The Crazee Chick's View of Life

Every day this summer we're going to try and do an activity. Yeah! Yesterday Zee and I went to the movies. Today the WHOLE family went for a bike ride. The first time we ALL were on two wheels. Tomorrow we're going hiking! I hope to have some beautiful pictures to post. I'm lugging my big camera around the whole day so I'd better have something besides a sore back to show for it. So far I am LOVING this summer. It's the first time in 3 years that I haven't had to spend the summer months prepping for homeschool. This year I can just play with the kids; read to them; bike, swim and hang out with them...while feasting on ice cream, cupcakes and....oh this is all sounding a bit too utopic for me so I'll just finish it off with this....and sitting on our pink clouds eating cotton candy. There, now it's completely over the top! Pun intended! Have a great evening my fellow bloggers.... Me

Tonight I went out on a date with the most handsome guy in the world. No it wasn't my hubby. And no I'm not cheating.... Tonight I took my son on his long awaited 'special' day with mom. Zee has been waiting a loooong time to have a special night with me but because of all the busy-ness of the last 4-6 months, he's had to wait. But tonight I surprised him with a trip to the movies. When I told him that we were going for our special date his whole face lit up. I hope to never forget the pure joy I saw in his eyes. Absolute bliss. As we sat in the theatre watching UP and wearing our 3-D glasses, I wanted to just freeze the moment and sit with him forever and just look at his little face that was beaming with joy. I know that moments like these are few and far between amidst the daily turmoil of life, but I'm so grateful that I had this chance to just stare at that little face while it's still little, still innocent and still in love with it's mommy. One

I'm a bit of an electronics junkie. I'll admit it. This little baby shoots HD video AND is a 10 megapixel still camera. It's a pistol grip hold (which means that when you take a picture or video of someone you really are 'shooting' them! Hee...hee) and it's small enough to fit into my purse so I can capture our life at a moment's notice. It's so cool! In the last year I've got an iTouch; a new laptop; a new DSLR camera; new software for making movies and now this new camcorder. Wonder what else is out there that I NEED? Yes, I am doing my personal best to help out the Canadian economy. Isn't that magnanimous of me? Oh yeah, happy summer everyone! I see sunshine coming out...HAGS everyone (no, I'm not calling you a HAG, I'm saying H ave A G reat S ummer!---just the cool people know this...thanks Eileen for making me cool!)

Yes I am. By you! Yes, you are reading my blog. And, apparently, you're not the only one. There are others! I'm so excited I could literally vomit. (I'm sure there's an expression that's more appropriate and less disgusting but I can't think of one!) I'll bet the discovery of life on Mars would not be as exciting to me as knowing that someone is reading my blog!! (I'm extremely ego-centric in case you hadn't guessed) Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for reading my meanderings, my muses, my ramblings... I feel validated. Someone asked me why I write this blog. The truth? I'm an attention seeker...I just want people to notice me. Nothing else. No urge to write...no desire to express myself in the written form...no compulsion to record my life story for my progeny. Nope. Just want people to notice me. That's it. You noticed! Thanks tons! I totally appreciate your 'readership! Hugs, Me PS. Don't be afraid to leave a comment...remem

Tomorrow will be a sad day for my kids and me as we bid a loving farewell to our dance family. We have enjoyed two wonderful years with some of the sweetest people on the planet and our heart breaks to say goodbye to them. Why are we leaving? It’s complicated. But it comes down to opportunity. Since learning about 'company dance teams' a number of years ago at a dance convention it has been my girls' dream to be part of such a team. Our current studio doesn't have this so when we learned that a spot was available on the Intermediate Company Team at another dance studio we decided to audition. Morgan danced her little butt off and was successful in securing a spot. This left us with a difficult decision to make; should we stay at our current studio where we have established wonderful relationships and where we love our teachers, or close our eyes and jump into this unknown arena? Through much contemplation and prayer we decided to make the leap. It's my kid'

I wanted to blog about the busy-ness of June but I found that I really couldn't schedule it in until July. I think I'd like to talk to the 'big boss' about June. Why does everything need to 'wrap up' in this month? School. Dance. Piano. Ball. My calendar is so packed that I can barely read it. And, as far as knowing what 'number' we are on (June 10? Maybe? Am I close?) I'm totally hooped. I just function from one activity to the next and count the days in between to keep me on track. For example: Today: Staff Appreciation Lunch; sell pictures at the studio Tomorrow: Swimming ; visit a sick friend in the hospital 2 days later: Our friend's dance recital The day after: Our dance recital The next day: Ditto the day before The next day: Piano recital After that: Parent Appreciation Lunch Soon: Sew "Little House on the Prairie" dress/es (needs 3 of them!!!) for Trek in early July Before that: get sleeping bags and lifejackets borrowed

It's a good thing sunshine is free otherwise I'd have a huge bill to pay for the cost of enjoying it as much as I have the last couple of days. If it could just stay like this for the summer I'd be ready to face the yucky, rainy, and now increasinly snowy, winter. I'd like it to stay just this temperature too (maybe just a TAD cooler) and not get any hotter. The way it is right now is just perfect...warm enough to sit out in the evening with the delightful bonus of 'mosquito-less-ness.' (It is SO a word! Check it out in the dikshunery. Sheesh, why you would doubt me on this I am unsure...however...I digress) You know what else is perfect about this weather? The heat makes it totally justifiable to have some Fudgesicle ice cream at 10:00 o'clock at night. And that's just what I'm going to do. I'm going to eat it right out of the container... Thanks Mr. Sun for all the joy (and cold treats) you bring into my little world!

Know what's ironic? Being a loner and having children who need to be with you every second. Loving silence but having children who never stop talking. Being deaf in one ear and having children who talk quietly and mumble. Being the type of person who is impulsive and having children (and Hubby) who ponder, measure and logistically plan every move they make. Somedays I wonder where these children came from. They can't possibly be mine. My children would rise at 11:30am, would roll over in bed to grab a book to read, would come down to the kitchen only to eat, Blog or Facebook and then would head back upstairs with their iPod and a book and lower themselves into a nice hot bath where they would spend the remainder of the day. They would exist on nothing but chocolate, they would abhor fruit of all kinds, and would drink milk by the gallons. Those are the kids that should have been mine. Has anyone seen them anywhere? It appears there's been some sort of switch and I hav