scour the archive meme...


the sweet and sassy vanessa
of rising to the challenge
tagged me for a meme...
and it looks like an interesting way to look
back at my archives
so
here goes:

Here are the rules and responses:
Go back through your archives and link to your five favourite posts.

-link one: about your family....{i messed with this a bit...one for each family member}
-link two: about friends
-link three: about yourself
-link four: about something you love
-link five: your choice

Tag five other people {two should be those you’d like to get know better}:
the addictive saltwater princess
the adorable ihanna
the sugar-sweet leonie
the brilliantly bright and shiny frankie
the talented uber-cute daisies {however, i know this might be a
hard one for her because she has a new blog so...}

no obligations, no pressure...just if ya wanna!

out of the mouth of eight...


"Hitler started war but not just Hitler...Hitler started war
but Bush started war, too."

this out of nowhere from a canadian kid whose parents do
not watch any news while the kids are up
{mainly because their mom is certified wimp
who was almost hospitalized in grade six
over the falkland islands thing
and was told then that she was no longer allowed
to watch the news
and has continued on in that fashion...
but i digress}

and tonight, when i scared him by coming out of a room
he thought was empty...
"ahhhh...you scared me...i shut that door...and then it opened
and i thought, it must be a really smart gorilla or it must be mom."

i mean really...where did the gorilla come from?
and a really smart one at that?

he cracks me up.

creative check-in {tally-up three} {and the life list}


i feel like creatively this week
i had a hard time...
with spring in the air, i'm trying hard
to tone up and slim down
and that has been my focus for this week.

i have gotten some new things started,
just nothing finished.

but a new list...
the beginning of my
"life list"
{with more to be added..it is my "life" list, after all}

  • go to italy
  • skydive
  • see the skydiggers
  • grow sunflowers
  • make my own salsa
  • reread all of margaret atwood's books
  • write a story
  • try to publish something someday somewhere
  • take a sewing class
  • declutter my house
  • put our photos into scrapbooks
  • get photos off the computer so they can be put into scrapbooks
  • teach the kids to play scrabble
  • have a lilac tree {with flowers i can reach}
  • go to disney world
  • drink more water, eat better, exercise more CONSISTENTLY
  • find a job that i love ALL the time
  • plant strawberries
  • make a quilt
  • go rock climbing
  • ride a real rollercoaster
to be continued....

wow.

this month is really kicking my ass...

between spring fever hitting making me
want my husband/exercise/healthy eating/clean house more
and work driving me crazy
and the kid's homework
and trying to fit in some reading
and starting a new knitting project...
{well...an old one that got put aside
in order to finish a newer one}

i am so behind in everything...
but can't wait for that extra hour of daylight...