Flipped Out

Remember that contest I won, on THIS post?

Well, remember how I won a bunch of coupons to give away as a 'reward' to my bloggy friends?
Well, remember that I haven't done that yet???

So, here it is:

If you'd like to win ice cream coupons for a pint of Ben and Jerry's Flipped Out Ice Cream, here's the simple rules to win.

I will reward one coupon to each person who comments on a time when they TOTALLY FLIPPED OUT. A freak out, a day spent on a trampoline, a tumble down some stairs-- ANYTHING counts. If you think you 'flipped out', leave a comment with the story, and you will be one of the winners!

Yep. that's because I have no imagination to make this contest any tougher!

And, lastly, you have to leave an email address for me in order to get the coupon to ya (the company sends them to you personally). You can email me your email personally *(debbirn2b@hotmail.com) or you can put it in the comments for us all to hound your inbox with.

***EDIT: These coupons are only valid in the USA. If you're a Canadian reader, and you want one, that's fine. There's lots of readers I know who travel to the US often. But, I didn't want to mislead us Canadians... They're only valid in the USA.

And one of these days I'll post something good. I'm stretched to the max right now with the wedding and moving and money and selling and coping and planning and cleaning and packing and...and.. and..

Tuesday Tidbits

A post of tidbits. Not Timbits... although... I had some of those with the dayhome kids yesterday, and forgot how gross they are. I mean, I love donuts as much as the next person, but timbits are so much drier. Although, the handy bite-size makes me feel less guilty when I eat 20 of them. Those powder-covered ones are my fave!!

Last night, I donned my VERY FUN wedding shoes, and went with my lovely friend, Becka, dress shopping again at a friend's bridal store. Funny enough, the dresses we narrowed it down to are TOTALLY different than the dress from the other fitting with Sin and Babbling Brook. hmmmmm. Now what do I do? If Will didn't read the blog, I'd ask all of you your opinions. Alas, no pre-wedding shots here. But I'll help ya out-- just imagine: white or off-white dress. To the floor, or slightly above the knee. fitted on the waist or empire waistband. Low cut or not. Sleeveless or strappy or full-arms... :)

Invitations are out. That feels good.

And today's the last day I have with my longest-standing dayhome child! :( I've had Andrew for over 2.5 years now. It's sad that today's my last day with him. Moving on to bigger and better things.

House NEEDS TO SELL!!!!!!

yah. That's it for today. Pretty lame post- busy dong laundry and cleaning and getting ready for the long weekend coming up.

And check out this blog: www.cutelikemegiveaways.blogspot.com They always do fun give-a-ways. Not to mention, Hailey's awesome herself. After all, only the awesomest of people have a birthday on a holiday.

3/52 and As My Friend, Montgomery Burns Would Say: "Exxcelleeent!!"

Hey! So, remember this post, from not too long ago? It was that one where I entered into a contest for 'looking back' on a post from when I first started blogging and comparing it to now.

Yeah, well the other day, I won! (okay, I was one of 7 winners, but still, that's pretty great) How awesome is that, hey?

You can read all about my claim to stardom *here*. Then you can beg me unashamedly for one of the Ben & Jerry's coupons I have. Maybe I'll even do my very first giveaway. Although, that takes a lot of work, and to be quite honest, I'd probably rig the results, just for the sake of feeling all powerful and omnipotent! muahaha.

Cuz everyone knows, I need to feel SOME sort of power in my life. :)
Besides, it's so unlike me to share ice cream. Let's be honest here.

Oh, and it's Find Mom in Foto's Friday.
So:

This was Family Home Evening this past Monday night. We did a high quality, slave all day making it 'board game', girls against boys, on which Latter-Day Prophet said which quote. Girls won by a landslide. Then we had pie and ice cream. As you can see, I dressed up for the occasion by wearing sweat capris and Will's T-shirt. Stylin' eh?

2/52

So, we're on week 2 of the "Find Mom in Fotos" challenge. I was in a lot of pictures this week, so this one wasn't too tough.Watching the dancing and bad kareoke with D-Jo and a few of our kids. Ignore Mimi's look of sadness, she was having a GREAT time.

I caught Will stealing my camera, so I flashed him a smile. Again, let's ignore Mimi-- simply cuz it's gross! ;)

I'd update you all on everything else, but for once, I have NOTHING to report. YAY and NAY. Yay, because that means life is chugging along at a perfect pace, I'm happy, everyone I love is healthy and supportive, I have food on my table, and my kids are good. Nay because I haven't sold a house yet. And it's currently super messy with the possibility of an open house again tomorrow. But Yay cuz Stampede started officially this morning, which means free meals for 10 days, and, to top it off, it's the weekend and I'm spending it with Will and my kids. What else could I need?!

If You're Looking For A Post on How to Have a Divortion with a Hermaphrodite That Exacerbates Folding Panties, Whoa, You've Come to the Wrong Place

So, using my super-secret, high-tech analytic gadgets , I can stalk track what happens on this blog, where people come from, and what brought them here. I thought I'd share with you some of the funny things people searched for in the past month to end up here on this silly blog.

Some searches are obvious, like "Daisyhalos," "blogspot," "Mormon," or " X-Weighted," but here's some original ones for this month:

1. "Cute Ways To Fold Undies." In case any of you missed it, it truly was a great tutorial (you can catch it here). I'm just sad that only two people find it important to ensure all panties are nicely placed into the underwear drawer. If anything, underwear are the closest thing to our..uh..hearts. Shouldn't we fold them with a little more reverence!?
   
   
2. "Hal and Joanne McLeod Divorce." Don't think I started that nasty rumour. That would be a sad story if it were true. I mean, whose marriage can't survive the mantra of "keep fit, and have fun"? Body Break is NOT a break-UP, people! And, Joanne would be the DUMBEST woman on the planet to divorce a man with such a stellar 'stache! Hey, Hal, if it's true that you're single... CALL ME! *wink wink*
   
   PS- were they ever even married?
   
   
3. "Is the Word Whoa A Proper Word". Seriously, Feltcher, it totally is. The spellcheck accepts it, so that's sayin' something. And, besides, it was on TV, so its superly gotsta be a real word cuz everything on TV is true! *cough* And, for a frikkle-head to search on google for that and ultimatively click on a BLOG-linky, you needa go back to school. Cuz, CLEARLY, blogs are the be-all and end-all of Good Wordisms. And punctuationisms. And gooder English. Other real words not to be left out: bestest, recockulous, and buttmunch.
   
   Whoa. I think I hurt my head on those last few. Whoa.
   
   
4. "What is a Hermaphrodite Technically Called?" "Hermaphrodite Love 8" "Blue Power Ranger Hermaphrodite" I don't even want to comment on this one. I'm scared. Please, if you're looking for ANYTHING of this sort, you're on the wrong blog. The title of THIS POST was just a joke. And Blue Power Ranger Hermaphrodites???? WHAT THE??!?!
   
   
5. "What is a Divortion" I still love this word, courtesy of Babbling Brooke. But the true definition of Divortion doesn't exist. There's no such word. Maybe divortion is only for those people who want to be unmarried AND lose their responsibilities as a parent?
   
   
6. "How Many Calories In A Burger From Peters' Drive-In" WHO CARES?! Just eat the mofo! And stuff the ginormous amount of french fries they give you in your mouth, too, before anyone sees! (ooooh, Ginormous... hey, dumbdumb from number 3, FYI: ginormous is ALSO a word.) And, if you're gonna do a trip to Peters', do it right: get a Tiger-flavoured milkshake. MMMMM. There's no calories in milkshakes on Thursday. Like there's no calories in *Chocolate on Wednesday, in tacos on Tuesday or in *Candy on Fridays.
   
   *yes, as the link says, these are always capitalized!
   
   
7. "Peloop" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. SERIOUSLY!?!! That comes from THIS POST, and frankly, that's just hilarious that someone was SEARCHING for that product! Good luck on that. Let us know how it went!
   
   
8. "Definition of Exacerbated". This is only funny to me because it wasn't me who said it-- it was an Anonymous commenter on THIS entry. But, for ease of clickage, the proper definition of exacerbated is:
   

• to make more intense or sharp; aggravate (disease, pain, annoyance, etc.)
• to exasperate; annoy; irritate; embitter
  
  
  

So, there you have it. Things that brought some of you here. :) Hopefully you managed to find what you were looking for, and then some, while you've read along since! And if not, I'm sure we'll have some gooders next month. So stay tuned. And yes, gooders is ALSO a word! :)

Tuesday Tunes- Scattered Thoughts

I'm totally random right now. Fair warning.

Finding a theme to the posts lately?! Being BOTH divorced, now we can say what we want and not care about who reads what, so I'm loving the freedom of that. And, so, because of that, you're all getting my pent-up mushy-ness. Trust me, there's LOTS to go around! ;) And, "too bad, my blog!" ;)

Yesterday I just smiled at random times at the memory of the weekend. Being with Will. It MAY have been because I'm sporting a ring on my left fourth-finger from him and so everytime I looked at my hand, I thought about him and laughed. Our little matching rings makes for some fun comments, seeing as Will's father and Chris both asked if congratulations were in order. yah. Uh. Cuz we'd get engaged with plastic. lol it's a mood ring. lol Makes me giggle.

Soooo loving a 'clean' house, even if it's because I have to move. It's so freeing to have everything minimized, aromatized, alphabetized, organized and ... uh... uh... caramelized? The carpets came out pretty well, and for family night last night I put the kids to work and got the windows/mirrors, door handles, light switches and bathrooms cleaned. The family that cleans together...um...
yah. nothing clever rhymes with CLEANS. nevermind.

Mimi's having some separation anxiety, and every night cries for Daddy. I don't know why. Maybe she's too tired lately because she's been avoiding/weening off her afternoon nap, and it's her way of 'releasing' her daily stress? Whatever the reason, it's kinda sad, and I can't say anything other than "Daddy's not here, he's at his house." And, being the good mom that I am, I bribe her to shut up by letting her stay up until midnight with cookies and sugarpops in bed. Forget this "I want Daddy" crap: Mom is SOOOO gonna win her over.

Note to self: Self, when one of your contacts feels wrong and MAY have a tear in it, don't try to be so frugal as to wait until the next day to replace it. When you don't find dirt on it, and it's not bent or in backwards, odds are good that it's time to open a new one. And, for goodness sake, DO NOT try to be a martyr and keep the darned, painful thing IN YOUR EYE for the whole day. Your eye is crying for a reason. Because, if it COULD, your cornea would tell you that the whole entire next day, your eye is going to hurt like a mother!

I got the funniest sunburn that's totally hurting. I wore shorts while I was helping Will paint the hotel again this past Saturday, and the backs of my knees got burnt, but the rest of my legs (calves, everything) is pale-white still! What the? One HALF of the back of my neck got burnt too, but only in a palm-sized spot. It's very odd.



And it's Tuesday, so I'm tuning you today into five of my newer fave songs.

The Arms Of A Woman - Amos Lee
My sister, Keeks (Kiki) introduced me to this guy. I'm totally in love, and have downloaded a bunch of his other songs. Check out Southern Girl, Colours, and Careless... a bunch of my other faves.

The Luckiest- Ben Folds Five
I know. It's not new. But I have this song on a permanent repeat while I clean these past few days.

Goodbye- Kristinia
Allison got me on this one. So fun. So "me" last year. What a great work-out or, in my case, scrub-the-floor song. Scrubbing the floor IS working out, I'm pretty sure. So is blogging. And, uh.. napping. Yah. Total workout. It's been researched somewhere, I'm sure.

You Could Be Happy- Snow Patrol
Just a good song. It calms me, the way the tune goes. I guess it's kinda a sad song, but I still like it.

Closer- Joshua Radin
I love his stuff. "I take the blue ones every time". BEST LINE! Blue mood ring = romantic or in love. :) I know that's not what he's talking about. But whatever.

I'm only 54% cool

Directions - Italic/star the ones you've done & post on your blog!

1. *Started your own blog (ah, no, I started someone else's and they happen to be EXACTLY like me, so I pretend to use theirs!!)
2. *Slept under the stars
3. *Played in a band (Elementary School isn't that cool, though. French horn and Drums. Not at the same time. THAT woulda been cool!)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. *Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. *Performed in Disneyland (With my baton corps a few times, and once I was picked out of the crowd to be in a part of the parade)
8. *Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. *Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (I'm working on the guitar)
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. *Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. *Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. *Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. *Built a snow fort
25. *Held a lamb
26. *Gone skinny dipping (shhhh, my parents read this blog!)
27. Run a Marathon (don't start me on this one)
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. *Seen a total eclipse (Mimi gives me a full-moon every night!)
30. *Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. *Hit a home run
32. *Been on a cruise (I don't know if it REALLY counts, but we had a dry-grad cruise overnight on our 'prom' night around the Vancouver Harbours)
33. *Seen Niagara Falls in person (many times. It's awesome)
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (uh, my ancestors are Canadian for a really long time, though, so I could KINDA say yes to this one!)
35. Seen an Amish community (nope, but a Hudderite and Menonite one)
36. Taught yourself a new language (taught myself how to read one of the Japanese alphabets, if that counts)
37. *Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. *Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. *Sung karaoke (in Japan, at that! Doesn't get more authentic!)
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. *Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. *Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. *Been transported in an ambulance (more than once, neither time was 'an emergency'.)
47. *Had your portrait painted (done horribly in Quebec city.)
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. *Kissed in the rain
53. *Played in the mud
54. *Gone to a drive-in theater
55. *Been in a movie or on a TV show
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. *Started a business
58. *Had an encounter with a wild animal (do rabid rabbits and 'wild' mice count?!)
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. *Sold Girl Scout Cookies (girl GUIDE cookies, but yah)
62. Gone whale watching
63. *Got flowers for no reason
64. *Donated blood, platelets, or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. *Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. *Saved a favourite childhood toy (my children still play with them)
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. *Eaten Caviar
72. *Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. *Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. *Broken a bone
78. *Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. *Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. *Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. *Killed and prepared an animal for eating (fish. Not that adventurous)
88. *Had chickenpox
89. *Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. *Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. *Lost a loved one
94. *Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. *Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. *Been involved in a law suit (car accident isn't really a law suit, though.)
98. *Owned a cell phone
99. *Been stung by a bee
100. *Taken a martial arts class

Still Laughing

Okay.... Shut. The. Front. Door.

This is hilarious. I guess it's been a while since I've watched TV, and maybe this is sooo old news. I don't care. I just 'found' it last night. But honestly people, if you didn't want to laugh, you definitely don't want to watch this! Ellen cracks me up. But in case you're not an Ellen fan, you can still find the humour in THIS too!

Yes, I'm still self-medicating with humour. It's not fixing the..uh..urge I mentioned sometime last week or so... but at least it makes me laugh at myself. Or others. Cuz, laughing at others is WAY more fun. Clearly. And I know there's quite a few of you readers who are also having harder days lately, and maybe, just maybe, you'll smile with me.

I know, I know, these posts, as my friend informed me yesterday, are boring. Well, what I REALLY want to blog about, I can't. And what I DON'T want to blog about, I still can't. So, frankly, until I figure my stuff out or find alternate blog fodder, we get humour.

And, it only took me all night to find this commercial, but does anyone else remember this? I loved it as a child. I don't know WHY. Watching it now is almost scary. But it brings me back and makes me happy. :)

Watch This!

The best way to beat a crappy mood? Talk with friends. Take a long rollerblade. Have a shower where NO ONE is bugging you. And, when all else fails, try these:

There is nothing more heartwarmingly charming and cute than this. In 60 years, I want you to find me at my retirement home-- and make sure that me and my super-cute husband are THIS in love and THIS full of fun! *YOU MUST CLICK!*

Now this is totally awesome. Sometimes, it takes someone like this to break stereotypes. When the band teacher asked this kid what instrument he wanted to play, I'd venture to guess that THIS wasn't the answer he expected to get! I'll bet this dude was beaten up in elementary school. *clickage*

And, seriously, this guy's mouth. TALENTED! Watch the whole 2 minute thing, cuz, SERIOUSLY, each time I think he's reached his 'abilities', he does something new and I sit here going, "Whoa".
*Click heeeeeeeere*

Love Is-

When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and
paint her toenails anymore.

So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his
hands got arthritis too. That's love."

Rebecca- age 8

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is
different.

You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving
cologne and they go out and smell each other."

Karl - age 5

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your
French fries without making them give you any of theirs."

Chrissy - age 6

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a
sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."

Danny - age 7

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears
it everyday."

Noelle - age 7

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are
still friends even after they know each other so well."

Tommy - age 6

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him
alone all day."

Mary Ann - age 4

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and
little stars come out of you." (what an image)

Karen - age 7

I'd Like To Thank The Little People- And By That, I'm Not Being Politically Correct for 'midgets', I Mean, All Those People Lesser Than Me! ;)

Yep, it's true. Sorry for all you runner ups.
*clickety click here*

Maybe next year!

I'm Technically a 64%/64% Hermaphrodite!

YOUR GUY SIDE----
> [x] You love hoodies.
> [x] You love jeans.
> [ ] Dogs are better than cats.
> [x] It's hilarious when people get hurt. [sometimes]
> [ ] Shopping is torture
> [ ] Sad movies suck.
> [x] You own a car racing game.
> [x] You played with Hot Wheels cars as a kid.
> [ ] At some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter.
> [x] You owned a DS, PS2, N64,or Sega.
> [ ] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers.
> [x] You have watched sports on TV
> [x] Gory movies are cool.
> [x] You go to your dad for advice.
> [ ] You own like a trillion baseball caps.
> [ ] You used to collect hockey cards.
> [x] Baggy sweats are cool to wear.
> [ ] It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
> [x] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favourite colours.
> [x] You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
> [x] Sports are fun
> [x] You talk with food in your mouth.
> [x] You sleep with your socks on at night.
> [x] You have fished at least once
> [ ] You are/were obsessed with video games.

Total: 16
Mutipy by 4: 64%

----YOUR GIRL SIDE----
> [x] You love to shop.
> [x] You wear eyeliner
> [x] You wear the color pink. [not usually]
> [ ] You go to your mom to talk.
> [x]You consider cheerleading a sport.
> [ ] You hate wearing the color black.
> [x] You like going to the mall.
> [x] You like getting manicures and/or pedicures
> [x] You like wearing jewelry.
> [x] You cried watching The Notebook.
> [x] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
> [x] Shopping is one of your favourite hobbies.
> [ ] You don't like the movie Star Wars
> [x] You are/were in gymnastics
> [ ] It takes you around one hour to shower, get dressed, and make-up
> [ ] You smile a lot more than you should.
> [x] You have more than 10 pairs of shoes.
> [x] You care about what you look like. (sometimes)
> [ ] You like wearing dresses when you can.
> [XX] You like wearing high heel shoes.
> [x] You used to play with dolls as little kid.
> [ ] You like putting make-up on others.
> [x] You like being the star of everything. (sometimes)
> [ ] Pink is one of your favorite colors.
> [ ] You have so many purses/bags

Total: 16
Multiply by 4: 64%

Where There's a Will

Okay,
It's Thursday. I am sunburnt. yep. TOTALLY sunburnt from Monday afternoon, when I went outside with the kidlets and wrote in my paper journal on the deck. I was out for about an hour, but came in, SUNBURNT!!! Wow.

Then. Today I was up and got to shovel my driveway. Sunburnt. Shovelling snow.

Welcome to Calgary.
Then, the bus didn't come. So, seeing as how there were too many kids for me to safely transport the school-aged ones to school by myself, they have a snow-day. AND, they have the day off tomorrow for parent-teacher interviews, so it's kinda a REALLY long weekend.

On other, non-related news, I am so unbloggified lately as if you didn't notice. Slacker over here is having a hard time finding fodder to share. Not that I don't have THINGS worth blogging about, but it's nothing anyone else really finds that entertaining. That, and I found out recently that Will's exwife-to-be also reads my blog. Um, wierd, but whatever. Apparently she tried to use it as ammunition to hurt him, which only works if she actually thinks that what I write in the blog is the whole story. She's not very friendly to me, but whatever. I wrote her another post the other day-- one similar to the one I wrote for EF, but it was TOTALLY full of 'blue air", and have decided just to keep it in my back pocket for another day. Stay tuned for it, I may just air it eventually. :P Nonetheless, everyone say Hi to Sarah.

But, I will share a few pics he so awesomely sent me to share with "my peeps" here on the blog. From the past weekend. (no, no swimming pool shots-- THANKGOODNESS!!) (My personal fave-- awww)

And, we're taking polls for what Will's last name should be! He and I sat around laughing this morning at funny last names.
Our favourite was "Spank". HAH!

So, seeing as we missed Word Verification Wednesday yesterday because of my Idon'tfeellikebloggingaboutthegaymissionaryinourward attitude (NOT joking about that last part!), let's play What's Will's Last Name?

Six Word Saturday

For more 6 word saturday, visit Cate at SHOW MY FACE and play along, or play along in the comments! My six words:


Remember Me? I Used to Blog. :)



Still with *wonderful* company, loving every minute!! My kids are now with Chris, so today's a day of teenagers and Will, and I think we're going swimming again. Of course, it'll be way more fun now that I don't have to watch LL try to drown herself!

Have a wonderful weekend, and I'll catch you soon!

Where Am I?

Hi guys.
Sorry. No blogging lately- I have been busy!
Will and his four kids are visiting for the next few days, and I'm still working during the day, and you know-- life.
I'll blog again. Next week! ;)
With pictures. And stories. And drama (I'm sure I can create SOMETHING by next week :P )

I haven't even read anyone else's blogs! I hope you're all cranky, feisty, opinionated and wonderful as you always are, bloggy friends (blends? Frogs?). We'll catch up soon.

A Million "themes" for the Day.

It's April Fools' Day. NAY. I hate this day. It's kinda childish-- and not in the "I'm young at heart" childish way, more like the "I don't wipe my own butt" annoying childish way. Chris says I used to try to 'get' him, but I don't remember that. Clearly I'm much cooler than that now. (yay?)

But it IS Word Verfication Wednesday. Yay. And Wednesday Ws, which I don't have the inclination to do today. Nay. It's also Chocolate Wednesday. Yay. And some people call it hump day. (I don't even want to SAY if this is a yay or nay for fear of being taken the wrong way!) So really, Wednesday could be a really cool day of the week. Better than Tuesday, at least! ;) But, it's the start to a new month, which is ALWAYS a good thing-- a month of 'spring-ness'. Yay. Which translates into flowers and sunshine. YAY. And floods. Nay. And I am down two permanent kids as of today (nay)-- the day seems SOOO quiet. YAY. It's kinda nice-- I'll get so much done this month, so I'm happy for the break. YAY. Although, this week sometime I'll be putting up new signs for more childcare, which means I'll be doing interviews again. NAY.

Selling Girl Guide cookies, for you locals who want some. They're the chocolate and vanilla sandwich type. Yay. NOT the nasty mint chocolate ones. NAY!!! If I don't sell them to our ASSIGNED route, I end up with all these cookies in my home. Nay. Buy them!!!!!! i do NOT want them! I say Nay Nay!~

(Dont' forget to play Word Verification Wednesday!)

You Decide!

To cell or not to cell:

Why I should:

• Emergencies, especially when on the road. Seeing as I'm travelling a bit more to see Will on the weekends, sometimes with the kids in my van, and sometimes alone in a slightly unreliable vehicle. Or, when travelling, I'm getting sleepy and want someone to keep me a bit more awake for that last 1/2 hour.
• Dayhome parents to have 24/7 access to where their kids are, in case I'm at the park or the busstop or we went out for lunch, etc.
• easier to text a simple "hi" when I don't really want to say anything but that, and don't want to get in a full-blown conversation. Especially when the dayhome kids are noisy and being on the phone won't be conducive to a conversation with the noise in the background
• To ask if my friend or sister wants something wonderful I just found on sale, but IT'S THE LAST DAY OF THE SALE AND EVERYTHING'S GOING FAST!!, and what colour she'd prefer.
• because everybody else is doing it
  
  

Why I shouldn't:

• I am always home. So, when someone needs me, they can usually find me here.
  
• If I'm not at home, I don't want to be hounded on the phone. I want to be just a mom at Walmart or Beavers or whatever. And, I know that if I don't answer my home phone because I'm on the other line, people will call my cell to try to get me to talk to them. Annoying.
• More annoying-- people call your cell when they're right beside you. As if that is cool. :)
  
• It costs money I don't need to spend. It's another bill. And I'm on a budget. I'm a single Mom.
  
• who needs to talk MORE on a phone than I already do? If the dayhome kids are noisy, that's more of an indication they need attention, and why would I want to be on the phone during that time, texting?!
• Once you get a phone, there's a million other, BETTER phones out there. And all I hear about from people is how crappy their phones are. Inevitably. EVERYONE complains about their phone! Or their service provider. What a headache I don't need to invite into my life.
  
• In an emergency, EVERYONE ELSE has a phone! I am not afraid to wave someone down. Or to ask for help... even if that means showing a bit of skin crying for them to pull over! And I'm always on a main road- so, SOMEONE will pass by! AND I can change a tire without help. And I can push a van all by myself. LL could steer fine! lol
• Worst yet, the cell phone doesn't work on 'country' roads anyways-- no signal. So, how good is it anyways? If I'm near the town, just walk to the town or nearest home!
  
• I don't NEED a cell. I'm opposed to indulging on things I don't NEED-- especially ones that are typically 'addictive'. Once you begin to rely on a cell phone, you have to ALWAYS have one. Like a watch. Or a Ripples Potato Chip! (okay, so this last one even had ME laughing on the floor!!! Like *I* am against addictive things!!! lol!)

THIS BEING SAID: everyone is astounded when I tell them I don't HAVE a cell phone. or want. one. And lately, I'm being pressured to get one. (*coughWILLcough*) Of course, he's only worried about me travelling and being safe, but still.

So, Riddle me this. I put it out there, unbiasedly to the blogosphere. To cell or not to cell?

My Thursday

Today I:

• got 4 hours of sleep. DANG IT, having an awesome friend like Will and talking on the phone until 2 am is KILLING my sleep patterns!! (worth it)
• celebrate good friends who are there for hugs when I need/want one. Good church leaders who love me. Good kids.
  
• Folded 8 loads of laundry
• practised the piano (something I RARELY do because I can't hear the kids playing in the other room-- but with older kids here, I know the little ones are being 'entertained'. And by entertained, I mean dressed up into crazy 'baby' outfits and shoved into play strollers. Funtimes had by all.)
• Am currently watching, and fed 10 kids lunch. Yes, Spring break started today, so all the school-aged kids are here too. Hence the fast post-- I don't have a lot of time to blog because they're given 'screen time' equally and I'm sure I'm gonna get kicked off my computer for going past my allocated time slot! :)
• rebooked Chris' parenting course (kinda-- he rebooked, I just helped) because we originally booked it on a weekend that he had the kids. Dumb us.
• Vacuumed the main floor
• Put the dayhome kids to slave labour and they cleaned the basement. (not a small task!)
• Potty trained a 1 yr old. Amazingly, she's been 100% today. Touch wood. (VL)
• Only dealt with ONE injury-- blood isn't too bad if it doesn't get on my carpet! ;)
  
  

Today I WILL:

• Continue to read the third Twilight book. I think it's called New Moon? No? uh...Eclipse? Or Breaking Dawn. ONE of those.
  
• Take Bear to Beavers, pick Bear UP from Beavers
  
• Shop for something "green" to share (foodwise) for 8GV night tonight-- suggestions?
  
• cook dinner
• put said folded laundry AWAY
• clean. Clean. Clean.
• Stop a million fights that are BOUND to occur soon. It's been FAR too peaceful around here this morning.
• write in my paper journal (I'm doing that everyday now-- man, I forgot how much I missed that. It is the BEST way for me to really dig deep into the person I am and why I act the way I do, what I think spiritually, and what my weaknesses are. )
• POSSIBLY get my tax stuff together to drop off at the accountant's.
• Apologize to my blog readers that I may not be around much in the week to come, seeing as it's Spring Break and there's too many kids here to be on a computer for too long. I'll be busy cleaning up. Constantly. And entertaining older kids with crafts or outings or whatever. So blog posts for the next week may suck-- fair warning.
• THANK all the non-lurkers who outed themselves yesterday. I loved checking out your blogs and will visit again.
  

Wednesday Ws and Word Verification Wednesday

Who: All you 'lurkers' out there
What: are being "called out"
Where: here on the blog during Word Verification Wednesday
When: Today
Why: My sister recently told me of a meeting with a friend of hers. She said that her friend was over at her house, and saw a picture of me. "Who is that?!" When my sister said who it was, the friend got excited, and confessed that she 'stalks' my blog (Hi Tan!) and sometimes checks a few times a day. I was "blogmarted". Then they talked about stuff IN this blog-- namely, Will.
"And Will-- I think he lives here!"
Sister smiles, "yes, I think maybe he does."
That's when Tan realized that my sister has MET Will, and yes, Will lives in their area. Funtimes. So, Will got blogmarted too.

So, in light of this conversation, I'd like to call all you lurkers out. Just say hi. Leave a name or don't-- doesn't matter. We're just happy you're here. And by we, obviously I mean me. It's easy today-- play Word Verification Wednesday, and join me! :) I was checking the stats with Will last night, and figured out that there was 108 DIFFERENT people who checked the blog yesterday-- let's see who you are. Where you're from! What you think. Join the party!



It's Jillybean's Word Verification Wednesday. Play along below!

Giveaway. That's all Folks.

I want to blog. But I'm tired. Although I have stuff to say.
So instead, you get this.

A giveaway you may want to check out. My girlfriend has a website to check out with some cute stuff, including this pendant, if you're into this type of stuff.
Go here.

Yah.
That's it for today. I'm just too tired to get all emotionally involved in some "Valentines Day as a single mom" post. blah.

Besides, this is a tough weekend for me.
One year on monday since EF's husband told me about the affair. So I'm pretty blah lately. I WILL post eventually. And beware the bitterness and anger. They're kinda brewing lately.