A MINUTE TO MYSELF....

I have gone none stop again all day and finally I have time to sit down for a couple of minutes so why not take advantage and get some much needed blogging caught up. Today is hubby's birthday and of course he has to work tonight so when he was home for supper we had a quick party for him. The kids decorated the house and got his gifts ready ( new clothes for the treadmill and much needed pj bottoms). I made spaghetti and Caesar salad and of course for dessert was his birthday cake and we each had our own little container of smarties ice cream. The kids thought that was the coolest! I did take him out to Pizza Delight for lunch before work (he ate free!) Here it is now only 5:30pm and I have the supper/party mess all cleaned up and the kids are in their pj's and ready for bed but we have a bit of time to put in until then so I think they will play the Nintendo Wii for a bit and I will do some more cleaning then it's off to the treadmill again. I guess I should call my mother to see how she is making out with her LA weight loss. She joined a few days ago and I am curious to hear all about it. Other than being busy as usual their isn't much to talk about. I will post again later :0)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!

BROUGHT HOME THE SILVER!

We are back from the dance competition and what a week it has been. The girls did great with their dance performance and brought home the silver! It was a great experience for her and the dance workshops were great with Sabra (winner), Kameron (top 10) from season 3 So you think you can dance! It was a long day on Thursday but we got through it.

Now that we are back we are getting back into routine around here with Jay's guitar lessons tonight, basketball practice on Thursday along with Trinity dress rehearsal for her other dance competition the weekend of the 19th. Friday is her and Kohl's hip hop dress rehearsal for the same competition then the weekend brings Jay's basketball playoffs! Wow, I can't see me getting any rest this week.

Next weekend we have nothing planned :0) the following weekend is competition followed by the next weekend my parents are coming here to visit then the last weekend of the month is the kids final dance show! I do see an end in sight...well at least until dance camp starts up. I am so looking forward to our 2 weeks away on vacation at the beach!

To see more dance competition pictures of Trinity check out my Family blog!

DANCE COMPETITION

Now with the renovations on the house taken care of we are just getting the van packed now at 10:30 at night for our trip to Trinity's dance competition. The kids are all very excited and Trinity can't wait to get there for the workshop tomorrow afternoon to dance with the some of the winners from "So you think you can dance"! She couldn't believe it when I told her that she can get their autographs and a picture with them. I will get lots of pictures posted as soon as I get a chance. Now it time to get some sleep before the fun day begins tomorrow. She doesn't compete her dance until Saturday morning. I'm sure they will do fine :0)

RED ROSE AWARD

I recieved this "Red Rose Award" from Tammy!

Thank you so much Tammy this really made my day and a great way to end a very busy day!

Red rose has number of thorns in it

when it pint your finger it hurts

Everyday in my life is just like red roses.

Sometimes life is not always bed of roses.

But life is great with God.

I am passing this great award on to each and every one of you who are reading this post and I hope it will put a smile on your like it did mine! God Bless!

LONG TIME COMING...

We got word on Friday that our new windows for the house have finally arrived and they will start to put them in Monday morning so I have some work to get done around here to get ready. Hubby spent the other day removing the basketball net off the house above the garage door (behind the white tarp) over to the side of the driveway because the garage door will be removed and finally a window will be put in it's place then we can finish the new family room for the kids.

After that window is finished they will install the other 6 windows but time is short they only have until Wednesday evening to get things done because we are leaving Thursday morning for Trinity's dance competition. It will without a doubt be a very busy week around here but I can't wait to have my new windows...next will be adding the burgundy shutters to the house. I will post before and after pictures as they finish the work.

WORLDWIDE LINK LOVE

I got this worldwide link love from Tammy's blog so I thought I would help spread it around!

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ROAD TRIP....

The big day for my daughter is fast approaching and next week we will be taking her to her dance competition. However when it comes to travelling with four children it tends to be a bit difficult but for this trip our worry was what are we going to do with the kids to keep them entertained so that we can enjoy watching the dance competition? No more worries! Jay wants to stay behind with his friend for the 4 days that we will be away and that is perfectly fine with his friends mother because Jay spends a lot of time their anyway. This is going to be a hard thing to do for me because Jay is going to be 12 years old next month and I have never left him with anyone when travelling out of town. I know he will be fine but I am struggling with it.

Now as for the other two boys, great news! Our sitter has offered to come along with us on the trip which will make things so much easier and the younger two boys will have a great time with her. This is where I will have to look into an online phone card so that I can call often to check up on Jay to make sure that he is alright and our sitter can call her parents when she wants to. I find it so much easier to use prepaid phone cards while travelling and I this way we won't see all the long distance phone charges on our hotel bill.

Tomorrow night is the girls last dance rehearsal before we leave so I am sure they will be worked pretty hard and I still have some last minute alterations to get done on Trinity's costume. I know what I will be doing later on tonight!

SPRING CLEANING

This morning we walked the kids to school and it was soooo beautiful, FINALLY! When we got back we didn't even come into the house, we stayed outside and did some yard work and move the kids basketball net off the house (thank God the thumping and bumping on the house was driving me crazy), it is now on the side of the driveway by the fence and they can still use the driveway to play on. So while we worked at that Blake decided to bring out quite a few of his toys and played and chalked in the driveway. I later remembered his bike and brought that out for him. He kept busy and was so happy to be able to get out to play.

Now for the cleaning inside....I wish! I did get quite a bit of cleaning done yesterday and started to pack some of the kids winter boots and mitts away and found some of the spring jackets and rubber boots hopefully later on today I will get some more work done around the house!

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MORE DANCING...

Here are the girls (some missing) during their dress rehearsal on Thursday. They are busy getting ready for the dance competition that is being held out of town which will make for many many busy days away from home. These girls have worked hard on their dances from September right up until now to see where they will place against other dance schools around the province.

Along with the competition they will get to attend a dance workshop that is being put on by the winner of "so you think you can dance" season 3 - Sabra along with Kameron and Cedric form season 3, both top 10 dancers! This is sure to be a great experience for all the dancers.

Jenn, I know how much you like to watch Trinity dance so I will put another video on my family blog...Anyone can check it out (I will try to post it soon---tonight???)

WEATHER UPS AND DOWNS

After such a long winter I can't wait to finally see and feel the nice weather that comes with Spring. Last week we did have a couple of really nice days and while Blake was outdoors playing in the yard he came across some purple flowers! Yay, that is a good sign that Spring has sprung and there was no way I was going to let Blake pick the only flowers in our yard.

The next morning we woke up to snow, rain, cold and messy winter weather and more again last night. Today was a bit nicer but still had cold rain. We will be looking forward to the nice days this week that are forcasted for us.

How is the weather where you are? Sunny, rainy, snowy, cold??????

NOW 2 WEEKS OLD!

Here is an updated photo of my new niece Cailyn! I probably won't get to see her until sometime after in June or maybe even July :0( Enjoy the pic!

THE NAME GAME

I got this from Crystal's blog and it looked like fun...and it was! So here is what I came up with for answers...

1. Your rock star name (first pet, current car): Lady Montana

2. Your gangsta name (favorite ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Maple Crocs

3. Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal): Pink Pug

4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born): Marie Moncton

5. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Smica

6. Superhero name (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Black Water

7. NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers): Clarence George

8. Stripper name (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Shania Fuzzy Peaches

9. TV weather anchor name (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Bell Boston

10. Spy name (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Summer Rose

11. Cartoon name: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now): Strawberry yoga pants

12 is missing. hmmmm

13. Hippie name (what you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Shreddies Maple

14. Porn star name (first pet, first street where you lived): Lady Olympic

FEEL FREE TO PLAY ALONG AND JOIN IN THE FUN! Let me know when you have it posted!

OMG.......

.....That pretty much sums it up!

No I can't leave it at that....How did it all start? Right. I woke up this morning....skip ahead....

After running on the treadmill and walking downstairs my husband tells me that we need to take Trinity to the hospital to have her throat checked. She said it hurt for the past couple of days (first I heard of it) and Matt saw a big white spot at the back of her throat and thought that it was strep throat. So I rushed to get ready and we dropped the other kids off at school and went down to his work to say goodbye to one of his staff that has been working there for I think it was 27 years...anyway...after that we sat and waited in the emergency room (we don't have a doctor yet) and we waited from 9:30am until after 1:30pm just to be told that she had a cold....What? I didn't think to check her out before we left home to see what was going on, I just took hubby's word on it. Nope no fever, throat wasn't red, no cough...just a cold. I guess better safe than sorry and with her dance competition coming up he didn't want to take any chances with her getting sick.

So we left the hospital and rushed to get something to eat, I was almost to the point of fainting I was so hungry and McDonald's it was and so much for my fajita combo, I went with a fattening Big Mac Combo and I felt like crap after eating it and couldn't wait to get on the treadmill but first I had to pick the kids up at school, get Trinity's homework, and wait for some of the boys on the basketball team to drive them to their game. Oh by this time I just wanted to go home and curl up on the couch but they needed me to drive so Basketball it was. They were short some players which made it harder and the boys lost but played a great game.

Left there and headed back home with an end in sight to all my running around for the day.....nope I'm almost home and remember that I had a blouse on hold at Reitmans that I had to pick up by tonight so I dropped off the older kids to start homework and headed back to the mall. My God I was beat....After trying on the blouse I was undecided on whether or not I wanted it. With losing some weight and lots of inches I am finally starting to feel good (great) about myself but I didn't get the impression of wow (or anything) from hubby when I tried the blouse on with my little black backless vest (my somewhat sexy something for our dance show lol). I suddenly felt like crap and self conscious once again and left without the blouse and almost crying. Home at last and gave the kids a quick bowl of soup, they got their homework done and watched tv in their bedrooms to settle down while I ran my ass off on the treadmill. I relieved some (lots) of stress and was feeling much better. I think I needed that run earlier today!

So now the kids are in bed and I am going to have a yogurt and wait until I have to pick up hubby at work then it is off to bed for me. OMG What a day! Hubby is off tomorrow and I AM NOT going anywhere!

KIDS SAY THE FUNNIEST THINGS...

On Saturday my great grandmother (Hilda) on my mothers side was celebrating her 90 something birthday so the family planned a reception so that everyone could get together and spend time with her. I wasn't able to travel home for this but I got all the feed back from my sister later that night. Well in the middle of my sister telling me all about it she burst out laughing and went on telling me about what her daughter (my niece) had said...

Niece "mommy, why are we going to the party?"

Sister " well it's because we are going to celebrate Hilda's birthday"

Niece "how old is she going to be?"

Sister " She is going to be 90 something, she is getting up there isn't she?"

Gotta love this..... LOL

Niece " yeh, she is almost to heaven" LOL

THE WEEKEND IS HERE....

The weekend is finally here and I am going to take the night off from running on the treadmill. Jay my oldest son is off at his friends house for the night so we sat down earlier with the younger three kids and played a short game of Pet Shop Monopoly! When I returned Jays game to the video store I noticed that I am Legend was in (Matt wanted it last weekend but they were all taken) so I rented it for tonight. I am exhausted so I will be watching this movie in bed with a late night snack....shame on me first I skip the running and now a Donair. Trust me I will no doubt make up for it running in the morning. I will try my best to get new post on my other blogs. It has just been so crazy around here lately (whats new) that my head is spinning and I need some down time.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

MEL IN A NUTSHELL

One of the things I enjoy the most about blogging is all the great and wonderful people I have met! A while back I came across Mel's blog and I have been stopping by to see what has been going on in her life and watching he little guy grow up so fast. So if you are looking to make another great blogger friend then go check out her blog and while you are there you can enter another one of her great contest to help her build traffic to her blog. By doing so you will be entered for a chance to win $20.00. What do you have to lose...no you might not win the $20.00 but you will have the chance to get to know Mel a little bit better! Go for it :0)

ELECTRICAL SCARE....

I didn't have to call 911 but....

I was sitting here at the laptop in the kitchen and for at least an hour I thought I was smelling something...sure we just finished making supper a little while back and the bathroom not far could use a cleaning (got to love boys if you know what I mean lol) but neither one was the smell I was smelling. I was starting to get alarmed by it but being the paranoid person I am just brushed it off as being my imagination once again. A few minutes later I couldn't take it anymore and went through the house smelling for something suspicious and thought it was something electrical and narrowed it down to the living room. I quickly unplugged everything and waiting and thought that the smell was going away so back to the laptop I came :0) then my son came in and mentioned that he was smelling something so I quickly headed back to the living room and the smell was stronger...how could this be I unplugged everything so being me once again started to come up with conclusions that an electrical fire or something must be starting in the walls or ceiling being an 80 year old it could have been possible right...ok now don't panic yet I kept telling myself. In a panic at this point I called Matt at work to come home and in the meantime I called my dad to ask him what I should do. He sent me on a smelling hunt once again of the house and checked both electrical boxes...everything was fine and no smoke in the air, so back to the living room and it was stronger. I narrowed the smell down near the radiator and the lamp but they seemed fine then ..... ah ha! The adaptor to Blake's v smile game was pushed under the couch and had been plugged in for God knows how many days and over heated and was starting to melt the adaptor and the extension cord. I got hot fingers picking it up but luckily they didn't get burned. The panic was over before Matt arrived home and by then I was laughing about it. The smell is finally gone but now I am suffering from a headache and feeling a bit nauseous, hopefully some fresh air and Advil will help so I can get the kids off to bed and hop on the treadmill. The scare is over and my heart rate is finally coming down...at least for now lol

I guess I should post this on my family blog to let them know what happened, My dad is probably waiting to here from me again after our last phone call!

GET THE BEST PRICE

The Internet has become one of the most useful tools to find out information for jobs, new, shopping, games and the list goes on. I spend quite a bit of my time browsing the Internet day to day and I am still amazed at some of the things I come across. In a couple of weeks my daughter will be attending her dance competition, therefore, we will be needing to make hotel reservations and the Internet will make it faster and very convenient to do so.

Another great benefit to the Internet are the websites that offer help whether you are looking for a job or looking to hire. At Undertool.com it offers a way of finding service and trade companies for a budget price. This site is free and easy to post a task with a small fee to be paid when a bidder gets a job. The task can be anything from construction work to laundry or even walking a dog.

A SURVEY ABOUT ME!

I received this survey in an email from both Jenn and Tammy so I thought I would post in here instead of emailing it around!

Here I go!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE
Not that I know of....however one of my parents' twin flower girls was named Carrie?

2 . WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?
Not sure it has been awhile

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?
Sure, sometimes...it changes everytime I wright

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?
Salami or is it pepperoni... I get them mixed up for some reason? lol

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?
I have four children...(one is very active and that is why he will be the last!)

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?
Sure why not!

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A Lot?
yup!

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS?
Yup!

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?
Not a chance!

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?
Mini wheats

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?
Nope

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE strong?
yes

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?
anything with peanut butter and also maple walnut

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?
Hair on women...I am always looking for another style for my hair...although I don't have much hair left to do anything with LOL

15. RED OR PINK?
Pink

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?
My belly, butt and thighs...Iknow that was 3 but I think these come together as one package oh yeah and my really guilty conscious...grrrrr

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST
living back home with our family

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?
Of course I do!

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?
black exercise pants and no shoes

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE ?
potatoes and veggies for supper last night...getting ready to eat breakfast when finished

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
Blake, Matt and the tv in the background (Blake just figured out that he can print pictures off the computer and he is out of control with the printing and Matt is arguing with him trying to get him to stop)

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?
I would have to say pink!

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?
Fresh air

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?
my mom and it kept me on the treadmill forever last night!

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?
absolutely they (Jenn and Tammy) are the best!

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?
If I have to watch is would be NASCAR with hubby

27. HAIR COLOR?
dark brown

28. EYE COLOR?
brown

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
No

30. FAVORITE FOOD?
chinese

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?
happy endings!

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
Bring it on (watch it with my daughter)

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?
red tank top

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?
summer

35. HUGS OR KISSES?
hugs

36. FAVORITE DESSERT?
home made apple pie

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Jenn but she sent this to me so I will have to say Jocelyn

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND
I would have to say Matt

39. WHAT BOOK( s) ARE YOU READING NOW?
I am not reading a book just the treadmill manual LOL

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?
I don't have a mouse pad in am using my laptop

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV.Last NIGHT?
It was probably CSI...I was running!

42. FAVORITE SOUND
the laughter of my children

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?
I can't answer...I haven't listened to them?

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?
I would have to say Florida (from Atlantic Canada)

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?
I am just learning to dance with my daughter! Special... maybe but funny....absolutely!

46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?
New Brunswick, Canada

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?
everyone"s!!!!

If you are here reading this then give it a try and let other get to know more about you! Just let me know when it's posted so I can check it out.