So What Wednesday

So What if... It's Thursday now instead of Wednesday. My days sometimes all seem like one. 

So What if... I wiped right out, flat on my back while playing soccer with Noah in the basement. Needless to say the ball didn't end up going far when I ran to kick it and wiped out instead. It is a LONG way down for this tall mama! Suprisingly the only thing that really hurt was my ribs. 

So What if... I can't keep socks on my toddler. He at least keeps his pants on... Right?

So What if... Sometimes I have a hard time taking my kid seriously... I mean - look at him...

So What if... Our nights of eating supper together as a family are done as the busy season for the business is here. It's become very clear that Noah cannot eat supper at 6 and then go to bed by 7:30. It just doesn't work.

So What if... We moved the kids bedtimes up a bit, the kids are now in the tub by 7 and heading upstairs by 7:30 instead of 8. It's at least the goal we work towards, although sometimes it fails. 

So What if... Since putting Noah in gymnastics, he has made my living room a circuit for jumping and tumbling. It does really drive me crazy.mi hate kids jumping on furniture! 

So What if... My kids had a 3 hour nap yesterday and this is what I did.... And yet I wonder why my house won't clean itself. I'm blaming the cold. 

So What if... I ended up catching Noah's cold. It's pretty minor, and more of just a pain in the ass... But it sucks!! I hate being sick! 

So What if... It snowed a bit last night. It was dark out, so I am pretending the dog didn't come in with it on her. 

So What if... Noah has his last Music in Motion class today and I am torn on signing him up for another 6 weeks, even though we have made great strides, I'm not sure what he gets from it, aside from social interaction, but we get that with other activities. He still insists on me being in the class with him, so part of me wants to keep going until he is comfortable with me not being in the room with him. We will see! I keep reminding myself that he is only 2!! 

So What if... One of these shoes was missing for a full month and we searched high and low, wasting way too much time looking for it and accomishing nothing and on Monday I spotted it just lying on the floor under Em's jumper. It had been under the curtain. I hate losing things. But I sleep better now, knowing it is found!! 

So What if... Emilya HATES avocado, it's not like anyone else in the house likes it either. I used to make Noah really tough it out and try things for 3 days in a row, but I really didn't care about avocado! I actually felt bad for her! I did make her try it for 2 days though. I made Noah try it and he told me it tasted like "carrot tops" - yummy? He didn't like it either. It must have been really horrible for Em, because I mixed it with banana, forgetting she also doesn't like banana anymore. Poor kid. 

So What Wednesday

This is a great week for a little so what action. We have had a rough two days and luckily today is shaping up to be a good one!

So what if when we left the house on Monday to goto Noah's doctor appointment for shots, Gracie and Binx were both playing dead. Apparently they knew what was about to go down. We were already dragging our feet to going in the first place. Thanks for the encouragement guys! 

So what if Noah had his shots on Monday and screamed like I had never heard before - why didn't anyone warn me?? 

So what if I then found it appropriate to cry while he was screaming in my arms. Poor baby boy! It was just a few tears! 

So what if we rewarded ourselves with a Cadbury Creme Egg McFlurry afterwards! Our day had to have something positive happen! 

So what if nothing AT ALL has been done in my house by myself in the last 2 days because I've been handing out extra snuggles instead. 

So what if Mother Nature is having another break down?? I'm pretty sure I saw four seasons in 20 minutes yesterday!! 

So what if this is the way I really feel: 

So what if I gave been eating cupcakes for breakfast everyday this week? Those 9 pounds will come off one day??

So what if I have to go and have my ankle x-rayed yet again. Third time is a charm right? Although I'm sure it hasn't healed properly! 

So what if cutting baby fingernails is now worse than cutting the cats nails? The cats meow when you get to short, but Noah lets it go down and then you see his red little finger tips to haunt you. It's gotta hurt! 

So what if I ever so badly wanted to have a bath in my new tub yesterday, maybe with a glass of wine, but settled for a shower instead knowing I had one fussy baby that would be screaming for me. 

So what if said fussy baby pooped in the bath for the first time last night? He was in a much better mood afterwards!!

So what if M and I enjoy a little family time after Noah's 5 AM feed. Noah lays in M's spot and tells us stories, smiles a whole ton and M and I can't help but to enjoy this time! 

So what if I forgot to pick 3 winner of the Quinn and Lane Give Away! We have had a lot of unexpected things come up, but today's the day for 3 lucky winners!! 

1. Lindsey from A Running Tale

2. Jennifer Golding  - my apologies - cant find your blog!!

3. Nicole from Haute Runner

Huge thanks to Quinn and Lane for the opportunity!! I absolutely love Noah's!!

Congrat's ladies, I will put you in touch with Catherine!! 

So What Wednesday

Due to the events that have transpired since last Wednesday we have yet again enough "so what's" to provide another post.

So here we go again:

- so what if today is the first day since I fractured my ankle that I actually feel somewhat human? Amazing what putting on a pair of jeans can do for a girl.
 

- so what if my in-laws found an old walker for me to use around the house... Better than a rolling office chair. 

- so what if because of said walker I feel like an old lady instead of a new mom-to-be. But in all honesty it helps. 

- so what if the best part of my day is taking off the air cast to ice my ankle. I will spare you the images. (Sorry Instagram friends, although those are nothing)

- so what if I can't even recognize my ankle, between the colors coming out on it and the swelling, it's horrible looking and guess what she ain't getting any prettier.

- so what if my husband has now seen me getting off a toilet, no shame no game? It was bound to happen anyways at some point. 

- so what if while on the subject of toilets, when they told me to stay off of my ankle, with the exception of bathroom breaks - they must have forgotten (yet again) that I am pregnant and pregnancy bladders still call whether your ankle is fractured or not! So it turns out I should just hang out in the bathroom for the amount of times my bladder calls to benefit from staying off my ankle. 

- so what if I am considering getting one of those shower stools, right now I am using a foot stool and guess what, a pregnant belly, boobs and knees don't have a lot of room to move all compacted together.

- so what if despite the above issues with the stool, I can't wait to have a shower again tonight.

- so what if my poor husband hasn't been busy enough, and now he has me to deal with, on top of getting everything else done. I feel soo bad, but he reminds me of when he's needed it all from me, although it doesn't quite compare, but he at least tries to make me feel better. 

- so what if this new cell phone cover excited me. Aside from sweet baby kicks, that's all I got! 

 

- so what if the poor dogs keep staring me down like I cancelled Christmas because I won't take them walking in the nice weather. 

- so what if said dogs decided to empty my garbage can when I sprung house arrest  last night and scattered it all around the living room. Worst part was I couldn't just blame one, they were both to blame. And to make matters better, after that behaviour M ended up taking them for a walk in the freezing drizzle. So we pretty much rewarded them. 

- so what if the nursery furniture is all upstairs and the new light is hung, it's not like I have seen any of it anyways. It's just a big tease knowing it's all up there and I am stuck on the main floor. I told M I'm going up when the curtains come in, with his help - I don't care if I go up on my butt. On a plus side I at least got to to see our new car seat:

- so what if my floors need to be washed, I am learning (the hard way) to let things slide. 

- so what about all of the above. It could be worse. The baby is safe and in all honesty, it all that matters in my mind. It gets me through the pain, and the frustration.

What are you saying so what to? 

So What Wednesday

Well this is a long over due post of a few so-what situations that have been going on as of late:

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- so what if the day has finally come - I'm sick of online shopping!! I swear it has been non-stop ordering around here, mostly for the nursery, and a few gifts.

- so what if all I want to eat is chocolate pudding... It could be worse right? It could be cookies or candy. 

- so what if I actually fear getting gestational diabetes because of my constant sweet tooth. I'm trying really hard to only have chocolate pudding as my "bad" snack! But sorbet, marshmallows and Rice Krispies are soo good. And cheesies... Can't forget those! 

- so what if I am taking Mikes truck today because I'm heading to my doctors appointment in London and they got dumped on with snow. Insert slightly paranoid mama with a baby in utero. Better safe than sorry.

- so what if there is less than 30 days to Christmas and I have barely bought any gifts! I am soo behind on Christmas this year! My house is decorated inside and that's about it!

- so what if I still have yet to take a Christmas card photo! Slacker right here! I was going to just use one of our announcements pics, but they look too summery!

 

- so what if I filled my tire with air today all by myself, not really knowing how much to put in or how to tell how much went in. Thank goodness for the digital gages when I got back in the car. Turns out I didn't do too bad! 

- so what if I bought drawer pulls online, agreed to pay one price, just to learn afterwards that Canadian shoppers were supposed to inquire about the shipping prices before placing the order.... Would have been good to know that first. Turns out I might have to pay a bit extra. But still works out to be cheaper than in store at $5 a handle! Ouch! I will pay $2 online thanks! 

- so what if I think I finally won the bathroom battle. Small victories. After pricing out what M wants to do, my way turns out cheaper, oh and heck of a lot easier!! Winning!! 

What are you saying so what to this week?? 

What I Am Loving/So What

I figured I haven't done a what I am loving post or a So What Wednesday post in a long time, so you can imagine I have quite a bit to share!!

- I am loving that the temperatures are supposed to be above 0 for a while! This makes me happy! It also means some of the snow might melt!

- I am loving that I have reached the weight loss amount of 20 pounds!! This is a huge achievement and this cleanse is still knocking them down. That is pretty much 5 pounds in a week! Crazy! But not complaining about this fact of the cleanse.

- I love all the mail I received yesterday - magazines, gifts from friends, clothing, supplements - all in one day!! Score!!

- Love this springy outfit:

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- This is soo sad, but true!

 

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- Love this quote:

 

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Now for a bit of So What Wednesday:

 

So What:

 

- if I ended up sitting out half of last nights Zumba class. I kept getting super hot and dizzy, by the end of the class I had the worst ear ache and ended up having a headache all night. Soo frustrating! Praying its not an ear infection!

 

- if I ordered some colored skinny jeans and I have to now return them... too short.... tall girl problems!! I never know with Old Navy - their tall stuff is almost too long!!

 

- if I feel like my tan is fading!! Why can't it just stay?

 

- if Pinterest and any other food I cannot eat pictures are silently killing me! I miss sugar and cheese dammit!! 3 more weeks!

 

- if we have to turn the clocks forward this weekend! I hate losing an hour of sleep!! I actually hate it!!

 

So What?

It is just one of those weeks where I have to say So What:

- if we are supposed to get a big snow storm tomorrow... Alberta I don't your snow or clipper or whatever you wanna call it... I just don't!!

- If said in fact during that "snow storm" we are supposed to go to Toronto to the airport to pick up M's parents who have spent some time in Bali - you bet there is a story soon to come to the blog about this.

- If I really DID not want to get up this morning... It just wasn't a good morning...

- my face is not liking this weather one bit and after saying how happy I was to find my chin - gone again, just like that!! Note to self - I will NOT be mentioning when my face decided to co-operate.

- I was late for my Zumba class last night by just 5 minutes because I didn't feel like getting ready - it happens to the best of us right?

- I was also 5 minutes late this morning to work... its a trend I swear! I blame the other cars on the road this morning - some people just shouldn't drive!

- after Zumba class I rewarded myself with a DQ cupcake!! You bet I did! After all that hard work - it was well deserved!! My Fitness Pal said I could...

- if Gracie was MAD at me last night because I rolled her out of her new bed, invited Lily on it and laid there and cuddled. I also took her bone:

It is a pretty comfortable bed!!

So What!?

Because this is how my week is going...

So what if:

- I am kind of over this whole American election - bring back my TV shows already!! Not all of us are American you know!?

- I decided to play Dr. Mario with my sister via the Wii wifi and she kicked my ass, not once, but 10 times!! I was clearly off my game and did not win once!!

- I went to get blood work done to check on my thyroid and I am soo awesome I got 2 needles instead of one! She put it in my left arm and nothing came out at all!! Not a drop!! Luckily the right arm co-operated! Luckily my levels are much more appropriate!!

- I feel offended seeing Christmas decor up already!! Wait until after Remembrance Day! Show some respect!!

- a squirrel got hit by the car in front of me and then rolled under my tire making me hit it as well! I am sure I put it out of it's misery... but it just makes me sad!

- I am the worst Mom EVER!! I thought I would make the dogs days, I went out and bought new nail clippers and decided to give the dogs mani's/pedi's. I cut not ONE but TWO of Gracie's nails too short and they bled! Bled like crazy - almost unstoppable! Poor girl! I am surprised she trusted me around her feet to make them stop! Then I thought I had it stopped for good, until she licked the baby powder off!! What a mess!! Then M bathed her and the one opened back up again! Not cool! I think it will be a while before I cut her toe nails again!

- I actually had to scrap the ice off my car for the first time this season! I could have sat in the car and waited for the defrost to do it, but I was cold!

- I saw my neighbour cleaning her window this morning and she was wearing a white one piece suit and goggles. It was like a science project happening in front of my eyes!!

- I had to miss out on Zumba last night and could hear the music and just knew what I was missing out on... it was kind of depressing!

- I was driving to work this morning and had thought up a bunch of so what topics and now forget them! UGH!!

- I cannot even see the wood of my desk because it is covered in paper - work I should be doing - work I am going to do now!!

Have a good day!!

So What Wednesday

Today I am linking up with Shannon for a much needed So What Wednesday.

So what if I bought 110 mini chocolate bars for the less than 10 kids that will come to my house tonight for Halloween!!

So what if I only dish out a couple per kid and keep the rest for M and I?

So what if I broke into the box last night, I have had them since Sunday - that is will power!!

So what if I had 2 mini chocolate bars after working my ass off at Zumba? I am sure they wouldn't count against me after that work out!

So what if I find myself laughing at others during Zumba class... I am sure if I could see myself I would be laughing at myself! But then again I have moves like Jagger! Ha!

So what if I was actually bummed that some of my shows were not on so far this week because of Hurricane Sandy... I  feel bad for those who it affected, but I got my power back and can therefore watch TV!

So what if I didn't accomplish near what I had expected to yesterday? I did work on photo sessions, my blanket and put away some laundry, but mainly had a pretty lax day! Tomorrow will be better!

So what if I woke up really grumpy this morning - sorry hun, I am trying!

So what if I have banned Lux from the bathroom... the little bugger gets up on the toilet, into a shelf which holds q-tips, and steals them. He then plays with them until he loses them under the mat and then gets another. I seriously thought M was missing the garbage and I was getting kind of annoyed until I caught the little fur-devil! He always looks soo cute when he is in trouble... why!?

So what if I finished making my cookies yesterday and they burnt? What the hell was the difference? Why did the first batch not burn!? Sometimes I swear my oven HATES me!

So what if I am finally sleeping at night? It is great, but I really hate getting up in the mornings still!

So what if I had chocolate chip cookies for breakfast?

So what if my nephew is soo cute in his walrus costume:

What are you so whating today?

Oh and I just wanted to share these three quotes:

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So What Wednesday

I have decided to link up with Shannon for a few "So What's" on my list right now:

So What if:

- I have started out on this new venture with Scentsy and as excited as I am, I also soo scared!!! I would love for this to be successful. I love the product soo much and would love to be able to share something I believe in with all my peers! You can find my site here ! I learned last night, thanks to Alison, that the taxes vary as to where you live and the shipping is not bad at all!! So shop away friends!! You can save 10% up until the end of August!!

- I have lectured my dogs like crazy to get along! They are inseparable, but seem to be scrapping a bit more than normal, to the point of having some scabs. Gracie is clearly the trouble maker, as the majority is on Lily. So I told them they need to play nice or I won't let them play together!

- I have been getting a bit frustrated with baseball lately! For a few reasons including my own lack of skill lately... apparently hitting a good ball and catching a ball are hard work? No? Clearly I am handicapped! I am also frustrated with the lack of commitment as the end of the season comes forward. I am down 2 players due to injury, which is understandable, but I keep getting last minute cancellations and it is hard to find girls to play ball.

- my laundry is beginning to build up again. I hate time of use! I hate having to pay more to wash laundry during the day, because let's be honest, it isn't going to do itself at night and clothes don't dry on the line over night!

- my niece and nephew have their seasons mixed up:

H insisted that B wear this hat! Reminds me of this picture from last year:

Apparently Christmas can't come soon enough!

- while on the topic of Christmas, I have bought a few more Christmas presents!! This will be great as long as I don't forget what I have bought!

- my allergies are beginning to annoy me! Ragweed is at a high of 90 here! Get it out of your gardens people, it is NOT a flower!

- I weighed myself yesterday in the evening and then learned that you are supposed to weigh yourself first thing in the morning! The results were waay better! I am down 4 pounds!! Thank you my fitness pal!

- I have 9 photography apps on my phone!! I like to take pictures and love my newest app Camera 360!!

- I decided to show M how annoying it can be to want to sleep, but you can't. I decided to just randomly tickle him throughout the night. He did get rather frustrated, but now understands why I am soo frustrated! And now he has stopped randomly waking me throughout the night when he can't sleep!

- we have a brand new patio set and have not eaten on it yet! I guess we technically could have last night, but we didn't and tonight we won't because we have ball!

I think that is all I have for today! I hope everyone has a great Wednesday!

So What Wednesday

Linking up with Shannon for another edition of:

• So what if it has been forever since I have linked up. It takes a while for these things to build.
• So what if I am still finding white stuffing from Gracie and Lily's weasel? I have decided to not restuff it this time!
• So what if my facebook page is having issues! It says blogger.ca is spam and will not allow me to post my daily url!
• So what if I just received the same fax 3 times! Not everyone can get it right on the first time!
• So what if I caught my hubby off guard last night:

Me: "I'm watching a new show called "The Client List" with Jennifer Love Hewitt."

M: "That sounds like it is about an escort service."

Me: "It is."

M: "And you are watching it? I would have never expected that one and begins laughing"

Me: "Alison had mentioned it, not that it was an escort show, but that it was good. There is more to it. It's about a girl trying to keep her family together after her husband left her."

M: "I wonder why he left her?"

• So what if I thought yesterday was Thursday? We had our Thursday Dinner and I wondered why Brian's House didn't PVR! Hubby was sure to tell me "that is because it is Tuesday."
• So what if I don't quite get the concept of the new TV show "Duets". I'm not sure what the goal os, but I love Jennifer Nettles!

I love the conversations that M and I have. Some are completely random, like the one we had Monday night lying in bed.

"I need you to find the sprinkler so I can water the grass, it is dying"

"It is in the cedar box on the deck."

"Which one? I don't want the one that goes "ch ch ch" I want the circle one."

"Oh it's the yellow one in the box."

"How many sprinklers do we have?"

"3 - the yellow one, the circle one we play in with the dogs and the "ch ch ch" one."

Needless to say we found the sprinklers, not in the box, but in the garage and I think we have more than 3! I still don't like the "ch ch ch" one. It's the noise that bugs me!

I love that M is officially in the new shower and IT DOES NOT LEAK!! Good job baby!! I am very happy to have my bathroom back to myself!!

I love how Gracie's head wrinkles up when she is exhausted!

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So What/Pinteresting Wednesday

Today I am going to link up with Shannon!! It has been a while since I have done so...

SO WHAT: if I woke up a bit bitter this morning... I am usually a pretty good fireman's wife - but today I am a bit whiny because I was sleeping soundly (finally - first night in a long time) and M got a chimney fire call at 1 AM and from that point on sound sleep went out the window!! Don't get me wrong, I love my hero and wouldn't have it any other way!

SO WHAT: if I went to bed with wet hair again last night and now my hair is curly - where did these curls come from? So today I have gone for the tousled curls look... Ha!

SO WHAT: if when I saw this quote:

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I did not know it was a song, yet alone by my friend Rascal Flatts:

Although I had heard the song and loved it... I didn't put the two together!!

SO WHAT: if I had a major blond moment yesterday.... I didn't realize there was a time change between Alberta and Ontario... and I am Canadian!!! Thank heavens for a patient Alberta friend.... lol Alison!

SO WHAT: if I am considering changing Lux's name to Lucifer permanently. He seems to answer to it and I tend to call him Lucy often, along with Lucifer.

SO WHAT: if M and I have discussion about what our pets would sound like if they could talk. We also decided it was best that cats can't talk, especially Jazz - her looks say enough - I can't imagine much positivity coming from that cat unless it was dinner or treat time! Or bed time. I swear though, she is a *SWEET* cat! See:

She's the gray one... and yes both you and I know that the bed is only meant for one cat... but c'est la vie!

SO WHAT: if I can operate a complicated camera and shoot in raw, yet I cannot seem to take a decent photo with my new phone, which has a 5 MP camera (which I know isn't great, but better than what I had) and it has a flash and I still suck!!

SO WHAT: if M and I are making caramel corn this year as the goodies we give out to our friends this year. He asked me why OUR baking projects turn into HIS baking projects. I told him it was because he was better (boost his ego a bit more). But come to think of it - I made the cookies last year and I decorated them too! I will be sure to remind him of this tonight when I read this post to him - he loves So What Wednesday posts and believes they should happen everyday for me!

SO WHAT: if I agreed to work Thursday this week and I already wish it was Friday!! I also had to cancel my much needed hair cut appointment I had made for Thursday.

Now for some:

Head on over and link up with Michelle!!

I love this headboard!! Soo rustic looking!!

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I find this VERY handy!! I might actually have to print these out:

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I love this hair style and I think and hope it might just work for Christmas this year - as I plan on curling my hair! (I would also like her eye make up)

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I am still struggling with some aspects of forgiveness:

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Soo True:

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I think Gracie would LOVE this dog Popsicle with toys frozen inside!!

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Have a great Wednesday!!!