he knows when you are sleeping
Santa came and he brought Hummers!
ohhhh my nutcracker
sharing stories of life with 2 parents, 6 children, 2 dogs, 3 cats, 3 goats, countless chickens, turkeys, an apple orchard and a market garden
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Friday, December 24, 2004
You had me at new dishes.
Matt is a "go big or go home" kind of guy. So he didn't like the idea of using our 2 sets of dishes to serve Christmas dinner for 14 people on. So he went out and bought me 16 place settings of Christmas china and 16 place settings of stainless flatware. Okay, it's not fine china or silverware, but OMG it is so nice to have. It looks pretty good on the Christmas table, and even better, we don't worry about somebody breaking it!
Matt is my hero.
Christmas Table
Matt is a "go big or go home" kind of guy. So he didn't like the idea of using our 2 sets of dishes to serve Christmas dinner for 14 people on. So he went out and bought me 16 place settings of Christmas china and 16 place settings of stainless flatware. Okay, it's not fine china or silverware, but OMG it is so nice to have. It looks pretty good on the Christmas table, and even better, we don't worry about somebody breaking it!
Matt is my hero.
Christmas Table
Thursday, December 23, 2004
This is Kira's first Christmas, and I want to make sure it is special. I know she will be thrilled though. She loves opening presents. She squeals and doesn't hesitate to rip them open. I bought fabric for my mother to make her a dress, she will look so cute.
Okay, NOW I'm starting to panic. I thought I had it all under control, but the walls are now closing in. I only have a day left before I host my family's Christmas eve celebration. My house is a mess, I have groceries to get, I have a little bit more work to do on my aunt's blanket, I don't have a clue what my husband has bought for our kids and I have a few more stocking stuffers to grab. And I don't know where to start! Kira doesn't make it easy to get anything done. In order to clean anything, I have to let her tear the contents of my cupboards out. And now my throat is hurting. WHAAAAAA.
There are so many things I wanted to do this week before Christmas that I now realize we won't have time for. Like going to see Santa. Hopefully we can squeeze that in tomorrow after we dig out of the snow.
Okay, NOW I'm starting to panic. I thought I had it all under control, but the walls are now closing in. I only have a day left before I host my family's Christmas eve celebration. My house is a mess, I have groceries to get, I have a little bit more work to do on my aunt's blanket, I don't have a clue what my husband has bought for our kids and I have a few more stocking stuffers to grab. And I don't know where to start! Kira doesn't make it easy to get anything done. In order to clean anything, I have to let her tear the contents of my cupboards out. And now my throat is hurting. WHAAAAAA.
There are so many things I wanted to do this week before Christmas that I now realize we won't have time for. Like going to see Santa. Hopefully we can squeeze that in tomorrow after we dig out of the snow.
Monday, December 20, 2004
Me and Dandy
Dandy was my very first dog. When I was 3 my aunt's dog Tammy, a cairn terrier, had puppies by the neighbour's miniature poodle. I used to spend a lot of time at my grandparents' house where the puppies were and I instantly had a favourite puppy. When they were weaned from their mother, my dad came back from training and set his gym bag on the floor and out popped that puppy. I already had a name picked out for her, Dandy after the Dandy Lion in The Wizard of Oz. I loved her so much and she was really good with me.
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Buddie the cat came back. He went missing on Monday. It has been really cold here and I was getting worried about him. He came home tonight smelling of cigarettes and cheap perfume. What a naughty cat! I had to bathe him because I couldn't stand the smell of him.
That caused my asthma to flare up. So I figured that while I was at it, I might as well bathe the other cat to help my allergies. Not a good plan. My doctor is right, my cat allergies are getting worse. I had to talk the kids into lying down with me and I refreshed Damon's memory on dialing 9-1-1. The steroids eventually kicked in and the kids all fell asleep.
My eye is getting better. I used some antihistamine eye drops and tried to sleep it off. It was a bit better this morning, less red, but still really sensitive to light. So i bought some cheap dark sunglasses and drove all over the city doing Christmas shopping.
Oh and the cat's breath is soooo stinky!!!! What on earth did the sleazy smoking woman feed him?
That caused my asthma to flare up. So I figured that while I was at it, I might as well bathe the other cat to help my allergies. Not a good plan. My doctor is right, my cat allergies are getting worse. I had to talk the kids into lying down with me and I refreshed Damon's memory on dialing 9-1-1. The steroids eventually kicked in and the kids all fell asleep.
My eye is getting better. I used some antihistamine eye drops and tried to sleep it off. It was a bit better this morning, less red, but still really sensitive to light. So i bought some cheap dark sunglasses and drove all over the city doing Christmas shopping.
Oh and the cat's breath is soooo stinky!!!! What on earth did the sleazy smoking woman feed him?
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
I finally got the news I've been waiting for! Puppies are HERE! 10 of them! Becca had 6 baby girls and 4 baby boys, all of them solid liver. And the best part is that one of them is ours!
http://nuthatch.virtualave.net/beccacharliebabies.html
I took Kira to the doctor's today for her recheck. Her ears and lungs are fine, but she is still pretty congested. I have been having problems with my eyes since monday morning though and I need to go back to the hospital later this afternoon. On Sunday night, I made the mistake of falling asleep with Kira with my clothes on, and worse, my contacts in. I woke up in the night and took my contacts out, but my eyes were pretty irritated yesterday, so last night I put some eye drops in. That's when the real trouble started. This morning I woke up and my eyes were even more red and they are very weepy. When I drove to the doctor's office and the sun was in my eyes, I was blinded. It was scary. She says it is probably either keratosis or an allergic reaction to the eye drops. I tend to think it is the latter, but I still have to go in to the hospital outpatient clinic.
http://nuthatch.virtualave.net/beccacharliebabies.html
I took Kira to the doctor's today for her recheck. Her ears and lungs are fine, but she is still pretty congested. I have been having problems with my eyes since monday morning though and I need to go back to the hospital later this afternoon. On Sunday night, I made the mistake of falling asleep with Kira with my clothes on, and worse, my contacts in. I woke up in the night and took my contacts out, but my eyes were pretty irritated yesterday, so last night I put some eye drops in. That's when the real trouble started. This morning I woke up and my eyes were even more red and they are very weepy. When I drove to the doctor's office and the sun was in my eyes, I was blinded. It was scary. She says it is probably either keratosis or an allergic reaction to the eye drops. I tend to think it is the latter, but I still have to go in to the hospital outpatient clinic.
Saturday, December 11, 2004
The kids seem to be on the mend.
Patrick finished the first half of his hockey season last night with a win. Now the league divides the top half of the league and calls that AA and the bottom half is called A. Patrick's team was tied in the middle with 2 other teams, so we still don't know what will happen. The silver lining is that if they are A, then we don't have to travel as far and they have a really good chance of winning the whole thing! He has been shuffled around a little, he was defence, then forward for most of the season, and then defence for the last 3 games, but now he is coming along as a defenceman and is getting some really good coaching. He does miss being a part of "the rush" just a little, but that's okay, he can still score now and then.
We have been eagerly waiting for word from our breeder that the puppies have been born. The puppies were due on Thursday, so every time the phone rings, I jump now. I'm obsessed with shopping for puppy. This puppy is SOOO spoilt and he isn't even born yet.
Patrick finished the first half of his hockey season last night with a win. Now the league divides the top half of the league and calls that AA and the bottom half is called A. Patrick's team was tied in the middle with 2 other teams, so we still don't know what will happen. The silver lining is that if they are A, then we don't have to travel as far and they have a really good chance of winning the whole thing! He has been shuffled around a little, he was defence, then forward for most of the season, and then defence for the last 3 games, but now he is coming along as a defenceman and is getting some really good coaching. He does miss being a part of "the rush" just a little, but that's okay, he can still score now and then.
We have been eagerly waiting for word from our breeder that the puppies have been born. The puppies were due on Thursday, so every time the phone rings, I jump now. I'm obsessed with shopping for puppy. This puppy is SOOO spoilt and he isn't even born yet.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Well I think Kira is finally on the mend. She woke up with a fever and was having difficulty coughing, so I took her to the walk-in clinic. The doctor there said that she has another ear infection and possibly a little bit of pneumonia. Since he needed to give her antibiotics for her ears anyway, he didn't send her for x-rays. Her rash got much worse on Thursday and the doctors called it a non-specific viral rash. Finally today the rash started disappearing. Her torso feels like sandpaper now, but it is getting better. PHEW!!!!!!!!!!! I want us to be healthy. I've been wanting to take her to Gymboree to get some hairbows for her Christmas outfits.
chatting
Matt's friend Brett arrived today. He is staying with us while he works at the shop with Matt. They are understaffed and Brett comes from Ottawa (5 hour drive) when they need him to. He's a farmer, so this time of year he has some flexibility. I don't really mind Brett being here. It bothers me that my husband will be distracted and thinks he is a frat boy. I guess I'll just have to do some Christmas shopping to keep me busy so I don't notice.
chatting
Matt's friend Brett arrived today. He is staying with us while he works at the shop with Matt. They are understaffed and Brett comes from Ottawa (5 hour drive) when they need him to. He's a farmer, so this time of year he has some flexibility. I don't really mind Brett being here. It bothers me that my husband will be distracted and thinks he is a frat boy. I guess I'll just have to do some Christmas shopping to keep me busy so I don't notice.
Thursday, December 02, 2004
I am up at this ungodly hour because Kira has woken up with croup again.
Last night the evil cat peed on the coat which Damon had left on the front hall floor. Of course I am thoroughly disgusted, but at the same time I am feeling righteous! "Damon, I TOLD you not to leave anything on the floor." Last week he peed on Campbell's school bag that he had left in the middle of front hall and since then all of the kids have been hanging their bags up. *evil cackle* 'Tis a mixed blessing. I'm sure that the puppy is going to teach them to clean up their toys! I know all the tricks to get cat pee out of anything. Ok, well ALMOST anything. Hockey gloves have proven to be a challenge and all I have managed to do with those is dilute the smell.
bad cat
Last night the evil cat peed on the coat which Damon had left on the front hall floor. Of course I am thoroughly disgusted, but at the same time I am feeling righteous! "Damon, I TOLD you not to leave anything on the floor." Last week he peed on Campbell's school bag that he had left in the middle of front hall and since then all of the kids have been hanging their bags up. *evil cackle* 'Tis a mixed blessing. I'm sure that the puppy is going to teach them to clean up their toys! I know all the tricks to get cat pee out of anything. Ok, well ALMOST anything. Hockey gloves have proven to be a challenge and all I have managed to do with those is dilute the smell.
bad cat
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
The boys got to school late again today. It is so hard to get them to school on time because every single one of us is feeling sick and every day it is a judgement call as to who is well enough to go. I just wish we had a week to stay home and get better.
Kira is feeling worse today. When she woke up her eyelids were crusted together, ewwww. There is an itchy rash on her cheeks and all over her torso. Her nose is running like crazy with that thick yellow snot, ewwww. She has diarrhea, ewwww. And she is teething. She is actually in a decent mood though.
She hasn't been nursing well. She has been biting me a lot, probably because she is congested and can't breathe when she is sucking, so she panics and clamps down.
I took her back to the doctor to recheck her ears and they are fine. Her throat and her breathing are okay too. We got eyedrops for her and the pharmacist suggested that I should give her Claritin to try to treat the allergic rash and the runny nose at the same time. I am only going to give her the Advil if her fever gets really high or if she is not able to sleep because of teething pain. She agreed with me that the rash is probably a result of all of the food dye that is in the medications she has taken recently (advil, dimetapp, antibiotic suspension).
I went to the visitation for my neighbour. It was sad. He was such a good family man and his family adored him right to the end. I learned that they had another daughter who died when she was 11 months old. The mother was at the end of her pregnancy with their third child (the oldest wasn't even 2 yet) and needed to rest, so her sister offered to take care of the kids. The baby fell out of her crib and broke her neck and died instantly. I went home and hugged Kira tighter and when she kicked and squirmed in my bed all night, I didn't for a moment wish that she was in her crib. I've never been comfortable leaving her in her crib to cry. She is a climber now, so I'm wondering if I will ever feel comfortable putting her in there again.
Kira's rash
Kira is feeling worse today. When she woke up her eyelids were crusted together, ewwww. There is an itchy rash on her cheeks and all over her torso. Her nose is running like crazy with that thick yellow snot, ewwww. She has diarrhea, ewwww. And she is teething. She is actually in a decent mood though.
She hasn't been nursing well. She has been biting me a lot, probably because she is congested and can't breathe when she is sucking, so she panics and clamps down.
I took her back to the doctor to recheck her ears and they are fine. Her throat and her breathing are okay too. We got eyedrops for her and the pharmacist suggested that I should give her Claritin to try to treat the allergic rash and the runny nose at the same time. I am only going to give her the Advil if her fever gets really high or if she is not able to sleep because of teething pain. She agreed with me that the rash is probably a result of all of the food dye that is in the medications she has taken recently (advil, dimetapp, antibiotic suspension).
I went to the visitation for my neighbour. It was sad. He was such a good family man and his family adored him right to the end. I learned that they had another daughter who died when she was 11 months old. The mother was at the end of her pregnancy with their third child (the oldest wasn't even 2 yet) and needed to rest, so her sister offered to take care of the kids. The baby fell out of her crib and broke her neck and died instantly. I went home and hugged Kira tighter and when she kicked and squirmed in my bed all night, I didn't for a moment wish that she was in her crib. I've never been comfortable leaving her in her crib to cry. She is a climber now, so I'm wondering if I will ever feel comfortable putting her in there again.
Kira's rash
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
I'm just trying this thing out again. For me to really be able to stick with this blog, I'm going to have to figure out a way to get pictures on here. So bear with me. The kids are still trying to get better. Kira goes back to the doctor's tomorrow to get her ear checked. My next-door neighbour died on Sunday afternoon after a courageous battle with cancer. Last night we tried to go out for dinner with my inlaws. That has never been a problem before. The 3 boys are usually pretty good at restaurants. But Kira has helped us to understand why other couples don't take their kids out to nice restaurants!
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