I AM SO EXCITED!

Planning our trip to Greece and getting SO excited! I TOTALLY can't wait! All I need is Al's leave dates and I can buy the plane tickets! YAY!

So, I went out for Mom's Night Out with the ladies from church. There was Kim, Kathi, Tanya, Julie, Sharon, a new girl who is from Britain whose name escapes me, and me. We went to Jungle Jim's for dinner, and to get out without kids and just be women...and spent the whole night talking about...yup, you guessed it, the KIDS! We started talking about being pregnant, segued into childbirth, then breast-feeding, sports, sex (and not the good stuff, how you told/tell/are going to tell your kids about it, and, naturally, their reactions!), and finishing, quite appropriately, with how the kids handle death, and how you talk to them about it. By this time, they were closing the restaurant down around us, so took our leave. All in all it was a good time!

After dinner Kim and I went to Walmart in search of shoes for work. (Got a pair). I got home about 11:30. Which isn't bad, considering I left the house this morning at 9:30, and was only home for about half an hour in total all day!

I went out with Ashley this morning. We went over to Ginny to get me some clothes for work next week, then we went to the Chinese Buffet for lunch. Then it was time to pick up my truck from Saturn (it was getting a safety, an oil change, and apparently something done to the brakes). Dropped Ashely off home, got the mail. Al's T-4 was there, so off I went to get the taxes done. Stupid people REALLY make me angry! Took the guy 2 1/2 hours, and help from EVERYONE there, even ones in OTTAWA before he got it right. I was SO not impressed. By the time I got out of there I had no time for a shower. I just came home, threw some McD's at the kids and got changed to go out.

I dropped Victoria off at Jacquelyn's and picked up Kim (her mother) and went to Jungle Jim's.

Now, after talking to Al on the phone, and doing some searching for cheap flights to Athens (through Paris?), I am going to have that shower I didn't get earlier, and go to bed. I am rather tuckered!



And so, today, this is...
Life As I Know It

A Song For You Al...

Something in your eyes, makes me want to lose myself,

Makes me want to lose myself, in your arms.

There's something in your voice, makes my heart beat fast.

Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life.

If you knew how lonely my life has been,

And how low I've felt so long.

If you knew how I wanted someone to come along,

And change my life the way you've done.

CHORUS:

Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,

Feels like I'm on my way back where I come from.

Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,

Feels like I'm on my way back where I belong.

A window breaks down a long dark street,

And a siren wails over my head.

But I'm all right, 'cause I have you here with me.

And I can almost see through the dark there's light.

If you knew how much this moment means to me,

And how long I've waited for your touch.

If you knew how happy you are making me --

I've never thought I'd love anyone so much.

CHORUS:

Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I'm on my way back where I come from.
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I'm on my way back where I belong.

Feels like I'm on my way back where I belong.

{Feels Like Home - Bonnie Raitt}

Al I love you so much. I never knew what it was really like to love and be loved til you. I can't wait til I can "lose myself in your arms" once again. I miss you. Come home safely, soon...

And so, today, this is...
Life As I Know It

I Feel Like Writing

But I don't really have anything to say...

We are over halfway done this deployment. January seemed to go on for MONTHS!, but February, so far, is speeding right along. Al has boughten me some lovely presents over there and I can't wait to post pictures of them when he gets back. I am also looking forward to going away with him for a couple weeks when he gets home. I am SO ready to have my husband by my side again! If ever I complain about Al having to go away for a month or 2, please remind me how much longer 6 months is! This is brutal. I really feel for the ones who actually end up in Khandahar. They stay for 9, 12, 14 months at a time! Their babies won't even know them when they get home!

I should be sleeping... I have Coffee Connections in the morning where I am facilitating a chocolate making class. Then in the afternoon I have a meeting at Cotton Ginny to sign my paperwork so I can start my new job next week. I hope my body co-operates!

I have been thinking of my friends and missing some of them quite a bit lately. Seems I haven't seen a lot of them for quite some time. Some I haven't even had an opportunity to talk to in ages! Hopefully I will get a chance to soon. I don't even know if they check my blog that much anymore where I have not been consistant lately. BUT, nevertheless, I want to say HI, and I'M THINKING OF YOU to:

• April {AKA Princessa Mirabella}
• Kelly
• Roni
• Brenda
• Lois

I miss you all and hope to either talk to you or see you sometime real soon!

Well, as it is after 2AM, and I have to get up fairly early in the morning, I guess this is it for now. Not very exciting, I know...

And so, today, this is...
Life As I Know It

What She Said...

Elizabeth said:

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

I
HATE, ABSOLUTELY DETEST, DESPISE WINTER
I absolutely hate winter. I hate
the cold, I hate the snow, I hate the fact that the sun shines but it is still
cold, I hate winter.

And so, today, this is...
Life As I Know It

White Point with the Kidlettes and Tanya - And Horatio of COURSE!

I decided that since we couldn't go to New Brunswick this weekend, I would take the kids away anyway, so we went to White Point Beach Resort (If you remember a couple summers ago, Al and I took the kids there for a weekend, and they really liked it there, so, since it was a hit once, I thought we'd go back - it was a hit twice!), and since I didn't want to be without adult conversation all weekend I called my niece Tanya to see if she'd come with, and she did.

The hot tub was heavenly, the pool was wonderful. The scenery was absolutely gorgeous! The road from Bridgetown to Liverpool SUCKED! OH MY GOODNESS HAS THERE EVER BEEN SUCH A LONG, BUMPY, WINDY ROAD EVER!?!?!?!?!?

We finally got there about 8:00, had a quick supper and headed to the hot tub (and pool). Tanya and I were invited to a party for a ... "happy"... guy who was turning 21 (whose make up was running in the hot tub), by his ... "happy"... friends. We did not go.

Saturday the kids went off to the pool, the computer area, the games room, chasing the bunnies, and Tanya and I slept in. Then we went into Liverpool to McDonald's and Sobey's, and back for more swimming and taking pictures. They had their bonfire, but it was really cold, so we roasted a few marshmallows, then went back to the lodge and we played guitar and sang (and probably drove the neighbours crazy!)

Little Horatio thought he would chase some bunnies. They got away. It's a good thing too, because they were twice the size of him!

Sunday morning we packed up and left, heading to Not-Digby to my brother's (Tanay's father's) until it was time to head to my sister's in Bear River (STILL not Digby, yet they still tell people they live in DIBGY!) for the party she was having for her boyfriend for being clean and sober for 1 year. (Good on you Duck, I hope it sticks!).

After that, we headed back to Kingston so I could drop Tanya off, then I headed to my other sister's for tea before heading home.

Just before I got into Berwick I nearly hit a deer! It was standing in the road as I crested a hill. I laid on my horn, slammed on my brakes, and thrust the car into neutral. It is a good thing the horn scared it off because there was no way I wasn't going to hit it! Pretty scary!

Anyway, we got to Amy's to have tea, and Sandy came in, so I visited with her and Amy for about an hour, then on the road again..., fianlly getting home about 10:30.

I am uploading some pictures from the weekend. Please forgive that they are not in order. Perhaps I will try to rearrange them tomorrow, but not tonight. However, I somehow doubt it, since it took almost forever to get them semi-equi-distantly apart.

Horatio thought that eating Tanya's hair while she tried to sleep was a fun thing to do. Tanya? Not so much!

All in all, it was a good weekend. We all had fun and got "away from it all" for a while. I am glad that I am taking one weekend a month to take the kids somewhere until Al gets home. It is something to look forward to, and makes the time go faster. I am not sure where I am going next month, but Sandy I will try to give you a few days notice so you can come next time. I still have never been to Oak Island... That sounds kinda fun! Wherever it is, it has to be pet-friendly because little Horatio has to come!

And so, today, this is...
Life As I Know It