cruel trick

Well I maybe shouldn't have posted that last blog and jinxed our good weather.  It is coming down hard out there.   Hairball and I went down the highway to get some lumber and hit white-out conditions on the way home.  Poor Nevada I sent her to school today with a jean jacket on.  I hope she doesn't go out at lunch with just that light jacket on.  The temperature all of a sudden dropped around 930 and bang it started to snow and snow hard and fast. 
Hard to believe on the weekend we were sitting out at the table and chairs in the picture sipping cold brewski's without wearing jackets.  Well 12 more sleeps and hopefully we will get a break from this never ending winter.
Oh yeah today in Anti-bullying day and everyone is supposed to be wearing pink.

the second picture is just now updated..

Is it Spring?

The last week here the weather has been glorious.  One sunny day after another.  Mind you its still drops down below freezing overnight but what beautiful afternoons.  Yesterday Nevada and I walked uptown with spring jackets on.  I hope old man winter isn't trying to fool us.Happy sunny weekend to ya all.

paraskavedekatriaphobia

that's the term referring to the fear of Friday the 13th.  I myself have no superstitions about the day or any other crazy irrational fear.  I will walk out of my way to go under a ladder,  if a black cat is ahead of me I will wait for it, in fact I purposely spill salt when filling the shaker.
My older sister would have been 47 today.  As children and even older I used to tease her and say she was born on a Friday and brought the family bad luck. I think Louise was actually born on a Sunday or something.

Happy weekend 24 more sleeps

you have to run your mouse over to read of all the bad luck to happen today lmao

Thursday Thirteen

is brought to you today by the number thirteen obviously...

1. Today it is sunny out and there was no frost this morning.  We have even been able to go out and rake up some of the yard.  That is around the piles of un melted snow.

2.Yesterday I volunteered to do the tedious task of drilling a hole in each end of 300 popsicle sticks. This was no easy task as they tended to split if too much pressure or too many were stacked at a time.

3.In 24 more days we leave for vacation.  I am hoping for hot hot hot weather.

4.The weight training is already starting to pay off as I can see muscle definition in my upper arms again.

5.Back to number 3  car rental prices have double in Vegas since I rented there last Oct.

6.Harry's dad is still in the hospital. He has picked up some sort of virus and is in isolation. I don't think he is ever coming out again.

7.Survivor Brazil starts tonight and I am excited.  I don't watch much TV but do like that show.

8.Been pigging out on NECCO Valentine Hearts.  I just love those things,. accept no imitations...

9.I've been having to read with glasses at night and find myself squinting at the computer.  I think they are making the printing smaller to bug me...

10.The last two days I have had bran buds on my yogurt.  It is so good, tastes decadent but is really super healthy.  I love healthy things that taste like they're not.

11.Doing laundry today again...One year or maybe just one month I should count how many loads of wash I do. It seems like a never ending job.  I guess that's because it is.

12.Today the one year countdown begins for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.  I wish I had the bucks to buy some event tickets.

13.Tomorrow being the 13th and what would have been my sister's 47th birthday I will make this 13 in honour of Louise.  I wish I had had more patient with you and accepted you for who you were.

Thursday Thirteen

I had high hopes for this blog yesterday.  Thoughts were coming fast and furious.  But alas this morning my mind has gone blank.  Well here goes with the random crap once again.

1.Spending money you don't have,  don't do it...It amazes me that people are crying I can't afford this I don't have the money to make my payments..WELL  why did you get yourself into that mess?  No one told you to buy a house you can't afford.  No one said you needed top of the line furnishing.  NO one said a brand new car every year was needed.

2.Vacation time oh yeah...We are going to Vegas in March and I am hoping for a heat wave while we are there.

3. Related to #2 we are leaving oldest son home alone...I have mixed feelings about this.  I know he is a great kid and doesn't get into trouble but am still a little worried.

4.Last night on the news they said one in three Canadians are on Facebook.  The website has been around for 5 years now.  Wouldn't you just love to be the developer of that site.

5.Bright idea I got.  Since the government knows everything about us, everything is computerized why don't they figure out our taxes for us and just send us the check?

6. The last few days we have been sunny and warm.  There still are these massive grey piles of frozen snow and ice mixed with gravel and sand.  I wonder if this is what icebergs look like?

7.In anticipation of my coming trip and that I will be donning more revealing clothing I have started to do more exercise.  It is so hard to get back into the routine of that.

8.Said oldest son from previous entry failed his drivers road test for the third time last Friday...grrrrr

9.I'm still chauffeuring three kids to work, school, kids club, after school activities and added into the mix hairballs' mom to the hospital back and forth to visit hairballs' dad.  I am pretty up on whats playing on the radio stations these days.

10.Rented a dvd last week for Nevada 'Little House on the Prairie' the disney movie.  Well in the box they only had part one.  So we go back the next day and tell them that the second disc was missing.  They say that its in separate box and separate charge for that too.grrrrr

11.Bought some 'Nair' and found it didn't stink as bad as I remember and worked very quickly as well.

12.This year I have known two guys in there 40's that have committed suicide.  I wonder how life could be that bad.  Both had relationship problems prior to taking their lives.

13. Well I did it again.  Do your worst Kerry...lol  Hope everyone has a great weekend and the winter ends soon.