Random Ramblings!

Matt and Spencer are finished exams. Yay! So glad that school is over for them for a couple of months.

Cameron only has three days left. He's tired and grumpy ... especially this morning when he was the only one who had to get up for school.

The trailer is all set up and the site is looking good. This weekend we got the deck all done, the shed moved over, patio stones laid. The only thing left to do is to get some sod down where we pulled up some old patio stones and to relax and enjoy our hard labour.

I wish it would rain. Our grass at home is brown.

No rain in site for the next few days anyway.

Oliver is going to be miserable because we are going to take him to the trailer with us this summer. Since John is taking the summer off, no one will be home and so we are going to take him, the two gold fish, and the two hermit crabs up with us.

I wonder how Oliver would feel about wearing a harness outside at the trailer?

I've had a migraine for a couple of days. I know it started as a tension headache while we were working at the trailer. By the time I got home on Sunday it was a migraine. It stayed with me all day yesterday.

Big picnic going on at camp on Monday for Canada Day. The whole family is going to play on our Church's baseball team. They needed three token "girls" so I said that I would help out with that. Hope they don't expect me to go near the ball!

Music Camp starts in a week and a half. I'm not even close to being ready for that. Our theme this year is super heros and our cabin (of 14 9 and 10 year old boys) will be spiderman. I hate spiders!

I went to a meeting last week for my brother Rick's (the one with Down's Syndrome) yearly review. He's getting so set in his ways. He's been refusing to go to work some days. LOL! I know how he feels, and I don't even have to leave the house to go to work!

Today is Tuesday so I'm off to scrapbook. I need to stop at the grocery store because it's also a pot luck lunch today so I need to pick up something to take.

John and Spencer went to Wonderland yesterday. It was dreadfully hot and they were looking forward to spending most of their time in the water parrk. Most of the waterslides were closed! They were home by 7 p.m.!

Do I look old to you?

OK. Don't answer that.

I feel old (and look the part too) right now. Matt turned 17 yesterday! Now that is scarey! I'm finding it hard to believe that he is quickly becoming an adult.

Happy birthday Matthew. We love you more than anything!

The new trailer has arrived!

On Friday, John and I went up to Kitchener to do a walk-through of the new trailer and to sign the papers. After grabbing a quick lunch, John left for the trailer to wait for delivery and clean out the old trailer while I went back home to pick the boys up from school and then headed up to camp. The trailer was to leave Kitchener at 2 p.m. and arrive at camp somewhere around 4:30 p.m.

As I was on my way up, John called to say that the trailer was delayed and wouldn't be leaving until 5 p.m. Oh well, that gave us time to go into town and have a leisurly dinner and pick up some groceries.

The trailer finally left around 6 and arrived around 9 p.m. Do you know how antsy the boys were by this time?? We had both cars packed to the brim with stuff as they were taking our old trailer with them after delivering the new one.

Dianne, one of the ladies in the trailer park, told us we looked like expectant parents. I certainly felt like one ... without the labour pains.

Finally, at about 10:30, the guy was still setting up, but he gave me the go-ahead to start moving stuff in. By that time, we just took in what we would need for the night, made up the beds, set up a TV in the boys' room. Then after they were tucked in, they happily watched Jan Leno while I crashed myself and John was still helping hook up the old trailer for him haul away.

We spent the day on Saturday moving in, cleaning up the old site, working at getting the "big honking deck" (which is now in three peices) in place, and just trying to set up the new site. With one big peice of the deck in place, the wood shed moved in place, and some prep work for the other shed to come over, we are really making progress.

This weekend we will head up again, and try and get the rest of it done. Then the plan is to sit back and enjoy it all for the rest of the summer!

So, who wants to come up for a BBQ?

Holy Canoli!!

This is from Britian's Got Talent. I don't think I've ever seen Simon so gobsmacked! You gotta watch this!

Drool Alert

This post is dedicated to all my scrapbooking friends. Check out this scrapbooking "work box!" (the only problem is, I still wouldn't be able to fit it all in.)


Measuring 6’ high x 32” deep x 36” wide (when closed), you can store everything you can imagine in just a 3-foot footprint and have it look FABULOUS too!! Open the double-hinged doors to expand the unit up to 9 feet wide and to reveal the collapsible table and adjustable shelves. Each unit also includes 83 canvas totes of various sizes, each with a customizable label, plus 20 removable, clear zippered pouches that stick to the inside of the doors. Never be at a loss for space again!



So get in line ... behind me!

LOL! Maybe I should have become a firefighter!

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Yesterday my in-laws came down. Garnet's computer has been playing dead lately, so he brought it over so that John could try and fix it for him.

While John and Garnet got busy with the computer, I took Ruth out shopping. We hit Walmart - bought some new sheets for the trailer, new running shoes for me, sunglasses for Ruth.

Then we went for a nice lunch at William's Coffee Pub. I love going for lunch there. Good food, nice atmosphere, and I feel like a grown-up.

Then we hit Ikea. Have I ever mentioned how much I love Ikea?? I could go there every week. So many cool things. I didn't buy a lot, but check out these cool finds!

Look how cute this little cutting board is. It has a knife that slips right inside when not in use. It's only about 6" x 8" so it's perfect for taking along on a picnic, throwing in a lunch box (ummmm ... not to school, I'm sure I would get a phone call home about that one!) or just pulling out for cheese and crackers for a snack. I love it so much, I bought two.

I also bought one of these ... in green. Very cool. Perfect for the trailer ... that is, until a pillow fight starts, or someone starts rough housing, and it gets smashed (so it may last a couple of days.)

I love Ikea!

Happy birthday to my "OLDER" sister.

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I love you and miss you.

Today is Tuesday

If you're a reader of my blog, you'll know that means that today is my scrapping day at the store. Yay! I love Tuesdays because I can scrap guilt free.

Since I seem to have found my mojo, here are some more of my recent layouts:

This was such an easy layout, thanks to Biscous. Have you seen these pre-done papers? All I had to do was add the title, flowers and the ribbon on the paper clips. Very easy. You gotta check them out here

Our Saturday

Saturday we didn't have a lot planned as John's parents were going to come for the day. Well, unfortunately Garnet took sick and so they weren't able to come.

After sitting around most of the morning and into the afternoon we decided to take a long bike ride that we've been planning to do forever. Spencer and his friends went out to a movie, so Matt, Cameron, John and I headed out with lots of water. We rode through a trail system in Oakville that took us down into 16 mile creek. It was an awesome ride! The best part, of course, was riding down-hill. Not so much fun when you have to come back up ... but it was well worth it. The scenery was beautiful and the trails were very peaceful.

This was one of the reasons we wanted to live in Oakville was because of the many trail systems and the closeness to the waterfront. We haven't taken advantage of too many of the trails, but this certainly gave us a taste, and I can't wait to get out there and do the others.

The only downside is that I rediscovered many muscles in my legs that I had long forgot were there. I've been doing really well in the exercise department (on the treadmill at least three times a week) but obviously there are muscles that I'm not even touching! I've been walking a little funny!

On Victoria Day we went to Wonderland while Stephen and Nathan were here. It's been a couple of years since I've been there last and I wasn't looking forward to fighting the crowds, but we had such a wonderful day together. While the kids made some memories, we talked about the memories we had when we all were there together on the weekend that Wonderland first opened many years ago. It felt like it was just yesterday. It's hard to believe that so many years have past since that time. (although, my body certainly can't take the roller coasters like it could back in those days.)

Nathan's main goal was to ride the drop zone, which we all shared with him. Man, that thing was high! We were laughing at everyone in line everytime the ride went up, they all looked up and all you could see was nostrils. We had to pose for a picture to remember that moment ... check out the people behind us, they must think we're nuts ... OK, so we are ... but it's a fun place to be!



Cameron and Uncle Don waiting to ride one of the roller coasters.




Stephen and Spencer in line.




Nathan and I in line.




It was a fun day. And we get to enjoy it over and over again, because we got season's passes. YIKES!

Thanks, Stephen. I "borrowed" a couple of pictures from your blog.