life. unscripted.

look who's two wheelin'

Delaney is doing a 'pedalheads' camp this week.  She just learned to ride without training wheels on Monday!  She still needs to work on starting and stopping on her own (she doesn't like the hand-brakes)...so she stops by not pedalling and slowing down....well that only works when you are on flat ground or uphill....not if there is any downhill slope!  But she has got the 'middle part' figured out!

UPDATE:  as of July 27 - she now has it all figured out - starting, riding, and stopping!

a face only a mother could love!

when Delaney isn't in the mood for pictures she lets you know it!

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Sometimes I have to scratch my head and just say 'huh?'....I have seen some people do weird things while driving...but today tops the cake I think!  Today I saw a guy SHAVING while he was driving!  And he was even making left hand turn while he was shaving!  Are you *THAT* late for work????

My new banner....

is inspired by Leah Profancik - thanks :D!!!!   (hers is better btw!)

what I did last night before I got 'sick'

last night I compiled some samples of some of my favourite photoshop actions to the same image so I can have some quick comparison sheets.  All was well.  Went to bed....woke up at 3am in this horrible cold sweat, shakes, with the wickedest stomach cramps.  I was having troubles with 'both ends' if you KWIM (trying not to be too graphic here).  That was the worst feeling ever.  There is not much hope when the troubles are 'multi-directional'....you just have to 'prioritize'.  Again Andrew is still away when I could have used some 'help' (not sure he would have been a 'happy' helper though in this situation).  I still don't feel well.  Things have 'calmed down'  but I still have cramps and feel rather dizzy/light-headed.  I am wondering if this is 'food poisoning'?

ETA:  Well I just googled food poisoning....and it totally looks like my symptoms are consistend with food poisoning.  I have no idea what it was that I ate though?

just need to rant.....

It seems that so many 'emergencies' or 'crisis' happen when Andrew is out of town.  I guess when you are 'out of town' about 50% of the time that is bound to happen though?!

Today - it was our irrigation (sprinker) sysytem pipes burst in our front yard.  I didn't know this until I went to go have a shower this morning and there was 'piddly' water pressure in the house.  Then I heard the sound of 'running' water outside through my open bedroom window.  I can't be certain how long before it happened though - except that when I came home last night at about 6pm it was fine.

I had no clue what to do!  There was this cover thing that I knew had something to do with the sprinkers....and that was where the water seemed to be coming from....so I took off the cover and felt around in 'armpit' deep icy cold/muddy water and felt some knobs and levers down there.  I managed to turn one of them and that stopped the water actively spilling out.  Good.  Except I can still hear this 'hissing' sound like water is 'moving' except I can't see where it is going or coming from....only that it isn't 'spilling' out of this cover and going all over the place.

I called Andrew's cell and the Irrigation company (thanfully their sticker was on the control box in our shed).....but the irrigation company didn't answer their phone because it was Sunday.  Andrew called me back but couldn't tell me any more than I had already done. 

Fast forward several hours....and Stuart tells me that his carpet in his bedroom is SOAKING wet.  His bedroom is in the basement in the same corner as where the water was spilling all over the place outside the house.  UGH!  so I figure I better go and take a look at the levers and knobs of this irrigation thing again because I wasn't happy that I could still 'hear' that hissing sound.....I also called Andrew back....he told to try this other lever thing down there....I had already tried it several times but it was really stiff.  Let me tell you - it is not enjoyable feeling around icy cold muddy water.  I couldn't see anything in there...I had to feel around and I had to reach so deep that my cheek was touching the water and my one b00b was immersed...all while kneeling in the mud!  I did eventually get that one stiff lever to move a 'little' but not all the way....but the hissing stopped...

So this is where it is at right now - a leak from 'who knows where exactly'  in our basement....is it through a pipe?  the foundations? who knows....but I do know that half of Stuart's room is soggy!

Yay - being a homeowner is sure fun!

okay rant over.

and I love these too :)

just because....

just posting this picture because I like it :)

not sure how sincere this apology was lol!

I know she looks sweet.  But looks really can be deceiving. 

I came across this apology note that she wrote to the girl who lives behind us.  They have a real love/hate relationship and have frequent 'falling outs'.  At first glance I was really proud that she had written this apology note on her own free will.  She even tried to sound out the spellings (too cute!) which she sometimes resists doing.  Then.....I got to the last sentence and almost 'busted a gut'!  Now - that's my girl for ya!  Can't be sweet through-and-through.

TRANSLATION:

'Can I be friends again.  If you say no then I will tell my mum.  The End.'

go see this movie!

took the kids to see this tonight - and it was great!  We all thoroughly enjoyed it!  Added bonus was a very funny cartoon short at the beginning too!