Thanks For the Nightmare!

This is why my vet comes to the house. 

I can picture myself with one proud Flash strutting (aka hauling me) towards the realm of new people, Merlin tugging to go…no where in particular, just GO.  Our lovely Princess Zoe would no doubt be yipping, squealing, yapping, growling, barking and pulling in 53 different directions.  All while I roll a cart full of 7 cat carriers full of all sorts very stinky cat pee, vomit and crap.   Each carrier would be vibrating and shaking as hissing filled the air around us.  Oh how popular we’d be at the vet.  That would truly be a freaking nightmare of epic proportions.

I love my vet.

Oh, forgot to mention.  Poor Maca has been booked for her date with the dentist.  We’re looking at a full mouth tooth extraction.  If this doesn’t work, we’re screwed.

 

Goodmorning Sun, Happy Morning Everyone

Dear MC,

Your mommy is not a morning person.  Up until now you have obliged me by sleeping in, I appreciate this.  So if you could please explain what is going on right now I’d really like to know how we can go back to our 8am sleep in. 

And I can hear you in my room through the monitor, there is really no need to shout PUPPY PUPPY PUPPY at high decibels.  Trust me, I know you are there.

If you’re going to wake up early, you can help me out by being in a good mood.  Feel free to leave the cranky self behind.  If you really must be cranky please feel free to make me my coffee in the morning, it’s not hard…daddy will show you.

That’s all,

Your Mommy (So not a morning person)

 

Devil’s In The Details

With a new toy in the kitchen you had to know there would be some chocolaty goodness coming.  And so behold….

Devil’s Food Cakes with Chocolate Frosting

 

Devil's Food Cakes with Chocolate Frosting

I may need to work on my presentation a little, but the taste is oh so good.  I’d share with you…but there aren’t that many left.

Cupcakes By Susanna Tee

I’m not sure where my mother in law got the book but the recipes look delicious.  I tried to pick the easiest one since I’m not much of a baker.  I am too lazy to post the recipe, but if you want it leave me a comment and I’ll get off my duff and get it to you.

And of course I had to eat the cupcake pictured because I took the wrapper off.  That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

 

The Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Went shopping last night for something vital, something very important for every woman.  I went bra shopping! 

So 85% of women are wearing the wrong size bra!  I know that I was…but that’s because I haven’t bought a new bra since pregnancy.  First I bought a couple of cheap bras to take me through the last few months of pregnancy and then I wore nursing bras for the next 14mos.  Ugly, boring nursing bras.  Blech.

Finally I had a chance to replace them and what did I get.  Boring nude coloured bras.  Huzzah.  I didn’t have time to try them on in the store so I went with the measurements I had taken at home.  Have you ever measured yourself for a bra?  Here’s the guide I used, grab your tape measure!

Now the girls are back up where they belong, it’s amazing what breastfeeding and pregnancy does to woman’s boobs.  I also found this awesome blog all about under garments, the name gives me a chuckles as well… Knickers!!!!!!!!  I found this post all about the bra myths.  Enjoy

 

I’m A Dirty Salad Girl

We have bought a 1/2 share in our local organic farmers Community Shared Agriculture system, and we’ve really been enjoying it so far.  Our pick up is Wednesday and last night we got a huge share.  Beets, onions, potatoes, zucchini, broccoli and some romaine.

Now all of this is good, I recognize those vegetables…the problem comes when we get veggies and we have no clue what they are.  Obviously I need more veggie variety in my life!

One of my very favourite things about this is washing the veggies…the amount of grit and dirt that come off of it is crazy!  It makes me wonder about all those rows and rows of perfectly clean veggies at the grocery store.  How on earth do they get them so clean?  Considering how many nooks and crannies there are for dirt to hide out how do they get it out??  Any ideas?  In my bizarre little mind I have visions of large cleaning assembly lines where they blow off the dirt with and air hose, then dunk them in big bins of chlorinated water, and then blast them with a high pressure hose PSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHTTTT  (that’s the sound it makes it my head).

Okay…that was random but there it is.  So I cut up our romaine (washed it first :P) and put it in our new Rubbermaid Produce Saver.  The idea sounds good, but we’ll see how it works.  And just now I’m looking at the reviews on their site and I’m thinking we may have made a mistake…oh well.  If someone has used these with success…feel free to drop me a line and put me out of my misery!

 

Ideas and Tips Galore

Edited to add:

I just realized my father in law occasionally stops by to read, so if you are reading today…stop…this isn’t the blog you’re looking for. 

 

There’s a great blog that I just discovered recently, chock full of tips and this month she’s doing some giveaways.  The Tip Junkie is exactly as it sounds, she’s got a blog full of some great ideas from readers and other bloggers.

One of the tips that caught my attentions was this great gift idea from a bride to be named Laura.  I am going to attempt to make these for MC’s grandparents for Grandparent’s Day.  Please note I said “attempt” so that I don’t actually have to provide a finished project.  I’m reading how easy peasy it is and I’m pretty sure positive that I will find a way to make this the most difficult project ever.  Trust me, I can…don’t challenge me.

We are all stuck inside laying about like a herd of seals as it is too hot to exist.  It’s quite thick and soupy muggy out there and I’m enjoying my a/c today.

Stay cool!

 

Panic Stations Everyone!

Well, I’ve been hunting high and low, inside and outside, over and under.  And I can’t find him anywhere.

Percy the mail train is MISSING!  I’m at a real loss here.  I have no idea where he is and he’s MC’s favourite engine.  It’s been two weeks since he was last seen and I can’t remember where that was.  Sadly I’ll have to shell out even more money for another Percy.

If you’ve seen Percy, please tell him to come home.  Unless you have some idea where a 20 month old boy would put a small green engine because I’m fresh out of ideas.

 

Light My Fire!

The Gas Man came and hooked us up.  I was surprised at how quickly he managed to get the line done and hooked up and tested.  And thanks to him…we have fire.  I made some scrambled eggs for lunch for MC and me…Gordon Ramsay style…sort of.  We can’t find creme fraise around here we have to go to the next town.  Going from an electric range to gas will be interesting I`m sure, the heat is of course instant and so nice and even!  I`m sure there will be some burnt meals as we adjust to the speed of FIRE!

According to the `directons`say this is where the pot goes and fire comes out.  Ooooooo

And these are the buttons I push to make the box hot.  Rumour has it you can do something called `baking`.

 

Into The Abyss

Do you want to know what happens when you procrastinate?  I’m sure you know what happens. 

1. Look at project. 
2. Hang head in utter dejection at the sheer size of said project.
3. Start project with heavy heart.
4. Try to keep going on said project and give up at the magnitude of the ginormous task.
5. Put it off until “you’ve got time”.
6. You never have time.

So that’s pretty much how big projects go.  My big project…the abyss formerly known as my basement.  And the procrastination has now come back and bit me squarely in the ass.

Remember that beautiful dual fuel stove I told you about?  Well in order for it to be dual fuel one must call some guy to install a gas line…in the basement.  MY BASEMENT.

And said guy is coming Monday.

Guess what Scott and I are doing tomorrow?  If you guessed sitting out on a patio drinking beer you’d be wrong…so very, very wrong.  We have to clear space downstairs for this poor man to work in.  It should take hours upon hours to sort through the years of crap we’ve been tossing down there to go through “later”.  Or we could end up just moving it around to sort through “later”.  I’m not looking forward to this.

If you don’t hear from me on Monday send out a search party…please.

 

Nailed It!

Pretty, pretty nails.  It seems to me that every time I grow my nails long enough I manage to snap a couple of and then I’m stuck with uneven nails.  She had gotten a manicure and pedicure gift certificate for her birthday and she was going to split it with me…I decided that instead I would get some new nails.

After an hour of sanding, polishing, slapping goo on, and more sanding I was blessed with some new appendages!

And so here I am now getting used to having my these things attached to my fingers.  It’s a very strange feeling and my fingers keeps slipping off the keys on the keyboard…not to mention the grape retrieval issues I had at lunch time.

I still like them though…they make me feel pretty, something I’ve bee struggling with lately.  I may be someone’s mom but I still need to take time to do things to make myself feel good (get your mind out of the gutter…yes I’m talking to YOU). 

So me and my nails are off to go soak…some dishes.

PS.  Just thought I’d share, I made at least 6 goofs in this post due to nail slippage issues.