9 January 2010

My first post of 2010. Should have tried to do more blogging over the holidays because now I am forgetting everything.

The night of the 30th, Rolly & Robyn were over for supper and Dad cooked up prime rib. Was amazing. Then on New Years Eve Rolly and Robyn invited Paul, Logan, myself, Dad & Lynn out to the lake to hangout while they ice fished. We headed out at around 1530. Rolly caught one 5 minutes before we got there but no bites while we were there. Great little shack that friends let them use. Was fun. Logan wanted to walk around on the ice even though it was cold. Dad walked with him for a bit then me, and then Paul.

Then we went back to Clark and Donna's cabin and hung out a bit. Logan was exploring everything. I mistakenly though the tetris cube was blocks so I pulled them out for Logan not realizing it was a brain teaser puzzle that is super hard.

Then we had supper. They cooked up lobster and bbq'd prime rib. Was really good yet again along with the salad and the corn, and the cheese cake tarts for dessert. We watched the juniors play the US. The PVR missed the shoot out though. Logan stayed up till 0015 and rung in the new year with us and then passed out promptly at 0015. We also played a couple games of poker which was also fun. Logan chilled with Auntie Robyn and Donna.

New Years Day we went back out fishing with Clark and Rolly and Logan had a pj party with Auntie Robyn watching movies. Then we headed to town, showered and then Rick & Candice, Rayna, Kyle, and Tyler came out along with Wendy & Family, Ann & Family, and Rolly and Robyn. Lynn cooked up a storm and we had a great turkey dinner with ham and stuffing etc. Played some cards and my new board game.

On the 2nd, we got up early to drive to Regina for Paul's flight. Logan stayed with Papa Herb and Grandma Lynn. We got to Regina no problem and had an hour to kill together. Then Paul took off and I headed down to Regina to see Lorne, Angela, Sophia and Aaron. I had a blast. I had my first ever vegetarian chilli, and awesome apple pie. Then after the kids went to bed, Angela and I did some scrapbooking and card making. Was so awesome. Throat was sore again. Then I got to bed at 0145 or so and woke up at 0330 to the bhuddist alarm clock going off. Got it off and slept till 0700 and then got up and showered. We had breakfast and Angela showed me how to make the most perfect poached eggs in the microwave. Then they took the kids for a trail sled ride and I went back to sleep. They went from 1000-1200 and I was dead to the world. When they came back we had lunch of veggie burgers and a grain mixed with apricots and raisins that was amazing. We did some more scrapbooking and I did an awesome page that I love.

I took off at 1500 for the 5 hour drive back home. It was pretty uneventful till I was almost home and was using a road that I don't normally take and the GPS was in simulation mode so I turned by accident down a road that ended up being "closed". I was lucky to be able to turn around even though I almost got stuck. Sorted out my GPS and made it home with an 1/8 of a tank.

On the 4th, we got up and headed to Mom's just after lunch for a sleepover. We had a great visit. Then we got up at 0800 on the 5th and drove back to Deloraine. We had lunch and then took off at 1430 or so for Brandon for a sleepover at Rick's and I was hoping to visit my friend Leslie and Family but they had a family emergency. We had a good visit and Candice and Rayna watched Logan so I could pick up Dad's prescription.

On the 6th we met Dad on highway one and headed to Winnipeg. We went to the airport and returned my rental car, checked Dad into the hotel and picked up Rob, then we went to visit Granny Edith, some shopping, Grandma Richard and then dropped Rob off at Auntie Elsies. Then we headed to Uncle Bruno & Auntie Olivine's for supper, and then a quick visit with Auntie Evelyn, then back to pick up Rob, and then over to Golftown, then wal-mart. Then it was 2030 and I was dropping them off at their hotel. Dad left his winter coat in the car instead of taking it. Then I took off for Granny Edith's where Logan and I were going to stay for 2 nights. I got around 4 minutes away and Dad called and said he forgot his shoes so we went back and gave him his shoes and took his boots. Then we went to Granny's. I plugged in the car and we headed up for a visit and then bed. Got to bed around 2230 or so and I was soooooooooooo tired. Then at 0530 my cell phone was ringing. My Dad forgot his nitro-glycerine in his coat so I had to run it to him. He was sincerely appologetic and I said no problem. I would rather he had his medicine with him instead of not and needing it. I drove back to Granny's and went to bed again. Logan got up at 0800 and Granny watched him till 0845 when I got up.

Then we went to Bonnie's for lunch at 1230 and we had awesome 4 cheese ravioli! Then back to Granny's and I had some errands to run so she watched Logan. I took my disabled Ipod touch to the apple store and they did some paperwork for me to call Apple so that they will send a box to pick up the ipod touch and send me a new one. Sucks that I will lose all my data. But nice that they are replacing it.

Then got back to Granny's. We hung out till 2215 and then went to bed. Logan fell asleep eating supper at 1900. I put him to bed and he woke up at 2215 and I fed him a banana and then we went back to bed. I brought Granny 2 dozen roses that I wanted to send when Grandpa died but wanted to do in person to make sure they were nice and would last. She loved them. We had a wonderful supper.

On the 8th we hung out a bit and then I left at 1130 to go and check in to the airport hotel and put all the bags in the room, then costco to pick up pics, and then to say goodbye to Granny Richard, and some other errands and then back to Granny's. Then at 1800 Lynne came and we went to BP for supper and I got to meet her boyfriend Dino. He is great.

Then we dropped Dad's car off at the air park indoor lot and we headed to our hotel. We had a blast hanging out. Logan was bagged but wouldn't sleep till 2300 or so. Today I was up at 0500 to drop off the bags and Lynne gave Logan breakfast. Then we took off thru security at 0700. Logan was good on the plane but his dvd player died 30 min into the flight. Not sure why. I charged it last night. We got to Vancouver and I put the carseat on the stroller and Logan walked with his harness and it was awesome.

That's all for now. Gotta go. My 1130 flight is gonna board soon.

Love Rae-Lynn & Logan

30 December 1256

I forgot to mention this morning that I had a terrible fall on boxing day. I was walking out of Mom & Dad's place to go shopping and just got down the steps when I slipped on a patch of ice. I smashed my back off the ice and the back of my head. It hurt like hell and I am still very sore. It felt like I was run over by a car. I am still healing but that was what the Aleve was for. My friend Twyla read my blog post and she just finished up her pharmacy courses at U of T and confirmed that it was the Aleve and gave me some tips on how to better take it to avoid the stomach upset. Thanx Twyla!!

Love Rae-Lynn, Paul & Logan

30 December 0504

A lot to catch up on.

My last post was on the 16th of December.

On the 18th Mom and I and Logan went to New Market to do some shopping. Then Mom got me a full body therapeutic massage at the Briers so help out with my sore back. It was soooooooooooooooo good. Duncan was my masseuse for our couples massage last year as well and he was great. Then I came home and hung out with Logan, Nana and Grandpa.

Saturday the 19th we waited for Paul to arrive in Toronto. He was 40 minutes or so late landing but made it back to the house and we were very happy to see him. Bill and Vickie came by to visit with us. We managed to see all of the neighbours while we were home except for Treena and the kids. Was nice to see Chris though. Sunday the 20th we drove down to Aunt Maryann and Uncle Dwight's for our Christmas dinner with Mom H's family. Nana and Papa were there, Mom and Dad, Dwight and Maryann, Eileen and Terry and Michael as well as Paul, myself and Logan. Amy and Steve couldn't make it because they were sick with the flu. We had a wonderful meal and a great visit. Logan was spoiled rotten with more presents. Then that night and Mom and Dad drove home and Paul and I headed to Grandpa H's to overnight. We had a great visit with him and then headed to Kingston on the 21st to have lunch with Steve and Maryann (friends of Paul's). Then we stopped by Nana & Papa's on the way home and had another visit. We also popped back over to say goodbye to Dwight and Maryann. We got back to Mom & Dad's just after 2100. Logan travelled really well but was quite exhausted from the trip. I wanted to leave Logan with Nana Karen but Paul wanted his friends to meet him so that was what we did. On the 22nd Logan went to the park with Grandpa and Daddy and they did some crazy carpet sliding. Logan was upset and didn't want to go and was crying but probably just because he was so hot all bundled up. He ended up having a wonderful time and kept asking to go "again". On the 23rd he got a 4-wheeler ride with Grandpa and loved that. Will post pics when able.

On the 24th we were having our Christmas dinner with Mom and Dad and Amy and Steve were supposed to come and bring up Grandpa H. Unfortunately Amy & Steve were still sick with the flu and Grandpa H decided he didn't want to come so it was Mom & Dad, Paul, myself and Logan. Mom H cooked up a wonderful meal with help from Paul and I. It was soooooooooooooo good. The turkey was the best ever! We opened presents before dinner. Logan got a million presents and was very spoiled. Paul and I were also spoiled. It was great. Paul got me a Sony ebook reader that I love love love. He also got me a gold chain for my charm from Mom & Dad but it didn't fit so had to return it to Costco. It will fit on a chain I have at home so that is good. Mom & Dad got me a nice leather blazer from Danier but unfortunately it didn't fit so I was able to exchange it for a really nice jacket on boxing day. They also got me a book, a gift card for Michaels, a scarf, change purse, suede gloves, and a necklace charm and a nice cloth bag. Was very nice. Paul got a really nice hunting jacket, General Hillier's book and a couple of other books and a ticket to the Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs boxing day which he went to with Dad and had a great time. Paul and I did some boxing day shopping. I finally convinced Paul that Logan would travel way easier with a portable DVD player and he caved. I was right, Logan totally loves it!!! Yeah!

So as I said, Paul and Dad headed out to the hockey game on boxing day. Amy drove up for a visit and had supper with us. Was great to see her. Steve was still too sick to come.

We had to get up at 0400 on the 27th so Dad could drive us to the airport to head to Winnipeg. We were very sad to leave Mom and Dad but excited to see the rest of the family. Things were crazy at Toronto Airport. Long line to drop off our luggage and an even longer one to go thru security. We were in line for pretty close to an hour to go thru security. Good thing we were at the airport early enough. We made it thru security at 0735 and our boarding time was 0745. We headed to the gate and we boarded a little later so no worries but we were slightly delayed because of how long security took. We ended up landing in Winnipeg on time though.

We picked up our rental car which was a Christmas gift from Dad & Lynn which they decided would save them a trip to Winnipeg. It worked out for the best and we received a free upgrade from National. Instead of a Dodge Calibre we received a Kia Rondo which is a great car. We really like it. We headed straight over to see my Grandma Richard and were able to visit with her from 1100-1215. Then we took her down to her lunch which we had made her late for. We then grabbed some lunch and headed out to visit with Auntie Evelyn and Uncle Dennis and then over to Auntie Olivine and Uncle Bruno's. We had a wonderful visit there and a wonderful supper. Mark and Kathy were also there so that was nice to see them. Kathy is back for 2 weeks from China for the holidays. We were going to see Auntie Linda after Grandma's but no one was home. We found out later that Auntie Linda and Auntie Elsie and Uncle Frank got to Grandma's at 1300 and if we would have known we would have went back after lunch to see them as well. We slept over at Uncle Bruno and Auntie Olivines and Logan was in bed by 1823. He was soooooooooooo tired. Hardly slept all day. He fell asleep on the way to Grandma's and then was woken up for the visit and then fell asleep on the way to Auntie Evelyn's. Poor little guy. We got up at 0545 to make a run in to the city to be able to see Auntie Linda and Uncle Dave before she headed to Teulon to babysit. Was a nice surprise that Rita was there and we got to visit with her as well. Then we popped over to Auntie Elsie and Uncle Frank's for a visit with them as well and Joe & Marcie came so we got to see them too. We forgot Logan's booster seat for the kitchen table at Uncle Bruno's so we had to drive back out there before we were able to head home. We left Uncle's at 1100 and I texted my brother Rick to give him a heads up that we wanted to see him and his family. We got to his play just before 1400 and found out that he hadn't told Candice (his wife) that we were coming. Was funny since I gave Rick a 3 hour notice and Candice thought we gave 10 min notice so I had to set the record straight. Lol.

Logan loved the animal farm that is Rick and Candice's trailer. They have 3 ferrets, some hamsters, a cat and a dog and tons of fish. We visited there for a half hour then Rick had to get back to work so we took off. We picked up Dad's prescription at safeway and then had to stop at wal-mart to pick up some winter boots for Paul. He was freezing since he only had his running shoes and a pair of dress shoes. We picked up some Aleve for me so hopefully that will work for my back.

We arrived in Deloraine at 1700 to an ecstatic Papa Herb and Grandma Lynn. Logan recognized Papa immediately and is always calling Papa to do stuff including his bath. Was great!!! They cooked tacos for supper which was awesome and then we opened prsents. Logan got a toy train (wooden) from Rolly & Robyn for his 2nd birthday, and a set of walkie talkies and the same black & decker kids power tools that Aunt Marjorie and Uncle Jerry got him so we will probably return this set since he has a set at home. Then today the 29th we got up at 0730 (thanx to Logan) and had breakfast and then headed to go and visit my Mom. We stopped in Medora for an hour or so and visited with Rolly and Robyn at work. Was great. Then on to Mom & Duffer's. We got there at 1140. Grandma Edith was visiting Mom so it was great to spend the day with them and visit. More presents again!!!We had lunch there and Mom did a turkey dinner for supper and Rolly and Robyn came after work as well. Was delicious. We left Mom's at 2000. On the way back to Deloraine we stopped in Medora to see Rolly & Robyn's new house. It is sooooooooooo beautiful and wonderfully decorated.

We got to Deloraine at 2300 or so and I gave Logan a bath and then headed to bed. I haven't been feeling good today, and my stomach was upset when I went to bed so I woke up at 0330 and was sick a bit. I just googled Aleve and realize that it is probably that that is upsetting my stomach. Then I purchased some ebooks for my ereader. I am so excited. I bought the notebook which I have seen the movie of but there is a sequel so I wanted to read the book so I can read that. Then I also bought Dear John by Nicholas Sparks, and Stones into Schools which is the sequel to 3cups of tea.

I am looking forward to using my eReader!

So now it is 0530 and I have been up for 2 hours. I am gonna head to bed and hopefully get a few hours.

Tomorrow night Dad is cooking prime rib and Rolly and Robyn are coming over so that will be wonderful!

Love Rae-Lynn, Paul & Logan.

Happy Belated Merry Christmas to everyone. All the best in 2010!

16 December 1135

Despite the huge snow storm in Comox, Nanaimo, Victoria and Vancouver and flights being cancelled the night of the 14th, our flights on the 15th were still a go. We actually landed in Toronto 30 minutes early. Was great. Logan was pretty good although he had some trouble with his ears and wouldn't let me sleep. I was up at 0400 getting ready for our 0625 flight to vancouver. Was great having him in the car seat beside me. When we landed Mom H was there to meet us right at the baggage so I didn't have to try and get out to her. Was awesome. Then we drove back here to Sutton. We had a blast last night. Logan loves playing with his Nana and vice versa. They are best buds. The spoiling has started. She got him some adorable clothes, a Toy Story book, a cars placemat, cup with straw, and a pillow. He loves Cars so much!!!

It is snowing here quite a bit right now. Mom is at work. I think Grandpa will come home tonight and work from home tomorrow. He is pretty excited to see the little man.

So awesome that Nana & Grandpa have highspeed internet now. I hate not being connnected.

Looking forward to Paul getting here on the 19th.

Love Rae-Lynn & Logan (from Ontario) and Paul still in Courtenay.