Oh what a nice glorious sunny day we are having here today..... but cmon! Yesterday was snowing, sleating....windy windy windy.... so I didn't head over to Quadra for my spinning group, home I stayed. And then today is absolutely marvelous! I just can't believe this winter weather sometimes.

So hear I am today cleaning up the mess downstairs (includes sink covered in paint and all painting stuff still covered in paint as well.....like really? still covered in paint! NICE) that Kevin has left for me to deal with when it is oh so nice outside.....

Well well well.... I do belive that the boys rooms is finally done or at least close enough to done that I can't tell the difference ;)

Kayne and Kevin moved his bed, lamp, stereo and clothes down last night so that he could sleep in his new room as Kevin leaves today to head back to AB.

Kayne was so happy to get to sleep in his new room last night... when I went down to help him set his stereo clock it was soo freaking cold down there that I actually hoped under his blankets while I helped him hehe. I hope he doesn't freeze while he sleeps. When I left his room and he was all tucked in an laying there all happy happy... he asked if I was going to turn off the light that is just outside his door? Like with the uhm mom your not going to turn off that light yet right? Very cute, so I left it on until I went to bed and I do think  will pick up a night light of some sort today so that I don't have to leave on said light all the time as it isn't just on light on that switch it's two. I will also measure for his window covering today since he is at ground level now I really don't like the idea of just anyone looking in the window at him when he's sleeping or whatever.

So all in all the room is done and the boy is happy happy!

I'll take some pics today sionce it sunny out.

Well here it is the big announcement that I have been absolutely dying to spill!.....

But I just couldn't do it here until I told all of my girlfriends at knitting group tonight :)

I still need to tell my spinning group and my ladies groups and won't be able to until next Tuesday and Wednesday respectively now....



So here it is after holding it in for close to two weeks....



We are pregnant! Yes you read that right :) we are, we are, we are!



After a little bit of trying (like one cycle) and vola! WE did it :)

My EDD is Sept 25... so that puts me at 6 weeks tomorrow.

Kevin asked me to wait to spread the news until he came home from AB so after picking him Monday afternoon and then the kids from school... I went straight over to my Pa's place and told him and the kids together.... You might say that I had a different way of telling them I told them that I had come down with a condition over the last month that was causing me to pee a lot but that it should clear up in 8 months or so.... and my dad right away got it... he was all your pg?! That's really good Billie was all I new it!and Kayne well he was all no way! that's cool :) I told Pa that this was is very much intentional...and that we are happy... he was happy too!

So we get home and Billie gets on the PC (with permission might I add) and immediately changes her MSN status to "mothers pregnant" I ask to to be a bit more polite about it... as she typically calls me mother but I don't care for it.. and well it was sounding a little on the cold side... so she made it a bit nicer and I get to thinking well she's on the phone right now with my step-sisters daughter and OMG what if she tells her mom and then she calls our parents! F*** so on the phone I get and I NEVER call the parents at night only in the am... so I do some basic chit chat with my mom and then ask if  Marshall (my step-dad) was home and and ask if he could also get on the phone so that I could say hi to him but for mom to just stay on the line because it would only be a second.. so again with the mindless chit chat and a bit of can you hear me oh I couldn't hear you just to make sure that they could both hear me... and then I give them the same line as I gave my Pa and the kids... and my mom is all "OH GREAT!" totally doesn't get it and thinks that I have some illness now or something of the like and Marshall right away gets it and say "are you pg?" all excited and happy sounding... and then mom finally clues in ... boy oh boy did that ever give us a laugh... they were both very happy for us and mom perked up a bit after realizing that I wasn't actually just calling for idle chit chat :)


So the long of the short of it is

We are pregnant... I had my first midwife appointment today and it went well ... I have already got a decent amount of stuff lined up or in the works for hen I will need it... Kevin and the kids immediately went through the name book and Billie got on the PC and was looking at names , so they already have a boy  and girl list.... I have 8 months approx to go and have already done more in the first couple of days of sharing the news than we did a month before the kids were even due..... this is good


Now for a smooth pregnancy and delivery :)
 

I have tried and tried to get the pregnancy ticker to load to this page but I just can't... oh well....

I do have it on my main profile page if you want to check it out... it's pretty neat :)

eta : So weird I did actually post this last night... but for whatever reason it just wouldn't show up on the main friends page, it did however show up on my main page???? but cmon I wanted it to be seen.... ;)

Well Kayne's bedroom has really taken some shape over the last 2 weeks.. we have a new sub-floor on top of the super uneven cement floor that was out 2 inches! all of the crown moulding is painted and was hung today. The window molding an ledge shelf also went in today and will be trimmed out and stained during the next couple of days, I painted the bottom portion of the room so that when Kevin came home is was done so that he could get to it and do his fancy pants paint job :) We ordered the flooring in on Monday so it should be here (in town that is) by the 6th and then it ill just take an afternoon to have it installed...and then the baseboard molding will follow that... very soon very soon... hopefully the boy can be moved downstairs by the time Kevin goes back to work... we'll see :)

I will be sure to take some picks of his wicked awesome painting when it's all done ;)

Well here it is the big announcement that I have been absolutely dying to spill!.....

But I just couldn't do it here until I told all of my girlfriends at knitting group tonight :)

I still need to tell my spinning group and my ladies groups and won't be able to until next Tuesday and Wednesday respectively now....



So here it is after holding it in for close to two weeks....



We are pregnant! Yes you read that right :) we are, we are, we are!



After a little bit of trying (like one cycle) and vola! WE did it :)

My EDD is Sept 25... so that puts me at 6 weeks tomorrow.

Kevin asked me to wait to spread the news until he came home from AB so after picking him Monday afternoon and then the kids from school... I went straight over to my Pa's place and told him and the kids together.... You might say that I had a different way of telling them I told them that I had come down with a condition over the last month that was causing me to pee a lot but that it should clear up in 8 months or so.... and my dad right away got it... he was all your pg?! That's really good Billie was all I new it!and Kayne well he was all no way! that's cool :) I told Pa that this was is very much intentional...and that we are happy... he was happy too!

So we get home and Billie gets on the PC (with permission might I add) and immediately changes her MSN status to "mothers pregnant" I ask to to be a bit more polite about it... as she typically calls me mother but I don't care for it.. and well it was sounding a little on the cold side... so she made it a bit nicer and I get to thinking well she's on the phone right now with my step-sisters daughter and OMG what if she tells her mom and then she calls our parents! F*** so on the phone I get and I NEVER call the parents at night only in the am... so I do some basic chit chat with my mom and then ask if  Marshall (my step-dad) was home and and ask if he could also get on the phone so that I could say hi to him but for mom to just stay on the line because it would only be a second.. so again with the mindless chit chat and a bit of can you hear me oh I couldn't hear you just to make sure that they could both hear me... and then I give them the same line as I gave my Pa and the kids... and my mom is all "OH GREAT!" totally doesn't get it and thinks that I have some illness now or something of the like and Marshall right away gets it and say "are you pg?" all excited and happy sounding... and then mom finally clues in ... boy oh boy did that ever give us a laugh... they were both very happy for us and mom perked up a bit after realizing that I wasn't actually just calling for idle chit chat :)


So the long of the short of it is

We are pregnant... I had my first midwife appointment today and it went well ... I have already got a decent amount of stuff lined up or in the works for hen I will need it... Kevin and the kids immediately went through the name book and Billie got on the PC and was looking at names , so they already have a boy  and girl list.... I have 8 months approx to go and have already done more in the first couple of days of sharing the news than we did a month before the kids were even due..... this is good


Now for a smooth pregnancy and delivery :)
 

I have tried and tried to get the pregnancy ticker to load to this page but I just can't... oh well....

I do have it on my main profile page if you want to check it out... it's pretty neat :)

My Christmas was very nice and quiet. The kids were very happy with all that they received from everyone involved.
Kevin was home, mom and Marshall were able to come over for an afternoon visit and presents Pa came by for the afternoon, presents, turkey dinner and dessert.
We all enjoyed ourselves very much so... well I did somewhat.
Not that I want to be an ungrateful recipient but really come one Kevin went out on Christmas eve to get me a or some gifts.. I don't really know what his plan was. Then again I don't think he new either.In the end on Christmas morning I was rightfully disappointed in his efforts.. honestly I didn't want to be and tried really hard to not but but come one he went out and bout me some gym type clothes from Superstore (might I add that they were on clearance) he gt me a top, pants and a warm up coat... all very nice except for one thing they were all XL's I'm telling you he is clueless when it comes to sizing as well maybe before I was that size but really I haven't been anywhere near that size for a couple of years now. He also went to Mark's Work Wearhouse and got me a very nice blouse in an XL and a very nice knit type zip up hoodie also an XL I quite liked both of these things but when I went to exchange them for my size they just didn't have them in stock anymore. Needless to say I ended up getting full refunds from both stores and being cranky for the rest of the day. Kevin did on the other hand take the kids to get me this great organizing bag for scrap booking or crafting of sorts, I outright told him that I wanted one so he followed through with the kids. Now if the roles had have been reversed and I was buying him some kind of bag to hold 101 themed items I would have purchase or at least gotten a gift cert for said items from said store... nope Nada not a thing in the bag. Yes I really like the bag but was truly surprised when I looked through the bag and realized that he hadn't put anything into it. I still have the bag and will keep the bag for my scrap booking and various crafting tools.

I hadn't even considered what I would then get to replace all of the returned items when this morning I was checking my Ravelry page and Brenda had made a blog post   brenda.typepad.com/close_to_my_heart/2009/01/bag-review.html   about her new bag. I just couldn't resist clicking on the link she provided... and I tell you this bag looks like it's the cats ass! I have been looking for so very long now for a new more manageable handbag / purse. I ended up having a look see at the dealers in BC and was able to locate a store in Victoria, The Beehive Wool Shop  www.beehivewoolshop.com/index.html  that carries the Namaste line (although not the complete line) and they had the exact bag that I had been eyeing! In the right color and everything! I ended up going with the same bag as Brenda (sorry Brenda, I hope this won't bother you)
The Zuma bag in Lime! I just love the coloring and the way the bag looks like it will work beautifully for what I have in mind. Have a look at the link www.namasteneedles.com/products/handbags/handbags.php  I also ordered the Oh Snap! This is three varying sized mesh snap bags to hold whatever you like. As I placed my order today (Friday) and they don't have anyone in to do shipping on Monday it won't go out until Tuesday. But being that the shop and I are both on the Island It should be here by next Friday! I can hardly wait. I will be sure to post some pics of it when it arrives!

All in all I have a happy ending to my Christmas gift fiasco, as the total was approx the same as what I had returned.

Yay for doing your own shopping.

Kayne's wanna-be bedroom has been coming along very well over the last two or so weeks. It has been really good ever since we got going on the bathroom and whilest Dean was working on the bathroom I took the time to empty out the wanna be bedroom. This is a different kinda room as it is L shaped. Measuring this room for flooring is fun... or not.
The entire length of the room is 16' 3", you would think that was a good measurement but uhm no not when it's combined with the top part of the L it just makes for a difficult room as the top part of the room is only 5'9" across.

( a diagram of said L shaped room )

Kevin comes home tomorrow! This is such a good thing as last year he didn't have much time home over the holidays. This year he will be home starting the 19th and flying out on the 5th... this is good matchy matchy with the kids last day before the holidays and first days back to school after the holidays. Hopefully Dean can get over this afternoon to finish up the dwnstrs bthrm... this will be such an accomplishment for this household as we tend to be starters and not finishers ;) More so on Kevin's behalf (even though he hasn't been here for the majority of this project) but I do tend to fall into it on occasion, but not very often.

We don't really have any plans for whilest Kevin is home and the kids are out of school... just really for tomorrow and Saturday... tomorrow after I pick him up from the Comox airport and then rush back as cautiously as possible with the roads being icy and snowy get the kids from school... head straight over to Pa's for our tree, Pa will come for dinner once he's done for the day with the tree's, Billie has youth group... movie night so we will decorate the tree Saturday morning..... and after that maybe we'll get some good quality Christmas shopping done ...lol! Nothing like leaving it to the last minute ;)

In the mean time I'll be getting the second and hopefully last coat of paint on the bthrm ceiling and walls, tiding up the house in general, figuring out what food we need to get before it's to to busy in the grocery stores... knitting up Kevin's second comically long sock and starting Pa's pair... no time like the present to get stuff done!

I almost forgot I still need to make a bag for my Q4 bag swap partner!
This I rember as I'm blocking the just felted bags.

If only I could have another helping of time!

Got some more work done today in the dungeon... Dean came over and spent a couple of hours leveling the very small floor space. I then got him to plane down the tops of the new doors in order to get them to close properly in this old house.... he's a good guys and a good worker... maybe errr a little slow sometimes. He owed us approx 23 hours as Kevin had done some work for him over the last year, mainly last fall, those hours are all used up now so we are on the clock as of tomorrows work visit, $20.00 / hr... ouch! but hey I guess if he gets the job done and maybe he'll be a bit more to the task when he's being paid then when he's so to speak working for free.

I have been busy in the basement going through stuff and getting  more stuff set aside to go to the thrift and CDA. Joanne mentioned today when she came over for a visit that CDA  (Canadian Diabetes Assoc. they call head and then come around every so often taking a collection that then gets sold to the thrift and the moneys are put into the Diabetes assoc.) is coming down our road Monday, so I will be sure to get it together for a donation for them as it saes me a trip to the thrift. As for the manuverablitie of the dungeon well it's still awkward to say the least.

One day it will be better... one day at a time is what it takes, one day at a time.

For now it is a work in progress :)

I got my / our 5 new upstairs interior doors today!!!!! (we will do downstairs doors when the dungeon is more liveable : ) 

YAY us they are sooo nice. Now all they need is a coat of paint, as the primer coat that they come with isn't very nice at all (very grey white) So all in all with only a couple of complaint calls to the store of origin with regards to improper screws being sent with said doors and one of the guys coming out to give me a quick hand with one of the doors I got it all figured out and got them all ung all by myself and put the beautiful levers on them.... oh how nice it is to be self sufficent! With Kevin not being home until the 19th I really didn't want to wait for him to come home and then do the door thing. So yay me I got it done all in one afternoon even with the boy home sick from school and bbsitting Q all day!

I Love my new doors! They are so very nice and new and modern looking not at all like the old 40 odd year old hollow wooden / venere doors that were way to ugly to even bother cleaning or fixing them up. It is so nice to have a steady income after all these years of just not having it through this time of year.

 Kevin missed his flight by no more than 10 mins.....damn construction!

So now instead of picking him up at 1:30 this afternoon he won't be until between 6:30 and 7:00 this evening, did I mention that the airport he's flying into is approx. 45 mins away. 

Super Sucky.

Oh well at least they were able to put him onto another flight. And the kids will be able to come with me to pick him up so that will be nice.