10 on.....brrrrr, I'm a posicle.......Tuesday!

1.. This is my last post for January......WHAT?@#!  Not sure what I even accomplished in January.....except trying to get back into a routine??


2..Ralph hasn't had an easy start to 2011.  He has exploratory knee surgery booked for March AND he has to have a pollup removed from his vocal chord in May.  The trifecta of injuries came this weekend when he severely tore his oblique muscles on his right side.  No exercise or hockey for about 2 weeks.  Believe you me, he HATES that.  He despises being slowed down.  Just when he was motivating me to get in shape, and we were gaining momentum, he overdoes it and gets hurt.  Poor guy. He'll hate me it, but I may have to continue P90X without him :(

3.. My favorite phrase of Olivia's right now?  "I no yike (read: like) it."  And "yuv you!"  But she says "silly" clear as a bell with the two L's.  Huh.

4..  I had a Bride contact me for her wedding in July.  I worked out my holidays and booked her.  Now came the booking deposit to hold her date.  No problem.  She agreed to pay half but she requested a contract stating all of the details of her wedding and payments/balances due.  Great.  (Had my sister the lawyer hook me up with a form I can use for all future clients too.)  I put a read-receipt on the email, so I know she got it, and I waited 2 weeks before I contacted her again to ask why the hell it was taking her so long to get back to me and pay her friggin' deposit if she had any questions about the contract and now she won't respond to my emails!!  WTF??!!  I'm going to give her another few days and then I guess I'll have to send an email saying that I've un-booked her date unless she gets back to me by the end of the week?! Brutal.  It feels so great to be rejected before you even get a chance to prove yourself.  And she said she loved my work.  She could have just been honest with me.  I'm feeling so confused.  And very discouraged.

5..Hayden's kindy hours for the Fall are weird.  Monday to Friday from 11:54am-2:38pm.  How random is that?!  We'll have to start eating lunch for a snack to get to school on time :)

6..My friend Megan always gets crazy deals on dealfind.  Ralph surprised me with a package for the spa which Megan and I will use for our upcoming birthdays ( mine is the end of February and her's is the beginning of March.)  A facial, manicure and pedicure for $44 ($175 value)....yes please!  And Happy Birthday to me!  Thanks honey :)

7..Remember the game Perfection??  It's great for shape matching practice, and Olivia's pretty good at it too!  Hayden jumped out of his skin the first time we played, but he's not scared anymore.....

We also played a few games of Trouble.  I am really  looking forward to the institution of family game night!

8..I am on chapter 6 of the book Twilight and I'm really enjoying it.  Everyone has said how great the books are, and though I was a bit skeptical at first, I'm a believer now!  I may not rush out to see the movie, but I'll probably continue on the series and read the second book :)

9..Something occurred to me today.  Is it possible that my kids don't know how to play?!  Why is it that there are millions of toys in my house, but at times they take everything out but won't play with anything??  Am I being unreasonable to expect that they will play together??   I play with them LOTS, but at other times, I need to get some stuff done while they play on their own!!  I can't be the only one that feels this way.......am I ??

10. We finally found Rico a new home :)