It only figures!!!

Today while making the innards to the nanaimo bars for Saturday my hand mixer bit the big one! Go bloody figure! The thing that pisses me off is not that it went kaput but it decided to do so when I have 6 meringues to make tomorrow afternoon! Lucky for me we got two for our wedding - this one was my favorite though - it had the turbo booster! Oh well, I hope nothing else bad happens!

Its Official!

NO I am not pregnant and NO I have not fallen completely off the shelf... yet! Its official that I am now a partylite consultant! YAY more good smelling candles in my house! Not that it really matters if I sell anything to anybody I just want the discount on the candles - lord knows I buy enough of them to make it worth my while! Yesterday the kids and I made our way into town to meet with Jackie for lunch and for me to go see the doctor. After my appointment I picked the kids up from Jackie's and headed to Superstore and then to Wally World. I swear I just about lost it on the cashier at superstore. They honestly should have a checkout specifically designed for moms and babies - not that I want special treatment or anything. I just want a line that moves a little slower so that if I have to tend to one of my children the F***ING cashier isn't shoving your groceries one on top of the other while your trying to bag them!!! I stopped had a breather and continued bagging my stuff. Oh and shot her a nasty "IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN I AM GOING POSTAL ON YOUR ASS" look. I hate superstore! And off we go to WalMart. As you all know we have been working with Dani on her potty training. Well yesterday I went into the bathroom and she says "pee pee" so I think she is talking to me so I'm like "yep mommy's peeing" but she keeps on saying it so I figure what the hell might as well try her. Get her diaper off and get her up on the pot and there she goes having her very first pee in the Wal Mart potty! She has peed a few times here at the house but never in public. Thankfully no one else was in the bathroom to see the pee pee dance that followed! Saturday is the Fall Fair I figure I am going to be working my ass off to get everything done by Friday night. Chris is heading into Whitehorse for the funeral of a co-worker so I guess I won't have his helping hand like I had counted on - damn! Anyway I will let you all know how Saturday turns out. Wish me luck! I will post some pictures of the finished product when I am done!

The Pampered Chef Party!

I had a pampered chef party on Friday night and it was FANTASTIC!!! We had about 15 or so people come plus a couple others that ordered stuff over the phone. There are so many things that I wanted but we had a limit! I haven't written very much these last couple of weeks cause there hasn't been too much to write about. I entered the fall fair here in town and the Sprucebog Christmas fair in Whitehorse so I have been very busy getting my things all put together and made to look pretty. I am making layered soups, chili's, cookies, brownies, muffins and quick breads in a jar. My friend Jan helped me come up with the name "The Gourmet Jar". I hope these suckers sell! If not at least Chris and I will be eating very well for the next year! At the party the other night Zach was checking out the crates full of things that the lady brought with her, he was so excited he pulled himself right up to a standing position! He still hasn't figured out how to crawl on his hands and knees but he sure gets around very quickly on his belly! We had the most incredible northern lights show here the other night. It was so spectacular that the lights made it as bright as day out in our backyard. There were tons of greens and some pinks and purples - it was worth the hour in the freezing cold! I think that is the best part of living in the north.


I love this picture of Zach!

It doesn't matter what is in there cooking - if the light is on Dani is over at the oven saying "MMMMMMMM"

Why buy kids toys!

Why do we as consumers spend tens of thousands of dollars each year buying our children the best of the best toys when they are more than happy to play with ten dollars worth of gladware! Today Dani pulled the glad containers out of the drawer and her and Zach had a hayday. There were lids spread from one end of the kitchen to the other! I don't even bother trying to clean it up till they have a nap or till they go to bed - if I do it just makes its way out of the drawer in a matter of minutes! Tonight we had a Bar-B-Q and a quick game of poker. By the looks of the pictures we have created a couple of little monsters! The kids loved having their own table, chips and cards! I am so full that I am going to roll my fat ass over to the couch and try and get comfy enough to watch a bit of the idiot box before I am tired enough to go to bed. I shouldn't gorge myself like this - it was just all so good!!! By the way Erin, I did eventually make some bread and Dani LOVED the raspberry jam! This is her "Happy Hair Jam Face" picture!

3 Years and counting!

I am sure everybody who reads this is just dying to know what Chris and I did on our anniversary. Well we left at 10:30 as planned and got into Whitehorse around lunch time. Our first stop was wal-mart. Chris ran in while I changed a stinky on the boy child. It was cloudy and had been raining off and on all day. After wal-mart we were heading towards main street and Chris asked if I had any money on me - I said yes a toonie and he said good enough. Then he handed me my jacket and said your going to need this (it was pissing rain by now). He stopped at a stop light on main street and told me to get out and meet him at tim hortons in an hour and a half. I was completely confused but got out anyway! After wasting an hour and a half on main street I went and met Chris at tim's. I could see him sitting inside and figured he was there waiting with the kids. When I was just about there he met me outside - with NO kids!! I asked him where the kids were and he just smiled - the car seats were also missing from the car! When I got into the car there was a card there from our friend Jackie - she had the kids and was heading back to Teslin with them and we had the whole afternoon and night to ourselves! Once we started driving Chris handed me a hotel key and said that it was the other part to my surprise. He rented a JACUZZI SUITE at the high country inn!!! We went for a plate of nachos at Boston Pizza and then to the Beringia interpretive center. Then to the hotel and got ready to go for dinner. We went for the most delicious dinner we have had in ages! Chris took me to G&P Steakhouse. We ate calamari for an appetizer, ceaser salad, and then Chris had a 10oz steak and alaska king crab and I had 1 pound of alaska king crab. We got through a whole dinner without having to hear a 1 year old hollering that she was done before the appy even came! I am utterly amazed that food actually does stay warm until you are finished! It was the most relaxing dinner we have had in almost two years! After dinner we went for a walk down main street and then to DQ for a treat and then back to the hotel to relax and enjoy the rest of the night. The next day we checked out and went and did the grocery shopping in record time! With the two of us grabbing the stuff we needed it only took us around 2 hours before we were ready to hit the road back to teslin. Our night off was fantastic but both of us were chomping at the bit to get back and see the kids. I can't wait to see what happens next year!