Shopped til I Dropped...Literally

When I arrived home from my shopping trip I told Jeffy that while we were in Bangor I went to check tire prices because I just didn't feel like shopping at the mall. He promptly asked where his wife was!! As hard as it may be for anyone who knows me to believe....I was totally shopped out!! What a great feeling that is after sooooo long with sooooo little shopping!! Needless to say I had a great weekend!!

The girls and I left here at 10am on Friday morning. We were in the Portland shopping mall by 5pm and we shopped there until supper and after supper we closed the Christmas tree shop at 11pm. By the way for those who have never been in a Christmas tree shop...it was really great!! They carry polish pottery year round!!!! Plus they have tons of great deals, it's a whole lot like Big Lots! Anyhow...we checked into our hotel and were asleep around 1am. We were up and out the door by 9am the next morning. We shopped the outlets in Kittery until dinner time, ate, and then headed to Target and the Christmas Tree Shop again...until closing. Sunday morning we were on the road by 9am and in the Bangor mall at lunchtime. We ended our shopping extravaganza at Wal-mart and the grocery in Houlton before heading across the border back to Oromocto!! Talk about a shopaholics dream weekend!!! We all got great deals and truly enjoyed a little time away from the kids! I do have to say that even though it was nice to get away...it was even nicer to get home! I missed the girls like crazy by the second day and of course Jeffy too!! I went hog wild buying markdown Disney store costumes and Children's place costumes!! How can you turn down Disney costumes for $3.99??? That's one of my purchases in the pictures! Is that the cutest Tinkerbell around or what???

Well I am now off to try and catch up on my sleep!! I'm way too old for 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night!! LOL Hope everyone in the States enjoys Black Friday shopping...as much as I may feel shopped out right now...if I could I'd be right there in the mix bright and early Friday!! You know I love a bargain!!

Go Cats!!

Well I have done it...I have successfully raised 2 little Kentucky Wildcat fans...which is a feat considering they have only lived in Oklahoma and New Brunswick! I guess they got their "blue blood" genes from my side of the family! LOL I only have to do a series of claps and both my kids respond with Go Cats! In fact Sarah is now copying Maddy when I clap they both say Go go go go go go go go GO CATS! I guess that baby Wildcat DVD from Pa really does it's job!! So like all good KY fans my girls would happily wear their Wildcat sweatsuits everyday if I would allow it! Not that I say no too often!! Mommy's a Cats fan from way back!!

Well not a lot going on here in Oromocto! It's getting colder...and oh yes...WE HAVE PAVEMENT!!! Who knew getting the streets paved could possibly make me so very happy!! And I seriously almost kissed the guy who came to pave the driveway!! I cleaned all the floors, washed all our shoes and swept out the garage...all on our first day with pavement! It's amazing how much dirt a gravel road/driveway can accumulate, not just on the floor, but everywhere in the house! Oh happy day!! And to think all it took was 20 calls to the city, 10 calls to the contractor, 2 calls to the pavement company, 1 call to our member of Parliament and 1 call to the mayor!

This week is a short one for Maddy...Monday and Tuesday off...then Mommy is off to the states with Geraldine and company for a shopping trip in Kittery! Hanna Andersson here I come!! I'm due some serious retail therapy!! I'll try and post more pics before we leave!! Have a great week!!

Halloween Fun

Well Halloween has come and gone here in Oromocto...I'm sad the ghosts have to come down...but we all know that means that very very shortly the Christmas decorations come out!!! If that doesn't bring my spirits up...nothing will!!

The kids had a great Halloween week!! The Saturday before Halloween the Oromocto Mall had a paint your own pumpkin afternoon. Maddy adored that!! She painted and painted and painted until we had to leave her pumpkin at the mall to pick up later due to the abundance of paint!! There was no way that thing was going into the van! From there we headed from to Kent Hardware where they were having a little Halloween party for the kids as well. At Kent there was a coloring contest, pumpkin carving and "Gross Out" stations. This time the kids wore their costumes and decided on Pooh and the Honey Pot. (As most of you are aware I have a little obsession with costumes and the kids have about 40 to choose from!! Gotta love those yard sales!!) Our Halloween weekend was finished up with a party at Maddy's friend's house to carve yet another pumpkin!! The girls had fun and I picked out all the seeds from 6 pumpkins to roast as a treat for Maddy's Halloween party at school.

Monday prior to Halloween brought us the first snow of the year! It was a complete shocker...Sarah's bright and early wake up call that morning at 6:00am started our morning. I went to open the porch door to let Fergus out and saw a good two inches of snow on the deck. AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! Big Suprise...I'm not a lover of winter, so to open my door to two inches of snow in OCTOBER nearly put me over the edge!! Thankfully it all melted by noon and the temp. was back up into the 50's. Good thing the kids had gone crazy playing at the bus stop in the morning! Here's to hoping we don't see snow again for at least a couple of months!! Wishful thinking I know...

Halloween day was exciting for all of us! I got to attend a Halloween party at Maddy's school. Mr. Roy is awesome and I can see why Maddy loves school as much as she does!! I am still utterly amazed at the amount of French Maddy has learned...kids are so sharp!! Then of course we had the big afternoon of counting down the minutes until Trick or Treating. Maddy decided to go as Eeyore and Sarah was a giraffe. Daddy took them around the block while Mommy dressed as Pooh handed out candy! For a neighborhood that isn't completed we sure got a ton of kids!! I gave out 78 McDonald's coupons and 55 bags of chips...and honestly there were only a very few kids that got both. I can only imagine next year when the roads are paved and all the houses are completed and occupied!! It'll be a madhouse!!

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!! I look forward to seeing everyone else's pictures!!

We are alive and well!!

I know that I have been very slack in updating my blog!! Sorry to those of you who check it regularly!! My camera is on the blink and I couldn't seem to get any pictures to download...and really what is a blog without pictures?!?!





I did finally get a couple downloaded, they aren't super, but hey...it's something right???





We are all doing fine! Maddy is absolutely loving school. In her eyes, Mr. Roy hung the Moon here in Canada!! She is learning more that I could have ever imagined in her French program. She may not always know what she's saying, but she sure can talk the talk!!










Sarah is growing growing growing! She still refuses to walk, but that's fine by me!! She says quite a few words, her favorites being Hi! Bye Bye, Thank you and the sign language sign for no! Thanks Shasta for suggesting I go that route...I have enabled my child to sass me before she can actually speak!! LOL











Jeff is getting into the groove at work. I don't think it's as exciting as he had hoped, but you know pushing paper just comes along with the job title! He was gone to Kingston last week for a conference. This kids missed him, but Maddy was really excited to get to sleep with me for a few days!!



The leaves are turning and the weather is lovely. You couldn't ask for a more mild fall. They say it's suppose to be a rough winter...not surprising really...the Pederson's are back!!


Hope all is well in your world and I will be working hard on correcting my camera issues so posts will be much more frequent!!

Old MacDonald had a farm...

The weather may be warm today, but it sure felt like it was officially fall when we went to The Country Pumpkin this afternoon!! It's an adorable little farmers market that has tons of produce, some baked goods, a small ice cream parlor and best of all...a petting zoo!!! Life just couldn't be any better for Maddy!! Actually, Sarah seemed to enjoy the animals too...and she loved climbing around on the HUGE pile of pumpkins out front!!

Another Prayer Request...

Yikes...I seem to have some crazy bad news to pass along an awful lot these days huh? Michelle called me this morning with some terrible news. Holly and Keith Powell lived one house over from us in Fort Sill and their house burned down last night. They are a wonderful family with lots of kids...seven to be exact...ranging in age from less than a year to 17. They lived one house over from us on Upton Road in a lovely huge seven bedroom home with balconies that surrounded the whole house on both floors. Thankfully all the kids and family are safe, but apparently everything was lost in the fire. Michelle said a group of soldiers in the barracks across the street were out drinking late last night. They saw the fire on the porch of the Powells house and starting beating on all the houses doors warning everyone to get out. If you've ever been to OK, you are aware the wind never blows gently across the plains...it blows so hard it can literally knock small children over. Well the wind was blowing and the fear was that the fire would spread domino like down the street. Turned out the wind was blowing front to back and the only thing that was effected by secondary fire was the Powell's backyard. The houses next door to the fire had all the windows blown out...that happened to be Shasta's house...but that isn't bad considering the alternative. So anyhow...I just wanted to send a quick message to ask for some prayers if you are inclined! The Powells have a very strong faith and I guess as they were standing there in their jammies and literally nothing else Holly said she and Keith started with nothing and they could always start over with nothing...they would be fine. She is an amazing woman!! Amazing or not...I know she can use all the help she can get!! I'll keep you updated as Michelle keeps me updated!! Once again...sure does make you stop and be grateful for everything you've been blessed with huh?

My Girlys!!

Well...once again, not too much to say...but I had to add these pictures of my girlys!! They are too adorable not to post!!

The first is Maddy in her Hanna Andersson adorable little outfit that Mommy won on Ebay...okay, technically I didn't "win" it, as I paid plenty, but seeing her in it is worth every cent!! I could eat her up!! Especially with the matching Converse Chuck high tops!!

Second is Sarah Beara with her piggy tails. Her hair is getting to that in between stage where it really need some work. So today I got out the rubber bands and did it ever do the trick!! Is she a cutie patootie or what?!? And notice how she's chunking out!! I love it that she finally has those cute little pudgy cheeks!! It's about time she got some baby fat going!!


The final picture is Maddy posing with her pony tails and Sarah looking at her like, "Are you nuts????" I love it!!


Again, not a lot to post other than pictures, but I can speak for Gigi and Pa when I say the pictures are really the best part of the postings anyway!! LOL

Have a great weekend!! Everyone keep your fingers crossed for us...Daddy is connecting the water/ice thingy on the front of the fridge. That involves cutting a hole in the wall and connecting the water hose on the fridge to the bathroom water pipe...hummmmm...I'll let you know how that works!! LOL


And PS Michelle...I finally found a little place in Fredericton that sells Kathy's. They are starting at $90!! Yikes!!!!!! The man who runs the kiosk...yep, it's not even an actual store, it's a kiosk...and I had a 10 minute conversation on the lack of style here in New Brunswick!! Jeff said he had no idea how I could talk to some man about purses for that long...oh how he underestimates me!! And I LOVE the new patchwork Kathy with black, white and rose colors....TOOOOO CUTE!!!! I can't wait to hit TJ Maxx at Christmas!!! Just thought you'd appreciate that story!!