Sunday, October 26, 2014

Good to be back.



Every now and then I think about this blog and decide to blow some life into it. It's harder for me to keep my modivation as this was originally a way for our families to follow us as we journey through the north. Well at this point I am going to keep trying to update to show our family in the north how we are doing. 

A lot has been going on lately and one of the highlights was a trip to cape breton to see Matt and Kara and the boys. They are our friends from the Yukon and it was amazing for our 2 families to finally be in the same spot at the same time. 

The property they own with matts parents has a creek tuning through it. The boys had a great time trying to catch fish in a net. 
This is probably one of my closest friends. Although we have only spent a small amount of time together in person there is not much I don't know about her and there is very little she doesn't know about me. 
We all made this and left it by the bra'dor lake where the cabin is situated on. It has a lot of meaning to me and I plan on enlarging this and framing it. Many people have shown interest in this and I was contacted by a friend of a friend who has requested a copy to hang in her house. 

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Happy birthday little man

Today my angel boy turned 8. I can't believe it. He has a heart of hold and is so much like me it scares me. He wears his heart on his sleeve for the world to see. He is not afraid to show his emotions and loves to go on dates with me. I hope that never changes. He is inquisitive, always wanting to know more. He is a good friend, and I watched that today as he played with his friends at his party. He is funny, oh so funny. He makes my mommy heart swell with pride. Happy birthday baby boy, I love you oh so much. 

Sunday, January 05, 2014

All free courtesy of wal Mart.


I went to wal Mart today and walked out with all of this for free. No, I did not steal it. I price matched the Kraft dinner to super store where it was on sale for .50 each and then I had 4 coupons for buy 2 save 1.00. I then had 3 coupons for the scrubbing bubbles (save 4.00 when you buy 2) and they were on sale for 2.00 each. Lastly I had 2 coupons for the ziplock bags which were save 2.00 when you buy 2 and they were on sale for 1.00 each. See?  All free. 

First storm in pictures.

The view from my daycare class. This was about 10am. 


Our street when we got home. This was around 2. 


Snowbank next to my neighbours house. This was around 4. 


Getting ready to go shovel. This was at 7. 


Joey burying Colby. Notice the snow from the snow blower coming over the fence. 


Serious brother burying here. 





Thursday, January 02, 2014

Bring it on Nova Scotia.

Although I am not holding my breath. Bring on a great storm!

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

365 photo challenge. My boys.

Day 1. Something that makes me happy. 

Hello 2014

Here we are at 2014. I am not one for New Years resolutions, but I do have some things I plan on changing. 

First thing, I need to let go of those things  and people I can't change. I have been trying to keep people in my life who are not putting the effort that I am. I have often been accused of being too nice and maybe I am. I like to think people are genuinely good, but the truth of the matter is some people are not. I have decided to let them go. Should they contact me, I will be more then happy to spend time with them, but I am done chasing. 

2013 was a great year for me. For the first time in my married life I went on a vacation all by myself. I met the most amazing women and travelled through the Yukon. I have a permanent reminder of the trip on my left arm. 

I also welcomed a new member to our family. Our niece Gabby was born this year, rounding out moms grandchildren to 5. 

Colby left elementary school and overnight seemed to turn into a teenager. He is at least 5 inches taller and doing very well in junior high French immersion. Joey is doing very well in grade 2 and is still quite the social butterfly. 

Rob and I both changed jobs this year. Rob started a job with a small construction company based here in beaver bank and he is happier than I have ever seen him in a very long time at work. 

2014 is going to be a great year for us. I plan to take more pictures, as that is something I have seriously lost my passion for. I need to find a way to rekindle this.  My fantastic amazing friend and her family are coming to visit Nova Scotia in October and we are going to spend the weekend with them. 

I always say this and maybe this time I will mean it. I plan to blog more. Maybe I will change the theme of the blog to couponing. Hmm.... I can teach you all to coupon. As much as rob likes to torment me about couponing I get the last laugh when the store actually pays me to buy things from the store. I also plan to donate to the food banks more. There are many sales that end up giving you products for free (next week Kraft dinner with coupons will be absolutely free). I will get what I think we can use here, and them get more to donate. Would you read more if this was about couponing?