I'm such a blog-slacker.....

So here I am. I know its been a bit more than a week, but I just couldn't find the time or energy to blog.

Here we are, on the day before Halloween. Should wind up to be an interesting day/night tomorrow, with hte kids getting all spooked up an' stuff.

The last few days haven't been too great....My doc put me out of work again, this time for 3 weeks due to this damn infection in my foot again.....she also referred me to a surgeon for my toe, and put me on meds again. Kallie also got a prescription for a cream....she has had this nasty rash on her chest that she wont stop scratching. Hopefully the cream works fast, poor babykins got her chest looking somethin bad.

Its going to be a good month money-wise for us. This is a 3 pay period for Erik, plus my income(which wont be alot), plus family allowance, plus the $500 we won on sports line, plus Eriks 2000$ pension contribution refund. Its going to be nice to have all our stuff caught up and cleared up so we can focus our funds into eventually buying a house and getting set for christmas.

Not a hole lot else to tell, so I wish ya'll a Happy Halloween!!!

Back to the grind

Here we are, Monday yet again.

How's it goin?

I had a pretty decent weekend, except for the fact that I worked Saturday, and it was NUTS. Made the day go by extremely fast. The rest of saturday was spent getting groceries, and getting Tiana from Erik's mom's house. We got them home, bathed and put into clean pajama's, and it was bed time before we knew it.

Sunday we spent in Saint John visiting my mom, nanny, and grampy. It was nice to spend some time with my nanny and grampy, I haven't seen them since August. My nanny made Kallie the most adorable pink sweater, hat and mitts. SHe's just getting teh zipper into the sweater, and we will get it next time we are in town.

We also went and did quite a bit of shopping on Sunday, getting the kids a few much needed outfits. We also found the most adorable halloween costume for Kallie. she's going to be.........drumroll please..........a baby cow. LOL. Its a little jogging suit, thats in cown print, and the hoodie sweater has little ears and horns, and a tail attached to it. On the belly, it says " I'm udderly adorable". If I can somehow figure out how to post pics on this here blog, I'll do that....but as of right now, I have no g*ddamn clue.

We went and picked out 2 really nice pumpkins to carve later in the week, and we also picked up a few groceries, that we just happened to forget in my moms deep freeze. We also hit up the best bakery in the city, and brought home loads of goodies!!!

Later in the afternoon I managed to sneak out for a long walk with Lolita, and we went and got a coffee and just sat uptown in Brunsiwck Square for a bit, talking. We waited for her mom to get off of work ( She's head of housekeeping for the Delta Hotel) and we walked back to Lolita's house and got her bag. We walked down the hill to my moms house, and loaded up teh car for the drive home. We got on the road, and were home just after 7pm, with no deer or moose in sight thank god.

Now, I'm in the process of a million loads of laundry ( so it seems) and I think my carpets need a good vacuuming today. other than that, I don't think I'm going to do much, possibly go to walmart to pick up a few things tonight.

How was your weekend?

ummmm...

Couldn't think of a title...LOL.

So, yea, I have been a little bored. Well, not sitting around bored, just bored with doing the same thing every day. I'm in the process of cleaning out my storage room, there is alot of old clothes from the girls that I really don't want to keep sitting in my small storage room when there are more important things that could go in there.

I have spent the majority of the last 2 days I have had off work cleaning my house, and cooking, and getting my self in gear for my christmas baking. Every year, I bake, ALOT for christmas. Last year, I made 20 dozen short bread cookies, 15 dozen gingerbread cookies, and probably about 6 or 7 dozen rice crispie squares. Lets just say my husband was a very happy man. I didn't eat any of these things, cause I was pregnant, and while I was pregnant for Kallie, I couldn't eat alot of sweets. So, basically, I was the baker.

I got a good head start for my christmas shopping, so I think I'll be able to find time to bake alot more this year. I usually send my baking to people as gifts for the holidays, so we will see what I can do this year:)

Other than the usual cleaning, I really haven't been doing much. Back to work tonight though, and the weekend will shortly be upon us!

Relatively screwed....

So, I haven't talked about it in a while, but were in a bit of a bind. Well, i'd call it more than a bind, I'd say were more or less screwed.

Erik did start a new job, yes, that is a good thing, the problem is that it pays like 5$ an hour less than his old job. SO, we have less income coming in. But, my pay check will make up for the 5$ an hour he loses, so thats not bad. My income used to be "catch up " income, and we don't have that anymore.

We are so far behind in things, that I can't see a way out. We haven't paid our rent for October yet, and we should have November's pretty well together. We have about 600$ in bills that need to be paid, plus a car that needs to be fixed to pass inspection. We also have prescriptions that need to be filled, and a baby thats growing so fast that she needs mroe clothes.

I just don't know what to do. I have a ton of free time while I'm at home in the day, but I don't have the money to take the damn class that I need to start doing PT bookkeeping from home. I wont dare look into a "make money from home" site, cause those are all gimmicks. I just don't know what to do.

God, if your reading or hearing this, if you could allow a few things to be easier before christmas, we would be ever so grateful:

A new apartment that is cheaper, but it isn't a crack house....
A way out of our debt...

All I want if for my kids to be safe and warm. I don't care about my self. I don't want anything for me. I just want to know that my kids are going to be warm, safe, and fed. God, if you can help out with any of these situations, we would appreciate everything so much.

I hate being backed into a dead end. I hate that my husband is so god damned stubborn that he wont consider moving back to a location where we can afford to live, like back to Saint John, where the costs of living are so much lower.

Anyway, you can ignore my rambling.

Blech...

The last 2 days have sucked, seriously.

I have been really sick with this gastrointestianl bug, and its really wiped me out.

Yesterday, I slept the majority of the day away, and I was finally awake enough to watch TV at 2:30. I watched tv laying on the couch (in between bathroom trips) until 8, when I went to bed, and didn't hear a damn thing till 7 this morning.

I still feel like crap, and in 2 days I have managed to eat 1 chicken breast without puking it up. I work today, and I know I can't miss today, as its my first day back since last thursday. So, here I sit, pep talking myself so I don't miss any more work.

The week has been uneventful. The regular routine up at 7, send erik off to work, take care of kids, bath kids, bedtime. There really hasn't been much else done.

Hope ya'll have a good weekend!

no....more.....TURKEY!

I think I may just explode from the retarded amounts of turkey consumed this weekend. I definatley do not see any more turkey coming ahead, except maybe on christmas, and I'm going to try to stay on track with WW( Weight Watchers) over the holidays.

So whats up?

Today is day 1 back at the WW thing strictly, and I am so happy I'm back at it. This past weekend has been full of so much crap, that I don't think i can look at stuffing, or gravy, or desserts for another day. I'm back to sheddin the pounds, baby. Miraculously, I haven't gained back more than 1 lb of what I have lost up to this point, so I'm doing something right. So, I remain at 10lbs down, and 7.5 inches off all over.

It was a pretty good weekend over all though, my mom came up for the day/night Saturday morning, and we had Turkey numero uno Saturday night. Sunday we spent the day helping my MIL and FIL painting their front and back deck. Monday, We had our big dinner with my MIL and FIL.

How was your long weekend?

So not impressed

So, I go to the doc today. I get there, and she tells me I'm being put out of work a week.

Why?

Damn infection in my foot.

argh.

I wasn't impressed. I knew my boss wouldn't be impressed either.

and, da da da da!!!!!

She wasn't. Ahh well, what can ya do. The doc musta known I needed a stay-cation. I just wish it came without the prescription, and with housekeeping.

I will never.....

Eat meat again.

Has anyone ever really thought of the slaughtering process?

I have. Everytime I have eaten meat, particularily red meat, I have thought about the animal, and if it suffered. I think about how it is done.

So today, I decided to look it up.

I have never cried the way I did today. I cried in horror. I cried in pain. I cried because of the way those animals are treated. They are in no way slaughtered humanely.

Take the cow for instance.

The cow is stunned with a taser of some sorts, so that its temporarily unable to move. They procede to hang the cow upside down by one leg, and then they stab the cow through its chest, tearing open its heart, and they leave them hanging, scrambling for breath, the blood draining from their bodies. They are in pain. They are petrified. Its completely and totally disgusting.

I for one, will never, ever be able to eat red meat again. I cannot believe that people actually find this method of slaughtering to be HUMANE. How can that be humane?? Murder is illegal for humans, and their pets, but what about these animals? Shouldn't they have a right to die without pain?

I can't believe how guilt free we have all been buying and consuming these animals without one thought to how they suffered. Since watching that, I know for sure that I will no longer eat meat.