Its darker

I finally succeeded in getting my hair to be a darker color. I guess I’m always a little scared, so I buy dye’s that are not too dark. Then after I do them, they don’t really look any different than the color I had before. Well, this time I bought a dark brown with no red in it at all. Here’s the before.

This is the color that my gloves turned while I was applying the color, and the water ran this color too, when I was rinsing. I was a little concerned I’d have purple hair.

And the after

Christmas cards

Well, now that I’m sure all these people have handed out all their cards, I thought I’d post for you, all the cards I made for Christmas this year. I had so much fun designing them. I’m kinda disappointed that I have to wait another whole year to do them again.Oh well. I hope you like em.

Happy birthday to me

Well, like every other year, I was sadly disappointed on my birthday. For some reason, I always let myself get excited that maybe, just maybe Rob will have planned something.
This year was no different. I was home for the day, which means that I usually stay in my ‘comfy’ clothes all day with no makeup and hair a mess. But, because I was hoping that Rob would come home, say he had a sitter coming, and we would be going out for supper and to a movie, I got ready. 5:20 comes around and Rob calls. ‘Should I pick something up for supper?’. Well, instantly I knew that he had once again planned nothing. And naturally, I was instantly upset. He asked what was wrong, and I told him I was mad that yet again, he had planned jack $#%* for my birthday. Then I hung up on him.
I ended up calling him at 6:10 because he still wasn’t home and Caden was getting hungry. He hadn’t even left work yet. I told him to forget about supper cause I had to feed Caden something now.
When he finally did get home, we of course had a fight about why he doesn’t plan anything for my birthday.
He did get a few points because he bought me a pedicure for my birthday. Well, I ended up sitting on the couch all evening watching t.v. Some birthday. I should have just gone to girls night and sat in the hot tub with my friends.
I’ve already told all my friends that next year on my birthday, we’ll be having a party. I have several years of crappy birthdays to make up for.

Ahh, Christmas is almost here. The tree is up. I've added lights to different areas of our house, and I even did some Christmas baking today. I'm ready for it. I just need to buy a couple more gifts, which will be easy cause I know what they will be. Oh I'm so excited. And because I'm so crazy busy in the next 2 weeks, its gonna be here before I know it.
We just finished catering another Christmas banquet tonight. Only 2 more functions to go. The last being on Dec. 20th. This Friday is my work banquet. I'm looking forward to that. D.J.s caters, so my mom and I get the night off.
I'm finally finished all Christmas cards for this year. Unless someone else asks for them. I do have a couple of really nice designs that would be great for someones cards. I'm not quite done handing out my cards yet either.
Next week Wednesday is my birthday, so of course I'm hoping Rob will plan something. Although I know its not gonna happen. If only he would take hints.
Next Sunday (21st) we have Christmas at my Grandpas. 22nd is my brother Ricks birthday so we'll be heading over to their house for the evening. The 23rd we leave for Emerson where we stay for night and do Christmas with Robs family on the 24th. Then back to Winkler to my parents for Christmas day. Whew, its gonna be a crazy couple of weeks.

For Sale

Piano works good, just needs to be tuned. I don't ever use it and it just takes up space in my entrance. One day I want to have a piano in my living room. Once I have a new house and a little more room.

Dishes set. Used once. Got some of it as a wedding present. Bought the rest myself. Not my style. Used it once when the person who bought it for me came over for supper:-)
If you're interested in either of these things, let me know. I really wanna get rid of both of them.

Have you ever...

The ones I've done are in green

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars - on the trampoline. Can't wait till Caden wants to do that.
3. Played in a band - from Grade 5 till Grade 11
4. Visited Hawaii-oh someday please
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland-does Disney World count? Its better anyway
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo-yup, in an elementary school Christmas concert.
11. Bungee jumped-hopefully someday
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France-really not that exciting
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked-in Europe…twice.
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill-even though my mom always knew I wasn't sick
24. Built a snow fort - heck yeah.
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping-several times. Always with the same person.
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice-still mad at myself that we didn't splurge and do this. Next time
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise-hopefully someday
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language-someday I want to learn Italian and Spanish
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied-who's gonna say yes to this
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing-does it count if it was at Winkler Bible Camp?
40. Seen Michelangelos David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt-on Rick and Amy's pictures.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight-in Jamaica baby
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person-also a disappointment
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris-twice
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to the drive in - many long weekend Sunday nights were spent at the triple in Morden
55. Been in a movie-home video ;-)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - T.A.C. Auto Sales
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving-someday I hope
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp-I actually want to. But only with my brother Randy, cause he knows all about that stuff
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy-I still have all my dolls, and barbies. Hopefully one day I'll have a girl to share them with
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt-I helped my grandma do it once
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job-I've only ever had 2 jobs and 1 I'm still at
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London-boring
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle - Unfortuanately yes thanks to my husband who was then my boyfriend
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car/truck-my 1999 Pontiac Sunfire GT. I still miss that car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating-I don't kill it, but I do help cut up and package the meat from a deer.
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life-not that I know of
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous-Sylvia Kuzick in the Winnipeg airport. Oh and the Premier of Manitoba
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Read an entire book in one day - I love to read

Okay everyone who reads my blog...do this and let me know that you did it so that I can come and read yours. I tag you all :-)

Mary Kay Christmas Sale

If you are needing anything from Mary Kay, I am having a 30% off sale for Christmas. Anything and everything that Mary Kay has is on sale for you. I will be placing my order next week Tuesday in order to get things in by Christmas so let me know before then if you would like anything. If you need a Christmas gift made up, let me know the dollar amount you want to spend and I'll make up a gift basket for you. I can deliver books to anyone in the Winkler area if you need, or just go to the website.
www.marykay.ca

Whats so good about black Friday??

What an amazing weekend. I have amazing friends. We had so much fun.
However, black Friday shopping left something to be desired. We did only get there around 11am. But the sales were no different than any other day. The only difference was that the line up wrapped half way around the store. I suppose the sales would have been better had we been there at 4am when the stores opened. But, because I was only looking for clothes and small items, the deals were not superb.
But, wow did we shop. We all came home with more than our limit. Our hotel was great. The food was amazing. If you get the chance, eat at TGI Fridays and Texas roadhouse. So super good.
I am almost done Christmas shopping now also. Feels so good. Only about 3 more items to pick up. Now i'm excited for Christmas

I am excited

Friday morning, at 7am, I will have 5 tired girls coming to my house, so that we can pack up and start our journey to Fargo. I can hardly wait. The 7am part isn't the greatest, but hey, we gotta get some shopping done since it is Black Friday.
Every year, my friends and I head out to the states for a weekend as kind of our Christmas party. (We also go camping for a weekend in summer). These are the same girls that I get together with every Wednesday night. You'll hear me refer to them as Girls night girls. There are 10 of us in total, although only the 6 of us are going this weekend.
I am so excited to do some shopping for myself. I've been saving catering money so I don't even have to feel bad. Caden also needs a few things, and I want to get a good start, if not finish my Christmas shopping.
Somewhere in there I'd also like to spend some time at the hotel, relaxing. I look forward to sleeping in and not having to make anyone breakfast in the morning or change anyones diaper. Its gonna be a great weekend.

My 18 month old boy

Here are a few of my favorites from Cadens 18 month photo shoot last Thursday. Hope you enjoy.

This weekend

Not much time to blog today. Got a busy day. Workin this morning at PVC. Catering a function at lunch. Then getting ready to cater a Christmas banquet this evening.
Tomorrow, hopefully working on Cadens 18 month card since I now have the pics, as well as 2 more Christmas cards I have to get done. Might put up my Christmas tree.
Sunday, our very first Christmas gathering. My Dads extended family. Maybe that'll get me into the Christmas spirit.
Have a good weekend.

Mmm, Mmm good!

This was supper today. A new recipe. Delicious.

Finally, I did it!

For me, its just one of those things that I put off and put off, until I absolutely need to do it. Then, while I’m doing it, I realize it’s really not that bad. I mean, I don’t want to do it every week, but it’s not the worst job in the world. What am I talking about? Cleaning the fridge. I threw out quite a bit of food. Now I can actually see some shelf space in the fridge. It was so full I couldn’t fit anything more in there. How can a fridge get so full? I mean really, we are 3 people. But I guess between all the condiments, 2 4L jugs of milk, salad dressings, and sauces that fill up the door, and left over food, fruit and veggies, cheese, margarine and eggs in the main area, it’s pretty covered. Not to mention that my bottom drawer, which should be space for fruit/veggies, is always filled with pop and beer. We really need another fridge for drinks. I did just recently put Caden on 1% milk instead of 2% milk, so that takes care of a whole jug of milk. That’s more space than you think. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I don’t do it as often as I should. How often do you clean your fridge??

Blogger preggos

Now up to 4 pregnant blogger friends. Who's gonna be next??? ;-)

Jen
Heather
Kalle
Amanda

Keep your clothes on

Ok, whoever decided that when someone gets married, all their friends should take them out for one last ‘hoorah’ before the big day. I don’t get it. Rob was invited to go to a bachelor party for one of his buddies whose getting married in 2 weeks. With strippers. Really??? Is it necessary to see naked women before you get married? Why? Well, Rob didn’t go. He was going to, when the original plan was to go for supper, get a hotel room, see a movie and go see strippers at Teasers. While the rest of the guys were going to Teasers, Rob was gonna stay at the hotel room. Well, then the plan changed to just supper and then Teasers. Rob decided not to go. I was so happy he made this decision on his own. I mean really, had he decided that he was going, I would have intervened and said no way, absolutely not. But I didn’t have to. So great.
I much prefer the way girls to bachelorette parties. At least the way me and my friends do them. We take said bachelorette, dress her up in crazy outfits, with crazy makeup, and drive around town. The bachelorette is required to do things. Examples of these things are; get pickles from McDonalds, buy banana’s from the superstore, rent a movie from Video Stop, or in 1 case, ride a scooter down main street in Winkler. Now, doesn’t that sound like more fun than seeing naked girls? I sure think so.

Potty training, Doctors, Words

Based on the last few days, I really wish Caden was potty trained. I don’t know if he’s getting his 2 year molars, or just has a little bug, but his diapers have been….full. Not to mention what comes out of the diaper onto his clothes and body. I’ve washed his bedding twice, as well as several loads of laundry and he’s had many baths/showers. Ewwww!!!
Obviously I’m not really going to potty train him yet, although I have to say, I am looking forward to it. I’m sure I’ll change my mind on that when I am actually doing it, but we’ll see. It seems crazy that its so close to that time. I hope to have him trained before he’s 2. To me, that’s just the age when kids are supposed to be trained by. I guess because when I was younger and babysitting, the kids were always trained by 2. Besides, who wants to keep changing diapers if you don’t have to.
On Wednesday we went for Cadens 18 month appointment. I never really see the point of these appointments. I only go because I want to know how heavy and tall he is. I suppose its important to go, but the doctor barely looks at him for more than a minute. It seems that she wouldn’t even notice if anything was wrong. Oh well. Anyway, Caden is 30 lbs, and 29 ½’’ tall.
New words for Caden: Socks, Cheese, No, Blocks. This brings us up to about 30 words. So exciting. His newest thing is to say Mom, all the time. It was cute at first, but now its getting annoying. And the worst thing is, he usually doesn’t say I cause he wants something, he says it just to get me to say ‘what’. Crazy kid.

New babysitter

I've changed Cadens baby sitter once again. Poor guy. I just couldn't take the crying anymore. It was so hard for me to leave him there, although I knew that he stopped crying as soon as I left.
So, I asked Joder if she would be interested in taking Caden. She agreed right away. Now when I drop him off, he doesn't even care that I'm leaving. He's already too busy playing with toys. He's comfortable there, because we spend time there. Its a good change for both of us. Thanks Joder.

Only in the country

My neighbors have chickens, and they like to roam around on my yard. Gotta love country livin. At least as far as chickens go, these are nice, clean looking ones.

Quit hitting me.

I don’t know what to do anymore. My baby has started to hit. He has quite a temper, which we have been working with. He throws toys when he is mad. Lets just say he’s spent a lot of time in his time out chair. When he is done his time out, I always go into his room and talk to him about what he did and why he shouldn’t have done it. Lately, while I’m talking to him, he’ll hit me in the face. It makes me so mad. I obviously won’t spank him for that, cause it doesn’t really make sense to hit him, for hitting me. He just stays in his time out a little longer. Then when I do go back to get him, I make him say sorry to me, by hugging me. I sure hope this little phase ends soon. What makes a kid think he can hit his mommy. Boy, I gave birth to you.

Hairspray

Oh yeah, I went to see Hairspray on broadway. So amazing. We laughed so much. The actors did an incredible job.
But to start our day off, we went shopping. It was a very productive day for me. I got 2 bras, 7 shirts, a necklace and a pair of earrings. My goal was to find some shirts that are not just plain boring average shirts. I succeeded. I love them. I struggle every morning to find something to wear. Mostly to church and to work. Now I should be good for awhile. Well, at least until the end of the month when the girls and I go to Fargo for the weekend. Oh, and Caden got a winter jacket, and 4 pairs of jeans. (2 of which will go back) I do love shopping.