I'm sorry

Disappointed when someone is called out on something they can't see the value in "I'm sorry".  And then if someone does say they are sorry? they don't hear it.  (no this isn't about anyone in my house!) Heard about something on the Radio this morning, it was a bit off, someone called them on it and out come the excuses. why? can't you just say I'm sorry if what  was said didn't take that  point into consideration. Simple words can mean more.

Being Predictable

Isn't this always the way? You buy a season pass to say Skiing?  No snow!
I bought a season Pass this year as years before for the Provincial Parks we like to go to, and BAM! it's rained almost every other day since.  Predictable right?

I bought groceries for the kids to eat? "I'm hungry! there's nothing to eat" Predictable!

I finally get comfortable with turning on the new Radio station in town with my kids in the house all summer? BAM! they start airing distasteful commercials with beeped out swear words or start discussing the legalization of Pot, and Swapping wives, if they had a long lost twin? ugh!!! I really should have known better. Responsibility is really lost on the general public.  Predictable! Mess up a good thing again.

So here's my blah blah blah on all these.


Rain? Stop!!!
Snow? if you must in the winter, when we expect to go sliding skating and skiing, and snowshoeing.
Grocerystores? make food more affordable. I just forked out 210. this week before getting all the meat and yogurt and milk and bread.
Kids? at what I give you not what you want. I don't care that you think you can predict how that chicken will taste because I made chicken last week? TRY it! I swear I changed it.

As for language. Yes I have been known to swear, but it's not something I'm proud of, and it's not something I want to hear from impressionable children of the world. It looks bad, sounds bad, and is not funny at all. It's not funny to hear a 4yrold say "son of a ..." or "F this or that" or "S...." when they drop a toy.  If we can all clean up our language and our expectations of the world out there, maybe we can raise a world that cares more about how others feel. Consideration for others is not predictable in this world. It's not. 

And I've got older kids who I will correct if I hear them talk with such disrespect to the people they are talking to or about.  I am the parent I will correct them.It's a hard job when all the adults around them are not acting with any form of respect for each other.  Parenting is hard. Anything worth doing is usually hard.

Respect, a word that needs more respect! 

In my Head and Memories

Summer really doesn't go this way. It doesn't rain, it doesn't get cold, and it doesn't feel blah. It is always sunny in my summer memories, and we wore shorts from the minute it turned summer until the day we went back to school in the fall. Fall (although really the end of September) was the Tuesday after Labour Day and not before.
Today, is the end of our first full week of Summer vacation. I haven't had to get up and make lunches or tell anyone what time is bedtime or up time or anything else. So waht am I doing? I'm watching the rain fall!

On the plus side everything is Green!

Me time Again

I can feel it closing in, the end of the school year is tomorrow. I'm done packing lunches as of today. It's time for me! so in an effort to get some "me" time, I'm coming her to the Kyooty Side of things. My Side. Not the Center side where I often talk about the kids or share my kids with you all. (much to their dismay) But me.

So update on me?
I'm stuggling with with weight loss again. (Big news right?)
I'm working on an idea to get me some down time over the summer once by taking an hour or two in the mornings before the sleepers wake. (Ok yeah that looks better written down, we'll see)

I wonder if you'll all join me for tea in that chunk of time?

I've finally got a cellphone over the past year so I can even sneak off to write here without sitting in this specific chair.

I'm still selling Avon.

This is turning into one of those "this is empty space must fill it" or like Date night without the kids where all you think about is what the kids are up to or talking about the kids where they don't see?

I can't be the only blogger that does this can I?

How do you all find your Me time?

One of those active Posts~Damn ROGERS

This post is taken directly from my husband's FB feed, with his permission.

"

Today's rant....Rogers. By far, this is the WORST telecom company in North America. I have lived in both countries for an extended period of time, and out of AT&T, Comcast, Time/Warner (originally Road Runner, when I was with them), Verizon, Bell, Aliant/NBTel, and Rogers....Rogers is the worst. This is the most unethical company (and that's not saying much) you'll ever see. Please don't use them. If they offer you any kind of service, it's a scam. For my work phone, I was given the option to move from Rogers to Bell (our preferred vendor), and they would buy out my contract. So I called Rogers to get the final number to buy it out, so I can expense it. Then after I cancel, they chuck another $100+ of charges on it. Let's call them the Christmas Fees (doesn't matter what you call them). After talking to two people in customer service, they basically told me to go screw. Then last night I get a call from them that if I don't pay it in two weeks it's going to a collections agency. I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT THE FUCKING BILL IN THE MAIL YET! Are you fucking kidding me?  "

Happy Summer

I know I've been away, way long away. I haven't found the Me time to blog here as much as I have for the Kyootycenter.blogspot.com blog. I find it easier since the boys fill in the spaces for me with what is going on in their lives.

Spring

and the lettuce experiment.

Today though I have this pic for you all.  I did it I took the bottom of my lettuce and planted it. It actually grew!!! I'm going to do more of this next year. It is not super tasty but it's fun.

For those Worried I'm still Buried in Snow....

These are the ladyslippers I found last summer coming back in the same location. I resisted the urge last year to transplant them into my garden, and left them alone. This year I think there are more and I can sneak a peak on my own to go and see them. I do not have to share with anyone but the animals that stop by this deer path. I suspect the deer left me this present. I will of course share with my readers.

If you look very very close to the left of the top fern leaf you will see a blue dragon fly.

The purple Violet is our Provincial Flower, these were sitting close to  the Lady Slipper another provincial flower which is also close to my current Province on the map of Canada.  I wonder how Provinces pick their flowers? I've seen the Alberta's Wild Rose grow here in the East, but not the Newfoundland Purple Pitcher Plant here.

And what are these? I thought they were mayflowers but they aren't pink. As you can see the snow is gone, gone gone.  Welcome Spring and Summer.

I'm adding this into Beth's You Capture. My photos are very rough so you may enjoy her work as it's always beautiful. 

Happy Valentine's Day

This was taken about 2wks ago... I waited to share it...

This appeared on my front step.

Morning View Jan 13 2011

This is the view outside my Front door and to the Right. I wasn't originally going out to get this photo, but I thought I'd share.

Snow's here!

Mornings sure have changed since October

Wordless Wednesday, Morning Views October

And Now for something on the lighter Side

Today I feel like this!!!

Thank to the uploader on Youtube.

Catholic Guilt Revisited

Some of you may remember back in March? Let me find it. here Where I talked about my disappointment in myself and my lack of regular mass going. Well this week was no different. This Sunday I went alone! It felt great, it was uplifting but you know? I missed my kids. It was also Sign up week for Religion Classes (Sunday School) so I signed all 3 of them up.
There was a lot of "new" going on in mass this week. The church opened a new Website (no I'm not linking there), and they held the sign ups, and the priest made a huge effort to encourage everyone to be a part of the parish. It's impressive. I like my priest. He's nice, he's friendly and he's "with it". So they're talking of taking the Altar off the "stage" haha (Altar off the Altar?) and moving it down into the parish, with the chairs. We have individual chairs for our pews. It's nice because you can move your chair out of the line or shift a bit so your kids can see. So his new idea is with the Altar down in the seating area, we are part of the mass; and he is part of the parish.
On the way out of mass I had 1 question... Where do we genuflect then if you move the Altar? He said "we haven't genuflected in years, since I was a child" interesting I said because uh all of The Island is still Genuflecting when entering pews or going up onto the altar. Small changes take time it seems. I guess that's what we will find this coming week.
With the boys all signed up, we will be trying to get to the early mass. Another plus? this is 1hour between mass 1 and mass 2 where I'm home alone with Hubbie? I wonder if I should be Thanking God for this one?

I put this post over here because it's ME that wants the Catholic Mass in  our lives. Hubbie isn't at all interested, and that's a bit difficult.  1 mom and 3 boys is hard enough when Dad doesn't want to be there either? It's really difficult.

Linking up for Boost my Blog Friday

Happy Friday all. This week I'm adding my link for this blog over at Designitchic.

So I'm in, and you will notice if you scroll past all those lovely links of friendliness, you'll see the question she asked.

What's your favorite autumn desert?

 So I read her answer and she's talking all kinds of APPLE PIE! and then it came to me, Loaves! I love love love loaves. Apple walnut loaf? Yummy. And just because I wont leave you hanging here all cravish? I'm going to print out a recipe.. yummy!

1/4 apple sauce, 

1/4 cup softened margerine ,or butter (I'm on a budget.. I use margerine)

2 Eggs,

vanilla 1tsp

1 cup sugar (3/4 cup works too)

1 Cup Grated Apple (with or without peelings, if you  have braces? unpeeled)

2 Cups of Flour, I can replace 1/2cup of that with whole wheat, no one notices... shhhh)

1tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda (hahah almost put in the sofa)

1/2 tsp salt 

and 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts (or not) 

Mix and shove in the oven on 350F for an 50-60minutes, but I usually have good luck with 61minutes. a toothpick or Kabob stick make s good tester. 

So happy Friday all, go on link up it's a friendly place over there at

DesignitChic

VGNO, Home with Littlest Dude Cheap Week.

So it's Saturday and I'm sitting here with Littlest Dude MJ he's sick. :( He started out the day with a bit of a bug in his belly, but after some Gravol (Dramamine to those in the USA) he's feeling much better. We went BBQing and Beaching Lastnight. The water was wonderful, but I stayed ashore with the BBQ and the towels and I was on duty as warm hugger.

The boys had a great time. I did too. Today Hubbie took TJ and AJ out with him and some friends back to the beach. I'm manning the house, so what better excuse for a VGNO then being HOME! Also i'm BBQing Supper between my typing. Yep posting on the fly. That's me!

Link up,keep reading and hopping.





Since I'm BBQing and talking about food, I should offer you up something? Tonight its salad and some small and cheap Steaks. I marinaded them today with the recipe off the McCormicks, Montreal Steak spice. Oil, soysauce, and Montreal Steak spice. Moosh moosh moosh a few times while it was sitting in the fridge in a zipper bag. The fridge smalls like Montreal Steak Spice. I wonder though where did they get that name?



How about some drinks? Again it's on the cheap here, Powdered Peach Juice from the local Grocery store and water from the tap. The boys tell me this stuff is AWESOME? (my brain knows better so it might be a bit weak, hehe )


well I guess that just leaves the music... let me see... Trooper is coming to town in September. Do you think if I mention them enough, they might (even without being listed in the great Googly) find me? and give me free tickets?

Seeing A theme here? Cheap. Some Free internet games?


Maybe I shouldn't be allowed to Party this heavily?Where did I put that Rum... yeah Rum and Grocerystore Brand Soda it is. diet of course...
Happy Saturday Everyone.

Nothing for Me

I didn't get up early this morning and take any pictures. I lazed in bed, trying to get me just 1 more hour of sleep for "ME". It didn't work. It's very difficult to find "me time" lately. I find every little thing I try to accomplish that is just for me? Isn't. I'm giving the last piece of toast to someone else. I'm waiting for someone else to finish eating, or go to bed. ME is very hard to find lately.
That might just sound a bit selfish but sometimes I want to just find me.

Me are you there?... too many mumble Answers from everyone but me!

My Morning View

This is what I can see while sitting on my front step out in front of my house.  The Dew was So pretty, I had to take a picture. I didn't quite get what I saw, as I'm using a "point and shoot" camera.
This is what came out. It's beautiful. I only need myself my tea and my book but instead I went back in the house to finish getting Breakfast and People out the door.

Good Morning!

Kyooty: Proms of Many moons ago

http://www.spriteskeeper.com/my_weblog/2010/05/spin-cycle-grab-your-favorite-guy-cuz-the-slow-songs-are-starting.html

Proms of Many moons ago

This is what a Prom looked like for my School in the Early 90's! This was the last year that all the Grads wore white. I think 1 girl wore all black? but I could be mistaken. There was a "grand march" which was a bunch of girls walking in a pattern around the Gym and finally arriving at the center in the form of our Grad year.

The reason for the white?We were an All Girls Catholic School. This school? is now closing. The Sisters of Notre Dame are no longer funding it's operations. While I attended it was rented out to the local school board. While I was attending it was the only all girls public school east of Montreal Canada.  In the school there are pictures dating back from as early at 1920's( I think) just like this one. All the girls in white. I think part of the reason was it was like a coming out party?
Also the year after this was taken, they started doing the Grand Marches in the Local Hockey Rink/Civic Center. Of course, some schools in the area were bigger and had the "only bring a fellow student" to the Grand march rule. That didn't work out so well when we needed dates. We needed to find a date and bring him to the school. We also had to put him through the Grand March Training so he knew where to stand. The girls walked first, and then the picked up their dates on a walk by, and in the end it was very pretty. I don't know if anyone has a photo of the final shot. In the end it took us 3 rounds of  This Trooper Classic for all the girls to arrive at the final spot, and all our parents, grandparents, and so on to get pictures. They also had a Father Daughter Dance before our parents all vanished to let us have our party!


Our Physic Teacher built us a Gazebo for having pictures taken in too. I wish I had a picture of that!


Yes I'm in there somewhere, but I'm not telling which one is me. I am standing near my friends. Mrsbigbluepete is in there too. shhhhh!!

This post has been written for The Spin Cycle.
Click along read some more Posts about Proms, some newer then this memory.

Please Stop

Texting and DRIVING!!! you can live without a cellphone I promise. I've been doing it for 4yrs. You can also live without reading your email, FB or MSN until you stop your car. The world wont end.
 Thing that will happen while you are being Aware:
The car will drive straighter and stay in your own lane.
You will notice more people walking in  or out of cross walks before they land under or over your car.
You will notice the person pulling out of their driveway into traffic.
You will notice that Driver from the not quite like the rest of us province cutting you off because well there was a cm clearance.
You will notice how fast your Speedometer says you are going and the sign that said you were in a certain speed zone.
You will notice the  idiot in the other car is texting and not paying attention.,
You will hear your kids talking to you from the back seat or your spouse sitting right beside you.
You will notice that MOOSE on the side of the road heading for your car.

Please notice what you are doing and not what the person that's on the other side of your phone is doing. Look up and Look about please. I might be driving out there.