Life, Where It's At

Thought I would finally update you on what we have been up too.  We've been pretty busy as you've probably noticed.  I'm hoping for life to slow down a bit, but I'm not counting on it.  I was hoping for that at the end of August, it is now mid October and I'm still waiting.  Anyways life has been great, tiring but great.  Our really good friends the Josh and Jamie Zacharias have been up for 5 weeks or so.  They surprised us at the beginning of September by coming up.  Josh was working for his brother in law finishing up some contracts.  It was really good to see them again.  We had lots of hang out times, they took up a lot of our time, but it was definantly worth it.  

Senaye has been busy with preschool on Tuesdays which she absolutely loves.  I gave her a choice today, did she want to stay at Grandma's an extra day or did she want to go to school, after a lot of thinking she chose school.  I'm really happy she loves it, there are a couple kids in her class that cry everytime their parents leave them.  I'm glad I'm not them.  

Senaye is also in a ballet class on Monday nights which she adores and also can't wait to go to.  If you can catch her in her right mood you may be able to get her to show you a couple of moves.  It's so cute.

Senaye has gone for a blood test to figure out why she's getting so many tummy aches and headaches.  It came back that her immunoglobin is low.  The test was sent back to see if she has Celiac disease or some other things.  Now its the waiting game.  Its great though that things are starting to move and that it might be something and she's not just a child that gets frequent tummy aches. 

Kadeja is growing up fast.  She's really interested in walking and wants to go everywhere big sister goes.  She gets quite frustrated if she can't.   She turned one on the 16th of September which I can't believe that time has gone by already.  Its just amazing.

Myself, I'm taking a couple dance classes.  A hip hop cardio class with my friend Melissa and a Jazz class by myself.  I love it, it feels good to be getting into shape and actually getting out once in awhile by myself, no kids.  I tried a ballet tech. class, which you learn the proper ways to doing ballet.   Extremely hard but I loved it.  I would do it, but its very expensive.  Next year maybe.  Thats life where it's at.  

What's With Life Right Now?

Wow what a busy week and its not even over.  I'm already exhausted from everything.  Its all been good, mostly.  It all started out last week when we found out our good friends from BC came up. We could say it was a surprise visit, it was, but the main reason they came up was to finish a job.  So that was all wonderful and grande.  Friday we visited with them all night, so we slept over and then stayed over all off Saturday.  Then they came over Saturday night.  We hung out Sunday night.  It was so nice visiting with them luckily its not over.  Monday Senaye had her first dance lesson as did I.  Hers was more eventful then mine.  Her outdoor shoes were taken, which was a real bummer.  I've learned to keep everything of hers in her backpack.  She did love it though.  She can't wait to go next week and keeps asking when that is.  My class was a  lot of fun.  I got to go with my good friend Melissa, I'm wondering now if she's thinking what she got herself into.  It was quite a work out.  I started feeling it the next day and I'm still feeling it.  Can't wait till next week.  Tuesday was another crazy day.  I went out in the morning and bought Senaye shoes, which is hard to do in the size of city I live in.  There are maybe 4 stores that carry shoes and everyone shops there.  Of course its start of school year so finding something is almost nil.  I did find something and princess at that which Senaye absolutely loves.  Senaye then went to preschool for a couple hours in the afternoon.  Which again she quite enjoyed.  It was great to see her all excited for something and be thrilled to tell us all about it.  That evening we say our friends again and watched What Happens in Vegas, very funny movie.  Today has been good, even though I'm extremely tired.  Senayes shoes have been returned, which makes my day good, now if only I could get a nap in it would make it way better.  The next couple days I babysit all day.  Saturday we celebrate my youngest child's 1st birthday which we are having around 15 people coming.  that is all family and our good friends.  I thought with fall coming I'd be able to sit and relax a bit, I still haven't been able to do that.  Soon I hope, because I'm going to need it.    

Starting to grow up

Here we are entering September, entering normalcy and *sigh* familiarity.  I love things that are familiar, something so relaxing about it.  I do like adventure though to or at least I think I would like adventure.  Although there is nothing really all that familiar about September this year, everything is changing.  My first born is heading of to preschool and taking her first term in dance.  Its so sad but exciting at the same time.  Its thrilling to see her so excited about going to school, her cousins go to school and now she gets to go.  Plus she won't be bored at home, hopefully, anymore.  Sad though because she is growing up.  She's already 3 1/2, where has the time gone.  I have enjoyed it, but I still want to slow it down and enjoy the time I have left with her.  I know, I know its only preschool.  She'll soon meet friends and they will be her life and then before you know it she's off to college.  Ah well many people go through it, I can survive.

Kids are funny though, as I write this I hear her telling my hubby, many times I tell you, that she is going to get married.  So cute, she has no idea what it is, just what the princess Disney movies show her.  Really cute.  Three years old and already wanting to get married.

Living A Life

Ah.... so much to write about, so many wonderful things that I'll forget to tell you and then they won't appear until it doesn't matter anymore.  Oh well all I can do is my best.  

I've had the most wonderful, most busiest and very sad summer a person could have and its not over yet, even though it feels like it.  Very memorable, I'll never forget it.  It all started in the middle of July.  Getting ready for the big trip to Vancouver, driving all the way might I add, with two small wonderful kids in the back seat.  In the middle of all that I find out I was pregnant.  What a emotional roller coaster at that time.  Very unplanned pregnancy.  Changed my plans completely for the future.  I don't like change, especially changes that are all of a sudden and I can't plan it into my life.  Anyways we get use to the idea I'm pregnant, we are at the start of our trip and I start bleeding.  Which is usual for me when I'm pregnant.  So I go to emergency anyways just to make sure everything is okay.  They find nothing wrong and send me home.  I bleed for a week, not heavy and nothing to be really concerned about since I didn't really have any other symptom of miscarriage.  I carry on with my trip trying not to worry about it or think about it since there was nothing I could do about it or the doctors could do about it.  

We had a wonderful time in Tsawwassan BC, loved it there.  It was so beautiful.  Plus we were there with some great people, some friends of ours that just moved there.  We basically hung out for the two weeks we were there.  We did the aquarium, Playland and the beach.  In the middle of that just relaxed, so very nice.  Didn't want to leave.  It was a vacation that I actually relaxed with, loved it.  After the two weeks we headed up to  Salmon Arm for a day to visit with Jer's grandparents.  We had fun, they showed us around town.  It was great, glad we went.  Then we headed home on the long journey.  The whole trip went really well.  Had a couple incidents where the girls got car sick, but who wouldn't in the mountains.  

The couple days we were home I went to the doctors to get checked and make sure the baby was okay.  Went for blood tests and an ultrasound.  In the middle of all that I was getting ready for another trip, this time to Estevan, SK., to visit friends who were visiting Canada from South Africa.  Then the most horrible news came, that I had miscarried.  Worst feeling in the world, another huge change in my life.  Right when I was use to the idea, the baby was taken away.  Extremely hard.  The worst of it is that it probably was gone for weeks, and I've been going on with life thinking I was pregnant.  I was blessed though with having a very easy miscarriage, not a normal one at all, but easy.  Didn't even know it really.  Didn't have to have a D and C.  Which is wonderful, wouldn't want to go through that.  Life goes on, not easy to do, but I had to with two small kids to look after and a trip that I was going on that very same day.  

The trip was good.  Had some wonderful times with our friends and their new twins.  We are back now.  It's been harder, I've had more time to think about the whole miscarriage.  I'm at peace knowing the child is in Heaven and that I will see it again.  

 Now we are off to Edmonton to visit my parents for a week and half, with a wedding that my husband is in in the middle of it.  Very busy, looking for September to come.  Normalcy sounds nice right now.  Anyways thats been the last 4 or 5 weeks even though it has seemed longer.  How has your summer been, relaxing or busy?

An Embarrassing Story Abut ME

I have a funny story about me.  It probably could happen to anyone but I'll blame it for the blond in my hair, no offence to the blonde's out there.  I was in Edmonton this past weekend.  I was there with my husband so we could have a date weekend while my parents watched the kids.  We got back to their house and stayed the night.  While my husband worked I went out with the kids and my sister in law.  It came about that my parents vehicle needed gas that I was driving.  No problem, I can do this, I hate doing this, but I can do it.  So I pull up to the fuel pump, got out, no gas tank on that side.  Okay, so I drove the vehicle around the pump to the other side.  Got out, still no tank.  Where in the world could it be.  So I try to see if it was under the licence plate in the back for some reason, nope.  Went to the drivers side, had my sister in law phone my mother at work to see where it was.  Couldn't get a hold of her.  I find the latch to unlock the tank, pull it.  i walk around the vehicle looking everywhere trying to figure where this tank could be.  Its on the other side of the vehicle.  At this time I was scratching my head trying to figure out how I had missed it.  Well, I got into the vehicle to turn around and it hit me.  I had pulled the vehicle around to the other side of the same pump.  It was the same side of the vehicle.  I felt stupid, mortified. Now I can't complain about not having something to write about.  Anyways the story is funny now.  Anyone could do it, right?

Mouse Hunt or Mouse in The House

We have a big problem happening in my household.  We seem to be having a mouse problem.  Yesterday night while my husband and I were watching a movie we had a tiny visitor.  A mouse.  A brave little thing.  He was just wondering about the room, we would get about a foot away from it then it would skitter a couple inches.  Extremely brave.  Then came its little friend.  Another mouse.  Again not scared.  So we set out traps, which we've been doing quite often because this isn't the first time.  Then I had a wonderful female idea.  Since they weren't that scared of us why don't we grab a container and throw it on top of them.  Jer did it, I don't know if he thought it would work or he was humoring me.  It worked though.  We caught one of them, the other one disappeared, we couldn't find it anywhere.  Anyways we finished the movie with the container on top of the mouse.  The next thing was getting the container of the mouse and the mouse dead.  Jer cut out a piece of cardboard and we wedged it underneath the container.  It worked, then HE flushed it.  I couldn't watch, they may be dirty little creatures but they are sure cute little things.    

Me and My Mac

I'm on my new Macbook and absolutely loving it!  So much fun.  Different, its been a challenge learning all the different things on it and where everything is.  I'm loving it though, so much (did I say that?).  Everything is so much more clearer and fun looking.  I can't believe we didn't get one before this, life is so much more easier.  I can make my own website, make my own music (yeah right, not gifted there), iphotos (all my pics!) and lots more.  Sounds like I'm trying to sell it to you doesn't it?  I do like it a lot.  Except for the part where we have to sign up and pay money to be able to publish our website.  Of course not everything is perfect and we will probably do that in time.  Anyways thats the newest thing in my life.  Now onto transferring all the pics (hundreds of them) from my husbands computer to this one, thats going to be fun (note, sarcasm).    

Tips!!!!

Here I am checking out other blogs to see what they have to say about organizing and cleaning their homes and here I came across a very interesting article on using Dawn to cleaning everything from windows to carpets to toilets. Check it out! http://www.blissfullydomestic.com/2008/05/clean-on-the-ch.html
There's some very intersting blogs out there, the one I'm in the middle of reading is on Sahmmy Says its a 365 Day Clutter Challenge. Everyday she either throws, donates or sells something to declutter her home. Very interesting, very inspiring, check it out http://sahmmysays.blogspot.com/

Yada Yada

I'm here every day browsing other blogs, feeling very inspired about what other people (especially mothers) blog about. Most of them have posted every day, which I think is very awesome to be able to have that time, energy and sharing all the things going on in their life at that time. I feel inspired, energized just reading them and wanting to do just what they are doing. One problem, nothing is happening. I get on to my site to write and I have nothing, zip, nada. My children are angels, they are, no goofiness. Senaye is just a princess and does most everything in a proper sort of way (hmm...reminds me of someone). Kadie well, she could be an interesting one. She sits there, hoping to crawl after her sister, but can't. So she screams (oh yes its an ear piercing scream), those vocals sure can work. Sadly that is all. I've done nothing silly, how humiliating if I did, so I tread carefully with everything I do. I really really want to write, my fingers beg to type something many times a day, but I have nothing. Any ideas to get my brain a moving would be greatly appreciated. My brain is getting lazy in these wonderful summer days we are having and its not even summer yet (two more days)! So there you have it, my gab session for today.

Tidbit of the Day

I did it again, I have new do! I went for a color and a cut, but totally not what I expected to come home with. More blonde, very punk look. Love it, not sure of the bangs though, very heavy. Takes time to get use to and I'll probably style it different. Something I needed, something I need a lot, change. Hey its easy to grow back right. If I mess up, I can grow it out. Not like most things in life.

Went to the park yesterday with the girls in the morning. What a great day to do that, what would have made it better would have been if they had the spray park open. The girls had fun. Senaye in the park area and Kadie sitting there enjoying the weather. Lots of people had the same idea, it was packed. Lots of fun.
Am I the only one that worries about her kid falling of the play gym because the other kids are really rough? I really had to stop myself a couple times about worrying about Senaye. She has to learn to be a little more pushy and to not be pushed. The kids weren't being mean at all, but were a lot more rougher than I was comfortable with. I want to protect her but not be over protective, that lovely fine line.

Had our new neighbors over yesterday. Nice people. A married couple with two little girls Senaye and Kadie's age. Its great to have good neighbors, people you can trust with your kids, that will look out for you. We have that on both side of us and in a questionable neighborhood too. God has blessed us in this home most definantly.

Anyways that my ramblings for today, not much, but something.

Life's Like That

Yes its been awhile since I have blogged. Not that I haven't thought of doing it or I have been to busy, I just didn't have anything to share or I just didn't feel like it.
Been a crazy month emotionally and physically but I'm getting through it. The girls have kept me on my toes, especially Kadie. She's a doll now that we found out about teething salts. Very expensive but definantly worth it, she was very challenging to be around before that.

Been busy getting my room done. This month I bought the duvet cover and sheets. It looks very girly in the room right now, so I'm hoping my next step will turn it away from that a little. Oh well, Jer did say he felt like he slept better in the pink sheets :) He's a great husband, putting up with my decorating. Next is the wall tattoo and curtains. I will get pics uploaded sometime this summer for you all to see. Looks good, much better than before, yes even though it is pink.

Going to be a busy summer. Heading to Estevan Sask. for a couple days in mid July to visit a college friend of mine who has come from South Africa with her husband and new twin boys. They are missionarys there with YWAM, looking forward to seeing them since I haven't seen them since Senaye was born. Then a couple days after we get back from that trip which is an 8 hr drive both ways, we head to Abbotsford for two weeks and yes we are driving. We will be stopping half way to sleep though. I'm not that crazy. We will be visiting some great friends of ours there. Then our next plans are a wedding of a friend of Jer's, he's an attendant for her. So far it feels like most of our summer is gone, but it always feels that way. Anyways thats what my life will be like in the next couple months. What is everyone elses plans??

I've taken up knitting, finding it very relaxing. I'm still on my first project, i've had to restart 4 times at the very least. I'm still keeping at it though. Like I said before its very relaxing, a little hard. Oh well we all need a challenge now ans then. We'll see how long this lasts.

I've added flowers to my garden, its nice to walk outside and see some color out there. I've planted a lot of lilies, and my bleeding heart bush (very very small) had one flower on it. As well as some pink fillers which I can't remember the name of. Plus my lilacs came through this year, I absolutly love the smell of them so I was very excited to see them pop out after two summers without. Anyways thats the happenings in my life.

The Happenings and More

I know, I know, you all have been probably have been waiting for a good read and there hasn't been anything for two weeks, so disappointing I know. I'm so sorry. I have had things to right about but just not feeling like it. Anyways life has been great, relaxing, not so relaxing, plain old just living I guess you could call it.
As you see the blog does have a different template. I was trying to be more computer savvy and find designs that people have designed for blog spot, but they either didn't look right or blog spot wouldn't except it. So I was forced to go more boring. It does still look good, just not all me.

Spring cleaning is still going. We bought a closet organizer, looks great. I'm so excited! No more dilapidated armoir, the back was falling out and the doors wouldn't close plus it was plain old ugly. So I can't wait to either get some macho guys to haul it away or have Jer tear it down and take it away piece by piece. I raided through my closet and got rid of almost everything, the grad and bridespmaid dresses are gone (sorry to those whom I was in the weddings for, great dresses, but I'm just not going to wear them anymore plus they are taking space in my very small closet. Thanks for the times!). Then I plan to paint our bedroom and decorate it, I think Jer and I deserve that.

Now for the most recent news. For Mother Day the girls gave me a gift certificate, can you guess to where? To get my nose pierced! Yup I have a nose piercing. Now I know some of you are gasping, shocked, maybe even feeling sick to your stomach. I had to do it, if I didn't I would always wonder about it. Plus it was on my "bucket list". You know the list of things that you want to do before you die. That was at the top (the one I could afford). Now the experience wan't fun some may say it was down right horrible, but it will be something I'll never forget. The pain wasn't all that bad. Couldn't compare it to getting your ears done. Definantly different pain. The biggest and best part of the story is that I fainted. Yes I actually did the old fashioned fainting thing. I'm pretty sure it wasn't from the pain and it definantly wasn't from wearing a tight corset, which I don't wear, but now that I think of it that definantly would be an experience in itself. I think it was from being extremly nervouse over the whole thing plus I was really warm. That was my experience with the nose piercing. now my husband is asking about my belly button and a tattoo. Which is on my bucket list as well, but lets wait a couple years. I'm pretty sure thats how long it will take to get over the trauma that I experienced today :) Don't worry though I'm not going to be covered in piercings or tattoos. The belly button will be the last and I just want a pretty butterfly or flower tattoo.

New Design

Quick post, I'm going to be redesigning my blog. It will still be up to read, but may not look right at times. Just to let you know. Look below for new posts.

Just Some Pics

Senaye suprising mom with a makeup job that she had done. This is what you get from a good girl who is quiet and that you trust, maybe to much.




All bundled up for this wonderful weather we are having. She sure didn't like that.






Here's a couple of pics of Kadeja and her incident with the plaster. Okay so it wasn't all that messy of a story. Most of the plaster I think was on me.

Spring Cleaning

Here I am in the middle of "spring cleaning" and I need to blog, I have to, I'm craving it and I need to complain. I've wanted to clean out the closets and every inch of my house for a long time now. I'm think the nesting instinct didn't go away when Kadie was born, which isn't a bad thing. You see I'm a pack rat, a terrible, terrible pack rat. I still have small collections from when I was a child. I have a hard time letting go. Maybe its because my family couldn't afford much when I was young and I savoured everything I received. I don't know. Spring cleaning is a huge ordeal for me. I start out really good, slowly but surely I go back to my old habits of what if I need this or what about the memories this item holds or I could use this in some sort of craft (which I never do get too, I have old jeans to prove it). Clothes is a hard one as well, I keep all my old clothes just in case I want to wear them again. Yeah right I will, some of them I don't fit anymore (yes its true, Celine is to big for some things now, hard to believe but true :) ), some are so not me anymore and some are definitely not in style right now. The hardest of all the clothes are the evening/formal dresses, you know grad and bridesmaid dresses. You've paid a lot more money for them and for that reason its hard to let go. Sigh, life is hard and complicated. What to do, yes I do know the answer, just grab them up and get them out. I won't miss them, I know, I will go into more classical pieces if I ever do need that item again. Now I feel like I'm just blabbering on. Anyways that's what I'm feeling and doing at this moment. Now I can get back to work. Complaining and having a pity party can sometimes do oneself good. Thanks for listening.

Walking In A Winter Wonderland

Yes that is what we are doing right now. It's covered with snow outside. Beautiful snow, yes that it is. Even though I'm ready for spring, which I thought was here with the nice warm weather we were having, the snow is beautiful.

My life has been busy this past week. With heading to Edmonton for a couple days for business, than my sister, brother in law and niece coming down, then a candle party and then finally Saturday UFC night which is big for the guys and one gal in our family. It was all fun though, but I am hoping for a quieter week this week.

One funny story I need to tell you is about Kadeja, yup she's at it again. Like I said before my sister came up. Well I met her, her family and my grandmother for lunch on thursday. Trying to get two kids ready, kadeja fed and myself ready is a chore. So getting on time to places is at most times impossible. We did great! We got to where we needed to be, the others were there, we had a table, ordered drinks, put Kadie in her seat and what do you think she does next? She grabs a coke that a server put at the edge of the table, everywhere, especially on her. Shocked her, it was cold! Pack her up, left Senaye with my sister, back in the car, all the way across town, change her clothes, back in the car, across town to the resteraunt and in our seats all in 15 minutes and at lunch rush too. I'm impressed and I didn't speed, I also kept my cool through the whole thing. All in a days work.

Mish Mush

Well I had the most eventful 15 minutes this morning. Fun eventful I should add. I finally got around to doing Kadie's impressions. You know those plaster plaques you can make with your babys hand or footprints? I finally did it this morning. Lots of fun. Everything started out fine, mixed the plaster up, poured it into the plaque container and let it dry for just a bit. Here's the interesting part. Took Kadie and was about to stick her feet in then remembered the paper towel, there's going to be a mess with her feet so I should have that if I don't want my floors messy. Grabbed it, grabbed Kadie, sat down, tried positioning her so she wouldn't get into it as I was using her foot. Things went from good to bad to worse. She kept getting loose, she wanted to play in this squishy stuff, she wouldn't hold still, her other foot kept getting away from me. Plus my floors were a complete mess. Nix the paper towel. Forget this, called my husband up, took her hands this time, had him try to hold her fingers so we could get a nice impression. Not happening even with two of us. I layed Kadie on her tummy grabbed her one hand to do the impression, had Jer hold her other arm and finally got an impression. Nice and easy in the end. Oh it was so much fun, lots of laughs. Not the greatest impression, but thats what I get for waiting almost 7 months for all of this. You would have thought I would have learnt with Senaye. Here's some words of advice for the new parents out there. If you want to do this, do it in the first couple months, don't wait. Don't expect to have perfect imprints like they show on the box, not going to happen even if you have both your hubby and yourself doing it. Hey it may work if you make it a family affair, get grandparents, aunties and uncles to help out, you never know you may get a perfect print ;-D Time to go give the little butterball a bath, her feet are still covered.

Hellooo Blondie

Loved you mommy, melts my heart every time.
One of the things that makes you realize why you had kids.

Anyways on to the topic. I'm going blonde. I'm taking the leap and doing it. Wanted to go blonde last summer, my hair wouldn't do it with home products (no surprise), so I'm going to the salon on Tuesday and doing it. Drastic, you bet, I love it. Surprises everyone. What will she think of next they wonder. I'm so excited but nervous at the same time. Really expensive though, couldn't belive it when I was told the price. Oh well, I need to feel 25 again, I definantly don't feel it. Having a little makeover and the nice spring weather will definantly do that. We'll see if blondes really do have more fun ;-D

What Austen Heroine Are You?

I couldn't believe I found this. So much fun if you are Jane Austen fan!
I'm extremely happy with what I got.

You Are...Elizabeth Bennet!

You are Elizabeth Bennet of Pride & Prejudice! You are intelligent, witty, and tremendously attractive. You have a good head on your shoulders, and oftentimes find yourself the lone beacon of reason in a sea of ridiculousness. You take great pleasure in many things. You are proficient in nearly all of them, though you will never own it. Lest you seem too perfect, you have a tendency toward prejudgement that serves you very ill indeed.

Giddy With Excitement!

I'm so excited, I'm finally going to paint the rest of my house. I'm feeling quite giddy with excitement! I have all the colors picked out and its going to look really good. The living room will have three walls as Exotic Red. The one wall shared by the living area and kitchen will be Desert Lily which is a soft yellow cream color (living room side) and in the kitchen a Chocolate Truffle color. Mmmm sounds good. Then I'm thinking of continuing the Desert Lily into all the hallways and up the stairs. I think I'm falling in love with my house if thats possible. The girls rooms are already done. Senaye's is very purple and princess and Kadeja's is a lovely very soft lime green, I'll probably have a fairy/garden theme in her room. In the master I plan to have a vintage inspired theme. Not sure of the colors yet, but I do want a small crystal chandalier in there, very romantic don't you think. The bathrooms I'm not sure, probably soft colors for more of a spa feel.
Anyways thats what I'm thinking about these days. Hopefully soon I'll be able to start slapping that paint onto the walls!

Guilty Pleasures

I was thinking before Easter (could be dangerous, I know). What were my guilty pleasures, what were the things that I absolutely love, but hardly anybody knows about. The things that our husbands, significant others or close friends tease us about. Everyone has them. I know someone who loves Americas Next Top Model or another person who likes to watch Degrassi high or maybe its not a show but books ;-).
Your probably wondering now what mine are. Well here they are, right out in the open. I love and don't want to miss Big Brother. Love it, can't get enough. Disappointed when an episode ends. I know its not the most wonderful show. Has a lot of questionable happenings in it. I love it though, I don't know why. Maybe its the interaction, the drama between people. Maybe I feel involved some how. My other one is Beverly Hills 90210. An older show. A show my parents never would have let me watch when I was younger. I guess that's what peeked my interest. I started on the first season which wasn't a teen soap, but then the second season came around and kept you hooked. I recorded everyone to see what was going to happen. Now right now I'm not watching them because I've seen what they are showing now. I still have them recording because I have 3 or 4 seasons to see and I must see them! Ooo another one would be video games, I absolutly love them especially one where you control peoples lives, like The Sims (my brother in laws fault I think). You get to be someone that you aren't. Love it!

What is your guilty pleasure??? Do you dare tell???

Gods Curveball

You all must have been wondering where I've been since I haven't kept up my blog at all this month. I know, I know, if I start a blog keep up with it. Your looking for something good to read, right? Well there hasn't been anything of interest that I could write about. Until these past couple of days. My husband and I have gone through a couple of valleys. We were climbing high and suddenly there was a large dip. Have to love those in life. We were on our path thinking life was grand then God throws a curve ball. Now I'm not going to say what it was, but its interesting to think how well things are going, but God thinks differently. The last couple of days God taught me to trust him and to have faith. He knows what we need, he'll take care of us. Just a little reminder to trust him in the hard times as well as the good times. We are all feeling great, still loving this life that God has blessed us with.

Am I crazy?

I do think I've gone crazy, I really do. Your wondering what could Celine do that would make her think that. Well you won't believe it. I actually got up at 6:30 this morning with my husband. Your like so what, right? The thing is I had no where to go, no appoinments that morning at all. I got up just to get up. This is the story. Last night as my husband and I were talking it came up in conversation that I was depressed with life. Now your wondering why would I be depressed with life. Reason is, is that I have so much to do during the days but not enough time to do it. It doesn't help at all that I'm a night person when I actually want to clean the house or do other things. I usually wait until the kids are in bed and try to get the daily chores done. Well, my husband decided to give me an experiment to try out. It was to get up in the morning with him and prioritze things, to get work done, for the next two weeks. Guess what, it actually worked. Yes ladies your husband can actually be right at times, don't worry they are still very few and far bewteen :-) Anyways, I was actually able to get almost everything done that I had planned for the day. I'm quite excited about it, but not so excited that I'm looking forward to getting up that early in the morning again. I will though, I'm going to change that part of me. I may not like it, I still may drag my feet. I'm not losing anything by doing it, okay may be two more hours of sleep. I do think though that I felt better with everything. Not depressed. What an accomplishment.

Ryleigh Blair

For the few of you that read my blog sorry for not writing, my mind has been blank. Now I have something. I'm excited to announce that my sister and her husband gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Ryleigh Blair!
Ryleigh was born on Friday the 18th at 8:10 in the morning. She was 2 1/2 weeks early, but healthy. She did have to stay in for 3 more days to take some antibiotics and jaundice, but she did come home healthy.
Thats what I've been up to for the past week. Helping my sister with the baby. Giving her tips and such. I have to say Terryl took to motherhood just wonderfully, she's already a pro. Good job T!! Oh yes, did I mention I'm excited to finally have a niece?! Yeah!

Profile Picture

I finally figured out something today that has been bugging me this whole week. I finally was able to get my picture onto my profile. You don't know how much that has been bugging me not being able to figure that out. It should be simple right? I thought I knew the simplest things of the computer, importing a picture shouldn't be that hard right? I even had my husband, who use to work with the internet all the time with his job try to figure it out, he was baffled by it as well. Finally today after doing some exploring i got it up and working. Yeah! It's up!

New Years Resolution

Here I am! Starting a blog. Never thought I would ever start one, but I thought it was time to step out of my shell. Time for change! Time to live life as God intended me to!
Now bare with me here, I'm not a great writer as some people I know. This blog will be about me, my family as well as the thoughts going through my head. So here is one of my resolutions of this wonderful new year, my blog, Exceedingly, Abundantly, Above and Beyond!