Dentist appointments.

I had my tooth fixed by Uncle Stu today.
It went well. Not too sore. Glad its done for now. Lets hope I don't have anymore root canals any time soon.

Liam had a cavity. He got it filled and did well. He didn't like it, can't say I blame him. Stu said when we go back in November, we will use sealant on his teeth to help prevent cavities.

Aidan's teeth were good. Well... sort of LOL. His incisors are coming in looking like fangs. LOL I am very interested to see what they look like when they finally pop through. Seems like my vampire fantasies are projecting through in real life.

I started working out again today. I took nearly 2 weeks off. I know.. bad Christine. I am ready now. My energy is next to nil so I need something. Tonight I did Tae Bo ( thanks for the advice Aimee)... and so I am sure I will be sore tomorrow. I will keep doing my DVD's or Wii Fit every day until I get that energy zap back.

Glen has a busy week ahead of him. He has been able to keep his calendar full for the last 3 weeks.... so lets hope this is a trend.

Helyn's battlewound



Aidan and his treasure out of his treasure box for reading at school.



Helyn and her friends Georgia and Emily.



Liam getting his award at school





Aidan getting his award at school



Helyn at the ceremony



The finished living room set up. Glen has been working hard on renovations for the passed few months. He has done a great job.







and a pic of the kitchen.



and the clean garage

Its been a little while since my last post.

Since my last post.

I got my second root canal.

Glen lost his job and started up his own business called Simplified Audio Video. He is still doing installation, programming and home theater but for himself. He has a few contacts who are feeding him business and he is keeping his calendar filled. Proud of him.

We went camping at the KOA in Mallorytown with Nana and Papa on the May long weekend. We froze our butts off. It was wet, cold ... no freezing. We made out 2 night stay into a one night stay. Our friend Chris and Sandra and their puppy Rudy also came with us. It was Nana and papa's 40th wedding anniversary so we also had dinner with Linda and Ted. It was very much fun.. much was learned.... LOL

Helyn got a cut on her eye and required medical glue to keep it shut. Nearly 5 hours in the ER for that one.

Liam and Aidan both got positive people awards. Liam for Effort and Perseverance and Aidan for Citizenship. I love these awards because they reward children for good deeds and being good people. Again.. very proud.

Tomorrow me and the kids go see Uncle Stu for some Dental stuff.

Long overdue update.

Yea.. I guess I have been avoiding the blog so I don't have to address the fact that Glen isn't working right now.
Yep.. you heard me.
He took a weekend off at the beginning of the month and his first day back, they give him his lay off papers.
He is in the process of starting up his own business so that means a lot of money going in, and very little in our pockets. We are also trying to think of ways to save money. Cutting down on groceries and luxury items is a big one. Possibly getting rid of the satelite and watching our energy consumption is another.

Its funny because for the last couple years, I have been trying to save us money and there has always been these I need this and I need that from everyone.. and we don't have any money saved up right now.

So I need to either get a part time job for the evenings and weekends or pick up more kids. I can't get a full time job.. I would be paying just for day care and making maybe 10$ a day afterwards.

The kids are doing good. They are a little upset that we won't have extra money for fun stuff this summer.. but I am trying to keep it exciting for them. There are lots of free activities that I can set up, and we can go camping at Nana and Papa's lot on the St. Lawrence.

We went camping this weekend at Mallorytown with friends of ours and Nana and Papa. The kids had a great time and we froze Saturday night, so we cut the trip short. Thankfully we did as Helyn threw up and I caught this cold.

Need another root canal.

Yea me.
Went in to see Uncle Stu yesterday to get a filling filled from the other root canal and now I need to get another root canal done. Remind me to call the other dentist after I get off of here.
Not looking forward to that at all.

This weekend was another busy one.
I was at my friend Tanya's Friday night, then Glen drove in with the kids on Saturday and we spent the day in the city. My friend Crash came and drove us home.. what an Angel.. thanks so much!!
Then on Sunday was our friend Kayla's birthday so we went and celebrated with the family and had some cake. Very fun.


The kids are good... which is strange that no one is really causing trouble and getting along.. waiting for something to give.. but yea.

So here are some pics from Kid's Zone





And one from Ladies night

Yuck

This weekend was rough and carried on to the wee hours of this morning.

Helyn started throwing up Friday night/Saturday morning and carried on through the day Saturday.

I started feeling rough Saturday late morning but nothing worse than the headache and nausea ( no... not pregnant!!). My tooth that I got the root canal in at the end of February needs the permanent filling and I won't be getting that until the 20th of this month.

Liam was complaining of a headache yesterday morning so we kept him home to rest up. He didn't get any worse than that.. no fever or anything.

Last night on the way home from buying Glen new shoes, Helyn throws up in the car. She had had a few loose bms yesterday but nothing bad.

Just before midnight last night, Aidan started throwing up and continued all night.

For precaution, I kept both boys home today. They have been resting up in my room away from the rest of us and eating lightly.. sticking to the Brat Diet ( bananas rice applesauce and toast) and light fluids.

I am freaking exhausted!!! I need some sleep at some point.. from Friday night until last night, I have been functioning on 4-5 hours of sleep and frequent wakings and lots of caffine and tylonol for the pain in my mouth.

I need a holiday!

Guess who we are going to see???

We are going to see Metallica on October 29th!!

I was online and trying to get through on the phone for 20 minutes.. had great tickets and then i had to reset my security prefs!!!! SOB!!!!

So we got tickets in the 300 section :(.

Ah well... they are still going to be fun!!