Oh yeah so it happens that on a very nice Sunday afternoon my 12 year old daughter is in her room and decides that her pretty, sparkly, dangly thing hanging on her window is shining just right for an awesome picture. It also just happens that she opens her curtains to take the picture and all hell breaks loose next door at the neighbours house.
So my son calls to me and tells me the neighbour is calling dad's name and telling him to get out there right now from the side of our house and his. What??? I step out on the deck and "wham" the neighbour starts yelling at me about someone invading his privacy, taking pictures of him from inside our house. He's going to call the cops yada yada yada I should have told him to go ahead.
So once I get all this figured out and yell at him that he's basically calling out a 12 year old girl ahem here's where my brain fart happens. "Settle down for petes sake she's a 12 year old they take pictures, she's 12, 12, 12" yeah I know something should have went ding ding ding in my head but it didn't. I think it did for his son in law as he pulled him away and said I think this is over.
So I went inside and started thinking about all the things he said and the lightbulb goes off ....oh my god he's staring into my 12 years old bedroom what the hell, the friggin old perv had a lot of nerve let me tell you. Oh My God, Oh My God fbomb b***** yeah the foul language was rolling. So what did I do? Well I can't just go around accusing someone of being a perv without evidence. What I can do is I can put a solar plating on her windows, yup I did now all he can see during the day if she opens her curtains is his own lovely (ugh) visage staring back at him from her mirrored window. However she can still see outside albeit it's a little less sunny but it keeps her safe from his prying eyes.
Karma will come around it always does one day it will come and bite him in the ass and I hope it hurts.....
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
The Whole LGBT Legislation Issue
Is it just me or has the whole world gone crazy. Listen, I don't care what your sexuality is, I don't care what you practice at home. What I do care about is my children and their rights. Just as much as you care about yours.
So here's the whole ball of wax in a nutshell the NDP government in Alberta has set up legislation that allows the LGBT community a wide assortment of rights in schools here in Alberta. It's a great and it's long winded and seriously if you really want to know about it go look it up because if you haven't heard about it yet, well you have your head in the sand.
So, there's a whole bunch of blah, blah, blah let them be who they are whatever which is great and should have already been happening.
Then there's this, a LGBT person can use either a private bathroom (awesome they should have that choice) or the bathroom of the gender they feel they most relate to ... ahem. Ok, well that's not horrible after all half the time in the girls bathroom you don't know who's in the stall next to you anyway it could truly be anybody.
An LGBT person can also use the change room of the gender they most relate too..... woops! What? See that means that a transgender, a lesbian, a gay, or a bisexual can use the girls/boys change room. Since most schools under grade 5 don't use change rooms for gym that doesn't matter and at that age really most of those kids could care less.
And really none of this should matter if it is regulated properly. The problem isn't in the need to allow people the right to choose it's the way it's worded. Again, none of this should matter if it's handled and regulated properly. For instance offer stalls in the change rooms then it won't matter who is using them because there is a certain amount of privacy in stalls. Not just any stalls by the way but floor to ceiling and no cracks stalls. It's going to take longer to get changed for gym but this is the price the schools, the student's, the teachers and parents will pay for this legislation. I guess to combat this children will have to start school at 8:00 a.m. and go to 4:00 p.m. What's the matter with that? I think its a fair price to pay if a girl with a penis or a boy who is bisexual, or a boy who identifies with his female side wants to share my 12 year old girl who identifies as a girl's bathroom and change room.
I also want to point out that a boy who is transgender, bisexual or gay and identifies as female can also join the girls sports teams. This is OK right no problems there you think. I agree this should be OK but I can see someone taking advantage of this part of the legislation and putting ringers on their team. Now, hopefully all things being equal most coaches or teams are ethical. It should work that way but you know that someone, somewhere is going to try. How do you call someone out on that? How can you prove it? It's just me thinking ahead it doesn't mean it will happen but it could, couldn't it? So how are they going to regulate this and ensure each school treats this legislation ethically.
When I first read some of this legislation I have to admit I was very worried and very concerned but rather than offer a knee jerk reaction (well maybe I did but partially) I decided to read what others were writing and listen to what others were saying. I have to admit it was interesting reading and it has shifted some of my views but the bottom line for me is how this legislation will be regulated. I feel greatly for the schools that must implement this legislation as I do not think this will be an easy adjustment.
So here's the whole ball of wax in a nutshell the NDP government in Alberta has set up legislation that allows the LGBT community a wide assortment of rights in schools here in Alberta. It's a great and it's long winded and seriously if you really want to know about it go look it up because if you haven't heard about it yet, well you have your head in the sand.
So, there's a whole bunch of blah, blah, blah let them be who they are whatever which is great and should have already been happening.
Then there's this, a LGBT person can use either a private bathroom (awesome they should have that choice) or the bathroom of the gender they feel they most relate to ... ahem. Ok, well that's not horrible after all half the time in the girls bathroom you don't know who's in the stall next to you anyway it could truly be anybody.
An LGBT person can also use the change room of the gender they most relate too..... woops! What? See that means that a transgender, a lesbian, a gay, or a bisexual can use the girls/boys change room. Since most schools under grade 5 don't use change rooms for gym that doesn't matter and at that age really most of those kids could care less.
And really none of this should matter if it is regulated properly. The problem isn't in the need to allow people the right to choose it's the way it's worded. Again, none of this should matter if it's handled and regulated properly. For instance offer stalls in the change rooms then it won't matter who is using them because there is a certain amount of privacy in stalls. Not just any stalls by the way but floor to ceiling and no cracks stalls. It's going to take longer to get changed for gym but this is the price the schools, the student's, the teachers and parents will pay for this legislation. I guess to combat this children will have to start school at 8:00 a.m. and go to 4:00 p.m. What's the matter with that? I think its a fair price to pay if a girl with a penis or a boy who is bisexual, or a boy who identifies with his female side wants to share my 12 year old girl who identifies as a girl's bathroom and change room.
I also want to point out that a boy who is transgender, bisexual or gay and identifies as female can also join the girls sports teams. This is OK right no problems there you think. I agree this should be OK but I can see someone taking advantage of this part of the legislation and putting ringers on their team. Now, hopefully all things being equal most coaches or teams are ethical. It should work that way but you know that someone, somewhere is going to try. How do you call someone out on that? How can you prove it? It's just me thinking ahead it doesn't mean it will happen but it could, couldn't it? So how are they going to regulate this and ensure each school treats this legislation ethically.
When I first read some of this legislation I have to admit I was very worried and very concerned but rather than offer a knee jerk reaction (well maybe I did but partially) I decided to read what others were writing and listen to what others were saying. I have to admit it was interesting reading and it has shifted some of my views but the bottom line for me is how this legislation will be regulated. I feel greatly for the schools that must implement this legislation as I do not think this will be an easy adjustment.
Monday, January 18, 2016
He's 16, she's 12 my sanity is in question
Oh my goodness, I keep forgetting how long between posts it has been. Well here goes my boy is 16 and my daughters 12 for some of you that's enough you totally understand, you get it. For those of you in the blissful phase of preteen and teen hood I am sorry there's a bumpy road ahead. I'm going to talk about the 16 year old today.
Lets start with school who knew school would be exactly the same socially as it was 30 years ago, who knew that school would demand so much from your teen that they would contemplate suicide (yup I said the "S" word). Who knew that that 16 year old friends were such total and complete assholes that one of them would tell him to "just go ahead and do it already". I can hear some of you gasping I can see some of your faces yeah that's where I was when I found out. I have never hated my son's friends so much then that day, I really had to remind myself that they are all teenage boys. Frankly, they are all stupid at that age and say stupid things that one day they may regret. So lets get to what I did, what I didn't do was ban him from being with his friends (oooh that was hard). I got him some support, he sees a Counselor once a week. She's the person he speaks to, she's the person who isn't his mom who wants to choke that boy, that boy that he went to school with from Kindergarten. It's better for him to speak to someone other than me because I don't have a good opinion of this boy or his other friends nope not at all. Would I talk to the other mother about what her son said? I should, I know I should because I would want someone to tell me if my son did that. How do you do that? Ummm Mrs. so and so I just wanted to let you know that your son who has been friends with mine for 12 years told him to just kill himself the other day. How would you react to that call? I don't know how I would react to that call.
So yeah, I am mad, and hurt for my son and scared so scared. Here's the thing these boys are stupidly clueless about what they are doing (listen I don't think my boy's an Angel). These boys needle my son they try to get under his skin because they can and they have. They have posted sexually suggestive things on his facebook page so he is not longer friends with them on facebook. They call him stupid and tell him he is wrong about everything. That doesn't happen everyday and that's why they stay friends because they have been friends since Kindergarten and even though they are mean and cruel he still sees them as his friends. So these boys, who think they've done nothing wrong, want to go on a road trip at the end of January (its freaking cold and snowy here at the end of January) they've only had their drivers licenses for a handful of months. The place they want to go has a big hill they have to go down on the way in and up on the way out and it is bad for icing. One of the boys going is the one with the mouth it's a 2 hour trip one way and there will be four boys in the vehicle. Hmmmm do I let him go? Can I say "no"? What are the consequences of saying "no"...well... "NO", no you are not going on a four hour trip with big mouth in a vehicle where he can continue to harass and abuse you during that period of time and no one will care. NO, you are not going to a place that has questionably bad roads with a driver who has been driving less that six months and "NO" you are not getting into a vehicle with three other boys who are all loudmouthed and rude and who think its fun to spin donuts on ice.
Am I a mean mom? Yes, I think I am. Do I care about my son? Yes, I do. I love him my heart aches with each painful step he takes into adulthood and rejoices with every successful step he takes. He's my son, he's so important in my world and he's so very important to me. I want to shroud him in cotton wool and protect him from awful things but I know that I can't do that all the time.
So I take baby steps and he's taking running steps and I am gutted each time he tells me he is scared of the future because that's not what I want for him. I want him to embrace the good things in life and throw out the crap but school hasn't changed in 30 years and kids are still cruel and mean. It's a daily adventure for me and the teen but we will survive and I will let go of my cotton and he will let go of cruel friends and we will grow in different ways. I believe in my son there's a good kid in there facing doubts and uncertainties but who is still fascinated by Star Wars and the Moon and all sorts of interesting things.
Lets start with school who knew school would be exactly the same socially as it was 30 years ago, who knew that school would demand so much from your teen that they would contemplate suicide (yup I said the "S" word). Who knew that that 16 year old friends were such total and complete assholes that one of them would tell him to "just go ahead and do it already". I can hear some of you gasping I can see some of your faces yeah that's where I was when I found out. I have never hated my son's friends so much then that day, I really had to remind myself that they are all teenage boys. Frankly, they are all stupid at that age and say stupid things that one day they may regret. So lets get to what I did, what I didn't do was ban him from being with his friends (oooh that was hard). I got him some support, he sees a Counselor once a week. She's the person he speaks to, she's the person who isn't his mom who wants to choke that boy, that boy that he went to school with from Kindergarten. It's better for him to speak to someone other than me because I don't have a good opinion of this boy or his other friends nope not at all. Would I talk to the other mother about what her son said? I should, I know I should because I would want someone to tell me if my son did that. How do you do that? Ummm Mrs. so and so I just wanted to let you know that your son who has been friends with mine for 12 years told him to just kill himself the other day. How would you react to that call? I don't know how I would react to that call.
So yeah, I am mad, and hurt for my son and scared so scared. Here's the thing these boys are stupidly clueless about what they are doing (listen I don't think my boy's an Angel). These boys needle my son they try to get under his skin because they can and they have. They have posted sexually suggestive things on his facebook page so he is not longer friends with them on facebook. They call him stupid and tell him he is wrong about everything. That doesn't happen everyday and that's why they stay friends because they have been friends since Kindergarten and even though they are mean and cruel he still sees them as his friends. So these boys, who think they've done nothing wrong, want to go on a road trip at the end of January (its freaking cold and snowy here at the end of January) they've only had their drivers licenses for a handful of months. The place they want to go has a big hill they have to go down on the way in and up on the way out and it is bad for icing. One of the boys going is the one with the mouth it's a 2 hour trip one way and there will be four boys in the vehicle. Hmmmm do I let him go? Can I say "no"? What are the consequences of saying "no"...well... "NO", no you are not going on a four hour trip with big mouth in a vehicle where he can continue to harass and abuse you during that period of time and no one will care. NO, you are not going to a place that has questionably bad roads with a driver who has been driving less that six months and "NO" you are not getting into a vehicle with three other boys who are all loudmouthed and rude and who think its fun to spin donuts on ice.
Am I a mean mom? Yes, I think I am. Do I care about my son? Yes, I do. I love him my heart aches with each painful step he takes into adulthood and rejoices with every successful step he takes. He's my son, he's so important in my world and he's so very important to me. I want to shroud him in cotton wool and protect him from awful things but I know that I can't do that all the time.
So I take baby steps and he's taking running steps and I am gutted each time he tells me he is scared of the future because that's not what I want for him. I want him to embrace the good things in life and throw out the crap but school hasn't changed in 30 years and kids are still cruel and mean. It's a daily adventure for me and the teen but we will survive and I will let go of my cotton and he will let go of cruel friends and we will grow in different ways. I believe in my son there's a good kid in there facing doubts and uncertainties but who is still fascinated by Star Wars and the Moon and all sorts of interesting things.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Yup it's been that long since I posted last
Since I'm sure no one reads me anyway it doesn't really matter how long between posts I go does it? Well maybe it does at least for my own sanity I can get all the crap floating around in my head out of my system and floating around out there to evaporate into the wild blue yonder. So here goes.
"Warning" Religion is mentioned and talked about in this post do not read further if you might be offended or if you are a devout Bible Believer.
Recently a few friends of mine got into a bit of a discussion about this video. They were offended, they were against Oprah they "hated her". They were offended because it went against what they believed.
I don't get why they were so set in their minds that anyone that might question ummm "Christian Beliefs" would be wrong, would be evil, would be "gasp" sinning. See I think that what you believe is entirely up to you, and if you want to post it on Facebook, or on your blog or on Youtube then you should have that right. It's a little something called the Freedom of Speech thing I believe. Just because you post it doesn't mean other people have to listen, look or even like what you have to say it also doesn't give them the right to slam, bash or horsewhip you verbally because they do not agree. These people who do this are "scared" aren't they? Why are they scared? What makes them fear something that is different from what they believe?
Well I don't know about you but frankly we can go all over history to find fanatics who persecute others because of their beliefs errr Jews were persecuted, ummm Protestants were persecuted, white, black, native, oriental, women, children, people with handicaps just to name a few have all been persecuted. This discussion that my friends had was beginning to sound fanatical it worried me. I'm writing about it here.
See I don't care what religion you believe in whether you believe in God or not,or if like me, you think the Bible is not based in fact but rather is a collection of stories to guide you in how you live your life. To be honest I have read the Bible as much as I can (almost all of it) and understood as much as I could. I used to torment our minister because I thought he could tell me what the mark was that Cain received after he slew Abel. Or hey, here's one if incest is a sin then when Adam and Eve had children and they were the only people on the planet that would make all their children siblings thus in order to continue to procreate they had to commit an act of incest are you following me here. It's just not happening it just doesn't make sense. My minister told me that I had to have faith that I had to believe. Since these are only two of the many examples in the Bible. It was hard for me to just have faith and believe it still is.
What happens when you believe in a higher power but not in the word MAN has written as the law/decrees/lessons from that higher power. See I think it does not matter if you believe in the Bible or not. I think it matters in who you are and whether or not you are a decent person more than whether you believe in the Bible or not.
So live and let live I say believe in the Bible if you want but don't slam me for thinking it was not okay for God (as the Bible claims) to wipe out the whole human race and save one crazy man and his family because they built a huge ship to sail away on the flood waters. Or for that matter eventually as per Revelations to plan on sending hordes of locusts, plagues and other highly unpleasant events to hound us in our last days. See the higher power I believe in just wouldn't do things like this not to my way of thinking. That's why I think man (because let's face it man is all about lessons and judgement and rules isn't he)is the culprit who wrote that book as a guideline here's your rule book follow it or else a plague of locusts is going to come and consume all your crops and make you starve (well that could happen and it has but I don't think God had anything to do with it). Or better yet if you don't want to go to purgatory or Hell when you die you need to follow this here book verbatim ... HAH.
See I know where I'm going when I die, first I'm going to be cremated (yup its the cheapest seat in the house) and then my ashes are going to be spread in all their glory at sunset over some beautiful vista somewhere in Scotland (haha in my dreams) and then that will be it. If there is something more after that well it's all just a bonus at that point isn't it. I haven't committed any serious sins, I believe in a higher power, I like people, I haven't tried to kill anyone or steal from anyone or do anything really bad (well unless you count sarcasm and lost library books). I think I'll be okay and if there really is a Heaven and I get to go I might not be the most shining Angel there since I haven't thumped my Bible enough or even 'gasp' believed with true and shining faith that there is a Heaven and my soul is bound there in the everafter but that's okay with me. I'm just an average every day Mom in the here and now so why would I want to be more than that if I went to Heaven.
Okay so I'm off my high horse and if you have read this far and are not horrifically offended or think I'm nuts more power to you. I just felt this huge sense of "Wheeeee,that's off my chest" when I finished this. To my friends who are discussing the video above zealously well, you can go on fighting I'm done now.
Peace Out
B
"Warning" Religion is mentioned and talked about in this post do not read further if you might be offended or if you are a devout Bible Believer.
Recently a few friends of mine got into a bit of a discussion about this video. They were offended, they were against Oprah they "hated her". They were offended because it went against what they believed.
I don't get why they were so set in their minds that anyone that might question ummm "Christian Beliefs" would be wrong, would be evil, would be "gasp" sinning. See I think that what you believe is entirely up to you, and if you want to post it on Facebook, or on your blog or on Youtube then you should have that right. It's a little something called the Freedom of Speech thing I believe. Just because you post it doesn't mean other people have to listen, look or even like what you have to say it also doesn't give them the right to slam, bash or horsewhip you verbally because they do not agree. These people who do this are "scared" aren't they? Why are they scared? What makes them fear something that is different from what they believe?
Well I don't know about you but frankly we can go all over history to find fanatics who persecute others because of their beliefs errr Jews were persecuted, ummm Protestants were persecuted, white, black, native, oriental, women, children, people with handicaps just to name a few have all been persecuted. This discussion that my friends had was beginning to sound fanatical it worried me. I'm writing about it here.
See I don't care what religion you believe in whether you believe in God or not,or if like me, you think the Bible is not based in fact but rather is a collection of stories to guide you in how you live your life. To be honest I have read the Bible as much as I can (almost all of it) and understood as much as I could. I used to torment our minister because I thought he could tell me what the mark was that Cain received after he slew Abel. Or hey, here's one if incest is a sin then when Adam and Eve had children and they were the only people on the planet that would make all their children siblings thus in order to continue to procreate they had to commit an act of incest are you following me here. It's just not happening it just doesn't make sense. My minister told me that I had to have faith that I had to believe. Since these are only two of the many examples in the Bible. It was hard for me to just have faith and believe it still is.
What happens when you believe in a higher power but not in the word MAN has written as the law/decrees/lessons from that higher power. See I think it does not matter if you believe in the Bible or not. I think it matters in who you are and whether or not you are a decent person more than whether you believe in the Bible or not.
So live and let live I say believe in the Bible if you want but don't slam me for thinking it was not okay for God (as the Bible claims) to wipe out the whole human race and save one crazy man and his family because they built a huge ship to sail away on the flood waters. Or for that matter eventually as per Revelations to plan on sending hordes of locusts, plagues and other highly unpleasant events to hound us in our last days. See the higher power I believe in just wouldn't do things like this not to my way of thinking. That's why I think man (because let's face it man is all about lessons and judgement and rules isn't he)is the culprit who wrote that book as a guideline here's your rule book follow it or else a plague of locusts is going to come and consume all your crops and make you starve (well that could happen and it has but I don't think God had anything to do with it). Or better yet if you don't want to go to purgatory or Hell when you die you need to follow this here book verbatim ... HAH.
See I know where I'm going when I die, first I'm going to be cremated (yup its the cheapest seat in the house) and then my ashes are going to be spread in all their glory at sunset over some beautiful vista somewhere in Scotland (haha in my dreams) and then that will be it. If there is something more after that well it's all just a bonus at that point isn't it. I haven't committed any serious sins, I believe in a higher power, I like people, I haven't tried to kill anyone or steal from anyone or do anything really bad (well unless you count sarcasm and lost library books). I think I'll be okay and if there really is a Heaven and I get to go I might not be the most shining Angel there since I haven't thumped my Bible enough or even 'gasp' believed with true and shining faith that there is a Heaven and my soul is bound there in the everafter but that's okay with me. I'm just an average every day Mom in the here and now so why would I want to be more than that if I went to Heaven.
Okay so I'm off my high horse and if you have read this far and are not horrifically offended or think I'm nuts more power to you. I just felt this huge sense of "Wheeeee,that's off my chest" when I finished this. To my friends who are discussing the video above zealously well, you can go on fighting I'm done now.
Peace Out
B
Friday, July 23, 2010
Just Shoot Me Now
Would someone please, please enlighten me about what happens when a boy turns 11? Do their brains just turn to mush and drivel out of their heads via their ears? Do they wake up one morning with "I've got a complex" living on their back? What? What? is going on with my 11 year old boy?
See my Wonder Boy has some serious insecurities where and how he developed them I have no freaking idea. We have always told him we love him, we have always supported some of his rather odd ideas (even if I don't think some of them are all that great). We have always tried to support the things he wanted to do and we have encouraged him to keep trying the things he doesn't think he can do.
Some where some how he has come across the notion that we love him less than Diva W ... seriously??? are you kidding me. We waited 10 years, 10 freaking years of trying to have him and then when he finally arrived we were never more thrilled or excited than to see him, to hold him in our arms. We were so blessed when he arrived there are just no words. All you parents out there you know that feeling you get it.
Have we used tough love? Sometimes, he can't have everything he wants and sometimes he has to work for things he wants and yes he has responsibilities. I believe that we would be failing him if we did not apply these things.
I am just so frustrated right now please someone tell me this is just a stage and dear God don't tell me it's going to get worse.....
Peace Out
Bonnie
See my Wonder Boy has some serious insecurities where and how he developed them I have no freaking idea. We have always told him we love him, we have always supported some of his rather odd ideas (even if I don't think some of them are all that great). We have always tried to support the things he wanted to do and we have encouraged him to keep trying the things he doesn't think he can do.
Some where some how he has come across the notion that we love him less than Diva W ... seriously??? are you kidding me. We waited 10 years, 10 freaking years of trying to have him and then when he finally arrived we were never more thrilled or excited than to see him, to hold him in our arms. We were so blessed when he arrived there are just no words. All you parents out there you know that feeling you get it.
Have we used tough love? Sometimes, he can't have everything he wants and sometimes he has to work for things he wants and yes he has responsibilities. I believe that we would be failing him if we did not apply these things.
I am just so frustrated right now please someone tell me this is just a stage and dear God don't tell me it's going to get worse.....
Peace Out
Bonnie
Camping (Nuff Said)
Okay, I promised a camping post so here it is. We are going camping for two weeks starting Sunday, yeah that's right, two weeks. I've lost my ever loving freaking mind who wants to be stuck camping for two weeks with two kids (minus the dog thank G** for that), and a trucker hubby (who never gets lost ha ha ha). Me, apparently, that's who.
I love my kids there's no doubt about that and I love my hubby no question but two weeks in a truck camper on the open road headed west to Vancouver and back again hmmmm not so much. Now don't get me wrong I don't mind a weekend away and I am thankful we are not tenting (because then I would just go on strike, walk out, head for divorce court) you get the picture right. Tenting, in my humble opinion, is tantamount to torture and not for me. I am thankful we have a camper that sleeps four (squishly) and has a toilet because without a toilet I ain't going no where, no how. I would have fought for a full out bathroom with a shower stall etc but they cost waaaaaay to much money more than my pocketbook can afford.
So on Sunday we head out West (further West for us) to the great Province of British Columbia where the trees are huge the water is warm and the fruit is plentiful. I am looking forward to showing my kids sights they haven't seen before and being able to see and feel the ocean, of which, they have never done. I am looking forward to two weeks of sleeping past 5:00 a.m., reading several books and listening to an eclectic assortment of music on my ipod. I am looking forward to conversations with my hubby that don't start with "you need to do" and giving some one on one time to my children.
I am not looking forward to lowering camper legs, raising camper legs, sleeping in a small confined area, cooking on a teeny weeny bbq or in a small confined area, dirty hair, dirty bodies and dirty laundry.
However, all that being said, I have never in my 20+ years of employment, ever taken more than one week of vacation at a time. This is a novelty that is making me nervous, excited and yes even happy. I and my family really need this time to spend together to reconnect, to relax, and to have some fun it's a well deserved, well earned vacation that has been a long time coming.
Peace Out
Bonnie
I love my kids there's no doubt about that and I love my hubby no question but two weeks in a truck camper on the open road headed west to Vancouver and back again hmmmm not so much. Now don't get me wrong I don't mind a weekend away and I am thankful we are not tenting (because then I would just go on strike, walk out, head for divorce court) you get the picture right. Tenting, in my humble opinion, is tantamount to torture and not for me. I am thankful we have a camper that sleeps four (squishly) and has a toilet because without a toilet I ain't going no where, no how. I would have fought for a full out bathroom with a shower stall etc but they cost waaaaaay to much money more than my pocketbook can afford.
So on Sunday we head out West (further West for us) to the great Province of British Columbia where the trees are huge the water is warm and the fruit is plentiful. I am looking forward to showing my kids sights they haven't seen before and being able to see and feel the ocean, of which, they have never done. I am looking forward to two weeks of sleeping past 5:00 a.m., reading several books and listening to an eclectic assortment of music on my ipod. I am looking forward to conversations with my hubby that don't start with "you need to do" and giving some one on one time to my children.
I am not looking forward to lowering camper legs, raising camper legs, sleeping in a small confined area, cooking on a teeny weeny bbq or in a small confined area, dirty hair, dirty bodies and dirty laundry.
However, all that being said, I have never in my 20+ years of employment, ever taken more than one week of vacation at a time. This is a novelty that is making me nervous, excited and yes even happy. I and my family really need this time to spend together to reconnect, to relax, and to have some fun it's a well deserved, well earned vacation that has been a long time coming.
Peace Out
Bonnie
Monday, July 19, 2010
The Cat, The Tub and The Effects of Water
I was going to write about going camping but we had to interrupt that post for the latest and greatest in kitty adventures. Just to give you the story behind the story, we've been renovating Nanna's bathroom and we put in a new jet tub for her but it isn't working right. We think and the company we bought the tub thinks there is something wrong with the sensor. However, before we could come to this conclusion we had to jump through hoops to try to figure out why the tub wasn't working. So we put water in the tub right up over the jets and left it there as we tinkered trying to get the tub working. Cause you have to have water in the tub in order for the jets to work right....
We not only left it there, we forgot about it last night and left it in over night as well, generally this is not a big deal but at 7:00 a.m. this morning we could hear this pittiful sound coming from somewhere in the house it sounded like a cross between a sad wail and child in tears.
Me to Trucker Hubby (who just happened to be home last night): Shhhh do you hear that?
Trucker Hubby: Hear what?
Me: Wait, I heard something I know it
Insert Unknown odd sound hear
Trucker Hubby: Shhhh.... What the h*** is that?
Me: Maybe one of the kids
Trucker Hubby: Nah
So we went looking for the source of the noise and found the cat wading (as close as a cat can get on tiptoes) in the water in Nanna's tub not exactly howling and not exactly meowing. Not even trying to get out but looking extremely sad and agitated just moving back and forth and back and forth. We have to assume that he was trying to get to the water when he fell in as you can see in the kitty pictures he does love to try to get to water no matter whether it's in a bucket the toilet, a glass or the sink. Getting him out was a joy and you know the most sad thing about all this is I didn't have my camera handy.
I'm going to start sleeping with my camera the photo ops I miss because I don't are just to good to be true. Stay tuned for Let's go camping
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