The Difference Between Men and Women

Hubby and I were talking on Google Talk   just now and this post came up

polartrev: girls are weird

Peggy: why do you say that

oh because of her post

polartrev: because, guys would never say to another guy your butt looks small

Peggy: yea so girls would never find pleasure farting in each others company

polartrev: thats true too

Peggy: which is weirder

The chat only got stranger from there.

Now that Christmas Is Over

WOW! It is hard to believe that the Season is almost over and the kids will be heading back to school in a couple more sleeps. We are already almost a full week into 2007 and it is true that time really does not stop for anyone.

Well this may be long over due but I thought I would post it anyway…

High-Lites of the Holiday
- Noah and Mykayla performing publicly for the first time on their own. Solo!
- Being able to attend one School Christmas Concert and see all of our kids take part in their own way. This has never been done before because Taylor has always attended a different school from the other two.
- Taking part in the Christmas Eve Service at our church.
- Spending Christmas Eve with my cousin and his family. Not being able to spend these times with him growing up made this a really special time of feeling a part of a family on Christmas Eve.
- Spending Christmas Eve just the 5 of us reading the Christmas Story from the Bible and praying together.
- Our traditional Belgium Waffle Breakfast
- Having my sister and her husband and 5 kids here on Christmas Day
- Hosting our first ever Christmas Dinner in our new home. Complete with my parents and sister and 5 children.
- Seeing the kids be so thankful and excited over every gift no matter how large or small.
- Having my sister Joan and her husband Dean show up at our place with their two adorable kids on the 28 for a birthday supper.
- Having my sister Kristina and her son Cabot come for supper on the 28.
- Knowing that the evening would be one for all of our children to remember with their cousins.
- Getting pictures of all four girls with our mom. The first time in over 12 years we were all together and didn’t even get into an argument.
- Mykayla got to spend a day at a seminar figure skating with Jeffrey Buttle. She also got her picture taken with him and his autograph.
- After the family left – much rest and relaxation
- Spending New Year’s Eve celebrating with my kids and my folks
- Having Trevor come in to have birthday cake on the evening of the 1st.
- Noah’s team winning their game on the 2nd
- Taylor got to go spend the day quadding with his cousins in Shellbrook.
- Taylor finally won a game! The beat St. Louis 6-1 on Thursday. A great way for them to start the New Year. He got the “Hardest Worker Award” He has a hard hat to sign his name on and a pair of fluorescent orange work boots that the make them wear out of the dressing room. He wore them with pride. He will return it tomorrow for someone else to use.
- Celebrating my mom’s 65th birthday with her today. Her dear friend Irene threw her a surprise party at their house. It was a wonderful time with just the right amount of people.

And Now the Low-Lites
~ Getting sick right before Christmas and not really feeling good until after Christmas.
~ The kids waking up at 4am on Christmas Morning and then Trevor waking me up at 6am and getting into an argument because the kids had fallen back to sleep and I wanted to sleep longer as well.
~ My sister Kristina not wanting to celebrate Christmas Day with the rest of the family.
~ Trevor having to go back to work on the 26 and being really anxious to get back there.
~ Having to say good-bye to my sisters and their families much too soon.
~ Fighting with my mother.
~ Spending New Year’s without my husband and my friends back in Yellowknife.
~ Having my mom’s birthday and having three of her oldest friends unable to attend.

The New Year’s Eve That Wasn’t

So it is my birthday. And after 12 years Trevor has managed to wear me down and got things his way. It has been an ongoing discussion about New year’s in this family. When I was little my parents always had family and friends over and we ate and played games and then rang in the New Year. They always sang Happy Birthday after Auld Lang Syne and I opened my present from my folks then. On New Years Day my mom would always have a turkey dinner and have her best friend’s family over. Their daughter was my best friend and the grandma was like a grandmother to me too.

As I became a teenager, I always went to Youth Group for their annual ALL NIGHTER. When those stopped I celebrated with my friends either at my house or at someone elses. Probably the best New Years Eve I ever spent was the one where my friend and I bought tickets to go to The Wild Pony. It was a country bar we hung out at a few times a week while I was living in Vancouver. I was young and had no responsibilities and everyone there was celebrating no responsibilities as well.

Once Trev and I got married New Year’s became the one thing we could never agree on. I have tried to explain to him how much I enjoyed celebrating New Years Eve with friends and family because it was always such a special time for me. Our first New Year’s I can’t even remember except that we were very broke because we had just gotten married and just celebrated our first Christmas. Trev made me dinner and gave me a book on card game rules. It was very sweet because it was so simple and logical. He thought that way we could learn to play some card games together and enjoy each other’s company which we did.

Over the years we have sort of alternated between taking part in a big bash either in our home or at a friends house. One year we were at Trevor’s mom and dads and Taylor was a year and a half. Trev’s dad was working so his mom didn’t want to do anything at all. Trev asked her to drive into town and go for dinner but she refused. We didn’t feel comfortable leaving her behind so we spent New Year’s Eve going to bed early. The next day we drove to Prince George to see his sister and he had promised a nice dinner out with them. He even promised Seafood since it is my favourite. When we got there he decided with his sister and her boyfriend that they would all enjoy Chinese (one of my least favourites) so that is where we went for dinner that night.

Some great New Year’s Eves in our married life had to be the one year we had a party at my friends house. Trev and I left for a bit to go say Happy New Years to some of our YK family and when we came back everyone had decorated the house with birthday decorations. I was about to turn 31 so they told me they were celebrating the last day of me being 30. It was very sweet. The first year we were in our new house we had a huge last minute bash with about 30 kids and 30 adults attending. It was great, complete with Karoake, Settlers of Catan and a great view of some fireworks. The next year we had a quiet elegant celebration with some very close friends and Trev managed to have steak and lobster ready for a classy midnight supper.

This year, I teased Trev that he finally got his wish. He didn’t have to celebrate New Year’s. He was working and did not want to come in last night opting instead to come in tonight (His argument always being that my birthday is the 1st not the 31st) I also was in no mood to party and if it has not been for the kids I would likely have been happy going to bed early in a pouty depressed mood. Instead we went to the folks and the kids alternated between watching Curious George and Cars and going downstairs to play on the PS2. As midnight got closer Taylor and I engaged in a game of Crib Wars and then we handed out the Party Poppers and rang in the New Year by popping confetti all over Mom and Dad’s front deck.

We came home just before 1am and I was thankful to have missed the phone call from my two sisters who were celebrating together in Calgary. I wished that they had stayed so we could have all celebrated together here. The kids were already in PJs and headed to bed as did I. I was delightfully awakened at 3:15 by Mykayla with vomit all over her and the floor. After I cleaned everything up my stomach was doing the flip flops so I perched on the lazy boys in the family room and watched some TV before falling back asleep.

Today so far has been spent in bed lying around watching TV and enjoying the 2 egg and toast breakfast my firstborn made for me. I think now I will go downstairs and chase teh kids to clean their rooms while I clean the main floor that hasn’t been cleaned since my sister left 2 days ago. A dinner of leftovers and cake is on the menu at the folks place tonight so I am not going to worry about cooking.

I hope all of you enjoyed your New Year’s Eve and that blessings flow your way in 2007.

Still Sick (I Really Want to Say I Was Right and He Was Wrong)

So the sick thing is still hanging on. I made the decision last night that i would go see the Dr. today. I am not one to normally go to the doctor. But after a third night of no sleep and waking up everytime I had to swallow because it hurt so bad I fugured I had a good excuse.

The husband said I likely had just a virus and kept asking if I felt any better at all. I told him I only felt better marginally in the midst of when the Advil or Tylenol had kicked but the fact that I needed to take those drug severy four hours or I was in serious pain throughout my whole body should mean something. My thought was if it was just a virus then I would know to just go home and wait it out but I had a feeling it was Strep Throat and why wait that out when it can easily be treated with antibiotics.

So off to the Walk In Clinic I go. It was quick. They weren’t busy at 10 am so I as soon as they figured out how to enter my NWT Health Card into the system I was pretty much taken into a room. Within minutes the Dr. came in and she asked “What can I do for you today?”

I stated simply that I wanted her to look at my throat and tell me what to take for the serious aches and pains in my whole body. One quick look at my tonsils and she diagnosed me with Tonsilitis. Caused of course by a strep bacteria. She said it was quite swollen gave me a presroption for Amoxicillin and Aspergum.

Aspergum- says right on the box it is for headaches, pain and sore throat. The taste? Yea not so good. After you get past the burst of Orange flavoring of the hard coating you pretty mush feel you are chewing an Aspirin Powder infesteed piece of gum. Trev and I both tried it. He swallowed his thinking he would get the lasting effects of the Aspirin but I tossed mine out the window. I walked into Zellers and went and found me some good Extra Strength Advil Cold and Sinus Plus.

With the Amoxilcillin I hope to be feeling better in a couple of days. I hope to at least be able to swallow more than just soup. I think I am taking advantage of it a bit. Trevor is home and so I have pretty much given all duties over to him while I rest and take care of myself. I haven’t been sick like this in a long time and if he was at work I wouldn’t be able to have much down time to recuperate. There is still lots of stuff to get done before Christmas including Bubby’s birthday so I figure the sooner I can just get better the better off we both will be.

I have to say though after seeing the doc I had to tell Trevor I told you so a few times to prove that I do know my body and I sensed that something was wrong, more than just a nasty flu bug.

Can You Believe…

This ?

We all are in trouble

Another One Bites The Dust….

Guess who has joined the dark side and is now blogging?
Although he doesn’t like to admit it.
Check him out!!!

Shock of the Day

I saw my high school crush.

I spent most of tenth grade
Making a fool of myself
Over a guy in my math class

All he ever knew about me was
That I was the annoying one who stared at him
At the square every morning

He was a football player
Running Back
Probably not too bright
He was in twelfth grade
And in my tenth grade class

Today he was standing in the driveway
Of a house
On my way to pick up
The kids from school

First the ex-boyfriend
At an Open House and
Now the crush
Freaky

Rest assured honey
It is just one of the things that
Blows my mind
When I think
I am back in my hometown.

Renos, Stupid Moves and Insomnia

The past few days have been busy but a lot of fun too. My husband is a very focussed individual. This is likely a good thing and after 12 years he has begun to respect that my agenda is not necessarily always matched to his.

Needless to say we have been working on the upstairs rooms as much as we can. He has painted the ceilings in the ugly purple bathroom and the horrid black toy room with beige zebra stripes. He has also got the primer on to cover the horrid black paint.

I, meanwhile, have kept myself busy in Taylor’s room. In some places the wallpaper is so bad that the wall has been eaten to bits. I am sure they just put primer or very cheap paint with no sizing underneath. For those of you not in the wallpaper know, sizing is transparent blue liquid that you paint on you wall prior to hanging your wallpaper. It allows for good adhesion with your paper but it also allows the wall to be slightly protected against the paper sticking too much to the paint. Three years in a paint and wallpaper store and that is what you get. That experinece has also come in handy when we need to shop for paint as well.

Anyway the wallpaper is coming off slowly but surely, my right hand and shoulder are extremely sore after two days of scraping a 12 by 8 foot wall and 2 walls that are about 8 or 9 feet by 8 feet high. I still have one wall that is about another 14 feet and two very sort walls about 3 feet wide.

Tonight thought after finishing what I could on the walls I changed into my robe completely exhausted. I was going down the stairs eagerly anticipating the Diet Coke waiting in the bar fridge. I was thinking of how I would grab a can for me and a regular Coke for Trev. I would spend some time visiting with him while he cleaned his paint roller. Then we would head to bed to relax before going to sleep. As I was completely distracted with all these things, I thought I had hit the bottom step. I was already turning the corner when I realized I had misstepped and completely missed the last step. I came down hard on the floor, twisted my ankle and as I was falling my wrist banged the wall or the door jam some where. As I sat there on the floor trying to decide if I was really hurt or not I began to feel dizzy. I have been known to faint before when I have cut myself so I laid down flat on my back on the linoleum, still trying to decide how hurt I was.

I eventually got up, got my can of diet coke and went upstairs. I was exhausted. I was sore. Now my right hand hurts, my right shoulder hurts from wallpaper scraping and my right wrist and my right foot hurt from stupidly falling down my stairs.

You would think that I would be sound asleep after all that excitement.

Yet here I sit at 3:49 am and I can’t turn my brain off enough to just sleep.

I have to be up in 2 hours to go to Saskatoon with the family for the day.

What the heck is wrong with me?

Honey Look What I Did Today!!!!

Okay I kid you not. This house had the worst decorator known to man. Anyone who has seen this house can attest. The former woman of the house has a craft store and crafty she is. She loves wallpaper and I am sure at one point every room in this house had some sort of wallpaper in it. Big flowery stuff too.

The youngest daughter by all accounts was into Goth and really if I had a mother who liked to scare the company with big flowery prints I might be driven to the Gothic lifestyle myself.

So now that the house is officially ours I have begun what I like to refer to it as “Construction Destruction.”

So here are some before and after pictures that just really don’t do the scheme of this house justice. It is much better to see it in real life.

BEFORE (Taylor’s Room, the wallpaper was burgundy in colour and while a masculine print it was still too much like pink)

AFTER

This is great. This was done throughout the entrance into our basement. The basement is completely unfinished and nothing more than storage but apparently the previous owner used the basement to dislplay her crafts and therefore she must have felt it necessary to completely wallpaper the entrance to the completely unfinished basement. Ceiling and everything was completely done in this print.

BEFORE

AFTER

See Trev I don’t just sit around and watch soap operas all day. I usually do that when I lay down for my afternoon nap.

Well the bottom layer of all that walpaper is calling me so guess I should get backat it. And I was going to actually clean the bathrooms today. Oh well maybe tonight.