, I guess that is all I have to say for now. Time for The Tudors!
August 4, 2008
· Filed under a day in the life, the cat
So we all relax
July 29, 2008
· Filed under a day in the life, about the blogger, decorating, shopping
or at least your closet with a few tiered skirt/pants hangers:
I love them. I really do. They make my closet so neat and tidy, and save tonnes of space. Also, the clips on my old (matching, purple) hangers used to always fall off, or get all tangled in each other. These don’t do that! You know you need them!
Thanks to D’Rae for the idea. Yes, it’s true…I read about them yesterday and needed to find them today. I am like that!
July 19, 2008
· Filed under WTEBC, a day in the life, about the blogger, pregnancy 2008
It has been a difficult decision, but I have decided that I will not be participating in the 2008 Weekend to End Breast Cancer as planned.
This decison has been made for 2 reasons:
1) I am really not convinced I will be able to do it physically at 6 months pregnant. I know women have done it pregnant, but I suspect they are the fit pregnant sort of women. I am not. I planned to be this time around…but the very first time I exercised after becoming pregnant I gushed blood. It may not have been related to the exercise at all, but it was very scary and freaked me out, and I have not attempted anything exerting since. In addition, this pregnancy, like my last one, has plagued me with headaches. Over-exertion and over-heating are big headache triggers for me, and I get over-heated and over-exerted far more easily pregnant than not. These days, just walking up the stairs from the basement leaves me out of breath and with a pounding head for hours. I suspect, if this pregnancy is anything like my last, this will only get worse. I was sincerely hoping this pregnancy would not be like my last in this aspect, but so far it is and I truly do not believe I can possibly train for a 60k walk over the hot summer, or complete the walk itself.
2) I have not fund-raised enough to participate. I am very excited and thrilled to have raised almost $1200 for the cause, and sincerely touched by the generosity my sponsors have shown..however I am still over $800 short of the $2000 minimum required to walk, and feel like it would be wrong to actively fund-raise to get the extra $800 while knowing that there is a good chance I wont be able to participate in the walk even if I do raise the money.
So, it is with a heavy heart that I announce that after years of planning to do this event and finally committing to it, I have put it on hold for another year or 2.
I do want to share that I went into this with the very best intentions. When I registered for the walk and did my first fund-raising, I had every intention of participating, and had NO IDEA that my life plan would change so drastically that a few months later I would be trying to get pregnant. In fact, when the man and I first discussed the possibility of trying to have another child, we were planning to wait a year FOR THE SOLE REASON THAT I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THE WALK. However, after much thought we realized that with me being in my 30s, the man in his 40s and the girl already 4…it would be pretty foolhardy to put off TTCing for a whole year at a time when we were already at the age were fertility is not at it’s peak. In the end, it seems that was a good decision as 33 was not what 28 had been (I got pregnant very easily with the girl), and it took 7 months to get and stay pregnant. I am scared to think of the struggle we may have had if we did not start trying for a whole other year!
I hope my sponsors understand my decision, and are proud to have given to such an important cause.
July 18, 2008
· Filed under The girl, a day in the life, clothes, cosmetics, haircare, pics of me, shopping
I love this new dress, from Wal-Mart’s George line. It is not maternity, but is a great fit and so cute:
My hair’s new best friend is Tigi Cat-Walk Curls Rock Curl Booster. Gives me soft springy curls that last all day. Not so cheap, but it works. I am using it with Dumb Blond Shampoo and Conditioner for now, but will try Curls Rock Poo and Con when I run out:
My eyes, with grey and blue shadow and liner, and my new favorite mascara, Lash Blast. Thick lush lashes at a low price:
My new lip-stick, Covergirl outlast in Naturalast. Looks like this for hours! I just need to touch up with the balm every few hours to keep up the shine and refresh the colour. I put it on just after lunch, and here it was when I got home from work over hours later (note my curls still look great too!):
While I am sharing pics, here is one of the girl a few days ago:
And this cute thing was hanging around our lawn yesterday. Don’t you just want to snuggle it all day long?
