instant divadends 2

if you haven't already read rae's blog with the same title, do so and tell me honestly that it doesn't echo in your soul just a little bit. or in my case a screaming echo. then on the other hand i bought naestra a shirt today that i would wear if it was big enough that says"i'm not spoiled, just ask my staff!"

reprieve

HURRAY! it's so much cooler today. i can sleep in my own bed, and not on the air mattress in the basement. i'm looking so forward to this up coming child free weekend that i fear i totally have it hyped up in my head and it'll be flop.
i have my bedroom looking all cozy i found a chocolate brown fuzzy blanket and a really cool chocolate brown netting over the bed that ties at all four corners. very girlie and fun.
and i got a bounce castle for kids. haven't inflated it yet cause it's at pen's cause it doesn't fit in my tiny yard. maybe tomorrow.

aaaahhhhhhhhh

hurray for shade and a pool. inflateable but lovely. penners got a super fantastic pool all the kids fit in and came with balls and toys and we sat under the shade of the tree in the backyard for hours. it was soooo what i needed. quiet happy kids and to cool off.it was so great. atleast we found a way to survie this heat. i may be able to make it through the summer yet.

sweet deal

i got new patio chairs with nice fluffy cushions from superstore today. i love the end of the season clearance when it's not even near the real end of the season. aaahhhhh. but it's still too hot to sit outside.sigh, plus i haven't put them together.but soon........
funny how i never did a lot today but i never stopped running. but i did take an hour for me and had a pedicure. aaahhhhhhh soft feet. pretty toes. and now the kids are sleeping and i get an hour of silence before i do the same. i hope it rains tonight.

pppssssstttt

hey, it's less than 6 months till Christmas. small thought that keeps me going and happy. he he he. now that all of you are groaning, you can stop shaking your head at me. i'm desperately looking forward to next weekend. the in law's are taking the kids all weekend and we can sleep in,so to movies, look at laptops so ma bey i could actually use my computer in and amidst the husband w.o.w.ing, and see the simpson's movie. yes we will actually pay for it and laugh. (spider pig)giggle. but really life is so busy with work. sad really and i'm not even working full time. sigh. but it's the feeling you're running full tilt at a brick wall and all you can do is watch it get close and closer.woo hoo! but i think i'm gonna get a facial tomorrow and scrub and massage my troubles away! aaahhhhhhh......

the singing bee

HAHAHA! you should all be watching that show. it's so funny. plus boy does it teach you that you have no idea what you're really singing.

hot hot hot

i'm so done with the hot summer(stupid grasshoppers). but we did got to the Taste of Edmonton on the weekend and loved it. so much food so little time. and alarielle took her fist round in a bounce house. and loved it! for my little chicken, this is a BIG step. way to go baby girl! and they pet the animals in the petting zoo, which included a turkey and a zebu so fresh it still had it's umbilical chord attached. crazy but cute.
our truck is still dead, it's the game you play when you but your replacements parts from pick your part. but what's the point in a newer part when it's worth half the value of your vehicle. sigh.

grasshoppers?!!!!!

i#$%^^&$#@ HATE grasshoppers. and they're starting to show their ugly faces here, so that means it's almost time for me to never leave my house till the snow falls. way past phobia here.

life feels long and arduous. like i told Rae, i feel like i'm trudging uphill in a mud slide. but the mudslide has to stop sometime. so i keep on trudging.

on a lighter note, we hired a fantastic little apprentice at work this week, she may be a long term girlie. oh the bliss of the thought. and my baby girl, who's very rapidly not a baby, has pretty consistanly been sleeping through the night for about a month now. PRAISE THE LORD! not much better in life than full nights of sleep.

life battles

it's amazing how the mundane can really wear you down, plus the heat just makes everyone grumpy. even if we are sleeping in the basement, an air matress is not as comfy as our posturepedic mattress. but it's still more sleep than we'd get in the 34 degrees upstairs. and even though our truck is dead, yet again, at least our parents are gone so we can use their truck till we can get ours fixed, i hope. it's amazing how you get used to having 2 cars and losing one is like cutting of your arm.

#$@%&(&^# heat

kay it's way too hot out here. i'm debating sleeping in the basement with a fan! i'm totally jealous of all the people with a/c in their house. if you have it i'm coming over!

the tat story

so, here's our tat's. as you all know brock's symbol's are for the girls. each one for their name, hurray for geeky names! as for me, my second tat has a longer story but one really near to my heart. bout a year or more ago i was talking a bit with Rae about how God really sees you, as an individual, in His presence, and what, or how, he calls you by name. i've always been fascinated with names and their meanings, it seems to mean so much in the bible. and i love that. once God really found you, he would give you a "new name". that was so cool. so i started to pray for a "new name", not really thinking that anything would come of it cause it seemed a silly request from a little girl to a dad who had better things to do. then we were reading "Captivating" in our bible study and i was reading about how in the creation story, eve was not an afterthought purely made to make Adams life easier but "the crowning Jewel of creation", the world was not finished with out her. and as i read this chapter, the Lord spoke the name Eve to me. not at me, but to me. with so much love and tenderness it constantly blows me away. so now as an ever reminder i have "eve" tattooed on my right arm. i have the fish on my back to show what i am, and eve to show who i am to the Lord. and nothing is better than that!

inked again

it's amazing what you have to pay to get such a small amount of work done. but it looks fabulous. Dylan defiantly knows what he's doing. i would totally recommend urge2 to anyone wanting a tat. i don't have pics yet cause brock's at work and i want to post both of them. but they're lovely and tender. it's such a strange pain getting inked. really makes you wanna punch the artist, not cry or anything. just a frustrating obnoxious burn. woo hoo!

dry spell

hello tried and true! if you're reading this you really are a trooper! i know it's been a month, but it's been a really long moth full of work and germs and great friends visiting. that's you Rae! my uber fantastic friend Rae has graced my life for the last 2 weeks and brought my heart a great amount of dancing. even through the allergies and colds in my house. my heart is desperately sad that she is leaving in the next 4 days, but our motto to that has always been "coping is for losers", so yet again i embrace that with open arms.

brock and i are going to get our second tattoo's this afternoon. brock is getting the symbol for "naestra" and i'm getting a symbol for "eve". i'll post pics when they're done.

also we had the girls bday party on the weekend, which was fun. i can't believe the girls are 1 and 3. time fly's when you're having fun!

i also went and say "transformers" on the weekend and was really surprised! i would totally watch it again! so fun. but i'm off to finish all my house cleaning from the weekend, ugh! but i've already done all the floors washed vacuumed,and steam cleaned. fixed the dishwasher, ran and unloaded it. now on to laundry.