TGIF!!

Well it is kind of sort of Friday still...I haven't gone to bed yet so technically for me it is still Friday. I was very happy to see Friday. The day started well as Dakotah is now going to preschool three days a week and was very excited. Even more exciting, it wasn't raining, snowing and no hurricane force winds were blowing so we were able to walk up with relative ease. Before Christmas one of the local carpet sellers had a return on a special order carpet. It is child themed and very pretty in a bright royal blue with all kinds of kid stuff in pretty colors on it. Our preschool was the lucky recipient of the rug when the company decided to donate it to the New Westminster preschool programs. It replaced an awful very old one in the kids school room and was placed in the area they have story time. Well, when I arrived to pick up Dakotah today following school,she was sitting at one of the long tables in the room and not quite looking up...I pushed the stroller into the room and then had a good look at her and about had heart failure...the left side of her face looks like she has been in a boxing match with her eye half swollen shut, her cheek swollen and gouges in her skin on both cheek and eyelid. It turns out she ran across the pretty carpet and she was wearing her sneakers and I was told she tripped and fell hard face first onto a solid wood toy box by the wall that has big wooden blocks in it. The teacher came and explained what had happened and said they immediately got ice which remained on her face for the rest of the class. She also said she is a tough little thing. She had not melted down like most kids would. When I spoke to her about it later, her biggest problem with the entire accident was that she was embarrassed and also did not like all the attention she was getting as parents arrived to pick up the other children and saw her face! We came home and iced it some more and then she had a nap and felt better when she awoke. Never a dull moment around here! oh...and as a side note...by the time Jaime and I went to pick up Dakotah it was once again raining...but we walked anyways...well I walked and Jaime was in the stroller and I gave him an umbrella to hold over himself. He did very well with it and did not get soaked at all. I heard on the news that the end of next week may have some sunshine...but as they don't seem to be able to predict the next day or two's weather with any amount of accuracy, I won't hold my breathe waiting for the sunny days that are predicted so many days away!!
I am going to attempt to attach a picture of a doll that recently caught my interest. Her name is Katie Effanbee and she is dressed in a lovely outfit made by debbiegdesigns on Ebay. She is a lovely seamstress and her dresses are so lovely.

There was an orb in the sky today...could it be a sun?

I had hoped for a day off today but that wasn't to be...Dakotah bounded into my room saying "time to get up, Gramma"...I hoped I was dreaming but had a feeling I wasn't...and sure enough they were here... As I had slept all evening last night and only got up briefly to shower before going to bed I wasn't feeling too bad despite the early hour. I managed to get Jaime down for a nap about 11 and discovered it was not raining. So I headed outside and picked up litter that was previously snow covered and gathered bottles for the depot and other stimulating things while doing a million or so loads of laundry...one of which was my bedding so now I am looking forward to my clean bed. Jaime entertained me by pulling ornaments off the tree for a good part of the day. I think it is going to have to be put away soon as the constant activity of babysitting the tree is starting to get to me. Dakotah is now going to be going to preschool 3 days a week. Ballet is on hold for a bit, possibly until spring as I don't want the stress of having to get across town in snow or wind or torrential rain. preschool is only a block away so we can get there pretty much all of the time. Later this afternoon something was shining in the window..it was so bright and foreign, I debated finding some dark glasses...as I tip toed to the window to investigate, I couldn't help smiling...it was really, truly the sun...gosh it has been a long time. Of course about the same time hurricane force winds commenced but it was still so nice to see the sun for a change. That wind is very cold and feels like it is from the north...no snow in the forecast but it sure feels snowish...

Happy Wednesday!

I don't seem be be talking much anymore to real people and am wondering if the blog is going to isolate me further than I always have been...thoughts to ponder.
I had a big day today, I had my doctors apt at 8 am and unfortunately I am still nowhere near healed. I have started yet another round of even stronger and much more expensive antibiotics. I have been semi comatose since ingesting them and need to go to bed shortly although I have been prone on the couch all night dozing. The day was very busy and Jaime only having slept 4 hours on Tuesday night really put a dent in his behavior and humor. It was a tough and busy day but hopefully the new meds will kick in and i can start to feel better. Dakotah has gone home tonight, i am exhausted and could not manage another night with her in residence.and still no luck finding rain boots...sigh...who would have guessed this would be such an involved project!

Rain, Glorious Rain!!

The rain has started...dare I say "yeah"? After 25 days of hating the hill we live on, I am now thankful I live on a hill as the torential rain pounds down and melts all the horrible white stuff away. According to the news, there is massive flooding all over. Home Depot on Willingdon's parking lot has become a swimming pool apparently as well as any of the low lying areas. You still have to be very cautious moving around as the snow is now ice and a tow truck is sitting in residence in the Canadian Tire parking lot to tow out cars who are getting stuck in the piles of snow. We went out to McDonalds and made a short pit stop at the other mall in my quest to find gum boots or possibly hip waders if this continues. My feet must be awfully small although I wouldn't think so being a size 8 but everything I tried on could have held both my feet in one boot. Can you say Huge? We also couldn't walk past a Michaels store...no way...Dakotah is worse than I am about Michaels. We went in and found packages of gift tags for 89 cents....regularly 3.49 and they are quite nice. We also picked up a gingerbread house kit for 2.99 as little Missy wanted to make it so badly so perhaps that will be our project one day soon. I can see Jaime now... The last kid toys at McDonalds were My Little Pony's and we never managed to get the whole set. One day when we were in there a week or so ago and spoke to the manager and asked if we could buy the pink one when the promo was over. He said he would put the whole set away for us...however, not having been able to get down there recently I was sure it would be gone. I was very surprised and happy when I mentioned it to the clerk and she went in back and got the shift manager and they brought out the entire display and gave it to us. They only charged us for the ponies and not the boy toys as they didn't really want to take the thing apart so we have the complete set of boy mistika (whatever that is) toys as well. They are too old for Jaime as he tends to use them as weapons so will have to be put up until he is older. We had a nice little outting and managed to make it through the snow piles to get the truck back parked.

Snow Report...

The new stats are out and we have had snow on the ground since December 13, 2008. Apparently at the airport it was recorded that we have had 100 cm of snow so far. For the first time since 1964, dump trucks are picking up the snow in the city of Vancouver and dumping truck loads into False Creek. The worry is flooding with the thaw. The new mayor of Vancouver stated this has been a big learning experience and they will be having meetings to discuss new strategies to deal with winters like this. Apparently there is a possibility we could have several years of this type of weather...not a pleasant thought for me...I will keep buying those lottery tickets and hope for a way to leave in winter...haha...and soon another cow will fly over the moon too as that is probably a comparable thing to winning the lottery! But if one doesn't have a ticket one cannot win so I will keep trying!

SNOW, HORRIBLE SNOW

After more than 3 weeks of solid snow, ice and misery I am hoping the weatherman will be right for a change and the rains will miraculously appear...we will see...the current road situation is pretty grim with snow, ice and slush everywhere. Our car is parked across town after getting stuck last night on our way home from having dinner out. It was perfectly dry with clear streets when we left home so imagine our surprise to exit the restaurant and find 6 inches of fresh fallen snow and non-existant roads once again. I think the temperature is above freezing as there is now water dripping off of the roof so that is a good thing! School was on this morning so I tip toed through the slush and slime and made my way up the hill in my leaky useless boots and got the princess to her class...when I left there were only 2 out of the 9 registered present. It may be a light day for the teacher but at least Dakotah's best friend was the other child there. On a nicer note, I love Amazon.ca...the movies I ordered while snow bound arrived today...great service! Now if I can ever figure out the DVD player maybe we can watch them:) I much prefered the plug in and play videos..my old and addled brain has problems comprehending the intricacies of the DVD player...my granddaughter wonders if this is because I am "so old"....such a sweet child with a sweet way of putting things!

hmmm...I was checking out on Ebay today and found there is a kick back cash back program there. they supplied a link for others to sign up too...i am not sure what this is about but anything with a cash back option sounds good to me!!


KickItBack = Cash Back