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lately 2007-03-10 06:13:00 OH shit...I'm late. NO! Not THAT kind of late (I wish!), just late. Slow. Procrastinating. Lame.I did recently learn that I am the worst soccer mom in training. EVAH! I missed soccer registration, for the kids, for the summer, like, in FOUR months from now. I do get some credit since I didn't even know registration had started, and then ended, like on February 14th. WTF?Anyway, we weren't even really totally planning on doing soccer anyway, but now I get these looks of complete awestruck shock from 'those other moms'. You're NOT??? Oh.Where does it state that enrolling your 5 year old children in soccer is not only mandatory, but a complete sin if you don't? Here, it is two nights a week. I have a hard time confining our summer evenings to every tuesday and thursday night to one activity. I wanna go swimming, bike riding, dog walking, park playing, too much blender drinking, visiting, BBQing, and anything and everything spontaneous and fun. That's how we wanna summer it this ye Read more:lately
A Call for Normal Bubbles 2007-02-23 16:12:00 Why the hell can we no longer buy a simple, clean, normal smelling bottle of bubbles for the bath? I am completely IRKED right now. I have been on the search for a long time now, only to find everything but plain old Mr. Bubble. Remember the ad? Mister, Mister, Mister BUB-ble!!!(I tried YouTube, but way too many scary things about people I don't know in the tub appeared)We have been outta bubble bath for a while. We have been using our (still) baby body wash and swishing them around. Oh, why the baby body wash? Cause it smells CLEAN! All big kid body wash smells like anything but. Dammit.This is what I found this morning at Zellers looking for bubble bath:Spiderman, Batman, Strawberry Shortcake, Dora, Barbie, Nemo, SpongeBob, Superman, Curious George and yes, even a Mr. Bubble. BUT....the scents reminded me of being in an ice cream shoppe in the middle of July. Strawberry, Cherry, Passion Fruit, Bubble Gum, Grape, Bubbleberry (Mr. Bubble), Banana, Berry Burst, and Watermelon. They all Read more:Normal
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Encore 2007-02-20 20:42:00 Last night I went to see Barenaked Ladies. No, not my husband's fantasy come true, the real Barenaked Ladies. One of our most favourite bands. I bought the tickets last September for my hubby's Christmas gift. He purposely made sure his schedule had none of his crazy travels on that date. Finally, after months of waiting. I went. Alone.Actually, I took one of my most specialest friends. My husband? Who? Where? Sick in bed with something he picked up in India the week prior. He's been tested for all the suspected ailments such as malaria, among others, but it appears as though he is on the mend and the worst it could be is a parasite? Or most likely just a virus. We'll know more on Friday. So, the show was fantastic, I loved it. And at the end, they did the usual encore. WTF is up with 'the encore'? You know and they know they are gonna sing more, so why the hell don't they just sing everything and then end the show. ALL bands do this. Do you mean to tell me that had nobody cheer Read more:Encore
Case closed 2007-02-16 21:53:00 It's over. I spoke to Chloe's mom this morning. When Chloe told her she wanted to do Valentine's Day cards, but didn't know all the names, her mom got creative. She remembered saving an email from the teacher, and used the names from the distribution list. When a family has more than one child in the school, the teacher uses one of the parent's names. Hence : Nancy. I mentioned to her about the "big crush" my little one has on her daughter. I even went on to tell her that Ben tells me he tells Chloe "I love you - that's why I always try to sit beside you" and more. She tells me on her parent day, Ben did sit beside Chloe, even tried sharing his snack with her, and she couldn't care less. The mom even told me that Chloe clearly ignored him, and has never mentioned him at home. I giggled along, as we discussed the cuteness of 4 year old crushes, etc. So, we decided that I could most definitely tell Ben that the card is intended for him. He now has it in his pocket. Then the kicker
The Chloe Caper 2007-02-15 05:32:00 So...we get home from preschool and sort through all the cards and such. We read all the cards that are not sealed or in envelopes. No Chloe
.Then we open all the cards sealed shut with stickers.No Chloe.Then we read all the ones with goodies attached like Hershey's kisses or pencils. No Chloe. I am getting a little nervous. Then he hands me this one.It's IT! It's gotta be it! I am all tingly with excitement. I am thinking this could be the one. I want this to be the one. No Chloe.Then he hands me another one and says, "Here Mom, someone asked me to give this to you." I asked him who? He shrugs and answers, "I dunno."WTF?I do not know this girl. I have never spoken with her. I have never spoken with her mother. All I know is that my son "really just loves her hair so much, Mommy" with such sincerity and innocence it brings tears to my eyes. There is no child, male or female, at preschool with my name. The lovestruck preschooler : "I think this might really be for me, right Mommy?"The Read more:Caper
Googe? 2007-02-14 20:10:00 Is this intentional?? This is Google's Valentine...are they missing something?What do we call this - a Google goof? a Goofle? or just Googe
?Added: By 2:25 PM Eastern time and no one has noticed and made the correction? Mamalee is right by singing "Someboody's gonna get fired!"
Dear Chloe, 2007-02-14 05:58:00 Please don't break my son's heart. Please. He has spoke of not much else for the past two days except "I can't wait to get my Valenstine card from Chloe
". Ad nauseum. Me thinks he has a thang for you. When we were making our Valentine cards and treats, you were the only one who warranted a Tweety Bird sticker on your card. Please recognize these come highly coveted in our house these days. He then made you a necklace with his beads, currently under his pillow to keep safe till he gives them to you. He also says "Chloe wears pretty dresses." I know you may not understand how very significant this is to us at this time, yet how highly insignificant it will be 20 years from now. However, the time is now, and that is in which we live, because "I can't wait to get my Valenstine card from Chloe". The children were not asked to provide cards to all of their classmates, and although we did about 20, please know that the most attention was paid to yours. Please Chloe, dear sweet gorgeous b
the ventilation...it's hyper 2007-02-07 06:03:00 Here. We Go.Wednesday. February 5th. 10 AM. We register for kindergarten. My sons. My twins. Don't they know they are only babies? Sheesh! I am headed for an early empty nest syndrome come August 28th, 2007. Okay, ya, so whatever, I am mature 40 year old woman with children starting elemntary school. Big whoop. Me and gazillions of others. So what's the big deal? WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL????? Helllooooo????? Can you hear me??? Is this this ON???????? (sorry, semi-panic attack sorta finished but not really)It has been well thought out, researched decision on what school we feel is the best fit for our family. Not an easy decision, what with three very good schools from which we are zoned to select, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, nope, not easy at all. We chose the french immersion school, thinking that it is just way too good of an opportunity to deny them, to learn another language. I did it, and have been forever grateful.But now the really really really BIG decision. It Read more:ventilation
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? of the week 2007-01-26 18:04:00 The question of the week in our house is not only will I survive the next hour and how, but rather:Tweety Bird a girl ?or a boy?I pray (see below) that someone has the answer.
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Fertility experts? Bah, who needs 'em - apparently not the Canadian Government 2007-01-12 21:17:00 This pisses me off. In fact the whole thing when this panel was announced mere moments before the close of government's Christmas break so of course, no one could say anything in time for anything started it all. Then I read this article in the Montreal Gazette today. It's a wonder anything progresses in this country at all. Why the hell add someone with some specific knowledge on the topic to the committee/panel/working group. Who needs it. They aren't gonna listen anyway. I wish those fucking politicians would get off their high horses and appreciate the people in country for who they are, and not try (pretend) to know it all, when they really now NOTHING about it. The article says the members of the committee will, of course consult patients and doctors and experts before making any decisions. I call bullshit. I dare them. Double dare them!! Here is the article:Experts seek fertility panel seatGovernment
refuses to alter board's makeupJULIET O'NEILLCanWest News ServiceFriday, J Read more:Fertility
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It was about time... 2007-01-11 03:16:00 ...today at 4:55 PM. Guess what I did?Got the beds made. And by the way...get yer head outta yer arse and say hello...DE-LURK DAMMIT!!! It appears that is is International De-Lurking Week. I dare you to say hello, and if you don't, I'll send my 4.5 year old terror and a half your way. Believe me, this week, you'd rather be a chunk of raw meat in an alligator pit, which at this poinst sounds like a day at the spa to me, compared to what we have been dealing with. In all honesty, it would be really great to meet you. It's about time.
A virgin no longer 2007-01-08 15:37:00 Well, I did it. I used a slow cooker (crock pot). My brother gave me one for my birthday. This is a bigger deal than it should be, at least to me. You see, I have always been rather bold about how anti-crock pot I am. Those statements stem back to the days in the 70's when my mother would create these gawd awful bland and mushy stews in her crock pot. I hated them. I am not a stew person, which doesn't help. It isn't what's in it, or the flavour, it is all about the texture. Anyway, my brother broke ground when he handed this crock pot over to me. It was like a dare. A dare he knew I would accept, and he knew I would like. We are 2/2. I rec'd the Company's Coming cookbook for Slow Cookers. Great book! We've done the red cabbage in brown sugar and vinegar (very yum!), and last night we had the split pea soup. We served it up with some fresh buns, sliced cheeses, pickles and it was a fantastic supper. I concede. I threw together the ingredients at 8:30 AM and left it. I did NOTHI
This is how pathetic I am. 2007-01-05 02:38:00 The O.C. has been cancelled. Dammit. NOW what teeny bopper show can I never miss?? First we lost 90210, then Dawson, and now this. I am way more upset than any normal grown woman should be, who said I was normal? I am no closet O.C. fan, I like the damn show, and no, I can't tell you why, cause even I don't know why. But I do.Suggestions?? Read more:pathetic
HAPPY NEW YEAST. 2007-01-03 20:14:00 What better (WORSE!) than to start the new year with yet another yeast infection. Itch. Scratch. Burn. Itch. Sure, I know it is mostly my fault not controlling my intake of sugars, wine, junk food, more wine. Itch. Burn. Itchy! And then I had a really unusually long AF, which likely didn't help. Itch. Scratch. Dammit! I have had to wait till today for my Diflucan dealer to open her office (G.P.) and she has kindly (FINALLY) answered the phone upon which I hit redial constantly for 3++ hours. She has called in a refill for my script and as soon as it is filled, the pharmacist (my other new best friend) will call and I am outta here. 24 hours from now I should be feeling better. In other news...the outlaws left this morning. Did you hear that huge-ass 8000+ decibel sigh?? Yup - that was me. SO nice to hang out in my jammies till now (currently time check 2:18 PM eastern time) and not have anyone telling me what to do in my own house. The boys have gone out to buy MORE batteries. The hou
Recovery 2006-12-28 17:16:00 In recovery mode, preparing for the New Year's onslaught of MORE relaticks, looking for extra floor mattresses from neighbours, we are running. out. of. room. Christmas Eve & Day and Boxing Day were fantabulous. All good. No bad. I have more to write with pics, but may very well take me till next year to get that organized. (that was a joke)C-ya. Read more:Recovery
Track SANTA!!! 2006-12-25 00:31:00 I forgot.....I know it is late, but just in case...The twins are most thrilled to be TRACKING SANTA. Read more:Track
Christmas Countdown - December 24 2006-12-24 22:45:00 We made it!! Here we are...my little one woke up this morning yelling "It's the day before Christmas
!!" loud enough to wake the entire neighbourhood.The cookies are ready for Santa, the carrots for the reindeer, the wine for Mom & Dad and the vocal chords for the carolling at church tonight. We are good to go.Here are a few last minute survival tips I have discovered:How to get hubby to wrap over 20 gifts at 11 PM in record timeGive him "the look", a wink, a glass of wine, tell him you just shaved your legs, as as he leaps towards the bedroom simply say, "You get nothing till all the gifts are wrapped". It worked.How to lighten the stress with laughter (and immense embarrassment) While being the 'greeters' at church in the morning, make sure one of your 4 year olds says to a dear sweet old lady, who is about 4 feet tall, "Good morning, Merry Christmas, WOW! You sure are a small lady!"Diet Schmiet.It is NOT a brilliant idea at 1 AM to stuff the stockings, thinking you are ahead o Read more:Countdown
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Christmas Countdown - December 21 2006-12-21 21:44:00 We are nearing the homestretch. This is what we have done today...a little last minute shopping, wrap some gifts, wrote a few cards, baked more cookies (I. CAN'T. STOP!) Isn't Christmas
baking just oh, so pretty, even on baking pans that are near desperation to be replaced? (hear that Santa?)all while listening to Barenaked for the Holidays. (I had a video to share with you here but YouTube is taking too long to approve it for playing, and I must go drink beer and eat chips so hang in, I will share when ready. That, or when I am sober.)We also did more crafts...that damn bells with sparkles...BAN the sparkles!!! The boys are now doing 'homework' in their new little holiday fun books which came from a very special friend. (Thank you!!)So finish up the last minute things, expecially if you need the time to assemble the likes of a Playmobil castle, cause you may very well need every moment should Santa need to have that delivered before 6 AM on Monday morning.I am also very happy to r Read more:Countdown
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Dear people at Blogger (better? my ass!) beta version or whatever the hell you think you are, 2006-12-20 19:55:00 WHY did you insist and corner me into converting to your not-so fancy-ass version
of warped blogging hell. Yes, you pressured me, and others too. Very unfair and rude. RUDE!!!I now sometimes have more difficulties posting. Screw you. Don't you know the entire internet (or at least 35 or so on average each day) are not able to cope without the daily Christmas countdown and shit? When you refuse to let me for hours, that bugs my ass. I am willing to ignore my feverish and vomiting four year old son while he takes a brief nap to appeal to my limited audience and when that window of opportunity presents itself, you decide otherwise. And the comments, WHY the hell is it now SO bloody difficult to post comments? Whether I am signed in or not, on so many other Blogger
blogs, you refuse to let me comment by refusing my sign-in. Fuck you. THAT really burns me. I don't seem to have problems with the 'other' blog hosts (yes, your competitors) so maybe I'll hightail is across the tracks one o Read more:people
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Christmas Countdown - December 20 2006-12-20 19:50:00 ACCCCKKKKK!!!! It is getting WAY too close!!! I haven't even started my cards yet, they may very well wait till the New Year, or next year, meaning next December
. I did open the box of 44 beautiful cards on bought at Costco in August, only to realize they are all in French. Gah!Anyway, we are doing more crafts today, even the sick kid asked to do some, hopefully that's a good sign. We made more reindeer feet, more cotton ball snowmen, and did a cotton ball Santa.Today I wanted to make egg carton jingle bells, but my all-good-intentions-of a MIL found my stash and thought it was a good idea to put them in the recycling. *poof* gone. But, I will empty the one in the fridge and use it.You will need:egg cartonpipe cleanerdecorating accessories, whatever you fancy (foil?)bells?Cut out each individual egg cup. Let child colour, paint, stickers, all over them. Another idea is to cover in foil, then you have shiny bells! Poke a hole on top, insert pipe cleaner (you could also use string, rib Read more:Christmas
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Christmas Countdown - December 19 2006-12-19 18:40:00 Update:While we continue to clean up puke, both dog & cat have joined in the fun, and barfing twin B (it has been continuous since 11 PM...and I mean continuous, in intervals from 10 - 60 minutes, we are down to dry heaves and saliva) now has a fever. How lucky am I that hubby booked this day off since his parents arrived last night. I was awake until 7 AM, he took over, I slept till 11, now I am back on laundry, vomit patrol.CRAFT TIMEEnough about me...YOU can all enjoy the craft we were gonna do. I made a couple of these when I was in Brownies (a few years ago) and we still hang them on the tree. You will need:cardboardvarious pasta shapes (uncooked)gluespray paint (gold or silver preferred colour)Cut cardboard in shape of tree - larger than smaller recommended, about the size of an adult handCut small hole at top from which to hang with ribbonGlue pastas all over, on both sides if you are patient enough to let it dryOnce dry, spray paint both sides.Voila - beautiful decoration! Read more:Christmas
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Fragrant mystery 2006-12-19 05:46:00 Why is it that vomit smells the same whether it comes from your high school boyfriend while you hold his head in a bucket or from your four year old son?Why is it that no matter how many times you wash your hands (7) with different soaps (3) the smell just won't dissipate. Why only 2 days after the third professional french manicure in yoru lifetime, do you find yourself scraping chunks of spaghetti dinner off a comforter so it doesn't clog your washing machine? And why, oh why, oh why does it have to happen 6 days before Christmas? Is there an unwritten golden rule about that somewhere? Blatant unfair mystery.
Christmas Countdown - December 18 2006-12-18 22:31:00 Read this at superduperfastwarp speed cause that is how fast I am thinking and talking today...We forgot to rip our chain link calendar till moments ago...the outlaws are arriving in 30 minutes...gotta change sheets in guest bed after drunken relaticks crashed there Saturday night (we had a fantabulous par-tay for those of you who care and yes, I was completely hungover tired yesterday)...and we did groceries today and I caved into the trend and bought a pomegranate and we opened it and prepared it and now I also have to go wash red juice splash off ALL my kitchen walls (note to self, next time do not solicit the help of two 4 year olds to shell pomegranate)...and stir the spaghetti sauce which we also made (almost from scratch) and make the caesar salad dressing (will be all from scratch) and try to enjoy the commencement of the craziness of the dreaded outlaw visit. Pass the wine/whine.SO....for Monday, get musical and sing - belt it out people we are nearing the homestretch!! I was Read more:Christmas
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Solo Flight 2007-03-13 00:20:00 Ben is sick. It is my fault. He has that awful, feverish, chest cold with a cough that comes from the depths of the abyss of oneself. I had it last week*. Then I got better! Then this weekend I got sick again, still a little nagging cough, but the sinus pain...ooooh that pain. Anyway, enough whining. (cause we do more than a hell of enough around here on a good day).So, for the first time ever, Trevor went to preschool alone, flying solo! Ben stayed with Gramps.** We've been going either twice or thrice weekly since September 2005 and this is the first time. Trevor? thought is was fine. No big deal to him. In fact, you wouldn't think anything was outta the ordinary. The teacher? "Oh my! This is going to be so unusual without both of the twins here!" and Ben? Well, he cried. He wanted to go to preschool so much. (we had March break last week). I felt so bad for him, actually felt pretty good that we wanted to go to school so badly. Gramps came over around 8:30 AM, and off we went. Let Read more:Flight
Note to Danigirl 2007-03-13 22:03:00 I WON! I WON! Yoo Hoo....Dani!! I don't need your little gimmick of a Rimroller to win. I managed to do this all by myself with my very own hands. So, Dani, have you won yet?OK, so it wasn't the iPod I so covet to win, since that's what DH wants for his birthday, anything to save more than a few bucks!! So, I'll keep drinking coffee till I pee my pants and not sleep for a week due to caffeine overload. Just kidding! That's only my third Tim Horton's purchase since the RRRoll Up the Rim to Win campaign started. That being said, I would still very likely make the purchase should Lee Valley be in my near vicinity.
what is real 2007-03-15 16:35:00 There is a blogger I like. I don't even 'know' her but I have been reading her blog for a while now. Her name is Lori. She has a fun life. It is full of friends, socializing, her work, her camera, her cat, but most of all her son. (No! I do not have a crush on her 21 year old son) Her son? He just left for Iraq. He is off to war in bloody, fucking Iraq!! People! Holy shit! This is real!!This certainly puts into perspective the post I was creating, all whining and shit about my sinus infection which hurts so bad from the top of my head, through my ears and teeth that I can't even chew food. That I have been such a stellar parent lately, laying around on the couch while my children feed themselves lunch consisting of crackers, cheese, yogurt, clementines and fig newtons. They get it themselves. I live in fear about more damn yeasties (and MORE!)that will certainly show up due to the antibiotics the doc put me on, even after literally begging her not to. My husband has now added anoth
wicked 2007-03-16 20:34:00 What does it say about a person who gets excited about having to go to an emergency appointment at her doctor, cause that means she will get at least 30 minutes to sit in the waiting room and read her book? I am completely hooked on the book Wicked- the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. Now, I am not one, not at all, to read fantasy or even much sci-fi, but this one is so fun (to me). I had planned to accomplish many tasks/errands during my morning two hour respite while my munchkins were at Munchkinland (preschool) but plans changed. (LMFAO - get it?)I have been taking antibiotics for my wicked sinus infection since Tuesday. They didn't seem to be working, but I had been cautioned by both my doc and pharmacist that it may take a few days to kick in. Then I got 'the runs' in the most watery of wicked ways. It is a potential side effect of the meds, which I am willing to deal with. But, they still weren't working and I still had that wicked pain of a grizzly bear with
One Word Meme Monday 2007-03-19 17:08:00 Lifted this from Mamalee, looked like fun. Haven't done meself a meme in ages...could be a tough one. Try it!1. Where is your cell phone? counter2. Your Vehicle? dirty3. Your hair?roots4.Your mother?missed5. Your father?amazing6. Your favorite thing?censored7. Your dream last night?airport8. Your favorite drink?red10. The room you’re in?junk11. Your ex?ick12. You are?nancy13. What do you want to be in 10 years?thinner14. Who did you hang out with today?doctor15. What you’re not?lonely16. Muffins?please17. One of your wish list items?waist18. Where is the ______ ?booze19. The last thing you did?phone20. What are you wearing?pink21. Your favorite TV show?grey's22. Your pet(s)?happy23. Your computer?slow24. Your life?wonderful25. Your mood?soso26. Missing?mom27. What are you thinking about right now?lunch28. Your Shoes?old29. Your work?best30. Your summer?casual31. Your favorite color?red32. Tag?MGW...you know who you all are....xoxo Read more:Monday
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