This is what I call a productive day. The kids and Bill went hiking into Banff. Maya and I had the house to ourselves. I think I finally got caught up on everything. Laundry, ironing, bathrooms clean, got the tub caulked (only needed repairs) and Maya's boxes washed out. Oh did I mention I also balanced for the month. Then to top it off, I made my Beer Chicken, Dirty Rice and a feta cheese salad for the hikers when they got home. Sometimes I scare myself.
Enjoyed a nice family dinner (didn't even have to plan it). They said the hike was good, but looks like the son might have a touch of the flu. He was worn out from the hike and although he was a little warm when they left this morning, he was much warmer when they got home. Didn't seem to affect his appetite. Might have to get him in to see Dr. Yee before he retires. The son might have allergies. Hopefully he's not allergic to Maya. It could be just a locker room smell in his bedroom.
Bill went off for his golf game (by himself). The daughter is doing her laundry and the son is bagged out on the couch (although he woke up to eat the leftovers)
He wanted me to watch a scary movie, but I talked him into a game of crib instead.
BODY: 11,000 steps
MIND: The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. ~G.K. Chesterton
Good Night
Stacey
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Day 353 - 12 Days to Go
I'm slowly losing momentum. Just a few hours late (ok, alot Shaunan)
Friday was a busy day for me. House stuff in the morning; (and trying to organize work stuff). Bill and I and the kids went to see a movie. The daughter bought the tickets and the son bought the food. Went to see Dinner with the Shmucks (sp). It was actually quite funny. Your usual boy and girl live together, shmuck meets them, boy and girl break up, boy learns a lesson, shmuck is still a shmuck and boy and girl get back together and shmuck is now their best friend.
We drove in the Batmobile there - with the roof down. It's not very comfortable when you've got the son sitting behind you and you have to have your seat pulled so much forward, your head is almost in the windshield. Bill let the daughter drive home. Bill and I were in the back - again not very comfortable. Despite being a 4 seater, it really is only comfortable as a two seater (unless you're the driver)
After we got home, I ran into work. Thought it would be a quick night, but Chapters had some cards. Spent more time there then I had anticipated. Came out of work to a very dark sky. Someone is the nw was getting bad bad weather.
When I got home, the son was watching TV, the daughter had gone to another movie and Bill was golfing. I love when I'm missed. Had a quick bite to eat (it was almost 7:30) as I forgot I hadn't had dinner, only popcorn.
Early night as the Bill and the kids had a hiking trip planned.
BODY: 10,000 and some
MIND: Tired, just tired.
Night
Stacey
Friday was a busy day for me. House stuff in the morning; (and trying to organize work stuff). Bill and I and the kids went to see a movie. The daughter bought the tickets and the son bought the food. Went to see Dinner with the Shmucks (sp). It was actually quite funny. Your usual boy and girl live together, shmuck meets them, boy and girl break up, boy learns a lesson, shmuck is still a shmuck and boy and girl get back together and shmuck is now their best friend.
We drove in the Batmobile there - with the roof down. It's not very comfortable when you've got the son sitting behind you and you have to have your seat pulled so much forward, your head is almost in the windshield. Bill let the daughter drive home. Bill and I were in the back - again not very comfortable. Despite being a 4 seater, it really is only comfortable as a two seater (unless you're the driver)
After we got home, I ran into work. Thought it would be a quick night, but Chapters had some cards. Spent more time there then I had anticipated. Came out of work to a very dark sky. Someone is the nw was getting bad bad weather.
When I got home, the son was watching TV, the daughter had gone to another movie and Bill was golfing. I love when I'm missed. Had a quick bite to eat (it was almost 7:30) as I forgot I hadn't had dinner, only popcorn.
Early night as the Bill and the kids had a hiking trip planned.
BODY: 10,000 and some
MIND: Tired, just tired.
Night
Stacey
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Day 352 - 13 Days to Go
I love my card job, but I am getting very frustrated with the little telxon machine. Keeps cutting out on me - just when I need it.
Went into work at the Safeways this morning. Thought I had an order in, but it was the fall order already. Talk about fast. Hopefully that won't have to go up for awhile. That would be sooo depressing to see fall and Halloween stuff up already.
Came home and worked on paper work. The son went over to the girlfriend's and the daughter went out with friends. It was a very quiet afternoon for Maya and I.
Was going to make hamburgers for supper, but someone ate the Stampede burgers and didn't let me know. I could have made from scratch, but ran out of time - so the next best thing - sloppy joes.
The daughter took the son to soccer practice and Bill picked him up. I overheard Bill and the daughter talking about soccer and driving for when I'm away in Vegas. I actually sent them an email asking them to cover a couple of things. I started to give them a hard time about two of them needing to cover my one job!!!!!!!!
BODY: 10,000 steps and Maya and I went for a nice walk to visit the cougar.
MIND: Louise Hay "Every thought I think is creating my future."
Good Night
Stacey
Went into work at the Safeways this morning. Thought I had an order in, but it was the fall order already. Talk about fast. Hopefully that won't have to go up for awhile. That would be sooo depressing to see fall and Halloween stuff up already.
Came home and worked on paper work. The son went over to the girlfriend's and the daughter went out with friends. It was a very quiet afternoon for Maya and I.
Was going to make hamburgers for supper, but someone ate the Stampede burgers and didn't let me know. I could have made from scratch, but ran out of time - so the next best thing - sloppy joes.
The daughter took the son to soccer practice and Bill picked him up. I overheard Bill and the daughter talking about soccer and driving for when I'm away in Vegas. I actually sent them an email asking them to cover a couple of things. I started to give them a hard time about two of them needing to cover my one job!!!!!!!!
BODY: 10,000 steps and Maya and I went for a nice walk to visit the cougar.
MIND: Louise Hay "Every thought I think is creating my future."
Good Night
Stacey
Day 351 - 14 Days to Go
Ok, this was the actual day I dropped the ball. When I went to bed I thought I better go do the BLOG, but my relaxation button was still pushed and the thought quickly left my brain.
Woke up in the morning and everyone except Alex and the daughter were still asleep. Got packed up, washed up, said our goodbyes and headed out around 9:30ish. We stopped at the Timmy's in Windemere and gas in Radium. I drove all the way to Banff, where we made another pit stop.. The son went in to the school to say hi to the Banff Camp people. Glen came out to say hi, and to confirm that the son was working the next two weeks and wanted to know if I would be able register the first couple of days. Good thing we stopped.
Got home, unpacked (sort of) and back into the swing of things.
The son had the soccer game against the difficult team. The ouiji board was wrong though, they didn't win. The son didn't even play - that was somewhat expected as he had missed the last four practices. He had thought he'd get to play part of the game. But lesson learned.
Stopped at DQ for a pick me upper Blizzard. Bill got home shortly after we did and the rest of the night was pretty quiet.
BODY: Full of mosquito bites
MIND: Coming out of the fog - slowly!!
Night
Stacey
Woke up in the morning and everyone except Alex and the daughter were still asleep. Got packed up, washed up, said our goodbyes and headed out around 9:30ish. We stopped at the Timmy's in Windemere and gas in Radium. I drove all the way to Banff, where we made another pit stop.. The son went in to the school to say hi to the Banff Camp people. Glen came out to say hi, and to confirm that the son was working the next two weeks and wanted to know if I would be able register the first couple of days. Good thing we stopped.
Got home, unpacked (sort of) and back into the swing of things.
The son had the soccer game against the difficult team. The ouiji board was wrong though, they didn't win. The son didn't even play - that was somewhat expected as he had missed the last four practices. He had thought he'd get to play part of the game. But lesson learned.
Stopped at DQ for a pick me upper Blizzard. Bill got home shortly after we did and the rest of the night was pretty quiet.
BODY: Full of mosquito bites
MIND: Coming out of the fog - slowly!!
Night
Stacey
Day 350 - 15 Days to Go
Ok, I dropped the ball - but really it was for only one day and today was not the day.
The daughter and I left before 7:00 am this morning for Fairmont. Went to spend the day and evening with family friends and pick up the son. The daughter drove to Canmore and I finished off the trek. We arrived at the Sura cabin around 10:30ish. The gang was just getting up and making breakfast. We joined them and then headed to the beach. What beautiful weather. Sandra took the kids and headed to the local golf course. Anthony stayed to wind surf and Aidan and I relaxed and read (Archie comic books - I love it)
Then it was back to the house for visiting and munchies. By then the lake had calmed down a bit and we headed out to the boat. The daughter, son and Stefan got on the tube. By the looks of the smiles on their faces, they were having a blast. The playing didn't last too long as we seen lightening in the horizon and headed back to the dock. Back to the cabin (large gorgeous comfortable home), more munchies, more visiting and more wine!
The house was full of kids, theirs, mine and all the neighbors. Got a chance to visit with an old friend from 27 some years ago.
After the house emptied out (around 12:30ish) everyone headed to bed.
Great night
BODY: More vitamin D than to know what to do with.
MIND: Relaxed all day - great for the mind.
NIGHT
Stacey
The daughter and I left before 7:00 am this morning for Fairmont. Went to spend the day and evening with family friends and pick up the son. The daughter drove to Canmore and I finished off the trek. We arrived at the Sura cabin around 10:30ish. The gang was just getting up and making breakfast. We joined them and then headed to the beach. What beautiful weather. Sandra took the kids and headed to the local golf course. Anthony stayed to wind surf and Aidan and I relaxed and read (Archie comic books - I love it)
Then it was back to the house for visiting and munchies. By then the lake had calmed down a bit and we headed out to the boat. The daughter, son and Stefan got on the tube. By the looks of the smiles on their faces, they were having a blast. The playing didn't last too long as we seen lightening in the horizon and headed back to the dock. Back to the cabin (large gorgeous comfortable home), more munchies, more visiting and more wine!
The house was full of kids, theirs, mine and all the neighbors. Got a chance to visit with an old friend from 27 some years ago.
After the house emptied out (around 12:30ish) everyone headed to bed.
Great night
BODY: More vitamin D than to know what to do with.
MIND: Relaxed all day - great for the mind.
NIGHT
Stacey
Monday, July 26, 2010
Day 349 - 16 Days to Go
Typical Monday morning, except the weather was beautiful. There was a lot to get done in such a short day. Went to work Chapters this morning. I think I am up to date on paper work for work.
Pretty quiet around the house. The son is still in Fairmont, and the daughter was out with friends.
Got one load of laundry done - wait that is all there was. I can only imagine how much laundry there will be when the son gets home.
Finally got a chance to watch a new television show tonight - Hot in Cleveland. Very funny.
BODY: Tired and sore. I guess I wore flip flops just a little too long over the past weekend.
MIND: Jimmy Buffett "I blew out my flip flop,Stepped on a pop top,Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home.But there's booze in the blender,And soon it will renderThat frozen concoction that helps me hang on."
Good Night
Stacey
Pretty quiet around the house. The son is still in Fairmont, and the daughter was out with friends.
Got one load of laundry done - wait that is all there was. I can only imagine how much laundry there will be when the son gets home.
Finally got a chance to watch a new television show tonight - Hot in Cleveland. Very funny.
BODY: Tired and sore. I guess I wore flip flops just a little too long over the past weekend.
MIND: Jimmy Buffett "I blew out my flip flop,Stepped on a pop top,Cut my heel, had to cruise on back home.But there's booze in the blender,And soon it will renderThat frozen concoction that helps me hang on."
Good Night
Stacey
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Day 348 - 17 Days to Go
Sunday is here and I am home and we are back on course.
Woke up this morning (care to take a guess who was up first) and started the camp fire. We had fire wood to use up. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and at 8:30 (when I got up) it was so warm, my pj's didn't stay on very long. All the other ladies followed shortly after. No bear to watch while we ate this morning.
We didn't start packing up until around 10:30-11:00ish. It wasn't a rushed process. We knew there were going to be a few walks back and forth to the car and van. We left the campsite around 11:30. Said bye to all our friends (hmmmm, they must have left earlier!!!)
We stopped in Longview for fuel (for the vehicles and our bodies) Cat chose the local hotel where all the motorcycles were parked. As we walked into the parking lot, we were greeting by some familar voices. Turns out Art and Bonnie, cousins to Robin and I, were just leaving. They had been on a bike trip through Kananaskas and were heading back to Drumheller. We haven't seen them since Uncle Don's funeral. It was quite a surprise.
So we ate lunch, did a little walking, a little shopping and headed back to Calgary. Janice and Robin headed to take Robin home and Cat dropped me off at home.
It's 8:15ish:, the son's still in BC., the daughter is out with friends, Bill is golfing and I'm going to finish unpacking and head to bed early.
BODY: 5,000,000 over the course of 4 days and that's just back and forth to the bathroom; tanned and now clean
MIND: Relax and very much appreciative of what and who I have at home.
Good night
Stacey
Woke up this morning (care to take a guess who was up first) and started the camp fire. We had fire wood to use up. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and at 8:30 (when I got up) it was so warm, my pj's didn't stay on very long. All the other ladies followed shortly after. No bear to watch while we ate this morning.
We didn't start packing up until around 10:30-11:00ish. It wasn't a rushed process. We knew there were going to be a few walks back and forth to the car and van. We left the campsite around 11:30. Said bye to all our friends (hmmmm, they must have left earlier!!!)
We stopped in Longview for fuel (for the vehicles and our bodies) Cat chose the local hotel where all the motorcycles were parked. As we walked into the parking lot, we were greeting by some familar voices. Turns out Art and Bonnie, cousins to Robin and I, were just leaving. They had been on a bike trip through Kananaskas and were heading back to Drumheller. We haven't seen them since Uncle Don's funeral. It was quite a surprise.
So we ate lunch, did a little walking, a little shopping and headed back to Calgary. Janice and Robin headed to take Robin home and Cat dropped me off at home.
It's 8:15ish:, the son's still in BC., the daughter is out with friends, Bill is golfing and I'm going to finish unpacking and head to bed early.
BODY: 5,000,000 over the course of 4 days and that's just back and forth to the bathroom; tanned and now clean
MIND: Relax and very much appreciative of what and who I have at home.
Good night
Stacey
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