Archive | January 2007

A Little Fluff – you are fore warned.

Jan10

I am in the midst of a battle of wills of the worst kind – with two almost 3 year olds! The past two days have been bad Bad BAD! They have gone from lots of smiles and lovely words to refusing to talk, refusing to sign and scream scream scream. Over night almost they are complaining when they poop or pee, not before they start but during but will NOT talk. So we are being tough – I will not change them if they just scream and I keep telling them if you do NOT want to be in a wet diaper you need to TELL mommy you need to go. What I am thinking is that these two are right there on the verge – if I can out last them on this screaming thing we may see our break through and get WORDS !!! JOYOUS WORDS! Even with Ken home today it was a battle though (he was feeling under the weather and tired out). We did not go to shop today or take the twins to my mom’s – the weather was frigid and blizzardy. So tomorrow the whole family is bundling up and going to Superstore for groceries and the tentative plan is that the twins will go to mom’s on Friday. She does not have Saturday off so has no plans.

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Ok so here is the warning FLUFF AHEAD WITH THE HINT OF LEMON – now for those of your who do NOT read Fanfictions… I am going to recount (without great detail) an intimate moment between myself and Ken so if you do not want to know DON’T READ move ahead past the line of *****

I am rather proud of myself, after watching my movie and dealing with a fussy Gavin and feeding Emanuel I took two post it notes and stuck them on Ken’s pc monitor and the tv (the two places Ken was certain to look when getting home from his night shift) and then went and got me cute little nighty that I had gotten for my honeymoon that actually still looks nice even after having kids! (I mean this is a MIRACLE nighty hehe – Victoria REALLY needs to share those secrets) Off to bed I went and around 2 hours later woken by my love with a kiss… romance ensues CUT TO BLACK

Rather inspired I do think!

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Anyhoo so Ken was home and I got a nap today. I am still a little sore from playing tennis on the Wii but we are having fun with it. It is nice to have something a little more physical (now no dirty jokes thank you) to do when the weather is absolutely horrible. Emanuel loves watching us play and the twins think it is so funny us moving around at nothing.

Life just keeps on going I guess. Ken is calling in sick for his night shift tonight too. With the weather so crappy I would rather he did and got some rest, we really cannot have him getting really sick. I guess next week he will have to pick up another night UGH. But we do need the money…

Well I am clean out of insightful babble. Ken heard from one of the two that are divorcing and I guess she moved out of their apartment today – I can only believe how final that would feel for him, I know it is hard for me to grasp. I wish them nothing but well and if they need to be apart to be happy so be it I just hope they stay safe and in touch. Love is a really difficult thing isn’t it?

Romance and Wiis

Jan9

What is it about watching a lovely romance that makes you want to cuddle up with your loved one? I borrowed Howl’s Moving Castle from Jeff again… I love anime and this is one of my favorites. Like Spirited Away only there is a definate romantic ending. What is driving me nuts is OF COURSE Ken is at his night shift. All I want to do is curl up for a nice snuggle. BAH I really need to buy my own copy of this movie.

This week has been slow going. The kids have been rather naughty and tired and the weather has been crummy. On the upside Ken got his Wii finally. We were in Walmart on Monday and there were FOUR in stock!! I have been playing Tennis – I forgot how much I enjoyed it when I took lessons. Not quite the real thing but fun all the same. Tomorrow is our grocery night with no plans for the weekend yet. Any ideas?

I am worn out I must say and more than a little sad. Friends have been around so much over Christmas that I am really feeling the lack now. Thank goodness for the internet. Perhaps I just need to take more naps… I know what KEN thinks we need more of – MEN. What can I say – I love the guy.

January Snowy Day

Jan7

To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
—writer/lecturer Helen Keller

Kathy made her way home yesterday. It was a lovely visit. When she went to get her shoes from outside the door they were NOT there! We looked all over the stairwell and down to the entrance and did not find them until I finally looked out the main door to look along the sidewalk. They were outside, at the first floor balcony of the building next to us! Lined up side by side. How odd is that?? Ken has his suspicians, Kathy said they were cold enough to definately have been out there a while. Apparently someone from upstairs kicked his shoes down the stairs one night as well. We do not know that it is the people above us (though their next door neighbor is a gentleman who we have a nodding and smiling passing) or the daughter herself or her friends but it does seem odd that someone would come into an apparently locked (the door does not swing shut to lock right now – you have to pull it so it rarely is) building and took ONE pair of sneakers from a pile and then took them outside and arranged them neatly in the snow. Oh well, we have brought our shoes inside and are going to mention it to the landlord. Maybe Wednesday I can find a little shoe stand or mat or something. Even our entry way is carpetted – that is why we had them outside the apartment in the first place. Would I ever love to just move OUT of this building. It was actually a really quiet, no problems building until the mother and daughter moved in above us. That seems like a mean thing to say but it is true. The girl’s friends are often going up and down the stairs like elephants and the mother has even had to call the police on her own child. We have had college students above us and not had any troubles. It is frustrating.

Now that Kathy IS gone I am definately feeling the lack of company. I was chatting with Jeff last night and he told me to stop by anytime. It is lovely to have the invitation I just wish stopping by was not so far out of our way. We simply live too far from the other two families for ease of visiting. I would love to have people over too. I like being a hostess and it is nice to have the twins in their own turf instead of always visiting away. I know our place is tiny but is it odd to say I am proud of my little home? Everything we have we earned, and though it is cramped it is home, I can tidy to make space. A part of me just wants someone other than US to make the effort. We are the ones who travel down south (though it does make sense since we visit a ton of people) yet I would love to have people come up here and see our home, our area. Alberta is really a nice place in my mind. Oh well, Ken is keeping an eye out for a new place, the main worry being that this working two jobs is wearing on him, so do we look for a new place with added expenses and put ourselves in a position where we simply are going to have to look for a new job or wait a bit and work on our debt, suck up the inconveniences and continue as we are? Sometimes being an adult SUCKS! Add to that our wish to have another baby – well start trying in August and nothing is clear. Course all we have to do is POTTY TRAIN the twins and we will have more ready cash for a new baby. They are all but talking ready to go. If only they would TELL us something so we could start the process.

Next week is rather boring. Just Ken taking the twins to speech – we have not heard back from the therapist for weeks since we missed our last scheduled and then the next two Mondays were holidays. We are almost to that 6 month break anyway. Zander did say his first 2 word sentance – I peed – to Kathy. The two of them were talking up a storm to HER not me though! Little bums.

Emanuel is definately getting more and more mobile and into EVERYTHING. Still not walking really though he has moved from just saying MOM to saying DAD. That first tooth is still bugging him and I have moved to Hyland Teething Tablets… another homeopathic remedy that we picked up yesterday and seems to be working. I have had it recommended by parents in both Canada and the US as well as the lady who sold it to me telling me that that is what her mother used on her brother 40 yrs ago! Definately a remedy with staying power. They are now saying not to use Orajel (the freezing gel) since freezing the mouth can sometimes lead to the throat and the infant choking! We never used it on the twins, felt it was too much freezing when we tried it on our own tongues. UGH

Well other than that there is not much going on. Next month is Emanuel’s party… I am waiting on my decorations and invitations to send 2 weeks before – course they are back ordered – so remember this date – FEBRUARY 3rd! I have not settled on the time yet, depends on whether or not we are doing dinner. The twins are going to have theirs in April. After chatting with other parents with the same dynamic they all agree – do something small on the second birthday in the month and then a big party later on – they are already sharing enough let them have their birthday seperate from Emanuel. The joys of a busy February.