Wetlands Study

I had the pleasure to go with this girls class to a provincial park that happens to be in our neighbourhood. I really should appreciate the park more since it is rare to have such close access to a huge park.  The class was studying the wetlands....we got to see engineered and natural wetlands, some deer, a beaver, and lots of great scenery.  It was an all day field trip and it is a bit of a hike from the school but in the end it is worth seeing the learning that goes on in our backyard.  I sure slept good after all that walking and fresh air!

Day 7

I think I am going to make it!! It hasn't been that hard but I have cheated twice and had about 3 sips but it wasn't that satisfying...so I think this could work.  Goodbye Pepsi....I'll keep you informed of my progress. I haven't missed drinking pop as much as I thought I would.  Very strange indeed.

In other news Miss Cinderella is enjoying her riding lessons A LOT!!

Peaches and My Girl!!

We have had the most amazing fall!! I still have lots of flowers that is definitely a first some of them are in rough shape but they are still alive. So I am happy and very surprised about that!  This is what my backyard looks like right now...I love the red leaves.  We usually only see yellow leaves so this is a nice treat.

The leaves are falling but I still am enjoying our maple tree from Nova Scotia it hasn't even started to turn color yet. Rhino loves this tree and so does everyone because it really shouldn't live here but it does!Although a few leaves have fallen off not very many have hit the ground.  I must remind myself of this wonderful fall when they are forecasting we will have the coldest and large amounts of snow this winter!  Which reminds me I need to get winter boots for the Princesses ASAP before they are all gone!

Enjoy your fall day and I will too!

My Break-Up

It is funny (well not really) but I do like my pop a little too much.  Just for the record I don't do coffee and I don't do alcohol so pop was kinda my thing. But I happened upon this post on breaking up with diet coke I knew she was onto something.  But I don't even drink diet pop because I don't like aspartame! So as a result I am drinking a million calories a day which is not a good thing.  A good friend who is a doctor told me to avoid aspartame as it probably isn't that good for you.

I was drinking between 1-3 cans a day and just like that post I read I would sometimes do a drive thru too - especially when McDonald's had $1 drinks in the summer!  Hey it's only a buck and I sure could use a drink mentality hit.  I read her post on Sunday and enjoyed my last pop that night.  I am on day 4 and have to say it has been going really good much better than I thought!  I'm not really craving it as bad as what I thought.  I may have had a slight headache on day 2....but it could have also just as likely been life!  Now I have to admit I did cheat today and I opened up a can but only drank about 3 mouthfuls and felt bad that I was drinking it and also that I wasn't really enjoying the taste so down the drain it went. 

I will let you know how this goes....wish me luck. Here I come day 5! Anyone else care to admit that they have this problem too?! 

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope you all had a great dinner with family and friends!  We sure did.  I can't believe that Thanksgiving is here already time seems to have just flown by. 

After dinner we played a friendly game of scrabble and I was thinking about music....I know totally unrelated.  Lately, we have been groovin' in the car to this song....

When I saw the actual lyrics I was surprised to say the least.  I guess we really shouldn't be rocking out to this song...but I do love the beat of it.  Like I say totally unrelated to Thanksgiving.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Fisher Price Toys

Isn't this classic...

The best part is that I still have some of these toys - thanks to my Mom for keeping them all these years.  I was lucky enough to have the castle, vacation house, and houseboat!  Somewhere though in my memory I can remember playing with the hospital but it isn't in my collection in my basement. 

My favorite toy though was the castle I used to play with it for hours at a time.  I loved that pink dragon, drawbridge and secret room.  Such good memories. 

And now I am storing them just like my Mom did. The problem is that I am probably storing too many things in my basement because it always looks like a bomb went off!  Happy Friday!!!

Ladybug Love

Have you noticed an insane amount of ladybugs?  I have!!  I have found them all over the outside of the house and also a few have made their way into the house.  Even though they are cute I would prefer if they stayed outside.

Please ignore all my grime and dirt on the light!

My Song

Everyone needs a song and for 2011 this is my song!  It will also probably be my song for 2012 just in case you where wondering.  Can't get enough of it!

This is also cool too but not my song!  But I think the name is really cool :)!