A new layout of the nieces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This scrapbook page is of my three nieces...Taylor, Holly and Annika. This picture was taken by their mom and I think it shows their personalitites a great deal. I chose the circles because they are playful and chose strond colors that were not to bright to set off of the white so everything would stand out.

Trent's soccer tournament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday and Saturday Trent was in a soccer tournament. It was one put on by the Valley Regional Hospital here in the valley. Those who participated had to be in the medical profession. All of the teams that played were part of the hospital it's self excpet for the paramedic team. Trent did not play with the paramedic team tho...he played with the emergency department. Each team had to have so many girls and since the paramedic team was all male, and the emergency team mostly female they swapped players. Trent ha d a blast playing for the emerg team...they played for fun instead of being to anal about it!!!!!!!!!!! Tren't team lost, whoch could be expected from a team of people who had never played together before. Some had never played at all!
After the games there was a babeque at Dee's house...who is a complete hoot!!!!!!!! Anyway, they had to practice their dance for the evening closing. Every team was suppose to do a song or dance at the closing. Trent just happened to sneak his way out of it. LOL. The song they did was about ER's and if I knew how to post it on here I would because it was completly hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a fun time and wil be looking forward to next years tourny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blog question #4..Facebook

The question is : Has anyone signed up for facebook, and have you found any old friends.

I have been on facebook for a few weeks now and I am truely addicted. I have found most of my old highschool friends, and people I have worked with in the past. Too many to count,LOL. It so nice to see what everyone has been up to, see pics that they post as well as their everyday comments! I love it.

Some days I just go into my "friends" spot, and click on them one at a time and leave a message on their wall....or else you end up forgetting you even had them as your friends. This is because you can accumulate so many friends. Everytime I turn on facebook there is a new friend request or some action on my facebook page. The great thing is that you can chose if you want to be someones friend or not...you have to confirm or reject them.

A couple new layouts!!!!!

This is a digital layout of Dory just this April. Poor little thing! It seems funny to be using winter scrapbooking stuff for pics taken in the Spring.
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Spring in Nova Scotia,HEHEHE!!!!!!!!!!!

So, today I was outside raking up the dead grass and pebbeles from the driveway (UGH), and I realised that we were supposed to get snow again last night and didn't. Today is actually a nica sunny day...but who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Just the day before Easter I took these shots of robins in my front yard. Not a drop of snow on the ground and it was warm out while I snapped these pics. Than the next morning I woke up and this is what I saw:
Poor little Dory could barely keep her balance when walking in it because she is so small. Anyway, here is hoping that the sunny days keep on coming and the snow stays away!

I've been tagged by Teri-lynn

Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog! OK, here goes:

1) Half of the time I feel lonely, but I love being home by myslef. I wish I would call up a friend and ask them to do something, but I never do...then I sit home feeling lonely.

2) I love to teach, and yet I am sound sensitive. Not a career that goes with such an issue. I seem to tune it out, as I only allow a certain level of noise anyway.

3)I am afriad of drowning. I almost drowned once and hate water over my head...but I go out to far than stupidly try to touch ground.

4)I fold paper before I put it in the garbage. Not sure why,I just do it.

5)I can make a song out of anything....not because I think I am a great singer. I could be making a sandwich and would make a song about it. My dogs actually have little theme songs!

6)I would love to own/run my own Bed and Breakfast/Inn. It would cover so many of my intrests.

7) Blood and gore does not bother me, but a runny nose, drool, vomit or anything that can pretty much comes from your face really grosses me out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I tag Didi, Nikki, Kim, Isabella and all the other people I have are already tagged!

Scrap page of Dory...

A few days ago a posted some pics and there is one I just love of Dory. I went out today and I stopped at the local scrapbooking store and picked up some really great paper. SO I used them with this picture of Dory. The writing if you can't read it says, " How can you resist this sweet face???". I know that I can't,LOL!

Signs of Spring (and some other bits,lol)...

Trent and I took a walf on the trail behind our house with the dogs yesterday. It is something that is right at our fingertips and yet we never seem to use it (only about once a year). I think this might be the year to change that. Kailey our german shepard is 10 now so she is starting to find the walk tireing, and Dory is so little that she finds going to far tiring and needs to be acrries. There was still a little snow on the trail and the poor little thing would not touch snow if her little life depended on it!!!!! Anyway,taking a walk in the wilderness, I really got a sense that spring is here and it is starting to show.

Sometimes I like to snap a couple of pics of the animals as you all know,LOL. That's what happens when you don't have any kids! Anyway, these are some pics I snapped. I have been trying to get different perspectives like not centred and face on. These are what I got.


I couldn't help this last one because Dory loves having her pic taken as she totally looked right at me!

LIITD BLOG CHALLENGE #2

Question: If you could go back and change something whatwould it be?
This is a tuff question because changing one thing causes a string of changes.

I automatically think about friendships, but that's not quite it..that's just correlated to the bigger picture. Besides, if I hadn't had the experience of having less than great friendships...I wouldn't have known what to look for in the friends I have now, or have the knowledge that it is okay to have less friends if the friends you do have are true firnds that make you happy. Besides I have had some memorable friendship in the past that I even miss today.

I would say it would be to take better care of my body but again it is just part of the bigger picture. It is something that I could change any day of my life if I put my mind to it..and this is where the one thing I would change comes into place!

I would change the idea that I have that I am just not good enough. It's harder to change then you think it is..you know.....your just not pretty enough,important enough, smart enough, haven't done enough, talented enough, brave enough, not likable enough. Any list of things I would change in my life stems from this one idea. I mean gosh...wouldn't I lose that 20 LBS, spend more time on and with my friends and family, wouldn't I push myself to accomplish more if I just thought I deserved it!!!!!!!!!!

I have been blessed to have a great husband, a few great friends and yet I wonder how I even managed to get them. It's a horrible way to think, and I know a higher level of happiness is out there if this block wasn't in my way. So, this is what I would change if only I knew how.

UGHHHH, these blog questions are sooooo heavy. Thank god they only come out once a week

Bowl for the kids...

Friday night Big Brothers and Big sisters hosted their annual Bowl for the kids kids night. You have to get pledges for your team and play. I was on the paramedics team as Trent is a paramedic, and Wacky Wheatlys played with us (a paramedics wife works there) All combined for our team $1600.00 was raised. The total for the entire night was over $30,000. Not bad for one night I must say, and all the money goes to kids locally. Every one on our team got a free big borhters-big sisters t-shirt for raising that much money.

I hadn't bowled in years, and was worried that I wouldn't be very good at all. It was for fun, but you never know when you are going to get that person on your team who just has to win!!! We didn't fortunately, and I didn't even do that badly. It was glow bowling, so they used the black lights.....I wish Trent had told me before we left the house as I had on a black shirt. It showed every piece of lint and ofcourse dog and cat hair. Every piece of clothing I own has dog hair on it...I have 2 dogs and 2 cats...UGHHHHHH, it's too many. We also had to wear beads as the theme was Mardigras. Again, something I didn't know until just bwfore bowling...it's a good thing Zellers always has what ya need in a pinch, LOL!!!!!

What makes my world go round!!!!

This is a challenge/question posted on the site LIITD, where I put all of my scrapbooking pages. This question isn't one I even had to think about,a s I knew the answer instantly.


Now, while my husband would say it was my dog Dory...he knows that really it is him. No matter what occurs in my life, everything is better if Trent is there. When I am going through something terribel, all he had to do is walk in the room and I feel better. I truely think that I would not feel like a whole person without him!!!!!!!!!!! He has a way of balancing me out ans also making me feel safe and confortable. I would have a different life if I hadn't meant Trent, and I am grateful that I did.

In the past 6 months I had a horrible experience with a failed pregnancy..a blighted ovum to be exact. It is where a sac grows but a baby does not grow in it. I (as was Trent) was devestated to find out at 3 months that there was no baby at all, and there never was. Especially, when we were getting the ultrasound to see if we were having two babies or one...and find out there was no baby at all! The situation spiraled from there, where I needed to have 2 d&c's to for the same pregnancy and then it took 3 or more months for my body to heal. The idea of being able to have chilren was quickly fading for me as I thought that something was terribly wrong and I could feel depression starting to set. If Trent hadn't been there to dry the tears, and have the patience to deal with the randomness of when they came I don't know if I would have recovered as well as I did. He was always there for reassurance, comfort and support. He was hurting too, and yet he put me first to help me deal with what I was feeling. Though this was the worst experience we have had together, he was there to make it better, as he is with the everyday trials of life as well. He is the love of my life!!!! It is Trent that makes my world do around. HEHEHE, and Dory is a close second(joking).

Pics from the last few days!!!!!

The new bed set. Ok, so I have a really great bed set, but when I want to wash it I don't have another great set to put on. Today I changed that. I wanted to go with something that was not strictly beige where everything in my room is that color. I really like this icy bluish color so when I found it on sale I thought "yup, I'm getting it". It is more modern, and fussy looking, but hopefully is not too girly! It will not replace the other one as the other bed set is really nice as well, but this one is lighter and will be less hot for summer.

This is Dory soaking up the sun on the living room floor. Dory is never far from where I am, so while I was watching tv I could here the noises of Dory chewing on her favorite pinapple. She has the bottom ripped off now and is very very proud of herself,lol!!!!!! Anyway, all the sudden the noises stop so I figure she went somewhere else, but when I looked she was fast asleep with the pinapple toy not far away. I grabbed the camera, and since she is deaf she did not hear me when I turned it on to get the pictures. Isn't she the cuttest little thing, sigh!!!!!!!!!!

Sleepyhead...

This picture is so cute...or at least I think it is. Teri , Scott and the girls came over and the girls were not feeling well. They all were laying around trying to feel better. I had two girls on the sofa and one upstairs sleeping, oh I mean watching Shrek 2 HEHEHE. I loved this pic because I thought it was so priceless how she had her hands up by her face. It is hard to tell here but she had her palms flat together as if praying. And she was resting her head on them. Trent actually took this pic as I was holding her when this was taken. Poor little thing was not feeling well, and held off the throwing up until later. Well, I since have gotten whatever it was that they girls had...and it sucked!!!!! I am feeling better tho, at least feeling human again.

Trent's birthday...

Trent finally got to sleep in while I went to the dentist and picked up his cake. He opened his presents from me and then we went into town for lunch and to run some errands. This took way longer than intended so we were a little rushed feeling, but what can ya do??? When we got home my parents came over so Trent opened up more presents and we ate cake and icecream. How many pounds can you gain in one day,hehehe?


For supper Trent's mom, and his sister, her husband and their 3 kids, along with us went to Paddy's Pub. I shared my supper with Annika because there was nothing on the kids menu she wanted, and is still too little ti make her way through an adult meal. Holly wasn't feeling well so she ordered some toast. We ordered, the food came and at the end of the meal, the birthday people (Trent and his mom) got to order a free desert. LOL, we were going back to Wanda's for cake but hey why not? So, then we were off to eat the cake. Teri and I colaberated and decided to get Wanda a Manicure and Pedicure for her birthday. Her birthday wasn't until Thursday but it made sence to give that gift to her with Teri and her family here to watch her open it!It was a busy day, it was nice to get everyone together.

A good man...

Since Trent's birthday is coming up sson it must of triggered me to think about doing a page for him. I don't usually do pages of just him, since scrappin' tend to turn out a little feminin, but I think I got it done without managing to make it girlie! Usually titles are hard for me, but not this time. I knew exactly what I would call it...A GOOD MAN!!! That's a great way to describe him.

My celebrety look alikes...

I have done this several times with picture of Trent and I just playing around. It is fun and funny to see what people of the opposite sex you look like. I don't know how they do it, because I don't think I look like any of these people..though I can't complain. I chose only the females to show. Take a look.

Here's what I have been doing lately!!!

Sorry folks who visit my site that do not scrapbook because this entry is entirely stuff that I have created. There hasn't been too much to do so I have spent some spare time doing my hobby. This first page is a digital page I did for a challenge on LIITD. The secons layout is of Trent and I again...it is a paper scrap page. It took a lot of work and cutting,LOL.The next couple of pics are all cards made from pieces of paper that are left after I have done a page. I really like these cards.
I usually make some mess HAHA when I scrap, but when I make cards it gets ridicously messy. I took a pic to show you what I mean, and for anyone who knows me they know that it is rare for me to have such a mess anywhere in my house,LOL!!! Guess it means I ma having fun.

Another scrapbook page...

This page is of the niece that I can no longer get picture of. I think it turned out nice. It's not too "little girl", as she is getting older. I used all scrap pieces left over from other pages I have done and used white paper...OMG, not things I normally do! I stamped all over the white paper though as yopu can see,lol. I tried to leave a little more blank space becausae it is something I need to be more comfortable with..ususally I feel that I can't leave anything. This page reminds me of spring, which we could all use a little of right now as a possible upcoming storm is hitting.

Our weekend getaway...

We started out saturday (our getaway) with a one hour couples massage at EAU SPA. It was very relaxing and just the perfect way to start off our weekend. I wasn't able to get many pics as we got right in, But I managed to snap one before we went into the massgae room. Here I was able to get a few while they were waiting for Trent and I to get ready.

We were off to a place called in on the lake which is less than 1.5 hours away from where we live. It is in a quiet area and was what we were looking for. It was built in the 1790's though I am not dure what it was back then. When we walked into the lobby it was a little less than grand (as we have seen at other places) but they hadold 20-30"S style music playing which added to it's charm. After check-in we took our stuff to our room which was exactly as it looked on their site which is nice...they don't always. The colors were warm and inviting...very cozy and spacious as well. As promised there was a large whirlpool tub (which isn't a big deal because I have one already at home), but makes for futher relaxation. The Inn had a bottle of champagne waiting for us and some chocolates. We had a couple of hours to kill before supper so we watched some tv and took come pics. Trent was in Yellow Knife for a month and didn't get to watch much tv...so it was great for him.

We dressed up for dinner, I figure any place that requires a reservation is likely a place that you should be dressed up for. As we were walking toward their restaurant called ENCORE I though "maybe we overdressed", but as I entered I realised that we fit in very well in our chioce of dinner attire. We were placed at a table infront of the fireplace, and again there was the soft cooners music in the background. I didn't get any pics at dinner because Trent and I would have looked like fools pulling it out and snapping pics...this is not a restaurant that serves pop or ketchup,lol. Did I mention we were the youngest ones there??? They started off our meal with warm bread, Trent had a beer and I had a daquiri. I ordered the chicken parmesan and Trent ordered the lamb chops with a sundried cherry-gin-juniper berry sauce. Trent had cinnimon crusted fried icecream in strawberry sauce and I had a fresh lemon tart in cream for dessert. TOO MUCH FOOD!!!

The next event was unfortunate...we had to go get some cold and sinus medicine. Yes, both Trent and I were coming down with a cold. That didn't stop us though. We relaxed a bit more, waiting for the medication to kick in then we went for the whirlpool. I know it is not "advised" to drink and be on cold medication but I was having champagne darn it!!!!! It is so yummy!!! So we sipped away on that for a while. Later, when our stomaches could hadnle more food, we opened up the chocolate fondue I had made that morning to bring. I heated it in the fondue pot and we ate choloate dipped fruit.

The room was so nice and toasty, as I put it up as high as I wanted it. Trent likes it cooler at home...save $$$ on oil,lol!!!!! The bed was cozy and very large (king), but that didn't keep the snoring from coming across to me, ugghhh! oh no, was a perfect weekend about to be spoiled by laying awake listening to Trent snore???? For about 2 hours I laid there listeing, but then I woke him (slightly cranky) and he propeed his head up and we were okay for sleep again for a little while. I was hoping at breakfast that I could finially snap a pic, but itwas busier than the evening and there was no good moment...so you will have to trust me that the restaurant was lovely. The colds held off just enough on Satuday, but appeared strong on Sunday and is now running it's course. Hoping to feel better by tomorrow as I work tomorrow!!!