other plans...

well, when plan A falls through, here is what can substitute!!

Ayden...between episodes of "The Flu"

Ben taking a breather...
Cute igloo door!
Igloo #2. that's right. 2.

g-house with g-pa

black friday strike-out!!

MAN!! we have had our hotel booked for black friday in Kalispel for 6 weeks! thursday when we were about to leave, the weather was crazy with a capital C! i called the border from work and they advised not coming, and some roads were closed. it probably would have been OKAY, but we decided against it.
we also decided we would maybe get up early on friday and go down. STRIKE 2!!! Ayden started puking at 3 am...and that was the end of that idea.
we decided we would get up early and go saturday. STRIKE 3!!! Ayden threw up late friday night, and so that was that. WAAAH!!! i am so sad i missed out on those deals.
however, we are still going down to Christmas shop. there are always deals and sales down there, and you find much better stuff than walmart in Lethbridge!!
so maybe we will try one day next week....

it's here...

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spinach shake...

...before you go "blech!" and turn this off, hang on! I've been making myself spinach shakes for YEARS...they are smoothies really. I add the spinach for health's sake, not for some kooky diet. Here is basically what I do...

put some water in a blender (some = about 2 cups) add a banana. add some yogurt. add some frozen fruit. or any fruit really!! and finally add a HUGE handful of raw spinach. blend up! yum!!!

NOTE: you can NOT really taste the spinach. it WILL make your smoothie green, unless you use lots of blueberries...then it will be purple. sometimes it looks like mud.

i have added flax seeds before, various vitamins, and coconut if i'm making a tropical flavor. sometimes i add protein powder.

i do NOT replace meals with these...they are really just snacks.

I KNOW for a fact that i FEEL BETTER...when i'm drinking one of these puppies every day! try it...

late blooms

yup, it's november 15th...and here are some flowers outside! it's been a strange fall...our grass has only recently started turning brown.

i think the snow is coming tonight...so i wanted to enjoy these flowers one more day!

creative kids...

yup, Tessa and Ayden- they get their mad crafting skills from their ma!! I would have made something just like this, and probably did at some point. Anyhow, this time...it was all them

It's beginning...

YUM

Here is a great recipe for a YUMMO apple slice - dip. Thanks Betsy!!!

1 softened block of cream cheese.

1 cup. brown sugar.

1 package of skor bits!

yeah, it's pretty much awesomely healthy!

so so yummy with apples...

groundhog day...

ever feel like you're Bill Murray? stuck re-living a day over and over and over...

well, i'm not that ungrateful with my life to feel that way, other than one aspect...

my sister Tracey knows exactly what i'm talking about!!

we wake up, and all day long we try to treat our pain, it might improve a little...we go to bed.

wake up, same pain...do the same things again...and on and on and on.

but there is no point in stopping!!!

so i will continue with the callenetics, stretching, tennis balls, ultrasound, TENS, massage, hot tubs, topical creams, painkillers.

what else can you do???

...side note...good movie!

Friends...

Just have to say that I am grateful for FRIENDS today. I love having a friend who will call friday night and chat the night away!!! I love knowing lots of people in this town, even if we're not close friends. I love working with nice people both at work and at young women's.

I love having family...lots of sisters and one in particular who understands me totally.

I love having old friends, making new friends.

I love having a pal who is there for me, and who I can totally be myself around.

I love my own little family who are the coolest friends in the world!

Life is better with friends!

HP

YES, it IS Harry Potter 7- month!

YEHAW!!

...and yes, I am proud to be an HP geek!