According to this quiz,

Jeff is lucky he didn't marry me 80 years ago - he would have been the joke about town.

-8 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test!

That's right friends, I am a bad wife. Nah, not really, just to 1930's standards. What I find funny about this is that I am pretty sure I am more like a 1930's wife then most women my age. Ok, I swear, I work, I haven't given him children, I probably don't cook as well, I don't wear stockings and I cook in my pj's but, I sew, I cook, I clean, I do his laundry, I make the bed everyday etc.

As I get older, the younger feminist side of me is slowly dying and, I am totally ok with that. I am beginning to understand the importance of roles in family dynamics. I am ok with doing pink jobs and Jeff doing blue jobs. In fact, I like it that way. He brings home to bacon and I cook it. Deal with it.

Let's not assume I am some sort of Mrs Cleaver though, nope, not even close. I have adopted a modern twist on her. Think Mrs Cleaver in jeans and a t-shirt that will do anything but vacuum - that's me. I hate vacuuming so, generally, Jeff does it. Everything else though, that's me. Jeff for sure helps out lots though. I really think we have a great balance around 219. So, while I may not be a good 1930's wife, I don't think she has anything on me!

Supposed to be Wordless Wednesday

But, I choose not to participate in that today. I will post something "wordless" at the end of this post but, for now you get words!
I would like to announce that we have been skunk spray free for a week and a half as of today! YEAH 219!!!
Seriously, it's ridiculous what we have went through with this stupid skunk. I practically got kicked out of Shopper's the last time because apparently, I stunk the place up. Me Too got sprayed, J was bathing him and I headed to Shopper's to purchase all things scented. I was bad, really bad. Worst ever actually. So anyway, I got laughed at, glared at, sniffed (yes, sniffed! can you believe a man asked to smell me?) and pointed at. I didn't know wether to be embarassed or proud. Regardless, this is the point in my life that I declared war on our backyard.
Many people say "Why don't you just tie the dogs up so they can't get back there?" Now of course this is an option; however, not a good one for 219, Buff Buff or, Me Too. They are very rarely tied up so the tangles that ensue are ridiculous and frustrating. We live here! This is our yard, not his/hers. This thing isn't even living in our yard. Currently Pepe lives under that damn chicken coop. Can you believe that?! These chickens will be the death of me, I swear.
So, we now have a motion sensored spotlight and a motion sensored ultrasonic noise machine. Death calls the back corner of our yard "The Death Machine". Good job dear, now lets get rid of the chickens.
We have heard many different ways to get rid of a skunk from everyone. Let me tell you something, nothing works. Next time you know someone who has a pesky squatter, tell them that you know someone who went through this and they should not waste their money on do it yourself skunk removers. Purchase a trap or hire a pest removal company to do it for you. We have spent so much money on all these DIY's that we could have hired a pest company to remove our stinky neighbour and been done with it months ago. Live and learn I guess.

P.S. - My apologies for any typos and bad grammar in this one. I am on the laptop (vs. the desktop) and I hate the keyboard on it. Also, I am going to be late for work if I don't put a wiggle in it so, no time to proof read.

Updates

I felt it was time to switch things up around here again. Hope you enjoy the new tunes (a few of my favorites!). I try to use music that is pretty low key as it can be hard to read and listen to something with a heavy beat, well it is for me at least lol.

Enjoy friends!

Oh and thank you Auntie Sharon for wishing us both a Happy Birthday!

xoxo

Happy Birthday to Jeff!

Today is my wonderful husband's 30th birthday. Happy Birthday to the most amazing, caring, supportive and good looking man I have the pleasure of knowing.
Our weekend started by an adventure at the drive-in. It's always an experience. It starts with a trip to the Bulk Barn. Upon entering such a tempting and delicious store, Jeffrey needs limitations. We decide how many items we are each allowed to choose. We always get way too much stuff anyway and it cost's a small fortune. After we are armed with candy, we head to Tim Horton's to grab a coffee and hope to beat dusk (and the rush) to the local drive-in theatre. We are always early. I am always worried we are going to get stuck in a line waiting to get in and end up in the last row, parked behind a semi. That has never happened. I have no idea where I get my strange anxieties from.
So, we stuff our faces, drink our coffees, share a lot of laughs, do some serious people watching and are then both yawning before the first movie has even started. When will we get this right?
We watched The Other Guys and Salt. I would recommend both. I am not a huge movie fan, generally they don't keep my attention long enough but, these two were pretty good.
We continued the weekend celebration with some visits with friends and my parents made a surprise visit as well. I really do have the best parents ever.
It has been a crazy few weeks around here with lots of visits and running here and there.
Here's a few pics to catch you all up-

Happy Birthday To Me!

Well, yesterday was my birthday. 29 years old. Interesting age. Birthday's force you to reflect and evaluate and, quite frankly, I don't appreciate that. It also gets harder as the number goes up because there is always that child within that wants everyone you know to call first thing in the morning and sing as off key and giggly as they can. It just doesn't happen that way anymore. Of course my parent's call and Julie too so, no complaints, it sometimes just sucks growing up lol.
So, it was a great day. I had a great birthday and got to spend the entire day with Jeff doing random errands and lunch out etc. It was perfect for me but, my inner child is still waiting for the fireworks and ice cream cake lol.
Tomorrow is Jeff's 30th birthday party, we are really looking forward to it. A few people have had to cancel and that makes us a little sad but, we are still going to have a great time.
Jeff and I also went camping over the August long weekend. We had a blast and had some great friends stop by and enjoy bon fires with us. We also had the McMaster's dog, Bugsy with us. We were like a circus freak show with 3 dogs on a campsite. Seriously, people stopped when they walked by and gave us crazy looks. Get over it. The dogs were very well behaved and, most importantly, all lived to return home.
I will post pictures of the camping trip soon.
Last day of my holidays today. I hate the last day of holidays. I try to take it all in and make the day drag on but, it seems the more I drag my feet, the faster the day goes. I am really not looking forward to going back to the real world again. Growing up sucks. There, we went full circle - what better way to end this post?
xoxo

Random Ramblings

Have I done this before? Probably. Maybe I will make it a regular entry.

You know, I love blogging and I hate that I haven't had time to do it lately. Come fall, I will have more time. I was going to post pictures from our family camping trip but, the camera battery is dead and, well, I am too lazy to go charge it. I will do another post this week on family camping, we had a blast.

Hershey got sprayed by a skunk on Thursday night again. In the mouth. Seriously, we know Me Too is a little thick in the head but how does he manage to get it in the mouth both times? We think he must lunge at it (just like poor grey squirrel). Anyway, the house smells something awful.

After the smell, we got out all the candles in the house (that's not many because I am not really a huge candle person) and lit them around the living room and dining room. The candles were actually a wedding gift from Jeff's brother and his fiancee, they smell amazing and have our names and wedding date on the votive holder. It was a really thoughful and cute gift. We lit the candles a lot when we were on our honeymoon because they smelled so great. So, on Thursday night after the candles had been burning for a little while, Jeff and I talked about how the house now smells like our honeymoon. It really did. It made me miss it. It made me miss the wedding and it made me miss all the people I saw and talked to as our wedding day approached. We truly are blessed to have some really amazing people in our lives.

The honeymoon scent also took us back to things that we used to hold very important in our relationship. Things that seem to have slipped down a few notches as we got caught up in everyday things. Communication is the biggest one. We never fought, never fought. We always talked about things and communicated well because it was important to both of us; however, we have come to a place where we need to make it important again. It's not that we don't communicate, we do (don't forget Jeff likes to talk A LOT). We just need to make it a priority again.

I was going to make this a really funny post, I think this blog is due but, alas, I got nothing.

How about this...

I love that one. Shhhh! Don't tell Julie I posted it.

A few of my faves over the years...




That's all you get because now I spent way too much time gong through old pictures and now I am all emotional and what not. Thanks!

I know, it’s been a long time since this place was updated. I apologize. Those of you that are harassing me about doing a new one, this one’s for you!

First off, Julie and Steve got married! It was a beautiful day and a fantastic wedding. There weren’t even any major hiccups (unless you count Steve having the wrong coloured tie as one lol). Julie looked AH-MAZE-ING! Seriously, she was beautiful.




It sure did make me miss our wedding though. It really is the most amazing feeling to be surrounded by so many people you love to celebrate and amazing new adventure. We still have people talking about how much fun our wedding was and, I have to say, I totally agree. We love that so many people had such a great time and that is the best pay off. So, thank you to all of you who helped make our day the greatest day ever!




In other news, I got an early birthday present from the man of my dreams. That’s Jeff of course in case it isn’t clear. I arrived home from Barrie after the wedding to find a tent trailer in our driveway! That sneaky little husband of mine actually kept a secret. Can you believe that? WOW!

I love my new home on wheels and with some TLC, it’s going to be perfect.

Take a look:



Next, check out these awesome party outfits we got for Buff Buff and Me Too. Don’t they make you laugh out loud? I can’t stop laughing when I put them on them. Hershey is fine with wearing clothes; however, his big sister is not very impressed. I think she knows we are laughing at her.


Family camping trip this weekend! Looking forward to spending time with the family and using/showing off our new abode for the first time. Wish us luck!