Sunday, May 24, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Some Days Are Hard
Woke up to yet ANOTHER day of WIND. And not just a breeze! And today to make it worse no sunshine! He, as in Old Mr. Sun has at least peaked out a few times since this morning, thank goodness!
Georgia got 3 needles yesterday but managed to sleep all night so I had high hopes today would be a good day. Those hope were very quickly dashed. She has proved to be a bear and tiger all mixed into one! After throwing a complete fit over her nap (where she barfed all over her bed) she finally had an hour nap. I decided to let the boys do something fun. So got all the ingredients out for cookies and put the correct measuring tools in each ingredient and proceeded to let them make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies. I had plans of relaxing on my chair while I hollered instructions to them. Well, Georgia woke up. And when I came down I noticed there was a lot of brown sugar on the kitchen floor so since the sweeper was plugged in right there I quickly swept that up. And then there was an egg dripping off the counter so cleaned that up. I turned around to get Georgia and she was up in the table eating, by the spoon full, strawberry jam! So in the end all 3 kids were in the tub with very strict orders of NO WATER ON THE FLOOR!
After all the above life was really starting to feel quite overwhelming Georgia’s mood was NO better! So more orders that we were all going outside! That at least helped my mood! Planted a few flowers divided up a grass and put it into my whiskey barrels. The boys took Georgia to slide at Karen’s. Well really she ran over there on her own so they went to get her and ended up playing. After all that we went to check on the chickens. They’re still alive! And Georgia at least can laugh when she’s with them. Belly laughs. Hands over her mouth giggling. Hysterical laughs. And then fits of anger when being told she has to leave.
Back inside I finally decided on Yorkshire Pizza for supper! Truly a life saver that everyone loves it! It’s so so easy! You don’t have to make a yeast dough and you don’t have to have canned biscuits on hand. Everyone helped clean up after supper! Bless them! And now everyone or at least kids will be in bed at 9:30 and tomorrow will be a new day!!
Georgia got 3 needles yesterday but managed to sleep all night so I had high hopes today would be a good day. Those hope were very quickly dashed. She has proved to be a bear and tiger all mixed into one! After throwing a complete fit over her nap (where she barfed all over her bed) she finally had an hour nap. I decided to let the boys do something fun. So got all the ingredients out for cookies and put the correct measuring tools in each ingredient and proceeded to let them make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies. I had plans of relaxing on my chair while I hollered instructions to them. Well, Georgia woke up. And when I came down I noticed there was a lot of brown sugar on the kitchen floor so since the sweeper was plugged in right there I quickly swept that up. And then there was an egg dripping off the counter so cleaned that up. I turned around to get Georgia and she was up in the table eating, by the spoon full, strawberry jam! So in the end all 3 kids were in the tub with very strict orders of NO WATER ON THE FLOOR!
After all the above life was really starting to feel quite overwhelming Georgia’s mood was NO better! So more orders that we were all going outside! That at least helped my mood! Planted a few flowers divided up a grass and put it into my whiskey barrels. The boys took Georgia to slide at Karen’s. Well really she ran over there on her own so they went to get her and ended up playing. After all that we went to check on the chickens. They’re still alive! And Georgia at least can laugh when she’s with them. Belly laughs. Hands over her mouth giggling. Hysterical laughs. And then fits of anger when being told she has to leave.
Back inside I finally decided on Yorkshire Pizza for supper! Truly a life saver that everyone loves it! It’s so so easy! You don’t have to make a yeast dough and you don’t have to have canned biscuits on hand. Everyone helped clean up after supper! Bless them! And now everyone or at least kids will be in bed at 9:30 and tomorrow will be a new day!!
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Chickens
We have 4 chickens enjoying their new little home in the barn! It was fun getting the room ready. The boys had lots of fun painting the nesting boxes and ladder (for roosting)we built. We used leftover ‘sherbet green’ and dark teal blue. The little coop/room turned out quite cute if I do say so myself! Georgia is in love with these 2 legged ‘bock, bocks’ and was very unhappy that she couldn’t just move in with them! They didn’t seem to be quite so impressed with her for some reason! We need to get the screen door in yet then she can at least watch them. I think they should be laying eggs within the next couple weeks so that will be exciting. And we still want to get a few chicks to add to the bunch as well. Hoping to get some blue or green egg layers. But for right now we’ll let these 4 get to know their new home and see if we can keep them alive and safe from the dog!
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
A Rainy Day
At the moment I am being serenaded by a marching band. Drums (tea tupper and spatulas) and a whistling straw!
Ok that is as far as I got! Couldn't think and Georgia has been a BEAR! Today is dreary, windy, cold, and rainy! Was perfect for sleeping in! My goals for the day are writing this, getting laundry done (Kelly was scrounging for clothes this morning), and get supper made for Russ. Sounds doable right?!
Last weekend Kelly went with Russ, Nelson, Mikey, and Nate to Edmonton to check out the Richy Brother's Auction. They rented a plane and flew to Hudson Bay, SK to pick up Nate and drop off Alisa and baby Jace. Then on to have their 'Man Party'. I think they enjoyed themselves! Wanda, Tamara, Tiff, Melissa, myself, and kiddos spent Saturday at Russ's pool. It was very relaxing! Did a lot of snacking and sitting in the hot tub! We did have a good supper of Sweet Onion Chicken Sandwiches and veggies. Then after supper Tamara called one of her friends to see if she would make coffee drinks for us! They tasted really good with our ice cream and raspberry sauce! Wanda also got a call that our chickens were ready to be picked up and must be picked up right away. What?! They said 2 weeks! She convinced them to keep them until Sunday. So the boys went home with her for night after the pool party and went along to pick up chickens in the morning. Now Wanda is keeping mine until we get the coop finished.
Speaking of the coop. The walls are up. We'll have to insulate in fall. Now just need get a roost and some nesting boxes put up! This is a long weekend coming up, so hopefully it can all get done then! Our cat and dog still are not friends. The cat has started living at the neighbors. Their grandchildren love it have renamed it Cheetah. The boys still go over and get it sometimes, and she lives happily over here for a few days until Chocco gets too close and she has to leave again. We're hoping for some kittens soon, so hopefully we can convince Chocco to just ignore all cats!
I planted some seeds in egg cartons, and they are starting to sprout! Now if it would just warm up for once so we could actually start planting things outside!! I do have perennials coming up, so that's exciting! I want to plant a little garden for the boys to work in. LOL! Also we want to plant some trees this year so.... I'm guessing flowers might be a little sparse this year! They're SO expensive up here! You can spend a few hundred dollars in know time just to have them last for 4 months! Maybe one day I'll get a greenhouse and can start more of my own.
Well this seems really long and boring. I guess we've haven't been doing anything too exciting! The kids did go to a paramedic friends (Bonnie)place to play on her play structure one afternoon. Oh and I did start a rug project that I need to finish some day! We also booked for sure 2 or maybe 3 weekends of camping, so we're excited about that!
Ok hopefully next time there's more exciting things happening!
Ok that is as far as I got! Couldn't think and Georgia has been a BEAR! Today is dreary, windy, cold, and rainy! Was perfect for sleeping in! My goals for the day are writing this, getting laundry done (Kelly was scrounging for clothes this morning), and get supper made for Russ. Sounds doable right?!
Last weekend Kelly went with Russ, Nelson, Mikey, and Nate to Edmonton to check out the Richy Brother's Auction. They rented a plane and flew to Hudson Bay, SK to pick up Nate and drop off Alisa and baby Jace. Then on to have their 'Man Party'. I think they enjoyed themselves! Wanda, Tamara, Tiff, Melissa, myself, and kiddos spent Saturday at Russ's pool. It was very relaxing! Did a lot of snacking and sitting in the hot tub! We did have a good supper of Sweet Onion Chicken Sandwiches and veggies. Then after supper Tamara called one of her friends to see if she would make coffee drinks for us! They tasted really good with our ice cream and raspberry sauce! Wanda also got a call that our chickens were ready to be picked up and must be picked up right away. What?! They said 2 weeks! She convinced them to keep them until Sunday. So the boys went home with her for night after the pool party and went along to pick up chickens in the morning. Now Wanda is keeping mine until we get the coop finished.
Speaking of the coop. The walls are up. We'll have to insulate in fall. Now just need get a roost and some nesting boxes put up! This is a long weekend coming up, so hopefully it can all get done then! Our cat and dog still are not friends. The cat has started living at the neighbors. Their grandchildren love it have renamed it Cheetah. The boys still go over and get it sometimes, and she lives happily over here for a few days until Chocco gets too close and she has to leave again. We're hoping for some kittens soon, so hopefully we can convince Chocco to just ignore all cats!
I planted some seeds in egg cartons, and they are starting to sprout! Now if it would just warm up for once so we could actually start planting things outside!! I do have perennials coming up, so that's exciting! I want to plant a little garden for the boys to work in. LOL! Also we want to plant some trees this year so.... I'm guessing flowers might be a little sparse this year! They're SO expensive up here! You can spend a few hundred dollars in know time just to have them last for 4 months! Maybe one day I'll get a greenhouse and can start more of my own.
Well this seems really long and boring. I guess we've haven't been doing anything too exciting! The kids did go to a paramedic friends (Bonnie)place to play on her play structure one afternoon. Oh and I did start a rug project that I need to finish some day! We also booked for sure 2 or maybe 3 weekends of camping, so we're excited about that!
Ok hopefully next time there's more exciting things happening!
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Shall I Try This Again?
WOW! 2014 was a long time ago! I’m not really sure why I’m doing this again, other than I would like to be able to go back one day and read what we all did with our life! So we’ll see how long I can keep up the writing!
At the moment we are living through ‘history in the making’ of the world pandemic of Covid19. I have currently not been inside of a store of any kind in 6 weeks! I quite like being at home, doing our thing but will be very happy when we can go do others things when/if we want!
Kelly’s nephew Ben has been living with us for the last 3.5 weeks. His dad, Charlie, has also been here quite a bit. I love them dearly, but it does make more work and feels like my personal space is a bit overrun! But we’re glad we can help out! And the boys love having Ben to play with! He just turned 13 on Friday, so we hope to have a little party on Sunday.
Projects we’ve been working on...
• new floor in Georgia’s room. The carpet in there was absolutely disgusting. It wasn’t the greatest when we moved in and after having 3 babies barf on it, it was time to go! Kelly cut plywood into strips like wood flooring and nailed them down. I mixed up the 3 leftover white paints I had and painted it. I love how it turned out. Quite old fashioned looking.
• cleaning out the shed. It was a disaster! The first thing was to get a load of wood stacked, which the the boys and I finally got done! Then some shelving built to hold stuff. A search for ALL the tools the boys have used over the last year or two. We still have a couple more days of work, but it’s getting there!
Next project is fixing up a chicken coop in the barn. Also cleaning out the barn!
Hudson has been putting miles on his bike. Loves helping with ‘fun’ projects like painting or washing things with a hose. Sawyer has been putting on the bike miles too. He also he witch that lives in the basement and informed me his witch was grumpy tonight cause it kept asking him what his name was. Georgia is a sweet firecracker. ‘When she was good she was so good but when she was bad she was terrible’ would aptly describe her. She LOVES the outdoors! Thanks goodness! She’s also starting to ‘talk’ a lot. Also copies lots of words.
Well I think that’s enough for now especially since it’s 1:15 in the morning! But pandemic, so no having to get up and dressed for church!
At the moment we are living through ‘history in the making’ of the world pandemic of Covid19. I have currently not been inside of a store of any kind in 6 weeks! I quite like being at home, doing our thing but will be very happy when we can go do others things when/if we want!
Kelly’s nephew Ben has been living with us for the last 3.5 weeks. His dad, Charlie, has also been here quite a bit. I love them dearly, but it does make more work and feels like my personal space is a bit overrun! But we’re glad we can help out! And the boys love having Ben to play with! He just turned 13 on Friday, so we hope to have a little party on Sunday.
Projects we’ve been working on...
• new floor in Georgia’s room. The carpet in there was absolutely disgusting. It wasn’t the greatest when we moved in and after having 3 babies barf on it, it was time to go! Kelly cut plywood into strips like wood flooring and nailed them down. I mixed up the 3 leftover white paints I had and painted it. I love how it turned out. Quite old fashioned looking.
• cleaning out the shed. It was a disaster! The first thing was to get a load of wood stacked, which the the boys and I finally got done! Then some shelving built to hold stuff. A search for ALL the tools the boys have used over the last year or two. We still have a couple more days of work, but it’s getting there!
Next project is fixing up a chicken coop in the barn. Also cleaning out the barn!
Hudson has been putting miles on his bike. Loves helping with ‘fun’ projects like painting or washing things with a hose. Sawyer has been putting on the bike miles too. He also he witch that lives in the basement and informed me his witch was grumpy tonight cause it kept asking him what his name was. Georgia is a sweet firecracker. ‘When she was good she was so good but when she was bad she was terrible’ would aptly describe her. She LOVES the outdoors! Thanks goodness! She’s also starting to ‘talk’ a lot. Also copies lots of words.
Well I think that’s enough for now especially since it’s 1:15 in the morning! But pandemic, so no having to get up and dressed for church!
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