March Break 2008

On Friday, March 7 I flew from Toronto to Manchester. THANKFULLY - without incident. I got out of Toronto just before a huge storm moved in and shut the airport down. My flight took off on time and my baggage and I arrived at the same time!

I had an absolutely wonderful and relaxing time with my sister and her family. Suzanne and Matthew moved to Nashua, New Hampshire in the fall and this was my first visit to their home. They have a big backyard and the most amazing swing set ever. I spent lots of time outside with the boys.

I'm happy to be home with my Ken - I always miss him lots when we're apart, however it breaks my heart a little bit every time I come home from my sister's. I wish her children weren't growing up so far away - don't even get me started about my brother's kids!

Here are a few of my favourite photos of the trip.

Tagged!

Here are the rules. Four people will be tagged. You have to answer the questions, then post on the person tagged, let them know they are tagged, and then they post the answers. It is always fun to learn more about people!!!

10 Years ago...
In May it will have been ten years since I graduated with my B.A. It is so bizarre to me that it's already been ten years. It was the summer of 1998 that I was waiting to hear whether or not I'd been accepted into the education program, and wondering what in the world I would do if I wasn't accepted.

5 Things On My To Do List Today...(only 5???? ok how 'bout I start when I get home from school)
1-Finish writing out the drama reports for my students.
2-Check over report cards.
3-Prepare a drama lesson for tomorrow.
4-Watch Lost!
5-Cuddle with Ken while watching LOST!

If I were a Billionaire...
Start a charity.
Move near my sister.
Hire a chef.
Travel the world with Ken.


3 Bad Habits...
1-I bite my finger nails.
2-Watching too much t.v.
3-Putting off marking assignments that I don't want to mark until the last minute.

5 Places I've Lived...
1. North York, Ontario
2. Thornhill, Ontario
3. Lethbridge, Alberta
4. Whitby, Ontario
5. Next Year ???

Things Most People Don't Know About Me...
I've had some poetry published and I want to be a children's author - but so does everyone else in the universe! I can't think of anything else. I think I'm an open book. Is there anything that anyone would like to know?


Now to TAG 4 people...
Michelle
Laura
Jenn
Lisa

An Inside Look at the Depths of Report Card Hell

Just kidding, there's no exit from Report Card Hell!! This is our lovely hallway in our apartment building. Transglobe recently bought our apartment building and has been putting up all manner of fancy signage, ripping out carpeting, ceiling tiles and wall panelings. They have unfortunately however not yet tackled the massive crater-like hole in the driveway of the parking lot!




















This is the pretty board they put up to show us what the new hallways will look like. Ken and I keep wondering when the rent will go up?!




















The only exit from report card hell is actually finishing your report cards. I am only a few short hours from finishing my first draft of report cards! Yippee!

How to Have a Fun Snow Day

Step One: Pick a beautiful sunny, snowy day.














Step Two: Do a good deed, such as returning a grocery cart (found in a snowbank) to the grocery store.














Step Three: Walk down the main street of town wearing your brightest orange toque.



















Step Four: Stop to watch some school children build forts in the snow.














Step Five: Stop to look at all the beauty.



















Step Six: Go back home to watch a movie and snuggle.

Happy Birthday to Ken!

Homemade cupcakes, a surprise on Tuesday night after Ken's class. The next day he took them to school to share. I have a few more pictures or I might have a few more, if there's film in the other camera, or they might just be in my mind's eye.

Ken with his cake at my parent's house.

A New Addition to our Family

Five years ago Ken and I made a big mistake. Without any research, or asking around, we purchased a mattress. Not just any mattress, the cheapest mattress we could find.

The first year it wasn't good, but it wasn't so bad. However, with each passing year the mattress got worse and worse. The springs, the sagging, the warping, not good, not good at all.




I started talking about buying a new mattress three years ago. Each year at tax return time it just didn't feel right. I just couldn't figure out how to make it work - Ken's tuition + new mattress = not enough! This year, the math works.

Over the Christmas holidays Ken and I purchased a new mattress, box spring and frame. Today we had Christmas all over again, our new mattress was delivered at 7: 30pm. I'm so happy I could cry... oh wait, I did. (Just a little.)

Happy Anniversary!

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Saturday, December 28, 2002

Cousins-in-Law

Saturday was a great day. The first day of the holidays. The first full day of my sister's visit. My sister's ninth wedding anniversary. The day we visited with Laura and Keenan and William.

This is a picture of William and Isaac. They played for several hours while the adults visited. They had lots of fun together. Their Uncle Ken even moderated a game of chess between them.

At the end of the visit they exchanged addresses and they tried to determine how they were related.