Pictures...

On Sunday I had a great time with my good friend and amazing photographer Laura Soby and here is the pictures to prove it! I had just come from doing a birthday party as Wally Woo hoo and stopped by as Laura had never seen me dressed in my costume before. As we were sitting around playing with her adorable puppies Laura starting taking some casual photo's of me and here are the results.

So Excited!!!!!

I can't believe it we have booked our first vacation!!! Mike and I have been together for 19 years, the kids are 17 and 12 and we have never gone real vacation before. After about three years planning we book a trip in Febuary to........

I can't wait to meet Tinkerbell in real life!! We are also going to take a day trip to Sea World and to Universal Studios.

Ten for 2010

I saw this post over at Dreams Intertwined and thought it was a great idea so here is my 10.

Remember that as Heidi says "these are not resolutions, but aspirations, steps in a forward direction to create good habits that will last"

1. Listen to me - this includes listening to what I say as well as what my body and mind is telling me.

2. Spend more time with friends - I really miss just hanging out with friends, chating, having coffee, scrapbooking etc.

3. Be more creative - Not only by doing the crafts that I have put aside but think more creatively in my work, clowning, life in general.

4. Live a healthier life - I have cleared a space for my Gazell and Mike is buying me a WII fit for my birthday for starters.

5. Volunteer - I used to be involved with Girl Guides and loved it but haven't done much volunteering in the last two years and I really miss it.

6. Enjoy my time alone - With the kids getting older and being gone from the house I tend to either clean and run errands. I need to start embracing my time alone and use it for me.

7. Do more baking - I love baking and haven't done much of anything in the last year.

8. Try new things - I am very much a routine kind of person, sticking to the same things so I would like to try something new every month, a new food, craft or activity maybe.

9. Finish started projects - I have a few projects that I have started and haven't finished as of yet. I think I will write them all done and start going down the list.

10. Get more organized - I started organizing different rooms in my house but I also need to organize my life in general.

Now these aren't in any particular order, so I am not going to go down the list but rather touch on few things throught the year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!

Giving back....

Two weeks ago the Volunteers in Action group from my work bought 23 Christmas trees to donate to The Magic of Christmas. Each team could decorate with what ever theme they wanted. The team I was on decided on a candyland theme with both real candy treats as well as decorations that either looked like candy or represented something to do with candy for the years to come. We even had a tree skirt with candies on it!

Also the team that I am presedent of at work, Manchester United decided to celebrate National re-gift day on the 17th of this month by having people at work bring in new items that they have recieved but have never used before. Since most of the items were either for small children or adults we also decided to purchase some gift cards for those teens out there that might not have anything for Christmas either.

Then today two co-workers and myself filled two vans and my truck with everything to deliver to The Magic of Christmas people to hand out on Christmas eve.

Here is a picture of us before we loaded up everything. Although you can't actaully see everything in it's glory it gives you an idea of what we delivered.

I'm back!!

Hello all, sorry I haven't posted in what seems like forever. Truth be told I actually lost interest in posting for a bit then the other day realized that I have stopped doing a lot of the things that I used to love doing so I decided to get back into posting as well as a few other things I have been putting off.

Monday night I re found my love of clowning again, something else that I have push aside for the last few months.

I was invited to go Christmas Carolling at the Glamorgan Manor. One of my fellow clowns dad had lived there before his passing away last year. She has made many friends there and thought it would be a great opportunity for us to bring some Christmas joy to them.

Although I am not the best singer I put my heart and soul into it. Seeing the smiles on their faces and watching them sing along with us help me remember why I became a clown in the first place.

Here is a picture of my friends and I from that night.

Oh where, Oh where....

Have I been??? I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted. Life has been very busy.

For a quick run down. Work has been wonderfully busy. At the end of October I had the opportunity to spend 2 days in Kanaskis at the Delta. We were having our Congress there. It was such a nice treat to stay in a hotel and what a beautiful area.

As for home life we finally started renovating our bathroom. What a great time I had smashing those ugly tiles into little bits. Everything is almost done. We just have to finishing painting and we can soak in the tub and enjoy!

I will post some pictures as soon as I have a moment to download them onto the computer now that the dust has settled.

Belated Thanksgiving

As we were out of town for Thanksgiving I haven't had a chance to say HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone yet. I hope everyone enjoyed their time with family and friends.

We ventured up to my Mom and Dads in Armstrong, BC sat morning. It was a great drive up, sunny and not much traffic or construction.

Sunday we visited Davisons Farm where we enjoyed the animals, what was left in the orchard and picked out a couple of HUGE pumpkins.

Unfortunatly Mike dropped Coltons so Monday morning we cut up the pieces, cooked all the pumpkin and canned it for cooking at a later date. We also roasted the pumkin seeds for a delicious snack.

I just love the colour of these seeds

On the way home we stopped for a break at the bottom of the trail to Taylor Lake. I think this would be a great hike on a warmer day but made for a great little break from driving.