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posted by Just Elisa @ 8:43 PM 24 comments

It's oh so quiet ... shhh

There is absolutely nothing going on here! Kids are good. Haven't gone anywhere. Haven't done anything interesting. It's just really quiet and relaxed. Neat, huh?

posted by Just Elisa @ 1:02 PM 1 comments

This is really interesting.

posted by Just Elisa @ 9:29 AM 0 comments

We're fine, we're all fine here ...

Surviving being alone with two thirds of the kids. Somehow it makes a big difference when there is one missing. However, it's amazing that just two kids can still find things to constantly fight about. It drives me crazy!
I made 'leftover stew' for supper. The kids hate it. I also made garlic toast. The kids love it. Somehow when you mix the after taste of garlic toast with the after taste of diet dr pepper, it tastes like mj! Weird.
Speaking of weird, I took the kids to see Willy Wonka with Johnny Depp on Saturday. Very funny. The story line is a bit different from the old one, but the movie is just as good. Plus - it's Johnny Depp! How could it be bad? Definitely a keeper. Jill and Sarah loved it. Laura got scared every time something happened to the kids.
I just found out a few minutes ago that 8 of my relatives from Holland are in a hotel about 10 kms from my house right now. We'll be going out for dessert with them later this evening. Can't imagine how they'll stay awake though, it's 8 hours later for them which would make it 2:20 am right now. Nuts. It'll be great to see them again!

posted by Just Elisa @ 5:52 PM 1 comments

They're coming to get me!

Just had a Jehovah's Witness at the door. Scripture quoted and everything. Smile and nod. "Come back when my husband is home, he'll love talking to you!" The woman was completely flabbergasted that I was married, and then she just about fell over when I told her I had three kids. Then I found out she's the same age as me. I love looking young.

posted by Just Elisa @ 10:53 AM 1 comments

I'm off to a baby shower today. I love babies. They are so cute. Especially the brand new ones. Even their crying doesn't bother me! Makes me think for just a crumb of a millisecond about having another one. (I squash those thoughts as fast as I can; I've had enough babies.)
Clint should be returning from Vernon this evening. Then he's off to Georgia. Crazy travelling man. Someday he'll stay home. ;-)
Sarah called me last night, crying. She's homesick already! Homesick! I have only been homesick once; I was in Holland with Sarah, 7 months pregnant with Jillian and my Mom was being really hard on me for being tired (b-tch). I didn't know what to say to Sarah to cheer her up. Poor little munchkin. I just wanted to give her a big hug. I am sure that soon she'll be too busy doing cool things with her Grandma to notice she misses us.

posted by Just Elisa @ 10:35 AM 2 comments

Wow what a week!

We left on the 5th for Rathtrevor Beach where we had reserved a walk-in campsite. Same place we went last year. We stayed overnight in Kamloops along the way at a very nice Travelodge hotel. Off for the Island again the next morning. It took all day. The girls loved riding the ferry. It was almost bedtime by the time we set up our beast of a tent.
On Thursday we drove to Tofino. The road was terrible and fun at the same time. Take the 'fun 14', make it much longer and more curvy and add a few more hills and valleys. Put trees right at the edge of the road and throw in a ton of potholes and rough patches for good measure. I actually got carsick! I haven't been carsick since I was about 8. Tofino was stunning. The most beautiful place I have ever been. Definitely worth another visit! We also stopped at long beach on our way back.
Darren joined us on Saturday morning. Dave ... I mean Reverend Naked Dave joined us on Sunday morning, Matt and Joy on Sunday evening. Lots of drinks and "snacks" to be had. Sorry Darren, I never did go skinny dipping. Call me chicken.
Darren left on Monday, Matt and Joy on Tuesday after a wild round of mini-golf. Wednesday provided us with our first rain-free day, and it was absolutely beautiful! Clint did his usual trench digging and castle building. It's fun to watch the tide come in around that.
Thursday (yesterday) we left the campground around 9:30 and headed straight home. We got here at 1:30 am.
And now ... Clint is driving Sarah to Vernon for a two-week stay with her grandparents.

posted by Just Elisa @ 9:54 AM 0 comments

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my shape to keep.
Please no wrinkles, please no bags
And please lift my butt before it sags.
Please no age spots
Please no grey
And as for my belly,
Please take it away.
Please keep me healthy
Please keep me young,
And thank you dear Lord
For all that you've done.

Thanks Michael. It's cute.

posted by Just Elisa @ 9:50 AM 0 comments

Good lord they're a bunch of hooligans!

Well we're back from camping trip #2. Short rest before taking off for trip #3.

What a weekend! Read Clint's description. It will shock and amaze you. My description? It rained. It was sunny. There were no wasps. A few mosquitos though. The first half of the weekend was rowdy. The second half tranquil. Awesome hiking around part of a lake and out to a waterfall. Lots of pictures, flirting, dirty talk and plenty of "oh derka derka. mohammed jihad" "matt damon!" and "I'm so ronery". Not so much swearing though (unusual considering the amount of alcohol consumed by all). Emotional outbursts made by nearly everyone. We broke a bunch of rules of camping ... watched Lord of the Rings on a DVD player in someone's truck. Played loud music. Drove a loud (think chainsaw) RC car around. Set off car alarms accidentally at midnight.
Half of us stopped at Calaway Park on the way home. We acted like teenagers ... screamed on the roller coaster and got wired on cotton candy. I managed to win a red frog at a ker-plunk type of game. It is now the vehicle 'mascot'.
And now we're at home. Preparing for the next camping trip. With the kids this time ... which *should* force us to behave. I'm looking forward to it.

posted by Just Elisa @ 6:43 PM 0 comments

Kumbaya my lord ...

Just hours away from building a fire and sleeping in the great outdoors. Sans children. I decided the other day it's a crying shame I don't have a guitar. I could bring it and play it while sitting around the fire. And we could sing campfire songs ... 'I'm so ronery, so ronery, so ronery and sad and arone'. (That song has firmly embedded itself in my brain and won't let go. I haven't been able to sing anything else for three days! BAH!) Anyway, I want to own a guitar and take lessons again. Not just regular playing ... but classical. That would be something.
I got an email the other day notifying me that someone has been looking for me on reunion.com. Poor little bugger. Probably hopelessly in love with me and hoping to start a wild passionate love affair. Ha ha. Ya, that made me laugh too. It was no doubt a little stunt they pull to get people to pay to sign up. "Oh my I wonder who was looking for me? I can't find out unless I pay? Well in that case, here's my credit card number!" Do people actually fall for that?
This is such a long day! I hate waiting for things! "40 seconds? But I want it now!"

posted by Just Elisa @ 10:49 AM 6 comments

"If you hear a voice within you say, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced."

Vincent Van gogh

posted by Just Elisa @ 4:05 PM 0 comments

The party's over, man.

Done the birthday parties for the month. About time too. I was really getting sick of birthday cake! Refusing it this afternoon was easy - it was chocolate. For some reason I can't stomach chocolate cake! We had a whole crap load of people here - let me see if I can count them all ... 22 I think. However, I didn't have to do any work. I got to sit back and watch the whole process. Most of them left after a couple of hours, and then there were 6 of us adults. We played fusion frenzy and poker and drank half a bottle of whiskey. It's been a really really long time since I've gotten drunk on a Sunday evening. Not since I worked at UPS I think. (I loved that job. Shouldn't have quit.) Tomorrow morning I'm driving Kyra to school. That's in 7 hours. I should go to bed. After I try again to peel Clint off the cement basement floor. I tried 20 minutes ago ... he wouldn't budge. Weasel.
I finally granted Sarah's request for pink hair. She asked for it about a month ago, and I found some coloured mousse that washes out after a while. Pink. Perhaps I'll try black on my own hair. I've been wanting to do that for a while.

posted by Just Elisa @ 12:02 AM 0 comments

Sarah's birthday party has come and gone. Of the 11 people she invited from school (including her teacher), only one parent called to inform me her son wouldn't be able to attend due to a soccer tournament he had that day (many thanks to her!). No one else bothered to call or show up. Good riddance to the school then! At least all of our regular friends were there. We celebrated with a pinata, a few games of monkey ball and throwing dandelions at each other. Then we all went to wendy's for dinner (because there's no way I was going to cook for 16 people).
Today I am hosting Brennan's birthday party. I hear there were at least 20 people invited. This should be interesting. At least I don't have to do anything. I am just supplying the location.

posted by Just Elisa @ 10:55 AM 0 comments