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Final Shop – Sort Of

Another, final, oping day! Yay! We left for Southgate immediately after taking the kids to school. Doing so got us to Southgate just as it was opening. It was nice to beat the rush!! I was able to get a couple of extra things for my middle daughter, who seemed to have less than everyone else. I got something for my mom, although I’m not really sure she’ll like it. The thing I had from her was small and my daughter kind of wanted it to be from her, so I got the other thing. She can always return it if it doesn’t work for her. We tried to get the chocolate for the SS, but it didn’t look very good, so I have to find some tomorrow!! At least, for once, I won’t be wrapping gifts all day tomorrow and tomorrow night, which is ho I’d usually spend my Christmas Eve! Yay!! His is going to be about this short, because I’m feeling really Done in. Early mornings all week without my normal naps seems to be catching up to me. I’m super tired!!! I’m so tired my eyes hurt and my head hurts. I don’t want to feel like this on Christmas Day, so I need sleep!! And, on that note, night all!! 💤😴

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Happy Anniversary 

Another day filled with wrapping! You’d think that I got enough gifts for the whole block or something. I don’t know if I’m slow, or if it just takes time. No wonder it is awful when I usually leave it until the last minute. Also, I think that I put more care into it doing it this way. I take the time to do ribbon or bows or both because I’m not roaring through trying to get them all finished. Today I finished the kids SS. You do not know how good it feels knowing that all I have left is one thing I forgot about for my hubby, his SS and a couple things I may be buying tomorrow. I think one of he kids has a bit less, so I’m going to get her something else tomorrow. Oh, and I’ve ordered a couple things that have yet to arrive. But for the most part, I’ve got things almost finished!! Hip hip hooray!! Okay, that’s super cheesy, but it feels super good to be finished, or pretty close to finished, with two days to spare!

Today is our 16th anniversary. We went for dinner, to the Keg and to the new Star Wars movie. Dinner was wonderful, I’m still feeling full though! The movie was good too. Sad, but good. I knew going in that it would be sad, but it was good. Non-stop action, very entertaining. I’m tired now. I’m going to head to bed.  Sweet dreams!💤😴

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“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Yawn…

Feeling wiped. All this Christmas prep is exhausting!!! I’m going to have to be short and sweet tonight… more than usual as I’m just feeling bone tired! Today I finished all of the third kiddos gifts, as well as a few of my hubby’s. We just have to get the SS done and stuff for my mom and dad and my sister’s kids. This is much more than I generally have done by this point, but it’s a slow process and it’s starting to wreak havoc on my body…who knew how much effort it took to wrap this many presents?? Usually my hubby ends up doing most of the wrapping and I do most of the ribbons and bows. We also bought a bit less this year, so I thought it’d be easier, but it’s not. Well, bitch bitch bitch. Sorry for all of the complaining…

Tomorrow’s our 16th anniversary. We’re heading to the Keg and then a movie. I think that we’re going to see the new Star Wars movie. I’d like to thank my parents in advance for babysitting. I’d also like to thank my dad for taking my oldest driving this morning. She’s been trying not to, ever since she failed her exam. I think she’s a fine driver. She lacks confidence and the failing certainly didn’t help with that. I think she needs to keep at it and just go try again. You know how many people have said that they failed the first time too?? It seems like everyone I talk to about it failed the first time. So, I’m happy that she agreed to go with my dad. The only way to get better is to practice right??  Anyway, I hope she can suck it up and try again! My hubby, and I (not as often as him) are getting a bit sick of the chauffeuring…

I’m going to hit the hay! Too tired. Night all💤😴

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”
“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Wrap Wrap Wrap!!

The past couple of days have been KILLING my back🤦🏼‍♀️. I’ve been wrapping gifts🎁. Goodness it takes a long time⌚️! Maybe I’m just slow, I don’t know, but I finished our oldest’ s 👨‍👩‍👧 presents 🎁 yesterday. Today I almost finished our son’s 👪, I only have two more to wrap. Then tomorrow I hope to finish those two gifts and get our little dancers 💃🏼gifts done as well. So far so good🙋🏼!! I can breathe a bit better, knowing what I’ve gotten finished💆🏼. I’m just doing much better this year! I’m so tired of scrambling Christmas 🎄 Eve, trying to get it all done. Then, by the time it is done, I’m just done in🤦🏼‍♀️! Feeling completely exhausted after a full day of rushing like mad 😡. I always end up going to bed too late🕰…which sucks!! BECAUSE the kids like to wake us up crazy early Christmas 🎄 morning and, of course, it’s always a looong, full day at my parent’s house 🏡. Instead, hopefully, I’ll finish the SS (stocking stuffers) on Thursday and then I’ll be done ✅ !! That’d be a Christmas 🎄 miracle!! Let’s wait and see if it plays out that way 🙏🏼!! Well I’m off to bed, night all💤😴

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

It’s That Time Of Year 

It’s that time of year

The time of year for cheer

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for joy

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for peace

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for love

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for hope

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for good will

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for faith

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for patience 

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for charity 

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for giving 

It’s that time of year 

The time of year for being with family and friends, for spending your days helping someone, for rejoicing and expressing gratitude for all that we have, for understanding that there are those with far less than us, for seeing what’s truly important, cheer, joy, peace, love, hope, goodwill, faith, patience, charity and giving. Let us rejoice in all that we are and all that we have. Count your blessings, for we are the lucky ones in this world. Savour it, for life can change in a heartbeat! Be aware of it, don’t take it for granted. And, of course, enjoy it. Health, happiness, family, we are oh, so lucky!

It’s that time of year

The time of year for gratitude

We are blessed

JKC

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Relax…Today Only!!

Today was a relaxing, lazy day. The calm before the storm (I’m going to be crazy busy wrapping stuff while the kids are at  school all week!!) We got a new android digital streaming thing for our tv (I’m not sure of the technical name). It allows you to stream almost any show or movie for free. Even relatively new movies. We watched “The Secret Life Of Pets” and “Storks” with our little man this afternoon. Then I made some scrumptious (if I do say so myself) spaghetti sauce and we had a good supper. Except two of the three kids won’t even touch the sauce…oh well. They got noodles – their loss really. They need to learn that I’m not making something special every time they don’t like what I’ve cooked. It gets very frustrating!! I can’t believe it’s only one week until Christmas!!! That’s crazy talk!! I’m feeling super disorganized and unprepared, which is why we’re starting tomorrow morning off organizing everything we’ve bought. Hopefully when I see it all laid out before me, organized, I’ll feel less stressed!! Then, once it’s organized, let the wrapping begin!! So I should go to bed soon, tomorrow will be a loooong day!! Night all💤😴 (the newest iOS update has over 100 new emoticons, so I’m going to have to play around again. Maybe tomorrow!!)

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“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Shopping…

So we braved Southgate mall this afternoon. I know, shopping 1 week before Christmas is crazy! But we needed a time when we could take the kids so that they could buy gifts for each other, as well as for us. They, of course, like to pick out their own things. There’s been times when I’ve bought things and asked, “do you want to give this to your sister from you?” And that works, but given the choice, I think that they prefer to be able to pick somethings out themselves. Is it just me, or is that mall becoming more high-end?? I felt like there were a whole lot of pricey stores that I know I can’t afford to shop in!! I found a really good sale on pj’s in sears, 50% off any pj’s today, maybe all weekend, I can’t remember. Anyway, I got a good deal and think I may even be done the girls SS. I found my hubby more difficult to buy for this year. I had a hard time coming up with ideas for him. We didn’t want to go overly crazy anyway, so it’ll probably be okay. Last week, when I went shopping with my daughter and my mom I messed up my pin for my credit card by accident. I think that , because of that, they cancelled it or something. I have to go into the bank on Monday and find out why it’s not working. Because it was the wrong pin, they probably youth it was stolen or something. Pain in the butt when you need it and can’t use it!! This Christmas will be so strange with our oldest working from 11:00 – 7:00. It makes me sad…

It’s late and I can’t stop yawning, so I’m going to bed now. Night all. 💤😴

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“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Tick Tock⏳‼️

I’m starting to panic 😬 about all of the wrapping 🎁 that I still have to get done. I always endup running   🏃 out of time ⏰, before Santa 🎅🏼 comes!! I’m not even 100% certain that I’ve gotten enough SS for the girls yet…one more shopping trip to go! Money 💰 flies away 💸at this time of year. Trying to find the correct emoticons as you write ⌨️takes more time than it looks 👀 like it would. I’m just worrying 🙍🏼, which, sadly, tends to happen a lot at this time of year. Stress will get ya if you’re not careful. I don’t even have things organized like I usually do😮. Most of the time, by now, I’d have it all together, separated by person and ready to wrap, one ☝️ person at a time. But, I don’t even have that part Done ✅ yet. I can’t actually check it off. Good thing I’m not a baker 🍞too, or I’d have even more on my plate 🍽. The final thing I’m worried 😩 about is that some of the things that I’ve ordered haven’t arrived yet💆🏼💇🏼…this stresses me to no end!! I sure hope everything arrives on time⏳! I’m super tired 😴 today for some reason, not really sure why, but I feel like I’ve been on he verge of falling asleep 💤 all day long. So, on that note, I’m going to head for bed now! Night all 😴💤‼️

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Just Life…

Today was a pretty easygoing day. With my hubby home, he plays chauffeur and I don’t have to drive as much. We had to argue with our little man to get him to go to school today. He stayed home Tuesday and Wednesday because his tummy was hurting so much. But by the end of yesterday he was running around and playing like normal. I want to believe him, but I didn’t think he was sick this morning. I’m not sure if there’s something going on at school that he is trying to avoid or what. His teacher is super nice and easy to talk to. She is trying hard to help him and talk to him about what’s going on. I really hope that tomorrow is easier for him. At least in the morning. It sure feels mean, forcing him to get dressed and practically dragging him to school. The school counsellor is going to talk with him too. Hopefully between the three of us, we can help him to feel better and less anxious while at school.

Next week is our anniversary. We are going to go for dinner and then to a movie. Our oldest freaked out because we asked her to try to find a ride home next week or to perhaps even take a cab. It’s likely not going to have to happen, since my parents are watching our youngest, they’ll likely take him and go pick her up from work and hen drop them both off at home, where she can watch him. But she got all angry at us. I don’t know if she understands how we’ve been driving her to work all this time and how we have to take time out of our days to do so, twice a day, five days a week. She’s so used to being driven around that she just takes it for granted. It really bugs my hubby, since he’s usually the one doing all he driving. And with her work and driving to dance, well, it’s a lot! Unfortunately, she didn’t pass her drivers test yesterday. We told her ht it’s okay, a lot of people don’t pass the first time. She’s now feeling nervous to try again. I think that she’s a good driver, as does my dad and hubby. We make her drive most of the time, to give her practice. I hope that, while all the corrections are fresh in her mind, that she just does it again. Really, what’s the worst that can happen? You fail again, oh well. The only thing is the money, but we’ll pay for it.  It will be sooo much easier once she gets it!! The driving all the time is getting old and I sure hate that drive out to the airport. My hubby told me that I should take. Different route, so that’s what I’m going to do next time I drive. I’m just jot a fan of driving at new got in the winter, not a fan at all. I’m actually a bit of a wimp about it, to be honest. Well, hopefully she’ll just give it nether go and pass, then some of the chauffeuring can stop!!  I guess that I’m going to head to bed now. Night all! 💤😴

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Always…

From the vault, again. This one is from a creative journaling class that I took at Sorrento Centre, BC. I hope I haven’t already put it on here. I apologize if I have!!

Always busy

Always moving

Always working

Never enough time 

Never finished

Never happy

Never satisfied

Always searching

Always reaching

Always grasping

Never right

Never good enough

Never never

Always famished

Always saddened

Always leaving empty handed

Finish searching

Finish struggling

Stop his whining

Stop this living

Finding beauty

Finding love

Finding Spirit

Finding God

Seeing reality

Realizing it was here all along

JKC 

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.””Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”