Random Humour

I had these written down somewhere but I figured I should record them here before I lose this piece of paper... so here's some everyday humour for you, compliments of my kids.

Ruby: We're eating bird seed for lunch??
Me: No, that's Bulgar. I'm making a salad.
Ruby: Oh. So, ummm... so we're having a vulgar salad???!

Cameron: Mom, how hard is it to get into the World Cup?
Me: Really, really hard. You have to be one of the best soccer players in the world to qualify.
Cameron: WHOA!! I guess I better start practicing.

On Father's Day, Ruby came up to Rodger, who was relaxing in the sunshine reading a magazine... and gave him a big chocolatey kiss on his arm. Then she declared loudly "I love my Daddy!". Rodger said "What is this... Father's Day or something??" to which she replied "YUP!! And it's Opposites Day too!!"

Cameron says "Aha...take that as a lesson!!" instead of "Let that be a lesson to you!".

Simon: Mom, when you're an adult, do you HAVE to know how to whistle?"
Me: No.
Simon: Good, 'cause I don't really want to.

Look what I made today

I'm so proud of myself... I was in the mood to sew this afternoon, as it was a kind of rainy Sunday and the fire was going. I bought the fabric panels last year and when I was in the quilt shop in West Kelowna with Shirley this summer, I found coordinating fabrics. So, without a plan, I started to cut/sew and this is what I came up with! I'm going to put it on the coffee table in the livingroom. I think it looks awesome, if I do say so myself! (The photo is actually quite dark, the colours in real life are a bit more vibrant.) Now I just have to get some backing fabric and quilt it... I'm going to try free-motion/stippling and see how it turns out. Better to try that on a small project, rather than a queen-size quilt! :-) I have 4 more flower panels and left-over fabric so I might make a smaller table runner for the kitchen... we'll see!

My life is Peachy....

Today was my first day without children... at least for a few hours. I had dreams of sitting outside in the sunshine, enjoying a cup of coffee and maybe reading for a bit. But, as it turns out, I did no such thing. I didn't even have time to eat lunch! I rarely miss a meal if I can help it... I couldn't help it. I just managed to stuff some rice crackers & hummus in my mouth, which I don't really think classifies as lunch.

I canned peaches. Oh my word, can we say massacre?? Bernice, a lovely Grandma from Oregon who helpfully posted her step-by-step instructions (including photos) online, made it look effortless. Well, let me tell you, it was NOT. All I managed in my first attempt was to fill 6 jars, before I ran out of time and had to pick up Ruby from pre-school. And when we got home, I had just enough time to whip up a batch of peach jam, using some of the failed, squashed peaches from my canning fiasco.

I am bummed. There was no book, no un-interrupted coffee, no "doing lunch". I am exhausted. And did I mention it's close to 30 degrees today?

Later this week I will have to deal with the rest of my peaches - yikes. And then I'll have to tackle the pears eventually too. What was I thinking.....

My friends were suggesting that I do my own U-Tube on how to can peaches. But I don't think it's a good idea. Too many curse words.... "bleep bleep" peaches, "bleep" what was I thinking "bleep bleep" never doing this again, "bleep bleep" how the "bleep" did Bernice get those peels off so easily?? Seriously, how did she?

(Oh, and tonight I did another 6 of those "bleep"ing jars, so now I have 12. I think I'm good.)

Yup, my day was peachy-keen.

Back to School

The kids were so excited to be going back to school, especially Ruby who was off to her first day of Pre-school at Acorntree. She'll be going 2 mornings a week. Simon is now in a Grade 4-5 split class, and Cameron has started Grade 2. I never look forward to them going to school, but maybe it's because that means Summer is over... and I don't enjoy structure, routine or making lunches. Yuck. Oh well, the kids need to be fed and it's my job, after all! I will enjoy 2 mornings to myself though, as that has never happened before. Not only are the kids out of the house, Rodger has moved his office out of the house as well... yippee! Off you go... miss you! :-)

Road Trip 2011 - Woot Woot!

I don't think we've ever been away from home for so long before... 2 1/2 weeks this Summer! It was such a great holiday, other than the driving part! :-) Anyway, here's my Reader's Digest version of our adventure:

Blue Lake was our first destination, for my parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration. The whole family was there, including my nephew and family from Sweden! Such an awesome time was had by all, and it was definitely too short!! But we didn't have time to fight that way.... the highlight was playing in the lake, but of course just being together was the best part of all.

Highlights of the rest of our roadtrip, besides the obvious of just being with family:

Edmonton: West Edmonton Mall, swimming at the local pool, Slurpees, Edmonton Valley Zoo, going to the movies.... all of that done while Rodger worked with Josef out in Leduc.

Hotel in Red Deer: First time in a hotel with the kids! Pool, waterslide, TV in bed, breakfast (cereal dispenser a big hit). Saw Sharon (Grier) Adams and family for dinner! Hadn't seen her for 20 years.

Royal Tyrell Museum: Awesome!! Very impressed, what a fantastic place. Spent several hours wandering the museum.

Medicine Hat: 2 horses boarded on my parents' land, Mom and I went to Mook's fabric store one morning, while the rest did the daily trek to Redcliff. Played Scrabble, checked out Mom's luppies, ate ice cream at DQ (we had to do it, it's tradition), rode on the Quad, went to church, visited with Irene & Mike.


Kimberley: Awesome food and coffee, train ride tour of the Sullivan Mine, movie day, Scrabble, just hanging out.

West Kelowna: day with my sister, wine-touring, quilt shopping, burger eating. The kids went to the beach that afternoon.

And then we were home!! Lots of long days of driving but the kids did great!

We came home to a very dusty, stale house, from having our sky-lights finished. It'll take days to clean everything up and reorganize our house. Not the best way to come home but we were all very happy to be back!