Quickie #1

Sometimes it rains. Sometimes it rains for like over a week straight. Sometimes I hate that. So, in order to make myself feel better I get junk food. Actually, this is from before I started Weight Watchers Point System (in which Pizza is like a kabazillion points) but yea, so Joyce, April and I ordered pizza from Tomasino’s and it was flippin’ good. I couldn’t eat my whole one, so I ended up sharing. Not too many people were up for the green olives though.
April, Jackie, Joyce and Valerie at the (pool)table. Lunch is definitely the highlight of my day. Fun times.

Wasted weekend

So normally the weekend is my favorite time of week. It’s a time to sit back and relax after a long week of work. It’s a time to tidy the house that has somehow throughout the week become a pig sty. It’s a time to hang out with Josh and sleep in.
None of these things happened this weekend, so now I am predisposed to have a miserable week. Gr.
The weekend didn’t start off poopy. It was actually nice. Josh worked on Friday evening and so Ashley and I went out to Second Cup for some Skinny chocolate drinks and treats. It’d been a long time since we got to hang out, so it was nice to catch up. Josh was done work at 9:30, so Ashley dropped me off at the grocery store and I met up with him. We did our shopping (which was nice, no lineups) and made it home around 10:30. It went downhill from there. I was putting the groceries away and all the sudden felt dizzy. I had been feeling dizzy on and off at work all week, but chalked it up to the ear infection I had battled a few weeks earlier. So yea, here I am putting my popsicles in the freezer and WHAM, it hits me. I was like totally disoriented and nauseous. So, I just stopped what I was doing and went to bed. I figured that I’d sleep it off, but no. I woke up on Saturday still dizzy and sickish. However (looking back on this now, I probably should have just stayed in bed) I went with Josh to work for 9:30 where I was to meet up with Kelly and her kiddies for a workshop put on by Home Depot for kids. The ride over was horrible and I kept my eyes closed so I wouldn’t feel as sick. Once I got in H.D with Kel I was feeling a little better, but still dizzy. I was like telling myself to get over it. So we hung out until about 2 pm and then got her to drop me off. I went to bed and had a nap until Josh came home at 7. I was still dizzy…gr. We had supper and I was feeling a little better so we went to the driving range, which was nice, ‘cept the fog was rolling in and got a little cold for me. Then we came home to watch Flip this House on A&E (Josh is really into it, it’s funny) and I was just sitting on the couch talking to my mum and I got this wave of super dizziness again, and I got a hot flash and started dry heaving (I was super attractive). So we decided to go to emerg since my doctor wasn’t going to be available until like Tuesday this week. So we got there at like 9, got registered and checked by a nurse (who didn’t seem to care that I was throwing up at all), she said it was my ears causing trouble and then she sent me out to the waiting room. I didn’t really like the nurse cause I was like explaining my symptoms and she was making them into something else, it’s like she wasn’t listening. So yea, waiting room, waited there for like an hour and we were getting tired (and no where on the list, since my ailments were hardly life threatening) so we went home…what a waste of time.

SIDE NOTE: These are flowers that Josh bought for me that I love. I figured with all this negative talk you'd need a break. So there you have it...pretty flowers...now back to my whining.
Sunday morning wasn’t much better than Saturday, but we got up for Church and went anyways. I only lasted through sacrament and then we headed to the walk-in clinic (which I really didn’t want to do cause I feel like they don’t know what they are talking about). The doctor took my blood pressure and determined that it was low…writing me a prescription and sending my on my way. I didn’t fill it, cause I don’t think that’s what it is. I am going to have to try and get in to see my doctor about this cause it’s Monday and I am still feeling ick, and I am in a bad mood for feeling sick. Gr. So, um, sorry for the rant.
Ok, now for the little bit of funness which I didn’t think was fun until I talked about it later…I caught a wasp. In my house!! It was just hanging out on the floor, walking around, looking for innocent people to sting, and I saw it. First I screamed a little bit, mainly cause I don’t like bugs and then I decided it was my place and mr. wasp had no right being there, so I devised a plan of action. It wasn’t rocket science or anything, just a whole lot of precision and guts (if you ask me). I grabbed a mixing bowl (a glass one cause I knew I was going to have to take picture of my victory) and got down on my hands and knees. I waited for the right moment and BAM, I got him…little bugger didn’t even know!! So after I got him in the glass bowl I realized that the floor might not be exactly flat, and needed to put some weight on top of the bowl so he wouldn’t escape. So I grabbed a chair…it was a stellar performance on my part I think (I realize this picture would be 10 times better if it was posted right side up, I'm just too lazy)So there you have it, the highlight of my weekend. Ciao dudes.

Pictures

I am so glad that the internet finally agreed to let me upload some pictures. So here they are :)
How cute is this? Sarah and Georgia are both so precious. Sarah is such a little helper. When this picture was taken Jessica was at the table working on a project cause she was student of the day!

Me and baby. Karen caught me mid sentence. I was probably saying how cute "G" was. She was awake for some of the visit too, which excited me (as you can see in the picture below).

And then auntie "Ka-ka" got to hold the "new toy". Karen is going to be good with kids, wink wink. I think she and Brandon should get right on that, so I have another baby to borrow.

Now for some pictures of the MacLean Veinot girls. Morgan just loves Emma. When Emma talks Morgan gets all smiley (though it doesn't look like it in this picture, I am not lying).

So, I made Josh take pictures of me and baby #2. She's just so loveable and she was in a super good mood the whole time I was there.

Tee hee hee. Look at the hair...she's gonna have curls like her pops.

I am more into her than she is to me...so sad.

Even Josh had a good time with her, tho he isn't suffering from this baby fever thing. Thank goodness really, one of us needs to remain level headed!

And more Emma. She's so funny. The stuff she was saying to Josh last night was hilarious. If you're ever talking to me, remind me to tell you. It's priceless, but I am lazy and don't want to write it all out. :)

What a joker! It's either a funny face, or jam on the face (she had it on her cheeks, but you really can't tell from this picture).

And some last ones of Morgan. Look at those blue eyes, just like her big sister.

Want to eat her right up eh?

The end. See, hard to resist.

Baby fever, I need some medicine to get rid of it.

So you read the title right, I have baby fever. I felt it coming on for a bit now, but I tried to keep it under wraps, but now it’s full on…intense. I thought for sure that nursery would keep me grounded, but no. So I resorted to full on newborn baby visiting and infant babysitting. It was an experiment of sorts, to see just how much I could take before cracking. Tragically, the results were less than what I had hoped for. For fun I am going to make this post in sort of a “science experiment” way. Let’s see if I can remember the layout.

Title: Operation no baby
Objective: To increase awareness/stress of subject of having child/children around under her supervision.
To decrease the desire of subject to have a child of her own.
Materials: Babies, diapers, wipes, bottle, and siblings of the babies
Hypothesis: It was predicted that after spending “quality time” with babies, the subject (Julia Blakeney) will want to run far away from babies and have no appetite for a child of her own for years to come.
Procedure: The first part of this experiment was conducted at Kathy Nelson’s house, under the watchful of Kathy herself. The subject (moi) went with Karen to visit the new baby Georgia. We took turns holding her and also hung out with Kathy’s girls, Jessica and Sarah (coloring and hair detangling involved). Hours spent visiting: approx. 2.5.
The second part was conducted at Kelly Veinot’s house, sans parents, with the help of Josh. The subject (me again) went to babysit Morgan and Emma while Kelly was out and Rob was working. Baby needed to be fed, changed and cared for. Older child needed to be fed and put to bed. Hours spent visiting: approx. 3 hours.
Observations: In both situations the children we were behaved. They listened and were helpful and loving towards other children in the room. Subject did not feel stress or strain during experiment times. She also felt comfortable in the presence of diapers and poop.
Conclusion: Baby fever did not end. Subject actually had fun and felt a stronger urge for child then when the experiment commenced. She volunteered her efforts regarding childcare once again and will be returning to assist Kelly on Saturday. Experiment was a failure.

Seriously tho, am I not the biggest dork? So yea, I love babies. Let’s get it straight though, Josh and I will not be having kids any time soon. We just like them. End of story.
I'd like to post some pictures of this experiment, but the flippin' internet wont let me right now. I promise they are on the way. Thanks to the mums who let me hang out with their kids :)

Behind on the posting

Sarry....I am the worst. Unlike Karen, some days I dread writing in my blog. Mainly because I am lazy and know that once I get started I don't like to leave things out. But I don’t have all day to do this, so I’ll just give the important stuff. Like… the weekend rundown.
So on Friday evening Josh and I went to see Knocked Up. It was super funny and I love Katherine Heigel, but there was quite a bit of swearing. Josh and I are used to potty mouths because of the environments we work in, but it still hurt my ears :( It would have been a perfect romantic comedy if it was more like PG.
Saturday we went to my parents for the community yard sale. Josh and I (more like I) had a lot of clothes and junk to sell. I though it would be the perfect place to do it because it would be high traffic, but it wasn’t. I was kinda mad. We were there at like 8 am and were out until like 2 and we only made $25. I still have like TONS of stuff left and I am not sure what to do with it. I could give it away to charity. Not to sound selfish, but I was hoping to sell it so Josh and I would have money for bills. Nothing too selfish I don’t think. So yea, here are some pictures from that. My sister and brother had stuff out too. No one made a lot of money, ‘cept for my dad, who was selling more expensive things like lawn tractors and stuff…so he doesn’t count. Plus, we were all selling junk (as you can tell from the pictures) so people aren't really into that. We had a LOT of stuff, and as I look at the pictures, I feel like it doesn't do the yard sale justice :) Oh and the best picture of the day, I think, would be when I caught Josh and Mocha hanging out. Seriously, he loves the idea of a pet, I know it. Note to Josh: give up the tough guy act…you love my little rat dog.Sunday was nice. I love when it’s sunny out. So we went to church and did the whole nursery thing. I won’t lie, I have a hard time wanting to go to church when I know we have to go to nursery. It’s like “why am I getting dressed up when someone is just going to pee, mark and crawl all over my nice clothes”. Thank goodness there are some cute kids in there who, when they speak, say the funniest things. I am just looking at it like I gotta do my time. I never held a calling with kids before, so it’s my turn. I just hope its over in a “fair” amount of time…nothing like 2 years like I’ve heard some people have…I’ll purposely move in order to get out of it! Josh, I’ll even go to the valley with you if I means getting away from it a year from now. Harsh but true.
Sunday afternoon was nice. We had another Jason and Meaghan day. We decided to hit up Point Pleasant Park this time. I had lots of fun. I even visited the outhouses!I think everyone else was super tired, but they were good sports about spending the afternoon walking the trails. They were even greater when they let me snap a couple shots. I am always like “it’s for my blog...smile, c’mon guys, one more. Kristi needs to see pictures, my nana loves it”. So thanks guys for humoring me.Sunday evening we went over to Kelly and Robs for dinner. It was wicked good. Rob like pulled dinner out of his bum (he didn’t know we were coming over until like 3 pm. I know I wouldn’t be able to think of something to feed everyone). We had bbq chicken and potatoes that I don’t know what he did to them but yum. Kelly let me hang out with Morgan, which gave me my baby fix, and Emma and I had a mini photo shoot. I will post those pictures when I get them.
So, that was my weekend. Wish it was longer, I have more fun on the weekends than during the week, wonder why?! Hope you all have a luscious day and stay tuned for next post…pictures of Karen, baby Georgia and myself. “Ka-ka (as known by her nieces) took me to visit Kathy and family. Yay!

NEW BABY!

Congrats to Kathy and Jeff! They welcomed baby #4, a girl, into their lives. I don't have the details (Karen's blog is sure to give you a rundown), but I stole some pictures from Jackie O'Hearons facebook album.
Congrats again Kathy. Hope you and the baby are doing well.

Dingle berries or Dingle tower?

So I don’t know who of you have been to Dingle tower, but it’s sorta become like a “Josh and Julia” spot for us. Josh and I used to go there all the time when we were dating and he took me there the day he proposed to me. We really like walking along the path and then climbing aboard the big ol’ lions. We’ve never actually been in the tower (the hours are during the daytime and we’re more evening and night time visitors), so one day our plan is to get there when it’s open.
On Sunday evening Josh and I were feeling quite antsy and so we asked Meaghan and Jason if they wanted to go for a stroll. They had never been to Dingle so we went there. We had a nice time minus the grossness of the garbage strewn across the beach parts. It’s disgusting. It really makes you think about what we flush down the toilet and what we swim in. I am glad that the city is trying to step up with their Harbour Solutions Project (thou I don’t know if it will work like they want it to). So in the picture with Josh and I on the rocks, I realize we look dumb cause he has his arms around me and we're all "titanic" but he seriously thought I was going to fall (I'm a big girl, I totally could have handled it on my own) but he refused to let me go. So protective. Probably cause he wouldn't want to be married to some girl who got her teeth knocked out by jagged rocks and scars from the branches and more rocks. :)Meaghan and Jason, on the other hand, look like pros. They are one sexy couple!And here we are with the trademark Dingle tower picture. Why is it that in almost every picture Josh is making a face...?

So that was our outting, and it was good times in the maritimes. Thanks Meags and Jason.