Happy Belated Easter!

I hope everyone's Easter was a smashing good time. Ours was. Chocolate breakfast, yard work, kite flying and a traditional Sunday feast is how we spent our day. I think I'm still full...

Life's Detours

It is funny how even when you know what you want, and are driven to do/get it, there are always little bumps in road. Its never smooth sailing, well for me anyway.

For a short while I decided to take on a full time job. This was in addition to my part time evening gig and taking a course. Yes, yes, I am certifiable! This job did not last long, but it was nice to see the bank account not depleted at the end of the month. Now, being home during the day, I feel even more blessed. This truly is where I want to be.

Just a few more things to catch up the blog before I start some substantial posts (and maybe even start taking pictures again):
-Bought a truck! All by my little self. Crazy, maybe. One step closer to farm life, for sure.
-Ordered chicks! Backyard chickens. YAY!
-Started tomato, watermelon, pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
-In the process of ripping up a strip of lawn around the perimeter of my yard. I'm going to put
up a little fence and grow peas (the kids' favourite) around the whole thing.
-State of emergency declared in the Village of the Damned!
-Made yogurt. And after a month and a half of not baking, everything I make is appreciated by
the little makers.

Its Official!

For the first time in 13 years, I'm a student again!

Feels good to be using the ole noggin.

Ramblings of a Mom

Its funny how a smell can transport you right back to childhood. To me Crayola crayons still smell like childhood.. But they have to be Crayola brand. Weird.

Anyway as PoopyPants and I were walking home after picking up take out the smell of a wood stove burning somewhere was evident. The cool, crisp winter night. Snowflakes the size of dimes falling from the sky. Certainly one of those 'life is beautiful' moments. I closed my eyes and was reminded of being a child again, a little girl of about 8 years. Before the complexities and inequities of life had revealed themselves to me. To that sweet spot in the cycle of existence when the world is a good and wonderful place, and your mother is the smartest person that ever lived.

Its moments like these that remind me how important the role of mother really is. And I wouldn't trade this job for anything.

Remnants Of The Day

Today was a day spent among friends. I tea partied literally all day. Full on. Fancy cups and everything. A girlfriend came over this morning for tea and biscuits with homemade jam, and another this afternoon for Amish cinnamon bread and lemon loaf. So these are the leftovers of my day...2 teapots and a bunch of fancy cups and saucers that don't go in the dishwasher. Notice the tiny blue cup at the very bottom? Tea parties are for tiny people too! More days should be spent this way.

1/1/11

You have to admit, that looks pretty cool. 1/1/11. Looks like a fresh start. Back to square one. And I don't even buy into the whole new year, new resolution thing. I don't feel like I need a date on a calender to change things that aren't working in my life. But if that's what it takes for people to want more and do better, that is great.

I do however have goals. They are pretty much the same goals as always, but I do feel newly fired up to attain them. Health is a big one. Its not so much about looking better or losing weight...its about being healthier and stronger. I want to be sure that I am able to defend mine if need be. So I may do the same as a lot of people are at this time of year and get myself a gym membership. Geesh there is this part of me that cringes when even thinking about going along with the crowd. Anyway...whatever your resolutions, or not...

HAPPY NEW YEAR

May this be your best one yet!

New Year's Shennanigans

Up until yesterday I had no plans whatsoever for New Year's Eve. A girlfriend and her hubs were possibly coming over for a drink or two after she got off work at 6pm. Each of my sisters has children who will be away that evening, so it would have been hard to talk them into coming down and hanging out with my kids and I. When you have the chance to go out and do something sans kids, the last thing you want to do is kid stuff. Well, us anyway. Its the same reason I could never be a teacher. I want to save my patience for my own children. And moms need adult time too. I use work for conversing with adults. Being a single mama doesn't leave a lot of time for socializing outside my home (read lots of tea dates). But now that BedHead is old enough to take care of her siblings, I have gotten out for a couple of hours here and there.

The kiddos have been on my case about making New Year's plans. They want to party! Last year we went to a hotel with their aunties and cousins and they had a wonderful time. They wanted to do it again this year. But like I had said, there are no cousins around this year.

Yesterday was dentist day. I had the pleasure of having a tooth pulled. Yuck! Anyway on the way home there was a contest on the radio and I called in and won! Ten VIP tickets to a nightclub New Year's Eve and a certificate for 75 bucks to use there.

So the kids and I are going to go into the city and get a hotel room. We get to order pizza and swim. And I get to go out with aunties too. For free! Win Win! And I have never gone out for New Year's Eve. It has always been spent in. To tell the honest truth I slept through it last year. Woke up when it was all over. I haven't done the club thing in years. YEARS! We'll see how it goes.

The best part is that its totally going to be a girls' night and the kids got their way after all.