My good intentions of keeping my Blog updated have not come through this month... just too busy?? Here's an update on various fronts:
BOYZOS:
School is going great for both the kids... they have amazing teachers and are really excited about it and happy to be back into that routine! They are amazing guys... quirks and all. They also have started swimming, guitar and "just for fun hockey"... we've never done 3 activities at once... it's usually in the zero-two range! But they're in everything together so we don't have to be driving all over town all the time. Big guy is good too :-)
WORK:
I'm working one day or two half days at Memories & More at the moment... I had a 2 day job helping out at the launch of COPPER SKY (a condo development here in Westbank)... that was last weekend and I really had a great experience. I'm hoping I can get something part-time with one of the projects going up around here. I have one very good possibility but it's taking a while to get that firmed up, so I need to keep my eyes open. On the LIFE SIMPLIFIED front, Cheryl & I had the pleasure of organizing a home office last week. It was very fun for us and I think our client was happy (except for the piles of paper she herself needed to sort through... that's not very fun for anyone!)
RUNNIG:
Just back from the RUN FOR THE CURE! Our group of 8 did a great job and finished the 5K run effortlessly! I was a little worried because it hasn't worked out for me to run much the last 2 weeks. What I was especially concerned about is actually next week's event... the 10K race in conjunction with the Okanagan Marathon. Joel is as prepared as can be...and I'm, well, not as prepared as I was 2 weeks ago!! But today was encouraging, and I have at least 2 friends to run with, so it'll be fine! Back is feeling great! It's been 4 months and I'm exactly back to where I was the day of "the incident".
MOUTH:
I got my braces on Thursday! I am a little bit sore, a little shredded inside my mouth, and very thankful for soft foods! (and getting a little bored of them too!) I was able to make it through the process of getting them on without tears! (yeah me!) and it's not as painful as I thought it would be. I can already feel my teeth moving. I keep saying "3 days down, 736 to go!" I'll get used to it, it will get better, and I'll be eating solids again soon I hope! especially because...
CRUISE:
Two weeks from now Marcie & I will meet up in Vancouver, spend the evening there, then drive to Seattle the next am, where we will board the CELEBRITY MERCURY for a 4 night cruise to Victoria & Nanaimo. Our big plans are to hang out, eat, relax, run and catch up! It was such an amazing deal... $229 each! What else could we do for 4 days together for that??
so there you have it...
the cliff notes on my life for the last month!
hope you are all well...
have a great week!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The Secret.
ok, people.
We've all been asking ourselves the question, how can I have it all?
How can I take care of all the stuff around the house, have some me time, work, and make sure my family makes contact daily.
Today, I figured it out.
I've discoverd THE Secret.
It came to me at 3:06am today. I woke up WIRED. I think I had some heavy duty adrenaline still coursing through me after a very exciting day. After lying the wide awake for a loooonnng time, I decided to get up and do something.
By the time the rest of my family was awake, I'd made a batch of chili, done 3 loads of laundry, read the newspaper, eaten breakfast, and more. Then I worked and 8-hour day, came home, put my pajamas on, ate that chili with my guys, and I was in bed by 7:03.
So there you have it.
If you want to do it all, you can.
It's not brain surgery, you just have to get up at 3am.
ha!
We've all been asking ourselves the question, how can I have it all?
How can I take care of all the stuff around the house, have some me time, work, and make sure my family makes contact daily.
Today, I figured it out.
I've discoverd THE Secret.
It came to me at 3:06am today. I woke up WIRED. I think I had some heavy duty adrenaline still coursing through me after a very exciting day. After lying the wide awake for a loooonnng time, I decided to get up and do something.
By the time the rest of my family was awake, I'd made a batch of chili, done 3 loads of laundry, read the newspaper, eaten breakfast, and more. Then I worked and 8-hour day, came home, put my pajamas on, ate that chili with my guys, and I was in bed by 7:03.
So there you have it.
If you want to do it all, you can.
It's not brain surgery, you just have to get up at 3am.
ha!
Saturday, September 08, 2007
IT'S UP!!
Cheryl & I invite you to check out our
LIFE SIMPLIFIED website. We are ready to get this thing going and so appreciate you passing on our info to anyone who might need a little encouragement and help getting their clutter under control, setting up house, preparing to sell, etc.
thanks so much for your enthusiasm & patience!
If we could ask you to look it over for us and give us any feedback/ideas, we'd really appreciate it! Isn't my partner awesome? She took care of getting this thing up and running and did a great job, I think!
life-simplified.ca
LIFE SIMPLIFIED website. We are ready to get this thing going and so appreciate you passing on our info to anyone who might need a little encouragement and help getting their clutter under control, setting up house, preparing to sell, etc.
thanks so much for your enthusiasm & patience!
If we could ask you to look it over for us and give us any feedback/ideas, we'd really appreciate it! Isn't my partner awesome? She took care of getting this thing up and running and did a great job, I think!
life-simplified.ca
Thursday, September 06, 2007
My Theory on Dental Anxiety
There was a 7 year period in my life where I avoided the dentist.
Then my brother-in-law became a dentist, and I was OK with him, so I started going again. I even let him pull my wisdom teeth in the mid 90's.
When we moved to Kelowna we were lucky enough to have found Gary Powell and super amazing staff... they have been soooo excellent with our entire family and the kids have no issues with going to the dentist at all. They've never complained, hesitated or cried. Me, on the other hand: I've always got a 50/50 chance of shedding tears at any given appointment.
Here are the reasons I have narrowed down.
1) I've had jaw trouble and start to have anxiety attacks when I have to leave my mouth open for a long time
2) As any control freak will tell you, it's very hard to make yourself vulnerable like you do in the dental chair.
3) I'm a very physically private person, (one day I'll tell you about my trauma in the bra store), so having someone poking around in my mouth makes me very uncomfortable.
4) finally, the vicious crying circle, take this morning for example:
I arrive at the dental office to have a tooth pulled before I get my braces on. The gal up front already knows I'm nervous about this appointment, and starts telling me I'll be fine, it'll be fast, etc. She introduces me to the new assistant, Jill, who tells me she'll be taking care of me... and sweetly escorts me to the back, where there are two other lovely staff ladies, (who have seen me through previous dental experiences---and they know what I'm in for) so as soon as they start reassuring me, I feel myself starting to tear up, but suck 'em back. So I just confess that I'm really nervous, but that I made a deal with myself that I I would treat myself to my fav starbucks chai if I was able to keep it together, and if I cried I would buy myself a new pair of shoes to make myself feel better. I'm no idiot. I know the odds. They suggest I get both, either way.
So, lovely Jill settles me in, gives me the post-extraction care low-down, and as soon as she she lies me back I can't suck 'em back anymore... she hands me a Kleenex and says, "Shoes!" I love my new friend Jill. Then that just leads to the whole being embarrassed about the tears, so more tears, etc. They let the freezing set for a long time and I was totally good, muscled through the actual extraction of my perfectly innocent tooth, and then the second it came out, more tears. Tears of relief. Followed by more tears of embarrassment. It's impossible to hold back tears when you're lying upside down.
So, tomorrow I will drop off cookies or something to thank them for all being so good to me and for bearing with me and to hopefully show Jill my less emotional side.
I sure know how to make a first impression.
side note: why is it that when you are prepared to buy shoes you can't find any? my entire reward for this morning amounted to one small chocolate milkshake from DQ. Inappropriately small, after what I'd been through, but delicious none-the-less!
IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT WHEN I HAVE NICE, STRAIGHT TEETH IN 2 YEARS, RIGHT??
Then my brother-in-law became a dentist, and I was OK with him, so I started going again. I even let him pull my wisdom teeth in the mid 90's.
When we moved to Kelowna we were lucky enough to have found Gary Powell and super amazing staff... they have been soooo excellent with our entire family and the kids have no issues with going to the dentist at all. They've never complained, hesitated or cried. Me, on the other hand: I've always got a 50/50 chance of shedding tears at any given appointment.
Here are the reasons I have narrowed down.
1) I've had jaw trouble and start to have anxiety attacks when I have to leave my mouth open for a long time
2) As any control freak will tell you, it's very hard to make yourself vulnerable like you do in the dental chair.
3) I'm a very physically private person, (one day I'll tell you about my trauma in the bra store), so having someone poking around in my mouth makes me very uncomfortable.
4) finally, the vicious crying circle, take this morning for example:
I arrive at the dental office to have a tooth pulled before I get my braces on. The gal up front already knows I'm nervous about this appointment, and starts telling me I'll be fine, it'll be fast, etc. She introduces me to the new assistant, Jill, who tells me she'll be taking care of me... and sweetly escorts me to the back, where there are two other lovely staff ladies, (who have seen me through previous dental experiences---and they know what I'm in for) so as soon as they start reassuring me, I feel myself starting to tear up, but suck 'em back. So I just confess that I'm really nervous, but that I made a deal with myself that I I would treat myself to my fav starbucks chai if I was able to keep it together, and if I cried I would buy myself a new pair of shoes to make myself feel better. I'm no idiot. I know the odds. They suggest I get both, either way.
So, lovely Jill settles me in, gives me the post-extraction care low-down, and as soon as she she lies me back I can't suck 'em back anymore... she hands me a Kleenex and says, "Shoes!" I love my new friend Jill. Then that just leads to the whole being embarrassed about the tears, so more tears, etc. They let the freezing set for a long time and I was totally good, muscled through the actual extraction of my perfectly innocent tooth, and then the second it came out, more tears. Tears of relief. Followed by more tears of embarrassment. It's impossible to hold back tears when you're lying upside down.
So, tomorrow I will drop off cookies or something to thank them for all being so good to me and for bearing with me and to hopefully show Jill my less emotional side.
I sure know how to make a first impression.
side note: why is it that when you are prepared to buy shoes you can't find any? my entire reward for this morning amounted to one small chocolate milkshake from DQ. Inappropriately small, after what I'd been through, but delicious none-the-less!
IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT WHEN I HAVE NICE, STRAIGHT TEETH IN 2 YEARS, RIGHT??
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