Monday Memories...

I'm currently sitting in a hotel in Edmonton waiting for Pete so we can do some Christmas power shopping.  So, I thought I'd grab my laptop and post a Winter Memory from 3 years ago...who ARE those cute kids!!!???

I Saw It!!!!

Twilight was GREAT!  In my opinion!  Don't read on if you haven't seen it and want to.  I wasn't expecting great things, because it is a movie made from a book...never a good outcome.  But this turned out very good.  

The part when you first see Edward walking into the cafeteria...the whole theatre started cheering and screaming.  I looked at over at my friend Betsy to see if she was screaming, but she was just laughing.  hehe

LOVED how the characters were cast...not one disappointment!  I really loved Jacob...too bad about the ending of the series.  ah well, another post for another time.

Edward was cast perfectly!!!  I thought they ALL were...

Oh and the baseball scene?  amazing!!!!!!  

Back To IT!!

Just playing away while they wait...
Here we are, back at painting.  This is me doing the guestroom and bathroom...

Finally ...painting!  I can't believe it.  Pete cuts in...and I  roll.  I don't mind rolling...it's hard on the neck and back after awhile.

The prep work took forever to complete...done by Pete.  It looks really good too!!!

So we'll be painting for quite a few days, then flooring, tile, cupboards...and that's about it.  At least something is happening...

Wacky-Photo-Wednesday

I thought I'd share a few weird ones! Funny how most of them revolve around Ayden. Maybe I'll make this a regular wednesday occurance.

Charleston elves

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Barn Dance elves

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Disco Elves

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

A PLEA for HELP

Does anyone have some LARGE green velvet pants I could have? Somehow in the next few weeks I have to come up with a LEDERHOSEN costume for Ben. He is "Augustus Gloop" in his Willy Wonka play for school. Oh, and it has to be padded...cause he's uh, a bit large.
If anyone has any ideas...I would greatly appriciate it! Please don't tell me to look online...I've spent hours and hours looking and if I have to look at one more "Beer Guy" costume, I'll scream.
Any creative sewers out there? I like to think I'm creative...but am not crazy about sewing a full costume...
PLEASE comment with suggestions if you can!!!!

A Good Thing

I hope everyone knows about Kraft Canada recipes!  Go to the website and register, and they will send you the BEST recipe magazines every month or two.  These are the easiest and yummiest recipes ever.  I really am NOT a fan of complicated or long recipes or cooking in general...so these recipes are life savers.  There are lots of one-pot dishes, yummy desserts,  stove top stuffing dishes (yum) and recipes where they give you list of what to buy for the whole week's dinners.  And it's supposed to fit into one bag.

Anyhow, just a good hint I wanted to pass along.

Yup, We're goin to DISNEYLAND!!!

We're taking a vacation to Disneyland...in February!  We decided to paint our house ourselves again this time, knowing that we would get paid to do it.  And we felt that the best way to use it?  A big TRIP!!!  We've never taken our kids past Utah, so we're very excited!  We think that after the year we've had, we want to star next year off with a bang...and heck, our kids deserve it!!!

If any of you have any advice about what else we should do down there...feel free to leave a comment!  We think we'll hit Seaworld, Universal, Disneyland...and we don't know what else yet.  Anyone know of fun places to eat, or see?

FINALLY BACK ONLINE!!!!

WELL, It's only been about 10 days or so, but being offline makes me feel totally disconnected from life!  I'm glad to be here again, I missed my blog!  

Halloween

UGH, I'm frustrated.  No internet last week, and probably not for another week...I'm using the school's signal right now just to post a bit about Halloween and then get on with other things....I hate being offline!  Anyhow, here is what we did...well, the signal is so weak I could only load 4 pics in about 20 minutes...more later I guess.