Just got in from working out and boy do I feel my muscles aching (in a good way) from the work the work out. Now that I am home I can relax a bit and possibly try this some what similar to scrapbooking idea that I have came across. It is called Smash Book. Instead of waiting to put together a good scrapbook page of a theme from Christmas with all the right decorative papers, stickers, labels etc that are related to christmas, this Smash Book is made to hold all of ephemera from your everyday life such as: Ticket stubs, receipts, photos, clippings doodles etc. It is like scrapbooking on the go, with out all the fuss and hassle of putting together a themed page, like I said earlier. You can also jot down funny quotes, or things your kid has said, pretty much whatever you want to put in it that has made your day. Any sort of a memento.
Although, this book is $15 and I am a frugal Mom and don't like paying that amount for such a thing. So I googled and researched online and found some alternatives, which apparently a good old composition book from the dollar store is just as good. And some girls even take patterned duct tape to decorate the front and back covers. Some people still buy the other things that go with the smash journal book like tape, stamps, papers, but it you're like me. Than I will be fine with dollar store items, along with getting cheap deals that I receive in my e-mails for coupons at Michaels craft store. Which I am happier to save my money than to splurge on ridiculous high priced items.
So, if I seem to like this way of quick scrapbooking on the go and at least fill up a whole book, then I will take a few pictures and share what I've done.
Saturday 29 December 2012
Friday 28 December 2012
Mind Boggling Exhaustion
Sitting here right now feeling kind of sluggish. For the last 15 minutes I sat here and stared at my laptop's screen absentmindedly, yet can't seem to get myself out of whatever it is I am going into. I am sleep deprived for one I know that is one of the main causes. I went to bed at 1 am and got up at 7:30. I so use to being in bed by 10:30 pm. Jonathan and I ran around all day and he was so tired he left me to do all the grocery shopping, which is odd for me because I hate him coming because he nags me to hurry up the whole time. But this time I was so tired that I couldn't even think straight as what to put in the cart. I felt like I was going to fall asleep pushing my cart. I like when Jonathan goes down aisle ahead of me and grabs the necessities while I am slowly and carefully watching for items that are usually pricey to be on sale or half price or even 99 cents.
Maybe my lack of work out the past two days. I have been going regularly, but when I don't work out I feel like a bump on a log. Or is a lump on a bog? See I am extremely exhausted that I am not quite sure which one is the right saying. Well I am going to go before I make this blog sound senseless, although I am sure I already have.
Going to go get some reading into me to help me think straight/better.
Maybe my lack of work out the past two days. I have been going regularly, but when I don't work out I feel like a bump on a log. Or is a lump on a bog? See I am extremely exhausted that I am not quite sure which one is the right saying. Well I am going to go before I make this blog sound senseless, although I am sure I already have.
Going to go get some reading into me to help me think straight/better.
Thursday 27 December 2012
Back In Shape
So Jonathan and I have decided to get back into shape. Which is well over due, because we keep saying it, but never really do anything about it. I have previously joined Golds Gym. Which is a good gym and I work out regularly, a lot more than I did before. We also changed our eating habits, and started to not eat late at night and if we are hungry at night, we eat things like baby carrots, broccoli etc.
We are also trying to make it more fun to do this, by competing with each other. So we weighed ourselves this morning and decided for the next three months to change our life style and cross off the main choices off our grocery list, to help refrain from habitual junk food eating out of boredom.
When I weighed myself in I am whopping 161 pounds. So, my goal is to be as skinny as my body will allow me to be after having Aaliyah, now I don't expect to be 110 pounds again, but if I could get to 130 to 135 pounds, I will be happy. I will be at a healthy weight for myself. As for Jonathan I can't disclose his weight, as he is really embarrassed of his weight, since this is the highest in weight he has ever weighed.
So, we are thinking maybe a before picture starting now, and after three months an after picture. So, if we have improved anything at all. Here's to hoping! It is all really about eating right, because to be honest with you. Before I got pregnant with Aaliyah, I ate very healthy and was 110 pounds for most of my teen years up until I got pregnant. Then I got into bad eating habits during pregnancy and didn't realize it would hurt my figure later. I was listening to people telling to me eat at every moment, I had a hunger pang, because it is good for the baby. But in reality my doctor told me to eat normal like I usually do, but in between meals have little snacks.
I was always a skinny mini so I know if I start eating the way I use to, not only will that help, but having a work out routine will help out as well.
So, here's to hoping for pounds to shed, but in a healthy way.
We are also trying to make it more fun to do this, by competing with each other. So we weighed ourselves this morning and decided for the next three months to change our life style and cross off the main choices off our grocery list, to help refrain from habitual junk food eating out of boredom.
When I weighed myself in I am whopping 161 pounds. So, my goal is to be as skinny as my body will allow me to be after having Aaliyah, now I don't expect to be 110 pounds again, but if I could get to 130 to 135 pounds, I will be happy. I will be at a healthy weight for myself. As for Jonathan I can't disclose his weight, as he is really embarrassed of his weight, since this is the highest in weight he has ever weighed.
So, we are thinking maybe a before picture starting now, and after three months an after picture. So, if we have improved anything at all. Here's to hoping! It is all really about eating right, because to be honest with you. Before I got pregnant with Aaliyah, I ate very healthy and was 110 pounds for most of my teen years up until I got pregnant. Then I got into bad eating habits during pregnancy and didn't realize it would hurt my figure later. I was listening to people telling to me eat at every moment, I had a hunger pang, because it is good for the baby. But in reality my doctor told me to eat normal like I usually do, but in between meals have little snacks.
I was always a skinny mini so I know if I start eating the way I use to, not only will that help, but having a work out routine will help out as well.
So, here's to hoping for pounds to shed, but in a healthy way.
Monday 24 December 2012
Merry Christmas; Missing my family
Well it is Christmas and people are being all full of joy and merriment. Which is nice, but all I want for Christmas is to be home in Saint John with the rest of my family. This is officially my first year without my parents and baby brother Joel. And being here on this night without them is really making me miss them. It is not the same without them. I have grown up doing certain things with my family for Christmas.
And we are not together to do any of it together. We always have a hot chocolate on Christmas Eve and as boring as my father finds the Christmas fire place channel we put that on and then play some Christmas music in the back ground lightly while we all unwrap that one Christmas eve gift and sometimes Mom and I sing some songs and do some duet version of the classic songs together. What I really think of when I think of my family right now is this song. Which I am going to share with you, to get the feeling I feel when around my family.
So there it is! A nice song we always sing together every year. My Mom and I sing this in such beautiful harmony it is breath taking. We always do a good job together. As much as I always feel frustrated at my Mom for things I do miss her lots. Especially now, and also my father, he is my rock and is the glue to our family. I wouldn't know what to do without him. He holds the family together and if something ever happened to him I know my family would fall apart.
Well I better get going for now, I can't seem to type right now with myself getting all sentimental and tearing up is not helping me able to see what I am typing.
So Merry Christmas to you all.
So there it is! A nice song we always sing together every year. My Mom and I sing this in such beautiful harmony it is breath taking. We always do a good job together. As much as I always feel frustrated at my Mom for things I do miss her lots. Especially now, and also my father, he is my rock and is the glue to our family. I wouldn't know what to do without him. He holds the family together and if something ever happened to him I know my family would fall apart.
Well I better get going for now, I can't seem to type right now with myself getting all sentimental and tearing up is not helping me able to see what I am typing.
So Merry Christmas to you all.
Saturday 22 December 2012
On The Down Side
Today I am feeling a little on the down side. My parents and brother originally moved to Edmonton Alberta with Jonathan, Aaliyah and myself. But due to my brother Joel's autism, he couldn't handle the change which things such as this are hard on autistic children. So they moved back to Saint John NB after our year lease at the town house was up.
This is my first Christmas away from home. Without my family. I know that I have Jonathan and Aaliyah, but there was always a tradition in the Israel home with my parents and brother. Dad always strung the lights around the tree, while Joel and myself did the rest. As Joel and I got older we always decorated the tree and my Mom let us do it as she watched.
I am realizing I miss all of that, because I did the tree by myself and I couldn't get Jonathan to help me at all and well Aaliyah is still a baby and doesn't understand how to decorate yet. It is almost like Jonathan doesn't care much for doing things as a family. No matter how hard I try to get him involved.
I don't know about his upbringing as a kid for Christmas. But I am getting the idea that he never took part in it.
I don't even have a manger/nativity scene either. The one we always used all my life was my parents and I have been looking around for one and can't seem to find anything old and rustic. I don't like the modern pieces. I am just not feeling it this year. Probably because I am not a kid anymore either and not being around family that you're use to is not around. I feel like I have been left alone in this. I know Jonathan bought me gifts, but his lack of enthusiasm for family things during this month is not very encouraging. I am still a little girl in my own way and all I want is my Mom and Dad and brother.
This is my first Christmas away from home. Without my family. I know that I have Jonathan and Aaliyah, but there was always a tradition in the Israel home with my parents and brother. Dad always strung the lights around the tree, while Joel and myself did the rest. As Joel and I got older we always decorated the tree and my Mom let us do it as she watched.
I am realizing I miss all of that, because I did the tree by myself and I couldn't get Jonathan to help me at all and well Aaliyah is still a baby and doesn't understand how to decorate yet. It is almost like Jonathan doesn't care much for doing things as a family. No matter how hard I try to get him involved.
I don't know about his upbringing as a kid for Christmas. But I am getting the idea that he never took part in it.
I don't even have a manger/nativity scene either. The one we always used all my life was my parents and I have been looking around for one and can't seem to find anything old and rustic. I don't like the modern pieces. I am just not feeling it this year. Probably because I am not a kid anymore either and not being around family that you're use to is not around. I feel like I have been left alone in this. I know Jonathan bought me gifts, but his lack of enthusiasm for family things during this month is not very encouraging. I am still a little girl in my own way and all I want is my Mom and Dad and brother.
Can't Escape The Mayans
It seems as though no matter who I am talking to or what I am logged into on the internet people are going on about the non sense of the mayan 'prophecy'. UGH spare me really. I don't care for one. Everyone's facebook status' are just simply annoying talking about it.
I can't even watch television with out talk shows talking about it and now there is a big thing about it on the history channel for goodness sakes!
So here are my two cents worth. What makes them idiotic mayans think they can predict the future. It states in the bible that 'No man will know the day or the hour' of the end of the world. And this isn't the first thing about people trying to predict the end of the world.
The end of the world was supposively the Y2K, then following that the 9/11, then following that the haiti earth quake and so on and so forth all bad disasters that take place everyone is crying doomsday.
Just give me a break already. I am tired of all these so called predictions, when ever the end of the world happens something really traumatic will most likely happen and not effecting one country, but effecting all living beings. Something unspeakable will happen when ever the real doomsday happens.
I seriously think people go on about this stuff to get some form of attention to be honest. And it is sickening if you ask me.
Well I am going to go for now and enjoy the not so end of the world day today.
Oh and just for laughs because I saw a post on facebook saying for me to do so if the world did not end to say this out loud on my status or blog so here it is.
GOKU saved the world once again!
LOL
I can't even watch television with out talk shows talking about it and now there is a big thing about it on the history channel for goodness sakes!
So here are my two cents worth. What makes them idiotic mayans think they can predict the future. It states in the bible that 'No man will know the day or the hour' of the end of the world. And this isn't the first thing about people trying to predict the end of the world.
The end of the world was supposively the Y2K, then following that the 9/11, then following that the haiti earth quake and so on and so forth all bad disasters that take place everyone is crying doomsday.
Just give me a break already. I am tired of all these so called predictions, when ever the end of the world happens something really traumatic will most likely happen and not effecting one country, but effecting all living beings. Something unspeakable will happen when ever the real doomsday happens.
I seriously think people go on about this stuff to get some form of attention to be honest. And it is sickening if you ask me.
Well I am going to go for now and enjoy the not so end of the world day today.
Oh and just for laughs because I saw a post on facebook saying for me to do so if the world did not end to say this out loud on my status or blog so here it is.
GOKU saved the world once again!
LOL
Tuesday 18 December 2012
Ugh! Christmas
This time of year is so awesome! Especially now we are less than a week away from Christmas. All the different versions of scruge cartoons are playing. I am watching the Flintstone version as of right now. And oh the childhood memories and how I use to feel all excited about Christmas and couldn't wait to open my presents up. I use to bug my parents to let me open mine early, it never did work with all my asking and bugging them. Although, I find the novelty of Christmas is wearing off over the years as I grow more in wisdom towards God and learning more about him.
The year I was 16 I couldn't wait and I already had an idea of what I was getting so I went to bed early Christmas eve at 7 or 8 and woke up at 3 am. Not looking at my alarm clock and woke my parents up and got them into the living room, until they looked at the clock on the wall they were kind of grumpy at me for waking them up, thinking I did it on purpose (which I didn't, in fact I wasn't even aware of the time). They both said in a stern voice get back to bed. They had a hard time getting my little baby brother back to bed after we woke him up, allowing him to think that we were going to be opening the presents up. At the time I think he was 6 or 7 years old at the time. So they got him to climb into bed with them and they all fell asleep.
My parents abruptly woke me up at 9:30 am and I was exhausted and they were saying "don't you want to open your presents?" and to their surprise my response was "no." I was so exhausted from being up at 3 and when I went back to bed, I remember the last time I took a quick glance at my alarm clock in my room, it read 9:00 am. So really I only got 30 minutes of sleep and was not rested. Thankfully though when I am tired like I am, my father always brews a good batch of coffee in the morning and already had a cup of coffee in his hand and set at the edge of my bed and gave it to me. Let me sip on it a bit until I wasn't so grouchy then ushered me out of my bed and out of my bedroom to the living room.
Two couch pillows were on the floor with a very impatient little brother of mine Joel sitting on one and the other for me. He had been made to wait for me as usual every year, we wait for everyone to be awake.
I miss those days of getting all revved up and excited about Christmas. Watching cartoons of all versions of the scruge Bahumbug! And the old fashion rudolph movie which is not so much a cartoon, but not in real life either. I am sure you all know what I am talking about though, with the man Cornelius who enjoys throwing his ax into the air, and licking the snow off of it, thinking he can taste silver and gold. And he also fights the big abominable snow man. And followed with rudolph running away with the elf who doesn't want to make toys, but yet wants to be a dentist.
I love those memories, and I enjoy watching them with a nice cold glass of Christmas eggnog. I enjoy the tree as well all lit up and pretty.
But the best part of all is reading from the new testament in the bible from the book of Luke.
It is always good to remember the reason for the season. The birth of Jesus Christ. I may enjoy all those things, but Christmas wouldn't even be Christmas if Jesus wasn't born, because it is his birth that we are celebrating. I don't reflect enough on Jesus like I should, but thinking of it now as I am writing this. I need to learn more and know more. I only know the basics of Jesus to the point that even the nonbeliever could tell you about him. It says in his word for us to study to show ourselves approved. We need to know his word in order to know him and his heart and what he is all about. All this false merriment that you see people give out to one another during Christmas only, but not through out the year, it needs to be like that all year long. Anyone can get into the festivities of everything, but when it all comes down to it, I really need to focus on Jesus.
Sweet baby Jesus was born in a stable. Dirtiest place to ever been birthed, he deserved much more than that. No matter the good stuff that is played during Christmas time this is what is important to me the most. I haven't shown much of a Christian like attitude, but I need to change it for the betterment of myself and for Jesus, he deserves so much better than this, his father (God) created us for a purpose and to not try to get to know him and his word is like a slap in the face. Who in their right mind wouldn't want to know their creator? I want to know him more and more each day.
I got to not just try, but do it. Read his word, reflect on his word and live his word.
So nothing can make you happy in this world, all the presents at Christmas can't, it fills the void you have for a short period of time, but then that hole still exists until you reach out to God. Yes I love the Christmas movies too and the festivities, but until we get it right with God we won't be truly happy.
This year I sit there at my couch and stare at the tree and try to find the happiness and excitement I once use to feel about Christmas and it just isn't happening. And then I realized that I am not happy ever, never have been. The only times I remember being fully happy, is when I am 100% focused on Jesus Christ himself. Anytime my focus goes another route and I slowly put off a bible reading to another day and put off praying for another day, I get more miserable and wretched, but when I can crying at the feet of the Lord praying and crying out to him asking him to forgive me for forsaking him it feels better and his presence is there and you can feel it! There isn't anything better than his presence.
Don't get me started on Santa Claus. Yes I am aware of the Ole St.Nick tale, however, there are plenty of verses in the bible that talks about the idol that before worshipped over God which is called Molech or Moloch. It is spelled differently when you google it. The thing about Molech in the bible days B.C. It was a giant statued furnace in the shape a human body that had a giant huge belly with its arms stretched out as if it is holding something. What people would do in those days when they turned their back on God and decided to make an idol of their own, was heat the furnace and sacrifice their babies and young children, along with a list of all their wants of materialistic things. Sound familiar? Just like Santa Claus! Parents line up at the mall during this time of year and some kids are scared of Santa and scream and cry and yell and also have a 'list' of things they want. It so symbolic to the Molech offering. Don't you think?
I really don't think I will be telling my kid about Santa. First reason, it is a lie and your child trusts everything you say, then when you tell them at an older age that there is no such thing, they feel betrayed, because they were lied to. Also, think about it? This world is full of sin, because of a lie. Eve was betrayed by the lie from satan in the form of a snake. And then she lied to God when confronted. My second reason for not telling Aaliyah a word about Santa Claus is: I did the photo picture thing in the mall this year and she was petrified of him! I never saw a kid so scared in my life and the look in her eyes while looking at me standing by the camera trying to make her smile, it was like a look of betrayal. She didn't know why I was not saving her from something that scared her. She is use to me coming to her rescue for everything that I do on an everyday basis, but this one time I allowed her to live in a moment of fear with out calming and comfort. Thirdly, in the ten commandments we are commanded not to lie. Lying lips are an abomination to God. He hates it, and I want to honor him as much as I can.
The year I was 16 I couldn't wait and I already had an idea of what I was getting so I went to bed early Christmas eve at 7 or 8 and woke up at 3 am. Not looking at my alarm clock and woke my parents up and got them into the living room, until they looked at the clock on the wall they were kind of grumpy at me for waking them up, thinking I did it on purpose (which I didn't, in fact I wasn't even aware of the time). They both said in a stern voice get back to bed. They had a hard time getting my little baby brother back to bed after we woke him up, allowing him to think that we were going to be opening the presents up. At the time I think he was 6 or 7 years old at the time. So they got him to climb into bed with them and they all fell asleep.
My parents abruptly woke me up at 9:30 am and I was exhausted and they were saying "don't you want to open your presents?" and to their surprise my response was "no." I was so exhausted from being up at 3 and when I went back to bed, I remember the last time I took a quick glance at my alarm clock in my room, it read 9:00 am. So really I only got 30 minutes of sleep and was not rested. Thankfully though when I am tired like I am, my father always brews a good batch of coffee in the morning and already had a cup of coffee in his hand and set at the edge of my bed and gave it to me. Let me sip on it a bit until I wasn't so grouchy then ushered me out of my bed and out of my bedroom to the living room.
Two couch pillows were on the floor with a very impatient little brother of mine Joel sitting on one and the other for me. He had been made to wait for me as usual every year, we wait for everyone to be awake.
I miss those days of getting all revved up and excited about Christmas. Watching cartoons of all versions of the scruge Bahumbug! And the old fashion rudolph movie which is not so much a cartoon, but not in real life either. I am sure you all know what I am talking about though, with the man Cornelius who enjoys throwing his ax into the air, and licking the snow off of it, thinking he can taste silver and gold. And he also fights the big abominable snow man. And followed with rudolph running away with the elf who doesn't want to make toys, but yet wants to be a dentist.
I love those memories, and I enjoy watching them with a nice cold glass of Christmas eggnog. I enjoy the tree as well all lit up and pretty.
But the best part of all is reading from the new testament in the bible from the book of Luke.
It is always good to remember the reason for the season. The birth of Jesus Christ. I may enjoy all those things, but Christmas wouldn't even be Christmas if Jesus wasn't born, because it is his birth that we are celebrating. I don't reflect enough on Jesus like I should, but thinking of it now as I am writing this. I need to learn more and know more. I only know the basics of Jesus to the point that even the nonbeliever could tell you about him. It says in his word for us to study to show ourselves approved. We need to know his word in order to know him and his heart and what he is all about. All this false merriment that you see people give out to one another during Christmas only, but not through out the year, it needs to be like that all year long. Anyone can get into the festivities of everything, but when it all comes down to it, I really need to focus on Jesus.
Sweet baby Jesus was born in a stable. Dirtiest place to ever been birthed, he deserved much more than that. No matter the good stuff that is played during Christmas time this is what is important to me the most. I haven't shown much of a Christian like attitude, but I need to change it for the betterment of myself and for Jesus, he deserves so much better than this, his father (God) created us for a purpose and to not try to get to know him and his word is like a slap in the face. Who in their right mind wouldn't want to know their creator? I want to know him more and more each day.
I got to not just try, but do it. Read his word, reflect on his word and live his word.
So nothing can make you happy in this world, all the presents at Christmas can't, it fills the void you have for a short period of time, but then that hole still exists until you reach out to God. Yes I love the Christmas movies too and the festivities, but until we get it right with God we won't be truly happy.
This year I sit there at my couch and stare at the tree and try to find the happiness and excitement I once use to feel about Christmas and it just isn't happening. And then I realized that I am not happy ever, never have been. The only times I remember being fully happy, is when I am 100% focused on Jesus Christ himself. Anytime my focus goes another route and I slowly put off a bible reading to another day and put off praying for another day, I get more miserable and wretched, but when I can crying at the feet of the Lord praying and crying out to him asking him to forgive me for forsaking him it feels better and his presence is there and you can feel it! There isn't anything better than his presence.
Don't get me started on Santa Claus. Yes I am aware of the Ole St.Nick tale, however, there are plenty of verses in the bible that talks about the idol that before worshipped over God which is called Molech or Moloch. It is spelled differently when you google it. The thing about Molech in the bible days B.C. It was a giant statued furnace in the shape a human body that had a giant huge belly with its arms stretched out as if it is holding something. What people would do in those days when they turned their back on God and decided to make an idol of their own, was heat the furnace and sacrifice their babies and young children, along with a list of all their wants of materialistic things. Sound familiar? Just like Santa Claus! Parents line up at the mall during this time of year and some kids are scared of Santa and scream and cry and yell and also have a 'list' of things they want. It so symbolic to the Molech offering. Don't you think?
I really don't think I will be telling my kid about Santa. First reason, it is a lie and your child trusts everything you say, then when you tell them at an older age that there is no such thing, they feel betrayed, because they were lied to. Also, think about it? This world is full of sin, because of a lie. Eve was betrayed by the lie from satan in the form of a snake. And then she lied to God when confronted. My second reason for not telling Aaliyah a word about Santa Claus is: I did the photo picture thing in the mall this year and she was petrified of him! I never saw a kid so scared in my life and the look in her eyes while looking at me standing by the camera trying to make her smile, it was like a look of betrayal. She didn't know why I was not saving her from something that scared her. She is use to me coming to her rescue for everything that I do on an everyday basis, but this one time I allowed her to live in a moment of fear with out calming and comfort. Thirdly, in the ten commandments we are commanded not to lie. Lying lips are an abomination to God. He hates it, and I want to honor him as much as I can.
Monday 17 December 2012
Cleaning Like Crazy Today
Having my 4th cup of coffee of the day; well it is now afternoon. I drank the whole pot to myself! Well wait my husband isn't a coffee drinker, so therefore no need to make a full pot. I make a half pot. So I drank half a pot of coffee to myself! I have so much energy today! Lots is getting done for housework. Thank God, I am usually so sluggish in the morning and don't get to doing anything until the afternoon.The crabby part of the morning follows me until near noon hour usually. I got majority of my laundry folded accept maybe one load out of the 6 loads that have been washed and dried. The dishes are done, accept for a frying pan that is soaking from having dried up food on it from the night before. And you're not going to believe this, I am cleaning the stove top. I took out the coils and the other part (I don't know what it is called, but I usually line them with foil liners) and have them soaking in my sink with a good cleaner sprayed on them. Now all that needs to be done is sweeping and moping of the floors. Oh and the bathroom, but I am thinking of making Jonathan do that chore himself. Since the majority of the mess is him. I always clean my messes, if I dropped a dab of tooth paste in the sink, I rinse it out once I am done brushing. And before I shut the shower off, I usually have a J cloth hanging on the bar of the shower curtain to give a quick clean from soap scum, dirt and grimey stuff. However, Jonathan on the other hand, he does not dry his feet with the towel before stepping out and leaves a puddled mess everytime. And does not wipe down the shower and leaves his little stubbles he shaves off of his face in the sink for me to look at. He is a crazy tooth brush scrubber. When he brushes his teeth, he splatter tooth paste from with in his mouth right onto the mirror. Not me! I think of all the housework I do in this house, the bathroom can at least be his chore every once in a while.
Well I think I better go use up the energy I do have today and get the rest of the housework done and then go spend time with my wee one.
Well I think I better go use up the energy I do have today and get the rest of the housework done and then go spend time with my wee one.
Saturday 15 December 2012
I Love The Gatsby Show (Jerseylicious)
Ugh! I so wish we had a salon like the Gatsby here in Edmonton Alberta. I really do. I rarely pamper myself anymore ever since I moved from side of Canada to the other. But damn I would pay lots a money just to fly to the states if I had the extra $$$ to do so. All the ladies and gents that work there are so glamorous and beautiful. I just love the show lots. Accept for the bickering going on with Tracy and Olivia, it totally takes away from the show and salon. I just don't get why they can't get along. They seem so alike in various ways. They both share the love for animal printed stuff and what not and love the darker skin tone and love doing the dramatic makeup look. And boy do they ever accessorize!
Anyways enough complaining about those two silly ladies. Hopefully someday they will make amends.
Anyways here's to hoping someday when I can make it to New Jersey, that I can get my hair done by one of the many talented hair stylists there.
This stay at home Mom is well overdue for a good old pampering time soon!
Anyways enough complaining about those two silly ladies. Hopefully someday they will make amends.
Anyways here's to hoping someday when I can make it to New Jersey, that I can get my hair done by one of the many talented hair stylists there.
This stay at home Mom is well overdue for a good old pampering time soon!
Prayers for Newtown Connecticut
It is such a shock to come home from the gym yesterday to see the status' all over facebook with regards to the shooting in Newtown Connecticut. It is so heart wrenching to watch on the news. I have been doing nothing but praying for all of the victim's families. It really opens your eyes to see that no matter how small of a town or city you live in, this kind of violence can happen anywhere's! Not just expected in the big cities. It can happen anywhere's, anytime and anyplace.
I definitely hugged my little girl a bit tighter last night with tears in my eyes thinking what if this was her in her school years from now when she is older?
My heart goes out to everyone that was hurt and had their precious little angel shot and taken away from them for good. I can't express how much I feel hurt for those families, I feel like it happened to me too.
May God be with us all in the world and reach out to others and help make change in our hearts and follow him and change our ways. So there will be less or not more crime going on.
I definitely hugged my little girl a bit tighter last night with tears in my eyes thinking what if this was her in her school years from now when she is older?
My heart goes out to everyone that was hurt and had their precious little angel shot and taken away from them for good. I can't express how much I feel hurt for those families, I feel like it happened to me too.
May God be with us all in the world and reach out to others and help make change in our hearts and follow him and change our ways. So there will be less or not more crime going on.
Thursday 13 December 2012
Salt on an open wound
Being told the truth definitely hurts. It is very painful to deal with. I was just told the truth, but a friend, because I asked this of my friend. Even though maybe sometimes in certain situations, topics etc you should refrain from telling the truth, especially if you care for this person and love them with all your heart. I am beginning to wish I never asked for the truth, because maybe I was not ready to hear it. Maybe it was meant for another time to be revealed to me. But stubborn as I am I have insisted on the truth being told to me.
I am having a hard time sleeping right now, I have drank my sleepy time tea and the truth is plaguing me to the core. It hurts me deep down with in me.
So what I am wondering is; should you really tell the truth? Or should we lie to the person for the time being until you know they are mentally, emotionally able to take it in? Should I have been told a lie tonight? Or was it better for the truth to come out? Or maybe was I ready to hear the truth, but, because I am human it is normal to feel so hurt from the truth?
Sometimes I just don't like being truthful, it certainly didn't set me free, like the saying goes from the bible. Maybe it should though. Should I just release myself from it all? From this person to help me heal?
I love this person, but they have hurt me so badly. What am I to do? Suck it up, because I asked for it? (The truth). Or shall I just be rid of the person?
UGH!! Decisions decisions! Well I am going offline now. Just had to get it off my chest.
I am having a hard time sleeping right now, I have drank my sleepy time tea and the truth is plaguing me to the core. It hurts me deep down with in me.
So what I am wondering is; should you really tell the truth? Or should we lie to the person for the time being until you know they are mentally, emotionally able to take it in? Should I have been told a lie tonight? Or was it better for the truth to come out? Or maybe was I ready to hear the truth, but, because I am human it is normal to feel so hurt from the truth?
Sometimes I just don't like being truthful, it certainly didn't set me free, like the saying goes from the bible. Maybe it should though. Should I just release myself from it all? From this person to help me heal?
I love this person, but they have hurt me so badly. What am I to do? Suck it up, because I asked for it? (The truth). Or shall I just be rid of the person?
UGH!! Decisions decisions! Well I am going offline now. Just had to get it off my chest.
Monday 10 December 2012
Dreadday
Ugh! I feel so old today. I hate this day as every year comes by. I look a little older and a little more different. Now that my bodies been through a pregnancy, my body is funny shaped. I work out to the best of my abilities, but I will always have these huge hips. I have these little crinkles in the corners of my eyes when I smile now and a slight laugh line too.
When this day came up as a kid I was always so excited. Along came a cake and pizza and presents, but now if I even look at those foods I will gain about 50 pounds just looking at them. I don't have the metabolism I once had.
Jonathan did give me a birthday present early last night. It was cool, it was this conair jet water thing for when in the tub. Which is cool, because I love soaking in the tub with a nice goats milk bubble bath. He also got me two packs of iced mahogany hair dye. I love it! I love my hair that color. I sometimes miss my old trade mark hair that I was once known by from when I was in the private school, but I find blond makes me look too fake.
On a more nice note, I woke up to a bunch of kisses from my daughter today. That is always a nice way to wake up. She loves to give out kisses. She is a very loving girl always in a cuddling mood. Sometimes I lose my patience with her first thing in the morning, when trying to drink my coffee and then she just plumps herself hard down onto me making me spill the hot coffee not on me, but all over the couch and every where's. She is still learning though, so I try not to make a big deal out of it. I show her the mess and show her how I need to clean it and she actually takes a J cloth and tries to help wipe it all out, but only rubs it in more. LOL What a sweetie. At least gets the idea to some extent.
I am kind of sad, because with blogger lately when I sign in, I can't see my people that I am following. I usually read my friend Dave's blog, but it appears blank when I click on his name and goes for everyone else I follow. I like to keep posted with the progress of his book that he is writing.
Well I best be going for now. I need to get a shower going and get ready before Jonathan gets home from work, because he is taking me out to get an ice cream birthday cake at DQ. And then we are going to West Edmonton Mall to get my free gift from the make up store that I am a member of called Sephora. Their make is amazing and works wonders!
Will post later about the rest of my day.
When this day came up as a kid I was always so excited. Along came a cake and pizza and presents, but now if I even look at those foods I will gain about 50 pounds just looking at them. I don't have the metabolism I once had.
Jonathan did give me a birthday present early last night. It was cool, it was this conair jet water thing for when in the tub. Which is cool, because I love soaking in the tub with a nice goats milk bubble bath. He also got me two packs of iced mahogany hair dye. I love it! I love my hair that color. I sometimes miss my old trade mark hair that I was once known by from when I was in the private school, but I find blond makes me look too fake.
On a more nice note, I woke up to a bunch of kisses from my daughter today. That is always a nice way to wake up. She loves to give out kisses. She is a very loving girl always in a cuddling mood. Sometimes I lose my patience with her first thing in the morning, when trying to drink my coffee and then she just plumps herself hard down onto me making me spill the hot coffee not on me, but all over the couch and every where's. She is still learning though, so I try not to make a big deal out of it. I show her the mess and show her how I need to clean it and she actually takes a J cloth and tries to help wipe it all out, but only rubs it in more. LOL What a sweetie. At least gets the idea to some extent.
I am kind of sad, because with blogger lately when I sign in, I can't see my people that I am following. I usually read my friend Dave's blog, but it appears blank when I click on his name and goes for everyone else I follow. I like to keep posted with the progress of his book that he is writing.
Well I best be going for now. I need to get a shower going and get ready before Jonathan gets home from work, because he is taking me out to get an ice cream birthday cake at DQ. And then we are going to West Edmonton Mall to get my free gift from the make up store that I am a member of called Sephora. Their make is amazing and works wonders!
Will post later about the rest of my day.
Friday 7 December 2012
Blibber blabber
Well I am a cheapo! Yes I am. I have been suffering with having problems falling asleep. I know it has to be insomnia, what else could it be right? So I forgot all about this tea that a couple of friends had mentioned to me before, and while doing my usual grocery run with the hubby and baby; we walk down the coffee and tea isle and right before eyes. My eyes fell upon the night time tea made by celestial. Thank God I found it or actually saw it through all the other teas surrounding it, because Jonathan was making a doctors appointment for all three of us and he wanted me to get sleeping pills. And I am too cheap I don't want to pay for an expensive prescription if I don't have to. I know that maybe I should get a diagnosis at least, but I don't care. We ingest a lot of crap in our bodies on a regular basis. Most of us eat that stupid boxed prepackaged food more. Which is something in the Morin family we have decided to change. We don't even have sugar in the house anymore. We shop mainly out of the produce isle. And buy lots of seafood and fish. I can't say we completely stopped buying canned, packaged food, because we still buy canned tuna and the odd other thing here or there. But for the most part I make my own gravies, pasta sauces, dips etc. Although not peanut butter. Yet! But I will when I find out how to make it, well a good recipe with really good directions to follow.
Since we are doing all this do it yourself things, I am thinking of investing in getting some pottery and soil and stock up for the warm weather and when the snow goes away for good I am going to plant my own herbs. Parsley especially, it is my favorite. I will eat it like people eat lettuce or carrots.
Well it is time for me to pour my tea and doze off. Good night to you all.
Since we are doing all this do it yourself things, I am thinking of investing in getting some pottery and soil and stock up for the warm weather and when the snow goes away for good I am going to plant my own herbs. Parsley especially, it is my favorite. I will eat it like people eat lettuce or carrots.
Well it is time for me to pour my tea and doze off. Good night to you all.
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Christmas Done & A New Beginning
The shopping is done and so is the shipping! YAY. Christmas is dealt with early for once in my life. In the Morin house we are usually last minute shoppers, and shipping them off too late. Thank God we kept finding deals on the things that our family members liked and had the money on hand to grab it. I am a little late on decorating as far as the christmas lacey stuff from the dollar store. The tree is up and decorated though.
I kind of can't wait to get it done and over with. I always forget how much of a hassle it is just to get that perfect gift for everyone in the family. But then as a whole year goes by and as the next christmas is nearing for another time around I get excited, then go to being tired of it. Perhaps I put my tree up too early. I actually feel like taking it down right now.
I am lucky, because Aaliyah was so fascinated with the tree at first; so I thought I was going to have a problem with her taking the decorations off of the tree. But she only takes a bulb off once in a while and passes it to me, just to watch me put it back on. Nothing too major. She loves night time, because I put the lights on for the remainder of the evening.
Another chapter has started with my little wee one just today actually! I decided when her diapers were all used up that we would start training her on the potty, so we already had pull-ups available and a potty. So she just finished her last diaper. So onto the pull-ups and potty training we go. I was going to train her earlier this year, but she was still too young and little and still learning how to understand what I am saying to her when I talk to her. I know that she understand me for the most part now. So I know it is the right time.
So here's to hoping this does not take a long time to train her, because to be honest I am not up for it. I just wish my Mom or Grandma was here to help and guide me through it, because they have a special connection with her.
I kind of can't wait to get it done and over with. I always forget how much of a hassle it is just to get that perfect gift for everyone in the family. But then as a whole year goes by and as the next christmas is nearing for another time around I get excited, then go to being tired of it. Perhaps I put my tree up too early. I actually feel like taking it down right now.
I am lucky, because Aaliyah was so fascinated with the tree at first; so I thought I was going to have a problem with her taking the decorations off of the tree. But she only takes a bulb off once in a while and passes it to me, just to watch me put it back on. Nothing too major. She loves night time, because I put the lights on for the remainder of the evening.
Another chapter has started with my little wee one just today actually! I decided when her diapers were all used up that we would start training her on the potty, so we already had pull-ups available and a potty. So she just finished her last diaper. So onto the pull-ups and potty training we go. I was going to train her earlier this year, but she was still too young and little and still learning how to understand what I am saying to her when I talk to her. I know that she understand me for the most part now. So I know it is the right time.
So here's to hoping this does not take a long time to train her, because to be honest I am not up for it. I just wish my Mom or Grandma was here to help and guide me through it, because they have a special connection with her.
Sunday 25 November 2012
Rambling/Aaliyah/Christmas
We are early for everything Christmas this year in the Morin household. We have our tree up and all our presents bought. Just need to rearrange the lights on the tree, plus buy a few more string of lights, because some parts of the tree are lit up beautifully and the other parts are just barely anything at all. This year is definitely going to be a tough Christmas, because at least last year I had my parents living here with me in Edmonton, but they have decided to move back down to my home town in Saint John NB. So this year I will only have my husband and daughter. Which I am thankful to have, but am going to miss my family as well.
This year is our first year having a decent tree, because when we lived in Saint John, we could never really afford anything decent down there. Our first year together when we got married, we bought a little fake tree that was in a pot and it was about a foot long and we put it up on a pedestal so we could make the illusions of having an 'under neath the Christmas tree' look. And the year after that when we first came up here to Edmonton we were still getting our money together and situated so we bought a cheap $20 fake 4 foot tree. Which was still cute, but still not very noticeable. This year we have a 7 foot tree and my daughter just can't stay away from it. I always turn on the lights in the evening and she has came close to toppling the tree on top of her. That silly little girl. I even find her under neath the tree lying down and relaxing which is cute.
Once we get more lights for the tree and have it decorated I will have to take a photo and post it to show off.
Aaliyah is growing so much lately, with her height and even her mind, she seems to understand things much more than she did even though she is still learning to speak and she still does the baby chatter more than anything. Even her hair is growing! She is my little sweetie, I love watching her go on about her day. I usually sit myself at my kitchen table when I post on blogger here and look into the living room to see how she is doing and as always she is walking around with her lamby. And playing with the buttons on the tv. And she puts this toy that is meant to put different shaped pieces through, she wears it as her hat. haha such a silly little girl!
Lately, she has been finding out how to open the drawer that is on our computer desk and she takes Daddy's badge and puts it on her neck. She kind of reminds me of dog the bounty hunter walking around the house with it on. She also learned about Daddy's wallet! She loves taking all the cards out of it and throwing them onto the floor and keep the money inside.
Although, she has been scaring me lately, as she has decided to stand onto the arm rest of our couch and she has come close to falling a few times and thankfully I am quick to move. I even spilled a hot coffee on myself just to make sure she was safe. and OUCH! That coffee was hot. I rather suffer and hurt myself before I'd let anything happen to her. She is my sweet heart. It is funny how they say you will do anything for your kids and I never understood the love from my mom and her overbearing 'over protectiveness' until I had Aaliyah. I know what it feels like to have the protective Mama bear come out of me.
Even for the little things I am protective of her. I just love my little girl and am I so excited to see her reacting to Christmas this year as she is older and understand more about toys and things she likes. She has two disney characters that she likes right now. She likes Tinkerbell and Cinderella so this should be a good year, we have walked by toys over a month ago and she would whine for them so we definitely got a couple of surprises for her.
Well I best be going, because she is standing on top of the large speaker on the floor that is hooked up to our computer and I don't want her to hurt herself.
This year is our first year having a decent tree, because when we lived in Saint John, we could never really afford anything decent down there. Our first year together when we got married, we bought a little fake tree that was in a pot and it was about a foot long and we put it up on a pedestal so we could make the illusions of having an 'under neath the Christmas tree' look. And the year after that when we first came up here to Edmonton we were still getting our money together and situated so we bought a cheap $20 fake 4 foot tree. Which was still cute, but still not very noticeable. This year we have a 7 foot tree and my daughter just can't stay away from it. I always turn on the lights in the evening and she has came close to toppling the tree on top of her. That silly little girl. I even find her under neath the tree lying down and relaxing which is cute.
Once we get more lights for the tree and have it decorated I will have to take a photo and post it to show off.
Aaliyah is growing so much lately, with her height and even her mind, she seems to understand things much more than she did even though she is still learning to speak and she still does the baby chatter more than anything. Even her hair is growing! She is my little sweetie, I love watching her go on about her day. I usually sit myself at my kitchen table when I post on blogger here and look into the living room to see how she is doing and as always she is walking around with her lamby. And playing with the buttons on the tv. And she puts this toy that is meant to put different shaped pieces through, she wears it as her hat. haha such a silly little girl!
Lately, she has been finding out how to open the drawer that is on our computer desk and she takes Daddy's badge and puts it on her neck. She kind of reminds me of dog the bounty hunter walking around the house with it on. She also learned about Daddy's wallet! She loves taking all the cards out of it and throwing them onto the floor and keep the money inside.
Although, she has been scaring me lately, as she has decided to stand onto the arm rest of our couch and she has come close to falling a few times and thankfully I am quick to move. I even spilled a hot coffee on myself just to make sure she was safe. and OUCH! That coffee was hot. I rather suffer and hurt myself before I'd let anything happen to her. She is my sweet heart. It is funny how they say you will do anything for your kids and I never understood the love from my mom and her overbearing 'over protectiveness' until I had Aaliyah. I know what it feels like to have the protective Mama bear come out of me.
Even for the little things I am protective of her. I just love my little girl and am I so excited to see her reacting to Christmas this year as she is older and understand more about toys and things she likes. She has two disney characters that she likes right now. She likes Tinkerbell and Cinderella so this should be a good year, we have walked by toys over a month ago and she would whine for them so we definitely got a couple of surprises for her.
Well I best be going, because she is standing on top of the large speaker on the floor that is hooked up to our computer and I don't want her to hurt herself.
Friday 16 November 2012
Suffering In Silence
Are the deaths of the kids that committed suicide due too bullying not getting through? Seriously! I see everyone on my facebook joining the group for that poor Amanda Todd girl that committed suicide from being bullied, but the funny thing is, bullying is still happening. Bullying doesn't mean that you have to be physically hurting someone to be bullying. Even instilling fear into someone, because you have a very intimidating look and saying things to people when they walk by to make them more uneasy is not cool.
I am going to get straight to the point here with this. And I don't care who likes what I am about to say. I was working with at the University of New Brunswick Saint John as a security guard back in 2011 from July to the end of September. My cousin has already been working at the University as a cleaner for over a year at this point when I first started working there. She had been living with my family in this apartment in the uptown area of Saint John, which in the building there was a tenant that lived underneath us. I will not disclose her name for privacy sake along with giving my cousins name as well. The tenant underneath us was talking one day to my cousin and I about jobs and asked us if we needed one. My cousin said she was looking and the tenant told her to be up early at 5am the next day because her supervisor was looking for work and she helped my cousin get the job.
So as a year rolls by my cousin distances herself from this tenants, due to the mean things that the other co-workers have been saying about our tenant.
So when I came in a year later as new hired security job, I started to witness and notice harassment going on towards the tenant underneath me. Just for no apparent reason they would exclude her from sitting with the rest of the cleaners at lunch hour in the cafeteria. I started noticing it when I took my lunch break with my partner I had on my shift. He and I took lunch at noon which did most of the cleaners as well. I never saw the tenant that lived underneath me ever eat in the cafeteria.
It was kind of weird, because my cousins friends/co-workers were all suck up to me and then they would subtly say things about the tenant if she was walking by as I had to make rounds in all the campus buildings from the residence to all other buildings for where the teaching took place.
They once made a comment about the tenant, because she is a christian and they were making fun of it to me infront of my cousin. I was kind of appalled at my cousin, because she claims to be a christian herself, but, yet took part in making fun the tenant.
So I just basically said to them all 'So I am a christian? Do you guys have a problem with that?' And of course they did not have a problem with it. I got responses from them saying things like 'Oh no no, you're cool.'
Also, the cleaners had heard about my tenants past from someone that she had a bad upbringing and she does not trust men and I will leave it at that, I am sure you can figure out why she can't. She was little when this had happened to her. So the tenant never did have many or any boyfriends, and there was a male cleaner amongst the morning cleaning staff and at the end of the day, most of the cleaners took a bus home, which this male cleaner got on the same bus as my cousin, the tenant and a few others.
What ticks me off even more, is my cousin had enough gull to laugh at the fact that the tenant got so nervous a few times, because the male co-worker had sat right beside the tenant on purpose when the bus was vacant and there were other seats. He was just doing it to be a donkey ( I won't say the other word).
My cousin came home and told me that day about what was going on, because it was my day off that day and I had no clue that more stuff was being done unto the tenant underneath us. They all thought it was funny and so did my cousin, she and other encouraged this man to do so unto the tenant. Which is not fair, because in the beginning when she had helped my cousin get this cleaning job, they use to talk and sit together at lunch, but then when my cousin had been assigned to help others clean when she got her building done. conversations/ gossip would start about the tenant and they poisoned my cousins head about how mean the tenant can be. Which is not true. They all laugh and hold it against her for that day that male sat with her on the bus, because she pulled the string for the bus to stop and she got off and decided to wait for the next bus. The tenant had confided into my cousin about things way before my cousin had turned on her and once she did turn on the tenant, she told all the co-workers everything about her, from the abuse as a child from foster care and the abuse from men as a child too. Most people don't laugh at that stuff and find it funny, because most of the time there is usually more than one in the crowd that can relate, but not one person had any remorse for her at all.
When I started working there, some of the co-workers would say in conversation to me or around me that they don't have a problem with the tenant herself, they don't like how she isolates herself from everyone and does not trust anyone. Which is not cool, because when she first started working there she was never accepted.
So now this is where it gets kind of mean. This took place near august or September of 2011. I don't know what exact date, but anyways I am going to tell you. I was making my usual rounds and it was nearing noon hour for lunch time for everyone and as I was making my way under ground through one of the basement passage ways, I saw my cousin and the tenant kind of getting along, because a few weeks prior to this incident I am about to tell you of they were kind of getting along and my cousin was trying to do the right thing and include the tenant no matter what other people thought. So as I walked along they were walking with me as I was coming through one building leading over to another under ground as we got the threshold of the doors that on one side is considered one building, and the other side is the other. I was making my way to the elevator and this elevator is really old and slow and took a few minutes to get down, so I came back over to converse with my cousin and tenant. There is a vending machine room in between the elevators and the doors that my cousin and tenant was standing at. There were two cleaner/co-workers in the room and there is one that is quiet and one that is more mouthy. She heard my cousin and the tenants voice conversing and then when she looked out to see them she yelled for my cousin to hurry up and to not waste her time. Which was pretty rude, because basically she was implying that my cousin was wasting time on the tenant. So for the first time ever the tenant spoke up and said "If she wants to talk me, she is allowed to, she does not need your permission and you are also not her Mother." then the mouthy co-worker yelled "whatever 'tenant' stop being such a baby."
I heard the elevator beep so I walked on over to the elevator and I saw tenant looking sad and almost holding back tears. My cousin slowly walked away from tenant as the tenant left to go to lunch. The mouth co-worker was folding her arms with a bit of an attitude as well. I over heard before I walked into the elevator something a long the lines of 'f*** that women is annoying.'
I saw tenant later on that day as it was time for the cleaner to clock out. Tenant and mouthy cleaner were both in the security office signing out of their log sheet for their shift. Tenant was first and she had down cast eyes and you could feel to uncomfortable feeling she felt, because she knew mouthy co-worker was behind her, because mouthy co-worker was conversing with my partner in security. Then purposely mouthy co-worker was tapping her feet while waiting for tenant to sign off onto all the sheets they sign out on and I noticed once she did that, it made tenant feel more uneasy.
During the week at some point I was making my rounds as I was coming through tenants building that she was responsible for cleaning, and she was eating her lunch underneath the stair well at the very bottom level so no one could see her. Luckily I could see her feet just a bit and I came over to see her. I was afraid she was going to be crying or something, but no she was eating her lunch at reading her bible. She opened up to me about how she found it hard and that she had always tried to be nice even when they have been mean and she gets discouraged at times about the way she is treated.
What's really sad for tenant now is lately I have been conversing with her through e-mail to this present day and she has been sick a few times and had a huge book shelf fall on her and most recently ingested toxic stuff from the laboratory in the building that she cleans. She reported each event and is told that she makes up these incidents and she gets threatened to be written up all the time. However, all the other co-workers on the other hand are all buddy/friends with the supervisor and when they get sick or leave work early from not feeling (including my cousin) not a one of them gets threatened or reprimanded for needing to leave.
So what I want to do today is make awareness of the fact that bullying is not only something that happens in school. You can be an outcast at work. And please if there are people at your work place that you notice are alone or if you always hear gossip about them from others, please disregard all of that and go talk to them. Get to know them. Like I did with tenant, her and I are good friends. Not everything that is said about someone is necessarily the truth. Don't be apart of the harassment. Help me make awareness of this and share my blog with anyone or everyone.
Also, here is a link to prove to you all and show you all that this does actually take place in the workplace and please feel free to check it out and share it with all: http://www.unbf.ca/towardarespectfulworkplace/cat.html
I am going to get straight to the point here with this. And I don't care who likes what I am about to say. I was working with at the University of New Brunswick Saint John as a security guard back in 2011 from July to the end of September. My cousin has already been working at the University as a cleaner for over a year at this point when I first started working there. She had been living with my family in this apartment in the uptown area of Saint John, which in the building there was a tenant that lived underneath us. I will not disclose her name for privacy sake along with giving my cousins name as well. The tenant underneath us was talking one day to my cousin and I about jobs and asked us if we needed one. My cousin said she was looking and the tenant told her to be up early at 5am the next day because her supervisor was looking for work and she helped my cousin get the job.
So as a year rolls by my cousin distances herself from this tenants, due to the mean things that the other co-workers have been saying about our tenant.
So when I came in a year later as new hired security job, I started to witness and notice harassment going on towards the tenant underneath me. Just for no apparent reason they would exclude her from sitting with the rest of the cleaners at lunch hour in the cafeteria. I started noticing it when I took my lunch break with my partner I had on my shift. He and I took lunch at noon which did most of the cleaners as well. I never saw the tenant that lived underneath me ever eat in the cafeteria.
It was kind of weird, because my cousins friends/co-workers were all suck up to me and then they would subtly say things about the tenant if she was walking by as I had to make rounds in all the campus buildings from the residence to all other buildings for where the teaching took place.
They once made a comment about the tenant, because she is a christian and they were making fun of it to me infront of my cousin. I was kind of appalled at my cousin, because she claims to be a christian herself, but, yet took part in making fun the tenant.
So I just basically said to them all 'So I am a christian? Do you guys have a problem with that?' And of course they did not have a problem with it. I got responses from them saying things like 'Oh no no, you're cool.'
Also, the cleaners had heard about my tenants past from someone that she had a bad upbringing and she does not trust men and I will leave it at that, I am sure you can figure out why she can't. She was little when this had happened to her. So the tenant never did have many or any boyfriends, and there was a male cleaner amongst the morning cleaning staff and at the end of the day, most of the cleaners took a bus home, which this male cleaner got on the same bus as my cousin, the tenant and a few others.
What ticks me off even more, is my cousin had enough gull to laugh at the fact that the tenant got so nervous a few times, because the male co-worker had sat right beside the tenant on purpose when the bus was vacant and there were other seats. He was just doing it to be a donkey ( I won't say the other word).
My cousin came home and told me that day about what was going on, because it was my day off that day and I had no clue that more stuff was being done unto the tenant underneath us. They all thought it was funny and so did my cousin, she and other encouraged this man to do so unto the tenant. Which is not fair, because in the beginning when she had helped my cousin get this cleaning job, they use to talk and sit together at lunch, but then when my cousin had been assigned to help others clean when she got her building done. conversations/ gossip would start about the tenant and they poisoned my cousins head about how mean the tenant can be. Which is not true. They all laugh and hold it against her for that day that male sat with her on the bus, because she pulled the string for the bus to stop and she got off and decided to wait for the next bus. The tenant had confided into my cousin about things way before my cousin had turned on her and once she did turn on the tenant, she told all the co-workers everything about her, from the abuse as a child from foster care and the abuse from men as a child too. Most people don't laugh at that stuff and find it funny, because most of the time there is usually more than one in the crowd that can relate, but not one person had any remorse for her at all.
When I started working there, some of the co-workers would say in conversation to me or around me that they don't have a problem with the tenant herself, they don't like how she isolates herself from everyone and does not trust anyone. Which is not cool, because when she first started working there she was never accepted.
So now this is where it gets kind of mean. This took place near august or September of 2011. I don't know what exact date, but anyways I am going to tell you. I was making my usual rounds and it was nearing noon hour for lunch time for everyone and as I was making my way under ground through one of the basement passage ways, I saw my cousin and the tenant kind of getting along, because a few weeks prior to this incident I am about to tell you of they were kind of getting along and my cousin was trying to do the right thing and include the tenant no matter what other people thought. So as I walked along they were walking with me as I was coming through one building leading over to another under ground as we got the threshold of the doors that on one side is considered one building, and the other side is the other. I was making my way to the elevator and this elevator is really old and slow and took a few minutes to get down, so I came back over to converse with my cousin and tenant. There is a vending machine room in between the elevators and the doors that my cousin and tenant was standing at. There were two cleaner/co-workers in the room and there is one that is quiet and one that is more mouthy. She heard my cousin and the tenants voice conversing and then when she looked out to see them she yelled for my cousin to hurry up and to not waste her time. Which was pretty rude, because basically she was implying that my cousin was wasting time on the tenant. So for the first time ever the tenant spoke up and said "If she wants to talk me, she is allowed to, she does not need your permission and you are also not her Mother." then the mouthy co-worker yelled "whatever 'tenant' stop being such a baby."
I heard the elevator beep so I walked on over to the elevator and I saw tenant looking sad and almost holding back tears. My cousin slowly walked away from tenant as the tenant left to go to lunch. The mouth co-worker was folding her arms with a bit of an attitude as well. I over heard before I walked into the elevator something a long the lines of 'f*** that women is annoying.'
I saw tenant later on that day as it was time for the cleaner to clock out. Tenant and mouthy cleaner were both in the security office signing out of their log sheet for their shift. Tenant was first and she had down cast eyes and you could feel to uncomfortable feeling she felt, because she knew mouthy co-worker was behind her, because mouthy co-worker was conversing with my partner in security. Then purposely mouthy co-worker was tapping her feet while waiting for tenant to sign off onto all the sheets they sign out on and I noticed once she did that, it made tenant feel more uneasy.
During the week at some point I was making my rounds as I was coming through tenants building that she was responsible for cleaning, and she was eating her lunch underneath the stair well at the very bottom level so no one could see her. Luckily I could see her feet just a bit and I came over to see her. I was afraid she was going to be crying or something, but no she was eating her lunch at reading her bible. She opened up to me about how she found it hard and that she had always tried to be nice even when they have been mean and she gets discouraged at times about the way she is treated.
What's really sad for tenant now is lately I have been conversing with her through e-mail to this present day and she has been sick a few times and had a huge book shelf fall on her and most recently ingested toxic stuff from the laboratory in the building that she cleans. She reported each event and is told that she makes up these incidents and she gets threatened to be written up all the time. However, all the other co-workers on the other hand are all buddy/friends with the supervisor and when they get sick or leave work early from not feeling (including my cousin) not a one of them gets threatened or reprimanded for needing to leave.
So what I want to do today is make awareness of the fact that bullying is not only something that happens in school. You can be an outcast at work. And please if there are people at your work place that you notice are alone or if you always hear gossip about them from others, please disregard all of that and go talk to them. Get to know them. Like I did with tenant, her and I are good friends. Not everything that is said about someone is necessarily the truth. Don't be apart of the harassment. Help me make awareness of this and share my blog with anyone or everyone.
Also, here is a link to prove to you all and show you all that this does actually take place in the workplace and please feel free to check it out and share it with all: http://www.unbf.ca/towardarespectfulworkplace/cat.html
Thursday 15 November 2012
Dream Journal
So I've decided to sign up for this website where you write down the dream you had from the night before or even dreams that you remember from the past. It is pretty much a blog, but it is dream based. Reason for myself signing up is to help me remember those unique/weird/odd dreams. I have some dreams I don't like. Although, some are weird, odd, unique and all and hard to remember after a few days, so if I get up in the morning write it out while drinking my first cup of java, more of it will come clearer as I write and re-read it and then more things that happened that I forgot to mention might surface while doing so. And I am telling you, I've had some pretty sick, twisted dreams, but in a good way.
What's actually kind of neat about this website, is there are people that can help you interpret your dreams as well, although I don't want any interpretations, but that is good for those out there who do. Well it is bed time for me and if any of you out there who are reading are curious of the dream journal website you can find it at: Dream Journal
What's actually kind of neat about this website, is there are people that can help you interpret your dreams as well, although I don't want any interpretations, but that is good for those out there who do. Well it is bed time for me and if any of you out there who are reading are curious of the dream journal website you can find it at: Dream Journal
Friday 9 November 2012
Excited About My E-Book
I hardly slept last night. I was so excited about the new publisher that I decided to go with. I could not stop thinking about it. I love all the things you can do on this site as opposed to the other one. For all you writer's out there that are looking for a good site to publish your book whether you want to make it an e-book or hard copy on the shelves of book stores go to Lulu. Browse around and check out how things are done. Anyways this busy mama has got to go. Also, feel free to share my book link with all your poetry loving friends at: here.
I hope you're all having a great day. Take care.
I hope you're all having a great day. Take care.
Thursday 8 November 2012
Poetry in E-Book ONLY!!
I am so enthused to share with you all that I have gotten my book available in e-book only. I have decided to go another route instead of the other publishing site I was working with, because everything was at a high cost to get a review or even to have editor's or cover designs. Which I found horrible, because when I was searching around for a place to publish my book with their was attracting people well attracting me, because they kept mentioning publishing for free. So here I am now with another site which I am much more happier with and here is the link to my e-book at: CLICK ME!!
I hope you like it and if so be kind enough to spread the word.
I hope you like it and if so be kind enough to spread the word.
Wednesday 7 November 2012
It Is Here!
Wow! The snow is coming down heavy here in Edmonton today. To be honest I am excited that it is here. At first I was kind of ticked off that it was here so early, but then I got to thinking about all the fun things I can do with my little girl outside. She did not experience being out in the snow yet. Last year I felt she was too young to play in it and also at this time she couldn't walk at that moment, she was standing on her own, but not walking.
Now that I am thinking of the snow being here I saw a cool idea off of pinterest. Get a couple of cheap squirt bottles at the dollar store and fill them with water and add a drop of food coloring to each one. And spray the snow and then form them into balls. And build two snow fort walls and have a snow ball fight. So I figured it would be a nice play day with my daughter, Jonathan and myself. We can take turns having Aaliyah on our side and throw the colored snow balls at each other and at the snow fort walls and make a nice colored mess.
Before I came online to write here I was actually out in the snow shoveling. I forgot how bright of a white snow really is. It is so pretty! I remember when I was a kid and going up to my grandparents house every second weekend with my sister. We use to make snow forts and once we climbed to the top we would sit down and take a handful of snow and eat it; and did my grandmother every get angry with us. Telling us that it is dirty and it touched the ground and that animals might have urinated on it. It makes me laugh now, because when I come to think of it I believe I remember my sister picking up a yellow stained clump of snow and eating away at it.
Just to think that snow is one of the many things God created in this world. I am so grateful for the snow whether I may have my moments of not appreciating it when it gets a lot worse and much more cold that today. It is still an astonishing sight.
I am so glad it is here, it gives me a reason to go have a nice cup of hot chocolate, so I am going to go for now and make myself a nice mint hot chocolate for myself and my little one. Have a blessed day.
Now that I am thinking of the snow being here I saw a cool idea off of pinterest. Get a couple of cheap squirt bottles at the dollar store and fill them with water and add a drop of food coloring to each one. And spray the snow and then form them into balls. And build two snow fort walls and have a snow ball fight. So I figured it would be a nice play day with my daughter, Jonathan and myself. We can take turns having Aaliyah on our side and throw the colored snow balls at each other and at the snow fort walls and make a nice colored mess.
Before I came online to write here I was actually out in the snow shoveling. I forgot how bright of a white snow really is. It is so pretty! I remember when I was a kid and going up to my grandparents house every second weekend with my sister. We use to make snow forts and once we climbed to the top we would sit down and take a handful of snow and eat it; and did my grandmother every get angry with us. Telling us that it is dirty and it touched the ground and that animals might have urinated on it. It makes me laugh now, because when I come to think of it I believe I remember my sister picking up a yellow stained clump of snow and eating away at it.
Just to think that snow is one of the many things God created in this world. I am so grateful for the snow whether I may have my moments of not appreciating it when it gets a lot worse and much more cold that today. It is still an astonishing sight.
I am so glad it is here, it gives me a reason to go have a nice cup of hot chocolate, so I am going to go for now and make myself a nice mint hot chocolate for myself and my little one. Have a blessed day.
Monday 5 November 2012
Long Lost Friend
Once upon a time I had this friend from Browns Flats, NB. She moved away and I never saw her again, but thankfully to my grandmother Mona and my Mom being at the airport the same day as my old friend I am able to connect to her. See Jenn (my friend) was living back in New Brunswick for a bit and then decided to move back out west with her family. Luckily the same day my Mother and baby brother Joel were taking the plane out west the same day as Jenn. So they all got talking and exchanged numbers and facebook info. I am so glad to have Jenn back in my life, because we had unfinished business. We never got to say goodbye or anything, and now because of things like facebook,twitter, myspace etc we are able to connect. We still have not gotten together, because she is living in BC and I live in AB, but we are much more close to each other than we once were.
Jenn is a good friend of mine which I am glad to call a true friend. We just loved to have fun and be normal unlike other girls out there that just want to fight over guys and ruin your friendship over guys. I am thankful to God for having it so that Jenn and my family met up at the airport in Saint John, or else I would never have such a wonderful friend in my life.
Someday, when the hubby gets enough time off, we will venture to BC to go see Jenn and give her her ultimate favorite 'raisin bagel.' that she loves so much. She seriously makes up for the sister I never had. Although, I do have sisters, but I never got to grow up with them so therefore we are not close. Jenn is more of a sister to me then my real sister ever will be. I love you Jenn and I appreciate your friendship.
Jenn is a good friend of mine which I am glad to call a true friend. We just loved to have fun and be normal unlike other girls out there that just want to fight over guys and ruin your friendship over guys. I am thankful to God for having it so that Jenn and my family met up at the airport in Saint John, or else I would never have such a wonderful friend in my life.
Someday, when the hubby gets enough time off, we will venture to BC to go see Jenn and give her her ultimate favorite 'raisin bagel.' that she loves so much. She seriously makes up for the sister I never had. Although, I do have sisters, but I never got to grow up with them so therefore we are not close. Jenn is more of a sister to me then my real sister ever will be. I love you Jenn and I appreciate your friendship.
Sunday 4 November 2012
New Schedule For Aaliyah
So this no facebook thing has really given me time to organize something that needed to be done. I have been following a different schedule, now I finally took the time revamp it. Now that Aaliyah sleeps differently than before and she requires a lot more physical activity in order to tire her out and needs more things to do besides one main thing all day. So I took the time to do so and I use this really neat website that helps me keep myself organized it is called Listography. Here is my daughter's new schedule:
*Wake Up Time, 8:00 to 8:30 am
*Breakfasts
*Monday _Scrambled Eggs, with orange juice
*Tuesday _Fruits and Yogurt, with apple juice
*Wednesday _ Toast with Jam or peanut butter, with milk
*Thursday _Oatmeal and brown sugar with and side of fruit with milk
*Friday _French Toast and sliced banana's, with orange juice
*Saturday _Cereal with apple juice
*Sunday _Pancakes with fruits and milk.
*Outside Play Time 8:30 to 9:30
*Winter Time
*Snow Forts
*Snow Man
*Food Coloring Snow
*Summer Time
*Bouncy Ball
*Sprinkler
*Sand Castle
*Fall
*Leaf Crunching
*Park
*Hide in Seek (back yard)
*Spring
*Side Walk Chalk
*Planting
*Puddle Splashing (rainy days)
*Snack Time 9:30 to 10:00
*Monday Grapes
*Tuesday Carrots Sliced
*Wednesday Pineapple chunks
*Thursday Cheese & crackers
*Friday Asparagus
*Saturday Aaliyah's choice
*Sunday Something homemade ei:Pie,cake or struddel
*Arts & Crafts 10:00 to 10:30
*Monday color
*Tuesday draw
*Wednesday paint
*Thursday masks (glue and construction paper)
*Friday card (for family member)
*Saturday plaster molding
*Sunday Aaliyah's choice
*Free Play 10:30 to 11:30 while I prepare something for lunch
*Lunch Time 11:30 to 12:00
*Monday Chicken Salad
*Tuesday Sandwich (change filling every week for variety)
*Wednesday Sweet Potato Fries
*Thursday Nacho's
*Friday Homemade Mac & cheese
*Saturday Homemade Pizza (Half healthy, half meaty)
*Sunday Chicken bites
*Relax Time: Story or TV Program Time 12:00 to 12:30
*Nap or Movie Time 12:30 to 1:00 to 1:30 Depending on how long movie is or how long Aaliyah sleeps
*Snack Time 1:30 to 2:00
*Monday Peanuts
*Tuesday Raisins
*Wednesday Pretzels
*Thursday Cheerios
*Friday Cookie (Homemade)
*Saturday Apple Slices with caramel
*Sunday Aaliyah's choice
*Play Time Together 2:00 to 2:30
*Music Time 2:30 to 3:00 Head, should, knees, toes and happy and you know it and itsy, bitsy spider and the alphabet.
*Cartoon, Movie or Play time while Mommy prepares supper 3:00 to 4:30
*Story Time or Play time with Mom while food is in oven 4:30 to 5:00
*Supper Time 5:00 to 5:30
*Play Time with Daddy and Mommy in backyard 5:30 to 6:00
*Bath time 6:00 to 6:30 wash, then let play for a bit (while daddy does his computer stuff
*Family Time with DADDY!! Bible reading or veggies tales 6:30 to 7:00
*Light snack yogurt with fruits, then let Aaliyah run around the house for 1 hour 7:00 to 8:00
*Story time with bottle 8:00 to 8:30 As soon as she falls asleep put in bed.
*Spouse Quality Time 8:30 to 9:00 Talk, Cuddle and other things. LOL
Anyways if you are a person who likes to be organized or has a list for everything I think this site may just be for you. So go check it out.
*Wake Up Time, 8:00 to 8:30 am
*Breakfasts
*Monday _Scrambled Eggs, with orange juice
*Tuesday _Fruits and Yogurt, with apple juice
*Wednesday _ Toast with Jam or peanut butter, with milk
*Thursday _Oatmeal and brown sugar with and side of fruit with milk
*Friday _French Toast and sliced banana's, with orange juice
*Saturday _Cereal with apple juice
*Sunday _Pancakes with fruits and milk.
*Outside Play Time 8:30 to 9:30
*Winter Time
*Snow Forts
*Snow Man
*Food Coloring Snow
*Summer Time
*Bouncy Ball
*Sprinkler
*Sand Castle
*Fall
*Leaf Crunching
*Park
*Hide in Seek (back yard)
*Spring
*Side Walk Chalk
*Planting
*Puddle Splashing (rainy days)
*Snack Time 9:30 to 10:00
*Monday Grapes
*Tuesday Carrots Sliced
*Wednesday Pineapple chunks
*Thursday Cheese & crackers
*Friday Asparagus
*Saturday Aaliyah's choice
*Sunday Something homemade ei:Pie,cake or struddel
*Arts & Crafts 10:00 to 10:30
*Monday color
*Tuesday draw
*Wednesday paint
*Thursday masks (glue and construction paper)
*Friday card (for family member)
*Saturday plaster molding
*Sunday Aaliyah's choice
*Free Play 10:30 to 11:30 while I prepare something for lunch
*Lunch Time 11:30 to 12:00
*Monday Chicken Salad
*Tuesday Sandwich (change filling every week for variety)
*Wednesday Sweet Potato Fries
*Thursday Nacho's
*Friday Homemade Mac & cheese
*Saturday Homemade Pizza (Half healthy, half meaty)
*Sunday Chicken bites
*Relax Time: Story or TV Program Time 12:00 to 12:30
*Nap or Movie Time 12:30 to 1:00 to 1:30 Depending on how long movie is or how long Aaliyah sleeps
*Snack Time 1:30 to 2:00
*Monday Peanuts
*Tuesday Raisins
*Wednesday Pretzels
*Thursday Cheerios
*Friday Cookie (Homemade)
*Saturday Apple Slices with caramel
*Sunday Aaliyah's choice
*Play Time Together 2:00 to 2:30
*Music Time 2:30 to 3:00 Head, should, knees, toes and happy and you know it and itsy, bitsy spider and the alphabet.
*Cartoon, Movie or Play time while Mommy prepares supper 3:00 to 4:30
*Story Time or Play time with Mom while food is in oven 4:30 to 5:00
*Supper Time 5:00 to 5:30
*Play Time with Daddy and Mommy in backyard 5:30 to 6:00
*Bath time 6:00 to 6:30 wash, then let play for a bit (while daddy does his computer stuff
*Family Time with DADDY!! Bible reading or veggies tales 6:30 to 7:00
*Light snack yogurt with fruits, then let Aaliyah run around the house for 1 hour 7:00 to 8:00
*Story time with bottle 8:00 to 8:30 As soon as she falls asleep put in bed.
*Spouse Quality Time 8:30 to 9:00 Talk, Cuddle and other things. LOL
Anyways if you are a person who likes to be organized or has a list for everything I think this site may just be for you. So go check it out.
Saturday 3 November 2012
Getting Caught Up On Other Things
I guess that having my facebook locked on me is a good thing. I am taking the time to write more of my book and also going through the chapters that I already have and edit them as well. Also, I totally forgot about this really cool site that my cousin Sabrina (click her name to view her blog) has referred me to for buying decent photos for really cheap for possible book covers. It is really neat, and the cool thing about it is, every week you get to download one free image. Not only is it for authors and writers looking for a good book cover, if you are a photographer you can also sell your photos on the site as well. You can find the site for the photos Here.
On another subject is I have been writing my book and uploading it chapter by chapter to on this site which is been created by Harper Collins the publishing company which is called authonomy and the cool thing about this is once you have at least 10,000 words up you can send your book out into the community of this site for other fellow writers/authors can read it and they give you a review on it; if they wish to. And if you got something good and people keep reading your story and referring to others joined to this site, you're more likely to get it reviewed by authonomy itself and some people end up with great deals and they publish your book and edit it for free and help you market your book. So this spare time away from facebook for me is doing me well, because I am actually taking the time to get more of my book written along with editing the chapters I already have. Which is a slow process, but once it is all said and done it feels very rewarding.
My plan on saving my extra money that I have mentioned before in three or four post prior to this one for the makeup course; I want to take it is going good I hardly spend my pocket change and I think by the end of the year I will a bit saved. I figured I would share the website for the sake of it, because it is really cool and the home page is always filled with really creative looking makeup pieces so click here.
Well I best be on my way for now. I am looking for a decent recipe to prepare for breakfast on christmas day. And every single link that shows up on google almost every post is a recipe for a strata and I do not want a strata I want something really healthy and full of fruit and possible a yummy christmas pancake and I doubt I will find the best recipe to try anytime soon. I also have to go and catch up on my friends blog since I have so many to read, since I had my three week vacation a while back to New Brunswick, I was hardly on the computer to keep up with his posts and if you wish for a nice read here is his link Dave Smith's Blog.
On another subject is I have been writing my book and uploading it chapter by chapter to on this site which is been created by Harper Collins the publishing company which is called authonomy and the cool thing about this is once you have at least 10,000 words up you can send your book out into the community of this site for other fellow writers/authors can read it and they give you a review on it; if they wish to. And if you got something good and people keep reading your story and referring to others joined to this site, you're more likely to get it reviewed by authonomy itself and some people end up with great deals and they publish your book and edit it for free and help you market your book. So this spare time away from facebook for me is doing me well, because I am actually taking the time to get more of my book written along with editing the chapters I already have. Which is a slow process, but once it is all said and done it feels very rewarding.
My plan on saving my extra money that I have mentioned before in three or four post prior to this one for the makeup course; I want to take it is going good I hardly spend my pocket change and I think by the end of the year I will a bit saved. I figured I would share the website for the sake of it, because it is really cool and the home page is always filled with really creative looking makeup pieces so click here.
Well I best be on my way for now. I am looking for a decent recipe to prepare for breakfast on christmas day. And every single link that shows up on google almost every post is a recipe for a strata and I do not want a strata I want something really healthy and full of fruit and possible a yummy christmas pancake and I doubt I will find the best recipe to try anytime soon. I also have to go and catch up on my friends blog since I have so many to read, since I had my three week vacation a while back to New Brunswick, I was hardly on the computer to keep up with his posts and if you wish for a nice read here is his link Dave Smith's Blog.
Friday 2 November 2012
Facebook Or No Facebook
I officially right now hate facebook. Well the people working on behalf of technical support. So what is going on right now is I have been locked out of my account. And they can't even tell me why. So we repeatedly done a reset password and a recovery default password over and over and I still can not get logged onto my account. Which is now currently ticking me off. Before this Jacob guy from technical support decided to help me he ran a scan through my computer to check for any 'infections' as he called it. He was trying to convince me to pay $99 for some other person through the tech support to go through my computer and take out or delete these 'infections'. I told him I do not have that kind of extra money to be throwing around. He then hesitated to even try and fix my account until he realized that I was not going to be paying for it, he then sighed and gave in and tried to help me access my account. Which he utterly failed, what a complete illiterate. He is tech support and could NOT fix my account. Then says after fifteen thirty minutes of entering facebooks 'default' passcode which was '12345' he then says 'oh yeah, ummmm these kind of situations on facebook take time and probably near to 24 to 48 hours, so you're going to have to wait until Monday, then you can call me back and we can continue this'. Like what the heck if he knew that then why didn't he say so at the first attempt of entering the new reset password in the first place? So here I am facebookless for the whole weekend. If I do not get onto my account I will have a melt down. I have all my pictures on there from back when I first signed up for facebook, which is not on my current laptop now. They are old ones and the only copies I have. I will be pretty ticked off. I even wrote Mark Zuckerberg himself on facebook and told him that he has imbeciles working for him. Well I did not call his employee and imbecile, but I pretty much in a more professional way told him that this guy was not cut out for technical support.
I will be relieved if I get my account back, then I will take all my pictures and save them to my computer and also burn them a dvd just in case, then from there on, I might just deactivate my account. So the question is, should I or shouldn't I deactivate it? I really don't know anymore. I really feel like crying about now. Facebook is my only interaction with my parents and brother down in New Brunswick, besides skype, but they don't like skyping all the time.
I am thinking now, that if it were not for the fact that I have a really good fan page for my Poetry book I published, then I would deactivate my account. So I guess for now I might keep it. I really do not know at the moment, because I know right now I am speaking in the heat of the moment and I am just more angry then anything.
I guess I know how the people felt back when I was working technical support for HTC cell phones and if I could not fix the issue and we had to send their phones to get refurbished they were pretty ticked off at me. I guess I know how they feel now. Speaking of technical support for HTC my friend Dave Smith works there who is also a blogger on here. Just wanted to let ya know I am thinking of ya. Hope all is well.
Anyways later everyone. I am done venting now.
I will be relieved if I get my account back, then I will take all my pictures and save them to my computer and also burn them a dvd just in case, then from there on, I might just deactivate my account. So the question is, should I or shouldn't I deactivate it? I really don't know anymore. I really feel like crying about now. Facebook is my only interaction with my parents and brother down in New Brunswick, besides skype, but they don't like skyping all the time.
I am thinking now, that if it were not for the fact that I have a really good fan page for my Poetry book I published, then I would deactivate my account. So I guess for now I might keep it. I really do not know at the moment, because I know right now I am speaking in the heat of the moment and I am just more angry then anything.
I guess I know how the people felt back when I was working technical support for HTC cell phones and if I could not fix the issue and we had to send their phones to get refurbished they were pretty ticked off at me. I guess I know how they feel now. Speaking of technical support for HTC my friend Dave Smith works there who is also a blogger on here. Just wanted to let ya know I am thinking of ya. Hope all is well.
Anyways later everyone. I am done venting now.
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Unorganized Blog
Don't you just get annoyed when you log onto blog about something? Then as soon as it you are logged in, it seems as though you cannot find the words to say what you want to say. I know what I want to say, but sometimes just getting it out is just really annoying. I am not at a loss for words by any means, more so at a loss of how to put my words in order to make what I have all jumbled up in my head make sense to everyone else. I think differently than other; at least I think I do. I am sure if someone could share my thought process with me for one day they would definitely not understand what I was thinking of, but I get it and understand it in my own way.
I guess this is what I get for not writing regularly here on blogger or even in my note pad on my laptop. Anyways whatever! It is halloween day and I need to get some last minute things done. While on the topic before I log off I might as well share what I am doing costume wise for my little one. I have this really adorable handmade tinkerbell style outfit. So, therefore she is going to be tinkerbell, but I am also doing a little bit of makeup. Before you crazy moms out there that are against makeup on a baby let me say something first. No I am not plastering her face in cover up and all the stupid stuff you see other Mother's do. I am doing the look off of the movie Ever After (it is a cinderella story, for those of you who don't know the movie well), and if you look at the picture on google image if you google ever after makeup, it is a sheer shimmer with rhine stones. It is more of a masquerade look. So I am taking that look and making it fit the tinkerbell/fairy look. With my own added touch to it to make it look more natural though. I will be sure to take some photos and share with you what I have done for her halloween makeup look.
Well that is all for now folks. Eww I sound like the pig off of merry melodies saying the 'that's all for now folks saying.' LOL.
I guess this is what I get for not writing regularly here on blogger or even in my note pad on my laptop. Anyways whatever! It is halloween day and I need to get some last minute things done. While on the topic before I log off I might as well share what I am doing costume wise for my little one. I have this really adorable handmade tinkerbell style outfit. So, therefore she is going to be tinkerbell, but I am also doing a little bit of makeup. Before you crazy moms out there that are against makeup on a baby let me say something first. No I am not plastering her face in cover up and all the stupid stuff you see other Mother's do. I am doing the look off of the movie Ever After (it is a cinderella story, for those of you who don't know the movie well), and if you look at the picture on google image if you google ever after makeup, it is a sheer shimmer with rhine stones. It is more of a masquerade look. So I am taking that look and making it fit the tinkerbell/fairy look. With my own added touch to it to make it look more natural though. I will be sure to take some photos and share with you what I have done for her halloween makeup look.
Well that is all for now folks. Eww I sound like the pig off of merry melodies saying the 'that's all for now folks saying.' LOL.
Tuesday 23 October 2012
My Passion
Besides writing poetry and novels, I realized I have been pushing away what has always been my passion. And what made me realize this was the tv show 'Project Runway'. To see how much passion the people put into their designs and how much they love to design clothes. It got me thinking of what I have always wanted to do since I was twelve years old. That is a beautician; a more fancy way of calling yourself a makeup artist & hair stylist.
I had come across this at home training course for a makeup course here in Edmonton last year when we first moved here and been keeping my open for the opportunity to save my loose change and left over money for it, but then kept dipping into it. So now I am going to be more responsible and not spend my extra money no matter what. The kit costs near $1585 for the whole learning kit give or take. The kit comes with over 30 dvd's and most of them being over three hours long. It also comes with a makeup kit with the basic colors and also professional makeup brushes. You do a lot of projects and take photos of yourself after doing an assignment or project and upload it to your personal account you have with them and they grade your work. You learn everything from the comfort of your own home and I can easily do this during my daughters nap times. She sleeps for a good hour, so I could do an hour a day for however long it takes me to do this.
I almost forgot how it made me feel when applying makeup on myself or a family member and friends. I have done a plethora of my friends makeup for christmas formal dances and such along with my own. Let alone my own makeup for my own wedding. Also my best friends wife for their wedding day as well (at no charge, since I am not professional). Although, she loved it. So from this point on for however long it takes me to save up for this kit I will do it until I have the money to do so.
I had come across this at home training course for a makeup course here in Edmonton last year when we first moved here and been keeping my open for the opportunity to save my loose change and left over money for it, but then kept dipping into it. So now I am going to be more responsible and not spend my extra money no matter what. The kit costs near $1585 for the whole learning kit give or take. The kit comes with over 30 dvd's and most of them being over three hours long. It also comes with a makeup kit with the basic colors and also professional makeup brushes. You do a lot of projects and take photos of yourself after doing an assignment or project and upload it to your personal account you have with them and they grade your work. You learn everything from the comfort of your own home and I can easily do this during my daughters nap times. She sleeps for a good hour, so I could do an hour a day for however long it takes me to do this.
I almost forgot how it made me feel when applying makeup on myself or a family member and friends. I have done a plethora of my friends makeup for christmas formal dances and such along with my own. Let alone my own makeup for my own wedding. Also my best friends wife for their wedding day as well (at no charge, since I am not professional). Although, she loved it. So from this point on for however long it takes me to save up for this kit I will do it until I have the money to do so.
Saturday 11 August 2012
Stuffed Meatballs
Oh yummy yummy yummy in my tummy. My mother and I just finished a batch of stuffed cheese meatballs. We divided the batch, half balls filled with mozzarella and the other stuffed with herbed havarti cheese. As for seasoning we put italian seasoning, garlic powder, pepper and salt into the beef with a dash of sriacha sauce. And it smells so good. Mom just pulled the meatballs out of the oven. The aroma is just flowing all through the house right now and my mouth is salivating as I am writing this.
I am sorry that I did not think to take a picture. I will try my best to remember in future posts regarding food.
I am sorry that I did not think to take a picture. I will try my best to remember in future posts regarding food.
Sunday 5 August 2012
How Do You Tire Out Your Toddler?
I have been trying to find ways to tire out my wee one, but the baths before bed time don't work for me and I can't seem to get Aaliyah engaged into walking around the house long periods of time during the late evenings at all. I get her to climb our stairs with myself following closely behind, but she will only climb them about two times, which is not enough to tire her out. I even tried letting her play in the pool about an hour after supper hour and let her just play that does not work either. I even take her to the park down the street and she plays like crazy there, but it is not enough to get her tired out. So what I am wondering is what the heck am I suppose to do to get my energetic child to sleep so easily.
If you saw her for yourself you'd think she drank a bunch of redbull's and coffees. Oh the joys of being a mom can be so tiring at times.
If you saw her for yourself you'd think she drank a bunch of redbull's and coffees. Oh the joys of being a mom can be so tiring at times.
Tuesday 31 July 2012
Quick Post.
Sitting here waiting to go out with hubby and baby. So I figured I'd jot down something on here. As of today it is 16 more days to go until the day I leave to go to my hometown. I can't wait either. I miss all my friends. I keep playing in my mind what I will do with certain friends, but God only knows what will really take place. I keep thinking that I will be able to see everyone that I want to see, but I am coming to terms with the fact that I might not see everyone.
Well what was intended to be a long post on here has to come to an end, my daughter is done eating her green beans and that is who we are waiting on so we can go and run our errands. I will be sure to try and post more frequently.
Well what was intended to be a long post on here has to come to an end, my daughter is done eating her green beans and that is who we are waiting on so we can go and run our errands. I will be sure to try and post more frequently.
Saturday 28 July 2012
Free Preview Of An Excerpt From My Book
So, I've decided that since the site I went through with publishing has this option for me to upload an excerpt of my poetry I might as well take advantage of it and see what my family and friends and people through the world think of my book.
This link I am about to share with you will allow you to give feedback and answer some questions about my book and also give me a rating on my book as well.
So feel free to take a look and read the excerpt at the following link: Free Preview
Thank you to all of you who will take part in this. I also created a feedback for you to give your most honest opinion so please take advantage of that.
This link I am about to share with you will allow you to give feedback and answer some questions about my book and also give me a rating on my book as well.
So feel free to take a look and read the excerpt at the following link: Free Preview
Thank you to all of you who will take part in this. I also created a feedback for you to give your most honest opinion so please take advantage of that.
A Lonely Night
I am here by myself, not really the baby is here. Although, Jonathan has an awkward shift where he is going to be spending the night over for his short change. He works until 12 at night and has to be back to work for 8am. So, here I am lonely. And can't sleep. Jonathan is my security. I don't feel safe in bed at night with out him by my side. And for this one night makes me think of the military wives that deal with their husbands being gone months at a time.
I don't like Jonathan being away from home right now for the one night. I am sure I'd be a basket case if he were in the military. So, to keep myself together I am trying to busy myself until I get sleepy and thank God for David Smith and his blogs. I am reading the two newest ones that I have not yet to read. After that I am sure to go onto wattpad (a website for writers) and see what's up on there for some good reads.
Well my baby is up as well now and is crying her freaking head off so I guess duty calls for a diaper change and a nice hot fresh bottle. Later taters.
I don't like Jonathan being away from home right now for the one night. I am sure I'd be a basket case if he were in the military. So, to keep myself together I am trying to busy myself until I get sleepy and thank God for David Smith and his blogs. I am reading the two newest ones that I have not yet to read. After that I am sure to go onto wattpad (a website for writers) and see what's up on there for some good reads.
Well my baby is up as well now and is crying her freaking head off so I guess duty calls for a diaper change and a nice hot fresh bottle. Later taters.
Monday 23 July 2012
A Stressed Time In My Life
I am sorry I haven't posted in a while. I been busy being as mom as most of you know. And planning my trip down home and packing everything also, because we will be moving into a new place upon arrival back here in Edmonton so a lot has to get done. Most of it is done so far, just a few odds and ends need to get packed now.
Just when it seems like I have got the chance for some down time. It has been come to my attention that one of my very good friends at the moment has not been heard from in about a week. I noticed this on his mom;s status. It has me worried now; because as I got to thinking then I realized that for a whole week also that I have not received any replies from him at all. I sent him three different inbox messages and no response. He usually signs online and gives me the decency of a response to let me know he got the message and will reply to it at a more convenient time, but this time around for a whole week. I got nothing in response to him.
So, I guess you can say I am very worried. He was one of the many friends that I planned on hanging with when I get home for my vacation. Before I moved away I hadn't seen him two years before my moving away, so this is definitely making it hard for me to accept the fact that he is missing and may not be alive. It brings tears to my eyes right now.
So, just in case you are reading this Collin, please get in contact with your mom to let her know you're alright. You are worrying us all sick. This has caused me to not gain any amount of sleep. I want my worries to be put to rest. I know you've got to be out there, because you're a smart guy and tough. I know you can defend yourself, So I am going to trust in God that you're fine. Love you.
Well I am done for now. I am mentally and emotionally drained from all of this at the moment. So for those of you out there that are prayer warriors please pray for this situation and that he is found and ALIVE.
Just when it seems like I have got the chance for some down time. It has been come to my attention that one of my very good friends at the moment has not been heard from in about a week. I noticed this on his mom;s status. It has me worried now; because as I got to thinking then I realized that for a whole week also that I have not received any replies from him at all. I sent him three different inbox messages and no response. He usually signs online and gives me the decency of a response to let me know he got the message and will reply to it at a more convenient time, but this time around for a whole week. I got nothing in response to him.
So, I guess you can say I am very worried. He was one of the many friends that I planned on hanging with when I get home for my vacation. Before I moved away I hadn't seen him two years before my moving away, so this is definitely making it hard for me to accept the fact that he is missing and may not be alive. It brings tears to my eyes right now.
So, just in case you are reading this Collin, please get in contact with your mom to let her know you're alright. You are worrying us all sick. This has caused me to not gain any amount of sleep. I want my worries to be put to rest. I know you've got to be out there, because you're a smart guy and tough. I know you can defend yourself, So I am going to trust in God that you're fine. Love you.
Well I am done for now. I am mentally and emotionally drained from all of this at the moment. So for those of you out there that are prayer warriors please pray for this situation and that he is found and ALIVE.
Tuesday 17 July 2012
LRT/Downtown/Photosession
Yes, I am going to be taking the LRT by myself with out the hubby. Even though I am still confused with Edmonton. I am meeting up with a friend I made here in Edmonton going downtown with the baby to do coffee, then later he is going to practice his photography on me and Aaliyah. So, it will be interesting Mommy and Me session. I have a couple of outfits to switch Aaliyah into. I bought a beautiful show piece style tutu for her to wear. I am going to put her bathing suit on underneath her clothes. So I can slide her tutu on with ease.
Anyways I do not have anything else more to say. I need to go to bed early and 10:20pm is early for me. I won't get up in the morning if I don't have the proper amount of sleep. Plus I need my morning cup like most of you all do. And get some breakfast into me as well.
Okay I promise I am going to go this time, because I am rambling nonsense now that has nothing remotely close to do with my title. So long, farewell, goodnight to you all.
Anyways I do not have anything else more to say. I need to go to bed early and 10:20pm is early for me. I won't get up in the morning if I don't have the proper amount of sleep. Plus I need my morning cup like most of you all do. And get some breakfast into me as well.
Okay I promise I am going to go this time, because I am rambling nonsense now that has nothing remotely close to do with my title. So long, farewell, goodnight to you all.
Friday 13 July 2012
So Many Things Going On At Once
Maybe this matter is just in my family, or maybe not. But as usual everytime I am on the computer doing my own thing. The television is on and no one else is in the house, but me. I am not even paying attention to what's on the tv really. Also, the radio is always going too. And any other kind of thing you can think of.
When I go out of my way to actually turn all these things off, I find I can't get anything done, even though most people will tell you that having silence is the best way to write poetry or books. In reality, well for me is, I find I can't function without them, even though I don't need them. If that sentence made any sense at all. Haha.
Is it normal for a plethora of things to be going at once even though you're not even using them or paying any mind to it?
I hope I am not the only one here. Although, I probably am knowing me.
Well this is a short lived blog, just wanted to get that off of my chest since no one here is to talk about it with me. I am going to go back to my writing once again and see if I can 'function' without all these things going on.
Before I forget, I promised in my last post that I was going to update that one with my friend David Smith's link to his blog, but since I am here now in this post I have it on me and well here it is and enjoy
Dave's Blog <------ Right there everyone. He has an interesting mind and he is smart in many more ways than I. I am just curious as to what his brain is writing down onto his laptop for his great big book he will be publishing. Knowing him, it will be something out of the ordinary, but it will still be a huge success. Just because he can do it and he has the right attitude about everything. So, I am out for now until next time. No GO! Check out Dave's blog if you haven't already.
When I go out of my way to actually turn all these things off, I find I can't get anything done, even though most people will tell you that having silence is the best way to write poetry or books. In reality, well for me is, I find I can't function without them, even though I don't need them. If that sentence made any sense at all. Haha.
Is it normal for a plethora of things to be going at once even though you're not even using them or paying any mind to it?
I hope I am not the only one here. Although, I probably am knowing me.
Well this is a short lived blog, just wanted to get that off of my chest since no one here is to talk about it with me. I am going to go back to my writing once again and see if I can 'function' without all these things going on.
Before I forget, I promised in my last post that I was going to update that one with my friend David Smith's link to his blog, but since I am here now in this post I have it on me and well here it is and enjoy
Dave's Blog <------ Right there everyone. He has an interesting mind and he is smart in many more ways than I. I am just curious as to what his brain is writing down onto his laptop for his great big book he will be publishing. Knowing him, it will be something out of the ordinary, but it will still be a huge success. Just because he can do it and he has the right attitude about everything. So, I am out for now until next time. No GO! Check out Dave's blog if you haven't already.
Monday 9 July 2012
Coffee Before Bed Is Not Good
This is just a boring old post, because I can't seem to fall asleep even though I am well aware of the fact that being up early in the morning is I have to do. I am just lying there in bed trying to let slumber come upon me; but it's not happening. So, while I am here and blogging for once in my life. Here is a little bit of what has been going on in the Morin family.
So, Aaliyah is walking now, she has been doing so for the last week with out holding onto anything. Usually she will hold onto whoever is nearby or a coffee table and sometimes her little plastic chair I got for a dollar (compliments of dollarama).
Jonathan and I are planning on going down to our home land for a visit since we have been away for 11 months. We are going to be there for august 17th to sept 1st. Also, he did just put in another request for two more extra days that he has recently earned. We want to try to be at home for vacation as long as possible so we can see as many people as we can.
As for my poetry book. It is going alright, it has not taken off all too well, but I don't care. Not in it for the money. I had a few close friends buy my book and I am ordering some books to bring home on vacation with me to sell to the friends who do not live by using master cards, visa's, discover or american express since that is the only method of payment for buying a copy offline in these modern days. I have been writing a lot more poetry so here's to a possibility of publishing another soon enough.
On my leisurely time I spend a lot of time creeping on my families facebooks down home, it is the only thing that brings me close to them since I am so far away at the moment. I also love to post things up on pinterest too. Another thing I enjoy doing even though I may not comment on his blog often, but I am always reading my friend Dave Smith's blog. I will have to edit this blog and make a link for his name so you can check him out. I would do so right now, but I am being lethargic at the moment.
So, just incase you're reading this post Dave. HEY!! Loving your blogs. I read them daily.
I hear someone is awake upstairs. This late at night, hmm maybe if I got check, then I will know who has been raiding my treat drawer all the time and not fessing up. Oh well whatever. My treats aren't expensive anyways. Mine consist of chocolate bars from the dollar store for 69 cents. Go ahead eat away for all I care. Just wish who ever you are would at least save me the bueno's bars filled with hazelnut. Okay, I am rambling now. BORING!! You guys are probably snoring reading this post. Anyways moving along to something more interesting.
Okay, well I have nothing interesting to say. Not like living in Edmonton is all it is cracked up to be. It consist of humid hot days. All sitting in the kiddie pool with my baby in the backyard. And if not that, then at the mall across the street. Sometimes if I am lucky, hubby will take us to West Edmonton Mall. It's cool at first, but once you kind of know where you're going it tends to get boring like any mall does.
Well I best be on my way. Got to go try and get some sleep. Hmm I should stop drinking coffees so close to bedtime. DUH me. Of course that is what is keeping me up all the time. I am so clueless half the time. The ironic part of me not being able to sleep too is, my hard to put to sleep baby is sound asleep. Go figure! God love her.
Alright good night everyone I am done for now.
So, Aaliyah is walking now, she has been doing so for the last week with out holding onto anything. Usually she will hold onto whoever is nearby or a coffee table and sometimes her little plastic chair I got for a dollar (compliments of dollarama).
Jonathan and I are planning on going down to our home land for a visit since we have been away for 11 months. We are going to be there for august 17th to sept 1st. Also, he did just put in another request for two more extra days that he has recently earned. We want to try to be at home for vacation as long as possible so we can see as many people as we can.
As for my poetry book. It is going alright, it has not taken off all too well, but I don't care. Not in it for the money. I had a few close friends buy my book and I am ordering some books to bring home on vacation with me to sell to the friends who do not live by using master cards, visa's, discover or american express since that is the only method of payment for buying a copy offline in these modern days. I have been writing a lot more poetry so here's to a possibility of publishing another soon enough.
On my leisurely time I spend a lot of time creeping on my families facebooks down home, it is the only thing that brings me close to them since I am so far away at the moment. I also love to post things up on pinterest too. Another thing I enjoy doing even though I may not comment on his blog often, but I am always reading my friend Dave Smith's blog. I will have to edit this blog and make a link for his name so you can check him out. I would do so right now, but I am being lethargic at the moment.
So, just incase you're reading this post Dave. HEY!! Loving your blogs. I read them daily.
I hear someone is awake upstairs. This late at night, hmm maybe if I got check, then I will know who has been raiding my treat drawer all the time and not fessing up. Oh well whatever. My treats aren't expensive anyways. Mine consist of chocolate bars from the dollar store for 69 cents. Go ahead eat away for all I care. Just wish who ever you are would at least save me the bueno's bars filled with hazelnut. Okay, I am rambling now. BORING!! You guys are probably snoring reading this post. Anyways moving along to something more interesting.
Okay, well I have nothing interesting to say. Not like living in Edmonton is all it is cracked up to be. It consist of humid hot days. All sitting in the kiddie pool with my baby in the backyard. And if not that, then at the mall across the street. Sometimes if I am lucky, hubby will take us to West Edmonton Mall. It's cool at first, but once you kind of know where you're going it tends to get boring like any mall does.
Well I best be on my way. Got to go try and get some sleep. Hmm I should stop drinking coffees so close to bedtime. DUH me. Of course that is what is keeping me up all the time. I am so clueless half the time. The ironic part of me not being able to sleep too is, my hard to put to sleep baby is sound asleep. Go figure! God love her.
Alright good night everyone I am done for now.
Friday 22 June 2012
Wednesday 20 June 2012
A rambling post
Summer certainly knows how to keep ya busy. I have not been on here or any other social networking site a lot lately, due to the fact that it is too nice to stay inside and not want to take my little girl out and have some fun. So today I ran some errands picked up some things at Londonderry mall and then got a happy meal from McDonalds. I know it is not the best option, but at least my girl loves chicken, so I got her the nugget meal. We have a kiddie pool in the backyard and there are so many more nice days to come. I already have it filled with a lid on it. When warm water needed I boil two large stock pots and dump it into to cool water to warm it up a bit.
So lately not much has been happening majorly that needs to be mentioned. My crazy busy hectic day is still the same. Poopy diapers, feeding Aaliyah, house work and not to mention sitting down to feed myself and have a coffee or two. It seems as though I do not get enough done in the run of a day and I feel guilty in the end for taking time for myself to just relax with a coffee or tea and sit on the computer to see how all my friends are doing down home.
I pray to God, that I develop the strength and will power to get up earlier in the morning before the baby more often. Just so I can get normal things down with out catering to her. Maybe get a few loads of dishes done from last nights supper and at least get the floors swept and then take a break and have my morning coffee.
Well I guess it is my cue to sign off and take Aaliyah down to the park, because my battery on my laptop is saying I have 10% left and to plug it in. So good night for now. I love and miss all my family and friends from down east. And I am thinking of you right now David Smith and just wondering how your book is coming along.
So lately not much has been happening majorly that needs to be mentioned. My crazy busy hectic day is still the same. Poopy diapers, feeding Aaliyah, house work and not to mention sitting down to feed myself and have a coffee or two. It seems as though I do not get enough done in the run of a day and I feel guilty in the end for taking time for myself to just relax with a coffee or tea and sit on the computer to see how all my friends are doing down home.
I pray to God, that I develop the strength and will power to get up earlier in the morning before the baby more often. Just so I can get normal things down with out catering to her. Maybe get a few loads of dishes done from last nights supper and at least get the floors swept and then take a break and have my morning coffee.
Well I guess it is my cue to sign off and take Aaliyah down to the park, because my battery on my laptop is saying I have 10% left and to plug it in. So good night for now. I love and miss all my family and friends from down east. And I am thinking of you right now David Smith and just wondering how your book is coming along.
Thursday 7 June 2012
E-Reader on Kindle
I am so very excited to announce that my book is not only available in a physical copy, but it is also available on the amazon kindle store for all of you out there who like to read on the kindles and e-readers. If you want to purchase a version of my book for your kindle you can do so at the following link at: Kindle .
Also here is the link to order an actual physical copy of my book at my amazon site: Here.
And another link where you can purchase my book at my online bookstore through my publishing site at the following link: Bookstore.
Please tell me what you think of my book. Any feedback is appreciated whether positive or negative.
Also here is the link to order an actual physical copy of my book at my amazon site: Here.
And another link where you can purchase my book at my online bookstore through my publishing site at the following link: Bookstore.
Please tell me what you think of my book. Any feedback is appreciated whether positive or negative.
Sunday 27 May 2012
BBQ Season
Yesterday was a very eventful day. Mom and I made some delicious foods for the bbq we had. We made these delicious Potato Bombs. We got the idea from these old guys off of youtube. Which you pretty much take an apple corer and take the cores out of as many potatoes as you'd like. Then you stuff them center with what ever you like. The guys on the video put pancetta (it is probably spelt differently) and also stuff them priscutto, spam, hamburger, sausage.
With each meat they mixed it together with cheese, onions, garlic and herbs and spices. Then mixed them around and then just stuffed the potatoes with the mix. Then cut the cores in half and put them into to potato to keep the stuffing from coming out. Then wrap a piece of bacon around each potato and then wrap in tin foil.
Here is the link to the guys video it is yummy. Click Here
With each meat they mixed it together with cheese, onions, garlic and herbs and spices. Then mixed them around and then just stuffed the potatoes with the mix. Then cut the cores in half and put them into to potato to keep the stuffing from coming out. Then wrap a piece of bacon around each potato and then wrap in tin foil.
Here is the link to the guys video it is yummy. Click Here
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Child Like Faith
Since my book has been published I have been thinking of nothing else, but ways to get the word out about my book. I been focusing on my book way too much and trying to be super mom when I can't. I been letting house work go and putting my baby off onto my husband trying to be on all the social net working sites that are out there to get the word out.
I've been googling and searching out how to get my books into stores and who to contact at stores. When I should be actually paying attention to my family. I forgot how might of a God I serve and he created everything in this world. From trees (which my books are made out of) to houses, the earth well just EVERYTHING. I forgot to put my trust and faith in him like I use to do about anything.
So I leave my book into your hands God. I will do what ever I can do (time permitting), but I am no longer going to take away precious time from my daughter and husband no more. The Lord knows what needs to be done and will allow the right people to stumble upon my book and love it and share. And through word of mouth it will spread like wildfire.
I have not been being the best mom and wife lately. I been thinking of me, which is selfish. My daughter needs me and so does my husband. So no more putting my daughter in the play pen watching tv or movies all day. It is summer time and beautiful out. I am going to start enjoying this beautiful weather that God has given us to enjoy.
I just want to say that if it were not for this dinner outing that I went out to with my mom and the ladies of the church to Appleby's and listening to something the pastors wife had said about God being in control and trusting him. It would not of hit me like it did. Even though she was only speaking about something personal in her life about having to let God deal with everything and allow everything to go the way it should on his time. It made me realize that I have not been putting my trust in him and that is something I need to start doing like I did as a child.
So from now on I am going to start to have Child Like Faith and believe God will take care of me.
I've been googling and searching out how to get my books into stores and who to contact at stores. When I should be actually paying attention to my family. I forgot how might of a God I serve and he created everything in this world. From trees (which my books are made out of) to houses, the earth well just EVERYTHING. I forgot to put my trust and faith in him like I use to do about anything.
So I leave my book into your hands God. I will do what ever I can do (time permitting), but I am no longer going to take away precious time from my daughter and husband no more. The Lord knows what needs to be done and will allow the right people to stumble upon my book and love it and share. And through word of mouth it will spread like wildfire.
I have not been being the best mom and wife lately. I been thinking of me, which is selfish. My daughter needs me and so does my husband. So no more putting my daughter in the play pen watching tv or movies all day. It is summer time and beautiful out. I am going to start enjoying this beautiful weather that God has given us to enjoy.
I just want to say that if it were not for this dinner outing that I went out to with my mom and the ladies of the church to Appleby's and listening to something the pastors wife had said about God being in control and trusting him. It would not of hit me like it did. Even though she was only speaking about something personal in her life about having to let God deal with everything and allow everything to go the way it should on his time. It made me realize that I have not been putting my trust in him and that is something I need to start doing like I did as a child.
So from now on I am going to start to have Child Like Faith and believe God will take care of me.
Sunday 20 May 2012
Solar Eclipse
So apparently there will be a solar eclipse later on this evening. I was reading an article that was written on behalf of a scientist. He is saying it looks bad and that there is a possibility of a power outage. I hope not. Last time this has happened it actually affected Quebec back in 1989. To be honest it makes me nervous, especially with what has been going on the world for the last year or more. Floods and earth quakes in diverse places that usually do not get such things. I hope that the power does not go out. And if it does I hope not for long.
I was hoping to see this solar eclipse, but I guess from what my father was saying you can not look directly at it, or else you can ruin the retina of the eye. Only way of looking at it is if you make this look out thing from a card board box with a couple of holes. I am not going to bother trying, since I do not have a box to do it with.
I guess I should get going for now, my poor husband is in the backyard cleaning it up so we can enjoy going out there now that the snow is gone for good and besides, I want to enjoy the sun today, before the eclipse arrives. It is apparently arriving at 6:00pm Edmonton time and it is noon hour here now. So I best be on my way to lend a helping hand.
On a total quick subject before I head out. Just wanted to mention about my book. I will be converting my book into various formats to be bought in e-book style and when it is actually done I will be sure to post a link for all you e-book lovers.
I was hoping to see this solar eclipse, but I guess from what my father was saying you can not look directly at it, or else you can ruin the retina of the eye. Only way of looking at it is if you make this look out thing from a card board box with a couple of holes. I am not going to bother trying, since I do not have a box to do it with.
I guess I should get going for now, my poor husband is in the backyard cleaning it up so we can enjoy going out there now that the snow is gone for good and besides, I want to enjoy the sun today, before the eclipse arrives. It is apparently arriving at 6:00pm Edmonton time and it is noon hour here now. So I best be on my way to lend a helping hand.
On a total quick subject before I head out. Just wanted to mention about my book. I will be converting my book into various formats to be bought in e-book style and when it is actually done I will be sure to post a link for all you e-book lovers.
Wednesday 16 May 2012
My Book Is Also Available On Amazon
Hi everyone!! Not only is my book just available my online book store, but also available at amazon.com and here is the link if you wish to purchase it that way.Click >> Here << I hope you all enjoy my book of poetry.
Ashley
Ashley
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Officially A Published Author
Is happy to share with the whole world that I am officially a published author! I finally did it! I am so stoked that I can hardly ramble on about it. So here is the link to purchase a copy if you wish to do so at: https://www.createspace.com/3739742
Butter
I decided that I would try something new when it comes to butter. I think the price of organic is ridiculous and heavens knows what they really put into non organic butter. So I came across a post on Pinterest on how to make your own homemade butter. This is probably not new to everyone, but new to me. All you got to do is take a mason jar and fill it half way with heavy whipping cream and just shake. Keep shaking until it thickens, then let it sit for at least 5 minutes, then shake again until liquid forms, then pour liquid out, and shake again, and if there is more liquid pour out and shake one more time. Then there you have it BUTTER!!
Sunday 13 May 2012
Mother's Day
Today is mother's day. I enjoyed myself a lot. I did not think I was going to get up at 6:30 am like discussed the night before, but I did it. Jonathan took me to Cora's, but the best part really was not the food. It was having my 15 month old daughter just eating up all the water melon and strawberries.
I am not going to make a long post, but mainly wanted to share my excitement about my little girl and her love for healthy foods. I am so glad that she has good taste buds. I guess when she is older I will not have to argue with her to eat her fruits and veggies. To all the Mother's out there. May you have a blessed day and enjoy every minute that goes by.
I am not going to make a long post, but mainly wanted to share my excitement about my little girl and her love for healthy foods. I am so glad that she has good taste buds. I guess when she is older I will not have to argue with her to eat her fruits and veggies. To all the Mother's out there. May you have a blessed day and enjoy every minute that goes by.
Tuesday 8 May 2012
Stitches
I was going about my day like I usually do. Get up about 9:30 am or 10:00am. I make myself break fast and also something for Aaliyah too. I have my tea or coffee depending the mood I am in the morning. My day carries on from house chore after house chore, got some laundry, dishes and cleaning of the floors all done. I finally took a quick break to catch up on my usual social net working sites to see what my friends down home are up to. After all that is finished and out of the way, I get up and decide to make supper. I chose seafood bisque since it is Jonathan's favorite plus he requested it. I started to make it I opened up a can of clams and the can opener did not fully cut all the way around the rim so part of the lid was still intact. So I decide to be stupid enough to take a fork to the lid and pry it until it lifted enough so I could put the can of clams into the crock pot. But of course once the lid was fully lifted the fork slipped and straight into my hand goes the rough edges of the lid. It cut my hand so bad that it was shooting out streams of blood. I went into a quick shock, then started yelling for my mom to come down stairs along with yelling help. I started to hold pressure on my hand then my mom came in and took over, she held pressure on it, while my father called 911. So once the ambulance arrived they wrapped me up and took me to the hospital. Got me all registered. I waited entirely a good 2 hours. The first fifteen minutes were in the waiting room, the remainder of my time was spent in the ER. I had to get four stitches, which was cool to watch the doctor do. The worst part was the numbing from the needle it actually burned quite a bit. I have a few photos to share, but not as of now. I will upload them in the morning.
Saturday 5 May 2012
New Blog and Update
I think I am doing well with my new blog I just opened for just my writing it is sure helping me clear my head and gather my thoughts better. I should of thought of doing separate blogs a long time ago. Here is the link to my writing blog here.
Just a quick update on my actual book that is in the making as we speak, well I just read the whole book and high lighted a bunch of errors, typo's, grammar, punctuation's and spelling mistakes. I also fixed them that quick too. So now I need to re-upload my now corrected documents full of poetry and have it reviewed again a second time. Just in case I have not shared my fan page for my book on facebook here's the link and check it out for yourself here.
Just a quick update on my actual book that is in the making as we speak, well I just read the whole book and high lighted a bunch of errors, typo's, grammar, punctuation's and spelling mistakes. I also fixed them that quick too. So now I need to re-upload my now corrected documents full of poetry and have it reviewed again a second time. Just in case I have not shared my fan page for my book on facebook here's the link and check it out for yourself here.
Friday 4 May 2012
Kidney Stones
I am up earlier than usual today. Not because I want to be. I'd rather be sleeping in as usual, but when your parents come into your room and tell you their going to the hospital not knowing what is wrong with my father. I just laid there in bed kind of worried. I was wide awake since 5am. I get up at 7:30am wondering what the heck is going on. No one has called to let me know what is wrong with my father. So as my over thinking little brain gets going. I start to get worried thinking maybe he died or maybe this or that. So I am now and it is now 8:18am. Mom called at 7:45am to let me know dad is fine and they found out through an ultra sound and a cat scan that my father has kidney stones. Thank God! I thought of much worse things that are possibly happening to him. I know kidney stones are painful, but I am glad that, that is what's wrong with him. Instead of a heart attack or failure of some part of his body. In no time Dad will just have to pee the stones out and he will be fine.
So now that I know what is going on with my father I can relax a bit now. So here I am eatinga bowl of cereal, just finished my orange juice, now going to make myself a cup of java and then take the shells off my two boiled eggs. I am glad you're okay Dad. Well I am going for the time being to have my first cup of the day I need to wake up more now. I am starting to feel a bit drowsy from being up earlier than usual.
So now that I know what is going on with my father I can relax a bit now. So here I am eatinga bowl of cereal, just finished my orange juice, now going to make myself a cup of java and then take the shells off my two boiled eggs. I am glad you're okay Dad. Well I am going for the time being to have my first cup of the day I need to wake up more now. I am starting to feel a bit drowsy from being up earlier than usual.
Thursday 3 May 2012
New Blog For My Writing
I am making a new blog attached this account I sign into, which is cool, because you can have a bunch of them connected to one login user name. I have this one I am writing with and my newest one I just started and it is for just writing, I need to get use to writing, because soon enough I am going to write a novel on something I experienced and I am a little rusty with just normal typing. I need to start writing properly again. If you have not noticed. I have not taken the time to break my writing into different paragraphs lately when my subjects change. I also do not use the proper indentation, grammar, punctuation, which has had an effect on people not really reading my stuff much anymore. My page views have gone down dramatically since I got lazy. It is not like me to not care how my writing is. So here is my new blog for just writing at: Ashley Morin . I hope who ever goes to my writing blog that you like it and if not, oh well. Not everyone likes the same stuff.
Tuesday 1 May 2012
Bisque & Housework
Well today is one of those days for good old comfort food. So I am making a seafood bisque, well actually not to seafood, because not everything from the sea is in it, but here what is: baby shrimp, clams, salmon, pollock or known as imitation crab meat. For the base of the soup I always use two cans of milk along with two cans of the clams along with the juice for the flavor it contributes to the base. I add about a table spoon of crab seasoning I buy from epicure. Which is a spice and seasoning company that sells all sorts of stuff for making dips or things to flavor soup bases and pretty much any goes when it comes to epicure. They even have stuff for making a delightful cheese ball as well. Anyways back to my bisque. I do not like salt, because it not being good for you although I like the flavor so the best way to have the flavor in your food is sea salt. I also threw in maybe 2 table spoons of butter. Yes real butter, not margarine. I hate margarine. I was reading an article on margarine and the way it is processed and made, it is a molecule off from being paint. Paint is made with the same ingredients. So if I wanted to melt my tupper ware I will do that, because margarine has melted plastic in it too. YUCK. Just to think of the fact that I use to use margarine over butter. Kind of makes me feel sick.
After the bisque Jonathan and I are going to attack our bathroom and be ride ourselves of the smelly poop diapers and also sweep and mop the floors. Which is a regular routine of ours on his 3 days off. I try to keep up as much I can when he works, but sometimes housework vs baby, it ends up I have to deal Aaliyah first she is my main priority and if every time I put her down and she is crying and nothing soothes her, but her mommy holding her, then that is what I have to do. I find I have to wait for her to take a nap so I can actually get things done,but even at that in order to do the job right you can't rush it, it takes time. I still wonder to this day of who ever made up the saying "the house work will take care of itself". I wish it was the case, because then I could do what ever I wanted, but we all know right now I am in fantasy land if I think that it will ever take care of itself.
Hopefully after we're done the house work we can go for a stroll or a leisurely drive to a park or some nice country roads. I am tired of being cooped up in this house 6 days then 3 days off Jonathan get that is my only form of freedom. If only Edmonton were much easier to understand and get around. And not so damn big I would take a step outside my door and beyond the McAllister look alike mall across thee street. If I go out with out Jonathan it is always to that mall and I hate malls.
After the bisque Jonathan and I are going to attack our bathroom and be ride ourselves of the smelly poop diapers and also sweep and mop the floors. Which is a regular routine of ours on his 3 days off. I try to keep up as much I can when he works, but sometimes housework vs baby, it ends up I have to deal Aaliyah first she is my main priority and if every time I put her down and she is crying and nothing soothes her, but her mommy holding her, then that is what I have to do. I find I have to wait for her to take a nap so I can actually get things done,but even at that in order to do the job right you can't rush it, it takes time. I still wonder to this day of who ever made up the saying "the house work will take care of itself". I wish it was the case, because then I could do what ever I wanted, but we all know right now I am in fantasy land if I think that it will ever take care of itself.
Hopefully after we're done the house work we can go for a stroll or a leisurely drive to a park or some nice country roads. I am tired of being cooped up in this house 6 days then 3 days off Jonathan get that is my only form of freedom. If only Edmonton were much easier to understand and get around. And not so damn big I would take a step outside my door and beyond the McAllister look alike mall across thee street. If I go out with out Jonathan it is always to that mall and I hate malls.
Monday 30 April 2012
David
So I am just sitting up late not being able to sleep. I do not feel tired. I am writing on my other blog I created for my writing, while also talking to a friend of mine who is an aspiring writer as well. His mind is more advanced if you ask me. I feel he will be a great success to the world with the books he is about to publish. Just from chatting with him gives me inspirations, because of his love for writing. He talks of it so fondly. He shows genuinely that he loves it. He wants to quit his day time job some day to be a writer, not for the money, but just to make it a living and make enough to live off of. Although I am sure David wouldn't complain if he made it big and earned big bucks off his book. So if you like unique minds you just might want to go over to his blog and check David out. Click on his name to go off to his blog.
Sunday 29 April 2012
Light Bulb Went Off In My Head
Alright, so I been trying to figure out a way to write my stories for my next book I want to do. Instead of writing it all out onto this particular blog I just had a good thought. DING DING DING!!! Light Bulb went off. I am going to create another blog completely separate from this one, because this blog I use strictly for my day to day stay at home mom and wife stuff and improvements with my daughter and favorite recipes and everything else that a stay at home mom blogs about. Once I get my blog up and on the go I will edit this particular blog post with the link to my new blog.
Sunday 22 April 2012
I'm Officially a Published Author! YAY
So I do not have my book in stores yet, but I am waiting upon a copy of my book first to proof read it and see if I like it, then if I do I just go online and click approve for submission to all the expanded distribution. It will be in stores in America, unfortunately not in Canada, however I have an e-store for anyone who wants to buy it offline you can order physical copies or e-books. Once I get my book and proof read and approve I will gladly post the link on here to to my e-store for people to buy a copy. I got to go for now I wish I had more time to write, but I have so much things to do right now. I will try to get on here soon enough.
Sunday 15 April 2012
Don't Quit School
Thought that I would get this out there while it is still fresh in my mind. I want to let young teenagers know that dropping out of high school is the worst decision that any one can make in their life. The reason why I write this is because I myself have dropped out of high school. And I want to get out there to everyone the importance of high school and how much I truly regret ever quitting school. I wish I could rewind my life back when I was seventeen. That is when I chose to quit school. I chose to quit, because I went through a rough a break up and seeing my ex everyday was not good. I got really deep into the relationship and it was not healthy. It got to the point of the ex threatening to get me beat up pretty much everyday with his little gang of girls always waiting outside my classes yelling at me what not. And I can tell you one thing now, I could have changed all of that by a simple transfer to another school. There is and was no excuse for me to quit. I would like to encourage any girl and guys even if you are going through a phase of thinking that you are better off with out your education (which you are not). I can honestly say I wish I just transfered schools and carried on with my life. I wish I was educated and had my diploma from high school. It stops me from getting even a normal job. I need a job in order to save up money for the course I really want to do and these days you can't even get a job pumping gas or even being a cashier at a dollar store with out your high school diploma. It hinders me from being able to do anything that I want to do. And now I need to brush up on my high school by getting my GED. Which I did do at one point, but I wrote the GED test and failed 3 out of 5 exams and got discouraged thinking I am stupid and did not try again until a year later and I had rewrite the all 5 exams again with out studying and failed again. Not this is what I am going through and now I am married with a daughter of whom I can't provide for on my own. I am a dependent of my husband and I don't want to be. I wish I was able to have income of my own contributing in my house, but because I can't get a normal cashier job to even pay for me to save up for the Cosmetics Course I want to take I sit at home feeling like I am worthless to my family when it comes to this particular topic in my life. Now that I have a kid it is time consuming and now I have no time what so ever to even think of studying. It really makes you feel like a failure not getting your education so I plead and beg of all teenagers thinking or contemplating on quitting school to now do so. My life is now myself being a homemaker slaving on my kid (which I have no problem doing, I love my kid and I love my husband and love cooking and cleaning for them), but I wish I was doing it all the right way the way I was suppose to do so everything would be stress free with out doing with out all the time.
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