A Long Weekend...but in ALL the wrong ways!!

This was my weekend off...PLUS it is Victoria Day here in Canada, so that made it an extra long weekend. So what were my plans for this weekend?? What did I do with my 4 days off??

I looked after a sick 6 year old with the stomach flu!!! Poor little Victoria was super sick all weekend. Even today she sill isn't eating of acting like herself. This weekend has seemed to drag on forever. I feel bad because not much I do seems to be making her feel much better.

Was it a long weekend? OH YES but in ALL the WRONG ways!!

Victoria lost Another tooth!!!

When the bus stopped out at the end of the road today, I was greeted with a VERY happy 6 year old carrying a small film containter shaking it at me. Apparently just prior to getting on the bus she lost her tooth. Victoria's teacher was good enough to find an old 35 mm film container and put the tooth in that so she wouldn't loose it. Victoria told me she is super excited because this tooth is worth more. Later I would regret asking but I just had to know WHY exactly this tooth was worth "more".
Her response (and I quote)

"MOMMY EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN YOU LOOSE 5 TEETH IN A YEAR THE 5TH ONE GETS A BONUS!"


Who knew??? I will post pictures once I actually find where my camera went. I really need to clean this place....

My Princess Ballerina

Dance classes are almost over with for another year. Today Victoria decided to pick out her own dance outfit. Isn't my little princess ballerina cute??

Ringette Awards 2009

As promised here are some pictures from Victoria's ringette banquet and awards.

Latin Phrase/Advice for the day

Adversus solem ne loquitor --> Don't speak against the sun


In other words don't waste time arguing the obvious. Enough said!!

I HATE Boxes!!!!!

The renovations in the office are scheduled to start tomorrow (Thursday) and the massive amount of boxes that were assembled the past two weeks are now being filled as fast as humanly possible. I must say I was blessed with a dream team last night. The girls I had working with me were nothing short of a miracle. We exceeded our goal by a lot and the team work was out of this world. Everyone worked together so well. The little assembly line we had going was far more efficient than I thought possible. The girls switched around as they needed to so that no one got injured and we took frequent breaks whenever they needed. I couldn't have asked for more and each and every one of them exceeded my expectations. A special thanks to Kim and Pauline who put in massive overtime to help me out. I really appreciate it and I owe you girls BIG TIME!!!!


To give you an idea what we are dealing with box wise here are a couple pictures of the 1300+ boxes we have hanging around.


Myself with several full boxes...this is only the very small tip of a rather massive iceberg!!!





More boxes...yes we ran out of room and were even shoving them into peoples offices!!

I'm Still Alive!!!

I am sorry I have been missing in action the past two weeks. I will try and keep this short without leaving too much out.

Victoria has started soccer which will run until the end of the school year. She really seems to be enjoying it. She has joined the gardening club at school and she was so pleased to donate seeds from her grandfathers giant vegetables. Her progress for the recital is going along quite well although I am a bit miffed that I have to pay more for one of her recital costumes than originally planned. The recital will be taking place in a few weeks and I will be sure to post lots of pictures so you can all see her.

Ashley made it home a few weeks ago and stayed until last weekend. The time went way too fast and I am already counting down the days until his next set of leave.

The carpet in the office is for sure being removed. However we have been totally taken over by empty boxes that we will be using to pack everything into until all the work is complete. I am officially the queen of the boxes and to be honest I have contemplated making a fort with them and hiding until someone else has figured out where everything is going to go and has it all packed. The next week or so is going to be mega stressful and I will be surprised if we can make the whole week without an injury.

I have also noticed that my HIM certification exam is scheduled for next Wednesday morning at 9am. This isn't a problem other than I am scheduled to work all night the night before. I think I will have to see about using a vacation day or switching a shift. Otherwise I think I may die.

I think that pretty much catches you all up with what has been going on in our little world. I will do better with the updates I promise!!!