S O L D ! ! ! !

We S O L D the mini van!

Woo-hoo! Sold it to the first person who looked at it.

She is picking it up wednesday night.... unfortunatly this means I have to freeze my ass off waiting for the bus until we find a new vehicle!?


I guess it's worth it. I am so happy. Getting rid of the van is like the final page of a chapter we're closeing. I will miss you next summer when we go camping, but other than that - good riddins!


Not sure what we will get in it's place. Hopeing for a small SUV or crossover. Something under $10,000 and with no more than 150K km.

WISH US LUCK!

2003 Chevrolet Venture For Sale or Trade/Swap

IF YOU HAPPEN TO HEAR OF ANYONE LOOKING FOR A MINIVAN!!!!!

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We have this listed on Craigslist, kijiji, usedcalgary, autotrader and Buysell. If you know of any other sites we should advertise it on please let me know!

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2003 Chev Venture: Our little family of three does not require a 7 passenger van.

Will consider trade for a smaller SUV or crossover.

*** Pre-sale inspection report done November 21, 2009 ***

Lady driven 140,000 KM (Mostly Highway). Non-smoking.

New front Brakes (Nov. 21/09). Maintained on a regular basis. (Blue/Green/Teal w/ Gray Interior) Extended Body, dual sliding doors, deep-tinted/privacy rear windows.

Seats 7: 4 Captains seats + rear 3 seat Bench (50/50 split modular folding seat design easily makes extra space when needed). Both 2nd & 3rd row seats are fully removable.

6 Cylinder Engine, Automatic Transmission with Cruise Control. Power Steering, Tilt Steering Power Brakes, ABS Power Windows Power Locks Power Mirrors Air Conditioning Am/Fm Radio With Cd Player Block Heater Air Bags (front and side) Aluminum Wheels Keyless Entry (Two Key Fobs) Auto-theft system Rear WiperRoof Rack

$5,700

Fall Cold... Meh =(

So about 2 weeks I could feel a cold coming on. It was slow. I wanted to go to a 709 party (Shpongle Album release listening party), but knew I would be out late so opted to stay in and get my rest. Am I ever glad I did. When I woke up on monday (10 days ago) my chest was so tight and I wasn't feeling good at all.

I fought it off pretty good with Kiwi's and oranges, but This monday (a few days ago), it moved from my chest into my head.

Man oh man. I haven't had a cold since January - I know it could be a whole lot worse, but it sucks none the less. Getting out of bed in the morning is a real chore, but thankfully, once at work with a cup of coffee, I've been getting through the day - oh and this week I've been taking Tylenol cold.

I have opted out from yet another 709 gathering tomorrow night - they've brought Trevor up from Moontribe - it's going to be a KILLER night on the dancefloor - but he will be on too late and I need to fight this cold.

Hopefully I can kick this this this weekend and have a healthy happy December!

Meh =(

Laundry Basket

Who would think a laundry basket would make a 4 year old so happy?

Quinn has had his own laundry basket in his room since he was born. However, when we moved into our copperfield home, his room is so small, we decided to take the basket out. He was quite upset about this. This also meant every night he had to put dirty laundry into our baskets in our room in our closet.

2 weeks ago, while he & Lair were in Edmonton I did a major clean/purge of his toys. This made a lot more room in his bedroom, so I bought him a laundry basket (Ikea pop up net basket), it has a turtle on top, and he was SO HAPPY! He even did a little dance.

LOL... yup, a laundry basket... He's a little confused with only one basket as he is used to one for lights & one for darks so I think I will buy him another one, it's a fishy =)

We also bought him a Treasure Chest for his dress up clothes

So all in all his room is pretty empty! We're thinking we can bring in his bucket shelf in from the basement, then all toys are confined to his bedroom. We'll get the house organised yet!

November just started... now we're half way thrugh.

Just a quick update... Work is still going extremely well. There are almost 350 people in my building and so far have only ran into one whom I have no desire to exchange energy with. I am unable to avoid her as she comes to my desk, however, many years ago I mastered the looking extremely busy and ignoring others if it's not work related (i.e. chit chatting)...

Lair & Quinn headed up to Edmonton for Max's 8th birthday... Eight! Hard to believe!! They left monday morning and came home wednesday afternoon. So, monday after work I went shopping for work clothes and managed to find a skirt, pants and 4 shirts! Tuesday after work I ended up going to a birthday party with Tracy. She drove so I got to enjoy a few beers. =) It was a nice night out. Wednesday was Nov. 11. I managed to sleep in until 10, relaxed till noon then went thru Quinn's toys and cleaned the house. :) I missed them like crazy, but really did enjoy not having to look after anyone except myself.

We had a super awesome visit with Janine & Mike last weekend. Her belly is popping! So Cute! They are due in mid February. Very excited for them.

Not much else. The weather had been great. Today Quinn and I spent the morning at the zoo, then headed to Ikea & best buy. It was a nice day.


Back to the grind! A thankful one at that - we need to pay down as much debt as fast as we can before Lair goes to Mount Royal! THAT will be crazy times, but Good ones!

October update

Wow - what a jam packed month of non stop stuff!

Thanksgiving weekend (Saturday) we managed to get together with Steve & Karen, Jen and the guest of honor BRENT! We hadn't seen Steve & Karen since their return from a European adventure so it was awesome to get some hugs, see pics and hear stories. They had a wicked journey abroad. THey brough back an awesome hat/touque for Quinn from Norway - A cloth viking hat with horns! So cool! He refused to wear it while they were over, but the next day he wore it all day long. He said that the viking hat made him Brave - brave enough to pee in the dark LOL

Brent was in town for a family thanksgiving, and we were ever so thankful that he was able to slip away from the fam for a nice long visit. We hadn't seen him in over a year and boy was it good to hug and hold him! Man I love that guy!

Sunday 4pm(?) we packed up the car and headed to Medicine Hat to Lairs sister Kerri's place. Mom & dad came too. We arrived around 8 and had a great visit. Me, Kerri & Lair sat up till the wee hours talking at the kitchen table.



Thanksgiving day was spent visiting; Kerri - I don't know if you read this blog or not, but I have to vent a bit... Kerri's boyfriend is; well he is a nice fellow, but socially inept with us. He can't hold a conversation, Constantly insists on watching TV or playing video games (even if all the visiting is going on in the living room!).... I can't stand the TV being on when people are visiting, it grates on my nerves! Or just randomly disappeared... ? It kind of reminded us like being over at someones place for a famiy gathering but their room mate is being a dick... unfortunately it's Kerri's B/F.... Ok, End Rant. So besides that, dinner was most excellent and the family company was terrific. We decided not to overstay our welcome and slept at mom & dads which meant we had a good visit that night and at breakfast. We came home on tuesday.


My first official day at AMEC without the girl who I replaced was Wed oct 14 and Day 1 went very well.. in fact every single day has been pretty darn awesome! It has been very low stress! Not sure if I mentioned I have replaced two immature non-professional airheads, so anything I do or say is gold. The feedback I've received so far is nothing but wonderful; After 2 full weeks on my own I am quite satisfied and really have nothing to complain about. So YEAY ME! YEAY AMEC!

Oct 14 was my brothers 40th birthday so his wife threw a surprise party for him the following saturday. I went up to red deer with my mom & her BF, we dropped Quinn off for my 13 yr old nephew to babysit and picked up Marianne and drove to Leslieville (the hamlet(?) my bro lives in. I was the last person he would ever expect to walk through his door. He was absolutely flabbergasted that me & my mom came. And we actually had a good time!



So Halloween goodness. Oct 30 709 threw a party! WOO! Since Lair worked early on sat he stayed in. Quinn went to Steve and Karens for a sleepover, and I headed to Tracy's for a night of debauchery and fun! Karen & David picked us up. My costume is an inflatable "Death & his victim" and it was a hit! So many people came to talk to me and had a hard time figuring out what exactly my costume was and how it worked. Let's just say it was pretty trippy for this particular gathering LOL...

The music was so awesome! Psy & progressive breaks. Such a good night. I danced danced danced - dance therapy was exactly what I needed.

At the end of the night, Me, Tracy and Brenna went back to Tracy's at 4am. We had a drink, watched some Southpark and were in bed by 5, I was asleep by 6 and we got up at 11.

Oct 31: I picked up Quinn at noon and we headed to Copperfield Community Centre for a children's Halloween party. It was a beautiful day so we hung out outside and he played in the park for a few hours. After dinner Lair handed out candy. First kid came at 6:15 and we had a stream of 40 kids come through in 1 hour. Quinn and I headed out and went around the block. We both wore our costumes. He had a blast.

As an adult, I have always thought Halloween was a rather bazaar tradition - the whole getting candy from strangers by technically bribing them (trick or treat)... so odd.


Well - there's my October update. It sure ended with a bang! Man I had fun friday night!


(I will try to find a better photo of my costume or put it on and take a new pic)...