Thursday, February 28, 2008

MADDIE and Jenn

Colleen and I left Edmonton and headed to Saskatoon on Sunday Feb. 17 . Our destination was Jenn Markosky's house to squeeze in some adoration of her little sweetie pie. Depending on your perspective that is either Boscoe the crazy beagle or Maddie her one year old.

For all you Maddie fans, here is a little extra Maddie fix. Sorry no pictures of Boscoe.

She was wonderful. The moment she came over and sat in my lap of her own volition I felt my ovaries kick into overdrive. They sure are bossy.

She sat with us and ate pizza and then the next morning we all had breakfast together.


Can't wait to have another stop over in Saskatoon. In the meantime I will continue to check Maddie's blog daily. (www.markosky.blogspot.com)

Thanks you so much for letting us love on your little one, giving us a place to stay and feeding us. I only wish I could have stayed a little longer.

Trip to Canada

A week ago I had to make an unexpected trip to Canada. Although exhausting, I got to spend a few fun days with my neice and nephew and a couple Long days in the car with my sister. Thank goodness we like each other or I'm sure there would have been bloodshed before we got back to Edmonton on Thursday. I remember feeling so tired I wanted to cry.


Our big day was Saturday when Colleen and Curtis were going into town for shopping and dinner which meant I got to have some alone time with the kids. First on the docket was a trip to the sledding hill right near Onoway.

It looks really weenie from the road but when you are standing at the top ready to ride or


standing at the bottom having to walk back up, its a good sized hill.

We were out there for about an hour and half and did many runs down the hill and back up with an impromptu bathroom break (with no bathroom), a run away tube and a catastrophic fall in the snirt. This is D on his tube which did not survive unscathed the windswept roll acorss the road and the crash against the barbed wire fence.


Claire braves the hill on her super saucer.


Me laughing and squealing all the way down. You know it's just more fun if you scream.

Despite the numerous crashes and bruises we loved it.


After the sledding (I use this term because I don't know how to spell toboganning although we did have a big wooden one of those so technically that's what we were doing) we headed back to the house for our wii tournament, highschool musical, dinner, highschool musical two and a round of dragonolgy the board game. All of the above, except dinner, kicked my butt.
The kids got to choose what they wanted for dinner so we had: lasagna for Claire and I, pizza pockets for D, sugar snap peas, cheesy garlic bread and pez and cake for dessert. I know you wish I was your Auntie too!!
In the end Colleen and I decided it would be best if I quit my job and moved in with them so I can scrap book while she cleans. I'll miss you all but you can come sledding anytime.









Thursday, February 7, 2008

THE NEW BED!!!!

On Saturday our new sleep number bed arrived and was assembled in the newly painted bedroom. We got a king size becuawe we had the room and everyone said we would wish we did if we didn't. Moe was there to do the initial safety inspection and quality control. From the pictures I believe it gets his full approval.

These will be the only pics you see on the bedroom for a week or two. There are a few decorative elements we still have to aquire before I can do the official before/after.

Another Project

So we decided to get a new bed which meant it was time to paint and decorate the master bedroom. Of course I had my helper along for the ride.


Master Bedroom deconstruction. Although I think the designer deconstruction means something a little different. This was in the middle of painting after KILLZ primer and ceiling paint and before color.


Moe checking on supplies to make sure we are ready to go for another round.

Did you know there is all kinds of cool stuff under this thing??


Well, as long as you know what you're doing, I'll leave you to it. Call me for the inspection when you're all done.