Tulip's Tantrums

Today’s blog jumps around a bit - my brain is gone. Just a warning… Super big thank you to DBR’s Auntie and Uncle for the awesome birthday party they threw him last Saturday. DBR loved his gifts and he really enjoyed getting together with everyone. We really enjoyed watching all the little feet and seeing the smiles on everyone’s faces. The males all had a hoot playing football and I’m sure I wasn’t the only wife running out to grab A5-35 and hot packs that evening! Our Dadums was “feeling the burn” the next day, that’s for sure. K&R put on a great party and K has been the most awesome Auntie since July 13 , 1989. I know she will forever hold a special place in our kidlets’ hearts. Thanks again! As my favourite speaker is wont to say, the family gathering “got me to thinking…” (Really missing your emails, by the way Kev!) When attending family gatherings, we are reminded of many things – good, bad and otherwise. It started with one niece teasing the other about her fat...

Throughout our lives, we makes some acquaintances and friends. Sometimes it’s easy to tell the difference between the two; other times it is a little more hazy. When dadums and I went through our tattoo stage (okay, dadums may still be in it), we met Bear and Bonni . Absolutely incredible people! If you want an awesome tattoo or piercing, go no where else. Bonnie even does some snippin' in the back room. Believe none of the competitors’ – there are no exceptions to perfection. (Okay, maybe we’re a little biased.) Dadums' has had work by Bear, Sam (no longer there) and Chris , while KVS and I have had piercings from Bonni and Amanda . Below is a story I shared with Bear through email. I hope you enjoy it as much as he did. Nell’s New Tazer Last weekend I spied something at Larry's Pistol and Pawn that tickled my fancy. (Keep in mind that my "fancy" is easily tickled). I bought something really cool for Nell. The occasion was our 5th wedding anniversary a...

I think DBR had a good birthday. He had a few phone calls, a couple of cards, some presents and an awesome DQ ice cream cake. (As an aside, kind of sad that when I go to their website and click Canada, it still keeps the 'Locate a Store' default country as United States. Hmmm...) We were chatting a little later and he said, "You know, Mom, birthdays aren't as exciting when you get older. It's just another day." Yes, son, each day is really only what we make it. With everything around him, DBR chose to have a good day and that’s awesome! (Saturday is coming soon…more news to follow on that.) I know my kids are getting tired of hearing about choices, but I'm going to rant for a bit. (Check out Bear's Rants .) We really do choose what kind of day we're going to have. There are a lot of circumstances that will come up throughout the day that may affect your choices, but it is still a choice. Lost your job? You can choose to sit at home or...

Welcome to the world our beautiful baby boy - that is what we were saying 16 years ago this morning! DBR made his arrival a little after 5 in the morning, weighing in at 6lbs and measuring 18 1/2" long. He was a gorgeous, tiny baby although he was in the NICU for 5 days due to hypoglycemia from a prolonged labour and delivery. All ended up well and he's grown to 5"8 and 160 lbs so far, so something we're doing must be working. Happy Sweet 16 Son! We love you more than all the love in the world! Momums, Dadums, KVS, BDJ and pets xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

From my peanut butter friend... *Life is sexually transmitted. *Good Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. *Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the *Internet and they won't bother you for weeks. *Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. *Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. *All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism. *Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut saves you thirty cents? *In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. *Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. *I had amnesia once -- or twice. *Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic. *All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't mak...

The morning started early or the evening ended late ... such is the life with a baby and/or teens in the house. Maybe I do understand the whole having a baby when your kids are teens thing. Actually, a few days ago DBR said dadums and I should have another baby which he thought would be funny because he could spoil it and around the time it was getting rotten, he would be headed to university. (Seems to me there's a Northstars mom out there who's kind of in the same boat.) Oh ya, wouldn't that be a hoot. Umm... not! Have to talk techie for a minute here. Although I've cleaned up my computer with the ad-scan thinger that Shaw has (speaking of which, our computer has been WAY more f*cked up since we uninstalled our Norton and installed this Shaw thingee - not very impressed Shaw !) Anyway, the freakin' thing is slowing down so very much it's just incredible! I'm watching the words type out after I'm onto the six or seventh word (and it freezes up ...

Hello again. This weekend passed in a blur and I've come through on the other side mostly unscathed (I took a chunk out of my pointer finger and don't know what I did). The elliptical is here - and gathering dust. I've decided not to go on it on the weekends. Why? Well, because I have so many other things to do like go looking at cars with my boys, shop, eat, puppies, ANYTHING but exercise. Actually, in the past I have chose to have my weekends off so this isn't anything new. However at 4:45 this morning, Miss Lucy (the new baby D is holding in the pic) didn't get me motivated to go on there this morning - instead we spent 20 minutes outside drinking coffee and playing in the grass. While it was a lot of fun, I didn't burn a lot of calories. An incredible lunch with 2 co-workers and a bunch of running around after work means I still haven't managed to get on the bloody thing and it's now been since Friday morning. Well, tomorrow morning is a n...

How quickly our lives can change. Every single little choice in our lives brings about some sort of change. It's amazing. When I was a little girl and I handed C that piece of licorice with chocolate sauce on it (you really had to be there) that set me on a certain path. Then when I met D, that set me on another path. What if I had made one different choice? How could my life be different? One time not walking down a certain side of the street, one time doing absolutely anything ! So, we had a monumental thing happen in our family yesterday. Well, at least I think it's a monumental thing and D thinks it's a monumental thing and (did I mention I'm a mere 36 ... still just a baby in many long-living societies?) and wholly shiznit I am just not ready for this!!! What is the something that absolutely no parents think of when they're holding their brand new baby and getting to know him or her - the smell, the touch, all about that precious little life you're...

I'm back and feeling good! I hope you're all well too. Our lives are busy as usual, with the dadums being on nights and KVS at K&S' house, DBR working daily and BDJ helping out around the house - there is always something on the go! Britt got her hair over her eyes clipped and Gatorman got his mats removed from his back. So far Raffi's (sp?) been safe - he's a short hair. I haven't figured out how to post pictures yet, so I'm sorry I can't put them up. Now onto the topic at hand: getting healthy. Many of you know me in different shapes - although 'pear' seems to be the most common! :-) Anywho, I have been everywhere on the size/weight map from a 24-26 all the way down to a 10 (twice - for about 2 days each time LOL). Currently I'm an 18, after a HUGE spike in weight last April through August. So, what's up? Well, I'm very good at maintaining a heavy weight and so far no one has come out with a diet that includes no exe...

Well, I'm not very good at keeping this thing up to date am I? Some past things to note: * Happy Birthday Nana! * Congrats to K and M on their new boy, Austin! * Sorry to G that I had to miss the baby shower for Liam. Hope you all had a great time! I have had great intentions of keeping this up to date, but then again I've had a lot of good intentions. Unfortunately, work, home, families and activities all bring up their own time constraints (not to mention kids being on the computer) so it's been difficult to get back on here. With any luck I will be able to schedule some time on here a bit more regularly, however that remains to be seen doesn't it? Toodles for now! T

My friend BD is absolutely crazy (yes, that's why we get along so well), and sent me this little ditty... Some people are like Slinkies: Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs... BD, you didn't do anything you're going to ask me to help you hide later, are you? *snicker* Well, today has been a good day. It started last night with our Dadums getting his presents. He got a couple of golf items, a new chest for his money and jewelry and such, and an Authentic Ray Lewis Baltimore Ravens jersey . We got it on Ebay for a song. Well, not a song, but for a lot less than it would have been new! Found out my Dad has taken a trip to the Maritimes. He didn't email us or anything, so I didn't find out until I called to wish him H.F.D. and learned he hasn't been home for 20 days. Wow! Not sure why he decided to go it alone, but that's his prerogative. I hope you read this blog, Dad ...

I'm not sure if the days go more quickly AS I'm getting older or BECAUSE I'm getting older, but it is absolutely incredible how quickly a day can pass. I know I'm not the only one but no one can explain why, instead of winding down for summer, this year seems to be gaining momentum. Amazing. In no way do I mean the above to be negative, just the way things are. Life goes on. I woke up, so there must be something for me to do. It's just a matter of trying to figure out what it is and then fit it into the hours of the day. I was going to go visit G&B's new little person yesterday, but ended up having a job interview at one of the plants out here. I think it went well, but that remains to be seen - should hear early next week. I am very much enjoying working at the Stollery , although the wage isn't enough for me to survive on without hubby. Stirstick's (hubby's nickname) advice yesterday was to not sell yourself short but rather ask for wha...

Why is it that some of us procrastinate more than others? Why are some of us better at motivating ourselves than others? After dragging the elliptical machine back inside (we needed more places to hang clothes), my plan of getting up at 5AM and heaving my increasing width onto it didn't happen. Oh, I thought of it when the radio went off at 4:55 - but what's one tap of the snooze button? And then I thought of it at 5:20 - when I would still have enough time for a workout and shower. However when I got up at 5:30 and started the coffee and headed down to check my banking and email and such, it just went by the way side. More on this later...

Sorry for the rambling of the first couple posts - just excited to get things going - and had too many things going through my mind at once. Today's been an interesting day. Football is a big part of our lives (with coaches and trainers and players and fans living under this roof), so that was this morning's activity for the dadums and the youngest. They enjoy themselves so much and it's nice for them to spend time together. I went to an auction in the city because they had a tv that dadums wanted and thought might go lower. So, with debt slice in hand, off I went. After arriving at 10:15, I sat through numerous amounts of ornaments, dishes, pinatas and ashtrays only to spend $17 (plus 17% - 10% buyers tax and GST) on a bunch of crap I really didn't need (nor want). Oh, but I got sucked into the 'craze' of the buying frenzy - plus I had this little man beside me egging me on and trying to get me to bid on crystal! Anyway, the tv still had a bit of warran...

Okay people. We're going to talk about a variety of things on here, not necessarily in the order listed. Rather, I'll start the yapping and then you guys can carry on, jump in or just sneak through stealthily (sp?) through the night. I'm sure any way you approach it, you're either going to agree or disagree with what I say. Sometimes it will be strongly and other times not so strongly. Here we go... *things our kids are talking about *things on the news *things I want/need to do *tattoos & piercings (and the ONLY place to go!) *people (LOTS of people) - of course we won't be naming names in this part *school (from start to finish - whenever that is!) *marriage *life *death *kids *kids having kids *grandparents having kids (am I the only one noticing this people??) *grandparents (better not frickin' happen to me for ages you three or there will be some snipping involved!) *my kids' friends parents (I am NOT the only bad parent out there [according to...

What a dolt (sp?) I am - I couldn't figure out that the frickin' settings page wasn't the postings page, so I started my blog in there. Oh, I can see this is going to be fun ride! LOL Okay, so I'm FINALLY ready to start the damn blog. I have really got to get a different keyboard - the space bar on this one is completely screwed and it drives me crazy. I wonder how many characters 500 is? Guess I'll figure that one out as I go along. I just heard the cat jump off the counter - frickin' thing! He is such a bad kitty - full of p and v and driving us all crazy. Anyway, how many times have I started something....... That's where I left off in what I thought was the blog posting place thingee, but then I actually read the screen (what's up with that?) and figured things out. Onwards and upwards people! Back to what I was saying in the settings ... er start of this blog. How many times have I started something and never finished? Many. So, where ha...

Not sure if this is live. Guess we'll see. Also not sure if it will get used or if it will fall by the way side. Time will tell.