Coffee and Titties

I always thought to myself "I would never drink coffee." It's disgusting, leaves a gross taste in my mouth for the rest of the day. Use to give me the jitters, too. Lately I've been having a bit of trouble staying awake in the mornings for the first few hours till noon, one ish. I ended up laying on the floor of Brooke's bedroom with her for what ends up being 2-3 hours. I don't mind it but my neck sure does. I hate being so tired there had to be a cure out there somewhere that could take away the sleepy ness and let me function.. "Coffee oh how I love you!" I don't know that I will continue to drink it but it sure helped me out today : )

The good thing about me being a coffee drinker for my husband.. I'll drink the cheapest stuff out there, it all taste like crap so it doesn't make a difference to me what brand I drink.

So, I have this cat living in my garage. I rescued him from the SPCA about six months ago. He's four years old, extremely friendly and great around Brooke. About three weeks after we took him home he started peeing on towels and pooping everywhere! I don't know what it is but every animal that comes into this house ends up pissing everywhere regardless of knowing better. So I posted an add on Kijiji.com to give away. Well 'the cat came back'. It's too unsanitary to have him in the house with my daughter so we stuck him outside in the garage and in there he uses his litter box?!! We've come to the conclusion that he's happier "In the Garage". He gets lots of company with everyone smoking in there and there is a heater pointed right at his litter box to keep him warm at night. I couldn't force myself to bring him back to the SPCA, it would have been a third time that he would have been taken back. He's Micro chipped so I think he'd just end up back here or put to sleep there. So I see it as he's better off in our shit hole garage then in jail awaiting his death at the SPCA. Poor guy though really, I wish he would just use his litter pan in the house, doesn't make sense.

Brooke is now talking back to us. She was watching the dog whisperer this morning staring at the puppies calling them titties (the way she says kitty, which was her first word) I say "No, no baby it's pup-e. Can you say pup-e?" and she says "Pup-e" nice, slow & perfectly. How exciting. She already says hi and waves. Still not walking but has a good Monkey walk going on.

Oh how I look forward to her naps! When she is awake she is ALL over me. It's nuts, she's nuts. After three hours of playing on the floor with her she will still cry when I leave her alone or walk away for a minute. It's getting worse as she gets older too. I love that she loves me but I just can't be holding her or playing with her ALL day long. I really don't know how to handle it other then possibly finding her something to do all on her own. She already has sooooo many toys though. Maybe I'll just have to put up with it until she's a little older and grows out of it? I think I'll AskYAHOO!

That's so it for now... been a while since I posted anything.. what ever happened to that weekend picture, art posting thing I was doing. I just can't seem to stick to things and throw a really bad memory on top of that. That's what happened to it. I don't think it's happening anymore he he Later.

..again

Well I've failed to keep up with my blogging once again.. I'm either too busy, I forget, can't think of anything to write or I just don't want to blog.

Family Photos!

From our vacation in Gibsons, BC


Michael & I at his Mothers home in Sechelt, BC

Brooklynn at Grandpa's in Westwold, BC


Along the side of the road there was a little boardwalk through the trees, it was beautiful.. until I saw this spider anyway..




We stopped at the Enchanted Forest & couldn't help but snap a cute one of Brooke!!

All moved in

After my vacation we had a very busy few weeks, the earliest appointment for re installation of internet phone & cable was for the 11th. Finally things are settling down.

Currently on Vacation

I'm on my Holidays/Vacation Aug. 11th-24th/25th

Will continue my blogging when I return! : )

Saturday Shop: Do you really want to?

Do you really want to buy on the internet? Is it even all that safe? From the sellers point of view, the business of selling online really sucks. I feel that you spend more time then it's worth. Answering emails, questions with no replies, waiting around for no shows when it comes time to pick up, or holding something on a promise to buy & then poof where did buyer go? I've been selling on the internet for years but just this past year I took up selling items on Kijiji. I'm an avid collector of well pretty much anything. I love to shop & buy. If I want to keep shopping - I must sell off what I have. I just have too much stuff & no matter what I do the same time next year I will have the same amount of possessions. It's a nice little circle that keeps me busy. Michael buys & buys too, always changing his mind about his purchases later. So I sell off the stuff we don't use, otherwise there would be a large quantity of unused crap in our basement. A little is okay, but a lot just becomes too cluttered. I recently sold an Ipod through this website Kijiji which didn't turn out so well. I shipped it off VIA Canada Post. I was scammed. I was using Paypal the worlds most widely used method of payment on the internet. Paypal claims to be the safer way to pay, which is true the site does protect the buyer, but the seller is sure as hell shit out of luck when it comes to being scammed. I could go into a whole lot of detail about what happened but I'd rather just show you this website Paypal Warning This site will make you well informed of the paypal situations/stories happening around the world. I've read a few, some of them are just ridiculous!

Thought I was going to show you some good shopping deals?

Shopping online can be fun, I love the comfort of being at home. Face it -- shopping with a baby isn't always that easy. Shopping online -- I can spend hours looking at what ever I want, take as long as I want, compare prices, take a break, eat something & then go back to it. Just makes life that much easier.

I don't have anything to share as far as shopping goes, I haven't been in a while -- even though the screen is right in front of my face :)

Photography Friday's: Blue

This weeks theme for Photography Friday's is 'Blue' not the necessarily the color but more a less the idea of the word blue. I had a lot of fun with this one. I had way too many to choose from. But I narrowed it down pretty well.

yaninah Titled 'Deep Blue' ~sleepykytti says "his/her eyes feel like the sea. i love this." I think the details of the eye lashes should be a little more focused but other then that I really like this photo. The details in the center of the eye are amazing!


andymumford Titled 'Blue' Such crystal clear clarity in this photograph. I wonder what kind of camera was used? The sunset is simply beautiful! Makes me wish I was there, I just love photography from around the world.


aquapell Titled 'Blue River' A full view is much better for this photograph see it here. plejaden says "it's impossible not to like it :D you have created something amazing. besides the beautiful colours, the ray of lights look great. as if it is from a fairy land.." & I completely agree!


vsprink Titled 'Contemplation' The color & clarity are stunning in this photo. I love it! What a cute child too. On the other hand while having this effect on the photo it adds to a different concept as spotted by =es-art "The HDR processing emphasis the marks on the legs witch leads to different conclusions, the first think would be careless childhood on the other hand would be a photo of children that are beaten up. ok I my be to dramatic.. :D It is joust something to meditate on :D" I completely agree but on the other hand I would not have noticed had I not read that comment. Stunning shot ~vsprink!


This is just too cute! '04.' by ~powderedtoastgirl. - - ~theworldsawhore says "This picture just brightened my day. And makes me laugh, a lot. Oh dear, amazing!" A perfect final feature for the theme 'blue' !


It's surprising how many photos are title blue when you're looking for themed images under the theme blue. This is my daughter Brooklynn taken February 2009 in Cartier Manitoba, sitting with her Grandpa. I was going to share the DeviantART link but noticed there wasn't one. I must have forgotten to post it.

The Alberta Prairies just outside of Red Deer Alberta. I took this photo out of a moving vehicle. Hard to believe with the clarity of it. DeviantART Link.

Painter Thursdays II

The white whiter & whitest of them all. This weeks feature consists of well white hair. The idea, I guess I just like the look of it when it's painted. Again all this weeks features are from DeviantART the most widely used artist site on the web. Do I like it, no. But it's there & I use it.

~Ohaniella


l0ne-star


peachysticks


varges


I see three, three white haired beauties. Last but not least, this is a photo manipulation of eight different photographs. I loved the way it turned out. So dark, mysterious but sexy at the same time. I call this "Beautiful Darkness" Seen here on my DeviantART page.

Family Photos!

So Sunday is family photos & I forgot all about it. It is very early Monday morning. Fed Brooke & now she's sleeping again. Lucky little. I'm exhausted. Tire. Grumpy & a little stinky because I haven't had a shower yet today. Last, I am in a good mood. Off the subject a little we are moving & have a room mate moving in with us. With this economy fall there is no work in Kelowna, lots in Calgary. So a friend of Michael's is moving in with us from Kelowna. We had him staying with us before -- If I were to pick anyone to live with, it would probably be him. Back to the subject of the post, I have so many photos to choose from so which ones do I choose?

Grandpas hat was sure fun to play with, it's funny how the smallest of things will amuse a baby.

She loved this toy -- even though it's daddy's toy!


The Calgary Zoo. Finally we went & it was a blast! We will most likely be going again before the year is up. Michael in the bottom one -- our first family photo ever. I can't believe we didn't take one of the three of us sooner! Shame. Shame.

Tapcake

As far as I'm concerned I've never heard of this cake ever being made, but I'm sure it has since there are thousands upon thousands of types of cakes out there. Anyway, I made one today. I don't necessarily bake a cake because I want to eat it. I bake a cake just for the fun of making a cake. If you don't have all the means of preparing the most dazzling of cakes then check out this simple idea. I call it the "Tapcake"

What you'll need;
One box plain white cake mix (prepared/mixed)
Square cake pan greased
One cookie sheet covered in tin foil
Tapioca pudding 6 servings/5 large soup scoops

On a cookie sheet spread out a thin layer of pudding covering the entire cookie sheet. Place this in your freezer until frozen through. To remove from tin foil simply drag off sheet onto counter top & flatten sides for removal.


Using a square cake pan place approximately 1cm of cake mix at bottom & bake, I'm assuming you know how to bake a cake? Bake three of these. Once they have cooled take a long knife & gently shave off the top to make the cakes surface smooth.


Gently cut pudding into two squares, the same size as your cake. Place first cake on bottom followed by a layer of pudding, another layer of cake, the last layer of pudding & then the last layer of cake. Once you have done so, cover in the desired icing & place in your freezer until ready to eat. Left overs are then placed in the fridge. Be careful not to waste too much time while putting the whole cake together -- the pudding will melt.


Last but not least - Enjoy it!

In one of my cake layers I used no more then 10-15 chocolate chips evenly spaced for a nice addition to the sweetness of it. The cake was excellent. A little weird but very tasty. I'm sure you could use any type of pudding mix, any type of cake mix or icing, and it will still taste just as good. The ones I chose went very well together though.