O.M.G.

Blogger has changed so much I don't know if I can blog anymore. LOL!

Blogging...

Guess I'm too busy to have a blog. But I see a lot of my friends with blogs aren't writing much either. Hmmm....

Disappointment

First, we get a call a few weeks ago from the soccer club that my daughter's indoor division only had 10 players. Barely enough for a team and no teams to play against. We had two options: move her to U10 (with girls 3-4 years her senior) or play co-ed with the same age division. Co-ed it is. She was very disappointed. Then, today (on Thanksgiving) an e-mail was sent to the parents saying that they had 10 teams but only 4 coaches secured. They were going to contact the high schools to see if they had some seniors who would like to coach. Don't they need first aid and a coaching certificate? Also, the e-mail seemed to indicate that our daughter was still playing a division up from her age. Given that we had already made the first change and our daughter wasn't happy about it, we decided to pull her out until the summer. It seems our daughter couldn't care less. Two positives from this story: 1) it appears we will get the refund we requested, and 2) she won't be missing archery for 15 weeks as we thought. Until next time... D.

Something new

I tried something new on the weekend. Went to a jazz festival with my 6 year old in Waterloo, Ontario. A local music store had an "instrument petting zoo" for kids to try out jazz instruments. My daughter tried the trumpet and actually made some noise! She was quite proud of herself and then tried the slide trombone. The highlight of the night for me was the free concert by Matt Dusk! D.

Another new sport?

OK, so on Easter Monday I thought we should do a family activity together. We went bowling. My hubby used to bowl with his mom when he was younger. I've only bowled a few times in my life. My daughter (who will be 6 soon) tried it in the summer and has been asking to go again. We had a great time. We're thinking of having a bowling birthday party for her. Another new sport for her to add to her list of interests? We'll see. We didn't go to archery tonight and she was in tears when she found out. Until next time...D.

My daughter's new interest

Swimming: check.
Soccer: check.
Golf: check.
New sport: Archery!

You go girl!

D.

Lost my mojo

Being sick off & on since October has really knocked me for a loop. I'm not myself. And I'm definitely sick of being sick! How do I fall in love again with my guitar & my camera? D.

Soccer Saturday

Soccer playoffs, otherwise known as Soccer Saturday. My daughter's team played at 9:00am and they won that game so they had to play at 3:00pm in the semi finals. Between the first and second game she also had swimming lessons. The second game ended in sudden death with each team taking 5 penalty shots. I think it was because they didn't allow time in the schedule for overtime. It would have been nice for them to go on to the final match but 3 games in one day (plus swimming) is a little much for a 5 year old! They had a good season and it was nice to place 3rd. She's excited to play in the summer again. The season starts May 26th.

Until next time...D.

Design Team Update

Well, my head shot was taken last Friday. Another snow storm cancelled the store's midnight crop this past Friday but I managed to work on my "All About Me" page this weekend. It's almost finished--the final touch would be the head shot! I will be dropping it off in the store soon. Check out All About Scrapbooks on blogger. Until next time...D.

Excited

So excited. Our 1st assignment is an All About Me layout. I've been wanting to do one and never have. So here I go! I got to pick out some papers that "reflect me". This is going to be fun!!

1st "assignment"

Stopped in at the store & found out what we're doing this month. Tomorrow night I'll be getting my headshot taken. Blah! But it has to be done.

Yahoo!

I am happy and excited to report that I am one of three ladies selected to be on the Design Team of our local scrapbooking store. To see our entries, check out the blog. Sorry--I can't get the link to work so please cut & paste. http://allaboutscrapbooks.blogspot.ca/ I'm sure I'll have lots more to post in the coming months. Thanks for looking. Until next time... D.

Post-Christmas Blog

Dec. 28, 2012 Well, 2 days after the "storm" we still have snow. Much of Canada got snow on Boxing Day according to the Weather Network. And (hallelujah!) we got to use our snowshoes today. My husband worked on Boxing Day and because of the storm we didn't do too much, although we did go for a walk in the wind. Other than that, today was the first day that I didn't have to go anywhere or be anywhere following the holiday. I wish I had more days like this! Tomorrow I think we're visiting a friend & their new house. New Year's Eve we've been invited to 2 parties, however I think we will only be able to make it to one. Hope my sister got home today safe & sound. My daughter was some upset that she couldn't go home with her for 14 days. She thinks that my sister and her pets should come and live with us forever. (teehee--5 year olds are so cute sometimes!) Until next time... D.

Dec. 14th - 10 days until the Man with the Bag arrives (if you don't know that song, look it up) and I'm not done my shopping. Nothing is wrapped. I'm almost in full-blown panic mode. I only just got my photo cards printed and addressed today. Most of them will be in the mail tomorrow. Now is really the time when I wish I had powers like Samantha the Witch and could stop time, even for a little while. And if we don't get any snow we won't get to use our snowshoes for the 2nd year in a row. Oh, poop! Guess we'll have to trek up to Huntsville to visit my sister. Now that makes me smile. Until next time... D.

Well, Little Laura arrived one month before her due date, healthy and happy. I was privileged to be able to take her first "official" photos a few weeks ago. She still seems so tiny but was 6lbs 6oz in this photo. Until next time... D.

What?! August 8th? Couldn't be!

Well, apparently I've been neglecting my blog. But seeing that I only have 3 followers I'm not sure it matters. Whoa - deja vu! I've only had one photography booking. Camera Club has started back up but I've been dragging my heels about rejoining. I've heard it's been good so far so maybe I'll drop in on Wednesday. We got a new kitten on the first day of school. Now I really understand the meaning of the old phrase "she is full of piss & vinegar". Growing like a weed, too. My daughter loves her and then hates her--mostly the latter when she attacks her or bites her feet while she's sleeping. My husband & I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. We went out for dinner at the Keg this past weekend. My niece/nephew who is scheduled to arrived around November 20th almost made a surprise visit on October 11th. My sister will be in hospital until the little one is born. That's it...pretty boring if I can blog 2 months worth in a few sentences. Oh, well! Sometimes life happens and it's important at the time. Take care everyone! D.

O.M.Gosh!

Another month has gone by and I have nothing to blog. My life is so boring! My five-year-old is having much more fun than I am. I made a pitcher of margaritas thinking some of my girlfriends were coming over tonight. They didn't come, so I get to drink alone (daughter is at Gramma's). How sad is that?

Something new

Check this out! Now I have a place to store my scrapbooking stuff and I don't have to pack/unpack when I'm going to a Crop Night. I can't take credit for the idea. My husband has been telling me for a while that I should get a tool chest for scrapbooking but it wasn't until I saw one of these babies in use that I knew what he was talking about! There are about 4 people at my work that use one as their scrapbooking tote. I used it for the first time on Friday night and I was actually able to load it into the car by myself (I have a Honda CR-V, so it's not low to the ground). Everyone was in awe of it! The only thing I didn't pack in it was my paper--it would have been way too heavy if I did that. I'm going to personalize it by adding something to the front using my Cricut machine and white vinyl. Oh, the fun!

Just Because

It's been a LONG time since I posted but I feel like nothing has happened. The truth is that things have been happening and I haven't been blogging. There. I said it. My daughter celebrated her 5th birthday in style with a "pet party" and Hello Kitty decor. There's been a little drama with a group of friends. I was asked about taking photos for a wedding but haven't heard back. Camera Club has wrapped up for the year but I'm not sure I will be renewing my membership in the fall. And of course, there is always the weather. Today we had thunder, lightening, torrential downpours and hail. The streets were flooding. We had a small flood in the backyard because there was just too much rain all at once. It would be nice to get back to the sunshine soon. Not the scorching heat that we've already had but 20C would be nice! Summer vacation plans are coming together. This is my daughter's first year in school so it is also technically her first summer off. She really has no concept of it but we've talked about not going to school and doing things to keep busy while Mama is at work. She is registered for 3 weeks at day camp, will be going to horseback riding camp for 2 weeks, Gramma's for a week and her favourite Auntie's for the first 2 weeks of the summer. Expensive but in perspective the summer is costing us about what a month would have at daycare. Thank goodness for family pitching in for 3 weeks!! (Love you, Heather!) So, I'm done blathering & blogging for a while. Hopefully I'll get some "me" time to do something creative like scrapbooking and photography soon. Oh yeah, and pluck away at the guitar. Until next time, D.

Leap Day - is that what they call it?

It's the last day of February and the last day of my personal "Day in the Life" photo project. Today's photo was a picture of a hotel. Maybe not all that exciting but I was at a workshop today, which doesn't happen too often. And I enjoy things like that. Getting new ideas, checking to see if I'm on the right track, networking, continuous learning, not to mention a day out of the office!

Here's a funny photography quote that I love: "I shoot people." Now I'm off to make tomorrow's lunch for my little girl and go to bed.

Until next time...
D.