So I know I am a procrastinator, and I know that I can be lazy sometimes, but this blog just doesn’t get enough of my attention. I think I’m going to try to update it more often, but with smaller posts, maybe that will get me going?!?

So Christmas and New Years have long since passed as well as my 26th birthday (oh my, where did 26 years go?) and Valentines Day. Christmas was wonderful and full of visiting with family. New Years was a night to remember only through pictures, spent with great friends. My birthday was also wonderful, had a full weekend of dinners and drinks and visiting with family (minus Jossy and Jared  Miss you guys so much) and friends. We decided to do nothing for Valentines Day, no cards, no gifts, just time spent at home with each other and Molly, and it was just as good as any other year!!

We have done some painting and decorating in our house as well as starting to clear out the clutter! So far it has been going really well. We each have gotten rid of over half of our clothes because they don’t fit anymore (such a good feeling to know that we are both a lot smaller and healthier!!) I love how our house is finally turning into our home after almost 3 years of living here. It is a relief!!

So now it is time for my rant……Sometimes I just don’t get people. People who say one thing and do something else. People who mishandle their money and then complain about it. People who think they are better than everyone else. People who make excuses. People who don’t support their family and friends. People who don’t return phone calls. People who don’t acknowledge other people because they have their heads too far up their own ass to give a shit about anyone else. Why don’t people just take charge of their lives, take responsibility and make a change. What happened to simple smiles, notes and phone calls to acknowledge that someone else is there and that you appreciate that person and the things they do. I feel like I put all this time and effort into making my life better and fuller and to making other people know that I enjoy their company and that I care and it just doesn’t seem to be reciprocated. Why is that? Am I supposed to stop caring?

Now that February is more than half over we have a lot of things to look forward to in the next bit: Josh has a ride-a-long with the Police for recruiting, Josh’s birthday is on February 27, a much needed visit from Jossy, more spring cleaning and hopefully some nicer weather!

OverDue

So I have taken my sweet time in getting back to this blog. There just doesn't seem to be enought time these days to get everything done that is on my to do list. Can you believe it that it is the middle of November and that in the blink of an eye it is going to be Christmas (and that Jocelyn and Jared are going to be home!!! :) ) At the beginning of December me and Josh are going to Calgary for 3 days so Josh can have laser surgury on his eyes and so we can get a little bit of shopping done! So excited for both. But I am a little jelous, I want to wake up and be able to see in the mornings too. Maybe next time.

So here are some new pictures of Molly (we had her fixed 2 weeks ago and she is doing great) and the finished front of our house (so glad the dirt is gone, and I'm so happy with how it turned out). I also bought new Christmas ornaments (they are in the last picture of Molly in the spare bedroom) And I've included some pictures from our halloween party, it was so much fun!

Thats all for now, I'll put up some more pictures when we get our Christmas decorations up. I'll let everyone know how Josh's surgury goes. Until next time...

P.S. Can't wait for you to come home Jossy!! xoxo

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Okay...as promised here are some updated pictures. First some pictures of Molly, because she is just so darn cute!!

We have also been working on the front yard and the garage. Hopefully the weather holds out so we can finish. Today it is raining and a chance of snow later tonight :(
I have also been doing some scrapbooking and card making. I haven't finished any scrapbook pages yet, but here are some cards I've made. Well that's all I have for today. Enjoy the pictures and I will keep you updated!!

Falling...

I think it is officially FALL. The leaves are changing and this morning there was frost on my car. That doesn't make this summer girl very happy, but I must admit fall is a very pretty time of year. It also means that I should start thinking about Halloween and Christmas. Oh my! What is a girl to do? Oh and I cooked chili for supper tonight...a very nice fall meal. I promise to post some pictures soon. Molly is getting soooo big, almost 60 pounds. Yeah thats right SIXTY! Well I need to clean the house if I'm going to get to sit down and enjoy Grey's Anatomy tonight.

So I know it has been a while since I updated my blog (SHAME) but we've been really busy. I've been able to cross a few things off of my list. We just got back from visiting Josh's grandparents in Victoria, BC. While we were there we also visited my Aunt and Uncle. We had a great vacation, camped the whole time! We are just about completely sick of camping now, 7 nights of camping in cooler weather (it got down to 8 or 10 degrees some nights) really knocks you out. We saw more of the island than we have before, went walking in places I didn't know existed and drove up island to see a couple of the small towns, very cute! I will put up some pictures when they have been uploaded to our computer. While we were out west we also spent a day in Vancouver. We went back to Stanley Park, which is where Josh proposed to me more than 3 years ago. Can't believe it's been that long. It was nice to go back and it's nice that it's a place that we can afford to go back to!

Before we went to BC we went out on a date to the Galt Museum to see the High Level Bridge exhibit because the bridge is 100 years old this year. It was nice to do something different than going to the movies or having drinks, and I can cross going to a museum off of my list!

I'm hoping that there is still a little bit of nice weather left this year, we didn't really have much of a summer and I'm still craving some warm weather. But I am looking forward to Christmas time this year because then Jocelyn will be home from school for a month, miss her so much! (Love you Joss)

Progress report on the garage is this: The drywall, taping and mudding is almost done, then we are going to paint the walls and the floor. Once painting is done we can put up shelving for all our junk err I mean 'nice things' that are cluttering up our basement and my scrapbooking space.

Well that is it for now. Hopefully it won't be so long before I update again.