Taking what comes in stride.

I have a few words of wisdom for people. I don't know how wise, people think I am, but in my life, I've learned a few things so far, so here they are.

#1. Make yourself happy.
No one is going to do it for you. Not fully. If you're not happy do what you have to to make yourself that way. Believe me when I say, it is well worth whatever shit you have to wade through to get there.

#2. Stop worrying about what other people are doing.
It's YOUR life, and their life is theirs. You can make an impact, but ultimately, it is up to them to do what they need to do.

#3. Do NOT, I repeat do NOT try to change people.
You won't succeed, especially with men. I was once told, by a police officer none the less, that men are practically made up and who they are by the time they are 21. No matter how awesome of a person you are, how much you love them, or what you try to do, you're not going to change them. Spend your energy finding one worthy of you, instead of "fixing" the rest. Someone in this world is perfect for them, and if you need to change them, that person isn't you.

#4. Tell someone every single day how much they mean to you.
We all need to hear it, so just do it. Find someone every single day who makes you smile, and tell them how much you appriciate it.

#5. Never settle.
You're a wonderful person, and you deserve the best. Never stop chasing your dreams, never give up on yourself, and never settle for anything less then exactly what you want. It might suck sometimes, and it might make you cry, but seriously, don't live your life with the "what if's".

#6. Mistakes.
My mantra about mistakes is this, "The only true mistakes, are those we don't learn from." And its so true. We could all live our life thinking, What a waste of time, what a horrible mistake.. but you know what? If you learned something from it, it wasn't a mistake at all, it was a learning experience.

Random Ramblings.

Well, first of all, my thoughts are with my Great-aunt Shirley and her family and friends this week. My great-Uncle Don passed away this week. He was a great guy, and I always loved the rare times I got to see him.

Which, leaves me with a fun weekend! As my cousin Kim has made the 6 hour hike to go to the funeral, and her two youngest are staying with me until Sunday. The girls are in heaven, with 2 more girls to play with! So in my house right now, I have 4 little girlies, 3, 5, 6, and 7. hehe Poor Eric tomorrow, extra little ones to follow us around, and GIRLS on top of that! haha oh he's a saint. xoxox

We had quite the weather this week, it sucked actually, as it rained heavily for a couple days, which caused my basement to leak. Thankfully, its just the the basement windows need dug out and those metal window wells, so we're doing that so we don't get more water in the basement.

The girls have just finished writing and illustrating a story about a haunted house. It's really cute.

I don't have much time, as you can imagine, but over all, We're having fun. 4 kids is totally doable, I've decided.

Can't get enough.

I love this song. Awesome lyrics, great melody.. hits home for a lot of women. I can't get enough of it. <3

You'll have to hit stop on my music player at the bottom if you wanna take a listen.

I haven't posted in a Week! OMG!

We've just been busy havin fun, doing what girls do. haha

Here's a few pictures of what we've been up to.. including swimming, the sprinkler, Grandma's kittens, and just hanging out. <3






Well, we've been out havin fun, living life, and doing things girls do. haha

For Eric's Mama. haha

Okay, here's some random pictures of the house and what we've done lately.. Not much, but it counts. hahaha


We ripped up a garden and transplanted some plants to the front.. Thenks to some help from my Daddy, we now have a working hose too, and Eric now knows what a hosta is.


My new baby tree. Hoping this one lives. lol


the Girl's stomping grounds


The Girl's new Pink room!!!

What a busy weekend!

Between Birthday Parties, Dinners, House Reno's and stuff, we had a very busy weekend!

But, we got a lot accomplished. Nevaya, celebrated turning ONE! and we had a nice dinner out.. We ripped out a garden, replanted some of the plants to the front garden, and put grass seed down.. Fixed the outside tap for a hose, and sufficiently got the kids into the sprinkler. lol

I'm tired just thinking about it. lol But we all had fun, have a bit of a tan, and we're relaxing today with the exception of the kiddie pool being in use this afternoon.

God this brings me back

I just caught myself singing this while doing dishes, and thought of how far it takes me back. Childhood. haha

Man, I used to sing this song when I was like 11 or 12. LOL I wonder now what I would think if my 11 year old was belting this out? haha oh well..

What a week.

Well this is gearing up to be quite the week.

I was without internet for a few days because rogers needed to bring me a new modem. Didn't really mind however, as I have a lot of things to get done and organised.

I have got the girls bedroom back in order, and most of the house aswell.. that feels better, I hate when things are amuck.

My would-be anniversary passed on Monday, and that was a tad weird. Though, on a positive note, I think I can say with accuracy that both my ex and I are happier now then we have been in a long time, and for that, we should both be thankful. It's just too bad we couldn't have done it in a less dramatic way. Though perhaps thats what it took for both of us to say enough was enough. Either way, I hope we are both happy with our lives, and with ourselves. No matter what happened, I want that for both of us.

The girls are good, trying to keep them busy while school is out, they've been swimming with Jaquie and Katie, and their room got redecorated, and we've been on walks and they play in the backyard all the time, however, I still hear the inevidable, "I'm boooooooored". haha oh well, They'll survive. Their millions of toys couldn't be a boredom breaker at all huh.. lol

My neice turns One this week! S we have her birthday party to go to, and then we're all caught up on birthday's for little kid's and don't have any more to go. Thank goodness - I am birthday'd out.

What else is going on? Not much really, day after day goes by.. We're good, Girls are healthy.. Emma went for her 3 year check up, and the doctor says she's healthy as an ox, just petite.

Anyway, I think thats all for now, and I'm caught up.

Thank goodness thats done!

Well the girls have a shiny new PINK room.

What started out to be a "Lets throw some paint on the walls" turned out to be an overhaul of crappy work from previous owners. Thank god Eric knows what he's doing, or I'd have been lost.

Eitherway, they now have a bonafide pink room that I was terrfied would look like Pepto Bismol, but thankfully it dried a little darker.

Now I have to scrub the new floors (which are equally as gorgeous haha) and get all the furniture back into their room.

Pictures to come when thats done!

My Blankey

I decided to do some white stripes, just in case I didn't have enough pink.. So this is how Its coming along.. I'm thinking a white border around the edges too.

Pretty Much freaking out.

ugh! I just want to cry. I cannot get the dvd's of all my kids pictures to work. They won't load on my computer, they won't load on my brothers.. aaaack. If I've lost every single picture of my girls, I think I will literally cry. Probably for days.