What's so Great about 27?

I have a confession...I thought I was turning 28 today. I'm aging myself.

I thought I would feel older by this point in my life, but I still feel pretty young. I don't feel 18 anymore...And I like to think I'm smarter than I was back then. But I still feel young. Thirty is only three years away and it doesn't faze me yet. We'll see how I feel three years from now.

Monkey had been rather clingy lately. It has it's ups and downs. He loves to sit in my lap with his cheek pressed up to mine. He's also become a kiss monster. He loves to get kisses, give kisses, blow air kisses and laughes like there's no tomorrow when Steve and I kiss. I love his love-dovey-ness!!!

Here's hoping to a year worth of lovey-dovey-ness from both monkey and Steve.

Don't You Just...

Hate it when losers try to post comments on your blog? Good thing I get to accept or reject the comments.

Haunting Past

I'm trying once again to sell my old bridal ring set. People are always interested in them, but they either want to break the set up or they lowball an offer.

I'm sick of these rings hanging around the apartment.

Anyone intested? I'll ship them! LOL

Until next time...

Canada Day

Happy Belated Birthday, Canada!!!

I was too busy having fun yesterday to post then. Plus I have pictures now of the day to share.

I spent most of the morning just hanging out at home. Mostly on the computer checking out the new Bad Girls kit and add-ons. Very beautiful month. I'm already jealous of everyone who's getting it all, and of course of the Design Team who gets everything a month early. I can only hope I can develop in style and make an awesome team like this one some day. I have a long way to go, but I'm willing to work on it.

Monkey and I spent the afternoon at my parents' house. It was sunny, warm and there was a beautiful breeze. Monkey played with his water table, there was a water gun fight or two and the big surprise! Monkey is now the proud owner of a Dodge Viper! It's so cute. And to keep it cute, it's staying at my parents' so the kids at our complex don't ruin it. All the kids at our place share the outside toys. It's great but the kids are rough; that's why I keep the water table and the car elsewhere. We're up at my parents at least once a week or more, so Monkey is still getting a lot of use out of the toys that are there.

Monkey playing in the new Viper

Jess had to try out the Viper too!!

I played photograpgher last night too. I attemped to take pictures of the fireworks. I snapped about 200 picutres the whole day. I got maybe 50 good/ok-ish ones. And this is why I love digital. I can snap away and only need to print the ones I really like. I can't wait to get the Rebel fixed...



Until next time...

July

Oh, July…On day away, July!!
I have a feeling this July is going to rock. So far there is so much to look forward to.
First there’s fireworks tonight in Goderich and tomorrow in Wingham. I’m a sucker for fireworks. I adore them with childish glee. I took Monkey to see fireworks twice last year when he was just a little infant. I was curious if he was going to enjoy them or cry because of the noise. He did neither. He slept right through them! I’m curious to how he’ll be this year.
Second, it’s Bad Girls first anniversary. Don’t know what Bad Girl is? There’s a link on the side of the page. If you’re into scrapbooking, it’s a site for you. Wendy, a lady with an eye for beautiful things, started up a monthly kit last year. It’s doing very well and all the members hope she continues to have fabulous success with it because that means we keep getting wonderful kits, add-ons and monthly projects. Seriously, if you like scrapbooking and you enjoy creating art more than just slapping pictures and stickers onto a page, then check out Bad Girls Kits.
This month there’s a lot of fun going on at the Bad Girls forum. Challenges, a crop day and so on. I’ve never joined in on these types of things before and am planning on it this month. I’ve taken part in the monthly challenges for the past couple of months and have been having fun with that. I even cranked out three layouts for the June Apron Challenge (winner gets a fabulous, blinged out Bad Girls apron to create in). Steve has already agreed to let me enjoy the crop day. He’s going to keep Monkey busy that day so I can play along with the ladies on Bad Girls for an online crop.

Next, Wendy has been ever so great…Some of you know, my birthday is in July. My mother thought that Bad Girl kit add-ons would be a great gift for me. The original plan was I’d get to pick two or three (depending on price) and mom would give me the money for it and that would be it. We took it up a notch. I emailed Wendy asking for her help. Wendy, based on a budget, has happily picked out some add-ons for me. I have no idea what I’m getting. I’ll get to see all the add-ons tonight after the reveal, but won’t know which ones I’m getting. It’s exciting and it’s excruciating at the same time! When the package gets here, I have to hand it right over to my mother so she can wrap everything up and I get it back on my birthday. If the package doesn’t come until after my birthday, then she still gets it first to wrap. My mother love to wrap!
So next on the forth coming month is…My birthday. I’m going to be 27. A year closer to 30, but it doesn’t bother me at all. After all, at Steve’s parents’ I’m 28. Everyone is 28 in their household. I’m not planning anything big this year. Last year, Steve surprised me with lunch at one of my favourite restaurants (Boston Pizza…I really do love it! I‘m so simply sometimes), a movie of my choice (Transformers was awesome!) and then he took me and my best friend to Medieval Times because he knew I had always wanted to go (it was so much fun!). This year, I’m happy to just be with my family. A nice meal and some cake and I’m a happy gal. I’m already getting spoiled by my mom. So this birthday looks good already.
I could very easily go on, but I won’t bore you anymore.
Until next time…

Job Interview

I have a job interview today. And I thought I would be more nervous about it. I'm so calm, it's almost scary.

As some of you know, I've been playing stay at home mom (SAHM) for the past three to four weeks. The temp job just wasn't going well since the students got off school. First the college students were getting all the jobs and now the high school students have joined them. So I have been enjoying my time here at home with Monkey. I've been loving every minute of it.

Steve is earning enough for us to get by. I watch our money very carefully still so we can afford to spoil the kids, hopefully take a vacation next year, save money for newer car for me and our future house.

I decided, on my own, that I would like to help out around here. I feel like I'm not giving enough to the family unit. So I've applied to some jobs and have the first job interview today. It's just an inside sales job. Nothing fancy. It's right here in town, about a ten minute drive away from our place. It's a day job with weekends off. Perfect. I don't want to be away from my family too much.

We'll see how it goes.

Until next time...

Paintball

It's blurry because I copied a picture then cropped out a part of it. I don't have an advance photo altering program to make it look better...But...That's my Stevie there. He went to play paintball last weekend. He thinks he looks pissed off. I think he looks serious and handsome. But then again, I always think he looks handsome. If I didn't then we wouldn't be where we are today, now would we.

I've put Steve on a mission to get me paintball pictures of his self so I can scrap them. I really want to put our two hobbies together to create memories for when we're 90 and can barely move. Someone else can turn the pages of my scrapbooks and we can enjoy the past once again.