I had a dream that my blog page color had changed to white and blue at about 1am...and there was a asian guy from YWAM writing about all his adventures...on my page...so i read about his adventures in my dreams for abit...safari's, boat trips, etc...
At about 3am I had a dream that I was late for work...and then my dad was going to drive me to work cause i had missed meeting my boss, so we started out...ON A BICYCLE!!!!
And that seemed normal until I remembered that it's a 45 minute car ride to Olds, and then I started getting mad at Dad and blaming everything on him as we turned around to go get a car...and I started swearing as I woke up....I don't really swear in real life...needless to say, I woke up at 5am and and just laid there realizing my heart was pumping hard and I was mad...
Who wakes up mad?
I do.
It's fine if I'm doing it for a birth but I guess to make a few sandwiches I get alittle upset...
anyway go figure what the whole dream means...
I just know I'm up at 5 and leaving for work in a few minutes...
Wednesday 31 October 2007
Monday 29 October 2007
Chai's, chats and children
when I get together with my sisters, there are always children involved now, 7 to be exact.
My bro-in-law always sings Britney Spears, "Ooops I did it again" to announce a new little babe's in the fam...sometimes I like to sing it to him cause now that he has 4, that song kinda makes him nervous for some reason???:)
Ideally we like to have a chai and talk and play with the kids after we talk, basically we like to have it all and yesterday we had a nice talk and a nice time at Tris' and Leigh's...
It is kinda funny cause I had written an email to tris in my head the nite before ( i do that instead of counting sheep) and I guess Tris had been missing us as well...so it was just nice to see eachother...nothing much has to happen and we don't even have to have the chats anymore, and with 7 kids it hardly ever happens, but yesterday we got it all and that was especially nice.
Then off to the grandies for dessert when I got home, I think my luv language is food...
My bro-in-law always sings Britney Spears, "Ooops I did it again" to announce a new little babe's in the fam...sometimes I like to sing it to him cause now that he has 4, that song kinda makes him nervous for some reason???:)
Ideally we like to have a chai and talk and play with the kids after we talk, basically we like to have it all and yesterday we had a nice talk and a nice time at Tris' and Leigh's...
It is kinda funny cause I had written an email to tris in my head the nite before ( i do that instead of counting sheep) and I guess Tris had been missing us as well...so it was just nice to see eachother...nothing much has to happen and we don't even have to have the chats anymore, and with 7 kids it hardly ever happens, but yesterday we got it all and that was especially nice.
Then off to the grandies for dessert when I got home, I think my luv language is food...
Thursday 25 October 2007
the new ginch
Today started like a normal work day for me, my nephew Korban however, got to wear his first pair of ginch. He put them on, 'mysef', and we all cheered...well andi and I did. I just can't help thinking that I'm here for a milestone-and a pretty important one too.
Because he needs a candy or treat after he does a pee, Andi decided to drop me off at subway today and then get him a cookie...Korban had been doing so good for going on 2 hours and a treat seemed appropriate. Hurrah for dry underwear!
So off we all go to subway, and as we're getting the cookie Korban pipes up, "I need to do a pee!" Andi has to pay so I grab him and head to the woman's washroom...which is where most boys start out I'm told...and sure enough, Korban did his thing and had to flush, 'mysef'. All in the name of a chocolate chip m&m cookie...food is the supreme motivator.
I know that most people working at Subway would say they make subs for a living...I have decided to say I feed hungry people for a living. It helps me work.
In other news, instead of being able to read my midwifery books, my boss decided to get me to watch Subway training video's too and from Olds...smart man.
Because he needs a candy or treat after he does a pee, Andi decided to drop me off at subway today and then get him a cookie...Korban had been doing so good for going on 2 hours and a treat seemed appropriate. Hurrah for dry underwear!
So off we all go to subway, and as we're getting the cookie Korban pipes up, "I need to do a pee!" Andi has to pay so I grab him and head to the woman's washroom...which is where most boys start out I'm told...and sure enough, Korban did his thing and had to flush, 'mysef'. All in the name of a chocolate chip m&m cookie...food is the supreme motivator.
I know that most people working at Subway would say they make subs for a living...I have decided to say I feed hungry people for a living. It helps me work.
In other news, instead of being able to read my midwifery books, my boss decided to get me to watch Subway training video's too and from Olds...smart man.
Wednesday 24 October 2007
Life is not fair
So I am working at subway...but I am training in Olds, and I drive there with my boss every day except Friday this week...It has been good, but eventually I think we're going to run out of things to talk about...I think I'm going to start bringing a book, I hope thats not rude but it's not like he doesn't have to talk to me the whole rest of the day to train me...
Yesterday we found out that one of the kids from our town got in an accident driving home from a friends and is in ICU. The only reason I am writing about this is cause his brother, Dan Perks, died (the same summer as Stephen did) from a car accident. It is a pretty big deal in town cause his Dad is really well known and I just feel like it's not fair. Two sons. I feel like telling God that Josh has to be OK, and make a full recovery...
It's just not fair.
Yesterday we found out that one of the kids from our town got in an accident driving home from a friends and is in ICU. The only reason I am writing about this is cause his brother, Dan Perks, died (the same summer as Stephen did) from a car accident. It is a pretty big deal in town cause his Dad is really well known and I just feel like it's not fair. Two sons. I feel like telling God that Josh has to be OK, and make a full recovery...
It's just not fair.
Saturday 20 October 2007
my vaca...
I am wrapping up almost 2 weeks with my cousin Kath and her fam. It has been so much fun. We drank tea and talked and ate chocolate pretty much whenever the two kids were calmed down enough to sleep or... sleep. but here's the thing, no matter how old we get, we're still cousin's and we still have our little tiffs. The latest being about ranch dressing.
Yes, sometimes it doesn't take much.
In my defense though, I would just like to say i have been living in Asia and not had the availability of ranch for awhile...and lately I have been making up for lost time by using it for everything.
Katherine took offense to the fact I wanted to set the table with it after she made a very delicious casserole-apparently a good casserole can stand on it's own two feet.
Well, then she brought up the fact that the ranch dressing has appeared at every meal I've set the table for recently...do I not like her cooking?
The simple answer is no, of course, I just miss ranch.
And we all know that ranch goes with everything.
Anyway, we were fighting after that even though I left the ranch in the fridge and ate that casserole that had two legs. I even had seconds.
and when we have an argument it usually takes one of us 5 minutes to turn it into a family joke. Actually Kath says that my family tends to turn things into a family joke...we're fighting...not really, but we are joking about ranch now.
"joking"
really, and seriously...that casserole didn't need any ranch...
and I think I'll even start a new facebook group called; Life without ranch, in honor of this new family joke.
Yes, sometimes it doesn't take much.
In my defense though, I would just like to say i have been living in Asia and not had the availability of ranch for awhile...and lately I have been making up for lost time by using it for everything.
Katherine took offense to the fact I wanted to set the table with it after she made a very delicious casserole-apparently a good casserole can stand on it's own two feet.
Well, then she brought up the fact that the ranch dressing has appeared at every meal I've set the table for recently...do I not like her cooking?
The simple answer is no, of course, I just miss ranch.
And we all know that ranch goes with everything.
Anyway, we were fighting after that even though I left the ranch in the fridge and ate that casserole that had two legs. I even had seconds.
and when we have an argument it usually takes one of us 5 minutes to turn it into a family joke. Actually Kath says that my family tends to turn things into a family joke...we're fighting...not really, but we are joking about ranch now.
"joking"
really, and seriously...that casserole didn't need any ranch...
and I think I'll even start a new facebook group called; Life without ranch, in honor of this new family joke.
Monday 15 October 2007
the baby whisperer...
Ontario is beautiful in the fall. I am looking out on lake superior and it is quite the superior view...actually it's night-time so it's dark but I make lame jokes when I'm tired...
Kath gave me this tip the other day about holding babies. She told me that you have to fake it and just act like you know what your doing even if your clueless and they'll luv you. But if your scared, they cry...so i tried it.
I am the baby whisperer extrodinaire!
Nikkila and I bonded while her mum took a nap...we watched Clear and Present Danger...mostly Nikkila slept and I watched Harrison Ford save America. But the important thing is, is that every time she got grumpy or even tried to wake up I just looked at her and said. "I know what I'm doing, and you need to go to sleep..." and it worked! everytime
This strategy only works if the baby has been recently breastfeed...de-boogered...burped...and changed...this method isn't for everyone (only the truely talented can influence a baby's mind like this) and strict boundaries need to be set as far as distance between mother and babe...cause once babies get hungry this method is useless.
but I reserve the right to patent this approach towards settling babies that aren't your own...once again, just look them in the eye and say, "I know what I'm doing, and you need to sleep."
you may need to walk, sway or rock while repeating this phrase in a low calm voice...
seriously; it works, I know what I'm doing...
Kath gave me this tip the other day about holding babies. She told me that you have to fake it and just act like you know what your doing even if your clueless and they'll luv you. But if your scared, they cry...so i tried it.
I am the baby whisperer extrodinaire!
Nikkila and I bonded while her mum took a nap...we watched Clear and Present Danger...mostly Nikkila slept and I watched Harrison Ford save America. But the important thing is, is that every time she got grumpy or even tried to wake up I just looked at her and said. "I know what I'm doing, and you need to go to sleep..." and it worked! everytime
This strategy only works if the baby has been recently breastfeed...de-boogered...burped...and changed...this method isn't for everyone (only the truely talented can influence a baby's mind like this) and strict boundaries need to be set as far as distance between mother and babe...cause once babies get hungry this method is useless.
but I reserve the right to patent this approach towards settling babies that aren't your own...once again, just look them in the eye and say, "I know what I'm doing, and you need to sleep."
you may need to walk, sway or rock while repeating this phrase in a low calm voice...
seriously; it works, I know what I'm doing...
Thursday 11 October 2007
Sometimes I order the prettiest looking picture on the menu instead of what actually tastes good....why do I do this????
I haven't blobbed about my thoughts for awhile so i thought I would just try...for fun.
The last few years of my life I have been wondering about how to 'grow-up' and 'get a life' so my family won't have to worry about me. I have 2 older sisters...so i have been trying very hard to get my dreams out of my head and into the real world where people seem to like to live. It has been abit of a strange trip...I don't even have to do drugs to take a trip; I feel like i trip like a natural born...tripper...
Anyway, so here I am trying to get to the right future me so hard. I mean you have to have the perfect balance of appearing like you have it all figured out and then being quite laid back if anything actually happens to change the 'put togetherness' of it all...well, I am just thinking why? I have decided that I hate the word change, flexible and well, any other word that has to do with trickery...seriously, who needs to think outside of the box; I just want the present. And change is like telling me that life is a box and me wanting it and then there is no present...I am just using the box-because essentially it was the first thing I thought of-and we all know that boxes means presents...right? right?
I feel like i am not a person that jumps to conclusions...
and all i have to say is, i am living the box, stuck in the box, searching the box for that present...
and it's getting a little lame in this box; I am beginning to think that there is no present. And I already miss that present that I never got to see because I am stuck in the box for no reason...seriously, there is supposed to be a stinkin present!
In other news, i am visiting my cuz and her 2 adorable kids...I got 3 job offers and took Subway...but not because i want to get on their TV commercials...really it's cause I want to get the credit I already deserve for being a pro at making sandwiches...I crave respect, someday soon i will post about my official sandwich artist status.
The last few years of my life I have been wondering about how to 'grow-up' and 'get a life' so my family won't have to worry about me. I have 2 older sisters...so i have been trying very hard to get my dreams out of my head and into the real world where people seem to like to live. It has been abit of a strange trip...I don't even have to do drugs to take a trip; I feel like i trip like a natural born...tripper...
Anyway, so here I am trying to get to the right future me so hard. I mean you have to have the perfect balance of appearing like you have it all figured out and then being quite laid back if anything actually happens to change the 'put togetherness' of it all...well, I am just thinking why? I have decided that I hate the word change, flexible and well, any other word that has to do with trickery...seriously, who needs to think outside of the box; I just want the present. And change is like telling me that life is a box and me wanting it and then there is no present...I am just using the box-because essentially it was the first thing I thought of-and we all know that boxes means presents...right? right?
I feel like i am not a person that jumps to conclusions...
and all i have to say is, i am living the box, stuck in the box, searching the box for that present...
and it's getting a little lame in this box; I am beginning to think that there is no present. And I already miss that present that I never got to see because I am stuck in the box for no reason...seriously, there is supposed to be a stinkin present!
In other news, i am visiting my cuz and her 2 adorable kids...I got 3 job offers and took Subway...but not because i want to get on their TV commercials...really it's cause I want to get the credit I already deserve for being a pro at making sandwiches...I crave respect, someday soon i will post about my official sandwich artist status.
Wednesday 3 October 2007
sun-bean
today we sang, 'Jesus wants me for a sun-bean' at supper. Because we were eating beans for supper of course! and beans are that musical fruit...so we sang about the sun-bean...
I think thats how life is going at the moment,
beans....
job hunting
study schedule
what to study
job hunting
job hunting
actually studying
sun...
Korban saying 'wight now' for everything
Grandma and Grandpa...
bread
my friend lindsey and skype
laundry...i did 4 loads today
free rent at the sis and bro-in-laws
dad thinking I'm this amazing person cause when I borrow money i ask mums and he doesn't know the exact amount...yet. (if your reading this dad, you don't want to know...)
getting a job to start paying off debt!
being asked to attend a birth of some friends in january...yeah birth!
I think thats how life is going at the moment,
beans....
job hunting
study schedule
what to study
job hunting
job hunting
actually studying
sun...
Korban saying 'wight now' for everything
Grandma and Grandpa...
bread
my friend lindsey and skype
laundry...i did 4 loads today
free rent at the sis and bro-in-laws
dad thinking I'm this amazing person cause when I borrow money i ask mums and he doesn't know the exact amount...yet. (if your reading this dad, you don't want to know...)
getting a job to start paying off debt!
being asked to attend a birth of some friends in january...yeah birth!
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