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.

My little giraffe

Our first halloween dressing up. I bought Caden a little giraffe costume from wal mart. Boy was he ever cute. We went trick or treating to a few friends houses, and my parents. We did so good, walking up to the door with his little pail. I can't wait till next year when he'll be able to say 'Trick or Treat'

Its a Boy!!

Robs sister Marcy has 3 boys from her previous marriage. She is now re-married and together they wanted to have a baby. Marcy wanted to have a girl in the worst way. Can ya blame her. Well, Thursday morning I got the call. Marcy did it again. Another boy. Of course we are all still overjoyed at this precious gift. His name is Miles Pierce Buhler. He was 8 lbs, 4 oz and 20 ¾’’ long. On Saturday we went out to see them. Caden was in love with this baby. He literally would not stop hugging and kissing him. It was so cute.

My Celine

I got to experience the most amazing concert ever. I have loved Celine Dion since I was small. I have every one of her c.ds, (including some of the French ones). It has been my dream to see her. I would have loved to go see her inVegas, but it just didn’t happen.
Anyway, last Tuesday I saw her. First of all, her opening act was incredible. His name was Gordy Brown and he is a comedian. We just about peed ourselves laughing. And then Celine came on. I gotta admit, I got emotional. I was like a little girl seeing her idol. I was overwhelmed with the fact that I was so close to her. The concert was unbelievable. She really puts on a show, from the huge stage that rotated, to the amazing dancers. It was so, so good. What an incredible voice. She hit every note. I am so glad I finally got to see her.

New business

My husband has been wanting to start his own business for a long time. The plan was to build a shop on our yard this summer, and get things going. Well, we got approved for everything at the bank, got approved by the RM to put the shop on our yard, and decided what kind of shop we wanted to build.
The plans changed. Rob left his job at Load Line to go work at Framar in Winkler. We decided to go to the bank to get a line of credit for him to be able to buy cars. Not sure why we didn't do this years ago. We always waited to have money for him to buy a car. Now he can buy lots of cars when they become available, not have to find the money first.
So back to the business plan. His boss at Framar is letting him park his cars in the line up. This is great high way frontage. He has sold 5 vehicles in the last 5 weeks. He's currently looking for more to purchase.
He applied and was accepted for a bond, which will help him get his dealers permit. We have registered a business name. The business is TAC Auto Sales. TAC stands for Trucks, ATV's and Cars. The next step is to meet with the accountant to discuss tax options and all those fun things that I don't understand.
Its pretty exciting. This is something that Rob has wanted to do for a long time and I'm glad that its finally working. He's been working alot of evenings, and alot of Saturdays, but I guess thats what happens when you start something new. He only starts work at 9:00 in the morning, so at least Caden gets to spend some time with him in the morning.
Anyway, just thought I'd fill you all in on this new journey we are on at the moment. Hoping and Praying that this all works out.
Keep Rob in mind next time you're looking for a used vehicle.

Yellow rain coat anyone???

Caden is going to be 18 months next month, which means I'm taking pictures to make a card. I know what I'm doing, I just need a few props. Does anyone out there have a yellow rain coat that I could borrow, or do you know of anywhere I could buy one. It would need to be size 2 minimum. Please let me know.

Thanks alot.

Laugh out loud

I had to share this with you. Its an email I received. I just about peed myself laughing. Hope you enjoy!

Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak - the last one is great!
Have you ever spoken and wished that you could immediately take the words back... or that you could crawl into a hole? Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did....

FIRST TESTIMONY:
I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly,
'How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?'
I turned around and walked back out and never went back
My husband didn't say a word... he knew better.

SECOND TESTIMONY:
I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls.
I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using.
After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store. He asked if he could help me.
Without thinking, I looked at him and said, 'I think I like playing with men 's balls .

THIRD TESTIMONY:
My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts. As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help. I replied, 'No, I'm just looking at your nuts.'
My sister started to laugh hysterically. The boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away. To this day, my sister has never let me forget.

FOURTH TESTIMONY :
While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some pent-up energy and ran amok. I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons. I told her that if she did not start behaving 'right now' she would be punished. To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening,
'If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!' The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange. Even the tellers stopped what they were doing. I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow. The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me, were screams of laughter.

FIFTH TESTIMONY:
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times?
My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly.
One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch, in between errands
It was very busy, with a full dining room. While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny,
so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, she was clean. The realized that Danny
had not asked to go potty in a while. I asked him if he needed to go, and he said 'No' . I kept thinking 'Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me.'
Then I said, 'Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?'
'No,' he replied. I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse. Soooooo, I asked one more time, 'Danny did you have an accident ?This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled
'SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!'
While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing, he calmly pulled up his pants and sat down. An old couple made me feel better, thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST TESTIMONY:
This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks.
What happens when you predict snow but don't get any!
We had a female news anchor that, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't,
turned to the weatherman and asked:
'So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?' Not only did HE have to leave the set, but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard!
Now, didn't that feel good?
So think before you speak!!!!!

SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!

I am going to see CELINE DION!!! She has been my favorite singer for years. I was bummed that I couldn't go see her in vegas, but I'm really not in a position to pay $600 for a nosebleed seat at a concert. So, instead I am now going to see her in Winnipeg on Tuesday. You have no idea how unbelievably excited I am. If I could pick any famous person to meet, it'd be her. (Or Julia Roberts) I'm going with my mom and can hardly wait. I know all her songs, have all her c.ds and her DVD's of the vegas concert. Which of course I cry at every time I watch. I know, its sad, but I don't care.

Ideas please

I'm stuck. All you moms out there, I need ideas for what to make for lunches for myself and Caden. I'm tired of grilled cheese, macaroni and cheese and soup. I make a big meal for supper, so for lunch I don't want to. Yes, sometimes we have leftovers from supper the day before, but I usually send that along with Rob to work. What do you feed your kids for lunches?