birthday party disipline.

i can't beileve my little man is a year old. already. i made him a cake on his real birthday, it turned out fantastic. the actually party, my sister made it, and as usual, her's was way more artistic then mine, and so yummy. well... both cakes were good to eat. :)

anyways... we just had the family over, and after the food was done, and the cake was eaten, along came presant time. yeah! not really.
all the kids were maulling him. we had emmit's uncle take video but you can hardly see him in the video... just his little head and all the othe kids opening his gifts. awe.

i had stool beside me and i had been putting the clothes emmit got, along with the cards emmit got on top. i must have said something wrong when i told all the kids to 'backup, and give emmit some room...' one of the kids walked by and shoved all the clothes and cards onto the floor. i had then asked him if he did that... and he smiled and said yes. i proceeded to ask why... he said because he wanted to. i kept my cool, said 'you goof' and picked up the stuff. meanwhile his parents sitting behind me found it very unapproiate for me to call their son a goof. and left. without a goodbye, a thank-you... nothing. RUDE!

the next day i find out... the reason they left... was because i called their son a goof! and they want me to apologize. i am going to, just to their son. not to them. in the back of my mind i have no idea why im apologizing... because to me, i've done nothing wrong.

if that was my kid at their house, and they did the exact same thing, i would have said... 'pick that up'... but thats the difference i guess... my kids wouldn't have done something like that, and if they did... i would be diciplining them... not other people.

i guess the difference is i watch and look after my own kids while im out... i don't expect other people to watch and dicipline my kids. if they don't listen to me, they are not going to listen to you!

wedding this, wedding that.

wedding this, and wedding that. im starting to actually get excited. although wedding planning isn't what it seems. it could be if you had an endless flow of money, and could spend whatever you wanted.
we've almost found a venue. we've seen a few more places, and now there are 2 potential venues. YEA!
i think we've got our caterer, and our photographer already, i just hope they are both available on that day!! speaking of dates, we still don't have one. ha! we didn't want to choose one keeping it open for the rental of the venue! we're so smart! my sister is doing the cake, and my cousin is doing to flowers. adam and i aren't too concerned about transportation. so there we go. i already have the invitation lay-out ready to go, im making my own. everything feels like it's coming together, the closer we get to choosing a venue, the more clear everything else is!

like i said, im getting excited!

last weekend

so, i finally got out on the lake. i must say, it was great! i love being out on the water, at least this year i can enjoy all the water sports as well. i went tubing only, to rough to ski. but still on tuesday i was a little sore. my upper arms, across my chest, and down to my abs, i was sore. what a good workout that must be for those muscles. all tense, waiting for that next corner, or next wave. i love it! absolutely love it.

my little brooke went tubing as well. she's only 3, so we took it slow, and of course i went with her. she kept saying faster, faster... until she got some water in her face, then she wanted to get off. i love that about her, she's so adventureous.

all i can say is, i can't wait for this weekend, we're off to the lake again, to engage in some more water sports, hopefully this time i'll get on those ski's!

first time with the lawn mower

adam and i went golfing on sunday. we had so much fun. it was nice to relax, and just have a good time. and he was very encouraging. and instructive, which i needed from time to time. i do digress i have something else to write about

yesterday i wanted to do something nice for adam. i decided to cut the lawn, so that when he got home from work, he didn't have to do it. we just got grass last year, and i was pregnant last year, so i've never used the new mower. HA. so i get it out, and im thinking... it says 'easy start', how hard can it really be. well... my arm hurts todays. after more then a few pulls, with both arms, and still no running lawn mower, i go inside, and get the instructions. turns out i have to flick the chock. i knew that, but couldn't find it, and decided it didn't have one. i guess i was thinking this lawn mower was advanced. nope, turns out it's just different from the one my parents had! lol. so there, i finally get it running! i do one quick SHORT strip and stop. it doesn't look right, the grass is really really really short, ugh, i go back to the manual... i know there is some way i can lift the mower. now im okay. i lift the mower, and continue on my way. i did get the grass cut, and it looks so nice. except on the one side, i have a little strip thats very short, right in the front. adam had a good laugh, and called me a puttz. oh well, it'll grow back.

-picture to follow- one can not absorb the humor without actually seeing it-

anti-carpets!

the last couple of days.... i've been steam cleaning the carpets. all of them. some of them more then once. disgusting, they are so filthy!!! and it's been a challenge with the kids, but it had to be done. i take the machine back today. i have one more room left. mine. after the floors dry, i'll be back to work, re-organizing, setting back up my house. right now, my bed is in emmit's room. we slept there last night. i had a better sleep last night then i did tuesday night. tuesday night, brooke slept in our room. we hve a king sized bed.. but it's like a single when sleeping with brooke, she sleeps horizontal to you. kicking. moving... snoring! i mean im probably not innocent with the snoring thing... no one is... but when it's someone else... right in your ear... ugh, shut up. :) i'll be happy... no wait, my whole family will be happy again to roam the house freely, right now we are a little confined to the non-carpeted areas! adam and i are thinking in the future... we'll have no carpets!

good day - gone ugly!

stated off busy today. 7:30 kaltire. finally put the summer tires on. last time we attempted that... it snowed. not too bad, the kids were good, we walked over to timmies for a muffin, coffee, and of course, chocolate milk. they were done fast, i am always impressed with the service at kaltire, they are highly reccommended! after i got the car back, over to timmies again, grab adam some lunch. then home. unload winter tires into garage, then on the road again. drop little brooke off at school, and drop off lunch with adam, and head into the city. it's only 9:30 by this time. drop car off at VW, oil change, very important! me and the little man walk over to fabricland... this is where a little oriental woman made me so mad, i could've jumped over the counter i knee'd her... in the face. but. i didn't. i bought this material, but it was in the wrong place... so i bought a meter of material, to make brooke a little sun dress... for $30!!! she would not refund me at all. DAMMIT. now i don't even want to make the dress... on the sign it said... $9.95/meter. i walked over there with her, and she said... the bolt of material was misplaced. which to me... is misleading. darn her! i can buy brooke a dress for less then $30. i know it's only $30, but thats alot for only a meter of material! ugh!

im over it, well... kind of.
soon as emmit wakes, i will be heading on over to pick brooke up from school with my new bicycle, and chariot. the kids love it, and it'll do me some good to get out for some more fresh air!

getting back on track.

it's been awhile since my last post. actually a long time. i've decided to start blogging again, maybe it'll bring some order? hopefully.

i've been trying to lose some baby weight, i don't have much left, but that stubborn little 'muffin top' stuff. and no matter what everyone says... i'm going to lose it, and it does go away. and please don't discourage me. im not doing this for anyone but myself. i know adam says i look great, and i agree i do, for having 2 kids, i do look pretty darn good. but i want to look a little better. i want to be without my muffin top. maybe i should lay off the muffins. lol. nah!

im confident i can do this. my start weight 137 lbs. my goal weight 125 lbs. that is definately not impossible!