Haiti

Haiti has had my heart for a long time. I am heart broken with what has happen. As if they need one more thing to make life ruff for them. But this earth quake is over the top. I urge EVERYONE to do something! Anything! If you can't donate money then your time. If you can't donate time the thought and prayers. See there is room for EVERYONE to do something every a small something. It all adds up.

Here are some ideas: Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, and one dear to me Answered Prayers. Answered Prayers is a non profit organization. They help run 3 orphanages. Answered Prayers is run by a Board of Directors and they are all volunteers so 98-100% of the donations go directly towards projects in Haiti.

Remember to take a moment to think about if that was your family there. Your mother, your father, your best friend your children. There's not much you wouldn't do to help them, right.

A bucket full of cuteness

I think I woke up one morning recently and thought to myself, "You know what I want more than anything in the whole world?... I want to clean up more poop! Yup nothing would make me happier." And so I acted on that thought and got us 2 new kitties.

So now we have "Mama Mia" our Australian Sheppard. The best dog ever made. Nope, your wrong! I have the best dog ever;-P Then there's "Naughty Nelly" her 9 week old puppy. She's CUTE with a capital "C". And our kitties Sosha and Genvieve "Genny".

So there you have it, a bucket full of cuteness and a truck load of poop;-)
But in my defense I was just fresh over being sick with a nasty flu bug (as where 7 of the 9 of us in this house) and may possibly still have been delirious;-)

Funny thing a few of the kids said to me "I didn't realize how much I missed having a cat around until now."And Kevin is always happy when there's a cat around, lol.

So life is good and as loud and busy as ever.

Graditude Journal #1

I am thankful for all the beauty around me that helps to inspire me and to lift me up when I'm feeling overwhelmed.

I am thankful for my new runners that help me run more safely and more comfortably.

I am thankful for my new sports bra. It rocks!

I am thankful for my new running pants and socks. They help me feel like a real runner;-)

And when I put on My Blue MEC jacket, my thin grey shirt, my new sports bra, my new running pants, new running socks, and my new runners, it's like putting on a uniform. It makes me feel more serious. I like it. It's a great motivator when you feel like you you great:-) And for that I am VERY thankful.

I am thankful for coolrunning.com for helping take this new adventure one bite size piece at a time.

I am thankful for fatfreevegan.com for teaching me these health changes can be easy, simple steps on at a time. one meal at a time.

I am thankful for my amazing husband who "unknowingly" encouraged me to "just do it".

I am thankful for Jen Lemen and the inspiring way she lives her life.

I am thankful for being inspired to "do something hard every now and then".

I am thankful for my brother Patrick for being a great example... by simple being himself.

I am thankful for my beautiful little children for cheering my on like I'm a super hero. I love you guys:-)

These are just some of the things I am thankful for this evening.

Come and take a look see

If you guys will take a moment and look to your left hand side of the screen you'll noticed I've changed some of the blogs I read some of them are pretty amazing like Katie and Maggie. And then there's the ever cool Rae. Shutter Sisters and Stephanie Roberts need no introduction their conection with Jen Lemen makes sense. Hope you guys enjoy these.

I am so weak!

All right, I give in to the sage advice from "Legs". I'm not going to give up coffee. I'm going to embrace it. Especially after trying this Vanilla Coffee creamer recipe from Alicia.
Yumm! But now what? This whole peaceful existing, inner calm, living the zen life is out the window. Unless there is some trick someone can teach me to doing my yoga while being all cracked out on caffeine. I am finding many of the poses challenging now. The crane pose when your all jittery is a nose bleed waiting to happen. hmmm... maybe coffee isn't my best friend...
coffee... yoga... coffee... yoga... hmm...
Vinyasa shm-inyasa! Aw screw it give me my frigin crack... um I mean coffee;-P

Ramblings from the coffee deprived...

Anyone miss summer as much as I do? I am one of these strange people who LOVES rainy days, but come on enough already. Just give me a few nice ones in a row. Ahhh gad!

Any coffee freaks out there? Ya you know who I'm talking to. You know when you wake up in the morning, your fumbling around with the coffee pot and cursing your self for not getting it ready the night before. Come on I can't be the only one who does that. You then shuffle over the the sink to get the water and proceed to some how get water up you sleeve (still not sure how that happened) Nothing like cold water in the morning to put a skip in your step... or maybe naughty words in you mouth;-) Shuffle back to the coffee pot and spill water from that stupid dribbly pot on to the bills and cookies beside it. Cause that's how you like your important papers and yummy cookies...water logged. You pause and take a deep breath. Mumble something incoherent because really that's all that comes out before that first cup of the day. Then you go and sit in your favourite chair waiting with that some glazed over look until you notice that's not the coffee a brewin' you smell but... ... no... your kidding right? Come on Universe are you kidding me?... Great!... That is the smell of dog poop. Good morning world. ARG!

Calm now, you tell yourself, be calm. You clean up said mess and and relax for a moment. Then you notice something else. Mmmm, it's ready. You rap your hands around that cup and feel the warmth travel up your hands almost like a big cuddly hug. You take in a deep breath and think to yourself, "yup I think this is probably what it smells like in heaven" There may have been angels singing I can't be certain though;-) Perfection in a cup. mmmmmm

Now considering how beautifully that trying morning went, why am I trying to give up coffee. Crazy talk I tell you.

War has broken out at crazy acres!

There are casualty Jacob was one of the first.

But Seth is holding his ground.

No worries. Blake will save the wounded... or at least Beau awyways. Then he'll have to rest his acking back, lol.

Big brothers are awesome and the y make games so much more fun:-)

Tap, tap, tap... is this thing on?

Been gone for a lone time. Did ya miss me? I know, I know life just wasn't the same without my incoherent babbling. Well I'll try harder to at least keep the blathering to a consistent basis;-)
Here are some of the things going on around here.
this kids trying to crack the code on Dad's brief case too bad they don't know that there's no candy in there only beer and wine making books.

See the resemblance? I'm not sure why the picture has blue ear lobes though. Must be some sort of artistic interpretation;-)

Here they are working on Dad's Happy Birthday picture.

Here's me pretending to be a gardener. and Liam is looking at Kevin saying,"This is good dirt Dad. You should try some."

And a little bit of random cuteness Jacob and E the inseparable pair.