Flashback Fridays: Oct 19

Another conversation to share...

Scenes from the backseat...

originally posted on Oct 10, 2007

As played out on the ride home last night:

Scene: Chrysler caravan, heading home after a long night spent at the urgent care clinic.

Characters: Mom, driving. Aili, a precocious 3 y/o. Connor, a handsome 8 y/o... whose manners are apparently disappearing with age.

Narrator: It's 7pm. After a busy day at work and then 2 hours in a local clinic, Mom decides to forgo the healthy grilled chicken and vegetables for dinner and stops at a fast food restaurant. Elated, the children dig into their meals as Mom steers the brood home.

Connor: Smack. Smack. Slurp. Chomp. Smack.

Mom: Connor, please chew with your mouth closed.

Connor: Sorry, Mom.

Several blissfully quiet minutes pass.

Connor: Smack. Smack. Slurp. Chomp. Smack.

Aili: Connor!! Chew wif your mouf close!! I 'a hear you - 'At's as-gusting!"

Curtain closes, with Mom making a mental note to mind her reprimands' wordings...

Flashback Fridays: Oct 12

In honour of ScrapFest, I'm revisiting a post from October 2010, from the first ScrapFest show in Oshawa!

(originally posted Oct 20, 2010)
ScrapFest Memories - Oshawa 2010

Well, I think I may have finally recovered from my ScrapFest weekend!

I was starting to feel the rumblings of an almighty chest cold, going into it, so I had been dosing up on Vitamin C and liquids. It seems to have helped because I never really developed a full blown cold (touch wood!) - although I did lose my voice completely!

I suspect that may have had more to do with the talking, hysterical laughter and drinking on Saturday! :)

I left early on Friday, hoping to miss good ole' GTA traffic. Had to stop in London at Henry's (less than 10 minutes - it always helps when you know exactly what you need) and made it to Brooklin/Oshawa in about 4.5 hours. Thanks to my awesome friend, Jennifer, for putting me up for the weekend!!

My scrappy friends and I have been planning this weekend for a while! We have been friends since 2005, when we met in an online forum. It's been a while since we've seen each other so it was nice to connect and giggle like schoolgirls again.

Did I mention the X-rated conversations and alcohol consumption? ;)

During the day, we were all well behaved though! I worked Friday night and Saturday at the Canadian Scrapbooker magazine booth with co-founder, Katharina Doyle. I've known Katharina since beginning with the magazine at its' debut, but we've never had the pleasure of meeting.



Have you every met someone and felt like you've really known them for years? That was Katharina and I! We had so much fun, chatting with our readers and subscribers, as well as new friends we met along the way.

At the booth, I took snapshots of the attendees and printed them out on a sweet printer that Sony donated for the show. I'll review it in a few days, but suffice it to say that it was an impressive little printer!!

Stay tuned for a montage of photos from our booth photo sessions - coming up in the next few days!

Cheers,

P/S:  Don't forget about the following challenges on my blog for a chance to win (deadlines in brackets):
It's a Sketchy Challenge (Oct 31/12)
Leave Your Legacy (Nov 30/12)

Flashback Fridays: Oct 5

Found in the archives, I realized that this was my intention in 2007... But didn't really happen.  Life gets so busy that I thought this would be a good reminder to document our family life more often....

originally blogged Oct 3, 2007:

Back on Track!

I miss my blogging, because it acted as a sort of journal for me - a record of our day-to-day lives.

And then came the business.

And baseball.

And soccer.

And before we knew it, we were experiencing milestone birthdays. And Gr. 3. And takeovers at work.

And life began to spin out of control! Or at least my grasp on the things that had once been important to me.

Running your own business takes more courage that one sometimes has. And it almost ALWAYS takes more money! :D

But the rewards of working from home, being able to spend the days with my daughter, being there when Connor gets off the bus and has a snack while we chat about his day... those are priceless and worth every sacrifice that one has to make.

And so, as I've come to realize that I am NOT going to figure out how to get 48 hours out of a day, I have begun to schedule. And delegate. And prioritize. And recording our family's history is high on the list.

And so here I am. Promising myself that I will set aside 15 minutes every couple of days to jot a few notes about our days. Funny things the kids say that I won't remember in 2 weeks, let alone 10 years. Hurdles we overcome. Storms we weather. Together.

I may not always have photos. Sadly, I've taken less photos in the last 6 months than ever before. So that's another challenge to overcome.

But maybe tomorrow.



Cheers,

P/S:  Don't forget about the following challenges on my blog for a chance to win (deadlines in brackets):
It's a Sketchy Challenge (Oct 31/12)
Leave Your Legacy (Nov 30/12)

Flashback Fridays - Sept 28

Here's one to remember... :)

Conversation of the Day (originally posted Oct 30, 2006):

As heard at the dinner table, between Mommy and Aili:

{Scene opens with a very LOUD rumbling coming from the nether regions of the young leading lady}

Mommy: [gasp] "What was that?!?"
Aili: [quite proudly, with a big grin] "TOOT!"
Mommy: [nearly passing out from the fumes] "Yes, toot is right! What do you say?"
Aili: [holding her nose] "Stinky!"
Mommy: "No, what do you say?"
Aili: [still holding her nose, while scrunching up her face] "Stinky. Yuck."
Mommy: [light-headed from the lack of oxygen] "Aili Grace! Where are your manners?!?"
Aili: "'Scuse me!"
Mommy: "Thank you!"

Well, if she's not picking her nose... boy, I really feel as if I'm succeeding in raising a lady... [insert rolling eyes here]

Cheers,

P/S:  Don't forget about the following challenges on my blog for a chance to win (deadlines in brackets):
It's a Sketchy Challenge (Sept 30/12)
Leave Your Legacy (Nov 30/12)

Flashback Fridays - Sept 21

As much as I liked Flirty Fridays, I was scrolling through my blog last week and came across so many cute blog posts with stories about the kids and cute photos so I thought I'd remind myself about them with FlashBack Fridays!!  I know, not as much fun as Flirty Fridays, but I'm hoping it will remind me to share more stories rather than just layouts, cards, dt projects and half-naked men.  

It makes me feel a bit more respectable, too!

Here's a post from July 10, 2006:



I forgot to post these adorable pics of the kids, taken at African Lion Safari.

The fierce tigress licks her lips as she watches her prey...



while the ferocious cheetah growls...



I know I may be biased - but aren't they just so gosh darn cute?!?! :)

Read on to hear about our trip...

Cheers,

P/S:  Don't forget about the following challenges on my blog for a chance to win (deadlines in brackets):
It's a Sketchy Challenge (Sept 30/12)
Leave Your Legacy (Nov 30/12)