OMGosh.....

I'm starting to feel it,,,, the pressure of what to get, nov. and dec are busy months for us birthdays and xmas... yikes.. what to get our daughter, who will turn 36 soon.. dec 5 actually... and then xmas, don't have to get much but still want it to be the "right" gift for the grandchildren, but they are very thankful, its just ol nana here that worries to much.. Oh and I'm cooking Xmas dinner as well.. but thats fun and I have that down to a science, I just don't do it all on the day, do it before, so then I can enjoy our family while they spend the day with us... our little bungalow won't know what hit it.. 8 people and 3 dogs one big and two little hyper ones lol... but we will be together and we will have fun... and thats the main thing... Not sure if we will have a white Xmas or not but either is fine by me... so I'm going to ask my readers a question, be truthfull, do you like to give or to receive?? I like to give, best of all. make people happy... We are going to decorate the school next week, bring some much needed happiness to our school, had to much sadness.. over the past little while.. so my co-worker and I are going to decorate and put up the tree as it will be Dec 1 so the kids can enjoy the tree for a few weeks.. We will have a big turkey dinner there as well and Santa comes.. so it will be fun...

Nov 7/09

Yes here it is the day that Torey has been waiting for to turn 12.. she is some excited.. but she doesn't know what her Mom and Tanty have in store for her, she was talking about not having a surprise party.. but really in a way its going to be she is going to be some surprised when she gets home.. see she has been staying with us while Mom has been -------- its getting quite difficult the past couple of days as I don't know why but she is asking questions and I think she almost got upset tonight at the thought of her Tanty not coming to her party.. oh gee... but so much fun planned for her tomorrow with a few friends to share with her.. swimming, junk , cake, etc.. oh and pizza for the family which she also doesn't know about... so yay Torey is getting a bit of a surprise like she was talking about not having yet.. a surprise party she said oh well maybe when I'm 16 i will have a surprise party.. where the heck does she come up with these thoughts?? Haha.. Torey and I went down to our towns Xmas Craft Fair, it was good, much nicer than a Saturday trip as nana here can't handle the crowds.. on Saturday.. Torey bought herself a cool toe anklet for the summer.. something I think she can copy and make more of.. nana bought herself a xmas angel made by a friend, and a scissor holder for my momma for xmas.. then we looked around and then just hung out with Tanya who was selling bracelets, that she makes, and Tasha who was selling her baby sweaters which she makes.. nice way to spend the night.. then it was home to finish off the homework with Torey as they have been off school all week due to the school closures to prevent the flu from spreading to anymore staff or students.. enrollment was down so low.. due to the flu.. it was a good call of the School Board, now I hear tonight that Hazelton has closed its school as well due to the same thing and its in the same district as us... goodnight for now.. oh and so now now J. is 11 on the nov 2 and torey is 12 on nov 7 one more grandson to go in feb. and they are all a year older... sheesh where does the time go..... ciao....

Nov 1/09

OK folks here is my first blog update for Nov.... my youngest grandson is turning 11 tomorrow then our granddaughter will be 12 on Nov 7 then the oldest grandson will be 13 in Feb YIKES what happened to our babies... oh well time goes marching on... we got thru Halloween we didn't have very many kids at our door 12 to be exact so whats with that not sure... oh well... Our town had been hit with some very sad news, one of our main industries, Eurocan(West Fraser) announced that they are shutting down as of Jan 31/10 which will be putting 535 workers out of work..... so not good for our town or neighbouring communities.. my hubby is retired from the place about 7 or 8 years ago, but for all the young families, I feel for them... and hopefully they will be able to find something so ya, not good news all round.. Our weather is rain rain and more rain.. we did have a snow fall which stayed overnight I think it was on Oct 28 or 29... not much maybe 2-3 cm... Work is going fine, I am sure we will be OK till June then see what happens after that for the new school year in Sept as I'm sure numbers will drop.. but will worry about it then... I can not believe how fast Xmas is creeping up on us... hope all is well with everyone. and to my friends who blog on here who have been affected by the news, my thoughts go out to each and everyone of you, and lets hope that everything works out in the end.... big Hugs.....

updated pics of some of the familia......

Torey who will soon be 12 and her Mom Tasha.....you can catch her over at Fiberox.wordpress.com I believe.... The rest of the family wishes to remain anonomous...(sp)??

Meal Plan Monday

MONDAY -- No plans other than a snack and a piece of fruit and bottle of water in between meeting and Aqua Sizes.....
TUESDAY -- Healthy Tuna Casserole with a salad of some kind...
WEDNESDAY -- Beef Stew in the crock pot....Sandra/Laura/Sue recipie
THURSDAY -- Salmon Corn Chowder with Corn Bread....
FRIDAY -- Terrace for an appt. so probably grab a bite there....
SATURDAY --BBQ Pork Strips With Wild Rice
SUNDAY -- Turkey with Veggies... etc.. for leftovers after....

Three day weekend....

I know I know we have only been back for a short while but hey its an NID day on Friday and that makes me a Happy Lady, as I get the Friday off... but I hope to overhaul this blog, am tired of it being so blah.. I might change to a different site ( not sure if thats the right word) put on some pics, to spruce it up.. I am slow at doing new things but will give it my best shot, if anyone has any ideas please send me some addresses thanks so much... see you on the weekend.. if anything exciting happens before that I will let you know ok.. ttyl

putting the patio to bed !!

So here we are the first day of fall and its been a glorius day in the north, Mike and I had a great dinner prepared by him of course Thanks Mike.. then after we decided since it was finally dry, to put all the lawn furniture away, and bring out the snow blower and snow tires.. shhhh hope it doesn't jinx us.. put 4 garbage bags to the curb as it is garb. day tomorrow.. cut back all my dill, now am going to dry it and reseed some in the garden.. for next summer... Still have to cut back the garden but it looks so tidy and bare out there now.. I hosed down the patio.. and OMG is there ever some huge spiders :( out around everything, Mike sprayed lots of them down.. yeck.. so that is our night for tonight.. sure hope the sun comes back tomorrow such a nice treat... probably going to be stiff tomorrow... oh well....