Today I went with Alexa's class to the Reifel bird sanctuary, I could have spelled that wrong lol, anyways it's a place out past Ladner, BC. We saw lots of different kinds of ducks and birds, we even had chickadees eating out of our hands, so cool!!! I am certainly paying for all the walking there now though, my foot is killing me, feels like I've got a knife stuck in the bottom! OUCH! I suppose I should tell you why my foot would be hurting eh? lol On Tuesday I had a wart burned on the bottom of my foot for the third time, it didn't hurt as much as last time but yesterday and today it hurt quite a bit, strange.
So now I'm just taking it easy, made a simple dinner for the girls, Kraft macaroni and cheese but wholewheat! Crazy! They love it, I'm so glad, now I don't need to feel quite so guilty about feeding it to them! lol Maybe I'll pop in a frozen pizza for myself after they are in bed.
Yesterday I heard of an interesting weight loss trick. On this weeks cover of Women's World magazine is Karina Smirnof, (sp?) from Dancing With the Stars, and she says that to stay slim and to lose weight she follows an old Russian remedy, having a tablespoon of olive oil in the morning every day before you've had anything else. I think this is interesting because there are many healthy properties to olive oil but I wonder if it really does aid in weight loss, the article said that women have tried it and not dieted and lost weight just from taking the olive oil, hmm.
Today we are on day 2 of dry pull ups with Brooklynn!!! Praise the Lord, there IS an end in sight!!! :o) She has not had one accident today or yesterday, fantastic, I'm so proud of her! She has even been out shopping a couple times with no incidents. :o) :o) :o) Can you tell I'm rather thrilled? lol
Tomorrow is Halloween, I'm not big on it, I usually take the girls to the "Hallelujah Party" at Alexa's school as a nice alternative, they like it and it's fun. What are your plans?
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Spanish
In 2007 our landlord hired 6 men from Mexico to come and work on the farm where we live and they were to live in the basement of our house. We don't live down there the only thing that I do is the laundry down there, which is also their kitchen. When the landlord told us that this was happening, I freaked out to say the least, we were not happy about it, I was thinking with 2 kids and Dale being gone as much as he is and then having 6 stranger men coming to live with us, this was NOT good, we were very uncomfortable with the idea and so were members of our families. Have them come here ended up being the best thing for us, we loved having them here, they were so friendly & helpful, they loved our girls and reminded them of their own families back in Mexico. They became part of our family and we became their Canadian family, they call me their Canadian Momma. lol
Then in 2008 they came back again, some of the same guys and a few new ones, they even brought us gifts, so nice! In 2009 they came back again and there were even more this time, 9! I feel so bad for them, they are so grateful to come here and work for a little better than minimum wage doing hard field work and they send almost all of it back to their families in Mexico. We have really grown to have a heart for these people, we feel that there could be some sort of ministry there for us but we don't know what yet. The first year one of the guys told us that he had to sell his truck to come here to work, he had 3 or 4 pairs of pants and 4 or 5 shirts and that's it, I said why don't you get yourself something new that's not ripped? He said, it's better for my family to have the money than for me to have some new clothes. So sweet! They would take the girls and I out for dinner to McDonald's after we had taken them shopping, and that was a BIG deal for them, they look at going to McDonald's or any other restaurant as a really special treat, I felt so bad because I thought, I don't really think twice about taking the kids to McDonald's, it's not that big of a deal and here they are paying for us!!!
One of the guys calls us regularly and he is always so happy to talk to us as we are to talk to him. We have such a heart for them and want to do what ever we can to help them. I am currently taking a Spanish class and I am loving it! We both have learned a lot of Spanish just from living with them and now taking the course I am understanding it more and getting all of the "fill in words" which is so fun! When I went on a trip to Alberta last summer the guys told Dale several times that I had to come home that they missed us and when we came home they cooked up a big BBQ meal as a celebration that we were home, they usually only do BBQ 'ing if its a party or special occasion.
So here is what I want to say to you: look for ways to be stretched, ask the Lord what it is that he wants you to do, it could be the best thing that has ever happened to you, you could end up with more blessings that you know what to do with.
Hasta Pronto amigos!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Odds and Ends
Well not too much response on what you would like to read on here, is anyone reading this? lol I really should be heading to bed now, morning comes far to soon as far as I'm concerned, one of these days I'm going to have to become a morning person.
I think I'm just going to write about some odds and ends today, hope that's ok.
Today was a fun day, I got to go and have a make-up make-over at John Casablancas school in Vancouver! Dale's cousin is going to school there and she needed a model and I was the lucky girl, it was so fun, got my make-up done twice and had the afternoon out what could be better? I even came home to find that Dale had made chili for dinner and fed the girls and then he had to leave on a trip, so that was so great not to have to worry about supper.
I am not looking forward to tomorrow, I have a doctors appointment to get a nasty wart that I caught from a swimming pool burnt off, this will be the third treatment, the last one was so painful, I seriously could have used crutches for a couple days my foot was that sore......yea, so excited about that.
How many of you are worried about the H1N1? I am getting a bit concerned, I trust the Lord will protect us, I am not getting the vaccine and I will not being giving it too my children, will you???
I think I'm just going to write about some odds and ends today, hope that's ok.
Today was a fun day, I got to go and have a make-up make-over at John Casablancas school in Vancouver! Dale's cousin is going to school there and she needed a model and I was the lucky girl, it was so fun, got my make-up done twice and had the afternoon out what could be better? I even came home to find that Dale had made chili for dinner and fed the girls and then he had to leave on a trip, so that was so great not to have to worry about supper.
I am not looking forward to tomorrow, I have a doctors appointment to get a nasty wart that I caught from a swimming pool burnt off, this will be the third treatment, the last one was so painful, I seriously could have used crutches for a couple days my foot was that sore......yea, so excited about that.
How many of you are worried about the H1N1? I am getting a bit concerned, I trust the Lord will protect us, I am not getting the vaccine and I will not being giving it too my children, will you???
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sundays
Happy Sunday everyone! I love Sundays, relaxing and not having to do anything. Sundays are our family day, we rest, play with the girls and then in the evening it's Americas Funniest Home Videos, our favorite show and then after the girls are in bed, Desperate Housewives, but I have now decided that I think I should start taping it because Dale hate that show, lol.
Yesterday I went with my sister to Babies R Us to register for her upcoming baby, she's due January 15th. I am so excited, I can't wait to meet the little one! We had a nice time picking out everything for baby! Then last night Dale planned a family outing (this rarely happens) to go to the Mane Event at the Chilliwack Heritage Park, the Mane Event is an everything horse show, country wear, feed, grooming supplies, horse trailers, everything you can think of to do with horses. At the end of the night they have a show where horse people (and their horses of course) show off their talents it was pretty cool and the girls loved it. Now this afternoon I am going to take Alexa out to the mall for a bit for a Mommy/Daughter time, I love these times, no interruptions and we can just spend time her and I.
Now on to something else, I want to know what do YOU want me to write about? What do you want to read? I would like some input so that I write things that people like to read. A couple of people have said they want to read something that stirs the pot so to speak, lol, and I like to write about those things too, stuff that causes people to think and to comment, I love the comments, it shows me that people are actually reading. So let me know what you think, I am looking forward to the responses! :o)
Yesterday I went with my sister to Babies R Us to register for her upcoming baby, she's due January 15th. I am so excited, I can't wait to meet the little one! We had a nice time picking out everything for baby! Then last night Dale planned a family outing (this rarely happens) to go to the Mane Event at the Chilliwack Heritage Park, the Mane Event is an everything horse show, country wear, feed, grooming supplies, horse trailers, everything you can think of to do with horses. At the end of the night they have a show where horse people (and their horses of course) show off their talents it was pretty cool and the girls loved it. Now this afternoon I am going to take Alexa out to the mall for a bit for a Mommy/Daughter time, I love these times, no interruptions and we can just spend time her and I.
Now on to something else, I want to know what do YOU want me to write about? What do you want to read? I would like some input so that I write things that people like to read. A couple of people have said they want to read something that stirs the pot so to speak, lol, and I like to write about those things too, stuff that causes people to think and to comment, I love the comments, it shows me that people are actually reading. So let me know what you think, I am looking forward to the responses! :o)
Friday, October 23, 2009
Blessings
On a whim I decided to go with the girls tonight to Costco, first I had to go and pick up a check from Dale's work, which was not there, :o( It's supposed to come tomorrow. Anyways, I got my daycare check from the government in the mail today and I also got paid for some Avon yesterday so I had a bit of money and thought "Let's go to Costco" So I go to the bank, cash my checks and head over there. First we go to the "restaurant" it is so cheap and very good pizza and fries, it was good, the girls liked it too. I had been thinking that maybe I shouldn't be eating out but we were hungry and not home so did it anyways. Then we do the regular Costco shop, check everything out, look at the clothes, books, toys etc. I got one Christmas gift and one other gift for something else and got some groceries as well as pair of pj's for Alexa and some pull-ups for Brookie. All the while I'm being careful because I know how much money I have in my wallet-$180.00 and I don't want to go over that because I have to be so careful right now with the way things are for us. So I go to the till and the girl rings everything through and she says $173.11, I start pulling out my cash, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, at this point my wallet is looking a little empty and I'm having a minor worry that I've gone over, 165, 170, wallets empty, uh oh, I don't know what else I've got, I open my change compartment, 172, 173, 173.01, 173.11!!! Victory!!! I had literally change left!!! Can you believe that?! As I was shopping I had no idea how much I had spent but God worked it out perfectly, if I had grabbed one more thing I would not have had enough! God is so good!
After we had been home for a while Dale came home from his trip and I tell him this story and he says that last week he had something similar happen to him. He has this card that he uses when he fuels up the truck and it accumulates points for every so many dollars spent and for the points he gets kind of like gift certificates to spend in the store and he got a $10 one that day. So he grabs a sandwich and a coffee and is trying to think about what else he needs and he thinks "oh yea, I need some of those light bulbs for the truck" so he grabs a pack of those and then remembers that he needs gum as well. So he puts these things on the counter and says "that should be close" to the cashier and after it's all rung up it's $9.99!!!! He had no idea how much it was going to be! It is so cool to see the Lord at work in our lives even in the small things, what a blessing!!!
After we had been home for a while Dale came home from his trip and I tell him this story and he says that last week he had something similar happen to him. He has this card that he uses when he fuels up the truck and it accumulates points for every so many dollars spent and for the points he gets kind of like gift certificates to spend in the store and he got a $10 one that day. So he grabs a sandwich and a coffee and is trying to think about what else he needs and he thinks "oh yea, I need some of those light bulbs for the truck" so he grabs a pack of those and then remembers that he needs gum as well. So he puts these things on the counter and says "that should be close" to the cashier and after it's all rung up it's $9.99!!!! He had no idea how much it was going to be! It is so cool to see the Lord at work in our lives even in the small things, what a blessing!!!
Fall
This morning I woke up and lay there thinking about what to post, I had a hundred ideas running through my mind, lol. Funny thing is I can't remember hardly any of the ideas! haha Oh well they will come back to me, yesterday's post was inspired by something that happened that morning but so far it's been an uneventful morning save for the fact that Brooklynn is running around here naked but that's not anything too exciting it's her newest thing, she loves being naked lol, and her bum is so cute! haha, I love baby bums. So I just thought that I would start typing and see what comes to me.
As I sit here typing I can hear the rain pouring down outside and see the beautiful fall colors out my window, I love fall! Oh, now I hear Mighty Machines on Treehouse with their dumb voices for the machines and the girls fighting about something, fantastic, what else is new? I would rather talk about fall....
I love Fall, I love the colors, I love the excitement that starts brewing that Christmas is coming soon, I love the cozy fires, and warm blankets. I love that I get to start thinking about Christmas decorating, shopping and what to buy for people, & parties! I suppose maybe other people think differently about it, maybe they see death because all of the leaves are dying and falling off, maybe they hate it because it's a sign that winter is coming and that means months of cold and snow.
I have been several times to Ontario in the Fall and WOW we've got nothing on them, the colors there are absolutely fantastic, I highly recommend going out east to check it out some day. What I do hate about fall is all the rain, although that's not just special to fall, we get lots through the winter and spring too. I do like the storms that come though, I know maybe that's weird, but I like them, all except for when the roof on the house starts leaking, that really bugs me, then I've got buckets in the living room and blankets or towels over things, the leaky roof has already wrecked several things including my sister-in-laws wedding picture. :o(
There are things that I like about other seasons too, I love the newness of Spring, all the daffodils and tulips, I love the freeness and warmth of Summer, camping, holidays, & NO SCHOOL! lol
Well I've got some errands to do today, including delivering some Avon books and product, gross in this rain but oh well, my pretty pink hat is good for that kind of weather! Let me know what is your favorite season, what do you like about it? why?
Have a great fall Friday!!!
As I sit here typing I can hear the rain pouring down outside and see the beautiful fall colors out my window, I love fall! Oh, now I hear Mighty Machines on Treehouse with their dumb voices for the machines and the girls fighting about something, fantastic, what else is new? I would rather talk about fall....
I love Fall, I love the colors, I love the excitement that starts brewing that Christmas is coming soon, I love the cozy fires, and warm blankets. I love that I get to start thinking about Christmas decorating, shopping and what to buy for people, & parties! I suppose maybe other people think differently about it, maybe they see death because all of the leaves are dying and falling off, maybe they hate it because it's a sign that winter is coming and that means months of cold and snow.
I have been several times to Ontario in the Fall and WOW we've got nothing on them, the colors there are absolutely fantastic, I highly recommend going out east to check it out some day. What I do hate about fall is all the rain, although that's not just special to fall, we get lots through the winter and spring too. I do like the storms that come though, I know maybe that's weird, but I like them, all except for when the roof on the house starts leaking, that really bugs me, then I've got buckets in the living room and blankets or towels over things, the leaky roof has already wrecked several things including my sister-in-laws wedding picture. :o(
There are things that I like about other seasons too, I love the newness of Spring, all the daffodils and tulips, I love the freeness and warmth of Summer, camping, holidays, & NO SCHOOL! lol
Well I've got some errands to do today, including delivering some Avon books and product, gross in this rain but oh well, my pretty pink hat is good for that kind of weather! Let me know what is your favorite season, what do you like about it? why?
Have a great fall Friday!!!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
A Horrific Discovery
I am in my 30's now and had not really thought too much about aging and the things that come along with that, wrinkles, gray hair, sagging, memory problems etc. Those things have crossed my mind as a possibilities but I thought "oh those are far in the future" Maybe it's like that for all of us, maybe we are all in denial of our bodies aging because our minds are telling us otherwise. For me I still feel the same on the inside as I did when I was a teenager and I look into the mirror and go wow, what happened, somehow I don't look the same as I did in my wedding picture and I didn't even see myself changing! lol
I went shopping with someone a while ago and she was telling me about a recent shopping trip she had: she is in her early 40's, she went into Sephora to use a gift certificate that she had gotten as a birthday gift, she walks in and the sales girl asks her what she can help with. "Well I have this gift certificate" "Well what would you like to get?" says the girl "Well I'm not too sure" says my friend. Anyways, the long and short of it is that the girl suggested looking into some anti aging skin care and my friend was rather horrified that the girl was suggesting that she would need such things. lol "I'm only in my early 40's!" lol
I had always been rather proud of the fact that I don't have any gray hair, now yes I do highlight it some but I've never found any grays and have asked the hair dresser to check just to be sure, nope, no gray she says. Now that brings me to today, as I'm getting ready to go to a meeting at the school I'm putting on deodorant and think, I need to shave, yuck, (it's not that bad, just a little stubble lol) and then to my absolute horror I see that not all the hairs are the same color!!!!! Some are WHITE!!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!! How the heck did THAT happen???? I know that my grandmother was gray at an early age so it runs in the family but man, really?! So I guess that I should swallow my pride and admit that I am no longer gray free. :o(
Now I have to go shave and erase all the evidence!
I went shopping with someone a while ago and she was telling me about a recent shopping trip she had: she is in her early 40's, she went into Sephora to use a gift certificate that she had gotten as a birthday gift, she walks in and the sales girl asks her what she can help with. "Well I have this gift certificate" "Well what would you like to get?" says the girl "Well I'm not too sure" says my friend. Anyways, the long and short of it is that the girl suggested looking into some anti aging skin care and my friend was rather horrified that the girl was suggesting that she would need such things. lol "I'm only in my early 40's!" lol
I had always been rather proud of the fact that I don't have any gray hair, now yes I do highlight it some but I've never found any grays and have asked the hair dresser to check just to be sure, nope, no gray she says. Now that brings me to today, as I'm getting ready to go to a meeting at the school I'm putting on deodorant and think, I need to shave, yuck, (it's not that bad, just a little stubble lol) and then to my absolute horror I see that not all the hairs are the same color!!!!! Some are WHITE!!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!! How the heck did THAT happen???? I know that my grandmother was gray at an early age so it runs in the family but man, really?! So I guess that I should swallow my pride and admit that I am no longer gray free. :o(
Now I have to go shave and erase all the evidence!
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