Earning my time on NWN tonight!

So this morning I had a doctor's appointment and since it was at 9:50am instead of my usual 9:30am I thought I would have time to do some extra things around the house. As it turned out Hubby dropped me off early (9:20am) at the doctor's which was incredibly quiet. Meaning non-busy. Meaning they got me in at 9:25am and I was done by 9:40am and on the bus home by 9:45am. Which meant that all the fabric pieces that I had cut out for Bear's Dragon head (his costume for Halloween is a dragon this year) a mere two hours ago could be assembled before picking Smiles up from school. As it was I was able to get almost all the fabric pieces sewn together and started pinning the gold scales down. So from the top of the head down the back of his neck he will have gold ridges sticking out.

After picking Smiles up from school I would have gotten more done but when it comes to reading to Smiles I have to indulge. As it was she got three books out of me and the dragon head is all the way up to having one horn sewn on and most of it sewn down to the baseball cap. I decided to cheat and use the cap as a better way of keeping the head on Bear's Head, especially at school. This one I have been making sure I do not cover up the adjustable strap in it so we can maybe put it over a hood! If I can I so want to post a picture of it. Unfortunately that means I need someone else's camera since I do not own a digital camera or a scanner. Hmmm! Raven sweetie, darling, best buddy?.....

I am sure somehow I'll get a picture and all I can say is Bear is pretty excited about it! The only worry I currently have is that I could not find any polyester batting or filling to puff the head up in to a real dragon's head and not just a baseball cap. I ran to the fabric store(and yes bought material I didn't need. Some 4.5 meters of black fleece which was on sale) to get some and they were all out. Sheesh, you would think it was the Christmas and Halloween season or something! Anyways I did pick up some zippers for my hoodies so I can actually wear them again. Also some black thread which, I know I had a roll of 1000m black on my machine last time I had looked, mysteriously was missing when I went to sew this morning. Hmmmm. Must have been the cats! The kids would never... nah!

So my solution for the batting to fluff up the head was a simple and economic one. I did not have time to go look for a cheap pillow (which was the suggestion of the staff at the fabric store) I went to the drugstore instead. Cotton balls! Light, fluffy and cheap! I just hope it doesn't snow or rain on Halloween cause then I'll have one limp dragon. Lol.

I deserve a little break tonight I think. Never Winter Nights should do just fine!

Staying Positive is Hard

I am trying to stay positive right now so this will be a quick blog only.

1. Had fabulous food and conversation at the Girl's Night Out (aka Raven's birthday party) last night.
2. Have a mattress for the bed going in the nursery.
3. Worked on the boxes of books in the nursery and got 10 down to three.
4. Did housework.
5. Had an argument with the husband and made myself say something positive at the end so he would hopefully not go to bed angry.
6. Had a good talk with Star.
7. Got baby clothes and some toys from Star.

All we have left that will be needed for the baby's arrival will be receiving blankets and a car seat. The car seat Star said she'll provide once she's washed it for me. Other than that the nursery is getting closer and closer to being set up and done. Yay! Okay positive is done now it is time to flush my brain down the toilet with some mindless games before going to bed.

A week of denounemont....

After that wonderful party on Sunday the rest of this week has been - blah for lack of a better word. At least that's how I have been feeling, lol. Smiles has been very happy -mostly- she has a cold. But she did make it to school on Tuesday I was worried for awhile that morning that she wouldn't make it for her real birthday and school pictures. She did though and got dressed up in one of her special occasion dresses and Daddy gave her one last present. A necklace with a horse and a small garnet on it. She was thrilled and loved being able to wear it to school. Still she was sick and her cough has gotten worse so I have been monitoring her. This weather is playing havoc with everyone's systems I am certain of it. Hot - Cold -Hot - Cold. Make up your mind already!!!

Right now its gorgeous out and I have all the windows in the house open just to cool things off. Today we are going to carve the big pumpkin and put that in the bay window. I am going to open it up and scoop out all the insides before picking Bear up from school. Then after he's done his homework and if there's time before supper I'll let him draw the face he wants on it. Then I get to try and carve it out. Lol that should be fun. I figure I better do this today since tomorrow is garbage day. haha.

Last night was fun. I went swimming with Raven and we met Fox and Slickie? in the hot tub afterwards. We even went in the current pool for awhile before the main pool closed at 9pm. Fox had never been in there and had a lot of fun just floating around in it. Then I ended up going over to Raven's to check out this Renaissance Costume she wants to make for herself. Don't mind me if I giggle through out this process because she is finally attempting to use patterns for the first in in her sewing career. I was able to point out a few things and explain a few others but for the most part I do think Raven will be fine. She is a good sewer (that's sower not suwer people!) and she has DD and I to call and ask questions of should she need help. As I said before I think she'll be fine. Her materials and colours are gorgeous. Teal satin with flocked black velvet pattern. A gorgeous gold satiny patterned lining and for the bodice a black gold and some silver brocade style material. All of those together look fabulous. Wow. Definitely her colours.

I am looking forward to Friday because that's Raven's Birthday Party and she has been holding it at the top East Indian Restaurant for the last 4 or 5 years. Which means the girls night out get to eat really really well. Yum!!! I just hope Hubby can make it home early enough because there are some of our friend who can only come for a short time. Still I am sure some of us will be there til 11pm which is our usual departure time on these nights. Haha. Otherwise Raven and I have decided since Ladies of Hack just wasn't going anywhere on Fridays that we were going to turn it into another swimming/costuming night. Which makes me happy cause I need to do both!

Other than that my friend who's moving back to Newfoundland is borrowing my air mattress because they currently have no furniture in the apartment. Lol. That and they got flights back on Halloween at 11 pm so the boys will be able to go trick or treating that night. Yeah!!! This makes her happy because she was thinking she would not survive the 6 day Drive back to Newfoundland. The boys apparently have trouble keeping to themselves in the car for a few hours let alone 6 days! So I am happy for her she got her flights but am still sad she has to leave. Sigh them's the breaks!

Oh and the baby is getting more and more active while my hips are being displaced. I definitely have that distinctive pregnant waddle. Waddle waddle waddle!

I survived!!!!

The party went according to plan, mostly. I was a little terse when I kept getting crowded by kids wanting to get at Smiles present that I was trying to rip out of a box. Lol that was fun. At least three of my nails had to be trimmed because they are incredibly weak right now and broke during this excution. Sigh! But the weather was lovely and Auntie Ski was fabulous as a cohost for the games and she even got the coolest party decorations. My mother in law supplied a pirate Pinata which the HIT of the party. I was able to do the crawl through the fort, throw a cannonball (basketball) into a hoop, walk the gangplank and then hit the Pinata for the TREASURE!!!! They went through that line-up around four or five times before I finally called it quits and let Auntie Ski smack it (by the way I think she bent the Pinata stick). A few good whacks from her and down came the treasure in all its candy glory.

Then it was time for presents and cake. All the kids had fun and were very cute. Little H from across the back alley unfortunately was sick and could not make it so after the party Smiles and I took a Loot bag and a piece of cake over to her house for her. Then it was a quick cleanup and Hubby tried to get in a nap but failed because Grandma and Grandpa showed up. Lol. We did not have any appetizers like usual mainly because Hubby tried to take the nap and he was not feeling well. Sigh. It's a perpetual cycle it seems. But the family party went very well and Smiles was quite happy with all her loot from the two parties.

Okay here I have to boast. Of all the presents the one that got the reaction of Eyes wider than saucers and the toy getting hugged before it was even out of the box was mine! She has been wanting a stroller for her dolls for a long time now and when we walk home from school she'll pretend that we have our baby sisters with us and she's pushing their stroller. She even goes so far that if we are walking with Baby C whom Little B's mom takes care of - she wants to push the baby's stroller. So when I saw the toy stroller in the store I had to get it for her. She currently has it by her bed sitting there with dolls and stuffies in it. She loves it! The other toy that she was cuddling when she went to bed was the huge white teddy bear that Little B got her. I know she likes the other toys and is thrilled to have them but those two make me very happy.

Raven, Bear was the one who ended up playing with the Dora mega block set just so you know! Smiles did a little but she was more interested in taking pictures with HER camera. It came with a Bratz doll (hhhrrrmmmm as Marge from the Simpsons would say) but Little M's mom was nice enough to send a roll of film with the package. So now I'll have to go develop that roll. Haha! So once again we had a lovely time and I was glad that most of the kids that we invited made it. We would have had only eight but I saw Little B's brother R in the neighbours yard and had to invite him to come over too. So in the end we had nine kids and I had two wonderful helpers in Star and Auntie Ski. Star and Cosmic stayed even though they did not have to and I am glad they did because Star got some fantastic photos of the event. Yeah!!! I should go to bed soon I am tired. Except I had at least three pieces of cake today and I think I am still buzzing on the sugar high. LOL!

Housework and Party Preparation

1. Did housework.
2. Did more housework.
3. Did even more housework.
4. Went swimming with Raven.
5. Moved the last two bookshelves out of the nursery.

I must admit I only planned on doing two things for housework today which I figured were absolutely essential. Wash the floors and do the dishes. So when I was done the dishes and the floors I ended up washing the walls. I cleaned both doors (front and back - including screen doors). And I moved things around in the nursery. I put my cloth into our bedroom.

When Raven came over to pick me up for swimming she "helped" Hubby move the bookshelves into our bedroom. Sigh! Which means both of them are in our bedroom. I suppose I will have to deal. At least Hubby has all of his bookshelves in the house. Sigh. So the current state of the nursery is there's a change table in it!!!! Raven brought it over tonight. It was one of the reasons she helped Hubby move things I believe. Though there are still books all over the floor and some boxes. I was hoping for a few more things done tonight but Hubby was getting very aggravated and grumpy with me for insisting on doing things. You know what, he's just going to have to deal with it. It needs to be done and we are literally running out of time. Sure my due date is a month away but in reality it could be any day now. And if the nursery is not done before I go into labour he's going to be in big trouble!!!!

Still Smiles is very excited about her party tomorrow and I am sure she'll be happy. I did have the thought that if the nursery was cleared of things we could use that space should the weather turn out bad. Otherwise I have things planned for outdoor entertainment before bringing them in for presents and cake. You know what I think things will be fine. The only two tasks I left for myself tomorrow was to clean the bathroom (10 mins tops) and then to take a shower. I may do a little more like clearing a table here or some laundry but on the whole I feel quite ready to deal with the party.

I just hope Hubby doesn't make to much of a mess in the kitchen tomorrow morning. I don't want dirty dishes littering the counters when the kids come. Which just means that Hubby should not go on the computer and play WoW in the morning. I know he will because he "hasn't had the chance to play yet!" and will put his tasks off until the last minute. Which may cause stress between us because I will want him to use his time better. I have asked him not to be in the kitchen or on the computer when the kids are here. Simply because I do not think the computer needs to be on (the images of WoW are not really appropriate for young kids - yeah I know our kids see them all the time) and I will be doing the cake in the kitchen so I don't want a mess in there.

Hmmm I hope we don't butt heads too badly tomorrow. After all apparently I am the one in charge of the kids party so he thinks he can sit back and do nothing during it. While he's doing the supper for the family meal that night. The only job I have then is cleaning up after him. Hmmm is that fair? On the most part if he helps a little with the kids I don't think its a problem doing the dishes after his meal preparations. I think that's fair, I just hope he does too.

Lasagna Night

I had some good compliments on it tonight. I did in fact take the two casseroles of lasagna to Raven's tonight to feed the gamers. One was completely gone and the second one was cut into. I left the second one there for Raven and her family and made sure I brought back the large white casserole dish for Hubby. He wants to use it for making Pasticho for Sunday night for Smiles birthday family supper. Which should be a fun night. As long as Smiles calms down her announcement that her birthday party should be on Tuesday which is her actual birthday instead of Sunday.

All this week the kids have been...off is the best way to describe it, I suppose. After school we have noticed that kids have all been more physically aggressive or just throwing tantrums. All the moms I have been talking to this week haven't been able to figure it out. Tonight I was talking to Cosmic and he suggested that he noticed his kids have been having trouble sleeping due to the changing light patterns. You know Fall and the coming darkness. Which may be a reason for the kids being so out of sorts this week. Anyways I just hope Smiles gets more excited for Sunday. I think she will especially if the party is about to start.

I am very thankful that Auntie Ski said she would be willing to help out for that party. It is only scheduled for an hour but still it's going be ten 5 to 7 year olds in a small house (if the weather is bad - otherwise I plan on doing the games outside). Still I plan on doing the cake last just so I am sending sugar happy kids home at that time. We'll see if my plans survive the actuality of ten 5 to 7 year olds.

Other than that Smiles has been awfully cute lately. Today as I was chopping up vegetables for the psuedo Spanish rice concoction for my family's supper she asked if she could have some of the broccoli. Then she grabbed the strawberries (from Grandma's garden) and took one out. Poured some of the strawberry juice into the bowl and got the last banana. That's when I found out she was making a fruit salad. Um yeah. Later when the spaghetti squash was cooked she insisted that some of it went in as well. Oh, don't forget the butter and cheese. Silly me I promised her I would taste it. I wonder if she would notice if I threw it out tonight while she sleeps. Lately her memory has been very good so yeah I think I just might have to suffer a bite. Haha. Thankfully she used the line that if I didn't like it I didn't have to eat it. Somedays I like it when they parrot back what you have told them. That just may save me tomorrow. Haha.

The other thing of note from today was that we made cutouts of construction paper of Halloween things for the window today. I made a large witch with green hair and a couple of pumpkins. Bear made a dragon and Smiles made a plethora of vampires (pink), bats and a pumpkin. It was very cute. Other than the real pumpkin we are going to carve that's all we are going to do for Halloween decorations. I am more into having permanent Christmas decorations than Halloween ones. Oh though Smiles did draw on the tiny pumpkin that she got from her field trip to the farm last week. We had it out the last few nights and this morning she touched it and found it was cold. She suggested a blanket for it but I thought it would be better to just bring it in. It is now sitting in the bottom of the bay window. All in all I am looking forward to the next few months being over and done with. I may love the holiday season but this year it might be too much work for me. Sigh. I am sure I'll survive somehow.

Anniversary

Last night was our Ninth Anniversary. We had a wonderful meal with our friends who we have been celebrating with for the last four years. We were both married in the same year and Hubby was the best man at their wedding. I like the wife she's very funny especially when she's tipsy. (No I did not drink - I know better - though the chocolates for dessert had some alcohol in them. Thankfully it was minuscule so I don't think it'll affect the baby.) Otherwise it was a wonderful meal and the waiter was very attentive. He even brought those plates that have Happy Anniversary written on them in chocolate and it had a candle on it. That's what we get though for going to the Five Star Hotel Restaurant in town. It's too bad we can only do it once a year.

Unfortunately now I am sick. I feel like I have a fever and have been battling a headache all day. But still with all that I still got presents for Smiles with Bear and am still planning out her party for Sunday. I just want to sleep. Ugh!

Lasagna!!!!!!

So I had a better day today. I was not nearly so bitter and annoyed. Though guess what Hubby did not do as he said he would yesterday. That's right, no boxes were taken out of the Nursery. He did pick up Smiles from her field trip, drop me off at the medical image center for my Ultrasound and helped Bear with his homework. He also tried to muscle in on my lasagna making. So all in all it was an okay day. Haha!

1. I made three lasagnas. One for supper tonight and two for Friday at Raven's.
2. I voted in the city election.
3. I had my Ultrasound. The baby is big and long. 6 pounds 12 ounces.
4. I did dishes twice. Once to clear the lasagna dishes and then the after supper dishes.
5. I gave the kids a bath.

One thing I realized as I was making the lasagna was that I did not make a vegetarian one for the friends of Blankshield's who comes over some Friday's. Oops. I do have some spaghetti squash and zucchini I should use up soon. Maybe I can make that into something for them. One thing I am happy about - the kids both said they loved the lasagna. Which makes me happy because truth be told I like making lasagna. It's one of the dishes that I enjoy making. I should warn you though Raven I forgot to put salt in the meat like I usually do so I won't be offended when you have all the salt shakers out on the table come Friday.

Oh and I am so proud of Smiles. She was helping today with the dishes. She was drying them for me. On Saturday both kids were helping and since I hadn't done dishes for two days previously they had been a big piled up mess. I gave them extra big helpings of pie. So I am quite happy with the fact that I am teaching my kids to help out with the household chores. Smiles said today that when she was a teenager she was going to do the dishes all by herself so I wouldn't have to. Aww that so sweet. I do think when she's a teenager that may change but we will just have to wait and see.

Road Rage

So I had a road rage incident on the way to the grocery store. Unfortunately I was the angry one. I was in the parking lot of the store and had come to an intersection. There was no stop signs and two cars were trying to turn left across my lane. I was also turning left into a stall. So as per the rules of an intersection that has no stop signs or traffic lights I let the first car turn left because they had stopped first. Then I went and the second car's driver got angry and I saw her shouting at me. So I gave her the finger and shouted back. After all no traffic signs turns any intersection like that into a four way stop.

Too many times have I seen people disregard the rules of traffic just because they think they have the right of way when they don't. A couple of years ago I could have been killed if I had decided to obey the rules and turn onto 50th street. I would have been hit by a delivery van that was also going to fast to stop if I had pulled in front of him. Yes it was rainy and the signal lights were out but once again it meant that the intersection turned into a four way stop. Aaarrrggghhh!

VENT

Of course the reason why I am angry and upset is because my husband said he would help clear out the nursery room today. Instead he got on the computer and played all afternoon, occasionally getting up and taking out a box here or there out. When all it would take is an hour or two at most he decided to play instead whining like a little kid that he was "TIRED!". Then he had the gall to say he would do a little of it all week. Once again postponing the job that he has said he would do for the last three months. We can't put any furniture into the room til all the junk that is in there has been moved out. And I am getting annoyed and frustrated because so far I have been doing all the work. The only time he does anything is if I nag him to death or get someone else to assist him in moving the heavy furniture out. So yeah Road Rage and Home Rage!

Just in Case!

It is definite my friend and her family are moving back to the East Coast. She is trying to find flights for the family instead of driving back in the convoy of Newfoundlanders on Halloween. That way she may be able to let the kids still trick or treat before getting on a plane. I hope she finds one that will fit her schedule.

So today I had a doctor's appointment and everything is going well. She (my doctor) laughed at how blase I was to indignities she had to put me through. After all I have had to go through them before with my last two pregnancies, why should this one be different. I really like this obstetrician. She has a good sense of humor at least and is willing to listen to me about what concerns me. Not that I have a lot of concerns at the moment or throughout most of this pregnancy. I know I will get post partum depressed because I have been struggling with depression during this pregnancy. Still the baby is healthy to the best of my knowledge. It is at least kicking alot. And I mean alot. It has been very active lately.

The only thing I don't like is the step up in appointments I must now start to go through. Sigh. Soon it'll be once a week to the doctor's. Plus I have an ultrasound booked for Monday just to make sure the baby is not in a breech position. Though that doesn't worry me even if it is. I have a month to go for the baby to still do cartwheels and handstands in my belly before it decides to come out. I am certain that it won't stay breech. At least not for labour. But I am trying to keep all contingencies planned for so I won't be overwhelmed at that time. I also realized that I should get a baby or overnight bag packed soon. You know just in case!

Good and Sad

So despite having had an excellent massage from the wonderful, beautiful, fantastic Auntie Ski (I'm trying to suck up for another massage in a few weeks - grin) I found out my friend from Newfoundland is definitely moving back. Which makes me sad because I was hoping to have someone to talk to all this year at the school. The other thing is that they are going to be leaving on Halloween so the kids will not be able to go trick or treating that night. So I am hoping I have enough energy to do a gift bag for the kids on their way home.

The other thing that made me sad was the new fleece hoodie (which is awesome because it is light gray and has subtle skulls in black and darker gray) that I had bought a few weeks ago had the zipper break tonight. Grrr! I am not surprised just annoyed. It was a plastic zipper so all it means is that I am going to have to go to a fabric store and pick up two new ones. After all the reason I bought the new hoodie was because my old blue one had the zipper break also. I will be a good girl (I need to keep repeating this to myself) and not buy anything else. Right! I guess we will just have to see. I currently have no time or energy to sew and I really should be. Especially if I want to make all the cloaks I want to for Quad War.

Right now though I need to work on Bear's Dragon Costume. The body is good and I am thinking of just having him wear dark pants. It's the head that I have been at an impasse on trying to figure out how to do. So on Tuesday I came up with the brilliant idea of using a baseball cap as a base. This way all the sewing that needs to be done is to build it up to look like a dragon's head. Which should be fun. LOL.

A day in the life...

Despite not sleeping after only 3 and a half hours last night I still managed to have a fairly decent day. I did practice more scrabble online and got in a two hour nap. I also did the dishes and still got the kids to school and back on time. I also did not freak out while helping Bear do his homework. Mainly because he had chosen easy books to read for his reading homework. It's when he has words that he has to sound out that the tears sometimes happen. I even got to go swimming tonight. I had a short nap and then a bowl of chicken noodle soup before Raven picked me up. I was not able to drive functionally tonight. Then we went to the wonderful Greek restaurant we had previously visited with Fox and his friends. Yummy.

One particularly nice thing that happened today was that I received my first baby gift for the new baby. Pixie or DD sent me a baby blanket that is a wonderful crocheted pink, purple and green blanket which should be good for either a boy or a girl. Lol. It's not like it is going to matter one way or the other. Smiles liked the blanket and was bugging me until I finally opened both packages. Pixie also sent me a scroll, a little bottle with a skull on it and some more Green Griffon seals from her work at Gencon. Wow. I feel so loved. Thank you DD!

Of course we can't all have good things happen or life wouldn't be exciting. Little B's Mom told me today that she and her family may have to move back to Newfoundland at the end of the month. Which is really sad because I have grown to like her. I always try to see if I can talk to her everyday when we are picking up the kids. But alas I understand life is not always fair. Which means Smiles will definitely have to have Little B over for her Birthday Party coming up in a few weeks. She wants to do a pirate party and I like that idea. I just have to get off my butt and print out some invitations or write them out or something soon. Otherwise no one will come to Smiles party. So Star both Bug and Little S are welcome to come if I somehow do not get an invitation to you in time. Raven already knows and I just have to invite the three kids from Smiles class and our back alley neighbour Little H.

Mostly it just means getting organized and then doing something about it. Like our Nursery! This weekend we at least got the desk out and now just have to remove the boxes of stuff and the last two bookshelves out of it. Then Hubby can bring in the furniture from the garage and assemble everything. I mean to have it done by the end of October but I am telling Hubby in two weeks. We'll see if it works.

Oh one thing I didn't mention earlier that I meant to was that on Sunday as I was cleaning my bathroom for the guests that night I looked up and saw the fan. So I called in Hubby and got him to take it down for me. Wow was it ever dusty. So by the time I was done cleaning the bathroom I had literally cleaned it from top to bottom. And I then promptly had to use it to take a shower from all the dust that had fallen on me from cleaning that fan. Lol.

Family Thanksgiving

Last night was a really good night where my parents and only one of my brothers showed up for supper. Which was nice. Especially since Little B and his brother R came over to play for awhile yesterday afternoon. They had actually came over to visit our new next door neighbours with their parents but ended up at our house for awhile. Hehe. It was funny on Saturday when Hubby announced that our new neighbours were moving in the kids immediately yelled "They have a dog!" So of course I had to go make sure they weren't making pests of themselves.

Our new neighbours seem really nice and of course are from Newfoundland which is were Little B and his family are from hence their visiting our neighbours yesterday. So after my brother and parents left I ended up chatting with everyone over the back fence until pretty late. I had only meant to go out and check if the garage had been locked but was apparently feeling more social than I thought. Which was alright even Hubby came out and talked awhile.

I also got my butt handed to me by my Mom in our Scrabble games. I showed her the rules for Speed Scrabble but I don't think she'll be interested in playing it. She likes to think about her words before playing. Which is okay by me. I like both versions and I know my Mom was happy to play last night. She kept saying that she hadn't had been able to play since the last time we did which was last Christmas. Which means that she's bored and wants more of a social life in my opinion. Unfortunately I don't know how to help her in that regard. So I think in the coming season of festivities I will try to get her to sit back and play more games. After all I think she deserves it.

Thanksgiving giving!

Last night at Raven's was fun. Star hosted a fabulous Friends and Fiends Thanksgiving dinner and wow was it ever full of good food. Even though Hubby had made a good Roast Buffalo dinner at home I ended up having a little of the stuffing and mashed potatoes and incredibly yummy caramelized carrots. Then of course there was the 5 different kinds of dessert that she brought. Sigh. Happy full tummy right now. If only I could get rid of this wicked headache I would be content.

I had tried not eat too much of the dinner and ended up being a serving wench for most of it. Which if people know me well enough I actually enjoy doing. It makes me happy when I can help other people have a good meal. Somedays I wonder if I should have gone into waitressing. Other days I know that I would not be able to handle all the long hours on my feet for that long. lol. Anyways I apparently was so good that they threatened me with a Cori Zap. It is an in joke from a game called Cosmic Encounters. We were able to make up our own cards and one was called the Cori Zap because our friend was always cleaning or helping with supper when everyone else would be playing. So with the Zap card she had to sit down and join in the game and relax and play. Didn't always work on her mind you. Hahaha.

Still a good time was had by all and I almost won the Hearts game afterward. That was fun I haven't played Hearts in person for ages. Oh and my conversion to facebook is complete merely because I check my Scrabulous games at least three times a day if not more sometimes. The rest of facebook is interesting but I am holding back on some things. I only wish I had a photo to put up. Right now I am limiting my friends because quite frankly there are some people I would rather not talk to. I like these people but I don't need them to see into my daily life and I would rather talk to them in person every so often.

So yeah tomorrow we are hosting my parents for supper and they seem to be the only ones available to come so far. Which for me is all right. I wanted a small family dinner anyways and hopefully this way we won't have a ton of leftovers. This may be just wishful thinking on my part. Hubby likes to make extras. Which means more dishes for me afterwards. Lol.

So Happy Thanksgiving everyone! (At least in Canada anyways!)

Brightly Coloured Cookies

So last night I made cookies with the kids and they are from a fundoe that I bought a couple years ago. There was four colours red, green, blue and yellow. All very bright and primary which is why the kids love it. So now we have cookies that I really don't know what they are though Bear says one is a dragon. The ones I made you can tell are birds or hearts. Haha.

Anyways I don't have anything else to say except that I am both looking forward and not looking forward to having my parents over for supper on Sunday for Thanksgiving. But I know the kids are looking forward to it.

Princesses with Swords

I have succumbed to Facebook.

Mainly because I want to play Scrabble as much as I can.

Anyways, Smiles and I made a picture out of fall leaves, flowers and bird feathers we found on the ground walking home from school the last couple of days. I did that artsy crafty thing where you put all these things on a wax paper and then iron down another piece of wax paper on top of it. Smiles teacher liked it so much that she is putting it up in the window of the classroom. This makes me smile because I feel like I am actually a good craft Mom. Hehe. Of course I do sew but that's not always something I can share with a Kindergarten class. Except maybe Smiles Halloween costume. I really like the fact that she wants to be angel this year instead of a princess.

Not that there is anything wrong with being a princess. After all on Saturday Smiles got to be a princess at Raven's daughter's birthday party. K had originally invited Bear only because she had other kids from school invited. Alas some came back negative and Raven decided to allow Smiles to join the party since she would be paying for a certain number of kids anyways. The place chosen was done up beautifully. The walls looked like the stones from a castle with various dragons all over the room. K had chosen to do the Knight's Tournament instead of the Princess one. So I did not actually see all of the other rooms but wow whoever designed it put an awful lot of thought into it. Even the floors were mosaicked to look like cobblestones with faux gems inlaid in it.

SO guess where Bear and Smiles want to have their birthday parties?! Yup, you guessed it at the same place. I told Smiles she would likely have to wait for a few years. I might do it for Bear this year depending on the price. Ok back to the actual party on Saturday. Bear was the only boy to show up and was one of the 2 knights. Bird was the other knight and looked very cute too. The visor on her helm looked like a chin guard most of the time due to her wanting to be able to see. Hehe. The rest of the girls including K all chose to be princesses. So it was very interesting watching all these fancied princesses use swords, bows and arrows and even catapults. Still a good time was had by all and that is what matters most.

So today I have done...

1. Dishes.
2. Housework.
3. Grocery shopping.
4. napped.
5. Succumbed to the evil of Facebook.
6. Visited with Grandma and Grandpa who stopped by unexpectedly.

If I could I would go down for another nap but since I will have to pick Bear up from school soon I will just tough it out and maybe see if I can nap afterwards. I doubt it but we'll see. Now to just finish clearing out the nursery and get Hubby to assemble all the necessary things in it.