F.Y.I.

Ok, been awhile since I last blogged. Nothing much is happening at my place. I don't have any exciting adventures to relay. No gossip worth spreading. So I will just tell you all what I have been doing this last little while.

• spent a week cleaning my house....top to bottom. Yes boys and girls this even includes the walls!!! I am so proud of myself! And how long did the clean house last, you may ask? IT STILL IS!!!!! Yeah! I am so proud of myself (did I mention that yet?)
• Put the christmas tree up on Sat. And this was a real chore because last season my youngest cat was still in his kitten stage and I spent an hour with two pairs of pliers straightening out the branches. Needless to say the tree looks better then it did when it was bought. And I also cat proofed it! Just in case my evil attacking cat decides to take a round out of the tree.....like to see who comes away winning that tiff!
• also made muffins and cookies that night. It was weird....I had all these pans of goodies just lined up to go into the oven....AND GET THIS.....I even cleaned up my mess and turned on the dish washer! Oh and I also made bread too.

Well that is all that I did.....Oh I just love a clean house! (Seriously.....I am going to keep it that way.)

WTF is up....

WTF is up with this town! I mean the roads...sure we have been hit with some pretty nasty weather but come on! And yes I know that the town is short staffed but come on! I have had to walk to and from work because the roads have either been snowed in or icier then hell. But today has taken the cake. I had to drive today because my son needed to get important blood work done after school. No this could not wait because of an incident that happened 6 weeks ago while with his father (notice that he was not in my care at the time!!!!). I drove the kids to school and drove (SLID) DOWN the hill! I was not going at a high rate of speed.....actually I was coasting in nuetral down the hill and still I slid through (and Murphy's Law happenes to state that there were cars coming at that precise moment)!! Oh and that is not the end of the story. After work I have to go get the kids from school, which means attempting to climb that friggin hill. Now my van is not the greatest at this. I start to go up one hill...couldn't make it. Turn the corner and go back down to find a nicer street...once I turn that corner it is blocked by a tractor pulling a truck out of a big drift!!! Crap my van will never make it if that truck couldn't. Needless to say I get through that and go up another street....I have gotten some speed up and I figure that I will make it up that hill! I get about 2 feet from the intersection and I am spinning tires...lose speed and I am stuck on this hill!!!! Quickly whip out the cell phone and call the school to get the kids to stay in until I come in to get them, then call dad. While I the phone I am so frustrated and scared that I burst into tears! To end the story Dad came and got me, we got the kids, he got my van up the hill, and I got my son's blood work done. OH I SO NEED A STIFF DRINK RIGHT NOW!!!! Would someone PLEASE (preferably with knowledge) get the town crew trained in how to take care of winter roads! OK my rant is done....I don't feel better yet....Oh I need a drink!!!

Some things to remember...

Remember:

Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

Never pass up an opportunity to go to the bathroom.

If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You get another chance.

And finally, be really nice to your family and friends; you never know when you might need them to empty your bedpan.

They are among us!!!

Here is an email that I recieved from a friend...really funny! I know of a few of these people! If you know anyone like this please relate the story in the comments section (hint, hint).

Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked too good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale $50." The next day someone stole it.

Caution... They Walk Among Us!

One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted...."Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said... "where???"

They Walk Among Us!!

While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?" When my brother explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she>shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff."

They Walk Among Us!!

I used to work in technical support for a 24/7 call center. One day I got a call from an individual who asked what hours the call center was open. I>told him, "The number you dialed is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." He responded, "Is that Eastern or Pacific time?" Wanting to end the call quickly, I said, "Uh, Pacific".

They Walk Among Us!!

My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the shore. She drove down in a convertible, but, "didn't think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving."

They Walk Among Us!!!!

My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped. She keeps it in the trunk...

They Walk Among Us!!!!!

My friends and I were on a beer run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount....(maybe I should have bought 10 cases)

They Walk Among Us!!!!!!

I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "has your plane arrived yet?"

They Walk Among Us!!!!!!!!

While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding. "Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces."

Yep, they walk among us AND they reproduce!!!!

The Story of Maxie

This is a story a story of heroism. I swear my son and I would probably wouldn’t be alive today if it wasn’t for my cat Maxie. In October, 2000, my husband at the time had left the house to go to work in the early morning hours. He never locked the door behind him and I was upstairs asleep with my son down the hall. I thought I heard a noise downstairs but pegged it off to the neighbors next door. I dosed back off. Then suddenly Maxie jumps on my stomach. Actually it felt as though he jumped onto my dresser and then on to me because it really hurt. No my cat has never done this to me before and I was shocked, until I heard footsteps on the stairs. I know that they weren’t my husbands because Maxie’s ears were back and he was growling! I yelled out “Who’s there!” I got no answer, all I heard was some more slow footsteps up the stairs. I froze in absolute fright. Then I thought of my son, he was in the bedroom at the top of the stairs. I had to get to him before who ever was in my house did! With sheer courage and strength I leaped out of the bed and barreled to the top of the stairs. I was going to cut off the intruder and defend my son at all costs. But unknown to me Maxie had followed me and he reached the stairs before me. He stood there hissing and growling (all teeth and nails lol). When I got to the stairs there before me was a man. I was so scared for a moment, then I took a page from Maxie’s book and I filled with anger and rage. I confronted the man about being in my house (not in so many nice words), and told him to get the F**k out of my house. I don’t really remember what he said. All I remember was backing him down the stairs one by one. All the time never getting too close to him (didn’t want him to be close enough to grab me). And the whole time Maxie was beside me backing him down and eventually out of my house. Before he walked out of the house he said “oh and by the way I took your phone off the hook.” I got the doors slammed and locked behind him. Returned the phone to the hook. By that time he was trying to get back in, I was in tears and trying to look up the number for the cops (lol I looked under C for cops, that is how well my brain was working). I said screw it and dialed 911. Low and behold they didn’t show up because they thought it was a domestic dispute. It took my Dad calling from Dodge to get them to come to my aid. By then it was too late and the man had left the area. But if it wasn’t for my Maxie I would have still been asleep when that man did what ever it is that he was going to do. And if it wasn’t for him hissing and helping me get the man out….well I don’t want to think what could have happened. But I do know that Maxie is my hero. And regardless what he does to me when he is mad, I don’t think I could ever get rid of him.
And that is the story of Maxie!

WTF Week!

Wow, what a busy week I had. For the last week I have been running around with my head cut off. It all started Friday last week. The first day of the haunt! The kids and I arrived with my mom at about 5 to set up the monsters that she had created. Note to self: never wear a floor length too large dress while trying to traverse stairs carrying dummies. Got all that done and the night began. Wow it sure was busy that night.

Saturday: Kids were crabby today because of all the scaring that they did the night before. Deal with them by separating them for 2 hours. Have to go back to the haunt again. This time I had an Uncle and Aunt come down from Devon, Alberta. (Which means that I had to clean my house.)

Sunday: Last day of the haunt, mom also decided to redo the court room in a different way to scare people. Not too bad except we lost track of time and before we knew it it was time to go. Also got the kids to bed late that night.

Monday: Take down the basement portion of the haunt. During the day of course because that night we had rehearsal for the play. (The one that I am acting in lol)

Tuesday: HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!! Was a little on the ill side today. Think it has to do with burning the candle at both ends for so long. Spent some time in bed trying to get warm and dealing with the unending phone calls from people asking me why I was home today. Then drag my butt out to drive the kids around for trick or treating.

Wednesday: Take down of the court room decorations. We had help from Wilma and Badge. I am so sick of those horrible stairs in that building. I lost count how many times I had to go up them. So glad that is the last time that I will see the inside of that building. It was a bittersweet farewell.

Thursday: Work, Work, Work. Have to catch up on work. If only the aluminum and vinyl would come in so that I can finish the many orders that have piled up. Then off to play practice tonight. It is also dress rehearsal and I have yet to get my outfit ready for tonight. It is just like me to leave it to the last minute. LOL.

Friday: This is my one and only night off! Think I may spend it vegged out in front of the TV. I don’t even think I will answer the door or the phone….unless of course it is some hot guy wanting to go out! LOL yeah like that is going to happen!

Saturday: PERFORMANCE NIGHT!!! Wonder if I will get stage fright? So far I am not.

Well that is all that is happening in my life at the moment. Damn I am exhausted lol.

Opening Night

Well it is finally here! Opening night for the 2006 Haunt. And what a blast it was! I had so much fun. Even though I didn't work "in" the haunt scaring people, I still was able to here the screams from within. That in itself made the ansty. It is funny to watch the transformation of macho teenage boys when they are waiting to scared little boys when it is their turn to go into the haunt. And of course I got the classic question " is it really haunted in here" so many times. I would give them a few things that have happened here and leave it up to them to decide for themselves. One teenager said to his friends " I believe her, either that or she is a really good liar." That made me smile a little. My 2 kids also had a hand in scaring the people. They were called the evil little midgets. They had so much fun there. On the drive home they couldn't stop laughing and recounting their adventures down there. Well I must go and clean up my house a little, I have and Uncle and Aunt coming this afternoon and because of all my running around I have negelected my house. (That is an understatement lol).

Update

So sorry that I haven't updated this blog in awhile but I have been very busy. I am in the process of helping put together the haunt in the court house. Not an easy task let me tell you. Lately they have turned on the heat and damn it is hot in there. Have to wear light clothing, but at least it will help me loose weight from all the sweating lol. Not only am I doing that but I am also acting in an one act festival this year. Yes I have an actual speaking part! Now lets top it all off with WORK. Which has gotten extremely busy. Then add kids into all this and I barely have time to breathe lol. No wonder I am stressed lol. Oh well I always thought I work better under stress lol.

Things that Irk me

PART ONE
In no particular order, all irksome:

• Styrofoam - nasty sounding stuff, gives me the willies
• Chewing with your mouth open - gross and annoying (this includes gum chewing)
• The word Doiley - don't know why but that word drives me nuts
• Spiders - all those legs are just unnatural and creepy
• Paper mache - too sticky, gets everywhere, did I mention sticky?
• Towels folded the wrong way - I am very anal about how my towels are folded
• Wool sweaters right out of the wash (refer to styrofoam)
• Bees - cute in cartoons, not in real life
• any kind of bug - the more legs the worse
• Old people driving - come on if I wanted to go at a coast I would walk!
• Cobwebs - just as creepy as spiders, ask mom what happens when you put me in a room full of cobwebs, and I am talking horror movie type cobwebs!
• Empty containers in the fridge - would it kill you to throw it out?

Well that is the end to Part One, rest assured that there is plenty more.

Not again!

Last night as I was laying in bed and pondering the universe I heard a commotion. Thinking that maybe one of the kids had woken up and was coming down to use the bathroom I waited for the tell tale footsteps down the stairs. None came but the noise continued in an odd fashion. Looking around my room I noticed the one of my cats was missing. Then knowing that it was him getting into something I got out of my warm, comfy bed and trucked over quickly to catch him in some act. I throw on the lights and what do I see....I see that Salem has something cornered by the stairs. First thought...A MOUSE! But upon looking alot closer I see that it was Belle. The F***ing hamster was on the loose again and Salem almost had a snack. I do the dive to "gently" tried to catch her but she is in fighting mode and my hands become a potty for this rodent. But I catch her and get her back in her cage and then I wonder. When did the kids leave it open or has this creature figured a way to escape? Whatever at this point I am too tired and my hands smell. Wash hands, curse at hamster, go to bed.

Cute things for your blogs

During one of my many bored moments I was snooping around the internet for things to make my blog a little more unique and I came across a few things like that clock and cute puppy. Adding it to my blog was a whole new learning thing for me but I DID IT! Html tweaking has never been a strength for me but I think I have the hang of it. Oh the possibilites! Just wait I will find banners that are cool. Choosing a standard template is just not my thing, it is like everyone else's and that is not me. I don't like being like everyone else. Anyways until I locate some more cool things (or who knows maybe I will write my own html for backgrounds lol) I will just have to suffer with "normal".

Wonder Rodent Found!

Okay my mom has been nagging me to post an update on the rodent. I found her the next day or I should say she found me. She came out looking for food and water and I quickly snatched her up and into the cage she went. Luckily she never went into the furnace grates. From what I have heard that could have been gross!

Belle the Wonder Rodent

Yesterday in our haste to get out of the house to get to school the hamster cage got left open. That means that Belle the Wonder Hamster had an entire day to get lost. Now my house is a little small but when it comes to looking for the little rodent it is huge! Where did she get to and can I locate her before my 2 cats do?! What will I tell the kids if one of the 2 cats decide to have a little snack?! Good thing the fish can't escape. And remind me again why I have so many animals? I should be do laundry but instead I will be locating this escape artist.

A little me time

Everyone needs a little me time. One of the best me times is when I get a massage. Let me tell you that nothing (well almost nothing ) beats a massage. The dim lights, the smells, the soft music, and someone massaging all the aches and pains away. Not to mention what it does for the mental health. I always feel refreshed and relaxed after that. For those of you who haven't tried it, it is a must!

My kids rooms

A few years ago my mother and I undertook a large task. We took the upper floor of my house and converted it from one room to two rooms for my kids. I gutted the entire upper floor (it was incredible fun to destroy walls lol) and we build seperate rooms. My father did the wiring. I dry walled. And my mom painted a castle theme. She did ceiling and floors to, all the stairs, even the door leading up. Here are some pictures of the final product.

This is my son's room:

This my daughter's room:

We starte building in Nov. 04 and finished the building in April 05. The painting actually finished about Mar. 06. It was a lot of work but many people love it and the kids are thrilled with it! Thank you Mom for the hard work you did and I love you for it!!!

I thought I was prepared...

Since last week I ran around with my head cut off and vowed that this week I would be better prepared. On Sunday night I had lunches made, clothes put out of all three of us, coffee prepared (all I had to do was turn in on). Everything was going great. In the morning I did the usual routine, put out the cats, feed the kids, etc. We actually had time to think. This was also the morning that the kids and I started to walk. Well we get out the door and I realized one thing that I had overlooked. I put the cats out. These two cats will follow us to school then to work. Damn! I thought I could convince them not to follow us. Got the kids to walk to the corner while I stayed behind with the cats. Then I followed the cats and just what happened? Yes they started to follow. I told the kids to go onto school while I scared the cats back. So I walk back and startle them back to the house. I thought that would have told them not to follow me. I started walking down the hill to work. I turned around and noticed that they had started to follow me again. Well I went back to the house and tried to get them back in the house but no.... they just sat there and stared at me like I was an idiot. Finally I had to in and get their treats. I shook the bag and sure enough they decided to come in. That was my monday morning lol. Thought I had it all planned out and a couple of cats told me otherwise.

Family Update

For all those that I haven't kept in contact with here is an update into my life. Being a seperated single mom is very hard. I somehow balance work, school, kids, and a little social life. The kids are doing great and have grown like weeds. My daughter alone is almost the same height as me and she is only in Grade 4. My son is not far behind either, who is now in Grade 2. Let me tell you that it has been difficult to balance two grades with studying and homework, keep the house half ass clean, laundry, meals, work, keeping in touch with the outside world, referee the occasional tiff between siblings, make sure all various species of animals have food and water. Whew I am tired just writing about it lol. Since this was the first full week back to school it was hellish and more than one morning we had to rush out the door to get to school. Not to mention the few occasions that we had to go back to the house to get something that was forgotten. Wow what a week. Hopefully I have my act together next week, can't handle the rushing around with my head cut off lol.

Time for a Change

Today I got the news that what I am eating is effecting me in a bad way. Now I have to say goodbye to my long time friend...Chocolate. Not to mention all greasy food has to leave my diet. Time to replace it with salads and exercise. Wish me luck with this endeavor.

What is with all the Spiders

I don't know what is up with all the spiders around my house. I seem to have an abundance of cat faced spiders aka: cottage spiders, barn spiders. The other week I went out at dusk, this is when they come out into their webs, to kill one that was scaring the kids and I counted 10 around my house. I HATE SPIDERS. I used a long extending pole to smush them, screeched when they climbed down the pole (to attack me of course), did the heeby jeeby dance and cursed. Must have been great entertainment for the neighbors. But I was scared. Oh the things I won't do for my kids. Now here is a picture for you all to enjoy what I have to endure (at least until the cold comes....never wanted winter to come so bad.)

A wtf day

Yesterday was one of those WTF days. It all started the day before when a friend and I went into Saskatoon to do hair for a wedding. Let me explain by doing hair I mean that my friend did the hair and I stood there holdng bobby pins or whatever else it was that was required. Anyways we left Dodge and drove to Saskatoon. Nothing happened on the way there but when we arrived we called a friend to get directions to their house and the directions read like this....go down the street till you get to a loopty loop and go over a bridge. Anyways we completely missed the loopty loop and had to do some backtracking. Luckily we managed to get there in one piece.
Once there we decided that it would be easier to stay in a hotel that was closer to the place that we had to do the hair. We started driving there, pull up to a red light and there is this woman yelling at us from a car beside us. Turns out it is the woman that we are to be putting rag rollers in her hair in prep. for the next day. Being that we are at an intersection the other car pulls off to a side road and we pull a few crazy moves to follow her. Well that was exciting. Anyways we get to the hotel we are staying at. I get out to see if there is any rooms left while they go park the car. To make a long story a little shorter we get the room and finish putting in the rag rollers at 2:00 in the morning. We finally got to sleep at 3 in the morning and we had be at this other hotel at 8:45 the next morning.
Here is where the WTF day begins. The alarms go off at 8:45 as planned but we kept hitting snooze. We realize the time and we are late. No time for COFFEE....for those that know me I NEED MY COFFEE IN THE MORNING! Anyways...we gather our stuff, grab the keys and head down to the lobby to check out. We get there and see that there is a line. Well that was one bad start. We get checked out and proceeded to the elevator to go to the underground parking. We hit the down button and another lady hits the up button. Both elevators get there at the same time and there is no arrows to indicate which car is going which way. We picked an elevator and guess what? You guessed it! I went all the way to the top stopping at every floor.
Finally we get to the car after cursing how the day started....remember none of us has coffee in our systems. Pull out of the garage and start heading to the next hotel to do hair (which is only a few blocks away). Miss the turn, have to go over the bridge and down a ways before we can turn around to go back. Get to the turn, realize that we can't turn there from our side and have to go further down until we can turn around again. We finally get there and rush into the hotel....jump in the elevator hit the button. The door closes and then......nothing!!! We aren't moving. Here's me a little irritated and hitting the button repeatedly. Still nothing. I looked at my friend at told her to call up and get them to come down while I go in search of some much needed COFFEE!!! I find the cafe and ask the lady there for two coffees to go and she must have noticed the look on my face because she gave me the coffee free of charge and said "Noone should have to go without coffee."
I locate mt friend and one of the ladies form the bridal party was there and she informed us that we needed a key to access the 6th floor because it was a privacy floor. Well I felt stupid but at least I had my coffee.
The rest of the morning was hell! Late bridesmaids, frazzled Bride, rag rollers that got tangled in hair and we had to cut out a few, because of the rags rollers the lady looked like Shirley Temple.
Finally it is all over and we head out to finally eat. Get to the restaurant and our food took forever to get to us because my vegetarian lasange got stolen?? Whatever. Eat and leave. Light up a smoke and walk to the car. Notice that the car (new one that belongs to my friends boyfriend) has been hit! Oh we can't believe the day we are having!!!
After that we decided to get our stuff done fast and get the hell out of there! I never was so happy to get to bed that night and just forget about that day!!