I know, it's been awhile. Sorry.
Thanks for everyone that has continued to check out the site even though I haven't put anything on it!
Not sure if this will be consistent but it is what it is.
I decided that I would just post when I felt like talking about something. Life is busy and somedays/weeks/months I just don't have time!
So online shopping, that's the title of the post, I should probably write about that then!
I really enjoy online shopping sometimes! I am tall and one might say slender. My arms and legs are long and I have such a hard time finding things to fit them. So I enjoy the larger selection online shopping gives me. However, I can only shop when the return policy is amazing.
I recently bought a really cute skirt from an online store and didn't pay attention to the return policy and wow, now I am stuck with a really cute skirt that is too small! That isn't fun.
BUT.....there are some wondering sites that have amazing shipping and return policies!!
My favourites are
www.gapcanada.com and www.gap.com I live in Canada, so the first one is my choice but I know both sites are easy to use.
www.loft.com I was so pleased when they finally started shipping to Canada!
www.llbean.com so easy to use and the customer service is fantastic!
www.amazon.ca and www.amazon.com
www.zappos.com They won't ship to Canada but if you know some in the US you can order it to that person and if it's doesn't fit just send it back in the US. A little more inconvenient but I only live an hour from the border so it's easy!
I have heard wonderful things about http://shop.nordstrom.com/ I haven't taken the plunge but it looks wonderful.
So those are my favourites.
My only complaint about online shopping is that the temptation to shop happens everyday! New deals, coupons and promotions come to my email daily and some days it's just so hard to resist!
Happy shopping!
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013
Little boys
Life is busy, sometimes I write, sometimes I don't. Hope everyone is ok with that.
The trials and tribulations of having two little boys is hard, it's wonderful but hard. We have our wonderful loving moments and we have our knock down get out of town moments. I am happy to be here to experience all of them but definitely love some more than others.
We are in the trying threes as my mother refers to them. Rhys most often believes he's actually 5 which causes a problem because he is in fact only 3 1/2! He can't actually do some of the things his little heart desires and it comes as a terrible blow to him. His temper is feirce but his love is amazing. He says the funniest things, you just never know what is going to come out of his mouth! I try to write them down but sometimes it just doesn't work out. He loves his family (all of them), cares about his friends, gives the biggest hugs (hates kisses!), thinks his dad and big brother are the coolests dudes around and loves his mommy!!!
Being 5 3/4 is a whole new ball game for us. Our first go round is stressful, sometimes he seems so grown up, I forget that isn't even 6 yrs old yet. I expect a lot and have to remind myself he is doing great and will get it! Boundries are being tested and we are staying strong to what we believe in, so we miss out on some things and are being forced to deal with our consequences. It's hard! Liam is the sweetests little man, he has such a strong love for his family, he wants to be everyone's friend, he gets sad when he's left out but thrilled when included (things we try to remind him as to not hurt someone else's feeling), he loves his little brother and is the cutest with small children, he loves to snuggle (until he's too hot), gives great hugs and kisses and loves his daddy and mommy unconditionally (even when mad)!
They are amazing and wonderful, stressful and irritating! I wouldn't change it for the world and the smallest moments make it all worth while.
Perhaps you are wondering what prompted this little post.
The days blend into one and another and then a moment happens when you realize you must be doing something right!
Yesterday after a long fun day at Hunter Bros, we were eating supper at Murray's in Woodstock with my parents, Joel's parents and his grandmother. Liam and Rhys were colouring, Rhys was sad that his picture wasn't as neat as Liam's. Liam was so proud of his picture (coloured really well, chose real colours to display in different sections)! Liam knew he was feeling sad and asked him to help him find the yellow crayon in the bag so he could colour the bus yellow just like Rhys! Rhys was so happy to help his brother find the crayon and our little melt down was over (for a bit!). Liam was so caring and kind to his brother in the moment, I melted a little!
Some days are hard and some days are easier but they are all worth it!
The trials and tribulations of having two little boys is hard, it's wonderful but hard. We have our wonderful loving moments and we have our knock down get out of town moments. I am happy to be here to experience all of them but definitely love some more than others.
We are in the trying threes as my mother refers to them. Rhys most often believes he's actually 5 which causes a problem because he is in fact only 3 1/2! He can't actually do some of the things his little heart desires and it comes as a terrible blow to him. His temper is feirce but his love is amazing. He says the funniest things, you just never know what is going to come out of his mouth! I try to write them down but sometimes it just doesn't work out. He loves his family (all of them), cares about his friends, gives the biggest hugs (hates kisses!), thinks his dad and big brother are the coolests dudes around and loves his mommy!!!
They are amazing and wonderful, stressful and irritating! I wouldn't change it for the world and the smallest moments make it all worth while.
Perhaps you are wondering what prompted this little post.
The days blend into one and another and then a moment happens when you realize you must be doing something right!
Yesterday after a long fun day at Hunter Bros, we were eating supper at Murray's in Woodstock with my parents, Joel's parents and his grandmother. Liam and Rhys were colouring, Rhys was sad that his picture wasn't as neat as Liam's. Liam was so proud of his picture (coloured really well, chose real colours to display in different sections)! Liam knew he was feeling sad and asked him to help him find the yellow crayon in the bag so he could colour the bus yellow just like Rhys! Rhys was so happy to help his brother find the crayon and our little melt down was over (for a bit!). Liam was so caring and kind to his brother in the moment, I melted a little!
Some days are hard and some days are easier but they are all worth it!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Dancing King!
This is for my friend Peter! My little man at his first (and perhaps) last dance camp.
It was a lesson learned by all. He loved the dancing, you can see the smile on his face. He loves to dance and loves to be the centre of attention. He however does not like to be the only boy at a dance camp! That's my lesson learned, he told me that he was ok with it about 3 months ago when I signed him up but the reality wasn't as much fun!
Like I suspected and the reason I put him in it is that he loves to dance! That's the first time he's ever had to follow direction for dance moves. We do a lot of freestyle at home (haha!)
But he made it the whole week, had fun, learned a couple of dances and made a couple of friends. Success in my books! I am trying to raise a well rounded child and perhaps having to go to a dance camp with all girls helps that!
Next up football!! haha!
Enjoy!
I tried to upload this about 5 times in the last few weeks and nothing worked. So here it is on youtube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBHmB8AJdc4&feature=youtu.be
The debate continued after dance camp whether he would want to dance or whether we should put him into any more activities. I thought once a week wouldn't be so bad and if it was boys only, he might be excited. I found a boys only hip hop class offered at the end of the day but before supper. With some wonderful help offered by my amazing mother, we have a plan for him to get there! A little talk with another mom of a dancing little boy, Liam even has a friend in the class. An added bonus for a 5 1/2 yr old boy! So he's signed up and I think it's a great decision.
My decision was validated this past week when Liam received a piece of paper with questions from his new grade one teacher. She wanted to know a little bit more about Liam.
Liam's response to this question made me feel great about my decision.
What do other people think you are really good at? Liam's answer immediatley is "dancing and they are right!"
I love it!
Just as a side note, he was also asked what made him special and his response was "because my mom thinks so"~! I teared up a little of course! He is a special little man and perhaps now we need to expand on why he's so special!!!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
date night
Date night!
After being married for 8 years and having two children, date nights sometimes get put to the side. Sometimes you feel it's just too much, finding a sitter, paying a sitter, getting dressed up, spending the money to go out, planning. It's obviously easier to sit on the couch and watch tv.
But it's a must! We don't do date night enough but we try. We are trying to make it a priority. There are so many cheaper ideas and more fun than just dinner!
A few weeks ago now we went out golfing (my husbands favourite activity, I just liked my new shoes!) and then to supper afterwards.
I was so nice to be able to have a full conversation with each other and to whack the crap out of a golf ball!! haha! Stress relieved!
I look impressive don't I, look at the form! It's all for show, looking good on the course is most of the fun.
Have you had any great date nights recently?
Interwebs
I took the weekend off of the interwebs a few weekends ago and it was great. It was actually a little hard at the beginning, so often I reach for my phone to get through commericials or to get through yet ANOTHER children's show but this weekend I didn't.
I did what I used to have to do.....just sit there! It's not so bad, this need for constant entertainment is causing me for concern. Now don't for a second think I am going to get rid of my tv but I do think I need to rethink my way of doing things a little. I still love my tv, movies and shows are good fun. I still let my children watch tv but I think we need to remember to do other things as well. My children know that shows are on demand, you can watch most shows when ever you want. That is not what we used to enjoy. We watched cartoons on saturday morning, not before breakfast each day! But alas, I have created these little monsters and must deal with them now!! haha!
I just want them to know how to wait and not freak out. It seems that waiting, just waiting doesn't happen anymore. Checking your phone is a constant event, sit in a waiting room and that's what everyone under the age of 45 is doing! Random conversations are few and far between, reading crappy maganizes isn't even an option as they don't have them.
I saw a picture posted somewhere and it showed about 10 students (teenagers) walking along a sidewalk and ALL of them were looking at an electronic devise of some sort. It read something like the apocolypse was here! They all looked like zombies. Here
We all need a break, we all need to remember to encourage our children to take a break. I write this because of course I need reminders all the time and perhaps this will help .
Take some time to enjoy the wait!
I did what I used to have to do.....just sit there! It's not so bad, this need for constant entertainment is causing me for concern. Now don't for a second think I am going to get rid of my tv but I do think I need to rethink my way of doing things a little. I still love my tv, movies and shows are good fun. I still let my children watch tv but I think we need to remember to do other things as well. My children know that shows are on demand, you can watch most shows when ever you want. That is not what we used to enjoy. We watched cartoons on saturday morning, not before breakfast each day! But alas, I have created these little monsters and must deal with them now!! haha!
I just want them to know how to wait and not freak out. It seems that waiting, just waiting doesn't happen anymore. Checking your phone is a constant event, sit in a waiting room and that's what everyone under the age of 45 is doing! Random conversations are few and far between, reading crappy maganizes isn't even an option as they don't have them.
I saw a picture posted somewhere and it showed about 10 students (teenagers) walking along a sidewalk and ALL of them were looking at an electronic devise of some sort. It read something like the apocolypse was here! They all looked like zombies. Here
We all need a break, we all need to remember to encourage our children to take a break. I write this because of course I need reminders all the time and perhaps this will help .
Take some time to enjoy the wait!
Monday, July 29, 2013
oops!
I am the queen of the swearing police! I still can't really say the F-word without flinching. I just never got around to that!
I taught swimming lessons, summer camps programs and riding lessons. These things required me to come up with clever (to myself) new swear words.
I used to use sugar all the time in replace of everyone's favourite 4 letter word that starts with an S!!
I have been known to use fiddlesticks in a harse way!! haha!
ANYWAYS! The point to this is, I try so hard to make sure my children know what words I believe are acceptable for them to say and not to say. I make sure I listen to all the songs first and have bought several Kidzbop songs to avoid some words.
This weekend, we were all snuggling on the couch just hanging out and the boys wanted some music, so I tried to pull out some fun new ones that I downloaded by Bruno Mars. Love love love his song
Treasure
Well if you clicked on that link, you know that the intro says something about a squirrel and being a sexy mother f*&%er!!! I had NO IDEA!
Joel and I reacted by laughing hysterically that I don't know the boys even noticed! I was laughing so hard, I was crying. I couldn't believe it!
So now I have to figure out how to get rid of that intro because I still love that song and think the boys would think it quite fun.
Haha, I hope everyone enjoyed my embarrassing moment of the weekend!
I am still giggling about it and still loving the song right now!
Have monday!
I taught swimming lessons, summer camps programs and riding lessons. These things required me to come up with clever (to myself) new swear words.
I used to use sugar all the time in replace of everyone's favourite 4 letter word that starts with an S!!
I have been known to use fiddlesticks in a harse way!! haha!
ANYWAYS! The point to this is, I try so hard to make sure my children know what words I believe are acceptable for them to say and not to say. I make sure I listen to all the songs first and have bought several Kidzbop songs to avoid some words.
This weekend, we were all snuggling on the couch just hanging out and the boys wanted some music, so I tried to pull out some fun new ones that I downloaded by Bruno Mars. Love love love his song
Treasure
Well if you clicked on that link, you know that the intro says something about a squirrel and being a sexy mother f*&%er!!! I had NO IDEA!
Joel and I reacted by laughing hysterically that I don't know the boys even noticed! I was laughing so hard, I was crying. I couldn't believe it!
So now I have to figure out how to get rid of that intro because I still love that song and think the boys would think it quite fun.
Haha, I hope everyone enjoyed my embarrassing moment of the weekend!
I am still giggling about it and still loving the song right now!
Have monday!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Photo Albums
Today I want to share with you one of my favourite things!
Snapfish is my favourite place to create photo books and other things! I started doing this a few years ago when I wanted to make my mother a photo calendar. I couldn't find any calendar's where I could put more than one picture for each month. Snapfish was the solution. I have a ton of pictures myself and wanted to include all her grandchildren, so I added lots of pictures for each month and then I can even add pictures to specific days. Lots of things to look at each month!
Like most sites you join, I receive emails from them and one had a deal where you buy 1 book and get 2 free. It was a few months before mother's day and I had a great thought, if I made the same book for each grandmother, I got one myself and saved a bunch of money on a wonderful gift!
Pretty much after that I was hooked. I created a mini wedding album book because I didn't like my original. (that's a story for a whole other post!)
We had my talented friend Dani take some family photos awhile ago and she took so many pictures that I needed to see them more often than just going through the computer. I wanted to share it! So I created another photo book.
Then I had the idea to keep doing years of photos rather than have tons of loose photos around or buying albums and filling them in.
These amazing books below arrived this morning!! 2011 and 2012 and the latest family photos Dani took for us!
It's so nice to have these books that we can look at and embarrass my children for years to come!!!
Do you keep your photo's on the computer? Are you on top of your photo's?
Snapfish is my favourite place to create photo books and other things! I started doing this a few years ago when I wanted to make my mother a photo calendar. I couldn't find any calendar's where I could put more than one picture for each month. Snapfish was the solution. I have a ton of pictures myself and wanted to include all her grandchildren, so I added lots of pictures for each month and then I can even add pictures to specific days. Lots of things to look at each month!
Like most sites you join, I receive emails from them and one had a deal where you buy 1 book and get 2 free. It was a few months before mother's day and I had a great thought, if I made the same book for each grandmother, I got one myself and saved a bunch of money on a wonderful gift!
Pretty much after that I was hooked. I created a mini wedding album book because I didn't like my original. (that's a story for a whole other post!)
We had my talented friend Dani take some family photos awhile ago and she took so many pictures that I needed to see them more often than just going through the computer. I wanted to share it! So I created another photo book.
Then I had the idea to keep doing years of photos rather than have tons of loose photos around or buying albums and filling them in.
These amazing books below arrived this morning!! 2011 and 2012 and the latest family photos Dani took for us!
It's so nice to have these books that we can look at and embarrass my children for years to come!!!
Do you keep your photo's on the computer? Are you on top of your photo's?
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