Was gonna ...

... do a lot of things the past couple months.

I WAS blogging, honest, but I didn't post them. They weren't crazy or totally wacko or ranty ... I just was waiting and now they don't really need to be there so it just looks like I've neglected my blog for over two months. AWKWARD ....

Also ... I've been debating starting a new blog and not giving it out. I think I've decided to just continue this one and not post my blog to facebook, which means if you are reading this it is because you sought it out or you accidently googled something and got stuck here.

I'm going to post whatever I want whenever I want and that's just the way it'll be. I will, however, try to keep things about mostly me, myself and probably my husband and kids and friends that I know don't mind me blogging a hilarious story about them.

Another thing that I've randomly decided is to just be excited when good things happen because ... HOLY HANNAH do they ever slip away fast :(. I usually have something amazingly great happen (!) and then I just stay quiet and wait for the other shoe to drop. It makes it very sad around our place sometimes - all that caution and tiptoeing ... Hell ... I should just ENJOY when something amazing happens ... like my car getting fixed!!! AMAZING!!!!

Here is a list of great things that have happened lately :

1. Car is getting fixed for a fraction of the price we got quoted.
2. Got a new truck (this actually isn't a great thing but Corey would be all annoyed if I didn't put it here)
3. I'm working FULL-TIME as a preschool teacher - there is so much irony here really (I think it's irony ... it might be another word but I'll have to google it another day)
4. My friends/neighbors are all having babies
5. I'm going to look so HAWT in my bridesmaid dress.
6. I'm having a good time with Scentsy.
7. Amélie danced in front of people other than me and didn't pull a tantrum (this remains to be confirmed on recital day since she missed rehearsal because of being a sicky)
8. I just got EXTRA prep time hours (okay 30 minutes a day)
9. My kids are so freakin' silly that even though they don't look like me they sure have my sense of humour - poor society.
10. I'm in a play - not sure it's a great thing but I'm enjoying it. :)

Favorite things ...

William :

1 - The way he counts un, deux, un, deux, six, quatre, un, deux (and looks at you to make sure you're paying attention)
2 - Instead of Thank You he says Bye-bye or Goodbye and waves and leaves the room with whatever he's gotten.
3 - When he's excited to get something he does this skipping thing.
4 - He only repeats what he wants to repeat.
5 - While rocking him to sleep he repeatedly points to my boob and says 'THERE IT IS!' like it's some long lost treasure.
6 - When someone is leaving he will happily wave bye bye and say so until they move towards the door then he hangs his head and fake cries making you feel like the WORST person ever. (Ask mom, she'll tell you all about it)
7 - Loves to dictate with his jibber jabber while pointing his finger.
8 - Will snuggle right up to us while sleeping in our bed. (I mean literally so there is no space)
9 - Loves to see Avery arriving and leaving (will rock her carseat as if to rock her to sleep)
10 - Is a mama's boy but is SO rough and tough.

Amélie :

1 - She has three personalities : Debba, Amélie and Debbie. They come out depending on if one of them has been sent to her room. It's like having triplets or something.
2 - When she is SUPER excited or happy she does this cute little clapping thing.
3 - Crackers are only for mushroom soup. That's it.
4 - She thinks that dance is super fun until there are other people watching her, then she wants to do her own routine and not a choreographed one and only if Matante Maddie dances with her.
5 - She starts ALL her stories with 'Once upon a dream ...' and her stories are very animated and detailed and end with '...they lived happily ever after. The END"
6 - Her fish are named after real people in her life.
7 - Most of her sentences have 'my dear' in them when she's talking to us, or she pinches our cheeks or tickles us.
8 - She refers to most of her friends as 'my friend' until she sees them and remembers their name.
9 - LOVES birthday parties! (mostly cake)
9.5 - She finishes a lot of sentences with 'or somethin' : Mom, can I have pop ... or somethin'? ; I know! Let's play a game ... or somethin'. and other MUCH more hilarious sentences that I can't think of right now.
10 - Daddy's girl who likes to wear princess dresses, wear crowns and play Barbies, but will make jerky like it's nobody's business.

Corey :

1 - He would rather be late for work than leave without saying I Love you or hearing me say it. (99% of the time)
2 - If I ask for an iced capp and he says no, I can still count on him to bring me one.
3 - If he wants to go fishing/hunting he'll do dishes and sometimes ... he'll sweep.
4 - Will pout about something then move on - and I'll still be mad but it's hard to resist someone who ISN'T mad anymore. Grrrr.
5 - Can be easily bribed into rubbing my feet even if I owe him a bazillion massages. That's right, a bazillion.
6 - Likes looking at flyers for deals.
7 - Has really good, surprising ideas - sometimes. Other times all we can do is shake our heads.
8 - Loves birthdays
9 - Complains about playing Barbies with Amélie but some of the scenarios he creates with her are HILARIOUS.
10 - Will apologize - something that can truly be appreciated considering he sometimes blurts things out.

This isn't a TOP 10 or anything, just things that popped into my head over the past few days. Things to appreciate really.

New Years

NOTE : If you are my husband and you are reading this : You are getting your JUST REWARDS!!! (Okay that doesn't sound like the right saying but it's staying there until I can remember the real one).

I'm so glad we don't go back to work until next week. Like ... really, really glad. In fact I don't go back until next THURSDAY, pre-arranged because I had a lack of babysitter (Shrug) and am back to working just part-time anyways.

I reorganized the living room, moved my Scentsy over to be by my scrapbooking stuff and hope to con, bribe, beg, ask with cherries on top for my brother to come add shelves in various places in our house. I measured each closet/area I wanted shelves and am planning on drawing them up so that I know what I need and how much it'll cost.

I also plan on painting those damned cupboard doors. Did you know hinges are like 3$ EACH!! Sure that's fine if you need 3 ... but I need like 36!!! On the upside at least the cupboard doors will be one step closer to being back on the cupboards. I'll put them on NEXT year. One project a year.

New Year's .... I get just riled right up when I think about it. At first, I was excited - no kids, great babysitter :) Then ... I felt ... weird because there were OTHER kids there and so the conversations had to be PG rated. Well ... hello I left my kids at home for a reason!

Sidenote : I knew there was going to be other kids there from the getgo. I'm just saying it sucked not being able to have an adult conversation without little ears.

Then there were a LOT of strangers there. In fact, in hindsight, I only knew my sisters-in-law and one friend of the family. THAT'S IT! Awkward. On top of that my husband got drunk. SUPER, DUPER, acting humilating drunk. There is nothing worse than arguing, convincing, threatening  bribing a drunk that it's time to go home.

Sidenote : His sisters had him corralled in a room downstairs while I waited for about 30 +minutes for him upstairs. I have no idea what the conversation was about but ... who talks to a drunk person about anything even remotely important? When I asked Corey in the morning he was like ... I was in a room? Oh ... I think they were giving me heck for .... the champagne thing.
Champagne thing : I don't know why, but drunk Corey decided it would be SUPER AWESOME if he shook up a champagne bottle and sprayed his sister's basement ... oh and his sister. This was ALSO done while I was waiting for him upstairs. Although I desperately wanted to keep him upstairs and push him outside - his sister insisted he clean up his mess and although I agreed, I was on a time constraint. I made him go downstairs anyways.

Finally I went into the room they were possibly attempting this deep and meaningful conversation (they might have also been drunk I can't be certain, so this might explain why they all thought a conversation at this point would be good ... I'll have to verify. haha) and I grabbed my husband by the shirt and excused us we had to leave. I got him upstairs - oh and he was REALLY PISSY about it. I told him to watch his step and he fell outside. It was brilliant. Made me a little less livid.

When we finally got home, a silent trip because SOMEONE was half passed out, my poor sitter was going to be getting home an hour late. :/. She said NO big deal!!! Usually people don't even give her a time. I ABHOR being late. I forked over 60$ (despite me having said 40$ I felt SO BAD)

Sidenote : For those of you who think paying 60$ is normal or cheap, that's why I NEVER go out with my husband and leave my kids with a sitter. We live on a budget and 60$ was not part of my budget. I'm pretty sure any future times she babysits won't result in that much money (she seems really sweet and down to earth). I can't afford to pay a sitter more than 20$. Seriously.

Sidenote : Unfortunately, a side effect of being married to a Linfitt is that you run late. No. Really. I used to show up early for EVERYTHING but in the past few years ... I'm a little tardy most time. I hate it. Of course, it's ALWAYS awkward to be too early too.

Corey went to the bathroom and Will woke up. I ran to check on Will then, once I was sure he would be okay, I ran the sitter home. I knew Will would need more than a five second cuddle and when I got back he was pretty upset. :( Poor little guy. Our sitter had even offered to wait while I put him back down but I wanted to just come home and not be hurried with my little guy.

Corey was on his own. (I DID glance in when I got home - I don't deal well with puke and self-pitying moaning.)

I rocked Will back to sleep, after I changed into comfy clothes. Then I turned out lights, etc ... and then finally decided to check on Corey. He was lying on the floor in the bathroom so I turned off the light.

Oh. And I asked him if he wanted water then I told him we had no Tylenol. It wasn't a lie. We had advil. Just sayin'. I also thought about giving him a pillow and blanket ... but ... didn't.

Oh some of you are just annoyed that I didn't take care of my super drunk husband but let me tell you that he wasn't SUPPOSED to be drunk and he completely embarrassed me at this party. Super. Embarrassed.

THEN he slept most of the day away and was all lovey and wondering why I was so mad. 0_o.

Sigh. I always hear - well next time it's your turn. Do I look like an idiot? No. Really. Do I? I want to be able to get up with my kids. I have a lot of housework to do, more important things to do. We live in a super old, poorly built house that has more upkeep everyday! If I got that drunk NONE of it would be done while I was 'sleeping it off'. I'd be lucky if I got to sleep an hour without getting woken up by kids anyways.

I'm just sayin'.

So I'm a little sad and bummed out about that whole evening and I'll get over it and move on etcetera ... Sigh.

Sidenote : I DID play kaiser with a guy named Hoodle (or something) and he was as big as I am small so we made a very adorable pair. Haha. AND we did really well. Of course the more drunk Corey got the less he realized what he was doing. He even managed to play a couple hands without knowing trump.


Highlight of my New Year : I found a good babysitter for my kids.

Scentsy Buddy Donations!

I've teamed up with a fellow consultant to try and get as many Scentsy Buddies as possible to donate to the Prince Albert Victoria Hospital's Pediatric Ward.

Anyone with kids, nieces, nephews, grandkids knows that a stay in the hospital for ANY amount of time is traumatizing for most kids, especially those who end up staying a wee bit longer than expected. Scentsy Buddies are stuffed animals with a little zippered pocket in the back where a scent pak can be inserted. The Buddy also comes with a code that unlocks an online world of playtime!!!

Check it out here : Scentsy Buddy Website!!

The Victoria Hospital IS a Scenty Free environment but we have plans to help if the Buddies can't have their paks. We will either substitute the paks for toys that will fit in the zippered pocket or ziplock the paks to try and contain the scent. We'll know more once we get a hold of the person in charge of donations - after the New Year. :)

Between January 1st 2012 and June 1st 2012 we will accept any donations towards a Buddy or you can purchase a buddy to be donated. Each Buddy will have a necklace with the donor(s) name on it so each family will know where their child's special pal came from.

We need YOUR help to ensure as many children as possible get to experience the joy a Scentsy Buddy has to offer!!

To donate or get more information about how to help you can contact myself, Corinne, at (306)-981-2064 or by email : corinnelinfitt@yahoo.ca or my partner - Caitlin at (306) 981-4486.

Stay tuned to see how well we do!! :)

EDIT : If you purchase/donate towards Sasha the Bear then you are actually helping TWO kids. One at the Victoria Hospital and Scentsy donates 100% of ALL proceeds from this bear to Ronald McDonald House Charities! This bear is a little more expensive and is only available until February 28th/2012. 

New Year's Eve

Eeek. I need a resolution. This is always hard for me and I always fail it. Grrr. I think I'll postpone my resolution until January.

I hate going out too but my husband loves it. I just want to be with my little family. I've always been that way actually. Right after midnight I want to crawl into bed and get some sleep. We all know who's going to be getting up with the kids in the morning and it sure as hell won't be HIM.

I have some ideas for my new 'list'. My 101 in 1001 lists was okay but I think I'm going to do a new list. Not sure what it'll be called but I've been inspired by Pinterest. I already reorganized my living room to have better access to my Scentsy stuff and to my scrapbooking stuff. Hopefully I can get going on both things in a better way.

Also have a wedding in 2012. Excited for that! Especially since the dress I ordered was a size 0!! HAHA. Brilliant. Of course it was less amusing when the girl on the phone was like 'are you SURE you're measuring the right part of your bust?'. 0_o. I was sure.

Well ... I'll work on the list later, right now I want to rest up for tonight. HAHAHAHA yeah right. My husband is sleeping which means I will be in a FANTASTIC mood later - not. Fun right!!!???

Next Christmas

I'm already planning for next Christmas. Crazy? Perhaps. Smart? Probably.

The family is just getting bigger - and by family, I mean nephews, nieces, etc ...

They are also getting older - and also harder to shop for.

I want to be prepared next year and I have a really great idea. Thank you Pinterest - well thank you once you invite me that is.

So many things happened during this last month, and I meant to blog so many times but I was SO tired and got lazy. :/. Now I'm off for a couple weeks and although I have a lot to do in the house, I can relax a little bit.

What age do you stop buying gifts for nieces and nephews? Do you buy gifts for all your nieces and nephews? We have four nieces and 1 nephew, PLUS we are close to our neighbors so that adds three more 'nieces'. That's 8 kids, plus our own, plus my kid sister who's my goddaughter. My husband's side is not going to grow anymore (other than what we add) but my side is really just starting. Sigh. I don't know where to draw the line ... of course, with my BRILLIANT idea ... maybe none of this will matter!!!

Let's hope it works. :) Stay tuned.

DANGER! I'm walking here.

I fell off a chair and ran into a wall today. Not simultaneously.

I was talking to a teacher, let's call her Natalie (that may or may not be her real name) and then I fell off the chair. I have NO IDEA how she kept her composure as I picked my ass off the floor, rubbing my elbow. I would have laughed my ass off. I would have. I probably would have cried from laughing so hard because I fell in a really stupid and embarrassing way.

She reassured me by saying the kids do it all the time. Maybe she's immune to people falling on the floor.

Anyways, my elbow hurts.

Then I was talking to another teacher - let's call this one Jacquie - and I was also walking and I turned just as the wall appeared. I nearly broke my nose. She did not contain her laughter and laughed her ass off. Thanks Jacquie. Thanks. ;)

Luckily, when I went up the stairs I took my time and did what needed to be done. I needed to talk to my boss later but took one look at the garland/string of lights taped to the floor in his entryway and decided to email him instead. I didn't feel like going to emergency and explaining why I had cut my lip on his desk while walking into his office. :/