I’ve been real busy lately and haven’t had a chance to make a real post…bad me. Here’s making up for that!

Ugh summer is here and its hardcore hot out. I don’t do well in heat as there’s only so many clothes that you can remove…before your naked and still hot as hell. I am certainly more of a fall lover. Its not too hot, or not too cold yet…though winter may be long and such, you can always throw on another sweater and pair of socks! I dislike sweating so much you feel like your marinating in your own juices. I don’t know how people in Cali or Florida do it. Its time to get the bf to pop in the A/C in the window!

I have finally found a job. Unfortunately its retail again. Ugh. There’s some real pluses and minuses in working retail. You have to have patience for one. There’s are some seriously odd people out there who love to shop…..and return things over and over. Ah the fun of working the customer service desk. I enjoy most of the people I work with too so thats a plus. Zellers seems to employ a wide selection of people, though most seem to be weird old ladies who are bored and need something to do, and young strange people who need their first job. There’s also the “in betweens” like myself who are there because there’s not much else out there right now and we need bloody work. Those are my closest friends right now because they understand where your coming from and why your there.

I had a job interview at Cotton Ginny before I got my job at Zellers. I was surprised at how nice the people there were as I was very wary of that store. From the outside I would have said it was a very uppity store that I would never enter, though upon having a flip through the racks there’s plenty of clothes there I would wear. Bad sterotyping me!. The manager also was very friendly. To work there though I would have to wear a spacer in my lip ring hole. The only bad thing about that is that I could not remove my lip ring by myself. When I saw my piercer, she even had to use a pair of pliers to get the ball out. So I had my lip ring removed and replaced with a barbell.
I don’t like it. Its totally different feeling, my lip feels naked! I also often bite down on the back. I bite my lip and it hurts when I bite the stud! It has forced me to slow down when I eat for sure.

I have learned just recently how much Facebook is a high school popularity contest. Its pretty pathetic when you use Facebook as a way to get back at someone. As adults thats sad. I don’t like you anymore so I’m going to delete you, thats really gonna show you! I can’t use names….as much as I’d like to but just know there’s nothing pettier then fighting with words. Name calling and pointing fingers does not settle disputes. oh well.

I’m looking forward to tonight, we get to go to WEM’s waterpark for three hours for freeeee! We have realized we have some really great neighbours. The family in particular that I’m talking about we always have time for a hi and how are you? We got the passes from them today. The wife generously gave us the passes because they weren’t going to use them. It costs about $30 per person to go to the waterpark so this was a major gift.

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I, as many parents are computer literate. I am something that some other parents aren’t…internet aware. This might get to be a long post, but very important if you have kids who are on computers with their friends, or own a cell phone that they text on.

    Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Need to Know:

1. 8 – Oral sex
2. 1337 – Elite
3. 143 – I love you
4. 182 – I hate you
5. 459 – I love you
6. 1174 – Nude club
7. 420 – Marijuana
8. ADR – Address
9. ASL – Age/Sex/Location
10. banana – Penis
11. CD9 – Code 9 – it means parents are around
12. DUM – Do You Masturbate?
13. DUSL – Do You Scream Loud?
14. FB – F*** Buddy
15. FMLTWIA – F*** Me Like The Whore I Am
16. FOL – Fond of Leather
17. GNOC – Get Naked On Cam
18. GYPO – Get Your Pants Off
19. IAYM – I Am Your Master
20. IF/IB – In the Front -or- In the Back
21. IIT – Is It Tight?
22. ILF/MD – I Love Female/Male Dominance
23. IMEZRU – I Am Easy, Are You?
24. IWSN – I Want Sex Now
25. J/O – Jerking Off
26. KFY -or- K4Y – Kiss For You
27. kitty – Vagina
28. KPC – Keeping Parents Clueless
29. LMIRL – Let’s Meet In Real Life
30. MOOS – Member Of The Opposite Sex
31. MOSS – Member(s) Of The Same Sex
32. MorF – Male or Female
33. MOS – Mom Over Shoulder
34. MPFB – My Personal F*** Buddy
35. NALOPKT – Not A Lot Of People Know That
36. NIFOC – Nude In Front Of The Computer
37. NMU – Not Much, You?
38. P911 – Parent Alert
39. PAL – Parents Are Listening
40. PAW – Parents Are Watching
41. PIR – Parent In Room
42. POS – Parent Over Shoulder -or- Piece Of Sh**
43. PRON – Porn
44. Q2C – Quick To Cum
45. RU/18 – Are You Over 18?
46. RUH – Are You Horny?
47. S2R – Send To Receive
48. SorG – Straight or Gay
49. TDTM – Talk Dirty To Me
50. WYCM – Will You Call Me?

Yes I am serious, can you believe some of these acronyms? I would be seriously pissed if I saw many of these in my kids chats.

    Top 50 More Acronyms Every Parent Should Know:

1. 2nite – Tonight
2. AEAP – As Early As Possible
3. ALAP – As Late As Possible
4. AWGTHTGTTA – Are We Going To Have To Go Through This Again
5. B4YKI – Before You Know It
6. BRB – Be Right Back
7. BRT – Be Right There
8. CWYL – Chat With You Later
9. C-P – Sleepy
10. CYT – See You Tomorrow
11. E123 – Easy as One, Two, Three
12. EM – Excuse Me
13. EOD – End Of Day
14. F2F – Face-to-Face
15. FOAF – Friend Of A Friend
16. HAK – Hugs And Kisses
17. ILU – I Love You
18. IMNSHO – In My Not So Humble Opinion
19. J/C – Just Checking
20. KOTL – Kiss On The Lips
21. L8R – Later
22. LD – Long Distance -or- Later Dude
23. LMK – Let Me Know
24. LOL – Laughing Out Loud -or- Lots of Love
25. NAZ – Name, Address, Zip (also means Nasdaq)
26. N-A-Y-L – In A While
27. NM – Never Mind -or- Nothing Much -or- Nice Move
28. OLL – OnLine Love
29. OSIF – Oh Sh** I Forgot
30. OTP – On The Phone
31. QT – Cutie
32. RN – Right Now
33. ROTFL – Rolling On The Floor Laughing
34. RU – Are You?
35. RUMORF – Are You Male OR Female?
36. SITD – Still In The Dark
37. SMIM – Send Me an Instant Message
38. SMEM – Send Me E-Mail
39. SO – Significant Other (spouse, boy/girlfriend)
40. SOHF – Sense Of Humor Failure
41. SWDYT – So What Do You Think
42. TOM – Tomorrow
43. TS – Tough Sh** -or- Totally Stinks
44. TTFN – Ta Ta For Now
45. UR – You Are
46. WFM – Works For Me
47. WTF – What The F***
48. WTH – What The Heck
49. WUF – Where You From
50. WYRN – What’s Your Real Name?

Kids grow up way too fast these days, hopefully if as parents we watch the interactions that happen in their lives…we can slow it down some. If your curious about anything I just posted, or wondering where I found it…enjoy, and be aware!
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I’m still unemployed….but thats something I’m truly not talking about right now…its a sore spot.

This post is to show off the field trip I recently volunteered for in my youngest son’s class. We went to the Bennett center to do pond study. It snowed the night before, but then again Welcome to Alberta, and on May long weekend that just about happens every year! So it was wet and cold when we went to the Bennett center. The Bennett center is also in the river valley, so typically if it going to feel wet anywhere, it will be wet there!

All in all it was kind of a boring trip. Xavier seemed to enjoy himself though. Here’s some pictures for you all to enjoy!

Xavier fishing for pond 'animals' and insects

Xavier fishing for pond 'animals' and insects


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Xavier and his bucket of pond water...with lots of pond buddies to look at

Xavier and his bucket of pond water...with lots of pond buddies to look at


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Sunday I woke up to the sound of the fire detector going off. It made me laugh out loud because I could smell bacon, so I stayed in bed. I already kinda knew the boys were planning on making me breakfast in bed. A. ran upstairs to fan the detector with a tea towel and then praised me for not getting out of bed to see what was going on. You see if I left the bed it would ruin the breakfast in bed. So I waited in bed, like a good mom. Really it was nice just to lounge there and relax.
A few minutes later with bright smiles they brought in my breakfast. The pride in my sons eyes was better than the breakfast itself. They brought me scrambled egg whites, bacon, toast, and a slice of cantaloupe. I also got a fresh hot cup of coffee just the way I like it.
Tyler is beyond the age where they make gifts at school, and I miss it. It may just be a mother thing but i love seeing the gifts the boys come up with every year and how they personalize them. Xavier made me a HUGE bookmark(almost too big to use in a book but its proudly displayed on my computer desk) that he beaded my initials into, a cute pink painted candle holder, and a poem he wrote himself. The poem now graces the front of my fridge. I loved them, and will cherish them.
The boys also grouped together and did our family paper route without me so I had more time to get ready for the mother’s day picnic we had planned. I cooked up a ton of shake ‘n baked chicken legs that we enjoyed at the picnic.
We headed to a park where the kids were able to run and play with footballs and play in the park. The picnic itself was very nice, the weather held even though it clouded over and was windy for a while.

Xavier and Jude

Xavier and Jude


Tyler and his grand-dad

Tyler and his grand-dad


A.’s mother always buys each of the girls something for mother’s day because she is wonderful and figures more than just she deserves a gift. I got a nice work outfit. I was pleased because it was a nice floral skirt I like. Until then I owned no skirts to wear in a business office.
We then headed home and had a nice lazy night. A made BBQed hamburgers for supper and it was delicious.

I sadly still have no job offers, not even any f#%&ing phone calls! I am getting so damn frustrated.
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I said I would make a post for each of my sons, to proudly exclaim to the world how truly proud I am to be their mother…and sadly I have not gotten around to making one for Xavier.

Xavier this is for you baby boy.
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My sons are so completely different. While Tyler is goofy and easy going, Xavier is serious and emotional.
I was pregnant with Xavier through a crazy hot summer, we lived in a third floor apartment that was like a friggin’ sauna when he was born. Where Tyler came out with a huge head and little body, Xavier was long and lanky looking. He was also covered in long baby hair like down, and was soft and cuddly. He was a very clingy baby, he loved to curl up on your lap and cuddle for hours. He has delicious blue eyes like my father, the kind that you could stare into for hours on end.
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See? What amazing eyes. That photo makes me smile every time I see it. So precious.
Xavier started kindergarten in Winnipeg, and finished the year in Edmonton. We moved over the Halloween holiday. Wearing garbage bag capes he trick or treated with his older brother and cousin that year. Kids adapt to there surroundings so well!
School work has always come easy to him, in fact he is often done work so fast in school the teacher has special extra books he does so he doesn’t distract the rest of the class that are trying to catch up to him. This is often caused by his ODD. It is a disorder that we have been regulating with ritalin and its working wonderfully. Without it he has problems with authority and attitude. I’m proud of the progress we’ve come to with this.
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-buckethead!
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-Xavier with my older sister Cathy…how I love her too!!
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-my Xavier with his momma, and his father’s sister(Aunty Tanis!)…on a side note can you believe how long my hair is here? crazy!!
Really my Xavier is a sweet boy with a wonderful smile. He’s smart and a challenge, but a keeper! I’m proud to be his mother.
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Andrew and his nephew Julius.
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May

So the thought was, go back to school…get a degree and the jobs should fly at you…..oh yeah sure.

I’m the proud owner of a NAIT Computer Network Administrator certification…and thats it. YES, I’ve been looking..I send out resumes every day. I’ve also got friends asking around to their workplaces, I also sent a copy of my resume to a temp agency. They were nice enough to not even respond to me. I’m frustrated and I don’t want to wind up working at a crappy retail job just because I NEED a job.

So internet…here’s the question. How do I get a job?
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Though it may be three days early…I can say it. I have a Computer Network Administrator certification from NAIT. I have post secondary education. I am the first in my family to have a “college degree”. Wow. I get choked up when I think about it.

I’m damn proud of myself. I have learned so much through these few 8 months, and as long and short it felt all at the same time….its three days away from being finished.

I have also begun job searching and it is terrifying. I am seriously worried about getting out into the workplace and finding myself not knowing enough. The world of computers is a vast and speedy growing world that can sweep you by in the blink of an eye. Wish me luck finding a good job I love.

I’ve been scarce lately because my computer was in the shop. Most computer repairs I can honestly do by myself now, though my computer is under warranty at Memory Express and so I can lazily let them do the troubleshooting work….though the reason it was in the shop is actually a flaw in my tower….you see in the last couple of weeks I developed a bulge in the side of my case. For most people they look at it and say meh, it still works whatever. But the computer nerd in me wants everything beautiful and top of the line looking and so I took it in to have it looked at. It is actually a tower issue and they are ordering in a new side for my case. I’m glad its nothing major.

Do you realize how painful it is to have to share a computer between a couple? I give props to anyone out there who shares. I for one CAN NOT do it. I was literally going insane having to wait my “turn” every night. Gah, I’m glad my babies home. A self admitted nerd like myself can not go long without technology. I had 53 emails in two weeks….and I checked them daily from my blackberry! My blackberry is awesome, but there is only so much you can do from a phone.

Things otherwise around my home are going quite well. My boys have decided to go the route of straight and narrow I am happy to report and we are enjoying many days with A.’s sister and her kids who are visiting from Turkey….well off for the night…school still in the morning. Until then, take care all!
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Its eleven pm on Sunday night. This weekend was Easter, and all the joy and fun it brings. I am rather blue tonight. Please don’t get me wrong, this weekend was wonderful…if not too fast.

Friday was spent relaxing and hanging out with my kids, just enjoying a day off. The night even ended wonderfully with a delicious supper as a family at Boston Pizza, one of our favorite places to eat out. We laughed through supper, watched the hockey game in which the home team won!, and laughed after enjoying the shared dessert while hanging spoons off our noses. Yup, we are one of those strange families that do that when out for supper. Hell we don’t care where we are, we have no one to impress.

Saturday was lovely as I got to sleep in, woke up and it was soo warm we got to wear shorts this weekend! Saturday evening we headed over to my bf’s family to enjoy an Easter supper. It was extra special because his sister from Turkey is here visiting with her children. We laughed, played and had a good time over damn good food. They always have a huge spread and the spread was huge with Salmon, Chicken, and Pork Chops to choose from and that was just the meat selection. There was also ridiculously good dessert. Wine was poured, cold beer was in the fridge….it was great. A. was even in such a good mood that we let the boys play video games this weekend. We drove his cousin home and she had too many wines, to which she made us laugh and laugh over her. It was a really good night.

Today, the boys and I headed back to spend an afternoon with their cousins, and A.’s sister. We played outside in the gorgeous warm weather, taking loads of wonderful pictures of the kids, did an Easter craft of “painting” cookies with icing and candy, and shared a supper of leftovers with A.’s family once everyone headed home. A. spent the day helping his other sister and father with reno at her home. She’s redoing her kitchen, and doing it by herself. I’m rather proud of the independent woman she is!

After supper was when my spirits began to lag…I just was feeling anti-social, and wanted to just go home. Perhaps I was tired after a fun day, maybe I just wanted to stop going going going. I don’t know. Either way on the drive home I became reflective.

I realized how much I miss being the kid in the backseat of my parents car, driving home after a family get together. Perhaps it was a realization that my life has become full circle and I am now the mother in the front seat, or perhaps because I am missing my parents so.

I miss the huge get togethers that happened with my parents. Often on holidays my side of the family splits up now. My older sister lives in a different city, my older brother is seperating from his wife and they don’t hang out anymore, my younger sister married and now spends her holidays with his family….and my middle sister is the black sheep and we really don’t want her in our homes anymore…. …. …. its all just, it makes me blue.
It seems my parents were the glue that kept us together.

I miss get togethers so big we would have to take our dinner plates and sit around the living room cause only had six kitchen chairs and there are eighteen of us…yup eighteen. Well when my parents were around all the kids weren’t born yet, it was more like 14….but still pretty big family hey? There’s my older brother, his ex wife, and their son and daughter…my older sister, her husband and their three boys, my middle sister, of course me, my bf, and my two boys, and my younger sister and her husband…and if we were counting them, my mom and dad. 18. Wow.
It would have been something to see. -sighes- I wonder what things would have been like had my parents still been here…though I’m sure they are proud of what our family has accomplished.

Tomorrow my bf has to work though my sons and I have the day off. Might be a good day to do some Mom and sons bonding. I hope its beautiful again and we can go for a bike ride. I also need to study…this upcoming week brings my final set of final exams with it. I’m nervous as hell again, though what else it new? Heh.
G’night folks, and God bless.

This is kinda fascinating. Go on and try it!
Found at http://www.paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp

28 June 1977  <- my birthdate

Your date of conception was on or about 5 October 1976 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Cancer.
Your Life path number is 4.

Your fortune cookie reads:
Don’t ask, don’t say. Everything lies in silence.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 6 & 7.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 3, 5 & 9.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443322.5.
The golden number for 1977 is 2.
The epact number for 1977 is 10.
The year 1977 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/18/1977 and ending 2/6/1978.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Snake.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Woodpecker; your plant is Wild Rose.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence – Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 12 Tammuz 5737.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 13 Tammuz 5737.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.3.17.18 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 3 tun 17 uinal 18 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Tuesday, 11 Rajab 1397 (1397-7-11).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 10 April 1977.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 10 April 1977.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 23 February 1977.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 29 May 1977.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 5 June 1977.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 13 September 1977.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 3 April 1977.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 22 February 1977.

As of 4/4/2009 5:41:17 PM EST
You are 31 years old.
You are 382 months old.
You are 1,657 weeks old.
You are 11,603 days old.
You are 278,489 hours old.
You are 16,709,381 minutes old.
You are 1,002,562,877 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Steve Burton (1970) John Cusack (1966) John Elway (1960)
Kathy Bates (1948) Gilda Radner (1946) Pat Morita (1933)
Mel Brooks (1926) Richard Rodgers (1902) Henry VIII, King of England (1491)

Top songs of 1977

You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone Best of My Love by Emotions
I Just Want to Be Your Everything by Andy Gibb How Deep Is Your Love by Bee Gees
Evergreen (from ‘A Star Is Born’) by Barbra Streisand Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
Torn Between Two Lovers by Mary MacGregor Rich Girl by Daryl Hall & John Oates
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band by Meco Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.5412915851272 years old. (You’re still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Monday.
Your lucky number is 2 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Moon.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Capricorn.
Your opposition number(s) is 8.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 85 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 32 candles.

Those 32 candles produce 32 BTUs,
or 8,064 calories of heat (that’s only 8.0640 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.66 US ounces of water with that many candles.  

In 1977 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1977 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1977 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1977 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1977 the population of Australia was approximately 14,281,533.
In 1977 there were approximately 226,291 births in Australia.
In 1977 in Australia there were approximately 104,918 marriages and 45,150 divorces.
In 1977 in Australia there were approximately 108,790 deaths.

Your birth flower is ROSE

Your birthstone is Alexandrite

The Mystical properties of Alexandrite

Alexandrite can assist one in centering the self, reinforcing self-esteem, and augmenting ones ability to experience joy.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Pearl, Moonstone, Opal


Your birth tree is

Apple Tree, the Love Of slight build, lots of charm, appeal and attraction, pleasant aura, flirtatious, adventurous, sensitive, always in love, wants to love and be loved, faithful and tender partner, very generous, scientific talents, lives for today, a carefree philosopher with imagination.


There are 265 days till Christmas 2009!
There are 278 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon’s phase on the day you were
born was waxing gibbous.

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