Busy Friday all Around

It seems that Carl and I spent the same kind of night last night.... getting up a lot and continual dreams... I know for me it was like watching a really bad movie running to the fridge and coming back to pick up from where it left off... this stuff we are on is really terrible stuff when it comes to sleeping or lack of... so while we sat and the kitchen table this morning we decided that there was no napping today... no matter how tired we got.... we needed to be tired for the night to sleep.... and no 10 pm bed time either.... which is really hard for Carl because at the moment I left him downstairs watching flashpoint telling him that he couldn't come upstairs and watch it because I know him all too well.... two minutes in bed and he will be in la la land...

As for today... we didn't nap... he went out to the garage and when he came out several hours later he had a new bird feeder made.... and a monster of one at that... he said he was fed up filling all the little feeders every few days so he thought he would make this one... and no I didn't get any pictures of it yet.... well do that in the morning when the bird hopefully find it...

I was also busy today... getting things back in order around the house.... the extra table from the dining room was taken upstairs since the bar one that was up here is staying in the kitchen since Carl cut the 7 inches off... Calendars finally got hung up... Hubert made me a frame for my calendar last Christmas and I have always had a hard time getting the calendar and the frame together to hang it up and by the middle of last year the frame was taken down and the calendar stayed on the wall.... but it was always in the back of my mind and today I finally tried out my idea to get the two things lined up and hung without the problems I was always having.... I took some scrap booking wire and a button... thread the wire through it... made a hook out of the wire and there you go... one calender that can be changed every month without a problem... God I am good when I want to be... he he

I also hung some of the picture that were not put back where they belonged... and then decided to try my hand at making my own dog food... yes you hear me dog food but not that dry stuff.... I was looking in the freezer this morning and came across some chicken that had a touch of freezer burn on it and thought why not try to make some of that beneful makes in the little bowel... if they can make it I could, couldn't I... well I got the meat cooked... some veggies chopped up and then realized I didn't have any rice or barley to add to it.... so I picked that up this evening so I am going to finish it off tomorrow morning before heading out to the market.... but when I went into the store tonight the young fellow that works there also told me to put a little olive oil in it as well really does good for their coats...so going to try that as well... well let you know how the puppies like it... I hope they do it turned out to be one heck of a potful...

News wise with mom and dad... they were to the doctor's today..... all went good with that... the doctor finally took mom off the 1/2 pill twice a week for cholesterol and put her on a multi vitamin which I think she needs since she is not getting all the vitamins in the foods she is eating... so it was good news today... that is always nice to hear...

Well that is it for a Friday... not a lot excitement going on around here ... but there is always something....

Have a great weekend family and friends
Joanne

No Brainer Week....

The last couple of days have been really rough ones... A lot of sleeping, being heart sick 24 hours a day , headaches, hives but not enough to stop what I am doing,and the lack or desire to do anything has been my world....

Carl and I started Champix 8-9 days ago... Carl started the day before I did... I was not sure if I wanted to start this at all but decided to give it a try... now if anyone doesn't know Champix is a aid to quit smoking.... the first 3 days you are to take .5 mg of this once a day... your 4-7 day you take .5 mg twice daily then after that it is 1 mg twice a day... that is where I am today... starting of the 1 mg... between the 8th and 14th day you stop smoking... but the way the .5mgs have been working on me it is not going to be long for that decision to be made...

I have always claimed that I am slow at time getting things... and this is no exception... I have been heart sick like crazy and couldn't understand why... before I ate and after was the worst... it had nothing to do with what I am eating because the majority of it has been healthy stuff.... trying to keep the weight where it is, is a major concern for me... but couldn't understand why I have been so sick when I was eating.... then it hit me like a ton of bricks last night... what do I do most times before I eat and of course right after... have a smoke... it was not the food that was making me sick it is the bloody smoking... so if the .5 mg dose is doing this to me I can imagine what my day is going to be like when I take the 1 mg.....after breakfast this morning....

Today when I got up after a night of semi good sleep which is kind of hard when you have already slept 10 or more hours during the day... I decided that today I was getting off duff and actually get a few things done around the house... the second table is still sitting in the dining room.... most laundry is to be done though there has not been all that much clothes being worn since I have been spenting most of my time in bed... clean up around the house a bit... and maybe if I am really nice today I will go out and help Carl with the snow since it has been snowing since last night and there is a bit of it around the yard...

The one good thing about all of this I have been getting some reading in which is something I don't get to do very often...and at night I am knitting.... ohhh yes anyone in the family looking for a scarf let me know if I have the color I will make one for you... that is what I have been into recently... and I found a really cool pattern for a zig zag one.. on my second one actually.... I have a whole bin of yarn that I have been picking up and not using so thought this would be a no brain project after Christmas...

Joanne

A Little of This and A Little of That

Every year after the holidays I see people out shopping like crazy...and wonder where in the heck do they get the money to do this after Christmas... but then I never really one that goes out after the holidays because there is just as many people if not more out shopping and it is not my cup of tea... I call myself the left over woman... I go in after everyone has picked over everything and they are not interested in the things that are left on the shelves...

The other day I was in at Super Value and ended up coming home with my Christmas cards for next year for $1.24 a box...a little less then the 50% off that it is after Christmas... and then yesterday I was in Kent and picked up my little treat bags for the table next year for .29 each.... and several Secret Santa things for next year.... for really dirt cheap...also rubber stamps which I have no idea why I picked them up for .50 a piece....now I am wondering if Monique is still stamping.... there was still wrapping paper and ribbon around but I have two containers of this stuff didn't think I really needed any more of it.... that was the extend of after Christmas bargains I picked up this year...

Not a lot going on around here at the moment... trying to survive Champix... I am not sure which one of us is winning at the moment... but going to continue trying for now any way... it is upsetting my stomach, giving me hives, headaches, making me so tired that I actually nap in the afternoon, I am having the most amazing dreams which are waking me up at night... and the worst of them all the desire to eat is 24 hours a day... I have discovered that the most popular breakfast on my menu is something I actually don't really care for.... most mornings I have a peanut butter and banana sandwich... well peanut butter is not all that great at the moment....

The other day I was out and went to get my debit card to find it a little melted...it took me a few minutes to realize that I put my purse on the kitchen chair right by the rad...when I went looking at the other cards in my purse my visa was in the same condition as well so it will have to be replaced... as well... guess who is not putting her purse near the kitchen cards again.... lol

Well folks that is about it... I really am not doing all that much... but knitting scarves when I am in the sitting position....

Celebrating The New Year

New Years Day ... well actually it was New Year's Eve when it all started... with the preparing of the bird... the great big bird... it got cleaned, stuffed, poked, and wrapped... come morning it was a golden brown...

Click on me to see what Happened....

Joanne

The First Blog of 2009

Before I start my first blog of 2009 I would like to put a comment that Craig but in my blog... knowing not a lot of people come back looking at comments from past blogs

Craig wrote:Thank you to my family for the warm welcome to my new family into our home ! love you all and cant wait to see everyone soon! craig simone and the kids!

The first blog of a new year and I have been thinking about it ... and really didn't come up with anything earth moving as I worked around the kitchen once again this morning as I get ready for once again more company...(not a complaint here just a comment).....The turkey has been cooked.. all 34 pounds of it... cut and in the fridge until I take part of it out to heat up a bit before serving it... the veggie except for the potatoes are ready to go.. that is Carl's job once again.. the table is set once again but without the Christmas dishes back to the ordinary ones....the wine is chilling, the beer is cooling and everything else should be ready by the time the first guest comes through the door ... and I may even be dressed by that time...

Looking back over last year... there is not a lot that I can say about it... there has been a lot of changes in the family.... Danie and family moved back to Canada from India... I am sure if you ask Yvette she is not upset with that move one bit... Roger and Flo moved back home from up north... Pat took a job here in Bathurst for 2 years .... Rebecca and Matthew got married.... Craig and Simone as well... Our Matthew moved back home then decided that there was nothing here for him so he moved back to Edmonton... Robin and Amanda bought a home...and thinking here I can't remember much more... would not be good with yearly news letters would I because I don't get track of things all that much...

As for me well I am still where I was last year... Carl has been moving around with his work... and will probably continue to when work gets back... I keep the home front in tack...

I would like at this time wish everyone a very Happy New Year... hope all will go great with you through out the year but there is always some bumps in the road and we will all manage to get of them I am sure...

To those who are far way I miss you and wish you are close by so we could see each other more often... actually those who are close I wish the same thing... we don't seem to see each other all that much .... maybe that will be my promise this year to myself...to see everyone more often ...

Have a good one all.... and keep smiling

Hugs always

JoJo

Oh yes I forgot to add a few photos that Pat took of Roger and Flo opening their gifts when they came home on Boxing Day... I will include them with the ones I will post this week of new years... I know I am slow...