Where's Liam Wednesdays...

j'aime le paysage

Mindful Mommy Mondays

whooowhooo

still with the animal noises - Liam has a language all his own

daaaaaaaaarling

I know that the point of thirty-sixth suggestion in No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog was to post a picture of myself but I found this and well I couldnt help it.
I LOVE YOU CHRIS!!

you lookin' at me?

cause if you lookin' at me...

mmmmmmmmm juicy...

Dear Buxom Melons,

You had me fooled with the provacative advertising. Though I bought
this package with a entirely different purpose in mind, I must say
I thoroughly enjoyed your melons.

Thanks!

false advertising

you know all those rosy glasses images of happy children smiling and playing happily, sweetly, quietly with their wonderfully happy smiling, beautiful and thin mothers.

IT'S ALL CRAP!

don't believe any of it. the truth is that you will lock yourself in the bathroom, you will scream into the pillow, you will think about throwing yourself out the window, you will wonder WHY you had children, you will yell at your kids, you will cry and you will wish and pray and beg for them to just BE QUIET!

Liam has been crying and screaming all morning. No, there's nothing that a nap won't fix wrong. He's just decided to be as painful as possible.

obviously i'm not having the best day...

snow much fun

it's all snow much fun til someone lands face first in the snow

What have you done with your life?

The ones marked in BOLD & RED I have done....boy i got a lot left on this list! What about you??


01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
0 6. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb3
3. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had/Have amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice (I stood beside the gondola in Venice-trust me for me thats as close to get)
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the snake river
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in a Rocky Horror Picture Show
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold9
9. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read "The Iliad"
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating1
37. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language (it wasn't a computer language - we were 13 and nikki and I wrote our own language!)
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone whodidn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

what the ?????!!!

OK.

So sometimes I come across the most ridiculous crap and other times I am honestly disturbed. Thanks to Cuss for this one!

Click the picture to find out WHY????!!!

I'm most impressed with the "convenient tab" and that "The Bikini Line Genie can be used while sitting or standing!"

As my own public service announcement - "Please be nice to your lola"

Where's Liam Wednesdays...

"round and round, round and round"
We sing that song a bajillion times a day!

soooo nice

I just had to mention that it's sooooo nice to finally have a social life again.

I have been out of the house WITHOUT Liam twice in FOUR DAYS!!!!!

And Peter and I are going for sushi on friday night, and then next wednesday I'm going to meet the mommies at cafe demetre's in Burlington.

woohoo!

Now the problem becomes when do Peter and I spend TIME together...as this lovely lady has pointed out to me today - we are living the same life except I only have Liam...not a good omen on Liam getting brothers or sisters (yeah right).

the hardest thing (so far)

Liam finally got a haircut. It was a gut wrenching horrifying experience for one and all.

hands-out

For some reasons after naps Liam usually forgets a vital skill or is just so disoriented still that he cannot function.

This morning he fell flat on his little face.

Bit into his top lip. Tears. Blood. EVERYWHERE.

Mindful Mommy Mondays

peee-eewww
yeah that smell is coming from my child not the gorilla.

Bistro Bally-ho

I had a special treat saturday night and got to go out - with the girls for dinner. Tanya's "29th" birthday. We went to a wonderful restraurant Le Select in Toronto.

Tanya looked happy and great, everyone looked good actually - I, on the other hand, had a big ZIT on my nose (did you know toronto people don't get zits? oh, they also don't poop.)

It was unanimous that we like 3G (trust me that's a big deal for us)- and hopefully he will stick around for awhile.

umm. yeah it was nice. that's all.

naughty

So we have a rule about Liam being in the kitchen without someone else (mama or daddin') and usually about 10 times a day I find myself saying -

"Liam, out of the kitchen"

"Liam, OUT of the kitchen"

"LIAM, out of the kitchen"

(with varying stresses on the words)

the little monkey has discovered he can stand exactly in the threshold between the dining room and the kitchen and not actually be IN the kitchen. So there he stands and mama says:

"Liam, out of the kitchen - one, two..."

"twooooooooooo"

And I burst out laughing hysterically.

Sadly, any hope I had of actually being authoritative is dashed.

Flashy fridays

Okay so i decided on a friday theme...old ads.

umm is that smell coming from you?

darling, it's my fruit nuts

thighs-day

The other night during our usual bed time banter we were trying to discover the exact location of Peter's weight. According to the BMI he is overweight (Peter is in NO WAY overweight) I'll spare you from where he believes it lies (ahem). The truth is Peter has tree trunks for legs (and he still wonders why I can't do 7th gear on the bike -honey I don't want tree trunks).

I kid you not. He has trouble finding pants (and not for the reason he'd like although that has been a reason too - hehe - Mexx).

So I came to the conclusion that at least 1/2 of his body weight is his thighs. Another 10lbs for his enormous HEAD and gave him 3lbs for his bits.

stealing his wind

"guess how big my thighs are?"

"umm I dunno"

"no, guess"

"Okay, 26 inches"

"why would you guess that?"

"I dunno, you asked me to guess"

"that drives me nuts"

"what?"

"they are 26 and a half inches"



One of the things I do that drives Peter nutso is guessing either so ridiculously WAY off any possible thing or guessing so close as to take the wind from his sails.

cranky

You! yeah you!

you think you can just lurk...comeon! speak up!

Where's Liam Wednesdays...

Climber McClimberson

well it fits....ummm

So my dream of losing at least 10lbs before we leave for cuba is fast becoming a pipe dream. Shan and I had a hilarious if yet somewhat tragic conversation today about bikinis, bulges and butts. I tried to express upon her the life (see bulge) saving qualities of a black string bikini and she tried to tell me that despite said strings "there ain't enough lycra in the world etc etc etc..."

So we are set to "settle" for :

Although technically Shan and I are both too young (apparently) for this category I look forward to the day my son says : "Shut up dude that's my mom"

Maybe by then I'll look hot in a black string bikini...

silly rabbit

take a minute...

yep think about it.

read it again.

funny huh?

cause ya know no wife wants to f*#k that much!

well definately not THAT guy

brad pitt or clive owen or taye diggs, well YEAH!

Something Special

I found this and thought:


"wow, that exactly what I need to buy one of my oldest, dearest friends for their birthday this year."



yes it is exactly
what you think it is

Mindful Mommy Mondays

"beeeeco" - peacock in Liamese

a good lookin' bunch

I realized I never showed off our amazing photos to everyone...

the only thing worse..

The only thing worse than buying underwear is buying a bikini in the dead of winter. So I went to the mall today and bought both. Yeah , the truth is I'm a genius. I figured I couldn't feel much worse about myself and my body in its current state anyways, so...f it. Lucky for me I didn't have to try anything on.

Cause god hate the MAN who made florescent lighting in change rooms. I mean come ON!

Clean sweeeeeeeep

I haven't done a cleanse in years. And I have been promising myself to do one since Liam was born. Seeing as my entire body system hasn't functioned properly since pushing out a 9lb baby without pain meds (gasp) I thought it was about time.

And so to go along with my new excersize routine (30 mins on the bike and 100 crunches) I will be spending at least half the day on the toilet.

LOL!

mommies mommies and more mommies

I decided that I need to socialize more. And so does Liam. I have fears of him mimicing every sarcastic comment Peter and I make as well as looking at children his own age with disdain.

So...I joined 2 mommy groups - originally this sounded like an achingly painful way to be forced into wathcing other peoples children. However, it's quite refreshing to talk to people (local people) about Liam and being SAHM (stay at home mom for those non mommy types) and relate to people about it all.

I have been feeling kinda down in the dumps lately and I am placing a lot of pressure (haha) on these women to carry me on their already burdened shoulders out of my house and my slump.

Where's Liam Wednesdays...

I am sooooo lost - good thing I brought my phone

world goes to shite without the laughter of children

Children of Men is a good movie you should go and see but expect to be slightly depressed when you leave. Not really a "feel good" film. (but clive owen is dead sexy)

but to cheer me up I came home to this face...

nooooooooooo

Have I mentioned that Liam is going through the terrible twos? I could have sworn I had...but either way my 13 month old in addition to throwing, ripping and stomping; now says "noooooooo" and then makes this face:

He also willfully chooses to do exactly what I tell him not to. And he's only 13 months...did I mention that?? I have so much to look forward to.

smart & athletic

This weekend Liam learned that he can make Daddin’ laugh by heaving his toys around the house. So now he throws everything. And boy he has a good arm too.

He also learned that if he can get his leg up over something (say the playpen) he can lever himself out of it. Yeah – so how do we keep a 13 month old from jumping headfirst from his crib onto the hardwood floors??!!

Ahh – he’s too smart anyway – maybe that will teach him. I don't really want a mensa jock living with me.

P.J. Fairytales

Bella has a new toy whom she refers to as P.J. Fairytales. Shannon and I decided tonight that P.J. Fairytales would look something like these fine "ladies" instead of an innocent, story telling bear who wouldn't know what to make of a P.J. Fairytale if he smacked his sweet furry little nose into one.

don't ask

FYI- don't ask your significant other for an spare organ before you actually need said organ.

BECAUSE (!!!) he will not let you live it down and will hold the promise of said organ over your head for everything to you do (or do NOT) do for him.

Mindful Mommy Mondays

you don't really expect me to ride on that, do you?

it is just me???

or are teenage girls more and more annoying and chubby?

I realize that I am imposing stereotypical images of paris hilton or lindsay lohan onto the delicate egos of these plump pre pubescent girls

HOWEVER! they bugged me yesterday and I have a son. SOOOOO PPFFFTTTTT!

my boycott

I realize that people who work in retail generally have some of the most thankless and nasty jobs around. However, would it have killed "Manuela" to actually have served me as I stood infront of her till yesterday afternoon. Instead, I watched her put away two shirts and chat to her buddy about what she was going to buy when she went shopping. Needless to say I kinda lost it on poor vacuous Manuela.

So I am boycotting H&M who employs sad vacant little girls who can't even serve customers who just want to purchase a damn sweater that wasn't even on sale.

Where's Liam Wednesdays...(where has the week gone edition)

Already surpassed us both...off to boarding school with you!

Mindful Mommy Mondays - Tuesday edition

cuddling up with bear