goodbye 2012

It's almost the end of 2012 and what a year it has been.  Not a whole lot has happened, but it's been a year that has been full of opportunities to grow, learn and carve our way further into this path on earth. 
I am looking forward to the New Year, and have goals, ambitions and hopes for a clean slate to start with. 

The girls had a great Christmas and were spoiled!  Even though I purchased us a new flat screen TV and had swore we'd have a lowkey holiday as far as gifts were concerned, I still got them alot of what they so wanted.  It helps when you are given all kinds of hints of what they'd like, not to mention when your kids are whole heartedly into something.  And to top it all off, we're going to make an overnight trip to the city and the girls will get to spend their gift money/cards.  I figured since I get a few day stretch off, we'd go enjoy some girl time at a hotel with a pool! 

I'm going to sign this post off with the mashup song DJ Earworm puts out every year. 
http://youtu.be/6q0dsG8fTHY

life got in the way

I can't believe it's been over three months since I last visited my blog.  Who knew that living my life would get in the way of updating my blog, but it did. 

Alot has happened, alot of emotions, alot of learning, alot of bettering myself, alot of choices, alot of just being.  I don't think I can get into any details .. its water under the bridge, but I can say I have come out on this end of it, having learned the lessons the universe needed me to learn and I am still growing and creating the life I need and want. 

I have the start to a pretty amazing career that I am putting a big focus on, trying to learn all that is there for me to learn and absorb.  I have also learned that as much as I thought I have control over my destiny, sometimes the choices are made for us and we have to roll with the punches.  We only have control over what we do and how we react, and I choose to put my energy into putting forth positiveness into all that I try to accomplish, and to give those that love me all my energy and efforts because it is appreciated and therefore reciprocated. 

I can choose to love the ones I do, and let destiny bring me down the path it so chooses for me, and as hard as it is for me, I am going to try to not question but rather be more appreciative of what I do have and where I do see it going. 

Sound deep?  It kinda is but that's about all I care to share in a vague kinda way. 

back to school .. 2012

My girls are so ready for grade 6 and 8.  It should be a great year!!!

afternoon outing

Yesterday afternoon I took the girls for an icecream, and afterwards we explored the nearby train cars that are there as museum pieces.  These other items were there as well, and you'd never know it, but right after climbing to the top of the rocks, the heavens let loose and it poured gigantic raindrops so we had to leave.  But it was a nice little outing while it lasted!

 

imprints

I was walking around the store the other day, and noticed this bum print on one of the couches .. it seriously made me laugh.  The material is microfibre, which leaves prints, but who knew we'd actually see a jean laden bum print so vividly.

I'm pretty excited today!  I have been counting down to tomorrow for a month now, and finally its almost here!  I get to see my girlies tomorrow!!  They arrive on an evening flight, so since my sister and I are caravaning to the city (so I can spend Sunday doing some fun things with the girls) we'll do some shopping and enjoy abit of a getaway before school starts and fall sets in.

Speaking of fall .. the temperatures have dropped so much that to me it feels like fall is in the air.  Sad because winters are long enough .. why does summer have to be so short.  I'm reassured by the locals that we'll likely have a hot September yet, but we need the hot swimming temps back, pronto!! :P

coming along nicely

All my plans for redoing, organizing, refurbishing and cleaning up two rooms of the house are coming along quite nicely.  This is Hailey's room, or a corner of it anyway.  I painted her dresser white, added new drawer knobs, got her a cubby shelf with baskets that some of her treasures, makeup, crafts and such will call home, and added a new lamp.  The last touch will be a new comforter in red/black, but that may take time to find.

I think she's going to love the changes to her little sanctuary too!!

day ?

I kinda dropped the ball on my photo a day, which I knew was extremely likely to happen.  I always have such great reasons why I should do something, start it and then forget or get bored with the idea.  In this case, there were a few days where I totally forgot to take a photo, and it would be evening before I realized but then couldn't think of something to scramble up, so I dropped it.   But today I do have a few pictures to share. 

The first being photos of my girls room.  I've been a busy bee trying to organize and arrange my little hoarders room to MY liking.  I hope she likes it too!  Up until now I've just let her toys and stuff live out of the boxes we moved them in, but aside from always keeping her bedroom door closed so I didn't have the constant reminder, I just needed to do something about it.  Best time is when she's gone, or she'll argue the point of keeping something as silly as a gum wrapper.  Hoarder? YUP!

I painted her dresser white instead of the brown, put new hardware on the drawers, purchased a really adorable seatee with storage baskets below and then got her a cubby shelf for more baskets and book space.  I love her room now!  With the gauzy curtains she already had up, it is so bright and cheerful!  AND accentuates her two favourite colours .. sea blue and bright green!

 And on a totally side topic, this table top just came into the store the other day and I love it.  It is glass topped, but how neat to see all the country names formed into the continents they belong on.  I would love to see if I could duplicate something similar for Hailey as she is my little geography freak thanks to her favourite anime, Hetalia.