Do I or Don't I.........

make what would be our 6th(3 for Daniel, and 3 for me)trip out to the farm in Feb.! I wonder why Feb. seems like such a blur............it really has been NUTZ! The 1st of my 2 trips lasted 6 days............so that's basically one week being a right off(home wise)! Throw into that........Daylan(18th) & Daniels birthdays, me supposing to be on the Design Team at Scrapbooking Fanatics(I really did not do justice to that role, feel sick about it), SU Sale-A-Bration, Camrose Trade Show, Mom washere for 4 days.......hmmm what else!!!

Anyway, I really think I need to stay home for some down time! But it the same breath I might head out there tomorrow, and come back Monday! I need someone to help me decide!!

What I am also wondering about is.......G & R were out there over the past few days, Shirlee arrived today and will be there over the weekend..........is it wise to double up, or is it better to wait and go after.........someone make my mind up for me!!!!

Friday Funny for all my Farming Friends!!!!

A man took his wife to the Canadian Bull Congress Show and one of the first exhibits they stopped at was the breeding bulls.

They went up to the first pen and there was a sign attached that said,
'THIS BULL MATED 50 TIMES LAST YEAR'

The wife playfully nudged her husband in the ribs and said, 'He mated 50 times last year.'

They walked to the second pen which had a sign attached that said, '
'THIS BULL MATED 150 TIMES LAST YEAR'

The wife gave her husband a healthy jab and said, 'That's more than twice a week! You could learn a lot from him.'

They walked to the third pen and it had a sign attached that said, in capital letters,
'THIS BULL MATED 365 TIMES LAST YEAR'

The wife, so excited that her elbow nearly broke her husband's ribs, said,'That's once a day.You could REALLY learn something from this one.

The husband looked at her and said,
'Go over and ask him if it was with the same old cow.'

Well all you DIETERS out there.........how did you do?

Today is the DEADLINE..........do you(like me)need an EXTENTION?

So the plan was to lose 10 by the end of Feb., I am extending my plan to 15 by the end of March.....only 11 to go........HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Anyone let me know how you made out........?

Hey all you ladies out there.......with the photography bug!!!

Check out this blog(photo challenges)I found via a scrapbooking blog...........looks like fun, see you there!
http://ispychallenge.blogspot.com/

Another confusing day........

way too many of these lately...........I feel like I am turning round and round in circles.......nothing makes any sense to me!!

For one thing......when I'm at home I'm thinking I should be in Bonnyville, when I'm in Bonnyville I'm feeling like I should be at home............WHERE SHOULD I BE? All I know I'm becoming physically ill knowing Baba is spending so much time alone..........instead of it getting easier, it is getting more and more difficult each day!!! Not sure how I can get past this?

How can a person(me), at almost 49 be so confused? Just when I thought I was getting things(life)figured out...........all hell breaks loose.........lost again!!

Anyway.........I have decided a good way to feel better might be to call the hospital each day, try to catch the Doctor, if not just touch base with the nurses!!! Hopefully this will make me feel better! So I called tonight........spoke with Laurie(she is so sweet), she said there was no real change, and Baba ate really well at supper!!!

Meet the Premier - Family Day 2008

Our Provincial election is right around the corner.........campaigning is in FULL SWING!!!
Check out this video..........and watch for the two little ones, they belong to my cousin & his wife. Congratulations Daryn & Carita.......you must be VERY PROUD of your little campaigners. Izaak & Anna you did a REALLY GREAT JOB!!!!!

7 RANDOM THOUGHTS

In Jan. I participated in an online crop at Scrapbooking Fanatics.....one of the challenges was to create a layout of 7 RANDOM THOUGHTS! I love the idea, and have decided to do this every month!

Here is my Jan. layout.........hope you like it!!!

(thoughts are typed on a transparency and placed over the photo)
Here are my 7 random thought for 1.19.08
1. I really need to make some banana bread! (photo of bananas)
2. I love my entrance! (photo of plants in our entrance)
3. Is this where your snowboarding stuff goes? (son's snowboarding stuff spread out over the couch)
4. I am going to need and throw these out soon, but I don't want to! (fresh flowers our daughter bought me)
5. I really need to do dishes(hahaha.....what's new)! (my usual look in the kitchen)
6. This is WAY TOO MUCH ice cream to have in the freezer if you are trying to lose weight? (picture of all the ice cream in our fridge freezer)
7. I really need to finish putting away my Christmas decorations......but I don't want to!! (Christmas ornaments that I am delaying putting away)


Now for Feb.........
1. Happy Birthday Daniel......51!!!!
2. I take comfort in the fact that Baba is not in pain!
3. I have been thinking of Baba & Gido almost ALL DAY LONG............for several days!!
4. I am not doing to well in my goal to lose 10 lbs. by the end of Feb......I better start getting it off and FAST!!!!
5. Heading to Gledon/Bonnyville tomorrow.............time to get something done around here......get the laundry caught up!!!
6. I need to buy & READ one of Doctor Deepak Chopra's books! This has been on my list of things to do for some time!!!
7. Feb. is a busy month of celebrations..........good thing I don't live close enough to everyone to make birthday visits.......and have to eat ALL THAT CAKE(& you know I would)!!! lol!!!

next visitor.............5000!

I see the next person to visit JUST4U will be the 5000th hit!!!

Let me know who you are!!!!

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone that has called, e-mailed, left messages asking how Baba is doing.......it's so great to know people are thinking about her!!!! I will be heading back to visit in the next couple of days, and I will let her know you were asking about her!!!

As I sit here crying my eyes out I am thinking about what seems to be one of the biggest mistakes I have ever made. I am so struggling with the role I played in getting her into the hospital when I knew she didn't want to go............now she is STUCK there, in jail as her & Gido would put it, and I'm partially to blame!!! You know what they say about hindsight.........it's 20/20! If I would have known then what I know now...............I can guarantee you someone else would have been the taxi service to the hospital!!!

And I ask you.............please don't call me on this, I wish not to discuss it...........I don't need anyone telling me what I'm feeling isn't right..........that's the way I see it, and I will NOT be changing my mind!!!!

BELATED BLOG BIRTHDAY WISHES going out to........

Dustin-Jan 5th HAPPY 34th BIRTHDAY.....Did you get all those candles blown out, hope so?

Randy-Jan. 13th HAPPY 56th BIRTHDAY....hope you had a great day!!!

Uncle John-Jan. 15th HAPPY 73rd BIRTHDAY......Hope you got a chiffon cake on your Birthday!!!

Lexi-Jan. 21st 2001 HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY........Hope you had a great day with all your friends & cousins!!! Maybe your Mom or Dad can send me a picture of your party, and I will post it on my blog?

Reeve-Jan. 21st 2005 HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY......Hope you and a SUPER HERO Birthday............you are sure getting SUPER BIG!!! I hear you got an extra special gift...........SOME JUICE, aren't you lucky!!!

Shirlee-Feb. 1st HAPPY 56th BIRTHDAY I did talk to you the day AFTER your birthday...........sorry I missed calling you on the 1st!!!!

Anna-Feb. 7th 2002 Anna Mabel...........you share a birthday with many............Feb. 7th is a BIG Birthday day on your Dad's side of the family, and on your Mom's side!!! Hope you had a great party.........I hear from Grandma Norma that you are VERY excited to be 6 years old!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAYLAN.....18.......your mother is in SHOCK!!!

Just think in less than ONE month you will vote in your 1st PROVINCIAL election..........my oh my!!!!!

Getting I.D'd! The waitress didn't ask Daylan for his I.D. until Danica went and whispered to her that it was his 18th Birthday.......then she come and checked it out!!!!

Lookin' pretty proud of being 18!!!

CHEERS.......this little bar run lastest all of 45 minutes!

And here is Daylan's 18th Birthday Birthday present........HOWARD!!!!

Thank you Candace......this picture will be forever PRECIOUS!!!!

Baba & Gido on Feb. 9th, their 67th Anniversary!

To post or not to post......this is a tough one, but I need to write or I am going to explode!!!

As many of my regular blog visitors know my DEAR(and I mean DEAR)Mother-in-Law is very ill.

I have always struggled calling her MIL because it often has a derogatory content to it........and she has been nothing but a gem in my life. Probably the most angry I have ever been at her was when she gave our kids what I thought was to much pop, or candy...........in the big scope of things..........TOTALLY MINOR!!!!

My heart aches for her, as her family(husband & children)gather to decide what is the RIGHT thing to do...........and in the end WHO really KNOWS whats RIGHT????? Sadly there are differences in opinions(and thats what they are, opinions)...........resulting in added stress!!!

Many have opinions on this, as do I............but do they really matter? What does it matter what I think, or what you think????

For me..........the REAL........RIGHT thing to do is carry out her wishes! Because her wishes are well known it should be irrelevant what ANYONE feels or thinks. Each & every decision shoud be based, and carried out representing HER WISHES, and NOTHING else.

But..........if life were that easy, I wouldn't be sitting here typing.....would I?

A not so HAPPY ANNIVERSARY...

today Baba & Gido have been married 67th years, a feat not celebrated by many. Although they won't be celebrating......they will for sure be side by side. It is my hope that they have a peaceful day together, and their children being by their sides gives them the strength to face whatever is ahead of them!!!


Here they are Christmas 2007 with their Santa Grandson Dean.