Daaaaad!! Can you come help?!

This is what happens when you don't follow your father's advice and stay on the trail he groomed for you. Fortunately for Devin, this happened in the back yard, and not the back 40!

Another Week...Another Post

1. I entered the new year knowing I really had to get tough on myself about my eating and activity level. While I haven't had huge success, I have lost a couple of pounds, which is better than gaining a couple of pounds.

2. I need some new pod casts to listen to while I walk on the treadmill.

3. For the last 3 years I've taken pictures of all the kids that play hockey with our boys on Saturday morning and make "hockey cards" for them. This year, I can't seem to get motivated, can't get the creative juices flowing, so I played with a picture of Shannon instead.

4. The original pic...taken December 2007


5. And after a few hours of playing with many different editing methods


6. I've started drifting from scrap booking sites to photography sites, and while you can do a lot to edit pictures, it still is a whole lot easier if you have a good shot straight out of the camera. More of finding out how much more there is to find out! Which is probably why I'm not eager to do the hockey cards...I'm not happy with how the players were posing in the pictures.

7. It's very windy out tonight!!! So glad Mark had today and tomorrow off, and thus was willing to drive the boys to Cadets. Well, not so glad he had no work today, and only worked 3 day last week, and 2 days the week before, and only 2 days the week before that. But he has got a lot of wood cut, which has been a bonus, and a few other little jobs done around the property. And Bryan (his boss) says they are booked for the next 2 weeks (after this one) so that's a sign of good things to come, and for that we are thankful.

A Week (or Two) in Review

1. Sunday, January 23, the temperature dropped to -30C overnight. The next night wasn't much better, and that was the night I had to get up at 2 in the morning to go and get Mom and Dad from the airport. I had a fun chat with 2 other daughters, also awaiting their parents' return from the Dominican, wondering if we would get a bigger inheritance because we had been thoughtful enough to bring along their winter coats.

2. My cousin noted on Facebook that cold snaps are a great time to defrost the freezer, (because you can just throw all your food outside) so on Monday, when Mark got the e-mail that there was no work for him that day, guess what he volunteered to do?! LOVE my guy! Any guesses at how old the roast is that we found?

3. Why is it more appealing to sleep in than to go to bed early?

4. I've started scrapbooking last summer's trip to the East Coast...sigh! What great memories! This is one of my favorite shots. It just epitomizes the time we had to just kick back and have FUN as a family!



5. Speaking of feet...this year I needed to buy new winter boots. And have spent some time in sports and various footwear stores. I've learned 2 things. Yes, I need more than one pair of winter boots. A knocking around, in and out of the car, in and out of stores pair; and a tobogganing, hiking, playing in the deep snow pair. The other, more important tidbit that I picked up is: SOCKS are almost as, if not more important than boots. Wool socks. And yes, they come in more styles than the grey ones with white toes that always leave my feet itchy. Unfortunately, they cost a pretty sum...but oh, so worth skipping (a few) Starbucks for!


6. We had an exchange student from Finland stay with our family when I was in Grade 12. She bought the most flimsy pair of winter boots, and my dad commented that she'd never keep her feet warm. She told us, "Boots don't keep your feet warm, socks do." Guess it takes a while for things to sink in.

7. My last foot topic. Our baby girl turned 7 on January 27. She no longer has tiny feet. But they are still precious, and still fit in the palm of her Daddy's hand (almost).