why?

Since the weekend, E says "why?" after EVERYTHING I say! Put your boots on E its raining...why? Its raining and wet outside, you need your boots...why? ARGH!!Cause mommy said so. Then sometimes I guess I give him a satisfying answer to his question he just says "oh". He def is quite the chatter box > must get that from the Bebonk (as he says it) side.

I had a nice lunch with Julie P, Kelly & Liz...then J & K and I went over to Winners and shopped a bit. Kelly is def in the "brutally uncomfortable" stage of her pregnancy...she has the baby in 23 days June 8th. I think she's only working for another week.

It is supposed to rain all week ... hopefully, it stops for the weekend and is nice and warm up north. We will be having E's bday celebration up north!

GAS PRICES

We get so many complaints from clients about the price of insurance... but how about gas??!! I heard that it's going up to 1.40$ / L this summer. I rec'd an email today with a good idea... boycotting Canada's 2 largest gas companies Esso and Petro Cda. Use other gas stations..ie: Pioneer . Thought that was a good idea. The vacation/cottage areas are going to feel the pain of the cost of gas this summer because noone will be able to afford to drive anywhere!

Wildlife....

I am sitting at my desk right now and hear what sounds like either a) a newborn baby type sound that you hear during the first 2 weeks of his/her life at 3am or b) a cat being tortured or c) a racoon fighting with another animal. So, not a pleasant sound at all. Very disturbing. Wait, its gone. Whew. Hope it wasn't one of the neighbourhood bunnies. E loves watching them as they chomp on my grass.

I actually saw the look of fear in E tonight. He has been spitting when he gets mad and it drives me nuts. So when he did it tonight on the front step (he wanted to play out more, but it was time for bath), I looked at him, took his hands and squeezed them. DO NOT SPIT AT MOMMY, MOMMY IS VERY UPSET RIGHT NOW. He actually flinched! I think this is good that he understands when I'm mad cause he usually looks right thru me. He knew he was in trouble...he marched in the house took his shoes and jacket off and went upstairs. I did the whole "you need to listen to mommy's words thing and what do you say to mommy?" I'm sorry. "and??!!" I won't spit. Good lord kid! Give your mom a break! :)

Darin has E overnight Friday night....so looking forward to a) going out with Barb for her maythefourth(be with you) bday appys and movie and b) sleeping in saturday morning! Woot woot.

By the way, I'm putting out and all points bulletin for a decent single guy. So if you know of one, you know my digits homie.

No rain up north.....

E & I headed up north for the weekend. We stopped at Vaughan Mills to pick up Margie. Mom and dad had been there up north, so were able to enjoy the warm, sunny weather we had last week. It was alot cooler @ the cottage, but at least it didn't rain. Apparently, it rained all weekend in Burlington. I took Margie for a ride on the ATV, which was fun! Lots of mud. At the bottom of our giant hill, there is a creek and it has been washing away a bit of the road. Then, along the ATV/snowmobile trail a big chunk of the trail was washed away by the same creek. So, we had to stop and turn around. We headed up another trail that brings you up to Rankin Lake. I got a little crazy and fire it up the hill fast. We bumped around and then decided this was too dangerous! We had fun...
E stayed in his bed last night ! woo hoo! he didn't get out once I left the room!

my baby is a big boy

Mom and Dad came over today to help me dismantle E's crib :( and now i'm sad! He's at Darin's today for their "Easter" together. I'm picking him up at 7pm and we're going to Carlisle for the night as the Easter Bunny is stopping there tonight. So, E won't spend his first night in his new big boy bed till tomorrow night. I'm semi confident that it will be ok as he 1) sleeps in a queen bed at darin's and 2) sleeps in a toddler bed at school for naptime. Fingers and toes crossed it won't be a battle every night to get him to stay in his new bed!! I was busy today cleaning house, got some new cute shoes for summer etc... going to go have a hot shower and get ready to pick E up. Will post Easter pics tomorrow night!! Happy Easter! or as Al says "Happy resurrection of Christ day".

Dash Sports...

Few pics of E's DashSports....he had a "ball" in that class! Have him enrolled for the KIK soccer thru Dash that starts end of may.




This is E learning from Coach Jaime how to swing a tennis racket.





Here he is with his Dash ribbon...Its now on the wall in his room!



After Dash we went with Grammie to his favourite place "Bdonalds". Grilled cheese happy meal please!

~*Springtime*~

Just checked the weather network http://www.weathernetwork.ca/ and it looks like we're supposed to have warmer weather next week!! woo hoo! + 5, 6 degrees c! Soooo looking forward! I should have planted tulip bulbs last fall, but comletely forgot. I'm sure the ice pansies will be out in the next couple of weeks.

I think E is going with his father up to Sudbury to visit his paternal grandparents. So, I'll have 2 nights & days all to myself!! What will I do?!? I've signed him up for soccer...that starts at the end of may. Just after his 3rd bday. THREE! OMG. Little monkey was up at 1am this morning...brought him to bed with me and he snuggled right next to me...he's not a snuggler, so it was kinda nice at first. But, then after 2 hrs of me not being able to fall asleep not so good. At least he slept till 8:30am.

Got my hair cut yesterday...love it. Steve @ Hairitage House is really good. Haven't had a good cut in well over a year!

Not many plans for this weekend it is Marty Perusini's (Barb's husband) FORTIETH b-day!!! old timer! So, will be going there Sat afternoon for "appetizer party". I guess I should get an app that will be easy for the old guy to chew! :)

CONGRATS.....

To K & D who had a baby girl Kara on March 2nd. I went to see her this week...both mommy and baby are doing well. And what a cutie Kara is!! Tiny, tiny, tiny with a mop of black hair! Can't believe E was ever that small!

This morning E was watching Dora the Explorer - she was on an adventure to release 100 puppies from the pound. When she finally got there (after finding 100 keys) she released the hounds from their cages...E had THE biggest smile on his face!! Then he turned to me and said "mommy, i want a puppy". ARGH. thanks Dora.

OLD MAN...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GEOFF 'HERMANATOR' HERMANSON!! Only 6 yrs away from 40!! woo hoo!

What are you thinking?

> What would you like to do on a first date? coffee?dinner?mini golf?
I like the idea of a quick, informal meeting...coffee...low maintainence/no pressure.

> Has Kim L had her baby? Is everything ok?

> I'm going to a Lock & Key party tomorrow night...(every guy gets a lock, every girl gets a key and you go around see where your key fits). A bit nervous about it. What does one wear to this event?

> I'm making Angel Food Cake with Espresso Mascarpone Cream for dinner group tonight. Is it going to suck or be delish?

> Is my baby ok? He's with his father till Sunday afternoon.

> Why oh why did I need to have a root canal? My tooth is STILL killing. Had it done on Tuesday morning. Well, at least my dentist is a hottie.

Sunny day

It's sunny out today!! About +3 today too! Hopefully, spring is just around the corner!

Pilates class last night. We didn't have one last week, so last night felt good to get back into it. Will probably sign up for her next session too. 10 weeks for $125...not too bad?

I started the WW a couple weeks ago...lost 2.2 the first week. And YES the .2 lbs count!! :) Mike at work asked me if I would like him to get a bagel for me from Tim Horton's this morning. (He saw me eating my sad sad skinny WW bread!). I say noooooooooooooo! I might as well have a full on doughnut then. (same pt value = 6) He then started looking at the points for McDonalds etc. He was quite surprised about how many "points" food is. The Low Fat muffins at Tim's are 5 pts.

Ex might have E overnight Friday. So, that means I can go out! Woo Hoo! might see what Chumbie is up to.

It's Been Awhile.....

since I last posted....

Well, we knew winter was going to happen sooner or later! It's been really cold her the month of February. Not nice, esp after we've been spoiled with relatively "warm" (+5c) weather. It was sooo cold this weekend that couldn't even take E out for a trip to the park. (-20c). He did enjoy Dash Sports this weekend. We did golf. This is a program I enrolled him in at the beginning of January. Every week a new sport is introduced. We've done soccer (he loved), hockey, basketball, football, tennis etc. He has a good time (its a parent and tot class).

On my second ballroom dance lesson there was a new student. A guy about my age! woo hoo! So, he asked if anyone ( I was standing with the other "singles") could show him what he missed the first week. So, of course I volunteered! He was my partner for the rest of the night. I didn't get a chance to talkt to him too much, cause I really have to concentrate on what I'm doing, otherwise I'll step on my partner's toes!! Then, the following week I was sick, so I was afraid someone would steal my new partner! This past Thursday I wnet to class, but he wasn't there! :( So, I was left to dance with a 150 yr old man that was not very good at dancing. I was tring to listen to the instructor and old guy wasn't listening and therefore not following the instructions and stepping on my toes or vice versa. Argh. Fingers and toes crossed the young guy is here this week!!

Mom and Dad are in Mexico for 2 weeks. Lucky them. Good time to go since its' so cold here!

We had Scott's 30th bday party on Feb 4th. It was fun...although not fun that my younger brother is 30.

Cute pic

Here is a very cute pic of me and my baby!
Tuesday night was pilates. I seriously think the instructor is trying to kill us. If anyone has ever done pilates some of the exercises are very difficult! AND she had us doing pushups. Argh. Difficulty moving on Wednesday. re: sore muscles.
Met Kelly (prego 4 months), Kim (prego 7 months), Liz (bday girl), Tarryn and Vicki for dinner for Liz's bday. Fun times catching up.
First ballroom dance lesson was tonight. Slow, slow, quick, quick. It was the fox trot and we danced to some Michael Buble and Rod Stewart. There are quite a few single ladies in the class, so I'm not alone there. But, I am the youngest in the whole class by a good 20 yrs. Oh well, its fun and active! The female instructor asked if I had ever done it before...I said no. She said I was doing quite well! Dancing with the Stars here I come!! Or Ballroom bootcamp. (which is a really bad show on TLC).
I'm off to bed...Quiet weekend ahead , except for Dash Sports on Saturday.

Nothing new to report...

> It's 4pm on the 23rd and I am still unsure who I want to vote for...criminals or extreme right wingers? maybe i'll just vote for the Green party?!
> E was with leloser this weekend...so I had a nice time just me, myself and I on Sat...then had a few friends in Sat night...I made a nice Chicken Satay with Peanut sauce...it was good!
> Last night E whispered to me again at bedtime, that there was a ghost behind the door. Ok, that really freaked me out. He's going to tell me that he sees dead people isn't he??!! Got him a couple long sleeved tops from Bonnie Togs today $6 each. Good price I thought - got him 3T for next year!

See > nothing new happening here! I did see a good movie last week called Dear Frankie. Its a scotish movie and Gerard Butler is HOT ! I likey him. Maybe more than I like George Clooney! Gasp!

Funny hat...

This is a hat that Uncle Scott used to wear when he was younger...he NEVER took it off. So, it's pretty funny when E puts it on!

Bath time

As you can see, he LOVES bath time!

Trying to get those darn socks on!

E has been trying to get his socks on himself lately...its pretty funny! He usually manages to get them on ! Big boy!

First pilates class....ouch.

Had my first pilates class last night. First off, the teacher looks like Susan Hay from Global (totally pretty) and has a killer body. As Ross said, what a bitch. Then he said, maybe I should join the class! I am very stiff this morning. She didn't ease us into the program. We were doing hundreds 10 min into the hour! Think I will break out my Windsor Pilates tape to do a couple times in between her classes.
Ethan was with LeLoser last night, so I was able to get 8 hrs of uninterrupted sleep! :)

Sunday night....ahhhh.

Had a pretty good weekend. E and I started his "Dash Sports" on Saturday morning with S & Joey. It's 45 min of various sports ie: soccer > kicking the ball, running. Jumping thru hoops on the ground, etc. E loved it! It was challenging for me, cause he doesn't like to sit and listen to the 'coaches'...but, I'm sure once he gets used to the routine it will be better.

Went over to Chumbies last night. Good times. Geoff, Marvski were there too. A couple beverages, and a board game that wasn't well, boring in the very least. Ear muffs mom > it was called "Who'd You Rather Do"....and basically, you are giving scenarios and you pick option a or b and the other players would place wagers on which option you would choose. It was funny at times, thats for sure!

Played outside with E today - it was actually a really nice day! not too cold! He just LOVES his new train set!

My pilates starts on Tuesday - looking forward. Uncle Scott will be babysitting for me. It's only an hour long, so, should be ok.

Was sorry to hear that my friend S lost her baby. Such a great loss for her, so I hope that she is doing ok. :)

Thats it. Peace out.

HAPPY 2006!!

As you can see from the pics, my New Years Eve was a fab time! My plans didn't solidify till noonish and I am very happy that the Perriers invited me to their get together! I brought my friend G with me...I think he had fun..I hope so, as I had a great time! The Trimbles and The Perriers are great people to get together with and I always have an awesome time! I love you guys! Yes, and that is a pic of S, mother of 4 kids taking a swig directly from the champagne bottle (which by the way was 15 yr old champagne!!! yummy). She needs it. 4 kids, 6, 4, 2 and 9 mo old. wow. I'm glad that we were all feeling the love that night....see tongue pic and M lovin G! So, I guess M liked G?! LOL. I might have had a glass of wine too much as you can tell from the pic of the 3 HOT SEXY GORGEOUS girls! Anyways, food was great and company was the best.

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy New Year!