Valentine's Day

Call me a Bah Humbug-er but I don't see the point in Valentines Day. I am perfectly happy in my marriage to Lee, but don't see why we need a special day to love. I thought that was out anniversary? Sure, yesterday the girls made Valentine goodies for school, but the only thing that made the Valentine-y was that they were pink and purple. Lee and I don't do gifts for V-day. Heck, my birthday is in 11 days anyways. We don't do cards either. Him and the girls brought me breakfast in bed this morning, but that's something they randomly do anyways. I love my hubby and kids everyday, and not especially on one day. Happy Hallmark Day!

Air Conditioning!

Glorious air conditioning! Today it's 104 with the humidity and we only had the one air conditioner downstairs which does N.O.T.H.I.N.G. for the upstairs. Who needs to go to a spa?! I've got my own sauna! Lee put in the 2nd air conditioner today. While it's still 82 in the house, it is wonderful compared to outside! Now... if only I had a large pool....

30 Day Challenge

A picture of yourself

Well I don't think I have any recent pics of me, so we'll just blow up the one I use for blogger....

30 Day Challenge

The Last Argument That You Had

Whether I should care or not that one of Lee's co-worker's (who we don't hang around with or really even talk to) wife (who I've met once and never spoken to other than hi) is pregnant, outside of saying congrats. Lee is of the country living thought that everyone is interested in everything that everyone does. I just truly don't care. If I don't even know the person why would I care about their mother's sister's best friend's dog?

30 Day Challenge

You Current Relationship, If Single Discuss How Single Life Is

I live Common-Law. Lee and I have been living together for 3 years next month. We've both been married, he's divorced, and legally, I'm still just separated. Eventually my ex and I will get divorced. We have a very agreeable separation so there's no big hurry. I'm in no hurry to be re-married. As much as I love Lee, I don't see how a piece of paper would change anything. Maybe we will eventually....

For Once, Lee's Sick

Which never happens. My and both girls could be sick as dogs and Lee'll be perfectly fine. Well last night he started getting sick. We think it was the frozen strawberries left in the fridge for too long that he ate. So he's off work today. Olivia and Brianna think it's great that he's home but of course he's just lounging on the couch.

Gotta get the last of the birthday shopping done today!!!

Father's Day Weekend

Hot weekend! Hot in weather, hot in sales, hot in general!

Went to Ottawa to see Isaac on Sat and so Brianna could see Gilles. I promised Isaac and Brianna last visit that if it was nice next time, I'd leave Olivia with Lee so we could go play outside without having to worry about keeping an eye on Olivia. We got to go outside with Isaac and Brianna playing on the sand hill and the play structures but not too long after we went out did it start raining :(

Father's Day dawned a sunnier day. Brianna and I made breakfast in bed for Lee and Brianna gave her gift to him. She picked out a pretty pocket watch back in March that says Dad on it and insisted it was perfect for Lee. He wore it all day. We had a BBQ while Brianna was at a birthday party and Dylan came over for supper and to go swimming. Olivia wasn't too sure about the pool at first and had me in a death grip but soon discovered all the people to look at and splashing to do!

Getting along in the basement. We're up to 5 bags of donations and 6 bags of garbage now.

A Visit From an Old Friend

So Lee's old High School buddy Leslie came to visit yesterday and overnight. Lots of fun to be had! We had a big BBQ and some drinks. Once the bug were biting too much we moved from the back yard to the porch. In my cleaning spree yesterday I kinda forgot to eat (lol) so ended up feeling like crap. I think being tired didn't help.

This morning we had some bacon and eggs for breakfast (and I informed Lee that I expect the sausages and pancakes he didn't make, for breakfast tomorrow!) After some pictures in the yard we said our goodbyes for now. Hopefully we'll see him again later in the week when he's back in town!
Off to Ottawa! Had a great visit with Isaac. We went upstairs to play, something I think we'll do more often cause there's toys there that Olivia can play with too. Isaac and Brianna had loads of fun playing with some ride on toys, racing around. Had a great lunch of leftover BBQ *YUM*

Much Better Rest of the Afternoon

So Lee's coming home early on Wednesday was a fluke. Last night he didn't get home til 7:30pm. Supposedly he'll be off by 5pm today which would be nice cause Leslie's coming.

Brianna had a much better time after her little timeout. I made brownies and she helped me make 2 different kinds of muffins. I still have to make the frozen berry dessert I was supposed to make yesterday.

Got my workout in last night. God my upper body strength sucks. I'm lifting 3lb weights and almost died lol I think I'll squeeze in a little workout between laundry and cleaning since we'll be kinda busy tonight!

New Landlord

So the new landlord took over today. He's a non-smoker so now I can't smoke in the shared porch. Crap. I mean, it won't be so bad right now cause it's warm, but the winter is freaking cold! I'm gonna see about extending my back deck up to be able to put up some weather sheeting just to block out the wind.

Lee got home a whole 1/2 an hour earlier today. Said something about Monday - Friday now. So is that *this* Friday? Leslie's visiting this Friday so that would really suck. Hopefully it starts next Friday since a bunch of guys worked Sunday this week. Would be good for the pay cheque though. Especially since this landlord (Sebastian) isn't gonna be like John and let me pay over the course of the month. So hopefully all these hours will let us pay this month's rent quickly and have at least most of it for the 1st next month.

Made another chocolate banana bread today for the freezer. Used raspberry extract, goes with chocolate so why not. Think I'm gonna make Peanut Butter and Honey Muffins tomorrow. Maybe another bread-type thing too.

Brianna's home to help me tomorrow. Discovered nits in her hair tonight *sigh* So she's got a head full of Vaseline and tomorrow we'll wash it out with vinegar and pick nits. Hopefully we'll get it all in the first shot. But at least she can help me with some baking.

First Day of New Hours

Lee didn't get home til 7pm! What happened to 5am-5pm??? So he was gone yesterday for 15 hrs. And this is how it's gonna be til all VA's work is finally caught up... on TOP of doing their own work! Poor Lee! He got to take a shower, spend about 10 minutes with Olivia before she went to bed, spend about 20 with Brianna before she went to bed, on the computer for an hour then went to bed himself. Only to get up at 3am to start all over again! *sigh*

Olivia is an absolute crank today. I dunno if it's the crappy weather or what. I put her down for 2 seconds and she screams like someone ripped off her arm! Maybe it's teeth. She is walking more often now. Rather than dropping to a crawl she'll walk if it's a short distance between where she's going. And she's loving to clap now. She figured it out a few days ago and we always sing Patty Cake when she does it, she loves it!

A Trip Back to the Farm

Took the girls to visit the farm and Grandma Hart. Grandma Hart was thrilled with her copy of Olivia's 9 mth pic. Went out to "visit" the cows. Olivia was enthralled. She just stared the entire time. Brianna of course made friends. A brown cow and calf were on her list today. The calf kept trying to lick off her arm and the cow played shy.

I had a moment of relief for the poor cows as each one had the milkers put on. Some of the udders were HUGE! Course, I'm pretty glad my pumping output isn't 22+ *kilos* of milk per session!

Stopped at Lee's parents house again. As usual his mother pretended Brianna and I weren't there. Brianna as usual went to play in the corner with Dylan's toys and talked to me since she's otherwise ignored. Thankfully it was getting close to Olivia's bedtime so we didn't have to stay long. Olivia fell asleep on the way home but I was able to nurse her back down.

I did manage to salvage my diet from Godiva death but having just soup and toast for supper. I know Lee wants to have popcorn and watch a movie tonight though. *sigh* Here comes more salt! I'll try to behave myself.....