On the subject of Ba Ba Black Sheep

Sung from the back seat, “Ba Ba black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, Yes sir, three bags full. One for the master and one for the Babe, one for the little girl who lives down the lane, Ba ba Pink Sheep…”

Babes be needing their wool.

Ezri choose to wear her Blue Jays power outfit to school today. She has also become a professional model. Oops, I guess that’s what happens when you take too many pictures of them. No, I will not be putting her in modeling or pageants. I like that she is into sports though, she scored a few goals last night at soccer. Perhaps we will start baseball soon too.

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You’re doin’ it right

Today as I was sitting at the computer my daughter came up to me and asked “Can we watch some more videos of Chris?”. I realized very quickly she was talking about Col. Chris Hadfield. Canada’s most treasured super star at the moment. This Canadian Astronaut has been sharing his journey on the International Space Station with YouTube vidoes and daily Friend Face updates. It’s been incredible to watch and share these photos and videos with my daughter.

She didn’t ask me to watch Miki Ninaj or Bustin Jieber. She wants to watch scientists, floating in space. Clearly I’m doing something right as a parent.

Col. Hadfield, children and their parents across the planet thank you. Thank you for making science cool. Thank you for sharing your journey.

Have a safe trip back to planet Earth today.

Check out his latest video, how cool is this? “Space Oddity” cover by Chris Hadfield.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KaOC9danxNo

 

Lawn Envy

Today I’m sick. The girls have been for the last week and I’ve spent too many sleepless nights and had too many gooey, snotty hands shoved into my face, that my body couldn’t resist the germs any longer. Tonight I have people coming over, and I’m drowning in a dirty house. I’ve been trying to be responsible and cleaning little parts of the house everyday for the last week. How do moms do it, because 30 seconds after I’ve washed a floor there is dirt everywhere again. What’s the freaking point?

I honestly thought that I’d get the living room tidied this morning. After exactly 4 minutes of productivity passed, someone, I’m not going to name names, in the age range of 19 months, insisted I come see what she had been up to. She proudly showed me a totally soaked floor, dripping wet toilet paper in her hands and a soaking wet toilet seat. She had been sponge bathing in the toilet. I seriously ask why did I bother wasting my time trying to clean?

Instead of continuing to clean while she is napping, I’m taking a “it can all go to hell” attitude and siting at the computer instead.

I started reading some article on Friend Face about pesticides and how they are killing our planet. And to be honest I’m kind of on the fence here because well…bedbugs. They used to be a thing in you’d say in a silly rhyme before bed, and now they are everywhere because we can’t nuke them with chemicals.

On the other hand, what do I care if your lawn is covered in dandelions? Since we’ve stopped spraying our lawns, there has been a cheerful explosion of them.  Some people take their lawns too seriously. Now that I have neighbours who care what my lawn looks like, I have to care too. But it honestly gives me a huge smile every time I drive through the city, since the they have stopped spraying the roads are lined with these gorgeous little flowers. They don’t do anything to harm us, in fact you can even eat them! Why are we so hell bent on drowning ourselves with toxic, mutated food, when what we should be doing is growing fields of dandelions. We wouldn’t have to fertilize, spray or mutate them, they grow in crazy numbers all by their natural self. Feed the world with dandelions!

The neighbours, the ones that are mowing their lawns every 10 minutes and using clean drinking water to wash their driveways, well they hate dandelions. So, as to not offend them, I’ve spent days this previous week out in the hot sun, picking them out of my lawn.

I like the idea of my lawn looking nice, but I think it may be time to get out of suburbia. As humans, we can not control ourselves from keeping up with the Joneses.

And I sure don’t have time to keep up with lawn duties when there are members of my family bathing in the toilet.

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Nothing is free

web8008I just renewed my domain mapping, it was a whopping $13. But the issue here is that I’m paying, no matter how small for something I’m hardly using. And not because I don’t want to, but because my brain doesn’t have the capacity to hold a single thought long enough to get to the computer during a time when babies are sleeping, and just blog. Not to mention most people would consider my life to be pretty boring, uninteresting. I know I just need to do it because like a photo album, I like to go back and browse through old memories.

I recently switched from a drip coffee maker over the the French Press. Smaller counter space needed, and better tasting coffee. Maybe not as convenient, I have to put the timer on while it brews. Ain’t nobody got time for that. Except it is way better tasting, so maybe I have a little time.

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We have been spending a lot of time outside. The weather has finally changed it’s tune, one day it was snowing and the very next day it was Summer. Spring lost his was on route to the party. Maybe we’ll get him a map next year so he shows up on time. Though I’m not complaining, coats to shorts is an ok jump for me at this time of year. All the birds and singing and sunshine beaming is just fine.

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web8002I’m so excited about my garden and getting my hands dirty. In the beginning I thought gardening was a good way to achieve something for nothing, vegetables for free. But nothing is free. Not my domain mapping, and not evening growing the smallest seed is free. I’ve put a lot of man hours into just preparing my garden and then the basic level of purchasing my seeds. Then of course I need the tools, and well I’ve got my eye on a rain barrel. Those aren’t cheap. Not really a cheap hobby, but I still love it.

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My brother and his family are moving back, they will soon only be living a short 7 minute drive away. A much smaller drive then the current 7 hours. I can’t wait to be outside every waking minute of this summer with my children and their 3 precious babies. I suppose I’ll be spending even less time in front of a monitor, wasting a little of that domain mapping cost. At least spending time with family can be done on a dime, if not essentially free.

 

 

April Rain

Spring is finally here, and it’s like taking a breath of fresh air. We are going to be in for a few more chilly days, but I’m still smiling listening to the birds sing through our open windows. I don’t care if it’s still a little cold, as long as the air is fresh, I’ve got the window cracked.

Today has been cloudy and rainy, but we still got outside in between breaks in the rain.

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During the down pours, we made a tent/ikea tunnel fort. One of my friends inspired me over the weekend, something she does with her kids and it seemed to go over well with the girls.

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And I neglected the chores and mess once again.

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Chairs on their side act as high tech baby proofing, seeing as duct tape isn’t working anymore.

Oh and the APRIL thundershowers we’ve been getting, how they softly rumble. Sigh. Happiness.

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I’m going to the Yukon!

That’s right, I’m going to the Yukon! A bunch of us crazy gals are heading (or are already there) out west to meet up for one wild and crazy adventure. Kid free, husband free, and best of all inhibition free. A group of awesome ladies, all from different walks of life, gathering together for a road trip around the North. All of us bloggers, all of us having lived or currently living in Northern Canada.

If you’ve been wondering what I’m up to, come on over to our adventure blog, and see what we are up to. I’ll be blogging over there for awhile for a change of pace.

http://indigosravens.com/

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Jazzed that pazazz

I fixed up the blog. I decided late last night the reason I wasn’t blogging much anymore was  that I was entirely unmotivated by the ugly factor of my blog. I was totally ashamed at the shabby condition of this dump, I didn’t want any visitors stopping by unexpectedly.  So I did a little Spring cleaning, I guess more like Spring redecorating.

All this change got me thinking about descriptive words, words that I could use to describe the new look of my blog. I use weird descriptive words, or phrases on a daily basis. Words that I don’t think actually exist, ones I have made up all on my own and others you might know well.

For example “Jim-Jam”, that’s a Jen classic. It’s all mine, an original. It can be used in place of “Shoved”. For example, “Nerys Jim-Jamed that piece of toast into the crack between the couch cushions” – true story.

Or you could just replace it for any word, because I do. “What’s all this Jim-Jam about?”

Another word I use a lot, you might have heard of this one:

“Razzmatazz” – “What’s all this Razzmatazz about?”

The other weird thing my husband and I do is shorten words, truncate them. Not because it’s more efficient, just because it sounds funny. And when he does it, I always laugh. This is left over from the days I was in College, one of our mutual friends started this trend.

Tonight, on the tail end of our date, we had to stop and pick up some Milk. While walking towards to the checkout my husband stopped in his tracks and said “We’re in the Tune isle”, as we passed by cans of fish packed in water.

What weird language to do you use at home?

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