happy new year ...

... seriously, i am happy ... new years was in ottawa at a hockey tourney (we lost) and then most of us got the flu ... complete with barfing ... lots of it (mummy, i got a little on my blankie - um, that looks like a LOT - no, ALOT made it in the toilet ... yay...)

kids are back at school and slowly a schedule is being re-established ... maybe

happy new year!

CHRISTMAS IS ON THE 25TH!!!!!

holy hannah! thats in TWO DAYS!!!!!

k, cards are done - some even mailed! packages are in the mail (super $$ to make them arrive on time!), most shopping done and almost all parcels are wrapped. groceries need getting and some prep needed ... oh, sleep, i need to sleep but no time for such frivolous things!

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k, gotta go! not ready for christmas yet - do you think we can push it back a few days?!?!?!?!?! cheers to you all!!

xoxoxox
d

christmas is on dec. 25th ...

so last week gramma called to ask if i could take her shopping on monday ... no problem Trainer Dude was able to accommodate, it was all good. i pick her up and off we go, walker in hand (g'ma had her 2nd hip replaced 2 weeks ago - YAY for her to be up and around so quickly) ...

we decide that square one is our best option (SCARY ONE) ... starts off great with parking - some SKANK parks in mum and baby spot and *SURPRISE* has no baby nor is she PG! i in my santa cap point out to her the error of her ways to which she flips my the bird - hmmmm, must report that to the BigGuy!

anyhooo, we get almost all of g'ma's shopping done with only one frantic call from papa saying that mastercard had called and was everything ok? TOO FUNNY!!!! she bought him a laptop from the apple store - wonder if they told him what store she was at?????

anyway, while we are having lunch mum makes some comment about friday and i start talking about dropping the kids and bringing extra pots and such and what time should we be there ... oh, and i have wrapping left to do, can i hide the presses before friday?

she just stares at me.

then she says you know deneen, christmas is on the 25th.

TFG!! i lost a whole week somewhere ... big thanx to g'ma for giving it back to me, i was starting to panic ....

fingers crossed ...

... i have gotten to the point in my christmas cards making this year to actually have them assembled (of COURSE they are home made - except for those who are not worthy - yours are still at the $ store waiting for my to pick them up). they may actually get mailed this year!!

tonight i am compiling a list of addresses ... if you think you are worthy, please email me your address!

seriously.

locked out

let me start my tale by saying, our house key is not kept on a key ring; it has a hidey spot because too many people were losing or forgetting their key; its is perfectly safe.

so this past weekend i have been working ALOT ... and the SCRAPBOOK QUEEN is a gem so when i work on the weekends, if its not crazy full i can bring the brats. DD#1 and i don't always get along these days (after all, she IS 12 and knows WAY more that I). usually i try to bring her on the weekend as she is verVERY crafty (and not in the Beasty Boyz kinda way ...) and so she really likes me more when she is getting her craft on... she shares more about her life and really like the Ladies that hang out in the studio so its fun. DD#2 likes to be crafty too but she is a bit more work ... not always the best when i am supposed to be working but the QUEEN is a great lady who gets how hard it is to raise a family and doo all the other stuff in life. DS rarely gets to go cause he needs to be strutted in his crafty-ness and i cant do that while i am working (sux to be him). The SCRAPBOOK QUEEN has 2 girls too and her girls and so the girls can hang together when they are there. Its a good thing.

this weekend i suddenly had to cover my co-workers shifts as she too is a mum and sometimes shit comes up that you have no control over. the CO-WORKER's son (who incidentally has be betrothed to DD#1 - hahaha!) has a H2O polo tourney in montreal and CO-WORKER had to chaperone. NP. she and i work well together and decided early on in our partnership that we could both be flexible as possibly.so i am ok covering her shift then my shift.

SOOOO i tell DAH that i am working all weekend and he's got the chaffeur's cap; fine until he say "... well, DS has a tourney and i have Leaf tickets..." hmmm (NMFP ...)

i already told DD#1 she could come and work at the store on her stuff (homework incl) cause she did not have an early practice on sunday (i am at the rink now watched said LATE practice)...

hmmm, guess you have to turn down those shitty leafs tickets, DAH!

nope, he was detertimed to go - thought he would pick up the 12 yr old so she could baby sit .... from4pm to like midnight. (i don't effing think so!) soooo, SUPER HERO BABYSITTER comes to the rescue! (YAY EM!!!); i get the 2 girls at the store being crafty and hanging with their peeps. DS gets to hang w SUPER HERO BABYSITTER (SHB) and her little bro who is a good friend of DS's.

about 10:00 pm SHB takes DS home and they hang till DAH gets home; SHB goes home; DAH and DS lock up and go to bed.

no see's the house key on the counter.

12:25 am the girls and i get home from the store; 12:25 the girls i can't find the key; by 12:26 we have ripped apart the secret hidey spots area. NO KEY!

we start calling DAH and banging on the door and ringing the door bell... at 1:10 am DD#1 says she needs to use a toilet BAD...we got to the closest tim's (calling DAH all the while...). at 1:18 we decide that DAH is in a coma and so is DS so we call G'ma and PaPa. we drive to bolton to sleep.

i did not walk this morning therefore i am cranky ...oh, and we are getting a new lock on the door that has a punch key entry system. i refuse to hand out any more keys to our house.

did we talk about Ottawa?

... so DD#1 is in 7th grade and there is a trip to Ottawa - conveniently about 5 weeks after we get back from Ottawa!

Ottawa trip #1 occurs just after chrsitmas and goes till january 3; it is a hockey tournament. over the chrsitmas holidays... when DS made the A team, we were told about it at the first parents meeting way back in april ... no problem...i love ottawa - there is tons to do there for a week.

Ottawa trip #2 occurs on february; found out about 3 weeks ago; costs a FORTUNE!! literally.

i am not happy about this trip for a number of reasons : i feel like i am being blackmailed by the school - this $500+ trip would NOT fly at many other schools! there was no consultation w parents about it before it was announced to students; there is a huge assumption by my childs school about the average mean income of families ... basically i get to be the bad cop.

DD#1 was in a panic because i was complaining about the cost and the redundancy of the trip. if it was up to me she would be one of the 3% (which is 1.8 students) who didn't go ... finally i suggested that she contribute some (like HALF) of the cost and she agreed (!) ...

well. she has sold batches and batches of cookies to her friends at school, she is making cards of all kinds and selling them to her friends at school and is trying flog some home-made gifts to HER FRIENDS AT SCHOOL ... heeheehee!

my DAH is a bit weirded out by this but i am quite pleased. a special thanx goes out those parents of DD#1's friends - the gargantuan allowance you pay little sally sue is finally going to something useful! LOL!

GO DD#1!!!!!!!!