Life is Good!

Life is good!! Just wanted to say it.

Actually, life is great! Who am I kidding?! I am so blessed and cannot help but express it!

My family is healthy and we are together! Work is steady and for this I know we are blessed!

Bub and I will be celebrating 8 wonderful married years in a little over a month. And honestly, we are lucky! There is no fighting or jealousy or bickering. I know what it's like to be in a family and even in a marriage where someone is always upset or fighting and things are never stable. This has never been us and I am certain will never be! I am forever thankful that I found the man of my dreams!!

Regan is a precious gift and Bub and I know how amazing she is! She is so smart and has such a soft heart. She is also very strong willed and has a determined side about her. She is a dancer at heart and wants to be a teacher when she grows up! She is so very close to being able to read on her own and she is ready!!

We are also very blessed that a new addition will be coming into our family. It has been a long time coming, but we were finally ready and are feeling so blessed there has been no complications! I am feeling great and have been walking 2-5 miles a day!

We continue to be surrounded by great friends and a loving family! Without whom, our lives would be lonely! We are lucky to have so many amazing people in our life!

Life really has been blessed for us and for that we are thankful!

Thai-Tie

Tonight was MNO! If you don't know what this is, it stands for Mom's Night Out. Some friends and I get together about once a month for a kid and husband free dinner at various restaurants.

Anyhoo, after I picked Regan up from school and reminded her that Shelby was going to be coming over to watch her she questioned " Where are you going tonight?" I said, "To a Thai restaurant". She said, "Oh, where they tie your shoes?!"



Oh my silly little girl! Life is NEVER, EVER dull around this place! <3

My Day

I had a great lunch with a table full of some really great ladies! They really made my day and are such amazing people!

I ran to Destination Maternity today after lunch. A few things happened.

I tried on a few shirts and for fun tried on the "belly". What I saw made me smile and brought back memories of when I was waiting for Regan to arrive! I am getting more excited, if that is even possible!

The sale lady seemed so familiar. After speaking for a while we both realized we knew each other from Everybody Rides........from 5 years ago. Man, that took me back! It was a brief "wow, look how times have changed and how far we've come" and it made me grateful and feel oh so blessed! Having a rent-to-own car isn't the worst thing in the world, but it isn't any place I'd ever like to be again! :o) .............life's little reminders........

I finally made an effort to pay the plumber that dicked us around for two weeks and could have possibly cost us our sale on the rent house. And do you know I think he was flirting with me! He asked about Bub because out and I said yes, probably for a month. He said "aww, you must get really lonely". GAG! I never thought getting hit on could be so nauseating! lol Oh, and get this he still managed to tell me to be sure to call him if I needed a plumber again......WOW. The audacity! I guess it takes all kinds! heehee

I sat in the car line and visited with the Grandma of a boy in Regan's class. She is such a positive and uplifting person, but I don't think she realizes it! I always enjoy our chats and I always feel so warm inside when we are done. I wonder if she knows this about herself!?

The rest of the night is being spent with Regan. After her bath we are going to watch Snow White. I bought it for her months ago and we just haven't taken the time to watch. I can't even remember the last time I've seen it, so it might be like the first time again! Hi-Ho.....Hi-Ho! lol


Some things can just describe the mood........can you feel it?! I can!





Here's to a great day.........

Sleeping In..........Twice

I absolutely love waking up at 1 am feeling like I have slept a full night and then being able to go back to bed to sleep some more! I wish this happened every night!! :o)

Report Card & Not Closing!!

As you can see I am having a hard time keeping up with this blog! Life has gotten very fast for me! Volunteering at school, Chiropractic appointments 3 days a week, lunches with playgroup, lunches with Allons, lunches with other friends, running errands, Dr's appointments, shopping, cleaning........hmmmm did I miss anything?!

Regan got her 2nd nine week report card today and I am so pleased! She cleared level B in her reading and is now making headway through level C! This pleases me SO much! My girl wants to READ! lol

I am doing and feeling well! And feel very blessed about that!

As I assumed there was a flaw in the sale of the house. Of course THREE days prior to closing her lender finds something wrong and they "dis" approve her loan! Sigh! I am told she found a new lender willing to accept whatever financial flaw she has. But, this will put us off signing papers for another month! Ugh! I am not surprised! lol But, we've done it this long, another month surely won't kill us! Though I might be the one killing, but maybe not! :o)

Time Flies

Well, the new year has officially snuck up on me and here it is already the 3rd. On this third day of two thousand ten, my family was together! We slept in, ate breakfast together and then daddy got called out to work! Ahhh, it is true - life just marches on! lol

Regan was more upset than usual, but Daddy got an extended amount of time home and over the holidays no less. So letting go was a little harder this time. Not to mention they only gave him about an hour notice!

The past few days I had not been able to sit down and write this entry. I really wasn't even sure where to start! lol But now that I am sitting here, I guess we should start at the top!

2009 started off a little rough for us! After only a few months of moving into our house we had built, Bub was laid off. Very bad timing to say the least! lol But we managed! Income taxes were on their way and Bub got hired on at Haliburton before he ended up getting rehired at Tetra! Everything ended well, but what a pain in the ass and not to mention a perfect way to screw up our finances in two short months! lol

Bub and I celebrated 7 years of marital bliss in March and Regan turned the big 5 over the summer and started Kindergarten in the fall! Man, now there was an adjustment for this family! At that point all things changed for us! No more weekly playgroup events and getting to do things when we wanted! No more week day vacations on a whim!

Regan took to school well and really loves it. I think Bub and I had the hardest time adjusting to the new situation! lol

One new thing this year was being introduced to some extended family! This has been both good and bad. As with everything, I just take it for what it's worth and try to remember that just because I am related to someone does not mean that they have to be in my life! Hell, I didn't know them for 30 years........guess I wasn't missing much! lol Thankfully there are all different branches to my family tree! Ones I intend to reach out to soon and am hoping like hell they are branched a little closer to the type of "family" that is more like me! :o)

And speaking of family, it appears I can predict one event we'll be having sometime in August! :o)

I guess when I look back, we have had a pretty blessed year! One without death, thank God! Because the previous 3 years have been full of loss and I am not sure how much more I can take!

We are all happy and healthy and Bub's work has been going very well this year! We are supposed to close on the rent house sometime this month, so that will be a great burden off of us. Our renters bailed on us in October, so we've been paying two mortgages since then and honestly - it SUCKS! lol But soon that will be over! So, so far the new year has started out good! :o)

My hope for the coming year is that Bub continue to have success with Tetra, Regan continues to do well in school and learns to read soon. She wants to be able to fully read so badly! I cannot wait till the light bulb goes off and it all clicks! She will be even more in love with reading! I hope that the next 7ish months are healthy for me. I hope that I will be sitting in a pool all summer with my big belly and my little fish named Regan. I hope that I continue to keep those who care about me and my family close and those that don't.......well you know!

I hope everyone is ready for the new year and that all your hopes and dreams come true!!