Sales people at the kiosks in the mall...

So I am fairly annoyed at these little kiosks in the mall. Particularly the ones with that oily hand scrub stuff. They demo it and show you all the shit that is coming off the hands that you considered "clean".

Shirley and I got suckered into this demo a few years ago while on our Sweet 16 NYC trip for Shannon. Our hands were gross but not really surprising considering we trekked through NYC all day. Anyhoo they were nice and soft and smooth and then they told us it was like $40 for a pot of this stuff. We thanked the gentleman nicely and went on our way. Just in case you are interested I found a similar product at Wal-Mart a few weeks later in a much larger pot for I think $7. Can you take a wild guess what Shirley got for Christmas that year?

So now these same kiosks have turned up in our local malls. In the past I never really felt threatened by these kiosk dwellers. Most of them seemed like they were happy just to sit there all day and wait for you to come and see them. Happy to sit there and read a National Enquirer and collect their $8 hourly wage (or whatever minimum wage is these days). Not these hand people.

I got caught a few weeks ago. I avoided eye contact and as I hurried by said a quick "No thank you!". Yesterday was different. The guy kind of jumped out at me and was waving his little towel and a brochure. I was on company business (I swear I am not lying) and I was in a rush. I think he could see I was annoyed and he got out of my way. Sadly I head to back that way. So his little friend got me again on the other side. Another jump - I told him I had no time. Then he says to me. "Hey lady, I just want to ask you a question". Sorry! Gotta run! Then not 10 feet away is another kiosk. This one is for some nail decorations or manicure products. No jumping involved this time but still quite aggressive in her approach. I avoided eye contact yet again and she says to me as I passed by " Hey lady I just want to ask you a question."

I get these people have to sell - I bet they don't even make minimum wage - it is probably all about commissions for them but if I say no thanks or I am not making any eye contact with you whatsoever, you would THINK that would be a hint that you are not going to be getting any interest from me. Oh and the next time..jumping in front of me might just get ya a knee to the groin.

I felt like I was back at the Mexican flea market or on the corner of a busy NYC street being hunted by bus tour companies.

Wow a week..

without writing. So much for being all consistent and shit. Oh well. It has been a busy week with a fairly busy weekend as well.

The pain seems to be back a little again. I have no clue what it is but it is fairly annoying.

My washing machine is fixed.

Oh lord this is boring. Enough.

Amazingly, I did not die

I really thought I was. Really. I had weird pains in my abdomen that radiated into my back and into my chest all day. To perhaps put in perspective - although I have a high threshold for pain this was worse than contractions. I thought for sure it was going to be a kidney stone but I took some Advil Extra Strength Liquigels. (Those are da bomb!) and laid in bed all night folding laundry and it seems to have disappeared. I guess it could come back but for now I will enjoy not having it.

I am in a funk today. Gloomy might be the word I am looking for.

I hate Thursdays..I think I am dying

So I dislike Thursdays. I cannot tell you why because if I did then I would have to kill you. Those that know me know why I dislike Thursdays.

I also feel like I am dying today. I am having weird cramps..if I was pregnant I would think I was having contractions. But I am not pregnant. If I was ovulating I might think I had a cyst but AF was just here so too early for that. The only other possibilities is gastro or kidney stones. Crap.

I just took Tylenol so let's see what happens.

Happy Belated Birthday to Meeeeeeee!!

It was a nice weekend. Unfortunately one of Shirley's Uncles passed away the week before so his funeral was on the Saturday. The funeral was very simple and nice, well except for the gang that was there trying to sing the hymns. The only one we managed to get somewhat right was Amazing Grace.

We ended up at the Rockburn Pub for some drinks and then to the restaurant where my little seester works for supper.

Sunday was quiet. Cliff let me sleep in and made me breakfast. When I told my Dad he asked if it was breakfast in bed. Hmmm no. It was more like him storming to the door of the bedroom and screaming (it was about 9:00am) "You want breakfast?!!" I was so excited so I asked what he was making. "Well I cooked bacon but we only have 3 eggs left.". So he made me a bacon and egg sandwich. It was divine. It always is when you are not cooking it yourself.

While we were at Liam's hockey practice, my IP's called and wished me a Happy Birthday. They don't normally remember so it was a nice call. Then they mentioned coming down for supper - wow!! We had not seen them since Cliff's 40th Birthday in February. It is always a fly by night visit when they come but they get an A for effort! We got to see them for a few hours and they spoil us rotten. Lolo is getting so big! She is going to be 5 soon - can you believe it?

That was about it. 36 is not very exciting. AF showed up to for my birthday. Stupid wench. That made me feel like I was turning 86 instead.

Hair Intervention

I have been growing my hair out for what seems like forever. Usually come summer and the heat and humidity that come with the seasonal love of my life, I give up. My hair dresser (is there a new word for hair dresser? You know how like flight attendants are now called that instead of stewardess?? Oh well.) is quite used to me walking after not seeing her for about 6-8 months and telling her to cut it off. Cut. It. All. Off.

Nancy rocks and always gets quites excited when I walk in and tell her this. Sadly Nancy is quite popular and if you want an appointment with her, be prepared to book your time with her a year in advance and give over your first born. OK she is not THAT bad but needless to say - I cannot even book with her 4 weeks in advance. I am a spur of the moment kinda gal ya know? I have not seen Nancy in quite some time. Often I run into little places when I have 10 minutes of free time and get it cut, usually this involves some begging and pleading. I don't even remember when the last time I saw Nancy was but I miss her. She knows what I like and what I don't like, she gets me, she completes me.

Anyways, I got a little off track there. I am growing my hair out. Everytime I am about to give up and lop it all off someone will comment about how they like my hair this length or a miraculous day will occur and I will have a good hair day (they are few and far between). The chick I saw last time (at the same salon as Nancy works) was young. I was skeered. I lacked confidence. She did not speak much English and did not understand much either and thought for sure I was going to be walking out of there with a bowl cut. However she did a not bad job - she understood that I wanted to keep the length but I needed some kind of style. It gets heavy my hair (might as well fit with the rest of the body!) and it gets thick and bushy in the back and I do not have time to be straightening every day!

I also have some weird cowlicks, why they are called that I will never know. It makes having normal bangs pretty well impossible.

So I am on the elevator today at work and am staring in disgust in those mirrors in the elevator. Can someone please explain to me why there has to me mirrors in an elevator? My hair looks like someone's hair who had put in a ponytail wet and then took it out when it dried and just left it. Like there is permanent dent in my hair. So the elevator stops and this woman walks in with the cutest pageboy style. Really short. Really cute.

I need an intervention ASAP.

Dashing dreams

Emma has decided that she is not entirely sure that Santa exists. Oh C' mon! I was 9 or 10 before my sister Natalie crushed my dreams by taking me into my Mom's closet and showing me a wrapped gift (that was later discovered to be my lovely Cabbage Patch Kid whose name was Rene or something equally as cheesey and I changed it to Andrew) with a tag that said "To: Karen From: Santa" I was crushed.

Liam still believes despite hearing the reality from several of his friends. Last Christmas he told me kids were bugging him because he was saying that Santa was real. So I told him at the time that there was no point in fighting with them just let them believe what they believe and you believe what you believe. I am pretty sure he doesn't believe but he still wants the presents.

Last year the kids totally screwed me. I was hiding all their presents (Santa presents included) in the basement at my Dad's. The kids decided to play hide and seek and they found them. I was pretty well done so they had found EVERYTHING. I tried drilling them about what they actually did see and at first they said they had only seen their guitars (Santa item) but Emma was still acting sneaky so I finally managed to get it out of her that they had seen everything! She did not want to tell me because she thought I would take all the stuff back to the store. I had to go back out and re-do the Santa stuff. So I think Emma must have noticed my frustration with that and coupled with the gossip at school believes that I am indeed Santa.

I asked Emma about it last night as we were out shopping and she said that she does not believe he is real because she does not hear him come in and if he did the dogs would bark. True...

We have always made a big deal at Christmas. Not on super expensive items but I try and find things that they have mentioned in passing or admired somewhere else but was not on their Christmas lists and I make those things from "Santa" and make a big deal about him knowing what they like whether it is on their list or not. Liam got a telescope a few years ago and a set of binoculars - totally not on his list amongst Bakugans, WWE wrestlers and hockey stuff.

So the question is - what do I do? Do I be all mysterious once again this year or just let them know the truth?? What do you do?

Welcome (again for like maybe the 3rd time)

I now pronounce you cool and popular!

I stopped blogging because I never really had the time to come up with these long posts - or I would start one, save it as a draft and then get sucked into the vortex that is known as my family. So I am thinking - just small daily posts with the little things that are going. Who knows you might get lucky and get two posts in a day. I have a laptop now so I don't even have to get off the couch anymore to post so that should really help with volume.

If you want to read all the old shit, by all means go ahead. A lot of it is about my first (and frustratingly only) surrogacy journey and just the day-to-day going ons of the aforementioned vortex.

There is also a hope that perhaps if I clear my head a little each day and let out at least some of the bugs that I might not be such a crazy person.

Well that was fast.

Facebook makes me think of things that I have not thought of in years...

I always wanted a Chia Pet.

The other day I was in Chapter's and went into the toy section to look at Webkinz for one of Emma's friends. I saw a Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine. I ALWAYS begged for that from the Sears Catalogue every year but that Santa ignored my desperate pleas. I guess I was not vocal enough. Never got that damned wood burning kit either. But I am guessing that was because Santa knew I had some pyromaniacal tendencies...

Going to try something different

So I never blog anymore. I usually just rant away on Facebook but I miss my blog. I am not entirely sure why but I do.

This is what I am thinking..small posts. When I have a thought or something funny happens I will blog it.

Not that I am having any particular exciting thoughts right now or that anything particularly entertaining is happening at this very moment but hey you never know what might pop up.

Stay tuned!

Interesting week..

Clifford turned 39 on Wednesday. What an old coot! No offense to my 40 + readers...it is just really starting to sink in that I am a grown up. I don't really want to be a grown up. Yeah being a Mum is cool and all that but if I could do that and not have to work or pay bills..oh wait that is welfare. I think these welfare people have the right idea...haha I jest (maybe).



I am married to an old man now. Time to find me a yungin' . I wish I was rich and could have a pool boy. Ok maybe not a BOY cause that is kinda creepy..let's call him hot pool dude.



Anyhoo enough of Cliff, this blog is supposed to be about me - love ya babe. Glad you made it past 31 ;)



So how many of you are Twilight fans? I am anxiously awaiting the arrival the fourth and final book, Breaking Dawn. Shannon (my sister for those that don't know) has had it for WEEKS! I think she was torturing me on purpose. We missed all the fighting etc because I am 17 years older than her and I think this was her way of getting back at me..talk about agony. Anyhoo if you have not read them I suggest you do! They are not deep books here - but an easy read and I seriously could not put one down once I got started. I had this saved as a draft and since original date I have received said book. I am not far yet as I just started this morning but ohhh.. I am loving it so far.



One book I did read in the Fall that did have a little more depth to it was The Birth House. Wow what an amazing book. I guess maybe being a surrogate mother and sort of being in the world of infertility from the outside looking in I found it quite fascinating to read that even way back then people had issues. Pick it up - it is an awesome read and you will not be disappointed.

So Liam had a karate tournament today. First one of the New Year! His last being the end of November I guess. One thing has changed since his last one.. he has gone up a belt! Which means a tad stiffer competition. There were like 15 in his group today. He did REALLY well considering he tried a different kata AND was considered an intermediate instead of a beginner. Thank god he was a few days shy of his 8th birthday or his competition would have been MORE stiff. He tied for 4th with like 11 of his competitors. LOL. (that is what they did for the people that did not place 3rd place and up..they all tied for 4th and got a little medal). For combat he kicked ass in his first fight 5-0. Remember how I mentioned cheering my kid on to punch some other kid in the face..well that is what today was like. "Liam punch him in the head!" came out of my mouth several times. He made a boy cry and then I felt guilty. But they almost all cry at this age. Well except the dude that kicked all their asses effortlessly. So then he had his second fight and the coach of the kid (and father) is NUTS. We have seen him at several tournaments now and we are sure he is on something. Coke, speed..something. He screams and pounds his chest like he is fucking Tarzan. Everyone just rolls their eyes and shares looks around the ring. Anyhoo Liam fought his kid second and within 10 seconds Liam kicked him and he was on the ground. He managed to get up and he was crying etc. but still managed to come back and land a few good ones in Liam's face and then Liam started to cry. LOL. Oh the joys. The only advantage to NOT winning that fight was that Liam avoided fighting for first or second place where he would have SERIOUSLY had his ass handed to him on a silver platter. This kid is AWESOME. He plays by the book but is just a pitbull in the ring and you cannot fault him for that. It was a good tourney. Shan kicked ass in her kata too but managed to get beat in her combat and came in second.

We ended up going to see Dane's (Shannon's BF) hockey game and then they came back here for supper and rent the UFC. It is 11:51 and guess who the only one awake is..that is right. ME. Cliff, Shirley & Billy Bob are crashed out on the couch I am finishing up my 4th Strawberry Daquiri and talking to YOU! Can you hear me now?? What about..... NOW?? Buncha boring peeps man. I get FAR less sleep than any of these twits.. and who is still awake?? LOL Oh and I shaved Liam's head tonight. Did not turn out QUITE how I imagined but I will take pics tomorrow and share on Facebook :)

Trying something new..

Wow. I am surprised I am going to try this again but I think it might help so I figured why not?



For those that have not been "here" (wherever that is) before as you might be able to tell by my Blogger name..I am a Late Night Mama. I do not sleep. Ok well I DO sleep and once I do eventually fall asleep I could probably go for loonnng time (ask Cliff about my weekend sleep ins) but I am also a work-outside-of-the-home Mum of two kids so really even though I get an odd sleep in ONCE in a while, I don't really have time to sleep. Anyhoo the whole point is that I *thought* maybe blogging might help me sleep. I know it did not work last time but I am getting older now time to mix things up a bit.



This is just a catch up post..for those that have not been paying attention to my life for the last few years. So let's see...hmmm..oh I got a new job..well last May. LOL. The people are cool, the technology is cool.. I think. Going from the Cosmetic industry to the world of high-tech mobility solutions is very different and often conversations sound like a foreign language to me and I am sure I have been caught with the deer in the headlights expression more than once but it is still pretty cool and exciting to be part of something so new. So new that I have often heard our product being described as something that people don't even know they need yet. Hah! How is that for forward thinking?? Why can't I invent something like that..something people don't even realize they need yet?



What else?? Well nothing on the surrogacy front so far. I have been in wait mode for a year - I did not think I was that patient but let's face it..I have other things going on in my life. I do still plan on doing another journey - HOPEFULLY for the same couple however if they choose not do it again - I will look for another couple. So if you know anyone that needs a baby..hey maybe that could be my thang - my something that someone does not know they need yet. That was not so hard.



The kids are good. Liam has begun competing in karate. So I have become one of those mothers that stands around rings all day screaming and cheering for my kid to punch some other mother's child in the face. It is an insane little world but Liam loves it and that is the only reason why I drag myself out of bed at 6:00 am on a Saturday morning - at least my ass is warm as opposed to what it will be once I become the hockey mum.



Cliff is healthy. He just had a battery of tests at the beginning of December and all is fine.



SURPRISE - we have more pets now. Well at least since my last post here (everyone else that HAS been paying attention..freak pas..I have no more recent additions). I don't remember when my last post was here I forgot to check. So maybe we have a LOT more pets. LOL. Boomer passed away right after I had Lolo. He was a crazy dog but still a very tragic death both for him and myself (hormones remember??). We had gotten Bella shortly before he passed and she is still with us, she sucks though. Very independent and really wants nothing much to do with us unless we have something edible in our hot little hands.



My mind is mush when it comes to dates but since then we have added Walker (Black lab), Leo (fat cat), Jasmine (stray cat that is TRULY the best cat that has ever owned me), and most recently Sierra, a Rhodesian Ridgeback mixed with a Labrador. She is beautiful. We got her last January and she his sooooo tall! This was all on Cliff again wanting another dog. Everyone thinks it is me but really it is him (at least for the dogs).



Ok so that is it for now. :) Maybe if I can figure it out again I will post pictures :)

So 8:45 pm is not so late..but in all seriousness I wrote this late one night but saved it as a draft so I could spell check. I need to use Firefox so it does that for me. Surprisingly I only had one spelling error - YEAH ME!

Holy crap..

Man it has been a long time again! I am sorry to keep my fans awaiting..(yeah right..lol). I have heard some of you thought that I might have dropped off the face of the earth so I figured I better update! Sometimes I WISH I had dropped off the face of the earth but alas, I am alive and kicking (and screaming and stressing etc etc.)

Sooooooo let's see?? Where the hell do I begin? Well the biggest thing is our kitchen reno from hell. Actually a place worse than hell which we have now realized is called Home Depot. What a freaking JOKE that place is. I am not going to lie and say I will never go there again after all this crap has been completed cause I know I will. They have cool shit sometimes. BUT I will NEVER EVER work on a project as important and expensive as a kitchen. NEVER!

I have no time nor the energy nor the physical capacity to type all the crap out but let's put it this way.. I have not had a kitchen sink since the beginning of May and I will most likely not have a kitchen sink until the beginning or middle of August! Need I say more? I am sick of doing our dishes in the bathtub or the bathroom sink. I am tired of eating on paper plates. Home Depot has screwed up our order in so many ways.

The actual installation of cabinets is now complete thanks to an amazing man (yeah you think I am talking about Cliff right?? LOL) my good ole cousin Mikey. The man is a freaking genius. Don't get me wrong Cliff has worked his ass off too but for technical knowledge..Mikey is KING! We always knew he did good work...we have seen it in his own house but to actually see the dude in action and with the grace and ease that he does this work...amazing. I wish I had an ounce of talent that he has! I also cannot forget to thank Lisiane (his wife to be..someday maybe) for her help with counter selections and colors. She rocks and the colors are perfect. Even thought Mikey says they are pink..they are not.

Due to all Hell Depot's errors we are now delayed until August for our counters. We have complained and complained and complained. No one heeded our complaints so I went to the big dood. Or I tried anyway. I was intercepted. BUT I really came down on the assistant store manager with a letter listing all our problems chronologically. They have spoken with the Devil himself and they will be giving us a discount very shortly.

What else?? Kids are doing awesome! They are getting so big! Liam has passed his yellow belt now in karate. He is taking a break now for the summer and has started soccer. He is not really into that yet. He prefers to take the dramatic falling down approach everytime someone comes near him. OR he does grass angels. What he REALLY enjoys doing is playing baseball! When he comes into contact with the ball he can freaking nail them and he has a great throw! So next year it will be that. He was too young this summer. He also had his "graduation" at the daycare and is starting Kindergarten at the end of August! Yikes!

Emma is well...Emma. She smiles all day long and has most people fall in love with her on first sight. She is full of vim and vinegar as one of the parishoner's at church says. She is taking to swimming lots this summer so far and she will most likley be a beautiful mermaid by the end! Liam is doing great in that department too!

Cliff is doing great too! Got a new position a few months ago at his company with a big raise and the union has just finished their contract negotiations so it will be going up again shortly! Health wise he is well. On Tuesday it will be 5 years since his transplant. On Wednesday he will be going for his big check up. So I will let you all know how it goes!

As for me..well...my hands/wrists are screwed again. Hoping to have surgery soon but the Dr. is being a pain in the ass at the moment. He cannot believe that his first surgery was not a success so is making me try everything under the sun first. So far nothing he has prescribed or recommended has worked. Work is the same shit different day. Hoping to get a nice raise in the next few months but I am not holding my breath either.

The pets are doing well. Walker is growing up to be a very gentle dog. He chews alot of crap but not the kids so that is good. LOL. Bella is also very tolerant of the child beating she gets but takes it like a trooper.

Baby Lolo is doing well. She will be 8 months in 10 days!! Hard to believe! I have not seen her in awhile but her Mommy and Daddy keep in touch weekly and we hope to see them soon!

That is it in a nutshell!

I guess it was a kind of gastro

Liam was fine but after Emma woke up from her little nap she hurled everywhere! She seems better today but we are just doing Pedialyte.

The thing with Emma is that as soon as she pukes (no matter how much or little) she wants a bath. So she had about 5 baths in about 2 hours! She is a good puker other than that. If she can make it she knows to get to the bathroom and hurl into the bath tub or toilet.

So we are just going to take it easy this weekend and hopefully get rid of it all so they can go back to school on Monday. Cliff is working anyways.

I just finished watching the movie Four Brothers. Not bad. A little violent (but I like that).

I came here

to write something and I forget what. DOH! What a tard I am. I am home today (Friday) Liam woke up at 3:30am with diarrhea so I thought he had gastro. Well he does not he is fine. Oh well. At least I am getting my laundry done. But I seriously came here to tell you all something OTHER than about Liam's bowels. DAMN.

Ok well until I can remember I am just going to talk about nothing.

So what is everyone watching these days? Our TV schedule is SO full it is not even funny.

Monday: 24, Medium, CSI Miami
Tuesday: One Tree Hill, American Idol, Law & Order SVU
Wednesday: Lost, American Idol, Criminal Minds (I think it is on Tuesdays as well) sometimes CSI:NY
Thursday: ER
Friday: Ghost Whisperer, Close to Home
Saturday: Hockey (not by choice)
Sunday: Cold Case, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy

Other shows I watch but have no idea what nights they are actually on and I won't necessarily die if I miss: House, Invasion, How I met your Mother, Courting Alex,

Shows I wish I could watch but it conflicts with something else : Invasion, Without a Trace

Shows I look forward to coming back: Prison Break, The Sopranos.

I seriously do not remember The Sopranos anymore it has been so long! If anyone would like to enlighten me on what happened the last season (whenever that was) it would be appreciated. I am probably missing a few other shows that I like but I think that is enough.

Let's see..oh we have a few birthdays today. My cousin Nicholas - I think he is turning 23! Now that is scary! He was just a few months old when we moved out to Victoria. Yikes! I have actually been back in Quebec longer than I lived out West (yikes again, especially considering my grasp of the french language) . We also have Cousin Erin's man Aaron (yes we have all acknowledged the Erin and Aaron play on names thing - the amusement is over) The old dude is 31 today (5 months younger than me the bugger).

Shit Emma just fell asleep on the couch. See what happens when you ignore your children?

Ok so I am babbling on and I still cannot remember what I came here to say. I suck.

My hero..

Too Funny! JACK BAUER FACTS…


1) During the commercials, Jack Bauer calls the CSI detectives and solves their crimes.
2) Jack Bauer doesn't speak any foreign languages, but he can make any foreigner speak English in a matter of minutes.
3) Jack Bauer is the 'i' in team.
4) If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he'd shoot Nina twice.
5) If everyone on "24" followed Jack Bauer's instructions, it would be called "12".
6) Nobody says 'hit me' when Jack Bauer deals Blackjack
7) Upon hearing that he was played by Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer killed Sutherland. Jack Bauer gets played by no man.
8) If you wake up in the morning, it's because Jack Bauer spared your life.
9) Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys.
10) Jack Bauers calender goes from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Jack Bauer.
11) When Kim Bauer lost her virginity, Jack Bauer found it and put it back.
12) Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.
13) If it tastes like chicken, looks like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Jack Bauer says its beef. Then it's fucking beef.
14) 1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.
15) When life gave Jack Bauer lemons, he used them to kill terrorists. Jack Bauer fucking hates lemonade.
16) Lets get one thing straight, the only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.
17) It's no use crying over spilt milk... Unless that was Jack Bauer's milk. Oh you are so screwed. 18) Jack Bauer played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.
19) Jack Bauer once won a game of Connect 4 in 3 moves
20) Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.
21) Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in Middle Eastern men
22) Osama bin Laden's recent proposal for truce is a direct result of him finding out that Jack Bauer is, in fact, still alive.
23) If Jack Bauer misspells a word, your dictionary is wrong.
24) Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.
25) If Rosa Parks was in Jack Bauer's seat, she'd move to the back of the bus.
26) On a high school math test, Jack Bauer put down "Violence" as every one of the answers. He got an A+ on the test because Jack Bauer solves all his problems with Violence.
27) Every mathematical inequality officially ends with "Jack Bauer".
28) Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry.
29) When Google can't find something, it asks Jack Bauer for help.
30) Simon Says should be renamed to Jack Bauer Says because if Jack Bauer says something then you better fucking do it.
31) Superman's only weakness is Kryptonite. Jack Bauer laughs at Superman for having a weakness.
32) Jack Bauer removed the "Escape" button from his keyboard. Jack Bauer never needs to escape.
33) Jack Bauer's favorite color is severe terror alert red. His second favorite color is violet, but just because it sounds like violent.
34) When President Palmer quit to start doing Allstate commercials, it took him 43 takes before he could stop saying, "You're in good hands with Jack Bauer".
35) Jack Bauer killed 93 people in just 4 days time. Wait, that is a real fact.
36) When Jack Bauer was a child, he made his mother finish his vegetables.
37) Jack Bauer once double teamed a girl.. by himself.
38) When Jack Bauer does push-ups he doesn't push himself up, he pushes the world down.
39) There are no such thing as lesbians, just women who never met Jack Bauer.
40) When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jack Bauer jumps out.
41) In 96 hours, Jack Bauer has killed 93 people and saved the world 4 times. What the fuck have you done with your life?
42) Jesus died and rose from the dead in 3 days. It took Jack Bauer less than an hour. And he's done it twice.
43) Finding Nemo would have been vastly more exciting had Jack Bauer been looking for him. 44) When the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jack Bauer.
45) Jack Bauer can get McDonald's breakfast after 10:30.
46) There are three leading causes of death among terrorists. They are all Jack Bauer.
47) You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.
48) Guns dont kill people, Jack Bauer kills people.
49) Jack Bauer got Hellen Keller to talk.
50) Your attraction to Jack Bauer in no way affects your sexual orientation.
51) There is the right way, the wrong way, and the Jack Bauer way. It's basically the right way but faster and more deaths.
52) In kindergarten, Jack Bauer killed a terrorist for Show and Tell.
53) If you're holding a gun to Jack Bauer's head, don't count to three before you shoot. Count to 10. That way, you get to live 7 seconds longer.
54) Men are ok with their wives fantasizing about Jack Bauer during sex; because they are doing the same thing.
55) If Jack Bauer was gay, his name would be Chuck Norris.
56) Jack Bauer doesn't play the game SORRY. Jack Bauer apologizes to no one.
57) It is a known fact that when Time magazine awards "The Man of Year*", there is fine print on the bottom of the cover that says, " *besides Jack Bauer."
58) When Jack Bauer goes to the airport and the metal detector doesn't go off, security gives him a gun.
59) Jack Bauer arm once wrestled Superman. The stipulations were the loser had to wear his underwear on the outside of his pants.
60) If Jack Bauer saw a terrorist reaching for a bomb to blow himself up, Jack would shoot the bomb first. Nobody steals a kill from Jack Bauer

Finally getting somewhere!

Ok so we are at our friend's Marc and Denise's on Saturday night and Marc offers me a drink. I choose my poison (vodka) but he does not really have anything to mix it with. So what did he have?? Gingerale. It was not that bad. I think there was more vodka then g-ale. I had two so I guess it was not that bad.

I also learned to play Texas Hold'em. I had played once before with Aaron and Erin but I did not really get it. I won some kick ass rounds but then I got cocky and lost everything. Thank god it was not real money! I will NEVER play for real money.

While we were there we started to plan a little vacation! Sounds like we are going to go to the Maritimes for a week with them and their kids (and ours ofcourse) in August! I think we are looking at staying at Parlee Beach in NB and we will also go to P.E.I.! It is not what I wanted to do this summer (I wanted to go to BC but I am too short on airmiles) but it started to sound like fun and at least Cliff will be able to come! We are driving obviously so it should be a fairly affordable trip. So now I am really looking forward to it! I have 3 weeks vacation this year (FINALLY!!) so I will still have two to do something else with.

I met with a kitchen designer from Home Depot on Friday and we are going again tomorrow (this time Cliff is coming). I met with the most awesome guy JC (Jean-Christophe). He seemed really honest and was extremely helpful. When it came time to make another appt at first he was booked but said I could go with someone else and I said no. So he tells me " Don't worry Mrs. Carson we don't work on commission here" LOL.. I stick with what I like and what I am comfortable with. We also are having an interior designer come in on Monday night. It is a free service that Home Depot offers! So I said why the hell not! She will be able to help us choose color of tiles for the floor and counter tops and paint etc. I am starting to get really excited! I will be sure to post before and after photos!

And the biggest news of the week is that we got a puppy :) It was sort of a spur of the moment undertaking but we are thrilled with our new addition! He is a black lab - just over 4 months old. His name at the moment is Walker (after Anakin Skywalker - guess who chose that one) but we were playing with some other names last night and tonight. 1) Bauer (after my hero Jack from 24) , 2) Vader (because again we have a Star Wars fan in the house and because the pup is all black it just made sense) and 3) Trouble (now that the wee thing is starting to come out of his shell we can see this one is going to get in all sorts of trouble!) But he is an angel compared to Boomer! He is just really mellow and it just made me realize even more that Boo must have had a doggy version of ADD or something. The best part is that Cliff is in LOVE with him. He even took him out before for a little exercise which just shocked me.

Walker is going to be my walking companion but right now I cannot get the baby out of the freakin driveway. It has been so cold here and he just did not want to have anything to do with being outdoors!! He is great with the kids and he and Bella are the best of friends! They are playing like crazy and it is fun to watch Bella get tackled after being her personal chew toy the last few months.

Kids are doing great. Emma is such a chatterbug and such a BRAT! Liam is still sensitive. Emma and Liam are both finally out of diapers at night! Funny there is 27 months apart and that they are accomplishing this milestone together! Liam has a few accidents here and there but I don't think he is an official bedwetter, we are just not adamant enough about him going before he goes to bed. Emma- well she likes to fall asleep in our bed (alone though) and when I transfer her to her bed we take a pitstop to the potty and she goes and she is good for the night. I have to get her between midnight and 1:00 am (it's not like I am sleeping anyways?!!) and then she is good for the rest of the night.

March 1st tomorrow..well I guess in about 5 minutes. As I mentioned in my previous post, I cannot wait for spring.

I just wanted to say

That I think Gingerale is about the most awful soft drink out there. Gingerale's only purpose in life should be to re-hydrate folks that have been bowing to the porcelain God, cause seriously it tastes like shit. Maybe with alcohol..I will have to give that a try..

So we are on the search again for a kitchen guy. Cliff basically told the guy we had lined up to fuck off yesterday. The guy is a dolt. He says he will come on a certain day and he never shows up and does not call. After like 2 weeks he finally comes for measurements. He gets ALL excited about the reno, trots off to make some plans and we don't hear from him. Cliff finally gets in touch with him and he tells us that he will come Wednesday or Thursday. Again he does not show up and never calls. So Cliff called yesterday and he said screw him. We don't have time for that shit. I know I am swearing alot..gotta be me. Ooops sorry took a break there for a sec..Bella was all wrapped up in my neck. Coming for kisses and cuddle and with that vampire you gotta take what you can get before she decides to drive her teeth into your flesh. OK so back to the kitchen - we are back to square one. We are thinking about just going through Home Depot. We don't need the contractor bullshit stuff and this way if the guy screws up at least we can hit Home Depot and complain.

What else. Oh all Cliff's tests came back good!! Yippy! I cannot believe it is going to be his Five year Anniversary with his "new" heart in July. I think that will call for a big celebration! So keep your eyes out for an invite in June ;)

I applied for another job on Monday. Have not heard anything yet damnit. If I don't I will be rather insulted..I have never applied for a job and NOT gotten an interview..the distance is not better but the money is. I would love love love to get a closer on the West Island but there does not seem to be anything out there at the moment.. crap. What I would really like to do is work from home. I always check out that shit online but it all seems to be a scam. I don't think there is any money in making scones..so I am stuck for now.

Well Dawn is going to be having that baby pretty soon! March 9th is the scheduled day for the C-Section. I cannot wait to hear what she is having!! More just to see if my theory is right..So far all of the cousins except one sibling from each pack have had same sex kids. Nat has two girls, I have one of each and now we wait for Dawn to see if she has another boy. Steven has two girls, Chris has one of each (Lise had the baby yesterday!) and we wait for John and Nadine.. Jimmy has two girls, Mikey has one boy so far and we have to wait to see if there will be another one there?? And of course we wait for John! Get cracking boy find yourself a woman and breed already. The ofcourse there is Erin and Helen was the only one out of them all to have one of each so I don't know where that leaves us with Erin!

I cannot wait for Spring..

Big day tomorrow

Going to register Liam for Kindergarten!! OHHHH MYYYYY GOODDDDDDDD. I cannot believe he is 5??

On another happy note..the appointment is not until 9:30 so I get to sleep in tomorrow morning!

Men...grrr..

Why are men such asses?? OK not all the time..but tonight..yes. He just sits there on his ass on the couch like he is a King sitting on his throne ordering me around..AAARRRRGGGHHH..

He is making me miss Criminal Minds..the ass..