Awesome awesome awesome

I went to Nanaimo to visit a friend the other day and had a marvelous time!! While I was there I had the luxury to go out and see a movie. I can't even remember the last time I went to the movies and when I try and conjure up the last movie I did see, Sex and the City is what keeps coming to mind and if the really was the last time I went then wow, very sad. But I left baby with Grandma and my friend K and I went out on the town for a little shopping and a movie. What we ended up seeing was the amazing and fantastically brilliant Black Swan, and it has been on my mind ever since!!! It was awesome and I loved it!!! I thought Natalie Portman was phenomenal (despite the skin and bones look she was sporting) and to be honest it was really great to see Mila Kunis in a role other than Jackie on that 70's show. So ya, I really enjoyed it. Have you seen it? If so, what did you think?

Have you seen this bed???

Well not literally this bed, but the bedding.

I think it was a few months ago, although I can't be quite sure, but I found this picture in a flyer. I saw it and immediately fell in love with it. I love bold prints like that and you can't go wrong with that color green ;)

Anyways, I decided that I was buying myself a new shower curtain and thought while I was in town I would see if I could find the bedding I wanted. Well, do you think I could find it?? I have looked at the store, online, through the designer's website - nothing!!! It's as if this set doesn't even exist!!! So frustrating!! It's probably from last season or something, but how annoying!!!

It happened

So I have already fallen off the wagon.
I had the brilliant idea that I would put new sheets on my bed every Sunday. I almost forgot the week before last to do it but lucky for me, one of my cats puked on the bed so I was forced to not only change my sheets but my quilt as well. YUCK!!!! However, I had no such reminder this past Sunday (thankfully) and here we are at Wednesday already and I still haven't changed my sheets yet.
Is that gross??
How often should one change their sheets??
At least it's just me sleeping in them and most nights I have a bath before bed, but I should probably put the new ones on at some point today...right?? Because it's probably gross to have sheets on your bed for 2 weeks?? Who knows. I'm just glad that I didn't make some really big important resolution to cure world hunger or something like that, because that's usually what happens with resolutions. You have all these great intentions and things start off great for a week or two, and if you're lucky even longer, and then poof, you fall off the wagon. Just. Like. That.

Patch Works!!!!

And I mean just that - the patch works!!!

For the past 6 months or so we have been patching the little gaffer's stronger eye (his right one) with a patch for around 2 hours a day to allow the weaker eye, his left, to get stronger. Sometimes we are only able to do it for an hour or less and sometimes unable to do it at all if. But for the most part manage to get at least and hour and a half to two hours in most days and it has obviously worked!!! We had an appointment with the eye Dr. the other day and sure enough, the little gaffer's left eye has improved a little bit and he now has a lesser prescription on the left side. The patch works!!! So exciting :)

Hello, what is your emergency??

Well he finally did it!!! After who knows how many times playing with the phone my little gaffer finally ended up calling 911. Normally he likes to hit lots of 2's and 5's but not this time. We were sitting there and I casually looked over to see what he had pushed and I could see the 9 and then a 1 followed by another 1 and he added one more 1 for good measure and there was the little word talk about that and I instantly grabbed the phone and hit end. I knew they would call back. They always do. So I just waited patiently until they did and then apologised my ass off. So embarrassing. But I'm sure that must happen to them a lot though. I know of numerous people who have had similar experiences. I wonder, do you think they charge you for those??

Reflection

I'm not even sure where to start, but I just wanted to say how lucky and grateful I am. I feel like I don't write enough 'happy' blogs and that I'm always complaining or bitching about this or that. I would have to go back and actually take a look to see what I have written lately to know whether this is true or not. But over the past couple of days a few things have come to light that made me realize just how fortunate I am. I have an amazing husband who is working away from home to better our family and even though I have been missing him like crazy and wishing for nothing more than my best friend, I know that there are people out there who have either lost their best friends or have come close to it. I don't know what I would do if I ever lost him and I'm sure he knows this, but I love him so much and I am so grateful that he's in my life. Then there is that beautiful little creature who is sound asleep in the other room - I can't even find the words to express how much that little boy means to me. True, I did call him awful the other day, but he's really not. He is awesome and such a character and means everything to me. He is my world and I would do anything for him. And I have this friend who has a little girl, not much older than my little guy, that is sick and it breaks my heart. I just felt awful because here I was complaining about the fact that my little guy went sour on me and was miserable and here is this amazing friend of mine dealing with her daughter in the hospital. I'm not saying that what I was going through that day wasn't something but it just really put things into perspective.
So I just wanted to say how grateful I am for my family and my friends and for all the good things in my life. It is not without its flaws and imperfections, but I am so lucky.
And to my friend, you are amazing and your strength and love is so inspiring. I look forward to the next time we can get our little munchkins together for a visit. Hope your little angel feels better soon. We're thinking about you. xo

Awfully cute or just awful???

The answer today is: AWFUL!!!!!

Normally I would tell you how awfully cute my son is, but today he is being just awful!!!! And it's weird too because he woke up so happy and ready to play and have fun and then somewhere along the way he just went sour on me. God, I hate when that happens. I'm really hoping that the burst of fresh air from being out at the spit and a refreshing nap will cure the awful out of him!!! Here's hoping anyways...

Flight fright

So I have never really been a fan of airplanes. There is something just so unnatural about them - big chunks of metal with little to no room flying through the air at obscene speeds and heights - talk about freaky!!! I mean, if we were supposed to fly we would have been born with wings. Doesn't help that I haven't been on one since I was in grade 3, but that is besides the point. They just really freak me out and I don't like them. However airplanes have become something of a regular occurrence in my world. Well not mine, but my husbands. When he goes to work, he ends up taking 3 or 4 planes to get from here to there and ya, I am just so glad that it's not me doing all that flying. Anyways, I've just been thinking a lot about planes lately and a book I was reading last night had some crazy turbulence incident in it where people were flying out of their seats and hitting their heads and there was blood everywhere and that didn't really help my 'love' for planes either (especially when hubby still needing to take one last flight this morning). But does that even happen?? Turbulence sending people flying out of their seats?? I may never get on a plane :S

Bring on 2011!!!!

Happy New Year!!!



So I don't know about you, but I am SO happy that 2010 is over!!! It's not like it was a horrible year or anything, but it really wasn't the greatest. So I am very glad to see it over and done with and that a new year is here :) I really like 'odd' years and looking back they've actually been the best to me, so hopefully 2011 doesn't let me down. (No pressure or anything 2011, lol).

As you know, most people like to make new year's resolutions. I however don't really believe in them. I think it is a bunch of hooey to be honest. That being said, there are some things I would like to work on this year. For example, I would like to be more patient, change the sheets on my bed every Friday or Sunday or which ever day I decide to do it on, drink more water...things like that. Things that I should actually be able to stick to. I find sometimes that people come up with some really unrealistic expectations of themselves and just end up letting themselves down in the end.

Anyways, hope your year is off to a good start so far. Mine has been a little chaotic as we've been busy organizing and putting things into storage. But hopefully a de-cluttered house will lead to a de-cluttered mind, here's hoping anyways.

Wishing you a year of good health, happiness, love and laughter.
xoxo